Monthly Archives: May 2009

Wuthering Heights’ Gets the ‘Gossip Girl’ Treatment

By | Posted on May 14th, 2009

Gossip Girl villain Ed Westwick and Bond girl Gemma Arterton will play Heathcliff and Cathy in a new version of Wuthering Heights. Peter Webber, director of The Girl with the Pearl Earring and Hannibal Rising, will helm the ...

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David Tennant Tapped To Host the ‘Masterpiece’ Series

By | Posted on May 13th, 2009

Departing Doctor Who star David Tennant will host PBS’ Masterpiece Contemporary starting in the fall, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Tangent: Tennant needs to stop allowing people to take candid photos of him with his eyes ...

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Whitney Houston’s Comeback More Likely Than Amy Winehouse’s

By | Posted on May 12th, 2009

The Daily Telegraph‘s Adrian Bridge reviews Amy Winehouse‘s “big comeback performance” in St.

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BoyleWatch: Weak Competition on Britain’s Got Talent

By | Posted on May 11th, 2009

This past weekend was the fifth round of auditions for this year’s Britain’s Got Talent: so how’re Susan Boyle‘s odds at winning the title coming along? Pretty good from my standpoint.

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Reviews Are In: Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes

By | Posted on May 8th, 2009

Not good, folks:

“Mr. Pattinson, interrupting his career as a virginal vampire heartthrob, looks distractingly like Louise Brooks and conveys little beyond a kind of free-floating, inscrutable freakishness.

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Christian Bale “Will Not Take Part In This Gossip Nation”!

By | Posted on May 7th, 2009

In an interview with Esquire UK, Christian Bale says his behavior on the set of Terminator: Salvation “was not excusable” and admits he’s “never been laid back and cool at all.” But he won’t discuss ...

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BoyleWatch: Paul Potts Sticks Up For Susan

By | Posted on May 6th, 2009

Somebody’s got to stick up for Susan Boyle. The British tabloids are being unbelievably cruel to her, and Simon Cowell is even taking pops at her.

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Congrats To BBC AMERICA’s Tony-Nominated Stars

By | Posted on May 5th, 2009

The Norman Conquests nabbed seven Tony nominations this morning, including Best Revival of a Play, Best Direction of a Play (Matthew Warchus, also nominated for God of Carnage), and Best Scenic Design of a Play (Rob Howell).

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BoyleWatch: Jamie Pugh Outsings Susan on Britain’s Got Talent

By | Posted on May 4th, 2009

He’s a pizza delivery guy, looks like “a real person,” and sings a song from Les Misérables. One could believe Jamie Pugh was simply copycatting Susan Boyle with his performance on this weekend’s ...

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Lily Allen Gets OWNED! By Joan Collins

By | Posted on May 1st, 2009

Footballers Wive$ star Joan Collins met Lily Allen, who went in to kiss the 71-year-old TV legend. Collins demurred, “I don’t kiss people I don’t know.” Fabulous!

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