Kate Moss to Wed April 30, 2008

It is rumored that Kate Moss and The Kills’ singer/guitarist Jamie Hince have set their wedding date. It is being reported that they have booked London restaurant, Wrapping Food, for their September 6th reception. Shortly after the March 2008 release of Hince’s album Midnight Boom, The Sun reported that Moss and Hince became engaged during a trip to Amsterdam.

Moss previously dated Mario Sorrenti, Johnny Depp, and Jefferson Hack (who is also the father of her 6-year-old daughter). In April of last year she became engaged to Pete Doherty, but after their July 2007 break-up she began dating Jamie Hince.

FOX hearts Seth MacFarlane (and so do we)… April 30, 2008

After the FOX network cancelled Family Guy twice and brought it back thrice, I think it’s safe to say FOX and Seth MacFarlane’s relationship is thriving. Aside from The Simpson’s, their primetime cartoon lineup only consists of MacFarlane’s creations: The Family Guy and American Dad. Now they are set to collaborate again on a Family Guy spin-off: CLEVELAND! That’s right. Cleveland Brown is set to have his own show in the spring.

In other news…
In lieu of your Arrested Development addiction, maybe you’d settle for a partial cast reunion. Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Henry Winkler are set to star in an animated remake of Australia’s short-lived sitcom Sit Down, Shut Up. It’s about incompetent teachers at a dysfunctional school.

Baby Mama to be baby mama April 30, 2008

(Will Arnett and Amy Poehler cuter than cute, posing for a Gap ad.)
In Baby Mama, Amy Poehler played a surrogate and “baby mama” for Tina Fey.

The actress/SNL castmember has confirmed that she and hubby/frequent co-star Will Arnett are preggers in real life. They have been married for 5 years and this will be their first child. It is my sincere hope that she will stay on SNL– especially as co-anchor to Weekend Update. The baby is due in the fall.

A running gag on cancelled Fox sitcom, Arrested Development, had Arnett’s character “G.O.B.” marry guest star, Poehler, after a series of escalating dares.

NYmag & Gossip Girl– OMFG! April 25, 2008

With all that is going on in the world, New York magazine’s cover story this week is “The Genius of Gossip Girl.” And to my even greater surprise, despite always putting my weekly issues aside (the 2 year commitment of a weekly mag was a little more than I expected), I actually read this issue.

To my delight and dismay, NYmag bloggers Jessica Pressler and Chris Rovzar, paint the young starlets of Gossip Girl as replicants of their characters. And in all their cheeky-ness, they continuously mix up the characters’ names with the actors’ names. Ha—ha. Yet, I’m still disappointed that they can’t find anything more to Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick, and Taylor Momsen than caricaturized versions of their characters. It seems to me that more often than not, the article builds up the show only to massacre the young actors’ personalities. Lively is especially shown as as a holier-than-thou, I’m a real artiste, don’t ask me about my personal life, don’t take my picture until I’m done with hair and makeup– “I thought this was New York Magazine…I thought you were supposed to be classy,” bullying, blonde, bitch. They write endlessly about how Lively and Meester are on and offscreen frenemies. And despite crushing over the male stars, they paint Westwick as a borderline alcoholic.

But the article speaks to more than just the love of idle gossip. It discusses the PR machine behind the TV show, the impact of a highly successful series that is a Nielsen ratings disaster, and the “cultural permeation” of a show about gossip.

They extoll the 6 reasons why the Gossip Girl is so great:
1. Because Gossip Girl is the greatest teen drama of all time
2. Because offscreen, the drama continues
3. Because Gossip Girl is changing the very model of a successful TV show
4. Because of Blake (Lively) and Leighton (Meester)
5. Because there may really be a Gossip Girl
6. Because, against all odds, it offers profound social commentary

For the full article: click here

“Law & Order” departures… April 21, 2008

After 9 years as Detective Ed Green, on Wednesday, April 23rd, Jesse L. Martin will leave Law & Order. Can the show survive with a cast of newcomers? (After Martin leaves, the only senior cast member would be Sam Waterston.) His empty detective post will be filled by K-Ville’s Anthony Anderson. Would Anderson and Jeremy Sisto make good partners? Let’s find out.

Furthermore, Law & Order: SVU will lose 2 cast members this season. Diane Neal who played ADA Casey Novak for 5 years is leaving after the season finale this May. A spokesperson stated, “Diane…was a tremendous addition to the SVU team. She is looking forward to new opportunities and she will be missed.” Apparently, it is unlikely that Stephanie March (whom Neal replaced in 2003) will return. According to TVGuide, word on the street is Dick Wolf is looking to fill the ADA position with an “up-and-comer.”

Adam Beach is also leaving SVU, after just one season as Det. Chester Lake. “Adam is a superb actor. He did a terrific job this season on SVU, and I look forward to working with him again in the near future,” said Wolf.

Sandra Bullock and hubby in head-on collision April 21, 2008

Sandra Bullock and hubby Jesse James were involved in a head-on collision in Gloucester, Massachussetts last Friday night. No one was injured. They were hit by a 64-year-old drunk driver. The driver was found to be two and a half times over the legal alcohol limit and was charged with a DUI.

Gloucester Police Lieutenant Gerry Cook told People magazine, “They were shaken up, needless to say. But they were fine – he was hugging her. Jesse and Sandra were hugging. They said they were fine, they didn’t need medical attention.”

Bullock is in Massachussetts filming The Proposal with Ryan Reynolds.

TV powerhouses return this week… April 21, 2008

ABC: NBC’s Thursday-night comedy lineup went back to business two weeks ago, but this week they will have to compete with ABC’s powerhouse-packed Thursday-night lineup.
Ugly Betty (8/7c) and Grey’s Anatomy (9/8c) FINALLY return from the writer’s strike.
Lost (10/9c) returns from its month-long hiatus.

The CW:
Gossip Girl returns Monday, April 21 at 8/7c.
Reaper returns Tuesday, April 22 at 8/7c.
Supernatural returns Thursday, April 24 at 9/8c.

Fox:
House returns next Monday, April 28.

Upcoming Movies: Week of April 25th April 21, 2008

Baby Mama: Premiering at the TriBeCa Film Festival this week, Baby Mama tells the story of Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey), a successful businesswoman who put her career over her personal life until at 37 years old, she discovers she’s infertile. Kate hires Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler) to be her surrogate. But when a pregnant Angie shows up on Kate’s doorstep after breaking up with her boyfriend (Dax Shephard), the two women have to prepare for their birth of their child together.

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanomo Bay: Kal Penn and John Cho return as the pot-smoking best friends. This time, they are mislabeled as terrorist when they try to sneak a “marijuana-smoking implement” onto their flight to Amsterdam.

Deception: Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) is a bored accountant who befriends a powerful lawyer, Wyatt (Hugh Jackman). Wyatt adds some excitement into Jonathan’s life when he introduces him to a salacious new sex club called The List. When Jonathan meets the woman of his dreams (Michelle Williams) things seem to be looking up. But things take a turn for the worst when he becomes the prime suspect in her murder and the theft of $20 million.

New Celeb Couple… April 21, 2008

Shock! Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling are officially dating. They were seen making out in public at NYC’s The Box.

The TriBeCa Film Festival is back! April 19, 2008

For the 7th year in a row, the Tribeca Film Festival has returned. It will run from April 23rd-May 4th. Not only will there be film screenings, but also: a special showcase on sports films, music events, drive-ins, art exhibitions, and discussions. Tickets are on sale now to the general public so go to the website and check out what’s playing and how to get tickets.

The Gala Premieres Include:
Baby Mama: (TriBeCa screening date- 4/23, 7:30, location TBA) Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she’s finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curveball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler) to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough…. After learning from the steely head (Sigourney Weaver) of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment, and researching top preschools. But the executive’s well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her baby mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a comic battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby’s arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they’ll discover two kinds of family: the one you’re born to and the one you make.

Redbelt: (TriBeCa screening dates- 4/25 6:30pm BMCC Tribeca PAC, 4/27 6:30 AMC Village VII) Set in the west side of Los Angeles fight world, a world inhabited by bouncers, cage-fighters, cops, and special forces types, Redbelt is the story of Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Jiu-Jitsu teacher who has avoided the prizefighting circuit, choosing instead to pursue an honorable life by operating a self-defense studio with a samurai’s code. Terry and his wife Sondra (Alice Braga) struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night at the academy between an off-duty officer (Max Martini) and a distraught lawyer (Emily Mortimer) puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry’s life dramatically, introducing him to a world of promoters (Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna) and movie star Chet Frank (Tim Allen). Faced with this, in order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life.

Speed Racer: (TriBeCa screening date- 5/3, 6:30 BMCC Tribeca PAC, 8:30 Pace University) Born to race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized-the legendary Rex Racer, whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret-some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won’t drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line. The only way for Speed to save his family’s business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival-—the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox)—to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.