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- Ronan Farrow tweets Woody Allen happy Father’s Day: “happy brother-in-law’s day”
- Channing Tatum’s old stripper buddies say he stole their moves for ‘Magic Mike’
- Prince Harry gets sweaty at a polo match with William, Kate & Lupo: hot?
- Emma Stone’s pictorial for the July issue of Vogue: busted or beautiful?
- Kim Kardashian’s wedding wasn’t for ratings: ‘We don’t do anything for ratings’
- Lindsay Lohan went clubbing until 1 a.m. after being treated for “exhaustion”
- Was Katy Perry’s costume change at the MuchMusic Awards inappropriate?
- LeAnn Rimes tweets photo of Eddie Cibrian’s creepy birthday cake: trashy?
- ‘Rock of Ages’ performs terribly at the box-office: is Tom Cruise to blame?
- Duchess Kate: “I am very well looked after, William is very sweet & kind of spoils me”
| Ronan Farrow tweets Woody Allen happy Father’s Day: “happy brother-in-law’s day” Posted: 18 Jun 2012 08:54 AM PDT
We’ve covered Ronan Farrow, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s 24 year-old biological son, just twice. Ronan is a good-looking and incredibly accomplished guy in his own right. The first time we covered him was to announce that he got a high level position in the State Department. Ronan is just 24 now, and he graduated from Yale Law School at 21 and was named a Rhodes Scholar last year. He describes himself on Twitter as a “Writer, human rights lawyer and diplomat, most recently Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues.” So he has an impressive resume and an important career. That doesn’t mean he’s immune to family drama, and his family drama is worse than most. The last time we covered Ronan the National Enquirer was reporting that he was “disgusted by [his dad] Woody [Allen] and his relationship with Soon Yi.” You surely know the background on this, but I’ll just quickly recap: Soon Yi was adopted by Mia Farrow and her ex husband, Andre Previn, when she was eight. (Here’s a link with more background on Mia’s family and her many kids.) When she was 21, it was revealed that Soon Yi was having a relationship with her mother’s then-partner of 12 years, Woody Allen. Woody and Mia of course split up, Soon Yi went on to marry Woody in 1997 and they’re still together. All of this has never sat well with Woody and Mia’s son, Ronan. He’s previously said of Allen: “He’s my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression.” In a new tweet, Ronan repeated that same sentiment. It’s clear he’s still estranged from his dad, and he’s poking fun at that. Can you imagine your dad marrying your damn sister? There’s no free pass for that, other then legally (which I guess is all that counts to Allen), because she’s adopted. Hollywood forgives a lot of things that seem unforgivable, don’t they? General Wesley Clark with Mia and Ronan photo of Soon Yi and Woody Allen credit: WENN.com. Other photos via Twitter             |
| Channing Tatum’s old stripper buddies say he stole their moves for ‘Magic Mike’ Posted: 18 Jun 2012 08:43 AM PDT Channing Tatum has always proudly owned his former male stripper status, and now many of his (joyously sketchy) experiences have been folded into the upcoming Magic Mike movie by director Steven Soderbergh. Certainly, the trailer and its red-band counterpart look quite promising, but not all is well in the Magic Mike universe. Channing’s former stripper buddies are coming out of the woodwork to protest that the movie steals their moves and its titular nickname as well. TMZ has a photo of them all together, and Channing looks exactly the same as he does now; as for the rest of them … let’s just thank goodness for Hollywood casting. Are these dudes just trying to ruin a good time for da ladies, or do they have a point?
[From TMZ] This is a tricky situation because, while choreographed dance moves are indeed protected by copyright law, these dudes would have to register their “moves” before asking a court for relief, and I doubt they’ve sent videotapes of their routines to the Library of Congress to make things official in terms of U.S. copyright law. Can you imagine? And they’d have to trademark any nicknames as well before asking for monetary damages. So until there’s an actual lawsuit (which there probably won’t be), I’m going to assume that these guys either want some “shut up” money or are looking for publicity for their current stripping endeavors. On that last note, I can’t blame them for trying. Photos courtesy of AllMoviePhoto and EW.com        |
| Prince Harry gets sweaty at a polo match with William, Kate & Lupo: hot? Posted: 18 Jun 2012 08:36 AM PDT Yay! We finally got some photos of Prince William, Prince Harry, Duchess Kate and puppy Lupo at yesterday's polo game in England. "The Boys" were playing polo, Kate and her puppy Lupo were just watching with some of the members of the royal family. First, a comment about Lupo: he's supposed to be a cocker spaniel. I think he's definitely part cocker, but I have my doubts as to whether he's a purebred. He looks like a mix to me. Now, can we just have a word about how HOT HOT HOT Prince Harry is in these photos? Of course I love him in a suit, of course I love him in uniform, of course I love him in casual clothes. But my absolute favorite version of Harry is where he's sweaty and rumpled from physical exertion. These photos of Harry are killing my concentration. Now all I can think about is flying to England to make this ginger boy my own. Oh, and Kate TOTALLY noticed how hot Harry looked too – my Twitter friend Prince Harry Watch retweeted this great photo of Harry and Kate looking like they were ready to make love in the polo field. They are SO attracted to each other. Know that it's wrong just makes it so much dirtier and hotter. I do have to admit… William looks pretty hot in his polo gear too. Maybe I need to start boning polo players? I might have just learned something about myself. Sweaty dudes in polo outfits = I can't concentrate for the rest of the day. There are also some cute photos of William holding and kissing Lupo – you can see them here. William & Lupo = Sweaty Harry? Perhaps. Photos courtesy of WENN.    |
| Emma Stone’s pictorial for the July issue of Vogue: busted or beautiful? Posted: 18 Jun 2012 07:58 AM PDT As I previewed last week, Emma Stone covers the July issue of Vogue Magazine. I was surprised that so many of you hated the cover preview. I thought Emma looked good – and I still think that now that I've seen more of the photo shoot. They definitely used the best shot of her for the cover, because I'm not crazy about the rest of the pictorial. Especially the shot of Emma in the newsboy cap, which is maybe the most horrible, unflattering, flat-out tragic shot of Emma Stone EVER. Thankfully, Vogue hasn't released the whole Emma interview – I'm thankful because I don't have to sit here and read the whole thing looking for good quotes, which takes forever. Here's Vogue's preview of their cover story:
How do you read Emma's relationship with Andrew Garfield? I know most of you aren't paying attention to them, but I love them, and I think they're really, really into each other. My read is that he's more into her than vice versa. Emma likes him a lot, I think. But I just get the feeling that Andrew kind of worships her. And that's really cool, because in so many of these Young Hollywood relationships, it feels like the girls are getting the short end of the stick with game-playing d-bags. As for Spiderman… is anyone else worried? No, here's a better question: is anyone actually excited to see this film? I think the flaw is going to be that the studio tried to reboot the franchise too soon after the success of the Tobey Maguire-led franchise. People have Spidey-exhaustion, especially considering the simply fact that Spiderman isn't really the most interesting superhero. Photos courtesy of Mario Testino/Vogue.    |
| Kim Kardashian’s wedding wasn’t for ratings: ‘We don’t do anything for ratings’ Posted: 18 Jun 2012 07:29 AM PDT These are new photos of Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Kanye West in Paris over the weekend. Because why not? Why not go on vacation with your boyfriend and your mother, and why not invite the paparazzi to document your every movement, including a very public car trip in the white Lambo you bought for your boyfriend? Oh, Kanye. I'm worried about you, dude. I think you're in too far. I think Kim is going to get pregnant and it will be a MESS. Anyway, as I'm sure you've heard, Kim and the Kardashian-Jenner family had a sit-down interview with Oprah. Which speaks volumes about Oprah's efforts to save her failing OWN network, and how far Oprah has fallen. Over the course of the past five days, I've seen excerpts from the interview, but I didn't care much. So let's go through some highlights:
I'm okay with Kim's answers on the Kris Humphries questions – although Kim and her family profited heavily from the wedding and everything, I do think Kim is telling some version of the truth. My take has always been that Kim simply wanted to be married and she didn't care who she was marrying, and she didn't think Kris Humphries would end up being such a douche. I'm not defending her – she's an idiot. But I don't think she plotted this huge wedding debacle simply to get herself more attention. But I am bothered by her dumb non-denial answer on the sex tape question. She always wants to see herself as the victim in that situation, and I don't think anyone is buying it. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.    |
| Lindsay Lohan went clubbing until 1 a.m. after being treated for “exhaustion” Posted: 18 Jun 2012 06:52 AM PDT Before I begin, go here to The Mail to check out the latest photos of Lindsay Lohan on set. She looks bloated and crackie, per usual, if not more so in these photos. Unfortunately, we don't have access to any new LL pics. I would like to know what she looked like when the paramedics came for her on Friday. The Cracken and her publicist claimed that nothing was wrong, that she was merely "passed out" from "exhaustion" because she worked "85 hours in 4 days". Because of crack-math. Well, Us Weekly is doing some crack-math of their own, and their story is a portrait of a crackhead who can't even keep it together for three weeks during a Lifetime TV film shoot.
You've got that right – after working her little crack-fingers to the crackie bone, after keeping her nose to the "grindstone" (that's where she does lines), and after passing out cold from "exhaustion," Lindsay Lohan went out clubbing. These are all the things that happened within an eight-day period: she totaled her Porsche by being a f–ked up driver, she orchestrated a huge PR campaign of crack lies and dissemination about the car accident, SHE LIED TO THE COPS, she went back to work for several days, and she tried to call in sick only to have producers call her cracked-out bluff and send doctors and paramedics to her hotel AND THEN SHE WENT OUT CLUBBING. Fox News also has an interesting piece about the Cracken situation and whether Lindsay is "headed back off the tracks". You can read the full piece here – it includes some quotes from Lindsay's unnamed enablers (Dina). For example, "The paramedics call was just an overreaction. She's exhausted from working so much and still sore from the car accident. It was a combination of both those things. Lindsay has been working really hard." Sources tell Fox News that Lindsay "knows" that this is "her last chance at a comeback" so she's really, really trying, y'all. One of my favorite quotes from the piece is where a source is asked WHY producers called 911 on Lindsay: "Sometimes if actors or actresses are late for their call times, and have been so a few times, producers make sure they nip the behavior in the bud. If that's the case with Lindsay, I don't think she is going to fall asleep and be late again." So, basically, Lifetime was calling her cracked-out bluff. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.    |
| Was Katy Perry’s costume change at the MuchMusic Awards inappropriate? Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:50 AM PDT I'm not a prude. I know that's the first thing a prude would say, so maybe I should just own it and move on. I'm not one of those pearl-clutchers who thinks that exposing children to a nip is some devastating, awful act. That being said, Katy Perry's "act" continues to piss me off. It's not that she's exposing her body – it's the way in which she exposes herself, and the way she combines very cartoony, kid-friendly imagery with very adult and inappropriate imagery and themes. It bothers me that she combines everything. These are photos of Katy at last night's MuchMusic Awards in Toronto. I've looked through all of the photos, and I've gotten a sense of what the vibe for the show was like – much more kid-friendly than, say, the MTV Music Awards. The MTV Music Awards are for teenagers – MuchMusic is for tweens and younger. Justin Bieber was there, as was Carly Rae Jepsen, Selena Gomez and whoever your Canadian tween cousin would want to see. Now, Katy changed outfits several times. One dress for the red carpet (the black and gold Vawk gown) is fine. She wore a few different outfits during the show, and then THIS happened: Is she too exposed? Am I just overreacting to a concentration of crotch bedazzles, which give the shadowy effect of beav? No, I don't think so. The Mail has more photos from the show, and it becomes clear that Katy's bodysuit was WAY too see-through for a kids' show. So… am I overreacting? Did Katy do this because she's desperate for attention? Did she just not realize how inappropriate her costume was? Photos courtesy of WENN.    |
| LeAnn Rimes tweets photo of Eddie Cibrian’s creepy birthday cake: trashy? Posted: 18 Jun 2012 04:31 AM PDT LeAnn is another Twitter rampage. On Sunday, she tweeted the above photo with the message "Just two happy people loving life". Why so try-hard? LeAnn had so many extra duties to do this weekend! It was a combination of Father's Day and Eddie Cibrian's birthday – both on Sunday. And of course LeAnn celebrated the only way she knows how – on Twitter. In addition to tweeting photos throughout the weekend, she also crack tweeted this:
Sigh… I mean, if it was someone else, someone less of a Twitter-addicted famewhore, I might think those messages of love were sweet. But all I can focus on is how LeAnn needs to stop putting all of this out there for public consumption. Still, it's always nice of LeAnn to tweet lots of photos that we can jack and make fun of. Speaking of, here's the birthday cake that LeAnn got for Eddie. A cake of the two of them in bed, with the kids at the bottom of the cake? OF COURSE. Because that's not creepy and inappropriate at all. Here's a photo of Eddie and his father. Cibrian Senior looks like Nigel Powers. She also managed to tweet this photo of one "her" boys too: Of course. And finally, LeAnn linked to a blog called "The Evil Stepmother Speaks" with is some kind of infomercial-like thing for step-mothers who think that they rule the world. Which is fine – being a step-parent is an important and often overlooked job. But LeAnn is hellbent on getting herself SO much attention for looking after her step-sons. Oh, and people are getting upset about LeAnn's link to the post because there was some kind of reference to dealing with "that nasty ex-wife". I don't know… I'm not going to get into it. The Brandi versus LeAnn flame-war gets too minutia-oriented at times. You can read more about it here and here. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and LeAnn's Twitter.    |
| ‘Rock of Ages’ performs terribly at the box-office: is Tom Cruise to blame? Posted: 18 Jun 2012 04:25 AM PDT I was fully prepared to concede that the box-office prowess of Tom Cruise had prevailed once again after the opening of Rock of Ages, but something strange has happened — the movie proved itself to be an utterly terrible performer and has earned a mere $15 million over the weekend. For a movie with a $75 million budget, that’s pretty dismal news, and ROA even landed in third place after Madagascar 3 and Prometheus, which took in $35 million and $21 million, respectively, during their second weekends. Of course, I don’t feel badly at all for the latest Adam Sandler movie, That’s My Boy, landing in fourth place since kind of Adam’s overdue for a serious flop because he makes such crappy movies. In retrospect, I wonder if Tom’s people suspected that Rock of Ages wouldn’t fare so well in theaters because of (hidden) poor tracking data. That could explain why — after going all out a month ago in that embarrassing W mag shoot — Tom wasn’t really promoting the film over the past few weeks aside from solo appearances at the premieres and a few half-hearted interviews. There was no huge “family man” photo op over the weekend and, in fact, Tom skipped town and headed to Iceland with Suri. It seems like Tom wanted to distance himself from the movie after his team figured out it would be a disaster. Is it fair to assign any blame to Tom for ROA‘s poor showing? While it was an ensemble movie, it was certainly marketed as the movie where Tom Cruise rocks out. Here’s a brief analysis of what went went wrong with Rock of Ages:
[From Deadline] So does the financial failure of Rock of Ages mean anything in the grand scheme of Tom Cruise’s career? Not really. MI4 has proven that people will still watch Tom perform crazy-ass stunts in an action movie, so he’ll have that option at least for the next decade or so. Still, this news does mean that studios will rethink casting Tom in out-of-his-norm roles like Clint Eastwood’s upcoming A Star is Born remake, and that silly Les Grossman movie probably won’t happen now either. Small mercies, folks. As for Deadline passing a lot of the blame towards Russell Brand, he obviously appeals only to a certain demographic. In animated movies where he can show off his voice work (Despicable Me, Hop), he’s financially viable, and the stoner audience loves him in in movies like Get Him to the Greek, but for anything more outside-the-box for his persona (Arthur), he’s not a box-office draw. Rusty will be fine. He’s got his new FX show coming up and will probably host a zillion more MTV Awards shows, so I’m not worried about him. Likewise, Alec Baldwin will be okay because he’s got his television work to fall back on as well. Julianne Hough, however, probably won’t have too many more movies in her future, so she might want to contemplate heading back to “Dancing with the Stars” because, honestly, that seems like a great gig. Photos courtesy of AllMoviePhoto         |
| Duchess Kate: “I am very well looked after, William is very sweet & kind of spoils me” Posted: 18 Jun 2012 04:23 AM PDT Honest question: Is Duchess Kate patting her husband’s crumpets in this ^^ photo? WHERE IS HER OTHER HAND?!? Everyone needs a good goose every now and then, even if you're a prince, and even if you're standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in front of thousands of people. Anyhoodle… obviously, Duchess Kate has gotten very comfortable in her royal role. I tend to think that Kate has been babied ("infantilized") for nearly two years, like she was a meek, unsteady child unaccustomed to walking on her own or speaking to strangers, when really she came into the institution of the monarchy at the age of 29, after a decade as a "royal girlfriend". She already had a university education and a little work experience (a few months here and there). My point? The royal courtiers were coddling her, probably in the hopes of lowering expectations so Kate could easily meet (or exceed) those expectations. When Kate has made public appearances, she's fine. Are there still kinks and little mistakes to be worked out over time? Of course. But she hasn't made any major blunders, and she hasn't made news for the wrong reasons. There's no reason to think that Kate wouldn't be able to handle working as a full-time member of the royal family – meaning dozens of public appearances a month. As I mentioned yesterday, Kate has been doing so many appearances over the past few weeks, and she's been meeting and exceeding the low expectations so far. One of her weekend appearances was on behalf of the "Expanding Horizons" program, which saw her doing a mini-camping trip with some underprivileged city kids. While she was hanging out with the kids, she was asked some questions about becoming a duchess, and her answer was… interesting.
Hmm… "I am very well looked after… William is very sweet and kind of spoils me." Fascinating. I'm not being facetious either. Those two statements really are fascinating. They speak to her character, and how she approaches her role, right? Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I think maybe the "I am very well looked after" part is Kate trying to tell people that they shouldn't worry about her, that she's surrounding herself with smart people who help her out, and that she's not overwhelmed or anything. But taken with the "he kind of spoils me" thing, I'm getting an image of her life and how her husband treats her. Is it possible – is it probable – that William babies her and coddles her and the royal courtiers follow his lead? Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.    |
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