J.J. Abrams and Kyle Chandler on the set of Super 8. (Photo credit: Francois Duhamel/ Paramount Pictures)
–JJ Abrams will reportedly direct the next Star Wars, which has led to some extremely geeky jokes clogging up my Twitter feed.
–Christian Bale couldn’t meet a young cancer patient in person, but he did have a 10-minute phone call with him (mostly about Batman), which the kid’s family posted on Youtube. It’s kind of heart-meltingly awesome.
-More people are jumping to Beyonce’s defence and claiming that she was indeed singing. Bey, meanwhile, couldn’t give less flying f**ks.
-I haven’t seen the Fringe finale yet so I’m not going to watch this, but I have it on good authority that this YouTube clip of the cast talking about the show’s end will make me cry.
–Brangelina’s kids are way more worldly than you, but that also means that they eat fried crickets “like Doritos,” so don’t feel too bad.
-Is it weird that I still haven’t watched Breaking Dawn: Part 2 yet? Not that I have a burning desire to see how it all ends, but the franchise was always a solid bet for some fun, drunken screen yelling. But this new behind-the-scenes footage isn’t doing much to sell me. Has the acting actually gotten worse as these movies progressed?! (Also, I’ve never seen Kristen Stewart more animated than she is at the end of this clip.)
–Kate Hudson is designing a capsule line for Ann Taylor. Because when you think of professional lady office wear, you think of Penny Lane.
-I was just starting to rescind my hate for Emmy Rossum thanks to her admittedly fearless performance on Shameless, and then she went and released an album called Sentimental Journeys.
-Everyone’s talking about Nicki Minajstorming off the Idol set on last night’s episode (which, coincidentally, was the first one I’ve watched this season. Has Keith Urban always been this charming!?). But no one’s really talking about how Nicki was completely in the right!
-Here’s a red band clip from Movie 43. I still don’t get it.
-It’s been a big day for Justin Timberlake. He announced that his new album will be out March 19, and he released a lyric video for “Suit and Tie.” Man, that song has grown on me.
-A new Walking Dead trailer features the first Rick vs. Governor face-off and some broody “We’re going to war” voiceovers. Sweet!
–Paul Giamattire-enacts scenes from Twilight, Magic Mike and You’ve Got Mail with a reporter. I would rather rewatch this 500 times than sit through his latest movie Cosmopolis again…
-I’m happy that Adam Scott and Amy Poehler‘s upcoming film A.C.O.D. is getting good reviews out of Sundance.
-Meanwhile, Amywill direct another Parks and Recreation episode this spring.
-Speaking of NBC sitcom news, Steve Carell confirmed that he won’t be showing up on The Office‘s series finale, saying “it didn’t make sense.”
–Community’s new season four promos have landed. A Hunger Games spoof? I predict awesomeness.
Taylor Swift is featured as Rapunzel in an ad for Disney. (Credit: Annie Leibovitz for Disney Parks)
–Taylor Swift‘s transformation into a real-life Disney princess is complete. Here she is playing Rapunzel in a new ad campaign.
-Does Gwyneth Paltrow have Cameron Diaz‘s va-jay-jay on lockdown?
-I’m a big fan of podcasts but haven’t added Alec Baldwin‘s to my usual rotation yet. I think I might have to after hearing his latest with Lena Dunham, in which she gushes about Under the Umbrella Tree and bemoans Rihanna’s recent behaviour.
-Stock up on Canadian Club! AMC just announced that Mad Men is coming back April 7.
-Much like the rest of the world, Lindsay Lohan‘s lawyer is done giving her another chance.
-Meanwhile, her film The Canyons was rejected by SXSW because of “quality issues“. The same thing happened at Sundance. Maybe the director should have taken Steven Soderbergh up on his offer to edit it.
-If Hell Baby is half as fun as this insane Sundance interview with the cast, I’m in!
-Speaking of Sundance, Shia LaBeouf says he dropped acid for his movie role and then sent tapes of himself tripping to costar Evan Rachel Wood. Lucky girl!
–Jeremy Renner‘s baby mama is a Canadian model who’s now living with him and his roommate. This is a sitcom waiting to happen…
–Fringe is over, so we’re going to have to get our Joshua Jackson fix somewhere else. Like maybe this Buzzfeed gallery titled “15 Vintage Joshua Jackson Moments That’ll Make You Squee!”
–Selena Gomez looks pretty good without makeup — as dewy teenage girls are wont.
–Shakira gave birth to a son yesterday, whom she named Milan.
-Fox just pulled Ben and Katefrom the schedule, which means you’re probably never going to see it again. I’ve never watched it, but judging by my Twitter feed, this is the WORST. NEWS. EVER.
-She may have used a vocal track, but now there’s compelling video evidencethat Beyonce was at least singing along at the inaugeration.
-The best Super Bowl commercial of 2013 has already been decided. It’s the only one that stars Amy Poehler, natch.
–Bradley Cooper is campaigning hard to play Lance Armstrong in JJ Abrams‘ upcoming flick. I can see it.
-The trailer for Olympus Has Fallen just landed. I was excited because I thought this was the movie in which the White House is ambushed and Channing Tatum has to save it, but this is actually the movie in which the White House is ambushed and Gerard Butler has to save it. Sad face.
