Everything’s coming up roses for Blake Lively these days. Does that surprise you? I guess I’m not really surprised: Blake is one of the all-time best hustlers. What she lacks in annuciation and acting skills, she makes up for in hustle. The Shallows is doing surprisingly well at the box office, and Vox even ran a hilariously bitchy “explainer” for why Blake continues to find success – go here to read. Anyway, she covers the new issue of Hamptons Magazine, and she talks about The Shallows and Café Society, the Woody Allen film which comes out in a few weeks. From what I heard, Blake’s role isn’t even that big? Kristen Stewart has the more significant role, but from the way Blake is hustling, you’d think Café Society was her Blue Jasmine. Some highlights:

Working with Woody Allen: “It’s really cool to work with a director who’s done so much, because he knows exactly what he wants. The fact that he does one shot for an entire scene—[and] this could be a scene with eight people and one to two takes—it gives you a level of confidence because when he’s got it, he knows he’s got it. He also is really encouraging as to why he cast you, so he’ll say, “Say the dialogue that’s written and then you can improvise for a while.” And his dialogue is so specific, and it’s speaking in a 1930s dialect and [with period] references, so it’s intimidating to think, Oh, let me just improvise there and hope that my words blend seamlessly alongside Woody Allen’s. Which they clearly wouldn’t and don’t. But he’s very empowering.”

Working with a CGI shark: “Ninety-nine percent of this movie was me acting to a piece of pink tape or a man with a shark fin swimming around me in circles just so the camera could track where the shark would be CGI’d later. That was incredibly challenging because I really appreciate having a costar to play off of and I feel like they always make me better. This movie, I only had my imagination to play off of.”

Her red carpet style: “It’s mood-based, it’s environment-based, knowing what the event is. Something like Cannes, for example, is incredibly Old Hollywood, glamorous, iconic; there’s the wind of the Côte d’Azur—you want things that will blow in the wind, that will look beautiful in the sun, that drip down a sweeping staircase. It’s the same thing with the Met: You think of the staircase that your outfit could drip down. You sort of look at the event cinematically and you think, What character do I want to play? Red carpet is not real life, so you’re always sort of playing a character when you’re on it.

She loves to discover artisans: “My style is very much a reflection of my experiences and my moods, who I am and where I’ve traveled. Whenever I travel, I like to discover little shops and restaurants and artists and artisans, and I love that to be a part of my story. So my design aesthetic, whether it’s in my home or on my body, is very much an unfolding of my experiences and my stories. And that can be incredibly casual—it can be jeans and a T-shirt—but it’s my dad’s T-shirt maybe. It’s stuff that normally means something to me. And it’s also very personal and relaxed. I also like to dress up, though; I also think that’s relaxing— to put on a great pair of Louboutins.

[From Hamptons Magazine]

Sigh… where to even begin? Honestly, the “I discover artisans” thing bugged me more than the Woody Allen stuff. The Woody Allen stuff we’ve heard from Blake before, and I’m assuming her publicist told the magazine to NOT ask any specific questions about the accusations of abuse against Woody Allen, so Blake gets to spill more of her “Woody is so empowering” nonsense. If we’re trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, we could say that Blake feels like she has to say that stuff because she wants to further her career. But I think she actually believes it. She believes that she’s empowered by Woody. As for the artisans and her carefully curated life… she exhausts me. She can’t just wear a t-shirt, the t-shirt has to be made by artisans for her father and have a lengthy backstory. Enough!

Photos courtesy of Hamptons Magazine.

Remember when everyone thought Eva Green and Johnny Depp were maybe/probably having an affair several years back? It was right around the end of his relationship with Vanessa Paradis, during the time we now know he was courting/romancing Amber Heard. But I always wondered if Eva and Johnny had something at one point. We’ll probably never know. These days, the rumor going around is that Eva is possibly romancing Tim Burton, who directed her in another film (which she’s currently promoting) called Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. It comes out in September, so that’s why Goth Princess Eva Green is on the cover of the August issue of W Magazine. I think very highly of Eva’s beauty, and this editorial does not do her justice at all. You can see W’s cover package here, and here are some highlights from the interview:

Her witchy image: “People have this image of me as being otherworldly…”

Miss Peregrine: “Miss Peregrine is like a dark Mary Poppins. She has the ability to manipulate time and uses her powers to protect the children. Miss Peregrine will kill for them… And she does! Which was fun.”

What Tim Burton says about his rumored lover: “Eva was not instantly knowable. There was something private and mysterious about her, and that’s not common in this day and age. People think she’s ‘dark,’ but she’s more interesting than that. People assume I’m dark too, but I’m really not. Is it just because I wear dark clothing? Do people want me to be in a white suit, like Mr. Roarke from Fantasy Island?! Eva faces the same dilemma. We share a complicated way of looking at things. We both have an interest in the unusual.” (It has been rumored that Burton and Green are romantically involved. “All I can say is that Eva seems to be his new muse,” said a close friend of the director’s. “He finds her very inspiring.”)

She was a geek in her younger years: “I was not popular in school. I was a real geek, hugging the walls. I blushed whenever the teacher would ask me a question. I was paralyzed.”

Early crushes included Jack Nicholson in The Shining & Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris. “I love Nicholson when he goes crazy with the ax! And when I was 15, I had an enormous poster of Last Tango in Paris on my wall. I was obsessed with the director, Bernardo Bertolucci.”

She’s fine with doing nudity: “It is very paradoxical. I am so shy, and, at the same time, I kind of expose myself literally to thousands of people. I don’t really understand why I do that. I need to go through therapy!”

Her role in Casino Royale: “At first, when they approached me, I thought it would be me wearing a bikini and being beautiful, so I said I wouldn’t audition. Then they sent me the script, and I saw that Bond was falling in love with my character—that she was sensitive and full of secrets. I could understand that. And in Casino Royale, I had to die. I die in a lot of movies. I don’t know why—it’s one of the unusual things about my career. I guess it’s a big rehearsal for the inevitable.”

[From W Magazine]

“I was not popular in school. I was a real geek, hugging the walls.” I believe that she was unpopular, but I think the word “geek” might be misapplied here? She sounds like a nervous, high-strung kid who didn’t have a lot of friends, but not really a “geek” the way we think of geeks these days. And I consistently find it extraordinary that all of these beautiful actors (around the world!) were all so geeky and unpopular when they were young. Bulls—t! Some of them were the popular Mean Girls, some of them were jocks, some of them had lots of friends.

So, do you think Eva and Tim are banging? I went into it thinking “no,” but after I read his quotes… maybe? Like, is Eva his new muse after he split from Helena Bonham Carter?

Photos courtesy of WENN and Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for W.

There’s so much to love in this post. There is so much fabulousness, so much style, so much elegance, so much joy. These are photos from last night’s London premiere of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. This will probably be the biggest movie starring two women over the age of 50 all year. And I sort of can’t believe that someone finally financed AbFab: The Movie. It’s amazing! Anyway, let’s get to the fashion, because that’s what Patsy and Eddy would want. LACROIX, DARLING. Obviously, Jennifer and Joanna outshone everybody else.

Kate Moss and Stella McCartney walked the carpet together, and both ladies took small roles in the film. Well, Moss’s role is crucial-but-small. And I’m tickled that Kate Moss looks so happy and joyful to be at this premiere. Like, she’s a HUGE AbFab fan.

This made me so ridiculously happy: Jerry Hall dragged her new husband Rupert Murdoch to the premiere! I love that she’s wearing flats and that they seem happy together.

BUBBLE. (I mean, Jane Horrocks.) FAB!

Jourdan Dunn looked incredible. Her legs, you guys!

Here’s Kylie Minogue and her hot piece Joshua Sasse. SO BEARDY.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Joe Alvarez/WENN.

This ^^ is a picture of Kourtney Kardashian looking hot at GQ’s 10th annual Love Sex and Madness party Tuesday night. As you may know, we are coming up on the one-year anniversary of Kourtney and Scott Disick’s breakup. I don’t know what gift you are supposed to get for the First Year Breakup Anniversary. It sounds like Scott didn’t know either so he stuck to the old standby and got Kourtney pregnant. According to In Touch, the couple are expecting a new baby and it will be here as soon as January! The couple are already parents to Mason, Penelope,and Reign but In Touch claims Kourtney has always wanted four babies and the same dad for all of them. Apparently everyone is just thrilled with the news because seriously, what could go wrong with this development?

Congratulations, Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick!

In Touch can exclusively reveal that the on-again, off-again couple is expecting their fourth baby together. A source tells the mag the 37-year-old is currently four weeks into her pregnancy.

“Kourtney has always wanted four kids, but has been adamant about not wanting multiple baby daddies,” the insider explains — adding her famous family was shocked by the news, but eventually came around to the idea.

As for the party boy 33-year-old, the source says he’s “been doting on her and the kids [Mason, 6, Penelope, 3, and Reign, 1] ever since they found out.”

[In Touch]

Her family is shocked – SHOCKED – I tell you. I’ll bet Kourtney is pretty surprised to find out she’s four weeks along as well. Especially when she took this picture Tuesday morning – I would kill to look this pregnant:

Sun vibes ? https://t.co/NXmLiocps3 pic.twitter.com/CGu27Fl4bB

— Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) June 28, 2016

Ah, but the saga of Lord D and Lady K doesn’t end with just one selfie. Last Saturday, Scott accompanied a mystery blonde to the BET Awards. Following that, Kourtney snapped the pic above and then made her way to the GQ wingding where she ended up leaving with Diddy’s 25-year-old son, Quincy Combs. Apparently, after being spotted out and about last December, Kourt and the aspiring actor have been photographed together a few times, including Khloé’s birthday on Monday. Kourtney is no stranger to younger entertainers having reportedly hooked up with Justin Bieber last year. If she is with Quincy, that’s a step up from The Biebs – Quincy is hot.

Ah – look who hung out together earlier this month

Photo credit: WENN and Fame/Flynet Photos and Twitter

Drew Barrymore is reportedly in negotiations to get her own talkshow, executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres. When I think of talkshows, I think of how crowded the market it and how even pros like Anderson Cooper couldn’t keep a show on the air. I also think of hacks like Kris Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, and Bethenny Frankel, all of whom have had failed talkshows in the past few years. So maybe in comparison Drew’s show will be ok, but I don’t have high hopes. Variety had this news:

There are rumblings that [Drew Barrymore] has been discussing a talk show development deal with Warner Bros. and Ellen DeGeneres’ A Very Good Production banner.

Barrymore is already in business with Warner Bros. TV’s Shed Media as the narrator of the upcoming NBC unscripted series “First Dates,” also from DeGeneres’ shingle. That show trains cameras on couples who are going on first dates at the same Chicago restaurant.

Sources emphasized that there’s no deal in place for Barrymore on the talk show front yet, but the conversations have been ongoing. If a deal were to come to fruition, DeGeneres would be an exec producer…

Barrymore has become more active as a producer in television in recent years. She’s an exec producer of the Esquire series “Knife Fight” and was an EP on VH1’s “Tough Love.” Barrymore and WB have also been discussing a development deal for her as a producer.

On the acting front, Barrymore is gearing up for a starring role in Netflix’s upcoming comedy “Santa Clarita Diet,” in which she’ll star opposite Timothy Olyphant. She’s also an exec producer on the series.

[From Variety]

Have you guys ever seen that Esquire show Knife Fight she produces? It’s like hipster Iron Chef where they make the food at a cool restaurant in a party setting. It sounds like Drew is busy and that she’s executive producing a lot of shows, which is smart. I don’t think she’s quite the type to host a talk show though. She’s got that touchy feely earth girl personality which can be cloying in large doses. Drew is “real” and comes across like a very warm person, but I just don’t see her talk show being all that successful. We’ll see though, she’s definitely got name recognition and I’m sure she can pull a lot of big celebrities. Plus she likes to drink her wine, so she’s like Hoda and Kathy Lee that way. I’m sure the drinks will be flowing.

photos credit: WENN.com

Another summer in Vancouver, another year I probably won’t hike the Grouse Grind. If Neil Patrick Harris takes a gondola up, I actually feel less bad about being a lump of uselessness.

Vancouver is awesome. Took the family up to Grouse Mountain, rode a gondola, sa…

Another summer in Vancouver, another year I probably won’t hike the Grouse Grind. If Neil Patrick Harris takes a gondola up, I actually feel less bad about being a lump of uselessness.

Vancouver is awesome. Took the family up to Grouse Mountain, rode a gondola, sa…

Another summer in Vancouver, another year I probably won’t hike the Grouse Grind. If Neil Patrick Harris takes a gondola up, I actually feel less bad about being a lump of uselessness.

Vancouver is awesome. Took the family up to Grouse Mountain, rode a gondola, sa…

Another summer in Vancouver, another year I probably won’t hike the Grouse Grind. If Neil Patrick Harris takes a gondola up, I actually feel less bad about being a lump of uselessness.

Vancouver is awesome. Took the family up to Grouse Mountain, rode a gondola, sa…

Another summer in Vancouver, another year I probably won’t hike the Grouse Grind. If Neil Patrick Harris takes a gondola up, I actually feel less bad about being a lump of uselessness.

Vancouver is awesome. Took the family up to Grouse Mountain, rode a gondola, sa…