Well, you can't say we haven't had time to mentally prepare.
Gwyneth Paltrow's concerted efforts to sing basically everywhere televiseable these last six months are about to pay off (for her, anyway). She is reportedly close to signing a deal with Atlantic Records to make a country-pop record, in keeping with her work in Country Strong. You know what this means, right? The first country-pop song with a verse by Jay-Z. [Page Six/NYP]
Or so says Deadline.
Lorne Michaels Is Bringing Saturday Night Live to China"Live from China, it's Saturday Night!"
Woman Accuses Bill Cosby of Raping Her TwiceThirty women and counting.
This Cut Saturday Night Live Fifty Shades of Grey Parody Answers the Question, ‘How Many Contractors Does It Take to Install a Sex Swing?’If Fifty Shades were on HDTV.
Bangles Star Susanna Hoffs Sings a Bangles Song at KaraokeSusanna Hoffs loves "Eternal Flame" as much as you do.
Kacey Musgraves’s New Single Is a Wonderful Sing-along Ode to Nosy Neighbors"We've all got dirty laundry hangin' on the line."
Lena Dunham Finally Meets the Man Who Inspired Her Eloise Tattoo"Hilary's work has had a more lasting impact on me than anything else."
Terrence Howard Walks You Through His Weird Oscars Presentation: ‘I Choked!’"I choked!"
House of Cards Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Bad for BusinessWith Frank and Claire, the political is as personal as it gets.
RuPaul’s Drag Race Returns: The 5 Best Moments From the PremiereGood-bye, She-Mail.
Each month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations, and you should read as many of them as possible.
Gotham Recap: Jeffrey Combs Is Franken-Woman!Leave it to Gotham to chase one of its best episode with one of its worst.
Suge Knight Fired His Lawyers and Is Having More Health TroublesAnd he's still in jail.
Kelly Clarkson Does Jumpy Duet Covers With Jimmy FallonFeaturing Sonny and Cher and Aaron Neville's mole.
J.Law, Spielberg Tackling War Photographer’s Memoir, It’s What I DoWarner Bros. nabbed the rights to Lynsey Addario's recently released book.
Kevin Bacon on The Following, Playing an Antihero, and FootlooseAnd Footloose.
Stephen Colbert Shows His Catholic Dancing, Singing Side for LentAlso, he wants to know why the pope is so happy.
Theater Review: The Mysteries of The Mystery of Love & SexMysterious.
Kanye Says He Wanted to Be Picasso ‘or Greater’ in Guest Lecture at Oxford University“My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater."
See the Short Film That Would Become WhiplashJ.K. Simmons included.
Empire is king, and everyone knows it.
Jared Leto Just Chopped Off His Beautiful Hair for Suicide SquadLet us mourn.
Kanye West Premieres the Official Version of ‘All Day’Yeezy season approachin'.
Last Man on Earth Debuts Big, Surprisingly: Good Work, AmericaWoo-hoo!
Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke’s First Film Together Since Training Day Will Be a WesternFor an Antoine Fuqua–directed Western called Magnificent Seven.
How Sarah Paulson Almost Spilled the American Horror Story–Lady Gaga Beans"It's Lady Fucking Gaga! I mean, come on."
Orphan Black’s Season 3 Trailer: The Male Clones Have Arrived"Count your sisters."
Fine, Downton Abbey, I Will Care About Carson and Mrs. HughesLet love reign.
Bob’s Burgers Recap: Spanks for PlayingButt dancing, cat dragons, and a rattlesnake! Oh, my!
Veronica Roth’s Divergent Follow-up Will Be Star Wars–esqueIt'll "tell of a boy's unlikely alliance with an enemy."
A lot has changed since the show premiered.
Bob’s Burgers Did Its Own Game of Thrones Last Night, and You Should Be ThankfulCat-dragons!
Can Carly Rae Jepsen’s New Song Be This Year’s Song of Summer?The pros and cons of Carly Rae's new bubblegum.
Shia LaBeouf’s Rattail Is Terrifyingly GloriousSorry, Jared Leto.
Mumford & Sons Announce Potentially Banjo-Free (!) New AlbumIt's like Bob Dylan all over again.
Edward Norton Stars in John Oliver’s ‘Sexy’ Summer Blockbuster About InfrastructureBecause infrastructure is sexy!
Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Bless This MessThe winner and still-champion: Kenya, surprisingly.
Haim and M83’s Song for the Insurgent Soundtrack Is Kind of a Snoozefest"Holes in the Sky."
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Recap: Ham HandsEvery single character managed to get a legitimate belly laugh from me at one point or another.
Housewives of NYC Trailer: The Bethenny’s Back... and everyone still hates her!
Thank God.
Will Forte on His Unusual New Sitcom, The Last Man on EarthJenga plays a pretty big role in the show.
House of Cards Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: All Good People Come to an EndPlus: What is it with the Underwoods and power-peeing?
The 3 Most Interesting Revelations From The Jinx, Episode 4“I did not kill my best friend. I did dismember him.”
The Good Wife Recap: The F-BombNothing says, "Our hiatus is finally over!" like opening with 45 seconds of erotic asphyxiation.
The Walking Dead Recap: Rick Gets a HaircutIf it looks like utopia and the fresh blankets smell like utopia, could this place be for real?
Bill Murray Makes Rick Ross Smile Like a Boss"Let me tell you bout my best friend."
Alec Baldwin Briefly Rapped With Chance the RapperHow could you not?
Here Are the Best Answers From Will Forte’s Reddit AMAAlso, for what it's worth, he said #thedress was "blue and grey."
Some Prankster Pulled a Fast One on KanyeCheck out Loser.com.