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Glen Powell has a cover profile on The Hollywood Reporter, and he talks about how the success of Anyone But You is what really put him on the map in terms of being a bankable star. I don’t think that’s taking credit for Sydney Sweeney’s work, as she was the producer who pulled that project together. Sydney is getting plenty of her own flowers. But it’s true for Glen, Anyone But You IS what cemented him as a viable leading man. 

The only person who got credit for the success of Top Gun: Maverick was Tom Cruise (rightly so), and that was evident last year when studios wouldn’t pony up to put Hit Man in theaters and now they all look f-cking dumb because Glen has Grade A Leading Man stamped on his forehead and they all left money on the table by relegating Hit Man to Netflix (it’s in some theaters this weekend, check your local listings!). Another burgeoning star who got a spike from Top Gun but has to wait to prove her mettle is Monica Barbaro—we’ll check in with her when James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic comes out. She’s playing Joan Baez. Anyway, Glen is going to get his Movie Star shot, even though he passed on the new Jurassic World movie (Jonathan Bailey and Rupert Friend were just cast alongside Scarlett Johansson). (Celebitchy)

Documentarian Morgan Spurlock passed away from complications of cancer at 53. His documentary Supersize Me was hugely influential in shaping modern documentary styles, and then he basically became the Alexander Hamilton of MeToo when he admitted to a bunch of stuff during the first waves of the scandal breaking in late 2017. Then he was confused when it “decimated” his career. Complicated guy, but 53 is too young for anyone to die. Cancer sucks. (Pajiba)

Catch up with people at Cannes, including Eva Longoria, who wore a lot of sparkly stuff. (Go Fug Yourself)

Riley Keough and her lawyers succeeded in stopping the foreclosure and auction of Graceland, alleging fraud. I’m amazed someone tried it on such a prominent property, but foreclosure fraud is really common and comes in a variety of forms, including document forgery, which is maybe what happened with Graceland. Now, the Tennessee attorney general is saying he’s going to investigate, though no investigative body seems to be doing anything, as yet. You know what this calls for? The Beekeeper! Protect the hive! (AP News) 

Roxana Hadadi is doing the goddess’s work, cataloging Ryan Gosling’s greatest co-stars: his bitchin’ jackets. This is a compelling argument, that Gosling’s best co-stars are his character’s coats, and that Gosling gives his best performances while wearing a sick ass jacket. I love Roxana, she’s always digging deep and thinking about cinema in unique, frequently jacket-centered ways. (Vulture)