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Ben Affleck has been the subject of many memes over the years, most notably of the Dunkin’ Donuts variety. We’ve seen him sad, tired, smoking, and all different iterations of lonely. Most recently, Affleck was shown to be having a not-so-great time at this year’s Grammy awards, where he was then turned into a grumpy man meme.

Affleck was recently asked by The Hollywood Reporter if he was upset by the amount of attention his face gets. As it turns out, he doesn’t really care, he just wanted to have a good time! “I had a good time at the Grammys. My wife was going, and I thought, ‘Well, there’ll be good music. It might be fun.’ At movie award shows, it’s speeches and, like, sound-mixing webinars. But I thought this would be fun.” He’s right! The Grammys are filled with fun, memeable moments. And what’s all this about sound-mixing webinars?

But there was a moment when the cameras caught the couple seemingly bickering. At one point, it was reported that Jlo was telling her new husband to look “friendlier” though he says that’s not really what happened:

I saw [Grammy host Trevor Noah approach] and I was like, “Oh, God.” They were framing us in this shot, but I didn’t know they were rolling. I leaned into her and I was like, “As soon they start rolling, I’m going to slide away from you and leave you sitting next to Trevor.” She goes, “You better fucking not leave.”

Being a good husband, Affleck just…sat there, looking…like he was sitting. He tried his best. Maybe next year, the Grammys can partner with Dunkin for some musical treats. That will surely put a smile on his face.

At the end of the day, Affleck is busy with his own sports drama AIR, so he doesn’t have time for memes or Batman movies, for that matter. Just let the guy do his sports thing!

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

After sharing her new album Hold The Girl last year, Rina Sawayama is making her film debut in John Wick 4 later this month. In an appearance on The Tonight Show on March 15 (her first late-night TV interview), the singer revealed she used her music videos to help her get the role as Akira.

“I had just finished writing my second album,” she told Jimmy Fallon. “Not fully, but the bulk of it. And I was having a creative block before that, so it was amazing that I managed to write most of it in two months. And never in my schedule have I had a couple months free, but because I finished that block of work there was a couple months free after that. And then I just randomly get a call from Chad Stahelski.”

Sawayama continued: “I co-direct some of my videos and I write some of my videos as well.” For her song, “XS” she played a robot. “I wrote into my videos the fact that I’ll be acting as a character… Honestly I was thinking, ‘You know what? If I’ve got this budget to do a music video, I’m also going to make it my acting portfolio.’ And it worked!”

“I would love to do more,” she said. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I would love to do more.”

Watch the interview above.

Princess Diana‘s brother is firing back at Donald Trump‘s recent claim that the iconic royal “kissed my ass.” Trump made the proud boast while promoting his new book in an interview with Breitbart News where he also claimed Queen Elizabeth, Kim Jong Un, and Oprah Winfrey lined up to plant one on his rear.

“I think they’re going to see a very fascinating life,” Trump said via the New York Post. “I knew them all — and every one of them kissed my a–, and now I only have half of them kissing my a–.”

After catching wind of Trump’s remarks about his late sister, Charles Spencer set the record straight on Twitter and made sure everyone know what Diana really thought of Trump.

“Surprised to hear that Donald Trump is apparently claiming that my late sister Diana wanted to ‘kiss his arse,’” Spencer tweeted. “Since the one time she mentioned him to me – when he was using her good name to sell some real estate in New York – she clearly viewed him as worse than an anal fissure.”

Of course, this isn’t the first time that Trump has made an outlandish claim about Princess Di. During a 1997 interview with Howard Stern, he actually bragged that he could’ve slept with her. (Stern did not help the situation.)

“Why do people think it’s egotistical of you to say you could’ve gotten with Lady Di?” the shock jock asked Trump. “You could’ve gotten her, right? You could’ve nailed her?”

“I think I could have,” Trump said before claiming he would’ve made her get an HIV test first. America’s 45th president, everybody.

(Via New York Post)

It’s been a while since there has been a good, old-fashioned celebrity shout-off. Lately, there has just been one-sided beef or stories of Matthew Perry talking out of school for his memoir. What happened to the real feuds, anyway?!

But when Eric André called out Chet Hanks earlier this week, it became pretty clear that Chet, who is known for saying things he shouldn’t say, would respond. And thus, the Hanks/André fight began.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Andre called Hanks “emotionally disturbed.” The actor/son of American treasure Tom Hanks, appeared on The Eric Andre Show where he allegedly endangered some of their staff. “He stole a motorcycle and rode it around. He almost knocked a bunch of grips and gaffers off their ladders. It was very dangerous,” André said.

Hanks, on the other hand, sees it differently. He took to Instagram to say that he “outshined” André on his own show, and was simply trying to match the comedian’s “weird, outlandish, troll” characters. He then called the comedian “soft” and “easily scared.” He also added that he had no idea that André “is such a p**s ,” which is, historically, the most irritating emoji to use when you’re mad at someone.

Speaking on his Instagram story, Hanks continued, “There’s a lot of f*****g weirdos in Hollywood, but I didn’t think you were one of them. I thought you were funny and cool but turns out you’re just a p***y.” That comment got the attention of Andre, who was just minding his own business.

In response, André then challenged Hanks’ ancestry, claiming that he is not only a liar but also doesn’t belong to the otherwise lovely Hanks family. “Everything Chet Hanks just said about me is a f***ing bald-faced lie. He’s a f***ing liar. And I dare him to take a f***ing DNA test and prove that Tom Hanks is his f***g father.”

Coincidentally, Hanks’ next Instagram post was a positive COVID test, but maybe he will take a DNA test for fun soon. Hopefully, he has a speedy recovery and stays away from Eric Andre.

Season six of The Eric Andre Show premieres on Adult Swim on June 4th.

(Via Page Six)

Shania Twain and Harry Styles have been friends — or “texting friends,” at least since Twain called Styles’ mom to wish her a happy birthday after the two had met at one of Styles’ shows in New York (as she explained to Stephen Colbert in January).

Twain was a surprise guest during Styles’ Coachella set last year, where they performed “Man, I Feel A Woman” together in similarly sequined outfits. Twain recently told Chicken Shop Date host Amelia DiMoldenberg she’s “too loyal” to give out Styles’ phone number, and that loyalty might have influenced her selection of Spotify Singles.

Twain recorded three Spotify Singles: her own track “Queen Of Me,” Styles’ “Falling,” and Howlin’ Wolf’s “Spoonful.” She posted them yesterday, March 15, along with a behind-the-scenes video.

“The studio is one of my favourite places to be and I got to spend a couple of days in @Spotify’s studios to record a live band version of Queen Of Me and two covers, @HarryStyles’ Falling and Howlin Wolf’s Spoonful,” the five-time Grammy winner tweeted. “Thank you for having me Spotify [green heart emoji].”

“Falling” is from Styles’ 2019 sophomore solo effort, Fine Line. The evocative ballad peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2019.

Twain is six weeks removed from releasing her latest album, Queen Of Me, her first original LP since 2017’s No. 1 hit Now. Queen Of Me debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200.

Listen to all three of Twain’s Spotify Singles below.

Christina Ricci may have made time to appear in Wednesday for Netflix, but her real attention-grabbing role has been doing down over at Showtime. Of course I’m talking about Yellowjackets, which premieres its second, double-downed season on March 26 and has Ricci chewing her role up like bubblegum as the adult version of the terrifying yet resourceful Misty. The portrayals of both Ricci and Samantha Hanratty (who plays the younger version of the soccer team equipment manager) have chances to go off the rails even more this season, and as I already promised, this will be fun time for the audience.

Also good news, as Ricci recently revealed, is how she is thrilled for her younger co-stars because they can embark upon Hollywood careers without dealing with some of the garbage of yesteryear. Ricci had previously expressed relief at how she hasn’t “done a sex scene in a couple years” while discussing how times have changed with Sydney Sweeney (who was talking about feeling very comfortable with Euphoria‘s intimacy coordinators). Now, she’s revealing how bad things were back in the day, because “[s]omeone threatened to sue me once because I didn’t want to do this sex scene in a certain way.”

Ricci opened up on The View, via Entertainment Weekly:

“It’s really great. Us older ladies talk about it all the time. It’s amazing to see that they don’t necessarily have to go through the things we had to go through. They’re able to say, ‘I don’t want to do this sex scene,’ ‘I’m not going to be naked.’ They can set boundaries for themselves that we were never allowed to do…. It’s really changed and it’s great to see.”

One more bonus about Yellowjackets: portraying Misty on Yellowjackets doesn’t present too much opportunity for onscreen sexy time, which was likely a relief for Ricci to behold. But hey, you never know what will go down with that Elijah Wood character, and what he will be up to in Season 2. Again, the sleeper hit returns on March 26 to compete with the likes of Succession. It feels good to have Sunday night TV battles again.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

Last year, Phoenix unveiled their new album Alpha Zulu after sharing compelling singles and giving late-night television performances. They’re back with a new version of the track “After Midnight,” now featuring the beloved indie artist Clairo.

The bright song is made even more effervescent and vivacious with Clairo’s dreamy vocals in harmony with Thomas Mars’ as they sing energetically: “Ooh, that’s what we’ll make in broad daylight / Ooh, soon you’ll realize it’s after midnight.” It moves at a fast pace, their voices blending in with vibrating synthesizers.

Phoenix said in a statement, “We’ve loved Claire since day 1! What a treat it is to have her sing with us! We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we do.” Clairo added, “I’ve been a massive fan of Phoenix for as long as I can remember, and I’m very grateful that they asked me to sing on this remix.”

The only other collaboration on Alpha Zulu is with Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig for “Tonight,” which they took to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in September. Since Koenig couldn’t make it, a split screen displayed Koenig singing in a taxi while the band performed live.

Listen to the new version of “After Midnight” above.

Between issues with Taylor Swift’s tour and fees that have drawn the attention of Joe Biden, Ticketmaster is not the most esteemed company in the music and live entertainment world right now. Most recently, they upset fans of The Cure, as the band intentionally priced tickets for their tour inexpensively, but with Ticketmaster fees, fans ended up paying about double what the band intended.

Robert Smith isn’t taking this lying down, as he has hopped on Twitter to transparently express how upset and annoyed he is by this situation. Now he has offered some updates since his initial posts, in which he reveals he’s been looking for answers.

In the first of his tweets shared last night (March 15), Smith wrote, “I AM AS SICKENED AS YOU ALL ARE BY TODAY’S TICKETMASTER ‘FEES’ DEBACLE. TO BE VERY CLEAR: THE ARTIST HAS NO WAY TO LIMIT THEM. I HAVE BEEN ASKING HOW THEY ARE JUSTIFIED. IF I GET ANYTHING COHERENT BY WAY OF AN ANSWER I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW. X.”

In two additional tweets, he addressed scalpers, writing, “I HAVE BEEN TOLD: StubHub has pulled listings in all markets except NY, Chicago, Denver (IE. CITIES IN STATES THAT HAVE LAWS PROTECTING SCALPERS). PLEASE DON’T BUY FROM THE SCALPERS – THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE – IT IS JUST A VERY SLOW PROCESS… X,” and, “I WILL BE BACK IF I GET ANYTHING SERIOUS ON THE TM FEES… IN THE MEANTIME, I AM COMPELLED TO NOTE DOWN MY OBVIOUS RECURRING ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THOUGHT… THAT IF NO-ONE BOUGHT FROM SCALPERS… THEN… X.”

Tom Cruise, the star of one of the biggest movies of 2022, didn’t attend Hollywood’s biggest night. The Top Gun: Maverick actor skipped the Oscars because he was filming Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part II, or he reportedly didn’t want to see his ex-wife (somehow, heartbreak does not feel good in a place like the Dolby Theatre), or maybe it was vague “personal reasons.” It was definitely one of those three, unless it was something else.

Whatever the case, David Letterman isn’t buying Cruise’s excuse.

The former Late Night and one-time Oscars host appeared on Wednesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he called Kimmel the “Prince of Hollywood” for presiding over an incident-free evening at the Oscars on Sunday. Letterman also congratulated him “because you resurrected this carcass, and the network and the Academy ought to be very grateful, nice going.” He then brought up Cruise, or the lack thereof.

“Here’s something that may be a little sensitive,” Letterman said. “Where was Tom Cruise?” After a short pause, Kimmel replied, “We don’t know where Tom Cruise was. We heard ‘production issues.’” When Letterman called that “nonsense,” Kimmel said, “Exactly, it’s very non-specific, but we have no idea what happened.”

Letterman added, “Tom Cruise should have been there, celebrating his big jet pack maverick show.” Top Gun: Maverick made a lot of money at the box office, but it would have made even more if it had been titled Big Jet Pack Maverick Show. Two billion dollars at least.

You can watch Letterman on Jimmy Kimmel Live above.

(Via the Daily Beast)

People sure have been talking about The White Stripes drummer Meg White a lot lately. This current wave of discourse started earlier this week, when journalist Lachlan Markay wrote in a now-deleted tweet, “The tragedy of the White Stripes is how great they would’ve been with a half decent drummer. Yeah yeah I’ve heard all the ‘but it’s a carefully crafted sound mannnn!’ takes. I’m sorry Meg White was terrible and no band is better for having sh*tty percussion.”

That drew a number of responses from people like The Roots drummer Questlove and Jack White’s ex-wife Karen Elson. Now, Jack himself has weighed in.

Instead of directly addressing what’s been said, though, he came to Meg’s defense via a poem, which he shared on Instagram last night (March 15). It reads:

“To be born in another time,
any era but our own would’ve been fine.
100 years from now,
1000 years from now,
some other distant, different, time.
one without demons, cowards and vampires out for blood,
one with the positive inspiration to foster what is good.
an empty field where no tall red poppies are cut down,
where we could lay all day, every day, on the warm and subtle ground,
and know just what to say and what to play to conjure our own sounds.
and be one with the others all around us,
and even still the ones who came before,
and help ourselves to all their love,
and pass it on again once more.
to have bliss upon bliss upon bliss,
to be without fear, negativity or pain,
and to get up every morning, and be happy to do it all again.

III.”

Jack’s post came about a day after Markay walked back his initial statement, sharing a multi-part apology on Twitter that begins, “By now you’ve probably seen an ill-advised (and since-deleted) tweet I sent out yesterday about the White Stripes and Meg White. It was an over-the-top take on TWS and White as a drummer, and was, let’s face it, just truly awful in every way. Petty, obnoxious, just plain wrong.”

Meg has been dealing with this sort of criticism for decades now: In a 2002 interview, she said, “I appreciate other kinds of drummers who play differently, but it’s not my style or what works for this band. I get [criticism] sometimes, and I go through periods where it really bothers me. But then I think about it, and I realize that this is what is really needed for this band. And I just try to have as much fun with it as possible.”

Find Jack’s post below.