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- ‘Jack the Giant Killer’ trailer: Is Nicholas Hoult leading man material?
- Olivia Wilde & Jason Sudeikis are loved up in NYC: trading up or trading down?
- Rooney Mara bad-mouths her ‘Nightmare on Elm St’ gig: “I didn’t even really want it”
- Brandi Glanville eloped with Darin Harvey in Vegas, honeymooned with strippers
- Beyonce has not given birth to “Tiana May Carter” yet, but it could happen soon
- LeAnn Rimes isn’t getting pregnant: “No rush, we’re super happy right now”
- Kim Kardashian had bangs trauma for New Year’s: tragic or cute?
- Katy Perry “was raised to believe divorce is wrong,” so Brand was the one to file
- Kyra Sedgwick & Kevin Bacon celebrate their 23-year marriage in Hawaii
- Angelina Jolie gave Brad Pitt a waterfall for his 48th birthday
| ‘Jack the Giant Killer’ trailer: Is Nicholas Hoult leading man material? Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST
The new trailer for Jack the Giant Killer has arrived, and I have very mixed feelings as a result. Of course, the movie is an adaptation of a tale (and a remake of a 1962 film in name only) that is closely associated with Jack and the Beanstalk except that this variation of the tale makes the titular Jack much more of a badass because he not only climbs the beanstalk but also must fight a race of giants that descend to claim the Earth for their own. Or at least, Jack is supposed to be a badass. Judge for yourself: In short, this movie combines both folk tales, but this movie’s trailer, from director Brian Singer (X-Men; The Usual Suspects; Valkyrie) makes Jack seem much less of “plucky” slayer of giants and more of an “emo Brat” who looks entirely unaware of his surroundings. Also rather unimpressive in the trailer is the entrance of Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson), who seems so boobily engineered as to virtually guarantee massive geek salivation. Overall, the production looks mightily overwrought, but at least we’re going to see Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, and Ewan McGregor, right?
Also, Kaiser thinks that it’s probably “too soon” for Nicholas Hoult to claim leading-man status. I agree and sort of think that, despite Hoult’s pedigree (X-Men: First Class; A Single Man), he might be better suited taking his chances in romcom territory instead of just as an action guy. Hoult played Hank McCoy/Beast in First Class with a touch of sensitivity, and I think he could probably make young women swoon onscreen in a low-budget romantic role. At this point, however, he’s taking a huge gamble as the lead in a blockbuster type movie. Hoult doesn’t quite have the star power to either drive people into theater seats or claim it as a real career success if the movie ends up doing well. If Jack the Giant Killer does make a ton of money, it will be because people want to see a mindless action movie, and if it fails, then Hoult will probably be Hollywood toast.
Photos courtesy of AllMoviePhoto      |
| Olivia Wilde & Jason Sudeikis are loved up in NYC: trading up or trading down? Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST
This looks like a photo shoot, doesn't it? I'm not saying Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis arranged to be photographed in this "Official New Couple Portraits: Loved Up On The New York City Streets Edition" way. Maybe it was just some weird coincidence. After all, people know that Jason and Olivia are dating – they've been seeing each other for about… two months or so. It was about a month ago when Us Weekly reported that they were a full-on couple. Olivia spent most of the last year sowing her wild oats after her divorce from an Italian (hipster) prince. She dated Ryan Gosling, briefly, and she was associated with Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake too. There were other dudes in the mix, but I can't remember them off the top of my head. It doesn't really matter – she was just playing around, and none of it seemed serious. But this kind of photo op with Jason? That seems more serious. And I'm not sure how to feel about it. Jason's dating history is a bit more complicated. He was married, and the divorce dragged on for a while. While he was dealing with that, some said he and Jennifer Aniston had a fling, although Jason denied it – harshly. Then he hooked up with January Jones for a while, and they seemed to still be dating each other casually when she got knocked up – by another (married?) man, allegedly. Since January Jones, Jason has been playing the field, and Olivia might be his first "relationship" in a year. At the end of the day, I kind of find Olivia and Jason to be a boring couple. It feels like Olivia went out, played the field, and got disappointed by the lack of opportunities, so she just settled for Jason. Maybe he's a really nice guy… but he seems like he might have a streak of douche. Oh, well. Good luck, Cockburn.
Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News. |
| Rooney Mara bad-mouths her ‘Nightmare on Elm St’ gig: “I didn’t even really want it” Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:06 AM PST
Dear God, what is wrong with Rooney Mara? Why can't a young actress simply be happy – nay, grateful – for the opportunities she's given, her hit-or-miss career trajectory in an industry with something like a 95% unemployment rate? Why does Rooney feel the need to piss on the few jobs she had before she got the Lisbeth Salander role? I don't get it. Anyway, Rooney is back with another eye-rolling-inducing quote in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. First, let's recap some of her previous STFU-moments of 2011. First, in her Vogue Magazine cover profile, Rooney took her first steps towards bad-mouthing her early career. When describing her first role on an episode of Law & Order: SVU, she described the character as a girl who "hates fat people, and you find out in the end she used to be obese herself. It's just too embarrassing." Regarding her part in the 2010 reboot of Nightmare on Elm Street, she told Vogue, "I hated it. It left me thinking, If this is what is available to me, then I don't necessarily want to be an actress. And then I got the script for The Social Network." Then, in her Allure cover profile, she once again discussed L&O: SVU, saying, "It was so awful. So stupid. People are obsessed with that show. I don't get it. Me and my boyfriend—although I don't look old enough to have a boyfriend—went and beat up these fat people, and at the end of the show you find out that I used to be obese and I hate fat people. It's ridiculous. Who would ever do that? Who would beat someone up because they're fat?" Rooney later tried to backpedal, saying that she wasn't saying the show was stupid, she was saying "humanity" is stupid. But it's pretty clear what she meant, honestly. I'd also like to point out that she keeps bad-mouthing L&O: SVU and Nightmare on Elm Street because those are basically two of the few roles this smug bitch got before The Social Network. Anyway, Rooney's latest mouth-fart:
[From Digital Spy] For the love of God. "Sometimes you don’t want to get something but you do a really good job and you get in anyway." Just STFU. Be grateful. Acknowledge that your early career made you the actress you are today. Show some maturity and depth and humor. Be a professional. Anyway, if you'd like to read more from Rooney's EW cover story, go here and here. There are even quotes from David Fincher about Rooney's piercings and… Jesus, their relationship is so creepy. It's like the creepy goth version of Eliza Doolittle and Prof. Higgins.
Cover courtesy of Just Jared, additional pics by WENN. |
| Brandi Glanville eloped with Darin Harvey in Vegas, honeymooned with strippers Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:03 AM PST
I can't help it, this story made me laugh. It seems like Brandi Glanville, ex-wife of Eddie Cibrian and current reality star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, went to Las Vegas for New Year's, and she ended up getting married. Seriously, it was a Vegas elopement, and from the look of the photos, Brandi and her new husband were completely sh-tfaced.
[From Us Weekly] I'm including some of the photos from Brandi's crazy, alcohol-fueled extravaganza. It really does seem like two friends just got wasted and decided it would be funny to elope. I hope that this incident doesn't have longer-term consequences for Brandi, though. Would this effect her alimony or child support from Eddie, even if Brandi and Darin get it annulled?
Photos courtesy of Brandi's Twitter. |
| Beyonce has not given birth to “Tiana May Carter” yet, but it could happen soon Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:54 AM PST
Last week, I think most media outlets were on high alert that Beyonce would be "giving birth" at any moment. The idea was spurred by actual reporting at first – legit outlets claimed that Beyonce had checked into a NYC hospital, and then they took it back and claimed that one hospital's maternity ward was on lockdown, preparing for Throne Watch or whatever. And then later last week, things got silly. Twitter went crazy, claiming that Bey and Jay had given birth to a baby girl and that they had named her Tiana May Carter. First, that didn't happen. Second, Tiana May? You know the baby name is probably going to be awful, but I don't see anything of the "Tiana May" variety. Please! The name is going to be, like, Princess Nairobi Déjà Vu Knowles-Carter, something like that. Something regal for the first couple of hip-hop. Anyway, Beyonce hasn't given birth. Yet. (Or ever.) I'm starting to believe Lainey's theory that everything will go down on the 4th, because Bey and Jay are so obsessed with "4" as their lucky number. Which means that media outlets will probably be on lockdown on Wednesday – and trust me, when Beyonce "gives birth," People Magazine will break the story, not Twitter. In the mean time, Page Six had this little story about how Bey and Jay spent New Year's:
[From Page Six] Media Takeout claims that although Jay and Bey were partying on New Year's Eve at Solange's house, Bey's family was pissed off that Jay had flown to Kentucky earlier on Saturday to scout for the New Jersey Nets (Jay is partial owner). I would say that Jay shouldn't have abandoned Beyonce when she's so far along, but I suspect that Jay knows what's up and he "knows" that Beyonce won't be "giving birth" until later this week, right?
Photos courtesy of WENN. |
| LeAnn Rimes isn’t getting pregnant: “No rush, we’re super happy right now” Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:23 AM PST
Here are some new photos of LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian, and Eddie's two sons. They were arriving at LAX from Aspen, I'm guessing. The family (?) stayed in Aspen all of last week, where LeAnn and Eddie arranged some friendly sessions with the paparazzi, just so we could see them making out in ski hats or something. We also found out that LeAnn has a friend! And LeAnn has not driven away this friend yet! Amazing. Anyway, I was a little light on the subject matter today, so I went through LeAnn's Twitter to see if she was talking about anything interesting. Of course, LeAnn tells everybody her business. When asked if she and Eddie are trying for a baby, LeAnn wrote, "Who knows. No rush, we’re super happy right now." Also, her mom and stepfather have moved closer to LeAnn and Eddie in LA, so I guess Eddie is going to have some mother-in-law drama soon. She also tweeted this: "I love my hubby! We’ve had many laughs today. Amazing way to start off 2012!!!! He’s the sweetest!" Blah. LeAnn and Eddie are coming up on their first wedding anniversary in April. Can you believe they've only been married eight months? It feels like years. Granted, their affair started in… 2009? Early 2009, I guess. And then it was months of back and forth while LeAnn stalked Eddie, and then Eddie and Brandi finally split up, etc. So we've been talking about Eddie and LeAnn for nearly three years. It feels like decades. Sigh…
Photos courtesy of Fame. |
| Kim Kardashian had bangs trauma for New Year’s: tragic or cute? Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:11 AM PST
Here are some photos of Kim Kardashian, partying-for-pay at Tao Night Club at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on New Year's Eve. Should we talk about her bangs (trauma) first? It's horrible. Once upon a time, I really did think Kim was pretty. But between the plastic surgery, Botox, lip injections, drag queen make-up, wigs and overall HORRIBLE style in clothes, hair and everything else, Kim just looks awful. There should be a happy medium between the Croydon facelift-style hair, and this tacky looking bangs-trauma wiglet. Oh, and yes, that is Kim's "size 2" figure poured into that white dress. And if you believe that she's really a size 2, you need to have your eyes checked. Anyway, Kim was partying at TAO because the Venetian was paying – big time. Kim was one of the highest-paid "celebrities" of the 2011 New Year's Eve celebrations worldwide. She got paid $600,000 to flaunt her cat-face at TAO all night, although Reuters suggests that the $600K figure includes additional "appearances" and Kim had to film part of her show there too. You can read more about the pay-for-partying schemes here. And in the end, what was Kim's New Year's resolution? She tweeted this message: "I decided to change my twitter background to nothing. i wanna be more simple in 2012." More simple. Or simpler? Or are we using "simple" as a code word for "complete idiot," as we do in the South. Like, "Kim Kardashian is so simple. She's the simplest fake celebrity out there."
Photos courtesy of WENN. |
| Katy Perry “was raised to believe divorce is wrong,” so Brand was the one to file Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:10 AM PST
Late Friday afternoon (here on the East Coast), People Magazine broke the news that Russell Brand had filed for divorce from his wife of 14 months, Katy Perry. This news was not shocking to most of us. Personally, the only shocking thing was that they made it past a year. They were rarely together – Katy was always on tour, Russell was always…? Hanging out with his sober friends, I suppose, and working on movies. Russell and Katy spent the last months of their marriage claiming that they were fine, that they were fully committed to each other, that everything was rosy. Katy even said she was taking a year off, and some thought she was going to try to have a "band-aid baby" to fix the marriage. In the end though, it played out just as expected. And now comes the post-game analysis, the "WHY" of the breakup, as explained by various sources.
[From TMZ] I believe that Russell's sobriety and more low-key lifestyle definitely played a part, especially compared to Katy's rock star lifestyle. But I think I'd also attribute some of that to Katy's youth too – she's 27 years old… 27 going on 14, it seems. And Russell is nearly a decade older, but he's already lived a full life of addiction and sexual escapades, and he's done with it… sort of. But I really do wonder if he was screwing around on Katy. I think he probably was. Old dogs, etc. Anyway, TMZ had another story about why Russell was the one to file for divorce – something about Katy's parents and religion… blah:
[From TMZ] So, Katy was raised to believe that "divorce is wrong," but her super-religious parents won't mind because their daughter wasn't the one to file? What kind of BS technicality is that? Oh, and Russell could make tens of millions of dollars off of the divorce too – half of Katy's earnings, because there was no prenup. Sigh… I hope they don't fight about money. I doubt they will.
Photos courtesy of Fame. |
| Kyra Sedgwick & Kevin Bacon celebrate their 23-year marriage in Hawaii Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:09 AM PST
There are few couples that I love as much as Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon. Kevin and Kyra have been together for 23 years! And they're still going strong, through thick and thin, through career ups and downs, through financial disasters (they invested with Bernie Madoff), through parenthood and so much more. These are photos of the Sedgwick-Bacon clan in Hawaii over the holidays, where they were vacationing with their kids, Sosi (19) and Travis (22).
Can we talk about Kevin and Kyra's bodies for a second? Kevin still has it, doesn't he? He looks fit and sexy, and he's 53 years old! He must be a vampire! That's what I kept thinking when I saw him in X-Men: First Class – how does he still look so young?!?!? Incidentally, I've seen a lot of movies this year, and X-Men: First Class is still one of my favorites, one of my top films of the year. Kevin was really good in it – an unexpectedly delicious villain. As for Kyra – she's 46 years old, and I hope to look this good at her age. You can tell that she takes care of herself, and I like that she doesn't look starved or ropey. She looks like she enjoys eating, and she works out. Incidentally, whenever I'm reading "Best of" lists, I'm always surprised that The Closer doesn't make it onto more critics' "Best of" lists. TNT just aired the final episodes of 2011, and I have to wait until next summer for this season to end. This last season of The Closer has been awesome, and there have been a lot of payoffs for long-term fans of the show. Kyra doesn't get enough credit for being the center of this amazing show. Gah! What will I do without The Closer? What will SHE do without The Closer?
Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News. |
| Angelina Jolie gave Brad Pitt a waterfall for his 48th birthday Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:28 AM PST
What would it be like to be incredibly wealthy and have the time, energy and inclination to spend money on incredible gifts for your loved ones? For Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the gifts don't seem to include Elizabeth Taylor-level jewelry, which is disappointing. I would love it if Brad was always buying Angelina jewelry. Alas, I don't think Brad's big on that. But Angelina still gives Brad the perfect presents, the gifts that keep on giving, at least according to The Mail. Their sources claim that for Brad's 48th birthday a few weeks ago, Angelina gave Brad a waterfall. Like, she bought a swath of property that included a waterfall, and now Brad wants to design a house for their family ON the waterfall.
[From The Mail] A waterfall house would be amazing… although probably not the best idea with six young children, you know? "Where's Knox? OMG HE'S IN THE WATERFALL." Angelina did "gift" Brad with a trip to Fallingwater in 2006 – there was even a lovely photo of the couple at the site. Anyway, even though I find Brad's obsession with real estate, remodeling and architecture rather annoying, it seems like Angelina thinks it's a nice occupation for Brad to have, and she encourages it. I guess Brad is almost done with the remodel to French chateau, so he's probably looking for a new project.
Photos courtesy of WENN. |
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