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Former Plus-Size Model Crystal Renn In Sports Illustrated

Claudia Downing — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:40:39 +0000

The former plus-size model shows off her new slimmer look in the SI swimsuit issue and talks about her weight loss!

See ‘The Grey’ For Free

Charlie Esson — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:47:11 +0000

Interested in seeing a movie before it hits theaters? Of course you are! Which is why Moviefone is giving away free tickets to advanced screenings of “The Grey,” starring Liam Neeson. When a plane carrying Neeson and a group of men from an oil drilling team crash lands in the Alaska wilderness, they try to survive freezing cold temperatures — while a pack of wolves hunt their every movie.

“The Grey” doesn’t open until Friday, January 27, but Moviefone and gofobo are offering FREE sneak previews for audiences in a select batch of lucky cities. To enter, all you have to do is click on the corresponding city below.

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Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Spotted Kissing During Last Night’s Game At Staples Center On Valentine’s Day!!!

Isabelle Culpin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:09:56 +0000

WaitWhat? Were a little bit confused as to why Kobe and Vanessa would be engaging into the intimacies of locking lips but they were during last nights game vs the Hawks at Staples Center!!!

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Cheers & Jeers: SVU: Like Father, Like Son?

Claudia Downing — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:51:03 +0000

Cheers to for a multigenerational tour de force from Michael McKean and Cameron Monaghan.

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Spinal Tap funnyman McKean turned in his scariest dramatic performance ever as a reality-TV producer who drugs and rapes prospective contestants, while Monaghan – best known as gay teen Ian Gallagher on Shameless - stole the episode as his anguished son, who took a young girl hostage in an ill-conceived attempt to protect his depraved dad.

And they weren’t this week’s only impressive guests: Harry Connick Jr.

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Staten Island restaurant review: Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet

Isabelle Culpin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:12:07 +0000

Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet,Menu: Sushi, Chinese and a broad variety of foods served buffet-style or from a hibachi . Atmosphere: Casual with servers available to shuttle beverages and bus tables. Otherwise, guests help themselves to the buffet.
Hours: Lunch,11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; dinner, 3:30-10 p.m. Prices: Lunch, $6.99 per adult; $2.79 per child 3-6 years old. Dinner, $9.99 per adult (beverages additional). Children 3-6, $4.79 prior to 7 p.m.; $5.79, 7-0 p.m. Show documentation of your birthday and have eight or more guests in your party to get 10 percent knocked off the bill. Read full post…

Abu Dhabi resumes Louvre, Guggenheim projects

Claudia Downing — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:40:20 +0000

Abu Dhabi has approved a raft of projects including the delayed branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums after a review of development plans, signaling the oil-exporting Gulf emirate’s support to state-linked enterprises.

“Budgets and opening dates were approved for the museum projects in the cultural district on Saadiyat Island,” the website of Abu Dhabi’s Executive Council said on Tuesday without giving details.

In October, the government-run Tourism Development and Investment Co.

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Beyoncé & Jay-Z’s Baby Blue Ivy: “She’s Absolutely Beautiful!” Gushes Kelly Rowland

Charlie Esson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:37:05 +0000

Don’t believe us?

Just ask Beyonce’s Destiny’s Child bandmate and bestie Kelly Rowland…

“She’s absolutely beautiful!” Rowland gushed to us at last night’s Hpnotiq Harmonie and Live Louder 2012 Kickoff cocktail party at the W hotel in Hollywood. “And I say that with such a huge grin! I’m so excited.”

Rowland debunked reports that she and Destiny’s Child pal Michelle Williams serenaded little Blue when the two recently met the 2-week-old. “We all just stared at her,” she smiled. “I just stared at her.

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Elizabeth Banks & Sam Worthington Premiere “Man on a Ledge”

Isabelle Culpin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:34:26 +0000

With less than a week remaining until the crime/thriller makes its way into theaters, the stars of “Man on a Ledge” gathered for their film’s Hollywood premiere on Monday night (January 23).

Held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, leading lady Elizabeth Banks glistened in gold as she posed alongside co-star Sam Worthington, who attended the red carpet screening with girlfriend Crystal Humphries.

Other stars turning up for the west coast screening included cast members such as Genesis Rodriguez, Edward Burns and Ed Harris, as well as director Asger Leth.

During a recent interview, Ms. Ban

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FIRST LOOK: Sanaa Lathan Gets FAB As The New Face Of PANTENE!

Isabelle Culpin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:12:51 +0000

Actress Sanaa Lathan is putting her great looks and envious hair to good use. She’s been named the brand new face of the Pantene Pro-V Nature Fusion collection. And TheYBF.com has the first look at her fresh-faced new photoshoot for her new gig….

Pantene’s new Nature Fusion Moisture Balance Collection is getting all made up with a pretty face. The 40-year-old “The Cleveland Show” actress, Sanaa Lathan, has just officially been named the new spokeswoman.

As for how she keeps her hair looking naturally healthy with that flowing look she constantly rocks on the red carpet, she revealed, “It is important to me that I treat my hair with products that have naturally-derived ingredients, like Cassia in the Nature Fusion Moisture Balance Collection, which has made my hair so soft and strong.”

And since she doesn’t just wake up with perfectly healthy hair, she admits all the styling has indeed ripped her mane apart. So she dished on her fave products that work for her.

Gorgeous pics.

Dawna Lee Heising Interviews THE INNKEEPERS Director Ti West for MoreHorror.com

Charlie Esson — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:41:37 +0000

Dawna Lee Heising interviewed director Ti West and stars Pat Healy and Sara Paxton of THE INNKEEPERS at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA for MoreHorror.com. The segment was filmed and edited by John Cox. Written, directed and edited by West, who previously collaborated with Magnet on the landmark indie horror favorite The House of the Devil, THE INNKEEPERS stars Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, and Kelly McGillis, and was produced by Derek Curl, Peter Phok, West and Larry Fessenden for MPI/Dark Sky Films in partnership with Glass Eye Pix. The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures,Magnet, released THE INNKEEPERS through its Ultra VOD program, launching the film on all digital VOD platforms on December 30th of 2011, with a theatrical release in major markets set for early February of 2012. MP

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Toddler’s cuss word on ‘Modern Family’ draws ire

Claudia Downing — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:08:05 +0000

An anti-profanity crusader on Tuesday asked ABC to pull this weeks “Modern Family” episode in which a toddler appears to use a bleeped curse word.

“Our main goal is to stop this from happening,” said McKay Hatch, an 18-year-old college student who founded the No Cussing Club in 2007. “If we dont, at least ABC knows that people all over the world dont want to have a 2-year-old saying the `F-bomb on TV.”

“We hope they know better,” said Hatch. Hes asking his clubs members, whom he said number 35,000 in the United States and about three-dozen other countries, to complain to ABC.

ABC has yet to respond, he said Tuesday. The network had no comment, a spokeswoman said.

In the episode titled “Little Bo Bleep” airing 9 p.m.

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Jim Carrey in ‘Bruce Almighty’ Sequel? Writers In Talks For Follow-Up to 2003 Hit

Charlie Esson — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:27:58 +0000

It looks like Jim Carrey wasn’t kidding about that “Bruce Almighty” sequel. Universal has begun negotiations with Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel (“Hot Tub Time Machine,” “Yes Men”) to write a script for a follow-up the 2003 comedy. Little else is known about the project at this time, but the screenplay will be fashioned for Carrey to star.

The original film grossed $484 million worldwide, enough to warrant a sequel — one that didn’t actually feature Carrey’s titular character. That film, “Evan Almighty,” focused on Steve Carell’s supporting character and shifted things more toward family fare. Read full post…

Jacqueline Emerson: Audi Golden Globe Party Pretty

Isabelle Culpin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:35:06 +0000

Jacqueline Emerson goes glamorous on the red carpet as she arrives at Audis 2012 Golden Globe Awards Celebration held at Ceconnis on Sunday night (January in West Hollywood, Calif.

The up-and-coming actress chose a sapphire jewel-tone dress from Roberto Cavalli for the celebration. Gorgeous!

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Jacqueline Emerson

Great time at the Audi/Martin Katz party last night Jackie posted on her official .

Youll next see Jackie as Foxface in The Hunger Games out in theaters on March 23rd.

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UK literary prize honors art of the hatchet job

Claudia Downing — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:23:00 +0000

LONDON — A new literary prize aims to reward book reviews with edge.

The Hatchet Job of the Year Award honors “the angriest, funniest, most trenchant” review published in a newspaper or magazine in 2011.

Eight finalists for the prize were announced Tuesday. They include classicist Mary Beard’s dismissal of Robert Hughes’ “Rome” – “little short of a disgrace” – and Leo Robson’s verdict on Rachel Bradford’s “Martin Amis: The Biography.” He said it was “full of spectacularly bad writing – about spectacularly good writing.”

The shortlist also includes Geoff Dyer’s underwhelmed reaction to Julian Barnes’ Booker Prize-winning “The Sense of an Ending.”

“It isn’t terrible,” Dyer wrote. “

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Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart’s Christmas Gifts

Claudia Downing — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:27:56 +0000

Get the scoop on what R-Pattz and K-Stew are giving each other for the holidays… and we think you’ll be surprised!