Archive for July, 2010

Morning Links!

Ryan Seacrest’s girlfriend, dancer Julianne Hough thought he was gay for the 4 years that he pursued her. DListed

Watch Taylor Momsen’s new music video – where she recreates the Last Supper. Pop Eater

Amy Winehouse is pregnant!? Superficial

Robert Pattinson gets roughed up on the set of Water For Elephants! Leave my RPatz alone! Popsugar

Sophie Monk changes her hair color, but still looks hot. Hollywood Tuna

Peek-a-boo! Jennifer Aniston pulls a Britney Spears! A Socialite’s Life

Rapper DMX and his wife call it quits after 11 years! Celeb Baby Scoop

Nicole Richie returns to NBC’s Chuck! INO

Introducing Zoya’s New Fall Colors! Wicked and Wonderful!

That was fast! Kelly Osbourne steps out with a new man! Betty Confidential

Angelina Jolie visits Brad Pitt on the set of Moneyball. Lainey Gossip

JWOWW’s belly button was photoshopped out for her Maxim spread! Celebitchy

Posted Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 11:11am
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First look at Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Black Swan’

USA Today has published the first official photos from Darren Aronofsky’s new psychological thriller Black Swan! Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder and Vincent Cassel, the film is set in the world of dancing, where Portman plays Nina, a dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Kunis).

Fox Searchlight will distribute the picture, which will make it’s world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on September 1st.

Darren Aronofsky is one of my favorite directors (Christopher Nolan is the other). I have loved most of his movies, which have included The Fountain, Requiem For a Dream, and of course, The Wrestler. So I am absolutely STOKED to see this new movie!

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Posted Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 10:10am
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Cameron Diaz and actor Tom Cruise attend the Germany Premiere of ‘Knight and Day’

They sure put on a happy front, considering the movie is Tom Cruise’s worst box office results since 1992′s Far and Away (which I loved, hello!). The movie, c0-starring Cameron Diaz, will cross the $70 million mark this week.

Even his movie Valkyrie, which was a bomb did better, at $83 million.

Obviously studio bosses are hoping that Mission Impossible 4 will fare better than his latest movies!

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Posted Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 10:10am
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Entertainment Weekly has the secrets of Inception

The movie may be the trippiest, most mind-bending thriller in years, but it is also a hit. Director Christopher Nolan opens up in this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly about his 10-year odyssey of getting it to the screen. The sci-fi psycho-thriller, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, about thieves who steal secrets from people’s dreams, may be too confusing to be a crowd-pleaser. “This is a real nail-biter,” Nolan says of the perception that it might be too confusing. “I really want this to work for an audience. They just need to relax and go with it. Yes, afterward there could be disagreements about what things mean. But hopefully there will be a unified response to the roller-coaster ride of it all.”

Nolan doesn’t have to worry – the movie took in $62.8 million during its opening weekend, an impressive haul for a 148-minute live-action extravaganza that isn’t a sequel or in 3-D or both. The credit can go to DiCaprio’s box office clout, Nolan’s growing reputation, an ad campaign showcasing the film’s dazzling images of crumbling skyscrapers, cityscapes, and zero-gravity fisticuffs.

The first half of Inception is dense with exposition, while the second half dives from dream to dream to dream to dream. How one feels about Inception most likely depends on how one feels about the pitch that hooked DiCaprio. Says the star: “When you hear that Chris Nolan wants to make a film that’s about four different stages of the subconscious, that’s a psychoanalysis of a character coming to terms with his past, that’s set around the world, that’s a combination of Insomnia, Memento, and studio-system spectacle, you say, ‘This is gonna be a unique experience.’”

For Nolan, Inception is a true dream project. His producer and wife, Emma Thomas, recalls that her husband has been fascinated by the subject of dreams since their days in college. Once The Dark Knight happened and his film grossed $1 billion worldwide, Nolan found himself in a position where he didn’t need to downsize his ambitions at all. “It’s hard to convince a studio to give you a large budget to shoot an epic movie,” says the director. “When you’ve done it a couple times, there’s a lot more confidence.”

And the film was very personal to him. “[The script] had a lot more emotion packed into it than anything Chris had written before,” says his longtime cinematographer Wally Pfister. “Right away, it felt much more like Memento than one of the Batman pictures.” But Nolan admits that Inception reflects an evolution of philosophy. “As a filmmaker starting out, there was a resistance to emotion, because you so often see the insincere version of it in movies,” he says. “Yet over time, and during the Batman movies in particular, I was forced to reexamine my own process of watching a film. What I realized is that what I respond to most is emotion – which is what audiences respond to the most as well.”

Nolan was lucky enough to land a leading man with a track record for helping high-minded directors connect with audiences via complex characters. “I like playing unreliable protagonists,” says DiCaprio, who spent three months working with Nolan to flesh out a credible back story for his character Cobb. “I couldn’t take a traditional approach to preparation. There were no references that I could grasp onto in the real world. To keep that story line consistent was difficult. Then again, if I’m on set, and there’s nothing to think about, that’s not a fun day at work for me.”

Now if only the hype can make Inception a certifiable hit. The opening is proof of the public’s interest, but the film still has a long way to go to recoup its production and marketing costs for Warner Bros. and co financier Legendary Pictures. Nolan believes that at a time when Hollywood studios focus on sequels and franchise reboots, they need to produce new ideas, too. “It’s definitely a risk for studios to support original material. But it’s an even bigger risk not to,” says Nolan. “Even in making a sequel, you have to be fresh. You have to be different. You have to take risks.”

Entertainment Weekly

Posted Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 9:09am
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Looks like Celebrity Fit Club worked for KFed!

He looks plump but happy! Seems like Celebrity Fit Club works as well as Celebrity Rehab! I don’t watch any of those VH1 shows, so I’m not exactly sure how they work, but they definitely don’t seem to produce any results. I guess the same could be said for The Bachelor, and I watch that show religiously.

PICS: Kevin Federline was spotted entering a BOA Steakhouse with girlfriend Victoria Prince in Los Angeles, CA on July 21, 2010. The couple reportedly dined in the restaurant for around three hours before leaving through the back door.

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Posted Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 9:09am
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Naomi Watts And Liev Schreiber Out With Kids

Couple Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber enjoyed a day out with kids Alexander Pete Schreiber and Samuel Kai Schreiber in Los Angeles. They have the cutest kids!

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Posted Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 9:09am
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Latest on the Mel Gibson/Oksana Grigorieva front

So much happens everyday on the fight between Mel Gibson and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. I’ll update you here on the latest!

* TMZ is reporting that the reason why Mel Gibson flew off the handle during the now-famous January 6th fight is because he had quit smoking that day. According to Oksana, Mel had tried to quit smoking unsuccessfully once a month and that he had tried again on the 6th. What made Mel snap was he accused Oksana of hanging out with her son’s father at a basketball game.

*According to RadarOnline, Oksana suffered a concussion as a result of the fight. One day after the fight, Oksana sought help from her dentist. The dentist took pictures, and noted that she had suffered a punch in the face. Two days after the fight, Oksana was complaining of headaches, and sought medical help from a her doctor. Her doctor diagnosed her with a concussion “as a result of the punches to her face”.  She told her doctor that her eyes were not tracking properly, and he ordered x-rays. She was then diagnosed with a concussion.

*Oksana is being investigated for extortion. Steve Whitmore tells TMZ, “Extortion allegations have been brought to our attention and we are certainly going to be looking at that.” Sources connected with Gibson have told TMZ they have “hard proof” of extortion. Sources say deputies will also be investigating the allegations that Oksana made false claims.

UPDATE: According to the Hollywood Reporter, Mel Gibson also has text message evidence. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that after the disturbing Mel Gibson audiotapes became public this month, Oksana Grigorieva wrote Gibson a text message explaining why she had surreptitiously recorded their conversations. According to a source familiar with the case, Grigorieva wrote that the reason she recorded him was because “you broke your agreement with me.” The source said there are additional e-mails that likely will be used by Gibson’s attorneys to prove that Grigorieva attempted to use the tapes to extort money from Gibson. The source added that Gibson’s ex-girlfriend also was upset about the breakup and looking to reconcile.

*LATEST: A key part of the criminal investigation against Mel Gibson is a text message he sent Oksana the day after the incident. According to RadarOnline.com Mel sent Oksana a text message the following day which read: “Oksana, I wasn’t safe for you last night.” He followed that text with this one: “I spent two hours with a therapist today and have regained some perspective. What I’m telling you know is I am safe & would like to come by and make amends to you, Sascha and Lucia. I won’t stay, just let you say your peace and I’ll say mine.”

Posted Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 8:08am
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