If you were wondering whether Anna Wintour has jumped the Vogue programming shark with the “new brat pack,” this story won’t help much. Iggy Azalea nabbed a feature in the April issue (the one with Serena Williams on the cover). This story takes great care to promote Iggy’s 21-city arena tour that never happened. Oops.

Iggy’s interview took place under the pretense of shopping for her new shape at Barneys. Wait … new shape? Many people have long suspected that Iggy’s invested in some Kardashian-style butt augmentation. After Iggy quit Twitter for body-shaming reasons, I leaned towards buying her continued insistence of an all-natural tush. Iggy does admit to plastic surgery in this interview, but it’s not what I expected to hear:

She was into Missy Elliot & Tupac Shakur as a kid: “I was very obsessed with being a child prodigy. I liked the idea of doing something seemingly impossible in a field without women.”

On her “Booty” duet with JLo: “It’s about proportion. I have to have everything tailored because I have such a small waist. I’m a 2 or a 0 on the top, and a 6 on the bottom.”

Her modeling days: “When I first got to the States, people told me I should think about modeling. So I went to a few agencies, but once they measured my body, they didn’t like me anymore.” Being told she should lose some weight and get a nose job had the predictable effect on her confidence: “I was looking in the mirror a little differently.”

What would she change about her body? “I did change something: Four months ago, I got bigger boobs! I’d thought about it my entire life.”

[From Vogue]

She snuck that little bit of news in at the end, didn’t she? I write about Iggy regularly and never noticed the bolt-ons, but they’re modest implants. They’re very easy to miss because – after checking old photos – I realized how Iggy used to wear a lot of t-shirts and high-necked costumes. Her MTV VMAs dress (from last August) is a good comparison point.

Here’s Iggy last month at the Grammys with her new girls.

Photos courtesy of Mikael Jansson/Vogue & WENN

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There have been rumors and stories about an X-Files remake for years. I never thought anything would come to fruition because the show overstayed its expiration date when it was on the air, plus there were two movies that were frankly pretty bad. (A dismembered head was the villain in the second movie.) I loved the X-Files for the first few years that it was on, but when Mulder left (or maybe when he had a baby with Scully – it’s unclear if they actually had sex) it jumped the shark.

Regardless of some bumps in the road, the show remains one of the most beloved cult shows ever. As confirmation of that, Fox just announced that they’ve ordered six new episodes. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny will reprise their roles and X-Files creator Chris Carter will be the showrunner. It’s unknown when the reboot will air, but production is set to begin this summer. Here’s more, thanks to Variety:

“I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” Carter said. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”

The “X-Files” revival follows last spring’s return of “24” as a 13-episode limited series. NBC has joined the mania for resurrecting series with built-in audience awareness with its plans for the “Heroes Reborn” miniseries next season.

“X-Files” is a natural, as the show about FBI sleuths investigating instances of paranormal activity is tailor-made for social-media obsession — even if it hails from an earlier TV era. “X-Files” had a nine-season run on Fox from 1993-2002. It spawned two feature films, 1998’s “The X-Files: Fight the Future” and 2008’s “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”

Fox Television Group chairs Gary Newman and Dana Walden shepherded the show on the studio side during its network run. The pair have made no secret of their interest in bringing it back. The new episodes may well spark renewed interest in the show from SVOD platforms, just as the “24: Live Another Day” episodes spurred Fox to cut a rich pact for the entire series library with Amazon Prime.

[From Variety]

Both Anderson and Duchovny remain busy in recurring roles in other television shows and each published their first books recently. Anderson co-wrote a science fiction novel called A Vision of Fire while Duchovny published a humorous fable about a cow heroine (really) called Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale. It must have been tricky to find a time when the two of them were both free to film the new show.

I talk a good game about being disappointed by how the X-Files wrapped but I’m so excited for this remake. I hope they’re able to move on from the whole Scully and Mulder are in love storyline, but I guess the last movie already solved that. I barely remember it.

Duchovny instagrammed and tweeted this picture confirming the news. I loved Scully’s fashion so much. She had that iconic late 90s business style. It really doesn’t seem that long ago.

It’s been 13 years, hope my suits still fit. #XFilesReunion

A photo posted by David Duchovny (@davidduchovny) on Mar 24, 2015 at 6:07pm PDT

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I’m on @thedailyshow tonight to talk about two of my favorite things-sports and wood. Tune in!

A photo posted by Amanda Seyfried (@mingey) on Mar 17, 2015 at 4:50pm PDT

I delight in following Amanda Seyfried’s Instagram account, mostly because she heavily features the best celebrity dog ever, Finn. One of my LA-based buddies mentioned seeing Amanda in LA last year, and all I wanted to know was whether Finn was on the scene. He was present. #yasss

Amanda’s doing the rounds to promote her new film, While We’re Young. She stars as one half of a 20-something couple (the other half being Adam Driver) who befriends a 40-something couple played by Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts. The film’s trailer shows plenty of hijinks where the older couple tries to imitate the crazy dance moves of the younguns. Mostly, this movie makes me feel old.

Another thing that makes me feel old – Instagram. Kaiser pointed out (when talking about John Stamos’ bedfellows) how selfies are a generational thing. Now I know why Cameron Diaz’s assessment of social media makes sense to me. Amanda takes the concept into negative territory. She believes that young people who post selfies are “sad.” Amanda elaborated to Us:

On “sad” social media: “[Younger people] spend the entire day on Instagram, and they also take pictures of themselves and post them all the time with a veiled brag. It’s sad.”

Who does social media the right way? “Taylor Swift is pretty hip. She seems pretty honest. I think that’s hip. She’s promoting knowing yourself, and that’s the best idol.”

Amanda’s a homebody: “I’m comfortable in the familiar. I’m not a risk-taker. I’m a nester, so I’m nothing like [her]. Not in that respect.”

Will she ever have kids? “I think it’s an important chapter. there are some people who just know innately what they are, what they’re capable of. Yeah, it seems natural.”

[From Us Weekly]

Amanda goes too far by calling selfie-takers “sad,” but she makes some sense. I find it strange to see people orchestrating restaurant, coffee-house or park selfies. They don’t seem to be enjoying themselves in the act. They’re only focused on achieving the perfect shot, not on the reality of what’s really happening. But Amanda’s words make me side-eye her recent Instagram wedgie because … gurrrl.

P.S. Is Amanda aware of Taylor Swift’s very active ways on Instagram?

Nina and Foz #forfun

A photo posted by Amanda Seyfried (@mingey) on Mar 15, 2015 at 10:28am PDT

Photos courtesy of Amanda Seyfried on Instagram & WENN

One of my favorite moments in the Obama presidency is when Michelle Obama talked about how debt-ridden she and Barack were when they were younger. It was part of her 2012 Democratic Convention speech. Both Obamas had tens of thousands of dollars in student debt, and from what I understand, they weren’t able to pay off their student loans until Obama became a senator AND his books became bestsellers.

Some people (Elizabeth Warren) believe there is a crisis in student debt, and I tend to agree. College should be much more affordable than it is today. When I think back to how inexpensive it was when I went to college, it’s sort mind-blowing (but then again, I am more than a decade past my college graduation). Anyway, Miles Teller – who really isn’t THAT much younger than me – admitted in a recent interview that he still has student loan debt. It’s not that he doesn’t have the money to pay it off (he’s starred in some big studio films the past few years), but he just doesn’t think it’s any big deal to leave his debt out there. Lingering. Some highlights from Miles’ Vulture interview:

What he learned in college: “I couldn’t tell you a single thing I learned in college. You’re into it at the time and then when you leave, you kind of forget it.”

His scheduling with Divergent & Fantastic Four: “It’s nice, because you can get involved with a project early. You’re not scrambling to figure out what to do. These movies basically only take up my summers, and even then, if a movie wants you bad enough, they’ll work around it. I can do two, three films a year. I know I’ll at least be doing one, so I can balance it from there.”

He still hasn’t paid off his student loans: “That is true. My business manager says the interest is so low, there’s no sense in paying them off. I can, if I want to have that badge of accomplishment, but until then I still very much have my NYU loans.”

[From Vulture]

Ugh, I would hate to have that kind of debt hanging over me. But I’m the kind of person tempted to pay off her credit card bill in full every time. Just sitting here, knowing that I have an outstanding $250 on my Discover card is making me feel itchy. I had to learn that it’s good to have some kind of debt that you pay off gradually, because that helps your credit score. Not that Miles Teller is worried about his credit score, I’m guessing. He probably just does whatever his business manager tells him to do. Still… why not just pay it off? Typical dude, not planning his long-term financial future. Thinking about Miles’ debt is making me itch.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

A few weeks ago, we discussed Cate Blanchett’s Vogue Australia cover and some early excerpts. The cover is… odd. I still think it’s weird. Cate doesn’t look like Cate. She looks like Elizabeth Banks to me, but some of you got Robin Wright vibes. Anyway, I didn’t think the interview was all that noteworthy, quite honestly. I expect more from Cate, although she’s not really famous for giving amazing interviews, preferring instead to keep some mystery about her life. But some new quotes came out, and Cate is talking about the female audience and the market is changing.

Cate Blanchett recently spoke to Vogue Australia about gender inequality in Hollywood, giving her opinion on how women’s roles are changing. Interviewer Anna Funder asked Blanchett, “Tina Fey wrote in Bossypants that any woman in Hollywood who’s no longer considered f–kable is ignored. In the era of Judi Dench and Meryl Streep and other actresses we love, can this really be true, or are they exceptions?”

“Female audiences are driving the change, I think,” responded Blanchett. “Women don’t stop consuming cultural product once they stop menstruating.”

Funder spoke with Blanchett about people being surprised to learn about the wage equality gap for women. “People were surprised?” said Blanchett, “There are countless industries around the world where women in top positions are not equally remunerated for equal work.”

[From Vogue Australia & THR]

I think that’s a good quip – “Women don’t stop consuming cultural product once they stop menstruating” – but the problem is actually worse than that. Cate is right to a certain extent that young women (or girls, really) are being targeted by Hollywood with franchises like Twilight and The Hunger Games. But what about those young women on the cusp? Where are the quality films for a woman of 20, too old for Twilight and the like? The superhero films from Marvel and DC are so clearly aimed at guys aged 12 to 60. But what do the ladies have once they’ve outgrown the PG-13 rated films?

Oh, and Cate wants a part on Downton Abbey’s final season. She’s serious about it too – she says that she’s spoken to some of the Downton people AND her agent about doing a guest role. My opinion: Paul Giamatti was so bizarrely cast, surely they can make room for La Blanchett.

Photos courtesy of Vogue Australia.

Fifty Shades Of Grey will be released on DVD on May 8. They want your money so they’re promising that this version will be “unrated”, with an alternate ending and new scenes.

Like…

Come scenes?

One of my biggest problems (aside from Jamie Dornan’s overal…      

Fifty Shades Of Grey will be released on DVD on May 8. They want your money so they’re promising that this version will be “unrated”, with an alternate ending and new scenes.

Like…

Come scenes?

One of my biggest problems (aside from Jamie Dornan’s overal…      

Fifty Shades Of Grey will be released on DVD on May 8. They want your money so they’re promising that this version will be “unrated”, with an alternate ending and new scenes.

Like…

Come scenes?

One of my biggest problems (aside from Jamie Dornan’s overal…      

Channing Tatum wearing a bowler hat and cuddling a puppy for Vanity Fair.

Happy #NationalPuppyDay! Channing Tatum Day is next month. ???? by @bruce_weber (who else?)

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Channing Tatum wearing a bowler hat and cuddling a puppy for Vanity Fair.

Happy #NationalPuppyDay! Channing Tatum Day is next month. ???? by @bruce_weber (who else?)

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