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- Is Jessica Chastain really 30? She won’t state her age, but a 1998 article puts her at 35 now
- Reese Witherspoon uses Chris Brown as a teachable moment for her kids
- OK!: Brad Pitt told Maddox about Jennifer Aniston, and Angelina freaked out
- Snooki really is pregnant, wants to fashion self as “the next Kourtney Kardashian”
- Lindsay Lohan crack-cackles when discussing her cracked-out “sobriety”
- Does Kim Kardashian think she can land a billionaire Saudi prince?
- Agyness Deyn finally admits that she’s been lying about her age the whole time
- Lindsay Lohan claims she doesn’t crack-party: “That’s not my thing anymore”
- Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck welcome a boy!
- Angelina Jolie covers Vogue Turkey, does interview with Al-Jazeera
Is Jessica Chastain really 30? She won’t state her age, but a 1998 article puts her at 35 now Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:23 AM PST
After I wrote that intro, I googled a little and found this article from 1998 on Jessica Chastain’s turn in “Romeo and Juliet” in a San Francisco production. They say she’s 21, and since that was 1998 that would make her 35 now, or at least turning 35 in less than a month, if her day of birth, March 29, is correct.
[From Metroactive.com, article from the April 30-May 6, 1998 issue] Speaking of IMDB, I recently heard a very good editorial on KCRW’s The Business about how IMDB promotes ageism. IMDB is currently being sued by a low-level actress for culling her age when she signed up for an IMDB pro account and using it on her public profile without her permission. KCRW had on a Hollywood agent who said that it’s illegal to ask for someone’s age on a job application, and that she represents many supporting staff in films, like technical and engineering experts, who get discriminated against because they’re older and that information is easily found on IMDB. There’s a ton of competition in Hollywood to be in movie crews, and the agent claims that IMDB makes it very difficult for older people to get work in the field. That’s not even counting the very blatant ageism in casting the acting parts, particularly among women. So is Jessica Chastain just trying to protect her skyrocketing movie career by not disclosing her age? Probably, and at least she’s being somewhat honest about it. Or is she? If you google “How Old is Jessica Chastain?” the answer you get is “30″. Oh and Kaiser wanted me to add this about Jessica’s style. “There’s no excuse for a woman of 35 to still be so clueless about her personal style. She faltered so many times throughout the course of this awards season, and people gave her a pass because ‘she’s young’ and ‘this is her first time doing this.’” Well the second part is accurate. I don’t mean to come down hard on Jessicam and this speaks to a much larger issue in Hollywood. I don’t blame her for lying, or deliberately hiding, her age. It’s kind of an impossible prospect though at this point. |
Reese Witherspoon uses Chris Brown as a teachable moment for her kids Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:39 AM PST Last week, I was feeling bad for Reese Witherspoon. It seemed like her latest film, This Means War, had bombed – so far, it's made about $35 million in two weeks. But that was before Jennifer Aniston's new film really bombed over the weekend – now Reese is looking like the much better contender for "America's Sweetheart," isn't she? My problem with Reese the actress is that when I'm watching her in a rom-com, I'm thinking, "I wish she would do more dramas." And when I'm watching her in a drama, I'm thinking, "I wish she would do more comedies." Maybe it's the lack of worthy material in Hollywood. Maybe it's that Reese has bad taste in projects. Maybe she needs to be less concerned with her paycheck and more concerned with simply making good films. Anyway, that was a long way to go to say this – for the most part, I like Reese as a person. I still want her to do well. I want her to stop pretending to be a ditz, because she shouldn't be ashamed of being an anal-retentive, hyper-organized, intelligent woman. I want her to end her friendship with Chelsea Handler – it's doing her no favors. And mostly, I want Reese to fully embrace being a role model to young women. Because she's smart, she's talented, and her instincts are good. Here's an article about Reese discussing domestic violence and what she tells her kids about the Chris Brown situation:
[From People] Props to Reese for using the situation as teachable moment for her kids. And double-props to her for emphasizing domestic violence education for BOTH boys and girls. Reese is a great mom! By the way, do you think Chris Brown will have some kind of idiotic hissy fit now that Reese mentioned him? I'd like to see Reese verbally take on Chris in the public sphere. |
OK!: Brad Pitt told Maddox about Jennifer Aniston, and Angelina freaked out Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:04 AM PST Surprisingly enough, Angelina Jolie's horrible and controversial leg did not take the cover of every tabloid this week. In fact, Brangelina drama only took the covers of OK! Magazine and In Touch Weekly, and none of it is about The Leg. It's about the fake-wedding, the one which both Brad and Angelina were suggesting would take place as part of Brad's Oscar campaign. Both OK and ITW claim the wedding is OFF! Of course. But why is the wedding off? Because of Jennifer Aniston, of course. And Maddox. I swear, Michael K is writing for OK! Magazine at this point.
[From Hollywood Life & OK! Magazine] First point: shouldn't Angelina be upset about the kids looking at stuff on the Internet that they shouldn't be seeing? That seems like a reasonable argument for two parents to have – what kind of Internet time do we allow our kids to have? Second point: Of course it was about Maddox asking about Jennifer Aniston. All of Michael K's assumptions about the Maddox-Aniston blood feud have been correct! Now we just need to know what Brad told the gerbils. You can totally see it on Angelina's face too. That's the face of a woman who just bitched out her baby-daddy for even mentioning the name "Jennifer Aniston." Of course. That's what Angelina's leg was trying to tell us. |
Snooki really is pregnant, wants to fashion self as “the next Kourtney Kardashian” Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:02 AM PST The Snooki and J-Woww “Jersey Shore” spinoff (which is partially funded with taxpayer money) has commenced filming, and the show has a horrific name — “Snooki and J-Woww vs. The World” — that sort of makes sense because a neighboring Jersey City wine shop has banned the girls from entering the premises. Well, there’s more than one liquor store in the city, and the pair have found many stores that will accept their patronage. The Mail has some photos of the girls out shopping with a barefaced J-Woww proving that she really hasn’t had plastic surgery on her face. Makeup really makes a difference in her case, but there’s no accounting either J-Woww or Snooki’s taste. Snooki has already had a zebra-print couch delivered to the house, and here are some photos of the girls decorating with their awful style sense that mostly includes hot pinks and animal prints. Now onto the better part of this story, which hints at Nicole Polizzi’s possible budding sense of entrepreneurship and planned persona. Sometimes (although only for a few moments), I start to believe that the Snooki alter ego is merely an act, but then I realize that “Snooki” is mostly a drunken byproduct. A prime example of this would be last week’s “Jersey Shore” episode where Deena’s fake eyelashes fell off, and Snooki made a crack about them swimming in the Pacific ocean. As such, I am fairly certain Snooki is merely an extension of Nicole’s actual personality and not so much an act as what she’s really like when the booze flows and the guard goes down. However, some people think that Snooki is more clever than she appears, and this lastest story goes back to the early February rumors that Snooki was knocked up with Jionni LaValle’s orange baby. At the time, Snooki denied being preggers, but the Post has talked to a source that claims that Snooki was lying and is just pretending not to be pregnant until her brokered announcement deal with Us Weekly comes to fruition:
[From Page Six] LMAO at MTV fearing that Snooki’s knocked-up status will affect the “creative direction of the show” … as if it’s a statement of art to point a camera at Snooki while she does idiotic things like frolic in the ocean surf during high tide. As for the alleged method of Snooki carrying giant bags to hide her belly, that’s a total wash too because she always carries outrageously huge purses. Then again, most “normal”-sized items do look humongous when itty-bitty Snooki carries them. However, I can believe that Snooki’s really pregnant and has merely brokered a deal to announce her status at a strategically-timed point. What I don’t believe is that she dreamt up the plan herself — either MTV told her to wait before announcing, or her ever-present father told her to get paid. Here’s J-Woww with her two dogs outside the new home base. I think the little one is named “Lean Cuisine.” And here’s a photo of Snooki’s own customized Cadillac pickup truck with gaudy pink accents and “Boss Lady” emblazoned on the back as well. Such revolting taste! Photos courtesy of WENN and Pacific Coast News |
Lindsay Lohan crack-cackles when discussing her cracked-out “sobriety” Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:30 AM PST I wrote up today’s first Lindsay Lohan post last night, when Today just released a partial transcript of Matt Lauer's new interview. The full video interview was done yesterday, and it will air tomorrow, but on today's show, they released a brief clip which deserves its own post. THIS CRACKHEAD. First, note how she LAUGHS when she's saying that she's clean and sober. Like, the thoughts in her crack-brain are all, "Haha, Matt's buying this!" She's so gleeful about her crack-lies. And then Lauer asks her about Whitney Houston's death and whether that affected her. She says, "I don't want to go there. That's kind of a morbid, scary thing to discuss…" She's so absorbed in her crack-lies she can't even see past them.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy OMG HER FACE. That wig. The crack lips. And we're supposed to think she looks good. We're supposed to think this is the face of sobriety. *shakes head violently* And then we've got the first promo for LL's gig on SNL. OMG HER FACE. Are we supposed to think this is cute? Are we supposed to be supporting her in her cracked-out delusions? Are we supposed to see this and think, "Oh, she's so talented. Why don't people give her a chance?" Because frankly, I'm disgusted. This isn’t giving a chance to someone in recovery, someone who has met her demons head-on and come out of it sober and strong. This is a girl who is still using, who is still absorbed in her crack-drama, who is taking this gig as an acceptance of her desperate lifestyle. |
Does Kim Kardashian think she can land a billionaire Saudi prince? Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:28 AM PST Kim Kardashian tweeted the header photo two days ago. I guess she wanted to show off her size 2 figure. I should say – I'm always surprised with how small Kim's waist is. I don't have a problem with her curves, and I identify with her hourglass figure. My only problem is – don't try to convince me that you're a size 2. Don't. Anyway, she tweeted this pic with the message, "Sweatpants hair tie chillin with no make up on." It seemed really blah and whatever, but you would not believe how many media outlets ran with this "story." There was even analysis that this photo was intended for Reggie Bush, like Kim was trying to show off her body – directly to Reggie, I guess. But that's not what this week's issue of Star Magazine (via Hollywood Life) claims. Apparently, there are some Saudi princes who want to get on Size 2.
[From Hollywood Life] Saudi princes? Billionaire? Just wanting to be taken care of? Welcome to the harem, Kat-face. He won't marry you, but you can join the harem. Good luck. And in other Kat-face news, <em>In Touch Weekly reports that Kim is insanely jealous of her sister Kourtney, all because Kourtney is preggo with a baby girl. A source tells the mag, "It's Kim's dream to be a mom, and she especially wants a little girl to dress up and pamper. She was green with envy. Kim wants a little girl who she can treat like a princess." In Touch is also claiming that Kim is still hung up on Reggie Bush, though. Apparently ITW didn't get the memo about the Saudi prince's kat-faced harem. |
Agyness Deyn finally admits that she’s been lying about her age the whole time Posted: 29 Feb 2012 04:55 AM PST I never really paid much attention to Agyness Deyn, beyond the basic understanding that she was a "A Thing" for several years. She got a lot of press, a lot of heat, and circa 2006-07, a lot of the style tastemakers were declaring Agyness the Next Big Thing, the next Kate Moss, the next Linda Evangelista, the next Stella Tennant. Agyness got magazine covers. She got ad campaigns – for Burberry, Vivienne Westwood and Armani, amongst others. She walked all of the big runways. She boned James Franco. And then… everything kind of died down. The hype passed. Everybody kind of figured out that Agyness – real name Laura Hollins – wasn't all that. So now she's trying to become an actress. And in a new interview, Agyness finally admitted something that pretty much everyone assumed: she'd been lying about her age for YEARS. When she came on the scene, she was 18 years old and she thought that was "too old" to start modeling. So she shaved some years away. And then she shaved even more away. People thought she was currently 23 years old – she's admitting that she's 29. You can read the whole Guardian interview here, and here are some highlights:
[From The Guardian] Ugh, I can't believe I read the full piece. She's not evil or bitter or full of herself, nothing like that. She's just… deep as a puddle. Oh, well. They're not paying her to be smart, I guess. As for the name-change and the outright lies about her age – I tend to think Agyness was being packaged to the fashion world, much like Lana del Rey has been packaged to the music industry. Agyness wasn't anything when she was Laura, a 20-something model in London. Then she signed to a New York modeling agency, changed her name, lied about her age in interview after interview, and suddenly she an It Girl. Do you feel betrayed by the lies? Are you pissed off that a rather average, normal girl was repackaged and "created" out of thin air, built solely on hype and vapidity-sold-as-mystique? By the way, she looks like Tea Leoni, right? |
Lindsay Lohan claims she doesn’t crack-party: “That’s not my thing anymore” Posted: 29 Feb 2012 04:33 AM PST You might look at the header photo and think, "It's sad that the Today show has to resort to doing interviews with 40-year-old hookers. It's morning television, after all." And then you understand – this is Lindsay Lohan, with her t-ts out, letting her skirt ride up, staring out from underneath that hideous white-blonde wig. Yesterday, we discussed the rumor that Lindsay Lohan was going to do a "no holds barred" interview with Today's Matt Lauer. Well, it's already gone down – Today released this photo plus a partial transcript of this mess, with the actual interview to air on Thursday, tomorrow. Here's what Today is shilling:
[From Today] OMG. BITCH PLEASE. Same crack lies, same crack hustle, different g–damn day. "I had to get that wakeup call" – which wakeup call? Which trip to rehab? Which arrest? Which jail sentence? There hasn't been ONE wakeup call. There is only a series of crack shenanigans which never, EVER serve as a "wakeup call" to this dumb crackhead. But the most ridiculous thing is – "That’s not my thing anymore. I went out, actually, a few months ago with a friend. And I was so uncomfortable. Not because I felt tempted, just because it was just the same thing that it always was before. And it just wasn’t fun for me. I’ve become more of a homebody. And I like that.” Says the girl living at the Chateau Marmont. Says the girl who gets blitzed and takes off her clothes for Terry Richardson every week. Says the girl who went out partying with her mother AFTER her court date last week. Says the girl who started throwing drinks AND punches during last fall's NY Fashion Week. And what's worse is that she thinks it's working. She thinks we're buying it. THIS is why I'll never say "Oh, poor Lindsay." She's a liar, a user, and a terrible person. She's a violent sociopath. |
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck welcome a boy! Posted: 29 Feb 2012 04:33 AM PST
[From Us Weekly] Aw, congratulations to Jennifer and Ben on their new arrival! They’re one of my favorite Hollywood couples and they seem so solid lately. Their girls have such nice names that are unique without sounding too experimental or strange. I bet they’ll go with a traditional name for their boy, but we’ll see. I’m actually excited to hear what they named the little guy. Garner and Affleck are shown out together on 1-9-12. She is shown out with Violet on Friday, 2-24-12. Credit: Pablo/FameFlynet Pictures |
Angelina Jolie covers Vogue Turkey, does interview with Al-Jazeera Posted: 29 Feb 2012 04:15 AM PST This isn’t going to be an epic post about Angelina Jolie and The Leg of Conspiracies And Awfulness. I just wanted to throw this March cover from Vogue Turkey out there because it's just a striking image. It was shot by Mert & Marcus, as part of a real photo shoot for the magazine it seems. Mert & Marcus shot Angelina last year for Vanity Fair, but I don't think these are "extra" photos from that older shoot. Here's a poor quality snap of the magazine pictorial: Nice. Sort of. I'm impressed that Angelina did a photo shoot for Vogue Turkey – a magazine that isn't on every American celebrity's radar, you know? Angelina has been promoting In the Land of Blood and Honey in several Islamic-heavy markets lately – she even did an interview with Al-Jazeera too. Don't worry – it's just as boring as her interviews with Western outlets: In other Jolie news… eh. Bill O'Reilly was yelling about Angelina's body at the Oscars, saying on Monday, "Is it just me or is she looking mighty slim these days? Emaciated even? I was kind of taken aback. Look at the arms on her! Once again the media largely ignoring Ms. Jolie's physical profile, but she is a role model for some women. I mean, she is slight." Meh. Oh, and I guess Brad Pitt has been sent out to do some damage control on Leg-gate, because he was talking about babies with Access Hollywood, post-Oscars. He was asked if he and Angelina plan to have more kids, and he said, "We average about two a year, so I guess we’re overdue, aren’t we?” And Angelina concurred: "If they come our way, we’d be happy to have them all. We love children.” Wait, what? "If they come our way"? Like, if a neighbor child strays into their yard, Angelina is like, "MINE!"? Vogue Turkey images courtesy of The Fashion Spot. Additional pics by Fame/Flynet. |
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