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My first order of business this morning was to read Lainey\u2019s piece on the other Bennifer 2.0<\/a>. Screaming, crying, throwing up as the kids say. Lainey gets to all of the pain points here, this is like pushing on a bruise. Hurts but kind of feels good, doesn\u2019t it? And my god THIS MAN. Ben Affleck should be put in a lab and studied because what kind of charm does he have? It is unclear.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As I said in my group chat yesterday, Ben Affleck loves the climb. The steeper the mountain, the better. When he gets to the top and he\u2019s safe and satisfied, that\u2019s when the trouble starts.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Watching Stanley Tucci make a fish stew is the only way to use Instagram in a sane way. Seeing this made me think of his celebrity.land show, which I didn\u2019t realize celebrity.land had dropped (this must be a financial issue, because it was very well received) and so he moved to Nat Geo (and by default, Disney). That show will be a 10-part series but so far<\/a>, no air date.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Isabella Rossellini was married to Martin Scorsese for a few years, and here she is after the Oscars having a laugh with her daughter Elettra and Martin\u2019s daughter Francesa. This is the table I\u2019d most want to eavesdrop on.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n Kate Hudson\u2019s new show Running Point<\/em> is doing well on Netflix and I\u2019ve watched it; it has a lot less pep than Mindy\u2019s other shows and is more formulaic, with a traditional sitcom rhythm.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here\u2019s Kate saying being a nepo baby doesn\u2019t matter in the arts because all it does is kind of help you get a foot in the door (and that\u2019s famously easy in show business!) and the audience still has to decide if they want to watch you, so ultimately it\u2019s up to us. She goes on to say nepotism is a much bigger advantage in business. I don\u2019t get that though \u2013 in business, you would still have to perform or the business would go under. So the performance aspect is the same, which no one denies nepo babies. Some are successful and some aren\u2019t because you have to have the goods. What Kate downplays is the opportunity. She was cast in a film before she turned 18 and her parents said no, wait a few years because they knew this wasn\u2019t a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her. So she waited and then got Almost Famous<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A reporter asked Joe Alwyn about Bond<\/em> and he said of course he\u2019d be interested, who wouldn\u2019t throw their hat in the ring. With Amazon taking over the franchise<\/a>, I guess anything is possible and Bezos is crowd-sourcing casting ideas. But for a company that lives and dies by an algorithm, there would be an issue with Joe\u2019s social media. He can\u2019t turn his comments on. We know why, I don\u2019t even need to say it.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>