Joan Collins may or may not think Jennifer Aniston is “beautiful” but even Joan may have a hard time believing, like the rest of us, that a simple pair of glasses would turn the adorable Aniston into a frumpy nerd.
But that is exactly what we’re supposed to buy with Aniston’s eyeglasses-wearing character on her upcoming movie, Just Go With It, co-starring Adam Sandler, Kevin Nealon, Dave Matthews and Nicole Kidman. Continue reading
We love our horror movies – especially on Halloween. The latest installment of Saw in 3D was the number one movie at the box office this weekend, raking in an estimated $24 million.
This of course should come as no surprise as the Guiness Book of World Records recently dubbed the Saw series as “Most Successful Horror Movie Series.”
The star and horror-torturer of the Saw series, Tobin Bell, made a rare public appearance today in honor of Halloween by meeting fans at The Burger Kitchen in west Hollywood. The Burger Kitchen is one of the newest restaurants on Third Street (8048 West Third St., at Crescent Heights) and owned by father-and-son team, Australian-born Alan and native-born Daniel Saffron, along with my friend, Alan’s wife, Genevieve.
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| Tobin Bell with The Burger Kitchen Owners Alan (L) and Dan (R) Saffron |
For Halloween, The Burger Kitchen had a special Fright Bite menu with such delicacies as Death Burger, Torturers Revenge, and 20,000 Leagues Tentacles Burger (made of octopus meat).
I have to admit – being a fan of the Saw series, I was a little scared meeting the man who has done a tremendous job messing with my head and terrifying the crap out of me over the past seven years. But even though Tobin has quite the presence, he is actually quite the gentlemen.
I did ask Tobin if anyone has ever been scared when meeting him in person. He replied, “Oh no. Unless they’ve been alone with me in an elevator!”
Watch TMZ’s interview today with Tobin Bell:
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| Tobin Bell with Genevieve Saffron (R) and me 🙂 |
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| 20,000 Leagues Tentacles Burger (made of octopus meat) |
Who did not see this coming?
Olivia Newton-John, popular 70’s-80’s actress and singer, was on Extra Friday talking with host Mario Lopez about her fight against breast cancer, her new CD and the 32nd+ anniversary of Grease.
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Summer 2010 was a disappointing time for the movie box office.
One of my closest friends, Sam, was visiting me today from the east coast. He wanted to go to a place to see some Hollywood stars. I said, “Dude, it’s the Monday after the Emmys. It’s gonna be slim pickins…But, let’s go to The Grove and see whom we can find. You know, The Grove, the place you always hear about on TMZ, ‘Today, at The Grove….'”
So, after a couple of hours of finding no one, except lonely and bored Paparazzi with cameras in tow, Sam asks me, “Hey isn’t that Dr. Lars from Funny People?”
Sure enough, Sam had spotted Torsten Voges who in addition to his role on Funny People also played Fidel on Eastwick and has appeared on such other shows as Malcolm in the Middle and Seinfeld. He also played the “tall woman whose face you never see” in Deuce Bigalow.
Torsten was cool – he took a couple of pics with us when he found out about CelebMagnet.
Torsten has said about his role on Funny People and working with Adam Sandler: “If you work with somebody like Adam, it is delightful, he is a wonderful actor, he listens really well and I love improvising; it’s my favorite thing to do.”
As we we were saying bye, Sam tells him, “Keep up the good work.” For the next 30 minutes, Sam kept kicking himself, “Keep up the good work? WHO says that?” Uhm, you do Sam. Here is Sam with Torsten:
Here is a cool video clip with Tortsen, where Torsten speaks about his acting experience:
Black Eyed Peas have teamed up with movie director James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic) to create a 3-D tour movie. Amazing – this, I can’t wait for. “Right now we are planning our 3-D tour movie and James Cameron is directing it,” will.i.am told Vibe. will.i.am continued on his humble way and stated, “We have the biggest director because we are the biggest group on the planet. The Peas are filming it in South America. People will be able to see us in the theater with the 3-D glasses and everything.” Continue reading
What began as a personal dream in in 2003 for Chinese film director, Kerr Xu, has culminated in a national historic event in China today with the release of Xu’s highly-anticipated feature film, AniMen (aka Triton Force). Made by Xu’s studio, Shanghai Hippo Animation Design, AniMen is the first fully CG animated 3D feature film to be released in China. Continue reading
This was Melissa Ordway‘s biggest night to date; she will likely have many more. It was the opening night of her movie, 17 Again. About 30 of us, including her costar, Tiya Sircar, met up at the Grove to watch the movie together with her. Continue reading