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'HIMYM': Barney Helps Robin Break Up With Heartfelt Confession

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"The Autumn of Break-Ups" had one more relationship to tear asunder before it would end on "How I Met Your Mother." This time around, the focus turned to Robin and Nick and Nick's decided lack of intelligence. The gang hadn't had the heart to tell her, and the sex had been so great Robin hadn't noticed. But a groin injury sidelined him from the bedroom and suddenly they were talking.

Still, the sex -- and those abs -- were so mesmerizing that Robin couldn't bring herself to cut those ties. So Barney showed up to do it for her.

He did so with an impassioned declaration of his own love for Robin. Afterward, he immediately insisted that it was all a ploy to help her kick Nick to the curb, but Robin was right to see it as so much more than that. Barney may still be fighting it with everything he has, but he's desperately in love with Robin.

Now that all of those pesky relationships are out of the way, what is there left but to get to the business of finally revealing "How I Met Your Mother," Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS?

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Carmen Electra Sizzles As Veteran Burlesque Performer On '90210'

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One thing Carmen Electra knows a lot about is how to ooze sex appeal. She's been doing it for years, so what more natural role for her than as a veteran burlesque performer. Electra was perfect on "90210" as Vesta, who was showing Silver the ropes in this unique industry.

She was impressed with Silver's stage presence and performance ability, calling her a natural. "All you need to do is get your own, distinctive persona," Vesta told her. "Starting with a stage name."

"Is that the thing where you take your dog’s name and add it to the street you grew up on?" Silver asked. Vesta explained that was how you came up with a porn name, while burlesque was "an actual art form." There was a real chemistry between the two characters on-screen, exemplified by this playfulness.

And for the record, Erin Silver isn't that bad of a name, and especially because she goes by Silver. Find out how this burlesque journey plays out for Silver as "90210" continues on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.

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Sydney Levin: 'Teen Mom 2' Premiere: Trouble's On The Horizon

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In the time it's taken "Teen Mom 2" to return, you could have had your very own baby! It's been nine excruciating months, but the gals are finally back and ready to make us feel superior -- so in the words of Jenelle's mom Bahbrah, let's get this recap STAHTED! Oh and Kieffuh, if yuh reading this ... yuh friggin' worthless.

Jenelle First thing's first: Jenelle had twins ... inserted into her chest. (New boobies, same bad attitude.) Then, she showed them to us on the Internet! She also has an on-again, off-again fiance that she gets arrested with a lot. Pretend you don't know that.

Back from rehab, Jenelle's ready to turn her life around -- and at this point, she's tried that more times than there are "Now That's What I Call Music" compilations. (They're up to 43. I checked.) While popping a bottle of meds bigger than her son Jace, she laments the awkward situation that ensues when she goes to her probation officer and said officer watches her pee. Oh, Bahhbrahh explains, that's totally normal. They want to make sure, "You don't take somebody else's urine outta youhr pocket and puht it in da cup." Jenelle face registers both "shock" and "oh, brilliant," and you know she's planning herself a big ol' pee pocket soaking pahty.

As part of her attempt to get back on track, Jenelle is enrolled in summer classes and has an interview to work at a daycare. Because, ya know, when you have to sign custody of your child over to your mom so you can smoke weed all day, you're obviously a perfect candidate to watch a bunch of stranger's children.

She tells the interviewer (who is pregnant, so I'll let her obvious mustache shadow go), that she is a "very organized person" -- a.k.a. capable of putting toys into bins. She also is good at staying even keeled -- she "never yells." If MTV wanted to be super cute here, they'd treat us to a nice mashup of Jenelle's endless werewolf cries, including the epic "LEAVE ME ALONNEEEEE" breakdown that reached decibels only dogs and Mariah Carey could hear. Lastly, babies "really get attached" to her, mostly because the resin from her bong gets stuck to their tiny little baby hands.

After her stressful interview, she hits the beach where her friend (who is either extremely high or just talks really slow), compliments Jenelle on how nice it is that the Bipolar mediation keeps her from being herself.

At home, Jenelle and her mom try to give Jace a bath, during which Jenelle does a nice amount of yelling and cursing. I hope that slightly hairy interviewer doesn't see this! That positive mom-daughter relationship is dissolving faster than you can say, "Why is Bahhbrahh talking so much about Jace peeing on the carpet, and should we maybe be a little concerned about that?" It's like someone flipped on the bitch switch, and Jenelle's lighting up like a Christmas tree. With the slam of a door, she's out of the house ... probably trying to find a well-hydrated person to relieve him or herself into an open pocket.

After the fight, Jenelle went out with her pal and "messed up pretty bad,"which, in Jenelle's case, could mean pretty much anything from smoking weed to physically abusing anyone who looked particularly frail. She admits she took three hits because her very supportive friend had it right in front of her and she wanted to. On probation and with a drug test next week, she may as well find a cute stripe-y baby outfit so Jace can match his mommy when he comes for prison family portraits.


ChelseaFirst thing's first: Chelsea does not do anything between seasons.

Chelsea's been super tired lately from her long, difficult shifts at the tanning salon and from trying to cover the massive zit on her forehead. She gets to her mom/babysitter's house after Aubree's asleep, so there's no time to coo at her like she's an unintelligent animal rather than a mini-human. Her goal is to get her GED (she's already passed one test) so she can go to beauty school or be a receptionist at a salon ... really, she'll do anything to get within 10 feet of that awesome burnt hair smell.

Her mom (who I'd like to point out is embracing nature/clinging to her faded youth with a feather-and-bead hair situation) asks about the latest with that gem of a former-boyfriend Adam. Her response is the typical "baby steps" thing that delusional girls feed you before they go upstairs and decoupage a dream board while lightly sobbing into a t-shirt that smells faintly of their ex.

With reading, social studies, science and math tests left before she can get that dang GED, Chelsea's life revolves around studying and waiting by the door for Adam to eat lunch with her and Aubree from time to time. On a study break, she tells her friend that she still "sees the future with Adam in it -- but with him like, good. We might as well get along, we're not dating anyone else ..." Yeah, maybe YOU'RE not dating anyone else Chels, but have you SEEN Adam? He has between five and six luxurious chin hairs that drive the ladies totally mad. There's no way boyfriend isn't getting it in on the reg.

Though everyone in the known universe has told Chelsea to avoid him, she's still "open" to Adam. Now I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure that's how she got a baby in the first place ... Anyway, when he comes to pick his little family up for dinner, he's got on his best blue bandana -- and in some gangs, that's a sign that a father is ready to stop emotionally abusing his ex-girlfriend and help with their child.

Aubree's not impressed by the restaurant they've selected, but can you blame her? It appears she's got a single red crayon to color with, and when has that ever been fun? Like any normal girl who anticipates a fine meal, she makes her displeasure known by screaming like a psycho hellbeast. Chelsea gets extremely frustrated, and then pigs fly on by as Adam actually suggests something smart: Why not just order Chinese and eat at home where Aubree has a better selection of colors to ingest?

Aubree's all about that plan, chilling out the second after she stuffs an entire egg roll into her face. (Hey, we've all been there.) Chelsea decides to use the nice, relaxed moment as a perfect time to basically remind Adam that this afternoon has been MSG-laced proof that they are definitely getting back together. "What are we now? What do you think?" she says. "We're not doing anything with anyone else?" she asks with big, hopeful mascara-coated eyes.

"Mmmmmmhmm", Adam replies, which Chelsea translates as "exactly, I actually am repulsed by the sight of all females except for you and our perfect, definitely conceived-on-purpose child." Adam probably meant "mmmhmmmm" plus, "I like rice, rice is in my mouth."


Kailyn:
First thing's first: Kailyn's reportedly married to 20-year-old fiance Javi. Pretend you don't know that.

Kailyn always does an impressive job of juggling work, school and kid -- but she's totally thrown off when Isaac gets a bad 45-day evaluation from his daycare. Apparently he "doesn't talk much, and he's not a social baby." Seriously? The kid's like, two years old or something. Do they expect him to be doing slam poetry before nap time? Either way, Kailyn's upset -- and not having her mom or Jordan to vent to makes everything even worse. She's really an island alone in the storm ... but thank God she has an endless supply of random, often extremely large friends who are always ready to meet in a playground and say "yeah" a lot.

In between not trying Proactive and avoiding anything with the word "shampoo" on the label, Kailyn has been busy brooding over Jo's reported new girlfriend. Apparently she's the star of his just-released rap video, so you can only imagine what a fine piece of ass she must be. Kailyn and Large Friend No. 1 decide to watch the video -- and oh lord, is it amazing.

Jo's walking down the aisle of a bodega, thinking about all the canned goods he can purchase since he's so famous. The shopkeeper -- alleged new girlfriend! -- turns around in all her glorious, Forever 21-clad sexiness. He looks her up and down, and the next minute they are getting intimate, then running very slowly through a field that may or may not also be his backyard. Duh, everyone knows 2-for-1 coupons are the ultimate aphrodesiac. Kailyn can barely watch the "hoodrat" and promptly turns it off. Her name is V,'and I can pretty much guarantee you that doesn't stand for "virgin." Her sultry stare in aisle six tells me she swiped that card way before Jo handed her his debit= - and asked for cash back 'cause he's a BAAAALLLLEERRR.

Kailyn is understandably, not a fan of strange women around her son - especially when that son hasn't been fed at 11 .a.m. after a sleepover 'cause dad's too busy cookin' a love potion upstairs. (Blech, just hot snacked in my mouth.) "She's sleeping in the same bed that I laid in when I was pregnant," Kailyn says with a mix of revulsion and pain.

Finally, she asks Jo over to discuss. "She knows we have a kid together and that occasionally we hang out," he replies. Then Kailyn slyly asks if he's found time to mention that they still HAVE THE SEX also? Yeahhh, he hasn't found the perfect moment to mention that unimportant tidbit to V yet. Maybe she won't mind that he's boning his baby momma on the side -- in fact, she probably expects that a stud and internationally unknown rapper like Jo couldn't be satisfied by one mortal woman alone.

He admits he thinks it was a mistake to hook up with Kailyn, and since she's hurt, she throws back the only amo she has: their child. "I don't want this girl around my son. There's no reason for her to be playing mom." Though Jo says she's barely around their baby, Kailyn dissolves into tears. Obviously she still isn't over Jo's piranha face and yearns for the days when his oversize t-shirts and wide-brim hats were strewn across her floor after a passionate night of not using contraceptives.


Leah
First thing's first: Girlfriend is actually "Teen Mom 3" in real life -- she's knocked up again and remarried. Pretend you don't know that.

Because she's essentially a single mom, Monday through Friday, Leah had to quit her job to focus on her twins. Since Ali's heading back to Shriners children hospital, Leah will likely need to see Corey, who's apparently getting more involved at the suggestion of his lawyer. Though she seems frustrated, that quickly turns into abject sadness. "I can't even sleep at night. I didn't marry him for nothing," she says, tearing up. Though the divorce is still extremely raw and Corey refuses to try counseling again, the issues with Ali are even more pressing -- and a visit from the physical therapist is admittedly hard to watch. While her sister gets around on her own, little Ali still can't stand up.

Leah's hospital reunion with Corey is like awkward, coated in miserable, and it's not made any easier by Corey's unsettling habit of staring at Leah like he's trying to kill her with his droopy ol' eyes. Luckily, the nurse has great news -- Ali is developing at her own rate, and her ability to sit means she'll likely walk. The frustrating news is that nothing can speed up that process. Outside and optimistic, Lea opens up to Corey, the famously vocal orator with a knack for finding the perfect words like "uh," "armph" and "thin' she's taayrrd."

Leah's obviously not getting anywhere with him in person or over texts. Her noticeable weight loss is proof that her body feels the struggle of the split -- and as she drives away, her weary face means her heart and head have caught up, too.

'Teen Mom 2' airs on MTV on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET

WATCH: Wendy Williams Slams Heidi Klum's 'Disgusting' Bodyguard Affair

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Heidi Klum opened up to a sympathetic Katie Couric about her budding relationship with her bodyguard, Martin Kirsten, following her split from former husband Seal. But another talk show host won't be inviting the "Project Runway" star on her show anytime soon: Wendy Williams. The bawdy TV host ranted about Klum's romance with Kirsten, calling the story "disgusting" and suggesting that the 39-year-old model had engaged in infidelity during her marriage.

"[Kirsten has] worked for Heidi in the family for four years. Seal, you know what that means -- and not just when you were out of town," Williams said. "I don't think this is a new relationship, do you?"

"I haven't reported a story about love this disgusting since Sandra Bullock and that man. It pains me to report stories like this when the woman, in my mind, is clearly in the wrong," Williams said.

Williams also encouraged the 49-year-old singer to go after Klum's money. "You don't let the finances go with this divorce. I don't know how much you're worth, but she's worth more. You need half!"

Klum and Seal split in January 2012, after seven years of marriage. In September, Klum confirmed that she was romantically involved with her South African-born bodyguard. "I trust him with my children's life. He's a great man, you know, and we just got to know each other from a completely different side," she told Couric at the time. She also denied cheating on Seal during the marriage: "It's not true. I've never looked at another man while I was with him."

Intimate Shots Of Hollywood's Greatest Starlets

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By Kate Phillips

The diverse and lengthy career of photographer Eve Arnold, who passed away earlier this year, not long before her 100th birthday, includes an extraordinary collection of intimate imagery of celebrities. Arnold began shooting at a time when photography was about highly idealized, retouched, and carefully lit portraits of Hollywood starlets. Arnold offered a refreshing alternative, using available light and informal settings; most importantly, she built meaningful relationships with the personalities she photographed.

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Elizabeth Taylor with her daughter on the set of the film Becket, watching Richard Burton playing a death scene, England, 1963.
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Arnold was often hired as a stills photographer on film sets, focusing equally on moments between shots as on what unfolded in front of the movie cameras. In her chronicle of life in the cinema, Film Journal, she wrote, “If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star, often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images. Such was my case with John Huston, Vanessa Redgrave, Marilyn Monroe, Isabella Rossellini and Mikhail Baryshnikov.”

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Marlene Dietrich at the recording studios of Columbia Records. She was 51 years old and starting a comeback in show business. Work could only begin at midnight, at the advice of Marlene's astrologer, New York City, 1952.
Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos.

Marlene Dietrich was the first celebrity Arnold was hired to shoot during Dietrich's recording session at Columbia Records in 1952. Arnold later wrote, “Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out the performers’ eyeline so as not to break their concentration. You also needed to be careful not to photograph during the soft musical passages so the click wasn’t heard on the recording. Even now when I think about it I feel the tension in my muscles that I felt then while waiting for fortissimo passages in the music.”

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Marilyn Monroe in the desert going over her lines for a difficult scene she is about to play with Clark Gable in the film The Misfits, by John Huston, in Nevada, 1960.
Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos.

Arnold photographed Monroe many times. Film director Beeban Kidron, who worked as an assistant to Eve as a teenager, commented, “She sought neither to judge nor promote, but to let her subject find her relationship to the camera. Eve was a ‘safe place’ and Marilyn repaid her by providing some of the most open and intimate pictures. …The photographs are so normal that Marilyn’s beauty appears almost achievable.”

Scroll through the slideshow below for more of Arnold's stunning shots:

Kristen Stewart: 'It's Good To Say Goodbye'

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LOS ANGELES — Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson sit side by side on a sofa at the Four Seasons hotel, discussing the end of the five-film project that made them famous and brought them together.

"Twilight" rocketed both to superstardom, and their real-life romance only propelled them further. With Friday's release of the final film in the franchise, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2," the young actors bid farewell to the worldwide fantasy sensation, but not to the tabloid attention they garner wherever they go.

Dedicated Twi-Hards were devastated when Stewart admitted in July to cheating on Pattinson in a "momentary indiscretion" with her married "Snow White and the Huntsman" director. Bella and Edward, er, Stewart and Pattinson briefly split, which not only threatened to jeopardize marketing for the final "Twilight" film, but unraveled the real-life element of the vampire love story.

Now reunited, the pair finish each other's sentences during a recent interview as they talk about how much their lives have changed since the first "Twilight" movie was released in 2008.

"After the first one, I mean, it's a different world you're living in," says Pattinson, 26.

"Also, we're at that stage of life when things are shifting anyway," adds Stewart, 22, who was just 17 when she first played Bella Swan.

Global fame makes growing up challenging, they say, acknowledging they've become more insular.

"It's a really weird thing because you kind of have to hide," Pattinson says, "and hiding really destroys the thing which, for one thing..."

Stewart interjects: "That fuels you as an actor."

"Yeah. It destroys your fuel," he continues, "and also it destroys – you get to the point where you start to lose interest in things because you spend so much time..."

"Guarding," Stewart says.

"Yeah, and that's your world," Pattinson says. "Your world gets smaller. There's a massive contraction. And the weirdest thing is the more you contract it, the more the (public) interest goes up. It's so crazy. There's no way around it. You're either on a 24-7 reality-TV show, or people think you should be."

"No, it's hilarious," Stewart says, not looking like she finds it very funny. "Either way, people are like, `Ugh. Famewhores.'"

But she has wanted every "Twilight" film to be successful and knows it's not popular to complain about the personal costs of fame.

"This is a really scary question to answer because people instantly just hate you for even saying that anything is close to unsavory or whatever or however you want to put it," she says.

Director Bill Condon, who began working with Stewart, Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in 2010, says the young megastars understand the pressures of the spotlight.

"They appreciated the good stuff about it, they were able to kind of glide through the stuff that wasn't so good, and, really, they're three very grounded human beings who really just, I have to say, matured into better versions of themselves," Condon said. "They didn't get altered by it, which is kind of extraordinary."

Stewart said it's been an indulgence to play the same character for so long, but there is some relief in having reached the end of her story.

"There are so many beloved moments in this series that we would think about for five years," she said. "They weigh on you, whereas in a normal movie, you've got five weeks, five months... We, for five years, have been waiting for the story to be told. And now that it is, I don't want to say that I'm so excited that it's done, because that sounds like I just don't want to do it anymore, but I'm just excited that we don't have that on us anymore."

Wrapping up the second "Breaking Dawn" film was a relief for Condon, too.

"It's something you obsess on for so long," he said. "It's good to say goodbye to it."

Pattinson and Stewart are also glad to finish the last round of "Twilight" promotions and press interviews.

"Doing press for a different movie, you're literally just talking about the movie," Pattinson says. "This, 90 percent of the time we're talking about our lives rather than the movie."

"But this is it," Stewart says. "It definitely makes today easier."

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Andy Cohen In Hot Water For Using Gay Term To Describe Boy Band

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TV personality and Bravo executive Andy Cohen has always been outspoken. But on Tuesday, he may have said too much.

The host of "Watch What Happens: Live" appeared on the "Today" show shortly after boy band One Direction and recalled running into them backstage in the show's green room.

"This morning, I went into the normal green room that we typically go into. I barged in, there are all these people in front of us. Oh, it's all the leftover One Direction fans," Cohen said, according to Examiner.com. "I barged right into a room of twinks: One Direction! Security was not exactly too tight, with all due respect. I barged right in. It was crazy!"

Cohen also tweeted about the incident, saying:


After receiving a barrage of tweets, Cohen later apologized for using the gay term, which is slang for a young gay man, with a follow-up tweet:


What do you think? Tell us in the comments!

Liz Smith: Lindsay As Liz -- Oh, Come On, Let's Give Her a Chance! Also, How Skyfall, Argo and Ralph Saved Hollywood

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"THERE IS no deodorant like success," said Elizabeth Taylor.

  • I DON'T know about you but I've seen the movie trailer to the coming Nov. 25th Liz & Dick and although I know it won't be a patch on the real-life Burtons of movie fame, I just can't wait to catch Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor!

    Since I traveled with Elizabeth and Richard back in the day and wrote about their tempestuous passionate marriage in London, Paris, Rome, New York, L.A., and Leningrad, I feel like a minor authority.

    But, consider the fallout from the recent Lindsay Lohan-nixing of a Barbara Walters interview on ABC's 20/20? Who knew that umpteen years ago, in 2006, at a pre-Oscar party in the home of super agent Bryan Lourd, I was the person who went across a crowded room and corralled a young actress named Lindsay, saying to her, "There is someone here you need to meet"?

    Lindsay came with me willingly and I took her to the fireplace where I said, "Lindsay, this is Barbara Walters!"

    So it all started back then. At the time, Lindsay Lohan seemed really innocent, super sweet and delighted to meet a legend. I think today, this talented girl, aiming for a true comeback, should control her new P.R. advisors and keep to her original commitments to interviewers of stature.

    But she hasn't taken any advice from me in a long, long time, so why would she start now?

  • P.S. Although there were cries of horror from Taylor fans when Lindsay was cast in Liz & Dick, I wrote that the casting made some sense -- there were parallels in their lives -- child star with troublesome parents becomes voluptuous teen vixen, under-educated and over-indulged. (When Lindsay was 16, I commented that she was "inherently dramatic," just like La Liz.)

    The difference was, Taylor was a protected MGM jewel, and the press was not quite as voracious back then. Ironically, it was Taylor's later, scandalous love life that helped create the paparazzi that hounds Lindsay today! Elizabeth had many habits and romances that were carefully hidden or re-tooled by the old image-makers. By the time Elizabeth broke away and was an independent entity, eating and drinking and loving just as she pleased, she was beyond being hurt by "bad" publicity. Scandal only enhanced her stardom. Lindsay has not been so lucky.

    So it is refreshing to find I am not alone in saying, "give the girl a chance" as Elizabeth Taylor. Writer M.G. Lord in the Hollywood Reporter did a bang-up job comparing the two, and coming to the conclusion that if Lohan can model herself on the best aspects of Taylor's survival instincts, she too, might survive rather than be devoured like Marilyn, Judy, Monty, Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson and others.

    The writer says that "few in the Taylor camp are pleased" by the movie or its star. Taylor's children are especially horrified. But he still sees hope for Liz & Dick and also Miss L. So do I, but we shall see.

    In any case, Lord writes, with some perception, that "Taylor and Lohan will always be linked because their breakthrough movies, National Velvet and Mean Girls were shockingly feminist -- the sort of movies every young woman must see to make her way confidently in the world. The heroine of each faces gender discrimination and wins."

  • SPEAKING OF the Hollywood Reporter, on December 5th they hold their annual "Women in Entertainment" event. This celebrates the 100 most powerful women in entertainment. The coveted Sherry Lansing Leadership Award this year goes to the one and only Diane Keaton, who will be recognized as a "pioneer, mentor and philanthropist." She joins the ranks of Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Helen Mirren, Jane Fonda and Barbara Walters.

    Diane's brilliance as an actress goes without saying.

  • Oh, wait just a minute! I just happened to peruse the Shelley Ackerman "Sol Power" astrology column and no wonder the General David Petraeus-Paula Broadwell "thing" happened.

    Both these star-crossed people are Scorpios! And we know sex, love, jealousy belong to that astrological sign. Here's a bit of Shelley:

    If there was ever any doubt about the life-altering impact of a solar eclipse... both Scorpios... had big birthdays this week, just days before the Nov. 13th solar eclipse and both are under the influence of Saturn (now in Scorpio) and Mercury... Petraeus turned 60 on Nov. 7 and Broadwell 40 on Nov. 9, the day that everything exploded in the press.

    Eclipses are not always bad, nor are they to be feared. They are, however, often associated with profound changes in the lives of individuals and in the collective... Scorpio's rulership of sex, secrets and organizations such as the CIA and FBI, hence the on-point celestial symbolism of the affair between a married woman and a married man who just happened to be head of the CIA, exposed within days of a Scorpio eclipse.

    Whatever all that means, but kind of interesting to read.

  • JUST A few weeks ago, everybody was saying this year's over-all box-office was pretty bad. Hollywood was depressed. But recent critical and financial successes such as Ben Affleck's Argo, Disney's Wreck-It Ralph and but of course, the phenomenal Skyfall have lifted spirits.

    The next Twilight film is also expected to kill at the box office (helped mightily by the "scandal" that turned Kristen Stewart into a scarlet woman -- a scandal more and more people feel was just an old-fashioned P.R. stunt.)

    And despite a stunning divorce, a libel lawsuit (against In Touch magazine) and continued bitching by fans of Lee Childs' books, Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher, which opens December 21st, is slated by insiders to be another Cruise smash. See, a happy ending for poor little Hollywood. I knew you'd be thrilled.


David Hasselhoff Has One Question For Kim Kardashian

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These days, our knowledge of celebrities too often originates with paparazzi images and snarky quotes by anonymous "insiders." After a while, it's easy to forget that stars are real people. That's why HuffPost Celebrity decided to launch its all-new #nofilter quick-fire question and answer series. Because how well do you know someone until they've shared their guiltiest pleasures?

There's nothing like a little David Hasselhoff to bring people together -- that's exactly why our favorite red swimsuit-wearing Hasselhunk was chosen as the MTV European Music Awards' social media correspondent. And though The Hoff may be all about community in the digital sphere, don't even think about asking him to come over for Christmas dinner -- that's a deal-breaker.

What's your guiltiest pleasure?
My guiltiest pleasure is betting on football. I’m addicted to betting on football, I love it. It's a part of my life that will never leave.

If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?
That's a great question. I would probably just have a nice big turkey dinner.

How did you get on death row?
I got on death row because I bet too much money on football.

What's your dating deal-breaker?
My dating deal-breaker is going to my girlfriend's Christmas party. That is a deal-breaker. Over.

What's one thing you do when you're alone that you wouldn't do in front of someone else?
You have seen everything, like it or not. I don't think I have anything left. Probably, change outfits.

What's on your nightstand?
"The Measure of a Man" by Sidney Poitier and my cellphone, my regular phone, a flashlight for earthquakes and something else that you would use behind closed doors.

Who's your ideal drinking buddy, living or dead?
No, no I don't drink anymore. I’m drinking a Red Bull right now because I’m leaving for Europe, flying to London to raise money for a Welsh School, then going to Elton John’s AIDS party. But to have a non-alcoholic drink with, Sammy Davis Jr.

If you could ask Kim Kardashian any question, what would it be?
Why?!

NBC President Takes A Dig At NBC Cult Comedies

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It's no secret that NBC's comedies haven't exactly been winners in the ratings lately.

And if NBC president Jennifer Salke's comments are any indication, the peacock network isn't happy with the direction cult comedies like "Community" and "Parks and Recreation " have taken NBC.

"We just want a different brand," Salke, who joined NBC in July 2011, told TV Guide. "We don't want a narrow brand in the sense of some of those shows that we inherited here, which we're huge fans of, [but] have a very narrow audience."

Could Salke be particularly frustrated with "Community," which had its Season 4 premiere date pushed back this season? It's possible, and the actors seem equally frustrated.

Upon discovering that the fourth season of "Community" wouldn't be airing on October 19 as originally planned, the cast immediately released a video message to fans.

"October 19 isn't just a date, it's a state of mind," Abed (Danny Pudi) joked. "October 19 is a feeling within us all. Whenever a kitten tries to crawl into a a cardboard box on YouTube ... Whenever a stranger reaches out his hand to another stranger and says 'Hello brother!"

In case you missed it, check out the video below:

Season 4 of "Community" will premiere on Thurs., Feb. 7 at at 8 p.m. ET.

DJ Louie XIV: Our Year of Loving and Hating Lana Del Rey

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Oh hey, Lana Del Rey, what a tumultuous year we've had! Indeed we, the pop music-loving public, have had one hell of a torrid love affair with you, the self-self-proclaimed "Gangster Nancy Sinatra" during the past 12 months. It has been a time fraught with some pretty glorious ups (the brilliant "Video Games," casting A$AP Rocky as JFK in her video for "National Anthem") and some rather stupefying downs (the infamous SNL debacle, Ms. Del Rey's questionable aesthetic choices regarding her lips). So with the the re-release of her debut album, Born to Die: The Paradise Edition due on Nov. 12, I thought it was high time we took a quick look back at our year of loving and hating the Artist Formerly Known as Lizzie Grant.

As with most love affairs, it all started with the the complete abandonment of our better judgement. Initially, Lana Del Rey slyly caught our eye from across the digital bar with her first single "Video Games" and its accompanying video. Directed by Ms. Del Rey herself, the somewhat nonsensical collage of clips may have been the ultimate in ultra-hipster, overindulgent malarky, but it presented Lana at her most alluring. What really stood out here were the haunting lyrics, melody and spare arrangement of the song which, aside from just being pretty damn beautiful, was also a highly welcome and striking change of pace from the oppressively over-produced dance music dominating the pop scene. It even seemed like it might just be an intellectual take down of our tech-ridden, depersonalized modern society, with Lana's wispy monotone vocals consciously portraying an emotionless world of complete detachment. "Fuck you, Lady Gaga and your lobster hat. We're into this classy, thought-provoking, vintage ballad shit now!" we shouted, smugly.

Of course, as humans are wont to do with both our pop idols and our new love affairs, this initial attraction lead quickly to high expectations for the future that then proceeded to get way the hell out of control. All of us (well, mostly us gay guys) were all like, "OMG LANA IS EVERYTHING, I AM IN LOVE." We listened to and watched the video for "Video Games" on repeat for days, purposefully ignoring the fact that, like any given one-night stand you meet wasted at a dive bar at 4 a.m., we barely knew the chick we were crawling into bed with. And as with most casual sex, things quickly proceeded to get super awkward.

Everything really started to come undone between Lana and ourselves when her former career under her real name, Lizzie Grant, came to light. "Wait just a second here! You told me last night your name was Lana!" we shouted after her as she threw her clothes on, glossed-up her plumped lips and ran towards the door. It quickly dawned on us that sex wasn't nearly as hot with someone named Lizzie. In this stage, we still listened to "Video Games" and maybe even belted out her second single "Blue Jeans" while getting dressed to go out with our friends, but we were definitely starting to give Lana -- I mean Lizzie -- some serious, highly suspicious side-eye.

Then SNL happened. No need to rehash the horror (it's better to block out memories like these), but let's just say in four minutes, it completely usurped The Walking Dead as the most terrifying thing to air on television in recent history. It was like jaw on the floor, "Is this for real?" gauge-your-eyeballs-out-with-a-teaspoon bad. We were repelled and felt tons of guilt for telling all our friends that she may be "the one," as it was quickly becoming apparent that this lady may never have sung in public before. We hated ourselves for disregarding our common sense and believing this could be something real. We maybe even called up Lady Gaga crying and apologized for jumping ship. Mostly, we were just confused.

By the time Lana's album, Born to Die dropped this past January, even if we were secretly still dreaming about her from time to time on a lonely night, we had no choice but to pretend we didn't know Lana in public. While some thought we were too hard on Lana about SNL (we weren't), and that she still had redeeming qualities despite her status as a clearly unseasoned performer (she does), it was mostly clear to us that that higher plane she took us too that night we first heard "Video Games" was a one-time kinda deal. But little did we know that realizing this would eventually be the very thing that set us free.

You see, Lana's album release launched us into the new stage of our dalliance, one where we told all our friends that were completely over with Lana, but bought Born to Die the night it came out on iTunes and were still secretly still drunk texting the shit out of her on the low low. The truth is, once we dropped the Lana-lips-sized expectations set by "Video Games" and settled for the Lizzie-lips-sized ones established by everything that occurred after, we realized this girl's nookie was actually kinda great. While she may not have been the culture-defining figure which we initially pegged her as, she made some pretty damn catchy, epic, campy, dramatic ballads and goddamn it, we kinda needed that! We realized that LDR was just a guilty pleasure and there was no need for either of us to apologize to the other for simply indulging in our baser human instincts.

So there you have it! It's been an emotionally harrowing year of depravity for us and Lizzie Lana Del Grant. Recently, our girl told Australian Vogue, "I don't think I'll write another record. What would it say? Everything I wanted to say, I've said already." If this is true, this really was it: A mere fling with someone who, while perhaps not the most meaningful and substantive relationship we've ever had, still gave and continues to give us a nice rush of cheap thrills every time we sneak off and play her record. And I don't know about all of you, but I'm gonna choose to savor the goods aspects of our mistress, Lana and I'm psyched for the re-release of Born to Die, which contains eight all-new afternoon delights. Here's to another year of loving to hate and hating to love Lana Del Rey. May it be as sleazy and delightful as the last.

Anna Paquin's Twin Babies Are A Boy And A Girl

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"True Blood" stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer welcomed twin babies in early September, but have remained relatively tight-lipped about the details.

Now Life & Style reports that Bon Temps' newest babies are a boy and a girl. "They had a boy and a girl and thought it was perfect," a source told the publication. "Anna is a natural mother, and Stephen is a doting dad. He turns to mush around those kids!'

Paquin, 30, and Moyer, 43, met on the set of their hit HBO series and married in August 2010 in an intimate ceremony in Malibu. They were spotted going for a stroll with their babies in Venice, Calif. last week, two months after Paquin gave birth to the couple's first children together. "The babies were born a few weeks early, but are in good health and both Mom and Dad are overjoyed," the couple's rep said at the time.

'Parenthood': Kristina's Mom Is Too Busy To Be There For Her

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"Parenthood" (Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC) returned after a two-week break this week and continued to focus on Kristina's battle with cancer. The mother of three was starting chemotherapy and desperately wanted her mom to come support her, but she said she was too busy. Instead, Kristina's mother-in-law Camille stepped in.

Though she was driving Kristina crazy throughout the episode, acting like a hovercraft around their house when Adam was at work, the two shared an emotional moment before Kristina's first round of chemo that brought tears to many eyes, according to TV Fanatic.

“When Adam first brought you home to meet me, I really didn’t think you were right for him," Camille said. "I’ve never been so happy to be so wrong ... I love you, Krissy. I’m here for you.”

Camille told Kristina that she would do anything for her and that she didn't want to replace her mom -- she just wanted to be there when she needed a mom.

Follow Kristina's struggle and the rest of the Bravermans on "Parenthood," Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.

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E. Nina Rothe: Stephen Dorff: 'Today Is a Gift'

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Stephen Dorff has come a long way, from his early stint as a teenage heartthrob on TV sitcoms and playing through the darker side of characters, in sometimes forgettable films.

These days Dorff is navigating us comfortably through his own intoxicating brand of understated sensuality, in roles that span from his turn as discontented superstar Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's touching Somewhere, to captured Israeli fighter pilot Yoni who becomes unlikely ally to a reluctant Palestinian teenager in Eran Riklis' latest masterpiece Zaytoun. He is, easily, the modern thinking woman's sex symbol.

I met up with Dorff in Toronto this past September, where Zaytoun enjoyed its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Dorff is a hot interview, sought out by everyone, yet starting with his publicist he seems to surround himself with kindness. In person, Dorff is just as charming and intense as he appears in his roles, yet with a healthy dose of down to earth and genuinely funny guy thrown in. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he's tanned, in shape and undeniably sexy.

Dorff's choice to forgo the handsome leading man roles in favor of characters chock full of emotional conflict, conscience and humanity has helped carve out a special place for him in the Hollywood firmament. While Riklis' initial feeling about Dorff was "beach boy from California" before he first decided to meet Dorff for the part of Yoni, once he "dug into him a little bit" at their meeting in NYC, the filmmaker was sure he had found his leading man. And in Zaytoun Dorff pulls off another unforgettable performance complete with impeccable Israeli accent and military demeanor worthy of the Israeli Air Force. He also, in typical Dorff style, shows us Yoni's human voyage, from defensive to vulnerable, marching him straight into his audience's hearts. It's no wonder Riklis gushed to me about Dorff in Toronto "he did a great job, it was really beautiful and I really liked his focus."

I could not talk to Dorff without mentioning Somewhere and his own statements about the film confirm its importance, in his life as well. He admits "Somewhere was not only just a film" and continues, "it was such a great role Sofia gave me, embraced me at a time when my life was changing anyway, I was growing up." It transported Dorff, and his career to "another plateau" as he aptly says.

But from Somewhere to Zaytoun, Dorff has gone through other unexpected projects like The Iceman, a film about contract killer Richard Kuklinski, in which he has a cameo role as Kuklinski's brother in "a seven-pager big scene with Michael Shannon," and The Motel Life with Emile Hirsch and Dakota Fanning, a world premiere this week at the Rome International Film Festival.

Dorff doubted himself for Zaytoun, even though when he read the script sent over by his manager he thought "this is really good!" He questioned playing an Israeli, confessing "I knew going into something like this I had to really nail it or it would be ridiculous" and thinking, "why wouldn't they hire an Israeli actor?" But he still admittedly "loved the relationship on paper" and had a bond to the character because, he says, "my dad is Jewish so I was kinda brought up half-Jewish."

Having flown in from Israel to meet Dorff, Riklis pulled out a photo of a real-life Israeli fighter pilot during their meeting, as his own weapon of persuasion. It was someone who, Dorff says, "kind of looked like me" at which point the actor exclaimed, "Jesus, but do you think I'll get the Hebrew?" The rest, as they say, is movie history.

His Zaytoun co-star Abdallah El Akal sits in the room with us during our interview and provides the perfect sidekick for Dorff, who thankfully never takes himself too seriously. When I ask them both what they learned from one another during filming, Dorff is quick to answer, "I was touched by Abe and his real family and our connection beyond the movie" and continues, "so the work in the film was strong but it was kind of effortless because we had this thing... " El Akal, whom Dorff affectionately calls "Abe" also quips in "I learned how to be a movie star from Stephen" and clearly if you are going to learn how to be one, it may as well be from fabulously humble Dorff.

I ask Dorff what profession he would have chosen had he not been an actor and he answers "something creative, like maybe music, photography, I'm definitely creative."

While his tattoos could say it all -- on his upper right arm in black ink is the famous Alice Morse Earle quote that goes "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why they call it the present" -- I ask him for three words that describe him. I come up with the first "Thankful," inspired by another tattoo on his forearm, then Dorff adds "curious," allowing a long time to pass before finally adding "funny, I'm always serious in movies, so people don't know I'm funny." Yet as thoughtful as he was in deciding the words that best describe him, he's quick about naming his co-star El Akal "funny, happy and kind."

I've certainly experienced my share of interesting subjects, grand personalities and wonderful encounters, but there is an added layer to Stephen Dorff -- a wonderful truthfulness and inherent kindness that, coupled with his undeniable talent, made this one of my favorite interviews. And while Dorff joked about getting older (he's only 39!) and being cast as a grandfather soon, let's hope his own touching trademark of unforgettable characters keep on entertaining and comforting us for a long time to come.

Photo by ©Eitan Riklis, used with permission

WATCH: Nick Offerman's Mid-Movember Pep Talk

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Nick Offerman has a message for anyone out there joining him on his Movember journey: It gets fuller.

Sure, you may be halfway through the month and a little disappointed with the patchy excuse for a mustache that you've sprouted, but stick with it. It's for a good cause.

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Alec Baldwin Can't Have Any!

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What a tease!

Alec Baldwin's daughter, Ireland Baldwin, seems to be in the pre-holiday baking mood. Only problem: dad can't partake in her pecan pie!

"My daughter, @IrelandBBaldwin, baked this and I can't have any. #lifecanbecruel," Alec Baldwin tweeted along with a photo of the treat.

We wonder if Mr. Baldwin has a nut allergy or is just watching his waistline.

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Jessica Chastain: 'I'm Very Shy When It Comes To Guys'

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She might be one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, but believe it or not, Jessica Chastain is guy shy.

The 35-year-old actress, who's currently single, admits she's not one to chase after men -- she'd rather be "wooed."

“I’m very shy when it comes to guys," Chastain reveals to Marie Claire magazine, which she covers for the December issue.

According to the "Lawless" star, one of her friends explained to her, ‘Now that you’re successful, you have to be more overt with men, you have to make it very clear that you’re interested, otherwise they won’t [approach you].’ But Chastain isn't into that method. She says, “I like to be wooed, but I’ve had to be more outwardly available, I guess.”

This comes as no surprise to the red-headed beauty, who admits even in college, she wasn't interested in finding dates.

“I never wanted to be a movie star. I wanted to be an actor," Chastain explains of her time at Julliard, adding, "I don’t really drink, and I’ve never been to a rave. I used to cut school to read Shakespeare, not to make out in the park.”

Check out photos from Jessica's Marie Claire spread below:

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Celebs Who've Endorsed Diets

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Nothing gives a weight-loss plan a boost like an endorsement from a boldface name like Jessica Simpson or Jennifer Hudson -- both of whom have recently used Weight Watchers to shed an impressive number of pounds.

Of course, even with the support of a big brand name, dieting is never easy. And some stars, such as Kirstie Alley and Carnie Wilson, have struggled to stay super-slim while under contract with a nutrition company.

The following celebrities have endorsed well-known weight-loss plans, with varying degrees of success.

Megan Fox Isn't The Only One

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Penelope Cruz is painting the town red.

The 38-year-old is the latest celebrity to be chosen as the face of Campari's annual calendar. Sporting a plethora of figure-hugging scarlet numbers, the To Rome With Love actress sizzled up the pages of the cherry-colored liqueur's newest ad campaign.

Taylor Swift Still Secretly With High School Boyfriend?

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Ever since Taylor Swift's out-of-left-field breakup with Conor Kennedy, rumors have been swirling as to what's really going on behind the scenes.

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