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Which Actress Should Play the Last Princess of Alderran?
Now that Disney has expanded its library of fairy tale princesses to include its first space princess, the question is: How does the "House of Mouse" plan to utilize Leia Organa, last princess of the doomed planet Alderran, twin brother to Luke Skywalker, and daughter of evil Sith warlord Darth Vader. Concurrent with the announcement of the purchase of Lucasfilm Ltd., Disney revealed that Star Wars: Episode VII would be blasting into theaters in 2015, which we later learned would be written by Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine); however, nothing about the plot has been revealed.
All three of the principal actors who starred in the original trilogy — Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher — have expressed interest in returning in the new movie and it's likely that Disney will want to capitalize on the popularity of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Leia Organa, but whether Disney brings back the original cast members as a way of bridging the original trilogy with the new trilogy or reboots the characters with younger actors is anyone's guess. Considering how well Paramount's Star Trek reboot was received by the general audience and even die-hard Trekkers and Trekkies, coupled with the fact that Disney skews young, we're thinking Star Wars will get the reboot.
We already asked you to vote for the best actors to play Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. Now, we want to know who you think has what it takes to wag her finger in the face of evil as the feisty princess with a preference for scoundrels?
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Posted 11.18.12 by BrentJS -
Celebrity Rundown
He may be a gold medalist, but Ryan Lochte doesn't win 'em all. While at a Fashion's Night Out even last week, the athlete told People that he has "a huge crush" on Blake Lively. Unfortunately for Lochte, the Gossip Girl got married to her Green Lantern co-star Ryan Reynolds just a few days later at a ceremony in Mt. Pleasant, SC. However, Lochte also mentioned having a crush on Carmen Electra, and according to Celebuzz, she's flattered and is sure their "paths will cross soon."
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TMZ reports that Miley Cyrus is suspected of criminal battery. She is said to have stepped in to break up a fight and thrown a punch in the process.
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Former Superman Dean Cain helped a superhero enthusiast propose to his longtime girlfriend.
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Blake wasn't the only celebrity bride this weekend. The Avengers' Cobie Smulders married SNL cast member Taran Killam.
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Emma Watson has been named by McAfee as 2012's Most Dangerous Celebrity. When searching for the actress, there's reportedly a one-in-eight chance of landing on a malicious site.
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So far, the most successful movies of the past few months (The Avengers, Men in Black III, Snow White and the Huntsman) have all been big-budget, special effects–heavy movies or sequels with established or well-known characters. Therein lies the challenge of marketing director Oliver Stone's upcoming adaptation of Savages. Despite being based on the novel by Don Winslow, Savages doesn't have the advantage of being based on known characters, yet, ironically, will have to contend with The Amazing Spider-Man on its opening weekend.
To help audiences become more familiar with the characters in Savages, Universal has released several character clips from the movie. All done in police interrogation-style interviews, which means that marijuana growers Ben (Aaron Johnson and Chon Taylor Kitsch) won't exactly be truthful about their business, and neither will Mexican drug cartel leader Elena Sanchez (Salma Hayek) and her enforcer Lado (Benicio del Toro). Ben and Chon's girlfriend O (Blake Lively), however, is willing to admit to her triumvirate relationship.
watch the videos >> Posted 06.14.12 by Ryan -
Director Oliver Stone's adaptation of Savages has a tough road ahead, competing against the highly anticipated The Amazing Spider-Man its opening weekend and family-friendly sequel Ice Age: Continental Drift the following week. It may seem cynical to think that the crime-thriller only has two weeks to make its mark on the box office, but the third week after Savages' release, The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters and will likely be dominating the box office.
Still, there must be a reason Universal decided to release Savages during tentpole season... The two latest TV spots provide some answers as they reveal explosions, weird masks, and rocket launchers while briefly describing a story about two marijuana growers (Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch) whose mutual girlfriend (Blake Lively) is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel that the two friends refused to work with. Salma Hayek leads the cartel, and Benicio del Toro plays the mustachioed cartel enforcer who kidnaps Lively and forces the two friends to, as one of spots says, go to war.
watch the TV spots >> Posted 06.06.12 by Ryan -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Jennifer Hudson took the stand Monday in the case against her former brother-in-law William Balfour, who is charged with the 2008 shooting deaths of Hudson's mother, brother, and nephew. Hudson told the jury what her family thought of Balfour. "None of us, myself, my mother, or my brother, we did not like how he treated her, and I didn't like how he treated my nephew," Hudson said, breaking down into tears. In the courtroom with Hudson was her fiancé David Otunga, a WWE wrestler. Hudson testified she knew something was wrong when her mother had not sent her a text and didn't reply to a message. "My sister called my fiancé's phone. I remember it like yesterday, obviously. And he couldn't understand what she was saying because she was so hysterical, and I grabbed the phone from him, and that's when she told me." Prosecutors say Balfour went into a jealous rage when he saw a balloon bouquet arrive at Hudson's childhood home that he believed was from his estranged wife's new boyfriend.
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Finally some good news for Lindsay Lohan, who has been accused of getting into two bar fights in the past few weeks. She's been cast to play Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime TV movie Liz & Dick. "I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor," Lohan said in a statement. "She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well. I am very honored to have been asked to play this role." At least one celeb doesn't think Lohan should be playing Taylor. While on Today, Rosie O'Donnell said Lohan isn't "capable" of the role because her personal life is still a disaster. "I feel very sorry for her ... I think she needs a lot of time away ... She's had a lot of trouble doing every single movie, including SNL," O'Donnell said. "She was out and not in rehearsal. I think she's not in a place to work." When Donny Deutsch suggested Lohan was "our generation's Elizabeth Taylor," O'Donnell replied, "You're out of your mind! You're a crackhead! The last thing she did good she was 16." To prove at least she looks the part, Lohan recently posted a photo on Twitter that shows she has some resemblance to the legendary actress. Lohan will next be seen playing a judge on Glee. Lilo has some experience with judges.
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E! News is reporting that Megan Fox is pregnant. Rumors that Fox is expecting have been surfacing for weeks now. RadarOnline.com ran a story in March that the 25-year-old actress was expecting a child with husband Brian Austin Green, who has a 10-year-old kid with ex Vanessa Marcil. Fox has made it no secret that she wants to be a mom. "I want at least two, probably three kids," the actress said in the April issue of Cosmopolitan. "I've always been maternal." Neither Fox nor Green had commented to confirm or deny initial reports.
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Are Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds living together? E! News reports the Gossip Girl star and boyfriend Reynolds are rumored to have purchased a "beautiful country home" in Bedford, NY. The new pad reportedly cost $2M. Blake and Ryan met while shooting The Green Lantern but didn't begin dating until late last year.
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And in "celebrate Barbra Streisand's 70th birthday" news, enjoy these 14 gifs of Babs.
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Universal clearly has a lot of confidence in director Oliver Stone's adaptation of Savages. After seeing an early version of the movie in February, the studio decided to change the release date from September to July 6th, putting it in direct competition with The Amazing Spider-Man, which opens 3 days earlier. Now, we finally have our first look at Savages, as MTV has delivered the movie's first trailer.
Based on the 2010 novel from Don Winslow, Savages follows marijuana growers Ben (Aaron Johnson) and Chon (Taylor Kitsch), who refuse to join forces with a Mexican drug cartel led by Salma Hayek. The cartel sends an enforcer (Benicio del Toro) to kidnap the two friends' girlfriend (Blake Lively), which prompts the two friends to take down the cartel themselves in what looks to be an explosive showdown.
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Earlier this month, director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Contagion) put together the cast for his penultimate movie, Side Effects with Blake Lively, Channing Tatum, and Jude Law. But news out today indicates there has already been a change, with Rooney Mara replacing Lively as the lead in the movie.
Deadline reports that Mara, fresh from an Academy Award nomination for her work in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is set to play Emily Hawkins, an unsettled young woman who turns to prescription drugs to deal with the pending release of her husband (Tatum) from prison. Law will play her new psychiatrist who strikes up a relationship with Emily, while Catherine Zeta-Jones will play another of Emily's doctors.
why was Lively replaced? >> Posted 01.30.12 by Ryan -
Rumors of his retirement have been greatly exaggerated, at least until after another movie or three, starting with the psychological thriller Side Effects. Steven Soderbergh, whom we are referring to, will be helming a new movie this spring thanks in part to Open Road Films and Annapurna Pictures who will finance and distribute the picture, according to EW.com.
The movie, previously titled Bitter Pill, will star Blake Lively, Jude Law and Channing Tatum; however, details on the plot have not yet been released.
In a press release from Tom Ortenberg the CEO of Open Road Films, he states:
We are thrilled that Steven Soderbergh is bringing his next thriller to Open Road. We couldn’t be more excited to be working with Annapurna and this fantastic team of filmmakers.
Soderbergh's latest movie, Haywire, hits theaters this Friday.
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Director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean's Eleven) is sprinting toward his planned sabbatical/retirement.
With Haywire opening later this month, and Magic Mike opening this summer, Soderbergh has started casting his penultimate movie, the thriller The Side Effects. Briefly called The Bitter Pill before returning to its original title, Soderbergh signed on to direct the movie after exiting his The Man from U.N.C.L.E. adaptation.
Written by frequent Soderbergh collaborator Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!, Contagion, and, ironically, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), The Playlist reports that Soderbergh has cast actors Channing Tatum, Jude Law and Blake Lively in the movie. Tatum previously worked with Soderbergh on both Haywire and Magic Mike and Law reportedly loved working on Contagion with Soderbergh, while Lively (Green Lantern) is a newcomer to the director.
more about The Side Effects >> Posted 01.10.12 by Ryan -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Melanie Amaro won the first The X Factor and took home the $5 million recording contract winner's prize. What's she going to do with the money? Buy her mom a new house because "the one we live in now sucks," and a lifetime supply of chicken, saying, "I can't live without it. It's my favorite food."
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Lindsay Lohan has landed a new modeling contract that doesn't require her to get naked, but the deal with Jag Jeans does involve LiLo "posing provocatively in tiny cutoff shorts, a belly-baring top, high heels and lots of accessories."
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Louis Vuitton is suing Warner Brothers, claiming the bag carried by Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover 2 — the one roughly handled by Stu that prompts the line "Careful, that's a Louis Vuitton!" — is a fake made by the Chinese American company Diophy.
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Things are clearly serious between Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux as they've sent out a joint mass-produced Christmas card neither one actually signed.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but Jim Carrey's unidentified new girlfriend is, uh ... geez.
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After sending Blake Lively down the road, Leonardo DiCaprio was linked to Australian models Alyce Crawford and Kendal Schuler, and Romanian beauty Madalina Ghenea but seems to have settled on American Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton.
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US Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, a Republican from Wisconsin, plans to call the First Lady's office and apologize after being publicly heard stating that Michelle Obama has a "large posterior."
Posted 12.23.11 by reelz