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Simon Cowell era comes to close on `American Idol' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 26 May 2010 | 4:08 am Simon Cowell era comes to close on `American Idol' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 26 May 2010 | 4:08 am Simon Cowell era comes to close on `American Idol' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 26 May 2010 | 4:08 am Idol Finale: Did Crystal Out-Sing Lee? - People Magazine
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 May 2010 | 4:01 am VH1's 'Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business,' 'Basketball Wives' and 'What Chilli Wants' Renewed for Second SeasonsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 May 2010 | 4:00 am MGM MIRAGE Management to Present at the 2010 Wells Fargo Securities Gaming and Lodging ConferenceSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 May 2010 | 4:00 am Men's Wearhouse Announces First Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call ScheduleSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 May 2010 | 4:00 am Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam Application Now AvailableSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 May 2010 | 4:00 am Apple's Music Business Said to Be Probed by US, NYT Reports - Bloomberg
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 May 2010 | 3:38 am What's better than 'Sex'? - Boston Herald
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 May 2010 | 3:28 am Munson: Paul Gray's death shatters Slipknot's spirit - DesMoinesRegister.com
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 May 2010 | 3:15 am 'Lost' finale on Sunday on CTV draws two million Canadian viewerson Sunday, glued to their television screens as the epic series came to a sensational close. CTV reports that the two-hour retrospective that preceded the Lost finale drew an audience...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 May 2010 | 1:45 am Nicole Scherzinger is the new champion of 'Dancing With the Stars' - Washington Post
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 May 2010 | 1:29 am The film based on the Mumbai attack is due to hit more than 100 screens across the country on FridayIn this picture taken in November 2008, Indian Army soldiers take their positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. A new, low-budget Bollywood film depicting the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks opens...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 26 May 2010 | 1:10 am A total of 166 people were killed and more than 300 others were injured in the Mumbai attacksIn this picture taken in November 2008, flames are seen gushing out of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. A new, low-budget Bollywood film depicting the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks opens in India this week,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 26 May 2010 | 1:10 am Mumbai attacks get the Bollywood treatmentA new, low-budget Bollywood film depicting the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks opens in India this week, less than a month after the sole surviving gunman was convicted and sentenced to death.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 May 2010 | 1:10 am Jesse James says he was being treated for being a victim of child abuse - USA Today
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 May 2010 | 1:06 am 'American Idol': As Simon departs, show has big shoes to fill - San Jose Mercury News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 May 2010 | 1:01 am Global Maximus Records Announces the Signing of One of America's Top Bands, 'BadHorse'Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 May 2010 | 1:01 am Nicole Scherzinger wins 'Dancing With the Stars' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 26 May 2010 | 12:59 am Deal or No Deal's Jackpot Tops GBP1 Million Again!Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 May 2010 | 12:59 am John Mellencamp takes history tour for new album (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 26 May 2010 | 12:22 am Jesse Eisenberg, "Zombieland" director reunite (Reuters)Reuters - Jesse Eisenberg is reteaming with his "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer for the action comedy "30 Minutes or Less."Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 26 May 2010 | 12:21 am Industry Roundup: Jesse Eisenberg Joins 30 Minutes or Less Countdown: Jesse Eisenberg will reteam with his Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer in the comedy 30 Minutes or Less, also starring Aziz Ansari and Danny McBride. The movie, written by Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan, revolves around a junior high school history teacher (Ansari) and a pizza delivery man (Eisenberg) who are... forced to rob a bank when one of them is strapped to a bomb vest. For people who loved the suspense of The Hurt Locker but were like "Man, this would be way more awesome as an Aziz Ansari comedy!" [HR] Elephant In The Room: Seann William Scott and screenwriter Steve Conrad have formed Elephant Pictures, which will produce shorts, features, documentaries and episodic web content. The two bonded during the filming of 2008’s The Promotion (directed by Conrad and starring Scott), finding they shared a “bizarre sense of humor.” Scott said the company will focus on documentaries: "As I've gotten older, I've become attracted to things that have substance," he said; though of course, when you start out with Dude, Where's My Car?, there's really nothing you could do afterward that wouldn't seem excessively substantive. [HR] Solo Pornographer: New Pornographers singer and keyboardist Kathryn Calder will strike out on her own and release her first solo album, Are You My Mother?, out August 11. Apparently the band is down with Calder’s decision, as Neko Case will be guesting on the album and fellow Pornographers Kurt Dahle and Todd Fancey will be contributing. Cute. [Pitchfork] Fun Size Fits All: Josh Schwartz will produce Fun Size, a comedy written by Max Werner (The Colbert Report), which will be the first film taken on by Schwartz’ Fake Empire production company. The movie is said to be a cross between Superbad and Adventures in Babysitting, but set on Halloween. In other words, hijinks, pratfall and banter but with less Jonah Hill and more kids and costumes. [HR] Just Like A Pill: Alison Pill (Milk, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World) has joined Woody Allen’s upcoming Midnight in Paris, which stars Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen and Owen Wilson, and will begin shooting this summer. Yay for Pill and everything, but right now we're consumed with fantasizing about what a dinner party with this cast would be like. [Variety] Riot Act: Indie pop group Ra Ra Riot will release a follow-up to their 2008 The Rhumb Line with The Orchard, out August 24. Andrew Maury and Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla mixed nine of the ten tracks; the other was taken care of by Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij. These indie rock bros clearly have each others' backs. [Pitchfork] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the industry, 30 minutes or less, allison pill, are you my mother?, elephant pictures, fun size, jesse eisenberg, josh schwartz, kathryn calder, max werner, midnight in paris, movies, music, new pornographers, ra ra riot, seann william scott, steve conrad, the orchard
Source: Vulture | 26 May 2010 | 12:06 am Ray Romano, Jon Hamm mull lighter side of dramaLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Who canceled that got me here?" Ray Romano joked as the first of The Hollywood Reporter's Emmy Roundtable series kicked off with some of TV's top...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2010 | 11:37 pm Rock band System of a Down defeats royalties suitLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Los Angeles rock band System of a Down has won a legal battle over authorship of its Grammy-winning song "B.Y.O.B." after a judge heard about the drugs...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2010 | 11:32 pm Offshore Drilling Regulators Watched Porn, Smoked MethFrankly, at this point it'd be more surprising if a government agency was found to not have been watching porn on the job. The latest agency discovered to be viewing porn is the Minerals Management Service which... oversees offshore drilling (surely they're pumped about this timing). And, showing the SEC how it's done, these guys also accepted illegal gifts and smoked meth! [AP] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: drill baby drill, offshore drilling, porn
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 11:31 pm Dancing With the Stars Finale Crowns a Deserving New Champ Kate Gosselin didn't take enough flight to make the hype worthwhile, we'll tell you that.
Otherwise, the two-hour finale of Dancing With the Stars was a wee bit more relevant...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 11:02 pm DWTS: Kate Gosselin Is Back...Need We Say More?! Just when you thought the dancin' queen had left the ballroom, Kate Gosselin reemerged in full force at tonight's Dancing with the Stars finale.
Did her smooth moves take your...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 11:00 pm Heckling Obama Twice is One Too Many Times During his second fundraising appearance for Sen. Barbara Boxer Tuesday night in California, Barack Obama was heckled by a protester whom he had encountered before - and, well, let’s just say it’s unlikely this guy is going to be causing any trouble for the president again anytime soon. Obama was in the middle of discussing the economy when the man yelled out, “Move faster on 'don't ask, don't tell!'" The crowd started to boo and the man continued to shout, at which point Obama just let it all out: “It's good to see ya,” the president said. “I have to say, you know what? I saw this guy down in L.A... [Obama had been heckled about 'don't ask, don't tell' at the first Boxer fundraiser.] Two points I want to make… he really should like buy a ticket to, if he wants to demonstrate, buy a ticket to a guy who doesn't support his point of view... The other point is maybe he didn't read the newspapers because we are working with congress as we speak to roll back 'don't ask, don't tell'... I actually think he does read the newspapers because he wasn't as - his heart wasn't in it - he said 'Do it faster.' C'mon man..."
Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: hecklers, barack obama, barbara boxer, don't ask don't tell
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 10:55 pm American Idol: Lee Is Totally Confident; Crystal's Just Feelin' "Mellow" American Idol finalist Lee Dewyze ain't goin' down without a fight.
After tonight's lukewarm critique from the judges, and that ever-present issue of Lee's allegedly...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 10:45 pm The Biggest Loser Finale: The Weight's Over for a New Champion! Does watching people get healthy and remake their lives ever get old?
Fat chance.
A new Biggest Loser was crowned tonight in NBC's live season finale, which featured...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 10:31 pm Yakima, Wash., newspaper names interim publisher (AP)AP - The Yakima Herald-Republic newspaper in Washington state has named Jamie Stickel interim publisher while it completes a nationwide search for a permanent publisher.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 May 2010 | 10:21 pm Jesse James: Fame and Fortune Were Hiding a "Scared, Abused Kid" Not that Jesse James is making excuses at this point, but he has finally offered up a bit of the psychology that may have contributed to the relentlessly thoughtless chain of behavior that...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 10:20 pm TV Show Recaps - Dancing with the Stars Finale Episode Recap: Tuesday, May 25, 2010And the Season 10 Dancing with the Stars champion is ... not so fast! Before Donny Osmond's successor is crowned, Nicole Scherzinger, Evan Lysacek and Erin Andrews duke it out again for more judges' points. Plus, Dancing alums return and the winner of the College Dance Championships is named.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 10:18 pm Whitney Museum to Move to Meatpacking District in 2015 The Whitney Museum is set to undergo a major transformation, as its board voted Tuesday to begin construction on a building in the Meatpacking District that will be completed in 2015. The board also has decided to sell a group of brownstones next to the museum’s Marcel Breuer-designed building on the Upper East Side, which means the art museum will almost certainly not be expanding in its current area. Since it is unlikely the museum will have the income to maintain two buildings, it is not clear what will happen to the Breuer building; one possibility floated by the Times is that it might be shared temporarily with another institution, like the Met. The Whitney's chairman emiritus Leonard Lauder had been against the move, but changed his mind, seemingly taken - like a wide-eyed twentysomething new to the city - with the freshness of downtown: “Downtown is a new city, a new nation," he said. "Why shouldn’t the Whitney be the museum of record there?” Whitney Museum Plans New Building Downtown [NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: moves, art, real estate, whitney museum
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 10:15 pm Crystal Reclaims Her Crown on American Idol Tuesday's showdown between Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze for all the American Idol marbles was, as usual, part retread and part final audition for 19 Entertainment...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 10:15 pm Seann William Scott becoming "subversive" producer (Reuters)Reuters - Actor Seann William Scott, famed for playing the horny teen Stifler in the "American Pie" movies, has formed a production company that he hopes will produce edgy content.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 May 2010 | 10:14 pm Last Night on Late Night: Sarah Jessica Parker Has an Average Husband While discussing her son's "diminutive" stature on The Late Show, Sarah Jessica Parker laid the blame on her husband Matthew Broderick, explaining to David Letterman that, "Matthew is average." Ouch. Sounds like someone's going to need one of those pick-me-up bouquets. Next up on the Sex and the City 2 late night promo blitz, famous Canadian Kim Catrall explains to Jimmy Fallon how New York City made her into a normal person and on The Late Late Show, Kristin Davis proves that she can tell a lot about Craig Ferguson just from examining certain parts of his body. Last but not least, Jimmy Kimmel bucks the evening's girl-power trend with Jake Gyllenhaal, who reveals that he is a huge star in Russia because of his role in the oddest Disney film featuring Zack Galifianakis ever made. Watch our compilation to see what you missed. Read more posts by Dorsey Shaw Filed Under: last night on late night, average husband, kim catrall, kristin davis, matthew broderick, sarah jessica parker, sex and the city 2
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 10:13 pm Nicole Scherzinger Wins 'Dancing With the Stars'Nicole Scherzinger and partner Derek Hough dominated throughout the 10th season of the hit ABC show and bested Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek to win the "Dancing" crown Tuesday night.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 9:49 pm A sentimental family film for serious tree-huggers (Reuters)Reuters - Julie Bertucelli's "The Tree" takes tree hugging to extremes. It will appeal to those who like to believe that upon death human beings take other forms, in this case a towering woody perennial, and bore those who do not.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 May 2010 | 9:42 pm "100 Questions" not the answer to NBC's woes (Reuters)Reuters - Five minutes into "100 Questions," viewers will have dozens of queries buzzing in their heads, but first they're going to have to shrug off a crusty sense of 1990s sitcom deja vu.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 May 2010 | 9:42 pm Report Claims 'Warning Signs' Preceded Rig Explosion The bad news just keeps coming for BP. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has released a report positing that there were “several warning signs” shortly before the explosion, as flow indicators (which signal that pressure is building inside the drill pipe) went off repeatedly before the blowout. This news will no doubt cause a whole new round of Obama jaw-clenching. [FT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: cleaning up, bp
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 9:40 pm Slipknot Guys Show Their True Colors (and Real Faces) in Mourning Paul Gray Slipknot made its name singing about self-destruction, self-loathing and other melancholy topics.
But only in losing one of their own have the bandmember's sinister masks come...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 9:30 pm Paisley, Gill, Wariner and Skaggs rock the Opry (AP)AP - Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner and Ricky Skaggs kicked off the Grand Ole Opry's monthslong 85th birthday celebration Tuesday night with an all-star jam that took on new meaning following an historic flood.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 May 2010 | 9:09 pm T.I. and Lady Gaga to 'Lick It' Together During his recent series of press interviews, T.I. revealed a surprising nugget to MTV News about his upcoming new album, King Uncaged, due this August: one of the tracks in contention to make the LP features, believe it or not... Lady Gaga. And from the lofty praise the rapper had for the pop star, it would seem the unlikely duo got along famously: "Phenomenal talent. Extremely proud [to work with her]. She's definitely that good. She knows what she's doing. She knows exactly what she wants people to think and say. She does everything that she needs to be done to ensure it happens. I think she's an entertainer, in all aspects of the word," he said. "She's a classic, all-around entertainer. A global star."
T.I. On Collaborating With Lady Gaga, Eminem [MTV] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: collaborations, king uncaged, lady gaga, music, t.i.
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 9:01 pm Ellen Starts a Record Label, Signs "Paparazzi" Boy! Look out, Simon Cowell. There's a new tastemaker in town (and she's been sitting one seat away from you).
Ellen DeGeneres is launching a new record label, called eleveneleven,...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 9:00 pm U2 and Aguilera Postpone Summer Tours - New York Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 25 May 2010 | 8:36 pm Streisand discusses design book at NYC's BookExpo (AP)AP - Creating the perfect house is more than a passion for Barbra Streisand. It's almost primal.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 May 2010 | 8:34 pm Mindy McCready's Rep: "No Indication of an Overdose" Mindy McCready remains in a Florida hospital tonight, "resting comfortably " and awaiting word from doctors about her condition, according to her rep.
"We're still...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 8:30 pm Style Showdown: J.Lo Out-Drapes Demi Moore Draping is hard to pull off. But leave it to Jennifer Lopez to inject sex appeal into Lanvin's one-sleeve dress.
At the NEON Charity Gala in Moscow, the singer pulled back...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 May 2010 | 8:15 pm Community Board Backs Mosque, As Relatives of 9/11 Victims Protest After rumblings last week that a ruling by the Landmarks Preservation Commission might halt plans for a mosque near Ground Zero, the proposal is now being protested by upset relatives of 9/11 victims. At a community board hearing held downtown Tuesday night, opponents of the mosque held up photos of loved ones killed in the attacks and held signs with messages like “Honor 3,000, 9/11 - No mosque.” "It’s an insult. It’s demeaning to build a shrine to the very ideology that attacked the World Trade Center," said one attendee.
Update: Despite the protests, the community board ended up backing the proposal to build the mosque by a 29-1 vote with ten abstentions, after a four-hour discussion with over 100 people testifying both in favor of and against the plan. Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: ground zero mosque, 9/11, real estate
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 8:13 pm Ellen DeGeneres To Start Her Own Record Label Perhaps inspired by Simon Cowell’s recent dig at the Idol judging panel's lack of experience (“You've got to have somebody on that panel who actually knows what they're talking about,” he said of his replacement), Ellen DeGeneres has revealed she's getting into the music business. In a taped segment that will air on Wednesday’s episode of her show, DeGeneres announced that she will be starting her own record label called eleveneleven. The first artist on the label will be none other than 12-year old Greyson Chance (a.k.a “Paparazzi" Boy), perhaps indicating the label’s name is reflective of the the age of its target demo. [ellen.warnerbros.com] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: ellen degeneres, eleveneleven, greyson chance, music
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 7:38 pm Bono's surgery pushes U2 tour's North American leg into 2011 - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 25 May 2010 | 7:38 pm Strong cast wasted in mediocre UK crime pic (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 May 2010 | 7:09 pm Obama To Send 1,200 Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border The president is set to announce that he will send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to assist with border protection and enforcement activities. The troops will be supporting law enforcement officials by observing and monitoring traffic between official crossing points in an effort to help intercept illegal drug shipments. The White House is also expected to request $500 million in supplemental funds to pay for more federal agents, prosecutors and technology at the border. While Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was pleased, claiming the “White House is doing the right thing,” good ole' John McCain wasn’t placated: “1,200 Nat'l Guard is a first step, but it's not enough," he tweeted, "I've been calling for the Guard to secure our SW border for years - we need 6,000!" Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the border, barack obama, mexico, national guard
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 7:08 pm Closing Oceanic 815 Images Were 'Visual Aid,' Not Part of Story After the zoom in on Jack’s closing eye followed by the Lost logo which concluded the Lost series finale, several images of the Oceanic 815 wreckage appeared on television screens, leading some fans to believe that we were meant to think no passengers survived the flight’s crash landing in the first episode of the series. However, it turns out that those photographs were not actually part of the story at all. ABC added them on to “soften the transition” from the end of the series to the 11 p.m. news and, somehow, didn’t realize that they might throw off viewers’ interpretations.
Well, now that that’s cleared up, we understand everything perfectly. 'Lost' exclusive: ABC sets the record straight about the series finale's plane crash images [Show Tracker/LAT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: lost, abc, lost finale, tv
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 6:37 pm Finale Ratings: 24, Law & Order End on Low Notes24 and Law & Order aired their series finales on Monday night to middling ratings.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 5:35 pm ABC Family Scores Rights to Friday Night LightsThe Dillon Panthers have a new home: ABC Family.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 5:25 pm The ten qualifying artists celebrateThe ten qualifying artists celebrate after their qualification for the final Eurovision Song Contest in Telenor Arena in Baerum, Norway. Ten countries have qualified for the finals of this year's Eurovision...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 May 2010 | 5:18 pm Are High 3-D Prices to Blame for Shrek 4’s Underwhelming Opening? When Shrek Forever After, the fourth installment of DreamWorks Animation's once reliable source of jolly green, opened to a $70.8 million weekend, it stunned box-office watchers. While that may seem like a lot of money, it’s actually $35 million less than had been projected; the shock was big enough that the studio’s stock price lost almost a tenth of its value by Tuesday afternoon. Most pundits quickly blamed the waning appeal of the franchise, and Wall Street analysts deemed it especially disappointing because it underperformed despite the huge premiums that movie theaters are charging for 3-D tickets. But that may be the wrong lesson to take: Most likely, the fourth Shrek fell short precisely because of those huge 3-D surcharges. Exhibitors, not studios, set ticket prices, and with Avatar grossing nearly $750 million domestically, they look at the new wave of 3-D as the biggest potential moneymaker since someone put snow on a cap. One studio source estimates that the cost of a 3-D ticket has gone up a whopping 22 percent in the past year; in New York City, you could pay $20 to see Shrek 4. (And as of April, there were 4,011 3-D theaters in the U.S., nearly twice the number from a year before.) People happily paid a surcharge to see Avatar because it was something they’d never seen before — but they’ve definitely seen the Shrek gang before. Three times, actually, and the last time was no fun at all; it was critically lambasted and likely dampened enthusiasm for another go-round. Now that 3-D has become more commonplace, moviegoers could be becoming more discriminating when it comes to these prices; they may no longer be so eager to pay up for a movie that’s not an event. “Less-than-perfect 3-D coupled with exorbitant up-charges has me fearing consumer pushback,” says Chris Aronson, senior vice-president for domestic distribution at Twentieth Century Fox. In the teeth of a recession, movie attendance jumped 4.5 percent in 2009 and the industry saw a record haul of over $10 billion, because people decided that going to the movies was actually their cheapest entertainment option. But with the jacking-up of 3-D prices, that may no longer be the case. And studios fear that a backlash may be starting, just in time for the release of all the pricey 3-D blockbusters that they green-lit after Avatar. “We cannot control what [theaters] charge,” said another exasperated top distribution executive at a major studio. “And we have to be very careful what we say about this: It’s illegal for us to even think about speaking to them about what they charge. But this is insanity.” Shrek’s box office numbers suggest that consumers are already backing away from reflexively running to a pricey, “premium” viewing experience: According to distribution insiders, the sequel made only 62 percent of its grosses from 3-D. By comparison, Disney’s Alice in Wonderland made 72 percent of its gross from 3-D presentations, and even DreamWorks Animation’s own How to Train Your Dragon made 67 percent of its gross from 3-D showings. (Clash of the Titans only reached 52 percent; bad reviews were part of it, but a bigger factor was that it opened a week after Dragon and there were fewer 3-D theaters available to open in.) And look at the even more expensive IMAX 3-D option: Only 6.7 percent of Shrek’s grosses came from those screenings, as compared to Alice and Dragon, which both landed between 8 to 9 percent. Patrick Corcoran, director of media and research for the National Association of Theater Owners, says that the number of 3-D films in release is too small to determine whether people are rebelling at the cost or the quality, but he does imply that in this case, it may have been the movie’s fault. “Look at the film and people’s interest in it,” he says. “Both Shrek 2 and Shrek 3 were not shown in 3-D, and yet they still did better.” Interestingly, while NATO tracks ticket prices, its membership has voted not to track 3-D prices separately: The group only calculates an average price based on all theaters, regardless of how many dimensions are offered. (It’s a lot more palatable to release the stat that on average, ticket prices are only up 5.7 percent from last year, rather than admitting that 3-D prices went up 22 percent year to year.) The biggest irony in all this comes from DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg possibly being the first victim of 3-D pricing; he’s the format’s main booster, and only last month was touting higher 3-D ticket prices as the tonic for badly sagging DVD sales. So much for happily ever after. Read more posts by Claude Brodesser-Akner Filed Under: the industry, 3D, movies, shrek forever after
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 5:10 pm Bachelorette Contestant Learns That Premature Ejaculation Isn’t As Cool As It Used To BeMeeting girls is a lot harder than it sounds. As a blogger who spends most of his day tied to a laptop, I know all too well the pitfalls that await me whenever I venture into the “outside world” and try to strike up a conversation with a member of the fairer sex. You know how it is, right guys? Just when you think you’ve landed on the perfect conversation starter, you find yourself getting all distracted by their pretty hair and pretty smiles and pretty smells. We’ve all been there. That said, I’ve picked up a few tricks of the proverbial trade over the years and now find talking to women slightly less intimidating than I used to. I have been passing on the secrets that I’ve learned through a book that I recently wrote called How To Pick Up Trashy Women. Although my tips have saved countless dozens of individuals from conversational peril, I truly regret that I never had time to meet with 27 year-old construction engineer and Bachelorette contestant Derrick before he got some precious 1:1 time with Ali Fedotowsky, the titular Bachelorette, on the season premiere that aired last night. If I had, I would’ve surely explained to him that it would’ve been in his best interest NOT to share with Miss Fedotowsky the story about how he acquired the nickname “Shooter.” Watch and learn, gents. Watch. And. Learn. Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 5:05 pm Julie Benz Returning to DexterJulie Benz will return for the Season 5 premiere of Dexter, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 4:54 pm Review: Zombie franchise dies with 'Survival' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 May 2010 | 4:43 pm Jamie Foxx Interviews T.I., Reminds Us He Can Pretty Much Do Anything T.I. initially kept quiet after being sprung from the big house, but he’s recently ratcheted up the publicity push, granting interviews to Larry King, Funkmaster Flex, and even Access Hollywood. Oh, and Jamie Foxx, for some reason. That last one is definitely our favorite, though: After getting a staggeringly sycophantic introduction out of the way, Foxx — who collaborated with T.I. on the excellent “Live in the Sky” — falls into a nice rhythm with his old buddy, getting him to speak directly on the thought process behind the attempted purchase of weapons that got him locked up. “I just started collecting firearms,” says T.I., of the aftermath of the death of his friend Philant Johnson. “After I had an attempt made on my life and my homeboy died in my arms, I had to go back to his mom and his daughter, and those people were still at-large, and I was still getting threats … ” So, yeah, surprisingly, it’s a pretty good interview! Movie star, popular singer, and, now successful celebrity interviewer … man, that Jamie Foxx does it all. Video: Jamie Foxx Interviews T.I. [Rap-Up] Read more posts by Amos Barshad Filed Under: jail, jamie foxx, music, t.i., video
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 4:40 pm Does Urban Outfitters Knock Off Bone Jewelry by Indie Designers? Crowe's rib cage is at left, and Urban's is at right. Jewelry designer Lillian Crowe, 27, makes pieces that look like the rib cage, spine, and skull of a bull. She sells these pieces at the Brooklyn Flea, and released the designs last March. She has noticed similar pieces sold at Urban Outfitters under a label called Waylaid. She believes they may have knocked her off, along with Erica Bradbury, who designs a line called Species by the Thousands. Bradbury and Urban both make a shark-jaw piece, but she doesn't necessarily think she's a knockoff victim.
Right, who's to say one or the other thought first that the rib cage of a bull would make a cool accessory? The Brooklyn Paper reports:
Urban hasn't commented and Crowe is trying to take the possible knockoff as a compliment. In the meantime, sounds like we all need some bones to hang around our necks! Spikes are so over. For Urban Outfitters, it’s bling there, done that [Brooklyn Paper] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: picking bones, brooklyn flea, jewelry, lillian crowe, urban outfitters
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 4:25 pm Karolina Kurkova Explains Her Post-Baby Body May Not Be the Product of Magic The stunning Karolina Kurkova didn't just pop out the kid and look super-skinny after nine months of being the lazy, indulgent sort of pregnant woman who ate whole tubs of ice cream every day. Karolina, who works out with Tracy Anderson tells W she dieted and exercised:
Of course this might not work for other people who, you know, crave food, can't afford a personal trainer, and don't have Karolina's rare model genes. This Week's Model: Karolina Kurkova [Editors' Blog/W] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: models who have given birth, karolina kurkova, model tracker, models, tracy anderson
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 4:10 pm M.I.A. Continues to Demonstrate Her Commitment to Making This Summer Interesting M.I.A.'s new album, /\/\/\Y/\, isn't out until July 13, but in the run-up to the record's release, the singer has already provided us with more bananas pull quotes than most pop stars produce in their entire careers. Besides naming her album the aforementioned chicken scratch, she has ragged on Bieber, ragged on Gaga, and gotten a ginger kid fake shot in the head. Now in a new interview with Nylon, she is spreading the word about the dangers of the Internet: "Google and Facebook were developed by the CIA, and when you’re on there, you have to know that.” While we are psyched to learn that the CIA is this competent, we are even more jazzed by the the news that M.I.A. spent her teenage years hanging out with Tupac. "I was always going out to L.A. because my cousin lived there, and she knew all the Bloods and Crips," she says. "So I was hanging out with her, having crazy times, and then I’d come back and be like, ‘I hung out with Tupac last week!’ and nobody knew who he was!” Please, M.I.A.: Keep 'em coming. The summer will be dull without you. Riot Girl M.I.A. [Nylon] Read more posts by Willa Paskin Filed Under: m.i.a. says, m.i.a., mia, music, tupac
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 4:10 pm The Rapper Rick Ross Is Getting Sued by the Drug Dealer Rick Ross William Leonard Roberts II, better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is being sued by "Freeway" Rick Ross, the L.A. drug dealer from whom he'd appropriated his name. Ross, who was released from prison in 2009, claims Roberts has profited off his name and reputation, and now he wants some money for it. You know, we're not usually ones to agree with infamous drug kingpins, but that actually sounds perfectly reasonable. [AllHipHop] Read more posts by Amos Barshad Filed Under: justice, music, rick ross
Source: Vulture | 25 May 2010 | 4:00 pm Mayor Bloomberg Is Efficient With Employees Mayor Bloomberg's propensity for hiring employees to perform duties in both his public and private lives has come under scrutiny again. One of his aides, Allison Jaffin, earns $117,818 working in the mayor's office, and time-and-a-half for 20 to 30 hours a week of planning Bloomberg's private events and coordinating them with his public ones. Bloomberg pays Jaffin out of his own pocket for the time she spends doing work for Private Citizen Bloomberg, though, so we're not sure what the big deal is. [WSJ] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: the third terminator, alison jaffin, mayor bloomberg, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 4:00 pm Google Drop-Down-Suggestions: Snooki WinsEarlier today, I just could not remember Elijah Wood’s name. I knew there was a J in it somewhere, but beyond that, I was lost. So I went to Google and began to type “guy who played Frodo.” But by the time I got to the word “guy,” Google already had some suggestions for me.
Snooki was three of the suggestions. Do you have any idea how many people have to be searching for you before you’re a woman who’s name comes up three times when someone’s searching for a “guy who?” That is nuts. Good for her. And she kind of does look like a thumb. Let’s call it four. Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 3:50 pm Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham Shill in Flesh-Toned Dresses Eva Longoria wore a dress by Reem Acra and heels by Fendi to pose alongside Victoria Beckham, who wore her own design, at an event to shill the LG cell phone they promote. Whose look do you prefer? Read more posts by Diana Tsui Filed Under: look of the day, designers, eva longoria, fendi, reem acra, victoria beckham
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 3:45 pm Times Promises a Blogger-Friendly Paywall, But Will That Work? "Once the pay model is implemented next year, the majority of our readers will be unaffected when using the site and will continue to have the same experience they have always had," Times spokeswoman Stacy Green told Peter Kafka today, of the metered paywall that the paper is set to erect in June 2011. "The pay model will be designed so readers that are referred from third-party sites such as blogs will be able to access that content without hitting their limit, enabling NYTimes.com to continue being a part of the open web." This statement was issued as a response to a blog post by Jeff Bercovici yesterday, which wondered: "Will the New York Times' Pay Wall Chase Away Bloggers?" Bercovici raised the question after a report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that 80 percent of the links to news outlets from blogs go to four traditional-media sites: the BBC, CNN, the Times, and the Washington Post.The Wall Street Journal, which has a substantially larger subscriber base than both of those papers, doesn't appear on the short list — even though the most popular subjects linked to by blogs are business and economic news. "That, of course, is because the Journal has dwelled for years behind a pay wall that, while highly permeable, is still an effective deterrent to bloggers, who don't want to direct their readers to dead ends," writes Bercovici. The Times, in their statement, seems to have addressed that conflict. They won't get hit by this blog-linkage drop-off because they'll let bloggers give access to entire articles for free! The problem with this logic is that the Journal already does that. As any major blogger knows, you can just e-mail the Journal and they'll give you an open link to most stories that you can share with your readers. Not to mention, it's pretty easy to get readers to a Journal story if you want to. The Times doesn't even know yet how their paywall programming will work, and probably won't until the end of the summer. But if the functionality of their loophole for bloggers is at all similar to the one the Journal already uses, then chances are — as is demonstrated by the Journal's relationship with blogs — a whole lot of them will be too lazy, or too much in a hurry, to take advantage of it. Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: blog-stained wretches, ink-stained wretches, media, new york times, paywalls, wall street journal
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 3:42 pm Singer Mindy McCready hospitalizedCountry singer Mindy McCready was rushed to a Fort Myers, Florida, hospital Tuesday morning, where she is in good condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 3:42 pm Sandra Herold, Owner of Marauding Chimp Travis, Dies of a Broken Heart Sandra Herold, whose pet chimp Travis went wild last winter and ate her friend's face off, has died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. "Ms. Herold had suffered a series of heartbreaking losses over the last several years, beginning with the death of her only child, then her husband, then her beloved chimp Travis, as well as the tragic maiming of friend and employee Charla Nash," her lawyer said in a statement. "In the end, her heart, which had been broken so many times before, could take no more." [ABC] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: sad things, broken hearts, charla nash, chimps, travis
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 3:31 pm Expect Angelina Jolie to Grace Magazine Covers Again Magazine expert Samir Husni recently pontificated in the Daily Beast about the shift from mega-celebrities to models and lesser-celebrities on magazine covers. "What else do you really want to know about Angelina Jolie? With a lot of these celebrities, there’s nothing left to show unless they actually take their clothes off," he said. So true, but! Angelina Jolie has Salt coming out, and we're guessing most major fashion magazines wouldn't pass up a cover with her, naked or not. And we're not hoping for any terribly exciting Angie covers, either, because she's already breast-fed on the cover of W, so what else can she do? Vanity Fair, which reportedly booked Jolie for the August issue, will have to figure that out. Although we don't much care how they shoot her, because we suddenly feel excited by the prospect of seeing her on the cover of a non-tabloid magazine again. People are always exciting when they disappear for a while and then come back. And those people are even more exciting when they're married to Brad Pitt and globe-trot with an army of babies swarming around them like shin guards. Other August covers reportedly include Drew Barrymore for Elle, Ali Larter for Lucky, and Dakota Fanning, who is now 16, for Marie Claire. Stefano Tonchi's first cover for W will reportedly be Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall, who co-star in a movie together. SUMMER’S OVER [WWD] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: cover girls, ali larter, angelina jolie, covers, dakota fanning, drew barrymore, elle, john hamm, lucky, marie claire, rebecca hall, vanity fair, w
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 3:30 pm Which Finale Did You Like Better: Lost or 24?In the a span of a day, we said sayonara to two Jacks — Shephard and Bauer — as Lost and 24 both came to an end. But which series finale did you like more? Was it Lost's emotional, character-driven wrap-up or 24's open-ended conclusion? Who made you weepier? Vincent the dog or Chloe?
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 3:26 pm Jesse James: Bullock was 'proud' when I went to rehabEven after he chronically deceived his wife during their marriage, Jesse James claims that Sandra Bullock found it in her heart to feel some measure of pride when he chose to seek treatment in rehab.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 3:25 pm Senator Says President Obama ‘Needs to Take a Valium’ President Obama paid a visit to the Senate Republican Conference today to have a direct give-and-take on current issues like immigration, the oil spill, and financial reform. Though Obama called the meeting "a good, frank discussion on a whole range of issues," and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was "a good exchange, a candid exchange," some people were left more bitter than before. "The more he talked, the more he got upset," said Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas. “He needs to take a Valium before he comes in and talks to Republicans and just calm down, and don’t take anything so seriously." President Obama clashes with McCain in Republican luncheon [Politico] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: bi-partisanship, barack obama, congress, pat roberts
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 3:22 pm Studio contradicts Lohan's lawyerLindsay Lohan does not have a film shoot in Texas next month, contrary to what the actress's lawyer told a judge Monday, according to a movie studio.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 3:19 pm Autopsy shows no foul play in Slipknot bassist's deathNo signs of foul play or significant trauma were found during the autopsy of Paul Gray, the bassist for the Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot, the medical examiner said Tuesday.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 3:07 pm 'Lost' finale recap, part two: Step into the light - Entertainment Weekly
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 25 May 2010 | 3:00 pm 'SATC' movie too racy for one cityCarrie Bradshaw and her friends are packing their suitcases, putting on their high heels and heading to Abu Dhabi, where luxury hotels and pristine beaches serve as a glamorous backdrop for their next adventure.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 2:56 pm Carrie Bradshaw’s Most-Debatable Hairstyle Carrie's half-up, half-curled, half-crimped Sex and the City 2 hairstyle, which she wears to be best man at Stanford's wedding, is perhaps the most distracting fashion element of the film. When we watched these scenes we could not focus on anything going on except that hairstyle, because it frankly looked to us like one of those hair accidents. Like she tried some new products and wanted it to look one way — or it did look another way earlier in the day — but then wound up looking kind of bad so she put half of it up to try to hide it. So what gives? Carrie's hairstylist Mandy Lyons explained to bellaTV:
Where do you fall? Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: beauty, hair, mandy lyons, sex and the city 2
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 2:55 pm Even People at CNBC Changed the Channel When Dennis Kneale’s Show Came On, Sad Anchor Reports "I'm not sure they ever watched my show" before killing it, CNBC's Dennis Kneale tells Business Insider of his show, which was canceled in September 2009. "I just hope it's not my only shot." Oh, dude. [Business Insider, Sad Trombone] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: awkward, business, cnbc, dennis kneale, digital dickweeds, dreams deferred, things that give you that embarrassed sad feeling
Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2010 | 2:45 pm BREAKING: Rip Torn Now A Sea CaptainHere’s Rip Torn outside his courtroom hearing today, giving a thumbs up as if to say “Yarrr, matey, I now be a sea captain!”
What a clichéd celebrity tactic – converting to sea captain right after you’re charged with a crime. I’m not buying it.
Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 2:45 pm Elvis Perkins In Dearland On Gabe And Max’s 100 SecondsThere are two people I know who are Gabe Delahaye and Max Silvestri. They are a blogger and comedian respectively. And together they do a video series for Details magazine called Gabe and Max’s 100 seconds. On this episode (episode? installment, maybe?) they have a special guest, the band Elvis Perkins in Dearland. It is a funny video in which they have a limited but important discussion about Chat Roulette. Black Chat is very funny. Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 2:45 pm Diva drama clichéd? Yes, but it sellsGet four successful women together on a movie set and you'd think it's all claws, all the time.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 2:44 pm American Apparel Rep Says Plus-Size Clothes ‘Are Not Our Demographic’ April Flores, an L.A.-based plus-size adult star, asked an American Apparel showroom rep if they'd ever make plus-size clothing. She replied, "That's not our demographic." Flores posted this tale on her Facebook page, and backlash is in progress. [Jezebel] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: the curvy campaign, american apparel, april flores
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 2:30 pm Harvey WeinsteinTalks have broken down for movie moguls Harvey, seen here in April 2010, and Bob Weinstein to buy back Miramax Films from The Walt Disney Company, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 May 2010 | 2:28 pm Video: Taking Spring’s Hottest Football Shoulders to the Streets Football shoulders are one of our favorite spring 2010 trends. Alexander Wang showed a few football-inflected pieces in his spring collection, while Alexandre Herchcovitch took the trend to extremes oh his runway. We borrowed pieces by these designers, along with a spiky-shouldered piece by the Blonds — the same one Rihanna and Samantha Jones have worn — to find out how normal people on the street felt about the trend. One mom called it "super hot and dope." But another kind woman told us, "It's like you're a streetwalker." Enjoy shots of us prancing around in ridiculous outfits in the video. Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: street walking, alexander wang, alxandre herchcovitch, designers, the blonds, trends, video
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 1:50 pm Review: Jarrett, Haden reunite after 30 years (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 May 2010 | 1:38 pm Vitamin A in Sunscreen Can Lead to Tumors; Kim Kardashian Tried Botox Kim Kardashian's lineless forehead. NAILS SKIN • But don’t give up on sunscreen altogether! Consumer Reports Health has just named their top four spray-on sunscreen picks just in time for summer. [Styleist] PLASTIC SURGERY HAIR FRAGRANCE Filed Under: beauty, fragrance, hair extensions, nails, plastic surgery, skin, sunscreen
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 1:20 pm Bio spotlights US general who won Ike's confidence (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 May 2010 | 1:02 pm A Review Of The New Jello Mousse Temptations“Because after you’ve washed the bills and paid all the dishes… It’s finally me o’clock.” I am a complete sucker for food advertisements targeted towards women. I think the eDiets food looks delicious and Lean Cuisine frozen dinners seem incredibly fast and easy. So, when I started seeing ads for these new Jello Mousse Temptations, I was through the moon. I searched every grocery and convenience store in my neighborhood looking for them, but they just didn’t have them anywhere. Six weeks passed; no luck. But, finally, last night…. I found them.
Ohhhhhh yeah. Let’s review it. First test: Will it look all fluffy and airy like it does in the commercial? Indeed it does!
But how does it taste? Okay! It tastes okay. It tastes like Nerf pudding. And I like it. Verdict: Ladies, go nuts. Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 12:58 pm John Galliano Will Play Himself in a Film About Isabella Blow André Leon Talley blogged in great detail about all his fabulous schmoozings at Naomi Campbell's 40th-birthday celebration in Cannes, where Grace Jones performed. Talley discovered in talking to milliner Philip Treacy that John Galliano, who attended wearing a "vest and huge Mad Hatter top hat," will appear in a film about Isabella Blow's life.
We wouldn't want to see Galliano play any character in any film other than the one he already is. Galliano On Film [Vogue UK] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: isabella blow, andre leon talley, designers, john galliano, movies, philip treacy
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 12:45 pm Claudio AbbadoItalian conductor Claudio Abbado, seen here in 1999, has cancelled his anticipated comeback concerts scheduled for the start of June at Milan's La Scala, the opera house announced Tuesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 May 2010 | 12:40 pm Most Italian Sentence Ever PrintedWow. This sentence is literally the nation of Italy:
Wait…which one of them’s gonna play Sinatra? And is the biopic gonna start when Sinatra’s 60? Or are they gonna CGI one of their faces onto a midget, a la Little Man? There’ll be plenty of time for questions and setting opening credits to “Gimmie Shelter” later. In the meantime, it’s time to present that sentence with the award it has rightfully earned:
Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 12:34 pm Ian McKellen Gets Very Reasonably Upset About A Very Dorky Thing
Ian McKellen was Gandolf in Lord of the Rings. But he keeps on getting mistaken for Dumbledore from Harry Potter. Apparently, even Whoopi Goldberg made this mistake some months back on The View. I have no idea why, but this story makes me so happy. I can’t describe to you how much I want to hear Ian McKellen yell “I was Gandalf, not Dumbledore!” I want that to happen and then for that to be my ring tone. If any of you do a good Ian McKellen impression, please record yourself yelling that and send it to me. I will make you famous on my Pantech Duo. Addendum: Interestingly enough, a man who was working on a roof at 148th Street once yelled “Elijah Wood” at me. It was more accurate than the oft used Harry Potter snap, but actually ruffled my feathers a little bit. People in Harlem just don’t understand how it feels to be singled out because of race. Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 12:19 pm Louis Vuitton’s CEO Is Interested in Your Happiness, Not His Financial Figures Yves Carcelle: "Productivity is a word that I hate. I want to improve the experience of the customer entering the store — that is what is important to me. I’m not interested in the financial figures. I prefer to look at customers’ happiness." [WWD] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: quotables, designers, yves carcelle louis vuitton
Source: The Cut | 25 May 2010 | 12:10 pm U2's Bono released from hospital; U.S. tour delayedU2 lead singer Bono has been discharged from a German hospital where he was treated for a back injury, concert promoter Live Nation said Tuesday.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 11:34 am And That Is Why You Don’t Wear A Tee Shirt That Says P***y On It To Court
First of all, I’m already surprised that she wore a shirt that said p***y on it to the gym. Clearly you only wear that shirt to your cousin’s pool party once in 1996 after you buy it at Spencer’s Gifts. But then this woman wore it to court! And then she went to jail while wearing a shirt that says she makes the rules. What a great story. Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 11:04 am Spotted, Double-Taked At: Frank Caliendo Hat Man At Celtics GameIn one of the more bizarre instances of subliminal advertising or just unbridled Frank Caliendo fandom, here’s a dude wearing a Frank Caliendo hat (?) right behind the announcers’ booth during Game Four of the Celtics/Magic series last night:
- Basketballo McMetajoke, Esq.
Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 10:51 am Stars Go From Skinny to ShapelyThese stars have reversed the Hollywood trend and put on pounds.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 10:50 am Diddy On Inside The Actor’s Studio Raises The Question: What’s Below Rock Bottom?Ripping on Inside The Actor’s Studio for its simultaneous pretentiousness and kiss-assedness towards its frequently barely-even-actors guests has been a widely-accepted criticism for over a decade now — for me, it dates back to the millisecond I heard James Lipton tell Geena Davis that Earth Girls Are Easy is a “deceptive film” — but what happens when that criticism is well-established and the show still manages to dumbfound you with its guest selection? Let’s find out! Here’s Sean “Diddy” Combs describing his preparation for his role in Get Him To The Greek. Pay attention, acting students: You’ll learn more in this two-minute clip than you would in two years of reading about Meisner and Stanislavski describing how they would’ve approached their pseudo-cameo appearances in a Judd Apatow summer comedy: (via Vulture) Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2010 | 10:22 am Americans prove world-beaters in tennis fashion show (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 May 2010 | 10:17 am 'Law & Order': How can we miss you if you never go away?The central plot of last night's final new episode of "Law & Order" mattered less than all the stuff going on around it. It was the unexpectedly abrupt conclusion of the series after NBC unveiled its fall schedule last week, and "L&O" was nowhere to be seen. It gave us some closure to the season-long subplot about the cancer diagnosis for S. Epatha Merkerson's Lt. Van Buren. And Olympic star and prima "Law & Order" fan Lindsey Vonn made a cameo appearance.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 9:56 am Lady Gaga tested for lupusEver since she nearly collapsed on stage in March and had to cancel several shows earlier this year citing exhaustion, Lady Gaga has had pals worrying if she's on the verge of tipping.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 9:56 am Jesse James: the baby brought us closerJesse James says he and Sandra Bullock were feeling closer than ever in their marriage, thanks to their new baby Louis, before everything exploded with revelations of his cheating.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2010 | 9:33 am 'Sex and the City 2' Premiere Style: Hot or Not?Some stars dazzled on the carpet, while others fell funky and flat.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 9:21 am Hero or Has-Been: Can Megan Fox's Career Survive Without 'Transformers'?Will big name directors be willing to take a gamble and hire the 23-year-old star?
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 7:50 am The Good Wife: Will Alicia Choose Peter or Will?Her husband is out of prison, but Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) hardly has reason to celebrate. On the season finale of The Good Wife, airing Tuesday at 10/9c on CBS, Alicia must decide whether to stand by her husband Peter (Chris Noth) as he prepares to re-enter the political arena after a sex scandal.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2010 | 7:44 am Ungaro hires Giles Deacon as creative dir. (AP)AP - Struggling French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro says it has hired British designer Giles Deacon as creative director.Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 May 2010 | 6:18 am
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