At least, that’s the impression the world premiere in Wellington yesterday gives. The red carpet was over 500 yards, running the length of several city blocks, and the crowd was estimated at 100,000. The cast arrived earlier in the week in a plane plastered with the faces of hobbits and dwarves, there was a “hobbit artisanal market” in downtown Wellington in the days before the premiere and thousands of people actually went there; the airport now has a giant Gollum sculpture Full Story

Are almost never cute. Why can’t every bridesmaid just wear her favourite little black dress? Makes for great photos. But brides are crazy. I KNOW because I was a bride and I was crazy. And I was a crazy bride with a crazy squawking chicken mother. Imagine. Anyway, Katie Holmes wore a bridesmaid dress today on the set of The Romantics in New York shooting a wedding scene while towering over Elijah Wood. Full Story

Danielle Radcliffe will bring Equus to Broadway and was at the Tony Awards last night getting a feel for what will be his home for several weeks this fall. Apparently young Harry Potter is now regarded as some kind of heartthrob these days. He’s a sweet kid, very engaging, very articulate, very likable… but a heartthrob? Really? Him? To me it’s like the Elijah Wood Effect. Full Story