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Canadian director Dolan wins 3rd Sydney Film Prize (Reuters)Reuters - A quirky film about love by 21-year-old French-Canadian director Xavier Dolan was named the winner of the third annual Sydney Film Prize on Monday.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 14 Jun 2010 | 3:55 am Karate Kid kicks Shrek into place - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 14 Jun 2010 | 3:40 am Wife of Britain's ex-prime minister to pen memoir (AP)AP - The wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is writing a behind-the-scenes memoir about life in 10 Downing St.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 14 Jun 2010 | 3:36 am Indonesian schools raided in search of celebrity porn (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 14 Jun 2010 | 3:20 am Paula Abdul says there's life after Simon (AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 14 Jun 2010 | 3:14 am Networks risk millions on longform TV productionsLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The most expensive miniseries in history, "The Pacific," got a big push toward production from Steven Spielberg's dad.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 14 Jun 2010 | 2:35 am 2010 Tony Awards review: Grammys could learn something here - New York Daily News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 14 Jun 2010 | 2:27 am Conan O'Brien plays secret concert for 300 Team Coco fans - New York Daily News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 14 Jun 2010 | 2:27 am The World Cup is Scoring in All MarketsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 14 Jun 2010 | 1:58 am Jet Li plays unusual role in Chinese melodrama (Reuters)Reuters - Action hero Jet Li gives a respectable turn as a terminally ill father grooming his autistic son to survive on his own in "Ocean Heaven" -- a decent, if orthodox job by Xue Xiaolu.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 14 Jun 2010 | 1:53 am Jazz veterans outshine youngsters at Playboy fest (Reuters)Reuters - The younger they were the harder they fell at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday during the Playboy Jazz Festival. And vice versa: The older they were, the higher they soared.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 14 Jun 2010 | 1:50 am 'Red,' a play about art, is big winner at Tonys (AP)
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 14 Jun 2010 | 1:29 am Country music legend Jimmy Dean diesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Country music artist Jimmy Dean, who topped the charts in 1961 with the crossover hit "Big Bad John," and later became a sausage entrepreneur, has died, police said...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 14 Jun 2010 | 12:44 am Country music legend, sausage pitchman Jimmy Dean dies - CNN
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 14 Jun 2010 | 12:18 am Industry Roundup: 'Old Spice Guy' Gets Talent Deal, Gabrielle Union In Army Wives Spinoff Now Back To Him: Isaiah Mustafa, the “Old Spice guy,” has signed a talent deal with NBC. Mustafa gained a whole lot of attention for his “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” commercials (which first aired during the Super Bowl), earning appearances on both Ellen and Oprah. As part of the NBC deal, Mustafa will audition for several of the network's existing and new series, and will be “first geared toward sitcoms.” NBC, if you don't get the guy on a horse, we're going to severely disappointed. [Variety] State Of The Union: Lifetime is developing a spinoff of Army Wives which will star Gabrielle Union. The network has ordered a pilot of the new show that will air as an episode of Wives’ current fourth season. The spinoff will feature the show’s character Pamela Moran (Brigid Brannagh) who - recently divorced from her soldier husband - returns to her former career as a police officer. Union will play Moran’s partner in Atlanta’s major crimes division. Hopefully this back-door pilot will be more Private Practice and less that ill-conceived Gossip Girl spinoff about Lily. [Deadline] Berry Good: Glee's Lea Michele will voice the lead role of Dorothy in the upcoming animated 3D musical Dorothy of Oz. Michele will also provide the vocals for several original musical numbers in the film. The movie is an update of The Wizard of Oz which will focus on Dorothy returning to a tornado-devastated Kansas and being transported back to Oz to save her friends. Other actors signed on to provide voices include Jim Belushi (the Lion), Dan Aykroyd (the Scarecrow), Kelsey Grammer (the Tin Man), as well as Oliver Platt, Hugh Dancy and Martin Short as other characters. Let's hope for Michele's sake that Dorothy doesn't get curious about figuring out who her mom is. [Variety] Asner Returns: Ed Asner has signed on for the CMT comedy pilot Regular Joe, which will also star Liza Snyder (Yes, Dear). Asner will play Tom Arnold’s father, a “gruff and outspoken man” who has started dating again after separating from his wife. Everyone is playing themselves on this show! [HR] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the industry, adam scott, army wives, brigid brannagh, clash of the titans 2, dan mazeau, david leslie johnson, dorothy of oz, ed asner, gabrielle union, isaiah mustafa, lea michele, movies, my idiot brother, regular joe, tv
Source: Vulture | 14 Jun 2010 | 12:09 am Critic's Notebook: Tonys celebrate commerce, not art - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 13 Jun 2010 | 11:38 pm N.Y. Leaders Optimistic About Avoiding Shutdown It looks like "anarchy" will be avoided for at least a few more days. New York state leaders said Sunday they expected to pass another short-term emergency spending bill Monday which will avert a shutdown, however they were unable to articulate how exactly they will muster enough votes to pass the new measure in the state senate, the Times says. In spite of this outlook, David Paterson said he does not believe a deal is in the near future: “There have been all sorts of rumors that we’re close to a deal,” Paterson said Sunday. “I don’t see that.” The spending bill will need some votes from the Republicans in the state senate (who have voted unanimously against the last few emergency bills) since Democrat Ruben Diaz reiterated Sunday he will not vote for Paterson’s measure ("Democrats are supposed to be the defender and the protector of the poor and the needy," Diaz said. "Let the Republicans cut. I am not cutting any more."). Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: apocalypse new york, david paterson, oh albany!, ruben diaz
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 11:28 pm "Karate Kid" crunches "A-Team" at box officeLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Will Smith family acting dynasty is officially open for business.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Jun 2010 | 11:14 pm Radcliffe sad as filming wraps on last 'Potter' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 13 Jun 2010 | 11:09 pm Jimmy Dean, 'Sausage King' and Country Music Singer, Dead at 81 Dean, an entrepreneur famous for his eponymous sausage brand, also a Hall of Fame country music singer, died Sunday. Dean - who first gained fame for his 1961 country music hit “Big Bad John” - eventually became better known for his sausage business, which he started in 1969 and sold to Sara Lee in 1984, though he stayed on as spokesman of the company until 2003. Dean's company was responsible for many breakfast meat "innovations," such as the marvelous "Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick." Jimmy Dean, Singer and Businessman, Dies at 81 [NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: obits, jimmy dean, music, sausage
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 11:07 pm The third season premiere has us howling at the moon - Entertainment Weekly
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 13 Jun 2010 | 11:05 pm Swift, other stars give the fans what they want (AP)
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 13 Jun 2010 | 10:30 pm Israel Appoints Panel To Investigate Flotilla Raid Israel assembled its government-appointed commission late Sunday, which will be charged with investigating the circumstances surrounding the controversial flotilla incident. The panel, called the Independent Public Commission, will be led by retired Israeli Supreme Court justice Jacob Turkel, and will include experts in international law, as well as two foreign observers - a Nobel Peace laureate from Ireland, and a former judge advocate general of the Canadian forces. [NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: international intrigue, gaza blockade, israel
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 10:20 pm Tony Awards Go Hollywood as Scarlett Johansson and Denzel Washington Win Big So the Tony Awards didn't have Tom Cruise cursing and dancing up a storm. It had Katie Holmes standing there looking pretty. The Tonys didn't have an exclusive sneak preview of Harry...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 13 Jun 2010 | 10:00 pm 2010 Tony Awards: Who Looked Hot? The Tony Awards recognize theater excellence and Hollywood celebrities.
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Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 13 Jun 2010 | 9:59 pm Movie Stars, Memphis, Red Come Out On Top At Tony's A-List movie stars Denzel Washington and Scarlett Johansson were both victorious at the Tony Awards Sunday night, Washington for his leading role in Fences and Johansson for her Broadway debut in A View from the Bridge. Memphis took home the prize for best musical, as well as best book of a musical and best original score; Red won best play.
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Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 9:55 pm Senior Priest on Leave in Boston After Sexual Abuse AllegationsThe Boston Archdiocese has announced that it is placing a senior priest on administrative leave after receiving complaints that he was responsible for the sexual abuse of children about 50 years ago. While a “preliminary investigation” is conducted, Rev. F. Dominic Menna will remain on administrative leave, the archdiocese said. Law enforcement was notified immediately, though church officials made clear that Menna’s guilt or innocence in the case has not yet been determined. [CNN] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the gods must be crazy, catholic church, priest abuse
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 9:43 pm Joan Rivers shows another side in new documentaryNEW YORK (Back Stage) - Joan Rivers has been a lot of things. She's been a star of late-night TV. She's been a menace to celebrities on the red carpet. She's been whatever word you call...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Jun 2010 | 9:42 pm Country Music Legend Jimmy Dean Dies at 81Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81.
Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Jun 2010 | 9:34 pm "True Blood" star really wanted to be a physicistLOS ANGELES (Back Stage) - Sam Trammell planned to become a theoretical physicist, but was forced to lower his sights while studying at Brown University after realizing he was not a genius.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Jun 2010 | 9:22 pm Casting directors eye Margulies, Sagal for EmmysLOS ANGELES (Back Stage) - Great casting directors know great acting. Back Stage asked several of them who they think should be recognized by the Emmy Awards this year. Nominations will be...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Jun 2010 | 9:07 pm Kyra Sedgwick's Emmys snub is a crimeLOS ANGELES (Back Stage) - For five years, Kyra Sedgwick has thrilled viewers with the glee of swiftly served justice as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, head of the LAPD's Major Crimes...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Jun 2010 | 9:01 pm Treme Recap: Always for Pleasure One of the knocks against Treme early in the season — leveled, not inaccurately, by Josh Levin, among others — was that the show's first few episodes seemed to be colored by David Simon's fervent love of the city, and seemed more like mash notes than drama. Well! As the season's gone on, the dysfunctional heart of the city has made itself known, and a couple of Treme's characters finally crack under the strain this week. "This town beat me," a character says in "Wish Someone Would Care," a title that — like the heartbreaking Irma Thomas song that lends its name — just begins to hint at the darkness at the show's heart. The character who says those words is headed to the east coast. But another character looks to be making a longer, and sadder, journey. Speaking of journeys, this season's journey is almost over, and the show has really overcome a lot of our problems with it. Not through any conscious effort by the show's producers to respond to criticism, of course — David Simon doesn't give two shits about what anyone says about his show. No, it's clear that this season was intended all along to lure us in with the passion that its characters feel for New Orleans, and then hit us hard with the indifference that New Orleans often shows its characters. Annie and Sonny: "The music? That's personal" Annie flees to a friend's house. The friend, a sax player, is not at all surprised by Sonny's reaction. "Fucking is fucking," she says. "But the music? That's personal." A few days later, Annie shows up at the apartment to pick up another load of stuff, and is surprised to find Sonny there, practicing. He's apologetic and tries to get her to stay and talk. "I made a mistake," he says. She manages to get back out the door with only a vague promise of coffee. Why would she ever consider staying? Other than Sonny's unbuttoned denim shirt, which looks, you know, not bad, but have we ever gotten a sense of Annie as having any actual body besides her fiddlin' arms and big doe eyes? Annie's got a new pianist, who can't keep his eyes off her as they play a nice-sounding song — a lot cleaner, at least, than anything she's played with Sonny recently. Davis stops by to invite Annie to a party. When she says she can't make it, he tells her she's welcome any time, which he probably means nicely but which, come on, skeevy. She nearly runs into Sonny rockin' it out with a tuba player and a ... bongoist? But turns around and heads the other direction. And finally, Annie seems to be getting it together, musically: She and her new pianist (and a hilarious, sunglassed tambourine player to whom I hope Annie is not paying a full share) absolutely crush "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)." She manages to blow off the pianist, who clearly wants to Get To Know Her, and heads for wherever home's gonna be. Ladonna and Antoine: "It's gonna be wrong for us forever" At the cemetery, an upset Ladonna and her worried mother look at the family crypt, which has sustained some serious water damage. The cemetery manager tells Ladonna that their "perpetual care" package doesn't include acts of god like a hurricane, and she interrupts him. "You know who you sound like?" she snaps. "Allstate." We love reverse product placement on TV shows! Allstate, you just got Iced! The crypt repairs will force Ladonna to move back David's funeral a week, and she has to come up with two thousand bucks to cover it. At Gigi's, she tells Antoine she feels she can't ask Larry for it, even though he'd give it to her. She points out that once she starts leaning on Larry's money, he's going to ask why she's keeping the bar open. Antoine counts out $150 from his wallet and slaps it on the bar. Ladonna fixes him with a gaze so withering that only the steadfast form of Wendell Pierce could ever withstand it. "That nonsense last week 'tween you and me?" she says. "That was a Mardi Gras fuck, that's all. It's Lent now. The legs are closed." What a great line, one that perfectly encapsulates Treme's view of New Orleans, and of Ladonna's complicated character. Someone, somewhere, is about to get rich printing a T-shirt reading "It's Lent. The legs are closed." The door opens and the Texas bouncer, Arnie, walks in with a clipboard. "I'm gonna fix your roof," he says. He's offering to do Ladonna's roof for nothing based on the money she already paid Riley. Antoine and Ladonna stare in disbelief at his claim it'll only take two days. "I'm from the state of Texas, ma'am," Arnie says. "No disrespect? But y'all got a defective work ethic down here." The next day, Antoine shows up at Gigi's with a hundred more for the crypt. "Who the fuck is you?" Ladonna asks, then tells him that Larry's wiring the rest of the money today. "The boy's a workhorse," she says of the Texan, working with a crew upstairs. "It's all gonna work out," Antoine says with a wicked grin, unconsciously rebutting Ladonna's heart-wrenching declaration to Toni at the beginning of the episode. "You'll see." Ladonna gives him a look.
The Indians get a visit from the community-relations sergeant who tried to talk Albert out of Calliope, who's brought along Lieutenant Coles, the truth-telling cop played by David Morse. Coles is reaching out, but Albert's suspicious. Coles tells Albert he's worried that every street cop who knows Albert's out on bail for hitting a cop is going to view St. Joseph's as a night to take a free shot. Albert takes it as a threat, but Coles keeps on his sad smile and defuses the situation by bringing up Big Chief Tootie, who just before he died at the City Council talked about telling his Indians to look the other way when the cops get edgy. "You giving your gang the same message you're bringing mine?" Albert asks. "I'm trying to," Coles replies with a smile. Albert and Robinette hire Darius for a good day's labor picking up sacks of who-knows-what at Home Deopt. "Called work," Robinette yells to a wincing, sweating Darius. "Get used to it. Your back's gonna hurt for the next 40, 50 years." The three of them wind up outside Calliope, staring at the National Guardsmen and cops guarding the place. Darius wants to know what Albert got arrested for, since Calliope seems even more closed than before. Time for tonight's David Simon Thesis Statement! "Sometimes the battles worth fighting are the ones you know you gonna lose," Albert says. Darius definitely believes Albert is crazy, inasmuch as the cops are staring right at him, itching to fight. "I'm gonna be heard," Albert growls. "That's why you wear the mask?" Darius asks. Davis and Janette: "They're just moments" Janette's parents get a tour of what remains of her restaurant. She tells them about her meals-on wheels venture — she's got a party lined up in the garden outside a wine bar called Bacchanal in a few days. They wonder if she couldn't come back to Huntsville. "And get married to some lumpy lawyer and start poppin' out grandkids?" she asks. "I'd rather have my head dipped in duck fat and stuffed in a Dutch oven." Which seems a little harsh. For Davis, flyering a party means handing out posters only to hot women outside a Kermit Ruffin show. In the back of the bar, Antoine's eating ribs with baby Honore. "She's done up like a pork chop," Davis says, and Antoine looks down to see the baby sucking on a bottle of barbecue sauce like a VentAire 8-ounce with NaturaLatch nipple. "What you doin'?" Antoine demands of his well-sauced babe, but honestly, inside he must be like THAT'S MY GIRL. Janette meets the band for the Bacchanal gig, led by piano player Jon Cleary. Cleary asks if Janette brought any food and, when she promises plates at the party, gestures toward his husky guitarist — "Big D likes the sound of that!" Big D plays a funny little guitar riff in response, auditioning for Kevin Eubanks' job, perhaps. Janette and Jon start haggling over the band's fee for playing her meals-on-wheels gig — she offers a thousand, he says they need twelve hundred just to plug in. She agrees. TPSM. Davis knocks on the door of the strippers in his neighborhood and they assemble themselves on the balcony like some kind of scantily-clad superhero team. They agree to come to his party after work, and ask what they can bring. "Your Davis's party, once it begins, is presented in counterpoint to Janette's Bacchanal gig. At Davis's, the jamming begins early and sounds great. At Bacchanal, Jon Cleary and Big D sound fine, but the focus is on Janette, who's selling everything she can shove on a plate, with the help of two employees. The Spanish-speaking cook says he can smell "lluvia," whatever that — oh. At Davis's, his next-door neighbors request some Irma Thomas, and a guest declares she can sing it — and she can! She sounds great, and also has some hilarious bouffanty hair. In the background, some dudes discuss picking her up, or maybe asking her to join their band. Janette's party is hopping, and she allows herself a moment of pride as she sees her parents admiring the food and the crowd. Needless to say, at that exact moment the wind picks up. "I ain't gonna get electrocuted for my art," mutters Big D, and the band takes a break, just as the skies open. Irma finishes her song, which is, of course, "Wish Someone Would Care," with its downtrodden tale of pain hid behind a smile. It's not a song that applies to Davis, who does not have depths, but it is a nice fit for a number of the characters in this episode — Janette and Creighton particularly. (Annie doesn't hide her gloom; Ladonna wears her pain like a badge; behind Albert's rage is more rage.) Several commenters took us to task last week for complaining about the musical numbers in Treme, and this is a great example of what they were talking about — the song is a wonderful commentary on the episode's themes, on Creighton's struggle, on New Orleans as a whole. Plus it is flat-out gorgeous. But, like almost all the show's TPSM moments, it doesn't move the plot forward. In this case, the song is so beautiful and apropos that it totally works. But that sets the bar ridiculously high, and most of the perfectly nice TPSM scenes in Treme just aren't as good, so they're so easy to tune out — it's not as if we're going to miss plot if we do. Janette trips running a tray of pork chops inside, dumps them in frustration, throws off her apron, and looks up at the sky in despair. At Davis's party, the jam continues with an extremely mellow and funky version of "Agent Double-O Soul." One of his neighbors shares a joint with Davis, then admits that he was the one who called the cops last summer. His partner is aghast. "You called the cops for loud music in the Treme?" he asks. "I didn't know he did it." Davis is magnanimous in victory. "Bygones!" As the party winds down, Janette shows up at Davis's front door. (Her house has no power, and a leaking roof.) She looks pretty surprised! As does Davis. "I just knew something was gonna come through for me tonight," he says, which is a pretty lousy thing to say to a girl, all you young men out there looking to Davis McAlary for tips on wooing. Especially when she gets on you for not even inviting her to your party. The next morning, Janette and Davis lie in bed. "This town beat me," she says. "Much as I love it, I'm not trying to fight with it anymore." She's headed to New York. Davis turns it up to eleven trying to dissuade her, but she just asks, "Is your check from the tourism board in the mail?" "There's so many beautiful moments here," Davis beseeches. "They're just moments," Janette replies. "They're not a life." Creighton: "Always for pleasure" So we start with Creighton reading on a bench outside his classroom. The awkwardness of this scene — it seems to have been shot solely so that Creighton's pre-suicide cigarette hits a little harder — makes us think that maybe this was a late addition to the episode, shot out of sequence. (Also, that sure looks like skinny Goodman.) In class, a student complains that The Awakening is really old. Take your time, he tells them. Enjoy the language. Just as in life, there's no closure at the end. As a narrative call to arms, David Simon, we totally get it. They talk a little abut Chopin, her Louisiana roots, her Creole blood. ("She was colored?" a white student asks, and a black student sitting in front of her grimaces.) "Will class discussions be on the test?" asks one girl, and Creighton launches into a great speech. "Everything will be on the test, and the test will be everything.," he says. "Fear not, for at the end every one of us will be tested, and every one of us will be found wanting." The girl rolls her eyes. Creighton and the blank page. He fakes energetic typing when Sophia calls him to dinner, but it's just gibberish. He could not look more despondent. The next morning, Creighton sees his family off before his freshman lit class. He gives Toni a big kiss, tells Sophia she looks pretty, and asks them to kick a little ass today. Creighton reads a little of The Awakening to his class. "The ending of the book is not the end," he cautions them. "It is a transition — a rejection of disappointment and failure. She's not moving toward the darkness. She's embracing spiritual liberation." CUT TO: A sea of baffled/sleepy freshman faces. Creighton lets 'em go early and goes off on One Last tour of the city he loves. He gets gumbo and a po' boy at Liuzza's. After parking his truck by the river, he waits in line at Cafe du Monde. He listens to a street musician and drops $20 in her case. When Annie asks, "Are you sure?" he answers, "Always for pleasure" — echoing Antoine in episode four, and the Les Blank documentary that Simon has always cited as an inspiration for Treme. He steps onto a ferry and, on the boat's stern, bums a cigarette from a stranger. "Don't ever let anyone tell you to quit," he says after a sweet drag. "These are wonderful." He gives the man a smile. Smiles hide a lot of things: The good, the bad, the hurt. And I wish, how I wish, how I wish someone would care. One minute Creighton's at the rail, looking at the water rushing underneath him. The next minute he's gone. Toni and Sophia, late that night. Creighton's not answering his phone. All we can think about is what Ladonna told Toni at the beginning of this episode: It's gonna be wrong for Toni and Sophie forever. Creighton's truck sits alone in the parking lot by the river. This is the first Treme episode in which we felt it would not be out of place for the Wire closing-credit music to come in on the fade-out. Read more posts by Dan Kois Filed Under: overnights, recaps, treme, tv
Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 8:57 pm Jimmy Dean, singer, sausage businessman, dies at 81; known for 'Big Bad John' songRICHMOND, Va. - Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, has died. He was 81. His...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Jun 2010 | 8:49 pm Lea Michele Auditions for Funny Girl Revival, Matthew Morrison Doesn't Rap Glee stars Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele - who both have backgrounds in Broadway - took the stage near the end of tonight's Tony Awards after excessive amounts of hype. Fortunately, the duo did not perform that really uncomfortable Rachel Berry "Endless Love" serenade from the beginning of Glee's first season, but instead sang separate back-to-back numbers. Morrison performed "All I Need Is The Girl" from Gypsy and - aside from his running out of breath toward the end of the song - Broadway seemed to suit him better than the covers of "Ice Ice Baby" and "The Thong Song" he is stuck with on Glee. Michele reprised her "Don't Rain On My Parade" in a rendition that - despite a strange moment with Jay-Z and a borderline-alienating substitution of "Hey, Tony Awards" for "Hey, Mr. Arnstein" - will make it awfully difficult for the producers of the upcoming Funny Girl revival to cast anyone but Michele as their lead. Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: 2010 tony awards, glee, lea michele, matthew morrison
Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 8:35 pm True Blood Season Premiere Recap: Picking Up What Pam’s Putting Down Bon Temps is like one big bad luck machine, endlessly assembling a little more trouble than its residents can bear. It's been eight months for us, but mere seconds for our fang-banging friends, and still everyone's the worse for the wear. Bill’s getting carved up in the backseat of a Beamer. Sookie never got a chance to say yes. Jessica’s trying reanimation techniques. Sam’s searching for his maker. Tara’s distraught. Lafayette can’t console her. Eric’s being questioned by the magistrar. And Jason can’t sex his way out of this one. The hour went by in a blur of action, hamstrung by some catch-up Q&As on last season. All told, the premiere was a reminder that when done right, True Blood's bag of tricks — dream sequences that read like fan fiction, biting social satire played with sitcom timing, gross out gore, id-channeling sexcapades, camp to shame John Waters — can make for a rollicking hour of television, especially when anchored by pathetically human emotions like loss, guilt, regret, and fear. Plus, thanks to Andy Bellefleur, we already have a new motto for the summer: "Conscience off, dick on, and everything gonna's be alright." Search Party “Sookie,” he says without turning his head from the club’s newest Estonian import Yvetta (Playboy cover girl Natasha Alam), in flagrante (and in chains). Unphased by the full frontal, Sookie demands that Eric tell her where exactly he was six hours ago — basically setting up him for a joke about Bill’s stamina. Eric says it wasn’t him (in fact, his kidnappers got there after the cops showed up.) He offers to help her find Billl “even if I do want what is his,” then gives Sookie’s lavender number a heavy-lidded onceover. This time, she has no comeback. Address in hand, Sam’s headed to Arkansas to try to find his biological family. While he’s rifling through the phone book, a shirtless Bill knocks on his motel door in need of a shirt and shower, and asks if Sam wants to join. “I hear the water in Arkansas is very hard.” Woah ... what the ... will they ... damn it, another dream sequence. We can’t have been the only ones who suddenly found Bill gobs more attractive. In any case, Sam follows the brother he never knew home from the chop shop. Careful, it doesn’t look like your folks want to be found. Denial After the magistrar leaves, she tells Eric the best way not to get caught is to quickly unload the merchandise. Besides, she needs to pay off some back taxes. Seems like an awful lot of bureaucracy to contend with for the undead. Couldn’t she just glamour the IRS agent? Jessica finds a bouquet of flowers waiting for her on the verandah. Too bad she has to deal with the half-dead trucker she dragged home from the rest stop first. She tries to revive him with her blood. Too late, the corpse is already starting to stink. Anger We don’t get any clues about who hired the “Fuck You Crew,” but while they’re high and unhinged, Bill escapes and finds an old lady to refuel with. Nice try, but just because her grandchildren don’t call her and he “glamours” her into thinking they did, doesn’t mean he’s a good guy. Shoving cash in her hand on his way out the door made it even more parasitic. With Grandma’s help, Bill figures out he’s in Mississippi (cue the howling) and it isn’t long before he’s surrounded by a pack of snarling wolves. The same guys from the car, but transformed? Hey, did you know a vampire can summon any other vampire they’ve sired with a quick shudder, followed by a nausea-induced-GPS to their last known location? Us neither! Jessica uses Bill’s call to her to track him down to that crashed car, where she runs the dead biker’s neck tattoo through some symbology app on her smartphone. Turns out it’s the sign for “Operation Werewolf” (in real life, a Nazi propaganda force operating behind enemy lines at the end of World War II). Swell, more rhetoric about keeping the bloodlines pure. At some point did they become actual wolves? Bargaining At some point, Sookie’s telepathic powers are going to throw a wrench in their plans. But for now, Jason follows Andy’s advice toward what sounds like a soft-core porn plot: two nubile NYU graduates on their way to California to become vets. Once they’re back at his place, it’s hard for him to concentrate what with the imaginary bullet hole he can’t stop seeing in the center of her head. Jason tries calling in her friend for reinforcement. “I can’t believe I’m doing this again!” she squeals, peeling off her shirt. It’s no use. He can’t shake the image. Pam makes the rounds of Merlotte’s walk-in freezer to drop off all that extra V for Lafayette to unload. He calls her a hooker, and lives to regret it. Normally we leave naming an episode winner up to the Real Housewives recap franchise. But if we did, the prize would undoubtedly go to Eric’s episode-stealing number two. How do we adore thee Pamela? Let us count the ways. One for your latex-for-dungeon, Greenwich-for-errands outfit changes. Two for your sarcasm. Three because you couldn’t care less. Depression Just how messed up is Tara over Eggs’ death? Well for once in her life she’s actually asking for her mama, then lays there senseless while Lettie Mae and the reverend preach about god’s great plan. Tara’s eyes look even deader than when she was one of Maryann’s zombies, and it isn’t long before she’s chugging Klonopin in the bathroom. Read more posts by Nitasha Tiku Filed Under: overnights, recaps, true blood, tv
Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 8:28 pm Robert J. Wussler, CBS Executive and Aide to Ted Turner, Dies at 73 - New York Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 13 Jun 2010 | 8:21 pm HBO takes big fiction prizes in first night of Banff television awards"In Treatment" have won two big fiction prizes at the Banff World Television Awards. The two HBO series were among the winners in the first of five ceremonies honouring the best in...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Jun 2010 | 7:52 pm U.S. Finds $1 Trillion Worth of Untapped Mineral Deposits in Afghanistan You wouldn't know it from this picture, but this Afghan province is home to tons of lucrative minerals! In a discovery that promises to radically alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the entire war effort, the United States has found close to $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan. This amount is wildly larger than what government officials had anticipated, and U.S. officials believe that these previously unknown deposits could turn Afghanistan into “one of the most important mining centers in the world,” U.S. officials said. A Pentagon memo said the discovered deposits, which include vast quantities of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and metals such as lithium, could turn the country into the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” a material used to manufacture laptops and Blackberries. “There is stunning potential here,” Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, said. “There are a lot of ifs, of course, but I think potentially it is hugely significant.”
U.S. Discovers Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan [NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: discoveries, afghanistan, lithium, mineral deposits
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 7:50 pm Foes Line Up to Oppose Nanny Bill of Rights Assuming it doesn’t shut down entirely, Albany is on the verge of passing the nation’s first bill of rights for domestic workers. On June 1, the State Senate passed a measure sponsored by Diane Savino of Brooklyn and Staten Island guaranteeing nannies and other household employees protections like one day off a week, paid overtime past 40 hours a week, six paid holidays, seven sick days, and five vacation days per year, and a fourteen-day notice of termination. The next step is to reconcile the bill with a version that passed the Assembly last year. Governor Paterson has vowed to sign it. As Jennifer Gonnerman wrote in the magazine last week, it seems like history is about to be made, and for a cause that’s pretty hard to impugn. The bill would protect some 200,000 domestic workers in the New York area alone (many of whom leave their own families to take care of others) who historically have been exempted from many of the labor laws that protect most of the rest of us. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t people lining up to stop the measure from making it to Paterson’s desk. Since the Senate version (which is much more far-reaching than the Assembly’s) was passed, the bill has come under attack not only from conservatives, but also from some surprising constituencies. Below, the primary complaints: The added costs will hurt everyone. The bill is unenforceable. The bill gives nannies rights other working people don’t have. “These are not special rights,” Savino says. “This is a recognition that there are some things about this group of workers that makes them different than others — particularly a live-in nanny. If you are fired at will, we are saying they should be provided with a fourteen-day termination notice because they would be homeless if they are fired.” The Daily News editorial also called the Senate’s version “a classic example of Albany Democrats running amok, trying to dictate to the private market and bend economic forces to their deluded will. Never mind who picks up the tab.” Says Savino, “The Daily News has been obsessed with the passage of the farmworkers' bill of rights and yet they don't see the disparity for domestic workers as being unjust. I doubt there are too many farmworkers who read the Daily News. But 200,000 domestic workers must read the Daily News every day.” Read more posts by Robert Kolker Filed Under: early and often, nanny bill of rights, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 7:30 pm Sean Hayes Makes Out With Kristin Chenoweth In A Decidedly Non-'Wooden' Manner Tonight's Tony Awards began with something of bang - and it had nothing to do with Green Day's opening set. Host Sean Hayes was joined during his opening monologue by his Promises, Promises co-star Kristin Chenoweth and the two almost immediately engaged in a 10-second-long, slobbery make out (punctuated by Hayes offering a tender pat on her ass). The kiss was a clear reference to the recent controversial Newsweek piece in which writer Ramin Setoodeh argued that "it’s weird seeing Hayes play straight [with love interest Chenoweth]," calling his performance "wooden and insincere." As Chenoweth strutted off stage post-lip-lock, Hayes gleefully quipped "I know what you're thinking... she's too short for me." Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: 2010 tony awards, kristin chenoweth, lip-locks, sean hayes
Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 7:19 pm Wrestling With His Conscience, Madoff Took Antidepressants in Prison Bernie Madoff has adjusted remarkably well to life in prison, but it turns out that the mastermind of history’s largest Ponzi scheme may have had some help. “Bernie was having trouble sleeping. He was depressed — there’s no question about it,” an inmate told me. And so, at least for a while, Bernie took Remeron, a tetracyclic antidepressant, and Sinequan, which treats anxiety as well as insomnia, according to this inmate. For my story "Bernie Madoff, Free at Last," in the current issue of New York, I’d spoken in depth to more than half a dozen current and recent inmates and received a couple dozen letters from people who knew Madoff at the federal correctional institution in Butner, North Carolina, where he has 149 years left on his sentence. Then, last week, I was contacted by another inmate in Bernie’s prison circle. He didn’t want his name used since he’s still in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons; he was convicted of trafficking in narcotics. “Bernie would like to know what made him do it,” said the inmate who regularly walked the track with Bernie during rec time. “He was upset with himself.” The inmate, who kept detailed diaries, one of which was shown to me, said that Madoff's prison jobs weren't always easy. He jumped eagerly into the prison work world, but his job filling orders at the commissary taxed the 72-year-old con man, and the diary records some of Bernie’s reactions, purportedly in his own words. The commissary job, for instance, was difficult for Bernie. In one diary entry, the diarist tells Bernie: “Bernie you look tired and you’ve only worked two goddamn days.” “People order soda like it’s going out of style,” the diary records Bernie saying. “You cannot believe how heavy the baskets are.” Madoff obsessed over his family. “He was worried about his brother being indicted," said this inmate. "He was worried about his wife. He was having problems coping with things.” Madoff's sons wouldn’t even talk to their mother, this inmate says. But by June, family relations seemed to be on the mend. According to the diary, Bernie said, “My children are now talking to my wife, so I believe it is starting to blow over. Thank God.” But Bernie was still gloomy about Ruth, his teenage sweetheart and wife of five decades. “He’s worried that she’s not going to be okay financially,” the inmate said. With her, he apparently tried to be upbeat about his new life, keeping details from her. “What does your wife say?” Bernie was asked, according to the diary. “She really does not understand how [it] is,” Bernie replied. Related: Bernie Madoff, Free at Last Read more posts by Steve Fishman Filed Under: made-off, bernie madoff, crime
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 7:00 pm Eliot Spitzer Might Not Be a Media Steamroller Eliot Spitzer has never been one to sell himself short — and that seems to be true in his nascent media career as well. He’s currently in negotiations with CNN over filling Campbell Brown’s 8 p.m. slot, according to people close to the negotiations on both sides, but talks are still fluid and there’s no guarantee that a deal is going to be reached. And Spitzer has been known to overplay his end. A few months ago, he requested a meeting with Laurie Cantillo, programming director of WABC Radio, which is home to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. “I agreed to meet with him as a courtesy to the former governor,” Cantillo told me. “We had one meeting. I think he had it in his mind he would host. That was not our interest.” Spitzer requested the meeting, and Cantillo told me that Spitzer's representative, George Hiltzik, called to schedule the sit-down. At the meeting, Spitzer brought along his longtime Horace Mann friend Dan Levinson, an advertising executive and director who had produced his campaign ads during his gubernatorial bid. Cantillo told me that in the meeting she made it clear that WABC only wanted him to guest-host a call-in show on Sunday afternoons from 4 to 6 p.m. The fee for the show would have been “peanuts,” one person familiar with the talks said, because weekend shows command far less than a weekday slot. Spitzer would be free to weigh in on the big issues in the news, but Cantillo in particular wanted Spitzer to spend the debut show talking about his final year in office and answer listeners’ questions about Ashley Dupré and the hooker scandal that brought him down. “What his desires were and what the reality was are different things,” Cantillo said. After the meeting, Cantillo said she received one call from Spitzer’s rep but that was it. “It was clear he had bigger eyes,” one person familiar with the negotiations said. “CNN happened right after that.” Hiltzik and Levinson declined to comment. Spitzer didn't respond to an e-mail and phone call seeking comment. Talks with cable networks have so far failed to yield a show. MSNBC executives have indicated that right now they don’t have a time slot available for Spitzer, and they’re not going to restructure their existing programming to make room for him. At CNN, Jon Klein has yet to finalize how to retool the 8 p.m. hour and whether Spitzer is the right fit. CNN, which is looking to revamp its eight o'clock slot to jump-start a prime-time comeback, could ultimately decide to go in another direction and abandon talks with Spitzer entirely (on Friday, the Post reported that CNN is considering Piers Morgan for the Brown slot). Levinson, who talks to Spitzer regularly about his media negotiations as both a friend and adviser, is said to be angry at CNN that his negotiations are playing out in the press. "They're obviously putting out feelers," one person close to Spitzer told me. "I find it amusing when you hear about media outlets thinking about offering someone something. Maybe that's why CNN is in third place." Cantillo came away with some raw feelings from talks with Spitzer. “I think we gave [him] some thought and decided it wasn't a good idea,” she told me. “I think his expectations were unrealistic.” Read more posts by Gabriel Sherman Filed Under: early and often, eliot spitzer, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 6:30 pm Christopher Nolan Is Perfectly Happy With 2D It's looking unlikely that Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese will be collaborating anytime soon. Nolan, at a screening of his Insomnia and The Dark Knight this weekend, told the audience that his eagerly-awaited Inception could have been converted to 3D but that he ultimately rejected the idea. “I’m not a huge fan of 3D,” he said. “We did tests on Inception to look at the post conversion process. And they worked very well. It’s quite easy to do, in fact. But it takes a little time, and we didn’t have the time to do it to the standard that I would have been happy.”
“I don’t really look at the Internet,” he said. “I don’t email or use a cell. It gives me time to think.”
Nolan 'not a huge fan of 3D' [Heat Vision/HR] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: 3d, christopher nolan, inception, movies
Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 6:21 pm The Twinkle Takeover: Gay (and Gay-Seeming) Boys on the TV and at the Mall Kurt from Glee does his best Rufus Wainwright. Is it finally okay to be a 13-year-old sissy? From the feather-cuffed, drama-filled Olympic figure-skating competitions to the unashamedly oddball high-school TV show Glee, being young and gay suddenly has a place in pop culture that isn’t cruel or tragic. Of course, there has never been a lack of gay subtext on TV (Dukes of Hazzard, Pee-wee Herman, Jonny Quest, SpongeBob). But it seems that, in our world of niche-entertainment marketing, gay boys are becoming a viable demographic, up there with tween girls and security moms. Call them Twinkles: preteen boys who may not know they are gay yet, or may not want to say they are gay yet, but who have a gleam in their eye and a definite sensibility. Twinkles proudly prance, unashamedly emote, high-kick, jazz-hand, belt out “Paparazzi” with piano — everything a gay kid used to do in his bedroom with the door shut. Consider the current range of twinkle archetypes and twinkle-friendly supporters. We have High School Musical’s Ryan singing with spunk and no convincing female romantic interest. Kurt on Glee is an intelligent and confident sissy main character. Ugly Betty’s Justin gets to kiss a boy. Project Runway champ Christian Siriano gives off a consistently femmy fierceness. The raccoon-eyed, magician-wardrobed Adam Lambert is basically a 14-year-old gay kid’s fantasy of a rock star. There is even a heartthrob: Taylor Lautner. I’m not claiming he’s gay; there’s just something about him. No matter how hard-bodied and abstinent the Twilight franchise tries to make him, it cannot repress the ascending megastar’s yearning sweetness or his droves of swooning boy-fans. Maybe the most significant sign of the times is piano-playing sixth grader Greyson Chance, who belted out Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” at his high-school talent show and got a record deal a month later. (I’m not saying he is gay either — but he sure is twinkly.) The twinkle’s market power has not been scientifically measured, but their consumer presence is getting noticed. "Young males today are shopping more than any other generation before them," says Mike Gatti, executive director of the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, a division of the National Retail Federation. "In the last year or so, we’re seeing a proliferation of merchandise targeting young men — clothing and also things like skincare, lotion, and hair products aimed at 12- and 13-year-old boys. We’re also seeing young boys buying things that cross traditional gender lines." Beyond the money to be made with this market, there’s the telling fact that sensitive wizard role model (albeit heterosexual) Daniel Radcliffe is going to be appearing in a PSA for gay-youth suicide prevention. "Pre-Internet, a Twinkle would have had a very difficult and potentially dangerous time finding his peers," says David Kleeman, president of American Center for Children and the Media. "With hundreds of TV channels and in-game advertising and Internet adver-gaming and product placement , there are virtually infinite options to target the real niche groups of kids who are most likely interested in what you’re selling." And to reassure them that they are far from alone. All of this is abetted by the deliberate parenting of the first generation to have had queer studies in its college curriculum. It’s become almost fashionable to look for — instead of dread — signs of queerness in this generation’s offspring. A couple I know in Brooklyn have a 7-year-old son who loves to bead instead of play soccer and recently made a careful drawing of a Tab can with pink markers. And the other week, my friend Seth was trying to give his 12-year-old son, Jake, supportive advice. "I was trying to tell him that it was okay if he liked boys or girls," says Seth. "He just interrupted me to say, ‘Yeah, I know, Dad. Right now, I don’t like either.’ " Read more posts by Mike Albo Filed Under: adorable things, business, glee, greyson chance, marketing, tv, twinkles, ugly betty
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 6:00 pm Karate Kid Chops The A-Team Jaden Smith has well learned from the master. His father.
Showing the box-office moves of Will Smith, the 11-year-old kicked a disappointing summer back into gear with a fantastic $56...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 13 Jun 2010 | 5:37 pm ChatRoulette Is Putting Up a Fight Against Unsolicited Male Genitalia A man and a cat chat with each other on the Internet. Men exposing their unsolicited penises online at unsuspecting - or maybe just "curious" - people in the privacy of their own homes is a tradition as old as the Internet itself, but ChatRoulette, the arguably non-pornographic video chatting site receiving up to a million daily visitors, is struggling with this phenomenon. Andrey Ternovskiy, the site's seventeen-year-old founder, has been swarmed by angel investors, venture capitalists, and Silicon Valley scenesters since his website took off last year, but, according to TechCrunch, all the penises on Ternovskiy's site are hurting his prestige: "The site is quickly losing it’s appeal as more and more people are turned off by the sheer number of people exposing themselves or worse on the site. The brand is becoming permanently associated (with help from Daily Show and South Park features) with the more disgusting parts of humanity."
Ternovskiy has tapped Shawn Fanning, Napster founder, for help: "Fanning stresses that the advisory role is informal, uncompensated and that he works with a number of other entrepreneurs as well." But can Ternovskiy ever eradicate the penis problem? Maybe: "Look for feature changes soon that will try to send all those penises to the background. The service may add software that can quickly scan video to determine if a penis is being shown."
TechCrunch points out that, currently, the website "satisfies the basic human need of some people to show the world their penis." While TechCrunch and Ternovskiy seem to feel that the "parade of penises is driving everyone else away" and threatens to turn the website into "a punchline," you've got to wonder: If ChatRoulette does find a way to successfully squash this particular phenomenon and turn away all those penis-exposers, what would happen to its traffic? 'Chatroulette Enlists Shawn Fanning In The Fight Against The Masturbators' [TechCrunch] Related: The Human Shuffle [NYM] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: chatroulette, chat roulette, parade of penises, the internet, unsolicited nudity
Source: Daily Intel | 13 Jun 2010 | 3:07 pm Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth Is Making a Triumphant Return to TV On new dating show Donald J. Trump Presents the Ultimate Merger, twelve bachelors vie for the affections a woman they've never met before. The catch? "The prize is Omarosa." That Omarosa: Ms. Manigault-Stallworth, the maligned cast member from the original season of The Apprentice. Oddly, Omarosa already dated two of the men who appear on the show: Charles, a foreign currency trader, and Al B. Sure!, an R&B singer. They couldn't find twelve people she hadn't dated? In any case, the L.A. Times explains: "All told, The Ultimate Merger is perhaps the first dating show centered on the black professional class." But the paper points out some racist subtexts to the series from its first episode:
The Times adds:
Oh, but the reality-TV careerist is a wild animal, and there's no stopping this one. The Monitor: 'Donald J. Trump Presents the Ultimate Merger [LAT] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: hellivision, donald j. trump presents the ultimate merger, donald trump, omarosa, omarosa manigault-stallworth, reality tv
Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 2:13 pm Is ‘Glee’ Making Show Tunes Cool Among Young People? Hip? In today's Times, David Kamp, author of The United States of Arugula, posits:
Well, at least he is: "My daughter ... has seen 'Hair' four times," Kamp explains. "She spends summers at a theater-arts sleepaway camp in the Catskills ... She ... watches 'Glee' raptly." Kamp raises the point that Glee is wildly popular and that "kids in this generation have a greater acceptance of who they are and what they want to be." But he might be overestimating the "coolness" of musical theater and the tolerance of the generation he writes about:
'The Glee Generation' [NYT] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: the efron effect, glee, high school musical, kids today, musical theatre, show tunes
Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 12:43 pm What Kind of Vampire Do You Belong With? It's a pretty big month for vampires. We've got True Blood premiering Sunday, Eclipse in a couple weeks and constant rumors about Vampire Diaries.
Well, since we're all...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 13 Jun 2010 | 12:31 pm Jaden Smith Defeats Shrek at the Box Office Just the twwwooo of us, we can make it if we try ... Shrek Forever After 3D has finally ceased its three-week reign at the top of the box office, getting bumped down to third place, while Will Smith's son Jaden and his co-star Jackie Chan took the ogre's spot and raked in $56 million over the weekend. Fox's The A-Team debuted at second place with $26 million, Get Him to the Greek took fourth place with $10 million, and Katherine Heigl's The Killers fell to fifth, bringing in only $8 million. Heigl's film has a $30.7 million cumulative earning so far. Previously: Will Smith’s Son Is a Box-Office Powerhouse Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: weekend box office, get him to the greek, jaden smith, katherine heigl, shrek, shrek forever after 3d, the a- list, the karate kid, the killers
Source: Vulture | 13 Jun 2010 | 12:00 pm Bam Margera Hit in Head with Baseball Bat, Hospitalized Bam Margera landing in the hospital isn't exactly an anomaly, but this time it wasn't due to one of Johnny Knoxville's pranks.
Or at least so it seems at this...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 13 Jun 2010 | 11:19 am Lindsay Lohan: Leaving Los Angeles? Lindsay Lohan is so over LA.
At least that's what she told people while attending the MuscleMilk Light fitness retreat this weekend with her sister Ali.
"She was going...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 13 Jun 2010 | 8:13 am
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