Clive Owen Spotted Shooting Duplicity May 6, 2008

Yours truly spotted Clive Owen shooting scenes for his new film, Duplicity on 40th street and 5th Avenue across the street from the New York Public Library. He was looking svelt, and handsome as ever. The streets were periodically blocked off by people in headsets shouting, “Don’t stand there, cross to the other side.”

The movie re-teams Clive Owen and his Closer co-star Julia Roberts in a spy drama. The two play “lovelorn ex-spies who join forces to swipe a valuable product from the big-business corporate landscape.” It also co-stars Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti.

Wedding Bells… May 3, 2008

First there was Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon… now comes some more surprising wedding news:

Jason Biggs of American Pie fame, eloped with actress Jenny Mollen of cancelled CBS series Viva Laughlin. They are reportedly planning a large reception for July. With the rush to marry, what’s the delay with the reception? In more interesting news, Mollen will appear in My Best Friend’s Girl, starring Kate Hudson and Dane Cook. In it, Cook is hired by his best friend to take his best friend’s ex, (Hudson), on a bad date in order to make her realize how great her former boyfriend was. The film is scheduled for a September 2008 release.

America Ferrera, 24-year-old star of Ugly Betty, sparked speculation that she is engaged to long-term boyfriend, filmmaker, and post-production coordinator for Steven Soderbergh, Ryan Piers Williams. She has reportedly been wearing a large diamond engagement ring between takes of Ugly Betty. They met in film school when Ferrera agreed to star in his student film. The two currently live together with their golden retriever.

Who’s next? We’ll keep you updated.

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.

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

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.

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.

Britney & Bally’s April 18, 2008

Britney Spears is in talks with Bally’s Total Fitness to become their new spokesperson.

Is this really the woman they want representing their company?

It would only be a good idea if she was reliable enough to shed her bad habits (as in smoking, drinking, partying, not wearing underwear, getting into car accidents and making her bodyguard switch seats with her before the cops get on the scene).