-
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
In the wake of last week's shocking "not guilty" verdict, Casey Anthony attorney Cheney Mason claims multiple death threats have been received from people wanting to kill Anthony, her lawyers, and the jurors who heard the case. Her parents have also allegedly gone into hiding.
Meanwhile, news organizations fear blowback for paying for an interview with someone who many think is a murderer, and porn purveyor Vivid Entertainment pulled out of an offer for her to star in an XXX pic after fan outcry and concluded, "A movie starring Casey Anthony is not what people want to see."
***
David and Victoria Beckham named their new baby daughter Harper Seven Beckham. Harper is a traditional English name, but Seven is the result of either a) it being a very lucky and spiritual number, b) the child being born on the 7th month, c) the child weighing 7 pounds, d) 7 being David's jersey number for Manchester United and the English national team, or e) all of the above.
***
Kate Hudson also had a baby, but it was a boy, not the girl she was expecting from her hair-and-ring pendulum test. Yeah, you read that right.
***
Arnold Schwarznegger and Patty Baena have reportedly been in regular phone conversations and are discussing a possible face-to-face reunion with their son. Maria Shriver is also moving forward, renovating every square inch of a 11,000-square-foot Brentwood, CA, house she recently purchased for $10 million. She is expected to receive $200 million in the divorce.
***
Mel Gibson was spotted stumbling out of a Malibu restaurant before he drove off in his Smart car.
Posted 07.11.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
This morning both NBC and Meredith Vieira finally made it official that she's leaving the Today show next month and will be replaced by news anchor Ann Curry.
***
Pippa Middleton has been offered $5 million to do porn, and it's all for just a single scene. No word yet from Pippa about Vivid Entertainment's offer, but it's reported the party planner wants to start her own party planning business.
***
Kate Gosselin wore what looked to be a pterodactyl's nest on her head at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, and rightfully had anxiety about it beforehand tweeting, "Having hat panic - it's big & feathery & matches my dress perfectly. But it's a big one to pull off."
***
CSI star Marg Helgenberger told French radio that Justin Bieber was "kind of a brat" on the set of the show, locking a producer in a closet and putting his fist through a cake.
***
Despite pretty solid reviews, Mel Gibson's The Beaver bombed at the box office, earning just $104K on 22 screens over the weekend. The Jodie Foster-directed movie cost $21M to make.
***
Charlie Sheen is teaching his two-year-old twins how to say "rehab" so they always know where their mom is. Ex-wife Brooke Mueller is not amused and is threatening to sue Sheen for violating the terms of their divorce, which state he's not allowed to publicly speak about Mueller in a negative way.
Posted 05.09.11 by reelz -
While The Hangover Part II won't open for another month, promotional material for the highly-anticipated sequel continues to arrive online in the form of new posters, TV spots, or statements from co-writer and director Todd Phillips about whether or not he taught a monkey how to smoke cigarettes for the movie.
In a recent interview with MTV, Phillips cleared up another issue involving the sequel's title. Originally thought to be called "The Hangover 2, Phillips explained why he changed it to "The Hangover Part II."
I think there are very few sequels that have been made that live up to or exceed their first film. The Godfather [sequel] is the first one. We had always planned on calling it The Hangover 2, and when we finished the script, I changed the cover page and wrote The Hangover Part II, because I think the film lives up to or exceeds the first one. It was very much a nod to The Godfather [franchise].
Gibson talks cameo, Phillips talks three-quel >> Posted 04.25.11 by Ryan -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown: Fast Friday Edition
Lady Gaga went down again during "Poker Face" in Georgia last night (watch video above). Earlier in the day she apologized for using the word "retarted" to describe accusations of plagiarism against her hit, "Born This Way."
***
Hugh Jackman is bulking up for the next Wolverine movie, but is waiting on growing out the chops.
***
James Franco is enrolled in the University of Houston's PhD program in Literature and Creative Writing, starting this fall. He's also signed up to teach a graduate class on directing at NYU at the same time.
***
Lindsay Lohan may have her felony theft charge reduced to a misdemeanor when she's in court today, meaning she may do a short stint in the county jail vs. up to three years in state prison.
***
In a super-long interview with Deadline, Mel Gibson says, among a bunch of other things, that he doesn't care if he ever acts again.
***
The ex-boyfriend of Jersey Shore's Jenni "JWoww" Farley claims she tried to kill him in a March 2010 knife attack that required 37 stitches in his arm. (We can totally see it.)
***
Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel said she did Real Housewives only for business, parlaying the fame into a $120M mini-empire.
Posted 04.22.11 by reelz -
Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and Anton Yelchin headline the cast in the upcoming drama, The Beaver. In the movie, Mel uses a beaver hand puppet to communicate and deal with his problems. So Hollywood's Top Ten is counting down the best puppet and marionette scenes in movies. Which ones entertain you the most? Now's your chance to rank your favorites for us. And remember, if your favorite isn't listed, go ahead and add it.
Vote for your top 10 Movie Puppets and Marionettes >>
Posted 04.15.11 by reelz -
No fooling, there's a new trailer for The Hangover: Part II.
The trailer reveals that while the location (Bangkok) is new, much is the same from the first movie. We learn that instead of Doug (Justin Bartha) getting married, this time it's Stu (Ed Helms) and of course the Wolfpack celebrate the pending nuptials but they awake the next day, not remembering the night before (again) and are searching for a missing person (this time, it's Stu's soon-to-be brother in law) and use clues to trace their steps.
Though being much of the same can be a good thing since the first Hangover was a blockbuster success, grossing $277M, becoming the top rated R movie of all time
watch the new trailer >> Posted 04.01.11 by reelz -
Despite the shambles he has made of his personal life, actor and Academy Award-winning director Mel Gibson's professional career seems poised for a comeback thanks to The Beaver, the dark comedy directed by and co-starring Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster that recently premiered at the currently-ongoing South By Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, to "rousing applause" from the audience. If you were unable to make the trek to Austin, check out these three new clips from The Beaver to see a little of what the buzz is all about.
watch the preview clips >> Posted 03.17.11 by BrentJS -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Mel Gibson has reached a plea deal in the domestic violence case against Oksana Grigorieva that will keep him out of jail, but will likely involve probation and anger management counseling. Meanwhile, Gibson's extortion case against Grigorieva was thrown out by Los Angeles County DA's Office.
***
Lindsay Lohan is adamantly rejecting any plea deal in her jewelry theft case because it would involve six months of jail time. The alternative is to take the case to trial where, if convicted, LiLo could face a year in prison for grand theft. Last night Entertainment Weekly aired jewelry store surveillance footage showing LiLo leaving Kamofie & Co. wearing the necklace while an employee holds the door open, smiling.
***
The "Who is that cute girl Ryan Reynolds is hanging out with?" mystery is over, as the woman he was spotted with in South Africa last week has been identified as 25-year-old German model Agnes Fischer. The 35-year-old Reynolds will have his hands full, as Fischer says she does "running, cycling (race & mountain bike), scuba-diving, climbing, snowboarding, skiing, inline-skating, yoga, and aerobics" to stay in shape.
***
Actor and rapper 50 Cent is the latest member of the Gaddafi Concert Donation Club and says he will donate to Unicef money he was paid for a 2005 concert at the Venice Film Festival. There are still several other stars who have not responded to reports they were paid for appearances or performances at Gaddafi events, including Lionel Richie, Timbaland, Enrique Iglesias, Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan, and Jon Bon Jovi.
***
Julianne Moore will star as Sarah Palin in HBO's adaptation of Game Change, the bestselling book about John McCain's 2008 presidential run.
***
Charlie Sheen's pick to replace him on Two and a Half Men, Rob Lowe, will not be leaving Parks and Recreation, according to that show's executive producer Michael Schur. Meanwhile, a Sheen party pal tells Life and Style magazine that Sheen is "losing it. He's really mad about the show, and dealing with the kids and Brooke is getting to be too much. Charlie is a ticking time bomb, and we all fear he could do something drastic like committing suicide or falling back on hard drugs."
If it's any consolation, TeamSheen's opening for a social media intern has received 74,040 applications from people in 181 countries.
Posted 03.10.11 by reelz -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
As Mel Gibson is about to be charged with domestic violence/corporal injury that could send him to jail for four years, Oksana Grigorieva's former bodyguard says she told him that Mel never punched her and called the Russian pianist and singer a "sexual sorceress."
***
Is GyllenSwift back on? And can we please get a better name? Jake Gyllenhaal took long-time pal Jenny Lewis to the Golden Globes, but was spotted having dinner with Taylor Swift at a restaurant near her Nashville condo.
***
In two sure signs of the apocalypse, Snooki's book has cracked the New York Times best-seller list and this weekend she's shooting a pilot for a Jersey Shore spinoff with JWoww.
***
It's free tattoos for life for Sandra Bullock's ex-husband Jesse James, as he's engaged to tattoo artist Kat Von D. James apparently knew he found "the one" when Von D bought him a sniper rifle for Christmas.
***
George Clooney tells CNN's Piers Morgan that he gave marriage "a shot," and then took shots to deal with a case of malaria on his most recent trip to Sudan.
Posted 01.21.11 by reelz -
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).
***
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."
***
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."
***
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."
***
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.
***
Is Barack Obama dying his hair? Sure looks like it.
Posted 01.20.11 by reelz