Tina Fey Excited to See Alec Baldwin Co-host the Oscars

Tina Fey can’t wait to see her 30 Rock co-star Alec Baldwin make his Oscar-hosting debut.

She said:

“I’m excited to watch the show, I’m excited to watch Alec and Steve…They really are peers with everybody in the room so I think they’ll be able to joke around and tease everybody in the room the way a regular comedian from the outside could not.

Fey will also be presenting at the ceremony this year.

The Oscars are set to air on ABC this Sunday (March 7)!

Are you excited?

Sound off in the comments!

Edited: March 5th, 2010

Lady Gaga: Not a Fan of Flats

Lady Gaga has her own fashion sense, as seen in some of the things that she wears – both onstage and off.

The sing admitted that she would rather die than be seen in flat shoes.

She said:
“I would rather die than have my fans not see me in a pair of high heels. I’d never give up my wigs and hats for anything. You see legendary people taking out their trash, I think it’s destroying show-business.”

She wants her fans however, to have their own style.

“Be whatever you want to be, it’s not about emulating me… it’s all right to be different.”

What do you think about her fashion?

Sound off in the comments!

Edited: March 4th, 2010

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gabourey Sidibe: Character Approved

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

America Ferrera is in Denial of ‘Ugly Betty’ Cancellation

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

Carey Mulligan is Not Taking Anna Wintour’s Fashion Advice

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 the Bathroom

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

Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish Split

Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish have split.

A rep told People:

“Abbie ended the relationship with Ryan and she moved out of their home.”

The actress was reportedly seen on Sunday, removing her belongings from the house she shared with Phillippe, while he was out with his children running errands.

The pair met in 2006 on the set of their film, Stop Loss and were then followed intensely by the press during Phillippe’s divorce to Reese Witherspoon.

Cornish has been filming her new movie, Sucker Punch in Vancouver for the past seven months.

Edited: February 22nd, 2010

Scarlett Johansson: Planning Wedding Was Like Doing a ‘Drug Deal’

Scarlett Johansson, who rarely talks about her marriage to Ryan Reynolds, told David Letterman a little about what it was like to plan her wedding.

During the Late Show, the 25-year-old said:

“Where we got married there were bears and whales and eagles. I never thought that I’d be planning my wedding in a dark alley somewhere, but it turned out that way. It was really quite secretive and I felt like I was doing a drug deal — without all the fun.”

She also said that she married Reynolds in a very remote part of Canada (Vancouver Island in British Columbia).

Johansson recently made her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge.

Edited: February 21st, 2010

Emily Blunt: ‘Twitter is Awful’

Emily Blunt is not a big fan of twitter and says that she won’t be joining the social-networking site because she doesn’t want to “bore” her fans.

She told People magazine:

“Twitter is literally the most awful thing. It’s mind-numbingly boring to hear about people’s adventures at the gas station. I couldn’t care less.”

The Wolfman star, however, is addicted to reality TV.

“I like Project Runway at the moment. I love that show. I love Heidi Klum. Have you ever seen a pregnant woman look so good as Heidi? I did watch a bit of The Bachelor too which was riveting. Well, it’s so gross it’s riveting. I just like seeing the human behavioral thing kind of at its worst in some ways. It’s like a sick pleasure.”

Edited: February 15th, 2010

Julia Roberts Got Paid $500,000 a Minute for ‘Valentine’s Day’

Julia Roberts was paid a hefty sum to appear in Valentine’s Day. The actress can be seen in the film for just a total of six minutes and was paid $3 million for her role, which amounts to $500,000 a minute!

Roberts agreed to appear in the film as a favor to her Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride director, Garry Marshall.

New York Magazine broke it down statistically, writing that Roberts was paid $8,333 per second or minimally $11,952 per spoken word.

Valentine’s Day is currently #1 at the box office grossing over $52.4 million. The film is expected to make a total of $60 million by the end of the holiday weekend.

Edited: February 14th, 2010