On Monday we got out first look at the first poster from the upcoming sequel film Iron Man 2. As you may recall, that poster featured Iron Man and War Machine standing back to back, ready for action. Today we get our first look at the first international poster for the film … and this poster is all about Tony Stark/Iron Man:

We saw the first teaser poster for Iron Man 2 [earlier this] week, but here’s the new international teaser poster for the film – and darn it if Tony Stark isn’t looking grumpier by the minute. Yes, by the looks of this poster things are going to get a lot tougher for one-time playboy Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr., as if you didn’t know) this time around. He’s got the government trying to co-opt his invention, a powerful competitor after his business in the form of Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer, a new enemy in Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash and a new frenemy when Don Cheadle’s Colonel James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes dons the War Machine armour for himself. Oh, and there’s Scarlett Johnasson’s Natasha Romanov in there as well, complicating everything further (we’re guessing), Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury hovering and Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pepper Potts providing romantic entanglement.

Great, altho gruff, poster … but I think I prefer the other poster over this one. But in the end, who really cares cuz both posters are awesome!! Ugh, I cannot get over how far away May 2010 sounds but considering it was just Hallowe’en then BAM! it was Thanksgiving and BAM! it’ll soon be Xmas then New Year’s … I’m afraid to see just how quickly May 2010 will get here. In any event, I’m really looking forward to Iron Man 2 … and I hope the poster artwork keeps comin’ … they are always a treat to see.

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Back in May we learned the HORRIFYING news that plans are in the works to remake Buffy the Vampire Slayer the movie WITHOUT creator Joss Whedon’s involvement and shortly thereafter we found out what Joss himself thought about the idea. Today we are hearing from How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan (who famously played Buffy BFF Willow Rosenberg on the long running BtVS TV series) and she, too, expresses her disdain for any Buffy remake that does not include the master Joss Whedon:

There’s been talk for months now about a reboot of Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Plans are underway to relaunch it as a new movie franchise, a movie franchise with no connection to the popular television series and worse, no involvement from creator Joss Whedon. Today we had a chance to sit down with former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Alyson Hannigan. She played Buffy’s nerdy yet loveable sidekick Willow during the show’s run and for my money it was she, not Buffy, who was by far the best part of the series. Willow’s one of the biggest reasons Buffy worked as well as it did and though Hannigan has now moved on to other things (like How I Met Your Mother) it’s almost impossible to imagine any Buffy project without her. Well start imagining. We asked her about those Buffy remake plans and she seems as perturbed by the whole thing as the show’s fans. When we asked her what she thought of Buffy without Joss she said, “Yeah, and that’s a very big mistake in my opinion.” Whedon wrote both the 90s movie and ran the subsequent spin-off television show she was a part of. So it makes sense that Hannigan says, “I mean if Joss isn’t involved, it’s only the title.” And without Joss, there’s no way they’ll get her involved in it. Not even for a cameo. She says, “Not without Joss. Joss is the only reason that we would go back. I mean, it’s just ridiculous to think of that TV show without Joss. That’s just silly to me… And all the fans know that, too, so I don’t know what they’re thinking.” Hannigan’s reaction to remake echos that of former Giles Anthony Stewart Head, who, rather gleefully trashed the notion a few weeks ago HERE. Look it’s no mystery why they’re doing this. Vampires are hot and let’s face it, Twilight is basically just a watered down Buffy ripoff so why not bring back the real deal and get rich. But I’m pretty sure nobody wants it. Not the fans, not the Buffy cast, and probably not Twilight fans who are too busy swooning over Edward to notice anything else.

Finally … some reason in all of this madness. Of course the fans would be put off by this idiotic notion of remaking Buffy the Vampire Slayer without Joss Whedon but I’m very comforted by the fact that the actors themselves are just as perturbed. I love that Aly and Anthony Stewart Head are sticking by Whedon and are vehemently refusing to have anything AT ALL to do with this pitiful idea of a remake. I hope that plans for this proposed remake crash and burn, never to be heard from again. Until they are willing to work WITH Joss Whedon, I don’t think anyone at all is interested in any other scenario. I’m more intrigued by the reports that Whedon may turn his Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 comic book series into an animated web series. No Whedon, No Way! That seems to be the mantra of every single Buffy fan!!

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Remember how I earlier said that the presence of Britney Spears’s cute little boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James, make any photoshoot worthwhile? Yeah, well, I was preparing you for this … Kevin Federline and the boys are featured in the new issue of Australian OK! magazine wherein he talks about how happy he is that Britney is in love again. What is most interesting about this interview is that it is the closest thing we’ve gotten thus far to an official confirmation that Britney and her agent/beau Jason Trawick are dating. Here is a cute pic of the boys with K-Fed in his new issue of Aussie OK! and some excerpts from his interview:

Are you happy to see Britney in love again?
Yeah, I’m totally happy for her. That’s all I want… you want your children’s mother to be happy. It’s great.

When did you first notice the weight creeping up?
A couple of years ago I could tell my metabolism was slowing down and it’s just like my stomach was growing and growing on a daily basis (laughs). Getting’ out of control. We were in Miami a couple of months ago and they [paparazzi] got a picture of me with my shirt off at the pool and when I saw that I was just like, WOW.

Ugh … as grossed out as I am that K-Fed is getting any attention from the press (granted, due to the fame of his children) I think it is nice to see these little boys lookin’ so cute and happy. You can tell these photos were shot on K-Fed’s recent trip to Australia cuz the boys are rockin’ their buzz hair cuts. It turns out that K-Fed’s ladyfriend Victoria Prince also mooched her way into this OK! magazine piece. After the jump, check out a photo of K-Fed and his new family …

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So the on-again off-again romance between Marilyn Manson (née Brian Warner) and Evan Rachel Wood appears to be back on again. You may recall that in November of last year ERW confirmed her split from MM and in December of last year, MM had already moved on with a new chick … in May of this year, there were rumors that Manson and Wood were back together but then in June of this year it looked like Evan had moved on and hooked up with actor Shane West. Cut to NOW and we are hearing from Marilyn Manson himself, in a new interview with Metal Hammer, that he and Evan Rachel Wood are back together again:

After some shocking behaviour in recent interviews Marilyn Manson is back with the woman he loves… “that’s kind of breaking news, you can be the first one to say that.”

Will the new material be a more honest look at Marilyn Manson then?
“Yeah, I think it will be more badass , I think it’s going to be more romantic maybe. Self abusive.”

OY! Well … I guess true love will always win out in the end. I suppose congrats are in order for the happy couple … and now that MM is back with the love of his life AND is freed from the confines of his record contract with Interscope, he can get back to making great music … right? Well, I think it’d be wise if we DON’T hold our collective breaths waiting for that to happen. But at least we can be happy that Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood are together again … that’s good news, don’tchathink?

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Yesterday we got our first look at Britney Spears on the cover of the new issue of Elle magazine (after we got a sneak preview of the mag’s photospread on Tuesday) and today we get to see a few photos from the spread along with the alt cover of the mag that subscribers will be receiving in their mailboxes when the mag arrives:

A decade after her titillating debut in pigtails and a plaid Catholic school skirt, we find ourselves cheering on Britney Spears once again. There have been, of course, speed bumps in recent years—a divorce, feuds with family, a very public breakdown—but the past 12 months have witnessed a cautious yet emphatic comeback. With Circus, her triumphant 2008 album and subsequent world tour, Britney reasserted herself as a pop music ringleader, firmly in control of the spectacle. The album is the star’s fifth to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200—making her the youngest woman to accomplish that feat. And the nearly yearlong tour, with its elaborate $50 million extravaganza featuring DSquared2 costumes (nine outfit changes a night, including Britney as a trapeze artist, a magician’s assistant, and, somewhat perplexingly, a policewoman), was among the highestgrossing concert tours in the United States last year, rivaling those of U2 and Bruce Springsteen. With another greatest-hits record freshly arrived (and a new single, “3,” which raced up the Billboard chart), we see flashes of vintage Brit, the one we love—blond, happy, and back on top. This is no small turnabout. Rare is the artist who can pirouette from teen idolhood to a discerning adult audience; not even Madonna, Britney’s idol, had to do that. But Britney was a teen pop princess who knew how to build an image (the virginal temptress) and sell it through videos (her 1999 breakout “…Baby One More Time”) that nimbly walked the line between sweetness and provocation. Now, at 28, her sound is grittier (as in the throbby 2008 hit “Womanizer”) and her lyrics reveal a confident sexuality. Britney may have sung “I’m not that innocent” on her 2000 single “Oops!…I Did It Again,” but today, there’s no argument, with frank lyrics such as those on “3”: “Merrier the more/ Triple fun that way/ Twister on the floor.” The new track represents Spears’ rekindled partnership with the reclusive Swedish producer Max Martin (Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl”; Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone”), who wrote “…Baby One More Time” but hadn’t worked with the singer in more than seven years.

It turns out that Britney didn’t give Elle a proper interview but the new issue will have a coverstory article that will chronicle Britney’s great 2009. The mag will also include a bunch of amazing photos that were shot before Britney embarked on her first ever Aussie tour earlier this month. After the jump, check out a few of those photos …

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Last night I met up with my friend Jordan so that we could grab dinner (at Pinches Tachos), enjoy dessert (Pinkberry) and watch last night’s ep of Glee together. Jordan, who just returned home from a trip to Australia, cozied up with his little BFF Maddie and the two posed for a couple of pics …

… one pic with a bright flash and one without. Aren’t they the cutest? If you watched last night’s ep of Glee, you saw that the Rachel Barry character was the kind of student who had to be in every school club available. It turns out that Jordan was the same kind of student … he was even voted Most Likely to Succeed:

LOL … awesome right? We had a lot of fun last night … it was great to see Jordan.

Tonight is our next Date Night … but this time, it is David’s turn to plan so I have no idea what we are doing. I’ll be sure to let y’all know tomorrow ;)

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