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Oscar nominations out: No Ryan Gosling, lots of love for The King’s Speech
Did Mo’Nique finally shave her legs for the Oscar nomination announcement?
Megan Fox is puffy, weepy: is it because of her Razzie nomination?
Is Scarlett Johansson dating Jason Sudeikis now?
Keira Knightley will be the latest and final enemy of the Twihards
Willow Smith debuts snippet of her new ear-bleeding single, “21st Century Girl”
Jodie Foster in Armani: gorgeous or boring?
Helen Mirren on Russell Brand: “We are best…we’re really close friends”
Pierce Brosnan wants to warm up your biscuits
Kelly Osbourne replaces Raccoon McPantless as the face of Material Girl

Oscar nominations out: No Ryan Gosling, lots of love for The King’s Speech

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST

I'm so glad I'm not doing a minute by minute account of the Oscar nominations, because it took forever for the nominations announcement to start. Come on, people! Ugh, anyway, this morning the big Oscar nominations were announced, and while many of the biggest contenders were completely expected (Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, The King's Speech, The Social Network), there were some surprises, mainly with who DID NOT get nominations. I'll do the full list of nominees, and then my thoughts on the noms.

The nominations:

Best Picture: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter’s Bone.

Best Director: the Coen Brothers (True Grit), David O. Russell (The Fighter), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) and David Fincher (The Social Network).

Supporting Actor: John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone, Jeremy Renner for The Town, Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech, Christian Bale for The Fighter, Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right.

Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo and Amy Adams for “The Fighter,” Hailee Steinfeld for “True Grit”, Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech and Jackie Weaver for Animal Kingdom.

Best Actress: Natalie Portman for Black Swan, Annette Benning for The Kids Are All Right, Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone, Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole, and Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine.

Best Actor: Javier Bardem for Biutiful, Jeff Bridges for True Grit, Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network, Colin Firth for The King’s Speech and James Franco for 127 Hours.

Best Original Screenplay: ‘Another Year’, ‘The Fighter’, ‘Inception’, ‘The Kids Are All Right’, ‘The King’s Speech’

Best Adapted Screenplay: ‘127 Hours’, ‘The Social Network’, ‘Toy Story 3′, ‘True Grit’, ‘Winter’s Bone’

Here were some of my big surprises and general thoughts:

* No Ryan Gosling for Best Actor for Blue Valentine, but Michelle Williams got nominated.

* No Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right, but Mark Ruffalo and Annette Bening were nominated.

* No Andrew Garfield for The Social Network! That one really hurts, because Garfield was the best part of that film.

* Javier Bardem got nominated for an Oscar after being snubbed for nearly every other awards nomination.

* I wonder if Annette is going to campaign for an Oscar? If I was an Academy voter, I would vote for Annette over Natalie Portman.

* No nomination for director Christopher Nolan for Inception.

* Winter's Bone was shown a lot of love with nominations in Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress and Best Picture.

* Still so much love for Joel & Ethan Coen.

*The King's Speech ended up with 12 nominations overall, the most nominated film this year.

* One of my favorite films of the year, The Town, only got one major nomination, for Jeremy Renner for Best Supporting Actor. That's nice, but I would have liked to see it get a Best Picture nomination. It was a stronger film than The Kids Are All Right, in my opinion.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Did Mo’Nique finally shave her legs for the Oscar nomination announcement?

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:33 AM PST

During last year's awards season, there was significant buzz about Best Supporting Actress nominee (and eventual Oscar winner) Mo'Nique. Specifically, there was buzz about her lack of a razor. Yes, Mo'Nique does not believe in shaving her legs. At all. Even when she's wearing fancy gowns.

Anyway, this morning Mo'Nique was one of the official Oscar nomination announcers, which in and of itself is interesting. Mo'Nique got a lot of criticism last year for not being interested in all of these Hollywood kiss-ass-and-make-nice type appearances. But there she was in a lovely ice-blue ensemble, literally kissing up to some Academy dude after he introduced her. But now the topic of conversation is: Did Mo'Nique shave her legs? A photographic investigation:

I think she might have. Yesterday. Or over the weekend. But not this morning. See those little goosebump-looking things? That's what day-old stubble looks like on us darker-skinned ladies. So why in the world did Mo'Nique SELL OUT?!? Big Razor must have gotten to her!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Megan Fox is puffy, weepy: is it because of her Razzie nomination?

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:07 AM PST

These are new photos of Megan Fox, looking kind of weepy and sad. Fame Pictures and The Daily Mail are trying to make Megan's puffy eyes about her new Razzie nominations yesterday. Megan was nominated for "Worst Actress" for Jonah Hex, and she and Josh Brolin share a nomination for worst couple. Sadly, I feel strongly that Megan will probably "lose" both of her Razzie categories. She faces such tough competition - Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Stewart, Miley Cyrus, the Sex and the City ladies… yeah, Megan doesn't even stand out as "the worst". Which is pretty rough, right? So maybe that's why she's weepy.

It looks like Megan Fox may have been crying into her pillow. And it could have something to do with the sexy Transformers actress being nominated for what every actor fears: a Razzie.

Emerging from the Byron and Tracey salon in Beverly Hills yesterday, Megan looked anything but happy. And she appeared to be wiping her make-up free eyes.

The 24-year-old Hollywood actress got the worst actress Razzie nomination for her role in box office flop, Jonah Hex. The Razzies stand for the 31st Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, which honour the year’s worst films and actors.

Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Stewart and Miley Cyrus are also nominated in the category.
Megan’s outfit matched her dark mood too.

Dressed in a deep purple dress and navy cardigan, she made her way back to her car clutching her keys and a water bottle tightly.

It is not unusual for Megan to go make-up free in her down time, but on this occasion her eyes appeared to be puffier.

[From The Daily Mail]

Eh. Maybe the beauty salon chemicals bothered her eyes or her contacts. Maybe she's weepy about something else entirely, like the idea that her costar JON HAMM won't give her the time of day. Maybe it's just the plastic surgery. Ugh.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Is Scarlett Johansson dating Jason Sudeikis now?

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:40 AM PST

Life & Style is reporting that Scarlett Johansson is already moving on from her split with Ryan Reynolds, and that she went on a double date with Jason Sudeikis. Jason has been connected to a couple of high-profile women over the past year. First, it was a barely-there relationship/date with Jennifer Aniston, and then it was a longer and more extensive relationship/series of hookups with January Jones. Interestingly enough, January and Jason's split was just "announced" last week - Jason probably did that so that when the rumors about ScarJo came out, everyone wouldn't ask "What about January?!?" As for ScarJo… well, I always knew the girl would move on quickly. This little Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds thing was a distraction from ScarJo's new single "I'll bone anybody!" life.

Single life is working out just fine for Scarlett Johannson! Since announcing her split with Ryan Reynolds on Dec. 14, the actress hasn’t been home dabbing her tears with a box of tissues. In fact, she’s already dating!

On Jan. 22, Life & Style spotted the newly single 26-year-old getting quite cozy with Saturday Night Live funnyman Jason Sudeikis, 35, at upscale Santa Monica pub Father’s Office. The two met Jason’s fellow SNL star Will Forte and a female guest there for burgers, fries and beer.

“It definitely looked like a double date!” an eyewitness tells Life & Style. “Scarlett and Jason were flirting and making lots of eye contact. He reached across the table twice to grab her hand.”

But Jason’s not the first guy Scarlett has been linked to since her soon-to-be ex husband filed for divorce on Dec. 23, after a little more than two years of marriage. She was the focus of many men on Jan. 8 at Jeremy Renner’s 40th-birthday party, where she was spotted flirting heavily with Entourage star Kevin Connolly and chatting up Leonardo DiCaprio. Eight days later, notorious flirter Jake Gyllenhaal even tried to woo the single gal during a CAA-sponsored Golden Globes afterparty.

Jason also seems to be licking his wounds from a recent split. As Life & Style first reported, things cooled off with one-time gal pal January Jones in December after Jason was spotted with a brunette on a double date at a New York Knicks game on Dec. 22. Jason and Scarlett got to know each other when she hosted Saturday Night Live back in November.

“Scarlett kept checking her phone like crazy,” adds the eyewitness at Father’s Office. “She was distracted, but it definitely seemed like a double date.”

A rep for Scarlett denies the couple are dating telling Life & Style, “After hosting Saturday Night Live three times, they’ve all become friends.”

[From Life & Style]

That's interesting that ScarJo's rep even bothered with a half-hearted denial. It's so on. And by "on" I mean that ScarJo will bone Jason Sudeikis until something better comes along, after which she'll be all "Jason who now?"

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Keira Knightley will be the latest and final enemy of the Twihards

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:05 AM PST

These are photos of Keira Knightley leaving a London theatre last night - she and Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss are doing a play together, The Children's Hour. Keira looks okay, doesn't she? I mean, she doesn't look like she's been wallowing in tears, meth and ice cream since her split with Rupert Friend. Good for her. In addition to this play, Keira has also signed on for a new film… starring Robert Pattinson. She'll be playing the Sparkly love interest, which is sure to make her a target of Twihard hate.

Keira Knightley will star alongside Robert Pattinson in ‘Cosmopolis’. The British actress will play the 24-year-old star’s love interest in the David Cronenberg-directed film, based the Don DeLillo novel.

The pair are expected to get up close and personal with each other in the film, which shows 24 hours in the life of a billionaire financier who squanders his fortune and his new wife.

An insider said: “Keira will get to do a lot of smooching with Rob. Some of the scenes are going to be pretty steamy.”

Marion Cotillard was originally lined up for the film’s single female role - but now Keira, 25, is on board in the movie’s second big casting change after Irish star Colin Farrell backed out earlier this year.

Director David has nothing but praise for his new leading lady.

He said: “Keira is a brilliant actress. She blew everyone away. She’s a real heavy dude. She’s as good as anyone I’ve worked with. You don’t realise it until you start to actually work with somebody.”

‘Cosmopolis’ will be Robert’s first major film after completing ‘The Twilight Saga’, in which he plays vampire Edward Cullen. He will next be seen on screen in ‘Water for Elephants’, starring alongside Reese Witherspoon in the Francis Lawrence-directed adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel.

[From Contact Music]

Here's why it's funny - unlike many of the other ladies Sparkles has rumored to be eyeing over the years (CHEATING ON BELLA), I actually think that Sparkles and Keira would actually enjoy each other's company. He has a type - he loves squirrelly sourpusses (K-Stew), and she loves pretty boys (Rupert Friend). This could be really, really good. Like, epic in "Twihard meltdown CODE RED" enjoyment.

One last thing - Sparkles with David Cronenberg? That's going to get ugly. Here's a promotional still from Sparkles' movie Bel Ami. He's pale and pouty, because that's all he's capable of.

Photos courtesy of WENN. Bel Ami still courtesy of a Twihard fansite.

Willow Smith debuts snippet of her new ear-bleeding single, “21st Century Girl”

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 06:38 AM PST

These are photos from the LA set of Willow Smith's latest music video, "21st Century Girl". This will be Willow's follow-up to her wildly successful debut "Whip My Hair". I actually liked "Whip My Hair" - I could understand the appeal of it, I thought it was a decent debut single. But I just listened a 15-second snippet of "21st Century Girl" and it makes me hearken back to the old days, when Willow would have been a one-hit wonder. Instead, in this new music paradigm, Willow is going to be forced down our throats for the next decade.

It’s back to the dance floor for Willow Smith! Following the runaway success of her debut single “Whip My Hair” last fall, the 10-year-old pop star shot a video for her second single, “21st Century Girl,” in Los Angeles this week, as dad Will Smith and mom Jada Pinkett Smith looked on.

She also debuted a snippet of the club-ready track in a video post on her Facebook page on Sunday.

She sings: “21st century girl/I do what I like/I’m takin’ you for a ride/Yeah I’m gonna live it up, just live it up.”

Smith, who calls the new song “a dance record,” is also hard at work on her album, reportedly due this spring, for Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label.

“It is very cool, because Jay really welcomes me and makes me feel like the record label is a place where I can have fun and talk about my career,” Willow told Vanity Fair’s February issue. “He and his people make me feel like I’m a part of something. And I love Beyoncé – she’s awesome!”

[From People]

Someone tell Willow that it's time for her to "retire" from her music career to concentrate on her fashion lines, which I'm sure are forthcoming. I could handle Willow as a tween fashion designer - she seems more punk-influenced than jailbait/Gossip-Girl-influenced, thank God. But this musical career needs to die. Don't believe me? Scratch out your eardrums with this 15 second snippet:

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Jodie Foster in Armani: gorgeous or boring?

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 05:34 AM PST

Paris Fashion Week is in full swing, and yesterday was the big Armani show. Jodie Foster showed up, which always surprises me. Not that I don't know that she's a big fan of Armani - she is. She usually wears Armani for formal events. What surprises me is that I always think she's "above" appearances at fashion shows and that kind of thing. But she's not above it - and she's certainly not above it when she's got a film coming out that will likely sink like the Titanic. That movie? Oh, just a little film called The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson. And Jodie hasn't stepped down from her support of Mel either, or taken back her statements ("I will love this man for the rest of my life") supporting him. So perhaps some nice personal appearances are in order.

Anyway, Jodie is dressed in Armani, of course. I love it. So feminine and pretty, yet business classy. Perfect for Jodie. Also - I really like what she's done to her hair too.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Helen Mirren on Russell Brand: “We are best…we’re really close friends”

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 05:11 AM PST

As I've said before, I love the idea of Helen Mirren and Russell Brand together. Both are now married, but that doesn't mean a star-crossed love affair isn't fully in the works. Honestly, both Russell and Helen seem to "get" each other more than their respective partners do, and Katy Perry better watch her ass. If the battle is coming down between Helen and Katy, I'm putting my money on Helen every time. Anyway, Helen and Russell have done lots of coupley things already, and what consistently surprises me is how blasé everyone is about it. If they were the same age, I think everyone would be all "Katy Perry better keep an eye on her husband, and Taylor Hackford better watch his ass." But because of the age difference, most people are like "Oh, cute, he thinks she's his mom." Wrong! Russell wants to get in Helen's knickers. And I think Helen would be up for it. Just check out this new interview:

It’s no secret that Dame Helen Mirren and Russell Brand, 35, got close while filming their upcoming comedy, Arthur. Very close. The Oscar winner, 65, even admits that the comedian, who wed singer Katy Perry in October, gave him a pair of his underwear.

“I am going to have them framed!” Mirren joked to UsMagazine.com at the Producers Guild Awards Saturday. “And put them over my bed!”

The actress added that she’s still close with Brand — who once Tweeted a picture of her giving him a bath.

“We are best…we’re really close friends,” she told Us. “I wear the safety pin that he gave me around my neck all the time!”

And it seems Brand is equally smitten with the acting legend, whom he also starred with in 2010’s The Tempest.

“I continue to be fascinated and infatuated with her and the more time I spend with her and the more I get to know her, the more the fascination increases,” he told Us last year. “She is an incredible woman.”

[From Us Weekly]

They sound like they're star-crossed lovers. No joke. When Helen says "We are best…we’re really close friends" do you think she was about to call Russell her "best friend"? I do. Also - "I wear the safety pin that he gave me around my neck all the time!” Aw…how cute is that? Russell gave her a safety pin and she treasures it and keeps it near her heart all the time? That's it. I actively want Helen and Russell to leave their spouses and enter into a torrid love affair. If they haven't already.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Pierce Brosnan wants to warm up your biscuits

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 04:34 AM PST

Unfortunately, there is no Pierce Brosnan news to go along with these fabulous photos. Pierce was out and about in New York City yesterday, filming I Don't Know How She Does It, a comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Olivia Munn and Kelsey Grammer, amongst others. Pierce seems like the odd man out in that pile of mediocrity, which got me to thinking…

Just when did my opinion of Pierce grow to my current view of him? It was at some point in the last few years, all of a sudden I just started thinking he was The Man. I even watched The Ghost Writer (the Polanski film, I know, I know), and I can't even describe how excellent Pierce was in it. It was one of the best performances of his career. I think once Pierce left the James Bond franchise, he just stopped caring about pleasing everybody and decided to do interesting work.

Beyond the career achievements - and this hopefully brief foray into SJP comedies (ugh) - I have to say, Pierce has never looked better. It's freezing cold in New York, and Pierce is a one-man biscuit furnace. Sigh… now I'm depressed that no one ever requests him for Hot Guy Friday.

Here are some pics of Sarah Jessica Parker too - um, do you think she could have fixed her hair for the film?

Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame.

Kelly Osbourne replaces Raccoon McPantless as the face of Material Girl

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 04:33 AM PST

This is weird news. After less than a year as "the face" of Madonna and Lourdes's Material Girl line for Macy's, Raccoon McPantless has been replaced. In and of itself, Raccoon getting fired is not a big deal - she gets fired all the time. She's a very unprofessional raccoon. But her replacement is extremely odd… it's Kelly Osbourne. Like, Kelly "I Lost Weight But I'm Still Really Vapid, BUT I'M THIN" Osbourne. No disrespect, but would you why would anyone want their clothes associated with Kelly? I'm honestly not trying to be mean. Is Kelly a fashionista? Nope. Is she known for wearing interesting things? Nope. I just don't get it.

Kelly Osbourne is a material girl. The E! Fashion Police co-host, 26, will take over the spokesperson role previously held by Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen.

“Material Girl is thrilled to confirm that Kelly Osbourne is the new face for 2011! We will be sharing all the details on this exciting new campaign in the upcoming weeks,” the rep confirms to UsMagazine.com.

Material Girl, designed by Madonna and her 14-year-old daughter, Lourdes, launched last summer with Momsen, 17, as its first spokesperson. On January 11, Lourdes, who writes the fashion label’s blog, announced the line was “desperately seeking” a new face.

Osbourne, it seems, was the natural choice. “Kelly’s always been a massive fan of Madonna and recently heard Lourdes idolized her, which she was very flattered by. It’s a huge coup,” a source told Britain’s Sunday Mirror.

The replacement is the latest hiccup for Momsen: In November she was reportedly suspended from Gossip Girl due to bad behavior. And in a December interview with Revolver magazine, Momsen blamed her parents for her “miserable attitude,” which she later apologized for.

[From Us Weekly]

Poor Raccoon. I mean, I'm glad she was ousted and I'm glad that whatever friendship Lola and Raccoon might have had is now over - Raccoon is a horrible influence. But surely they could have found someone else - someone more interesting - in this demographic who could appeal to the tweens? I don't know… like, Zoe Kravitz? Jennifer Lawrence? One of the Fanning girls? Ugh.

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

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