day 2.31

movies to look forward to in 2010

some sure-to-be-blockbusters in the new year premiered their teaser trailers this week. here's your first look at the final installment of the shrek franchise (until dreamworks needs the money) shrek forever after, jennifer aniston's the bounty and dakota fanning going rock in the runaways.

day 110

day o' updates 

there really aren't any new stories today, so i'll just do a couple blurbs about some stories i've covered and some i haven't....it looks like two of hollywood's heartthrobs might be shacking up together. yes, two guys. dating. matt dallas, of the recently canceled kyle xy, and jonathan bennett, who played aaron samuels in mean girls, are said to be an item.  bennett is openly gay whereas matt dallas has continually avoided commenting on his personal life ... as of today, dakota fanning is officially a part of the twilight family.  the young actress finalized talks to star as vampire jane in the second installment of the franchise, which summit entertainment is now highly publicizing on their website.  new moon begins shooting this month ... lindsay lohan is still working on that third album.  the singer/actress is reportedly hoping to cover britney spears' "oops...i did it again" as part of her new project, along with "womanizer.  how about she just makes it a britney cover album, right? ... the cw's gossip girl spinoff, lily, has finalized its cast.  joining brittany snow and krysten ritter as sisters lily and carol are lost's cynthia watros of lost is set to come on board as rhodes family matriarch cece while pretty in pink and lipstick jungle's andrew mccarthy will be playing rick, the girls' father.  ryan hansen of veronica mars and jericho's shiloh fernandez are also set to hop on the 80s bandwagon.  look out for the backdoor pilot sometime in may, which will feature no doubt in a recreation of one of their "pre-fame" concerts ... and, sadly, jimmy kimmel and sarah silverman have decided to call it quits once again, after 5 months back together.  funny how i opened and closed this with relationship news. 

that's all i got for today kiddos. 

day 65

there's no doubt that paramore will be on tour

when a new official site launched around thanksgiving of last year, it was apparent that rock group no doubt would be heading on a tour.  and, now, that news is official.  gwen stefani will lead her 3 band mates across the country this summer.  and, the band's opening act will be female fronted, male backed (sound familiar?) group paramore.  while no official dates or cities have been announced, they should be announced in the near future.  gwen has said that this tour will allow the band to reconnect with fans - they haven't traveled since 2004 - and get inspired to write and record new material, not done since 2004 when gwen pulled a beyonce to record some solo material and become one of the biggest selling female pop vocalist of recent times.  this is good news for fans and, hopefully, the group will return to the ska roots that made them famous and fuse them with the reggae infused beats that relaunched the band in the late nineties/early 2000s.  

"never say never, but no."

while pink uttered the above statement many a time in interviews last year, it appears the star is investing more in the "never say never" part than "no." the singer is said to have reconciled with her ex-husband, stunt cyclist and tattoo enthusiast carey hart.  the couple have reportedly moved back in together to test the waters in pink's malibu home.  this week would have marked the couple's second wedding anniversary and thoughts of that date may have prompted the couple to try living together again.  the relationship broke up because of the couple's opposite work schedules and difficulty making time for each other.  but how are things going to change? pink and carey have always had a very odd relationship, with hart even appearing in pink's video for her song "so what," in which she bashes him, during the separation.  

crappy oscars. 

the razzi nominations were announced today and, no surprise, some of last years biggest bombs made the cut.  the razzies, for those of you who are uninformed, is an awards show which gives prizes to hollywood's worst offerings, with awards for all the main categories (like acting and direction, as seen at the oscars.  rarely do actors actually appear to accept their awards, with the exception of halle berry, who came to accept awards on behalf of her film, catwoman. some of this years nominations include paris hilton's the hottie and the nottie, larry the cable guy and eddie murphy for worst acting, kate hudson (for both my best friend's girl and fool's gold), and cameron diaz and ashton kutcher for their coupling in what happens in vegas.  mike myer's the love guru lead the pack with 7.  obviously, none of these cinematic masterpieces will be part of tomorrow's oscar nominations.  

casting coup

the twilight team may be getting a big name movie star to add to its roster of insta-celebrities. the role of jane, a member of italy's volturi (the most deadly of the vampires in the saga), is most likely going to be played by none other than dakota fanning.  the role was apparently offered the the pint sized star outright - no auditions and no other considerations.    this seems like stunt casting to me, but maybe it's a good choice? i don't read the books, so i'll need some other opinions.  but, from the character depiction, it seems like dakota fits the bill.  it makes sense to go with a young actress, as jane is supposed to be in the 4 foot range, with her fellow italian vampires being at least 3 times her size.  we'll see if dakota can pull off the role once filming begins in both the us and italy in march.