day 3.41

anne hathaway, gleeful catwoman

it looks like 2011 will be a banner year for anne hathaway. we're not even a month into the new year, and the love and other drugs actress has already lined up two highly coveted spots in two highly anticipated projects. after creating her own character to play on glee, creator ryan murphy took anne up on her offer to play kurt's lesbian aunt. apparently hathaway will film her episode sometime in the next couple of weeks - meaning her episode will air before the end of the current season. if hathaway's full vision for her character makes it onto the small screen, she'll get to sing "no one is alone" from the broadway musical into the woods.

as for her other big role, christopher nolan has cast hathaway in the final installment of his batman franchise, the dark knight rises. hathaway will play selina kyle, the woman who will become catwoman. hathaway joins tom hardy as bane in the third film. there's no word yet on whether or not hathaway's catwoman will be good or evil, or even if she'll transform into catwoman in the film, but this news couldn't make me more excited. the film is set to be released in july 2012, with production slated to begin this spring.

day 30

dirty laundry is one month old!

j lo-veless?

it looks like soon to be once again movie star jennifer lopez may be looking for romance in more than just her films.  reports are surfacing that lopez and husband (and baby daddy) marc anthony are headed down the road to divorce.  lopez was recently spotted at the curious case of benjamin button premiere sans her big ol' ring and anthony was spotted all over vegas partying it up without his.  the problems in the marriage seem to be from control issues - lopez is an "independent" who doesn't like to be told what to do and does everything with purpose; anthony is apparently very controlling, monitoring what jennifer says and wears...if you haven't noticed, we have not seen the infamou

s lopez booty in quite some time.  

stephanie tanner's officially empty house

full house star jodie sweetin's life has taken a page from the britney spears handbook on life.  the former child actress has lost custody of her 8 month old daughter and can only see her with supervised visits.  sweetin's soon to be ex cody herpin currently holds custody and was the one to bring allegations of neglectful and unfit parenting into court.  one example herpin gave was of jodie driving under the influence with the child in the car. this is a major problem as sweetin is a recovering meth addict and alcoholic (but she is in touch with her aa sponsor).  as the divorce proceedings press on, sweetin and herpin have been asked t

o take drug tests...

britney's back. now how about kelly?

kelly clarkson is well on her way to regaining her pop princess crown.  the first american idol will be releasing a song, entitled "my life would suck without you," sometime in the next weeks, with the music video already in production.  the track is produced by the minds behind britney, katy perry, and pink's latest efforts - all of which have been radio and fan friendly.   kelly is in desperate need of a hit, after the turmoil and failure of her last album, my december, which couldn't produce even one hit.  the new album is said to be much more true to the singer's pop roots, with a sound closer to her biggest seller, breakaway.  clarkson has most recently been touring on the "two voices" tour with reba mcentire, with whom she shares a manager (reba's husband). 

batman's new stars

warner bros and franchise director christopher nolan have apparently hand picked a variety of famous actors to fill the shoes of some major characters in the batman saga for the third film starring christian bale.  according to british reports (so we'll see how accurate this all is), eddie murphy will take on the villainous role of the riddler.  batman will also get his boyish sidekick in the threequel, with shia labeouf taking the role of robin.  the studio is also trying to get rachel weisz to take the role of catwoman.  this all seems well-and-good (with the exception of eddie murphy), but i'm doubtful any of it will happen.  this seems to be quite the random assortment of actors and a "whos-who" wishlist...

update: ruffalo death

mark ruffalo's brother's death has been ruled a homicide by the coroner, throwing out the idea that he died of a russian roulette related injury...seems pretty shady to me. 

just a thought...

marking a month here, i've decided to add this new bulletin.  my first thought is "is it just me, or is jen aniston everyw

ere??" the star seems to be on every single magazine cover lately.  i know she's in a new movie (marley and me) and all, but seriously? i'm also surprised the mags haven't made a bigger deal out of aniston's film heading to the box office the same day as brad pitt's benjamin button.  the two films are set to hit theaters on christmas day and both are expected to be big...who will win will just have to be seen. 

day 27

poehler says goodbye

amy poehler has officially said goodbye to saturday night live, after almost 8 years on the show.  poehler gave a tearful, yet comical, goodbye during her final "weekend update" segment.  click here to see the clip.  now that poehler is officially gone, off to work on her nbc sitcom (set to debut in april), who will take her place at the news desk? there are a variety of option.  seth myers could continue the special solo, like colin quinn did for years; or, another cast member could step in to take poehler's place.  my money (and my wish) would be on cast member kristin wiig, who is probably a combination of poehler and other departed cast member tina fey.   we shall see what happens when the show returns in january. 

ledger globes up for acceptance

if heath ledger were to posthumously win the golden globe for best supporting actor for the dark knight, who will accept the award on his behalf? ledger's father, kim, is apparently pushing to accept the award.  however, the hollywood foreign press, who is responsible for the awards, is hoping to go for the tear jerking factor - they want michelle williams, mother of heath's son matilda, to accept the award on behalf of the little one.  i don't know, but it seems like this is all a little overkill.  ledger may not even win the award and, even if he does, the only reason his role garnered so much attention was because of his death.  

another watts/schrieber boy 

australian actress naomi watts welcomed a second child, a son, into the world on saturday.  naomi and boyfried liev schrieber are now the proud parents to two boys, including older son alexander pete. no details on the baby's name or what magazine will get the exclusive pics first has been released. now if only these two crazy kids would get married...

day 20

twilight dims?

catherine harwicke, the director of thirteen and the new breakout twilight, will not be returning to direct the sequel, new moon.  hardwicke and summit entertainment released a statement today saying that hardwicke would require more time to bring her vision to the screen than the studio wants to spend; the studio is looking for a "rush release" for late 2009 or early 2010.  this sounds like hardwicke was a little too demanding for the studio, so they kicked her to the curb to me.  and, maybe this will make the second movie a little better? first place to start would be to get kristin stewart some acting lessons and robert pattinson to loosen up? he seemed more focused on covering up his british accent than delivering a good performance. click here to read the whole press release.  

poehler back on snl

amy poehler returned to saturday night live on the 6th to open the show as newly appointed secretary of state hilary clinton.  click here to watch the clip.  it seems like poehler may pull the tina fey card, returning to the show to play hilary in a couple of skits over the next few seasons while she's under contract for her new nbc show, set to debut next april.  to replace poehler and fey, the execs at nbc recently brought in two new female regulars, who have slowly been becoming a larger part of the show.  hopefully amy will be able to keep the ratings momentum going on snl and bring some ratings to the fourth place peacock net.   

heath ledger wins aussie oscar

heath ledger was posthumously awarded australia's equivalent of the oscar, the australian film institute's best actor award; his sister was present to accept the statue.  does this mean heath is  set to be nominated and then awarded for the little gold man? not necessarily.  superhero flicks aren't known to be awarded for that prestigious of those awards.  as well, it seems like heath got more attention and praise for the role due to his death.  if he were still alive, the performance probably would not have garnered as much attention.   the academy awards will air live february 22nd of next year.