Jennifer Lopez’s New Movie Trailer Is A Chaotic Mess
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The award for most chaotic, unserious movie trailer out this week goes to Jennifer Lopez. In a new movie-musical-danceathon (???), the singer and beloved rom-com starlet has “created a narrative-driven cinematic odyssey,” according to distributor Amazon. Named after her forthcoming ninth studio album, Lopez’s “THIS IS ME…NOW: A LOVE STORY” stars a roster of rotating love interests and includes a very strange assortment of cameos, including Neil Degrasse Tyson, Sofia Vergara, Derek Hough and (too) many others to count. I have no clue what to glean from this trailer, but maybe you can decipher it.
Speaking of musicians, the timeline was ablaze this past week with a viral clip of Yasiin Bey, a.k.a. Mos Def, on fashion designer and insider Recho Omondi’s podcast “The Cutting Room Floor.” When asked whether he considered Drake’s music hip-hop, Bey said, “Drake is pop to me,” akin to music he’d hear in “a Target in Houston.” I know how Champagne Papi Hive likes to tussle, but he’s absolutely right. Of course, they talked about much more than the “Degrassi” star — but watch the video for yourself.
While we await the forthcoming “Degrassi” documentary, the next children’s series to arrive in reboot land is Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place.” Originally airing from 2007-2012, the show followed the hijinks of a New York City teen — Alex Russo, played by Selena Gomez — raised in a family of wizards. Thanks, in part, to the cast maintaining the series’ pop culture relevance through their “Wizards of Waverly Pod” podcast, Disney has now officially ordered a sequel, with Gomez guest-starring in the pilot. Deadline has the deets.
And just like that, the lore of Che Diaz is no more. Sara Ramirez, who plays the nonbinary comedian on the “Sex and the City” revival, has allegedly been axed from the series for their pro-Palestinian views. They sounded off on Instagram about how the entertainment industry blacklists pro-Palestinian talent, the performative nature of Hollywood and Diaz, a character they “vehemently defended” last year. Meanwhile, this week, “Stranger Things” star Noah Schnapp — who seemed to endorse “Zionism is sexy” stickers in a video from November 2023 — gave a PR-contrived apology for his misconstrued beliefs online.
Maher, who lost in his category to Ricky Gervais, did not appear to be amused by Sykes' jab.
“The carpet was on fire and smoke wafted up around the curtains,” a reporter who was backstage said.
"We need to speak up and shut this rogue government down. It's awful what they are doing to people," comedian Wanda Sykes said.
Nikki Glaser is hosting the glitzy ceremony.
Weir was one of the group's two frontmen and main vocalists for most of the band's history.
Emily Henry's novel gets the Netflix treatment with Emily Bader and Tom Blyth.
The former "Late Show" host ripped the leadership at his old network's news division.
Busfield has been accused of inappropriately touching a child while on the set of the Fox series "The Cleaning Lady."
“I don’t want to plant any seeds that I’d be judgmental or whatever,” the actor said on his “Armchair Expert” podcast.
The actor shared her thoughts on the harsh criticism of her performance in "Song Sung Blue," for which she is nominated for a Golden Globe.
The star was recognized with the 2026 Carol Burnett Award ahead of the 83rd annual Golden Globes.
Many people are expressing their support for the Oscar-winning actor.
“As an adult woman? No thank you,” the comedian said after giving her take.