There’s a moment very early in The Romantics when something deeply, inadvertently unsettling transpires. Katie Holmes, as Laura, sits alone in a room rehearsing her toast for that night’s wedding rehearsal dinner. She looks up in thought, stammers out a few platitudes, then looks down, talking to herself, exasperated and vaguely put-upon. “Dear God,” you think, “she’s channeling Tom Cruise.” more »
We didn’t need more confirmation that Piers Morgan will take over for Larry King next year, but here we have it: Morgan and CNN have released a statement announcing that he will “fill the legendary suspenders” in January. Huzzah. While we’ve already coped with the fact that Morgan will say, “Hello, Tuscaloosa!” with little flair, it’s time to consider whether the America’s Got Talent judge’s new gig will be 2011’s greatest TV snafu. more »
· Parkinson’s disease rom-com Love and Other Drugs has a new, post-coital poster, but as Vulture points out, it will leave you wondering only one thing: Why is Jake Gyllenhaal covering his mouth? Click through for the confusing full image and more Buzz Break. more »
We may have a Bilbo! EW is reporting that Peter Jackson’s favorite hot potato, The Hobbit, has finally selected its lead and is negotiating a deal with him as we speak. So who’s the lucky actor? more »
Three years after CBS brass rejected Katie Sackhoff as Jorja Fox’s replacement, CSI producers have finally succeeded in casting the 24 alum in a potentially recurring role on the procedural. According to EW, Sackhoff will play “Detective Reed, a smart, tough, and feisty investigator with an acknowledged lack of sensitivity.” Sounds like a perfect fit for the actress, who told Movieline about her thrill-seeking nature last spring (she loves being waterboarded, fellas!). Look for Sackhoff’s character to appear during sweeps in November. [EW]
And to think, James Bond fans went apoplectic when Daniel Craig was initially cast as 007 because he was blonde. Quintessential American Clint Eastwood has revealed that following Sean Connery’s exit from the Bond series in the ’60s, he was asked to take over as the suave MI:6 agent. This, years after he was also asked to play Superman on the big screen. So why didn’t this Hollywood icon become even more iconic? He knew better. more »
After her jive-stepping cameo on the So You Think You Can Dance finale last month and a Top Ten list appearance with David Letterman yesterday, Ellen DeGeneres made her surprise Broadway debut as the nurse in Promises, Promises last night. The woman loves cameos! At this rate, we’ll surely see her in the live 30 Rock episode in one of Liz Lemon’s sedative-induced dream sequences. [People]
Onscreen defecation. Back hair removal. Gay-shaming Newsweek reporter Ramin Setoodeh. Britney Spears’s vagina. What do they all have in common? They’re all featured in the insane Joaquin Phoenix documentary I’m Still Here, and if you can believe it, there are some things in it that are even weirder. Here are the 9 most unsettling things about the movie: more »
Remember back in the spring when it seemed almost comical to see the Summit Entertainment wishlist for Breaking Dawn directors? Gus Van Sant, Sofia Coppola, Bill Condon, Stephen Daldry… these were not the people to follow in the footsteps of David Slade! But then Summit actually hired Condon, and now it turns out that they almost found a match in Coppola, as well. Spoiler: She’s a Twilight Mom. more »
I know what you were thinking after last month’s 62nd Emmy Awards: “Where the hell was that JetBlue guy Steven Slater and why wasn’t he included in television’s most important night?” Well, maybe you weren’t thinking that but at least one star was, according to Slater’s publicist. more »
