9/14/09

New Moon Trailer #3 Presented By the Twilight Cuties at the VMAs Last Night; Also, More Rumors As Usual

So KStew and the two dudes presented the new New Moon Trailer at the VMAs last night; they all looked delish as usual, and KStew finally did something nice with her new short hair (see pic above; they're obviously together, right?). The clip for New Moon is below. I must admit, that although I'm a big Twi-fan and have rewatched the movie a million times, the first flick isn't as good as it could have been. It was unintentionally awful in so many ways. That being said, New Moon looks WAY better, in terms of acting quality, CGI, fight sequences, etc. And although I wasn't too amped at first about Dakota as Jane, it looks like she rocked it. I can't wait to see the whole thing!

And now, for more crazy rumors from OK Magazine, featuring one of their ever-reliable anonymous inside sources. This one sounds like it could actually be true, but I'm going to assume that it's made up of lies, lies and also, lies. As well as more lies. According to the mag:

"ROBERT Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have reportedly enjoyed a romantic getaway together.

The Twilight stars, who are currently shooting Eclipse in Vancouver, are rumoured to have holidayed on Mayne Island in Canada in a cute bed and breakfast.

A source revealed: "Rob has wanted to get away with Kristen for a while now, somewhere really quiet that's not full of tourists.

"The weather was really nice and there are lots of outdoorsy things to do, but they just stayed in their room most of the time."

According to reports in a US magazine, the couple - who have so far refused to confirm they are dating - tried to remain anonymous during the trip, wearing baseball caps and sunglasses.

Rob, 23, and Kristen, 19 have reportedly been told to keep their romance a secret before the release of New Moon, as bosses fear the onscreen relationship between Bella and Jacob won't be believable."

There Are No Words to Describe Kanye West , And Beyonce Is Nicer Than I Imagined

Unless you live under a rock, you've no doubt heard that Kanye West threw yet another hormonally-driven egotistical tantrum live at the VMAs last night. Because it's way more important for a grown man with diarrhea of the mouth to say whatever is on his mind whenever he wants, Kanye jumped on stage during Taylor's acceptance speech for her first ever VMA, took the mic from her, and stated that Beyonce should have won. Watch the sad video of the crazy person and Taylor's sweet little face crumpling in sadness and shock below:


Later in the ceremony, Beyonce, a classier act than I ever imagined--she totally gives off the diva vibe, but I think I actually like her now!--won the Best Video of the Year award, and reminisced about what a special moment it is to win a VMA as a teenager. She then called Taylor to the stage, and gave her a second chance to give an acceptance speech. Heartwarming. Video here:

Update: Kanye West has apologized to Taylor Swift in his own egotistical little way, using all caps to really get his special brand of crazy across:
"I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD'VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE'S IN THE BLEACHERS! ........................ I'M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!................. BEYONCE'S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I'M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN' THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE ... WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I'M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME... THAT'S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I'M NOT CRAZY YALL, I'M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I'M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!"
Also, several celebrities have responded via twitter or otherwise to last night's shittiness:

Katy Perry: "FUCK U KANYE. IT'S LIKE U STEPPED 0N A KITTEN."

Pink: "Kanye west is the biggest piece of shit on earth. Quote me." (I cosign this one!)

Kelly Clarkson: "Dear Kanye,
What happened to you as a child?? Did you not get hugged enough?? Something must have happened to make you this way and I think we're all just curious as to what would make a grown man go on national television and make a talented artist, let alone teenager, feel like shit. I mean, I've seen you do some pretty shitty things, but you just keep amazing me with your tactless, asshole ways. It's absolutely fascinating how much I don't like you. I like everyone. I even like my asshole ex that cheated on me over you...which is pretty odd since I don't even personally know you. The best part of this evening is that you weren't even up for THIS award and yet you still have a problem with the outcome. Is winning a moon man that much of a life goal?? You can have mine if it will shut you up. Is it that important, really??
I was actually nominated in the same category that Taylor won and I was excited for her...so why can't you be?? I'm not even mad at you for being an asshole...I just pity you because you're a sad human being.

On a side note, Beyonce has always been a class act and proved again tonight that she still is. Go TEXAS!!

Taylor Swift, you outsell him ....that's why he's bitter. You know I love your work! Keep it up girl! KC :)"

Today's Filming Locations

Sex and the City 2 is filming in Manhattan's SoHo area today, on West Broadway just below Houston Street.

Going the Distance starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long is filming on the Upper West side today, on West 79th Street, spanning from Broadway to Columbus Avenue.

The Beautiful Life, starring Mischa Barton, is filming in the Times Square area, around West 48th Street and Broadway.

Gossip Girl is filming around the Upper East Side of Manhattan today, on East 81st Street between 5th and Madison Avenues. Although signs were only spotted on that street, trailers are probably parked in the surrounding few blocks.

And I know I say this often, but I cannot stress enough, if you go to the sets be polite to everyone, including actors, PAs, security, and your fellow stargazers. DO NOT yell, scream, grab, etc. at the actors...it scares them.

9/10/09

Today's Filming Locations

If you're in NYC, don't forget that tonight is Fashion's Night Out, a huge event to support our local fashion economy. Shops that normally close early are all open until 11 p.m., and tons of celebrities will be making appearances (The Olsen Twins will even be bartending!) More details below today's film set listings:

Sex and the City 2 is filming in Brooklyn's popular Fort Greene area today, according to the folks over at FilmingInBrooklyn.com. The location is most likely the brownstone on Dekalb Avenue between Washington and Waverly, first used as a location in the last season of the TV series when Miranda, Steve and Brady moved to Brooklyn. Go to hopstop.com for directions.

Wall Street 2 starring Shia LeBouf, Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon is filming on the Upper East Side today, around East 77th Street off Lexington and continuing east.

Law & Order SVU with Chris Meloni and Mariska Hargitay will be filming in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan today, around Claremont Avenue and West 120th Street, right across from Barnard@ Columbia U.

Fashion's Night Out details (times vary! Check http://fashionnightout.com for details):

Padma Lakshmi, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen (bartending around 7 p.m.), Donna Karan, Robert Verdi, Isaac Mizrahi, Manolo Blahnik, Victoria Beckham and many others appearing at Bergdorf Goodman @ 5th Avenue and 58th Street.

Gwen Stefani appearing at Bloomingdale's @ 59th Street and Lexington Avenue.

Charlize Theron appearing at Dior @ 21 E 57th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues.

Hugh Jackman appearing at Jeffrey New York, @ 449 West 40th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

Kara DioGaurda appearing at Vera Wang @158 Mercer Street between Houston and Prince Streets.

Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D. appearing at Billionaire Boys Club & Ice Cream @ 456 West Broadway between Prince and Houston Streets.

Ciara, Taylor Momsen, Chanel Iman and others appearing at Versace @ 647 Fifth Avenue between 51st and 52nd Streets.

Kate Hudson appearing at Stella McCartney @ 429 West 14th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

Anna Wintour, Michael Kors, Blake Lively and others appearing at Macy's at the Queens Center Mall @ 90-01 Queens Boulevard.

Maria Sharapova appearing at Cole Haan @ 667 Madison Avenue between 60th and 61st Streets.

As usual, if you go to the sets, be polite to everyone, including actors, PAs, security, and your fellow stargazers. DO NOT yell, scream, grab, etc. at the actors...it scares them.

9/9/09

When All Of A Story's Sources Are Anonymous, You Know It's Extremely True.

I love OK Magazine. I really do. But why do they insist on making up the craziest stories about Robert Pattinson for their covers? Even if each story has a grain of truth--which some do--they always take it so far that it's ludicrous. Again, I have to ask, why don't they just report that KStew is pregnant with RPattz's demon spawn, just like in the Twilight books? It would be just as believable as OK Mag's other stories, but twice as fun to read!

Anyway, this week's cover is all about how RPattz is "risking it all" to be with KStew. I'm not sure what he is risking and why, exactly, but it is implied that he is risking his entire life and career because he basically wants to marry KStew, thereby giving the Twilight studio and his female fans a collective earth-shattering titty attack.

From the article:
"On the cusp of even bigger success with the impending release of New Moon and Eclipse currently being filmed in Vancouver, it may all slip away from R-Pattz, thanks to his recently accelerated romance with his on-and-off-screen girlfriend Kristen Stewart.

Because it’s not only his legions of female fans who might be disappointed to see Rob taken off the bachelor block by Kristen — there’s also the folks behind the Twilight films."

"It’s made life a bit of a pressure cooker for the two young superstars. “They’re crazy about each other, and they want to shout it from the rooftops,” says an Eclipse set insider... Adds the source, “Rob’s whole world is Kristen. I’m surprised he even knows his lines because he’s so absorbed with her. He has no time whatsoever for his guy friends and has cut virtually everyone off so he can spend every waking moment with Kristen. He’s all about his woman.”

Regardless of whether he’s jeopardizing his career by moving toward marriage with Kristen, Rob is clearly ready and willing to take the risk. “Trust me; he generally does what he’s told by producers,” one source tells OK!, “but this kid has a strong will of his own, and if he wants to walk around Vancouver with Kristen in front of the world, he’s going to.”

And there you have it, no apparent investigative reporting, wild speculation, anonymous sources...in other words: absolute truth. Thanks OK!

Wish I'd Thought Of It First...

The Associated Press reports that a fan of George Clooney's stripped to his boxer shorts at a Venice Film Festival press conference attended by Clooney, and announced "I am gay, George, take me, choose me George, please. May I kiss you, just once?" Clooney politely shot him down.

Lucky for us, this was all caught on video and is making its way around the interwebs. See below:

Tyra Banks Lost 20 Pounds

...by leaving her wig at home for the day. Here's video of Tyra's season premiere where she finally finds the courage to do what millions of women do every day: leave the house without fake hair on. She says it's her natural look, but considering that it's straightened, then slicked back with water, I'm calling this one a cop out. How can someone so beautiful be so uncomfortable with being herself?


Today's Filming Locations

Sex and the City 2 is filming in Midtown Manhattan again, just off Central Park South, on the East and West sides. Signs were spotted along West 58th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, and on East 59th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues. There may be some filming in the Park, near 5th Avenue, as well as some filming outside of the Plaza Hotel and Bergdorf's.

Going the Distance starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long is filming just north of Union Square in Manhattan, on 19th between 5th and 6th Avenues.

Wall Street 2 starring Shia LeBouf, Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon starts filming in Midtown West today around 55th Street and 12th Avenue.

As usual, if you go to the sets, be polite to everyone, including actors, PAs, security, and your fellow stargazers. DO NOT yell, scream, grab, etc. at the actors...it scares them.

9/7/09

Today's Filming Locations

Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a fantastic holiday weekend... and if you didn't then, maybe visiting one of these film sets (or meeting Kathy Griffin!) will cheer you up by tonight:

Sex and the City 2 is filming in Midtown Manhattan again, this time just off Central Park South, on the East and West sides. Signs were spotted along West 58th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, and on East 59th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues. There may be some filming in the Park, near 5th Avenue.

You Don't Know Jack, starring legends Al Pacino and Susan Sarandon is filming today in Brooklyn Heights, at the intersection of Clinton and Pierrepont Streets, spanning out to Montague Street and Clinton, and Court Street/Cadman Plaza and Pierrepont. Use hopstop.com for directions. Update: There is also filming going on on Court Street/Cadman Plaza between Pierrepont and Montague Streets, and on Montague Street.

Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and my personal favorite, Marion Cotillard, is filming in Los Angeles on West 7th Street between South Hope Street and South Grand Avenue.

The Town, starring handsome the Jon Hamm, as well as Ben Affleck and Blake Lively is filming in Boston's North End today at a place called the Neptune Oyster, on 63 Salem Street, between Cross and Parmenter Streets.

Also, the ever-hilarious Kathy Griffin of "My Life on the D-List" will be making an appearance at the TriBeCa Barnes and Noble in New York, to read from and sign copies of her new memoir at 7 p.m. tonight. It's @ 97 Warren Street between Greenwich Street and West Broadway.

As usual, if you go to the sets, be polite to everyone, including actors, PAs, security, and your fellow stargazers. DO NOT yell, scream, grab, etc. at the actors...it scares them.

9/4/09

Happy Friday!!!

I can't believe it's Friday already! As usual, I'll post what's going on today, and if anything pops up before Monday, I'll update the site. To my U.S. readers, have a great holiday weekend! To my 3 or 4 international readers, have a good regular weekend! :-) Oh yeah, don't forget to send in tips if you hear anything!

Sex and the City 2 filming is going on in Manhattan's West Village today; signs were posted all along West 4th Street, spanning West 10th, Charles, Perry, West 11th, Bank and West 12th Streets. Looks like it's going to be a big scene, with a lot of characters involved.

Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and my personal favorite, Marion Cotillard, is filming in the Wholesale District/Skid Row area of Los Angeles, around East 7th Street, spanning Decatur, Mill and Wilson Streets.

You Don't Know Jack, starring legends Al Pacino and Susan Sarandon is filming in the Marine Park/Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn again, around Avenue U stretching from Nostrand Avenue to Coyle Street. Check out hopstop.com for directions.

White Collar, a new series starring Tiffani Thiessen and Diahann Carroll will be filming in Midtown Manhattan again, on 49th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.

Law & Order (the original one) will be filming in Downtown Manhattan near the court buildings as usual. Signs were spotted around Centre Street along Pearl Street, Worth Street, and Hogan Place. It's probably best to start on Centre Street and look around from there.

As usual, if you go to the sets, be polite to everyone, including actors, PAs, security, and your fellow stargazers. DO NOT yell, scream, grab, etc. at the actors...it scares them.

9/3/09

K Fat is in Miami. I know, too obvious.

Kevin Federline is quite the gigolo extraordinaire, isn't he? He knocked up a witless superstar, will be living off of her considerable sums of money for years to come, has no form of readily recognizable employment, and goes on all of her vacations with her while taking breaks from said unemployment (meals obviously included--I know, I know, I take the easy route too often; it's a personality flaw)--with his new girlfriend along for the ride.

There's not much more I can say about this extremely yucky man. Except that when I saw all of those other pictures calling him fat before, I thought he was just wearing big, floppy t-shirts that made him look fat. I was very wrong. Oh, and when female celebs get fat, their pictures are plastered everywhere for all to point and laugh. I think the same standard should apply to K Fed; especially since he's putting it all on the glass for us to enjoy. So enjoy and be merry.

Sandra Bullock is a Sneaky Do-Gooder

File this one under "who the eff knew?" New Orleans' Times-Picayune recently reported that Sandra Bullock is not only supporting the Katrina-devastated local economy by moving down there and buying a home, but she's actually been donating gads of money to a local high school for years. I adore that she's been so low key about this, and not trumpeting it everywhere as most celebs, who shall remain nameless, would.

After recently buying a 6,000 square foot, $2.25 million home in the historic Garden District, word came out that Bullock has long been a major patron of Warren Easton, a school founded in 1845 that had trouble opening after Hurricane Katrina caused $4 million in physical damage. According to the Times:

"Mardi Gras publisher and Warren Easton alumnus Arthur Hardy, who serves on the charter foundation's board, said Bullock learned of the school's needs from a lawyer in Rex who was working with Warren Easton through the Mardi Gras krewe's public school philanthropic efforts and who had a mutual acquaintance with the actress.

Since then, Bullock has donated several hundred thousand dollars to the school, helping to renovate the school's auditorium, buying new Fighting Eagle band uniforms, chipping in for scholarships and helping to fund a new health clinic. "She liked what she heard. That's how it all started," Hardy said.

In being inducted into Warren Easton's hall of fame in May, shortly before buying the house, Bullock said she was "embarrassed" by the federal government's slow response after Katrina and felt compelled to help the city.

Bullock has called her donations to Warren Easton "the best investment I ever made." She said she wanted to invest in a school, and Easton's history and architecture caught her attention. "This school is an architectural gem. It gives the kids a sense of pride.""
The Times also reports that Bullock will star later this year in a film about financial and racial integration written by New Orleans native Michael Lewis.

I was never a huge fan, but I think I might be gay for her now. Good work, SB!

Today's Filming Locations

Sex and the City 2 filming is going on in Midtown West today, on 48th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue.

You Don't Know Jack, starring legends Al Pacino and Susan Sarandon is filming in the Marine Park/Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn again, around Avenue U stretching from Nostrand Avenue to Coyle Street. Check out hopstop.com for directions.

Gossip Girl is filming around the west side of Central Park South, and Columbus Circle/59th Street, extending uptown on Broadway through the low 60s. Just hang out around the Circle, and on Broadway, and you're bound to see trailers around.

White Collar, a new series starring Tiffani Thiessen and Diahann Carroll will be filming in Midtown, on 49th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.

As usual, if you go to the sets, be polite to everyone, including actors, PAs, security, and your fellow stargazers. DO NOT yell, scream, grab, etc. at the actors...it scares them.

9/2/09

OK Mag reports that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are Engaged. No Mention of Any Effing Babies Though!

It looks like it's going to be another slow news day, so I'm going to take this crazy OK story and run with it.

This week's OK Mag has the blaring headline "Rob & Kristen Engaged," followed by a very long story about the two being in love... but no more is said about an actual engagement in the article, beyond the title! I like this. It's just crazy enough to work on the newsstands. But not so much on the interwebs, y'all.

According to the story:

"As if their millions of fans collectively willed it — the blistering-hot young actors are truly, madly, deeply in love. So much so that, as OK! reported last week, they’re spending nights together in Rob’s suite at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. And things have gotten so serious that on-set sources say the young superstars are even playing up their romance on set.

“If Kristen is looking for Rob, she’ll say, ‘Has anyone seen my husband?’’’an insider tells OK!. “And Rob loves to say, ‘Have you met my lovely wife, Kristen?’ It’s cute. They’re like a couple of love-struck teenagers.”"

So why are they keeping their love under wraps? OK says it's because "Twilight’s producers have told Robsten to keep their love on the down low — at least until after the November release of New Moon, the second film of Stephenie Meyer’s series, in which Bella gets involved with hunky werewolf Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner.

It’s all about suspension of disbelief. The studio bosses “fear that if a romance between Rob and Kristen is confirmed,” the insider says, “Twilight fans won’t buy into the screen chemistry between Taylor and Kris.”

I'm still not sure exactly how this proves that there is an engagement, but it's a hell of a read for a slow Twilight-less news day. What I don't get is (okay, I know I'm obsessed with Vampire babies--I KNOW IT!! I need an intervention, for reals.) if OK Mag is going to go balls to the wall and call an RPattz/Kstew engagement without any proof at all, and no further mention of it beyond the magazine cover, why didn't they just say she was pregnant with a demon spawn too?! Come ONNN! Get on the baby vampire wagon with me, people!

Today's Filming Locations

Sex and the City 2 is filming in Midtown East, on East 53rd Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, as well as on 3rd Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets. Filming this afternoon and evening will be on Park Avenue in the low 80s and the surrounding side streets. From the looks of the pic from yesterday's set, it looks like there will be an 80s flashback somewhere in the film.

You Don't Know Jack, starring legends Al Pacino and Susan Sarandon is filming in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen area, along 9th Avenue around West 55th, 56th and 57th Streets. They are also filming around the Marine Park/Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn again, around Avenue U stretching from Nostrand Avenue to Coyle Street. These may just be exterior shots, so unless you live in the neighborhood, I wouldn't make the trek all the way there.

Unstoppable, starring legendary Denzel Washington, along with hottie Chris Pine is filming all the way Downtown in Manhattan, at the Battery Park Ritz Carlton Hotel (West Street, just off the FDR). As I've mentioned before, that place has a fucking SWEET penthouse bar with skyline views and a terrace. Even if you're not set stalki--I mean visiting, you should definitely hit up their bar some time. Wear something nice.

Gossip Girl is filming in Chelsea again, on 8th Avenue between 24th and 25th.

As usual, if you go to the sets, be polite to everyone, including actors, PAs, security, and your fellow stargazers. DO NOT yell, scream, grab, etc. at the actors...it scares them.