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April 2013

Arrested Development Previews Look Promising

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-As much as I love and adore Arrested Development, I’ve been a bit nervous about the prospect of a new season. I mean, it’s been seven years. Would they be able to recapture the magic? But this new outtake featuring Lucille and Buster has done a lot to restore my faith. The new character posters are also pretty damn glorious.

–Gwyneth Paltrow jumped on the side-butt bandwagon and wore a sheer paneled Antonio Berardi gown that was both daring and terrible at last night’s Iron Man 3 premiere. I think the Fug Girls said it best: “It’s not even expensive-looking or flattering sheerness. It’s like someone slaughtered several pairs of L’Eggs.”

-Speaking of Iron Man 3, expect it to be a monster at the box office. It doesn’t open for another week, and already it’s making up 25% of all movie tickets being sold right now. More than 400 screenings have already sold out.

–Steve Martin was pretty adorable on Letterman this week, talking about being a new dad.

-Speaking of late night TV, Tom Cruise should do all future interviews with Emily Blunt by his side. They’re pretty great together.

-Here’s Beyonce’s new short film for H&M, directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Yawn.

–Jimmy Kimmel chugged five drinks during his Time 100 speech and the results were marvellous.

–Jennifer Love Hewitt may be brought on as a judge on The X-Factor? Who wants that?

-It looks like Gossip Girl‘s Ed Westwick and Jessica Szhor are back together. (Also, I love that he dresses even douchier than his GG character IRL.)

-The guest star list for The Office finale has been released. Steve Carell‘s name is not on it, but there’s no way he’s not coming back.

–Edward Norton is being investigated for harassment after a heated run-in with a pap.

–Vampire Diaries star Daniel Gillies is having a good week. Not only is tonight’s episode serving as a backdoor spinoff for his character, but Showtime just bought two films he wrote and stars in. (Fun fact: did you know he’s married to Rachel Leigh Cook?)

–In this video, New Girl‘s Jake Johnson previews a big Nick and Jess moment in next week’s episode.

-In case you were wondering, Rihanna and Ciara still appear to hate each other.

–Grimes wants you to stop referring to her as a waif, ok?

-If this royalty thing doesn’t work out, Prince Harry could have a promising career as a news anchor.

-Just in case you didn’t find her annoying enough, Jessica Alba says she wore a double corset day and night to lose her baby weight.

–The backlash against Zach Braff‘s Kickstarter hasn’t stopped him from nearly reaching his $2 million goal in just two days.

-The guy who played Bunk on The Wire tried to make a prequel about the show starring Samuel L. Jackson.

–Justin Bieber‘s unlucky streak continues. Drugs and a stun gun were found in his empty tour bus by Swedish police. Also, he’s getting flack for reportedly showing up to a photo shoot six hours late and refusing to change.

–Justin Timberlake got all gushy about his marriage on Ellen.

-You may not have heard of comedian Nathan Fielder, but that’s probably going to change this week. He just asked his Twitter followers to pull a drug dealing prank on their parents, and the results are hilarious.

-The new trailer for Monsters University is pretty cute.

Gwyneth Paltrow: Hated But Beautiful

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-The one good thing about Gwyneth Paltrow being named People’s Most Beautiful Woman? Jezebel linked to my silly little Tumblr in their story about it! I can die happy now.

–Anne Hathaway is clearly upset that Gwyneth beat her in that recent Most Hated Celebrity poll, but this should give her an edge for next year: she’s reportedly considering her first Broadway role. [Update: her rep’s denied it. Keep trying, Annie! You’re almost there!]

–Rihanna Instagrammed (then quickly deleted) a topless pic, and now she’s insisting it wasn’t of her. Not that she’s suddenly shy on social media; she followed it up by tweeting about  Katy Perry spanking her.

-Speaking of Katy, she filed a $6.5 million counterclaim against Good Hair Day, saying they continued to use her name and image after dropping her endorsement deal.

-If you haven’t seen Tilda Swinton lead an audience dance-along to Barry White at last weekend’s Ebertfest, stop everything and watch it now. It will make you love life.

–SNL‘s Kate McKinnon imitated Ellen on today’s Ellen and it was glorious.

-As someone who’s supported two Kickstarter campaigns in the past month, I clearly believe it can be an inventive way to get quality pop culture made outside the traditional Hollywood system, but even I’m a little wary of Zach Braff’s new donation plea. Though I might be in the minority; this afternoon he was raising roughly $1,500 every minute.

–Justin Bieber got two new, terrible tattoos: a tiger and an angel. But that’s still not as bad as the look he was sporting earlier today. What. Is. Happening.

-Oh, and Justin‘s manager says he has 240 unrecorded songs in his journal, so we all have that to look forward to…

-Meanwhile, Matthew McConaughey approves of Justin‘s shirtless style.

-Vulture posted some very cute photos from the Time 100 gala, proving that Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham were the life of the party.

-As American Idol’s ratings continue to bottom out, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that producers recently tried to replace Mariah Carey with ex-judge Jennifer Lopez. How does the public not love Mariah? Haven’t they seen her pyjama pics?!

-Showtime has released a new clip from the Dexter season premiere. Deb is drinking in the middle of a grocery store, which can’t be a good sign.

-I am really not sold on Shailene Woodley as the lead in The Fault in our Stars, but I don’t mind her as the lead in Divergent (especially after seeing this pic.)

–This story about a young girl who has taken thousands of photos with celebrities is kind of disturbing…especially when you get to the part when she starts dating the kid from Two and a Half Men.

-Let’s hope Greetings from Tim Buckley is a hit. Penn Badgley says he has no plans to return to television. “Nothing could drag me back.”

-Odd couple Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy continue to wig us out with their PDA.

–Tony and Pepper share a sweet moment in this new clip from Iron Man 3. I’m actually starting to look forward to this thing!

–Jason Segel continues to be the luckiest overgrown child in Hollywood. His children’s book just got picked up by Random House.

–Sharon Osbourne says she was devastated to learn the extent of husband Ozzy‘s substance abuse.

–Vincent Kartheiser really, really doesn’t like the Huffington Post.

–Julie Delpy has been hitting the promo circuit hard for Before Midnight and she’s worn long-sleeved black dresses to four out of her last five appearances. The woman knows what works on her! She also knows how to shut down an obnoxious audience member.

-Here’s the new XX song from The Great Gatsby soundtrack. Love!

-A new Japanese trailer for The Wolverine offers a longer glimpse at the action sequences.

–Wedding Crashers costars Rachel McAdams and Bradley Cooper were spotted grabbing lunch together, but they’re sticking to the “just friends” story.

-This could be…interesting. Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are rumoured to be in a new Guys and Dolls movie.

–Nicole Kidman, Ang Lee, Lynne Ramsay and Christoph Waltz will be on this year’s Cannes jury.

-The more I see of Emma Watson in Bling Ring footage, the more I can’t wait to see this movie. She nails the Valley Girl talk!

Kristen Stewart Seen with a Dude Who Sorta Looks Like Rupert Sanders; Internet Explodes

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Kristen Stewart and Rupert Sanders in summer 2012. (Us Weekly)

-Ok, so this photo kind of makes it looks like Kristen Stewart is getting into a car driven by Rupert Sanders (aka – the director she had an affair with last summer, shattering Twihard hearts into a trillion little pieces). But she couldn’t possibly be that stupid, could she? Especially on the day that RPattz flew out of LA…right?! My bet is no — but that’s not going to do her any good right now.

-Oh jeez. Gus Van Sant reportedly shot some steamy footage featuring Alex Pettyfer as Christian Grey in a bid to direct Fifty Shades of Grey. I have no interest in seeing the movie, and those names certainly aren’t going to change my mind. Ian Somerhalder, on the other hand…

–Beyoncé‘s war against unflattering photos of her surfacing on the interwebs continues: she’s now banned all pro photographers from her concerts.

-I’m surprised it took this long to hit, but Gwyneth Paltrow is coming under fire for promoting a line of children’s bikinis in last week’s GOOP. It certainly raised my eyebrows when I saw it (but mostly because the spooky little girl in the ad looks like a blond, dead-eyed GOOPer in training).

-Meanwhile, Gwyneth continues to name-check Jay-Z on her Iron Man 3 press tour. (Because they’re friends, in case she hasn’t drilled that into your head yet.)

-For those of you playing along at home, Miley Cyrus‘ engagement ring is back on.

–Snoop is suddenly the leading expert on buddy Miley’s love life: “I know that she has a relationship that no longer exists.”

–Snoop is also backing a line of bracelets made from reclaimed illegal guns, which is pretty damn cool.

–Alexander Skarsgard sings a Swedish song; ovaries around the world explode.

-The UK trailer for Much Ado Movie dropped today. It offers a few more glimpses of Hero’s wedding scene, which is always the part in the play that makes me cringe. I can’t wait to see how Joss Whedon handles it. Awesomely, no doubt.

–Katy Perry is totally over her divorce from Russell Brand and thinks you should be, too.

–Bradley Cooper praised the first responders in the Boston bombing. The only thing that could make him hotter right now is if he’d done the interview in French.

-I love Gillian Anderson, but man I wish she’d get a better stylist. Look at how her dress is bunching in the bodice. And those shoes!

–Zooey Deschanel was one of the celebs who attended Scott Porter’s wedding. I wonder if she initiated a really slow chicken dance at the reception?

–Janice Dickinson is bankrupt and $1 million in debt, but she’s “taking steps to pay everyone back.”

-This is amazing: Jimmy Kimmel sent a video crew to Coachella and tricked attendees into gushing over made-up bands.

-I’m a big fan of Paul F. Tompkins (who’s a regular on basically every comedy podcast ever recorded), and now I’m an even bigger fan since I discovered his “Speakeasy” YouTube series. The best part is when he gets celebrities to recreate Internet memes. Community’s Alison Brie does a great unflattering Beyonce, and New Girl’s Jake Johnson is clearly related to Grumpy Cat.

-Speaking of Alison Brie, she just made a Funny or Die video with boyfriend Dave Franco. (It’s very NSFW.)

–Kate Middleton showed off her growing belly bump in a clingy Erdem dress today.

-Guys, I just found out that the guy who played Max on Roswell is married to the woman who played Charlotte on Private Practise and it’s blowing my mind!!

–Ben Affleck and Sophia Bush are among the celebrities who’ll be living on just $1.50/day as part of the Live Below the Line initiative. Learn more about it and sign up for the challenge here.

-I always forget that Rachel Bilson is still with Hayden Christensen, but they were spotted vacationing in Barbados this week.

–Amanda Bynes wants you to know that she doesn’t smoke pot in the bathroom. Because clearly that’s what we’re all worried about…

–The Office‘s Rainn Wilson beats up How I Met Your Mother‘s Josh Radnor before talking about meditation in this new video.

-Speaking of mildly entertaining videos, Michael Cera just uploaded his new short film, featuring WTF costars like Kelis and Charles Grodin.

-Did Reese Witherspoon and her camp just throw her husband under the bus? And is anyone surprised at all by this turn of events?

-Meanwhile, BFF Chelsea Handler is sticking up for her, calling the arrest “no big deal.”

-Oh, and now there’s video of her arrest!

–Justin Bieber has officially given up his pet monkey because “a baby monkey was never going to be suited to be on a world tour even if he is travelling by private jet.” Truer words were never spoken.

-That drink that Ted ordered on Sunday night’s Mad Men? It’s an Old Spanish – a made-up cocktail from 30 Rock.

–Liam Gallagher “tried to ride a dog after drinking champagne in a pub.” We’ve all been there.

–Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham is doing lots of press for the new novel she wrote (you can read the first chapters here), and that includes talking about how she’s been on a diet for 35 years, which I really wish I didn’t know.

-Here’s the new poster for Before Midnight. I just realized I’m going to be in NYC when it’s released and am now debating how lame it would be to sneak away from my travel buddies to go see it opening night…

-Speaking of movies, The Thor 2 trailer has arrived. I kind of feel like I have to see these movies now whether I want to or not if I expect to follow along with the Avengers films. Sigh.