It seems motorcycles are very big with the Hollywood set. It isn’t unheard of to see Orlando Bloom, Keanu Reeves or any number of others riding around the city of Los Angeles on their motorcycles. Another one of those you might see is forty-five year old actor Brad Pitt.
He was out riding in Los Angeles on Thursday when his bike decided to break down just outside Franklin Village. Instead of waiting for help to arrive, the actor asked some of the paparazzi that constantly follow his every move for a lift. They were more than willing to help the actor out.
Earlier this week, Brad’s main squeeze was named Hollywood’s top earning actress for the past twelve months with $27 million in earnings. This beat out Brad’s ex Jennifer Aniston. Next up for Pitt is Inglorious Basterds. His next project, Moneyball, was axed recently, and it looks like the people of New Orleans want the actor to run for mayor of their city. The actor is always busy. Check out the latest international trailer for Inglorious Basterds below. The flick hit theaters in August.
Yesterday on this blog, I wrote about Vanity Fair’s tribute to Australian actor Heath Ledger. Now with the magazine actually hitting the newsstands here in the United States, there seems to be a bit more to this article that we originally thought there would be. This one has me a bit puzzled and scratching my head.
Many would call Heath Ledger’s break out role that of The Joker in The Dark Knight, which we can all now see over and over again as it plays on HBO. It premiered on the cable network earlier this month. However, now the actor’s agent Steven Alexander has come out saying that the actor had a specific deal with The Dark Knight where he would be paid whether he worked or not.
Heath wasn’t looking for a big summer blockbuster role that might label him forever and follow him for the rest of his career, so he tried to play his role so over the top that he would end up getting fired and still paid anyway. Heath’s performance as The Joker was out there and over the top. He made me cringe every single time his character was on screen, but was this him purposely trying to get out of the role? Some say it was this performance that lead to his death. What do you think? Check out what his agent had to say about it below.
The real decision to take the role was because of the film’s unusually long shoot, which would give Ledger an excuse to turn down other offers. And since he was guaranteed to collect a paycheck, Ledger was hoping that his performance would be so “far-out” that he would end up being fired and become the beneficiary of a lengthy, paid vacation. His agent added that while Ledger wanted to get paid, he didn’t want to be part of the massive blockbuster that “The Dark Knight” turned out to be.
If you were anywhere near a television in the last twenty-four hours, then you surely have heard this news. Yesterday was a sad day in the entertainment world as we lost not only one cultural icon but two of them. In the morning hours, we were faced with the news of the death of an angel, Farrah Fawcett. Her death, as sad as it was, had been expected to happen, especially with how her condition had worsened in recent days.
As the world began to mourn her passing, the world was hit with another blow by the afternoon when news broke that Michael Jackson had suffered a cardiac arrest and had been taken to UCLA Medical Center. Within an hour of that news breaking, we had even sadder news to report, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, was dead at the age of 50.
A musical icon that has no match in today’s society, Michael Jackson touched many with his music and the good he did for the world. He was one of the most troubled men in this world, and that will always be part of his legacy. However, in death it is a time to focus on the good and not the bad that happened in his life. No matter what he did, there is no denying his music touched people regardless of age. Many felt his loss yesterday. From the old that watched him grow up as a little boy to those that were born later and grew up listening to hits like Thriller, Beat it and Billie Jean.
I was one of those. I was sitting here most of yesterday in shock with the rest of the world remembering about how my very album purchased for me when I was a toddler was a Michael Jackson record. Not Thriller either. Off The Wall came out when I was just three years old. My mother brought home the record one day, and I remember spending hours listening to it. Thriller only further solidified my love for the man that became the King of Pop.
As the hours pass since his death, more news has come out. The family is now saying that it is possible the singer died from an overdose of Demorol given to him by his doctor. The police are now looking for that doctor for questioning. An autopsy is now underway at the Los Angeles Coroner’s office. More will come out in the days to come, but for now we can mourn the legend that he was. Rest in peace, Michael Jackson.
Orlando Bloom seems to have some wicked bad luck when it comes to driving in Los Angeles. The actor just returned from a week long trip to Australia with girlfriend Miranda Kerr. Rumors around them have suggested a possible engagement, but both have denied the rumors. However, after returning from a trip down under, the two were seen looking at a Malibu beach house. Looks like the two are ready to move in together.
Bloom’s fender bender happened Tuesday afternoon when he was rear ended. This isn’t the first time the British actor has been involved in an accident in Hollywood. In October 2007, he was involved in a more serious accident, but he wasn’t charged. His two passengers were injured. This time around though there are no injuries to report, and he exchanged information with the other driver at the scene. It just looks like Bloom doesn’t handle driving in the States well.
This is truly not something you see or hear about everyday, but Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, is going forward with a sex change operation. She is making the transition from female to male. She began the process earlier this year, and she hopes to complete it soon.
Chasitity, who is now calling herself Chaz, came out with the fact she was gay twenty years ago. She, or he, is now only becoming what they believe to be their trueselves. A publicist for Chaz spoke out about his client’s decision earlier this week. Best of luck to Chaz with what must have been a truly difficult choice for him to make.
He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz’s hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his ‘coming out’ did nearly 20 years ago.
Apparently, Jessica Alba is in a bit of hot water this week. She has just started filming The Killer Inside Me in Oklahoma City, and she has caused some chaos by joining in a campaign to protect the great white shark. There are pictures of her vandalizing the city by putting up posters of sharks.
As soon as the pictures of her were released, Jessica Alba immediately apologized for her actions. One of the posters were put in a billboard for the United Way. The actress is currently under investigation by the Oklahoma City police for her actions. If convicted, the actress would face no jail time, as the damage is under one thousand dollars.
I got involved in something I should have had no part of. I realize that I should have used better judgment, and I regret not thinking things through before I made a spontaneous and ill-advised decision to let myself get involved with the people behind this campaign. I sincerely apologize to the citizens of Oklahoma City and to the United Way for my involvement in this incident.
Since last summer, the fight over legalizing gay marriage in California has been mentioned on this blog. The fact that some gay couples went forward and married before the ban was reinstated in November has been at the forefront of the minds of many celebrities including Ellen Degeneres and Portia Derossi.
Many celebrities joined protests immediately after the November election, and we once again saw celebrities out protesting alongside the LGBT community as the California Supreme Court ruled on Proposition 8. Those couples that married in the months before the November election are still married, but gay marriage is now still banned in the state of California.
Part of the battle was one, but the war is not over.
Here we are. The start of the month of May. Where we have a lot of movies headed into theaters. Big movies to start off the 2009 summer movie summer. The first one to hit theaters is X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Hugh Jackman has been traveling around the world the last few weeks to promote the movie. Los Angeles was the last stop in a very long promo tour. Earlier this week, he was in Tempe, Arizona to premiere the movie and word has it that he bought fans of his that camped outside the theater overnight breakfast.
As soon as the actor heard he had fans doing this, he put in a $4000 order to Paradise Bakery to pay them back for doing what they did. What a nice guy! Are you headed to theaters today to check out Wolverine? I am! Check back here tomorrow for my full review of Wolverine. For now, check out these new pictures of Hugh Jackman headed back into New York earlier this week.
It seems like every site, every television show and every magazine has a poll about something when it comes to celebrities. Access Hollywood has jumped into the game with their own poll. What do they decide to rate for its viewers? Breasts. Celebrity breasts. It is no real surprise who’s breasts came out on top either.
If there is one celebrity woman who has amazing breasts, it is actress Scarlett Johansson. Her husband, Ryan Reynolds, is one lucky man. Right now, the actress is filming Iron Man 2, but it you can’t wait for that to come out, you can head out to pick up a copy of The Spirit on DVD.
The rest of the top five best celebrity breasts were Salma Hayek, Halle Berry, Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt. What do you think of this list? Are they in the right order or not? Is one of your faves missing?
It seems there was a lot of buzz over the weekend about the possible plagiarism scandal surrounding the Twilight series. It looks like those were rumors after all everyone. I suspected as much when I saw the posting for it, but you can never be too sure when these things pop up.
Production for the movie is moving forward. USA Today has our first look at thw cast of werewolves in this movie this week, and they don’t sparkle in the least bit. These four are hot, and I’m sure fans of Twilight will be excited to see them on the screen come November.
That is if things stay on track, but right now it looks like everything is going forward. Check out the picture of the New Moon werewolves below. What do you think?
This is truly not something you see or hear about everyday, but Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, is going forward with a sex change operation. She is making the transition from female to male. She began the process earlier this year, and she hopes to complete it soon.
