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Rabbi: Michael Jackson Thought He Was A Lizard. Seriously.

1:15AM Foster Kamer | If you expect the results of that headline to be anything but spectacular, stop reading, click past the jump now. Anna Paquin’s doggy ring, Khloe Kardashian, Neve Campbell, Snoop Dogg, BBC sitcoms. Presenting your ridiculous Saturday Gossip Roundup: More »

8:25AM STV | Ashton Kutcher, Margaret Killer? Make what you will of the news that playwright/filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan is rewriting an Ashton Kutcher comedy — on one hand Lonergan has Oscar nominations for both script-doctoring Gangs of New York and guiding his fussy You Can Count on Me through the indie trenches, while on the other we hear he’s been cooped up in an editing room, fighting off Fox Searchlight for nearly two years over his troubled Anna Paquin/Matt Damon (among many others) drama Margaret. We’d like to think his taste will light the way on Like Father, which will star Kutcher as a man whose animosity toward his father abates as they “coincidentally” raise infant sons and “are forced to go through the fatherhood experience together.” And maybe it’ll be great, but we trust our first impression here more than we necessarily trust Lonergan: With work like this holding him over, don’t be surprised if his own baby Margaret never sees the light of day. [Variety] More »

‘Twilight’ Star’s Hairy Chest Frightens The Tweens As Alan Ball Preps Hotter, Cooler Vampire Series

6:30AM Molly Friedman | Like it or not, it’s time to let go of any qualms you may have about welcoming a successor to Harry Potter’s tween-bewitching throne and embrace what will surely become the zeitgeisty-est franchise of the decade. Twilight is here, it’s a little bit queer, and don’t even try ignoring it. The dewy, sexy, hickey-adorned film version of the hugely successful books centered around hot teenage vampires has begun garnering its first feature stories in the glossies, and the millions of “fan girls” obsessed with the tales are mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. The new issue of EW features the film’s two newbie stars on its cover, and the odd photo is setting message boards and fan sites ablaze with criticism from the series’ longtime devotees. And angry fans aren’t the only obstacle Twilight faces — too-cool-for-school Alan Ball has a vampire show premiering on HBO later this year and, unlike “powdered donut” Edward and “plain” Bella, his blood-suckers sit at the cool kids’ table…

Emmy Nominees As Excited As Nominees Of Bigger, More Prestigious Awards

9:00AM Defamer Hollywood | The Emmy announcements are no exception to the time-worn awards show tradition of news outlets eliciting statements from the newly shortlisted artists – asking them, still dizzy from their gold-star high, to try as best as they can to put into words what it feels like to be recognised as more talented than their peers. (Until the night of the ceremony, that is, when four of the five are again reminded of their mediocrity.) We present a round-up of some of the most memorable, “it’s just an honour to be mentioned in the same breath as Two and a Half Men” reactions: · “This is an outrage.” – Tina Fey [Variety] · Nomination presenter Kyra Sedgwick deconstructs the existential dilemma of having to read one’s own name off the TelePrompter: “It was pretty nauseating. I couldn’t believe they wouldn’t tell us before! I just thought, if I won’t be nominated, I’ll take a deep breath and be grateful I’m there to announce. It was a surprise.” [USA Today] More »