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Former Olympic ice skater Tonya Harding is making the rounds helping to promote the biopic about her life, I, Tonya, and on Tuesday morning Harding participated in an interview with Good Morning Britain.  I, Tonya largely portrays Harding as a sympathetic figure who was forced into figure skating by her cruel mother and later abused by her husband, Jeff Gillooly, who helped mastermind the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Harding said that she hoped her movie would help others, however GMB host Piers Morgan accused her of playing the victim card. “Maybe it suits you to play the victim, but the victim in all this wasn’t you, it was Nancy Kerrigan who had her Olympic dream shattered,” Morgan interjected. After he refused to drop the line of questioning, Harding attempted to end the interview. “Thank you so much I appreciate being on your show, but I think I’m going to have to say have a good night,” she told him.

“CBS This Morning” host Gayle King on Tuesday said her pal Oprah Winfrey is “intrigued” by the idea of a presidential run in the wake of her Golden Globes speech on Sunday — but doesn’t think it will be enough to persuade Winfrey to run.  King said “I absolutely don’t think that her position has changed.  I was up talking to her late last night. I do think she is intrigued by the idea. I do think that. I also know that after years of watching the ‘Oprah Show,’ you always have the right to change your mind. I don’t think at this point she is actually considering it.”  King also offered her explanation of what Winfrey’s longterm partner, Stedman Graham, meant when he told the press “It’s up to the people — she would absolutely do it.”  King said that Graham thought the reporter asked, “Would she make a good president?” to which he responded, “Absolutely, she would.”

Rose McGowan called it “Hollywood fakery’ as many actresses came together in solidarity at Sunday’s Golden Globes to protest sexual misconduct by wearing black. McGowan, a Harvey Weinstein accuser who has been at the forefront of the #MeToo movement and speaking out about harassment and abuse in the industry, previously slammed celebrities who wanted to wear black to the annual event.  When fellow Weinstein-accuser, actress Asia Argento, tweeted at McGowan on Sunday: “No one should forget that you were the first one who broke the silence. Anyone who tries to diminish your work is a troll and an enemy of the movement. You gave me the courage to speak out. I am on your side until I die.” McGowan responded, “And not one of those fancy people wearing black to honor our rapes would have lifted a finger had it not been so. I have no time for Hollywood fakery, but you I love.”

Justin Timberlake has announced a new 27-date North American tour in support of his upcoming fifth studio album, Man of the Woods.  The tour begins March 13 in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre before wrapping up May 30 in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn. Other stops include New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami and Dallas. Tickets go on sale for the general public starting Jan. 16 through Ticketmaster. The Man of the Woods album is expected to release on Feb. 2

The red carpet was dyed black by actresses dressed in a color-coordinated statement against sexual harassment and gender inequality, as the Golden Globes confronted the post-Harvey Weinstein era with a show that addressed the controversy head-on.  Nicole Kidman, Rachel Brosnahan, Elisabeth Moss, and Saoirse Ronan were among the female Globe winners.  But it was talk-show host, actress, producer and humanitarian Oprah Winfrey who stole the nights as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes on Sunday night with a speech referencing the civil rights movement as well as the MeToo movement that earned her multiple standing ovations.