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Winter Is Coming with Vanity Fair’s Epic Game of Thrones’ Issue

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-The cast of Game of Thrones (some of them, anyway) made it on the new cover of Vanity Fair. The inside photo spread is more promising: Brienne shows up in the behind-the-scenes video posing with the Lannister clan, while Ygritte is photographed with Jon Snow.

-Also, the guy who plays Hodor has been waiting to come out for a while, but no one’s asked him.

President Obama is already binging on the new season of GoT, because that job clearly has some perks.

-Everyone’s making fun of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez‘s cheezy dance video. It reminds me like a low-rent version of my favourite scene from Another Cinderella Story (which I probably shouldn’t admit that I’ve seen, let alone that I have favourite parts…).

-Meanwhile, Bieber made a surprise appearance at SXSW, where Selena was spotted backstage. He then accompanied her to her first post-rehab performance (though he stayed in the tour bus).

Bieber’s pal Chantel Jeffries is suing the Daily News for defamation.

-Something tells me partying with Leonardo DiCaprio is not the best way for Robin Thicke to win back Paula Patton‘s trust.

-Hollywood has been trying to remake Fletch forever, with Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, Jason Lee, Zach Braff and Joshua Jackson all attached at one point or another. Now, it looks like Jason Sudeikis might be the one to fill Chevy Chase’s shoes.

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux ate lunch together, as engaged people are wont to do.

-Speaking of engaged people who also happen to enjoy lunch, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are all about the up tops.

Lupita Nyong’o and Jared Leto are taking selfies together in Paris.

Lorde has no time for your casual homophobia.  She does have time, however, to team up with MAC for a gothy new makeup line.

-Meanwhile, I love this CHVRCHES cover of her song “Team.”

-Will Angelina Jolie‘s Maleficent debut at Cannes?

-Want to see blurry photos of Jake Gyllenhaal’s naked butt? That’s what I thought.

-In a new video for Mashable, Kevin Bacon hilariously tries to explain the 1980’s to millennials. “You people will never know the comfort of parachute pants!”

-Speaking of hilarious, President Obama was great on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.

Mindy Kaling doesn’t take kindly to accusations her show doesn’t have enough diversity, telling a SXSW audience, “I look at shows on TV, and this is going to just seem defensive, but I’m just gonna say it: I’m a f–king Indian woman who has her own f–king network television show, OK?”

Conan O’Brien felt the wrath of Alex Trebek this week.

-Speaking of late night fun, I wanted to like Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Rogen‘s True Detective spoof more than I did.

-A much more successful bit saw Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon photo-bombing tourists.

Skrillex just pulled a Beyonce and dropped a surprise album.

-I’m really not feeling the skirt on Kristen Bell’s SXSW outfit.

-In other Kristen Bell fashion news, she revealed that she peed in a jar while wearing her Oscar dress.

-Now you can watch the first eight minutes of the Veronica Mars movie!

-The fact that Josh Duhamel just signed on to play the lead of Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan‘s new series makes me way less interested than I was yesterday.

-For most actors, starring in a Twilight movie would be their most embarrassing career move. Cam Gigandet is not most actors.

-Another day, another Drake and Rihanna sighting.

-What happens when the mad geniuses behind Arrested Development and Community join forces? We’re about to find out.

-If you don’t want to watch Lindsay Lohan‘s reality show, you can just stick with this supercut of her yelling at people on it.

Olivia Munn and Eric Bana fight demons in the creepy new trailer for Deliver Us From Evil.

-This is cute: Mariska Hargitay posted Instagram shots of her reunion with Law & Order: SVU costar Christopher Meloni.

Mandy Moore celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary with Ryan Adams by Instagramming their marriage license.

-The No God, No Master trailer has landed. I’ve got nothing but love for Sam Witwer, so I’m in.

-The Lizzie Bennet Diaries ended last year, but suddenly all of the fictional characters’ Twitter accounts are active again. What’s happening, internet??

Kim Kardashian is fine after being involved in a fender bender.

-Also, it’s probably not a good sign when even People.com is making fun of Kim’s gym makeup.

Atom Egoyan dramatizes the West Memphis Three case with Devil’s Knot trailer, featuring Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth.


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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s Wedding Photos

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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are showing off their wedding photos in the new issue of Martha Stewart Weddings.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard scored a big victory in their #pedorazzi campaign today: both People magazine and JustJared have announced they’ll stop publishing paparazzi photos of kids. It’s all well and good, but People also has an entire (and heavily trafficked) section on celebrity babies. They make it clear in their letter that they only use “sanctioned photos,” but you see how the general public gets confused. Unless stars stop using their kids as props, this issue won’t go away. People even calls it out, saying “there’s always the tough balancing act we face when dealing with stars who exploit their children one day, and complain about loss of privacy the next.”

-Meanwhile, if Jessica Simpson ever complains about her lack of privacy, let’s all remind her about this photo she just instagrammed.

-Speaking of oversharing, Michelle Rodriguez and the guy who plays Caleb on Pretty Little Liars both instagrammed nude photos from their vacations.

-The fact that Alec Baldwin followed up yesterday’s “Goodbye, Public Life” cover story with an announcement that he’ll be on an upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU could not be more hilarious.

Robin Thicke reportedly flew  to Vancouver last weekend to try to save his marriage when he found out Paula Patton was leaving him. She’ll be back in the spotlight this weekend when she presents at the Spirit Awards.

-This should be interesting: Lena Dunham will host SNL on March 8.

-Oscar voting closes at 5 p.m. PST tonight, and The Hollywood Reporter has a great analysis of this week’s last-minute desperate push for voter love.

Jennifer Lawrence hasn’t had time to campaign because she’s stuck on the Mocking Jay set, so the New York Times is doing it for her.

-Oscar bloggers get paid “low six-figures“. What?? I’m clearly doing it wrong.

-Being Human was cancelled today. I never watched it, but it employed a lot of people in Montreal.

Seth Meyers‘ Late Night debut may have been a rather muted affair, but Amy Poehler looked AMAZING.

Jason Sudeikis is George Wendt’s nephew? For reals?

-What happens when the nicest guy in TV meets the nicest guy in music? Only Drake and Aaron Paul know for sure.

-That’s not the only celebrity Drake’s been spotted with. He also had dinner with Rihanna in Paris.

-In other dining companion news, George Clooney and Matt Damon met up for dinner in Milan.

-Rumors are swirling about two new Harrison Ford-led Indiana Jones films. Has everyone forgotten Crystal Skull already?

-There ain’t no shade like fashion shade. Giorgio Armani is not happy with Anna Wintour after she skipped his Milan show and he doesn’t care who knows it.

-The latest Game of Thrones teaser is all about Tyrion — and things aren’t looking too promising for him.

-The Voice came back last night to huge ratings.

-Do you want to watch a video of a half-naked Scott Foley lounging around in a towel? Yeah, ya do. –

Jimmy Kimmel‘s wife is expecting her first child.

-Some actor named Luke Bracey will play Keanu Reeves‘ role in the Point Break remake and no doubt fail miserably.

-It looks like Scott Speedman is still dating the French girl from Last Resort. Sigh.

-Congrats to The Office’s Jenna Fischer, who’s expecting her second child.

Beyoncé gets all NSFW with Jay Z in her new video for “Partition.”

-In other new video news, Coldplay’s latest is as depressing as you’d expect. Haim also dropped a new video.

Angelina Jolie was on the Today Show promoting Unbroken with the 97-year-old man the movie is based on – who turned out to be her neighbour.

Leighton Meester said that her role model is Betty Friedan, because Leighton Meester is awesome.

Justin Long is returning to TV with a new Fox comedy called Sober Companion.

Gabrielle Union appeared on The View yesterday and very bravely talked about how she took back control of her life after being held up at gunpoint and raped during her summer job at Payless when she was just 19.

Salma Hayek‘s brother has been hospitalized after being involved in a fatal car crash.

-Goddamit, Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa are hot.

-I stopped watching Hannibal because it’s soo very dark and disturbing, but I do think it’s surprisingly great for network TV and if I wasn’t such a wuss I’d be all over it. You can watch the season premiere’s brutal opening fight scene here.

-I’m not too much of a wuss to watch The Americans, which returns tomorrow night and is getting rave reviews.

-Here’s the new Godzilla trailer, which proves Bryan Cranston can make anything look good.


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Robin Thicke and Paula Patton Split

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Robin Thicke is now free to be “twerked upon” as much as he wants. After months of speculation and grossness, he and Paula Patton have announced their separation.

Oprah took her very first selfie and Idris Elba was in it, proving she’s totally got this internet thing down pat.

Alec Baldwin penned an epic rant in New York magazine titled “Good-bye, Public Life.” (It should have been titled “Goodbye, Any Pretense of Not Being an Asshole”.) He actually raises some good points, but then buries them in brattiness and bigotry. He claims he’s not a homophobe and realizes that he needs to be more careful with his word choice, and then he casually drops the word “tranny” like it’s NBD. He tries to make Shia LaBeouf seem like an entitled ass (which, no doubt, he is), but then he lets it slip that Shia showed up to work knowing all of his lines, while “I, however, do not learn my lines in advance.” Um, what? Isn’t that your job? And if you really want to walk away from the spotlight of public life, isn’t there a better way than penning a click-baity, troll-y cover story? Like maybe…just walking away?

Jessica Biel was photographed looking very non-pregnant, for those of you at home keeping score. She’s also scheduled to present at the Oscars on Sunday.

-The full list of Oscar presenters have been announced, and Biel isn’t the only head-scratcher. Zac Efron? Kate Hudson?

-Meanwhile, Jimmy Kimmel announced all the guests scheduled to appear on his post-Oscars show, and it sounds like it’s going to be stacked.

-So pretty much no one in America has seen this year’s best picture nominees. Captain Phillips was the most-watched one, and that was only seen by 15% of those polled.

Liam Neeson says Bono was really nice to his kids when Natasha Richardson died.

-Did the prospect of random drug testing cause Justin Bieber to reject a plea deal in his Miami Beach DUI case?

-But look, he’s recording a song with his mommy! That makes everything all better, right?

Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint had a hairy Harry Potter reunion.

-It looks like Josh Brolin‘s assistant has been upgraded to his girlfriend.

Anna Kendrick (wearing a very cute romper — words I rarely put together) helped pal Miles Teller celebrate his birthday in Vegas.

-Aw nuts. Harold Ramis has died. Let’s all raise a glass of ectoplasm and listen to “I’ve Got You, Babe” on repeat.

-I’m glad to see Bill Murray put out a statement about Ramis. The pair reportedly hadn’t spoken since a falling out on the set of Groundhog Day.

-This is admirable: Ukrainian born actress Milla Jovovich is raising money to help the victims of violence in Kiev.

January Jones shared a photo of her 9-year-old self on Instagram and it made me almost like her.

-When I heard this weekend that NBC was planning to bring back Heroes, I assumed it was a joke. How is it not a joke?!

-In other NBC news, Jennifer Lopez is coming back to TV as a single mother cop. Let’s hope it’s more Out of Sight and less Gigli.

Julianne Moore says she does her own housework, so there.

-A girl from Pretty Little Liars is engaged to a guy from Suits. Please don’t make me learn their names.

-Oopsie! Avatar star Sam Worthington was arrested in NYC after allegedly punching a photographer. It sounds like the paparazzo first kicked Sam’s girlfriend in the shins, though.

-Warner Brothers seems to realize that Veronica Mars will probably do better on VOD than at the box office, so they’re making the film available as a digital download and rental the same day it opens in theatres. That pretty much never happens.

-Scandal returns on Thursday. Celebrate by staring a Kerry Washington’s belly bump.

-Speaking of Kerry‘s belly bump, she had a baby shower at Shonda Rhimes‘ house.

Amanda Seyfried has landed the role of the female lead in Ted 2.

-Meanwhile Mila Kunis, who was in the first Ted movie, is busy getting old-timey in her new ad for Jim Bean.

David O. Russell says he accidentally spoiled Anna Karenina for Jennifer Lawrence. I did the exact same thing once to a coworker. Who knew 140-year-old classics need to come with spoiler warnings?

Seth Meyers‘ Late Night hosting gig starts tonight.

-I’ve mentioned before how I just don’t buy the “True Detective is the best show ever!” mantra that’s floating around (I was momentarily onboard last week and then I saw the latest episode and have jumped back off the train). However, I’m LOVING all the thoughtful analysis being written about the show’s depiction of women. The New Yorker’s Emily Nussbaum called it out in an article today, which was posted at pretty much the exact time as Slate’s Willa Paskin’s piece about how the show’s objectification is intentional. And that led to a bunch of other smart TV critics throwing in their (very eloquent) two cents, either defending the show, critiquing it, or pleading with us all to hold our judgment until the season finale airs in a few weeks. This might be the first time I’m more entertained by reading about a show than actually watching it.

-The first full trailer for Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley on HBO has landed.


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Golden Globes: Best and Worst Dresses + Full List of Winners

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This year’s Golden Globes’ red carpet was a sea of pale dresses and paler lips, but some stars managed to stand out. I rounded up all of the best and worst looks for MSN Canada (see the gallery here), but here’s a quick look at my faves — and my least faves.

BEST:

I might be in the minority here (and judging my the MSN Facebook commenters who couldn’t believe I gave her a thumbs-up, I am), but I LOVED Emma Watson‘s look. It was young and fresh and different — exactly what someone her age should be doing. It was also not super dressy, perfect for a presenter who doesn’t want to take the spotlight away from the nominees. Perfection.

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Elisabeth Moss rightly won for her role in Top of the Lake, but she was already a winner the second she stepped out on the red carpet in this sleek J Mendel dress. And I usually don’t like shiny!

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Reese Witherspoon wasn’t even a nominee, but she stole the spotlight on the carpet with this slimming, sexy Calvin Klein. I love that she was one of the few who dared to opt for colour. I wish Tatiana Maslany would have worn something like this. Her flapper-inspired dress was fine, but she’s a newcomer and this was her opportunity to make her mark.

Cate Blanchett‘s Armani dress is super edgy and super perfect for her. God bless her for never being a bore on the red carpet. I love it!

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Olivia Wilde showed the other pregnant attendees how it’s done (we’re looking at you, Drew Barrymore and Kerry Washington) with this sleek and sexy green Gucci.

WORST:

Raise your hand if you’re over Zooey Deschanel like I am? It’s one thing to bow to the alter of quirk, but that doesn’t mean you have to choose such aggressively unflattering outfits. And those shoes are unforgivable.

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Julia Roberts didn’t even attempt to pretend to care with this outfit. So very boring, it’s almost insulting.

It’s your moment, Sandra Bullock! Why are you handicapping yourself with such a hideous Prabal Gurung dress?

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Speaking of not taking advantage of their moment in the sun, Jennifer Lawrence now has the perfect haircut to pair with a fun, edgy dress. This was not it.

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Was there another dress more desperate and annoying than Paula Patton‘s overdone Stéphane Rolland Couture? She and Robin Thicke clearly deserve each other.

What were your picks for the best and worst? Tell me in the comments below.

Also, here are the night’s winners. and scroll to the bottom to watch Tina Fey and Amy Poehler‘s killer opening monologue:

Best Picture – Drama: 12 Years A Slave

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical: American Hustle

Best Actress – Drama: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Best Actor – Drama: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical: Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of
Wall Street

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Best Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Animated Feature: Frozen

Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty

Best Original Song: U2’s “Ordinary Love,” Mandela: Long Walk
to Freedom

Best Score: Alex Ebert, All Is Lost

Best TV Series, Drama: Breaking Bad

Best TV Series, Comedy: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best TV Mini-Series/Movie: Behind the Candelabra

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Amy Poehler,
Parks and Recreation

Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Andy Samberg,
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Robin Wright, House of
Cards

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Bryan Cranston, Breaking
Bad

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Show, Miniseries or TV
Movie: Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge

Best Supporting Actor in a TV Show, Miniseries or TV Movie:
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Best Miniseries or TV Movie: Top of the Lake

Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Elisabeth Moss,
Top of the Lake

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Michael Douglas,
Behind the Candelabra