This Week: <\/b><\/h2>\n\n- \n\n
Put some respect on J.Lo\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s new movie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Everyone let Dolly Parton be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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One of the greatest TV moments\u2026ever?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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The Tao of Nicole Kidman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
J.Lo Is So Back, Y\u2019all<\/b><\/h2>\n
Jennifer Lopez heard there was celebrity relationship gossip<\/a> this week and said, \u201cNicole Kidman and your new bangs, hold my beer.\u201d<\/p>\n(Let\u2019s be real. J.Lo is nothing if not brand-savvy. She probably said, \u201cHold my Delola Spritz<\/a> by Jennifer Lopez bottled cocktail.\u201d)<\/p>\nWhen it comes to Jennifer Lopez, I stand on business.<\/p>\n
To be honest, I have no idea what the phrase \u201cstand on business\u201d means<\/a>, but I see the youths use it all the time on social media and in memes, so I\u2019m pretending that it means, \u201cI freaking love her, now the rest of you pay your respects.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Jennifer](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/mqHcFOC_XmsW90vYX.PhLw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/thedailybeast.com\/6b193bdaeb18345f5571a195d628acbe\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nJennifer Lopez in ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ \/ Roadside Attractions<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a career-long fan. I can \u201cBidi Bidi Bom Bom\u201d as if I choreographed Selena<\/i> myself. When I ran the New York City marathon, I had \u201cLet\u2019s Get Loud\u201d cued as the song to play as I crossed the starting line. (There\u2019s no reason for that anecdote, other than I feel I need to tell people I ONCE RAN THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON any chance I get.) When J.Lo posted my review<\/a> of her new film on Instagram, I didn\u2019t not discover a single tear of pride fall down my cheek.<\/p>\nThe star is primed for a major career moment this weekend because of her sensational turn in the movie musical Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/i><\/a>, which is now in theaters. But in case her award-worthy turn in this independent film wasn\u2019t on your radar, she pulled out the shrewdest card in her celebrity deck: our fascination over her decades-long on-and-off relationship with Ben Affleck.<\/p>\nThe last time we were all talking about J.Lo was when her marriage to Affleck\u2014who she reunited with two decades after Bennifer took tabloids by storm\u2014ended after two years. Everyone had an opinion about it. Every news show, paper, magazine, and website ran incessant headlines about it. So how clever to get people buzzing about Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/i> by posing with Affleck<\/a> on the red carpet of the film\u2019s premiere; if the movie wasn\u2019t going to get attention on its own merits, that sure as hell was going to do the job.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\nJennifer Lopez in ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ \/ Roadside Attractions<\/p>\n
Even better, there was justification for them to reunite on the carpet beyond a gloriously, deliciously, fabulously messy stunt: Affleck is a producer on the film. Still, you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find many people who would giggle and pose with their ex, particularly when any notion of being in the same zipcode triggers a celebrity-gossip earthquake. But J.Lo isn\u2019t most people. Her astute fame has a foundation formidable enough to withstand any tremor on the Richter scale.<\/p>\n
There are few stars these days that are on the level of J.Lo and Ben\u2014a pedestal that soars into the stratosphere. So these kinds of moments and our collective giddiness over them are just fun in a way that we rarely get to enjoy anymore.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey got another marriage in them,\u201d one user posted on X<\/a>. \u201cThere are some people you meet in life that are really hard to stop having sex with,\u201d wrote another<\/a>. Another favorite<\/a>: \u201cSorry but whatever they are doing gets sexier the longer it goes on.\u201d<\/p>\nThe tongue-in-cheek fantasizing of a Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/i>-induced retangling of the Bennifer web was only amplified by Affleck\u2019s loving praise of Lopez\u2019s performance in the film: \u201cJennifer is in a role that she\u2019s born to play. She\u2019s amazing in the movie. I just can\u2019t wait for the audience to see this movie. She was gonna die or be great. She was going to give it her all, and she did. She worked enormously hard. This role you get to see, like, all of her many gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aww, Ben! Can\u2019t you two crazy kids just work this out?<\/p>\n
The Us Weekly<\/i> of it all aside, Affleck is correct. Lopez is unbelievable in the movie.<\/p>\n
She looks as if she time traveled directly from the technicolor MGM Golden Age, a vision so stunning your impulse is to gasp each time the film pivots to her movie-within-a-movie storyline and she\u2019s on camera again. She sprints through a marathon\u2014or, rather, tangos, waltzes, and cha-cha-chas through one\u2014performing no fewer than 11 musical numbers, often shot in one take, revealing her undeniable song-and-dance prowess and inimitable firecracker charisma.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s rather wild that a celebrity as huge as Lopez is somehow underrated and undervalued as a talent, yet that seems to consistently be a narrative when it comes to J.Lo. Like Hustlers<\/i>, like her Super Bowl Halftime Show, and like countless other performances\u2014on screen and on stage\u2014over the years, Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/i> validates her skill.<\/p>\n
That she\u2019s also so good at the winking fame part of it all, a la the Bennifer reunion, only makes a moment like this in her career more fun for fans. At least, and most importantly, for me.<\/p>\n
Everyone Is About to Become More Obsessed With Timmy<\/b><\/h2>\n
I was not at the surprise first screening of Marty Supreme<\/i>, the upcoming film starring Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow, at the New York Film Festival. I was, however, at several gossip sessions with friends who were, each of whom raved about the movie, especially Timmy Wonka and Miss Goop\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n![\"Timoth\u00e9e](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/AQU6np7Uj1FXytf2KSgs_Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTQwMjtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/thedailybeast.com\/fc981fddbfbcbf314daf4a03d03ecac0\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’ \/ A24<\/p>\n
Film Twitter lit up with people\u2019s opinions on the movie, but, if I\u2019m being honest, there\u2019s only one reaction that I care about:<\/p>\n
For the Love of God, Let Dolly Parton Rest!<\/b><\/h2>\n
Mass hysteria broke out (i.e.: I got momentarily sad) when Dolly Parton\u2019s sister made a Facebook post<\/a> asking for prayers because Dolly, who recently canceled concert dates in Las Vegas to deal with illness, was apparently not doing well.<\/p>\nAfter the world panicked (i.e.: I got sad again) that Parton might be on some sort of death watch, the music legend was forced to film a video calming down her fans and explaining that she was fine. \u201cI know lately everybody thinks that I am sicker than I am,\u201d Parton said in an Instagram<\/a> video Wednesday. The post\u2019s caption: \u201cI ain\u2019t dead yet!\u201d<\/p>\nThe way I would be so peeved if my sister made some dips–t post on Facebook and everyone became so convinced I was about to die that I had to make a proof of life video\u2026Dolly, you really are a saint.<\/p>\n
The Best Show on Television<\/b><\/h2>\n
On The Real Housewives of Miami<\/i><\/a>, a cast member who is married to tennis icon Martina Navratilova dropped the bombshell that she stepped out of her marriage and had sex with another cast member, which led to a group discussion (featuring an array of hand gestures and gesticulation that one can never unsee) of what kind of fooling around constituted lesbian sex and then, in retaliation, the opening of a Pandora\u2019s box of accusations about other affairs\u2014including with a \u201cHaitian mortician.\u201d<\/p>\nI cannot fathom anyone reading that and not immediately rushing to Peacock to watch this, the greatest television series of our time.<\/p>\n
The Wisest Actress in Hollywood<\/b><\/h2>\n
If Nicole Kidman ever frees herself from the tyranny of shooting 25 mediocre streaming TV shows a year, I truly think she could have a second career as a therapist. This comment she made in her Vogue <\/i>cover story<\/a>\u2014the interview happened before her split from Urban\u2014may have changed my life?<\/p>\nMore From The Daily Beast\u2019s Obsessed<\/b><\/h2>\n
I profiled the Greek Goddess herself, breakout Real Housewives of Salt Lake City <\/i>star Angie K. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe reason Victoria Beckham\u2019s Netflix series is so disappointing. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\nHow Larry David ended up wearing a MAGA hat on Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/i>. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhat to watch this week: <\/b><\/h2>\n
After the Hunt<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>I need you to understand how good Julia Roberts is<\/a> in this movie! (Now in theaters)<\/p>\nKiss of the Spider Woman<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>I need you to understand how good J.Lo is<\/a> in this movie! (Now in theaters)<\/p>\nRoofman<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>I need you to understand how good Channing Tatum is<\/a> in this movie! (Now in theaters)<\/p>\nWhat to skip this week: <\/b><\/h2>\n
The Woman in Cabin 10<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>Keira Knightley deserves better<\/a>. (Now on Netflix)<\/p>\nMonster: The Ed Gein Story<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>This show is offensively bad<\/a>. (Now on Netflix)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Put some respect on J.Lo\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s new movie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Everyone let Dolly Parton be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
One of the greatest TV moments\u2026ever?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The Tao of Nicole Kidman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
J.Lo Is So Back, Y\u2019all<\/b><\/h2>\n
Jennifer Lopez heard there was celebrity relationship gossip<\/a> this week and said, \u201cNicole Kidman and your new bangs, hold my beer.\u201d<\/p>\n (Let\u2019s be real. J.Lo is nothing if not brand-savvy. She probably said, \u201cHold my Delola Spritz<\/a> by Jennifer Lopez bottled cocktail.\u201d)<\/p>\n When it comes to Jennifer Lopez, I stand on business.<\/p>\n To be honest, I have no idea what the phrase \u201cstand on business\u201d means<\/a>, but I see the youths use it all the time on social media and in memes, so I\u2019m pretending that it means, \u201cI freaking love her, now the rest of you pay your respects.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez in ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ \/ Roadside Attractions<\/p>\n I\u2019m a career-long fan. I can \u201cBidi Bidi Bom Bom\u201d as if I choreographed Selena<\/i> myself. When I ran the New York City marathon, I had \u201cLet\u2019s Get Loud\u201d cued as the song to play as I crossed the starting line. (There\u2019s no reason for that anecdote, other than I feel I need to tell people I ONCE RAN THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON any chance I get.) When J.Lo posted my review<\/a> of her new film on Instagram, I didn\u2019t not discover a single tear of pride fall down my cheek.<\/p>\n The star is primed for a major career moment this weekend because of her sensational turn in the movie musical Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/i><\/a>, which is now in theaters. But in case her award-worthy turn in this independent film wasn\u2019t on your radar, she pulled out the shrewdest card in her celebrity deck: our fascination over her decades-long on-and-off relationship with Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n The last time we were all talking about J.Lo was when her marriage to Affleck\u2014who she reunited with two decades after Bennifer took tabloids by storm\u2014ended after two years. Everyone had an opinion about it. Every news show, paper, magazine, and website ran incessant headlines about it. So how clever to get people buzzing about Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/i> by posing with Affleck<\/a> on the red carpet of the film\u2019s premiere; if the movie wasn\u2019t going to get attention on its own merits, that sure as hell was going to do the job.<\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez in ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ \/ Roadside Attractions<\/p>\n Even better, there was justification for them to reunite on the carpet beyond a gloriously, deliciously, fabulously messy stunt: Affleck is a producer on the film. Still, you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find many people who would giggle and pose with their ex, particularly when any notion of being in the same zipcode triggers a celebrity-gossip earthquake. But J.Lo isn\u2019t most people. Her astute fame has a foundation formidable enough to withstand any tremor on the Richter scale.<\/p>\n There are few stars these days that are on the level of J.Lo and Ben\u2014a pedestal that soars into the stratosphere. So these kinds of moments and our collective giddiness over them are just fun in a way that we rarely get to enjoy anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cThey got another marriage in them,\u201d one user posted on X<\/a>. \u201cThere are some people you meet in life that are really hard to stop having sex with,\u201d wrote another<\/a>. Another favorite<\/a>: \u201cSorry but whatever they are doing gets sexier the longer it goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n The tongue-in-cheek fantasizing of a Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/i>-induced retangling of the Bennifer web was only amplified by Affleck\u2019s loving praise of Lopez\u2019s performance in the film: \u201cJennifer is in a role that she\u2019s born to play. She\u2019s amazing in the movie. I just can\u2019t wait for the audience to see this movie. She was gonna die or be great. She was going to give it her all, and she did. She worked enormously hard. This role you get to see, like, all of her many gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n Aww, Ben! Can\u2019t you two crazy kids just work this out?<\/p>\n The Us Weekly<\/i> of it all aside, Affleck is correct. Lopez is unbelievable in the movie.<\/p>\n She looks as if she time traveled directly from the technicolor MGM Golden Age, a vision so stunning your impulse is to gasp each time the film pivots to her movie-within-a-movie storyline and she\u2019s on camera again. She sprints through a marathon\u2014or, rather, tangos, waltzes, and cha-cha-chas through one\u2014performing no fewer than 11 musical numbers, often shot in one take, revealing her undeniable song-and-dance prowess and inimitable firecracker charisma.<\/p>\n It\u2019s rather wild that a celebrity as huge as Lopez is somehow underrated and undervalued as a talent, yet that seems to consistently be a narrative when it comes to J.Lo. Like Hustlers<\/i>, like her Super Bowl Halftime Show, and like countless other performances\u2014on screen and on stage\u2014over the years, Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/i> validates her skill.<\/p>\n That she\u2019s also so good at the winking fame part of it all, a la the Bennifer reunion, only makes a moment like this in her career more fun for fans. At least, and most importantly, for me.<\/p>\n I was not at the surprise first screening of Marty Supreme<\/i>, the upcoming film starring Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow, at the New York Film Festival. I was, however, at several gossip sessions with friends who were, each of whom raved about the movie, especially Timmy Wonka and Miss Goop\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’ \/ A24<\/p>\n Film Twitter lit up with people\u2019s opinions on the movie, but, if I\u2019m being honest, there\u2019s only one reaction that I care about:<\/p>\n Mass hysteria broke out (i.e.: I got momentarily sad) when Dolly Parton\u2019s sister made a Facebook post<\/a> asking for prayers because Dolly, who recently canceled concert dates in Las Vegas to deal with illness, was apparently not doing well.<\/p>\n After the world panicked (i.e.: I got sad again) that Parton might be on some sort of death watch, the music legend was forced to film a video calming down her fans and explaining that she was fine. \u201cI know lately everybody thinks that I am sicker than I am,\u201d Parton said in an Instagram<\/a> video Wednesday. The post\u2019s caption: \u201cI ain\u2019t dead yet!\u201d<\/p>\n The way I would be so peeved if my sister made some dips–t post on Facebook and everyone became so convinced I was about to die that I had to make a proof of life video\u2026Dolly, you really are a saint.<\/p>\n On The Real Housewives of Miami<\/i><\/a>, a cast member who is married to tennis icon Martina Navratilova dropped the bombshell that she stepped out of her marriage and had sex with another cast member, which led to a group discussion (featuring an array of hand gestures and gesticulation that one can never unsee) of what kind of fooling around constituted lesbian sex and then, in retaliation, the opening of a Pandora\u2019s box of accusations about other affairs\u2014including with a \u201cHaitian mortician.\u201d<\/p>\n I cannot fathom anyone reading that and not immediately rushing to Peacock to watch this, the greatest television series of our time.<\/p>\n If Nicole Kidman ever frees herself from the tyranny of shooting 25 mediocre streaming TV shows a year, I truly think she could have a second career as a therapist. This comment she made in her Vogue <\/i>cover story<\/a>\u2014the interview happened before her split from Urban\u2014may have changed my life?<\/p>\n I profiled the Greek Goddess herself, breakout Real Housewives of Salt Lake City <\/i>star Angie K. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n The reason Victoria Beckham\u2019s Netflix series is so disappointing. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n How Larry David ended up wearing a MAGA hat on Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/i>. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n After the Hunt<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>I need you to understand how good Julia Roberts is<\/a> in this movie! (Now in theaters)<\/p>\n Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>I need you to understand how good J.Lo is<\/a> in this movie! (Now in theaters)<\/p>\n Roofman<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>I need you to understand how good Channing Tatum is<\/a> in this movie! (Now in theaters)<\/p>\n The Woman in Cabin 10<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>Keira Knightley deserves better<\/a>. (Now on Netflix)<\/p>\n Monster: The Ed Gein Story<\/b><\/i>: <\/b>This show is offensively bad<\/a>. (Now on Netflix)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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Everyone Is About to Become More Obsessed With Timmy<\/b><\/h2>\n
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For the Love of God, Let Dolly Parton Rest!<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Best Show on Television<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Wisest Actress in Hollywood<\/b><\/h2>\n
More From The Daily Beast\u2019s Obsessed<\/b><\/h2>\n
What to watch this week: <\/b><\/h2>\n
What to skip this week: <\/b><\/h2>\n