The daily gossip: December 5, 2019

1. Emma Stone is engaged

Congratulations to Emma Stone on her brand-new rock! The Oscar-winning La La Land actress is engaged to Dave McCary, a segment director she met while filming a sketch for Saturday Night Live back in 2017. Who says workplace romances between attractive, talented people who spend a whole day making each other laugh can't work out?

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2. Tom Holland saved Spider-Man by getting drunk and crying

Earlier this year, superhero fans faced the terrifying possibility of a world where the seemingly limitless roster of Marvel Cinematic Universe superheroes didn't include Spider-Man, who was caught up in the messy web of a rights and profit-sharing dispute between Sony and Disney. Spider-Man has since been added back into the Marvel fold — and as it turns out, the hero in this story is none other than Spider-Man himself, Tom Holland, who says he sealed the deal by getting drunk and crying in a phone call with Disney CEO Bob Iger. For a superhero, it's an admittedly unconventional strategy for saving the day, but hey, who can argue with the results?

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3. Jay-Z's music is back on Spotify

Jay-Z turns 50 this week, but he marked the occasion by giving a special gift to anyone who really, really doesn't want to switch to Tidal: All of his albums are back on Spotify. The rapper originally pulled all of his music back in 2017 in favor of his Tidal streaming service, which has struggled to grow its subscriber base despite a series of high-profile exclusives. The return to Spotify feels like a rare note of surrender from hip-hop's most successful businessman, but it's not like he doesn't know how to shake that dirt off his shoulder.

New York Post

4. Disney drops a trailer for the Mulan remake

The Disney live-action remake train continues to roar along. Following a year that has seen new takes on the animated classics Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Lady and the Tramp, the studio has dropped a trailer for the new live-action adaptation of Mulan, which hits theaters in March 2020. Though a string of remakes over the past few years has been a massive boon to Disney's bottom line, Mulan is the last one with an actual scheduled release date — at least until an enterprising casting director manages to track down a chatty fox who's a sharpshooter with a bow-and-arrow.

The Hollywood Reporter

5. Chris Pratt opened a fitness store

If you want to get shredded like Star-Lord, why not cut out the middleman? Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World star Chris Pratt has opened his own Amazon storefront hawking a wide variety of health and fitness products, including rowing machines, boxing gloves, and protein powders. Unfortunately for those who really want to get motivated for their next run, the lineup of products doesn't currently include any live dinosaurs.

People