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Weston Cage flies into a physical rage, hospitalized for mental evaluation
Jennifer Love Hewitt is scientifically “the worst actress” in Hollywood
Kim Kardashian effectively kills this horrendous purple-orange trend
Ginger Love: Adele wants to have a “night out” with Prince Harry
Nicole Kidman makes a “creepy” YouTube video to thank her fans
Today Show says goodbye to Meredith Vieira with an insane amount of clips & tributes
Cate Blanchett wears a baggy suit in Sydney: Hillary Clinton-esque?
Maria Shriver could get $100 million in her divorce
Jennifer Connelly & Paul Bettany welcome baby girl Agnes Lark
Dakota Fanning graduates from high school, enrolls in college for fall

Weston Cage flies into a physical rage, hospitalized for mental evaluation

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:56 AM PDT

It certainly feels like we’re not getting enough insanity from celebrities lately, but (fortunately?) Nicolas Cage’s goth rockin’ son Weston has stepped up to the plate with a full helping of crazy. People provided the initial report that Weston entered into an altercation yesterday afternoon with “an unidentified person” that resulted in minor injuries and his subsequent hospitalization at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Then, TMZ stepped up to fill in some of the blanks, including the identity of the other party. Apparently, Weston was enjoying a late lunch with his physical trainer, who made the grave mistake of advising his client not to eat something on a restaurant menu. Naturally, the frustrated (and probably drugged up) young man proceeded to go all kung fu, which has resulted not only in his hospitalization but also a full mental evaluation and probable 5150:

Nic Cage’s son, Weston Cage, has been taken to the hospital by ambulance for a mental evaluation and possible 5150 psychiatric hold, sources tell TMZ.

Sources tell TMZ … Weston was at The Farmer’s Kitchen in Hollywood at around 4:00 today, when his trainer told him he couldn’t eat something on the menu. For some reason, we’re told Weston went off and started pushing the trainer in a violent way, at one point trying to roundhouse [kick] the trainer.

The trainer took Weston down, and someone else tried calming Nic’s son down, to no avail. Weston got up and continued freaking out.

Cops showed up and told Weston if he didn’t get on the ground they would tase him. Weston then complied. Cops put Weston in handcuffs but they were so worried he was unstable they strapped him to a gurney.

It’s unclear if Weston was under the influence of drugs or alcohol but people who work at the restaurant say he appeared to be under the influence of something.

Weston was taken to a local hospital where he is being evaluated.

One source says Weston got into a nuclear argument with his new wife, Nikki, this morning and she stormed out of their house.

UPDATE: Sources close to the Cage family tell TMZ Nic has arrived at the hospital. We’re told Nic has cleared his schedule and plans to stay in town as long as Weston needs him to be here.

[From TMZ]

Okay, I really shouldn’t say this, but that trainer wasn’t Tracy Anderson, right? Not that anyone deserves to be pushed and kicked for any reason at all, but her diet restrictions could send a normal person right off the edge in a ketosis-induced rage. However, it truly sounds like Weston might be under the influence of drugs or has just succombed to the Cage-brand of insanity.

Now and just as a cursory example of how Weston doesn’t fall too far from the crazy tree, let’s refresh our memories of just how much batsh*t crazy his father can summon on demand in this (very NSFW) video reel of Nicolas losing his sh*t for four full minutes. And I don’t believe for a moment that those performances are bred from pure talent either, for Nicolas himself is a famously drunk dumbass who recently dropped his own kid while he was totally hammered. So yeah, no question of paternity here, for Weston is totally his father’s son.

Photos courtesy of WENN

Jennifer Love Hewitt is scientifically “the worst actress” in Hollywood

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Slate has a lengthy article about Rotten Tomatoes and what RT's ratings/critical assessments mean in the larger sense. There's lots of math and an epic explanation, which I'm going to try to summarize without having to excerpt large chunks. Basically, you guys know what Rotten Tomatoes is all about - go here to see RT's site. You can read every major (and many minor) critical opinion of every film. Plus, RT "scores" films - anything above 70% is considered good or a "fresh" tomato. Anyway, Slate did an extensive search with RT, trying to figure out who were the best and worst actors, directors, etc, using RT's cold, hard, brutal, raw critical data. The answers may surprise you. According to the math, Jennifer Love Hewitt is the "worst" actress since… I'm not sure. Since 1985, I guess. JLH is the "worst" of the modern actresses, I guess. The worst actor honors went to Chuck Norris. OMG, Chuck and Love should make a movie!!! Here's an excerpt from the Slate piece:

Worst Actor: Chuck Norris. Appearing in one bad film is a mistake. Appearing in dozens of bad films is a deliberate choice. Thanks to movies like The Delta Force (20 percent), Missing in Action (23 percent), and Top Dog (0 percent), Norris tops—or, as it were, bottoms—the list of worst-reviewed actors, with an average score of 18.4 since 1985. If you count only actors who have made at least 20 movies since 1985, the Worst Actor award goes to Eddie Griffin, with an average rating of 24.1 percent.

Worst Actress: Jennifer Love Hewitt. Hewitt has the rare distinction of never having made a single “fresh” (above 60 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) film. Her average score of 18.9 owes to such duds as Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (7 percent), I Know What You Did Last Summer (35 percent), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (7 percent), and both Garfield movies (15 percent and 11 percent, respectively). If you count only actresses who have made at least 20 movies since 1985, the Worst Actress award goes to Mena Suvari, with an average rating of 32.7 percent.

Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil. With an average film score of 86 percent, Auteuil has appeared in the most consistently high-quality films of the last few decades. The French star, best known for his role in Jean de Florette (1986), may benefit from the critical soft spot for foreign films. If you prefer to count only red-blooded Americans, the top honor goes to John Ratzenberger (76.1 percent average), who has voiced a character in every Pixar movie to date.

Best Actress: Arsinée Khanjian. In the mind of the American film critic, Khanjian can do no wrong—or almost no wrong. Films like The Sweet Hereafter (100 percent), Calendar (100 percent), and Speaking Parts (100 percent) have helped boost Khanjian’s average score up to 84.7 percent. Even her “bad” movie, 2002’s Ararat, rated a 56 percent and was called by one critic “the most thought provoking movie of the year.”* Topping the list of American actresses with an average of 72.8 percent is Amy Madigan of Gone Baby Gone (94 percent) and Field of Dreams (88 percent).

Best Director: Mike Leigh. The British director of Secrets & Lies (94 percent) and Another Year (92 percent) rates a lifetime average of 92.1 percent. The best directors have higher average scores than the best actors, presumably because they have more control over the quality of their films. A critically acclaimed actor might see his average dragged down by a few second-billed roles in lousy genre flicks. (See, for example, multiple-Oscar nominee John Malkovich, whose numbers take a major hit from recent flops like Eragon and Mutant Chronicles.) The highest-rated American director? Ethan Coen, with an 84.3 percent average.

Best Actor in Worst Movie: David Strathairn in Twisted. Strathairn, best known for playing Edward R. Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck, has had a blessed career, with an average rating of 70 percent. That is, if you don’t count Twisted (2 percent), the 2004 thriller-in-name-only starring Ashley Judd as a cop who might actually be the killer she herself is hunting, in which Strathairn plays Judd’s shrink. Honorable mention goes to Laurie Metcalf (average: 70 percent) for her role as Rebecca Frazen in 1996’s Dear God (12 percent).

[From Slate]

Yeah… I understand the technical, scientific reason for crowning Jennifer Love and Chuck Norris as the critical WORST, but it still feels like we're missing some big names who really should have been named the worst. There are lots of highly-regarded actors who have made bomb after bomb after bomb. There are lots of famous actors who can't actually act. Basically, I just feel like Jennifer Love is being picked on because of her Pear-Ass. Granted, she's no Meryl Streep. But she has her place, damn it! And that place is "television".

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kim Kardashian effectively kills this horrendous purple-orange trend

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:48 AM PDT

Seriously: what is up with the orange-purple combinations lately? The only answer I can come up with is some kind of fashion-industry hive-mind, because it's literally impossible to me that designers around the world saw photos of Cheryl Cole in her tragic purple, orange and turquoise ensemble and thought "I should do that!" Is the fashion industry punking us? Ugh. Anyway, as you can see, once Kim Kardashian adopts a trend, that trend is pretty much dead. Kim is wearing "the new thing" - a Gucci ensemble in purple and orange. Just like Cheryl Cole:

And just like Jessica Alba:

WTF? I don't get this. To me, this color combination is cartoonish, not chic. It's Tim Burton's Joker, not Christopher Nolan's Joker. It's just unflattering. Of course, Kim's ensemble is especially bad. She should not wear belly shirts. Her Size 4 is spilling out.

By the way, did you hear that Kim is definitely going to get a pre-nup? According to Us Weekly/Hollywood Life, "Her mom, Kris Jenner, drew up the contracts…Kim's Beverly Hills home and all of her assets are protected. Additionally, she keeps anything she earns during the marriage." Apparently, Kim has a lot more in the way of assets than Kris Humphries. She's worth $65 million, and she's pulling in $12 million a year. I've read that Kris only makes, like, $3 million a year. "Only." I know.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Ginger Love: Adele wants to have a “night out” with Prince Harry

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT

One of my favorite people in the world, Adele, is in ginger love with my favorite prince. I love that one ginger wants to get in another ginger's pants. This is all according to a new interview with Adele, where she claims that even though she "wouldn't go out with a ginger," she totally wants to date Prince Harry. GINGER BOMB.

Adele wants to date Prince Harry - despite saying she “wouldn’t go out with a ginger”.

The Rolling In The Deep singer thinks she and the third-in-line for the throne could have a “laugh” together - but then contradicts herself by admitting she hates dating celebrities.

“I’m after Prince Harry. I know I said I wouldn’t go out with a ginger, but it’s Prince Harry!” Adele told Glamour magazine. “I’d be a real duchess then. I’d love a night out with him, he seems like a right laugh.”

Speaking of her previous experiences dating celebrities, Adele confesses it can be a pain.

“I’ve been on a few dates with celebrities but I don’t like it. You go out and everyone looks at you both. I’m not going to say who. We go to really established places that know how to keep their f***ing mouths shut. But then, everyone wants to f**k a celebrity so I wouldn’t trust them.”

As for her type - Adele isn’t fussy. “I don’t have a type,” she added. “Never have. Older, but not as in 50. Not younger than me. I’m pretty young so it would be like f***ing Justin Bieber! Any colour. Any shape. But they’ve got to be funny.”

[From OMG Music]

I've mentioned before how much I love Adele's brassy, hilarious and heartbreaking interviews. I think she's still really hung up on her ex, the one who inspired her album. But she should get out there and date. And I think Prince Harry would be up for it too. At least for one night, right? His "type" is blonde, but I could see him "getting" why Adele is awesome. THIS MUST HAPPEN.

By the way, Adele just recently cancelled/postponed several stops on her North American tour due to laryngitis. Time to stop smoking, Adele!

(Thanks to MisslePanda who tweeted me this story!)

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

Nicole Kidman makes a “creepy” YouTube video to thank her fans

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:39 AM PDT

For the record, I'm not the one calling this video "creepy". Salon did that, in a piece where they claim Nicole is recording from "Jigsaw’s dungeon on the set of Hemingway & Gellhorn.” LOL. I don't think it's creepy as much as it is… odd, maybe? I like the idea of Nicole Kidman loosening up and making a YouTube video for her fans. I would like it more if the camera wasn't hand-held and the sound quality was better. But I love that Nicole barely talks above a whisper (it's her thing) and that someone smeared age-defying Vaseline over the lens. What's up with the lighting? Oh, Nicole.

This feels like something Mariah Carey would do. All of it, from speaking barely above a girlish whisper to smearing Vaseline over the lens to wearing a full face of makeup and an in-character wig for an informal YouTube video. It's great.

I disagree with Lainey that Nicole's face looks harsh - I'm not really seeing these alleged fillers, but her jacked lips are… the same as they have been. I honestly believe that Nicole is trying to ease up on the Botox (her face has more mobile lately), but the lip injections are a big problem. The odd, creepy lighting is making them gleam like two shiny worms stapled to her face.

In the end, all I really want to know is: WHERE IS CLIVE OWEN?!? He's making this Hemingway and Gelhorn movie with Nicole. He needs to make a YouTube video. "For the [masturbatory] fans."

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Today Show says goodbye to Meredith Vieira with an insane amount of clips & tributes

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:23 AM PDT

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This morning was Meredith Vieira’s last day on The Today Show after five years as co-anchor. Meredith, 57, announced in May that she would be leaving “in a few weeks” in order to spend more time with her family. Meredith’s husband of 25 years, TV journalist Richard M. Cohen, has multiple sclerosis and she wants to spend more time with him. The couple has three grown children, the youngest of which is 18, and want to travel and relax together. Before the announcement that she would leave her post, Meredith said that it was a possibility and “that she would look forward to not working, to traveling with Richard and carving out time for us.”

Ann Curry will step in to Meredith’s place as co-anchor beside Matt Lauer. It’s clear that Meredith will be missed on the show. They aired an incredibly long tribute to her and brought in Carole King to sing “You’ve Got a Friend.” At the end, everyone in the studio wore bright orange shirts declaring their love for Meredith as they brought her around the studio and lip synced “Don’t Stop Believing.” (Kathie Lee and Hoda’s T-Shirts said “Wine lovers [heart] Meredith”!) They dragged it out a very long time and it reached ridiculous levels at the end. They ran around the streets of New York and Jimmy Fallon played air guitar while a huge procession of people in those t-shirts clapped and did a coordinated dance for her. The video where they say goodbye to Meredith is above, but it leaves out the most impressive section, when they were all dancing and singing for her.

It was all really touching. My favorite part was when Meredith said that she’ll always remember the Virginia Tech students asking her for hugs after the tragic shooting there in 2007. I couldn’t help but cry at that. There was plenty of tears, hugs and kisses for Meredith today.

My mom retired early at 55, and she keeps busy with part time work and plenty of clubs and activities. She’s got a busier schedule than I do, but she loves that her timetable is flexible now, and that she doesn’t have to get up at the same time and go to the same place every day. Meredith will continue her hosting duties on “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire,” but that’s not an everyday commitment like The Today Show and will afford her more time with her family. Good luck to Meredith in her future endeavors. She’ll really be missed, especially since a lot of people find Ann Curry to be a twit. I didn’t mean to throw that in this otherwise nice story, but I can’t help it, Curry really bugs me. Maybe if she fixed her eyebrows I wouldn’t be as bothered by that breathy way she talks and the way she fawns all over the celebrities.

Highlights of Meredith’s career:

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Cate Blanchett wears a baggy suit in Sydney: Hillary Clinton-esque?

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:04 AM PDT

These are new photos of Cate Blanchett attending the opening of the Sydney Film Festival, where her last film Hanna was being screened. First, let's talk fashion. God knows, Cate is one of the few women in the world who can literally wear ANYTHING and make it look high-fashion and fabulous. She is the anti-Katie Holmes. Holmes can put on a $6000 couture gown and it looks like it's from WalMart. Blanchett could wear a WalMart dress and she would look impossibly chic. So… with that being said, I don't like Cate in this oversized suit. She's always loved menswear-inspired looks, but this isn't a polished, chic look. This suit looks like it came from Hillary Clinton's closet. No disrespect to She Who Wears Pantsuits, but Cate is simply better than that, sartorially.

Next: I'd like to talk about Hanna, which I saw for the first time a few weeks ago. It was… a bizarre film. Like, I'm surprised that it was made. I'm surprised that someone put up the money for this odd little movie. Saoirse Ronan was great in it, as was Eric Bana and the smaller, supporting roles. As for Cate's part as a bitchy, anal-retentive CIA operative/handler - uh. It was weird seeing her like that, walking around in her great suits and her Southern accent. But the whole thing was just weird. It made me wonder if Cate just needs to get back to doing strong dramatic performances in big films rather than these WTF?-supporting parts in little films.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Maria Shriver could get $100 million in her divorce

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:49 AM PDT

We haven’t heard much about the Schwarzenegger scandal lately, and it looks like the parties are hunkering down and trying to work out a divorce settlement so that Maria can put all this behind her, bathe in diamonds and wipe her ass with Chanel for the rest of her awesome life. She was married to a cheating lying bastard who carried on with the maid right under her nose for over a decade, but she’s about to come away with a multi-state lotto level settlement, thanks to all that money Arnold made by playing the same tough guy character with an accent over and over again. Hollywood Life talked to a celebrity divorce attorney who estimated Maria’s take in her divorce at around $100 million, considering that she was married to Arnold for 25 years, that California is a 50/50 divorce state, and that his net worth is about $300 million. Plus Maria could be entitled to $10k a month child support per kid, along with a percentage of Arnold’s future earnings. It’s a lot of money for an already wealthy woman:

Although she wasn't exactly hurting for money before, Maria Shriver stands to be richer than ever following her divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger. HollywoodLife.com consulted with two leading divorce lawyers who agree the scorned wife will likely earn at least $100 million because she gave up her career for Arnold and stuck with him for so long.

"Maria Shriver is certainly entitled to a generous amount in the settlement, one that is consistent with her lifestyle. If Arnold's net worth is $300,000 million she should get half of that plus child support," Susan Filan, famed legal expert, says.

Celebrity divorce lawyer Raoul Felder — who has represented some of Hollywood's most high-profile couples including Elizabeth Taylor and David Guest, and Robin Givens and Mike Tyson — agrees and points out a technicality that may result in Maria, 55, making slightly less than $150 million.

"If Arnold is worth $300 million, than Maria is likely to get $100 million. One third of that was probably money Arnold earned before he got married. So she would get half of $200 million because in the state of California it's 50/50," he explains.

That said, Filan says the court will have to take into account more than just Arnold's net worth. There are outside factors, like Maria's support, her giving up her career and the sheer length of time they were married (25 years!).

"The fact that Maria gave up her career as a journalist to fully support Arnold's career cannot be overlooked. They will look at how she contributed to his career," she says.

"He could not have gotten to where he is without her support. The reason Arnold is worth so much is because he was married to Maria. Yes, a portion of his net worth comes from his body building days and acting career, but Maria took him to a whole other level, and the opportunity for income that he has today is in large part because of his marriage to her."

She adds, "The court will also look at earning capacity. Who in the future will have the greater capacity to earn money? And it's quite apparent that he does and because of this, Maria should be entitled to a portion of these future earnings."

[From Hollywood Life]

Good for Maria for moving forward with the divorce and getting hers. She’s been looking resilient and kind of triumphant in her pap walks lately, flashing her ringless hand. Meanwhile Arnie is still wearing his wedding ring, like the douche in denial he’s been for the last twenty odd years. As I mentioned in an earlier story on this, I’m surprised he’s ready to move forward with a settlement and isn’t holding on harder to his marriage. He must have another woman lined up ready to take Maria’s place as his main piece while he continues boning anything that moves on the side. Just wait, we’ll see him with a girlfriend soon enough.

Maria is shown on 5/31/11. credit: Brabus, PacificCoastNews.com. Arnold is shown on 6/7/11. Credit: Fame Pictures

Jennifer Connelly & Paul Bettany welcome baby girl Agnes Lark

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:31 AM PDT

Aw, Jennifer Connelly had her baby! She and her ginger Godsend of a husband, Paul Bettany, welcomed baby girl Agnes Lark on May 31. Damn! They kept that quiet. Apparently, it was a home birth. Baby Agnes joins two big brothers - 7-year-old Stellan and 13-year-old Kai (who is Connelly's son from a previous relationship). What are your thoughts on "Agnes Lark"? I like the "Lark" part. I think that's adorable. As for "Agnes"… well, I hope it's a family name. It sounds like a grandmother name.

It’s a hat trick for Jennifer Connelly: the Oscar-winning actress, 40, is now a mom of three! The Dilemma star and husband Paul Bettany welcomed a baby girl, Agnes Lark Bettany, at their home in New York City on May 31, her rep tells Us Weekly exclusively. Little Agnes was born via scheduled home water birth in a birthing pool, the rep explained.

“Everyone is healthy and doing well,” Connelly’s rep tells Us. “The family is very excited.”

Agnes joins big brothers Kai, 13 (his dad is Connelly’s photographer ex David Dugan) and 7-year-old Stellan, Connelly’s son with The Tourist star Bettany, 40.

Us first broke the news first back in December that the actress was expecting again.
In January, Connelly opened up on the Late Show with David Letterman about extreme nausea — and cravings! — during her third pregnancy.

“The first three months were very sketchy,” Connelly admitted. “You know how like you have your cell phone and you have to stand in one spot? It was like that with nausea. I had to stand in one spot, which happened to be in front of my refrigerator, which was open with me dipping pretzels in cream cheese and stuffing them in my mouth.”

After meeting on the set of 2001’s A Beautiful Mind, Connelly and British actor Bettany, 40, wed in a small, intimate ceremony in Scotland in 2003.

[From Us Weekly]

Congratulations to Paul and Jennifer! Both of her sons seem to have gotten her coloring, so it's probably too much to hope that little Agnes is a strawberry-blonde/ginger, like her daddy. It would have been awesome, though. Can't you just see Paul with a ginger baby girl? That thought just made my ovaries weep.

Photos courtesy of WENN & Pacific Coast News.

Dakota Fanning graduates from high school, enrolls in college for fall

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:30 AM PDT

Occasionally, it’s nice to read about a truly down-to-earth actor or actress who isn’t just faking it while simultaneously stomping upon their resting laurels. Such is the case with Dakota Fanning, who is probably the most unaffected young starlet in all of Hollywood and who will most likely make a smooth transition from child star to adult actress. First things first though, for Dakota and her family have placed a great emphasis on the importance of education and living as much of a “normal” life as is humanly possible; that is, for a 17-year-old whose IMDb profile lists an impressive acting 45 credits to her name. Even more amazing is the fact that Dakota also participated in extracurricular activities too, particularly as a cheerleader as well as being voted both Homecoming Princess and Queen of her high school. Now, she’s graduated from high school (here’s a cap-and-gown photo that we don’t have access to), and she’s already made plans for college, so it’s time for a celebration:

Dakota Fanning donned a blue cap and gown at downtown L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday — but this was no film shoot! The veteran child actress, now 17, attended her high school graduation ceremony with her classmates from North Hollywood private school Campbell Hall.

Despite her constant stream of film work (Hollywood took notice of her talent when she was just 6 years old in 2001’s I Am Sam) the Twilight Saga star and her family have endeavored to maintain a somewhat “normal” childhood. She was part of the varsity cheerleading squad, and was named homecoming queen two years in a row at Campbell Hall.

“I think it was really important to have the high school experience,” she said on the Today Show last fall. “I just think everyone always looks back on that time in their life. Who was homecoming princess and [did] the cheerleading … and all the things that go along with high school? And I wanted to have that. I’m really lucky that I found a school that allows me to do both.”

Next up, Fanning plans to enroll in New York University this fall.

[From Us Magazine]

See? I don’t think we’ll need to worry about Dakota pulling an Emma Watson after a year or two of undergrad either. Dakota will take things seriously and graduate because she’s used to the discipline of study (and the experience of school itself) instead of just dealing with an on-set tutor that came only in small doses. Nope, no “taking a break from college” for her. Or at least, I hope so.

Photos courtesy of Fame Pictures

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