In Case You Haven’t Heard: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Nobody Wants This’

Reality star Kim Kardashian shows off what makes for acting chops in her new show “All’s Fair,” Jonathan Bailey takes the title of People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, and “Stranger Things” star David Harbour finds himself in hot water weeks for the series’ final season in this edition of “In Case You Haven’t Heard.”

Is there anything Kim Kardashian can’t do? Yes – acting and executive producing, and that’s with the help of 23 other executive producers! 

While she’s very good at pretending to be herself, Kardashian and her new show “All’s Fair” are not getting good reviews. And when I say not good, I mean horrible, terrible, atrocious. In the legal drama, Kardashian plays a lawyer not afraid to showcase major cleavage in the courtroom as well as her acting talents. Let’s just say, she’s on the show and receiving the brunt of the criticism.

It takes a special kind of awful to hang a goose egg on Rotten Tomatoes, but “All’s Fair” does just that. When I say, goose egg, I mean zero, nada, zilch, nothing, zip, naught. Many outlets, like the Toronto Star, are calling “All’s Fair” the worst TV show of all time. The Guardian says, “All’s Fair is fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible.” The New York Times says, “it’s so bad it’s not even enjoyably bad.” Now I definitely have to check it out. 

The sexiest man alive is actor Jonathan Bailey, according to People Magazine. The publication made their annual announcement a couple days ago – I really thought this was my year. The Sexiest Man Alive title dates back to 1985. There have been 37 recipients of the award since, and if the numbers don’t seem to add up, it’s because four men have won twice.

Brad Pitt won in 1995 and 2000 – not a big surprise there. Johnny Depp is the most recent two-timer, bringing home the award in 2003 and 2009. Richard Gere has won twice, but there is disclaimer that he shared the cover with his then-wife Cindy Crawford, and for that year it was changed to Sexiest Couple. George Clooney also won twice. Nice looking guy and a decent enough actor, but twice? Did Brad Pitt let himself go that year? I mean, Paul Newman was still alive, or you could’ve even gone with Jack Black if you wanted to get cute and say it was all about personality.

Come on, People – get it together! In a related story, since doing this research, I’ve received hundreds of emails from Sephora.

Well, she’s kept us in suspension for seven years, but thankfully, the announcement has finally been made that Meghan Markle is returning to acting!  In a related story, Meghan Markle was an actress before turning her attention to Duchess-y things somewhere in the UK after getting hitched to Prince Harry. The Duchess of Sussex probably just got tired of using so many esses, so she will take a cameo role in the film “Close Personal Friends” opposite Lily Collins and Jack Quaid. Markle was on the show “Suits” for seven seasons. That’s the show everybody’s heard of, but no one has seen. 

Just two weeks after the release of season two of Netflix’s romantic comedy series “Nobody Wants This,” the streamer has announced there will be a season three. Kristen Bell plays an agnostic sex therapist and podcaster; Adam Brody plays a rabbi, who falls in love with her. Hot fun in the summertime! Adam Brody was on Nite Lite last year and talked about how much he loved being part of the show. You can catch up on the first two seasons of “Nobody Wants This” on Netflix.

Woody Harrelson says he would never play his “True Detective” role Marty Hart again. Harrelson stars opposite Matthew McConaughey in season one of the critically acclaimed show, but he says they nailed it so well that he doesn’t want to tarnish it. McConaughey says he would do it if the script was right. The showrunners would love to have both of them back. Season five of “True Detective” is currently filming with Nicolas Cage in the lead role.

Actor David Harbour was sort of a fan-favorite, thanks to just about everything he’s been in. Recent information, however, has come out that paints him in a not so favorable light. Over the weekend, news broke that could derail the big multi-release of season five of “Stranger Things,” and possibly his career. The 50-year-old Harbour, who plays Hopper on the show, has been accused of bullying and harassment by 21-year-old actor Millie Bobby Brown, who plays Eleven on the hit show. Hopper is Eleven’s adoptive father.

According to TheWrap, Brown filed charges that included pages and pages of accusations of issues that occurred before season five started shooting. An internal investigation by Netflix found that none of the charges were sexual in nature, but the streamer hasn’t really said much. Further upstaging “Stranger Things'” thunder are allegations that Harbour started cheating on his current wife Lily Allen almost immediately after they married. Stranger Things wraps up its final season with a three-part release. Episodes one through four will drop Wednesday, Nov. 26; five through seven releases on Dec. 25, with the big finale available in theaters and Netflix on New Year’s Eve.

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