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Haters to the left…

Here we go again.  It started Oscar night with Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart presenting a montage of horror films.  Of course a shot of the pair as Bella and Jake was included in it as well.  New Moon may have been many things, but a horror film it was not (unless you count the acting of the leads). 

The first blockbuster of the summer?  The studio behind the franchise is counting on it.  Expect Summit Entertainment to pull no punches with their promotion of of Eclipse, which get’s released at the end of June. 

As for the trailer itself, at just 10 seconds, there’s not much to go on, although Taylor Lautner’s abs look a lot less pronounced in that shot then they normally do.  Thoughts?

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Come to think of it, is there anything left walking/breathing that Butler hasn’t supposedly hooked up with at this point? 

 Hollywood Life is reporting that the Madonna and Gerard Butler were seen bumping and grinding away at some after Oscar party on the dance floor, so of course they’re totally doing it.  Then again, Bonnie Fuller and company also think dressing up a three year old girl in anything but gender specific clothing, accessories and hair styles will lead to “issues”, so two people of the opposite gender seen in each other’s company automatically = sex.

Whatever.

Madonna  and Gerry maybe back in his 300 or Dracula 2000 days, but now?  Highly unlikely.  The Big M likes ‘em young (Jesus) or smokin’ hot (Adam Senn).  Gerry doesn’t exactly fit the bill for either. 

As for Gerry’s seemly trimmer waistline on Oscar night, word is that’s in large part  due to Manx (Spanx for men).

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Why did ABC pick Kathy Ireland, an ex-model, Dancing With The Has-Beenscast-off, and entrepeneur, to interview celebs walking the Red Carpet just prior to the Academy Awards?

People have been asking if she was on something.  Kathy kept moving her arm for EMPHASIS! and even more annoying OV-ER A-NOUN-CI-AT-ING EV-ERY WORD.  I worked with somebody like that and you can’t take your eyes off their mouths when they speak.  Horrifyingly hypnotic.

It was cringe inducing, embarrassing and hysterically funny all at once.  Seriously, check out Morgan Freeman’s friend in the red dress, she looks like she’s about to crack up watching her. 

When Kathy interviews Zac Efron, her OV-ER EN-THUSI-ASTIC approach is even worse (or better, if this gives you the giggles).

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Apparently Lindsay (shown here attending John Galliano’s show) isn’t working for fashion house Ungaro anymore.

When finally asked about her absence from their Fashion Show in Paris earlier today by WWD, a spokesminion told them “She’s not involved in this collection“.

Does this mean she’s fired?  Her last collection was reviled, but actually ended up selling for some unfathomable reason.

As for her attending Paris Fashion Week if she’s not working, a scam and an excuse.  How much do you want to bet Lindsay’s been running around town trying to charge things to Ungaro’s account as their Creative Consultant again? 

Linds probably also needed to find a reason to be out of LA and NYC for all those Oscar parties she wouldn’t be invited to.

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 As always, there were some cringe inducing moments during the Academy Awards.

The absolute best one (or worst depending on how you look at it), was when the documentary short Music For Prudence won. 

Producer Roger Ross Williams accepted the Oscarand began his acceptance speech only to be interrupted by a large woman wearing an ugly purple number and orange hair who pulled a Kanye West.

Turns out her name is Elinor Burkett, a co-producer who worked on the film, which she and Williams had been feuding over. 

According to Salon, she left over “creative differences” (meaning they hate each other).  Gee, can’t imagine why.  Needless to say, her sudden appearance on stage was neither planned nor appreciated by Williams, but unlike Kanye’s victim Taylor Swift, no second chances were given to him. 

Would have loved to see what happened after the pair were ushered off stage.

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Also cringe inducing?  George Clooney and the various bitch faces he was making all night.  What was up with that?  Is he fighting with that Italian piece he’s been keeping around?  Was he drunk?  High?  Totally over awards season?  Something seemed….off.

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Speaking of bitch-faces, Samuel L Jackson’s when Mo’Nique won for Precious was priceless.

Don’t know what that was about either, but I’m curious. 

Something tells me Mo’Nique is something of a polarizing person, you either love her or hate her, with very few people sitting on the fence.

Monique’s line during her acceptance speech ”About the performance, not about the politics” was about as disingenuous as you can get (it’s always about the performance and the politics).

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During James Taylor’s tribute to the departed, no mention was given to either Farrah Fawcett or Bea Arthur.  Twitter went off like a nest of angy hornets in response, with people voicing their dissaproval of their absense

Dear Adam Shankman, the Oscars is not a substitute for So You Think You Can Dance. 

That is all.

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Would we still go see the fims?  That’s the unasked question those wonderfully subversive troublemakers at College Humor pose with their takes posters for Oscar nominated films.

I’ve seen 4 out of the 10 nominees so far.  Usually I wait for dramas and comedies to come out on DVD to watch them (my one exception being period pieces – becuase of the costumes.  I am such a cliche).

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Naomi Campbell is off the hook for giving her driver one.

Early this week, police in mid-town Manhattan were on the look-out for Campbell when her limo driver accused her of beating him.

Miodrag Mejdina recanted his story once the cheque from Naomi cleared and issued a statement through his lawyer saying,  “I had an argument with Naomi Campbell. I got angry and overreacted.  I regret involving the police. This whole thing has been blown out of proportion and I apologize to Ms. Campbell for causing that to happen.”

Naomi is talking for the first time about what happened and while she neither confirms nor denies that she hit him, she says “I was accused of unacceptable behavior towards a driver in New York. I have worked very hard on correcting my previous wrongdoings and I will not be held hostage to my past. I try to treat everyone with respect and I am pleased the driver has apologized. I would like to put the last few days behind me and move on.”

Of course, “treating everyone with respect” to Naomi means leaving them semi-conscious instead of KO’d after lobbing cell phones at their heads.  

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When word came out that Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp were going to be starring in a movie together, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the tabloids would be having a field day with it.

After all, to much of the Soccer Mom Brigade, Angelina Jolie represents the “other” woman, the beautiful hussy that will use her feminine wiles to lure away your, yes your man!  It doesn’t help that she was rumoured to have pursued and ended up having relationships with men that were currently attached to others at the time, first with Billy Bob Thorton (from Laura Dern), then Brad Pitt from the now sad, lonely, and chronically abandoned Jennifer Aniston.

The New York Post is starting the charge, claiming that once Johnny Depp’s partner (they’re not married) Vanessa Paradis found out that about a love scene in the script for The Tourist she’s been “demanding” that Depp quit the movie.

Some source (Aniston lowering her voice?) told the Post “Vanessa found out that there was a real long and intense love scene between [Depp] and Jolie. He’s currently trying to [get out of the movie], but I don’t know if he’s succeeded. But he’s trying and they’re talking about replacing him with Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio.”   

Yeah, I’m not buying any of this either.  Principal photography has started in Venice, Italy and Johnny has been reporting for work as required.  Angelina and her whole family is there to, probably to try and stem the reports that she and Depp are trying to find “moments” to be alone together.

The folks at Celebitchy made an interesting observation.  The Post is owned by News Corp (Rubert Murdoch’s company) which also owns The News Of The World, the tabloid which is currently being sued by the Jolie-Pitts over that break-up story that went viral and was reported worldwide last month. 

Speaking of the Jolie – Pitts and tabloid f*ckery….

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What century are we in again?

The latest edition of the monument to journalistic integrity (sarcasm) that is Life&Style borders on something akin to gay panic with their new cover.

Perhaps they were taking their cue from Bonnie Fuller over at Hollywood Lifewho was tsk-tsking Shiloh’s fashion choices earlier this winter.

Guess if your not dressing up your little girl in sun dresses, leaving her hair long, ensure she plays with dolls and other gender specific pursuits, your either raising a lesbian in training or a kid destined to have gender identity crisis.

To prove their point, Life&Style went to several “experts” including a stylist at Vh1 that says Shiloh is entering “cross-dressing territory” and  a director of at Focus On The Family (who foam at the mouth whenever confronted with anything that doesn’t involve their narrow view of the world).  The fact that they went to a rabidly right wing organization for their article is very telling.

As for having her parents call her “John”, word is Shiloh loves the story of Peter Pan and the character of John specifically (hardly surprising since he’s the youngest character).

Letting your little girl wear pants and keeping her hair short (if she wants it and is an active kid) isn’t controversial, it’s practical.

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Drama unfolded in the Jackson household yesterday as Jermaine Jackson’s kid Jafaar (naming your kid after a Disney cartoon villain is never a good start) decided to test a taser out on Michael Jackson’s youngest, 8 year old Blanket.

Apparently, Jafaar had ordered the stun gun online and had it in his position for a few days when he allegedly decided (at Jermaine’s urging?) to try it out on his younger cousin. 

Security and Katherine Jackson (MJ’s mother) heard the commotion and immediately confiscated the weapon.  Blanket was unhurt and Child Protective Services were called in to investigate. 

The Jackson family is saying that Blanket never actually got zapped by the thing, (probably not from a lack of trying on Jafaar’s part) meaning that the little bugger can probably move pretty fast when he needs to.

Kids do stupid things all the time (some of my stunts were epic) but there’s something sinister to this story.  Jackson’s kids are worth a huge fortune and some members of that family seem to be very greedy.  Just sayin’…

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