Carrie Bradshaw is Team Miranda.
Sarah Jessica Parker took to Instagram to endorse her “Sex and the City” co-star Cynthia Nixon in her run for governor of New York. Nixon recently announced that she has plans to challenge incumbent Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary. (USA Today)
The words of the Bard are getting revisited by the very people who weren’t allowed to perform the originals.
Margot Robbie and her production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, are preparing to produce a 10-part series that will retell some of Shakespeare’s most celebrated works from the female perspective. The “I, Tonya” star’s project will be produced in Australia and be led by an all-female creative team. Filming is expected to start later this year. (Deadline)
MCC honors Laurie Metcalf at this year’s Miscast Gala.
One day before her return on the well-received “Roseanne,” Laurie Metcalf was honored at this year’s Miscast Gala. The night of song and dance featured Broadway’s best belting gender-bending tunes at the Hammerstein Ballroom. (Backstage)
Don’t pull out your phone just yet...
The chief of the Cannes Film Festival announced last Friday that they were banning selfies on the red carpet this year, citing the “slowdown of flow provoked by the disorder of selfies ruins the quality of the red carpet.” (The Cut)
Who bit Beyonce?
In an interview with GQ released on Monday, Tiffany Haddish let it slip that someone bit Beyonce on the face at a recent Jay-Z concert after-party. Haddish has since stayed mum about the incident, but it didn’t stop everyone from investigating who sunk their teeth into the pop megastar. (Vulture)
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