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March 2013

Emma Watson Cast as Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey?

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Emma Watson in a still from The Bling Ring trailer.

-Famous hacking group Anonymous is claiming they’ve uncovered proof that Emma Watson has been cast as the female lead in the movie adaptation on Fifty Shades of Grey. Where’s Harry Potter with an apparate spell when you need him? [Update: Emma shot down the rumours on Twitter. Whew!]

-Speaking of Fifty Shades, here’s some video of Kate Moss reading from the book for charity.

-Damage control alert! Justin Bieber posed for photos in Madrid with his cute baby brother (who could have tried a little harder at pretending to enjoy being surrounded by scary, screaming hordes of fans and paparazzi. Do your part, kid!)

-I don’t hate the mesh dress Katie Holmes is wearing here. But maybe that’s because I just looked at a photo of Vanessa Hudgens‘ Spring Breakers premiere dress, and  anything would look amazing after seeing that furry mess.

-Speaking of terrible fashion choices, Jessica Biel wore these crochet pants. On purpose.

-In a new interview, Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas talks about the success of his Kickstarter campaign and his vision for the movie.

-Meanwhile, the creators of Pushing Daisies and Terriers have expressed interest in doing similar campaigns (as has Chuck star Zachery Levi), but Joss Whedon is already warning Firefly fans that it’s not going to happen.

-Need to warm your heart? Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman have reconciled. You’re welcome!

–Jeopardy! reportedly wants Matt Lauer to replace Alex Trebek. (What is: a terrible idea?)

–Katy Perry‘s reps are denying reports that she just landed a $3 million book deal. Whew!

–Tara Reid is doing about as well as you expected (if what you expected is that she’s wandering around Hollywood shoeless and wasted).

–Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher reunited for dinner last night in London.

-I laughed a lot during this “celebrity whispers on the red carpet” skit on Fallon. Dude’s been on fire this week!

–Jennie Garth helped her hairdresser out by attaching her own extensions with pliers. (Is that seriously how you do it? Eek!)

-It was a good news/bad news night for NBC: after scoring good ratings all season, Community hit a series low, while Parks and Recreation ticked up. (I still think they’re both coming back next season, only because NBC has no clue what they’re doing.)

-This video about what really happened after Disney’s ‘happily ever afters’ is hilarious — and more than a little disturbing.

–Hollywood Reporter just published a delicious article calling out “mocktresses” — the Jessica Albas and Camilla Belles of the world who get paid big bucks to show up to red carpets, even though no one can remember the last time they appeared in a movie. (Though I’m not sure I’d lump Diane Kruger in that category just yet though; she’s still doing interesting work.)

–Kathie Lee and Hoda just told the world the shape of their pubic hair on live TV. I seriously need to start DVR’ing this show…

-Check out James McAvoy (god, I’ve missed him!) and Rosario Dawson in this clip from Danny Boyle’s new film Trance, which just debuted at SXSW.

–Tina Fey says she has no interest in taking over SNL when Lorne Michaels retires.

-According to Halle Berry, we’re supposed to by spraying perfume on our crotches. Um, ok?

-Here we go again: Lindsay Lohan‘s trial is expected to start next week after as she refused a plea deal that involved house arrest.

-The first MTV Movie Awards promo features Rebel Wilson and Channing Tatum — and bodes really well for Rebel’s first hosting stint. “They’re gaining on us! Take your shirt off!”

Miley Cyrus Still Trying to Make It Work With Liam Hemsworth

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-Sources tell People that Miley Cyrus is still “clinging to hope” that she and Liam Hemsworth will reconcile. A friend says they’re talking while he’s in Australia, and taht he was the one who “needed a beat.”

-Amid the split reports, Liam has cancelled plans to return to the US to attend the world premiere of his new movie, Empire State.

–Justin Timberlake usually does a pretty great job of not cracking up during the more ridiculous moments of SNL, but even he couldn’t keep it together when Steve Carell made a priceless Lance Bass joke during a skit on Fallon.

–Justin Bieber had another meltdown on Instagram. And this time, he managed to bring Lindsay Lohan into it! (He later apologized to her.)

-I think it’s effing rad that Paul Wesley is publicly advocating that his Vampire Diaries character hook up with a dude.

-Well hello there, Zach Morris!

–Penelope Cruz is showing off her baby bump in a string bikini.

–M.I.A. took to Twitter to vent about her vicious custody battle over her 4-year-old son.

-In case Smash fans (all three of you) are still holding out hope about the show’s future,  sorry to burst your bubb but it just got moved to Saturdays.

-I’m kinda surprised that Lena Dunham did an interview with Playboy (even if she did talk about why she’s thankful she’s not “the babest person” with a “big rack.”)

–Matthew McConaughey is starting to look like himself again after that scary weight loss for a new role.

-It’s kind of adorable that Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner went on a friend date to the batting cages.

-This is why the Internet rocks: the Veronica Mars Kickstarter has already surpassed its $2 million goal and is quickly approaching the $3 million mark! It broke Kickstarter records and, as Vulture states, instantly transformed the site into “a viable power-to-the-people tool that could wrest decisions and creative dilution from micromanaging Hollywood executives.” Amen!

-Also, I really liked this article about why you shouldn’t be embarrassed about donating.

–AnOther magazine has issued a statement defending that “redface” image of Michelle Williams.

-In other magazine photo shoot news, Nicki Minaj proves that she’s actually pretty hot once you scrap off all those makeup layers in the new issue of Elle.

-Um, Mayim Bialik actually wore an outfit that I don’t hate. What?

–Geri Halliwell took the subway (sorry, “tube’) for the first time in 17 years — and she live-tweeted the whole thing. Wait, cellphones work in the London subway system?!

–Eva Mendes visited high-end lingerie boutique Kiki Montparnasse and ended up buying a life-sized skull.  (Sidenote: remember that Gossip Girl episode that featured a lingerie fashion show and the characters were all “Kiki Montparnasse this” and “Kiki Montparnasse that”?)

-Also, Eva Mendes should throw out this dress.

-Best Director winner Ang Lee‘s next project is kind of surprising; he’ll be directing a pilot for FX.

–Louis CK just offered a master class on how to deal with a heckler.

-I don’t usually think of Christopher Meloni as a barrel-of-laughs kind of actor (mostly because I still have nightmares about that neck-snapping scene in Oz), but he just signed on to a new sitcom.

-As I mentioned yesterday, there’s already so much to ridicule about Gwyneth Paltrow that we don’t have to start making shit up, ok?

–Nick Offerman did an AMA on Reddit yesterday.

–Alison Brie and Danny Pudi are all kinds of cute in this video discussing the new season of Community.

-Here’s a new trailer for To The Wonder (aka the latest Terrence Malick film that I’ll attempt to understand but inevitably end up napping through…)

Veronica Mars Lives On! #SixSeasonsAndAMovie

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-I love and adore the fact there’s a new Kickstarter campaign to fund a Veronica Mars movie (so much so that I spent a stupid amount of time on Twitter today promoting/defending it). Yeah, it would be great if Hollywood came up with new concepts instead of just rehashing old ones, but I think it’s become abundantly clear that’s not really gonna happen. Plus, this particular old concept is still so good! (Just watch this video the cast made in case you’re wondering if they still have chemistry.) And I love what this could mean for the industry; fan passion trumps Hollywood execs who are slaves to formula (Mark Harris makes a similar call-to-arms in this week’s EW). The Veronica Mars crew is asking for $2 million, which A) means they’re doing this because they want to, not because they think it’s going to make them rich, and B) is way less than what it costs to make 2 hours of scripted network television today. Last I’d checked, they’d already passed $1 million, which means this is happening. Don’t think of it as a donation; think of it as a preorder!

-Meanwhile, Vulture has already compiled a list of 11 things they want to see in the movie.

–Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have reportedly broken up, which is not surprising. What is surprising is that she’s bearing the brunt of the blame in the media because she supposedly “likes to party really hard.” Are you kidding me?!

-I dug the barbershop quartet retrospective of Justin Timberlake’s greatest hits on Fallon last night, but would it have killed JT to ask his former N’Sync bandmates to help out with the harmonizing?

-I kind of love that Olivia Wilde read hate Tweets from Beliebers on Leno last night.

-In other delightful late night talk show appearance news, Nina Dobrev was a total charmbomb on Conan, demonstrating her fighting skills and talking about her mother’s sex scene advice.

–Prince William and Kate Middleton are calling the royal heir “Our Little Grape.” Uh oh. This is exactly how it started with Drew Barrymore, and she ended up calling her daughter Olive.

-Speaking of Drew, she’s reuniting with Adam Sandler for a romcom. (Hopefully Billy Idol is invited too.)

–Jessica Biel and Jason Bateman just joined Matt Damon‘s toilet strike.

–Lil Kim and Wendy Williams are being nasty to each other on Twitter.

–Ashley Greene has rented a studio apartment across from her place — just for her clothes. On the plus side, there’s now something sort of vaguely interesting about Ashley Green.

-It’s a Mad Mentastic day. There’s a new promo video and a bunch of new photos to speculate wildly about. As long as the new season comes somewhere close to matching the perfection of this scene, I’m in.

-I like Taylor Swift‘s video for “22“, even if it is set in a fantasy Instagram hipster land.

-A new Amy Poehler-produced show just got a ten-episode order from Comedy Central. It’s called Broad City and it’s about, um, broads in the city.

-Speaking of Amy, she shows up at the end of this Somebody Up There Loves Me promo (which also features a dancing Adam Scott).

-Who the hell wants to dress like John Malkovich? Clearly someone, ’cause he’s partnering with Yoox for a capsule collection.

–Naya Rivera sexes up Paula Abdul’s “Cold Hearted Snake” on this week’s Glee.

-Fun fact: even hate groups can’t figure out a reason to hate Jennifer Lawrence.

–Gwyneth Paltrow is getting a lot of crap for her new cookbook and for admitting she has a strict no-carbs rule with her kids. Look, I’m no fan of GP (as evidenced by my Tumblr blog dedicated to how ridiculous she is), but seriously — how can anyone be surprised by her antics at this point?

-I love that Maggie Q has been cast as Tori in Divergent!

-The Proenza Schouler show was one of my faves from NYFW, and Kirsten Dunst just wore one of its best looks.

–Spring Breakers continues to rake in the rave reviews.

-Meanwhile, Spring Breakers stars James Franco and Ashley Benson continue to inch closer to taking their relationship public.

–Jude Law is dating a 25-year-old model. Bummer. I thought he was still dating the woman who plays Alice on Luther.

-The new trailer for NBC’s Hannibal is creepy as hell.

-I wonder if this blind item is in any way connected to the weird tweets Kristen Stewart‘s mother sends out?

-The Kick-Ass 2 trailer is great. It almost makes me feel bad for that time I got all snippy with a production assistant who wouldn’t let me cross the road because they were shooting a scene for it. Almost.