Louis Gossett Jr., who took home the golden prize in 1982 for An Officer and a Gentleman, announced today that he’s been diagnosed with the early stages of prostate cancer.
The 73-year-old claims he wants the world to know in order “to set an example for the large number of African-American men who are victims of this disease because of the comparatively low emphasis in our community on preventative examinations and early treatment,” he told KTLA News in Los Angeles. “I want to influence them to seek, as I have, the fine medical care and early detection now available.”
Here’s hoping he has a speedy recovery.
source: Louis Gossett Jr.: I Have Cancer [e online]
With ‘The Wolfman’ terrorizing its way into theaters Friday, we couldn’t help but wonder whether or not the film’s producers really needed to shell out for all those expensive CGI effects on Benicio Del Toro. We’re in a recession, after all, and there are plenty of actors in Hollywood who are more than hairy enough to fit the ‘Wolfman’ bill without all the costly add-ons.
Robin Williams
The godfather of Hollywood Hairiness, Robin Williams has been in the game for nearly four decades and is still going strong. Forget the Oscar and the Golden Globe awards; Williams’ greatest achievement might be making it into the Urban Dictionary lexicon: a noun signifying “an exceptionally hairy person, usually a guy.” Hair on, Robin!
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin is without a doubt the most prolific Baldwin brother and probably the hairiest as well. Even the most casual of Baldwin Google searches will ultimately take you to a strange world of fandom and devotion for his epically hairy chest. Try it for yourself, but don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Tom Selleck
So many people focus on Mr. Selleck’s propensity for growing world-class mustaches that they often forget that the man is just as follicly endowed everywhere else (minds out of the gutter, please). Selleck’s no one-trick pony, but he’s probably just as furry.
Chuck Norris
Same Selleck principle goes for Chuck Norris as well — if you weren’t so busy focusing on his sheer awesomeness, then you’d definitely know by now that he’s one hairy ninja.
Burt Reynolds
Though his face may be a little unrecognizable these days, there’s no denying the hairy chest is still all Burt.
Sean Connery
The baddest Scot in the game, Sean Connery is the prototype for a leading man brazen enough to drive an Aston Martin unscathed through a literal minefield, dismantle a bomb set to destroy the world and still get the girl — au naturale of course. Who has time for manscaping when you’re James Bond?
Hugh Jackman
After three ‘X-Men’ movies and a one-mutant spin-off, it’s hard to imagine anyone but Hugh Jackman filling out those Wolverine mutton chops.
David Hasselhoff
Little known fact: a lock David Hasselhoff’s chest hair sells for about €75 in Germany ($102 U.S.).
Steve Carrell
And we’ll leave you with one of the more memorable manscaping moments in recent history — Steve Carrell’s hysterical adventures in waxing from ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin.’
I leave you with Madonna’s hairiest crotch shot ever (NSFW) ha!
source: Hollywood’s Hairiest Actors: The Definitive List [popeater]
While penning a piece for travel magazine AFAR, Andrew McCarthy was detained at gunpoint after entering an Ethiopian church without proper documentation.
The actor, who found himself without his paperwork while visiting the historic Lalibela church in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, was confronted by an armed guard. McCarthy writes,
“His gun [was] pointed at my back. I thought his reaction to my offense was extreme; I tried to say as much. He grunted something in Amharic and prodded me with the tip of his rifle.”
After being escorted from the church, McCarthy was helped to safety by residents of the town.
Despite the alarming incident, the actor maintained his sense of humor, saying it was “just the kind of thing that happens when you show up alone in a distant country without a plan.”
I will always have a soft spot for Andrew, “Pretty in Pink” for the win!
I know this may not be a bombshell to most “Star Wars” fans, but James Earl Jones was not in the Darth Vader suit at the time of filming. For the eight people who didn’t know that, sorry to ruin the illusion.
Since Jones’s voice was dubbed in later, David Prowse, the English Actor and body builder (thanks wikipedia) inside the suit, could be heard saying the lines during the actual filming.
This is actual footage from the filming of the first movie. Not really the menacing voice of a Sith Lord, or a body builder for that matter. But he delivers the lines with such gusto. Such fervor.
I don’t know about you, but all I can think about is THIS.
In Hollywood, it is commonplace for shy stars to use a body double for a sex scene. But while Megan Fox happily went naked in her latest film Jennifer’s Body, it appears she isn’t quite so confident with her hands.
In her latest role, starring in a one-off Super Bowl advert for Motorola, it appears the actress has enlisted a hand double.
In the Motorola ad screened yesterday, a naked Megan Fox reclines in a bubblebath with some strategically placed suds protecting her modesty. But while her sexy pouting caught a lot of attention, other viewers were more concerned with the fact her ‘hands’ didn’t belong to her.
In the commercial, a totally different woman’s fingers are seen playing with the phone during the close-up.
The actress has a genetic condition called brachydactyly, which means she has clubbed thumbs. So rather than use her actual thumbs for the close-up on the new Blur smart phone, Motorola enlisted a hand model.
I wonder if she was concerned, or Motorola?
source: Megan Fox enrols a ‘hand double’ as she peels off for sexy Super Bowl advert [daily mail]
If you thought you’d had a few too many beers seeing Jay Leno, Oprah Winfrey, and David Letterman all sharing a sofa during a Super Bowl commercial, don’t worry. It really did happen!
The spot, a commercial for The Late Show, is the biggest TV ad shocker of the Super Bowl, surpassing Tim Tebow with ease.
Letterman and Leno snipe at each other with mock-annoyance, with Dave mimicking Leno’s high-pitched voice. Oprah tries to calm the boys.
Now this is damage control for Leno: Agreeing to appear in a CBS Late Show ad while he’s still finishing out his NBC 10 p.m. show is the coolest thing Jay has done in… ages.
If it also makes Dave the publicity victor — after all, it is a commercial for his show, not the Leno Tonight Show — you have to hand it to Jay for playing along, probably as a slap at the way NBC handled the whole Tonight Show mess.
Now you’ve seen it: What do you think?
source: How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together [ny times]
It may well be over romantically between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson, but that doesn’t mean that emotions and tempers aren’t still running high.
They are — so high in fact that the twosome got into a bitter, heated fight Wednesday night, which culminated in Lohan throwing a glass full of vodka in Ronson’s face!
“Sam was working her usual weekly gig DJing at Crown bar,” an eyewitness to the altercation tells RadarOnline.com. “Lindsay turned up around 11 pm and she was in the mood for trouble!
“Lindsay was drinking straight out of a bottle of vodka and I saw her take an orange prescription bottle out of her bag and pop a couple of pills that she said were Adderal, she even offered some of the pills to a friend that was with her.
“Lindsay was trying to get Sam’s attention, but she was working and studiously ignored Lindsay. You could see Lindsay getting more and more worked up the more Sam didn’t pay her any attention. At one point Lindsay was dirty dancing with this really pretty girl right in front of Sam, obviously to try and make her jealous.
“Sam just got sick of it all in the end though and started taunting Lindsay about her being all drunk and messed up. She said to Lindsay, “Why don’t you just have another drink?” and even told her, “You’re a disgrace”.
“That made Lindsay just totally flip out on Sam. She picked up a drink and threw it straight in her face! Sam was absolutely furious and picked up some DJ equipment that was by her and threw that at Lindsay. It was crazy!
In other news, we’ve discovered Lindsay Lohan lives like a pig:
source: Lindsay Lohan Throws Drink In Samantha Ronson’s Face! [radar]
You know how Jay Leno has that “Earn Your Plug” segment on ‘The Jay Leno Show’ (weeknights, 10PM ET on NBC)? Jessica Biel definitely earned her plug on last night’s show.
[video will begin after a short and annoying commercial]
Oh, the chocolate-covered strawberries were a treat, and even the chocolate-covered pizza wasn’t so bad. But when she fearlessly ate the chocolate-covered cricket that Jay brought out, he was downright impressed! I, on the other hand, was utterly disgusted!
Catch Biel in the star-studded ‘Valentine’s Day,’ in theaters Feb. 12.
Lindsey Vonn is hoping the Sports Illustrated cover jinx doesn’t cross international borders. America’s great Winter Olympic hope is featured on the front of SI’s Winter Olympic preview issue, which hit newsstands Wednesday.
Vonn’s semi-provocative pose has drawn the predictable ire from those who claim that it objectifies her. She’s an athlete, not a sex symbol, the chorus inevitably reminds us. They have a point in taking issue with SI; the magazine rarely features women athletes on the cover and its annual swimsuit issue has been a focus of protests for decades. But Vonn’s cover is different.
The pose at least resembles the tuck stance skiers like Vonn take when barreling down the hill. It’s exaggerated, of course, but not gratuitously so. It’s not as if SI put her in a bikini in a Whistler hot tub.
Also, this is Vonn’s moment. If she wins multiple golds in Vancouver, Vonn has the potential to become a major crossover star. She’d be like Michael Phelps, only with better looks and an actual personality. Landing on the SI cover is a good way for her to start the Vonn saturation campaign. It’s as important for her as it is the magazine.
The pose is suggestive, sure, but it’s not objectifying. The headline reads “America’s best woman skier ever”, for Jean-Claude’s sake! Why can’t she be both the best skier in the world and really, really attractive too? Tom Brady’s a great athlete and a handsome dude and I don’t hear people whine when he’s shirtless in GQ.
Most importantly, this cover is almost identical to the one that ran on SI’s Winter Olympic preview in 1992. That one featured a gentleman named A.J. Kitt and I’m pretty sure nobody was complaining about that one being too provocative
source: Let the Lindsey hype begin: Vonn is Sports Illustrated cover girl [yahoo sports]
So who at NBC thought it would be a good idea for the “special of the day” to include, among other things, fried chicken in honor of Black History Month?
Because, spoiler alert – it wasn’t a good idea at all.
Questlove, the band leader and drummer for The Roots (the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) tweeted this picture from the NBC Commissary at 30 Rock, with the comment: “Hmm HR?”
The National Enquirer says Anderson Cooper and his boyfriend will adopt a Haitian baby. Even crazier than that, the National Enquirer is talking about Cooper’s boyfriend on the front page.
Unlike when Page Six made a veiled reference to his relationship with Benjamin Maisani, this story is putting it out there in every supermarket checkout and news stand in America.
After saving one on national television, Anderson is said to be bringing home a Haitian orphan of his own and will raise it with Maisani.
You know, the whole “adopting a baby” thing is just a front, so the Enquirer has a reason to talk about his personal life.
source: Anderson Cooper’s Casually Outed in Haitian Adoption Tale [gawker]
Nine weeks after undergoing 10 plastic-surgery procedures in one day, Heidi Montag finally headed to her hometown of Crested Butte, Colorado, to face her mother, Darlene Egelhoff, for the first time since the transformation.
The reunion – which was filmed for The Hills – was less than joyous.
“I was nervous, but also excited … I never thought in my wildest dreams she was going to react the way she did.
She was looking at me almost like a zoo animal. It wasn’t like I was her daughter anymore. She was looking at me like I was a circus freak.
I think she was most upset that Spencer was there for me and she wasn’t. She was saying how sad it is that my confidence is gone because of the music industry I’m trying to get into.”
Montag, who just released her album Superficial, still struggles with daily pain but has no regrets about what she’s done. “I wanted to be the most beautiful, inside and out. It’s part of being a pop star,” she says.
Unfortunately Heidi, you’re not a pop star.
source: Heidi Montag: Mom Looked at Me ‘Like a Circus Freak’ [people]
Dean Richards of Chicago’s WGNtv was interviewing Mel Gibson for his new movie, “Edge of Darkness.” Richards, like many other reporters, asked Gibson whether his audience will forgive him for his 2006 drunken outburst and anti-semetic remarks. Gibson was visibly displeased and responded with, “That’s almost four years ago, dude. I mean, I’ve moved on. I guess you haven’t.”
Uh oh!
Gibson then requested Richards to move on, which he did and quickly wrapped up the interview. Gibson can then be heard saying, “a**hole” after sipping his coffee.
However, Gibson says the on-air insult was directed at his publicist, not a WGN reporter.
In a text message to KTLA’s Sam Rubin Wednesday, Gibson said his publicist was making faces at him off camera, and the actor didn’t realize he was still on air when he called him an “a**hole.”
Looks like Mel Gibson is back on his own edge of darkness… or did he ever leave it?
source: The Most Entertaining Thing Mel Gibson Has Done In A While [dlisted]
Rip Torn is trying to patch things up with the law by going into rehab.
The 78-year-old “30 Rock” actor was packed off to a New York treatment facility after he was arraigned Monday on charges of busting into bank while loaded – and armed with a gun.
“Have a nice day,” a smiling Torn said after he posted $100,000 bond and was released from the Connecticut clink where he’d spent the weekend in jail.
Earlier, Torn appeared before a judge wearing cowboy boots and shackles to face charges of trespassing, possession of a firearm without a permit, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, criminal mischief and burglary.
Torn’s lawyer insisted the actor wasn’t planning a heist when he broke into a bank Friday night in his hometown of Salisbury.
“There’s an alcohol issue that needs to be addressed,” lawyer Thomas Waterfall said. “Obviously, he wasn’t there intending to commit a crime, in my estimation.”
Torn, whose real name is Elmore Rual Torn, did not enter a plea.
The veteran actor reeked of liqour and was so disoriented he repeatedly asked the state cops who busted him why they were taking him out of his house, court records revealed.
Torn had a loaded .22-caliber revolver in his pocket, but never brandished it, Waterfall said.
Kristen Bell is engaged to Dax Shepard and Shepard, 35, proposed to her over the holidays.
Bell was not among the nominees at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, but she may be one of the proudest stars who came to the event that night. Hitting the red carpet of the show on Sunday, January 31, the actress has shown off a new sparkle on her engagement finger.
Her representative later confirmed to Us Magazine that the 29-year-old beauty has been engaged to Dax Shepard. A source then added that the actor proposed to her over the holidays. Unfortunately, Shepard was not seen accompanying Bell at the event while the engagement ring was not captured by the photographers’ cameras.
Kristen Bell first dated Dax Shepard in December 2007 after ending her five-year relationship with former fiance Kevin Mann. The “When in Rome” co-stars later made their public appearance as a couple in January 2008.
“His gun [was] pointed at my back. I thought his reaction to my offense was extreme; I tried to say as much. He grunted something in Amharic and prodded me with the tip of his rifle.”
“Have a nice day,” a smiling Torn said after he posted $100,000 bond and was released from the Connecticut clink where he’d spent the weekend in jail.
