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Two 'Lost' Alumni Head To The CW

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Two CW pilots are getting a visit from "Lost" alumni.

"The Tomorrow People" pilot has cast Mark Pellegrino, best known as Jacob from the ABC island drama, to play Dr. Jedikiah Price, Deadline reports. According to Deadline, Dr. Price is "an evolutionary biologist" who believes the "Tomorrow People" are a grave threat to the human race and makes it his mission to contain them.

Meanwhile, Henry Ian Cusick, who played Desmond on "Lost," is heading to The CW for "The Hundred" pilot, which is set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization. In the sci-fi drama, the Ark, a space station containing the only human survivors, sends 100 juvenile delinquents down to Earth in the hopes of re-colonizing the planet. According to Deadline, Cusick will play Kane, an Ark officer who wants the Chancellor's job.

In more pilot news ...

"Star Trek" and "House" alumni head to "Venice." Bruce Greenwood and Odette Annable are joining the ABC drama pilot, which focuses on two rival families -- the Nances and the Carvers -- "and a forbidden and dangerous romance emerging between them." Greenwood will star as Gordy Nance, family patriarch and the most powerful man in Venice who's like "Bill Clinton, without the moral compass." Annable will play his daughter Sophie, who's described as "an independent thinker who owns a trendy Venice boutique." She's in love with her father's rival's son, Chris. [THR]

Bridget Regan joins "Murder in Manhattan." The actress will play Lex in the ABC drama pilot about a mother-daughter duo who team up as amateur sleuths in New York. [TVLine]

"Enlisted" finds its leading lady.Angelique Cabral is set to play the female lead in Fox's comedy pilot opposite Geoff Stults. Cabral's character Jill Perez is described as "a confident, funny and ballsy sergeant at the Army base," who's "beloved by her soldiers and heads a unit in the Rear Detachment." [THR]


Inside Diane Lane And Josh Brolin's Split

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LOS ANGELES — Court records show Diane Lane signed her filing to divorce Josh Brolin on Valentine's Day.

Lane's petition to end the actors' marriage after eight and a half years was filed on Feb. 15.

Her filing, released Friday, lists irreconcilable differences for the couple's breakup and lists Feb. 13 as their separation date. It does not indicate they have a prenuptial agreement.

The actors have no children together. It was a second marriage for both when they tied the knot in August 2004.

Lane received an Oscar nomination for her performance in the 2002 film "Unfaithful" and co-stars in the upcoming Superman film "Man of Steel."

Brolin was Oscar-nominated for his performance in 2008's "Milk" and recently starred in "Gangster Squad."

A representative for the couple confirmed the divorce on Thursday.

The Soup: Anne Hathaway's Oscar Acceptance Speech: A Flow Chart

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We all know Anne Hathaway's taking home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress this Sunday. She couldn't NOT win. Right?! She HAS to WIN! Which means we can all look forward to lower-lip-quivering and a #grateful and #blessed acceptance speech.

Our core team of mathematicians here at The Soup has developed an algorithm for the speech, which was written the moment nominations were announced, then rehearsed tirelessly to appear off-the-cuff. You can go ahead and confidently bet your child's future college fund on any of the below things happening, because Nate Silver would definitely agree they're statistical certainties! That is, if Nate Silver had any idea we existed.

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Nikola Stepić: The Wright/Knightley Trilogy

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Anna Karenina, one of last year's most talked-about productions, is a product of a longstanding friendship between a director and his muse.

There is plenty that works in the newest adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's oft-told tale of a woman caught between rigid social norms and a passionate love that fails to transcend them. Joe Wright, the seemingly infallible filmmaking sensation who burst onto the scene in 2005 with his fresh take on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, delivers a version of Anna Karenina that manages to sidestep that traditional (and dangerously reductive) martyr-whore dilemma. Conscious of the fact that most audiences know exactly where the story, and particularly the main character, is headed, he generously foreshadows Anna's demise by utilizing train imagery throughout the film, creating palpable tension that is so often absent in costume dramas based on literary classics. It also helps that Wright once again trusts his longtime muse Keira Knightley to embody Anna's fervor and petulance.

The relationship between Knightley and Wright harks back to that 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the movie that cemented the young actress as a bona fide actress after Pirates of the Caribbean made her the rising movie star to look out for, and resulted in an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet. Much of that film's popularity was surely due to the refreshing physicality of the production -- Wright set much of the movie outside, his characters threading through mud and morning mist, conversing in drawing rooms as well as in pigsties. The spectacularly lush cinematography that would become a staple of Wright's, along with wonderful production design, never took away from the gravity and humanness of the characters. The directorial debut was a good indicator of what Wright's career -- particularly his artistic marriage with Knightley -- would become: a visceral, stripped-down vision of glamor and opulence that works in support of the characters and never merely for its own sake. Even at the tender age of 18, Knightley was up for the challenge -- her Elizabeth Bennet embodied both the playful, young spirit of Austen's beloved heroine and her untamed intelligence that breaks through the barriers of normative behavior whenever she is affronted by the sullen Mr. Darcy.

Then came 2007's Atonement, the adaptation of the acclaimed Ian McEwan novel, and the second Wright-Knightley collaboration. Here, three generations of great actresses (Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave) playing the abominable Briony Tallis, one of today's great literary characters, utilized extraordinary tactility. In contrast, Knightley played the enigmatic heroine Cecilia in the most minimal, mythical way possible. All of the agency and quiet determination she had exhibited in Pride and Prejudice was now gone -- her character instead became the embodiment of a muse, the tragic, beautiful creature that Wright got to dress in the most fluid and delicately erotic of costumes, particularly the much-celebrated green dress that has since been called one of the greatest movie costumes of all time.

Which brings us to Anna Karenina, a film that could easily be considered the third part of a Wright-Knightley trilogy. Apart from the collaboration, the film marks the third time Wright is adapting a literary work of great celebrity and acclaim. It feels like a combination of the two movies preceding it. In a featurette released on the film's official YouTube channel, Wright justifiably calls Knigthley "utterly fearless." Indeed, there is a great visceral quality to her Anna, particularly in scenes that call for uninhibited emoting. However, this palpability of affectation is contained in a film of extraordinary fragility -- the decision to set the action on a stage that, throughout the film, morphs and sometimes disappears altogether, only to reappear in the most surprising of scenes, makes the relationship between the characters that much more theatrical and nuanced. The unusual setting not only allows Wright to lay the "all the world's a stage" metaphor quite heavily onto his audiences (and rightly so, for it could be argued that the story would take a fairly different turn if the characters weren't constantly on display, admired and judged in equal measure by the rest of the society), but it also gives a much-needed freshness to the story by framing it as a dazzling dream rather than the hard-hitting drabness that often represents Russia.

Other than Knightley's thoughtful, versatile performance as the volatile Anna, the film boasts other familiar faces. Matthew Macfadyen, Mr. Darcy to Knightley's Elizabeth Bennet, here plays Stiva Oblonsky, Anna's brother, and provides a nice societal contrast -- unlike Anna's, his infidelities go tolerated and unpunished. Aaron Taylor-Johnson infuses the film with a jolt of youthful energy in the role of dashing Alexei Vronsky, playing him as an antithesis to Jude Law's Karenin. Law, in turn, manages to steal the show, adding a layer of humanity to the emotionally barren character in spite of a somewhat flawed Tom Stoppard-penned script that tends to rush the proceedings before the emotional impact has fully registered with the audience. The nuanced performances, coupled with sumptuous costumes and Wright's whimsical and innovative direction, are reason enough to reignite our passion for Anna Karenina, despite the imminent fatality that too passionate a love may result in. Ultimately, it is a platform for Knightley to demonstrate both her commandeering screen presence and acute understanding of the character, complemented by Wright's dazzling spectacle.

LA 'Has Turned Me Into A 90-Year-Old Woman'

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Story comes courtesy of Los Angeles Magazine.

By Nancy Miller

I moved to Los Angeles from New York in 1992. I had never been here before. I just kind of showed up. I didn’t have a car and had about $150. My best friend, José, was nice enough to let me share his studio apartment in Santa Monica, which was literally a lean-to—I’m sure it’s been demolished by now. We weren’t in a romantic relationship, but we shared the same full-size bed, which was wedged inside the kitchen area, for almost a year. What’s insane is that we thought nothing of it. I thought everything was great. My older sister Margie had more sense. She came from Illinois to visit me, and since there was nowhere for her to sleep, the three of us now had to share the same bed. In the morning she sat bolt upright and shouted, “This is not OK!” and I was like, What’s her problem?

I didn’t have a car, so I only took jobs that I could walk to. I worked at the YMCA and at the Starbucks on Montana. One time Chris Farley came into Starbucks, and I lost it. He was the one person I admired so much that every muscle in my body just froze. I could tell he was shy, and I was trying not to freak him out. I just stared at him and thought, Tell him you love him. Tell him you love him. Instead I said, “Hi, can I help you?” That was it. I couldn’t even process how amazing it was to have him standing in front of me.

The big change for me was joining the Groundlings. It’s where I learned how to write and really act. I remember [comedian-writer] Mike McDonald saying, “You can’t just be crazy for the sake of crazy. You have to justify why.” That was the missing link I needed—I apply this to everything I do now. The first show I ever went to at the Groundlings was when McDonald, Kathy Griffin, and Jennifer Coolidge were doing improv. My head exploded. They were fearless. There was nothing they wouldn’t do, but they were also excellent technicians of comedy. The next day I started taking classes, and it’s where I spent the next 12 to 13 years of my life. It’s also where I met my husband [Ben Falcone], so that’s pretty good.

Anybody who moves to L.A. is constantly explaining why we live here to other people. The first question is usually, “Do you like it?” I understand this because I once swore I’d never live here. I was a wild animal when I lived in New York, staying out until four in the morning, then I moved here and started living like a senior citizen. Going to dinner before 9:30 used to be an atrocity to me. I wondered, What kind of savages eat at 6:30? Now Ben and I wait outside a restaurant at 4:15 and I’m looking in the window, pointing at my watch. This city has turned me into a 90-year-old woman. I’m also still a chatty Midwesterner. My big thing here is that people don’t say “good morning” on the street. That doesn’t make sense. I’m not asking for a hug. Stop acting like a jackass. So now I make eye contact and force people to respond. It’s my personal quest.

Discover more great stories from Los Angeles Magazine here.

Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Reportedly Expecting A Baby Girl

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Rumor has it Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting a baby girl!

According to Us Weekly, the couple recently discovered the sex of their baby-to-be -- and they're ecstatic.

"They're over the moon!" a source close to Kardashian and West tells Us. "Kanye always wanted a girl."

Kardashian, 32, confirmed her pregnancy on Dec. 31 after West, 35, accidentally revealed the news during his show in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 30.

"It's true. Kanye and I are expecting a baby," Kardashian said in a statement. "We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us."

Sources close to the pair tell Hollywoodlife.com that Kardashian is looking forward to having a daughter, explaining, "Kim has always dreamed of having a little girl and now she has her wish! Everyone is so excited. Now it’s pink, pink, pink!”

And according to Kardashian, her rapper beau can't wait to dress his future child.

"If anyone knows Kanye, they just know how into fashion he is, and I think he's going to have things specially made," she said on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in January. "So I don't think hand-me-downs are going to work."

The couple's little lady (if the reports are true) is due in July.

'PLL' Scoop: Spencer's In Radley, Red Coat Revealed, Finale Death & More!

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Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 3, Episode 20 of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars," titled "Hot Water."

Ever since Spencer (Troian Bellisario) found out her boyfriend Toby (Keegan Allen) was a member of the "A" Team, she's been losing it ... to put it lightly. And according to "Pretty Little Liars" creator and executive producer I. Marlene King, it's only going to get worse.

"I've been waiting for Spencer to react like this since 'A' started," King told Entertainment Weekly in the magazine March 1 cover story, which is on newsstands now. "As tortured as she's been in the first half of this cycle, she's even more tortured in the last half."

Based on ABC Family's promo photos from upcoming "Pretty Little Liars" episodes, it looks like Spencer ends up in Radley, but is it because she's completely lost it or because she's trying to gather some information. (Check out the official descriptions for the next three episodes below for clues).

Presumably, this quashes the chance of Wren (Julian Morris) and Spencer working out. Morris told The Hollywood Reporter, "A lot is going to happen. In Episode 23, we get to see a side of Wren that is quite cool ... certainly a side of Wren I've never had the opportunity to play. I can tell you it does involve Spencer. When I read the script for the penultimate episode, I was like, 'Wicked!' It's fun and I should leave it at that."

Also, the mysterious Red Coat will be revealed in the upcoming Season 3 episodes and "Pretty Little Liars" executive producer Oliver Goldstick teased to EW that she is "who you think it might be, yes." In the finale, "Spencer meets her face-to-face," according to EW.

Speaking of the finale, there's a fire that will leave one character dead ... or does it? "There's a moment where people will believe there's a dead body, and there may be one," Bellisario told EW. "This cliff-hanger changes the landscape of the 'A' game," King added. "They didn't know as much as they thought they knew -- or that there's a lot more to the story."

Wetpaint thinks Jason DiLaurentis (Drew Van Acker) could bite the bullet. "As Jason himself pointed out, it sure as heck looks like the 'A' team is targeting former N.A.T. club members," the website wrote. "If that's true, then he has a giant target on his back."

Check out the full descriptions and photos for the next three episodes of "Pretty Little Liars" below and tune in Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC Family to watch the drama unfold.

"Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (February 26)

Spencer is finally ready to talk, but Emily is not so ready to accept what she has to say. Will she heed Spencer's warnings or will Emily go off to find her own answers down a path "A" has designed for her? Hanna, on the other hand, is preoccupied with helping her mother after Ashley is involved in a hit-n-run accident. Now having a new secret to hide, Hanna wonders if "A" had something to do with it after all. With Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer are now really afraid does "A" have them right where they want them? Meanwhile, Aria has to come to terms with Ezra's new life with Malcolm.

"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (March 5)

Spencer hasn't been herself lately, but has she had enough to just disappear? Could "A" have done something to her? These are all questions that Aria, Emily and Hanna are asking themselves when Spencer goes missing. But when it turns out even her family doesn't know where Spencer has gone to, the girls frantically search for answers hoping their worst fears aren't true. But where Spencer does turn up at, maybe she doesn't want to be found. Meanwhile, Emily gets the surprise of a lifetime when she meets Gold Medalist Missy Franklin.

"I'm Your Puppet" (March 15)

As "A" continues to play games, the stakes are raised higher as each girl is forced into difficult positions. Aria starts to seriously contemplate her relationship with Ezra as his new family situation continues to eat away at her. Hanna is thrown into the middle of Caleb's family drama when Jamie's shady past comes back to haunt him. Emily is determined to prove Spencer wrong in hopes of helping her, but she might not be ready for what she finds. In the end, will the Liars be able to get out of their sticky situations or will "A" have them right where he/she wants them? Meanwhile, Spencer searches for answers about Mona's time in Radley Sanitarium.

Steven Spielberg's Big Campaign

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LOS ANGELES — Giant coffee table books, iPod Shuffles, signed letters from directors, even "Lincoln" turkey roasting pans. That's just some of the largesse doled out by the studios to voters for awards presented earlier this season – each with the potential to influence the outcome of Hollywood's most important awards, Sunday night's Oscars.

Such gifts are strictly forbidden by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But for studios, the stakes are high, and they've been creative in working around the rules to give their movies the best spotlight possible. A best picture win can boost a film's commercial appeal and solidify relations with big-name actors and directors.

This year, top Oscar contenders "Argo" from Warner Bros. and "Lincoln" from Disney pitted two deep-pocketed rivals against each other in what some say was an unprecedented level of Oscar campaigning. There was even some targeted sniping about the films' bending of historical facts.

Part of what's behind the seemingly unrestrained lobbying is that this year, an unusually large number of best picture nominees are also doing well at the box office, giving the studios dry powder for their campaigns.

Six of the nine contenders for the top Oscar have reaped $100 million or more in ticket sales domestically, and collectively they've earned $309 million since the nominations Jan. 10, according to Hollywood.com. This record-setting "Oscar bump" dwarfs the $111 million the nine best picture nominees made between the nominations and the awards ceremony last year. It also trumps the season that 2009's megahit "Avatar" was in the running, when 10 nominees brought in $204 million in bump.

That means there's plenty of reason for studios to keep spending – even to the extent of papering the walls of the popular Beverly Hills restaurant Kate Mantilini with campaign posters, which conveniently tower over diners just a block from the motion picture academy itself.

"I have never seen such an assault in terms of stuff being sent to us," said Pete Hammond, a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which hosts the Critics Choice Awards, and a columnist for the Hollywood blog Deadline.com.

Hammond is one of several voters for the earlier awards where wins translate into momentum for Oscar hopefuls. They say their mailboxes were swamped with swag this year – all of it an attempt to reach the 5,800 academy members who vote on the Oscars, albeit through indirect means.

From the campaign of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," members of the broadcast critics group say they received no less than four coffee table books, an intricately framed DVD for review purposes and even a hand-signed letter from Spielberg himself, thanking them for recognizing the film with so many nominations. Some awards voters also received "Lincoln" turkey roasting pans, according to an industry insider who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

The broadcast critics also received an iPod Shuffle, which retails for $49, containing the soundtrack to Universal Pictures' "Les Miserables," which is up for music and sound mixing awards.

Several voters said this level of giveaway was unusual, but then again, in recent times, well-funded major studios haven't been that involved.

In the last two years, the movie industry's top honor went to The Weinstein Co.'s "The Artist" and "The King's Speech." Previous to that, 2009's winner was "The Hurt Locker," whose backer Summit Entertainment was just starting to get its "Twilight" mojo and was yet to be flush with cash.

Before that it was Fox Searchlight's "Slumdog Millionaire" and before that "No Country for Old Men" by Paramount Vantage – both smaller arms of major studios that have smaller marketing budgets than their larger siblings.

This year, the majors are back in the game in a big way. In addition to Warner's "Argo" and Disney's "Lincoln," Sony Pictures is behind "Zero Dark Thirty," 20th Century Fox is backing "Life of Pi" and Universal is the force behind "Les Miserables."

While The Weinstein Co.'s "Silver Linings Playbook" is earning boffo business above $100 million in ticket sales following co-chairman Harvey Weinstein's familiar script of making the most of awards season, it appears that this year, the majors have studied up.

"Nobody ever did it besides Harvey, and now everybody's done it this year," said David Poland of MovieCityNews.com, which means more intense campaigning because there's more money to spend.

One look at the release pattern of "Zero Dark Thirty" and it's clear that Sony didn't want to repeat what happened to "The Hurt Locker," another Kathryn Bigelow-directed war film that despite its best picture win, made just $19 million in theaters worldwide. Part of the problem with "Hurt" was that it came out in June and was all but gone from theaters by the time the Oscar nominations rolled around.

Instead, "ZDT" showed in just a handful of theaters in December to qualify for the 2012 Oscars, but burst onto 3,000 theaters the day after the nominations in January, capturing the top spot at the box office that weekend.

"We designed our release campaign to take advantage of key dates in the awards season," said Sony Pictures spokesman Steve Elzer. "With approximately $90 million in box office to date, the film has been a huge critical and commercial success and no matter how we do at the Oscar ceremony on Sunday, we couldn't be more pleased with the film's performance."

Starting small and then going wide after the nominations is the "Playbook" that The Weinstein Co. has followed for years, although company co-chairman Harvey Weinstein denies the pattern.

"There is no playbook, there is no campaigning," Weinstein said. "I have always said the most important thing is to get people to see the films and everything else is mostly fluff."

Even films at the tail end of their box-office run are pumping up the volume. "Argo," which came out in October, was heavily advertised by Warner Bros. ahead of the DVD release this Tuesday. The studio began selling digital downloads two weeks ahead of that. Fox followed a similar strategy for "Life of Pi."

"Because these films are so strong, all the companies are buying (ads)," said Michael Parker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, whose film "Amour" is also up for best picture.

Critic Anne Thompson of Indiewire said this year's extravagance is due to the fact that big studios have high hopes for their films. Amid her swag pile are "Wreck-It Ralph" plastic fists, a toy bow and arrow from "Brave," and a printed page of the John Williams score from "Lincoln."

"The factors here are a) the studios involved and b) big hit movies that had extra money," she said. "And the fact you have a close race between two big studio movies. They have reason to believe they have a chance to win."


WATCH: James Brown And Tupac For 'Django Unchained'

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On the eve of the Academy Awards, a new video has been released for "Django Unchained" -- take a look above. The video shows footage from Quentin Tarantino's "Django," set to the song "Unchained," a mashup of James Brown's "The Payback" and Tupac's "Untouchable."

"Unchained" was mixed by Claudio Cueni, an audio engineer who worked with Tupac.

Brown's "The Payback" is the title-track off the singer's 1973 album. The music from the album was intended for use as the soundtrack for "Hell Up in Harlem," a '70s blaxploitation film. "Untouchable" was released in 2006, ten years after Tupac's death. The song was featured on Tupac's posthumous album, "Pac's Life."

"Django Unchained" is up for five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Christoph Waltz, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, and Best Original Screenplay.

James Cromwell Charged With Disorderly Conduct For Alleged Protest

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MADISON, Wis. -- Actor James Cromwell has been charged with a civil ordinance violation for allegedly disrupting a university meeting in Madison to protest animal testing.

The 73-year-old and 27-year-old activist Jeremy Beckham were charged Friday with disorderly conduct for the Feb. 7 protest at a University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting.

The violations are not criminal charges but carry fines of up to $1,000.

The two held large signs showing a cat with metal implanted in its head at a UW-Madison lab, while shouting about the treatment of cats.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports (http://bit.ly/X3dCbS) the two are scheduled to appear in court March 25.

Cromwell was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1995 film "Babe." Other credits include "L.A. Confidential," "The Green Mile" and "The Artist."

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Information from: Wisconsin State Journal, http://www.madison.com/wsj

Busy Philipps Shares Her Tips For A Fun-Filled Oscars Party

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She may be expecting her second child, but Busy Philipps isn't letting pregnancy get in the way of her entertaining guests.

The 33-year-old actress chatted with HuffPost Celebrity about her ideal Academy Awards soiree, which includes lots and lots of yummy cocktails.

"I love hosting parties," the "Cougar Town" star tells HuffPost. "I’m really quite crafty; people who follow me on Twitter and Instagram are aware of that!"

But when it comes to her drinks, Philipps likes to keep it simple -- which would explain why she prefers a pour-and-serve type of beverage.

"I’ve always loved the Bacardi Classic Cocktails Light because they’re just open and pour," she explains. "When you’re throwing the party, you want to be able to spend as much time with your guests as possible, especially with a 4-year-old running around and a baby in my stomach! I don’t want to be wasting time making sure everyone has all their mixers that they need for their drinks, so I always have Bacardi on hand."

"And people love it," Philipps adds. "Someone always ends up leaving with a bottle because it’s so delicious. I like the Pina Colada and I mix it in my Vitamix with ice and make it like a smoothie and you feel like you’re on vacation."

"Obviously I don’t drink it now!" she laughs, continuing, "Oh, but in a few months I will!"

Philipps also reassures us Oscars junkies that the Mojito flavor is equally as delicious.

"Everyone loves the Mojito," she admits. "My friend Emily is obsessed with the Mojito, so I add some fresh mint to make it look pretty! But it’s great as a party drink."

Speaking of partying, pick up whatever you're sipping on tonight and play along with HuffPost's Oscars drinking game.

First Look At Fergie's Baby Bump

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Her lovely baby bump!

Fergie stepped out in Milan, Italy today (Feb. 23) flaunting her blossoming belly in a tight vest. Although it appears she was trying to hide her bump under layers of clothing, the singer's pregnancy curves were on full display as she greeted fans outside Party by Armani.

After weeks of speculation, Fergie, 37, and her husband Josh Duhamel, 40, finally announced that they were expecting their first child on Monday (Feb. 18), tweeting:

And obviously Duhamel is as excited as his pregnant wife, posting a sweet message on his Twitter account Feb. 20.

Congrats again to the happy parents-to-be!

Check out Fergie's baby bump below:

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fergie baby bump

Premiere Dates For Ryan Lochte & Ashton Kutcher's New Reality Shows

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"What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" You can find out on April 21, when the Olympic swimmer's new docuseries premieres on E!'s Sunday night block. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the six-episode series will debut at 10 p.m. EST, followed by the second season premiere of "Married to Jonas."

THR reports that the athlete's series will "showcase his day-to-day activities in and out of the pool, with a focus on his love life, his family and his friendships."

"[Lochte] is an incredibly endearing personality who is sexy, entertaining and fun," E! president Suzanne Kolb said in a statement. "Watching this show, I believe people will fall into three categories: They want to be him, sleep with him or mother him.”

Also hitting the airwaves in April is Ashton Kutcher's latest unscripted series, TV Land's "Forever Young." According to Variety, the half-hour show will premiere on April 3 at 10 p.m. EST with two back-to-back episodes. The series, hailing from Kutcher and Jason Goldberg's production company, Katalyst, follows a "Big Brother"-style format that documents what happens when five "juniors" under 30 move into a house with five "seniors" over 70.

"As TV Land continues to produce original series, we are broadening our horizons and looking at both scripted and unscripted shows," said TV Land president Larry W. Jones in a statement. "'Forever Young' is the perfect example of what TV Land values in its original programming: an intriguing concept with humor and heart at its core."

Will you watch "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" or "Forever Young"?

Jennifer Lawrence Wows In Little Black Dress

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Jennifer Lawrence dons a back-revealing top while attending the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards at Santa Monica Beach on Saturday (February 23) in Santa Monica, Calif.

The 22-year-old actress wore a skirt, top, and necklace by Lanvin, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, and carried a Bottega Veneta bag.

Will 'Once Upon A Time' Recast The Mad Hatter For A Spinoff?

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The Mad Hatter may have a chance at a happily ever after, but not with Sebastian Stan in the role. According to Deadline, ABC is considering spinning off the popular "Once Upon a Time" character into his own show, but Stan is reportedly unavailable for the potential series commitment, likely due to his roles in Broadway play "Picnic" and the "Captain America" franchise.

Instead, ABC is said to be considering recasting Stan's role. Deadline reports that the network is looking at two possible options for the Hatter project: Filming a short presentation starring the character (with the potential for a 13-episode series commitment should execs like what they see), or reintroducing the recast character for another guest arc later this season on "Once Upon a Time," with an episode filmed as a backdoor pilot. The CW is employing the same strategy for their "Vampire Diaries" spinoff, "The Originals."

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Once Upon a Time" creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis are also working on the Mad Hatter project and would be showrunners on both series should Hatter move forward, where it would be in contention for a fall 2013 premiere.

NBC also has an "Alice in Wonderland"-themed pilot in contention this season titled "Wonderland," which would pick up several years after the events of Lewis Carroll's novel, when Alice is the queen of Wonderland.

Would you watch a Mad Hatter series without Sebastian Stan?


PHOTOS: Stars Go Casual At The 2013 Independent Spirit Awards

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With stylists, hair dressers, makeup artists and the actors themselves feverishly prepping for the Oscars on Sunday, several Hollywood stars took a much-needed breather on Saturday afternoon for the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards.

The awards show, held at Santa Monica Beach, was a largely casual affair, with big names like Salma Hayek, Kerry Washington and Amy Poehler wearing casual day dressed in bright, cheery colors. Rashida Jones and Nina Dobrev even wore shorts (with high heels, but still).

The exception was Jennifer Lawrence, who showed up wearing a daringly sexy black ensemble by Lanvin that bared more skin than she's shown at all the previous awards shows combined. Way to be, J-Law.

Check out the red carpet below -- who do you think was best-dressed?

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'Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Big At Spirit Awards

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The oddball romance "Silver Linings Playbook" was named best picture Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, Hollywood's last pre-game show before the Academy Awards.

"Silver Linings Playbook" led with four wins, including best actress for Jennifer Lawrence and director and screenplay for David O. Russell.

Lawrence is the best-actress favorite at Sunday's Oscars for her role as a young widow in a shaky new relationship with a man fresh from a mental hospital.

"The Sessions" earned two acting prizes, for John Hawkes as a man in an iron lung hoping to lose his virginity and Helen Hunt as the sexual surrogate helping him through it.

The award for best supporting actor went to Matthew McConaughey as a flamboyant stripper in "Magic Mike."

In barely three years, Lawrence has risen from a relative unknown to superstar hero of "The Hunger Games" franchise and potential Oscar winner at just 22. Her quick ascent began with another Spirit Awards nominee, "Winter's Bone," which won the top honor at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and earned Lawrence her first Oscar nomination.

Lawrence said she loves independent film for the thrill of freezing with the crew in the middle of the night because they all believe in a story.

"That's why I do what I do. I love that feeling. I mean, I'd rather be warm," Lawrence said.

McConaughey, also a best-actor nominee at the Spirit Awards for "Killer Joe," is a Hollywood A-lister but a relative newcomer to key film awards.

"I had to take my pants off to win a trophy," McConaughey said, adding that five of his last six films were independent productions and the "most creative fun of my acting career, hands down."

Hunt, also nominated for supporting actress at the Oscars, was coy backstage about what she'll be doing before Hollywood's big night.

"I will be eating breakfast and getting dressed," Hunt said of her day at the Oscars, where she previously won as best actress for "As Good as It Gets." "I don't have any plans, but I'm going to put a dress on."

"Silver Linings Playbook" filmmaker Russell noted that his initial trip to the Spirit Awards was 19 years ago, when he won the prize for best first film for "Spanking the Monkey."

His son Matthew, an inspiration for "Silver Linings" because of his battle with bipolar disorder, was a year old at the time, and was in the crowd to watch his father claim his awards.

"He gave me this movie, so I want to thank him, Matthew, for this movie," Russell said.

"Silver Linings Playbook" centers on the relationship between a man (Bradley Cooper) just out of a mental hospital and a young widow (Lawrence). The film is up for best picture at the Oscars, where Russell is nominated for adapted screenplay and director and Cooper and Lawrence are in the running for the lead-acting honors.

The film's producers said they had expected fellow Oscar best-picture nominee "Beasts of the Southern Wild" to win the top Spirit Award and that they have no expectations of winning the big prize at the Oscars, where Ben Affleck's CIA thriller "Argo" is the best-picture favorite.

But they gushed praise for filmmaker Russell.

"Your brilliance as a filmmaker is without peer. Your spirit of collaboration knows no bounds," said producer Jonathan Gordon.

Russell said backstage that he was thrilled to go the Oscars, or as he called it, the "World Series," but he also has no illusions about winning there.

"Thank God, Monday, I'm going back to work," Russell said. "That's how you avoid the postpartum depression."

Hawkes won the supporting-actor Spirit Award two years ago as Lawrence's co-star in "Winter's Bone," a role that also earned him an Oscar nomination. He missed out on an Oscar slot this time but said that independent film is a "big part of my life, and I'm really happy for that. ... `The Sessions' is a truly independent film made for very little money and shot very quickly."

Austrian writer-director Michael Haneke's old-age love story "Amour" won for best international film, a possible prelude to the Oscars, where his film is the favorite to win the foreign-language prize and is nominated for best picture.

"I have the impression I am the oldest man in the room," the 70-year-old Haneke joked in a room filled with young filmmakers.

The ceremony was hosted by Adam Samberg at the awards' usual venue, a tent along the beach in Santa Monica just west of Los Angeles. It is presented by Film Independent, a group of filmmakers, industry professionals and cinema buffs. The show was aired later Saturday on IFC.

Among other winners:

_ Best first film: "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," from director Stephen Chbosky, who adapted the picture from his novel.

_ First screenplay: "Safety Not Guaranteed," Derek Connolly.

_ Cinematography: "Beasts of the Southern Wild," Ben Richardson.

_ Documentary: "The Invisible War," directed by Kirby Dick.

_ John Cassavetes Award for best film made for less than $500,000: "Middle of Nowhere," directed by Ava DuVernay.

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AP Movie Writer Christy Lemire contributed to this report.

BULLIES?

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The Independent Spirit Awards are stereotyped as a drunken, casual, beachside soiree that takes place the day before the classy people step out for the Academy Awards. Hosted this year by 'SNL' funnyman Andy Samberg, who described the event as "the only show watched by more people in the room than on TV," the Spirit Awards lived up to its raunchy reputation.

Amy Poehler was on camera drinking directly from a large bottle of wine at her table, while John Hawkes stood up and threatened to drop his pants to the floor. Samberg worked his way through a plethora of penis jokes -– most notably observing that there has been a "real lack of on-screen d*ck in films this year. Everyone got d*ck shy."

Samberg went on to roast Hollywood in general with the catchphrase of the day: "F*ck you, Hollywood." He continued dryly, "you can take your 'Hangovers' and 'Hunger Games' and shove it up your ass. You know what I'm talking about, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence," he joked.

But there is no mistaking Hollywood's iron grip on the Indie Spirit Awards. David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," starring Cooper and Lawrence, dominated the afternoon –- and some seemed pretty grouchy about it. The comparatively low-budget "Beasts Of The Southern Wild," a crowd favorite, got very little love aside from winning the Best Cinematography award, while "Silver Linings Playbook" received four awards, for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Film.

It's the Harvey Weinstein touch (Weinstein, by the way, defined casual in jeans, a black t-shirt and sneakers). At last year's Indie Spirit Awards, Weinstein's two nominated films, "The Artist" and "My Week With Marilyn," took home half of the awards that afternoon. "The Artist" went on to win five Academy Awards the following day.

And so, if last year's Spirit Awards are any indication, we might already have a pretty good sense of who will be walking home with gold Sunday night at the Oscars. Eight of last year's winners were also Oscar nominees. More impressively, six of those eight went on to actually win Academy Awards the next day: "A Separation," Best Foreign Language Film; Christopher Plummer, Best Supporting Actor; "The Descendants, Best Adapted Screenplay; Michel Hazanavicius, Best Director; Jean Dujardin, Best Actor; and "The Artist," Best Picture.

The drunken afternoon quickly took on the air of a "Beasts Of The Southern Wild" versus "Silver Linings Playbook" match-up. As guests exited the white tent, basking in Southern California's golden sun, many were heard whispering about how "Beasts" was a more impressive film, especially given the fact that it was made for a miniscule $1.8 million, compared to the $21 million budget of "Silver Linings Playbook."

Maybe it’s the underdog syndrome, or the fact that many feel protective over a movie made by a 28-year old writer/director with a no-name cast and a breakout star, Quvenzhané Wallis, who was six years old during filming. "Silver Linings Playbook," meanwhile, starred Hollywood powerhouses, and director David O. Russell has been nominated for three Oscars so far.

Lawrence perhaps said it best in her acceptance speech for Best Female Lead for "Silver Linings Playbook." "I love being on that twentieth hour of free overtime, freezing. What's keeping you there isn't the money." One has to assume she was referring to her days in the Ozarks shooting "Winter's Bone," for which she was nominated for her first Oscar, and not "Silver Linings Playbook."

The Academy Awards are about twenty-four hours away, and those who believe that the Spirit Awards function as a debaucherous dress rehearsal for the Oscars might be kicking themselves if they marked "Argo" or "Lincoln" as Best Picture on their office Oscar ballots.

For a complete list of winners from the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards, click here.

Kanye: 'Grammys Can Suck My D--k'

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Another show, another Kanye West therapy session. At a Saturday concert in London, the rapper fired off at some old favorites (the Grammys, business folk) and added two surprising new targets: Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake.

"I got love for Hov, but I ain't f--kin' with that 'Suit & Tie,'" West sung/rapped in an extended freestyle that followed "Clique," referencing Justin Timberlake's comeback single. Jay-Z is featured on the track.

West and Jay-Z are known to be extremely close -- the duo released an album ("Watch the Throne") and toured together. If there has been a falling out, hip-hop fans are probably the ones who stand to lose the most, as West also provided production on some of Jay-Z's most famous hits, including "Heart of the City," "H to the Izzo" and "Lucifer."

Since "Suit & Tie" was released, Jay-Z and Timberlake have been remarkably close. They performed the song at the Grammys and a post-Grammys show in Los Angeles, recored a music video for the track and announced a 12-city stadium tour they've grandiosely titled Legends of the Summer.

West also took aim at the Grammys, an institution he has essentially called racist before. "The Grammys can suck my d--k," he said bluntly on Saturday.

Corporate, public relations-friendly business folk and West don't get along either, it seems. "Can I sell your drink for you, please?" West asked in a mocking voice. "So you can help me put on a better show, please, corporations? Can you please support me, please? Me, Kanye West? I swear I’m a nice n---a now. I swear I’ll put the pink Polo back on." (West, who used to wear ruby-style Ralph Lauren Polo shirts, now wears masks and leather kilts.)

He also noticed that his infamous "Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time" interruption of Taylor Swift seems to have been forgotten. "They forgot about the whole ‘Beyonce thing’ right?" West asked. "Okay, cool.” (Rumors that Beyonce hated Kim Kardashian, who is pregnant with West's child, may also have made it to the rapper's ear.)

The Worst Movie Of 2012

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LOS ANGELES — The "Twilight" team finally has earned some love – or loathing – from Team Razzies.

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2" was picked as last year's worst picture Saturday by the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that hands out prizes for Hollywood's lousiest movies on the eve of the Oscars.

The finale to the blockbuster supernatural romance dominated the Razzies with seven awards, including worst actress for Kristen Stewart, supporting actor for Taylor Lautner, director for Bill Condon and worst screen couple for Lautner and child co-star Mackenzie Foy.

Adam Sandler was named worst actor for the raunchy comedy "That's My Boy," his second-straight win after 2011's "Jack and Jill," which swept all 10 Razzie categories a year ago. Pop singer Rihanna won worst supporting actress for the action dud "Battleship."

"Twilight" movies had been well represented in Razzie nominations over the years but had not won any key awards there. Razzie voters joke that as with "The Lord of the Rings" finale winning best picture at the Academy Awards, they were waiting for the last "Twilight" flick on which to heap their scorn.

"I have a pet theory, which is that the box office on `Twilight' films is very impressive, but my theory is that instead of 40 million individual girls going to see it, it's 8 million girls going to see it five times each. People who love those movies just adore them," said Razzies founder John Wilson. "I believe the attitude of people who really love `Twilight' movies toward this subject is very similar to the pomposity with which the Academy Awards addresses the whole rest of the world. Our whole existence is all about making fun of pompous, so `Twilight' really is right up our alley."

The "Twilight" finale also won for worst screen ensemble and worst remake, rip-off or sequel. For worst picture, it beat out "Battleship," "That's My Boy," the family flick "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" and Eddie Murphy's comedy flop "A Thousand Words."

Stewart's worst-actress prize came for both "Twilight" and her fairy-tale update "Snow White and the Huntsman."

In the five "Twilight" movies, Stewart stars as sullen teen Bella Swan, who falls for ageless vampire hunk Edward Cullen (worst-actor nominee Robert Pattinson) and finds herself at the center of a love triangle with him and her childhood pal, werewolf stud Jacob Black (Lautner).

Stewart set a consistent standard of emotional stoniness throughout the "Twilight" movies, Wilson said.

"Acting should involve having an expression on your face, and she is blank, other than the morose kind of half-Goth thing her character does," Wilson said. "I didn't realize Snow White and Bella were soul sisters, because of the very limited range of what she can do. I think it was Dorothy Parker who said about Katharine Hepburn that she runs the `gamut of emotions from A to B.' Kristen Stewart is so expressionless she might as well be a brick wall."

Sandler's "That's My Boy," which also won the worst-screenplay Razzie, flopped at the box office and continues a gradual decline in receipts for the comic actor's movies.

"He's an enormous star who is on what I call the `down-alator' of his career," Wilson said. "He's about to step off the same cliff Eddie Murphy stepped off about 10 years ago. Eddie Murphy has never come back, and Murphy is more talented."

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