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- Bryan Cranston: “Any one of us could become a horrible dangerous person”
- Salma Hayek, billionaire’s wife: “I make my own living and I love it”
- ‘My Week with Marilyn’ trailer: does Michelle Williams pull it off?
- Drew Barrymore is ready to get married & have babies with Will Kopleman
- Seth MacFarlane on feud w/ Jon Stewart: ‘my publicist forbid me to talk about it’
- Jennifer Aniston on babies: “If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be”
- Did Blake Lively dump Leo DiCaprio because she wasn’t ready to commit? LOL
- Steve Jobs has died at 56
- The Olsen Twins’ $39,000 fug alligator backpack sells out
- Evan Rachel Wood in leather Gucci: overworked or totally chic?
| Bryan Cranston: “Any one of us could become a horrible dangerous person” Posted: 06 Oct 2011 08:50 AM PDT
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I love “Breaking Bad” so much. It’s just a phenomenal show that manages to bring it week after week. This upcoming weekend’s episode is sadly the last of the fourth season, which makes me want to ram my fists against the wall and yell “why?!” but maybe I’ve just had too much coffee this morning. Star Bryan Cranston was on “The Today Show” this morning promoting the finale. I kind of vacillate on whether I find him hot or not. I know he’s an older dude at 55, but there’s something really compelling about him when he has hair. Then he plays his character too well and I start to associate him with Mr. White and think he’s a nut job with cancer who just happens to be a genius at chemistry. Cranston said some pretty interesting things this morning in regard to his character and what he’s learned from the show, namely that we’re all capable of being criminals.
He was funnier than I expected. In a way I agree, because I know I would do some desperate things in a life or death situation. You never know what’s going to happen and that’s a large part of this show’s appeal. As for how it’s going to go for Bryan’s character Walter White, he said “he’s down the road too far now… it started out very altruistic, he wanted to leave something for his family… He decided to do something risky for the first time in his life.” Matt questioned Bryan about his career post-”Malcolm in the Middle” and the fact that he was only being offered goofy dad roles. Matt asked him “Most actors want to support their families, how hard was it to turn those [roles] down?” Bryan joked “I don’t care for my family very much so I was willing to take the risk. It was easy to turn them down actually because the industry has the tendency to try and pigeonhole an actor… But I don’t want to help them do that, so I [wanted] to veer off and do something else.” He also explained that he has to fly home every weekend to his family in L.A. when he’s away filming in New Mexico. He sounded pretty ok with it. “Actors historically have been vagabonds… so we have to go and accept that part of our lives.” I was so impressed with Cranston and my crush was renewed with this interview. He’s funny, grounded and an amazing actor. There are 16 episodes left for “Breaking Bad” which will be split into two seasons. While we have more of this incredible show to look forward to it surely won’t be enough. Also, I know Gus is a terrible person and we should want him dead for Jesse and Mr. White’s sake, but he’s so badass that I don’t want him to die. If you guys request it, I’ll do a recap on Monday! Maybe I’ll just link to Videogum’s recap and add my thoughts though, because their recaps are the best.
Photos courtesy of AMC |
| Salma Hayek, billionaire’s wife: “I make my own living and I love it” Posted: 06 Oct 2011 08:36 AM PDT
These are some photos of Salma Hayek all over Paris Fashion Week. You know that her husband owns half of these designer lines, so this is basically like Salma walking through her closet - her closet is half the shops in Paris. In the past week, she was front and center at the shows for Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Stella McCartney and several more. Ridiculous. Anyway, that's not going to stop Salma from singing "Independent Women" and claiming that her billionaire husband doesn't force her to dress up in the clothes whose labels he owns. Is that really a complaint made against Salma? That she's a Barbie doll for her husband?
[From People] Financial independence is nice, and it's great that Salma is committed to making some pocket change compared to her husband's enormous wealth. Do you think that comment was directed at Linda Evangelista? I think it was. I think that's Salma giving Linda the side-eye and muttering, "You should be able to support your own child, bitch. Stop asking for $46,000 a month from my man." But yes, I'm sure that Salma is Miss Independence. I'm sure if Francois Pinault was simply a humble fishmonger, Salma would still be married to him. And I'm sure that if Salma didn't have that face and those boobs, Francois would still have married her too.
Photos courtesy of WENN. |
| ‘My Week with Marilyn’ trailer: does Michelle Williams pull it off? Posted: 06 Oct 2011 08:02 AM PDT
I didn't hate this trailer for My Week With Marilyn, the new film (based on the book and the allegedly true story) starring Michelle Williams as Monroe. The movie looks interesting, but… I'm very wary of Michelle's performance now. The way the trailer has been cut, it's like they don't want to show us anything more than a second or two of Michelle's take on Marilyn. Is it because of Michelle's funky Marilyn voice? Because it already plucks my last nerve. Marilyn had a light, breathy voice that was so obviously a put-on, but it's surprisingly hard for most women to duplicate without sounding like a–holes. Here's the trailer: I hate to say it, but to me, Michelle seems like the weak link. The film should fall on her shoulders, the film centers around her performance as Marilyn, and at the end of the day, I'm not sure Michelle has pulled it off. She's just not vivacious enough. Sidenote: Her little wiggle and hip-pop looked jerky. One of the best movie lines about Marilyn in motion was from Some Like It Hot: "Look how she moves! It’s like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something." As for the rest of the cast - Eddie Redmayne's face scares me. It's always scared me. His cheekbones are too high, and he has serial killer eyes (IMO). Judi Dench looks adorable, Emma Watson looks meh (bangs!), but for the love of God, Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier never fails to make me giggle. Branagh has always thought he was the heir apparent to Olivier, he thinks he's the next Olivier, and to see him play Olivier… it's rough. The casting on this film is profoundly weird. But I do think the best/most interesting piece of casting was Dougray Scott as Arthur Miller. THAT is surprisingly good.
Photos courtesy of Vogue, header is a still from 'My Week With Marilyn'. |
| Drew Barrymore is ready to get married & have babies with Will Kopleman Posted: 06 Oct 2011 07:26 AM PDT
It's been a while since I've heard anything about Drew Barrymore and her boyfriend of…not even a year, it seems. They began dating early this year, like January/February. Since I hadn't heard anything, and since Drew is pretty flaky about men, I kind of thought they were probably already over. Not so much, according to Us Weekly. Their sources claim that Drew thinks Will is "the one" - the one to marry and have babies with, I guess. Will loves her too, and he's already ring-shopping.
[From Us Weekly] I could see her getting pregnant and never getting married again. I don't think Drew really cares about getting hitched at this point, but you never know. She's such a girly-girl, maybe she wants to do the wedding thing one more time. What would this be? Her third or fourth marriage? Edit: It would be her third. As for Will… he seems much more "together" than the guys Drew usually goes for, and I like that he's not part of the Hollywood crowd, and he doesn't seem like a famewhore. That being said, the guy could possibly be a user. His family is wealthy, but Will's job title is "art consultant" - which I believe means that he just tells rich people which artworks to buy. He could just be looking for some wealthy woman who will support him. Or maybe he's a really nice guy. I don't know.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame and Pacific Coast News. |
| Seth MacFarlane on feud w/ Jon Stewart: ‘my publicist forbid me to talk about it’ Posted: 06 Oct 2011 07:12 AM PDT
[From Entertainment Weekly] Well MacFarlane did talk about this in 2008 as we mentioned, and after he told Time I bet that was when his publicist told him to can it. I used to not get the appeal of this guy that so many of you adore, but now that I’ve seen him interviewed I get it. He has an infectious enthusiasm, and he’s open, funny and smart. I like what how he explained his position on this to Morgan. “In that situation I think it is incumbent on people in a certain position to stand up for the people who haven’t made it yet, if that can, if it’s low risk. “My argument is that you’re the most successful guy on that network and arguably the most successful television personality in the genre…. He was not pleased. I think his response was, ‘who the hell made you the moral arbiter of Hollywood.’” I really like Stewart’s humor and politics, and I get the urge to continue to put out shows during a long strike, but MacFarlane made a very good argument here. He also stood up for the union during the strike. Here’s a link to a video of him speaking at a WGA event in 2007. He said “A novelist receives fair royalties for their books, a musician receives fair royalties for their songs, screenwriters deserve fair royalties for their work.” *Thanks to VideoGum for a lot of the background links!
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| Jennifer Aniston on babies: “If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be” Posted: 06 Oct 2011 07:00 AM PDT
True and funny story: People Magazine's online excerpt of this Jennifer Aniston Elle Mag profile was tagged "Naomi Watts" at first. I guess because the photo looks kind of like Naomi? Jennifer was profiled for Elle Magazine's "Women In Hollywood" annual issue. I feel like Jennifer was just on the cover of Elle - the editors over there love her and put her on at least one cover a year. As for the cover shot… I don't have any strong opinions about it one way or the other. The skirt is fug and Jennifer's hair is in her face too much, but it's a more interesting photo than just a typical smiley head shot. Enough about the photo, though. Because Aniston is talking 'bout babies (and no, she's not confirming or denying that OK! Mag story). Here are the two quotes that Elle has released:
[From Elle] On one side, I admire Aniston's laissez faire attitude about babies, especially in the face of a decade and a half of wild speculation about her womb (even though some of the womb speculation was self-inflicted by Aniston). On the other side, the attitude of "There's no desperation. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be" seems strangely aloof for such an important decision in a person's life. I mean, it's whether or not you become a parent, not whether or not you should order Chinese food. Shouldn't you have strong feelings about it? Shouldn't you accept some responsibility in the decision-making process instead of throwing your lot to the Fates? Aniston's decision-making process, also known as her publicist, does involve Justin Theroux for the foreseeable future. People Magazine ran a very "cute" story about Justin and Jennifer in Washington, D.C.:
[From People] Ugh, I hate cheesy desserts. I'm not a cheese person, though. I prefer desserts with chocolate or some kind of ice cream. But you did get the "cute" memo, right? Jennifer and Justin are "cute" now. "Cute" is the new "hugging him from behind." I do wonder what Justin is feeling right now - where’s his hipster cred? He’s no longer hardcore. He no longer gets to front like he’s 1970s-Al-Pacino-cool. He’s just “cute”. Almost sexless, right? Speaking of Justin’s transformation, Life & Style (via Jezebel) has a story about how Jennifer gave Justin a makeover. Even though Aniston "fell for him right away" (last year, when he was with Heidi, I'm assuming), she still felt "he needed some fixing up.” She made him get a haircut, shave his beard, and get a spray tan. An acquaintance of Justin's tells L&S: “He used to be kind of negative, just critical and down on life. Now he’s totally positive. Than God he met Jennifer!” WTF? Spray tans = positive energy?
Photos courtesy of Elle, Fame. |
| Did Blake Lively dump Leo DiCaprio because she wasn’t ready to commit? LOL Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:59 AM PDT
Two days ago, the world stopped turning when super-fancy dream couple from heaven Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio stopped being each other's official pieces. Personally, I was surprised. I thought for sure that Blake would be able to make the relationship work for months longer, at least through the awards season. My immediate reaction was to assume that Leo did the dumping, just because… he's Leo. He's like George Clooney in that way. Men like Clooney and DiCaprio date specific kinds of women, and when Clooney and DiCaprio are done with those relationships, they're done, and they do the dumping. It never occurred to me that Blake was the one who broke up with Leo. But this new, hilarious report from Us Weekly claims that it was Leo who wanted a commitment from Blake, and she was all, "I'm all about fun, you're such a buzzkill." Only better:
[From Us Weekly] The insider, who goes by the name "Lake Bively" then whispered into the phone, "I mean, he offered me a ring! He said he was going to marry me. BUT I SAID NO. I said, my dear Romeo, I just can't do it. I need to party and be free and… oh, that's Ben Affleck on the other line…" So, this didn't happen. Still, even though I think Leo probably did the dumping, I don't think Blake is weeping into her pillow. She's got some plan of action, I'm sure. The girl's hustle is one of the best in Young Hollywood. What's her next move? Ryan Reynolds? Back to the Gosdong? Or perhaps some kind of play to win Leo back? PS… just one day after Blake and Leo announce that they've called it quits, Blake's ex, Penn Badgley, makes his public debut with Zoe Kravitz. There's a photo of Zoe and Penn holding hands here. Do you think the Fassbender is weeping tonight? Doubtful. But I’m pretty sure this candid photo-op was meant as a “screw you” to Blake. UPDATE: Page Six has this today:
[From Page Six] Ryan Reynolds is officially her “new love” eh? Interesting.
Photos courtesy of WENN. |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:27 AM PDT
Of all the articles I read about Jobs’ passing, I liked this one the most. I never realized how instrumental he was in starting Pixar, which has transformed the movie industry and produced some of the best children’s films of all time.
[From Huffington Post] That last paragraph summed it all up for me. I love my iPad and my iPod and although I still use a PC for computing I’m so close to switching to a Mac. The iPad is something that I can’t imagine living without, and I’ve had mine for less than a year. This man changed our lives. Apple has put up a tribute to Jobs on their website. Like everything else this company does, it’s deceptively simple, to-the-point, and so powerful. Thank you, Mr. Jobs, for all you’ve given us.
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| The Olsen Twins’ $39,000 fug alligator backpack sells out Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:25 AM PDT
It was back in 2007 that we saw what could have been the ugliest, most expensive bag in history, except of course there are uglier and even more expensive bags. It was this Louis Vuitton monstrosity, the “patchwork bag,” and it was so fug that I thought it was a joke at first. It’s a real bag produced in limited edition and it cost a whopping $45,352 for this monstrosity that looks like the result of an ogre eating several overpriced bags and puking them up as one congealed solid. You know who carried one? Beyonce. I hope they comped her this bag. The $45,000 Louis Vuitton patchwork bag: Well the Olsen Twins have a backpack as part of their fashion line that’s rather tame-looking in comparison, but almost as expensive as this. It’s this crocodile looking thing that Ashley Olsen is carrying in the photo above while she’s trying to hide her face. It’s like something your mom would carry that’s both utilitarian and only moderately stylish. I mean the skin looks fierce, but I would feel awful wearing it. Alligator skin strikes me as not as bad as fur (which the Olsens use liberally in their lines) but worse than leather. (I don’t know much about any of that, though, and it’s not like PETA is going to enlighten me.)
This backpack, with a price tag that costs way more than my car, is sold out at Barney’s. Maybe they only had five of them anyway. Here’s more:
[From The NY Daily News via ONTD] Note that Women’s Wear Daily calls the backpack “alligator” while The NY Daily News is calling it “crocodile.” It’s alligator, according to their website. Anyone who wants to carry an insanely overpriced bag designed by the little urchins who used to be child actresses and have the style sense of an elderly nursing home resident off her meds, can rest assured. There are plenty of bags left from their line The Row at Barneys and on their website. Prices start at $3,700. You can nab some sunglasses for a relative bargain at $410. Like this lovely example:
Photo credit: WENN.com |
| Evan Rachel Wood in leather Gucci: overworked or totally chic? Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:20 AM PDT
These are some new photos from last night's NYC premiere of The Ides of March. For whatever reason, Ryan Gosling wasn't there. Neither was George Clooney's official girlfriend Stacy Keibler. Coincidence?!? Are the Gosling and the Keibler off somewhere, laughing about poor, sad Clooney? Probably not. Anyway, Clooney looked nice. Whatever, talking about dudes' fashion is usually pretty boring. I will say this, though - I LOVE the navy background that they've been using for the 'Ides' premieres. Everybody looks so sharp and awesome against that navy background. Anyway… Evan Rachel Wood made the biggest impact, style-wise, last night. Her leather dress is Gucci. I don't know who did the hat. Thoughts? I… don't like it. I think I understand the look ERW is trying to achieve - like, a modernized version of some kind of mid-to-late-1970s Annie Hall-inspired boho, right? Tailored but fluid, vintagey but new. I think the dress would be more interesting without the neck bustle/bow, and I think the look in total might be better served without the hat. Plus, Evan's makeup is WAY overdone. Much too much, especially for someone so young and fresh.
Marisa Tomei in navy (I don't have the designer ID). I like her dress a lot, and I really like it on her. Her style has been faltering throughout this publicity tour, but this looks really great on her.
And here's just a touch of Philip Seymour Hoffman. That's his baby-mama/girlfriend Mimi.
Photos courtesy of WENN. |
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