Dear Gossips,
Have you entered the Red Carpet Contest yet? There’s a gorgeous bag on the line. And a trip to LA for new and existing SCENE memberships. Most importantly though, it’s bragging rights. Everybody wants to be a know-it-all, a know-it-all for one year. Click here to enter now. Or maybe you want to wait a week or so, see if there are any momentum shifts from campaigning? They’re all working pretty hard right now. More on that later including the hustle from the Oscar Nominees Luncheon yesterday.
What is the Super Bowl but a major marketing push? Madonna took the opportunity to build on her post-halftime buzz to announce, surprise!, a new world tour. She’s starting in Israel at the end of May. She’ll end in Miami at the end of November. By the time it’s over they’re expecting it to be one of the highest grossing tours of all time. Will you pay $300 to see a long-form version of what you saw on Sunday? Or will you wait and buy the DVD? Either way, she earns from you. Read Full Intro
The Actors 2012
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As Academy President Tom Sherak joked yesterday at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon:“We know awards season can be exhausting. Today is about taking a moment, taking a breath and realizing what a special family this is… So take the applause. This is probably the last time you’ll be applauding each other. Full Story
My abs are the same age as my boyfriend
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JLo took her slumming to Malibu the other day. Check her out, with the twins and the backup dancer, showing off her toned stomach. Because her body is young, her boy is young, and GODDAMN IT, she’s young too!Remember when JLo was first linked with Bradley Cooper after announcing that she and Marc Anthony were done? When asked about her love life at the time, she explained Full Story
Meryl gets Aloofed
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With all the sh-t we’ve been throwing at Rooney Mara for her excessive “aloof”-ness, how much do you LOVE this photo of her aloofing (by photo assumption) Meryl Streep yesterday at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon? True story - I had people over the other night for the Super Bowl. My friend Fiona was cheering for the Giants because she likes the Mannings. Full Story
Campaign 2012: Gary Oldman edition
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A lot of people seem to think the Oscar race is a foregone conclusion. Well, tell that to the people in the race. They’re still campaigning. And you know how it is in Hollywood. Money is everything. If they’re spending money on consultants and strategies and appearances and this and that and the other, something is giving them reason to believe the votes are still out there. Full Story
Smutty Tingles
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Sasha’s dealing with a sibling’s problem child in LifeStyle
This girl didn’t always used to look like this, did she? (The Superficial)
Paz and Pitt are unemployed. Coincidence or conspiracy? (Dlisted)
Tim Tebow has been saved! (Amy Grindhouse)
Do you get the feeling Maria Menounous WANTED her team to lose? (Hollywood Tuna)
Ryan Gosling satisfied Eva Mendes...creatively (Pop Sugar)
Emma Stone is spectacular in blue (Just Jared)
I love Smash. But Oh My God Katharine McPhee is a monster in waiting (Popoholic)
Sometimes all you need is a great sweater and a scarf (Celebuzz)
Just when I didn’t think I could love Daniel Radcliffe any more... (Towleroad)
But...I really, really like this Nikki Reed dress (Go Fug Yourself)
Gisele: meangirl gets meangirled
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Girl sh-t is the best sh-t. You know. So Gisele was overheard sh-tting on the Patriots receivers to a friend after the Super Bowl on Sunday night after getting heckled by a Giants fan. Click here for a refresher. That exploded in a huge story yesterday, almost overshadowing the result of the game itself. Full Story
Smash
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Smash season 1 episode 1 recap Does everyone who loves musical theatre get addicted in the same way? I assume so, right? You go to some performance or other of something at the high school or downtown, not really thinking about it, and then, all of a sudden, you have tears and goosebumps and nothing would be more important than living and feeling that part, right? And then you get the music teacher to photocopy the entire script of Phantom and learn it and sing it obsessively until your family resents your larynx. Full Story
Sponsored Tingles: Red Carpet SCENEtourage - The Vow
The lead-up to Oscars has many storylines and we’ll be covering them all the way until the big show on February 26th. And while the Oscars are about celebrating last year’s top movies, new ones keep coming and we’ll be previewing a few that are arriving in theatres this month that have links – some loose and some not so loose – to Oscar. Full Story
Beyonce is Grammy ready
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Blue Ivy Carter’s mother stepped out last night for the for the first time since she was born, triple spanxed and ready to be photographed just 6 days before the Grammy Awards. Jay-Z performed at Carnegie Hall in to benefit The United Way and the Shawn Carter Foundation. As you can see, Beyonce made an appearance in red in support of her husband. Full Story
Obligatory ‘House Of Cards’ Title Here
House of Lies Season 1 Episode 5 recapHow are you guys doing with this show? Am I the only one? Every time I worry about something that’s going on, some development I’m not sure about, there’s something that just tickles me so much I’m delighted. Like how, at the end of an unbelievably dense ‘previously on’ recap, Marty smirks “I wouldn’t talk down to you like that”. Full Story
Spider-Man & the Five List
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It was all any geek could get to last night: the new Amazing Spider-Man trailer, have you seen it yet? Capitalising on all the activity around the Super Bowl, Sony decided not to join the others in releasing new trailers during the game, but just after the game. Like Beyonce, Spidey wanted all the attention for himself. Full Story
February 7, 2012 - Smutty Shout-Outs
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Loys! Happy Belated Birthday! You were right to make that decision. Three years is indeed ENOUGH. And while I know your departure will be difficult, it’s time to look ahead. What else? SO MUCH! Here’s Connie Britton with her new little guy a couple of weeks ago. Just managing on her own, no need for anyone else, a tough broad. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
We will get to Madonna. But this open is for all of you who’ve written to me about Smash. The show premieres tonight. I screened the first two episodes last month at the TCA winter press tour and fell in love. I’m not saying it was a perfect pilot but it takes you there and makes you want to stay. And this from someone who really wanted to resist Katharine McPhee. But Katharine McPhee is surprising. All of it is surprising. And the songs are surprising. This is high quality television with the kind of high quality ambition that is missing from, say, Glee, to which Smash keeps getting compared. It’s exciting to watch a show that wants it like this. And goes about trying to get it in all the right ways. Smash is more than an excuse to start singing songs from the Top 40 countdown in a classroom. Watch and then come for the recap tomorrow.
It was a big weekend for Daniel Radcliffe and I am thrilled. His first release post-Potter, The Woman In Black, exceeded expectations, grossing over $20 million for a close second place finish on Super Bowl weekend. Read Full Intro