The first trailer for Dark Places, an adaptation for Gillian Flynn’s second novel—she didn’t write the screenplay for this one, though—was released yesterday and it looks much darker and more true crime-y than Gone Girl. The story shuffles between the past, when Libby&rsqu…      

You may not know Matt McGorry by name (yet), but television viewers know him for How to Get Away with Murder and Orange is the New Black. On the latter show, he plays prison guard John Bennett, who is saddled with a silly pregnancy storyline.

We talk a lot here about feminism and how celebrities feel about the term. The muddled reaction can be baffling and veers from supporters like Emma Watson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to those like Evangeline Lilly and Kaley Cuoco, who place negative meanings upon the word. Then there are the confused and bored starlets, who’d rather change the subject. The main problem, of course, is a lot of people have never read the actual dictionary definition of feminism. Along the way, they heard a negotive connotation, and it stuck.

A very sheepish McGorry only recently discovered the definition of feminism, and he’s climbed on board. He took to social media to spread the word:

I’m embarrassed to admit that I only recently discovered the ACTUAL definition of “feminism”. The fact that the term is sometimes clouded with anything other than pure support and positivity in our society is very tragic. I believe in gender equality. Being a feminist is for both women AND men. I AM A FEMINIST. In for equality? Pass it on – #LeanInTogether #LeanIn #IAmAFeminist #HeForShe

[From Matt McGorry on Instagram]

I’m embarrassed to admit that I only recently discovered the ACTUAL definition of “feminism”. The fact that the term is sometimes clouded with anything other than pure support and positivity in our society is very tragic. I believe in gender equality. Being a feminist is for both women AND men. I AM A FEMINIST. In for equality? Pass it on – #LeanInTogether #LeanIn #IAmAFeminist #HeForShe

A photo posted by Matt McGorry (@mattmcgorry) on Mar 5, 2015 at 11:56am PST

Yay for McGorry! He’s speaking out in full support of feminism, and he’s paying lipservice to Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, which he recently read. This is nothing but good news, and I hope more actors come foward to do the same.

Photos courtesy of Matt McGorry on Instagram, Fame/Flynet & WENN

This is the only new blonde I want to talk about from Paris Fashion Week, even though there’s been another new blonde who decided to cockblock the runway. At least Jared Leto’s is for a role, you know?

Anyway, yesterday I defended it, wondering whether or not it was the outfit &nd…      

I woke up like thissss (With a cat on me)

A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Mar 5, 2015 at 2:15pm PST

Please help me, because I find this ^^ to be one of the most adorable things ever. Taylor Swift is cat-mother to two beautiful Scottish Fold kitties, Olivia Benson and Meredith Grey. I’m pretty sure this kitty is Meredith. This is the one thing I miss about cats – waking up in the morning to find a cat sprawled on top of you in some weird position. My mom says that her Maine Coon sleeps on her head every night. Sigh… maybe I should get a cat. My dog would freak out though.

So what’s going on with Swifty these days? Eh. People are still setting her up on imaginary trysts with famous men. This week, the rumor is that Swifty and Calvin Harris might be happening. Calvin Harris does have a thing for famous women, and I could see how he and Swifty might have gotten flirty at some point, but please… they’re not dating! Besides, he has a girlfriend.

The National Enquirer also reports this week that Swifty has joined a calvacade of divas in insuring her body for millions of dollars. Allegedly, Swifty insured her legs for $40 million because they’re so vital to her career. It might sound weird, but seriously, lots of singers/pop stars/celebrities insure their famous assets. Mariah Carey has her legs insured for a billion dollars. Dolly Parton insured her boobs for hundreds of thousands of dollars too. Is it so weird to think that Swifty would insure her body?

Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN.

Scandal Season 4 Episode 14 recap

I would venture that this is the only show currently on TV that could have done a story like this (with the possible exception of Orange Is The New Black, and that would be a stretch). And so it’s not much of a stretch to posit that if this is the only …      

Of all the things I would steal off of Benedict Cumberbatch, his shoes would be very far down the list. I would steal a kiss, for sure. I would steal his stupid kangol hat just so I could burn it in a cleansing fire. I would steal several of his comfortable-looking sweaters. I would steal one of his denim shirts, just because I think he has like 20 of them and he wouldn’t miss one. I would steal a Cumbercurl, just a lock taken with a quick swipe of scissors. But his shoes? Nope. I rarely even notice his shoes. But I guess I have to turn in my Cumberbitch Card (which is fine, I haven’t had to use it in months) because a couple of Cumberbitches allegedly grabbed Bendy’s grubby shoes while he was just trying to relax and do some shoe shopping.

One minute, Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch prayed he’d be the Best Actor shoo-in – the next, his shoes got snitched!! After arriving for the Oscars, Cumberbatch shopped at a fancy BevHills footery and cobbled on some kicks, but dig this shocking kicker – while trying on footwear, someone STOLE Benedict’s own shoes!

Said a friend: “Benedict couldn’t believe someone actually snatched his shoes while he was sampling new ones!”

The SOLE suspects? Two HEELS who’d been eyeing him! Said the source: “Benedict suspects it was these 20-ish girls who’d been gazing at him nonstop – the kind known as Cumberbitches – as he wondered why they were in the men’s salon. He said, ‘Those girls took ‘em, I’ll bet! So I ended up having to buy expensive shoes – or just walk out of there barefoot!’”

[From Mike Walker’s column, The National Enquirer]

Do I believe this really happened? Eh. Do I believe this could have happened? Sure. The Cumberbitches can get crazy and territorial. If they spied their Otter Love trying on shoes, I could see a light-fingered Cumberbitch pulling a quick heist. Still, they should have gone for the stupid kangol hat.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon shared a shot of husband Jim Toth and their 2-year-old son Tennessee via Instagram.

“Every day, I’m so thankful to have this amazing man as my partner. I would not be where I am in this life if I didn’t have his constant encouragement and complete support. He changes diapers, makes carpool runs and always has time to give me a much needed pep talk…(He makes a really good latte too!),” she gushed on social media.

She added: “Starting today, the organization @LeanInOrg, which encourages women to #leanin and reach their goals at work and at home, is asking us to celebrate the men in our lives who love, help, and support us daily! Husband, dad, brother, grandpa — do you have an example of a man who you are thankful for? Share a photo tagged with the hashtag #LeanInTogether. I want to see! ….(And don’t they deserve it?!).”

The Wild actress – who is also mom to daughter Ava, 15, and son Deacon, 11, with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe – went on to post some more fun photos on her Instagram page. Check out her “Forrest Gump moment” and “toddler breakfast” in our gallery below.

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Marusa! Happy Birthday! This is the 4th anniversary of your birthday shout-out from Petra and Katja and I’m so happy to hear that you are “like, fully LIVING right now”. Have a great time in Greece. And I need to see this hot new haircut. Here are Richard Madden, Benedict Cumber…      

Dear Gossips,

Thor is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend. Have you seen the promos? The star of the promos is Leslie Jones and it’s her first time.

“Whatever, baby, just stay pretty.”

I love her. Please write lots of sketches for them together. I’d rather…      

In her many acceptance speeches this awards season, Patricia Arquette thanked her costar Ethan Hawke nearly every time, including at the SAG Awards, Golden Globes and Oscars. In her Globes speech she even said that “Ethan reminded me of my own father.” You get the impression that those two are close, but according to Star Magazine they may not be best buddies. Star claims they were fighting so much before the Oscars that they had to be sent to a side room to calm down, lest they interrupt the ceremony.

“There has been tension between them for a long time,” says an insider. “Ethan made some snide comments years ago about her family, and Patricia has never gotten over that. Now he can’t stand that she’s getting so much acclaim and he is kind of an afterthought.” Things came to a boiling point at the Oscars, when the two – nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Actress – started bickering just before the ceremony started. “He didn’t like that she had a better seat than he did. He thought it was disrespectful,” says the source, who was also an eyewitness. “It got so heated, they were ushered into a small room that was being used for seat fillers. She told him to shut up and get over himself.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, March 16, 2015]

If this really happened these two got over it quick. I re-watched the video of Arquette getting her Oscar and she hugged her boyfriend, artist Eric White, and then she hugged Ethan, just one row behind her and also in an aisle seat. She even kissed Ethan’s wife. This sounds like B.S. to me. I also Twihard proofed this story by rewatching the opening number (you’re welcome) and Arquette and Hawke were there, they’re at about 7:46 into this video. (With the incredible Chiwetel Ejifor one row behind them.) So if this story is true, they recovered quickly enough to make it back before the show started. That said, I can see tempers flaring before a big stress-filled event like this. Many friends and couples get into arguments, it doesn’t mean they can’t stand each other or are jealous or whatever.

Here’s a screenshot of these two during the opening ceremony:

Patricia has a new interview with Time Magazine to promote her role on CSI: Cyber. As she did in her interview with Buzzfeed (which we covered yesterday), she claimed that the comments she made backstage at the Oscars (in which she said “it’s time for all the women in America and all the men that love women, and all the gay people, and all the people of color that we’ve all fought for to fight for us now.”) were misconstrued. She said “I don’t think people really understood what I meant by that. I don’t think they understood what I was talking about, exactly. This is a huge discrimination issue affecting women across America. It affects whole lives — the impact of this.” I don’t think Arquette understands that people weren’t responding to her excellent comments about wage inequality during her speech, they were in large part (except for the hacks at Fox News) responding to her calling out other groups for not supporting women’s issues. She does make good points of course.

On the red carpet these two look close. That doesn’t mean they don’t argue occasionally though.

Also here’s Patricia at The Noble Awards, which honor celebrity philanthropists. Gurl, what are you wearing?!

photo credit: WENN.com