By Wonderwall.com Editors
4:54pm PST, Feb 12, 2023
Jennifer Lopez jokes Ben Affleck's joyless Grammys memes
Leave it to Jennifer Lopez to try and turn Ben Affleck's endlessly-memed 2023 Grammys frown upside down … or at least to capitalize on it. The couple was caught on camera repeatedly at the awards show last weekend — and in just about every shot, Ben appeared to be sad, bored or in a few cases, possibly even perturbed, sparking a wave of memes and Twitter reactions. On Thursday (Feb. 9), J.Lo had a little fun with the response while sharing a new trailer for Ben's upcoming movie, "Air" on Instagram. Jen's posted version of the trailer, however, opens with a still of Ben looking gruff and well, still miserable. Beneath that, a jokey caption by Jen reads, "My husband's happy face." D'oh. "Air" tells the story behind Michael Jordan's now-famous endorsement deal with Nike and the Air Jordan sneakers it spawned.
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Alec Baldwin fires back on 'Rust' charge that could put him behind bars for 5 years
Alec Baldwin's lawyers have filed a motion in the actor's "Rust" shooting case that could dramatically affect his future. Alec currently faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. One of those counts involves "a firearms enhancement" that carries a mandatory 5-year prison term for Alec if he's found guilty, according to TMZ. But in a motion filed Friday (Feb. 10) and excerpted by Deadline, Alec's lawyers argue prosecutors "committed an unconstitutional and elementary legal error by charging Mr. Baldwin under a statute that did not exist on the date of the accident." The motion goes on to point out that "the current version of the firearm enhancement statute … was not enacted until May 18, 2022, seven months after" Halyna was killed on Oct. 21, 2021. Elsewhere in the filing, Alec's legal team writes, "the government has no legitimate basis to charge Mr. Baldwin under the version of the statute that existed at the time of the accident." Per TMZ, the version of the firearms enhancement law that was on the books at the time of the shooting involves "displaying or making a firearm known to another person … with intent to intimidate or injure a person." The D.A. has never claimed Alec intended to "intimidate or injure" Halyna.
Commenting on the statute's timing earlier this week, a rep for the D.A.'s office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, told Deadline prosecutors "are actively reviewing all applicable laws to ensure they have the strongest case to secure justice for Halyna." Alec has maintained he never pulled the trigger of the gun in question and that the assistant director Dave Halls told him the gun contained no live rounds before handing it to him.
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Rihanna landed Super Bowl halftime show just 3 months after giving birth
When Rihanna takes the stage at Super Bowl LVII on Sunday (Feb. 12), it won't just be her first live performance in nearly seven years, it'll be the first time she's performed since she and A$AP Rocky welcomed their first child in May 2022. But being a new mom hasn't deterred her — in fact, it's a big part of why Rihanna wanted to return to the stage. At an Apple Music press conference on Thursday, the "Anti" singer revealed she was offered the deal just weeks after giving birth. "When I first got the call to do it again this year I was like, 'You sure? Like, I'm three months postpartum. I don't know that I should be making major decisions like this right now,'" she said, laughing (per ET). Despite those jitters, Rihanna said motherhood made her more self-assured. "When you become a mom there's something that happens where you feel like you can take on the world and can do anything," she explained. "The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. As scary as it was, because I haven't been on stage in seven years, there's something exhilarating about the challenge of it all. And it's important for me to do this this year. It's important for representation, it's important for my son to see that."
The Barbados-born star later elaborated: "That's a big part of why it's so important for me to do this show. Representation for immigrants, representation for my country, Barbados. Representing for Black women everywhere. I think that's really important, that's key for people to see those possibilities."
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Sarah Jessica Parker makes out with John Corbett on Season 2 set of 'And Just Like That'
Moving on! "Sex and the City" fans spent years siding with one or the other of Carrie Bradshaw's on-off loves, the now-deceased Big (Chris Noth) and the kinder, gentler Aidan (John Corbett). Now, as Sarah Jessica Parker revisits Carrie in HBO Max's "And Just Like That," it looks like the pendulum is swinging back to Team Aidan. Instagram photos shared by SJP and HBO Max from the set of the "SATC" revival's second season show Carrie embracing her onetime fiance on the streets of New York City — and it looks like the kisses continue over the course of a few scenes. "This. Is. Not. A. Drill," Sarah Jessica wrote alongside a handful of smooch shots. The teasers left more than a few famous fans hungry for more deets about Carrie and Aidan's apparent reunion, which comes after audiences learned Aiden moved on and had kids after Carrie left him, while Big met an untimely death in Season 1. Spotting the kiss pics, Gwyneth Paltrow made her curiosity clear by commenting, "NO WAYYYYYY, while Andy Cohen chimed in to say he was "freaking." Lena Waithe, meanwhile, urged the star, "Please don't play with our emotions like this on a Thursday." HBO Max has not yet announced a premiere date for Season 2.
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King Charles reacts to heckler asking him to 'bring back' Prince Harry
King Charles III appeared to make a rare, public comment about his strained relationship with Prince Harry this week. Footage captured at an event at the University of East London and published by ET on Friday (Feb. 10) shows Britain's new monarch greeting fans when a heckler yells out, "Bring back Harry, please. Can you bring him back, sir?" Charles, 74, seems not to have heard the man's whole request. "Who?" he asks. "Harry, your son," the man replied. Charles then can be seen laughing briefly and shaking his head. "It would be nice," he seems to say while walking away.
The royal family's rift is far from a secret after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle documented their conflicts with Harry's immediate family in a six-part Netflix series, "Harry & Meghan," and Harry's new memoir, "Spare." It remains unclear if the couple, who stepped down from their positions as senior members of the royal family in 2021, will attend Charles' coronation in May.
Why Penn Badgley requested 'zero' love scenes in 'You'
In "You," Penn Badgley's obsessive, serial killer character Joe has a habit of falling in love, a plotline that involves — you guessed it — love scenes. Penn, however, says he convinced the series' showrunner, Sera Gamble, to cut way back on those scenes. During a recent appearance on "Stitcher Studios' Podcrushed" podcast, he explained why. "I asked Sera Gamble, [the] creator, 'Can I just do no more intimacy scenes?'" Penn recalled, according to People. "This was actually a decision I had made before I took the show. I don't think I've ever mentioned it publicly, but one of the main things is, 'Do I want to put myself back on a career path where I'm always [the] romantic lead?'" It seems that wasn't his only concern. The "Gossip Girl" alum married Domino Kirke in 2017. "Fidelity in every relationship — especially in a marriage — is important to me," he explained. "It got to a point where [I thought], 'I don't want to do that,' so I said to Sera, like, 'My desire would be zero [intimate scenes], to go from 100 to zero.'" Penn knew it was a big ask and that he'd already "signed up for the show," he said, so he qualified the request. "You can't take this aspect out of the DNA of the concept, so 'How much less can you make it?' was my question to them.'" Sera, for her part, "didn't even bat an eye," Penn continued. "She was really glad that I was that honest, and she was sort of almost empowered. She had a really positive response and they came back with a phenomenal reduction."
Emma Roberts calls out her mom for posting son's pic without permission
Emma Roberts caved and let her mom, Katie Cunningham, get away with sharing an image of her son Rhodes' whole face on Instagram after trying to give her tot his privacy since he was born two years ago. "When your mom posts your sons face without asking but you love them both so whatever," Emma wrote on her Instagram Stories on Thursday (Feb. 9), alongside a reposted version of the adorable 2-year-old. "Little man is growing up!" Katie wrote before teasing Emma, "The battle continues!!🤣🤣I love you Q!! Touche♥️." The "Scream Queens" star shares Rhodes with her ex, Garrett Hedlund. Asked about the cute exchange at a fashion show in New York City on Friday, Emma joked to Page Six that her mom's "a wench."
