The Hollywood Reporter – 28.02.2018

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Yes, I Did Say That!
A look at who’s sayin g wh at in enter tain ment

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 54 FEBRUARY 28, 2018


JENNER: GABRIEL OLSEN/FILMMAGIC. FRASER: DANIEL ZUCHNIK/WIREIMAGE. WINFREY: DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGES. POEHLER: JASON LA

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Compiled by Seth Abramovitch

“The folks who
watch Fox News
every night for
hours at a time.”
JOHN FINLEY
The channel’s senior vp, revealing
the target audience for Fox
Nation, a stand-alone subscription
streaming service.

“Hey @DCComics
I can write
your batgirl movie,
no prob.”
ROXANE GAY
The Hunger author,
responding on Twitter when
THR revealed that Joss Whedon
had exited the project over
story problems. Warner Bros. vp
Michelle Wells tweeted back,
“If you’re serious ... contact me.”

“Even at 85,
it’s apparent that
‘wordvomit’ &
bad-mouthing is
inexcusable.”
QUINCY JONES
The music legend, apologizing
on Twitter for recent
interviews in which he claimed
to have dated Ivanka Trump,
swore that Marlon Brando slept
with Richard Pryor and said
The Beatles were bad musicians.

“I got through
about three minutes
of it. I put in a
good, solid three.”
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
The Red Sparrow star, admitting
on Marc Maron’s podcast that
she was bored by Paul Thomas
Anderson’s Phantom Thread,
adding, “Is it just about clothes?”

Josh Charles, Julianne Moore, Justin Bieber and
others said they would attend the March 24
D.C. anti-gun march, and Beau Willimon rallied
Twitter to get Emma Gonzalez more followers
than the NRA “to show the gun lobby’s influence is
being replaced by a new generation of leaders.”

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“Have I ever?
I’m trying
to think when
that would be.”
OPRAH WINFREY
The OWN mogul, questioning
on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
if she’s ever been “very
insecure,” as President Trump
labeled her in a tweet.

“Can you tweet
the NRA for me
and tell them
I said fuck off?”
AMY POEHLER
The actress, responding to an
NRA tweet that used a Parks and
Recreation GIF of her character
saying, “Thank you.” The message
was relayed on Twitter by
show co-creator Michael Schur.

“He reaches around,
grabs my ass
cheek, and one of his
fingers touches
me in the taint. And
he starts moving
it around.”
BRENDAN FRASER
The Mummy star, describing in
GQ how he was allegedly sexually
assaulted by former Hollywood
Foreign Press Association president
Philip Berk at a luncheon in 2003.

“sooo does anyone
else not open
Snapchat anymore?”
KYLIE JENNER
The social media star, tweeting her disappointment
over the platform’s “sad” redesign to her 24.5 million
followers. Snap shares immediately tumbled
6 percent, dropping $1.3 billion in market value.
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