.@lizzo on what it’s like to become famous: “Fame happens to you, and it’s more of an observation of you. People become famous, and it’s like — my DNA didn’t change. Nothing changed about me. My anxiety didn’t go away. My depression didn’t go away.” bit.ly/3h862N9
“The things that I love didn’t go away. I’m still myself. But the way y’all look at me and perceive me has changed. It’s a very weird, kind of formless thing,” she says. bit.ly/3h862N9
“I don’t want to seem ungrateful. It was sad, and I had to talk to my therapist about the loss of who I was,” adds Lizzo. “Most famous people have been famous just as long as they’ve been a person, so they have acclimated more to it.” bit.ly/3h862N9
“I was going into dive bars and getting s--tfaced in 2018. And nobody knew who I was, and nobody was bothering me,” she says. “By 2019, I noticed I couldn’t go to restaurants with my dancers and stuff.” bit.ly/3h862N9
“I was like, ‘Damn. I’m just a burden to my friends, and things are different now.’ ... You do lose a sense of your privacy and yourself, the old self,” she says. “I’m good with it now. I’m fine. I’m young. I’m talented. I deserve the attention.” bit.ly/3h862N9
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Sean Penn is on the ground in Ukraine filming a documentary about Russia’s invasion, Vice Studios confirmed. The filmmaker appeared at a press briefing Thursday in Kyiv listening to government officials speak about the crisis. bit.ly/3HcxaoB
“The director specially came to Kyiv to record all the events that are currently happening in Ukraine and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s invasion of our country,” a translation of a statement from the Office of the President reads. bit.ly/3HcxaoB
“Our country is grateful to him for such a show of courage and honesty,” the statement continues. “Sean Penn is demonstrating bravery that many others have been lacking, in particular some Western politicians.” bit.ly/3HcxaoB
Lizzo says her new album is a “love album,” which she’s been working on since 2018: “It’s one of the most musically badass, daring and sophisticated bodies of work I’ve done to date. I am not done. I’m still pushing out the hits, baby.” bit.ly/3h862N9
“I hope that it is some of the most useful pieces of music to ever exist,” she adds. “All I want to do is help people through my music.” bit.ly/3h862N9
“I think that I will never be the kind of artist that’s like, ‘This album is about a story I wrote; it’s not real.’ I’m always just very personal,” she says. “Like I’m-talking-to-my-friend-on- the-phone-with-really-good-music-behind-me bitch.” bit.ly/3h862N9
In an age when there’s no shortage of entertainment options, directors, producers or executives don’t need anyone to exit a movie and think: “It was good, but it was way too long.” bit.ly/3t1kPyG
It may not be scientifically proven, but sometimes it feels like movies are, indeed, getting longer. Many of this year’s biggest releases may as well have run forever and a day. bit.ly/3t1kPyG
“Everyone knows I auditioned for Ursula in ‘The Little Mermaid,’ and I didn’t get it,” Lizzo says. “But you know, I’m fine as hell. That has nothing to do with Ursula, but I was down to make Ursula a THOT, shaking ass.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lAIAy
“At the Adele show, I ran into Melissa McCarthy, because she [got cast as] Ursula. She was like, 'Hi, I’m Melissa.’ And I was like, ‘Hi, I’m Melissa. And I also auditioned for Ursula.’ And she was like, ‘Why the hell did I get the part?’” wp.me/pc8uak-1lAIAy
"I was like, ‘Girl, because my audition was terrible,’” says Lizzo. “And then she goes, ‘This is my daughter Vivian.’ And I’m like, ‘Get out of here, because my name is Melissa Viviane.’ We were looking at each other like, ‘What the hell is going on?’ wp.me/pc8uak-1lAIAy
On January 4, VIP+ is releasing its latest special report exclusively for subscribers, “Fading Ratings,” which provides extensive analysis of viewership changes across broadcast and cable TV. Check out the following report excerpts in advance! 🧵 bit.ly/3pHoksz
The substantive increase in popularity in cable news highlights what viewers can expect in overall cable TV lineups heading into 2022 bit.ly/31N5GHd
Meanwhile, there are more original series than ever before, with streaming services new and old now leading the surge in content bit.ly/3FbgOwn
Hollywood is remembering Betty White after her death at 99. "The world looks different now," Ryan Reynolds tweeted. bit.ly/31dErpk
Seth Meyers recalled White's behavior at an "SNL" afterparty, when he says she ordered "a vodka and a hotdog and stayed til the bitter end." bit.ly/31dErpk
Ariana DeBose recalled a "Golden Girls" tradition, tweeting, "So we’re eating cheesecake in honor of Betty White. Who’s with me?" bit.ly/31dErpk