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'Hobbit' Movies Journeying Into Theaters In December 2012, 2013
The titles of the two 'Lord of the Rings' prequels will be 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' and 'The Hobbit: There and Back Again.'
By Gil Kaufman
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Photo: Samir Hussein/ Getty Images
There is finally some daylight at the end of the long, twisty journey to the screen of the two-film telling of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." Over the holiday weekend, director Peter Jackson announced the names of the two movies he's filming based on Tolkien's preview novel to "The Lord of the Rings" and the release dates for the eagerly anticipated flicks.
The first part, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," is slated to open on December 14, 2012, while the second, titled "The Hobbit: There and Back Again," will open almost a year later, on December 13, 2013. After years of setbacks and false starts, Jackson finally began shooting the 3-D "Hobbit" movies in March in New Zealand with a cast headed by Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, as well as such returning "Lord of the Ring" stars as Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Sir Ian McKellen and Hugo Weaving.
It was announced on Friday that Bloom would be donning his golden wig again to play the role of the elf Legolas. "The Hobbit" is set 60 years before "The Lord of the Rings" and follows the journey of plucky hobbit Bilbo, who is drawn into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the vicious dragon Smaug.
The cast also features Richard Armitage, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Sylvester McCoy, Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, Mike Mizrahi, James Nesbitt, Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace, Mikael Persbrandt, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott, Jeffrey Thomas and Aidan Turner.
Check out everything we've got on "The Hobbit."
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Will vampires and werewolves own the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Can wizards or dream thieves steal the Golden Popcorn? Find out on June 5, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. To get into the magical movie mood, we're kicking off a Sneak Peek Week starting on May 30 — five days of exclusives and interviews with the casts of "Fright Night," "Horrible Bosses" and more. Check out everything there is to know about Sneak Peek Week and the Movie Awards at MovieAwards.MTV.com!
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Jennifer Lopez's Ex to Release "Intimate" Home Videos
Jennifer Lopez is a classic American success story, an accomplished entertainer and a role model for potential American Idols -- in other words, not the first person you'd expect to be hiding a sex tape.
In the past, she's been able to block her ex-husband Ojani Noa from releasing "intimate" home videos from their 11-month marriage in 1997. But despite the star's best attempts, a Los Angeles court ruled on Friday that Noa can legally release his videos of Lopez, Radar Online reports. Pretty soon, we may all be seeing more of Jennifer Lopez than we ever wanted to.
Then again -- maybe not. For all the effort that Lopez's shady ex is making to release this video, it may not be as salacious as he claims. Lopez's lawyers have said that the alleged "sex tape" does not contain any actual sex. On the other hand, The National Enquirer claims to have seen 11 hours of Noa's home videos, and claims they contain partial nudity, "skimpy underwear" and a spanking scene.
Frankly, we're a little bit shocked that Lopez's ex is going to get away with releasing this footage, which was obviously intended to be private. It's especially surprising considering that Noa signed a confidentiality agreement with Lopez in 2002, after she hired and fired him from managing one of her restaurants. That confidentiality agreement has blocked Noa's previous schemes to cash in on his wife's fame, including a 2006 book and a 2009 documentary film. This time around, he got tricky: Noa sold the home videos to his current girlfriend, Claudia Vasquez, who will be marketing them on his behalf.
We feel for Lopez here. She was not yet 30 when she honeymooned with her first husband, and was only just achieving fame from the film Selena. Everyone does some stupid things when they fall in love, especially if they're still in their 20s! Now that she's married with young children, she's obviously moved past that part of her life. If only her ex had the decency to move past it, too.
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If this were to ever come to fruition, we would probably keel over and die on the spot!
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Duran Duran Cancels Upcoming Shows Over Lead Singer?s Throat Problems
Duran Duran Cancels Upcoming Shows Over Lead Singer’s Throat Problems
British band Duran Duran have canceled their remaining U.K. tour dates so their lead singer Simon Le Bon can undergo treatment for his throat infection. Duran Duran had to cancel two of their concerts after Simon Le Bon needed to rest his throat. Doctors told Simon to rest his voice for “about another week”, before [...]
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BumpWatch: Selma Blair and Ali Landry Stay in Shape
Expectant moms - and workout partners - Ali Landry and Selma Blair cool down after exercising in Pan Pacific Park on Thursday.
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Tampa Bay Rays Overreact to Avril Lavigne?s Potty Mouth
At a concert after the Rays game Saturday night, Avril Lavigne reportedly let loose a few F-bombs on stage. Now the media and the team are making a big deal about it. This one hits close to home for me, literally. I live in the Tampa Bay area and go to a lot of Rays games. For a while now, the team has offered free concerts at the end of weekend games. All you have to do is stay after the game and wait for them to set up. It?s makes the ticket value so much better, which is already pretty good. Anyway, Avril Lavigne was set to be the performer for a game this Saturday night. She threw out the first pitch at the game, then showed up on stage after wards. People are saying the microphone didn?t work at first, so fans started to boo. That sounds totally believable for our fans, but that is where the stories start to get mixed up. TMZ ran a story saying that she started to cuss at the fans in response. Other stories say that she was just cussing in frustration and not directing it at anybody. After the show, the [...]
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MTV Movie Awards: A Peek Inside The Gift Bag
'Twilight' styling brushes will greet celebrities at June 5 show.
By MTV News staff
The 2011 MTV Movie Awards gift bag
Photo: Ter`rece Walker/MTV
If it's not enough to know that all of your favorite stars will be attending, presenting or performing at this year's MTV Movie Awards — which they will be — MTV News will be all over the event: behind the scenes, front and center, everywhere, to bring you the most exclusive insider information.
Here, we have a sneak peek at the official 2011 Movie Awards gift bag, which will be presented to celebrities at the show. This year's gift bag features a bevy of products from name-brand companies including Starbucks, Casio, Murad, Mattel, Ralph Lauren Fragrances and Lacoste.
There are too many goodies to name, but a few of the highlights include a $50 Starbucks card, Ralph Lauren Fragrances' Big Pony Collection scents for men and the Romance & Summer Romance for women, a Kobo eReader loaded with 100 books, a Casio TRYX camera, and a two-night stay and specially designed bag from Andaz 5th Avenue.
"Twilight" fans might be excited to learn that Pro Beauty Tools is gifting celebrities with a bunch of their professional hair-styling tools, the standout being the styling brush used on the set of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn."
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" leads the Golden Popcorn nominations this year with eight nods — including Best Movie, Best Fight and Best Kiss — narrowly besting the dream thieves of "Inception" (seven nods) and the wizards of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (six nods). All three films have been nominated for Best Movie and will compete with "Black Swan" (four nods) and "The Social Network"(five nods) for the night's top prize.
The list of presenters on the show keeps growing too, currently including Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Steve Carell, Emma Stone, Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nicki Minaj, Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy, with more appearances and performers to be announced soon.
The 2011 MTV Movie Awards will be hosted by actor/comedian Jason Sudeikis and will be broadcast live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, on Sunday, June 5, at 9 p.m. ET on MTV.
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How Much Money Did Scotty and Lauren Make from 'American Idol'?
American Idol should be the start of a promising career for newly minted winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina. But it's also a payday in itself. So how much dough, exactly, have season 10's top two raked in thanks to their Idol stint?
As we know, the winner of the competition -- that would be McCreery, 17 -- gets the big, juicy recording contract. According to E! Online, that contract is worth $250,000. However, don't cry too much for 16-year-old Lauren! She's taking home $87,500 for her participation. Plus, when she actually records an album, that five-figure sum should jump up to the high six-figure range, probaly around $175,000.
As E! points out, this means that second-place Idol winner Alaina is getting a better contract than the first-place winner of NBC's The Voice, who is promised a $100,000 recording deal. (Of course, that winner also gets a personal celebrity advocate in the mentor they've chosen; we bet a few lunch dates with Christina Aguilera or Cee Lo Green could really boost an upstart's career.) And then there's the super-lucky winner of Fox's The X Factor, who will bring home the biggest prize in reality TV history: a $5 million record deal.
In case you were wondering, Lauren and Scott will not be spending their shared winnings on a big American Idol wedding. Alaina cleared up rumors of a budding romance during a radio interview on Thursday morning.
"No, we're not (dating)," said Alaina. "I was kidding about it last night a lot, but we're just friends."
As for the kisses she planted on "Scotty the Body," that was "just so happy and in the moment" that she got carried away. Too bad -- we think Steven Tyler would make a fabulous maid of honor.
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Taylor Lautner Says Wrapping 'Twilight' Was 'Very Weird'
'It's strange to know I'm not going to be Jacob Black anymore,' actor says on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.'
By Jocelyn Vena
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Photo: MTV News
Taylor Lautner will be abducting fans to the theater this fall when his action-packed flick "Abduction" hits the big screen. Lautner promoted the upcoming flick when he stopped by "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday night, also telling the host that he's feeling emotional now that he's wrapped up "Breaking Dawn," the final installment in the "Twilight" series.
"All done. It's very weird. Yeah, we've literally been filming these movies for the past three or four years. It's strange to know I'm not going back; I'm not going to be Jacob Black anymore. ... But on the other hand, we're going to be promoting these movies for the next two years," he said on the show. "I was pretty upset myself, but I think the biggest surprise was Kristen [Stewart]. She's very sweet, yes. I predicted it from the beginning. On the last day, it did get emotional. ... We are all great friends."
Looking ahead to his next venture, "Abduction," which co-stars Lily Collins, Lautner premiered a new clip. In it, the actor is seen getting into fisticuffs with a man on a train. And those paying close enough attention do get a quick peek at his abs.
"It was just a coincidence [that I used to study martial arts and now I do action flicks]," he said. "When I was young, I did every sport possible, and martial arts was one of them. This movie was the first time I got to use it."
So what about all those "Stretch Armstrong" rumors? He explained, "We'll see. There's a lot of stuff in the works."
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Selena Gomez, Kat Graham Reveal Fave Britney Spears Tunes
Victoria Justice, Christina Milian and more pick a range of Brit classics like 'Slave 4 U' and new-school bangers like 'Till the World Ends.'
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias
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On Wednesday night in Los Angeles, Britney Spears' supporters gathered to help the star raise funds for the St. Bernard Project. The Louisiana-based nonprofit helps those affected by Hurricane Katrina to rebuild their homes and their lives. And while much of the talk focused on the good the charity does, MTV News also asked the celeb guests which of Spears' songs would make the final cut on their playlists.
Britney fanatic Selena Gomez said, "Oh goodness! 'Slave 4 U,' that will always be, 'cause that was when it was like, 'Oh, she's not a girl anymore, she's a woman.' The controversy, I loved it!"
Christina Milian preferred one of Brit's more heartfelt songs. " 'Everytime,' it's emotional, and she's beautiful," Milian told us on the event's red carpet, where we saw a number of stars, including Kim Kardashian and Kellan Lutz. "She sang it great."
Spears' "Crossroads" co-star Taryn Manning knew Spears way back when, but her favorite song is a more contemporary Britney tune. " 'Till the World Ends' is incredible," she dished. "I think it's seriously one of her best songs, probably the reason why she went platinum like that."
Sabi, Spears' "(Drop Dead) Beautiful" collaborator, who's set to hit up some Femme Fatale Tour shows this summer, said, "Really, my favorite song had to be 'Toxic' or Slave 4 U. It's between those two. I just think those two are like so sexy, badass songs."
Hilary Duff found it hard to narrow it down. "I like everything," she said. "I liked the whole 'Toxic' thing. I really liked 'Womanizer'."
When Victoria Justice listens to Spears, she likes to kick it old school. "I'm a really big fan of her older stuff," she told us, "So, like, 'Overprotected' and 'Lucky'."
"Vampire Diaries" star Kat Graham enjoys both old and new Britney Spears. "I like 'Hold It Against Me,' I must say. I'm just kind of in with the times right now," she said. "But '... Baby One More Time' is always a classic."
What's your all-time favorite Britney song? Let us know in the comments!
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Producer RedOne Talks Working With J.Lo, Hints At Lil Wayne Collabo
'It's gonna be a surprise,' RedOne tells Mixtape Daily of his reported collaboration with Weezy.
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RedOne currently is riding high on the success of tracks he's produced for Lady Gaga ("Judas") and Jennifer Lopez (On the Floor"), and the noted knob twiddler is hinting that a Lil Wayne collaboration could be next.
RedOne has worked with a few rappers in the past — Joe Budden spit a verse on the remix he put together for Christina Milian's 2004 track "L.O.V.E." and, of course, Pitbull lent his swag to Lopez's "On the Floor" — but when the subject of Weezy comes up, the producer only teases. "That's it, I'm not saying anymore. It's gonna be a surprise," RedOne tells Mixtape Daily.
RedOne and the rap star already have collaborated on a track by rocker Porcelain Black titled "This Is What Rock N Roll Looks Like." However, when questioned about whether or not he will provide a beat for Tha Carter IV, Red clams up.
He had no problem going on about J.Lo though, for whom he produced several songs featured on her Love? album. "When I met her, I just fell in love with the person. How [much of a] beautiful person she is and a warm person," he gushed. "She has a beautiful family, it's like they have a lot of integrity and love in their surroundings. And I'm very like that."
To hear Red tell it, he and the dancer/ actress/ singer/ "American Idol" judge had some pretty organic recording sessions. The results speak for themselves — "On the Floor" has hit #1 in countries like Australia, Germany, Canada and Italy, and has peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "I didn't think about anything else but the music and doing what we do," he said of recording with the Bronx bombshell. "And there we go, 'On the Floor,' #1 in the world. Biggest song on the world charts and has been #1 for quite a while."
That's quite a feat, but as we wait for more news about a Wayne collabo to emerge, fans can also expect to hear RedOne's tracks matched with Porcelain Black, his own artist Mohombi and the legendary U2. Rock on!
Would you be interested in hearing a RedOne collaboration with Lil Wayne? Tell us in the comments.
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Introducing Cee-Lo Loberace!
With flashy costumes, sparkly jewelry, and of course, VEGAS, Cee-Lo Green channels Liberace in his video for I Want You (Hold On To Love).
Filmed at the famous Caesar's Palace, watch Cee-Lo Loberace's new vid (above)!
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Lady Gaga Recalls Beyonce's Inspiration In MTV's 'Inside The Outside'
After being dropped by Island Def Jam, Gaga saw a Destiny's Child video and decided, 'I want that.'
By James Montgomery
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Photo: MTV News
Sometime around 2006, Lady Gaga wasn't Lady Gaga. Sure, she was using the name back then, but she was still little more than a Lower East Side oddity, not the iconic, globe-spanning superstar she has since become. And so, she was understandably elated to score a meeting — and a subsequent deal — with Island Def Jam impresario L.A. Reid.
But after a few months, for reasons never really explained, her phone calls stopped being returned and she was summarily dropped from the label. In hindsight, it was just a minor bump on her road to stardom, but at the time, Gaga was crushed. It's a pain she's never quite forgotten, as she explained in the just-premiered "Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside" documentary.
"I remember when I got dropped from my first record label, I just said, 'Mommy, let's go see Grandma,' " Gaga recalled. "And I cried on my grandmother's couch. She looked at me, and she goes, 'I'm going to let you cry for the rest of the day, and then you have to stop crying, and you have to go kick some ass.' "
Devastated, but determined, Gaga set forth to do just that. And in addition to her grandmother's words, she drew inspiration from a rather unlikely source — one that would also prove oddly prescient in the years to come.
"You know, I've never told Beyoncé this, but I remember laying on my grandmother's couch crying, and a Destiny's Child video came on," she said. "I remember watching Beyoncé thinking, 'Oh, she's a star. I want that. I want to be on MTV.' And now I'm in music videos with Beyoncé."
It's because of those early rejections that Gaga has learned to savor her success. After all, she's certainly proved her naysayers wrong.
"The commercial success that I've had has been mind-blowing," she said. "I'm the girl that everyone said 'No' and shook their head and said 'I don't get it.' "
Well, it seems that millions of people around the world "get it" now.
What was the most interesting thing you learned from watching "Inside the Outside"? Let us know in the comments!
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Britney Spears Says Femme Fatale Tour Will Be 'Spectacular'
Singer also hopes her choreographers create the 'most outrageous things.'
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Britney Spears is known for delivering an over-the-top stage show, and she promises that her forthcoming Femme Fatale Tour alongside Nicki Minaj will be no different.
In a new video interview posted on her website, the pop princess opens up about her 26-date summer venture, which is set to kick off June 16 in Sacramento and make its way across North America, before concluding August 13 in Toronto.
"The Femme Fatale Tour will hopefully just be outrageously spectacular," Spears said when asked about the trek. "I'm just hoping that the choreographers will come up with just the most outrageous things, and I'm really excited."
While it's been just over a month since the release of Femme Fatale, Brit gushed about the outing, saying, "This is one of the most excited I've been about a project in a really long time, so I can't wait."
While a set list has yet to surface, it would make sense that some of Spears' personal favorite Femme Fatale cuts will be performed throughout her concert, which she revealed as "He About to Lose Me," "Criminal" and "Till the World Ends."
Fans caught an early glimpse at the forthcoming tour last week when video footage of the pop star rehearsing the Bloodshy & Avant-produced "How I Roll" surfaced online. Wearing a baby-blue sports bra and sweatpants, a smiling Spears showed off some playful dance moves surrounded by a group of dancers.
Spears' manager, Larry Rudolph, told MTV News back in March that the tour is expected to have a postapocalyptic theme in tune with her latest single, "Till the World Ends." "This is exactly the direction we're moving in," he said. " 'Till the World Ends' keeps becoming a theme for us. ... The way we come up with a concept for a show like this is we sit with Britney, she talks to us about what she's interested in and what excites her."
Have you purchased tickets to Spears' tour yet? Let us know in the comments!
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Lady Gaga Beats Oprah On Forbes Celebrity 100 List
Justin Bieber debuts behind the ladies at #3 on this year's power tally.
By Gil Kaufman
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Lady Gaga has had a good year. The evidence is pretty obvious: She's sold millions of albums and downloads, headlined a major world tour, made the cover of nearly every magazine and recorded one of the most anticipated albums in ages.
But what really says you're having the best year ever? Leaping over Oprah Winfrey on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in the same year that the Queen of All Media launched a new network and wound down the most popular daytime talker in the history of the medium.
Lady Gaga topped the list released by Forbes on Wednesday, leaping four spots from last year on the ranking of entertainment industry power, fueled by earnings, media visibility and social media popularity. It's only the third time in seven years that anyone has moved past Winfrey on the list, and Gaga did it by earning $90 million from her Monster Ball tour, rolling up 32 million Facebook fans and becoming the first star to corral 10 million Twitter followers.
All those Little Monsters helped her sell 1 million digital downloads of the title track from the just-leaked Born This Way in five days. They also bought MAC makeup, Monster headphones and Virgin Mobile phones that were endorsed by Gaga (and featured in her videos). Her Monster Ball tour grossed $170 million from 137 shows; she's sold 15 million albums worldwide and has endorsement deals with Polaroid, Monster Cable and PlentyofFish.com. Also, a Russian billionaire reportedly paid $1 million to appear in the "Alejandro" video.
"Lady Gaga beat Oprah this year because of her social media power. She can use Twitter and Facebook to work the 'little monsters' into a frenzy that leads to record sales and media attention," Forbes editor Dorothy Pomerantz told Reuters. "She's the best example of how celebrities will need to manage their careers in the coming years."
With her syndicated "The Oprah Winfrey Show" ending its legendary run next week after 25 years, Winfrey didn't fall far to #2, thanks to estimated earnings of $290 million. Her wealth came in as a result of the fees from her show, as well as the programs from the stars she's created, including Rachel Ray and Dr. Oz.
Justin Bieber is the youngest person on the list, debuting on the tally at an impressive #3, courtesy of an estimated $53 million in earnings from concerts (which bring in $600,000 a night), music sales and the "Never Say Never" movie, which grossed close to $100 million at the global box office and is now out on DVD.
Irish rock legends U2 are at #4 with $195 million, mostly due to their 360 Tour, which became the highest-grossing tour in history last year, with estimated grosses of $700 million by the time it wraps up this summer.
At #5 is Sir Elton John, who grossed $204 million for 102 concerts over the past year. Rounding out the top 10 are disgraced golfer Tiger Woods, Taylor Swift, veteran Jersey rockers Bon Jovi, "X Factor" boss Simon Cowell and Miami Heat star LeBron James.
Other notables: Angelina Jolie (#11), list newcomer Katy Perry (#12), Johnny Depp (#13), Leonardo DiCaprio (#15), the Black Eyed Peas (#16), "American Idol" host and media mogul Ryan Seacrest (#24), former TV star Charlie Sheen (#28), Beyoncé (#29), Usher (#32), Muse (#34), Jay-Z (#38), "Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez (#50), Diddy (#52), Robert Pattinson (#53), Kristen Stewart (#63), Eminem (#71), Kanye West (#76) and Lil Wayne (#85).
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January Jones on Pregnancy: "I Feel Great"
January Jones is happy to report that pregnancy hasn't turned her into a madwoman. The Mad Men actress, 33, tells People that her first pregnancy has been pleasantly uneventful: no aches and pains, no mood swings, not even any strange food cravings.
"I feel great. I haven't had any weird physical side effects," says Jones, whose baby is due in the fall. "I feel pretty lucky so far."
She feels so good, in fact, that she's started wishing for some peanut-butter-and-pickle cravings. "Everybody is asking (about food cravings). It's a bummer," she jokes. "I wish I had something weird to tell."
Jones, who stars as Emma Frost in the summer blockbuster X-Men: First Class (out June 3) plans on raising her child as a single mother. She has not disclosed the identity of the baby's father, which of course has only fueled speculation. Her most recent public boyfriend, Jason Sudeikis, got flustered and refused to comment when asked by reporters about Jones' pregnancy.
However, E! Online's sources claim that the baby does not belong to Sudeikis, but rather to someone from the X-Men set. Director Matthew Vaughn, who abruptly left town with wife Claudia Schiffer around the same time Jones announced her pregnancy, has issued a denial that he is the father.
Whoever the dad is, it sounds like January is doing just fine without him.
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A Collection Of Celebrity Commencement Speeches!
So inspirational! We especially loved the Tom Hanks speech!
Check out the video above to see some of the wonderful celebrity commencement speeches for the newly graduated class of 2011!
Congrats, graduates!
Check out the video above to see some of the wonderful celebrity commencement speeches for the newly graduated class of 2011!
Congrats, graduates!
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Fergie: Big Apple Babe
Taking some time to enjoy the Big Apple, Stacy ?Fergie? Ferguson was spotted out and about in New York City on Thursday afternoon (May 26).
The always-fashionable Black Eyed Peas songstress sported some hot fashion while hitting the streets, wearing a cropped leather jacket, multi-colored satin dress, and yellow Louis Vuitton shoes.
The 36-year-old was recognized for all of her efforts in the beauty industry at Wednesday's (May 25) swanky FiFi awards ceremony, held at the Lincoln Center.
The Fragrance Foundation presented Fergie with the honor for new celebrity fragrance of the year for her floral-scented perfume "Outspoken."
Jared Leto Poses For Terry Richardson On The Streets Of Paris, France
When last Jared Leto posed for his BFF photographer Terry Richardson, he and his band 30 Seconds to Mars were hanging out at the Museum of Sex in NYC, NY. Since then, Leto and Richardson have made their way across the pond to Paris, France. Terry shared a few new photos of and with Jared [...]
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torsdag 26 maj 2011
Scarlett Johansson's Cinematic Legends Recreation
Showing off her playful nature, Scarlett Johansson partook in an intricate photo shoot for the June 2011 issue of W magazine.
The "Iron Man" actress paired up with famed photographer Tim Walker as she costumed up to recreate cinematic legends such as Sarah Bernhardt, Giulietta Masina, Buster Keaton and Marlene Dietrich.
No easy task, the numerous makeup/wardrobe changes ended up bringing the total shoot time to an impressive fourteen hours before both parties were satisfied with the results.
Explaining how the unusual photo spread came to be, Miss Johansson revealed, "We had just shot the Moet & Chandon ad campaign together and we were sampling the product -- excessively."
For more photos and details on ScarJo's latest magazine shoot, visit W.
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Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian were ?totally surprised? at sister Kim?s engagement
The siblings insist they were stunned to learn NBA star Kris Humphries popped the question to the socialite because they had no idea a family get together was actually a celebration for the couple. Khloe said: “None of [the rest of] us knew. We were all sitting there like, ‘Kim is so late for dinner [...]
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American Idol Finale Filled With Celebrity Performances! (VIDEOS)
Last night?s American idol finale was epic. Not only did they have stellar ratings, that actually went up this year, but they also had every celebrity performance imaginable. It was almost like an awards show! Check out the videos below! This season of American Idol was definitely better than past seasons. It is clear that they are trying to step up their game, with new competition such as The Voice and X Factor coming in. Scotty took home the title, and it was quite the show. He will definitely be a superstar with that voice ? and he is only 16! He was joined by his Idol, Tim McGraw, to sing ?Live Like You Were Dying.? Aside from that big reveal, viewers were also treated with a ton of performances, everyone from Jennifer Lopez, to Steven Tyler, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga. Check out the videos below, incase you missed it or want to see them again! Bono, The Edge and Reeve Carney preformed ?Rise Above?. Beyonce debut her new single ?One Plus One?, which she claims to be her new favorite off of her upcoming album ?4?. Then the Top 13 girls, Ashthon Jones, Karen Rodriguez, Naima Adedapo, Thia Megia, [...]
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Beyonc� - Sweet Dreams
- Artist: Beyoncé
- Label: Columbia, Music World Music
- Director: Adria Petty
- Album: I Am...Sasha Fierce
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Beyonc� - Diva
- Artist: Beyoncé
- Label: Columbia, Music World Music
- Director: Melina
- Album: I Am...Sasha Fierce
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CNBC News Anchor Mark Haines Dead At 65
CNBC News Anchor Mark Haines Dead At 65
Legendary CNBC news anchor Mark Haines died suddenly on Tuesday night at the age of 65. Mark Haines, who was most known for his “Squawk Box” morning show died at his home but the cause of death is not yet known. CNBC President released a statement, saying, “It is with deep regret and a heavy [...]
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