day 3.115

the hunger games casting update - really? really?

so this happened. yeah. after the surprising news that winter's bone's jennifer lawrence would tackle the role of katniss everdeen, lionsgate revealed today that josh hutcherson and liam hemsworth would take on the two male leads in the hunger games film trilogy. the casting is iffy on its own, but when i learned which roles the two landed, i was ... well, shocked. if anything, i would have pegged liam for the role of peeta, the blonde baker's son who proves to be an ally, enemy and love interest to katniss; and josh could've have been gale, katniss' best friend, a rugged hunter with almost grecian features. too bad the two will be playing the opposite roles. after less-than-stellar fan feedback flooded the blogosphere, i would've thought the studio would go the smart route and try to nab the two actors fans were campaigning for - weeds' hunter parrish for peeta, and the chronicles of narnia's ben barnes for gale. plus- while they're only a couple years apart in age, it will look more like lawrence is babysitting hutcherson, rather than developing romantic feelings. hopefully hutcherson's acting chops, which he proved he had in last year's the kids are all right, make up for the sure-to-be awkward scenes between the duo. i'm sure hutcherson and hemsworth (sounds like a law firm) will do the roles justice, but i can't help but think what could've been. and there better be a big hair and make-up budget, as all three leads have to dye their hair to match their character descriptions.

also...

who let carrie go on stage looking like this?

day 3.34

carrie underwood's movie debut

american idol winner carrie underwood makes her big screen debut in soul surfer. the movie is based on the story of bethany hamilton, who made headlines after losing her arm from a shark attack in 2003. anna sophia robb (who was last seen in escape to witch mountain) takes on the role of hamilton, with helen hunt and dennis quaid playing her parents. none of the actors speak in the trailer, so i guess we'll have to wait until april to know if underwood is cut out for the movie biz. underwood plays one of bethany's many supporters post-attack. in addition to soul surfer, carrie has lined up a guest-starring gig on an episode of law and order: svu to air later this year. prior to this, underwood's only acting gig was a one-time guest spot on how i met your mother.

lisbeth salander has arrived

the first images of the social network scene steeler rooney mara as lisbeth salander have hit the web. a release date for the girl with the dragon tattoo, the first film adapted from the "millenium trilogy," has yet to be announced, but thanks to w magazine, you can get a taste of just how well rooney pulls off salander's style. when director david fincher first announced that mara would play lisbeth, i was a little (ok, a lot) unsure as to whether or not she could pull it off. based off these images, i'm convinced. i just hope they film all three films back to back so that rooney doesn't have keep cutting her hair into that...style? w's latest issue hits newstands later this month.

day 2.34

evolution

because it's the holidays, i'm only posting short blog posts this week. check out the latest from funny or die in which alyssa milano not only spoofs the dove "evolution of beauty" commercial, but everyone's latest guilty pleasure, jersey shore, which the actress has publicly denounced.

in other news, american idol carrie underwood announced her engagement to hockey start mike fisher today.

day 92

carrie underwood ducks for cover

american idol country crooner carrie underwood attended a senators hockey game monday night to cheer on latest love interest mike fisher and wasn't too happy when her famous mug got plastered on the rink's jumbotron.  click here to see the freak out.  you see, the only problem in doing that, carrie, is that it only drew more attention to you.  had you just stood there and pretended like you didn't know what was going on, then people probably wouldn't have paid attention.  ducking means you didn't want to be seen.  i can understand why she might not want her most recent relationship plastered all over the tabloids - after 2 pretty big blow outs and lots of drama with tony romo and chace crawford - but, still, you're only calling attention to yourself.  and the announcer wasn't really helpful, more of an asshole.  what if his girlfriend was there - would she want the camera to pan to her and her name to be shouted across the arena?  probably not.  oh well, carrie is famous and has to deal with all the craziness that comes along with it.  at lease she provided us with a pretty good youtube clip?

carrie underwood provides the only news for today.  hopefully the celeb radar will pick up soon with a big scandal, wouldn't that be nice?  then chris brown could get some weight off of his chest.