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Is Jessica Biel looking pregnant, or is it just an unflattering outfit?
Rihanna on her sexed-up image: “That’s not me. That’s a part I play.”
‘Arrested Development’ is probably coming back…? Steve Holt!
LeAnn Rimes claims she isn’t addicted to Twitter, she just has nothing else to do
Actor James Marsden’s wife, Lisa Linde, files for divorce
Denise Richards’ photo op with new baby: cute or look at the baby already?
Bethenny Frankel’s personality is too harsh & grating for America
Rumer Willis at the ‘Rage’ launch: dated, leathery & unflattering?
Pippa Middleton’s low-cut, red Temperley gown: surprisingly sexy and pretty?
Paul Bettany: “I love making films but I loathe the business, it’s kind of repulsive”

Is Jessica Biel looking pregnant, or is it just an unflattering outfit?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:37 AM PDT

The last we heard of Jessica Biel, she was allegedly going off of her birth control in an attempt to "trap" Justin Timberlake into marriage and/or staying with her forever and ever. In these photos - of Biel coming from the Giambattista Valli runway show during Paris Fashion Week - she certainly looks… heavier? The photos will certainly make people wonder if she has a little Timberlake bun in her oven. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) I don't think she's knocked up. Because I've included photos of Biel's arrival in Paris, where she looks just as slender and athletic as always.

So… that Giambattista Valli is probably just a big unflattering on her. It's puffy and it makes her look heavier and she's probably not pregnant. I wonder if that's disappointing for Biel? When she and Justin got back together, the theory goes that Biel gave Justin some new relationship rules, and perhaps even asked for a bigger commitment from him than just being his "official girlfriend". I think Jessica probably would like to marry him, but for her it's not a "I can't live without him" kind of thing, it's probably more of a "I wasted four years with him, I'm getting the ring if it's the last thing I do" kind of thing. But what do I know? Justin and Jessica make absolutely no sense to me as a couple, and I can't believe that they got back together. They're so bizarre.

People Magazine had a story this morning about how tight they were during a recent trip to Las Vegas. So… Biel's publicist is still doing these strategic leaks to People and Us Weekly about Biel's relationship(s). At least she's kept up with that, I guess.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Rihanna on her sexed-up image: “That’s not me. That’s a part I play.”

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Rihanna covers the November issue of British Vogue while wearing an Armani Prive dress and what looks an awful lot like a Marilyn Monroe-esque wig (and the blonde is reminiscent of that wiglet she wore in her Armani ads). As the magazine puts it, the photoshoot sees Rihanna “reveal[ing] a new quiet sophistication,” which makes very little sense considering that her ass is hanging out in a number of the shots. Don’t get me wrong — her ass looks good — but it’s still front and center with nothing sophisticated about it. If British Vogue wanted to go with classy, they shouldn’t have relied on the image of Rihanna to try that game. Speaking of images, Rihanna now claims that her entire image (one that actually has a Spice Girl speaking out in disgust) is all just pretend, and she’s not really like that at all:

On Her Sexed-Up, Vamped-Up Image: That’s not me. That’s a part I play. You know, like it’s a piece of art … I just want to make music. See, people - especially white people - they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me and being a role model became more of my job than I wanted it to be. But no, I just want to make music. That’s it.

On Her Favorite Designers: Stella McCartney is so much fun and so inspiring, I adore her. Oh my God, when I first woke up to [Christopher Kane] with that collection he did with gorillas? I was like, who on earth is making this perfect sh-t? He is the best!

On Her Everchanging Hair: I don’t ever want to be a theme because then it belongs to someone, and that’s not right. I want to cultivate something that’s part of my personal swagger - whatever my mojo tells me, that’s what I’m going to do…

On Loving The “C-Word”: It’s funny. The word is so offensive to everyone in the world except for Bajans. You know African Americans use the n-word to their brothers? Well that’s the way we use the c-word. When I first came here, I was saying it like it was nothing, like, “Hey ****,” until my make-up artist finally had to tell me to stop. I just never knew.

I honestly haven’t minded Rihanna up until now, but I don’t know about these statements. Her voice is okay, but she’s autotuned to hell, which is to be expected in today’s music industry. Also not surprising is her S&M/sex kitten image, which doesn’t even bother me that much if she at least owns it with some authenticity. However, now Rihanna’s trying to say that she’s not like that at all — she’s a good girl. So the scantily clad, topless videos in Irish fields and the off-duty drunken stripper routine is all “art”? Well, James Franco and Lady Gaga both called, and they want their mutual tired shtick back. Art, really? Just call it moneymaking, and we’ll leave it at that with at least a little bit of respect.

Here’s more from the editorial of the British Vogue shoot. I won’t even discuss the Armani couture because no one’s looking at it while that booty is on full display. Just keep in mind that, you know, Rihanna is merely playing a part here.

Photos courtesy of British Vogue

‘Arrested Development’ is probably coming back…? Steve Holt!

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:09 AM PDT

I wasn't even going to talk about this because I didn't even want to let love in and hope against hope. According to Mitch Hurwitz, Arrested Development is coming back. Hurwitz is the creator of the show, and he's teased this sh-t before, and nothing has ever come of it. But Hurwitz and the stars of AD did a panel discussion at the New York Film Festival, and it sounds like… this might be happening?

The idea is that they'll film a mini-series, like, a half-season of 10 to 12 episodes where we find out what's happened to all of the characters since the end of the show. Then, that miniseries will become the platform for an actual movie. It sounds too good to be true. It sounds like a dream. I can't… I won't… I'll believe it when I see it. Read more at Entertainment Weekly. It really sounds too good to be true. Here's the video from the NYFF:

Chicken dance!

I've written about my love of AD before - that show was so awesome, so funny, so well-written and developed and acted that I still have residual feelings of warmth for every single person who ever appeared on it. Except maybe David Cross, but even then, I don't hate him. Sigh… I'm going to find my DVDs and have an AD marathon this week. STEVE HOLT!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

LeAnn Rimes claims she isn’t addicted to Twitter, she just has nothing else to do

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:30 AM PDT

LeAnn Rimes is still talking. That's a given, but it's been LeAnn Overkill ever since she began promoting her new album. I'm assuming that these "candid" photos - of LeAnn shopping in Malibu yesterday - are to promote her album too. Because why wouldn't you want to buy an album from someone who looks so… healthy? I can't even. Her legs really bother me. This outfit bothers me. Of course, her face bothers me too, so I'm totally not LeAnn's target audience. Anyway, LeAnn has yet another new interview, this time with some country radio station. The topic is Twitter, and whether or not LeAnn is "addicted" to Twitter. Just some background - LeAnn briefly quit Twitter (or she made her account private), but she hated the lack of Twit-attention so much, she came back with a vengence, and still tweets incessantly, all day, every day.

LeAnn Rimes tweets a lot. On Wednesday alone, she tweeted well over fifty times before most people had even finished their lunch. Still, the 'Blue' hitmaker insists she's not addicted to Twitter, she just likes being in touch with her fans. A lot.

"You know, it's not that I'm addicted to Twitter, it's that I have so much dang time on my hands!" Rimes tells 98 Country. "If you saw how much time I sit on a plane or in a bus or whatever it may be, once I get all of my stuff done for the day, with this wonderful iPhone that we now have it's so easy to just talk to people. I definitely do tweet a lot, I definitely won't deny it, but I think a lot of it is answering people back and saying hello and thank you. I see how much they [the fans] appreciate it — it's instant gratification."

There's no arguing that Rimes has a knack for getting in touch with the people who buy her albums through the social media site. In between tweets about burgers and the 2004 comedy 'Mean Girls,' the country singer connects with her followers in a way that most artists don't: by replying to their messages.

"Because of Twitter I think my fans and I have had this kind of … I've been able to reach my fans in a completely different way," Rimes explains. "Whatever strikes my fancy, whatever I feel like people can relate to, the blog was a suggestion of a fan and I thought, 'What a great idea,' because people really get to know me as a human instead of this tabloid staple that's just a face."

The singer, who married 'The Playboy Club' star Eddie Cibrian earlier this year, talks about everyday things with her fans — rather than her albums and star-status — because she thinks that people relate more to the little things. When asked whether she'd survive without Twitter, Rimes had no doubt. She said, "If I had to step away for two days, I definitely would not be like pining for it."

At the time of publication, the blonde songstress was still tweeting away.

[From Taste of Country]

"…Because people really get to know me as a human instead of this tabloid staple that's just a face." Because Twitter is all about the narcissistic monster known as LeAnn Rimes and there is no one else in the world. She can't even convincingly feign interest in her fans or anything other than herself - it's not about communicating with other people, it's about LeAnn having an outlet for her monologues, so it's about the cacophony of self-absorbed delusion.

As for LeAnn having "so much dang time on her hands" - I still don't understand that. She tweets so much, I really don't see how she has time to do other things. Oh, and if she “had” to step away for two days, she would be climbing the walls.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Actor James Marsden’s wife, Lisa Linde, files for divorce

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Remember James Marsden? He’s a fairly handsome guy and former “It Boy” of Hollywood, who seemed to rise up from mediocre television to craptastic movies like the second and third X-Men movies and a recent Katherine Heigl romcom, 27 Dresses, to graduate to further curtain munching in Enchanted and Hairspray. Then all of a sudden, he was relegated to B-movies and found himself playing second fiddle to Russell Brand’s bunny in Hop. All of this is to minimize the sad fact that he was not immune to the fate found within a disproportionally large percentage of marriages, and James’ wife has now filed divorce papers:

“X-Men” star James Marsden’s wife has filed for divorce, TMZ has learned.

Lisa Linde cited irreconcilable differences. She’s seeking spousal support and joint legal and physical custody.

A rep for James tells TMZ, “This was a mutual decision. They are committed to raising their kids together and remain great friends.”

The couple married in 2000 and have two children — a son and a daughter.

Lisa filed for divorce on September 23rd. So this is interesting … TMZ got video of James at 4:30 AM that morning, outside the Papaya King hot dog shop in New York, singing with a bunch of friends.

[From TMZ]

The video referenced by TMZ is truly bizarre, but I guess that James was probably drunk and only happened to be filmed because he’s famous. Most people have done strange things in public while drowning their sorrows over the dissolution of a marriage and are just lucky enough to go unnoticed.

I really do wish that publicists would stop issuing the line about how amicable Hollywood divorces supposedly are because — let’s face it — absolutely no one believes that nonsense. Movie stars are just as messed up as the rest of us but just happen to be slightly prettier in most cases. However, I have to wonder why the court can’t just legislate a new ground for divorce — “He starred in Hop” — from the bench. After all, judicial activism does have its place in certain instances. God, I am such a jerk.

Photos courtesy of Fame and AllMoviePhoto

Denise Richards’ photo op with new baby: cute or look at the baby already?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:29 AM PDT

Denise Richards was photographed on Saturday out with her daughter Lola, 6, (from her marriage to Charlie Sheen) and her newest daughter Eloise Joni, 3 months, whom she adopted early this summer. Denise and her daughters were at a soccer game for her daughter Sam, 7, who was out playing on the field for most of these shots.

In these photos, the baby looks sleepy and ready for a nap while Denise is content to talk on the phone, accept a hug and kiss from Lola, and even feed Eloise, all without looking at the baby at all. I couldn’t find one photo from the two agencies that had this set where Denise was looking at little Eloise and it kind of bothered me. I’m serious! Denise also gives her a bottle without seeming to pay attention. She’s at a soccer game, though, so Denise’s blank forward stare might mean she’s just engrossed watching the game while making sure that she’s photographed properly. Then when Denise is walking with Eloise, she again holds her but I couldn’t find a photo where she seems to be looking at her. Maybe it’s just hard to tell since she’s wearing sunglasses. It’s possible that when Denise was looking down none of the photographers took her picture since you couldn’t see her face.

I shouldn’t be so judgmental, Denise is holding the baby the whole time and it’s not like she leaves her in the carriage or alone on a blanket at all. She’s also spoken in the past about how much she adores Eloise and loves to hold her, telling Access Hollywood “I carry her everywhere. I just love her so much and she just loves to be held and cuddled. I hold her all the time.”

In her US Magazine interview this summer introducing her new baby and promoting her new memoir, Denise some really sweet things to say about Eloise. She said “She is a cuddle bug. She loves being hugged and held. She's such a beautiful little baby and little soul.” Here’s a link to a photo of Denise looking at Eloise, on another day when she wasn’t so distracted.

Note: I didn’t pick the worst photos to give an example. This is how they all look. You can see more at Radar.

Photo credit: Fame Pictures and Pacific Coast News

Bethenny Frankel’s personality is too harsh & grating for America

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:26 AM PDT

Some people really like Bethenny Frankel. They think she's funny and "real" and she seems to have a decent-sized fan-base, enough that she got her own Bravo spin-off show. Plus, she's a businesswoman who runs her own multi-million dollar company (that Skinny Girl crap). So it's no surprise that someone powerful out there decided that Bethenny needed her own day-time platform, her own talk/advice show. That powerful person is Ellen DeGeneres, who wants to develop and produce a day-time show with Bethenny at the helm. So, what's the problem? It's one thing for Bethenny to have fame on a cable show on Bravo. It's quite another to try to get her a syndicated show on network television, and there are some personality problems that have come up:

Pushy former "Real Housewives of New York" star Bethenny Frankel has had to hire a coach to help her drop her Big Apple attitude and "be nice" for all-American audiences in order to sell her syndicated talk show.

Frankel shot a pilot for an "advice-based" program produced by Telepictures, the company behind "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Anderson Cooper's new yakker and "Dr. Drew's Life Changers."

But sales were slow, sources say, so Frankel was taken to meet with station managers to personally pump the project. But her aggressive Manhattan mien grated like manicured nails scraping down a chalkboard.

"She came off as too aggressive," a source close to the margarita-mix mogul said. As a result, producers brought in a Henry Higgins-style mentor to turn the housewife into a lady.

"They'd been shopping the syndicated show and going to meet with station owners," said a source. "They got a coach" who would teach Frankel things like "speaking more slowly" and "being nicer," the insider said.

DeGeneres has been boosting Frankel by booking her as a regular guest since a year ago when Ellen signed a deal with Warner Bros. to create reality, scripted and cable programming.

On Friday, Frankel counseled "Ellen" viewers on bargain shopping in a segment called "Looks for Less." In the past, she's also talked on the show about healthy snack recipes.

A Telepictures rep said, "We don't comment on any development activity." Frankel's rep also declined to comment.

Meantime, Frankel's been busy pushing an endless tide of Skinny Girl products, even while the company's the target of a $10 million class-action suit alleging the drinks were incorrectly marketed by not listing ingredients.

Her response to stories about the drink being pulled from Whole Foods shelves was, "We were bound to p–s someone off and everyone loves to try to tear down a success."

[From Page Six]

I have to be careful about this, because I know Bethenny has fans and when someone likes her, they REALLY like her. I don't hate the woman, but I've seen enough of her spinoff show, and I remember her on RHONY enough that I already have an impression of her. Yes, she's the most "sane" of all of the RHONYs. But that's not an accomplishment - she IS rude, she IS self-obsessed, she is grating and she is a massive pill. I tend to think this attempt to make Bethany "happen" on a larger scale will end up blowing up in Ellen's face.

Oh, and I was looking for other Bethenny news, I found this interesting opinion piece on how Bethenny is a terrible person. It's pretty great.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Rumer Willis at the ‘Rage’ launch: dated, leathery & unflattering?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:17 AM PDT

Over the weekend, a launch party was held for the video game RAGE, which is apparently one of those games where you're in some kind of post-apocalypse hell and you have to shoot everybody, I guess. I don't know, I'm not a gamer, I could care less. There was some A-list talent at the party, but mostly it was just B-list and C-listers. Like Rumer Willis, who decided to walk her first red carpet in months wearing this unfortunately ensemble. I still don't get it. I don't understand why Rumer absolutely refuses to play up her good features and instead insists on wandering around looking like bedraggled ass.

First, her hair. She's been working this Kool-Aid color and this mangy length for too long - some women could have pulled off long hair, and/or this color. Rumer is not one of them. She needs a shorter look, one that doesn't emphasize her big, long, oblong face. Next: her outfit. She has a decent-to-good figure, and she's been capable in the past of looking pulled together on a red carpet, so I have no idea what's happening here. A belly shirt, a short, full skirt, leather jacket and motorcycle boots…? It's like she was dressed by Jennifer Aniston in 1994 and 2011 simultaneously. Poor Rumer.

Charlize Theron was there, for whatever reason. Charlize doesn't need to go to the opening of an envelope, and I don't think she's some big gamer, so I have no idea why she was there. Weird. Her outfit is meh, and she looks pissed off that she had to come to this event.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Pippa Middleton’s low-cut, red Temperley gown: surprisingly sexy and pretty?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:57 AM PDT

Honestly, I never saw what the big deal was with Pippa Middleton's ass (of lies). Worst case scenario, she has a flat bum that she padded for her sister's wedding. Best case scenario, she barely has much of an ass, and everyone just got hysterical over how nice she looked in a really beautifully tailored maid of honor gown, a gown that would make anyone's ass look cute. Basically, I estimated Pippa's figure to be slender and athletic, not particularly curvy, and nothing all that amazing. Now, that was before I saw Pippa in this low-cut Alice Temberley gown over the weekend.

Pippa and her boyfriend Alex Loudon went to a charity event called the "Boodles Boxing Ball" - it was a big event that brought out a mix of new and old money. Pippa decided to sex it up and instead of showing her famous bottom in a tight, cinched dress, Pippa decided to show off her rack. Um… she has a really nice bust, right? Why were we talking about her ass when her boobs are so nice?

So… I do like Pippa in this dress, although I think the orange-red would have looked better on her if Pippa wasn't so obsessed with fake-baking. She's too orange-brown - she needs to go lighter. Other than the skin issue, though, I do think Pippa looks really good here, and it's nice to see her dressed like a single, 28-year-old young woman who doesn't need to dress so conservatively all the time.

Did you know Pippa and Alex have been together 3 years? That's what the Mail claims, although I suspect that there have been some breakups along the way. Anyway, everybody is claiming that Alex and Pippa are totally for real now and they're quietly planning on getting married, and Pippa will definitely wear Temperley for her wedding dress. I'm still doubting the whole thing, though. Little Uptradey thinks she can do better than Alex. And she's probably right.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Paul Bettany: “I love making films but I loathe the business, it’s kind of repulsive”

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:46 AM PDT

I know you love Paul Bettany. I do too, although I'm not going to sit here and claim that I was always Paul's number one fan-girl. I've always had warmth for him, but it's only in the past few years where I've been like, "Yeah. The Bettany is incredible." It's not just that he's handsome in that particular way that I find unbearably hot - blonde with a hint of ginger, light eyes, tall, rangy build, the elegance and athleticism of a cat. It's not just that he seems solid and grounded, with a seemingly great marriage. It's not just that he's a great dad. It's not just that he's a wonderful and underrated actor. Okay, it's all of those things and so much more. THE BETTANY IS INCREDIBLE.

So, Paul is promoting two new movies… or two films that are about to come to England, thus, he gave an interview to The Guardian. Usually, I dislike The Guardian's celebrity interviews, because I have to wade through half an article of verbose fluff to find any good quotes. Not so with this piece on Paul - which you can read in its entirety here. Anyway, he's promoting Margin Call, that ensemble film about the recession, and Broken Lines, where he plays a "former boxer, broken in body and spirit after suffering a stroke. Pale and rheumy eyed, he spends much of Broken Lines cowed and meek, dabbing at the at the corner of his dribbling mouth before suddenly erupting into snarling, desperate rage." Here are some highlights from the piece:

Paul on emergencies: “Oh, let me turn this off,” he says, pocketing his iPhone as he shakes my hand. “Oh no, I shouldn’t turn this off. Don’t judge me,” he pleads, “I have a very small baby. Do you have kids? They’re great, great – the first three years they just scare the s–t out of you.”

On Broken Lines: “A lovely event really, because it was my best friend’s [Dan Fredenburgh] movie. It was sort of delicious, like being a student – I turned up, worked relentlessly for seven days and then went home.”

On Margin Call: “The camaraderie and purity of intent was really edifying and both films really turned my head around: I’ve rekindled a love for making movies that had been made totally irrelevant by the complete, mad, romantic love you feel for your children. There comes a time when you realise you’ve subjugated all these personal, selfish desires. And I do need to express them. Which has been a real revelation for me as I turn 40 and hurtle towards my dotage. I won’t bang on about it any more but I felt a sort of awakening.” He raises his coffee cup and adds: “He said pretentiously, sipping his double espresso.”

Moved by other actors' performances: “It’s so embarrassing to talk about but there are some performances I’ve seen that have really moved me,” he says. He compares them to “the way you’ll hear a song or read a passage in a book that makes you somehow adhere a little more to the surface of the world as it spins. You feel like you won’t fly off.”

Working with Lars Von Trier on Dogville: That, he says, “was a hideous experience”. “I did it because Stellan f–king Skarsgård fibbed to me! He said, ‘You gotta turn up, it’ll be fantastic, it’s like a party all the time.’ And after three weeks and not one bit of fun, I said, ‘Stellan, what were you talking about?’ And he said, ‘Man, I was making it up – I just couldn’t face doing it without you.’” He mimes murderous exasperation. “I found it a peculiarly unsatisfying experience because [Von Trier] has no interest in you being any part of the cerebral process with him. You’re absolutely his puppet. But no, I don’t want to be too down on Lars. He is extraordinary and he is a sensation.”

He's made bad movies, and he uses "inelegant" again: “Listen,” he says good-naturedly, “I’ve made some bad movies, but some of those bad movies have been other people’s dreams, so it would be sort of inelegant to tread on all that. I’ve made movies because I’ve thought, ‘God, I really want my kids to have a house in the country.’ It’s depressing, not being in charge of one’s destiny. So what you have the power to do as an actor is the power to say ‘no’. You don’t have the power to say ‘yes’.”

No more action movies for Paul: “I think it might mean no more action films! I mean, I love action movies, I love all sorts of movies, but there are just too many of the f–kers and too few movies for grownups. Action movies are incredibly vain. You get all fit and feel more stupid with every push-up.” In illustration, he mimes a pair of scales with his palms and frowns at his descending right hand – “reading less, reading less, reading less” – and then at his ascending left – “better abs, better abs, better abs”. “It’s hard,” he says, “to do sit-ups and read Remembrance of Things Past.”

Juggling film schedules and family life: “It’s so weird, so difficult and occasionally heartbreaking. I have a rule that we’ll never go more than two weeks without seeing each other.”

Upon hearing his marriage described as "one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood.": “Oh my f–king God!” he says. “Really? Well, the thing is, we’ve been married for eight years, which is like 50 years in Hollywood years. So I suppose it suddenly becomes really intriguing – ‘How do they do it!’ I loathe the movie business. I love making films but I loathe the business. And it sounds so sort of mealy-mouthed: I’ve made a career in the film business, I’ve made money out of the film business, it’s been really good to me. But it’s kind of repulsive. And I hate to be one of those actors moaning about how films were better in the past, but f–k me, films were just better in the past. Know what I mean? The 70s – f–k!”

[From The Guardian]

Well… I'm not sure how I fear about Paul's last answer. I know he's hedging and he's deftly walking the line between rudely sh–ting on his industry and being a bold truth-teller who has been a working actor for a decade and a half. If Megan Fox had said this… well, she wouldn't have been able to hedge so "elegantly". (Sidenote: Don't you love when Paul uses "elegant" and "inelegant"? God, I love Englishmen.) Perhaps Paul should take his own advice and stop complaining? Or is that too harsh?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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