Archive for November, 2006

Danny DeVito admits to a few “limoncellos” with his pal George Clooney the night before his appearance on The View.

A drunk, incoherent DeVito made an impressive string of jokes about President Bush, even calling the Commander in Chief “numb nuts” at one point. DeVito also discussed his own visit to the White House during the Clinton administration including his escapades in the Lincoln Bedroom.

DeVito was supposedly promoting his new movie, “Deck the Halls”. Barbara does her best to change subject and restore order but the damage was already done.

Nicole Kidman is reportedly the highest paid actress according to the Hollywood Reportor’s 2006 list, despite being the recipient of only one Oscar during her career. 39 year old Kidman’s stated earnings are betwen $16 and $17 million per movie, and she had placed second in the list last year.

Julia Roberts had been the reigning leader in earnings for the last 5 consecutive years, but since taking some time off to establish a family her earnings have dwindled allowing for a new leader and resulting in Roberts not showing up on the list at all this year.

Coming in second this year for earnings is Reese Witherspoon, followed by Renee Zellweger, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz, in that order.

Although this is an impressive accomplishment, it must still hurt a little bit next to ex Tom Cruise who earns around $25 million per film.

Top 10 earning acctresses in Hollywood:

1. Nicole Kidman $16 million-$17 million
2. Reese Witherspoon $15 million
3. Renee Zellweger $15 million
4. Drew Barrymore $15 million
5. Cameron Diaz $15 million
6. Halle Berry $14 million
7. Charlize Theron $10 million
8. Angelina Jolie $10 million
9. Kirsten Dunst $8 million-$10 million
10. Jennifer Aniston $8 million

How many Baldwin brothers are there? I thought William was the trouble-maker, or is he just the funny looking one?

Either way, the Daniel version of the Baldwin was arrested recently in Santa Monica, CA on suspicion of grand theft auto for “borrowing” a white GMC Yukon that he did not have permission to use from an acquaintance, according to the Associated Press. Bail was set at $20,000. I wonder if he made enough in the “Car 54, Where Are You?” movie to cover that?

Daniel Baldwin had gained some more infamy in July of this year when he drove a rental car into two parked cars at 80 mph in LA, and in April when he was investigated for cocaine possession.

Brittany Spears reportedly has recently filed for divorce from her husband Kevin Federline, seemingly conveniently timing it with election day.

The filing of the divorce papers had been confirmed by an LA superior court spokesperson according to the TMZ website, but rumors abound as to the legitimacy of the “irreconcilable differences” divorce grounds or if it is just a publicity stunt to gain more attention for the singer couple.

Spears and Federline have been married for two years and have two children together. Brittany has also made a recent surprise appearance on the David Letterman show, showing off her new slimed down look after the recent birth of her second child with Federline.

It seems Faith Hill was a bit surprised that Carrie Underwood won her Female Vocalist of the Year award at last night’s CMA Awards. Hill reacted by throwing her hands up into the air and appeared to be screaming “What!?!”

Hill now claims that she was joking with the outburst. Many viewers interpreted Hill’s reaction to be one of outrage while others argued that Faith was just joking. Watch the video and decide for yourself.

A new film titled Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has recently accounted for 73% of all advanced ticket sales on Fandango.com.

The comedy film stars Sacha Baron Cohen, who is a British comedian playing a boorish, anti-Semitic alter ego that used to frequent his cable television show called Da Ali G Show. Borat is a faux documentary of the character on a road trip across the US encountering various US citizens in a comical manner. Both the Borat character and Ali G were successful hits on Da Ali G show and it looks like the move is being received well, too.

The movie opened on Friday, cost $18 million to make and could gross as much as $15 million it’s first weekend according to industry experts, which is impressive for a film that opened in less than 1,000 theaters.

Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause has been released a little on the early side before the Christmas holiday and has been getting not so good reviews.

“This premature gulp of holiday jeer has big-screen production values but nary a laugh.” was written by Metromix in a recent review, while the Catholic Online of all places had this to say about the movie: “Only don’t expect your belly to shake with laughter like a bowl full of jelly. More likely you’ll be looking for an escape clause – or route – of your own.”

Unfortunately I cannot even report that I have seen mixed reviews for Santa Clause 3 which is unfortunate since the first two Santa Clause movies rated pretty well. This is also unfortunate for Tim Allen who has been a workhorse for Disney films in recent years and up until now has been a pretty good run.

The Hips Don’t Lie as Shakira dominates the 7th Latin Grammy ceremonies in New York on Thursday.

The belly-dancing songstress won awards for album of the year and best female pop vocal album for Fijacion Oral Vol. 1. Shakira also won song and record of the year for “La Tortura” which features her duet with Alejandro Sanz.

During one of her acceptance speeches, she decided to express her support on a subject very close to her heart. Shakira discussed her support of immigrants who work in the U.S. illegally. She added that she hoped they would “soon be acknowledged by the government with the visa for their dreams, which they deserve.”

The Latin Grammys were held at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Performers at the ceremony included Ricky Martin, Andrea Bocelli and Shakira who stole the show with her red-hot rendition of “La Tortura”.

Robert De Niro and 50 Cent are teaming up in a new police movie thriller called New Orleans.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two will star in a new movie that is centered around a cop that had a partner die during a hurricane, but later learns that the death was not caused by the hurricane itself, but was in fact murder. De Niro, who plays the cop sans partner, is joined by 50 Cent, new cop partner, to investigate the murder and uncover a mess of police corruption.

The movie will be directed by Tim Hunter, and the setting is hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

The Rolling Stones have been having some delays and a cancellation in Hawaii while on tour due to Mick Jagger’s soar throat and inability to sing. Delays have been reported for upcoming stops in Atlantic City, a theater appearance in New York, and stadium gigs in Oakland, California, Vancouver, Canada, and Los Angeles.

A fan in Brooklyn, NY is suing the Rolling Stone band for $51 million USD because of a late October cancellation in Atlanta. The individual has filed a class-action lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court because they say that the band acted in bad faith knowing in adequate time that they were going to cancel, but not doing so until just before the concert causing many people to lose money on non-refundable lodging.