EVENING NIGHTCAP: Insert Foot In Mouth: Blake Lively Edition. Anthony Bourdain Biopic. Dan + Eugene & Emmys.

 

► Over the years, Blake Not-So-Lively has made a lot of stupid comments and questionable choices. Let's look her trail of dingleberries over the years.

• Exhibit A: her 2012 antebellum-theme wedding to Ryan Reynolds at a Southern slave plantation. 
• Exhibit B: Mocking Princess Kate for the photoshop mishap and jumping on the pile-on about Princess Kate's absence for health reasons.
  
• Exhibit C: gushing and raving about Woody Allen.

And finally Exhibit D: her recent tone-deaf, ignorant remarks regarding victims of domestic violence and "air brushing the seriousness of it" during her press tour to promote her new movie "It Ends With Us", which is about domestic violence.  According to various media outlets, Blake (who starred and was a co-producer and Ryan, who wrote some of the script) have been been marketing the movie like it's a Barbie-esque fashion show and sharing flippant, comedic, dismissive remarks regarding the flick and domestic violence. Here's an example: Read More and Read Some More

"A reporter asked Lively how someone should go about approaching her to get advice about how to deal with issues of domestic violence. Her answer was pretty distasteful. She easily could have recommended some organizations that help survivors of domestic violence if she personally couldn’t offer help. Instead, she decided to be cheeky and responded by flipping the question with a question to the interviewer. “Like, ask for my phone number, or a location share?” Lively said before continuing and mentioning Virgo traits."  

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, undated photo: Photo: E! News

Comment: It's no surprise to anyone who stays current on pop culture that the backlash Blake is receiving is long overdue. It's about time the rest of the world caught up with what folks at PW Manor and past Dlisted readers have known for years about America's Marie Antoinette. To add insult to injury regarding the movie's serious topic, Blake has been using movie interviews to peddle her new hair care line...pissing people off even more.  Ryan better invest in a giant shovel to scoop up the mess he and the Queen of the Traveling $18,000 Pair of Jeans have created. Oh, and Ryan casting her as Lady Deadpool in "Deadpool & Wolverine" was the epitome of nepotism. She's a shitty actress. So is Ryan. Two smug peas in an antebellum house pod. 

 

► A biopic based on the incredible life of chef and world traveler Anthony Bourdain is on the proverbial Hollywood stove simmering like a good stew.  Dominic Sessa (of "The Holdovers") is the front runner to play Anthony in the  movie, "Tony". Star Thrower Entertainment (who made King Richard) is the studio behind it.  According to reports, the movie will follow Tony's humble beginning in NYC and his rise as a chef which came about when he wrote a scathing expose on the dirty, disgusting secrets of NYC food scene. And no, Pizza Rat was not part of it. From there, Anthony catapulted to fame with brute honesty about the culinary world. I'm not convinced about Dominic Sessa portraying him. He looks nothing like Tony. Actually, Dominic is kinda dweeby and not "ruggedly worldly" like Anthony. My 2-cents.  Read More

 

Comment: I used to watch "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations". It was a good show. I hope they do justice to his legacy and not "Hollywood-ize" the movie because that would piss him off. He'll come back from the grave with frying pan in hand and scold the Hollywood machine for being inept buffoons who think Brooklyn Beckham is a misunderstood culinary genius.

Anthony Bourdain, undated photo: Photo: MovieWeb.com

Dominic Sessa, undated photo: Photo: MovieWeb.com

 

► The Emmy Awards has been shopping around for a host for what seems like 4-ever and they're cutting it close since it's schedule to air next month.  Well, after pleading, groveling, and a lot of begging around the back alley for a host, they finally found someone. Eugene Levy and his son, Dan, will share co-hosting duties for the 76th Emmy Awards which will air on September 15. The Emmys has been on a rating decline for a long, long time. The only thing declining faster is The Orange Turd's campaign for POTUS.  If anyone can turn the express elevator to hell of this award show, it's Eugene and Dan.  Read More

Eugene Levy and Dan Levy, 2019. Photo: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP File/NBC News.com

Comment:  Having Eugene and Dan hosting can only go one of two ways: either it will be hilarious or they will play it safe and be boring as hell.  If Eugene brings some of his old SCTV comedy to play (ex: Bobby Bitman character), it could salvage this turkey. Hope springs eternal.