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What do Angelia Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Aniston have in common?
They top Forbes‘ annual list of Hollywood’s highest paid actresses.
In the money mag’s 2011 list, both Jolie and Parker are tied for the No. 1 spot, with each bringing in $30 million between May 2010 and May 2011.
Jolie’s blockbusters ‘Salt’ and ‘The Tourist’ helped her bring in the cash, while SJP’s ‘Sex and the City’ residual checks and $18 million perfume lines are keeping her comfortable these days.
Trailing not too far behind Hollywood’s leading ladies comes Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, each banking a cool $28 million in the last year to tie for third place.
The ‘Horrible Bosses’ star had ‘The Bounty Hunter’ and ‘Just Go With It’ to keep her afloat this year, while Witherspoon’s ‘How Do You Know?’ and upcoming film projects have allowed her to keep her high price tag.
Rounding out fifth place is Hollywood favorite Julia Roberts. Though ‘Larry Crowne’ just flopped at the box office, last summer’s ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ helped her earn $20 million — tying the spot with ‘Twilight’ star Kristen Stewart.
Noticeably missing from the this year’s Top 5 is Sandra Bullock, who dropped from the top spot in 2010 to baring making the Top 10, bringing only $15 million in the last year.
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Forbes have come up with a list of the 10 most profitable actors in Hollywood at the moment, now don’t confuse this list with the most paid actors because this is based on how much money the movie studio makes back for every dollar they paid the actors.
10. Sarah Jessica Parker, $17
When it comes to Sex and the City movies, Sarah Jessica Parker is a great investment. In other movies, not so much. Her 2009 film Did You Hear About the Morgans earned an anemic $85 million at the global box office. Compare that with her two Sex and the City movies, which have earned a total $705 million.
9. Nicolas Cage, $17
Cage makes our list mostly thanks to the 2009 film Knowing, which earned a healthy $184 million on an estimated budget of $50 million. The budget was able to stay low because the producers went with Cage over someone who would have cost much more like Will Smith or Johnny Depp.
8. Johnny Depp, $18
Depp is the rare actor on our list who earns more than almost every actor in Hollywood but still manages to offer a good return on investment. That’s because his films do phenomenally. Alice in Wonderland has earned $1 billion. Public Enemies brought in $215 million. As long as he continues to be a major draw overseas and his films keep performing, Depp will continue to get one of the highest paydays in Hollywood.
7. Meryl Stree, $21
The actress (2008′s most profitable actress) proves again and again that age and gender do not determine box-office draw. Mamma Mia earned $610 million at the global box office. It’s Complicated brought in $220 million. As soon as Streep starts earning the same as her male peers, she’ll likely work her way off of our list.
6. Jennifer Aniston, $21
Another woman on our list: Jennifer Aniston (2007′s most profitable actress). The star makes a surprising appearance in sixth place with a $21 return for every $1 she is paid. (She’s tied with Meryl Streep.) Although one of her included movies, Love Happens, was a huge flop, He’s Just Not that Into You and The Bounty Hunter (with $136 million at the global box office on an estimated budget of $40 million) actually did well.
5. Cate Blanchett, $27
The actress has played the female lead in two recent high-grossing films: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Robin Hood (which brought in $310 million despite a weak opening). In both cases she earned significantly less than her male costars, which is why Blanchett makes our top 10 list while Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt do not.
4. Robert Downey Jr., $33
It wasn’t so long ago that Downey (2008′s most profitable actor) was a Hollywood pariah because of his drug and alcohol problems. That helped shrink his quote when he started his comeback in 2008 with the first Iron Man. Since then he’s starred in some of the highest-grossing films of the past few years, including Sherlock Holmes ($517 million) and Iron Man 2 ($622 million) while his payday has stayed relatively low.
3. Daniel Radcliffe, $61
The Harry Potter movies are the kind of high-budget films that would usually hurt an actor on this list unless he was earning under $10 million total. But Radcliffe lands in third place (with a $61 return for ever dollar he earns) because the films earn so much money. The entire franchise has so far brought in $5.4 billion at the global box office making his growing salary seem like a drop in the bucket.
2. Anne Hathaway, $64
For the sake of our return on investment list, being a woman in Hollywood is a good thing. They tend to earn less so when their films hit, they offer a good return. Hathaway lands so high on our list thanks to Alice in Wonderland. For every dollar she earns studios earn $64 off of her films. Most of that payback is coming from Alice. The Disney 3-D film was a gigantic hit earning $1 billion at the global box office, and Hathaway earned much less than star Johnny Depp. But she also benefits from 2009′s Bride Wars, which was a modest hit earning $115 million at the global box office on a low estimated budget of $30 million.
1. Shia LaBeouf, $81
LaBeouf tops our list for the second year in a row thanks to his relatively low-paid work in high-earning films like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the second Transformers movie. As his box office grows so will his quote, which means it will be harder for him to stay at the top of our list unless his films earn proportionally more money. When LaBeouf starred in the first Transformers movie in 2007, Viacom’s Paramount Studio was able to pay him under $5 million. It had to bump that up considerably for the second film (which earned $833 million in 2009), but LaBeouf still isn’t earning $20 million upfront to star in a picture.
As a result, he offers a great return on investment. For every $1 studios spend on the 24-year-old actor his films return an average $81 of profit. For our list this year LaBeouf also benefits from the fourth Indiana Jones film, which earned $790 million in 2008. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford split the bulk of the profits from that movie leaving LaBeouf as a profitable costar. As the actor’s fame (and box-office earnings) increase he’ll be able to demand more for each film which will hurt his return on investment number unless the films are gigantic blockbusters. That could be the case with the next Transformers movie. LaBeouf was able to ask for more money upfront but because the movie is being filmed in 3-D, it should earn even more than Transformers 2.
source: Hollywood’s Best Actors For The Buck [Forbes]
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Nobody would argue that 2010 has been an up-and-down year for Sandra Bullock, given her best actress Oscar for “The Blind Side” followed by her divorce from scandal-plagued husband Jesse James.
But on Tuesday, Bullock landed atop Hollywood’s heap again when financial website Forbes.com named her the highest paid actress of the past 12 months having earned $56 million from two box office hits, romantic comedy “The Proposal” and football film, “The Blind Side.”
Bullock not only received a fee for acting, but also participated in the profits, and for both films, the box office numbers were hefty, according to Forbes.com. “The Blind Side” took in nearly $310 million at global box offices on a budget of around $30 million, while “Proposal” racked up just under $320 million and cost roughly $40 million.
Tied for the No. 2 spot were Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz, both making $32 million. Though Witherspoon has not been on screen since 2008, she received advance paychecks for upcoming films, “How Do You Know” and “Water for Elephants”.
Diaz’s pot of gold was filled with money from the “Knight and Day” and “Shrek” films, which have grossed $2.8 billion at the global box office.
Jennifer Aniston came in at fourth place with $27 million, and “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker was No. 5 at $25 million.
To determine actresses’ compensation, Forbes.com talked to talent agents, managers, producers and lawyers and looked at other means of revenue such as perfume and clothing lines and ad campaigns.
Forbes.com based its figures on earnings from June 2009 to June 2010. Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston were the highest paid actresses during a similar period one year earlier.
The full list can be found at http://www.forbes.com.
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Happy Friday! For today’s top ten celebrity quotes of the week, we have Jimmy Kimmel talking about “Lost”, Sarah Silverman’s good influence and Sarah Jessica Parker talking about going topless! Enjoy!
“Watching Lost is what I imagine it must be like to be trapped inside the brain of Paula Abdul.”
– Jimmy Kimmel, at ABC’s upfront presentation of its new fall schedule
“No surgical tweaks. No Botox either. I think it is terrible, these girls in their late 20s injecting their faces and lips. One told me, ‘If I kill my muscles now, I’ll never get wrinkles.’ Can you imagine?”
– All-natural beauty Salma Hayek, weighing in on Hollywood’s anti-aging obsession, to InStyle
“I will not be singing and don’t expect any track suits at my wedding.”
– Engaged star Jane Lynch, on keeping her Glee alter ego, Sue Sylvester, out of her wedding plans, to People
“You don’t want to see me topless.”
– Sarah Jessica Parker, on why she’s the only Sex and the City star to not have done a nude scene, to Eonline.com
“Sorry, but the last time I had baby food, I believe I was 1. I’ve been on solids for about 40 years now.”
– Jennifer Aniston, denying reports that she was on “The Baby Food Cleanse,” to People
“It’s like Superman with the cape.”
– Bret Michaels, on continuing to wear his signature bandanna even during his hospital stay for his brain hemorrhage, on The Oprah Winfrey Show
“I’ll starve to death before I’ll cook for myself. I think I could survive a week without eating.”
– Megan Fox, to Allure magazine
“I took a picture with Ron Howard last year at the Oscars. I thought it was the funniest thing. I asked, ‘Is it for your kids?’ He said, ‘No, it’s for me.’”
– Robert Pattinson, to USA Today
“I’ve always wanted to be a woman. For 5 minutes.”
– Sting, who got his wish when he appeared in drag for a rendition of “Big Spender” at the Rainforest Fund’s 21st birthday celebration, to People
“I’m terrified this is what [young] people are going to think adults are supposed to be like. It makes me feel like I actually am a good influence on kids.”
– Sarah Silverman, on reality shows like The Real Housewives and The Bachelor, to People
What was your favorite quote this week?
source: 10 Best Celeb Quotes This Week – [people]
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As we all know the summer brings all the big Hollywood blockbuster movies, which for the moviestars is a vital time because if there movie becomes a smash hit then they can ask for a bigger salary – if not then they will forever be tied to a movie bombing.
With this in mind, Forbes have put together a list of 15 moviestars who are in need of a hit with their summer blockbuster, be it to cement their career of a top grossing actor or redeem their fading career.
1. Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 2
The first Iron Man took Hollywood by surprise with its mix of rapid-fire dialogue and hard-hitting action. Audiences loved the film, spending $585 million on tickets at the box office. The sequel looks like it will live up to the original–it’s already earned $100 million abroad.
2. Tom Cruise, Knight and Day
Cruise hasn’t had a major hit since 2006′s Mission: Impossible III. The star needs Knight and Day to bring in the crowds this summer. The actor earned some good buzz with his comedic cameo in 2008′s Tropic Thunder. Knight and Day (co-starring Cameron Diaz) could be just the mix of comedy and action Cruise needs for a comeback.
3. Angelina Jolie, Salt
In her career, Jolie has vacillated between action flicks like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Oscar bait like The Changeling. It seems the actress might be settling into the action life. She follows up the 2008 shoot-’em-up hit Wanted with this summer’s Salt, about a rogue CIA agent. Hollywood will be watching the box office returns to see if they prove she’s an action star worthy of $15 million a film.
4. Russell Crowe, Robin Hood
Crowe has had a rough couple of years. His last two films, State of Play and Body of Lies, disappointed at the box office. So there’s a lot riding on Robin Hood, Universal’s new take on the old story. With Cate Blanchett along for the ride as Marion, the film is sure to focus as much on acting as on bow and arrow action.
5. Julia Roberts, Eat Pray Love
“Chick flicks” like The Proposal, Sex and The City and Mamma Mia have performed well over the past few summers, so hopes are high for Roberts’ newest film, Eat Pray Love, based on the best-selling book by Elizabeth Gilbert. Roberts could use a hit. Her last big box office winner (aside from the Ocean’s films) was 2001′s America’s Sweethearts.
6. Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City 2
The first Sex and the City film was a smash hit, earning $415 million at the box office on an estimated budget of $65 million. The filmmakers are taking a risk with the sequel by taking Carrie and her friends out of Manhattan. If the movie’s a hit, though, it will mean big bucks for Parker, who is also a producer on the film.
7. Jake Gyllenhaal, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Gyllenhaal is best known for his work in serious movies like Donnie Darko, Zodiac and Brokeback Mountain. It’s quite a departure for the actor to take on the lead role in Prince of Persia, which is based on a videogame. If the film is a hit, Gyllenhaal might have found a second career for himself playing action heroes.
8. Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception
Leo finally had a big hit with Shutter Island. He needs that streak to continue if he’s going to hold onto his reputation as an actor worth $20 million for serious adult movies. Few films have been as shrouded in secrecy as Christopher Nolan’s Inception, which hits theaters July 16. It has something to do with technology and dreams, but that’s as much as anyone knows. Considering Nolan was the man behind The Dark Knight, Inception could be a huge hit.
9. Jennifer Aniston, The Switch
Aniston has had a run of bad luck at the box office lately. Love Happens and The Bounty Hunter both bombed despite the presence of strong costars like Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart. She needs The Switch to do well to maintain her reputation as a solid romantic comedy star.
10. Will Ferrell, The Other Guys
Ferrell starred in one of the biggest bombs of 2009 last summer: Land of the Lost, which earned only $68 million on an estimated budget of $100 million. Ferrell needs The Other Guys to be a hit. It helps that the cop movie has a lower budget than the effects-heavy Land of the Lost.
11. Matt Damon, The Adjustment Bureau
Thanks to the Bourne movies, Damon has starred in some top-earning films. But he’s also been in his share of duds. Recent movies like The Informant, Green Zone and Invictus have disappointed at the box office. The Adjustment Bureau is the directorial debut of writer George Nolfi, who penned The Bourne Ultimatum.
12. Steve Carell, Dinner for Schmucks and Despicable Me
If Carell leaves The Office next year, as rumored, he’ll have a burgeoning career as a movie star–his films this summer could either add to his momentum or break it. His most recent film, Date Night, has had a respectable run, earning $109 million at the box office worldwide. Dinner for Schmucks, co-starring Paul Rudd, is getting good buzz, as is the animated Despicable Me.
13. Mark Wahlberg, The Other Guys
Wahlberg is one of those dependable actors who can go between action films like Max Payne and serious dramas like The Lovely Bones with no problem. But until recently he’s stayed away from comedies. His shirtless performance in the comedy Date Night has audiences excited for the upcoming film The Other Guys, which stars Wahlberg and Will Ferrell.
14. Cameron Diaz, Shrek 4 and Knight and Day
The Shrek movies (which co-star Diaz as Princess Fiona) have been some of the biggest earners of all time, bringing in a total $2.2 million (EDIT: should read $2.2 billion) at the global box office so far. The fourth and final film is sure to be a box-office winner, especially because it’s being shown in 3-D. Audiences will be able to see Diaz in Knight and Day, which co-stars Tom Cruise.
15. Adam Sandler, Grown Ups
For his latest movie, Sandler brought along fellow Saturday Night Live veterans like Chris Rock and Rob Schneider for a big family ensemble comedy. The presence of Kevin James (hot off of last year’s Paul Blart: Mall Cop) could make the film a summer hit.
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source: Stars On The Edge This Summer [Forbes]
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When you put a bunch of Hollywood stars together in a movie there is bound to be some egos clashing, most of the time they all get on with it and act professionally or the studio keeps it under wraps. This is not always the case, here is the biggest fights and feuds that have happened on-set of a movie.
Lily Tomlin vs. David O. Russell, “I Heart Huckabeesâ€
After watching Tomlin’s sour attitude and director Russell’s epic freakouts on the set of “I Heart Huckabees,” it’s hard to tell which person started the downward slide. Was it Tomlin, whose impatience with all the changes Russell was suggesting seemed to indicate she was having a senior moment and couldn’t keep up? Or was it Russell, who might have written a more solid script to begin with and maybe should’ve thought twice before calling his leading lady a bitch or a c*** in front of the cast and crew. Pity poor Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Huppert and especially the cringing, giggling Naomi Watts, who had to sit there as the abuse flew perilously close to their heads. But hooray for whoever caught this dysfunctional mess on tape. It’s infinitely more gripping than the movie.
George Clooney vs. David O. Russell, “Three Kingsâ€
Russell has a hard time pleading that what happened with Tomlin wasn’t like him, since five years earlier he got into a feud with Clooney on the set of the Gulf War satire “Three Kings” that led to Clooney punching his lights out. In fairness to Russell, he told Clooney to punch him. In fairness to Clooney, Russell was picking on the little people on the set – an extra here, a driver there – and Clooney got so tired of it, he wrote Russell an angry letter and then took to giving him a piece of his mind directly in front of his face. We think that second assistant director Paul F. Bernard had the right idea – he walked off the set when he witnessed this nonsense, quitting his job on the spot. But Ice Cube, who played a soldier alongside Clooney, said the on-set conflict gave the final scenes of the film extra juice and he “wouldn’t mind if the director and the star got into an argument on all of my movies.” Yeah, but Cube’s from South Central Los Angeles, so “Conflict” is his middle name. We’re just sorry no one caught this sandbox quarrel on tape and made a disco remix out of it.
Christian Bale vs. Shane Hurlbut, “Terminator Salvationâ€
“What don’t you f***ing understand, Shane?” Don’t you know it’s unconscionable for a Director of Photography to walk where an actor can – gasp! – see him? Even if said Director of Photography was just doing his job, fiddling with some lights, setting up a shot? Bale was concentrating really, really hard on filming a scene in “Terminator Salvation” when unlucky Hurlbut got in the way and got a four-minute, expletive-heavy earful about what a horrible person he was and how he needed to be fired, that instant. Lucky for us, someone taped it. Even luckier, someone else turned the rant into an awesome disco remix. Bale’s career has yet to recover – surely no one’s thinking of hiring him for a romantic comedy or to play a hapless single dad anytime soon. Although, Bale is next set to star in “The Fighter” directed by (wait for it) David O. Russell. Maybe they should shorten the title by a couple of letters and call it a day.
Kim Cattrall vs. Sarah Jessica Parker, “Sex and the Cityâ€
Reports of on-set bitchiness between Cattrall and Parker are so frequent, there’s got to be some truth to them, right? During production of the movie sequel spun from the hit HBO series, “sources” were busy telling sites like icelebz.com and snarkerati.com that “while the cast is all smiles on the outside, the level of dislike is unbelievable,” making “co-stars Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis dread coming into work.” One site claims Cattrall’s irritability over her recent break-up with her younger chef lover means she’s “taking every chance to snipe.” Another says Parker was overwhelmed having to care for her newborn twins and was “too busy to comfort Kim or worry about her problems at the moment.” Both ladies officially scoff at these reports. Parker said to Elle magazine recently that “I don’t think anybody wants to believe that I love Kim. I adore her. I wouldn’t have done the movie without her. Didn’t and wouldn’t.” She should’ve added “couldn’t,” seeing as Cattrall is one of the core four, after all. Cattrall has always wielded her power mercenarily, using it to demand higher pay and to confirm the sequel before Parker could. If only they’d bring this catfight onto the big screen – that might make the sequel worth watching. Barely.
Sean Young vs. Darryl Hannah, Charlie Sheen and Oliver Stone, “Wall Streetâ€
Before Sean Young made an idiot of herself showing up on a studio lot in a Catwoman outfit to beg for a part in the next “Batman” movie, she made herself into a pariah by suggesting that she should get another actress’s role… while that actress was filming it. It was on the set of Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street” that Darryl Hannah was allegedly struggling to play Charlie Sheen’s materialistic girlfriend. Stone later admitted “Hannah was not happy doing the role and I should have let her go. All my crew wanted to get rid of her after one day of shooting. My pride was such that I kept saying I was going to make it work.” Young, who had the smaller role of Michael Douglas’s wife, had no interest in making things work: she told Stone to fire Hannah and give her the plum part instead. Sheen protested Young’s antics in grade four fashion – he taped a note to her back that read “I am a c***.” Young paraded around with that sign for hours before noticing. Stone also got so fed up with Young that he wrapped one of her scenes early and had her dumped at the bus station. Long after the movie came out, Stone agreed with Young that he should’ve swapped Young and Hannah’s roles. But it’s not like he, or anyone else of any distinction, has ever hired Young again.
Debra Winger vs. Shirley MacLaine, “Terms of Endearmentâ€
Speaking of grade four hijinks, have you heard the one where Debra Winger flipped up her skirt and serenaded her onscreen mother Shirley MacLaine with her, um, wind instrument while they filmed “Terms of Endearment”? These two were at odds almost from the moment they met in writer-director James L. Brooks’ apartment. MacLaine remembers thinking “Oh my goodness” when she saw Winger clomp in dressed in combat boots and a miniskirt. Their characters were supposed to be at odds, too, so presumably Brooks indulged their feud. Lord knows how far things actually went. Winger recently copped to getting into fisticuffs with MacLaine, telling CBS News Sunday Morning that “there might have been a scuffle. I don’t remember. I mean, we were wild, you know.” Oh, we know. Thanks be to gossip, we know.
Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin vs. Everyone, “The Marrying Manâ€
Baldwin fell in love with Basinger while making the romantic comedy “The Marrying Man” in 1991 and became a married man himself shortly after. But if you know anything about how bitter their custody battle is, you can guess how volatile their courtship was. According to reports from flabbergasted crew members, between takes Basinger would tell Baldwin exactly what she wanted to do to him later in bed, not caring that other people could hear. She also didn’t wear underwear and often sat spread-eagled, forcing assistants to throw towels over her legs, and perhaps some crew members to walk around covering their own legs. Meanwhile, Baldwin would throw things whenever a scene didn’t go his way, at one point almost hitting an electrician with a chair. One crew member said, “You’ve read about all the tantrums, the chair-throwing, the phone-smashing. Living it was 100 times worse. If Baldwin slammed a door, Basinger would slam another door harder. It was like they were two little kids, having a contest to see who could be the brattiest.” A senior crew guy called their behaviour “vile, deplorable, despicable” and claimed that “if I were destitute and living on the street with no food and somebody offered me a million dollars to work with Alec and Kim, I’d pass.” Screenwriter Neil Simon also hated the experience of working with them. “With a play, I have only two people to please – myself and the director,” he said. “With this movie, it was 19 executives, a director who’d never done anything but animation before, and two stars who would tell you what lines they’d say and what lines they wouldn’t say.” Needless to say, the movie flopped. Too much drama behind the scenes, not enough left for onscreen.
Marlon Brando vs. Frank Oz, “The Scoreâ€
Oz was the voice of Miss Piggy. Brando had become a big piggy. They worked together for awhile on the heist flick “The Score” in 2001, until Brando got so fed up with being told to tone down his flamboyant performance as a homosexual crook that he started calling Oz “Miss Piggy” and telling him, “f*** you.” Other stunts the legendary actor pulled include: bringing in a note from his doctor saying he’s allergic to Oz so that he wouldn’t have to be in the same room as him; refusing to take direction from anyone but Robert De Niro, so Oz had to watch from offsite and send notes to De Niro via an assistant director; and taking off his pants so Oz had to shoot him from the waist up only. Oz later made this legendary understatement: “When you deal with someone like Marlon, you expect quirkiness.” If by “quirky” he means “jerky,” we totally agree.
Bill Murray vs. Lucy Liu, “Charlie’s Angelsâ€
We saved the best for last. Do you know why Bill Murray was replaced by Bernie Mac in the “Charlie’s Angels” sequel? Rumour has it that Murray hates Lucy Liu with a passion and refuses to work with her again. According to Variety, one day Liu complained about the writing of a scene she was shooting with Murray, then Murray complained about Liu’s critique, and soon their costars Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz were fleeing for their trailers, causing shooting to shut down for the day so Liu and Murray could cool off. Murray’s alleged to have turned to each Angel and said: “I get why you’re [Barrymore] here, and you’ve [Diaz] got talent … but what in the hell are you [Liu] doing here? You can’t act!” Liu got so enraged that she ran over and started throwing punches at Murray. Both actors later claimed they had a teensy bout of “creative differences” that was blown out of proportion, and was certainly not the cause of Murray pulling out of the sequel. Liu denied that production was shut down and said that “if I had punched him or anything, I would have remembered.” But Murray sounds more honest when he admits that “for 15 or 20 minutes there, we went to our separate corners and threw hand-grenades and sky rockets at each other.” The proof will be in whether we ever see them in another movie together. Who wants to hold their breath?
I absolutely love the last one, I can totally picture Lucy Liu flipping her shit and throwing punches at Bill Murray.
source: Hollywood’s craziest on-set feuds [MSN Entertainment]
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A Side Of Boob – City Rag
Shopping With Tila Tequila Looks Fun – Tabloid Prodigy
Owen Wilson Sued Over Alleged Photog Assault – Pop Eater
The Betty Interview: Matthew Settle – Betty Confidential
Beth Ditto Attempts To Suffocate Austrian Skier – Holy Moly
SJP & Cameron Diaz Are All Tied Up In Trendy Crop Tops! – Hollywood Life
Afternoon Pick Me Up: Maranne McLaughlin – F-Listed
Elin Nordegren Will Probably Skip The Masters – Why Fame
Clash Of The Titans World Premiere Pictures – Amy Grindhouse
Simon Curtis: Just A Boy & His 8-Bit Heart – Popbytes
Lindsay Lohan’s Obituary Already Written – Celebrity Smack
Katy Perry & Russell Brand Are Still Together – ICYDK
Paris Hilton Is Still A Dirty Skank – Litely Salted
Danielle Mason Is Some Chubby White Trash – Drunken Stepfather
Heidi Montag Scripts Her Own Drama – College Candy
Kim Kardashian & Adrianne Curry In Bikinis – The Superficial
Sandra Bullock On Life Before Fame – Hollywire
Joey Lawrence Talks About Parenting – Celebrity Baby Scoop
A Year-Plus Later, How Do You Think Sarah Palin’s Faring? – Zelda Lily
Heather Mills In Court Battle With Former Employee – Wonderwall
Rihanna Saved From Stalker Attack By Bodyguard – Hollywood Dame
Hailey Glassman Lands Her Own Reality Show – Allie Is Wired
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The Strippermobile: Coming To A Town Near You – F-Listed
Uncensored Booty Weekend Sponsored By The NFL – Tabloid Prodigy
Rihanna Causes A Ruckus With Her Shopping Habits – Pop Eater
Lindsay Lohan Looks Absolutely Stunning – Holy Moly
Get Carried Away With Sarah Jessica Parker – Popbytes
Lily Allen Isn’t Blogging Anymore. Noooo! – Litely Salted
Olivia Munn Tells Wonder Woman To Suck It – The Superficial
Russell Brand Didn’t Fall Down, Go Boom – Celebrity Smack
Miley Cyrus Channels Her Inner Aussie – Hollywire
Kevin Federline Is A Movie Star! – Fatback Media
Steven Tyler Enters Rehab! – Wonderwall
Hugh Grant Is Uninterested In This Emo Chick – Drunken Stepfather
Hailey Glassman Is Still Relevant? – ICYDK
Do It Yourself Tuesdays: Holiday Wrapping Paper – College Candy
Jennifer Hudson Is Knocked Up Again – Hollywood Dame
Christina Aguilera Gets Into A Car Accident – Allie Is Wired
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With Christmas looming ahead, we’ve got the best of the best in celebrity quotes for this week! Included this week are quotes from Snoop Dogg, Nicole Richie, and Miss Piggy.
“We got sick and tired of hearing that lady tell us, ‘Turn left! Turn Right!’”
– Snoop Dogg, on lending his voice to TomTom GPS car navigation systems, on the Wendy Williams Show
“For about the next 15 minutes I couldn’t even hear anything anybody was saying to me ’cause all I could think was, ‘Well I’ve made a terrible mistake. Can you put it back on?’”
– Sarah Jessica Parker, questioning her decision to remove her “signature” mole after being confronted by a fan, on the Late Show with David Letterman
“I certainly want a name that I can pronounce!”
– Tom Brady, on the one caveat to giving his still-unnamed week-and-half-old son a Brazilian name to honor his wife Gisele Bündchen’s heritage, in an interview on WEEI Sports Radio
“Ho, ho, ho! Somebody’s going to have a good night tonight.”
– Golden Globe Award nominees announcer Justin Timberlake, joking to fellow announcer John Krasinski after naming Krasinski’s fiancée Emily Blunt as a contender for best actress in a motion picture drama
“I was really into soap operas. I’d begin with Days of Our Lives, then Another World, and finish off with General Hospital. And before dinner I’d watch Oprah.”
– Rachel McAdams, admitting to being a TV junkie in high school, to Vogue
“I feel smarter already.”
– Nicole Richie, debuting her new brunette locks, at the launch of her holiday collection for her House of Harlow 1960 jewelry line
“Animals aren’t easy, but what’s annoying about children is that everyone loves them and I resent that. I only work with ugly children.”
– Hugh Grant, jokingly comparing working with animals versus toiling on set with kids, to People
“Two kids is good; three is fine. Four? Somebody’s getting something done, because we ain’t having five!”
– Carrie Underwood, on doing some family planning, to Self magazine
“It’s like having a really hot, you know, cousin and everybody talks about wanting to sleep with your cousin and you’re like dude, don’t say that to me.”
– Up In the Air and New Moon’s Anna Kendrick, on her lusted-after costars George Clooney and Rob Pattinson, on The View
“My Kermie is nothing like [Tiger]. I just want to say, he would never do anything untoward moi, but, if he did, you can rest assured there’d be a hole in one, and he’d be the one!”
– Miss Piggy, chiming in on the Tiger Woods scandal during a sit-down on The Wendy Williams Show
source: 10 Best Celeb Quotes This Week – [people]
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Does the woman in the poster below look familiar to you? No? She didn’t to me either, but this is apparently supposed to be Sarah Jessica Parker.
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This doesn’t even look like a real person that they put in the new poster for Sex and the City 2, I can’t wait to see what they do with the other three girls.
There is no movie what so ever on this movie because they are keeping it all locked down, so I guess we can judge how fake and shitty it is going go be by this poster of Sarah Jessica Parker.
source: ‘Sex and the City 2′ Poster Premiere [Moviefone]
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