Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. (Twitter.com)
-Gwyneth Paltrow has been named most hated celebrity in Hollywood, beating Anne Hathaway in a poll. Harsh! To quote Judy Greer, “I know my moral compass doesn’t exactly point due north, but if I say something’s wrong, something’s wrong.”
-Speaking of Anne Hathaway, I’d love to see her hat closet.
-Like the rest of the population, Billy Ray Cyrus doesn’t seem very confident that Miley and Liam Hemsworth are going to make it down the aisle.
-Uh-oh. Even People is reporting that the wedding is “postponed.”
-In this cute video, Steve Buscemi awkwardly meets Vampire Weekend and asks them to explain their lyrics. “You don’t care that people don’t know what they mean?”
-This year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup features the Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne, Steven Soderbergh — but not a lot of Canadians.
-Russell Brand says he attempted to get Tom Cruise to recruit him into Scientology on the Rock of Ages set, but Tom was having none of it.
-For the love of God, why hasn’t someone taken away Justin Bieber’s Twitter access yet?! And also Instagram.
-Harrison Ford won’t answer Star Wars questions — but at least he has a sense of humour about it.
-Bryan Cranston just tweeted a photo he found of some awesome Breaking Bad graffiti inVancouver.
-Meanwhile, his BB costar Aaron Paul is begging Ellie Goulding on Twitter to play at his wedding — and it seems to be working.
-Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t care who replaces Joy Behar and Elizabeth Hasselbeck on The View. Seriously. ”I take a paycheck every other week. That’s all I do. I could give a sh-t what comes. I do my job — I have a contract. That’s where I stand. I don’t give a f-ck.”
-Don’t Trust The B- In Apartment 23 may be cancelled, but at least ABC will release the final two episodes online.
-Nick Lachey says Kim Kardashian has been pimping out her life since 2006, recalling the time they went on a movie date and she called the paparazzi to capture their exit.
-Stevie Nicks has told Reese Witherspoon ”that she’s almost too old” to play her in a movie. Ouch!
-Shakira has asked the court to throw out her ex-boyfriend’s $250 million lawsuit.
-Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2013 list has be unveiled, with a different celebrity writing a tribute to each person on the list. Oprah praised Shonda Rhimes, Jodie Foster wrote about Jennifer Lawrence, Jon Hamm gushed over Bryan Cranston, Ed Helms waxed poetic about Mindy Kalling, and Justin Timberlake recalled how Jimmy Fallon launched into an improv set in the middle of his wedding reception.
-American Pie star Eddie Kaye Thomas just found out the dangers of one-night stands: a woman he met at a restaurant the night before pulled a kitchen knife on him and threatened to kill him.
-”Oopsie-Daisy Homophobe” is Stephen Colbert‘s amazing response to “Accidental Racist,” featuring Alan Cummings. (FF to 4:07 in Part II of this video.)
-Jennifer Aniston wore bell-bottomed jeans on Ellen this week. Are these a thing again?
-Amazon’s Zombieland pilot is now available for viewing — but only if you’re a Prime subscriber.
-Kristen Chenoweth is bitching about her “muffin top.” Did I mention that she weighs 88 lbs?
-The title of the next Divergent novel has been revealed: Allegiant.
-Alexis Bledel is showing off her new engagement ring — and her choppy new bob.
-Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage laughed off his sex symbol status, saying “I don’t believe any of it for a minute.” I’m not sure if it’s because of his sexiness, but I do know that I watch the show a lot more attentively whenever he’s on screen.
-Drake is talking about gun violence in Toronto.
-Daft Punk‘s new single, “Get Lucky,” leaked a few days ago but you can listen to the official version here.
-It had to happen eventually: Rick Ross has made a rap about Panera Bread.
-There’s a new trailer for Only God Forgives. Is anyone else getting a little tired of Ryan Gosling playing taciturn criminals? Everyone’s favorite fake boyfriend needs to lighten up!
-There’s also a new Lone Ranger trailer that’s surprisingly unsucky.
-Speaking of trailers, here’s the first one for R.I.P.D., in which Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges hunt down dead baddies. I really like how they’re using Mary-Louise Parker in this.