I was surprised by the general lack of interest in Michael Fassbender at Cannes, then I was equally surprised by the crazy interest in coverage of Michael’s latest girlfriend, Alicia Vikander. So let’s see how we do today. Michael has returned from his working vacation in France and Monaco and he was photographed in New York on Thursday, leaving what looks like a hotel? He doesn’t own an apartment in New York as far as I know, he just has a full-time place in London. But… Michael and Alicia have been spending a lot of time in New York over the past few months. Hm.

In the Alicia Vikander post earlier this week, there was a lot of arguing over just how thirsty she is and just how Michael is going to handle it. As some of you correctly noted, my major Fass-crush sort of died a few years back, when Fassy acted pissy about campaigning for an Oscar, then at some point he had a fling with Madalina Ghenea, which I still don’t understand. All in all, I still like him and I still enjoy looking at photos of his ginger beard, but he’s not really one of my top guys these days. With that perspective, it will be interesting to see if his new girlfriend helps him “play the game” a different way. Because even if you don’t believe Alicia is parched, you should definitely believe that she’s down for playing whatever game she needs to play to get more attention and bigger parts.

Michael has two potential roles that could get him in the Oscar conversation this year – Steve Jobs and Macbeth. As I’ve said, I don’t believe The Light Between Oceans will be any kind of contender simply because the book was absolutely terrible. Even if Michael, Alicia and Rachel Weisz are all wonderful in the film, the actual story will ruin everything. So, if Michael has two potential lead projects which could be awards contenders, will he play the game this year? Will Alicia help him play the game?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Joe Manganiello covers the new issue of Details, and if he was looking to convince people that he’s not some grunting meathead with nothing to say, Details sort of sold him out. This is the shortest cover profile I think I’ve ever seen from Details. It’s basically six paragraphs and four major quotes from Joe and that’s it. Details usually does a five-page intensive interview with their cover subjects, like they spend a whole day together and get the subject’s thoughts on religion, women, workouts, art, etc. While I have no doubt that Joe is a total meathead, even I believe he had more to say than this! Some highlights from the Details piece:

He tore his biceps in the middle of filming Magic Mike XXL: “I had to power through four and a half weeks of shooting, just dealing with the pain and praying that the biceps didn’t detach completely. I had surgery the second I got back [to Los Angeles].”

Scheduling? From Details: “There was a reason he was on Zack Snyder’s short list to don Superman’s cape in 2013?s Man of Steel before a scheduling conflict eventually took him out of the running.”

He doesn’t mind being objectified: “Why would I? I don’t think men care why women like them, as long as they do. That’s the point of the nerd in high school who makes it big. You work that hard for a reason. You want to have access to the dating pool.”

Getting ripped for True Blood: “No one pointed a gun at my head and said I had to look a certain way. I was hired for how I looked then, and I could have stayed that way, but why wouldn’t I want to come in the best shape of my life?”

The good life: “My life’s pretty damn good and if working out had anything to do with affording me the type of life I have, then bring on more.”

[From Details]

Was he really that much of a contender for Man of Steel? I have my doubts. I think he had some meetings and there was a lot of interest on his part, but they make it sound like he was thisclose to getting the part and “scheduling” ruined his chances. Doubtful. Anyway, I guess the positive here is that Joe is totally fine with being objectified. Good thing, because I guess no one wants to talk to him. Hey, at least the photos are nice! They even put him in a wet white shirt. Joe Manganiello: would you hit it without talking to it?

Photos courtesy of Details.

Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama have been dating for about five years. That seems like forever for a guy who’s known for messing with fragile lady minds and zeroing in on vulnerable women. Given Demi’s history with self harm and an eating disorder, Wilmer could have been a very bad boyfriend choice. They did break up a few times but appeared surprisingly solid for the past few years. He gave her a Tiffany ring in 2013. All along, they’ve stayed very private as a couple.

Things have changed very fast. Demi and Wilmer are making public, smooshy love declarations on Twitter. I expect an engagement announcement soon.

@WValderrama I know this won’t mean anything to you but our love is greater than Olivia Pope and Pres. Fitzgerald Grant’s

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) May 23, 2015

@ddlovato yeah but is it greater than Aladdin & Jasmine’s? Or Nala and Simba’s?

— Wilmer Valderrama (@WValderrama) May 23, 2015

@WValderrama so much greater…. ????

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) May 23, 2015

Get a room, right? Demi also raved to HuffPo about Wilmer when she was supposedly discussing her new record label, Safehouse Records ( which she launched with Nick Jonas). You can see Demi’s interview clip here. Some excerpts:

Why she and Wilmer are so lovey now: “For us, we wanted to keep our private lives private, and we still do. But as we’ve been in a relationship on and off, gosh, almost 5 years now … people are seeing us more together. We thought you know what, if paparazzi gets us, whatever. But, we’re in control of what we’re able to post online, so we’re very open about our relationship.”

Wilmer helped her recovery: “I also wanted to give him a lot of credit that he never takes … He’ll never take credit for a lot of my sobriety and my recovery but I guarantee it, I wouldn’t be alive without him today.”

[From HuffPo Live]

Wilmer and Demi’s public declarations are cute but unexpected since they were private for so long. People can change, although I still wonder if a womanizing dude can ever truly reform. Wilmer’s shady reputation isn’t aided by his long stint as Fez on That ’70s Show. Perhaps doing voicework for Handy Manny rubbed off on him for the better.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News & WENN

I still have a lot of feelings about Linda Evangelista. She was always one of my favorites from the 1980s/90s reign of real supermodels. Cara Delevingne and Karlie Kloss can both sit their asses down when Linda is around. Linda still works sometimes, occasionally posing for editorials, magazine covers or ad campaigns, although I think that work is pretty far and few between, partly her choice and partly because she doesn’t get a lot of offers. Like so many aging icons, Linda was offered a reality show spot – and she took it! Linda guest-judged on Australia’s Next Top Model last year (in episodes airing now), and Linda ended up giving an interview about why she decided to appear on the show. Her answer involved some subtle shade.

She’s comfortable on-camera, but she hates judging the models: “Point a camera at me and I don’t care if there’s a million people looking, I am fine with it. But I was nervous for the girls. I hate being judged so it was really hard to take that approach. I feel like I’m having fun with it but at the same time I’m out of my element. It’s very exciting for me because it is new. I’ve never done anything like this. Having said that, I was very nervous. It is not what I do. I’m being me and sometimes you don’t know how to be you.”

The “supermodel” label: She says she “doesn’t even know what that means. It’s just a word.”

She’s only watched a “few minutes” of America’s Next Top Model: “I do love reality shows. But the reality shows I watch are the cooking ones so I don’t know the format. I did accept this because what I’ve heard is that this (the Australian version) is the best model show around the world and that this one actually produces models because a lot of them don’t.”

[From The Daily Telegraph]

Does Australia’s Next Top Model really have a good reputation for launching careers? The American version does not, although some winners (and some contestants) have had some minor successes here and there. It doesn’t really seem like the Next Top Model format is really conducive to launching legitimate modeling careers overall, but then again, I’ve never seen the Aussie version. So… was Linda throwing shade at Tyra Banks?

PS… This is one of the funniest photos I’ve ever seen of Tyra. What’s up with her face? It looks like her wig is too tight. Plus, there’s a makeup fail. Insert Tyra’s WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU gif.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Pop superstar Beyoncé shared some family photos of their Italian getaway on her website.

The Grammy Award-winning singer, 33, was joined by husband, rapper Jay Z, and their 3-year-old daughter Blue Ivy.

The Bootylicious singer shared several snaps from her latest European trip, including pics of pizza, enjoying gelato with her little one, and riding a carousel with her growing girl.

On Mother’s Day, the proud mom shared a shot with her mother and her daughter.

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I know Lainey wrote about Justin and Selena’s Snapchat today, but can I just say, loud and proud, I am pro Justin and Selena! Very pro. The heart wants what it wants.
And here is Justin performing a private concert for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Good boy.

@just…      

I know Lainey wrote about Justin and Selena’s Snapchat today, but can I just say, loud and proud, I am pro Justin and Selena! Very pro. The heart wants what it wants.
And here is Justin performing a private concert for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Good boy.

@just…      

I know Lainey wrote about Justin and Selena’s Snapchat today, but can I just say, loud and proud, I am pro Justin and Selena! Very pro. The heart wants what it wants.
And here is Justin performing a private concert for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Good boy.

@just…      

I know Lainey wrote about Justin and Selena’s Snapchat today, but can I just say, loud and proud, I am pro Justin and Selena! Very pro. The heart wants what it wants.
And here is Justin performing a private concert for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Good boy.

@just…      

A red band trailer for American Ultra, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, has been released. And it opens with the “n” word. I want to start there because if I don’t start there, it minimises the offence. And it becomes an afterthought. Which, it shouldn’t be an afterthought. Why is th…