TV Land, the home of classic television, held its annual TV Land Awards show at University City here in Hollywood, CA yesterday and managed to bring out stars of the small screen from the days of yore. Neil Patrick Harris, who currently stars on the CBS hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother, played host to the awards show and looked pretty fab on the red carpet. Here are a few photos of some of the other folks who came out for the awards show yesterday evening:

Ah, TV Land … you do have a penchant for intermingling the new and old stars of TV in an oddly entertaining way. Here are a few pics from the show itself, which will air on TV Land next Sunday April 26th:

Fans of Married … With Children will want to tune in to see the show be honored with the Innovator Award (which is “presented to a series whose influence is still felt and evident in television today”) and fans of Magnum P.I. (and Tom Selleck’s ’stache) will want to tune in to watch the show be honored with the Hero Award (which “salutes a lead character whose crime-solving feats were astounding, yet remained thoroughly authentic, offering equal parts of street smarts, wit and charisma”). Also the amazing yet totally mindeffing 70’s show H.R. Pufnstuf is paid tribute by a musical number performed by Cyndi Lauper — I hear it is NOT to be missed. In a sea of Award Shows the TV Land Awards is but another one … but at least the nostalgia factor means that this one might be worth tuning in for ;)

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The ever-watchful Hollywood.TV happened upon lovebirds Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspooon lookin’ all cozy in Indio, CA over the weekend (as you may recall, the pair were spotted lookin’ all coupley the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival) and happened to get video of Jakey poo fondling Reese’s bum as the pair walked together side-by-side:

Heh … that’s quite a goose, Jake! I never knew that you had it in you … or that Reese was that kind of girl ;) Yeah, something tells me that Reese prolly doesn’t mind being manhandled by Jake like this … not one bit. After the jump, check out video of Mr. Grabby Hands in action …

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Heroes hottie Milo Ventimiglia made an appearance at the Heroes for Autism event at The Avalon in Hollywood, CA yesterday and he used the occasion to show off his new look … homie got himself a haircut, behold:

Okay, so either Milo lost a bet or he is gearing up for a new gig (a remake of Slingblade, perhaps?). I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this new ‘do of Milo’s … the sides seem awfully short and the top seems disproportionately longish. Milo is a good looking man and he is capable of making most anything look good … but I dunno about this haircut. What do y’all think … thumbs up or puke on your shoes bad?

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Here is our first look at the new poster advertisement for the May 11th ep of Gossip Girl which will feature a significant flashback to the 80’s so that we can get our first look at how wild child Lily van der Woodsen (nee Lily Rhodes) reached her station in life:

The ep will also serve to introduce the characters that will be featured in the upcoming as-yet untitled Gossip Girl spin-off series that will focus on the young Lily and her dramatic life before the events of Gossip Girl take place. On the one hand, I’m kinda looking forward to a TV series that is set in the 80s but I have the bad feeling that it might be too soon to spin-off a show from GG already. Of course, we’ll have to wait and see what the spin-off looks like to judge whether or not it’s worth watching but … I dunno. This new ep will be a pretty good indicator of what’s to come in the new ep. I’m really looking forward to seeing this taste of the spin-off. I’ll reserve judgment ’til then. I will say, tho, that this poster of Lily’s mugshot is pretty brills. If anything, it does make me want to see more of the character’s wild ways.

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Yesterday was the third and final day of the 2009 installment of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA and, despite the soaring temperatures, folks streamed out for the last day of the fest to take in acts like Lykke Li, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Public Enemy and headliners The Cure. Here are a few photos of these acts on the performance stage yesterday and some info about how the fest got all wrapped up:

It took a while to get to the last day of this year’s Coachella Festival, but just a few notes from the voice of Antony made it all worth it. Dressed in a baggy cream shirt & black pants, the leader of Antony & the Johnsons proved once again to be what I hope Heaven sounds like. His show on the Outdoor Stage, where more and more I think the truly best bands were this year, was a swirl of the romantic, the exotic and the amazing. That standard continued with the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. Karen O, whose multi-leafed golden frock reminded everyone why she is the most captivating fashion forward person in music right now, held the Main stage masses in her hands & never let go through a string of Alt-rock classics and classics to be. As with TV On The Radio on Saturday, the NYC band showed the sunset slot is where the bands that will define this year’s Coachella showed their stuff. Plus, there can be no doubt that the equally effortlessly cool Nick Zinner has become one of the great guitar heroes of our time and that in Brian Chase he is anchored by one of the best drummers around. If you weren’t at Coachella this year, see if you can find a clip of the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs doing “Gold Lion” from Coachella 2009 and you’ll understand … My Bloody Valentine weren’t anywhere near as punishingly loud as I remember them being back in the early 1990s, but they were certainly as good. Their set on the Main Stage seemed to start off almost tame and then it began to build and build over an hour into a 20 minute hypnotic frenzy that redefined what guitars should do. MBV then lapsed back into conventional song structure – conventional for MBV that is – before going right back into the madness. By the time the Cure came out to finish off the night, despite rumors floating around that the Beastie Boys were going to make a surprise appearance to cap Coachella’s 10th anniversary, the main field looked almost full of fans. Robert Smith, still significantly supporting the hair spray industry with his crazy puffed out hair, and crew put on an exhaustive show that bordered on the psychedelic. The girls all danced and the men they were there with tried to not let it show that they were remembering the bad depressive Cure inspired verse they used to write to pick up girls. Sadly for the Cure, slabs of the audience lacked the endurance the band had and started streaming out. The festival organizers lacked some of that enthusiasm too. The plug was pulled on the band at 12:30, leaving the Cure to end the last few songs of their set with only their onstage monitors as amplification. In true Coachella sprit, despite the Coachella organizers themselves, the band played on. They only finally left the stage, to wild applause from the loyal remaining few, when the stage lights were turned off and the field lights were turned on.

It’s a bummer that The Cure had to have the plug pulled on them but I understand that there is a very expensive fine for going past the noise curfew. The fest is reportedly charged $1,000. for every minute past 12AM that a band performs … Paul McCartney went over by 50 minutes on Friday night so I’m sure the festival decided to cut their losses and pull the plug on The Cure as quickly as they could (after all, there was no way they were gonna cut off Sir Paul). And with that … another Coachella goes into the record books. I understand that attendance was pretty good this year, despite the flailing economy … which is a good sign that the fest will continue for many years to come. After the jump, check out some photos of some of the celebs who came out for Coachella this weekend — you’ll be happy to know that Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt made an appearance …

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Russell Crowe has teamed up with his Gladiator director Ridley Scott for a new period piece film and today we get our first look at Crowe in his new role of Robin Hood, the so-called Prince of Thieves:

Robin Hood, say hello to Gladiator. The story of the bandit who steals from the rich and gives to the poor gets a makeover in Robin Hood, which reunites Gladiator star Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott. Sporting a Caesar haircut and slimmed-down physique, Crowe shed the weight he gained for his portly characters in State of Play and Body of Lies. He also updated the bandit’s wardrobe. “He doesn’t have the old Robin Hood tights,” says producer Brian Grazer. “He’s got armor. He’s very medieval. He looks, if anything, more like he did in Gladiator than anything we’re used to seeing with Robin Hood.” And though it won’t be easy replicating the box office or Oscar success of the 2000 film —Gladiator raked in $458 million worldwide and won five Academy Awards, including best picture — Grazer says Robin Hood’s story was ripe for revisiting. “Oddly, it’s a metaphor for today,” Grazer says. “He’s trying to create equality in a world where there are a lot of injustices. He’s a crusader for the people, trying to reclaim some of the ill-gotten gains of the wealthy. That’s a universal theme.” Not that the film will linger on the contemporary. “We just shot a scene where Maid Marion fires a flaming bow and arrow into the night sky. It’s just a cool story.”

HMM … it looks like Robin Hood will be going up against Sherlock Holmes (who we all know will be played by Robert Downey, Jr.) in a box office battle royale to determine who is the bigger literary heavyweight. To be honest, my money is on Sherlock Holmes. While Robin will have his band of Merry Men, Sherlock has got Watson (played by Jude Law) and his Jude’stache. Hello, there’s no contest. While many would say that their fave Robin Hoods from days of yore have been played by actors like Errol Flynn, Kevin Costner or even Cary Elwes … I’d have to say that my fave actor to play Robin Hood is Patrick Stewart who played Robin in an ep of Star Trek: The Next Generation. But … Crowe did hand in a pretty impressive performance as Maximus in Gladiator back in 2000 … I suppose he can pull off Robin Hood as well, right?

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After her bid to adopt little Chifundo Mercy James was denied by the Malawian court earlier this month, Madonna immediately filed an appeal of that decision in the hopes that the Supreme Court of Malawai would take up her case and overturn the decision. Today we learn that Madonna’s case has been accepted by the Supreme Court as they have issued a date to hear her appeal … Maddy’s case will go before the court to undergo appeal on May 4:

A three-judge Supreme Court of Appeal panel will convene on May 4 to hear an appeal filed by Madonna against an April 3 Malawi High Court decision to stop her from adopting 3-year-old Malawian girl Chifundo “Mercy” James. Joseph Chigona, registrar of the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal, said Monday, “As with all court cases involving infants, this one will be in chambers, not in an open court.” Alan Chinula, Madonna’s Malawian lawyer, said he already has presented grounds for his appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal and was hopeful. “We believe the lower court judge erred by basing her judgment on an archaic law of over 50 years ago,” he said. According to Chigona and Chinula, the singer is not required to be present during the appeal, which may last for two weeks.

Now, I’m not entirely versed in the ways of the Malawian court system but in our country the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of any legal dispute that is brought before them so I assume the same rings true in Malawi. That would mean that whatever decision is handed down by the Supreme Court will be the final say in this matter, period. I suppose the matter of the little girl’s paternity still needs to be determined since at least one man, James Kambewa, has stepped forward to claim her as his biological daughter in the wake of Madonna’s adoption bid. I’ve not heard if Kambewa passed DNA tests to prove his paternity but barring any of that, I suppose the Supreme Court will have to rule whether or not the residency requirement in place for adoptions in that country should stand or not. Since the court can take two weeks to deliver their decision after the case is brought before them (on May 4), we should have answer once and for all concerning this adoption by the end of next month.

In other Madonna news, we learned yesterday that Maddy suffered a horse-riding accident when she fell off the horse she was riding while in the Hamptons, NY. Madonna’s camp is blaming the accident on the paparazzi who they say “spooked” the horse by taking photos. TMZ spoke with the sole paparazzo who was there and he vehemently denies that he had anything to do with Madonna’s accident. After the jump, check out a couple photos of Madonna’s accident got by The New York Post (who broke the story of Madonna’s accident on Saturday night) and the denial by the pap of his involvement in her accident …

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