December 2011
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SPOILERS: Anne Hathaway Learned To Breathe Like...
When The Dark Knight Rises finally hits theaters in July, fans will have parsed out so many details from trailers, clips, posters and interviews that it’s a wonder anything will be left to surprise. But if the buzz surrounding the latest trailer is any indication, one thing’s for sure: all eyes will be scrutinizing Anne Hathaway’s portrayal of Catwoman. Can she play the...
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Video: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Duet...
They’ve known each other for 12 years and filmed two movies together, and now Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are expressing their love of music together on YouTube.
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SPLIT: Russell Brand Files For Divorce From Katy...
Russell Brand will start out 2012 a new man — a single man, that is. The British actor/comedian filed for divorce from mega pop star Katy Perry on Friday, citing the usual “irreconcilable differences.”
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Emma Watson, Justin Bieber Have 'Most Influential...
One of the most important “mosts” for the year-in-review is finally in: The winners for 2011’s are “Most Influential Haircut” are … (ahem, drumroll please) … Emma Watson, 21, and Justin Bieber, 17.
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Steven Tyler Reportedly Engaged To Erin Brady
Third time’s a charm! Reports are flooding in that American Idol judge and rock icon Steven Tyler, 63, is ready to walk down the aisle again, this time with girlfriend of five years, model Erin Brady, 38.
Read more here.
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'Portlandia' Tour Preps Fans For Season 2
Portlandia, the sketch-comedy brainchild of Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen with former Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein, has the distinction of being one of the sleeper hits of the year, and it has already garnered a cult following. Now the comedic duo are taking their show on the road to get the rest of the country excited — not just Portland.
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'Mars Needs Moms' Tops List Of Biggest Flops Of...
Despite the booming success of certain unexpected box office hits over the holiday season, like Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, 2011 was a bit of a letdown for many studios.
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Rapper Kid Cudi Responds To Young Fan's Death
Having heard about the death of one of his biggest fans, rapper Kid Cudi (real name Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi), 27, wrote a heartfelt letter to his biggest fan, Ben Breedlove, who died of a heart attack due to his struggle with heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on Christmas day at the age of 18.
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Anne Hathaway Salutes Meryl Streep With Split
This summer, Anne Hathaway will star as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises, and it looks as if her training for the role has left her flexible and in shape. Hathaway was one of many stars to salute screen legend Meryl Streep at the “34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors,” which aired Tuesday on CBS, but she was the only one to go down in a full split while belting out the lyrics to...
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Djimon Hounsou Spends Christmas At Beach
While many people were cozying up to fireplaces and cups of egg nog, Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou, 47, and partner Kimora Lee Simmons, 36, took their son Kenzo, 2, to warmer waters on Christmas day. The happy trio spent the holidays on the Caribbean island of St. Barts, frolicking in the sand and surf as if it were the middle of July, according to Global Grind.
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PHOTO: Tiger Woods’ Ex-Mistress Rachel Uchitel Is...
One of the women at the heart of 2009’s Tiger Woods infidelity scandal is pregnant. Rachel Uchitel, 36, tweeted a picture of her baby bump and husband Matt Hahn, 26, along with the messages “Expecting big things for 2012… Five down, Four months to go…” and “checking out my baby bump at 5 months….”
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Downtown Tulsa Center To Showcase Woody Guthrie...
Fans of Americana and folk music might want to write Tulsa, Oklahoma, onto their list of travel destinations. The George Kaiser Family Foundation, which is based in Tulsa, has purchased the entire archive of “This Land is Your Land” singer Woody Guthrie’s stuff. The foundation plans to display his writings, recordings and artwork in collection at a new center dedicated to...
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Alessandra Ambrosio Announces Baby No. 2
It looks as if Victoria’s Secret runway model Alessandra Ambrosio is trying to catch up with mommy-of-four Heidi Klum. Ambrosio has confirmed that she is having a baby — again! Ambrosio, 30, who already has a daughter, Anja, 3, with her fiance, California businessman Jamie Mazur.
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ENGAGED: Matthew McConaughey And Camila Alves
Matthew McConaughey, 42, sure knows how to pick out a Christmas gift.
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'M:I:4' Overtakes 'Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' At...
Though David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara has been one of the most talked-about films of the holiday season, its box office release was a real downer, as it was blown away by Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner, which topped the four-day holiday weekend figures (Friday - Monday)...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver Reunite For...
The holiday season is a time for family to come together, and you don’t have to tell Maria Shriver that. Six months after the journalist, 56, filed for divorce from hubby Arnold Schwarzenegger, 64, after finding out that he had fathered a child with Mildred Baena, the couple’s loyal housekeeper of 20 years, she and her estranged husband came together again for the holidays,...
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VIDEO: Van Halen, David Lee Roth Announce 2012...
After rampant speculation, the legendary rockers of Van Halen announced they will take it on the road in 2012 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of their band. And that’s not all. Original frontman David Lee Roth (pictured) will reunite with the band for the tour.
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Taylor Lautner Falsely Outed On Fake Magazine...
Taylor Lautner found himself the latest victim of an Internet hoax on Monday, when a fake People magazine cover, supposedly teasing the January issue of the magazine, was leaked online.
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Lady Gaga's Former Assistant Sues For Unpaid...
When a diva needs her towel, it’s someone’s job to make sure she gets it.That’s the kind of attitude that a recent law suit filed by a former personal assistant to Lady Gaga alleges led to $38,000 in unpaid overtime, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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Five Of The Best Opening Credits In Recent Film
Two films that are being released this week — David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin — have gotten largely positive reviews all around, but they are both notable for another reason: they boast stellar opening credit sequences.
See them here.
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Pregnant Hilary Duff Does Holiday Shopping
Nothing could stop Hilary Duff from getting her holiday shopping done — not even being well along into her pregnancy, as is evidenced by her big baby bump protruding from beneath her gray sweater.
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CLOSER LOOK: Probing Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus'...
Sci-fi / Sigourney Weaver fans tired of endless speculation about the nature of the relationship between Ridley Scott’s forthcoming Prometheus and his 1979 flick Alien (“Is it a sequel? prequel? squeakquel?”) have had their prayers answered: the first trailer!
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LISTEN: Taylor Swift Shares 'Hunger Games' Track
What do you think of the song?
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Melanie Amaro Wins 'X-Factor'
What would you say if you had just won a $5 million recording contract? “Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God,” was all Melanie Amaro, 19, could utter when host Steve Jones announced she had become the first American to win The X-Factor. She will also star in a Pepsi commercial.
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Kris Humphries Gets Booed At Madison Square Garden
Kris Humprhies, 26, is having a difficult holiday season. As if getting dumped by superstar ex Kim Kardashian, 31, after 72 days of marriage isn’t bad enough, he now has to deal with fans booing him on the basketball court while playing for his team, the New Jersey Nets.
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Adam Lambert Arrested After Bar Brawl In Finland
It’s a mad world for ‘American Idol’ runner-up Adam Lambert. While at a gay bar in Helsinki, Finland, Lambert got into a scuffle with his reality star boyfriend Sauli Koskinen, which led eventually led to the pair’s arrest — a few hours behind bars — Thursday afternoon, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Review
In post-millennium Hollywood the notion of star-power is all but vanquished. The event movie no longer exists as it once did and star names are now considered secondary to such vulgar once-upon-a-time considerations as ‘brand recognition’. These days, the franchise is king.
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Jessica Alba Shops For Toy Convertible
It’s only the best for Jessica Alba’s daughter, Honor. The Valentine’s Day actress, 30, bought a hot pink Barbie car for her little girl at Toys R Us in Culver City, California.
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Is N.Y. Jets' Mark Sanchez Dating Model Kate...
It looks like New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, 25, may be the most recent sports hero to shack up with a beautiful model, in this case Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton, 19, who has previously been romantically linked to musician Kanye West.
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R. Kelly, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne Duet...
The X Factor is trying to kick off its first season with a healthy dose of star power. Final three contenders Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene, and Melanie Amaro went into their last battle singing duets with some big industry names. Krajcik teamed up with Alanis Morissette to sing “Uninvited,” while Rene and Avril Lavigne belted out “Complicated” together and R. Kelly once again...
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Julianne Moore Plays Sarah Palin In 'Game Change'
Many thought it was a “game change” all its own when Oscar-nominated Julianne Moore, 51, was asked to play Sarah Palin in the upcoming HBO movie about the former Alaskan Governor’s vice presidential campaign, instead of favored comedian and lookalike Tina Fey. But the new trailer for the movie Game Change is getting the same response across the Internet: Moore nailed it.
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The Weeknd 'Echoes Of Silence' Mixtape Completes...
Abel Tesfaye, 21, better known as The Weeknd, has surprised his fans by dropping Echoes of Silence, his third self-released “mixtape” online on Wednesday night.
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Rough 'n Tumblr: 7 Rules To Tackle Your Tumblr...
Like Facebook and Twitter before it, Tumblr is an online platform that can be used for a multitude of purposes — social networking, self-promotion, mindless entertainment. The millions of users who log on to Tumblr every day come or stay for various reasons.
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VIDEO: David Archuleta To Go On Mormon Mission
Americon Idol Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta has three albums out and a loyal fan base that affectionately calls him “Archie,” but he’s putting it all on hold for a higher calling. Archuleta, 20, told fans at the Salt Lake City stop of his My Kind of Christmas Tour that he was taking two years off to embark on a full-time Mormon mission.
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Mark Wahlberg Takes Kids To See Santa
Just because your dad is Mark Wahlberg shouldn’t mean you can’t sit on Santa’s lap. That’s what Wahlberg’s four kids — Ella, 8, Michael, 5, Brendan, 3, and Grace, almost 2 — must have been thinking before dad accompanied them Tuesday, along with wife Rhea Durham, 33, to see Old Saint Nick at The Grove in Los Angeles.
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TRAILER: 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'
It won’t hit theaters until the passing of another year, but already The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is prepping audiences for its long-awaited release.
What do you think of the trailer?
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SPLIT: Debra Messing And Husband Separate
Show’s over for Debra Messing and her husband of 10 years, Daniel Zelman. The pair privately split earlier this year and have only just recently gone public with the news, Messing’s rep told People.
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SPOILERS: 'X Factor' Judges Talk Finale
The bigwigs of The X Factor — that is, the judges; not the contestants — are dishing about the upcoming season finale of the competition’s inaugural season. Creator Simon Cowell, along with co-judges Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid, and Nicole Scherzinger, attended a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday with finalists Josh Krajcik, Melanie Amaro, and Chris Rene — one of whom will turn out to...
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Ellen DeGeneres Buys Brad Pitt's House
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, 53, and wife Portia de Rossi, 38, are about to cozy up in Brad Pitt’s old Malibu estate, which they bought for a cool $12 million in a transaction that closed on Friday.
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Jon Bon Jovi Jokes About Death Rumors
Sometimes celebrities get just as much of a kick out of Internet hoaxes about them as the tricksters who created them. Speculation about Jon Bon Jovi, 49, started to blow up on Twitter Monday afternoon as people responded to a false blog item that suggested the legendary rocker had died of cardiac arrest in New Jersey.
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Who Is Jeremy Irvine, Star Of 'War Horse'
Breakout British actor Jeremy Irvine, 21, may be new to Hollywood, but he doesn’t show any signs of going anywhere anytime soon. Landing the lead in Steven Spielberg’s Golden Globes-nominated War Horse was a lucky break for Irvine, who had just come from a bit role in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Dunsinane.
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Professor Allegedly Fired After Giving James...
Maybe being an Oscar-nominated actor, director, author, producer, screenwriter, performance artist, college instructor, and academic isn’t as easy as it looks. Someone’s finally gotten caught in the crossfire of James Franco’s hectic career, and it’s not the actor himself.
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Kobe Bryant's Wife Stands To Receive A Fortune In...
Vanessa Bryant, wife of Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant, may finally be walking away from her 10-year marriage with the basketball giant, but she won’t leave empty-handed.
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Harry: The Prince In Shining Armor Saves The Day
While his happily married older brother is busy doing his princely duties the calm and collected way — going to charitable events, appearing in photo ops — Prince Harry is taking a more medieval approach.
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Ask: Simon Pegg of Mission Impossible: Ghost...
Want to ask Kenneth Branagh a question? Well now you can. Here at UInterview, we have decided to do things a little differently, meaning that now you can record your questions directly. So please, ask away!
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LEAKED: The Latest 'Dark Knight Rises' Trailer
July can’t seem to come soon enough for those of us anxiously awaiting the release of The Dark Knight Rises. Fortunately, some kind soul was nice enough to bootleg an amazing two minute trailer of the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise. Shortly afterwards, Warner Bros. gave in and released the HD version.
Check out the trailer here.
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New Year's Eve Review
New Year’s Eve stars Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Biel, Lea Michele, Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert De Niro, Halle Berry, Seth Meyers – and that’s just a partial list. Like Valentine’s Day before it, this movie is selling celebrities, and has the good sense to recognize this. Writer Katherine Fugate knows people are coming to see this movie because of all its stars,...
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Tom Cruise & Suri Celebrate Katie's Birthday
Fresh off the boat from his world tour promoting Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise and daughter Suri spent the weekend celebrating Katie Holmes’ 33rd birthday in New York City.
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It's A Girl For 'DWTS' Champ J.R. Martinez
2011 has been a big year for J.R. Martinez, but it looks like 2012 may be even bigger. Earlier this year Martinez, 28, beat out Ricki Lake and Rob Kardashian to win Dancing with the Stars, and now he’s receiving even more good news. Recently he learned that his girlfriend, Diana Gonzalez-Jones, is having a baby girl, People reports.
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Sophia Clarke Wins 'Survivor: South Pacific'
Another “Survivor” has been crowned. The 23rd season of CBS’ hit reality contest, “Survivor: South Pacific,” named Sophia Clarke, 22, the winner after she received six out of nine votes from the jury. Of her two final competitors, Benjamin “Coach” Wade received three votes and Albert Destrade got zero.
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