Don Cheadle Gossip

Two and a half weeks to go until Avengers: Endgame opens and we find out how they’re going to take out Thanos and reverse the Snap. So the final press push begins. Which is interesting because even though, in theory, we know that most of them will somehow be un-dusted (obviously Spider-Man and Black Panther, at least), as it stands now, half of them are ashes – so how do those  Avengers show up to promote the movie without having to explain why they’re promoting a movie they may or may not be in?  There was a press conference this weekend. Full Story

Kendrick Lamar released DAMN. on Good Friday. I didn’t listen to DAMN. until Saturday afternoon. I wasn’t busy. I was waiting. I wanted to savour it. You know the envy you feel towards someone who hasn’t watched your favourite TV series yet? When anyone tells me they haven’t started Friday Night Lights, I desperately want to swap brains with them so I can re-experience the first time Tami Taylor said, “Hey y’all. Full Story

Awww HFPA, you’re so cute! You are adorable, because the way you nominate shows sometimes intersects with the best things on TV, but…you know, not all the time. For example, Game Of Thrones, representing once again in Best Dramatic Series, and…that’s it? OK, there’s also a nomination for Lena Headey, who did a lot of being brave while her jaw was clenched, but…you know, it’s okay to say the show didn’t have its best year, or that at a certain point, you’re giving the nomination just for CGI battles… In fact, I can’t figure out if your wacky nomination strategy is brilliant or bananas. Full Story

Don Cheadle worked for years to get his Miles Davis biopic, Miles Ahead, made. Part of the uphill battle was that he not only wanted to star as Davis, he wanted to write and direct as well. Well his long slog to the finish line paid off, as Cheadle makes his feature film directorial debut with Miles Ahead, in which he stars and also co-wrote (with Steve Baigelman, who also worked on the James Brown biopic, Get On Up). Full Story

Ewan McGregor at the Miles Ahead premiere in New York. This is Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis passion project and directorial debut. Full Story

This would have been glorious. I almost Kanyed tonight. #Restraint #Temperance @kendricklamar #AlbumoftheYear Full Story

For years Don Cheadle has been working on a biopic of legendary musician Miles Davis, fighting not only to get the movie made—always an uphill battle—but to direct it himself. Finally, after slogging uphill through the snow both ways, Cheadle premiered his film, Miles Ahead, at Sundance. Full Story

You know what I mean? I know it’s lame to even talk about photocopies now, but I’m not up on my 3D printing jargon. But she has often worn jewel columns, and strapless dresses, and bodices with a bit of a stiff raised front that come slightly away from her chest. This all just seemed like a remix of Margulies from various times that seemed to end up a little bit askew. Full Story

I’ve been refreshing the photo agencies obsessively for the last hour checking for pictures of Gwyneth Paltrow at the London premiere of Iron Man 3 tonight and so far... nothing. As of this writing -- 3pm PT -- everyone else is there, RDJ, Don Cheadle, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley, but my G. It’s her hometown (sort of)! She was supposed to be there!? WHERE’s PEPPER? They’re already posing for group shots. Full Story

House of Lies Season 1 Episode 4 recapOkay, this is ridiculous.  House of Lies isn’t content to simply reinvent the half-hour ‘comedy’ genre and inspire in me slavish devotion, it has to start actually reflecting real life and being relevant, making me its full-on wannabe? This show, if you haven’t figured it out yet, isn’t about being a management consultant. Full Story

I have a colleague, who used to say to another colleague, usually on a Monday morning, “Hey – did you close?“  This of course referred not to business acumen but whether or not he got the amount of action he was hoping for on the weekend.  If they’re not already reading this, I bet money they both would love this show. Full Story