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Ricky Gervais and Thandie Newton Add British Class to Sarah Palin Porn Film
2:54AM Kyle Buchanan | Ricky Gervais said recently that Sarah Palin could have played his role in The Office, and it looks like turnabout is fair play for the comedian, who took part in his own Sarah Palin pas a deux on Graham Norton’s talk show this week. Never fear, Simon Pegg’s portly rival wasn’t playing the veep candidate himself — that honour fell to Thandie Newton, extending the political impersonation duties she honed playing Condi Rice in W. Oh, one other thing? According to Norton, the script he had both actors read was a scene from Nailin’ Paylin, the instantly notorious, Hustler-produced porn film starring a decidedly more fulsome Palin doppleganger. Lest you ever doubt the ability of British actors to spin gold from dross, the Gervais/Newton recreation immediately racked up five Oscar nominations from an insecure, California-bred Academy. [Graham Norton] More »
Thandie Newton’s Teenage Lesbianism In No Way Helped Her Play Condoleezza Rice
6:40AM Kyle Buchanan | As rumours circulate that Condoleezza Rice was passed up for John McCain’s vice presidential slot due to questions about her sexuality, her film portrayer Thandie Newton sat down for an interview with gay magazine The Advocate. The actress, who is playing Rice in Oliver Stone’s election-tipping presidential fantasia W., said that she herself doesn’t believe Rice is a lesbian — and it’s too bad, because Newton has the same-sex experience that could have informed such a role: More »
First ‘W.’ Teaser Paints All-Star Portrait of Happy-Go-Lucky Megalomaniac
3:50AM STV | “You’re a Bush! Act like one!” So begins the heartwarming teaser for W., Oliver Stone’s lighting-round satire of George W. Bush’s trajectory from hard-partying Texas schlub to dynastic political ringleader. And if we ever doubted the likelihood this would be a satire, one run through the casting roll call — a montage of furrowed brows and hammy smiles clearly drawing from the influential opening credits of Benson — all but confirms the variety-show flavor of the administration’s antics. From Truman Capote as Karl Rove to Thandie Newton making her best law-circumventing face as Condoleezza Rice, this is shaping up to as the shrewdest political comedy of the season. NB: If our make-up looked as half-assed as Jeffrey Wright’s does here as Colin Powell, we probably would have overturned the wrap party, too. Go easy on him, Shreveport. [via First Showing] More »
Tom And Katie Kiss And Make Up With Beckhams
3:55AM Molly Friedman | Though the Metropolitan Museum’s annual Costume Gala is considered by most to be the Oscars of the fashion world, the truth of the matter is that no one really focuses on the clothes. What really matters is which celebrities show up to WEAR the clothes and, of course, whether or not they’re lookin’ good. That said, all eyes were entirely focused on the recently friction-laden, reportedly squabbling super-duo of Team Cruise and Team Beckham, who reunited once again for the cameras. And despite the gushing show of admiration and respect that the Beckhams demonstrated for the the Hubbard-lovers on yesterday’s Oprah, both Holmes and Beckham were allegedly competing for the spotlight last night. And in the end? The girl with the higher-slit dress tends to win every time. More photos from the event, including our picks for the best and most horrific looks of the night, after the jump. More »
