Can we start the week off with some love for Riggs? Riggs has had it rough the last few weeks with the John Carter debacle which... is totally not his fault, and so he won’t be blamed for it, don’t worry. It’s time then, as you do in Hollywood, to shake that sh-t off and look to the next: Battleship. Full Story

Taylor Kitsch was in Toronto yesterday promoting John Carter. He made the rounds at 299 Queen West which is where etalk is based, where Sasha goes to work every day. TK was scheduled to be interviewed by our show in addition to MuchMusic and several other outlets.Sasha and her husband have recently started watching Friday Night Lights. Full Story

They say that John Carter is tracking well in Russia... but that it’s not doing so great in other parts of Europe and South America. Given how much Hollywood relies on foreign box office these days - even Prince of Persia was rescued overseas - well, it seems like this movie just can’t win. Not even at a 74% fresh rating (at press time) on Rotten Tomatoes. Full Story

This movie seems doomed. It’s been plagued by bad press. People keep mocking the trailer. And now just 4 days before it opens, the movie’s star, Taylor Kitsch, is making headlines for a PR f-ck up that’s turned into an international incident.OK fine, I’m exaggerating. But not really. Last week TK appeared on Letterman. Full Story

Taylor Kitsch looked really, really handsome at the UK premiere of John Carter last night in London, didn’t he? I like how rosy his cheeks are. More importantly though, especially as it relates to TK’s career...The first reviews for John Carter have been released and they’re not bad. I mean, not everyone liked it, but the ones who didn’t like it didn’t despite it, and the ones who did like it have a lot of good things to say. Full Story

John Carter opens next week. And, well, you know. You’ve see the trailers. It doesn’t look good. I hope it’s good and I hope it opens big, for TK I want it to be big, but the only reaction I received whenever I mentioned it in LA the last few days was snickering. Here’s Taylor Kitsch promoting John Carter in New York. Full Story

And he looks GOOD. Really good. Better than he's looked in a long time. Here's Taylor Kitsch at the premiere of John Carter last night. And while he's totally hot and it's exciting that he's finally the lead on a carpet, I wish we could also say that he's the lead of a movie that's generating goodwill. Full Story

Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard were at a toy fair yesterday promoting Battleship. Good way to end the day? I really, really want to end the article, just like that. But... I also can’t keep my mouth shut. And, well, here’s the thing about dudes standing next to Alexander Skarsgard: he’s so f-cking tall that even average height men seem totally emasculated. Full Story

Blake Lively took a hit earlier this week as it was announced she’d lost out on the lead in Steven Soderbergh’s new project, now re-titled Bitter Pill, to Rooney Mara. Now some positive news to balance. Oliver Stone’s Savages was originally scheduled for a September release. Full Story

Congratulations to all of us! We wake this morning to new pictures of Taylor Kitsch. And there are never any new pictures of Taylor Kitsch. But Taylor Kitsch’s John Carter opens in 6 weeks. Heavy promotion is ahead although today he was promoting another movie at a press conference in Japan for Battleship (which seems early). Full Story

You know I LOVE Taylor Kitsch. You know I want very badly for Taylor Kitsch to have a huge movie star career. Yes, because he’s hot, and of course, because he’s Riggins, but mostly because I’ve met him several times and he’s really, really nice. He deserves it. But...John Carter, it’s not for me. As I posted the other day, Taylor was making the talk show rounds - click here Full Story

There are NEVER any pictures of Taylor Kitsch!So it was a surprise just now when I came back from a meeting to check the photo agencies and ... he was on Good Morning America! How many sentences can end with an exclamation point in this article??!Not really sure what he’s promoting. Probably John Carter though it seems early being 4 months away. Full Story

Taylor Kitsch has 3 films due out in 2012. In March it’s John Carter. In the summer it’s Battleship. In the fall, it’ll be Oliver Stone’s Savages. I love Taylor Kitsch. And I want so badly for him to become a big star. But I think it’ll be the second half of 2012 that’s promising than the first. Because from what we’ve seen of his two major blockbusters. Full Story

Blake Lively can be polarising. Some of you can’t deal. Others are all over it. Here’s something that we don’t have to fight over: Blake is working on Oliver Stone’s The Savages with Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch as the two leads. Blake brings paps. And when she’s not available to shoot, they’ll shoot everyone else. Full Story