In some (FINALLY) cool celebrity news:

Heath Ledger and Michelle William’s adorable little girl, Matilda, looks more and more like her dad every day. You could pick her out in a crowd!

Sadly, Heath’s will was outdated (understandably - most people that young never think they’re going to die) and provisions had not been made for Matilda. Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell all donated their earnings from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus to Matilda. All three actors played a version of Heath’s character in the movie. He was working on the movie when he died - so these three actors stepped in to portray his character at different times in his life.

It’s amazing, to me, that they’re donating their salary from the movie to Matilda. Big, big props for that.

Roseanne got onto her blog Tuesday and wrote the following apology:

“[I] do not mean to personally impugn them as they might be good people in the flesh, but the media’s images of them are smelly and vile, and I must always attack the media’s representation of what is good or cool.”

At least that indicates that, somewhere inside her mind, she realizes she went too far.

Kudos.

There’s nothing wrong with having strong political opinions. There’s nothing wrong with supporting a certain politician. But when you come across as a ranting mad woman and hurl venom on people who don’t deserve it, it’s time to take a long vacation.

Here’s what $#^*@&&% said on her blog:
Jon Voight is a frightened little girl in a pink ballet tutu… your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about forty million dollars a year in violent psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children trying to look as if they give a crap about humanity as they spit out more dunces that will consume more than their fair share and wreck the earth even more. (Just sayin’).

“Also Miss Jolie says she likes McCain too and hasn’t decided who to endorse….huh? Aren’t you supposed to be somewhat enlightened, or do you not know that the African daughter you hold in every picture had parents who suffered and died because of the republican party’s worldwide economic assault on Africa over the last few decades since Reagan? Whaaaa…??????!!!! (For that matter, the thai and vietnamese sons you are photo’d with weekly too!!!? Who’s [sic] pictures you sell to raise money to help the poor? … We want to save not lose our souls thank you. Now go back to making your movies about women who love to handle big guns that shoot hundreds of people to death. Ps….it might be good for your Asian and African children’s self-esteem to know you support a brown man for the leader of the free world.)

Evil Spawn? Vacuous? …support a “brown man?” (I think the man that’ll probably be our next President deserves more respect than to be treated like a crayon - it’s like preschool, “I want the blue crayon…now the brown one…”)

I’d always been a fan of $#^*@&&%’s - I applauded her strength as a person. Strength to overcome adversities in her life and to, essentially, be the last one standing. She made me laugh so much my sides ached. I’m always a fan of people who do that. But none of this is funny. It’s just nasty.

I’m completely shocked, and disappointed, that she’d go off on innocent people like this. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt do more charitiable work than any celebrity you can think of. They care about the world and, more importantly, the people in it.

I think she-who-can’t-be-named got bent out of shape because when asked who she supported in the election, Angelina (intelligently) said she hadn’t decided yet - that she was waiting to hear their opinions on different issues that were dear to her.

That’s just what an intelligent person sounds like. They’re fond of thinking!

I really hope that she’ll look at the words she wrote and realize that she went way, way, way too far. Hopefully she’ll even have enough character to say she’s sorry. That’d be cool.

One of my favorite 80’s sitcom stars, Sarah Gilbert, will FINALLY be back on tv regularly this season.  WHOOT!

Sarah will join Big Bang Theory as Leslie Winkle, the love interest of Johnny Galecki, who played her  husband on $#^*@&&%.   Apparently it’s a character that was introduced, last year, in season one of Big Bang Theory.

You remember $#^*@&&% - it was the sitcom named after the brassy female lead.  The one who recently went rabid bat on Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and even their kids.  (Angelina’s a favorite actress of mine - and Brad Pitt’s a favorite actor, hence the $#^*@&&%  instead of typing her name.)

If you’re as big a fan of Katie Holmes as I am, you’ll love the adorable pictures of her and Suri on the other side of the link below. I can’t wait to see husband and father Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder - I hear that he’s remarkably funny. Word is that this is what he needed to jump start his career… I hope it does just that.

Katie Holmes and Suri having a girl’s day out!

YESSSSSS!  This one has me totally excited.  They’re filming Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian.  I completely loved the first movie - it was a beautfiul, fun, entertaining, little feel good romp that had me smiling for days.

The release date is 22 May 2009, but since the movie is “in production,” that could always change. 

In the second movie, Amy Smart will star as Amelia Earhart who will, apparently serve as somewhat of a love interest for Ben Stiller’s character. Fortunately Dick Van Dyke and Owen Wilson will be back as well.  No sign of Robin Williams - hopefully his character’s off making happy time with Sacajawea.

Ben Stiller told FilmSchoolRejects that things will be bigger and better than ever. “We have a much broader palette, because it takes place at the Smithsonian, so there’s a bunch of different museums we get in and out of like the Air and Space Museum and the art galleries, we go into paintings and stuff. And then there’s just this incredible ensemble cast … we also have new people like Christopher Guest (Ivan the Terrible), and Hank Azaria (Kah Mun Rah), Amy Adams (Amelia Earhart). So it’s really been fun because it’s a lot less lonely than the first one.”

Easy there, Ben, I loved that first one.

Fans of the book Dorian Gray have been waiting patiently for this. Now, their beloved book is set to hit theaters as a deliciously dark film in 2009. It’s already generating a great deal of online buzzery, from those who have read the book to those who never knew the book existed.  Ben Barnes, who you’ll recognize as Prince Caspian in the second (and upcoming third) Chronicles of Narnia movie, will star in the role as Dorian Gray.

For those unfamiliar with the book, here’s a quick synopsis.  A young man (Dorian Gray) loves himself some self. He sees a painting of himself and decides that, quite frankly, he has to find a way to always look like he does in the painting.

He finds a way to do just that.  He stops aging!  Yet, as his seedy lifestyle drags on, the image in the painting starts rotting away - looking quite worse for wear.  Oddly enough, the man himself doesn’t age a bit.

Colin Firth will play the role of Lord Henry Wotton - a corruptable man who corrupts young Dorian. He’s got his whole dastardly on judging by the photo above.

The rest of the cast includes: Rebecca Hall (Emily Wotton), Emilia Fox (Lady Victoria Wooton), Ben Chaplin, Rachel Hurd-Wood (Sybil Vane), Fiona Shaw, Maryam D’Abo, Pip Torrens, Douglas Henshall, Caroline Goodall, Michael Culkin, Johnny Harris and Max Irons.
 
With the exceptions of Colin Firth and Ben Barnes, this is a cast that I’m not all that familiar with. Fiona Shaw played a judge in the AMAZING movie Fracture and she’s Aunt Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter movies - so I’m at least aware of who she is.

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We all know that pictures of celebs are photoshopped and airbrushed to alarming degrees. But, they’re getting so carried away that it’s getting harder and harder to recognize them. Take Kate Hudson, for example - when I first saw it, I thought it was the Ice Queen in the first Chronicles of Narnia movie. I thought she was back to seek revenge on those who’d wronged her.

Nope. Turns out it’s the adorable Kate Hudson, who let’s be honest, needs no help from overly zealous “creative types.”

The funny thing is, a lot of the celebs, themselves, don’t appreciate the transformations. Dane Cook, for example, doesn’t like what was done to him on his newest movie poster. He has publicly asked for his acne scars back. He hasn’t even missed the scar on his eyebrow, yet - but when he does, I’m certain he’ll want it back, too.

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But if you want to see the one that really erases the cake, click HERE.

See more hilarious photoshopped pics at http://www.pixcetera.com/pixcetera/picture-perfect/28931

Having seen (and loved) Knocked Up, I knew Seth Rogen was one of the most hilariously talented young actors in the business. I was also very familiar with James Franco’s talent.  He’s been one of my favorite actors since his remarkable performance as  James Dean in the movie James Dean.  He was also  amazing in Tristan + Isolde.

What I didn’t know was how at home with comedy James Franco is.  He’s freaking hilarious!  He was every bit as funny in Pineapple Express as Seth Rogen was and that’s saying a lot.

Pineapple Express is being billed  most places as a “drug movie” - fair enough, I guess, given the title and storyline.  Pineapple Express is the name of the drug that Saul (James Franco) sells to Dale (Seth Rogen).  When Dale witnesses a murder, the killers set out to kill Dale.  When he and Saul go on the run, the laughs come fast and furious. 

The movie strikes me as more of a stroy about friendship than anything else.  I liked it a lot and loved the performances of the two lead actors.

The chemistry between Seth Rogen and James Franco reminds me of the special chemistry between George Clooney and Brad Pitt.  I can only hope that these two guys team up for a lot more movies in the future.  My popcorn, M&M’s, Diet Coke and I will be ready, willing, and laughing.

Lots and lots of the type of humor and language you’d expect. 

Elvis Pop Art Cyclone Purse

Elvis fans have one thing in common (besides their love of all things King, of course) - they love to stand out in a crowd! And if they can stand out AND proclaim their love of the King, all the better. Whether you love Elvis or just love hot fashion, these purses should have you feeling a hunk-a, hunk-a burning love.

Wow. I sang that well.

Click through each purse to take a better look. They’re all hotties.

Elvis 30th Anniversary Cyclone Purse

Elvis Cover CycloneFlair

Elvis Pop Art MiniFlair

Click through to see more - they have, like a gazillion. I’d post more of them, but I’m smack in the middle of a sneeze-a-thon and have rendered myself worthless. I’ve sneezed 32 times in the past hour. 33.

Have an amazing weekend!

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