tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17014896012420966942024-03-13T14:33:02.315-04:00CharlieCruiser's WorldCharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4513125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-579386788084722962011-03-18T06:29:00.002-04:002011-03-18T06:34:28.035-04:00Reward for Nude Anderson Cooper<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YL34-GgGPNg/TYM1JsIGEhI/AAAAAAAAi28/IecIUmVO8Kg/s1600/1022_anderson_cooper_fm_01-1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 241px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 343px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585366403449754130" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YL34-GgGPNg/TYM1JsIGEhI/AAAAAAAAi28/IecIUmVO8Kg/s320/1022_anderson_cooper_fm_01-1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Playgirl is offering $10,000 to anyone who can get the publication a nude picture of Anderson Cooper for its “Top 10 Guys We Want to See Naked” list.<br /><br />Playgirl’s Daniel Nardicio told Popeater.com Cooper tops the list.<br /><br />"He's got this charisma that a lot of our readers are attracted to, plus now he's all muscled, [so] he's not only smart but also hot," Nardicio says. "Both our male and female readers love Anderson."<br /><br />The cash offer comes days after someone tried to snap a pic of Jake Gyllenhaal while he was standing at a urinal at a movie premiere.</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-75971436696236290842011-03-18T06:17:00.003-04:002011-03-18T06:29:24.025-04:00Joe Jonas: "Nothing Wrong With Being Gay"<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-icDZPfmB1_A/TYMz3j6NLqI/AAAAAAAAi20/BHkwNe5dIoY/s1600/Joe-Jonas-Covers-Details-Magazine-April-2011-1-500x680.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 223px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 331px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585364992494743202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-icDZPfmB1_A/TYMz3j6NLqI/AAAAAAAAi20/BHkwNe5dIoY/s400/Joe-Jonas-Covers-Details-Magazine-April-2011-1-500x680.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Pop star Joe Jonas isn't gay but doesn't seem to mind the gay rumors that have dogged him in recent months, according to a new profile in Details magazine.<br /><br />"There's nothing wrong with being gay," Jonas says, "but I'm not." The middle Jonas brother, 21, was bluntly asked if he's gay by paparazzi last January. Details speculates that part of the reason for the rumors may have been Jonas's playful video homage to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies," in which he dressed in a leotard and heels and danced to make good on a sports bet with some friends. The video of his performance was watched by more than 25 million viewers on YouTube.<br /><br />Here is the complete Details magazine interview:<br /><br />Joe Jonas is going grocery shopping, walking along a busy commercial section of Hollywood. No one notices him, no tween girls shriek, as he weaves through the sidewalk traffic. Joe doesn't much look like a Jonas Brother anymore. Gone is his telltale luxurious sweep of black hair. Now it's cropped in a look one of his handlers likes to call "Top Gun-Tom Cruise," and he's wearing a rakish beard and mustache, along with skinny jeans that hang low enough to reveal the pattern on his boxers. These signs of testosterone seem to defy the boy band's squeaky-clean image—the three brothers wore "purity rings," pledging chastity until marriage. Joe, 21, looks all grown up. And there isn't a purity ring in sight.<br /><br />"'Does anyone ever tell you you look like Joe Jonas?' I get that a lot," Joe says in his mild, soft-spoken way. "Or they'll say, 'You're so much cuter in person.' Or 'Where are your brothers?'" He laughs. "It's not like we wake up in the same bed."<br /><br />Joe moved out of the home he shared with his parents and his brothers, Kevin, 23, and Nick, 18, a year and a half ago, to rent a house with some buddies in Los Feliz. But it was haunted, he says—"We'd hear footsteps"—and he often thought about getting his own place. Then, about nine months ago, he started dating Twilight star Ashley Greene, and the idea of a little privacy became more appealing. So last November, he found a bachelor pad in this part of town, which he likes because "it's like my mini New York. I got my gym a few blocks away"—where he's been working out five days a week with his trainer.<br /><br />"I like to watch all the crazy characters in the neighborhood," he says. "I saw this gay homeless guy that got arrested. When the cops said, 'Spread 'em,' he was like, 'You'd like that, wouldn't you?'" Joe grins; he likes a good comeback.<br /><br />In addition to hitting the gym regularly, Joe is also a fan of bars in the area, like the Bowery on Sunset, because it's "really laid-back." Wait a minute—didn't the Jonas Brothers, who provided the voices of cherubs in 2009's Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, swear off alcoholic beverages?<br /><br />Yes, but that was back when Joe was living with his mom, Denise, and his dad, Kevin Sr., a former evangelical preacher who now comanages the band. It was also before Joe decided to do a solo album, the first single from which will be released next month.<br /><br />"I'm growing up, the fans are growing up," Joe says. "I've gone through a lot of stuff in my life so far. There are stories I haven't really been able to tell. When you're writing with three people, you wind up with a sound that might be—not average—but, you know, expected."<br /><br />The moment he walks into Trader Joe's, the sound system starts playing "Year 3000," a Jonas Brothers hit from their first album, 2006's It's About Time. The boys' cheerful guitar riffs and boisterous voices fill the giant store. "I didn't call and arrange this," Joe says, amused, as he grabs a cart.<br /><br />Joe's apartment, a loft studio in a brand-new high-rise, is sizable, but it's modest for a young man who, with his brothers, made $35.5 million last year, putting them at No. 40 on the Forbes "Celebrity 100." There's a stunning 180-degree view of Los Angeles. There's a vintage Pac Man game, a Batman pinball machine, a Baldwin piano, and an 8-month-old English-bulldog puppy named Winston. There's a Warholesque painting of Mick Jagger by a local artist. Joe—who is known for his on-stage brio, his jumps and kicks and orgasmic facial contortions—has said that he idolizes the performance styles of Jagger and Freddie Mercury, "the big frontmen."<br /><br />There's also a framed photograph of Joe and his brothers at the White House with President Obama and Paul McCartney—on the wall right by the front door, so you can't miss it. "I didn't know who to be more excited about," Joe says of the meeting, which took place last year when McCartney received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Jonas Brothers performed a cover of "Drive My Car" at the event.<br /><br />"I heard [McCartney] told somebody, 'I want the new Beatles to come and play for me,'" Joe says, his chocolate-brown eyes growing wider.<br /><br />Joe will tell you stories about famous rockers giving props to a band that the New York Times has called "among the most culturally important American rock bands of the last decade."<br /><br />"Pat [Patrick Carney], the drummer for the Black Keys, I met him at a Kings of Leon concert in London"—coincidentally, it was at that same concert that Joe met Greene—"and he was like, 'I used to shit on you guys, but then I actually listened to your stuff, and you're so rad.'"<br /><br />A Black Keys record is playing on Joe's turntable as he makes taco filling, simmering chicken in olive oil and lemonade. He's into cooking. After he got his own place, he says, "I fell in love with it. I became friends with a lot of chefs. I was a judge on Top Chef last year. It was a dream come true."<br /><br />Then he pauses a moment; his thick, dark eyebrows knit together. He looks like a teenager again. "You know what? I forgot to get tortillas."<br /><br />The taco filling winds up being wrapped into big pieces of lettuce—a fine, healthy, Asian-inspired solution. Joe stands at the counter as he tucks into his new culinary invention and starts talking excitedly about his solo album (which is as yet unnamed). He has been recording in L.A. for the past couple of months but says the idea came to him in the summer of 2009 when the JoBros were in Rome. "We were sitting in this beautiful Colosseum-looking hotel. And I was starting to think, 'I really wanna do a solo project.' My brother Nick did one. It wasn't really as big as..." Here he catches himself. Nick's solo album, Who I Am, released last year, received mixed reviews and sold fewer than 200,000 copies in the U.S.<br /><br />"He wasn't really hoping for it to be huge," says Joe, who calls Nick "my best friend." "It was more for himself. He wanted to do a record that he really believed in. And so I was like, 'I would really like to make music that inspires me,' 'cause with the Jonas Brothers stuff, we can be constricted in what we can and cannot do.<br /><br />"I wanted to do something you could hear in a club or something you could dance to, something that's fun—something that's me. I think it was definitely because I was getting older. But it was also a kind of a scary thought. 'Cause you go, 'I don't want to offend my brothers.' You know?"<br /><br />But when he approached Nick and Kevin, they were all for it. He also got the blessing of Hollywood Records, the Jonas Brothers' label, which is owned by Disney and which sold 8.5 million copies of the band's last three albums—Jonas Brothers, A Little Bit Longer, and Lines, Vines and Trying Times.<br /><br />But the boys in the band aren't really boys anymore, and the sales of their recent albums have slipped slightly. Their 2009 Disney Channel sitcom, Jonas L.A., didn't catch on with viewers and was canceled after two seasons. Their debut film, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, was a disappointment, earning just over $19 million.<br /><br />The thinking at Disney HQ seems to be that a solo turn by Joe might be a way for the Brothers to recapture their maturing fan base and possibly develop a new one. "We're not breaking up, we're just taking a break," Joe says. "I really have a hope for the fans that got older and went, 'You know what, I'm really not into the Jonas Brothers anymore,' that I'm able to catch their ear again with my project and they're able to go, like, 'Hey, this is cool stuff, I'm happy listening to this, I'm not embarrassed listening to this.'"</span> <div><div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585364502886105170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tiIyw3ig_Rc/TYMzbD-aQFI/AAAAAAAAi2s/72dn9YO7FBM/s400/jonas_on_steps_hss.jpg" />"I'm wildly supportive," says Rich Ross, chairman of Walt Disney Studios. "Going solo is a very good idea for Joe at this age. It's like graduating from college."<br /><br />But will Joe Jonas be believable as a real rock star? Can the fans ever forget that they loved him in fourth grade?<br /><br />"I look at Joe's scenario as kind of like when Justin Timberlake broke out of 'N Sync," says Rob Knox, a producer working on Joe's solo project who previously teamed up with Rihanna and Jamie Foxx. "Justin was 21 when he came out as a solo artist. Joe is coming to producers who know how to create that edgier pop feeling. We're not doing any boy-band songs."<br /><br />What they are doing, Joe says, is an eclectic mixture of "electro indie pop rock." "It's Joe's album, it's not just something put together for him," says Danja, another veteran producer on the project, whose past work includes Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds. "He's collaborating with the writing. He's very different from what you'd expect. All I can say is he's an adult man. He has a rock-star edge about him."<br /><br />If Nick was always the cute Jonas, and Kevin the other Jonas, then Joe was the sexy one. The shrieks of the Brothers' 10,000-plus crowds are usually induced by his hip-swiveling-and-mic-twirling routine.<br /><br />"Being on stage makes me come to life," Joe says. "When all eyes are on you, they're watching every move you make."<br /><br />His gyrations have apparently caught the eyes of a number of fetching young female entertainers. He's dated the troubled Disney star Demi Lovato ("I wish her the best") and the actress Camilla Belle. Taylor Swift was so bitter after their breakup that she wrote a song about it ("Forever & Always") and went on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, in 2008, to complain that Joe had dumped her in a phone call that lasted 27 seconds.<br /><br />Joe countered by saying that it was Swift who had hung up on him. Now he says, "I think all artists have a right to write about what happens to them. But," he adds with a smile, "I have a right to write about things too."<br /><br />He won't say whether his album will contain a Swift rebuttal—just that there will be songs about "different love scenarios that I've been through, breakups, hurts. Me hurting somebody and feeling bad about it. I think there's a lot of scenarios where people might wanna hear my side of the story."<br /><br />But who would break up with Joe?<br /><br />"Some guy," he says with a laugh.<br /><br />It's a nod to the gay rumors he's been fending off ever since he got into a verbal altercation with some taunting paparazzi earlier this year. "There's nothing wrong with being gay," he says now, "but I'm not." Adding to the buzz, he dressed up in a leotard and heels and danced to "Single Ladies"—to comic effect—to square a sports bet with some buddies. He got the idea from his fans. The video of his performance got more than 25 million hits on YouTube.<br /><br />But he really did have his heart broken; it was about two years ago, and the young woman was someone in the entertainment world. "I won't say her name," Joe says. "But I was in a relationship, and we tried to work things out, and she, you know—I was really upset because she—she broke up with me." A sadness lingers in his voice.<br /><br />By contrast, his relationship with Ashley Greene, who's 24, "feels good," he says. "I think what works about it is she really puts my feelings first. She understands my busy schedule. She'll fly out to my shows—she's been to places in South America that I can't even pronounce." And in January, he visited her in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while she was shooting the next two installments of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn: Part I and Part II (Greene plays the psychic vampire Alice Cullen). He also flew to Jacksonville, Florida, to meet her parents. "Her dad can drink me to shame," Joe says. "He's awesome."<br /><br />Times are changing for the Jonas Brothers, with Joe going solo (for now) and Kevin marrying Danielle Deleasa, a former hairdresser, in 2009. "Actually, I hit on her first," Joe says of meeting his future sister-in-law when the band of brothers were on vacation in the Bahamas. "And after that she and Kevin hit it off, of course. Now we have a fourth person traveling with us everywhere, so that's a different thing completely."<br /><br />It's afternoon. Joe's driving his big black Mercedes G-Class down Sunset to the studio to work on his album. He's thinking about the days when he and his brothers and his dad toured the country with a trailer full of instruments, performing wherever they could. Success did not come easily, he says, and it got to the point where "we were about to say, 'This sucks—we don't want to do this anymore,' but then it all sort <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RB4kFoRjCbk/TYMzMC5leRI/AAAAAAAAi2k/ZqAkCNaHXtY/s1600/jonas_leather_jacket_vss.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 243px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585364244899395858" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RB4kFoRjCbk/TYMzMC5leRI/AAAAAAAAi2k/ZqAkCNaHXtY/s320/jonas_leather_jacket_vss.jpg" /></a>of started to happen for us."<br /><br />And happen it did. "We've seen every state in America besides Alaska and Hawaii, been all over Europe. It's been so much fun." Sure, there have been times when it's gotten a little weird, rocking out for little girls. "We did some things that were like, 'Really? We're gonna do this? Like, go and play for an elementary school, are you serious?' At the time I was like, 'I'm 17, I wanna go meet girls at high schools.'<br /><br />"And now I'm 21," Joe adds. "I wanna go play my music in a club."<br /><br />Joe draws inspiration from one of his heroes—Bono—in moving forward with his dream: "I just want to believe that people are gonna really accept me for who I am and the music that I'm making now."<br /><br />Joe went to see U2 play in Toronto last year. "After the show we got an e-mail saying Bono wants to invite you to the after-party. He comes waltzing in with his jean jacket buttoned down to here, pointing his finger at everybody. We hung out with him till three in the morning. He told me, 'The songs you write, really be honest, don't hold anything back. The reason for being an artist is you gotta be honest.' And I was like, 'Wow.'<br /><br />"He said, 'I have countries that hate me, but I don't care. I have dictators that wanna put my head on a stick. So the next time you write a song, write from the heart, and really be honest, and don't be afraid of it.'"<br /><br />Joe arrives at Henson Recording Studios—Charlie Chaplin's old studio. He parks the car. "When I was younger," he says, getting out, "I was always trying to make people satisfied with the way they thought I was supposed to be. And finally understanding that, in music, you can really be yourself and people accept you for who you are, that was a big thing to me." Work awaits, and as he heads inside, he adds: "I'm really excited to get the ball rolling and write some more stories in the book of craziness."</span></div></div>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-76053351068871156382011-03-18T06:08:00.002-04:002011-03-18T06:16:26.450-04:00Leo and Armie Lock Lips for Hoover<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7369D1wX5vA/TYMw8sPNVbI/AAAAAAAAi2c/uvyedqA8wpA/s1600/hammer.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 390px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585361782094779826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7369D1wX5vA/TYMw8sPNVbI/AAAAAAAAi2c/uvyedqA8wpA/s400/hammer.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">And it’s a wrap.<br /><br />According to E! Online’s Marc Malkin and Brett Malec, Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer have filmed their kissing scene for the upcoming Clint Eastwood–directed biopic J. Edgar.<br /><br />According to a source, the scene between the two actors is hot. DiCaprio is starring in the film as late FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, while The Social Network’s Hammer plays his protégé and rumored lover Clyde Tolson.<br /><br />"[They did] more [takes] than Clint normally does," the source said. "They wanted to make it right ... It's a more involved scene than just the kissing ... It was so sexy."<br /><br />Before production began, it was rumored the film had been stripped of its gay content. But screenwriter Dustin Lance Black told AfterElton.com: "To think that somehow you’re going to a make a movie about somebody like J. Edgar and you’re not going to learn what’s in his heart, that’s just not going to happen in a script that I write. It’s unfounded [the idea that the movie is being de-gayed.]"</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-150145993384350722011-03-03T06:26:00.004-05:002011-03-03T06:53:37.987-05:00Which Couple Gets Sex Counseling from Holly Holliday on Glee Next Week?<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e4xGPs6LQ-o/TW-BAUIhe6I/AAAAAAAAi2U/xFzPlprvF-8/s1600/Matthew%252BMorrison%252BGwyneth%252BPaltrow%252BHonored%252BHollywood%252BJXoOXQkmsTOl.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 243px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579820305739774882" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e4xGPs6LQ-o/TW-BAUIhe6I/AAAAAAAAi2U/xFzPlprvF-8/s320/Matthew%252BMorrison%252BGwyneth%252BPaltrow%252BHonored%252BHollywood%252BJXoOXQkmsTOl.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">We’re less than a week away from the much-anticipated return of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Holly Holliday on Glee and Entertainment Weekly has some juicy scoop to reveal about Holly’s second stint at McKinley High.<br /><br />They already broke the news that she would be subbing for the school’s sex ed teacher. But Holly’s sex-pertise will not be reserved solely for the classroom: Entertainment Weekly has learned exclusively that she will also be counseling one of the series’ major couples. Which one?</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#990000;"><strong>SPOILER ALERT! </strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Newlyweds Emma (Jayma Mays) and Carl (John Stamos).”Holly ends up counseling them a little bit,” says star Matthew Morrison. “It turns out their sex life isn’t all that.” Adds Morrison, “At the same time, I find out the glee club is having a lot of sex and they’re not really informed as to what’s going on. Holly and I come up with an idea to teach them through song about the dangers of sex.”</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />Morrison adds that by the end of next week’s episode, there’s also potential for a Holly/Will romance. Says the actor, “By the end of the episode, we kind of get together. She has to leave again but there’s a possibility of a future between Will and Holly.”</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">In fact, Paltrow is currently shooting yet another episode of Glee, her third this season.</span></div>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-69038119103428289722011-03-03T06:22:00.003-05:002011-03-03T06:26:10.499-05:00Celebrity & Dancer Pairs Unveiled for New Season of Dancing with the Stars<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tp5L1oPNCIk/TW96dMtgzCI/AAAAAAAAi2M/cEWL3cv7nMM/s1600/kirstie-alley-320.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579813105382247458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tp5L1oPNCIk/TW96dMtgzCI/AAAAAAAAi2M/cEWL3cv7nMM/s400/kirstie-alley-320.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">They've got their partners. Now, they just have to learn the moves!<br /><br />Following the cast announcement on Monday, ABC on Wednesday unveiled the celebrity-dancer pairings for the new season of Dancing with the Stars, premiering March 21st.<br /><br />The couples are as follows: Kendra Wilkinson and Louis van Amstel; Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas; Wendy Williams and Tony Dovolani; Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy; Petra Nemcova and Dimitry Chaplin; Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke; Romeo and Chelsie Hightower; Mike Catherwood and Lacey Schwimmer; Sugar Ray Leonard and Anna Trebunskaya; Hines Ward and Kym Johnson; and Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff.<br /><br />The stars have three weeks to prepare for the premiere, and Alley, 60, said the pressure is on.<br /><br />"My partner [Maksim Chmerkovskiy] is calling me 'G' for Grandma," she said at Monday's press conference. "He says I'm too slow. I call him 'M' for mean."</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-72972313940544134722011-03-03T05:51:00.002-05:002011-03-03T06:01:10.718-05:00Christina Aguilera to Coach on NBC's The Voice<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0wcjGkjyH-4/TW9067hYumI/AAAAAAAAi10/7oUQNxzitaI/s1600/christina-aguilera-dating.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 246px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579807019094293090" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0wcjGkjyH-4/TW9067hYumI/AAAAAAAAi10/7oUQNxzitaI/s320/christina-aguilera-dating.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Christina Aguilera is putting that voice to good use.<br /><br />The Grammy winner has just been named as a musician coach on NBC's new musical competition series The Voice, which premiers April 26th.<br /><br />"I am so excited to be part of such a wonderful project that celebrates music and the talent behind it," Aguilera, who joins coaches Cee Lo Green and Maroon 5's Adam Levine, said of the role. "To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms."<br /><br />NBC executives say the singer's talent was what caught their eye. "Christina has a once in a generation talent – her voice is phenomenally distinctive and instantly recognizable," Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming at NBC and Universal Media Studios said of the appointment. "Her journey as an artist, who started so young in the music business, will be an inspiration to the talent she coaches on the show."<br /><br />The news comes on the heels of a challenging week for the singer. She was jailed by police for public intoxication early Tuesday morning before later being released, while her boyfriend, Matt Rutler, was also arrested for investigation of DUI.</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-48700333049094642962011-03-03T05:28:00.000-05:002011-03-03T06:22:54.119-05:00Charlie Sheen: 'It's Not an Act'<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dxoS1bdGlO0/TW96BngSsoI/AAAAAAAAi2E/pmfKL1D5oWE/s1600/charlie-sheen-2-300.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579812631538217602" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dxoS1bdGlO0/TW96BngSsoI/AAAAAAAAi2E/pmfKL1D5oWE/s320/charlie-sheen-2-300.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Yes, Charlie Sheen is acutely aware that plenty of people think he's crazy. And he doesn't care.<br /><br />"It's not an act," he tells People magazine in this week's cover story. "Here's the good news: If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane."<br /><br />During the course of a late-night interview at his Beverly Hills home, Sheen, 45, addressed everything from his ongoing "war" with Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre to his two-girlfriend living arrangement to his self-styled path to sobriety.<br /><br />Expressing disdain for the Alcoholics Anonymous model of recovery, he says, "I'm not interested in addiction, disease, all that crap. Twenty years they took from me. I just decided that I was going to think differently, that I was not going to believe anything I'd been taught."<br /><br />As for his unorthodox home life with 24-year-old girlfriends Rachel Oberlin and Natalie Kenly, he says, "everybody's needs are met, everybody's cool."<br /><br />The actor is more reflective on the subject of his young children: 2-year-old twins Bob and Max with ex-wife Brooke Mueller and daughters Sam, 7, and Lola, 5, with ex-wife Denise Richards.<br /><br />"There's a feeling ... that I haven't spent enough time with them, and they're getting older," he says. "Not the boys, but the girls. But rather than sitting here and going, 'What have I done?' I just change it."<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#000099;">For much more on Charlie Sheen, including the childhood influence of his father's Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now, his thoughts on his exes and his prediction about the future of Two and a Half Men, pick up this week's issue of People, on newsstands Friday.</span></em></span></span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-31895470611885950432011-03-03T05:12:00.000-05:002011-03-03T06:18:19.790-05:00Jessica Simpson is a 'Frontrunner' to Judge The X Factor with Simon Cowell<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dw4NVT2SwIM/TW948FcH_8I/AAAAAAAAi18/w8qHMzqaouI/s1600/1e-jessica-simpson.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 239px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579811436982960066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dw4NVT2SwIM/TW948FcH_8I/AAAAAAAAi18/w8qHMzqaouI/s320/1e-jessica-simpson.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Although buzz about which celebrities could join Simon Cowell's new show The X Factor is already going strong, a new name has been added to the mix. Jessica Simpson is a frontrunner to become one of the judges alongside Cowell.<br /><br />"There [are] loads of conversations happening at the moment," says the source. "No one has been offered a judging role yet as new names keep coming forward who want the role, but there are some frontrunners and it's fair to say Jessica is one of them. She's very keen."<br /><br />Simpson, 30, has the skills needed for this particular format, which features a $5 million recording contract as the grand prize, says the insider. Still, there are a lot of factors that go in to making the final choice.<br /><br />"She knows what she is talking about [and] is talented and likable," the source says. "But Simon's not in a rush to decide. The judges have to mentor on The X Factor – it's more than just turning up for a few hours a week to appear on TV."<br /><br />The judges will have to "work with contestants on music, dancers, styling," the source continues. "It's a lot of work."<br /><br />The X Factor, which is already a hit in Cowell's native U.K., will debut in the U.S. on FOX in the fall, so producers have time to make a careful choice.<br /><br />"They have to get the decision right, which takes time," the source says. "Those final decisions may not happen for a few weeks."</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-80931468818392624732011-03-02T07:04:00.002-05:002011-03-02T07:08:12.172-05:00Lady Gaga Opens Up About Sex and Self-Love<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-clXHhm8KR-g/TW4yu7LfcmI/AAAAAAAAi1s/hVJRSNDNJng/s1600/Lady-GaGa-Born-This-Way-FanMade-400x400.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 259px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 260px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579452770099884642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-clXHhm8KR-g/TW4yu7LfcmI/AAAAAAAAi1s/hVJRSNDNJng/s320/Lady-GaGa-Born-This-Way-FanMade-400x400.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Lady Gaga had sex for the first time when she was a teenager, but it wasn't until much later that she started to enjoy her sex life.<br /><br />She said: “I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 17. But I have to say even then I wasn’t ready and it was an absolutely terrible experience.<br /><br />“It wasn’t good at all. I have never not had safe sex, I have always asked a guy to be tested and to use protection, which was always my rule. Otherwise you’re playing Russian Roulette.”<br /><br />The 24-year-old hitmaker is presently dating bar owner Luc Carl, who she has known since she was 19. She says she didn’t enjoy sleeping with someone until much later and feels making love is a way of expressing “vulnerability.”<br /><br />She added to Britain’s Grazia magazine: “I never actually enjoyed sex until two years ago. It was a proper monogamous relationship in which I felt free enough to trust and I had enough self love. Sex is the ultimate expression of vulnerability and for me it was important to know that it was a proper relationship so it was sex as a source of love and nothing else.”<br /><br />In the past, Gaga has claimed she is bisexual as well as saying she believes if you have sex with people you are not love with they will ruin your "energy."<br /><br />She said: "I have weird superstitions about sex. If you're not having sex with someone who really loves you they can screw up your energy.”</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-48917355733772390352011-03-02T06:27:00.004-05:002011-03-02T06:41:21.915-05:00Christina Aguilera Arrested & Jailed for Her Safety<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gcq7AhadOaU/TW4slFcSIxI/AAAAAAAAi1M/nWl9SARbAq4/s1600/425_mug_lc_030111.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579446003986211602" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gcq7AhadOaU/TW4slFcSIxI/AAAAAAAAi1M/nWl9SARbAq4/s400/425_mug_lc_030111.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Christina Aguilera was arrested for public intoxication early Tuesday morning and jailed for her own safety until she recovered. Her boyfriend was also arrested for investigation of DUI.<br /><br />The singer was released from custody at the West Hollywood sheriff's station at about 7:30 am, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hCzbt2HPXcI/TW4sdR6ASPI/AAAAAAAAi1E/bSqFK-nhb6Q/s1600/christina-aguilera-240.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579445869893142770" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hCzbt2HPXcI/TW4sdR6ASPI/AAAAAAAAi1E/bSqFK-nhb6Q/s320/christina-aguilera-240.jpg" /></a><br />"We have no desire to prosecute, none whatsoever. It just for a public safety issue," says Whitmore. "When she was able to navigate and to think on her own and make her own way, she was released."<br /><br />Aguilera, 30, was a passenger in a car driven by boyfriend Matthew Rutler that was pulled over at 2:45 am when deputies noticed the vehicle driving erratically. Both were booked, Aguilera for public intoxication, Rutler for DUI. <br /><br />"She was not capable to taking care of herself. She was incapacitated," says Whitmore. "She was cooperative. She was not belligerent in any way whatsoever. She was just intoxicated."<br /><br />By law, a person can be held in custody if they cannot take care of themselves, he says.<br /><br />"As she got better, she just said, 'I would like to leave,'" says Whitmore, and deputies granted her request.<br /><br />Aguilera's reps were not immediately available for comment.</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-15608726891187218592011-03-02T06:10:00.003-05:002011-03-02T06:27:06.582-05:00Christopher Sieber Rescues La Cage<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sAXTtTsqp3A/TW4pZVlak_I/AAAAAAAAi08/yDwjerhbGiQ/s1600/men1_1080846512.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 222px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 334px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579442503626167282" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sAXTtTsqp3A/TW4pZVlak_I/AAAAAAAAi08/yDwjerhbGiQ/s400/men1_1080846512.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Christopher Sieber will replace ailing Arrested Development star Jeffrey Tambor as Georges in the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles, according to The New York Times.<br /><br />Sieber, who received Tony award nominations for Shrek the Musical and Monty Python's Spamalot, had been scheduled to star in another revival, playing Billy Flynn in the long-running production of Chicago. Producers of that show released Sieber from his contract to begin rehearsals for La Cage. Tambor dropped out of the show last Thursday, citing complications from recent hip surgery as the reason. Sieber will star in the groundbreaking drag musical opposite another gay actor, Harvey Fierstein. The two men previously worked together in the Broadway production of Hairspray.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The date for Sieber's first performance in La Cage hasn't yet been announced.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-14417227320561629642011-03-02T06:00:00.000-05:002011-03-02T06:56:03.255-05:00Lost Two and a Half Men Episode Had Charlie Sleeping With a Man!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q384zvU-ZIc/TW4wKy5HS8I/AAAAAAAAi1c/MyvzDejqCHs/s1600/Charlie%2BSheen.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 241px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579449950376774594" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q384zvU-ZIc/TW4wKy5HS8I/AAAAAAAAi1c/MyvzDejqCHs/s320/Charlie%2BSheen.bmp" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Had Charlie Sheen returned to the Two and a Half Men set this week, he would’ve had a surprise waiting for him: a possible same-sex hook-up!<br /><br />According to some casting intel acquired by TVLine, one of the show’s four “lost” episodes was to find Sheen’s onscreen alter ego spending the night with a man.<br /><br />Just prior to the plug being pulled on the season, Men producers were casting the role of Jonathan, a fortysomething client of Lyndsey’s (Courtney Thorne-Smith) who just so happens to be gay. Charlie befriends Jonathan, and the two end up partying the night away.<br /><br />Cut to the following morning when they wake up in bed together with absolutely no memory of what may or may not have happened.<br /><br />Hopefully Charlie will clean up his act and return to the Two and a Half Men set next season, and we have the pleasure of seeing this episode. Stay tuned!</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-32337004012482942422011-03-02T05:56:00.001-05:002011-03-02T07:04:38.637-05:00Elton John May Appear on Glee<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8w7M11b2wn0/TW4yM7gqeTI/AAAAAAAAi1k/aS55_ibwU68/s1600/eltonjohn.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579452186073135410" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8w7M11b2wn0/TW4yM7gqeTI/AAAAAAAAi1k/aS55_ibwU68/s320/eltonjohn.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Elton John has been in talks about appearing on Glee.<br /><br />Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester in the show, said she had encouraged the gay legend to meet series co-creator Ryan Murphy without realising the pair had already discussed the idea.<br /><br />She told Access Hollywood: “I said, ‘You should be on it!’ And he said he and Ryan just had coffee or something and they talked about that, so that would be really fun.”<br /><br />Meanwhile, Matthew Morrison, who plays Will Schuester, said recently that John could appear as a love interest for Sue.<br /><br />He said: “We should find a spot for him to be on the show. That would be awesome. He’s a living legend. He just brings such a great energy and a great validity to everything he does.<br /><br />“He should do something with Jane Lynch. I think he should maybe play her boyfriend or some kind of love interest for her. I think that would be fun.”</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-17228226679718265522011-03-02T05:41:00.001-05:002011-03-02T06:45:46.790-05:00John Galliano Fired from Christian Dior<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tca3omSZkYU/TW4tlavrWRI/AAAAAAAAi1U/Hvuw6fVd9FU/s1600/galliano-300.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579447109216327954" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tca3omSZkYU/TW4tlavrWRI/AAAAAAAAi1U/Hvuw6fVd9FU/s320/galliano-300.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> French fashion house Christian Dior has fired designer John Galliano one day after video of him declaring his love of Hitler hit the Internet.<br /><br />"Today, because of the particularly odious nature of the behavior and words of John Galliano in a video made public this Monday, the Christian Dior house has decided to lay him off immediately and has begun firing procedures against him." the fashion house said in a statement Tuesday.<br /><br />In the video, which was posted by U.K. tabloid The Sun, Galliano is seen drunkenly telling two Italian women, "I love Hitler."<br /><br />He then tells a café patron, "People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be f---ing gassed."<br /><br />Last week Galliano was temporarily suspended as Dior's creative director pending an investigation into alleged anti-Semitic remarks. He was arrested last week on charges of assault stemming from the same incident.<br /><br />Dior came under pressure to take action after Academy Award winner Natalie Portman released a statement obtained by The New York Times, saying she was "disgusted and shocked" by his comments and "will not be associated with Mr. Galliano in any way."<br /></span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-87001448509698822432011-03-01T06:58:00.004-05:002011-03-01T07:03:40.193-05:00Javier Bardem & Josh Brolin's Oscar Kiss!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HGGVrThQsFE/TWzgdZ2V4LI/AAAAAAAAi0s/Pw_4VJ0cvRE/s1600/Javier%2BBardem%2B%2526%2BJosh%2BBrolin.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 259px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579080834164842674" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HGGVrThQsFE/TWzgdZ2V4LI/AAAAAAAAi0s/Pw_4VJ0cvRE/s400/Javier%2BBardem%2B%2526%2BJosh%2BBrolin.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Javier Bardem spent much of No Country for Old Men, for which he won an Oscar, trying to kill Josh Brolin. Well, these two former co-stars obviously are far friendlier off screen. They co-presented at Sunday’s Academy Awards dressed like twins and greeted each other with a kiss!<br /><br />Both actors are married to gorgeous female movie stars: Javier and wife Penelope Cruz are new parents while Josh has been married to the lovely Diane Lane.</span> <div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">They did so well, that maybe they should do a sequel to Brokeback Mountain? I'd watch it!</span></div></div>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-7113189336052794912011-03-01T06:51:00.003-05:002011-03-01T06:58:36.792-05:00'Hot in Cleveland' Gets Third Season Renewal<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uSJXbkivIzM/TWzfZY9hjMI/AAAAAAAAi0c/0qc_Jc4wRsM/s1600/blog6671widea.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 303px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579079665695427778" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uSJXbkivIzM/TWzfZY9hjMI/AAAAAAAAi0c/0qc_Jc4wRsM/s400/blog6671widea.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">TV Land is bringing back its breakout comedy Hot in Cleveland for a third round. The show stars Valerie Bertinelli, Wendi Malick, Jane Leeves, and of course, Betty White!<br /><br />The network picked up another 22 episodes of the series, which will begin shooting this summer. Cleveland has averaged a robust 3.2 million viewers for TV Land during its second season.<br /><br />“The chemistry that this cast has with each other is undeniable so we are excited to bring Hot in Cleveland back for another season,” said Larry W. Jones, president of TV Land. “Our viewers will be thrilled with all that is in store for next season – amazing storylines, smart and hilarious writing and even more beloved guest stars.”</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-40411535257685687422011-03-01T06:44:00.002-05:002011-03-01T06:47:52.963-05:00Kirstie Alley Join Dancing with the Stars<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-692sX1QvIsM/TWzcvUoylDI/AAAAAAAAi0U/N6mzYCJqTc4/s1600/kirstiealley.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 237px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579076743956960306" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-692sX1QvIsM/TWzcvUoylDI/AAAAAAAAi0U/N6mzYCJqTc4/s320/kirstiealley.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Get ready to rumba!<br /><br />Actress Kirstie Alley, reality star Kendra Wilkson and talk show host Wendy Williams will square off against former boxing champ Sugar Ray Leonard, actor Ralph Macchio and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward on season 12 of Dancing with the Stars, it was announced live Monday night.<br /><br />The cast – 11 stars in all – was revealed during The Bachelor telecast. Model Petra Nemcova, actress Chelsea Kane, radio personality Mike Catherwood, singer and actor Romeo, and WWE star Chris Jericho are also competing.<br /><br />The celebrities, whose respective professional dancer pairings will be revealed on Wednesday, have just three weeks to prepare for the March 21st season premiere on ABC.<br /><br />The nerves are already kicking in for Kane, who starred on Disney Channel’s Jonas L.A.<br /><br />"I don't know how I'm going to react to the judges when there's a camera on my face and I'm trying to smile through it," Kane, 22, says. "Hopefully, I won't ruin my makeup."</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-36113697409473817752011-03-01T06:35:00.002-05:002011-03-01T06:43:51.291-05:00Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Star Jane Russell Dies<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W6YfzSiQwmk/TWzb6sqaUDI/AAAAAAAAi0M/E6nbfFaW7EA/s1600/janex390.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 390px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579075839873142834" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W6YfzSiQwmk/TWzb6sqaUDI/AAAAAAAAi0M/E6nbfFaW7EA/s400/janex390.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Jane Russell, voluptuous star of films The Outlaw and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, has died at 89, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<br /><br />The actress first came to Hollywood's attention as a discovery of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, who attempted to capitalize on Russell's staggering figure in his controversial film The Outlaw, which was shot in 1941 but not released until 1946.<br /><br />Russell was a favorite of gay audiences primarily for her costarring role opposite late screen legend Marilyn Monroe in Blondes, arguably her most famous film. Though the film was a showcase for two of cinema's sexiest bombshells, it is appreciated by gay audiences for Russell's unbelievably homoerotic number, "Ain't There Anyone Here For Love," in which the brunet actress cavorts with musclemen clad only in flesh-colored shorts.</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-56616559220582796262011-03-01T06:07:00.003-05:002011-03-01T06:33:26.177-05:00New Release Tuesday!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6UGv2Hb8be4/TWzZFkiM9TI/AAAAAAAAi0E/neUg0pbjk8g/s1600/51UClUiAxML__SL500_AA300_.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 239px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 324px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579072728134907186" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6UGv2Hb8be4/TWzZFkiM9TI/AAAAAAAAi0E/neUg0pbjk8g/s400/51UClUiAxML__SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">We start a new month with plenty of great new releases on Blu-Ray, CD and DVD including <strong><em><span style="color:#993300;">Love & Other Drugs</span></em></strong> starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MOVIES<br /></span></em></strong>127 Hours (B)<br />Bambi (Diamond Edition) (B)<br />Burlesque (B)<br />The Cable Guy (B)<br />Faster (B)<br /><em><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Love & Other Drugs</span></strong></em> (B)<br />Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy (B)<br />Waiting for Dublin (B)<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MUSIC</span></em></strong><br />David Foster & Friends - Hit Man Returns<br />Harry Connick, Jr. - In Concert on Broadway<br />Lucinda Williams - Blessed<br />Miguel Bose - Cardio Tour<br />Rango - Music from the Motion Picture<br />Take Me Home Tonight - Motion Picture Soundtrack<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TV SHOWS<br /></span></em></strong>Davey and Goliath - Volume 5<br />Huge - Complete Series<br />If Tomorrow Comes - Mini-Series<br />Leave It To Beaver - 6th Season<br />Napoleon and Love - Mini-Series<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(B) = Available on Blu-Ray</span></em></span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-62770592709850662172011-03-01T06:03:00.002-05:002011-03-01T07:09:39.359-05:00Adam Levine & Cee Lo Green to Join NBC's 'Idol' Rival, The Voice<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tLkXBniNj_0/TWzh9JuwpEI/AAAAAAAAi00/aTBwJ7nwE2g/s1600/Adam%252520Levine-JTM-028576.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 245px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 344px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579082479105516610" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tLkXBniNj_0/TWzh9JuwpEI/AAAAAAAAi00/aTBwJ7nwE2g/s320/Adam%252520Levine-JTM-028576.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Mark Burnett and NBC pulled it off: Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine have signed to join the singing competition series The Voice.<br /><br />The pop star duo will give NBC a chance to steal some thunder from Fox’s American Idol when the new series debuts this April. “I am so happy that Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green have joined the coach panel for The Voice,” executive producer Mark Burnett tells Entertainment Weekly. “Aside from being incredible voices, they bring years of experience in the music industry and a really cool vibe that has never been seen before on a music competition series.”<br /><br />“We want The Voice to be a search by relevant artists for relevant artists,” added NBC’s Executive VP of Alternative Programming Paul Telegdy. “Every person who sits on our panel can do what it is that they’re judging.”<br /><br />NBC has also set a premiere date for the show: Tuesday, April 26th at 9:00 pm (ET), in a two-hour debut. The show will shift to its regular time period on May 10th at 8:00 pm (ET).<br /><br />Entertainment Weekly first reported that the singers were in negotiations for the gig last week. There’s still two seats left to fill, and that judge/coach may be the most intriguing of all: Christina Aguilera remains in talks to join the show.<br /><br />Telegdy says he was impressed with Levine after seeing the Maroon 5 singer visit Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. “His voice and versatility was incredible, and he had a great sense of humor and interplay with Jimmy,” Telegdy says.<br /><br />“I was absolutely thrilled to be invited by Mark Burnett to join The Voice as a coach,” said Adam Levine in a statement. “I look forward to working with these singers and helping them push forward throughout the competition to make their musical dreams become a reality.”<br /><br />Cee Lo has been an impressive media presence in recent months, with Telegdy citing the artist’s “willingness and braveness to do so many things, and his DNA at moment includes all sorts of people who are relevant to the music industry.”<br /><br />“It’s an honor for me to be able to help mold a malleable and new talent in such a fashion as The Voice,” said Cee Lo Green in a statement. “Being a coach on The Voice is a substantial responsibility, and I take it with sincerity and distinction.”<br /><br />NBC’s overall goal with The Voice is to sign big-name performers who are also popular music fans and a bit more youthful than, say, Steven Tyler. “Not to diminish other people on other shows, but it’s a different job to break through the clutter now than it was 10, 15, 20 years ago,” Telegdy says.<br /><br />While taking a break from his work on Gnarls Barkley, Cee Lo has been on a star-making run with his hit single “F**k You” and his Grammy performance with Gwyneth Paltrow (during which he was dressed, appropriately enough for a man judging a show on NBC, as a peacock). Meanwhile, the L.A.-based band Maroon 5 released their most recent album last fall and played Fox’s Super Bowl pre-game earlier this month.<br /><br />The Voice is based on a Dutch hit in which contestants audition while judges face the other direction, unable to see the contestants. The judges make their verdicts based on the singer’s vocal talent alone rather than being influenced by the contestant’s physical appearance. After the audition rounds, the judges will coach the contestants. The Voice will debut sometime this spring.</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-45927074806446326582011-02-28T06:55:00.000-05:002011-02-28T07:04:55.108-05:00And the 2011 Oscars Go To...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P0tzbm64uq4/TWuBDMCWiKI/AAAAAAAAizg/7DETMC2Ix0U/s1600/natalie-portman-440.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578694455199172770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P0tzbm64uq4/TWuBDMCWiKI/AAAAAAAAizg/7DETMC2Ix0U/s400/natalie-portman-440.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The King's Speech ruled over the 2011 Academy Awards on Sunday, taking home four honors including Best Picture and Best Actor for the movie's star, Colin Firth.<br /><br />The royal drama, about stuttering British monarch George VI, led the competition with 12 nominations going into this year's Oscars, and edged out the likes of Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception and The Social Network to claim the most coveted title of the night.<br /><br />Firth was crowned Best Actor in a Leading Role, emerging triumphant over Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and James Franco (127 Hours).<br /><br />Filmmaker Tom Hooper also basked in Oscar glory as he was hailed Best Director, beating Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David O. Russell (The Fighter), David Fincher (The Social Network) and Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit).<br /><br />Pregnant Natalie Portman fought back tears as she walked away with Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of a tormented ballet dancer in Black Swan, ahead of Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) and Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine).<br /><br />She gave special thanks to her Black Swan choreographer and fiance Benjamin Millepied, telling the audience, "So many people helped me prepare for this role... my beautiful love, Benjamin Millepied who choreographed the film and has now given me the most important role of my life."<br /><br />It was also a golden night for The Fighter, about tough Boston, Massachusetts boxing legends Mickey Ward and Dickie Eklund, as Christian Bale and Melissa Leo dominated the Best Supporting categories.<br /><br />Meanwhile, moviemaker Francis Ford Coppola, actor Eli Wallach and historian Kevin Brownlow were given a standing ovation in recognition of the lifetime achievement honors they received at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards in November. Fellow honoree Jean-Luc Godard did not attend the ceremony.<br /><br />Oscars co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco opened the 2011 Academy Awards with a hilarious spoof poking fun at the Best Picture nominees, while 2010 presenter Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman also made surprise appearances in the skit.<br /><br />Gwyneth Paltrow, Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, Randy Newman, and Florence Welch and A.R. Rahman provided the music for the night as they performed the tracks nominated for Best Original Song.<br /><br />And Celine Dion took to the Kodak Theatre stage in Los Angeles to sing Smile during the ceremony's annual In Memorium segment, remembering the stars lost in the past 12 months, including Tony Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, Pete Postlethwaite and Gloria Stuart.<br /><br />The complete list of winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards is as follows:<br /><br />Best Picture: The King's Speech<br />Best Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth, The King's Speech<br />Best Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman, Black Swan<br />Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale, The Fighter<br />Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo, The Fighter<br />Best Director: Tom Hooper, The King's Speech<br />Best Screenplay - Adapted: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network<br />Best Screenplay - Original: David Seidler, The King's Speech<br />Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World (Denmark)<br />Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3<br />Best Documentary (Feature): Inside Job<br />Best Art Direction: Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara, Alice In Wonderland<br />Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, Inception<br />Best Sound Mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick, Inception<br />Best Sound Editing: Richard King, Inception<br />Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network<br />Best Original Song: We Belong Together from Toy Story 3, Randy Newman<br />Best Costume: Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland<br />Best Documentary (Short Subject): Strangers No More<br />Best Film Editing: The Social Network<br />Best Make-up: The Wolfman<br />Best Animated Short Film: The Lost Thing<br />Best Live Action Short Film: God of Love<br />Best Visual Effects: Inception</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-49892623791290663142011-02-28T06:28:00.003-05:002011-02-28T06:38:27.135-05:00Spartacus Creator Talks 'Gods of the Arena' Finale & Epic Season 2 Plans<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l2_3q0MYlm0/TWuJCJhn46I/AAAAAAAAiz8/z0PNE150SFk/s1600/spartacus-gods-of-the-arena_510.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578703233438180258" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l2_3q0MYlm0/TWuJCJhn46I/AAAAAAAAiz8/z0PNE150SFk/s400/spartacus-gods-of-the-arena_510.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Six hours was far too short of time to spend among such fine gladiators in Starz’ Spartacus prequel, Gods of the Arena. Below is Entertainment Weekly's Q&A with creator Steven S. DeKnight.<br /><br />They talked about the prequel’s finale and learn some details about season two (and when it airs), plus get an update on our favorite gladiator, Andy Whitfield. <strong><span style="color:#990000;">Warning, spoilers ahead!<br /></span></strong><br /><strong><em>Entetainment Weekly: Gratitude for this interview!</em></strong><br />Steven S. Deknight: [Laughs] Sure, I love the way it’s starting.<br /><br /><strong><em>So one headline is: “Gannicus lives!” Your “Han Solo meets Achilles” — as you once described him — will fight another day. Those who know the history of Spartacus figured this, but was still great to see him make it out alive.<br /></em></strong>Yes, Gannicus is one of Spartacus’ generals in the actual war. Our original plan was always to introduce Gannicus unto storyline. We will set him up to at some point to come back. It was a wonderful performance. When I designed that character I wanted something different from Spartacus and Crixus. He brought it in spades.<br /><br /><strong><em>‘At some point’? So not necessarily at the start of season two?<br /></em></strong>We’re still working on it. We don’t know when or how. We got some very juicy ideas. He won’t pop up immediately.<br /><br /><strong><em>So one possible take-away from this season: It’s pretty much all Lucretia’s fault. Did you hesitate to have her poison Batiatus’ father? That seems pretty heartless even for her.<br /></em></strong>The two major things she does — poisoning Titus and maneuvering her husband to kill Tullius — are all done for love. Love of her husband and her friend Gaia.<br /><br /><strong><em>Glad to see one of my favorite characters, Ashur, got so much development this season. Is it fair to assume he will be serving Lucretia like he did Batiatus in season two?<br /></em></strong>Ashur serves himself at the end of the day. Who he aligns himself to is an ever-shifting arena all its own. I love the character at the end of season one when you realize the reason he’s bad is he just wants a hug — he wants love and respect, but he can’t get it. It was great to show how he got started, and how it all fell apart. He’s going to have some amazing stuff in season two.<br /><br /><strong><em>Does it ever get boring dreaming up new gross ways to kill people?<br /></em></strong>Does any red-blooded American male ever get tired of that? We come up ideas in the writers room, it’s part character focused and part “wouldn’t it be cool.” Then we turn it over to the stunt team and they make it ten times better.<br /><br /><strong><em>Also noticed you threw in some mixed martial arts moves in this season.<br /></em></strong>Yeah, it started with that first blindfold fight with Gannicus. We didn’t want him to appear to be a superhero. [Executive producer] Rob Tapert and the stunt team came up with the idea the best thing to do is get him on the ground and grapple. Then they found some natural places to throw [MMA] in.<br /><br /><strong><em>You once again had some great dialogue, though not all of it I’m happy to have in my head: “Words fall from your mouth like shit from ass” still haunts me.<br /></em></strong>I can never tell what the audience will really love. That one I see retweeted all the time. It seems to have culturally stuck and I’m thrilled.<br /><br /><strong><em>The show must be a blast to write.<br /></em></strong>I love the world. I love playing with the language. But it’s a pain in the ass to write. It takes twice as long. We tried writing it in modern language, then going back over it, but that didn’t work. It’s a linguistic exercise that never gets easier.<br /><br /><strong><em>The arena is such a major part of the storyline. With the escaped gladiators on the run, will there be gladiator fights in season 2?<br /></em></strong>We definitely won’t be in the arena as much. Season 2 is the segue period where we’re segueing out of the arena. Eventually we will put an exclamation mark on never returning to the arena.<br /><br /><strong><em>Since the show is shot entirely on greenscreen, you need a number of regular interior settings since it’s expensive to use special effects to make outdoor backgrounds. Since the gladiators are on the run, what will those settings be?<br /></em></strong>We find incredibly inventive ways of putting them inside. One of the cool things is you will never see our heroes inside a tent for season 2. I can’t tell you what we do, but they find different places to be inside. And in season 2 an equal part of the story is the villains side, which is much more interior.<br /><br /><strong><em>Can you give fans an update on how Andy Whitfield is doing?<br /></em></strong>Last I heard he’s doing great, fighting the good fight, very much concentrating on his health and family. It’s a horrible thing, I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. I have no doubt Andy will beat it. He’s one of the strongest and most centered men I’ve ever met. He’s very private, but I hear third-hand that he looks great and is in high spirits.<br /><br /><strong><em>Liam McIntyre, who will play Spartacus in season 2, looks a lot like Andy. How important was that?<br /></em></strong>Not important at all. We were trying to find somebody who didn’t look exactly like him. We saw a thousand people. It came down to a handful of choices. Liam was the only one who resembled Andy. What we really loved about Liam is he had an honesty and intensity and compassion and sympathy in his performance — something that Andy really brought to the role. Spartacus doesn’t come from a place of anger.<br /><br /><strong><em>I recently re-watched season one and was really struck by Andy’s performance — he played anger well, but he was also came across really vulnerable.</em></strong><br />He was. It was incredibly difficult finding Andy. And nearly impossible finding somebody else to step in. Liam was so good in his audition, we overlooked he had dropped like 35 pounds for another role — he looked like Christian Bale in The Fighter. We’re keeping him down in New Zealand beefing him up, putting him on the [gladiator training] program. The last picture I saw of him, I can’t believe it’s the same guy.<br /><br /><strong><em>Lesley-Ann Brandt, Lucretia’s body slave Naevia, is also leaving the show.<br /></em></strong>Things like that are always complicated. That had to do with her contract and the lost period of time it’s taken to get back to season two. She relocated to Los Angeles and is getting work and we couldn’t make schedules to work out. We wish her the best, she was great in the role. But in this show we weather characters dying and being recast.<br /><br /><strong><em>So season 2 is not coming until next January right?<br /></em></strong>Unfortunately, we cannot air it until the end of January. Our post-production process takes so long. We can start airing it sooner, but we’d have to air five episodes and go on a long break. And Starz has Camelot in the spring and Torchwood in the summer.<br /><br /><strong><em>And Gods of the Arena will be out on DVD when?<br /></em></strong>I don’t know the official date. I will assume it will be around the same time season one, which was September. We also like to pack in a lot of extras. [Note: Starz confirms September is the target, but adds this plan is still tentative.]<br /><br /><strong><em>Since you have one season of Spartacus done, and you have the second mapped out, and you know the overall story of Spartacus that you’re telling from history — you must have some idea at this point how many seasons this story should be. So what’s that number?<br /></em></strong>It’s entangled with other numbers. One is budget — the show gets more expensive each season. The other is ratings. I could go anywhere from three to six seasons. Budget is not a small part of it. As the gladiator war continues and Spartacus’ army grows, it becomes more difficult to produce on a TV budget.<br /><br /><strong><em>So is it fair to assume season two has a bigger budget than the first season?<br /></em></strong>Yes. The budget was always planned to go up a bit.<br /><br /><strong><em>Anything else about season 2 you can tease to?<br /></em></strong>It will be epic. In true Spartacus fashion, nothing will be easy for our heroes or our villains. The thing I love about this world is you have villains who are not all bad and you have villains who will try to screw other villains — and the same is true on the heroes side. The scope and scale we are attempting is much larger than anything we have done before. And I’m guessing a few beloved characters may die.</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-39550098974442724592011-02-28T06:23:00.002-05:002011-02-28T06:28:25.219-05:00Gaga Godmother to Elton & David's Son?<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gr1k59x5CMo/TWuGrXu3GdI/AAAAAAAAiz0/4zrBF4sQgY8/s1600/lady_gaga_elton_john.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 272px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578700643091552722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gr1k59x5CMo/TWuGrXu3GdI/AAAAAAAAiz0/4zrBF4sQgY8/s320/lady_gaga_elton_john.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">In an interview with Canada’s Maclean’s magazine, Elton John’s husband David Furnish discusses gay rights up north and his feelings about family shields while (more or less) confirming that Lady Gaga is son Zachary’s godmother.<br /><br />“I’m always very proud when people ask me about being a Canadian,” Furnish told the magazine when asked if he felt support from his home country. “I know when [Stephen Harper] was elected he talked about repealing gay marriage—legislation that was already passed in Canada. When it went to the House of Commons, more people voted to keep it than put it in in the first place. That is a sign of society taking a step, walking into unknown territory and realizing that this isn’t going to be the destruction of the moral fabric of our society. This isn’t going to hurt or kill anybody.<br /><br />Furnish says he feels Canada is “more progressive and more accepting” than America “on all sorts of levels relating to same-sex couples and families,” especially after an Arkansas grocery store recently placed a “family shield” over the Us Weekly cover that featured Furnish, John, and Zachary. “I was disappointed but not outraged,” he says. “They put the shield up and two days later, they took it down. That is progress in its own right.”<br /><br />When asked whether or not reports were true that Lady Gaga had been named Zachary’s godmother, Furnish replied, “We haven’t publicly confirmed that yet but your sources are very good! I prefer not to comment on it because we are going to make a statement about godparents later on.”<br /><br />Furnish feels that Gaga is an excellent role model because “she’s all about inclusiveness and tolerance. She believes that you can be whoever you want to be and that we don’t have to live in a world of conformity and that we can all [benefit] from individuality. That’s the best message in the world.”</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-80488847634128505332011-02-28T05:17:00.002-05:002011-02-28T06:23:06.161-05:00American Idol Top 24 Announced<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dwbXDIp4tj0/TWuFjla7xrI/AAAAAAAAizs/UYSr4OMiOrg/s1600/idol-24-440.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578699409815488178" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dwbXDIp4tj0/TWuFjla7xrI/AAAAAAAAizs/UYSr4OMiOrg/s400/idol-24-440.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">"Will Jennifer find the strength to go on?" Ryan Seacrest asked at the start of Thursday's two-hour American Idol.<br /><br />Wednesday night, you'll recall, ended with a sobbing Jennifer Lopez listing to the side, like a leaking ship sinking into a sea of tears, giving bad news to Chris Medina.<br /><br />Within two minutes, Ryan answered as we expected he would: "Jennifer knows the show must go on."<br />Not only that, she looked fabulous. The hair! The luster!<br /><br />And off we went as the judges rounded out the top 24 roster, 12 guys and 12 girls, teasing (or more likely torturing) each singer with feints and sighs before finally delivering a verdict.<br /><br />"You're mean," said Laina Alaina, who looked as if she were about to drop dead before getting good news.<br /><br />Here are some of the dramatic highlights of the episode:<br /><br /><strong><em>Goodbye to Jacee:</em></strong> The one big twist came at the end of the night, when poor little Jacee Badeaux – I guess there's really no need to describe him that way – was sent home, along with Colton Dixon. The last male spot went to the very nice, very talented Brett Loewenstern. He also happened to be the most deserving, but ruling against Jacee somehow feels like ruling against a puppy, or baseball cards in the spokes of a shiny new bike, or the American flag.<br /><br /><strong><em>Country showdown:</em></strong> Scotty McCreery, who sang a great, old-fashioned cover of "Long Black Train" for the judges, made it through. They loved his classic country voice, of course, but also his decency – he's still apologizing for not sticking up for Jacee in the group round. But John Wayne Schulz and his big black hat hit the trail. Not too surprising, considering how he's barely been on camera since his audition. You had to keep an eye out for him from week to week.<br /><br /><strong><em>Worst birthday ever:</em></strong> The last female spot came down to Thia Megia, who so far seems pretty much perfect, and Jessica Cunningham, who's auditioned seven times before. And Jessica was rejected once again – on her 25th birthday, unfortunately. She (jokingly?) made a rude gesture to the cameras. But she could have meant it and you wouldn't have blamed her.<br /><br />Mr. Sunshine: Given good news, Jacob Lusk, the nightingale with the lungs of steel, stood up and let whoop with a high note, then hopped, danced, ran and whooped some more. He must have been especially stoked that Randy Jackson called his Hollywood-week version of "God Bless the Child," the "single best performance ever on Idol." If he actually wins, he'll spontaneously combust.<br /><br />In general, the night's other winners were the obvious ones, and included Stefano Langone, James Durbin ("I don't think you'll ever be selling pizza," Steven Tyler told him.), Jordan Dorsey, Julie Zorrilla, Lauren Turner, and Casey Abrams ("I don't think we've ever seen a musician as talented as yourself," Randy said. "It's like three people in one"), who was so excited he accidentally knocked his chair off the stage. Also vying for your votes: Tim Halperin, Tatynisa Wilson, Robbie Rosen, Rachel Zevita, Pia Toscano, Paul McDonald, Naima Adedapo, Kendra Chantelle, Karen Rodriguez, Jovany Barreto, Haley Reinhart, Clint Jun Gamboa and Ashthon Jones.</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701489601242096694.post-57604567021388870562011-02-24T06:52:00.003-05:002011-02-24T07:07:15.298-05:00Tom Cruise to Play 'Rock n' Roll God' in New Movie<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zin9x2bvXj4/TWZJpa1qFdI/AAAAAAAAizY/fZ2V1qrIWWw/s1600/Tom%2BCruise.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 246px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577226164472780242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zin9x2bvXj4/TWZJpa1qFdI/AAAAAAAAizY/fZ2V1qrIWWw/s320/Tom%2BCruise.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Tom Cruise has signed up to play aging musician Stacee Jaxx in the big screen adaption of the hit musical Rock of Ages, and director Adam Shankman is sure his performance is going to impress everyone.<br /><br />The actor has been taking voice lessons for his role and has been studying the '80s rock songs in the musical to make sure he gets everything right.<br /><br />Adam told Access Hollywood: “I think we’re going to see him every drop the rock ‘n’ roll god! I’m very excited. He’s so committed to doing it. He’s pouring himself in this part in a way I’ve never had an actor do … it’s pretty intense.”<br /><br />Tom will have to perform several songs in the film, including Styx’s "Renegade," Bon Jovi’s "Wanted Dead or Alive" and a duet of Foreigner’s "I Want To Know What Love Is," possibly with Anne Hathaway, who is set to play the character Sherrie.<br /><br />Shankman also confirmed rumors Russell Brand is in talks to join the cast as Lonny, the manager of The Bourbon rock club, while Alec Baldwin is set to play Lonny’s boss Dennis.<br /><br />He added: “We are talking to Alec Baldwin and there may be some Russell Brand. I can only say at this point that there may be, because the deals aren’t closed."</span>CharlieCruiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594859713432234136noreply@blogger.com0