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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Denise Richards tells Access Hollywood that "keeping a lid" on her ex-husband Charlie Sheen's lifestyle is her "main priority." This is a full-time job with the gaggle of porn stars, $26K on prostitutes, and explaining why daddy won't be around for Christmas (in jail).
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Deena Cortese has a crush on The Situation, but last night he told Jay Leno she just doesn't do it for him, even after she stripped off her bikini bottoms. "Normally, as a guy, when a girl is standing butt naked in front of you, normally - nine out of ten times - it's a good situation, but I'll be honest, my head was telling me yes but [downstairs] was telling me no."
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Jennifer Lawrence spent eight hours a day getting painted naked by seven female makeup artists to transform into Mystique for X-Men: First Class, telling The Hollywood Reporter "It was kind of like going to a really bizarre sleepover."
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As The ReelzChannel Rundown suspected back in November, Scientologists John Travolta and Kelly Preston welcomed son Benjamin into the world very quietly, following the religion's practice of "silent birth."
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RadarOnline.com reports Mel Gibson is about to be charged with domestic violence/corporal injury that may land the actor in jail for four years, while alleged victim Oksana Grigorieva was spotted at LAX yesterday.
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Is Barack Obama dying his hair? Sure looks like it.
Posted 01.20.11 by reelz -
The first (purportedly) official photo from director Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of X-Men: First Class confirms the rumor that the team will wear the yellow and blue costumes from the comic books.
The photo reveals (from left to right) Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, January Jones as Emma Frost, Jason Flemying as Azazel, Nicholas Hoult as the Beast (in blue fur), Lucas Till as Havok, Zoe Kravitz as Angel Salvadore, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, and James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X.
What else is happening with the production? >> Posted 01.18.11 by Ryan -
Some fans balked at news of an American adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on the first book of the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy of thrillers. A Swedish version had already been released in 2009 and was finally arriving on the American DVD market just as Larsson's novels were becoming best-sellers.
For many, it was the performance by Noomi Rapace as the book and movie's heroine, Lisbeth Salander, that seemed irreplaceable. Rapace's Dragon Tattoo director, Niels Oplev, publicly expressed his frustration with the American version citing that Rapace had "captured" the character of Salander and "it should always be all her". Unfortunately for Oplev, another actress is getting the chance to portray the tattooed and pierced computer hacker.
Director David Fincher went on an exhaustive search of actresses for the role before finally casting Rooney Mara, whose most recent work was in Fincher's The Social Network. While Rooney's Salander has been caught in "spy pics" from the set, W Magazine has the first official look at the American version, looking very much in keeping with Rapace's version. Fincher told W why he cast Mara, who descends from the Rooney and Mara families that own the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants.
Fincher and Mara on casting, serial killers and more >> Posted 01.12.11 by Ryan -
News about director Matthew Vaughn's upcoming adaptation of X-Men: First Class has been pretty quiet of late, with the confusion over whether the character of Cyclops would be included in the movie serving as last month's biggest new item (he won't be appearing). With the X-Men prequel still currently in production in Jekyll Island, Georgia, new set photos have been released, which The Daily Blam reports reveals the X-Men's Blackbird aircraft and a possible location from the comic books.
It has already been speculated that this could be the backdrop for Muir Island, a small, fictional island off the northern coast of Scotland that has been the backdrop for many X-Men stories in the comic books. The island was founded by Dr. Moira MacTaggert, played by Rose Byrne. Just today, images from the set have been leaked showing green screen construction and the tattered frame of the X-Jet (a modified SR-71 Blackbird that X-Men use for transportation).
Read the synopsis and more from Lawrence >> Posted 12.12.10 by Ryan -
Jennifer Lawrence has been on a break from shooting the upcoming comic book prequel X-Men: First Class to promote the DVD release of the critically acclaimed independent Winter's Bone, and recently revealed that the hours of make-up she has to endure to become the blue-skinned shape-shifter Mystique had earned the nickname "Mystink." It wasn't the only part of process that was difficult to adjust to, Lawrence admitted to E! Online. She also had to get used to being mostly naked all day.
Lawrence talks nudity, her character, and dealing with fame >> Posted 10.28.10 by Ryan -
Jennifer Lawrence took a break from shooting the upcoming X-Men: First Class to promote her critically praised independent drama Winter's Bone and to answer a few questions about playing the blue-skinned, mutant shapeshifter Mystique in First Class. Though Lawrence has been shooting the movie for a month already, she told Hollywood Elsewhere that she won't appear in her blue form for too long.
I'm only Mystique for 10% of the movie, I have done a lot of Mystique or "Mystink" as I like to call it. Probably like 10 or 11 times.
"Mystink?" What's that? >> Posted 10.26.10 by Ryan -
Shooting is currently underway on director Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of X-Men: First Class, and several updates on the anticipated movie have been released. Rather than be a sequel to the X-Men trilogy, First Class is a prequel set in the 1960's, focusing on the early friendship between Professor Charles Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X (James McAvoy), and Erik Lensherr, a.k.a. Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and the rift that tears their friendship apart. The U.K.'s Daily Mail have the latest set photos, which depict McAvoy walking through the rain-soaked streets of Oxford with Jennifer Lawrence (who plays shapeshifter Raven Darkhölme, a.k.a. Mystique) and Rose Byrne (who plays Dr. Moira MacTaggert, a love interest of Xavier's in the comic books).
a scene gets recreated while another dresses down >> Posted 10.04.10 by Ryan -
Jennifer Lawrence rose to prominence after her performance in the indie Winter's Bone received heavy praise. That movie's still enjoying box office success in its limited release, but after being cast as the blue-skinned shapeshifter Mystique in Fox's upcoming X-Men: First Class, Lawrence is going to scrutinized by a much larger audience. The actress admitted to the Orlando Sentinel that she was not prepared for the attention that the X-Men franchise brings, saying she has "never done a movie where the title alone makes people go a little crazy."
more on Lawrence's X-Men education >> Posted 07.23.10 by Ryan -
Only weeks away from the expected production start of X-Men: First Class, two more actors have been added to the cast. Variety has confirmed that Kevin Bacon, who a week ago was rumored to be in talks for a role in the movie, has signed on to star as an unnamed villain. The same Variety report revealed that up-and-coming actress Jennifer Lawrence has joined the cast as Mystique.
MORE >> Posted 07.16.10 by BrentJS