This week we’ve seen some pretty fab photos from the Italian set of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. There’s been some lovin’ and some shirtlessness … but today, we get to see some action. Yeah, I know these new pics aren’t quite as exciting as the ones we’ve seen already this week but, c’mon, they gotta save some of the good stuff for when the movie actually comes out. Here are pics of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson filming one of the epic scenes from New Moon in a public square in Montepulciano, Italy:

This might be the last of the Italian set pics that we’ll get to see for at least a short while … both Rob and Kristen will be making their way to SoCal for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards where they will be presenting the first footage from New Moon live on the show. I know many of you are really anxious to see some of this footage. The MTV Movie Awards airs on MTV this Sunday night … you want some new New Moon action, then you know where you’ll have to be.

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It would seem that reports of the dunzoness of Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood have been greatly exaggerated … or, perhaps, the couple realized that they just couldn’t live without one another. Here are pics of the happy couple together again in London, England this week were MM has been doing some promo for the release of his new album The High End of Low:

HMMM … you may recall that Page Six reported that MM and ERW got back together in February but since the couple were never seen together, I kinda discounted the report. Perhaps they were right all along. I really don’t understand that ERW sees in MM … she could really do so much better, I think. Ah well … I guess true love is blind. After the jump, check out a photo of Marilyn Manson and reunited bandmate Twiggy Ramirez at an HMV in-store signing for their new album this week — be warned, the pic ain’t pretty …

The kickass BBC America sci-fi series Torchwood is back for a third season this July and the network has just released a new teaser trailer to get fans pumped up for the new season:

It’s been called the new “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in that the characters and storylines are very similar in supernatural awesomeness to the Joss Whedon masterpiece. In fact, James Marsters (who played Spike in BtVS and Angel) had a role in Torchwood last season. Will he return for more this coming season? Season 3 of the series has been subtitled, Children of Earth … which conjures up all sorts of ominous images in my head. After the jump, check out the trailer for season 3 of Torchwood and see what’s in store for yourself …

On Wednesday we learned that Lady Gaga is featured on the cover of Rolling Stone‘s Hot List issue for 2009 but she is not the only “hot” person/thing featured in the mag. Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been chosen as the Hot Actor, Bat for Lashes has been chosen as the Hot Singer, Rupert Grint (who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films) has been chosen as the Hot Sidekick and the LA band Silversun Pickups has been chosen as the Hot Band. Here are some pics of these hot folks as featured in the mag:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been a hot actor for some time but it seems like folks are finally waking up to the fact that he rules … here’s hoping his stint in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra doesn’t undo all of the hard work he’s done over the years. Bat for Lashes has to be one of the most exciting new artists to burst on the scene. While Lady Gaga is trying really hard to stand out and be different, Bat for Lashes is actually standing out and being wonderfully different. Her album rules. Rupert Grint is really a very cool sidekick for Daniel Radcliffe‘s Harry Potter, as anyone familiar with the movies should know. He really brings Ron Weasley to life. You can click HERE to read Rolling Stone‘s thoughts on his awesome sidekickness. After The Oohlas (who are my fave LA band), I’d have to pick the Silversun Pickups as my second fave band. They are so the Mazzy Star/The Sundays alternarock band of the times. I’ve loved every song they’ve ever written … their sound hearkens back to my shoegaze youth and makes the experience feel new all over again. Rolling Stone doesn’t always get the “hot” things right every year but this time, they’ve picked a few winners. Kudos for them for finally gettin’ their fingers on the pulse.

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Much of yesterday was spent running around the house trying to get the place in order while we furiously packed for our week-long trip to Detroit, MI that starts this afternoon. Because it was our dear friend Darion’s birthday, David and I paused from our franticness to meet up with him and Kirsten for dinner at XIV for a 12-course meal to celebrate Darion’s Golden Birthday (he turned 28 on the 28th). Here is a pic of us at the restaurant last night:

Last night’s visit to XIV was the first for both Darion and Kirsten and they loved it … we all did … up until the 10th, 11th and 12th courses showed up and then we hated our lives. We kept eating but we still hated our lives ;) It was really fun. Darion will be continuing his birthday extravaganza all weekend long … it pains me to be missing out.

But … Detroit, here we come!! We leave for the airport this afternoon and will arrive in Detroit early enough to go out tonight. Tomorrow, Mark and I will be attending Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena to cheer on the Red Wings and then Sunday is our second Nine Inch Nails concert … and the week carries on from there. It’ll be good to be back in the Motor City … I’ve missed it. So … I’ll be comin’ atcha from the Midwest all week long starting tomorrow — holler!

• American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi outs Adam Lambert.
• Honey, you’ve needed a make-over for A VERY LONG TIME.
• Nicole Kidman denies that she is pregs.
• Zachary Quinto asks, Got Milk?
• Jerry O’Connell rocks the Speedo.
• David Hyde Pierce reveals that he is married on The View.
• Tonight is Jay Leno‘s last episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
• Hollywood looks to the 80′s to recycle another classic film.
• Victoria’s Secret Angels don’t like wearing clothes.
• Jessica Simpson tongues a whale.
• Beyoncé feels your economic pain, offers bargain basement prices for some concert tickets.
• The stars come out for Burberry in NYC.
• Terminator: Salvation premieres in France.
• Melanie Brown of the Spice Girls is 34, Noel Gallagher of Oasis is 42, Melissa Etheridge is 48, LaToya Jackson is 53 and Danny Elfman is 56 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Heather Graham suggests that women should strip in order to feel empowered.
• Morrissey cancels the rest of his UK tour.
• No babies for Cameron Diaz just yet.

Levi Johnston, the Alaskan teen who got semi-famous last Summer after he got the teenage/unwed daughter of Alaska governor Sarah Palin pregs while Palin was running for Vice President of the United States of America, is featured in the pages of the new issue of GQ magazine. Shirtless and in daddy-mode, Johnston poses in his first photoshoot for a major publication and talks to the mag about his life with the Palins and his subsequent expulsion from their presence. Here is a beefcakey photo of Levi changing his son Tripp in all his shirtless glory (er, both of them):

I took the liberty of covering up baby Tripp‘s genitals mainly cuz the kid’s gonna have enough embarrassing drama in his life already … why add fuel to the little guy’s fire? To be quite honest, I didn’t read his entire GQ article … cuz it goes on for 17 pages! I did skim it tho and there is a lot of information. The mag tried to put a Biblical spin on the tale (using Biblical language, most likely cuz the guy’s name is Levi) and goes into great length about Johnston‘s life … and bear hunting skills. To be honest, it reads as if GQ knows that no other publication will ever tell his tale … ever … so they are trying to cover as much ground as possible. It should come as no surprise that it wasn’t the interview/article that drew my attention … but why Levi decided to post shirtless with his child in a men’s magazine, I’ll never know. Not that I mind. After the jump, check out a few more pics from Levi‘s GQ photoshoot — yes, he’s a lotta bit Country and seems happy to show it off …

Sad news for fans of the Jude’stache (that hairy piece of cuteness that took up residence on Jude Law‘s upper lip for the months he filmed scenes for the new Guy Ritchie-directed film Sherlock Holmes wherein Law plays the role of the dutiful sidekick Dr. Watson to the super sleuth) … it is no more. Jude was spotted out and about on the streets of London, England this week and he was, sadly, without facial hair … behold:

Sad face. I suppose it is to be expected … I guess we’ve always known deep down in our hearts that the Jude’stache would not be with us forever. Tho we dared to dream, alas, it has departed and left this mortal realm for sweet silence of oblivion. Sigh. I suppose there is a chance that the Jude’stache might, one day, return … after all, Ritchie might order up some reshoots for Sherlock Holmes that would compel, nay, require Jude Law to grow back the Jude’stache. But, until that time (should it ever come), we’ll just have to content ourselves with the sweet memories that the Jude’stache has left us with. Ah … but that I had a lock of hair from that sweet, now departed, friend to hold close to my bosom in sweet reverent remembrance. Again, I say, Sigh. May flights of angels wing you to your eternal destination. Peace the Spork Out, Jude’stache … you will be sorely missed.

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Yikes! As if the animosity between Candy Spelling (mother) and Tori Spelling (daughter) wasn’t already bad enough, Candy had to go and lob another accusation/attack on Tori in a new radio interview this week wherein mother publicly blamed her daughter for the death of TV producer/mogul Aaron Spelling (Candy‘s husband, Tori‘s father). Now, I like me a family feud as much as the next person (OK, I really don’t … but up until now the Candy vs. Tori thing has been marginally amusing) but this seems to be taking things a bit too far. It wasn’t that long ago that Candy Spelling released one of her famous “open letters” to daughter Tori pleading for a reconciliation … but Tori refused. Clearly, that didn’t sit well with Candy … hence, these new comments blaming Tori for Aaron‘s death. Damn. And I bet you thought your family had issues:

Everybody knows Candy and Tori Spelling had a beef, but now moms is taking the family feud to a whole new level of nasty. Appearing on a Massachusetts radio station Thursday to pimp her new book, Stories from Candyland, Candy Spelling not just bad-mouthed her 90210-starring spawn, but went so far as to blame husband Aaron Spelling’s demise on her estranged daughter. “My daughter one day decided that she wasn’t speaking to my husband, myself and my son and that’s how it’s continued for the last, oh gosh, four or five years,” Candy said to 94.7 WMAS-FM’s Kellogg Krew. “And it was sad, that’s what killed my husband actually. He just didn’t want to live after that. He has just done everything he could possibly do for his daughter and she wanted no part of him once he couldn’t do anything for her.” The über-producer died June 23, 2006, following a stroke; angst was not listed as the official cause of death. Candy says that while both women have paid lip service in interviews about reconnecting, there has been no such luck thus far. “I’ve always been trying to work on the relationship. I don’t know what the anger is.” Call it a hunch, but maybe it has something to do with the accusations of patricide. We’ve been trying to get reps for Tori and Candy on the horn, but so far nada.

This is about as low as low-blows go. It’s one thing to launch personal attacks on someone else (tho, it’s pretty sad when those attacked are leveled at your own flesh and blood) but to publicly blame your daughter for the death of her father is just … shitty. I used to think that Candy was a spitfire but this is just a really crappy thing to say about your daughter. Something tells me that a reconciliation between these two grown, adult women now has an even greater likelihood of never happening … ever. I do feel bad for Tori Spelling tho … it must be really terrible to hear these sorts of attacks coming from one’s own mother. The late Joan Crawford ain’t got nothing on the Mommie Dearestness of Candy Spelling.

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Well, well now … it looks like MTV is trying to cook up some serious drama for the next season of The Hills. As we already know, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County alum Kristin Cavallari is taking over as the HBIC on The Hills (in the wake of Lauren LC Conrad‘s departure from the show) and she and the cast began filming scenes for the new season this week. Longtime fans might remember that Kristin and Brody Jenner used to date in the time before Brody was even on The Hills … so they’ve got a long history. Brody is now with Playboy Playmate Jayde Nicole who has had to defend her relationship with Brody against fellow Hills castmember Audrina Patridge, who tried to bed Brody in a recent ep of the show. Now that Kristin is on the show, Jayde‘s got a lot more to be worried about. Here are pics of Kristin and Brody filming scenes together yesterday — alone — here in SoCal for an upcoming ep of The Hills. Might they be rekindling their old romance for the show?

HMMM … while it’s possible that Kristin may re-hook-up with Brody on the show, I understand that she might be paired up with Justin Bobby as well — much to Audrina‘s chagrin, I’m sure. Isn’t it nice to know that a girl has options? Whatever the case may be, whether she hooks-up with one or both of these guys, I can’t WAIT to watch the drama unfold on the show for myself. Might they even bring out Stephen Colletti again? I am so excited for Kristin‘s return to TV. These pics are a great tease for the coming season … I hope we get to see more as the Summer unfolds.

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