Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s CO$ film set with Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman

Posted: 10 May 2011 09:38 AM PDT

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Last month, we discussed Joaquin Phoenix’s return to acting with his prospective involvement in director/writer Paul Thomas Anderson’s (and somehow, until looking at the above photo, I never noticed how good looking he is) untitled religious drama that looked to present a disciple’s horrific experiences with a faith-based movement that very closely resembled Scientology. At that point, Philip Seymour Hoffman was tapped to play “The Master” while Phoenix was circling the role of the disciple who begins to question the cult-like ways of his faith. Now, Deadline has confirmed that both Phoenix and Hoffman are “locked” into their roles, and the Weinsteins have acquired Anderson’s project. Here are even more details:

The Weinstein Company has won a quiet but fevered bidding battle for worldwide distribution rights to the untitled next film by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film begins production June 13, with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix so far set to star. Megan Ellison is financing. It is Anderson’s first trip behind the camera since There Will Be Blood.

Hoffman and Phoenix are locked. As for the actresses, I’m told that Anderson is eyeing such women as Madisen Beaty (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) for a role, with Amy Adams, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’s Lena Endre and Laura Dern also mentioned as actresses Anderson is interested in. The auction was held at CAA headquarters late last week, with Fox Searchlight also squarely in the mix.

This is the project that Anderson has worked on for a long time, once under the title The Master. He has greatly overhauled the script and now, Hoffman stars as a man who returns after witnessing the horrors of WWII and tries to rediscover who he is in post-war America. He creates a belief system, something that catches on with other lost souls. The film is fully financed by Ellison’s Annapurna banner.

[From Deadline]

Considering what an amazing job that Anderson did with helming There Will Be Blood (that movie also took an interesting and very cynical view of religion and resulted in a Best Actor Academy Award for Daniel Day Lewis), this could do wonders for getting Joaquin Phoenix’s career back out of the gutter. As for the Scientology aspects of the faith-based movement at the center of the film, a few notes on Anderson’s ongoing script development indicate that the year 1952 shall be of the utmost importance, which, interestingly enough, was the year that Dianetics really took off and L. Ron Hubbard founded the Hubbard College to train auditors. While the movie obviously won’t mention Scientology by name, I think it’s pretty clear that Anderson was motivated to write this script to expose what happens behind the scenes when a movement transforms into a religion. And the resulting fallout should be rather delicious.

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Photos courtesy of WENN and AllMoviePhoto

Seriously, did Michael Fassbender impregnate January Jones?

Posted: 10 May 2011 08:52 AM PDT

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As I've said before (and you bitches criticized me for it!), I find January Jones's pregnancy to be one of the most intriguing gossip stories around. It's like a really juicy blind item just waiting to be identified. And now we have some added clues! First, I'd like to point something out: I predicted this turn of events when January first announced her pregnancy on the eve of the royal wedding. I did the math and realized that January had likely been impregnated during the tailend of the X-Men: First Class production, most of which happened in London. On Twitter, I jokingly considered January's X-Men costar (and my current fantasy lover) Michael Fassbender. The idea of My Fassbender not only boning Zoe Kravitz but impregnating January kind of made me sick, but it was also a barely-decent possibility. Turns out, Fassbender truly is in contention! Ugh, I think I'm going to be sick:

The plot behind January Jones’ mystery baby daddy has thickened. Although most recently linked to SNL actor Jason Sudeikis, January and Jason split in January (appropriately enough), and a most knowledgeable source tells us the funnyman is not the father of January’s soon-to-be born kid:

Dun, dun, dun!

According to very well placed movie insiders, closely connected to Jones (who’s been shooting X-Men: First Class), January was involved with someone on set—and that someone is the father of her child.

Hmm, no wonder Sudeikis was so tongue-tied when a Washington Post reporter asked him at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner if he had any comment about Jones’ sudden baby bump, saying, “I’d rather—yes but no.”

Was he surprised to find out she was pregnant?

“No, I—no, I didn’t have anything [else to say],” Sudeikis stammered. The reporter added, “Sudeikis seemed comfortable being asked about the situation, just unwilling to say too much.”

Last month, Jones’ rep would only confirm the pregnancy, telling us, “January Jones is happy to announce that she is expecting her first child this fall” and no word back yet from the rep on baby daddy inquiries.

[From E! News]

Here's a list of the actors involved on X-Men: First Class (and no, I'm not going to take married dudes out of contention - this is January "I Boned Bobby Flay" Jones after all): James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, Lucas Till, Oliver Platt, Ray Wise, Edi Gathegi. And let's not forget Matthew Vaughn, the director (who is married to Claudia Schiffer, so he has a type, you know?). Of course, it could have been a producer or someone on the crew. But let's say it's not. Is Fassbender in the mix of potential baby-daddies? Out of all of these dudes, I am going to dismiss McAvoy and Bacon, just because I seriously doubt they would fool around on their spouses. Hoult got with Jennifer Lawrence on the film, but he could still be in the running. Fassbender got with Zoe, but he's still in the running too. So is everybody else! Ugh, if Fassbender is the baby-daddy, there is going to be some SERIOUS DRAMZ (with me). Still, I have my fingers crossed that it’s Oliver Platt.

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Photos courtesy of Fame, promotional images from X-Men: First Class.

Charlie Sheen talks goddess replacement, custody battles, and his new anthem

Posted: 10 May 2011 08:13 AM PDT

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In relatively good news, Charlie Sheen’s ridiculous Violent Torpedo of Truth Tour (and all of its associated angry fans and walkouts) has officially concluded. However, now that the man has returned to “Sober Valley Lodge” and realized that he’s got absolutely no immediate career prospects and (presumably, even worse) he’s down to just one goddess, he’s got absolutely nothing to do with his time except maybe do some more drugs and complain to the nearest available media outlet that will take his calls. As such, Sheen has spoken about possible goddess replacement, his ongoing custody battle with Brooke Mueller, and his career with E! Online, which has also posted a video of Sheen’s new “anthem” (we aren’t posting it because it’s stuck on autoplay, but you can watch it here), which is a musical collaboration with Snoop Dogg and guitarist Rob Patterson and is entited “Winning.” The song was actually part of Sheen’s tour roster, but the audience booed in response, so Sheen pulled the song but is now selling it on iTunes (allegedly as part of a foundation to help tornado victims in the South) and wants to tell you all about it:

On “Winning”: “Well, the genesis of the song is about, you know, winning…it’s just everything in life,” Sheen tells E! News. “I think Snoop did a really good job at kind of encapsulating the whole vibe of you know the movement. Yeah, and it was taken out and then it was brought back in for the rest of the tour we played it every night pretty much for the end of the show.”

On His Completed Tour: “Overall as a grade on this as a team I think we went 17 [wins] and 4 [losses],” says Sheen. “I know there’s a couple in there that felt sorta phoned in but gave me the inspiration for the following night when it was all passion and lunacy.”

On Replacing Goddess Bree Olson’s: “Probably not today. That’s all I know. Not going to happen today. I don’t know. You know I was pursuing that with all the right intentions and what are you going to do? People bring variables,” says the the motor-mouth. “I mean, depends on who it is.”

On His divorce & Custody Battle: “I thought it was a s–t sandwich,” says Sheen of his last court hearing, in which a judge refused to give him custody of the ex-couple’s twin boys. “Two slices of bread filled with s–t…Seemed like there were rules in place and it seemed like someone didn’t follow them. And there’s no consequences, so I don’t get it. System is broke, you know.”

On “Two and a Half Men” Continuing Without Him: “I don’t know what they’re planning. I’m just plodding along like its over, like there’s some closure,” admits Sheen. “I have closure now because when Chuck [Lorre]…issues a statement talking about…writing shows without me…that feels like it is pretty final, you know? It’s hard.”

[From E! Online]

Charlie goes on to say that he doesn’t know if he’ll ever consider another television show because he “wasn’t treated fairly.” Well, I’m not sure exactly what Sheen’s definition of “fair” is, but making $2 million per episode and being allowed to lock hookers in closets, inhale briefcases worth of cocaine, and badmouth one’s boss and the network repeatedly before getting fired, well, that seems more than fair to me. I think that, at this point, even a great portion of people who initially supported Sheen after he was fired from “Two and a Half Men” have fallen by the wayside. As far as his anthem goes, I was initially puzzled as to why Snoop Dogg would even associate with Sheen, but then I realized that Snoop associates with everything. He makes mashed potatoes with Martha Stewart; he films beer commercials as German folk singer Roy Black; he records records country music and dedicates it to Johnny Cash. So Snoop is somewhat forgiven for his transgressions here, but Sheen? Never.

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Linnocent celebrated last night: does she look sober to you?

Posted: 10 May 2011 08:05 AM PDT

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Yesterday, CB reported that Linnocent could possibly be getting away with 14 DAYS of jail for her crack thievery/probation violation, after the judge sentenced her to 120 DAYS. The idea of Linnocent under house arrest instead of jail was bad enough - but the idea that Linnocent would simply be done after two (cracked-out) weeks is terrible. Linnocent thought so too - thus, she went out partying last night to celebrate. She looks so… yeah. Like she's been sitting in the club bathroom, doing shooters in between lines of coke. And is she getting behind the wheel?!?! No, she’s not, is she? I can’t tell. Anyway, she's going to formally sentenced tomorrow, and most sources think it will play out in a scenario where Linnocent goes to jail for some kind of short period of time, then goes under house arrest for a short period of time. We'll see how it all plays out though.

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Meanwhile, on Sunday night Linnocent went out (again) for photographer Tyler Shields' show, Life is Not a Fairytale. The cracked-out shenenigans were all over the place:

Lindsay Lohan debuted some seriously sexy vampire photos at celeb photographer Tyler Shields Presents Life is Not a Fairytale event on Saturday. But instead of enjoying the party at the downtown Los Angeles gallery space, LiLo spent most of the night locked away in a private room:

“No one was expecting the paparazzi to rush the building like they did, so it wasn’t surprising that Lindsay freaked,” an event insider tells us. “But she wanted to be there for Tyler, so she stepped away into a private room while unwanted photogs were cleared from the building.”

While Lindsay isolated herself from party guests, little sis Ali scoped out Shields’ racy photos displayed on the walls.

“Lindsay resurfaced after the coast was clear and agreed to do a few pictures, but because there was such a commotion with her being there, the building security agreed to let her car come around back to let her leave in peace.”

[From E! News]

Yes, I'm sure Linnocent disappeared because of all of the photographers. It's not like she wanted to find some coat closet to get all coked up, and then she could pose her glassy eyes off. Here are a couple of Linnocent's Shields photos that were shown:

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Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

Would you pay $75 to hang out with RHONJ star Teresa Giudice?

Posted: 10 May 2011 07:46 AM PDT

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The Real Housewives of New Jersey are coming back next Monday May 16th. Star Teresa Giudice is doing advance publicity along with desperately trying to promote her own products. The bankrupt piece-of-work Monchichi-looking Giudice has a new cookbook with a stupid name called Fabulicious. As part of her publicity tour she’s making a stop at a club in NJ, where fans can party with her for $75 a pop.

Tacky deadbeat “Real Housewife” Teresa Giudice is making pocket change by charging her fans up to 75 bucks for the privilege of partying with her. The hot-tempered, low-brow diva — who has made headlines along with her hubby, Joe, for owing nearly $11 million to creditors — is throwing a “Season 3 premiere party” of her Bravo show in Fort Lee, NJ, on Monday. For $75, VIP ticket buyers get an hour of free drinks and hors d’ouevres at Tribecca Nightclub, plus an autographed picture with Teresa. “Teresa will be partying all night!!!,” reads a breathless invite to the fete that shows Giudice posing in front of a white stretch limo on a red carpet. A portion of the proceeds will go to charity. But she’ll also use the event to promote her “Fabulicious” cookbook. The evening’s promoters are also promising “celebrity surprises,” “fashion shows” and “star performances.”

[From The NY Post]

For $75 you only get one hour of free drinks and hors d’ouevres. That’s ridiculous. I didn’t miss these people at all, especially with the much more interesting and arguably phonier Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to take their place. We heard rumors last year that Teresa was pulling a diva act with producers and might not re-sign for this season, but unfortunately she’s back and she’s kind of the star of the show now that her nemesis Danielle is off. After the Miami housewives were canceled Bravo has to fill the void and these New Jersey women are like the budget grifter version of the Beverly Hills ladies. I shouldn’t say that, because it’s Teresa who is the grifter and Jacqueline and Caroline actually seem like decent people. That’s why Teresa is the star.

Here’s Teresa on The Today Show a few days ago. She seems scared and says basically nothing except that people should watch the show when it premieres on May 16th.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Teresa is shown on 3/30/11 and 4/4/11 with co-stars Jacqueline Laurita and Caroline Manzo and her husband, Joe. Credit: WENN.com

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Will Emily Deschanel’s pregnancy shut down production of ‘Bones’?

Posted: 10 May 2011 07:30 AM PDT

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If you're not a fan of Bones, you should probably just skip this post. I love Bones, and I'm trying to get CB to start watching it. It's such a good show! I mean, it's not like high art or anything, but I described it to CB as "a romantic comedy with gross-out forensics". I love the chemistry between Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, and I'm looking forward to this season's final two episodes, which might include SOMETHING in the boning area. Get it? "Boning." Ha! Anyway, these are new photos of the stars of Bones at a Paley Center event, including Emily and her growing pregnancy bump in a too-loud orange dress. Even though the dress is fug, I still find her so beautiful, and she David just look RIGHT together. Bones also just recently (in the past week) got picked up for its seventh season. It's a hit show with a major following and great numbers, so I hope everybody gets to make the show for as long as they want to make it. Meanwhile, Emily recently discussed how her pregnancy is affecting production:

Bones actress Emily Deschanel has said that the show’s producers are struggling to work around her pregnancy.

Deschanel, who plays main character Dr Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan on the series, announced in March that she was expecting her first child with husband David Hornsby.

The actress admitted that it is still uncertain how much her pregnancy will affect the series when it returns for a seventh season this fall.

“I image you’re going to see Brennan behind a microscope a lot next season,” Deschanel joked to Entertainment Weekly. “I think there’s gonna be a lot of close-ups of Brennan.”

“I said I’d work through my hiatus, but we didn’t have a pick up until now, and they have to write before we shoot,” she explained. “It’s a whole situation.”

Deschanel added that they are unlikely to solve the issue by including it as part of her character’s storyline.

“I am not gonna say no, never say never, I guess, but I think it’s unlikely,” Deschanel revealed. “I feel like that would change things so much.”

Bones is scheduled to conclude its currently-airing sixth season on May 19.

[From Digital Spy]

Emily is not only the star, she's also a producer on the show, so that's why she's really trying to make the schedule work for everyone - she really, really cares about making sure the show stays in production. Other Bones producers have a different idea though - and it involves that odd "backdoor spinoff" episode that featured Geoff Stults, Michael Clarke Duncan and Saffron Burrows:

Fox’s Bones spinoff The Finder is still very much in contention for a series order at Fox. But with shelf space at the network so tight, I hear the network and the series’ producers are exploring a way to give the project presence on Fox next season. The pregnancy of Bones star Emily Deschanel is expected to sideline her for as many as 6-7 episodes from Bones’ upcoming seventh season. Fox, producing studio 20th TV and Bones creator Hart Hanson are discussing the use of Finder-flavored episodes as a filler during Deschanel’s maternity leave. Those will be Bones episodes with The Finder star Geoff Stults and his sidekick Michael Clarke Duncan appearing in them, giving Hanson an opportunity to further develop them. The future of the third Finder lead, played by Saffron Burrows, which has drawn polarizing reaction, is unclear, but I hear that the producers felt it was hard to service more than 2 new characters on Bones. Sources stress that this is one of several scenarios in contention for Deschanel’s hiatus.

The Finder was introduced in an episode of Bones last month, which got traction with the veteran series’ fans. However, Fox already has Terra Nova and X Factor on tap for fall and Touch penciled in for midseason, so the network will probably pick up as few as 2 new series. With the Ethan Hawke starrer Exit Strategy and medical drama Weekends at Bellevue gaining momentum, it is probably smart to look at alternatives for The Finder. Keeping the show alive with a short order would make it easy for Fox to give it a full-blown series pickup if any of its other new series fails.

[From Deadline]

Even though I spent this whole post gushing about how much I love Emily, I think it would be perfectly possible to continue Bones as-is without Emily for seven episodes and everyone would be fine. They could just bring in more interns (Mr. Nigel-Murray is my favorite) or some fun guest stars and it would be all good. We'll see what happens.

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Prince William & Kate Middleton are finally on their honeymoon (update)

Posted: 10 May 2011 07:23 AM PDT

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Well, Prince William and Kate Middleton (HRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) are finally on their honeymoon, ten days after their wedding. We still don't know exactly where they are or where they're going, and who knows if we'll ever find out? People says it's probably the Seychelles, but Australia, Mustique, Jordan, and Kenya are also in the mix. I remember, about a month ago, there was talk that Kate and Will would be going on a six-week honeymoon, but apparently William only has two weeks of leave from his RAF job:

After a week in which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge went back to work (him) and hit the local shops (her), the newlyweds are now doing something more traditional – they’ve headed off on honeymoon.

On Tuesday, the Palace confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple have headed off on their romantic vacation. It is thought that William, 28, has two weeks leave from his duties with his RAF Search and Rescue squadron, with whom he helped rescue several people in the mountains of Wales.

Sources at the Palace will not cite the newlyweds’ destination. A spokesman states, “The couple have asked for their privacy to be respected during their honeymoon.”

The royal duo had announced that they were delaying their trip and instead left Buckingham Palace a day after their April 29 wedding for a “mini-moon” at an undisclosed destination in the U.K.

The British tabloids are speculating that they’ve gone to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Per tradition, the destination was reputedly kept secret from the bride.

[From People]

The "hitting the local shops" comment reminded me of some questions/comments I've gotten on Twitter regarding what Kate has actually done with her time since getting married. Why are you surprised that the media doesn't really know how to describe it? She doesn't do anything but wait for Will to come home. Apparently, she doesn't even have to clean their house! A housekeeper comes in and cleans. Waity just waits for Will to come home. She probably reads magazines, drives to London to get her hair done, maybe throws some fish sticks in the oven. Does her nails. Watches TV. Basically, what she's done for nine years. I'm just sayin'. It's funny that people are trying to make it seem like she's doing something really fancy or worthwhile. I'm sure she's probably trying to get pregnant too - but perhaps that makes procreating seem too much like a job. It is her job, though. When you marry into the royal family, your JOB is to produce an heir, hopefully pretty quickly. Honeymoon baby?

UPDATE: It was just confirmed - they’re in Seychelles. According to The Guardian/Us Weekly: “The Seychelles tourist office confirmed that the royal couple arrived at the international airport on Mahe Tuesday morning — bound for one of the 100-plus islands in the archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. One potential island? ‘The ultra-exclusive’ Fregate Island Private, The Guardian speculates, which is just a 20-minute helicopter ride away from where William and Kate touched down.”

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Whitney Houston went to rehab for a crack addiction, shock

Posted: 10 May 2011 07:08 AM PDT

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I guess this shouldn’t be surprising, but it’s still sad. We heard late yesterday that Whitney Houston had “voluntarily” checked into outpatient rehab again for a problem that her people first tried to spin as some vague non-addiction detox issue. Then they claimed that it was “drugs and alcohol” without specifying which drugs Whitney was on. According to Radar, Whitney is back on crack. We know how badly that usually goes for her, and how she wrecked her voice before she cleaned up and launched a kind of weak comeback.

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This brings me back to her appearance on Oprah a couple of years ago when she seemed to be in denial about the extent of her drug problems and acted like everything was fine. It also reminds me that the National Enquirer has been running stories since last year about how Whitney is back on crack and how her people were trying to convince her to go back to rehab. It finally worked, but she’s in outpatient rehab and we know how well that’s been working for Brooke Mueller’s crack addiction.

Here’s more, from Radar:

Singer Whitney Houston was using crack again when she went back to rehab, RadarOnline had learned, and her use of the highly-addictive drug terrified even ex-husband Bobby Brown!

A source close to R&B star Brown said he is so worried about his ex-wife that he fears “she might not pull through.”

“Whitney is doing crack again,” the source said about the 47-year-old Houston, the singer of top 1990s hits like I’ll Always Love You. “It’s the worst it’s ever been. Whitney went on tour again, and that’s when the relapse occurred.”

Brown, 42, has also told friends that Houston, 47, has increasingly isolated herself.

“Whitney’s shutting a lot of people out of her life,” the source said. “It is a dire situation.”

Bobby and Whitney were married for 14 years and were officially divorced in 2007. Both have a history of substance abuse. Their 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was recently caught on camera snorting lines of cocaine.

[From Radar]

This is longterm addiction that derailed her career and has basically ruined her life. Now her kids are having very serious issues with drugs and the law and she’s out of commission and unable to parent. At least she’s getting help, but it seems like too little too late with Whitney.

This Enquirer cover is from July, 2010.
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Whitney is shown on 2/12/11 with her daughter, Bobbi Kristina. Credit: WENN.com

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Sarah Jessica Parker attempts massive Southern hair: does she pull it off?

Posted: 10 May 2011 06:51 AM PDT

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The fashion and style sites are making a big deal about this "new trend" - big, Southern hair. It's a trend I embrace on women like Reese Witherspoon and my mother. It just works on Southern ladies. On non-Southern ladies, it's kind of a disaster. Take Sarah Jessica Parker, who in these photos is arriving for a benefit for The Robin Hood Foundation (an excellent foundation). SJP decided to wear this lovely purple dress (I'm assuming that it's Halston, since SJP is the creative director there), and she styled herself with this massive Dynasty hair. I think… um… odd.

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Gisele Bundchen was at the fundraiser too - she wore this equally odd, half-sheer dress. You put this on a woman with a slightly larger bust, and she would look tacky and trashy. On Gisele, it kind of works. I hate when her hair is slicked back, though. She looks like a Disney villainess.

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And here's Mariska Hargitay, phoning it in, style-wise. She looks okay, but it's nothing ground-breaking.

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Photos courtesy of Fame.

Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver separate after 25 years of marriage

Posted: 10 May 2011 06:04 AM PDT

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The Los Angeles Times broke the story (I think) and now it's official: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have separated after 25 years of marriage. Arnold and Maria were married in the 1980s, and quickly became the go-to "WTF?" couple at the nexus of politics, media and celebrity. Their marriage seemed pretty happy though, and they have four children together (three of whom are already adults). On a personal level, I always bought that they loved and adored each other. CB suggests that Arnold might be in the midst of some kind of mid-life (end of life, really) crisis, but I genuinely thought Arnold worshipped his wife. True, he probably flirted and/or harassed other women. I don't know… I guess I'm just saying that this is kind of sad.

After a 25-year marriage as one of the nation’s leading power couples in Hollywood and politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have split up, they say in a joint statement.

"This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us,” they say. “After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion, and prayer, we came to this decision together.

“At this time, we are living apart, while we work on the future of our relationship,” they continue. “We are continuing to parent our four children together. They are the light and the center of both of our lives. We consider this a private matter and neither we nor any of our friends or family will have further comment. We ask for compassion and respect from the media and the public.”

Shriver, 55, a TV journalist and member of the Kennedy dynasty, and Schwarzenegger, 63, the Austrian-born bodybuilder/action movie hero who became a Republican California governor, have seemed like an unlikely couple since they married in 1986.

They had four children, ages 14, 18, 20 and 21, and long projected the image of a close and loving couple, despite – and sometimes even because of – their differences. During a 2003 political campaign, Shriver strongly defended her husband against allegations he had a history of groping women while he was an actor, and Schwarzenegger went on to become governor.

Schwarzenegger left the governor’s office last January after an increasingly difficult term, and there have been reports he’ll re-start his movie career, including a role in another Terminator film.

[From People]

The LAT notes that Maria is the one who has moved out of their Brentwood mansion, and that she's been out of the house for weeks. The paper also notes that the marriage has perhaps been struggling since Arnold left office, and it seems like they have been living separate lives. Oh, and Maria's dad died in January, and their next-to-last youngest child is about to go away to college. Death of a parent and a somewhat empty nest? Yeah, Maria is probably going through a really rough time right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if she was the one to instigate the separation.

CB does think that it might be Arnold being a d-bag though - he's trying to jumpstart his long-dead action career once again, and he's signed on to THREE new movies, including another Terminator movie.

Their 25th wedding anniversary was on April 26. Sad!

UPDATE: Sorry about that, I said it the wrong way - the 14 year old kid is not going to college, their 18 year old (Patrick, who is kind of a d-bag) is going to college. It’s not really an empty nest, just kind of an empty nest.

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