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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 25 March 2017

E!’s ‘The Arrangement’ evokes Cruise and Holmes comparisons

ALICIA RANCILIO is a waitress when we meet
Associated Press her. You know that’s not re-
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Ar- ally like anyone we know.
rangement” may remind “People want to know
viewers of rumors about what happens behind
the effect of Scientology This image released closed doors and behind
by E! Entertainment
on the marriage of Tom shows Josh Hender- the curtain in Hollywood
Cruise and Katie Holmes. son as Kyle West, and it’s intriguing.”
The drama series, which left, and Christine And Henderson, who plays
airs Sunday on E! Entertain- Evangelista as Me- West, fits the bill of a charm-
ment, stars Christine Evan- gan Morrison in a ing, complex mega-star.
gelista as Megan Morrison, scene from, “The “He is a wonderful guy,
Arrangement.” It airs
an up-and-coming actress Sunday nights at 10 very charismatic and I
who meets A-list actor Kyle p.m. think that’s what Megan
West (Josh Henderson) on Associated Press sees,” Evangelista said.
an audition. He’s instantly “They have this undeni-
smitten, and a lunch date able chemistry between
leads to an overnight in the two of them and I think
Mexico. Everything seems that’s what she’s looking
to be progressing until Kyle at.”q
offers Megan a marriage
contract arranged by his
self-help group, The Insti- That price includes the John Mayer’s new single is
tute of the Higher Mind. glare of the spotlight, jeal-
She’s offered an Insta-re- ous friends and a loss of
lationship and the money freedom, thanks to Kyle’s ode to ex-girlfriend Katy Perry
and perks of being with self-help group. “The In-
one of Hollywood’s big- stitute helps “people find LOS ANGELES (AP) — John
gest stars. “When I first read what’s been holding them Mayer’s new single, “Still
the script I was very in- back, search for their own Feel Like Your Man,” is
trigued by the premise and happiness,” Evangelista about ex-girlfriend Katy
it caused me to ask my- said. “How they go about Perry.
self what I would do and I that is in a very manipula- Lyrics for the upbeat, but
found that to be interest- tive way. It sort of makes wistful single include, “I still
ing,” Evangelista said. people almost ... a prisoner keep your shampoo in my
“I also liked how this young to them.” Evangelista, who shower in case you want
girl, her life, changes over- appeared on “The Walking to wash your hair.” In an in-
night and she’s faced with Dead,” is aware of com- terview with The New York
situations and decisions parisons to Scientology Times, Mayer rhetorically
and tests and is she able to and Cruise and Holmes, asks “who else would I be
endure them, and I think it who divorced in 2012 af- thinking about” but Perry.
posed a lot of moral ques- ter five years of marriage, Mayer adds that “it’s a
tions ... for her and I thought but emphasizes that the testament to the fact that In this Jan. 21, 2013, file photo, John Mayer and Katy Perry ar-
that was very interesting. In show is fiction. “Of course I have not dated a lot of rive at the ceremonial swearing-in for President Barack Obama
one way her life changes we want people to be in- people in the last five, six at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in
in a very exciting way over- trigued by what we’re do- years.” Washington.
night. With the other it’s like ing, but The Institute is a Mayer has had other high- Associated Press
at what cost? What’s the totally fictionalized group,” profile girlfriends over the Simpson and Taylor Swift. uses an exclusive dating
expense? And it definitely she said. “These are fic- years, including Jessica The singer tells the Times he app these days.q
comes at a price.” tional characters. Megan