In honor of the re-release of Avatar this weekend, I will pay homage to the gorgeous starlet of that movie, Zoe Saldana.
Saldana is the newest face of Calvin Klein Underwear and Calvin Klein Envy, the company’s new product launch.
In the video ad below, Saldana gets up close and personal: “Sometimes what’s hard,” she tells us, “Is being strong.” She goes on: “I can be tough. I learned to ride a dirt bike when I was nine. And I can be deadly with a bow and arrow.”
I was very much looking forward to seeing The Switch because I am a huge fan of Jason Bateman and of course, Jennifer Aniston.
After hearing all of the bad reviews, I was scared to see this movie. But, I am here to tell you that I did see The Switch tonight and despite the chatter, this movie does not suck.
It actually will make you laugh at times and tear up at others. Any movie that can playfully and artfully make you laugh and tear up, is A-OK in my book.
I would categorize the movie as a heartfelt and some-what romantic comedy – but the focus is not so much on the love between a man and a woman as it is about the development of love between a father and a son. Bateman and newcomer Thomas Robinson who plays Bateman’s 6-year old son steal the movie. Their relationship is so adorable, charming, and touching, you just want to hug them both; for different reasons of course 😉
I liked it.
Here is a trailer in case you have not seen it:
Here we go again.
Paris Hilton was arrested for possession of cocaine after officers stopped the car she was in on a Las Vegas street late Friday night.
Public Information officer Marcus Martin said Hilton was booked into the Clark County Detention Center early Saturday morning on a charge of possession of cocaine.
He said she was in a car driven by boyfriend Cy Waits that was stopped when officers noticed what they suspected to be marijuana smoke coming from it.
Martin said that during the stop officers found what appeared to be a controlled substance on Hilton and tests showed that it was cocaine.Waits was booked on charges of DUI, while Hilton was busted for possession of a controlled substance … cocaine.
He said he did not know how much of the drug was found.
Las Vegas police Lt. Wayne Holman said that Hilton was still being held around 2 a.m. Saturday. He said she would probably be released on her own recognizance later in the morning.
At least she looks super uber cute in her mug shot.
From The Associated Press.
Update 8/28: David Chesnoff, Hilton’s lawyer has issued the following statement about her arrest:
“Paris Hilton was released this morning on her own recognizance. This matter will be dealt with in the courts not in the media and I encourage people not to rush to judgment until all of the facts have been dealt with in a court of law. There will be no interviews and no more comments at this time.”
Actress and UNICEF Ambassador, Alyssa Milano, calls for more help for children affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan.
Watch her PSA below.
You can donate by going to the YouTube Page hosting Alyssa Milano’s video.
UNICEF’S MISSION: “We believe that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human progress. UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind – to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path.We believe that we can, together, advance the cause of humanity.”
Even suspected terrorists have dreams of becoming famous.
Three Al-Qaeda-linked terror suspects were arrested yesterday in Ottawa, Canada and among them, was a former Canadian Idol hopeful, contestant, Khuram Sher.
Sher has been named in an alleged plot to bomb parliament buildings.
Sorta like the movie American Dreamz meets real life. But set in Canada instead.
Below is a video of Sher’s Canadian Idol audition.
Whom can you believe these days if you can’t believe the Huffington Post? I read a story on Huffington yesterday that Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer may be back together, an innuendo made based on something Mayer had supposedly said during one of his concerts.
I don’t report rumors because at least half of the time, the rumors are dead wrong. Or simply made up to gain readership. But this was HUFFINGTON POST! They stand a foot or so above the tabloids. So, I thought for a second about covering this story as well, yet, my gut immediately screamed, “No!” And it looks like I made the right call or I too would have rightfully had John Mayer wishing death upon me as he is doing upon Huffington.
The Huffington Post article in question was titled: “Are John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston Back On?” The article asked this question based on a quote it attributed to Mayer, which Mayer supposedly made to a crowd of 18,000 at his concert on Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl in LA. Mayer supposedly said: “I believe in second chances! You might have been a pain in the ass the last time around, but you can still start over again from home base. Next time you get a text from the one you love just text back ‘come over’ – no matter what happened in the past. If you really love someone, just tell them and be with them.”
Upon reading this article on Huffington, Mayer fired 20 rounds of hate at the online publication through his blog saying:
“Ahh, Huffington Post, the internet Death Star…Huffington Post, this is reporting? How do you pay your writers now, in Silly Bandz? Do you meet your sources in a malt shoppe? This is equal parts fabricated, cobbled together and misleading. Let’s break it down: I don’t think I ever said “I believe in second chances!” but I can’t be 100 percent sure, as it’s possible I could have accidentally said something succinctly and to the point. The next sentence is from the song “Half of My Heart,” in reference to the idea that meeting new people allows for hiding old mistakes. (Well, for most people at least.) The sentence about texting comes from the show’s encore, “Edge of Desire,” in a moment of giving people permission not to beat themselves down for still wanting someone. Two sentences about different things at different points in a concert.The reason I’m calling you out instead of all the other magazines that make stories up out of thin air is that In Touch and Star Magazine aren’t concurrently writing pieces about Pat Tillman or WikiLeaks. Mayer continued: “Those other rags know who they are, and even if they’re obnoxious, I’d rather have to live with them because they (and the rest of the world) know where they stand, which doesn’t make them one tenth as dangerous as you are.”
After Mayer posted his blog bashing Huffington, Huffington made an “update” to its original article, explaining that it had improperly “attributed” the quote to Mayer and insinuates any misquotes to other sources. Huffington’s update read in part: “The first quote mentioned in the original post was not initially attributed as it should have been. The quote came from Express via Ryan Seacrest’s radio show.”
What? It’s Seacrest’s fault now?
Not only did Huffington Post apparently get this story wrong and blamed others for the inaccurate reporting, Huffington also had the audacity to further write: “[Mayer] does not deny that he and Aniston are dating.”
Wow. I think I am going to stick with reading only my own articles from now on. And John: If you ever want to set the record straight, CelebMagnet would love to write the real story for you. Just give me a ring.
The biggest box-office hit of all time, Avatar, is being re-released on the big screen this weekend after an extremely-brief hiatus: Until the 12th of this month, the original movie was still being shown in a limited number of theaters.
The souped-up Special Edition of Avatar, which grossed $750 million in the U.S. and Canada alone during its initial run, includes nine minutes of new footage and will play on about 900 screens–all of which can project it in digital 3-D, including Imax.
The new footage will include an extended love scene between hero Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his Na’vi love, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), an extended death scene of Tsu’tey (Laz Alonso) and additional explanations on why the humans decide to wipe out the Na’vi.
You may call him “genius.” Or you may call him “greedy.” But because of this premature and revised re-release, I will also call out Avatar director, James Cameron, as “unfair” to the people who already dished out up to $20 or more per ticket to see the original Avatar only a short while ago who are now faced with the decision of whether or not to shell out more money to see the additional footage. And how about those that poured out even more dough to buy one of the 19 million copies of the movie already sold on DVD?
Cameron tries to explain the re-release by saying he thinks there were still people who wanted to see Avatar when the movie lost most of its 3-D screens to Alice in Wonderland in March. Cameron says Avatar was still selling out in theaters when the movie lost screens to Alice and other 3D movies, so, he decided three days after Alice was released that he would re-release Avatar in August. He then added the extra scenes because so many scenes had to be cut of the original release which he feels when added back, will more fully portray his original vision.
My Two Cents Worth: What I ask in response to all of that is: If this movie is being re-released solely for the people Cameron says missed out on seeing the original, and not simply out of greed, why add the footage he felt should be cut out in the first place? I just don’t buy that Cameron threw in the additional footage of a love scene for any other reason than just to make people go back for seconds or thirds so Avatar can break its own damn record. Whatever, it was a great movie either way the first time around and I am glad I saw it. You can do whatever you like with the re-release, but I just don’t need to spend another $20 to see an extra 9 minutes of film. Who’s with me?
P.S. Avatar will also be re-released in 14 overseas markets this weekend, including Britain, Russia, Australia, India and South Korea. The movie grossed $2 billion overseas during its first release.
Here is an interview with Cameron regarding extra footage in Avatar and the upcoming re-release of of another one of his movies, Titanic, in 3-D.
Adam Lambert has been on tour the whole summer, and if you haven’t caught one of his shows, here is your chance to see how Adam rocks it in concert.
Here are two videos from his concert in Staten Island, NY.
After watching these, I am puzzled how this talented musician who sells out one concert after another, was left out of the Video Music Awards?
Really, not a single award nomination?
Ok ladies. If you ever want to have plastic surgery, talk to someone who has had that particular procedure done before and get advice.
Or, if you want to get G-sized boobs, don’t. Just don’t. But if you still insist, how about you first wear a bra of that size, filled with whatever, for a day, and see how you feel walking around with bowling balls stuck on your chest. Just a thought. You could save yourself lot of pain and agony.
Or, just ask Heidi Montag what to do. Heidi, who by her own admission, has had almost every plastic surgery available to women, all in one day no less, is now having major regrets nine months later.
She tells Life & Style that she is still in severe pain from her surgeries and her body can’t handle the weight of those watermelon-sized implants. “My breasts are crushing me… I was taking painkillers but they weren’t working so I stopped. It hurt either way.”
She says she can’t hug her dogs or wear normal clothing. Worst tragedy for her, she can’t even work out anymore. “I’m obsessed with fitness but it’s impossible to work out with these boobs,” she says. “It’s heartbreaking. I can’t live an everyday life. I feel trapped in my own body,” Heidi admits.”I’m desperate to go back to normal. I’m downgrading and going a little smaller, to a D or a double D.”
As for the nose job she also had done, she said, “I’ve had my nose tape on 24 hours a day since November. The tape is supposed to keep the swelling down and hold my nose in place the way Dr. Ryan sculpted it. I don’t want my nose to fall off like Michael Jackson’s.”
Good luck Heidi. I hope you find a surgeon that can help you get back to normal and not take advantage of you like other surgeons have in similar situations.