Last night Jennifer Lopez was the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
She participated in several skits which included the Telemundo Winter Olympics, an office romance, and a ‘We Are the World’ rendition.
Watch the entire episode after the jump!
Edited: February 28th, 2010
Nicole Kidman will test out her comedic chops in the romantic comedy, Just Go With It.
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston will play the lead roles.
Kidman’s roles are under wraps, but she is rumored to have a cameo.
Sports Illustrated cover model Brooklyn Decker has also joined the cast where she will play Sandler’s dream girl.
Just Go With It centers around a man (Sandler) who enlists the help of a woman (Aniston) and her kids to land the woman of his dreams.
Kidman can be seen next in Rabbit Hole alongside Aaron Eckhart. The two play a couple whose life is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Edited: February 27th, 2010
Ben Stiller and Paramount are working on Zoolander 2 with Justin Theroux (Tropic Thunder, Iron Man) penning the script.
Theroux is reportedly going to Paris Fashion Week to “immerse himself on what is current fashion.”
No word yet if Owen Wilson will reprise his role, but Jonah Hill is in negotiations to play the villian.
A couple of months ago, Stiller confirmed that he was working hard for a Zoolander sequel, saying:
“I’ve been trying to get Zoolander 2 together and we’ve had a few scripts. I feel that is the sequel I really would like to do some day because I like the original and I would make sure it was something new and worthy of it first.”
What do you think of a sequel?
Edited: February 26th, 2010
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gabourey Sidibe attended last night’s (Feb. 25) 2nd Annual Character Approved Awards.
It was an invitation-only cocktail reception, which was held at The IAC Building in New York City.
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), Nora Ephron (Julie & Julia), Green Day and designer Narciso Rodriguez, were among the ten honorees.
The network honored those that are changing the face of American culture.
Matt Bomer, Tim Dekay, Tiffani Thiessen, Jeff Goldblum, Piper Perabo, Constantine Maroulis, Dule Hill, Mark Feuerstein, Michael Stuhlbarg, Willie Garson, Saffron Burrows and Jeffrey Donovan were also in attendence.
There was also a live performance by the cast of Green Day’s American Idiot, who will be making their Broadway debut next month!
Photos: David Goldman/USA Network
Edited: February 26th, 2010
Natalie Portman is set to produce and star in the road-trip comedy Best Buds.
The film will center on a woman who’s on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown on the eve of her wedding. To save herself, she goes on a road trip to San Diego with two best friends, relying on a combo of marijuana and the bonds of their decades-long friendship.
Portman recently finished filming Darren Aronofksy’s Black Swan, a thriller set in the world of ballet.
She has also signed on for the comic book film Thor.
What do you think of Best Buds? Is it something you would want to see?
Sound off in the comments!
Edited: February 26th, 2010
John Krasinski is the latest actor vying for the lead role in Captain America.
Marvel is conducting several screen tests this week for the title role. The list includes Chris Pine, Chace Crawford, Michael Cassidy, Patrick Flueger, Scott Porter and Mike Vogel.
The latest superhero movie is being directed by Joe Johnston and “tells the story of the young infirm man rejected from enlisting who becomes America’s symbol of liberty during World War II and eventually a member of Marvel’s superhero team the Avengers.”
Who do you think should play Captain America?
Sound off in the comments!
Edited: February 24th, 2010
Mischa Barton and Kathy Griffin guest star on tonight’s (Feb. 24) episode of Law & Order: SVU.
Here’s a synopsis of the episode:
Detectives Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Eliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) find a woman bleeding from the neck and nearly dead.
The woman dies before they reach the hospital, and soon the investigation leads them to the frontman of the death metal band Vampyre Sacrifyce. He bites girls, steals blood from the local blood bank and sings about violence to women all in the name of his strange, vampiric lifestyle. The singer claims he was nowhere near the scene of the crime, and soon a lesbian rights group led by Babs Duffy (guest star Kathy Griffin) gets involved, claiming the victim’s death was a result of police neglect. However, when more women from Babs’s group are attacked, it becomes clear that the victim’s case wasn’t an isolated incident and that someone out there has a larger plan to bring the group down.
Edited: February 24th, 2010
ABC canceled Ugly Betty, but America Ferrera doesn’t want to let go of her character just yet. She’s starring next on the big screen in Our Family Wedding. Here’s what she told Parade magazine:
On saying goodbye to Ugly Betty:
“I’ve lived with this character who I’ve loved from day one and I have only grown to feel more connected to her and also responsible for making sure her journey is a complete one. Her entire journey was about a transformation, kind of coming into her womanhood and owning herself both physically and emotionally. It’s hard to say goodbye. I haven’t really started going there yet because I still have four episodes to shoot. So I’m staying in denial for now and I’ll deal with all those emotions in a little bit. I imagine that when we finally wrap it’s not going to be a dry-eyed goodbye.”
On growing up thanks to the show:
“I never really pictured myself being on television. I couldn’t imagine a world coming along that would entice me enough to sign away years and years of my life to one character. Then Betty came around. I was 21 when I started and I’ve learned so much and grown so much as a person. It has to be about believing in what you’re doing.”
Edited: February 23rd, 2010
Check out a clip from an upcoming episode of How I Met Your Mother guest starring Carrie Underwood.
In the episode, the gang tries to convince Ted (Josh Radnor) that he is being strung along by Tiffany (Underwood), they reflect about relationships where each of them has been in the same situation.
Underwood will be playing an enigmatic pharmaceutical sales rep.
Earlier this month, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris shared a photo on his Twitter account of Underwood, who donned a flight attendant uniform.
Underwood will also be making her movie debut in the biopic film, Soul Surfer about champion teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who loses her arm in a shark attack, but continues her professional surfing career.
The country singer is set to play Sarah Hill, a church youth leader who’s an influential part in Hamilton’s life.
The HIMYM episode will air on Monday (March 1) at 8:00 p.m. on CBS.
Edited: February 23rd, 2010
Carey Mulligan is quickly becoming the next big thing in Hollywood and has been getting advice from everyone, even Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour.
“Anna said I should wear short for the Oscars. I was like ‘No, that is so not what I had in my head when I was six years old!’
Mulligan said that she’s not ready for the Academy Awards, taking place on March 7.
“It’s beyond wild. I haven’t got a dress or speech planned. I haven’t got any of that stuff yet!”
So what’s her favorite part about being nominated for Best Actress?
“It is beyond crazy to be up against Meryl Streep. She is the best actor on the planet. So it is really hard not to be overawed. Meryl Streep is the queen!”
Edited: February 23rd, 2010
Kate Winslet keeps her Oscar in a special place – her bathroom!
Winslet won the Best Actress award last year for her performance in The Reader and said that she keeps the golden statuette in the bathroom so her guests “can sneakily have a little [hold] and put it back down again.”
She said:
“Basically everybody wants to touch it, everybody wants to hold it and go ‘Oh, my gosh,’ and ‘How heavy is it?’ So I figured if I put it [in there], then people can avoid the whole, ‘Where’s your Oscar?’ thing.”
The 34-year-old shared that she loves to dress up during awards season.
“It’s great to wear lovely dresses and to just experience those moments of dress up, especially as a mum, because you get so few moments to feel good in your own skin and wear a lovely gown.”
Edited: February 23rd, 2010
Kevin James will team-up with Vince Vaughn to star in a Ron Howard comedy called Your Cheating Heart. They will play best friends and business partners.
Vaughn’s character is tortured when he observes his pal’s (James) wife getting intimate with another man.
Vaughn will also produce the film.
James can be see in the upcoming comedy, Grown Ups.
The film also stars Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello.
Are you excited for Your Cheating Heart?
Sound off in the comments!
Edited: February 23rd, 2010
Padma Lakshmi welcomed a baby girl on Saturday (Feb. 20).
“Model, author and Emmy-nominated host of Top Chef Padma Lakshmi gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi on Saturday,” her rep told People. “Mother and baby are well and happy.”
Lakshmi announced her pregnancy back in October after years of struggling with endometriosis.
She has not said who baby’s father is.
Congratulations to the happy mom!
Edited: February 22nd, 2010
