E! Online has excerpts from Bryan Cranston’s new memoir, A Life in Parts, and I have to wonder when he even had the time to write it, or to get help writing it. He’s just so prolific an actor and I keep picturing him in the bathtub writing on a typewriter and smoking like his character in Trumbo. Reviewers on Amazon rave about the book and say that it’s not a tell-all so much as a series of revealing vignettes. Judging by the details on E!, they do get revealing. Cranston muses about murdering an ex whom he calls a stalker, he admits he lost his virginity to a prostitute (he’s said this before but I would presume he gets into more detail) and he says that he has an agreement with his wife that they will go to therapy whenever one of them sees the need. He’s been married to his second wife, Robin Dearden, since 1989 so it must be working. I’ll just include a few of these here, and you can read more on E! or in his book!

Dreaming of Death and Murder: Before meeting and falling in love with his wife Robin Dearden, Bryan dated an ex-girlfriend named “Ava” who he alleges was a stalker. In the book, the actor recounted a gruesome daydream where he imagined taking out his anger on Ava by slamming “her head against the wall with a metronomic consistency. Clumps of hair and bits of skin and brain matter stuck to the brick.”

“I remained calm. I was released from fear and anger. I wasn’t glad or relieved or filled with satisfaction. I felt nothing. I let go of her and the body slid to the floor,” Bryan continued. (page 120)

The Power of Therapy: While he may have played the tough and macho Walter White on Breaking Bad, Bryan has no hesitations about going to therapy. After his dad was gone, his sister Amy suggested all the siblings go to a professional. “I see a therapist from time to time when I’m feeling edgy or anxious, and Robin and I have been to a couples’ therapist periodically,” he admitted. “We have an agreement. If either of us feels like going, the other can’t object. I suggested this system to her before we were even married, and it’s worked for us over the years.” (page 255)

Saying Goodbye to Bryan’s Virginity: During his first trip abroad, Bryan and his buddies found themselves determined to lose their virginity. While two of his friends had no hesitation about paying for sex, Bryan was a bit more hesitant. It also didn’t help that he barely had any money on him. But once a woman was standing over him, all bets were off. “In the room, she indicated I should take off my clothes. This was happening,” he wrote. “There’d been no fireworks. No tenderness. No talking. We never exchanged names. I’d had no idea what I was doing. It was just this stranger and me at the particular moment in time. As uncomplicated as it should be.” (page 47)

[A Life in Parts via E! Online]

Have you dreamed of murdering an ex? I have but I’ve never admitted it before. It just seems so dark, but Cranston isn’t afraid to go there. Is it horribly misogynistic for a man to describe murdering an ex girlfriend in graphic detail or is it ok because it’s just a fantasy? I’m thinking of Eminem’s lyrics and I’m honestly asking because part of me is aghast and the other part realizes I’ve had those thoughts too. Also, it sounds rather practical to have an agreement with your partner to go to therapy whenever one of you feels like you need it. Relationships are work and getting outside help to reconnect can only be a positive thing, especially if you’re imagining scenarios where your partner ends up dead.

Matthew McConaughey covers the November issue of Esquire and don’t hate me, but I barely even skimmed the interview. While I don’t actively dislike The McConaughey, he’s not my favorite person and a little bit goes a long way, especially with his interviews. You can read the full Esquire piece here if you’re feeling alright alright alright and you want to just keep livin’ with your McConaughey love. Here are some highlights:

His first child made him feel like a man: “Out comes this screaming little life with a pair of balls. Man is never more masculine than after the birth of his first child. I don’t mean in a macho way. I mean in terms of giving a man strength.”

His wife Camila Alves helped his career: “A good woman gives a man courage and confidence. The courage to have the confidence to go and do it, to not be worried as much or consider as much what the rest of the world thinks.”

He didn’t always believe in marriage: “What is [marriage] more than a signed document? What is it more than a formality? I gotta believe in this thing. I spent a good amount of time talking about the sacrament of marriage with Pastor Haney, getting past that fear of, ‘Am I going to lose myself?’ And seeing it’s not, ‘Now I’m one and if we marry I’m 50 percent of myself and you’re 50 percent of you.’ No, it’s one and one, and multiply and become three.”

His proposal to Camila: “I remember hitting the knee, looking into her eyes, and … I remember her face. I remember this smile coming up from her feet. I remember her having to catch her breath. And she didn’t say yes right away. And then the whole family was going, ‘Jeezus, she’s gonna say no.’”

He’s not going to stop doing those weird Lincoln commercials: “F–k that. Because I’m going to. And I like ‘em. And they pay well. And they allow me to go and do these other little movies for a lot less.”

He was a frat boy: “I didn’t grow up acting. I don’t enjoy thespian, Hamlet-ian talks. I was the first frat boy in the University of Texas film school who wore button-down denim shirts, boots, and a buckle when all the Gothic artists were all in black. I went to see the big Hollywood pictures at the cineplex that everyone else in film class shat on. For a while I thought maybe you really do need to wear all black and stay out of the sunlight and only see independent films to be an artist. I still have moments with acting where I’m like, I’m getting away with it. Winning the Oscar was validation, the respect of my peers.”

How he felt after filming 2008’s Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: “All of a sudden. I understood, whoa, that’s become my brand.” After that, he made a “conscious decision” to “unbrand.”

[From Esquire]

Yeah, I remember when McConaughey was just the rom-com guy and it wasn’t bad. These days, I get tired of super-serious Actor Matthew McConaughey and I think he would be fine if he found a way to balance his serious dramatic work with some sillier, romantic stuff. Quite honestly, he was a good romantic lead. Some actors seem uncomfortable doing romantic work but Matthew always sold it, even when he was in a particularly stupid rom-com.

As for the “my son made me a man” and “a good woman does this and that” stuff… eh. I understand what he’s trying to say and he’s probably trying to give Camila a compliment, but he sounds kind of douchey there.

Photos courtesy of Esquire.

Punky and her Brewsters!

Soleil Moon Frye posted a photo with her four children – daughters Poet, 11, and Jagger, 8, and sons Lyric, 2, and Story, 4 months – via Instagram Wednesday.

“My four babies with me all in one shot. Love my little ones with all of my heart. L’Shana Tova,” the Punky Brewster star, 40, captioned the image.

The actress and her producer husband Jason Goldberg welcomed their fourth child on May 16.

“Everybody thinks we’re insane!” she said of their big brood.

“When I was a little girl, I used to tell my mom I wanted 100 kids,” she added. “Then as an adult, I thought that our family was so big with three. Then we have this amazing, incredible surprise with four, and I’m just so thrilled and excited and literally cannot believe it.”

My four babies with me all in one shot. Love my little ones with all of my heart. L’Shana Tova

A photo posted by Soleil Moonfrye (@moonfrye) on Oct 12, 2016 at 4:37pm PDT

Katya! Claire says you just “KILLLLLLLLLED” your GRE for grad school – congratulations! She also says that no matter what you do or where you end up, you will do amazing things. And she hopes you find yourself in Minnesota at some point as she misses her “mimosa girl”. By request, the Sopranos.
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Elle Magazine has about a million different cover subjects for their November “Women In Hollywood” issue. Every year, the different cover subjects multiply! And Kristen Stewart is one of those cover subjects. I actually like her cover the best, maybe? You can see the whole Elle “Women In Hollywood” package here. Elle’s only released one quote from Kristen:

Kristen on her love life: “I’m not ashamed, and I’m not confused. Things have changed. And not just with me—we’re really allowed to encourage this new acceptance to develop and be awesome.”

[From Elle]

As I’ve said before, I like that Kristen is all “Google me, I’m not hiding” about her sexuality. I like the way she’s been verbally and visually framing her relationships with women, and I do think she’s done great work in destigmatizing the reality of bisexuality to a larger audience. Now, all that being said, I still think the way she jumps from relationship to relationship is kind of shady, and I feel sorry for Alicia Cargile because I think Kristen just uses Alicia as the placeholder girlfriend in between bigger, crazier relationships.

Incidentally, Us Weekly and other outlets are now confirming that K-Stew and St. Vincent are loved up. They’ve apparently been inseparable during Kristen’s time in New York. Now I really do feel sorry for Alicia Cargile.

What else? Kristen did a Q&A session at the New York Film Festival where she revealed that she’s just as much of a stalker as everybody else:

“Much cooler, productive rad things could be happening. I know I sound ridiculous and really obvious; everyone says this, and I sound like an older person, but we could be doing way cooler s***. It’s so time-consuming…We stalk each other. I stalk people, I get stalked, we all get stalked.”

[From Movie Pilot]

I think she’s talking about social media and the nature of our celebrity-obsessed culture. And she’s not wrong.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Elle Magazine.

At 36 weeks along, Blac Chyna bared her baby bump via Instagram Wednesday.

“Drinking @teamiblends Skinny tea, as it gives me great energy plus it’s perfectly safe while pregnant! Can’t wait to do the @teamiblends detox after I give birth to my lil girl. Its the only tea I swear by to help me look my best! I have their tumblers in green, pink and purple use my code “CHYNA” to get a discount when you place your order! #thankyouteami #momapproved 36 weeks pregnant 4 weeks to go,” the expectant mama, 28, wrote.

On Tuesday, the Rob & Chyna star revealed her 50-lb. weight gain via Snapchat.

“4 weeks after Sunday she will be here !! Nov 16,” she wrote alongside a photo of herself standing on a scale that read “186.6.”

The expectant mom has previously talked about gaining weight during her pregnancy.

“Like no lie, my goal is to gain 100 lbs. this pregnancy,” the mom-to-be previously said. “I’mma tear it up, and then I’mma snap back.”

Earlier this month, Chyna and fiancé Rob Kardashian celebrated their daughter-on-the way in a co-ed baby shower. The cloud-themed bash, thrown by Chyna’s good friend Sylvia Karapetian, was held in L.A.’s Woodland Hills neighborhood.

Chyna also has son King Cairo, 3, with Tyga, Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend.

Drinking @teamiblends Skinny tea, as it gives me great energy plus it’s perfectly safe while pregnant! Can’t wait to do the @teamiblends detox after I give birth to my lil girl Its the only tea I swear by to help me look my best! I have their tumblers in green, pink and purple use my code “CHYNA” to get a discount when you place your order! #thankyouteami #momapproved 36 weeks pregnant 4 weeks to go

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Dear Gossips,

I was once in a meeting with an executive who made Asian jokes to my face, expecting me to laugh. And, instead of standing up for myself and doing what was honourable, I sat there and took it. Because I didn’t want to risk losing my job. Afterwards – and still now – I felt asham…

First: Benedict Cumberbatch is on the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly. It’s a preview of Doctor Strange, obviously, which comes out the weekend before Election Day here in the US. Will people actually leave their homes to see Benedict Strange perform magic tricks, or will we all be glued to our TVs in the final stretch of what is likely the worst, most depressing, most offensive campaign in modern American politics? I don’t know. I suspect that the true-blue Marvel fan-boys and fan-girls will see the film on opening weekend. Everybody else? They might wait a few weeks.

What does EW say? Not much right now. They released one quote from Bendy: “It’s a peculiar one — Strange by name, strange by name.” As in, prepare yourselves for a really weird story. Rachel McAdams is probably going to turn into Night Nurse, which I’m sure means something. Benedict also recently said that he thought he was going to have to turn down Marvel’s offer to play Strange because of his schedule, but Kevin Feige was so hellbent on having Cumberbatch that they completely changed the production schedule to make it work for Bendy.

Benedict and Tilda Swinton were also in Hong Kong earlier today for their first promotional stop for the film. Benedict has gotten a rather drastic haircut and I HATE IT. I’m not saying he should always have his Cumbercurls flowing in the breeze, but his face doesn’t really work with short hair. You can see some additional photos here of Benedict and Tilda Swinton. Just one thing: I really need the Daily Mail to stop referring to any Asian country or city as “the Orient.” We’re not living in an Agatha Christie novel. There’s no need.

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Photos courtesy of Getty, EW.

If there’s one thing you can say about Lea Michele, she’s not fake humble nor does seem unaware of her own personality. She knows who she is, she has a high opinion of herself and she’ll tell you about it. She’ll also tell you that you can do it too, and there are no excuses. (My words, but she pretty much said that.) There’s something no-nonsense about Lea which I admire, but I can only take her in small doses. Lea covers the November issue of Shape, where she talks about setting goals, meeting goals, and loving herself and her body. These seem to be her favorite topics.

On how facing criticism has made her stronger:
“I was raised to be confident. But confidence also comes from getting knocked down. When you go through something tough, you come out of it a stronger person. We live in a social media-driven world, where people say whatever they want, and if you’re going to engage with them, you have to be confident. Everybody is always going to have an opinion, and they’re entitled to that. You just have to know who you are and what you believe in.”

On why the scale doesn’t determine her self-worth:
“As I get older, my body is always changing. Right now I have so much energy, my skin looks good, and my butt is higher than it’s ever been. I’ve been skinnier and I’ve been a little bit bigger, and I’m never hard on myself one way or the other. The fact that I’m active, eating well, and taking care of myself is all that matters—not a number.”

On why she loves her shape:
“I love my shape because it’s unique to me. I’m 5’2”, and I get a lot of compliments on my legs, which is funny for a short girl. But they’re one of my favorite things about my body.”

On how putting in the work pays off:
“I constantly set goals for myself, and then I achieve them. I’m not someone who says they’re going to do something and then doesn’t. Follow-through is a huge thing for me. It’s something I look for in friendships and relationships. I pride myself on achieving goals and constantly growing and getting stronger. It’s about not becoming stagnant or letting anything hold me back.”

On learning to listen to her body:
“If I have one of those days when I don’t want to work out, I ask myself why. I’ve learned how to listen to my body and know what I need in that moment. And I’m grateful for that. It took me a very long time to get to this place. Now I can tell when my body is saying to take a break from working out, or when it’s saying, No, you’re being a little lazy, so that I can push myself to get going.”

On enjoying what she eats:
“I was vegan for a while, I was vegetarian for 10 years, and now I’ve incorporated meat back into my diet. I eat as healthy as possible because I know food fuels me. I usually start my day with avocado toast or a green smoothie. I love a big salad for lunch; I’m always concocting recipes like kale Caesar or spinach artichoke salad. For dinner I’m flexible. If I’m going out and I want a bowl of pasta, I’ll eat it. I’m not hard on myself.”

[From Shape]

Lea isn’t apologizing or trying to take up less space, she’s got a very healthy, if inflated, sense of self. She’s not wrong, you do have to believe in yourself, set goals and give yourself credit for it. I just don’t see her as a person who has much awareness of anyone else’s viewpoints or struggles. I did relate to what she said about how she looks for friends who follow through. I don’t think my friends have to be type A or anything but they do have to show up when they say they will and be capable of making plans ahead of time. It’s really difficult for me to be friends with people who flake out on plans. Sometimes I wonder how those type of people get through life.

Photos credit: Don Flood/SHAPE Magazine

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I don’t think I’ve ever had the opportunity to gush about how much I love Marlee Matlin. Seriously, I LOVE HER. So much. She’s a wonderful actress, a passionate activist and she just seems like a lovely person. Well, apparently Marlee appeared on one season of Celebrity Apprentice. And Donald Trump kept hitting on her. Or as Donald Trump would say, he moved in on her like a bitch. While we’re still waiting for Mark Burnett to release a supercut of all of the misogynistic, racist and terrible things Trump said on-camera during The Apprentice, it seems like some of the cast members of Celebrity Apprentice are coming forward with their own stories of Trump’s deplorableness.

Donald Trump is facing a set of negative allegations regarding his treatment of female contestants on Celebrity Apprentice, according to a new report. Former contestant Richard Hatch recently spoke to People, claiming the Republican presidential nominee made sexual comments toward Lisa Rinna and Marlee Matlin while filming season 11 of the reality competition series in 2011.

“Watching him in the boardroom making sexual comments to Marlee Matlin, to all of the women on the Apprentice, it was obvious that that’s just a part of who he is,” Hatch recalled to the magazine. “It was obvious and it was grotesque. It was blatant and it was frequent. He did it with Lisa Rinna; He did it with Marlee Matlin. He did it with whomever happened to be there at the time. He went back and forth with Marlee. No matter how she responded, no matter how politely, he would push it a step further with comments about her looks, and how she was making him feel, and about what he thought of her, and how happy he would be to do something sexual with her. It was a lot of innuendo, far beyond the norm. It was odd and weird, and people in the boardroom would look at one another, but he didn’t care. [Matlin] was with her interpreter, Jack, and I thought, ‘Gosh, I wonder if he’s comfortable with this?’”

A spokesperson for the Trump campaign dismissed the allegations, telling the mag, “Marlee Matlin is such a nice person, and Mr. Trump has great respect for her, but this report is completely false. Just take a look at Richard Hatch’s record, or lack thereof.”
Additionally, Hatch said he found issue in Trump displaying such behavior while daughter Ivanka Trump was in the same room.

“He did it in front of Ivanka,” he said. “That was not just uncomfortable for me. It was weird… He didn’t care that she was there; he didn’t seem afraid that she would hold him accountable or say anything about his boorish behavior. None of that happened. He was just that way, and it didn’t matter to him one bit that his daughter was listening in.”

[From E! News]

That’s so gross. I mean, every story we hear about Trump is disgusting, but just imagine how uncomfortable Marlee felt. It wasn’t a one-on-one situation, she was in front of other contestants, she had her interpreter there, the cameras were there. And to be subjected to that kind of sh-t, to have to watch her interpreter sign all of that disgusting sh-t… ugh. Also: Marlee has been married to her husband, Kevin Grandalski, since 1993. They have four children together. But we already knew that Donald Trump likes to take married women furniture shopping so he can move in on them like a bitch and grab them by the p-ssy. Think about how disgusting that is.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Getty.