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Is Oprah Ready To Leave Daytime TV?
6:58PM Azaria Jagger | Oprah’s shipping Lisa Erspamer — one of her most trusted producers — to LA to be chief creative officer of OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network — and already some are speculating she’s laying the groundwork to move her TV show to OWN, too. More »
After Saving Mickey Rourke’s Career, Darren Aronofsky Sets His Sights On That Old Chestnut Known As ‘The Bible’
8:05AM Defamer Hollywood | Even though The Wrestler hasn’t even come out yet, isn’t it about time we started discussing what Darren Aronofsky’s gonna do next? Rumours have circulated that he’ll be helming the Robocop reboot, but according to a recent interview with /Film, the director has set his sights on far nobler pursuits–namely a huge religious epic about the story of Noah. More »
Philip Seymour Hoffman on ‘Batman’ Rumors: Why So Erroneous?
8:55AM Defamer Hollywood | In recent weeks, rumours that Philip Seymour Hoffman would play the Penguin in the next Batman installment have become so widespread that even Michael Caine began to repeat them as fact (claiming that he first read of them in a newspaper, then confirmed the rumours with a WB executive). However, if Hoffman is soon to don a monocle and top hat, this is the first he’s heard of it (and he’s totally going to miss his call time). Speaking to MTV News at the Toronto Film Festival, Hoffman said that much like a persistent archvillain, the Penguin rumour is one that reappears to torment him every few years: More »
‘SNL’ Wants You To Want Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
2:50AM Defamer Hollywood | When we mused last week that this 2004 cover of Life was the closest we’d ever get to our dream of seeing Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin, we thought we were speaking practically. After all, Saturday Night Live already has at least two performers capable of the role (the Palin-resembling Casey Wilson and the Phelps-derobing Kristen Wiig), and Fey’s hands are too tied as a full-time Baldwin wrangler for her to keep making cameo appearances at her old stomping grounds. Today, though, we stumbled on this Vulture interview with 24-year-old SNL scribe Simon Rich (son of NY Times political columnist Frank Rich), and while the writer is perfectly chatty about most matters, he clams up provocatively when asked about rumours that Fey might return to SNL for this Saturday’s season premiere:
Three Reasons Why We Don’t Think Mary-Kate Olsen Needs To Go ‘Back To Rehab’
4:15AM Molly Friedman | The upcoming issue of Star breathlessly reports that Spencer Pratt Attack ringleader and excellent on-screen kisser Mary-Kate Olsen might be headed back to the floral pastures of celebrity rehab any day now. The mag’s sources cite a quasi-recent “collapse” outside an LA club, ongoing depression over her “lover” Heath Ledger’s sudden death, and brewing tension between MK and her more low-key twin, Ashley. But, as we pointed out earlier this month, the twinset’s more rebellious (and interesting) half is on a roll. After appearing on her first Elle cover solo, starring in a critically praised indie movie and, of course, teaming up with David Letterman in a campaign to destroy everyone’s most hated reality villain, Mary-Kate hasn’t shown any signs of crumbling. We took a closer look at this alleged collapse, the odds that Ledger and the itty bitty billionaire were in any way involved romantically, just how grave the tiny twosome’s differences are, and came up with three reasons why we don’t buy it. More »The Tragic ‘Sex And The City’ Premiere: Tears, Double D Cups, Wedgies, And Only One Pretty Dress
3:40AM Molly Friedman | What would a Sex And The City movie premiere be without bouts of drama worthy of the show itself? While last night’s premiere in New York looked glamorous on camera, on the scene it was another story entirely. From a controversial remark made by the franchise’s token villainness to fashion mishaps to thousands of ticketless die-hard fans ending up in tears, the scene outside Radio City Music Hall last night was chaotic and Cosmo-drenched. And that was just the crowd! As for the stars of the film, there were signs that sex-despising Sarah Jessica Parker’s co-stars weren’t entirely pleased to pose in front of the movie’s poster (you know, the one that they don’t even appear on). All the scandals and controversy, plus the highs and lows of the cast’s fashion choices, after the jump. More »
The Two Faces Of John Mayer: Altar Boy Or Same Old Womanizer?
3:20AM Molly Friedman | Tabloid wars! When it comes to covering the stunt relationship between “bored” John Mayer and “clingy” Jennifer Aniston, two New York gossip columns have found themselves at odds over how well-behaved Mayer was over the weekend. The NY Post claims Mayer was dancing on tables at a local bar one night, while the NY Daily News covers his performance at a Foxwoods gig alongside Alicia Keys and Diddy the night afterwards. But one paper paints Mayer as an altar boy turning down “eager hot blonds” for the sake of monogamy, and the other makes Mayer sound like a vulgar womanizer. So which to believe? More »
Three Reasons Why We Don’t Buy The Kate Hudson And Lance Armstrong Love Story
5:20AM Molly Friedman | Only days after rumours surfaced that the on-and-off relationship between Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson had switched back to Off, the Stallion was seen preying on new anonymous blondes in New York City while lovelorn Kate was allegedly recuperating from the split. So naturally, the news that Hudson picked herself back up and found a new paramour in the fit form of one-ball wonder Lance Armstrong is slightly comforting. But after reading the details surrounding the pair’s so-called dates and blooming “romance,” we aren’t biting. The three clues in particular that leave us seated while others jump to conclusions, after the jump.
‘The Hills’ Fourth Season Teaser Omits Heidi’s Crucial Fake-Pregnancy Arc
6:08AM Molly Friedman | We thought we knew just how low The Hills‘ reigning king and queen of mean Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag would go just to garner the slightest bit of attention from the press. Given their history of stunt proposals, staged “paparazzi” shoots, and plastic surgery adventures, the evil duo has proven their weight in gold-digging PR wizardry. But their latest alleged stunt planned for the “reality show”’s upcoming season is creepy enough to inspire the next Law & Order: SVU plotline: “Rumor has it that Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have decided to fake a pregnancy for the 4th season.” Sadder still? It sounds like they’ve convinced MTV producers — and the wardrobe department — to play along with the lie as old as time… More »
