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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt arrive in Sarajevo, take up 30 hotel rooms

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:47 AM PST

Here are some new photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arriving in Sarajevo today. They were in Berlin last night for the Cinema for Peace event, where Angelina won an award for In the Land of Blood and Honey – I'm including more photos from that event at the end of the post. I believe they're in Sarajevo for the Bosnian premiere of ITLOBAH, which is reportedly tonight. Here's an interesting Bosnian news report about what's happening with all of the premieres and stuff:

Angelina Jolie, flanked by her husband Brad Pitt and their six children, has arrived in Sarajevo today for the Balkan debut of ‘Land of Blood and Honey”, her first work as director. She also wrote the screenplay.

The film’s debut will be this evening at the Zetra Olympic sports complex, and will be in film theatres from Thursday.

Already distributed in the US and presented last week at the Berlin Film Festival in the Special section, the film is a love story between a Muslim girl and a Serbian soldier. However – said the US star – ”it is not a story of black and white”.

Jolie’s work met with praise two months ago in Sarajevo at a closed door showing for war victims, which was followed by protests from Serbs, claiming to have been shown in a negative light in the film. For this reason the film will not be shown in the Republika Srpska (RS, the Serb-majority entity of Bosnia).

The distributor has announced that the film’s debut in Croatia will take place on February 17 in Zagreb, but that a date had not yet been set for the presentation of the film in Belgrade.

The Jolie-Pitt family and their numerous entourage took up thirty rooms in Hotel Europa, the most prestigious and charming hotel in central Sarajevo. On her arrival the Hollywood star did not make any statements to journalists. She is expected to visit the Olympic museum commemorating the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games in the afternoon.

[Via Ansamed]

So the film won't be in any theaters in the Serb-majority areas? That's interesting. I bet that bugs Angelina, because she really didn't set out to make a film that took sides or tried to make the Serbs into extremists. Also – 30 rooms at the hotel?!?!? Damn.

Also, there's this little story that I just enjoyed so much – you know how Jenny Packham is the new big designer to all of the important ladies in the world? Duchess Kate wears Jenny Packham. Angelina Jolie wears Jenny Packham. Well, Packham had her runway show yesterday, and people noticed a difference in tone with this new season. Packham explained the difference – "It's because we're dressing Angelina now." Interesting that she name-checked Jolie and not Duchess Kate, right?

By the way, I love that Brad and Angelina hold hands when they're just coming off a plane and walking on the tarmac. They're so tactile. It's cute.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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Reese Witherspoon’s film is getting terrible reviews, the release date was pushed back

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:14 AM PST

These are some photos of Reese Witherspoon going into and coming out of the Ed Sullivan Theater last night, where she made an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman. I'm not being fair to Reese, using this bitchface'd photo as the header. I like her little bitchface, though. She has a great one, and I suspect that just like me and Jessica Alba, Reese's default expression is rather surly and unpleasant.

Of course, Reese may have a reason to feel surly. She's promoting This Means War, which is getting not-so-great reviews (some are just awful, honestly). Industry insiders are also shaking their heads at this film – it was supposed to get a wide release today, but last week the studio pushed it back to Friday. There are still going to be "sneak-peek screenings" tonight in some-odd 2000 theaters though – I guess they're hoping for a "soft opening" and then a word-of-mouth success? The problem might be that though This Means War is being billed as an entertaining romantic comedy in which Reese plays a fun-loving sexy ditz, the critics say it's just plain embarrassing. Here's part of MSNBC's review, which is one of the first ones to pop up when I googled (you can read the whole thing here):

Some films have certain scenes that need to be redone, but on “This Means War” the whole picture should have been sent back for a reshoot. This perfectly dreadful romantic action comedy manages to embarrass its three eminently attractive leading players in every scene, making this an automatic candidate for whatever raspberries or golden turkeys or other dubious awards may be given in future for the films of 2012. It’s an eye-roller from start to finish, although the promise of a sexy competition between two CIA hunks for the attention of a man-starved honey might attract some misguided souls. Originally set to open on Valentine’s Day, which falls on a Tuesday this year, the Fox release has been hastily rescheduled simply to sneak on Feb. 14 and legitimately bow three days later.

There is more than a hint of kinship between the eventually violent rivalry that develops here when best buds FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) both court the very available Lauren (Reese Witherspoon) and the competitive relationship of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” a fact that might have something to do with the contributions of screenwriter Simon Kinberg to both films (this one was co-written by Timothy Dowling). The more elegant ladykiller FDR and brawnier but less refined Tuck are best mates and at first think they can handle the contest, but when it seems Lauren likes them both equally, the claws come out.

…It gets worse right away, in embarrassing scenes in which the beautiful Lauren runs into an old flame and his fiancee on the street in Los Angeles and pretends she’s off to meet her (nonexistent) boyfriend for lunch, then immediately encounters the couple again when she’s alone at a sushi bar. Surely a composed and confident 30-something professional woman like her would no longer act like a silly teenager in such a situation.

To cure Lauren’s condition, her so-called best friend Trish (Chelsea Handler) registers her with an online dating site, which is where she comes to Tuck’s attention. For his part, FDR tries to pick her up in a giant video store (does such a thing still exist?), but Lauren gives him an initial heave-ho after an argument over the relative merits of Hitchcock films — he having recommended “The Lady Vanishes” and she insisting upon the superiority of the director’s later American films.

At the center of things, presumably, is Lauren’s decision of which man to choose. Her confidant is written in to provide a sounding board and goad her into action, but Handler has been photographed to look practically like Lauren’s mom and appears entirely at a loss; the "actress" barely even makes eye contact with Witherspoon and has no sense of creating a character.

The one thing Trish does suggest is for Lauren to give both guys a test drive. But such a move would have pushed the film dangerously into “Jules and Jim” territory, which might have been the one move that could have provided “This Means War” with some genuine edge and interest but also would have made Lauren too loose a woman for a mass consumption movie such as this. No risk, no gain.

The three leads do look awfully good doing very stupid things and all will survive to star another day. The sooner this one recedes into the rear-view mirror the better for all concerned.

[From MSNBC]

Sounds about right – insipid, dumb, poorly written and poorly executed. Plus Chelsea Handler's ridiculous presence. You could pretty much see all of that from the trailer. I also checked Rotten Tomatoes – the film is currently scored at 41%. Not good, but not the worst. Is this really how Reese wants to stay on top? With these kinds of idiotic career moves? Dear Reese: You are an Oscar-winning actress. Stop trying to be Jennifer Aniston.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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LeAnn Rimes covers Whitney’s “I Will Always Love You”: love it or hate it?

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:48 AM PST

These photos are hilariously labeled "LeAnn Rimes and husband Eddie Cibrian make their way through the LAX airport in Los Angeles, California on February 13, 2012 after attending the Grammy awards last night." First of all, I don't think she went to the Grammys – there were no photos of her anywhere. But the funny part? That's not Eddie. That's just some random dude, probably LeAnn's assistant or hair stylist or something. How funny is it that photographers just see LeAnn with a dude and they're like, "That's her husband, whatever." Everyone has forgotten what Eddie Cibrian looks like. That's the power of LeAnn's face. She overwhelms whoever she's standing next too. All you can see is… SQUINT.

(Oh, I just saw these photos – Eddie was at the airport too! So he was around, he's just not the random dude in our photos. They're all going somewhere special for Valentine's Day… LeAnn, Eddie and the random dude.)

Anyway, LeAnn was playing a show in Reno over the weekend when she heard about Whitney Houston's death. So of course, she sang "I Will Always Love You" at her concert. There's video:

I hate to admit it, but I don't hate LeAnn's version. Honestly. She does have a nice voice, and she hits all of the notes. The part I can't stand is when LeAnn makes is all about LEANN and has to stop the song because she gets so "emotional."

PS… She really needs to stop wearing those booties. That style looks horrible on her.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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Lindsay Lohan leaves NY Fashion Week, didn’t pay her taxes for 2009 & 2010

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:20 AM PST

When we last saw Lindsay Lohan, she was an epic crackie trainwreck at the amFAR gala in NYC last week. Dina Lohan even dropped a hint to Us Weekly that the Family Lohan was in NYC for all of New York Fashion Week. So why did Lindsay fly home to Los Angeles over the weekend? These are pics of her arrival in LA – she looks like she took a shower and… like she's trying to look "brainy." What's with the thick black glasses? I have no idea. My guess is that she's trying to look "professional" and "serious" so that producers won't think she's a crackhead and they'll give her the part of Elizabeth Taylor. I guess that's why she left NYC too – she doesn't want to be a mess in New York around all of those journalists. Is she really that self-aware, though? Doubtful.

Anyway, there are a few new Linnocent stories today. You know how LL didn't pay her taxes for 2009? Guess what? She didn't pay them for 2010 either. Her accountant must be smoking crack too.

Lindsay Lohan and tax liens go together like Lindsay Lohan and arrests, probation violation hearings, lawsuits, mug shots and see-through shirts … that is to say, very well.

Seems LiLo has given Uncle Sam the slip one more time. According to docs filed yesterday at the L.A. County Recorder’s Office, Lindsay never paid federal income taxes for 2010 … to the tune of $140,203.30.

As TMZ previously reported, Lindsay never cut the government a check for the $93,701.57 she was supposed to pay in federal taxes for 2009 either.

So far, no comment from Lohan … but she previously blamed her accountants for the 2009 debacle … so it’s probably safe to say they’re gonna get the blame for the 2010 screw up as well.

[From TMZ]

Wait, she owes $140,203? Someone do the math and figure out how much she made (on the books) in 2010 – what would it be, like less than $400,000? That's interesting, I guess. Does she have to pay taxes on her international call girl income? Does she have to pay taxes on the money the paparazzi give her for showing up somewhere so they can get photos?

In other LL news, Page Six had this interesting piece this morning:

Lindsay Lohan is rebuilding her movie career, but she's still a hit in the art world. Domingo Zapata has just sold a piece of artwork comprised of Polaroid pictures of Lohan for more than $100,000.

Zapata, who shot the images in his studio at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, is believed to have sold the work through the Hus Gallery to a prominent British collector.

The creation comprises four pictures of a platinum blond LiLo with a sultry look, and embellished with paint into an Adam and Eve story of original sin and the words, "An Apple . . . that I like . . . with a bite out of it. Adam and Eve changed mankind forever . . . started SIN . . . it was a plain simple apple hanging from a tree. Then the world changed for all of us."

Lohan was spotted with Zapata, who lives in the Bowery Hotel penthouse, as well as her sister Ali and brother Michael shopping at Blue & Cream on the Bowery. Sources say Zapata picked up the tab for clothes for a "future shoot."

[From Page Six]

LL always gets someone else to pay the bills, or she just crack-heists whatever she wants. I'm betting that LL thinks she's entitled to that $100,000 too, don't you? "That's my face, you should give the money to me! I'm living ART!" Who is the dumbass buying the artwork though? Yikes.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.
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Jennifer Aniston & Paul Rudd cover GQ, Aniston drops trou & talks about babies

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:55 AM PST

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd take the cover of the March issue of GQ to promote Wanderlust. They play a married couple in the film – it feels like they've worked together a million times before, but I guess it's just been twice now? Anyway, this is Aniston's new thing, doing magazine photo shoots with her male costars. She did it for Horrible Bosses too. She's also doing the same thing she always does, which is take off her clothes. I mean… yeah, she's got a nice figure, and look! She's not preggo. But enough. She drops trou every time she promotes a movie. You can see the slideshow here, and you can read the full interview with Aniston & Rudd here. Here are some highlights:

Jennifer Aniston & Paul Rudd on whether—being they're such longtime friends—it's weird to kiss on-screen…
Jennifer: "Nah. I've kissed him for years."
Paul: "We've made out for decades."

Their new film, Wanderlust, is about a marriage at a turning point. Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd on whether any of the issues in the film resonated with them…
Paul: "I think most marriages, mine included, you're constantly tending the garden, constantly working at it."
Jennifer: "It's a growing, literally living thing. There's going to be growing pains, there's going to be awkward moments—your lanky phase, your pimpled phase. I think that's the beauty of a relationship. But if the road starts to…"
Paul: "…diverge…"
Jennifer: "…and one person is growing this way and the other is growing that way… Sometimes that can happen and you can stay together, and sometimes you can't."

Jennifer Aniston on recently turning 40….
"Forty's great!" [GQ: Is it?] "Oh, my God, my thirties blew! Forties are great."

Aniston on her NYC apartment: I bought an apartment, but I didn’t buy the right apartment. There were photographers outside every day. To the point of embarrassment.

Aniston on babies: "I’m not having triplets. Not having twins. Nor am I having one baby. [lifts up sweater and gestures to belly; it appears flat] I did not elope. Well, I recently quit smoking, and you do put on some extra pounds. It makes a difference, especially if you’re not 20. I think people maybe want me to have a kid now. I still kind of go with, if it happens, it happens. I’m calm and peaceful with whatever the plan is. It’s not something where I’m going, “I gotta have a kid!" [Does it bother me that "kids" are] Part of the picture-perfect life? I think that’s sort of clichĂ©, isn’t it? Like, if you want to be happy, you should have the house, the husband, the kids… Kids are messy! The one time I do say, “Yes! I’m pregnant!” they’ll be like, “Pfft. Right.” Anyway, I’m drawing the line on the children conversation. You heard it here. I’m not knocked up now."

[From GQ]

Yeah, I didn't have the time or the inclination to really pour through that interview. Paul is nice enough, and he and Jennifer have a nice chemistry, but their conversation was just kind of boring. Should we talk about the baby stuff, I guess? I understand what she's saying now – she doesn't feel like babies are a necessity for her life, and she's offended that "babies" are a constant in her narrative… but hasn't she done that to herself? She's the one who went to Vanity Fair and talked about how much she wanted children and how she will be a mother. She's the one talking about it in interview after interview. So no, I don't feel bad that "babies" are part of her tabloid narrative.

Photos courtesy of GQ.
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Nicki Minaj’s Grammy performance: derivative Gaga hot mess and/or sacrilegious?

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:25 AM PST


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This news came out yesterday, but that just goes to show how much we pay attention to Nicki Minaj, even when she’s making headlines for yet another stunt. So Nicki took a page out of the Madonna/Lady Gaga handbook and went for shock value with a religious-themed exorcism and alter ego performance at The Grammys. Not only was it a bad copy of something we’ve seen other artists do to death, it was also predictably offensive to religious groups. The girl showed up at the Grammys in a Red Riding Hood nun costume with a Pope lookalike in tow. Of course she expected this kind of backlash and she was surely hoping for it in order to extend whatever mileage she could get out of her performance. It worked, sort of. I’m not thinking she’ll be around much longer, but that was my assumption about Katy Perry circa 2008′s “I Kissed a Girl” and I was so wrong about that. Here’s more on the controversy:

Nicki Minaj is known for her over-the-top stage persona, but her performance at Sunday’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards took things to a whole new level.
Wearing an Oscar de la Renta dress, the 29-year-old shocked viewers when she performed her new song “Roman Holiday” for the very first time. Channeling her alter ego Roman Zolanski, Minaj’s performance pushed religious boundaries.

“I had this vision for Roman for him to be sort of exorcised,” she explained on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show Monday. “People around him tell him he’s not good enough because he’s not normal and he’s not blending in with the Average Joe.”

The Grammy nominee’s performance included a Catholic confessional, demonic possession, dancing monks and a levitation scene.

“The people around him are afraid because they’ve never seen anything like him. He wanted to show that not only is he amazing . . . but he’s never going to change. He’s never going to be exorcised,” Minaj said. “Even when they throw the holy water on him, he still rises above.”

The rapper’s performance angered the the right-wing Catholic League, who issued a press release condemning it Monday. “Whether Minaj is possessed is surely an open question,” president Bill Donohue said, “but what is not in doubt is the irresponsibility of The Recording Academy. Never would they allow an artist to insult Judaism or Islam.”

“It’s bad enough that Catholics have to fight for their rights vis-a-vis a hostile administration in Washington without also having to fend off attacks in the entertainment industry,” Donohue seethed. “The net effect, however, will only embolden Catholics, as well as their friends in other faith communities.”

[From US Weekly]

A male alter ego named Roman Zolanski, really?

I’m a former Catholic, so I’m probably not the person who should be commenting on this, but you know I will anyway. In theory I don’t have a problem with making fun of Catholicism. It’s not like they’re some persecuted religion struggling for recognition. They’re a huge, powerful religion with a history of abusing their power. Nicki’s performance was incredibly over the top, though, and unlike Madonna or Gaga she didn’t just use a few religious props – she threw the whole lot at us in one sensory-assaulting go. It’s like a church threw up all over an 80s music video. Some people are saying that this performance wasn’t just offensive to Catholics, but to Christians in general and that it was inappropriate for the Grammys. Personally I’m not offended, but I can see how people would be.

My issue with this performance is how much it sucks and uses religion for cheap shock value. It starts with a confessional booth and an exorcism and takes place in a faux church complete with dancing monks and altar boys. They even have the stained glass windows “shatter.” Give me a break. At least she’s singing live and not lip syncing.

Video via VH1′s Tuner

Justin Theroux on Aniston: “Other than saying I am happy, I am not going to indulge it”

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:45 AM PST

Is it too early in the morning for some Justin Theroux crotch fur? Ew. This photo is totally wrong. And you know he totally brought that shirt from home. That t-shirt has a "story" and it involved hipster cred, cigarettes and Terry Richardson. Anyway, Justin has a lengthy profile in New York Magazine, which you can read in its entirety here. He's promoting Wanderlust, but the piece is all about his history in showbiz, and there are references to his girlfriend Jennifer Aniston. They're still playing fast and loose with the "start date" of the relationship too – NY Mag identifies their relationship as "a year old." Meaning they started in February of last year? Whoa. Anyway, here are some highlights from the piece:

He meets the journalist at the Chateau Marmont: A study in New York street style, he's wearing black boots, lean jeans, a vintage leather jacket over a cashmere sweater, leather bangles on tattooed wrists, gold aviator sunglasses, and a ­fedora tipped at a rakish angle. "I like it here," he says, taking a seat in a worn mohair armchair in the lobby. "It's intimate," the actor-writer-director adds, settling in and ordering a very L.A. lunch: cranberry juice, green tea, and mixed greens with shaved Parmesan on the side. "And the lighting is delicate."

Having a huge, unkempt beard for Wanderlust: "I do my own facial-hair stunts, and that beard was intense, its own being," says Theroux, who had a double for guitar playing and capoeira but lends his own voice to a song in the film. Fueled by bong hits and bawdiness, the R-rated Wanderlust gives the actor a larger-than-usual part as Seth, the charismatic leader of a Georgia free-love commune that becomes a refuge for a couple squeezed out of Manhattan by the recession. "I was thinking of him as a ­David Koresh–type figure, a comic cult leader who is so sincere in his insincerity," Theroux says, wolfing his salad. "It's hard to play that douche-y a guy without cracking yourself up."

Life with Aniston: The bicoastal couple have a house in Bel Air and a three-month-old named Sophie—a boxer-pitbull mix. "She's the most adorable little cookie you've ever seen," ­Theroux says, scrolling to a picture of the black-and-white-faced pup on his phone. "She looks like she just smoked an exploding cigar." Theroux knows only too well that his relationship with Aniston is not just making him more famous but is also a selling point for Wanderlust. "I understand the curiosity, but other than saying I am happy, I am not going to indulge it," he says. "That's building your own torture device."

On fame: "The first thing fame asks you to trade on is your personality," he says. The word ­Theroux uses to describe his new notoriety is "bizarre." The man who, for fourteen years, quietly dated a stylist in New York, arriving at ­fashion-industry parties on a motorcycle, is now driving a Mercedes through L.A. followed by paparazzi. Such is the cruel but usual punishment that comes with this new level of celebrity, which Theroux compares to "having shoes that are slightly too heavy—it can slow you down and make you more cautious. I have to be okay with the fact that there's a narrative that's going to get written regardless of what is the truth. Right now, there's a whole other me out there walking around, and I do everything in my power to avoid that guy, because that's not who I am."

Education: After boarding school in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Bennington College, where he majored in drama and visual arts, Theroux moved to New York and found work bartending and painting lofts. He was discovered in a 1994 Off Broadway show playing the lover of ­Beatles manager Brian Epstein and made his film debut in the 1996 indie I Shot Andy Warhol.

Ben Stiller is his mentor: After a cameo in ­Zoolander, Theroux gained a mentor in Ben Stiller. "He was the first person to read half-­started screenplays I was writing as a hobby," Theroux says. They collaborated on the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder, which co-starred Robert Downey Jr., who recommended Theroux to write the Iron Man 2 screenplay. If the stars align, ­Theroux says, he'll direct Zoolander 2 from his own script.

Being a writer: "Writing provides great cover, so I can do the acting jobs I want," says Theroux, popping a fresh piece of Nicorette gum—Hollywood dessert—into his mouth. "It's harder and takes so freaking long, but to me it's more satisfying. As a writer you're the architect; as a director you design the interior; as an actor you are nothing but the leg of a table."

[From New York Magazine]

I didn't know Justin was so well-educated. Boarding school and a bachelor's degree? That's better than most actors have. Anyway, the interview was a lot better than I expected – I thought he'd be way more try-hard and forcing his "hipster coolness" down our throats, but he actually seems like a pretty laid-back dude. He's also old enough to know what's up, you know? He's 40 years old. He's not going to have a John Mayer-style breakdown over dating a famous woman. I have to say, I liked his dodge about his personal life too - "I understand the curiosity, but other than saying I am happy, I am not going to indulge it. That's building your own torture device." Smart?

Header courtesy of NY Mag, additional photos by WENN.
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Angelina Jolie in a grey-blue cashmere gown in Berlin: beautiful & appropriate?

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:29 AM PST

Sigh… she's not going to wear a jewel tone, is she? Here are some photos of Angelina Jolie last night in Berlin at the Cinema for Peace Gala. Her cashmere dress/gown is Ralph & Russo… and I do like it. I would like it more if it was rich, deep sapphire, but this grey-blue isn't bad. The fit is lovely though – Angelina always looks worlds better when she's wearing something tailored for her figure. I especially love her makeup and her earrings here – she looks fresh and elegant.

Jolie won an award at the gala – they recognize films that are "directed against human rights abuses, war and genocide." Which sums up In the Land of Blood and Honey. You can see more pics here, at The Mail. Brad looked super-proud of her. Which brings up an interesting question – will Angelina write and direct again? She was asked that in Berlin, and her response was… interesting.

Angelina Jolie says she's not yet sure whether she will follow her directorial debut on the Bosnian war with another film on such serious material — but she has already written a script focusing on the conflict in Afghanistan.

Jolie, who presented her movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey" at the Berlin International Film Festival, told reporters Monday that even her husband Brad Pitt is unfamiliar with her Afghanistan idea.

She says: "I did write something on Afghanistan. Nobody's seen it yet. Brad hasn't seen it. It's hidden. So I don't know how very good it is, but it's been a pleasure to write."

Meantime, she says her next project is playing the villain in a Disney film — something she says her kids are much happier about.

[From Access Hollywood]

A movie about Afghanistan? Hopefully she won't step on Kathryn Bigelow's toes – Bigelow has a movie in the pipeline about Osama bin Laden, Pakistan and Afghanistan. I bet Jolie's story is about the refugee situation there – the refugee camps on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan are still one of the largest refugee crises in the world. While I applaud Jolie's efforts and her commitments… I want her to do something light. A Disney movie sounds great. She's going to be playing Maleficent in the (Tim Burton-directed?) retelling of Sleeping Beauty.

Here are some photos of Angelina at the Berlin Film Festival premiere of The Lady several days ago – I completely missed this set of photos, and for that I apologize. But I don't feel too bad – these pics of Angelina kind of suck. She's wearing a Miguelina (sack) dress that does nothing for her figure. Meh. The Lady is about Aung San Suu Kyi, by the way.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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Kim Kardashian & Reggie Bush spotted on a date, they’re probably back together

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:20 AM PST

I'm going to try my utmost to NOT refer to Reggie Bush as "Reggie Love". I have a weird tic about that. It's in my head too, whenever I see photos of Reggie Bush, I think, "Oh, there's Reggie Love." Reggie Love is the president's body man – Reggie Bush is a NOLA Saint Miami Dolphin (?). I don't know why I have this tic, but it's here to stay. Bush versus Love. I can’t even.

Anyhoodle, remember just after Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries crashed and burned, there were all of these rumors that Reggie Bush and Kim were calling each other and that they might be getting back together? Team Kat-face seemed to be pushing those stories, and soon after, Reggie said something in the press – something along the lines of "No, we haven't talked and we aren't going to." Kim's haters (most of you) had a field day with that, but I kind of gave Reggie's comment the side-eye. Reggie and Kim, for better or for worse, had a REAL relationship. They were together for a while, and I think a lot of the kat-face catastrophe that we've seen over the past two years has been a direct result of Kim trying to get over Reggie. As for Reggie – well, he dates girls that are really similar to Kim. One even looked just like Kim, to the point where Kim sued the bitch (and Old Navy!). Basically, I always thought there was a chance Kim and Reggie would get back together. Oh, look…

Kim Kardashian has REUNITED with her ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush … breaking bread with the NFL player at the Beverly Hills Hotel this weekend … TMZ has learned.

Multiple sources tell us … the two were smiling and laughing during the lunch date … and played it cool when fans approached them for pictures and autographs.

We’re told it seemed just like old times … before Kim went off and married/divorced that other guy whose name we can’t remember.

Sources say the two have been spending A LOT of time together in the past few days … but it’s unclear if it’s a full-on reconciliation.

[From TMZ]

Hollywood Life's source says that they had a late brunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge, and they sat on the patio: "Kim and Reggie had a late brunch. They sat in the outdoor patio area for almost two hours eating, laughing and definitely flirting. Kim had The McCarthy Salad and Reggie had Eggs Benedict. They split two appetizers including the Chicken Tortilla Soup and the Jumbo Lump Crab Cake. They sat toward the back in the patio which is more intimate and private. Kim looked really pretty and was very friendly with everyone, and so was Reggie." Also, the source points out that none of the Kardashian Empire cameras were around, so it's not like it was an official "date" for a reality show (I'm sure that comes later).

So, basically, they're back on… for now. My guess is that Kim pushes too hard too fast, and Reggie gets gun-shy again. Or maybe he's really ready to settle down now – but is Kim? Who knows. She wanted to marry him the last time around, but maybe not this time? Will she play it that way? Why do I care?

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Matt Bomer is totally gay, but didn’t everyone know that already?

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:16 AM PST

Pretty much every time I've written about Matt Bomer, even in passing, in a post about another celebrity, I've mentioned that he's gay. I've mentioned it because I always thought that it was worth saying, because there was some misinformation about him, and because Bomer lived in "the glass closet." He never lied about being gay, and before White Collar, he was an openly gay actor. Once he got White Collar, something happened and suddenly Bomer didn't answer any questions about his sexuality or his personal life. Throughout it all, though, everyone and anyone paying the slightest bit of attention knew that he had a long-time partner, Simon Halls, and that they have three children together.

I'm bringing up this back story because, as I'm sure you've seen by now, every media outlet is running "Matt Bomer comes out of the closet!" stories. For why? Because Bomer finally said something publicly about his partner and his kids:

Matt Bomer has dodged rumors about his sexual orientation for years, but on Saturday, the White Collar star came out publicly at the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards. The 34-year-old was honored with the New Generation Arts and Activism Award for his work in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

“I’d really especially like to thank my beautiful family: Simon, Kit, Walker, Henry,” Bomer told the crowd. “Thank you for teaching me what unconditional love is. You will always be my proudest accomplishment.”

Bomer’s partner is Slate PR publicist Simon Halls, who represents Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy and How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris.

In January 2010, Details magazine asked Bomer if he paid attention to rumors regarding his sexual orientation. “I don’t care about that at all,” he responded. “I’m completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life.”

“I have a network and a show riding on my shoulders. I would say a big difference between my character and me is that I can be too trusting. And I’ve realized in this business, that’s not necessarily the smartest thing to be,” Bomer added. “I definitely have a thing or two to learn from the con artists.”

Bomer will next appear opposite Mark Ruffalo and Alec Baldwin in Larry Kramer’s upcoming HIV/AIDS drama The Normal Heart. He is also part of the male stripper movie Magic Mike, costarring Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer.

[From Us Weekly]

See, my problem is that I just don't think this should be considered "coming out of the closet." Nor do I feel that Bomer "dodged rumors" about his sexuality. EVERYBODY KNEW. All of the editors at all of the media outlets reporting this story KNEW he was gay, and they had likely dealt with his publicist/partner too. Bomer didn't hide it. He just never answered questions about it before. He's not answering questions about it now, either.

Anyway, even though White Collar producers and the USA network might be panicking right now, I hope they stand by Bomer and realize that fans of the show will stick with it. It's like the Neil Patrick Harris situation – NPH is beloved because he's so talented, and his talent erases a lot of preconceived bigotry fans might have. Bomer will be the same – people love him, he's an underrated actor, he's beautiful, he's got a great singing voice, and he's always going to find work.

Photos courtesy of WENN.
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