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Obama extends Father's Day by a day - The Associated Press
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:10 am BeautifulPeople.com Launches Virtual Sperm BankSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:07 am Bret Michaels to Headline Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas MarathonSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:03 am Jamba Juice Inspired Line of Apparel Now Available in Jamba Juice StoresSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:01 am Summer School is In Session at Logo... And It's One, Big Drag!Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:00 am Smiles are Stemming Across the Nation With the Launch of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's 'Summer of Smiles'Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:00 am Toy Story 3 tops US box office - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:22 am Boozy clubhouse crash not her fault: Yank GM - New York Post
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:42 am Family Attorney: Jackson children just normal kids (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:30 am Family Attorney: Jackson children just normal kids - The Associated Press
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:20 am CBS and Reliance plan to launch Indian TV channelsA unit of CBS Corp. and Reliance Broadcast Network, a subsidiary of India's powerful Reliance-ADA Group, plan to launch television channels in India together, Reliance said. The joint...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:04 am The Cat, the Mistress and the JackpotSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:58 am Italian film 'Kiss Me Again' wins top Shanghai awardItalian director Gabriele Muccino's comedy "Kiss Me Again" has won the best picture award at the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival along with prizes for best actress and screenplay.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:11 am Gabriele Muccino's comedy "Kiss Me Again" won the best picture award at the 13th Shanghai International Film FestivalItalian director Gabriele Muccino's (pictured in 2007) comedy "Kiss Me Again" has won the best picture award at the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival along with prizes for best actress and screenplay...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:11 am Industry Roundup: Demi Moore To Play A Wall Street Exec Call Answered: Demi Moore has joined the cast of Margin Call, an indie drama that takes place during the early stages of the Wall Street financial crisis. She’ll play the chief risk management officer at a firm in the film, which also stars Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, and Stanley Tucci. Weird, this sounds just like Moore's other upcoming project: the Miley Cyrus vehicle LOL. [Deadline] Poots' Big Break: Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later) has nabbed the female lead in Fright Night, the DreamWorks remake of the 1985 film. The British actress joins a cast that includes Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, David Tennant and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Poots will play Yelchin’s girlfriend, who is part of the popular crowd and doesn’t realize her boyfriend used to be a nerd. With a name like "Imogen Poots," her parents were practically dictating that she become famous, huh? [Heat Vision/HR] Rush Hour: Michael Shannon has signed on to play the villain in Premium Rush, a thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt about a New York bike messenger (Gordon-Levitt) who picks up an envelope at Columbia University and is subsequently chased through the city by a “dirty cop” (Shannon) who desperately wants it. Jamie Chung (Dragonball: Evolution) is in negotiations to play the female lead, Gordon-Levitt’s ex, a “fellow daredevil bike messenger” who helps him outwit the cop. Bikers and cops do have a history of conflict in this town. [HR] Supernova: Jason O’Mara (Life on Mars) has won the leading role in Fox’s Terra Nova. O’Mara will play Jim Shannon, a man who guides his family back in time to a colony built in prehistoric earth. "I've always thought that guy was a star," executive producer David Fury said, "He just hasn't found the right property yet." So if this doesn't make you a star, O'Mara, it's really just your fault. [Variety] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the industry, demi moore, ernie cline, fright night, imogen poots, jamie chung, jason o'mara, margin call, michael shannon, movies, premium rush, ready player one, terra nova, tv
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:44 pm Kourtney and Khloé's One in a Brazilian Moment In case you missed the most recent ep of Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami, then you missed just about the sweetest example of sisterly love to ever hit the airwaves. After all, entrusting the...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:30 pm Mariana Klaveno sinks her teeth into "True Blood" - Reuters
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:28 pm It's a Wonderful Afterlife for Michael Jackson - ABC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:20 pm Football tops UK singles chart, Oasis tops albums (Reuters)Reuters - World Cup songs held firm at the top of the U.K. singles chart despite England's less than inspiring performances, while Oasis topped the albums tally with a hits package, the Official Charts Company said Sunday.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:19 pm Mariana Klaveno sinks her teeth into "True Blood" (Reuters)Reuters - The white-hot HBO series "True Blood" has exploded into the pop-culture arena over the past two years, fueling the international vampire obsession.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:19 pm It's a wonderful afterlife for Michael JacksonNEW YORK (Billboard) - On March 5, 2009, when Michael Jackson announced that he would perform a run of 50 concerts at London's O2 Arena in a comeback tour called This Is It, the British...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:17 pm The Subway Is Getting Dirtier Only about a third of the M's cars are clean, study says. What with the rats, unintentionally self-parodying signs and major layoffs, the MTA hasn’t exactly been swimming in positive press as of late. And the results of a new transit-advocacy group study aren’t going to help. According to the Straphangers Campaign, the city’s subway cars are getting dirtier - half of the 2,200 cars examined were deemed clean in a survey last fall, down from the 57 percent found to be dirt-free in the fall of 2008. And the group fears things will only get worse. The MTA, which has been cutting subway cleaners to save money, didn’t even bother trying to diffuse blame when questioned by the Journal about the study's findings: “Some subway car floors may not be as clean as our customers expect or deserve,” said a statement from the MTA’s New York City Transit.
Subway Grime on Rise [WSJ] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: grime, mta, stand clear of the closing doors, subway
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:04 pm Anything Goes Returning To Broadway Sutton Foster. Twenty-three years after its last Broadway revival, Anything Goes will be returning in February in a Roundabout Theater Company revival starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie). And those worried the Cole Porter musical about a nightclub singer aboard an ocean liner might be “scaled down” like recent revivals La Cage aux Folles and A Little Night Music need not worry: “I don’t think you can do Anything Goes properly without embracing its size,” said Roundabout artistic director Todd Haimes. [Arts Beat/NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: broadway, anything goes, revivals, sutton foster
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:39 pm On HBO, one man's journey into a natural gas crisis - Washington Post
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:16 pm Will fans go gaga for a sexier Miley Cyrus? - Boston Herald
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:11 pm Republicans Indicate Kagan Could Still Face Filibuster According to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, there is still a possibility that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will have to overcome a filibuster, despite the Kentucky senator's claim over a month ago that the Republicans causing such an obstacle would be "highly unlikely." "I think some of her views are quite troubling, at least to me, in the area of political speech and the First Amendment," he said on Fox News Sunday. "I think it's entirely too early to determine whether or not this nominee would be subjected to a 60-vote threshold."
Top GOP Leader: Kagan Filibuster Possible [Fox News] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the supremes, elena kagan, kagan confirmation hearing, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:05 pm Justin Bieber says voice is changing but puberty isn't going to stop himTORONTO - It's news that might bring tears to the eyes of Justin Bieber's many faithful fans: the 16-year-old pop sensation's voice is changing. But the Stratford, Ont., native says...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:05 pm Cabot spins own sequel to Bram Stoker's classic (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:00 pm Cabot spins own sequel to Bram Stoker's classic (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:00 pm `The Last of the Tribe' tells lone Indian's tale (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:00 pm Doyle's wit and insight overshadowed by gimmicks (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:00 pm Goldman Sachs Exhibits Impeccable Timing In Dumping BP Stock Another reason to begrudge Goldman Sachs: the bank liquidated more than half of its BP holdings just before the April oil spill, according to SEC filings. The Post says the decision came from Goldman Sachs International Chairman Peter Sutherland who - in another instance of insanely good timing - stepped down from his post as BP chairman last December. [NYP] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: goldman sachs, bp, peter sutherland
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 9:45 pm Two joining bike-messenger thriller (Reuters)Reuters - Michael Shannon, who received an Oscar nomination for his role in "Revolutionary Road," will play the villain in "Premium Rush," a thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 9:37 pm Treme Season-Finale Recap: If You Don’t Know ... Treme, David Simon's beautiful but ambiguous series about post-Katrina New Orleans, capped its first season tonight. There was more plot progression and character resolution in the finale than in the nine preceding episodes combined, but still the series is a cipher to this substitute recapper. Treme gave us many bits to admire and plenty to learn about a mystical, almost foreign city. But the series belonged to the actors, who made its meandering stories worth following. So let's see what happened at the end. Toni: "Can't dance for 'em when they quit." Melissa Leo rivals Khandi Alexander for best actress on Treme with this speech to her well-meaning (but one-note annoying) assistant:
Annie and Sonny: "You're leaving me behind." Sonny returns to the apartment and drinks beer and writes (surely horrible) songs. It's not going well, so he smashes his keyboard and leaves the apartment. In a bit of drug lingo we wish we knew long ago, Sonny orders "a $40 High Life." He gets a bottle and a baggie and heads for the filthiest bathroom in all of New Orleans. He must have left his keys at home, because he opts instead to snort a line off the sink. In the best single shot of the episode, Sonny crosses paths with a beautiful, bedazzled white Indian as both are stumbling home, alone. Annie heads over to Davis's, holding him to his party flier. They're gonna be fine. Davis and Jeannette: "That's another thing they probably don't have in sad-ass Gotham City." Antoine: "What is that you're about to put in your mouth?" Albert and Delmond: "Respect for respect." On the way home, several police cars roll up on the Big Chief. But before he gets a beat down, the community relations officer calls off the cops. Respect for respect, dig? Ladonna: "Lots of people gone. The one's left, we got to be about the day to day." Remember Peter Bogdanovich's lawyer daughter in The Sopranos? She grew up to be Toni's assistant. She's hectoring Ladonna again about exhuming David for an autopsy, but Ladonna won't have it. "Lot of people gone," she says for the benefit of Toni's grieving ears. "The ones left, we got to be about the day to day." At the burial, a ringing cell-phone triggers a cast-wide flashback to the day Katrina strikes. Davis mocks his neighbors for leaving, before fleeing himself. Creighton, Toni, and Sophia are holed up in a hotel room where Cray is a cheery harbinger of doom. Jeannette's at her parents house, safe and fretting. Antoine is desperate to save some of his records, but leaves them all to the water. Ladonna calls David again and again from the road, but can't reach him. He ran a red and is stuck in jail as the storm rages. The flashback ends and Ladonna, Antoine, their sons, and Toni are all in the second line for David. Ladonna dances as though she's defying God. Toni moves stonefaced, refusing to concede to Creighton's last wish. This second line dissipates, and the ominous sounds of choppers overhead drown out the dialog. Antoine is talking to a neighbor, but we're unsure who he is or what they're saying. (Commenters, are we missing something here?) The season finale, which may well have been intended as a series finale, is as ambiguous as the premiere. And we can't shake the feeling that we've had all season long: that David Simon made a show for people already in the know. If you don't get it, that's on you. Dig? Read more posts by Aileen Gallagher Filed Under: overnights, recaps, treme, tv
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 9:05 pm Wagner spectacle impresses audiences across Europe (Reuters)Reuters - It was the season's sexiest, most scintillating multimedia extravaganza. No, not "Avatar," but Wagner's "Das Rheingold," the version that recently wrapped at Milan's La Scala.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 9:04 pm True Blood Recap: Meet the Vampire King of Mississippi Was it just us, or did the first five minutes feel like a three-for-one genre special? Bill flinging a bloody werewolf ear into the sky in a spray of blood? Ripped from the pages of horror movie. Courtly organ music as the vampire king rides in on horseback sporting a crested blazer? Tally ho, period drama. A naked, cursing were-man named Cooter? Okay, that’s classic True Blood. But consider the scene a good primer on what to expect from this episode — camp that veers into farce, mounting sexual tension, new faces, rapid-fire plot development, and a whole mess of histrionics. Oh yeah, and half our cast meets their new love interest! (Sorry, Lettie Mae, better luck next time.) Welcome to Were Country Thanks to Cooter, who is awfully sensitive about his nickname, we get our first glimpse of the werewolf-to-human morph sequence we’ve been dreading. It went by in a low-budget CGI blur (sulfur-colored contact lenses are the new black) — and looked just dated enough to make us feel like we were watching Charmed. The king commands Bill to join him at Plantation Photoshop on a hill. Except for the ubiquitous sentinels in black shirts and pants that look like mall security, it’s meant to evoke either the Medicis or the Colonial South. As the king admits, vampire politics are “medevil” and he seems to rule with an even bigger sense of entitlement than the queen. At the house, we meet Edgington’s lover Talbot (interests include: collecting antique beds from Hungarian serial killers and perfecting his cruelty-free blood bouillabaisse). Bill refuses the king’s offer to make him sheriff of area two (“the world’s only cactus plantation”). If the king’s looking for dirt on the queen of Louisiana, then he’s got the wrong vamp. Sibling Rivalry The brothers decide to go for a run (as dogs, of course). Tommy has a laugh when he sees Sam’s shift into happy-go-lucky collie. He morphs into a snarling pit bull and then the two scamper through the woods until Tommy tries to get Sam run over by a truck. You’re gonna need a rougher spirit animal if you want to survive in this family. Human Behavior It must be hard to be the only all-human couple in Bon Temps. While she’s stuck in the bathroom with morning sickness, Terry reads Arlene his top ten reasons why she can trust him with her kids. (His willingness to parent someone else’s children bodes well if the baby’s Renee’s.) “No. 1: I’m a nurturer. I found a baby armadill-ah by the side of the road and I nursed it and now it sleeps under my bed.” Aw. Come to think of it, this was pretty much Terry’s episode. First there was his killer tool belt–and-aviator ensemble — followed by his admirable tracking skills when that biker werewolf (who wanted to nab Sookie in time to watch Let’s Make a Deal) stalks her outside Merlotte’s. Hey, Jealousy After a sloppy night at the bar, Andy takes him home in his patrol car. But when the two stop by a meth-lab bust, it’s Jason who makes the collar. Not before seeing a mystery blonde crouching into the darkness (like some kind of animal, eh?). We’ll bet Andy’s generosity lasts right up until he sees how much better Jason fills out the uniform. Nazi Flashback Theater 3000 Once Eric realizes he’s basically left Sookie at the mercy of a gang of “well-funded, highly trained” weres “fueled by vampire blood,” he goes over to Gran’s house and spills the beans. The brand on their necks is a Runic symbol dating back much further than the Nazis. Eric commands Sookie, “You're going to invite me in so I can protect you. Or have passionate primal sex with you.“ Option two! For God's sake, Sookie, PICK OPTION TWO! When they hear a growling in the darkness, Sookie caves and lets him in. (Nazi allusions aside, the whole thing’s starting to feel kinda Twilight-y, which we were hoping to avoid.) Eric and the wolf start snarling at each other. Sookie whips out Terry’s gun and fires a shot. Cleaning House While she’s out renting a chainsaw, a stranger breaks into Bill’s house. But we can only see as far as his cowboy boots and jeans. Is it Eric’s foiled kidnapper? He rifles through some drawers until he finds a hidden compartment with a folder. Inside is a Stackhouse family tree tracing Sookie’s lineage, a newspaper clipping from her grade-school spelling bee (she won!), and what looks like surveillance photos. Whoa. Does this mean Bill’s been watching Sookie since she was a child? (Oh, hey there, plot of The Time Traveler’s Wife.) Or was he just doing a background check on his bride-to-be? Jessica returns from the hardware store too late. Cowboy Boots has already absconded with the corpse. Family Ties All the dialogue in this subplot — about the cruel hand of genetics and surviving by sheer will — makes emotional sense. It’s just such a chore to sit through. When you start forcing Lafayette (the show’s Greek chorus and one of favorites) to repeat Buddhist aphorisms, it’s time for an exit strategy. Jesus to the rescue! And those cowboy boots belong to ... Tara’s new True Blood–swilling partner in crime. A bit of friendly advice: No relationship that starts with confessing suicidal ideations and progresses to beating up guys in the parking lot is going to make you feel better. But then again, Tara’s death wish needs an outlet. And Boots looks like he’s willing to oblige. Read more posts by Nitasha Tiku Filed Under: overnights, recaps, true blood, tv
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 9:00 pm Twilight Screenwriter Dreams About Murder, Death and The End of Her Career Being asked to adapt the Twilight books, which are essentially considered holy texts by the tween set, would probably cause any screenwriter a certain amount of anxiety. But Twilight scribe Melissa Rosenberg revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that the stress of her job has her, well, dreaming about the end of her life. “I have a recurring dream that I've committed some heinous murder. And the interesting thing is that, in the dream it's not that I'm guilty about the murder. I actually have absolutely no remorse whatsoever,” she said. “What I'm concerned about, what consumes me in the dream, is my life will end. I'm going to go to prison, everything will be stripped from me. And I have to do everything I can to get out of this situation, even kill more people. I'm not sure what that's about. In some ways I think it's about the pressure, the fear that they're going to be coming after me with tar and feathers for whatever I produce. The fans are going to hate what I do and basically say I've butchered them. But I think the other side of it is a fear that I will have done so terribly that my whole career will end, that it will all be stripped away and I'll lose everything, and all standing will disappear. Ah ... that was a very personal revelation!”
"Twilight" scribe ponders failure, murder [AP] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: nightmares, melissa rosenberg, movies, twilight
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 8:39 pm Your Box Office Explained: How Toy Story 3 Surged, and Why Jonah Hex Was Cursed The Weekend's Winner: Disney/Pixar and their third outing of Toy Story: Estimated gross, $110 million. However, instead of writing off the twentysomethings as too jaded to come, the studio targeted them, knowing that the Woody/Buzz bond was ageless. "Pixar went out of their way to ground the movie in the idea that the character [Andy who] you knew as a kid was now off to college," explained David Sameth, Disney's senior VP of marketing, "It’s only natural to pick up the same idea in marketing, and translate it into our terms." That meant courting the keg-stand-performing college kids directly: In the run-up to TS3's release, Disney sponsored a special "college cliff-hanger campaign," screening two-thirds of the finished film for undergrads at some 80 colleges nationwide, which kicked off the positive buzz from the Twitter set. The studio also crafted a viral YouTube campaign — fake period ads for one of the movie's new additions, Lots-o-Huggin' Bear — that is still being discovered. Helped by a 100% favorable rating on RottenTomatoes.com, not only did those former grade schoolers come running back to make this Pixar's top-grossing opener ever (helped by 3D pricing), but so did everyone else: Its audience was 46% over the age of 25, and roughly equally distributed between males and females. Who went? With 4,000 plus theaters showing it, "Everybody," said Chuck Viane, Disney's distribution chief. But what about "franchise fatigue" and all that? Says Disney's Sameth, "People don't go to see franchises; they go to see movies. This is a great one." Why Hex was Cursed: Where to begin with the Josh Brolin bomb? A film with a horribly disfigured leading man, directed by a live-action neophyte, troubled by reshoots, and marketed like the studio couldn't quite commit to admitting it existed. Result? A supernatural Western comic book movie that was rejected by occultists, fans of Westerns, action movies, comic books and Josh Brolin alike. Warner Bros. might have invented the first no-quadrant movie. Read more posts by Claude Brodesser-Akner Filed Under: the industry, box office, jonah hex, movies, toy story 3
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 8:35 pm Rahm Emanuel to Quit In "Six To Eight Months," Says Report According to a London Telegraph report, Rahm Emanuel will quit his post as White House chief of staff in the next six to eight months. The story, which cites intel from “Washington insiders,” claims that Emanuel is tired of fighting with fellow politicians and will likely “go after the midterms” (in a quote attributed to a “leading Democratic” source). Emanuel has said previously that becoming the mayor of Chicago is “something he’ll do” and has also spoken out before about the difficulties of his current job. Maybe today’s lovely tweet from Sarah Palin - which described him “as shallow/narrowminded/political/irresponsible as they come” - is what put him over the edge. Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff to quit White House in six to eight months: report [NYDN] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: rahmbo, rahm emanuel, white house
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 8:14 pm Justin Bieber and Adam Lambert Rock the Red Carpet The MuchMusic Video Awards are all about music and visuals and fashion.
And hair….
Justin Bieber and Adam Lambert clearly had their manes in mind as they appeared on the...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 8:00 pm Gaga Flaunts Machine Gun Bra, Exposed Behind On Rolling Stone Cover One of the things Lady Gaga is best at (and she’s good at many things!) is continually changing the conversation. After some less-than-flattering gossip cycles as of late, relating to diva feuds, rude gestures and bizarre ballgame behavior (Yankees GM Brian Cashman said this afternoon the pop star isn’t banned from the Yankees clubhouse, contrary to an earlier Post report), the internet is abuzz over her new Rolling Stone cover, Gaga’s second time on the coveted piece of pop culture real estate. Proving that bras with unexpected appendages are in this summer and that bowl cuts are the new hair bows, Gaga cuts a striking, if exposed, figure here. At the very least, it should have people talking... until the next tweet, rumor or paparazzi shot, of course. [ONTD] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: lady gaga, just pants, music, rolling stone
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 7:15 pm Al Qaeda Spokesman Warns of New Attacks Gadahn in 2008. Al Qaeda’s U.S.-born spokesman released a 24-minute video Sunday (on Father’s Day, which just seems sort of mean) that the militant group is planning new attacks that will kill more Americans than any previous ones. Adam Gadahn - who has been wanted by the FBI since 2004 - listed the conditions for peace with the U.S., which remain the same as they were back in 2007, including the release of all Muslim prisoners and cutting aid to Middle East governments. Gadahn tauntingly threatened that if one compares the number of dead Muslims "with the relatively small number of Americans we have killed so far, it becomes crystal-clear that we haven't even begun to even the score.” And adding insult to injury, he took some personal swipes at the president, calling him "a devious, evasive and serpentine American president with a Muslim name” and claiming "you're no longer the popular man you once were, a year ago or so.” Al-Qaida warns of new attacks deadlier than before [AP] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: threats, adam gadahn, al qaeda, terrorism
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 6:47 pm Toy Story 3 Rules The Box Office As expected, tearjerker Toy Story 3 dominated the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $109 million in 4,028 theaters, the best opening weekend ever for a Pixar movie (Shrek The Third still has the opening weekend record for an animated movie with its $121.6 million haul in 2007). The Karate Kid dropped 48 percent in its second weekend, adding an additional $29 million to its take. Sunday’s returns were not so bright for Jonah Hex, however. The beleaguered Josh Brolin-Megan Fox flick earned just $5.1 million for an eighth-place finish. [HR] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: weekend box office, jonah hex, megan fox, movies, pixar, the karate kid, toy story 3
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 6:22 pm Lady Gaga Takes Herself Out to the Ballgame, Leaves Pants at Home UPDATE: Whew! Baseball Lady Gaga fans can take heart that she has not been banned, as earlier reports had it. Yankees GM Brian Cashman clarified the situation Sunday.
"She's not...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 5:51 pm Versace: Carnaby Street Rockin' Gents (Fashion Wire Daily)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 5:05 pm Versace: Carnaby Street Rockin' Gents (Fashion Wire Daily)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 20 Jun 2010 | 5:05 pm Swedish Princess Marries Her Personal Trainer The Princess at a Pre-Wedding Dinner In front of over 1,200 guests - and national television - at the Stockholm Cathedral yesterday, Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria married her long-term boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling. According to the Telegraph, the couple's love survived the storm of a disapproving royal father and a confused public: "The marriage... weathered the disapproval of King Carl XVI Gustaf, who was initially horrified that his heir was marrying her former fitness trainer, and growing indifference from the Swedish public, who have increasingly questioned the monarchy's modern relevance."
The whole international set - Prince Albert of Monaco, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands - even showed up to support the Princess. And now one lucky - no, loving - fitness buff is officially Prince Daniel, the Duke of Vastergotland. We don't exactly have this sort of royalty in the United States, but when is Chelsea Clinton getting married, again? She now has Princess Victoria's wedding to top. 'Sweden celebrates the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria' [Telegraph UK] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: princess victoria, chelsea clinton, crown princess victoria, daniel westling, love, paging countess luann de lesseps, royals, royalty, sweden, titles, weddings
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 4:20 pm Toy Story Glory; Megan Fox Hexed The summer's back. (Mostly.)
Toy Story 3 grossed a blockbuster $109 million at the weekend box office, estimates showed.
Then there was Josh Brolin's and Megan...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 4:11 pm Cruise, Diaz showcase stunt skills in "Knight" - Reuters
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 20 Jun 2010 | 2:56 pm The Manzo Boys Will Be on Millionaire Matchmaker "Meeeeetttt my millionaaairresss!" Christopher and Albie Manzo, Caroline Manzo's two sons on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, will appear on the upcoming season of Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker. In a scenario that makes absolute and total sense, Matchmaker's Patti Stanger and Housewives's Caroline Manzo are "old friends." According to the Post, "The [Manzo] boys are said to be looking for 'brunette, Italian-Catholic girls,'" but shouldn't they be on the side vying for the millionairess? Or is the Brownstone event space (and, lest we forget, law school for Albie) paying a lot better than we'd realized? In any case, Stanger's been filming the upcoming season of her oddly infectious Bravo series around New York, and she did tell New York's own Emma Rosenblum and Jada Yuan: "There are five women to one guy, so what do you do if the city is metrosexual, gay, with not enough men? Carpe diem! You go to Jersey!" 'Manzo sons look to matchmaker' [Page Six/NYP] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: patti stanger, albie manzo, bravo, caroline manzo, christopher manzo, millionaire matchmaker, new jersey, the millionaire matchmaker, the real housewives of new jersey, the tao of patti stanger
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 2:35 pm Christina Aguilera Makes Music History in the UK Christina Aguilera’s new album Bionic has made history in the UK: After debuting in first place on the Official UK Albums Chart, it plummeted an entire twenty-eight places in its second week, the largest drop for any album in British history! (Meanwhile, Lady Gaga's The Fame has been in the top 10 of the British charts since last January.) [ONTD] Previously: Not That Many People Bought Christina Aguilera’s New Album Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: christina aguilera, bionic, lady gaga, official uk albums chart, the fame, uk
Source: Vulture | 20 Jun 2010 | 2:22 pm BP Doc: A Lot More Oil Than Previously Estimated Could Be Leaking An internal BP document released today by Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey "shows that the company estimates that a worst-case scenario rate for the oil spill could be about 100,000 barrels of oil per day," or 4 million gallons daily. That number is "far higher than the current U.S. government estimate of up to 60,000 barrels per day," according to Fox News. Meanwhile, BP plans to raise $50 billion in order to cover the costs of the spill: London's Sunday Times says that, over the next two years, the company hopes to raise $10 billion from a bond sale, $20 billion from banks, and $20 billion from asset sales. 'BP reportedly to raise $50 billion for spill' [MSNBC] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: bp, cleaning up, ed markey, gulf of mexico, internal documents, oil spill
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 1:38 pm "Hello Lonesome" a gloomy fit for film festivals (Reuters)Reuters - "Hello Lonesome" does a good job of portraying loneliness on the screen, but that's where its accomplishments end.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jun 2010 | 1:35 pm Cruise crashes in nonsensical "Knight and Day" (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jun 2010 | 1:34 pm Kourtney Kardashian: Scott Probably Wants a Rolex for Father's Day Scott Disick shouldn't be surprised if Kourtney Kardashian comes up pretty much empty-handed for his first Father's Day…
"I'm sure he'd love the new rose gold...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 12:53 pm "Toy Story 3" sets worldwide box office abuzz (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 12:08 pm 'Toy Story 3' finds big play time with $109M debut (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 12:03 pm Netanyahu: ‘Israel Plans to Ease Blockade of Gaza’ to Specified Items Three weeks after the Gaza-flotilla incident and following an Israeli Security Cabinet meeting, "Israel plans to ease its blockade of Gaza," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this morning, to just specified military items. From CNN:
However, "The naval blockade of Gaza remains in place, and military officials will continue to inspect goods on Gaza-bound ships," Netanyahu said. Middle East envoy Tony Blair cautiously approved of the policy:
The White House also gave their approval, "saying it will improve conditions for Palestinians in Gaza while preventing the entry of weapons." Israel lifting blockade of Gaza 'except for military items' [CNN] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: israel, benjamin netanyahu, gaza, hamas, international intrigue, palestine, tony blair
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:17 am Why Malin Åkerman Shaved Off Her Eyebrows—and Will She Be in the Avengers Movie? Who's gonna be the female star of the upcoming Avengers movie?
If the rumors are to be believed, it's come down to a battle between the gorgeousnesses of Malin Åkerman and...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 11:03 am Is Lindsay Lohan's Tea Partying Sabotaging Her SCRAM? Rocking a SCRAM bracelet hasn't exactly been Lindsay Lohan's cup of tea. But, according to reports, her recent run-in with the law could have been due to her love for that particular...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:43 am Rahm Emanuel Won’t Let an Oil Spill Go to Waste White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says Joe Barton's recent defense of BP is a warning of what will happen if the Republicans take back control of the House or Senate in the midterm elections.
Emanuel, who was speaking on ABC's This Week, added: "I think what Joe Barton did was remind the American people, in case they forgot, how the Republicans would govern," and said it would be "dangerous" if the GOP held power in Washington. Rahm Emanuel: Joe Barton's BP Apology Represents Difference Between Democrats And Republicans [HuffPo] Previously: Rand Paul Knows 'What a Pile On Feels Like' Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: rahm emanuel, bp, joe barton, rahm emanuel vs. the gop, rahmbo
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:34 am Alexander McQueen sticks to British roots (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:23 am Which Sexy Star Gave Celeb Dad Father's Day Gifts From...7-Eleven?! Today's is Robin Thicke's first Father's Day as a new dad.
He and wife Paula Patton welcomed baby Julien Fuego in April.
So what does the sexy crooner have planned...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:15 am If Mike Huckabee Had to Choose Between Nancy Pelosi and Helen Thomas, He’d Just Be Gay In a New Yorker profile of the former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee, Ariel Levy says the Fox News star "seems unable to resist the force of his own funniness." When Levy made a crack about a [fictitious] affair with Nancy Pelosi, Huckabee shot back:
'Pelosi not Huckabee's type [Page Six/NYP] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: oh republicans!, ariel levy, mike huckabee, nancy pelosi, republicans, the irresistible force of one's own funniness, the new yorker
Source: Daily Intel | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:14 am We're Live Streaming the Eclipse Premiere June 24! The big week is finally here! The Twilight Saga: Eclipse premieres this Thursday June 24. Scream! What will Kristen Stewart wear? Will she and Robert Pattinson interact? Hold hands? Exchange...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 10:01 am It's Time to Celebrate Hollywood's Hottest Dads! With Father's Day this weekend, it got us thinking about all those delicious dads who, when not out there working their day jobs, are making time for the best job.
Of course,...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 20 Jun 2010 | 9:01 am AP timeline details Michael Jackson's last day (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 20 Jun 2010 | 8:33 am Calvin Klein's Capes for Cool Guys (Fashion Wire Daily)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 20 Jun 2010 | 7:09 am
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