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Tom Cruise & JJ Abrams

May 15, 2013 20:44:52 Posted at May 15, 2013 20:44:52
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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Wenn, Alberto E. Rodriguez/ Getty

Tom Cruise was at the Star Trek Into Darkness premiere last night. He did not walk the carpet but showed up for the after-party. As you know, it’s not his style to attend the opening of just anything. The official reason is that he was there to support his friends. But this was a strategic move too. Full Story

DO YOU KNOW I’M BLONDE AGAIN?

May 14, 2013 16:22:49 Posted at May 14, 2013 16:22:49
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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FameFlynet

Is that what Reese Witherspoon and Britney Spears have in common? Brown is when the bad sh-t happens. That just made me laugh. You can imagine the look on Reese Witherspoon’s face if you were to tell her that she and Britney share something. Here’s Reese arriving in New York yesterday with her husband Jim Toth. Full Story

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Big Brother RDJ

May 8, 2013 19:44:56 Posted at May 8, 2013 19:44:56
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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VLUV/ Splash

Deadline’s Nikki Finke posted an engrossingly thorough report yesterday about negotiations for The Avengers 2. It’s a great article about the business of movies, and celebrities. You can click here to read it. In short, Marvel is cheap. Full Story

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Henry Cavill is a (hot) nerd

May 3, 2013 19:57:00 Posted at May 3, 2013 19:57:00
Sarah Posted by Sarah

We’ve all noted that Henry Cavill, despite being ridiculously good looking and obviously being made into A Thing, is kind of boring. For many of us, the most interesting thing about him is that he dates Gina Carano (which is totally hot). He certainly seems nice, and is well spoken bordering on soft spoken, but he’s kind of the most vanilla potential heartthrob out there, right? Well not anymore. Full Story

Leo on marriage?

May 2, 2013 15:52:31 Posted at May 2, 2013 15:52:31
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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WENN

Leo looked good last night at The Great Gatsby premiere in New York. That’s a nice suit. I feel like maybe there’s too much red in his face in some of these shots and of course it’ll never be what it was when he was at his prettiest but then again, if Leo’s role model is... Full Story

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How much will they have to pay RDJ?

May 1, 2013 16:44:04 Posted at May 1, 2013 16:44:04
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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FameFlynet, Splash, Taylor Hill/ Getty

Jacek was given strict orders not to talk to me, not to be around me, not to bother me at all during Robert Downey Jr’s interview with Jon Stewart last night on The Daily Show. RDJ is the best. Jon Stewart is the best. And together? With just a table separating them? Did your heart explode? At the movies, Iron Man is Marvel’s most lucrative superhero right now. Full Story

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Brad Pitt, Zombie Savior

April 30, 2013 17:30:24 Posted at April 30, 2013 17:30:24
Sarah Posted by Sarah

I’ve been highly critical of and already disappointed in World War Z for like, three years now. I’ve called it a nightmare, I’ve been harsh on Brad Pitt’s responsibilities and decision-making regarding this project, and I’m not optimistic for the film’s chances at the box office. Full Story

Reese Witherspoon’s baby brain

April 29, 2013 18:43:06 Posted at April 29, 2013 18:43:06
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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FameFlynet

A smiling Reese Witherspoon faced photographers at LAX yesterday. TMZ says she’s heading back to Atlanta where she’d been working on a film and, of course, where she was arrested last week for DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM-ing a cop after her husband, Jim Toth, was pulled over for potentially harming innocent people while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol -- nearly double the legal limit. Full Story

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Who walks and who doesn’t

April 29, 2013 13:21:08 Posted at April 29, 2013 13:21:08
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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Splash, Dimitrios Kambouris/VF13/ Bloomberg/ Getty

Most of them walked the carpet and posed on Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Some of them didn’t. Bradley Cooper didn’t. He was shot getting out of the car and heading into the venue but did not stop for photographs. He was photographed however at the Bloomberg Vanity Fair after-party talking to his boss, Harvey Weinstein, but barely. Full Story

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Armie Hammer’s apprenticeship

April 26, 2013 15:23:04 Posted at April 26, 2013 15:23:04
Sarah Posted by Sarah
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WENN

I said once that no matter how bad The Lone Ranger looks, I wouldn’t bet against director Gore Verbinski pulling a rabbit out of his hat and coming up with something entertaining and crowd-pleasing, if not exactly good. Verbinski is the kind of director that exceeds in chaotic conditions and he has a knack for finding solid character beats amidst splashy action sequences. Full Story

Beyonce copyright

April 23, 2013 18:49:46 Posted at April 23, 2013 18:49:46
Lainey Posted by Lainey

Remember when Beyonce complained about her unflattering photos after the Super Bowl? Click here for a refresher. That’s what happens when you complain. If you don’t complain, no one notices. As soon as you do complain, they notice all the time. Full Story

Saving Reese

April 23, 2013 13:45:59 Posted at April 23, 2013 13:45:59
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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FameFlynet

“If you’re Reese Witherspoon, who do you sell out to save your own ass when the MiniVan Majority suddenly isn’t so impressed with it?” -- This was the final line of my post yesterday re: Reese Witherspoon’s arrest for being a bratty bitch to a police officer in Atlanta. Full Story

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Ryan Reynolds vs Will Smith

April 22, 2013 18:24:42 Posted at April 22, 2013 18:24:42
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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INF

Every year a big budget movie takes a sh-t at the box office. The other day I predicted that Will Smith’s After Earth would hold that title in 2013. Sarah from Cinesnark didn’t disagree, but after the trailer for R.I.P.D. was released last week, she thinks it might be R. Full Story

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Katie gets a movie

April 11, 2013 18:08:56 Posted at April 11, 2013 18:08:56
Lainey Posted by Lainey
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Splash

Katie Holmes was photographed yesterday in New York on the set a new movie called Mania Days about a rapper with mental health issues who hooks up with a poet (Katie) with mental health issues and she ends up getting pregnant. Spike Lee is producing, producing not directing, and all the headlines about it yesterday were kinda misleading: Katie Holmes working on a Spike Lee movie! Yes. Full Story

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