We can’t cover everything. Between the breakups, the red carpets, the cryptic Instagram Stories, and whatever Washington decided to do this week, some stories slip past us—and a few were too good to let disappear into the timeline. So every week we’re rounding up the ten stories we didn’t get to, with links straight to the folks who did. Consider it your catch-up cheat sheet.
Click through, get caught up, and act as you knew all along.
Check Out the 10 Things We Didn’t Get to This Past Week
| 1. Selma Blair issued her first statement after being charged with two counts of second-degree assault. “Selma Blair experienced a medical emergency on the flight. “There was no attempt to open the door of the aircraft. Selma did not intend to harm anyone.” [People] |
| 2. Katie Zacharia was fired as White House Press Secretary after being interviewed by The Wall Street Journal about her new role. [TMZ] |
| 3. Russell Brand‘s criminal trial is underway in London, and the first complaint alleges that Brand raped her in her hotel room at the Labour Party conference in 1999. “I second-guessed myself if it was rape because it was so normal,” she said in the video. “Sorry… he raped me basically — I know that happened.” [Variety] |
| 4. Halle Berry is claiming that her son Mateo is being a “coached and manipulated child” in relation to the abuse allegations against her. [Celebitchy] |
| 5. Your new True Detective stars are Antonio Banderas and Nicolas Cage. [Variety] |
Here are some of the stories that we “did” cover this week
| 6. Thursday marked the launch of NewFest38 and the NYC premiere of the acclaimed, buzzed-about Spanish-language film La Bola Negra, with Glenn Close making a surprise appearance. [Boy Culture] |
| 7. Joe Manganiello shared a glimpse of his battle with a mystery illness by sharing heartbreaking photos of himself in the hospital. “In the days following the amputation of my large intestine, my weight began to plummet,” he captioned the carousel of images on Instagram Thursday. [Page Six] |
| 8. What is Heidi Klum wearing at InStyle’s Imagemakers Party? [Go Fug Yourself] |
| 9. Paul Anthony Kelly reveals how he nearly gave up acting before landing the role of a lifetime as JFK Jr. in Love Story. [Kenneth in the 212] |
| 10. Just three years after giving birth to twins, 52-year-old actress Hilary Swank revealed she is pregnant with her third child. [NYT] |
