RadarOnline is reporting that Katie Holmes, wife of the gnomish Tom Cruise, was involved in a near-deadly accident on the Australian set of her new film Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark wherein Holmes plays a young woman who is stalked by deadly gnomes. Irony aside, I’m happy to report that Katie managed to escape from the car she was riding in after its battery exploded and caught on fire. Here is a photo of a shaken and stirred Katie Holmes on the set of her movie after she evaded death in this accident:

Actress Katie Holmes narrowly escaped injury on the set of her upcoming movie, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, in Victoria, Australia over the weekend. Holmes was shooting a scene inside a car when the vehicle’s battery exploded — sparking smoke and fumes — before the car then caught fire. The exploding battery was not a part of the film. In the Miramax film (a remake of a 1973 ABC Made-for-TV movie), the wife of Tom Cruise plays a woman stalked by evil gnomes.

All kidding aside, I’m happy that Katie suffered no injury at all from this accident. I cannot imagine what a traumatic incident like this can do to a person but I’m glad to know that she’ll be alright. As for those evil gnomes that will continue to terrify her in the weeks and months to come … well … I guess that’s what she gets for marrying Tom Cruise.

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Lily Allen has been tapped as the new celebrity spokesmodel for the Chanel fashion house. As an ardent fan of their handbags, Lily seems the perfect person to promote the new line of Chanel Coco Cocoon purses … tho, ripping off the Audrey Hepburn look for the campaign seems a bit too obvious to me:

She’s rarely seen out without one of her coveted collection of Chanel handbags. So perhaps it is no surprise that when Lily Allen branched out into modelling she chose the label. Newly released photos from an upcoming campaign show her cuddling bags from the Chanel Coco Cocoon range in undisguised delight. The photos were taken by Chanel designer Karl Lagerfield himself and show a playful Lily, unashamedly acting up for the camera. In other shots the 24-year-old wears a huge tiara and black catsuit as she pulls her sunglasses off her nose. Recently she revealed: ‘I don’t feel comfortable modelling – it’s not something that comes naturally to me, especially when I’m working with fashion photographers because they’re used to working with really tall, skinny and beautiful models and I’m very aware that I’m 5ft 2in and a size 12.’ But her worries were unfounded, as the petite singer looks her best in the photos.

Clearly Lily is interested in endeavors other than those that involve music … I understand she is also launching her own line of jewelry as well. These promo photos are very lovely but I still think they’re too obvious. Hopefully the next time she does a bit of modeling she’ll do so as herself rather than in the guise of someone else.

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Benji Madden took his famously muscled arms to the Urth Cafe here in LA for a little bite to eat yesterday and managed to give passers-by a little dessert treat … of beefcake:

It’s been quite a few months since we last got a gander at Benji’s guns so I think a great many of y’all can appreciate these pics. I think it would be awesome if Benj spent more time showing off his buffed bod, don’t you?

[Photo credit: X17]

Altho Britney Spears just released the official music video for her single Radar earlier this month, she is releasing another new music video for her single Kill the Lights today. Based on a fan fiction story written by a Britney Spears fan, the Kill the Lights music video is an animated adventure that sees Brit Brit soaring into space to battle the evil forces of alien paparazzi … or something like that. Here are a few screencaps from the video and the story it is based on — all spelling and grammatical errors belong to the author alone:

At the begining when Danja speaks we have a animated Danja in a radio environment and at the same time in the frame we have Britney surrounded of a lot of paparazzis. When the song starts Britney run and takes a rocket and scape some other planet. Some of the paparazzis take others rockets and go behind her. When she lands to the other planet, some aliens are there waiting for her, everybody knows her. They have posters with her image, some aliens are dreesed like her. She makes a performance, everybody takes her pictures, she pose and sings. Meanwhile paparazzis from our planet go arriving. When the lights from the cameras are so hard she takes avantage of it and scapes, she takes a control or joystick or something and takes the rocket. When she is far from that planet she sees that it is full of light. She turn of the lights with the joystick. She smiles in a close up when the rocket pass in front of the camera.

My guess is that English isn’t the author’s first language but still, the story is very clear. Having seen the video myself, I think it reflects the spirit of this fan story very well. After the jump, check out the music video for Kill the Lights and see for yourselves …

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Some industrious kids on the Internets have come upon a few promo pictures of some of the members of the Volturi vampire clan as they appear in the upcoming sequel film The Twilight Saga: New Moon. As you may recall, we saw photos of Dakota Fanning in costume as Jane of the Volturi on the Italian set of New Moon last month and just last week we got to check out a pretty good but entirely fake poster of Jane from New Moon … but these new photos appear to be the real deal. They even come with the crest of the Volturi to add credence to their authenticity:

While it’s true that anyone with a penchant for Photoshop and lots of time on their hands can come up with a graphic like this (or fake, fanmade promo pics), I think the leaked photos are genuine promo pics. After the jump, check ‘em out for yourselves and see what Jane, Aro, Caius, Marcus and Alec of the Volturi will look like in The Twlight Saga: New Moon …

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As I mentioned earlier, I was able to attend the Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers which taped here in SoCal last night and will air on Comedy Central on Sunday August 9. I’ve been invited to previous roasts but when I heard they were roasting Joan Rivers and that Kathy Griffin was hosting the roasting … well, I couldn’t pass it up:

To be completely honest, I was laughing too hard to take any pictures of the event. I was seated right smack dab in the middle of the room in prime position to see and hear everything. I was able to hang out with my friend Marc Malkin from E! News and we enjoyed the roast together. People, the jokes are really offensive and not for the PC of heart … but they are funny and, as is the tradition of roast jokes, wholly inappropriate. You’ve gotta tune in on August 9 to see and hear for yourselves. Watch THIS site for all the deets on the Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers.

The night was really fun … but I was most excited that David returned home from his weekend away. He jetted off to hang with some friends in Cleveland, OH and came home last night … it’s nice to have him back home where he belongs. Not sure what we’ve got planned for today but I’m thinkin’ I want to see a movie. We shall see.

• G-Force was the #1 movie at the box office this weekend.
• Mischa Barton is finally released from the hospital.
• “I have never had admiration for [Lance Armstrong] and I never will.” — Alberto Contador, 2009 Tour de France winner
• Joe Jonas is a single boy again.
• Billy Bob Thornton’s daughter, charged with the death of a child, is out on bail.
• There is just TOO MUCH TO LOVE about Joan Rivers.
• Prince Pierre of Monaco lets it all hang out on his private yacht. (NSFW)
• US Swimmer Ricky Berens suffers a wardrobe malfunction mid race. Whoops!
• The tacky way to remember Michael Jackson.
• Does user-friendly equal female-friendly?
• Um, Ali Larter really should take better measures to cover her bum when she bends down so low.
• Megan Fox does Comic-Con.
• Madonna to help Jesus Luz launch a music career?
• First Look: Kelly Clarkson, Already Gone
• Britney Spears booed in Berlin?
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers is 32, Pete Yorn is 35, Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) is 37, Juliana Hatfield is 42 and Jerry Van Dyke (Coach) is 78 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Joel Madden is penning a memoir.
• Rihanna’s publicist says it was a “coincidence” that she and Chris Brown stayed at the same hotel in NYC over the weekend.
• Katherine Jackson’s lawyer says that the opposing parties are “close” to an agreement in deciding the custody of Michael Jackson’s children.