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Kellan Flexes at LAX, Cam Gets Steamy With Xtina, and Garner Scrubs Toilets!
Kellan Lutz jokes around with the paparazzi on his way back to Vancouver to film Eclipse, plus the latest role for Twilight star Cam Gigandet and some updates from New Moon. Late night included Jennifer Garner talking about her preschool duties and President Obama on Letterman. All that and more so watch PopSugar Rush now!
Do You Like Seeing Politicians on Late Night TV?
Earlier this week CBS announced that President Barack Obama will be on The Late Show With David Letterman on Monday. In fact, the entire broadcast will be devoted to Obama's visit, which is a huge milestone. Obama was a guest several times on the program during his campaign for office, but this is the first time a current president has appeared on the show.
Megan Fox Almost Assaults BAG, Obama Has Words For Kanye and a Sneak Peek at the Harry Potter Theme Park
Today's show has more on Michael Jackson from Oprah and also LaToya on The View. Also some behind the scenes video of Megan Fox's sexy Rolling Stone shoot and the tape of President Obama slamming Kanye West. All that plus the upcoming Harry Potter theme park opening next Spring!
Obama's Mama Gets Her Own Feature-Length Documentary
President Obama has his own documentary coming from Edward Norton, and now Obama's mother is becoming the focus of a feature-length documentary film titled Stanley Ann Dunham: A Most Generous Spirit. The project will portray Obama's upbringing with Dunham in Indonesia and Hawaii, and will also highlight Dunham's "pioneering work in the field of Third World microfinance, which assists small entrepreneurs, mostly women, in developing countries." Executive producer Mary Aloe stated:
She gave a lot of the backbone to our current president and his compassion to the people.
Do You Mind When the President Preempts Primetime?
President Barack Obama will address the nation tonight in his second primetime news conference, throwing the TV schedule into disarray. American Idol shifted its performance show to Wednesday, NBC moved The Biggest Loser an hour later, and several other shows have been preempted entirely. Though many of you think the networks should move over for Obama, the networks have been grumbling about the lost advertising and saying apparently the economic stimulus doesn't apply to them.
Buzz In: Where and How Did You Watch the Inauguration?
Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States earlier today, and as thousands gathered in DC for the event, millions more were expected to be watching the events on television around the world.
Several cities showed the broadcast on big screens — including in New York's Times Square. It was also carried via live streaming video on CNN.com, Hulu, and many other sites.
Buzz News Roundup, 11/7
- Fox has announced its Winter schedule, and is moving "houses" with Dollhouse on Fridays and House on Mondays. — Zap2it
- Antonio Banderas is in talks to portray Salvador Dali in the indie biopic, Dali. — Variety
- Dylan McDermott will play the lead in a TNT pilot called The Line, about a group of undercover LAPD officers.
Link Time! 6/26
- Cinematical ecstatically shares the news that the first review of The Dark Knight is positively glowing.
- E!'s Watch With Kristin has the juicy scoop on who Cuddy's new love interest will be on House.
- Should stations be required to present diverse viewpoints? CitizenSugar takes a look at the battle over the Fairness Doctrine.
- TV Squad rates the Buffy the Vampire Slayer online trivia quizzes so you don't have to.
- Showgirls: The Musical? Yup, that's what FilmExperience — and Gina Gershon — are talking about.
- TV Filter has an open letter to the writers of My Boys.
- Stereogum takes a look at what's playing on Barack Obama's iPod.
- While you're waiting for the end of Battlestar Galactica, take geeksugar's midseason recap quiz.
Edward Norton Developing Barack Obama Documentary
Edward Norton and his production company are developing a documentary about Barack Obama. Directors Amy Rice and Alicia Sams have been shooting footage since 2006, before Obama's declaration of candidacy when Norton and his group of collaborators approached Obama and he welcomed the idea. They've been steadily filming ever since.
Buzz News Roundup, 2/29
- Papers filed in J.K. Rowling's lawsuit indicate she is not happy about one Harry Potter fan's plan to publish an unauthorized reference work, the Associated Press reports. Rowling has previously praised the fan site, Harry Potter Lexicon, on which the book is based.
- Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels has talked about casting a nonblack actor to play Obama on the show with the Washington Post.
- OneRepublic and Fabolous are teaming up to tour college campuses this spring, Billboard reports.
- Zap2it has news that the next installment of Indiana Jones might make its debut in France at the Cannes Film Festival.
- NBC is releasing a Heroes soundtrack on March 18 featuring several exclusive new singles; details about which artists are included are at The Futon Critic.
- The New York Times reports that Time Warner has decided New Line Cinema will become a unit of Warner Brothers and will no longer operate independently.
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