Thrilled to announce my book DISNEY HIGH: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire will be out from
@StMartinsPress
on 9/24/24! And you can preorder your copy right now!
The love interest in Taylor Swift’s new Lavender Haze music video is trans model and artist Laith Ashley. At a time when trans rights are increasingly under attack, this representation is major.
If you’re wondering what life is like in Australia... pretty much back to normal. Thanks to decisive action, lockdowns, mandatory international quarantine, and stringent contact tracing, the current number of active cases in the whole country (pop. 25 million)?
47.
Screaming at Lizzo pulling a tiny flask out of her purse and taking a big swig after losing Song of the Year, then going on to win Record of the Year approximately 30 seconds later.
#Grammys
Tahj Mowry just shared an emotional post about Naya Rivera, his childhood friend and ex-girlfriend. When I interviewed him earlier this year, he said their bond “was almost like an arranged marriage.“
The op-ed title "I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change." being read out again and again as a jury rules against the woman who wrote it is... extremely dark.
Obsessed with the Harry Styles super fan. The way she could barely croak out his name in surprise, the little dance he did when he ran to her, their sweet moment together on stage. Fans make music what it is, and that was a fun reminder.
#Grammys
I'm not saying this isn't Will and Kate, but also I would not be shocked if John Oliver revealed he hired a pair of look-alikes to prance around Windsor as a bit.
The casting of young Georgia (Nikki Roumel) on Ginny & Georgia is SO good. From the looks to the mannerisms, you actually believe this is the same person at various stages of life, and that’s incredibly hard to pull off.
We need to stop sleeping on Netflix’s new dance movie Work It. Jordan Fisher as romantic lead, crackling chemistry with Sabrina Carpenter, routines I like to imagine I could do if only I got off the couch. Completely charmed AND it’s directed, written, and produced by women!!
Katie Leung says publicists instructed her to pretend she wasn’t the target of racist vitriol by fans while playing Cho Chang in Harry Potter. “I remember them saying to me... ‘just say it's, say it’s not true, say it's not happening.’”
I profiled
@finnwolfhard
for the
@washingtonpost
! Special thanks to Paul Rudd,
@carriecoon
,
@JasonReitman
, and the Duffer brothers for helping me get to know this certified Cool Teen who’s navigating growing up in front of the whole world.
We need to make the new Meg Ryan rom-com a Barbie-level event. Flock to the cinemas in cozy outerwear, brandishing bouquets of daisies and sandwiches that took an hour and a half to order.
Did not fully grasp the enormity of the void left by not having Meg Ryan in new rom coms until we got this glimpse of Meg Ryan in a new rom com. Snowed in! At an airport! With an old flame!
From the star of “When Harry Met Sally” and “Sleepless in Seattle" comes a new rom-com. Meg Ryan and David Duchovny star in
#WhatHappensLater
, a swoon-worthy story of old flames rekindled amidst the magic of missed connections, directed by Meg Ryan. Only in theaters October 13!
I went to Pasadena and profiled Jennette McCurdy for the
@washingtonpost
. It’s an intense read, but as her friend Jerrod Carmichael said, “She's willing to contend with and confront these things that I've seen a lot of people run from."
Selena Gomez:
#MyMindandMe
is an intimate portrait of mental health, the universal need for human connection, and the relentlessly dehumanizing nature of celebrity. Not your typical glossy doc and better for it. Keep tissues handy.
Miley Cyrus not getting a Grammy nomination for Plastic Hearts is a bummer. The way she reinvented herself and made every track both a banger and lyrical joy ("Golden G String"! "High"!!). One of my top three albums of the year.
Golden Globes producer: So, what should we give as the reason why Amanda can’t accept her award? Busy working? Traveling overseas?
Amanda Seyfried’s publicist: No, no. Tell them she’s “deep in the process of creating a new musical this week,” then say no more!!
That same day I shopped, went to lunch, a cinema, a bar, and dinner. Everywhere I sat down, I had to sign in via a QR code on my phone and enter my contact details for contact tracing purposes. Social distancing is still encouraged and some stores require temperature checks.
Sutton fans have KNOWN Meghann Fahy deserves the world. (And clearly The Bold Type writers knew it too with the storylines they threw her way.) EGOT by 40.
There’s a lot to say about Bruno. I'll start, okay— I talked to some of the
#Encanto
cast and creatives about making the bop to end all bops for the
@nytimes
.
Since I see a not insignificant number of people questioning if this video is old or fake, thought I'd add a little more info up top: I filmed this on Saturday (December 5, 2020) in Brisbane at the Queen Street Mall.
No one is wearing a mask in the video because community transmission in Australia is virtually zero. The vast majority of active cases in the country (again, est. less than 50 in total) are coming from international travelers currently in hotel quarantine.
Taylor Swift turning “Soon You’ll Get Better,” the song she wrote about her mom’s cancer battle, into a ballad for these times is devastatingly beautiful.
#GlobalCitizens
#TogetherAtHome
Yes, it is summer now. Australia did shockingly already have fall, winter, and spring 2020 and confronted the virus then. International borders likely won't open up and things won't truly be ~normal~ until a vaccine is distributed here and worldwide.
Thank you
@ddlovato
for this anthem. This election is so vital and these lyrics are powerful and true: "We're in a state of crisis, people are dying, while you line your pockets deep." I made it about three lines before crying. VOTE.
#CommanderInChief
The most confusing part of Glass Onion was watching Kate Hudson and Kathryn Hahn co-star in a movie where someone else is playing a character named Andi.
CW: graphic details of abuse
In her Instagram stories, Evan is sharing screenshots from other women who have just come forward on Instagram saying they too were victims of Manson.
Why did this interview, which touches on sexual assault, trauma, and activism, need to open with a description of Angelina Jolie’s “vertiginous cheekbones, huge blue eyes and lips like a plumped red sofa”?
Singer-songwriter
@adassaofficial
, who voices Dolores, said her iconic “Bruno” verse was intended to be performed an octave higher, but she had the idea to drop it lower to fit with Dolores’ “intimate” style of speaking.
The part of Controlling Britney where we learn she was told she couldn’t afford a pair of shoes that she saw in a store window while walking into her multi-million dollar Vegas show—and the shoes in question were Skechers. What a profiteering, manipulative racket.
#FreeBritney
After
@Lin_Manuel
wrote “Bruno,” he made a demo in which he sang all of the parts. The voice actors & choreographers used that as their main reference when doing their parts. According to
@adassaofficial
, that version sounds “like Lin-Manuel on steroids.”
Amanda Seyfried with the incredible reveal that her “first magazine cover” was modeling as a Clay Aiken fan girl in the reflective glint of his 2003 aviators. Seven months later, Mean Girls premiered.
This account from
@DanCleary79
re: Wood and Manson is heartbreaking. “Over the course of one year he turned her into a different person. He broke her.”
*Hannah Montana transition music plays*
I’m writing a book! YOU’RE WATCHING DISNEY CHANNEL is about a cable network that became so much more and what that meant for everyone involved. I can’t wait to dive in and share this with you.
Harry and Meghan relaunched their lives away from a toxic environment, shut out all the incessant noise, helped so many by being open about their mental health struggles and miscarriage, and created space for themselves, Archie, and this new bebe to thrive. We love to see it.
@onlychildperry
I think the waver is because this time it’s Harper who betrayed her. She can deal with Cameron, but she thought she was finally developing a real female friendship. And then, bam!
Some fun facts about how the character of Bruno evolved, from directors
@thejaredbush
@ByronPHoward
:
- he was originally around Mirabel’s age
- his name was “Oscar” but a legal snag over a number of real life Oscar Madrigals led the filmmakers to change it
For the
@latimes
, I spent several hours talking to Patricia Richardson about “Home Improvement” (which ended 25 years ago this week), its muted legacy, and how she fought for more power as one of the only women on the ‘90s sitcom’s set. 📷:
@therealchouse
Link below!
Rumor has it tonight’s
#SydneyTSTheErasTour
concert could be a rain show, so here are my memories from the Rep tour Sydney show that got delayed for hours due to lightning, then it poured throughout. It was 1000 degrees out. We all looked like wet rats. Perfect night.
That was
@kai_martinez__
, Encanto assistant choreographer and cultural consultant (who also starred in those incredible viral side-by-side “Bruno” dance vids!), performing during “Dos Oruguitas” at the
#Oscars
.
Assistant choreographer and
#Encanto
consultant
@kai_martinez__
spent ~2 weeks perfecting the “Bruno” moves in studio with choreographer Jamal Sims + “Latinx dancers from Colombia, from Cuba, from Puerto Rico — people who understood the assignment.”
Update: Still thinking about
#CinderellaMovie
and might watch it again. It’s Ella Enchanted meets Shrek vibes, and you can fight it all you want, but that is exactly the movie we need right now.