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Ben and Owen Team Up For Another Night at the Museum
The stars of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian reunited on the red carpet last night for the premiere at the National Air and Space Museum in DC. Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, and Owen Wilson took their characters to Washington this time around, with Amy Adams adding a feminine touch to the cast. Last night Owen dished about how much fun it is to make movies with his longtime buddy Ben, saying, "It's unbelievable.
Prince Charles's Rainforest Campaign Video
Prince Charles launched a global awareness campaign for The Prince's Rainforests Project today, with a video starring school children from across the world as well as famous faces. Daniel Craig, Pele, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Joss Stone, Dalai Lama, Kermit the Frog and Charles's own sons, William and Harry, all add their voices to the campaign. This is the first YouTube video from Prince Charles, and his spokesman commented: "The Prince is not necessarily someone who is a regular user of the internet.
Sugar Bits — Cheryl Cole Furious with Ashley
- Cheryl Cole reportedly "tore into" Ashley on a phone call from Kilimanjaro, following his drunk and disorderly arrest. She was angry because he had promised not to go clubbing with teammates while she was away. — Mirror
- Razorlight's drummer, Andy Burrows, has left the band after allegedly arguing with frontman Johnny Borrell during a recent trip to the US.
Sundance Brings Welcome Faces and Exciting New Movies
Some of our favorite rarely-seen famous faces were out at Sundance Film Festival yesterday. Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt premiered their anticipated – and completely precious looking — romantic comedy 500 Days of Summer. Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor continued to hit up the parties in support of I Love You Phillip Morris.
Us Brits Are Amongst the American People's Choice!
Stars of the big and small screen got glam for the People's Choice Awards in LA last night. Carrie Underwood won three awards, and Paris Hilton and Jewel won me over with their pretty dresses. Nominees announcer Joshua Jackson wasn't in attendance unfortunately, but there were lots of other gorgeous guys to feast our eyes on.
Sugar Bits — Sienna Miller Receives £15,000 Damages
- Sienna Miller has accepted £15,000 damages in an out-of-court settlement against the Daily Star over a paparazzi photo taken in LA, which she claimed violated her privacy. — BBC
- Janet Jackson is recuperating after being released from hospital, having been discharged after a few hours. Her shows scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday have been cancelled, but she is expected to return to the stage on Saturday.
Buzz News Roundup, 7/16
- Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio may star together in Quentin Tarantino's movie Inglorious Bastards, according to Variety.
- ComingSoon reports that Diablo Cody will develop a comedic movie script based on an idea that Steven Spielberg came up with, though no further plot details are available to us at the moment.
- Tween alert! The Desperate Housewives kids have officially been recast, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- Autumn Reeser is one of three additions to the cast of Valentine, Inc., a show about Greek gods living among us that will air on the CW this Fall, writes Zap2it.
- According to Variety, Danny DeVito will direct The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, with Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan starring.
- The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on The World's Greatest Dad, an indie comedy in which Robin Williams will star as that great dad.
- The Letters from a Nut books, in which a guy writes angry letters to various corporations, are being developed into a TV series for Fox, Reuters reports.
- Actor Justin Theroux may be writing the script for Iron Man 2, writes Zap2It.
- William Petersen is leaving CSI, The Associated Press reports.
Celebrities Play Heroes For a Day in Sunny LA
It was a beautiful Sunday in LA where lots of familiar faces came out for the A Time For Heroes Celebrity Carnival to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Among the all-stars out for the great event were adorable (and tiny!) new parents Nicole Richie and Joel Madden along with Courteney Cox and ever-quirky David Arquette. Mischa looked every bit the flower child in her butterfly wings while all the ladies (and ugh Heidi and Spencer) of The Hills happily posed for the cameras.
Sugar Bits — The Police Announce Final Concert
- In a press conference with Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, The Police announced that the final show of their reunion world tour will be this Summer in NYC. — AP
- Barack Obama handily won the North Carolina primary last night, while Hilary Clinton narrowly eked out victory in Indiana. — CitizenSugar
- Ellen Page has been chosen to play Jane Eyre in BBC's big screen adaptation of the classic Charlotte Bronte novel.
How Do You Feel about High-Profile Guest Stars on TV?
This week, Law & Order: SVU announced something of a casting coup, saying it had gotten Robin Williams to guest-star on the show's 200th episode on April 29. It was already a big week for news about cameo appearances, anyway, as we're now counting down the days till Britney's big appearance on How I Met Your Mother.
Show producers seem to especially love getting big-name guest stars for milestones and key ratings periods, like the February and May sweeps — and I expect we'll be seeing more guest stars this spring as shows try to drum up some attention in the aftermath of the writers' strike.