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Kid Rock Strips Down With Tracy and Jimmy at Hip Hop Honors

Molly — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:00:00 PDT

Tracy Morgan is a daring choice to trust to host a big event, but last night he took the stage to MC at VH1's Hip Hop Honors in Brooklyn, NY. His buddy Jimmy Fallon also made an appearance, as did Chris Rock, while a basically shirtless Kid Rock hit the red carpet and performed during the show. Mary J. Blige and Ashanti held down the female side of things and Flavor Flav stuck with his old faithful enormous clock necklace and white top hat. Last week it was all about the Divas, but this time the star power and performers were out to honor the 25th anniversary of Def Jam records.

To see more of the Hip Hop Honors including Ludacris, Foxy Brown, Ja Rule and others just read more.

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Images include: Tracy Morgan, Kid Rock, Foxy Brown, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ludacris, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, Method Man, Travis McCoy, Flavor Flav, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Chuck D. Wale

Behind the Scenes at Sundance: The Photobooth

BuzzSugar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:30:27 PST

This year, I'm once again awestruck by the gorgeous photobooth photos coming out of the Sundance Film Festival. The stars I've been spotting always seem to end up here eventually, posing for a series of portraits with their castmates.

So far, I have to give Emily Blunt and Colin Hanks, who star together in The Great Buck Howard, the award for cuteness this year; their "I've got a secret!"-style photos are just so heartwarming. Some of my other early favorites: festival judge Sandra Oh rocking some seriously punky hair, Jack Black's muscle man T-shirt, and Method Man just, you know, being himself. To go up close with some of this year's Sundance stars, just

Keira Knightley Compares and Contrasts Costars Jude Law and Michael Fassbender

Allie Merriam — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:12:00 PST

Keira Knightley stars as patient-turned-psychiatrist Sabina Spielrein in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, which expands into theaters across the country this week. The film came out in limited release last Fall, and quickly earned notoriety for the racy sex scenes Keira shares with her hot costar Michael Fassbender, who plays Carl Jung.

Yesterday, Keira spoke about working with both Michael and David. Keira shared excitement for the critical acclaim Michael's earned for another daring performance in Shame, a movie she liked quite a bit. She also spoke about her other upcoming projects, Seeking a Friend at the End of the World, the directorial debut from Lorene Scafaria featuring Steve Carell, and a remake of Anna Karenina. The later film sees Keira paired up with director Joe Wright for the third time, after Atonement and Pride & Prejudice, as well as leading man Jude Law. Keira said:

On having reservations about the spanking scenes in DM: "I was 95% going to say yes as soon as my agent said, 'Look, David Cronenberg is going to offer you a film.' . . . I did have reservations about the masochistic scenes. I actually spoke to him about it and said, 'I love the script, but I'm not sure I can do this because of these scenes. I'm not quite sure I want to go there.' And he said, 'If that stops you playing the part, that would be a tragedy so let's just take them out.' And I thought that was an amazing thing for him offer. We just talked and talked, and once he's made it clear he didn't want it to be voyeuristic and sexy, he wanted them to be kind of more clinical, I thought I might as well go for it."
On similarities between Jude and Michael: "No! No. Jude's a proper actor - he's wonderful to work with. He's a proper actor, I mean they all are . . . Michael works in a much more muscular way. Everything turns into muscle memory. He works a script, and works a script. Jude does a lot of theater so he comes from the preparation side - like a rehearsal room. He's really open to it, and he asks a lot of questions on that day. He's just phenomenal. So no there aren't any similarities, but they're all very good actors."
On first-time director Lorene: "She's just fab - she's great. She's completely the reason I think everybody signed up to do the movie. The script was wonderful. It was one of the best scripts I've ever read. The dialogue was brilliant, and the concept behind it was amazing. I haven't seen the finished article yet. I'm seeing it [today] so that's really exciting. She's an amazing woman, an amazing talent. On set, to think it was her first film - you'd never have guessed it. She was so cool, she knew exactly what she wanted, she was unbelievably fast, she was completely amazing. So hopefully it will work!"
On what she's excited to see succeed during award season: "I was really excited about Shame, because given the nature of it and the subject matter of it, quite often those ones get passed by. I think Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady. That performance was amazing. That was very good. I haven't seen The Artist yet, but I'm really looking forward to seeing that."

To read Keira's thoughts on Michael in Shame, working with the "lovely" Steve Carell, and wrapping Anna Karenina, just keep reading.

Cameron Crowe on How His Love of Music and Matt Damon Inspired His New Movie

Lindsay Miller — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:37:35 PST

Cameron Crowe is the director behind memorable movies from Almost Famous to Jerry Maguire, but this holiday season, he took on a new challenge with the family-friendly We Bought a Zoo. We caught up with Cameron at the recent junket for the movie in NYC, where we talked about why he felt it was time to put out a feel-good film, the unique and musical method he used to inspire performances from his cast, and why leading man Matt Damon made the movie happen. Check out our interview with Cameron and catch We Bought a Zoo in theaters this weekend!

What to TiVo: Wednesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:59:00 PST

8:00 The Middle (new)
8:30 Suburgatory (new)
9:00 Modern Family (new)
9:30 Happy Endings (new)
10:00 Revenge (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guests Jane Fonda and Russell Brand)

8:00 Survivor: South Pacific (new)
9:30 Criminal Minds (new)
10:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (new)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guests Jessica Biel and Tom Dreesen)
12:37 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Trace Adkins)

8:00 The X Factor (new)
9:00 I Hate My Teenage Daughter (new)

8:00 Up All Night (new)
8:30 Up All Night (repeat)
9:00 Harry's Law (new)
10:00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (new)
11:35 Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Lea Michele and Adam Carolla)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guests Zac Efron and Method Man)

8:00 America's Next Top Model (repeat)
9:00 America's Next Top Model (new, season finale)

J. Edgar: A Great Cast in a Dull Story

Becky Kirsch — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:26:54 PST

Leonardo DiCaprio is no stranger to onscreen transformation, and takes on the FBI's first director, J. Edgar Hoover, in Clint Eastwood's biopic J. Edgar. With the help of makeup, a Southern accent, and some idiosyncrasies, DiCaprio seamlessly shows us Hoover as both the hero that took criminal investigation to a new level, and the villain who resorted to questionable methods to get there. Though DiCaprio's performance is engaging, the film isn't on par with Eastwood's finest films.

The story is told in Hoover's words, as he relates his career to various young men who are helping him transcribe his life story. The juxtaposition of Hoover's life as a young man (beginning at the start of his career in 1920) and his final years echoes the film's theme of dichotomy. As the FBI's director and a public figure, Hoover is arrogant, stubborn, and adamant about what he wants. Behind closed doors, Hoover is still a scared young man who is paranoid about losing his power and struggling with his sexual identity.

To see why J. Edgar left me feeling underwhelmed, just

read more. Hoover values loyalty more than anything else, which is where Armie Hammer and Naomi Watts come in, as Hoover's right-hand man and secretary who stick by his side until the day of his death. As career-focused Helen Gandy, Watts is restrained but solid, but it's Hammer as Clyde Tolson who really shines. Hoover hires Tolson as his associate director, but the relationship quickly comes much closer. As Tolson and Hoover dance on the line between utmost confidantes and lovers, Hammer humanizes a character who otherwise could be written off as a tall drink of water who lingers in the shadows behind Hoover. Eastwood is successful in taking us back in time, through decades of Communism, Prohibition, and war, in a way that feels authentic. The film is peppered with notable public figures that run the gamut from Richard Nixon to Charles Lindbergh to Shirley Temple. Eastwood uses notable events like Hoover's investigation of the Lindbergh kidnapping to tell the story, but he doesn't go deep enough to create a gripping film. We scratch the surface of the events that shaped Hoover's career and the secrets he kept hidden, but the film falls short of truly striking a chord with the audience. Clint Eastwood finds drama in Hoover's private life, but he treads lightly instead of diving in headfirst with J. Edgar, and the portrait he paints feels incomplete. He provides us with all of the key facts but doesn't fully patch them together into a compelling story.

Photos courtesy of Warner Bros.

Drive: A White Knuckle Thrill Ride

Shannon Vestal — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:15:13 PDT

In Drive, Ryan Gosling plays a man whose exceptional skill at driving makes him the perfect stunt man, and, more lucratively, an ideal chauffeur for crime scene getaways. He doesn't commit them, he just gets other perps away from them - no more, no less. That desire to keep things simple quickly dissolves after he participates in a heist that goes wrong, and thus begins an intense race for his life that makes your stomach twist and your heart pound.

The driver (as Gosling's nameless character is known) develops feelings for the literal girl next door, Irene (Carey Mulligan), a young mother and wife who is waiting for her husband to finish his prison sentence. The driver's attachment to her is what gets him involved in the situation that puts him in danger, and it provides a surprisingly emotional angle to a movie that could have otherwise been a simple bloodbath with an emphasis on fast cars. To find out why I was riveted by Drive, just keep reading

Link Time - Frightening Celebrity Wax Sculptures

TresSugar — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:05:36 PDT

Worst celebrity wax sculptures of all time (that's supposed to be J Lo?) - Yahoo! Shine
10 studies that "prove" things about men we already knew - The Frisky
Is your man a scrub? Van Gogh vs. Gauguin - The Hairpin
Kim K., Zac Efron, Ke$ha, and other celebrities we hate that we love - College Candy
What does dating have to do with math? - Huffington Post
One in 10 women proposes - YourTango
What is the Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society? - Em & Lo
Fertility methods for aspiring moms - LilSugar

Keira Knightley Brings Boyfriend James Righton to Toronto!

Allie Merriam — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:02:00 PDT

Keira Knightley traded film festivals over the weekend, leaving Venice and heading to Toronto to show off David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method. Making the trek to Canada along with Keira was her boyfriend, James Righton of the Klaxons, on Friday. Keira had the company of her big-screen leading man Viggo Mortensen for Saturday afternoon's press conference, and the duo showed their appreciation for the local culture by posing with two hockey jerseys. At the event, Keira spoke about her love of acting. She said, "Acting is what keeps me grounded. Acting is therapy. . . I think it is incredibly cathartic and particularly playing a role like this. It is almost strange what a wonderful time we had." Keira changed from her multicolored dress into a lace one for the premiere and Sony Pictures cocktail party later.

Hollywood's Addicted to Sex Addiction

Tara Sharp — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:00:00 PDT

We'd be lying if we said our interest wasn't piqued when we heard our celeb crush Michael Fassbender is starring in the upcoming movie Shame as a sex addict, complete with full-frontal nudity and numerous sexy time scenes. But this is no lighthearted romp in the sack. The film sets out to take a dark and realistic approach to the addiction, showing the emptiness and loneliness of being imprisoned by your carnal desires and living life from one sexcapade to the next.

Sex addiction has been in the public eye in recent years, thanks to big-name celebs like David Duchovny, Russell Brand, and Tiger Woods checking into sex rehab and opening up about their struggles with the controversial illness. So it's no surprise that sex addiction is making its way onto the big screen in Shame and another upcoming film Thanks For Sharing, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, about a group of sex addicts in a 12-step recovery group. While these flicks aren't the first to tackle the issue, they both appear to take a more serious tone than comedies like Choke and A Dirty Shame that make light of sex addiction.

Ironically, Hollywood seems to have its own sex addiction of late, with the history of the vibrator explored in Hysteria, steamy spanking scenes in A Dangerous Method, and a man-candy-filled movie about male strippers on the horizon. Are you interested to see some films seriously deal with sex addiction?