May, 2010
May 27, 2010
Porn to be wild
First Look: Lindsay Lohan As Linda Lovelace

Photographer Tyler Shields has updated his official website with 2 movie posters that feature embattled starlet Lindsay Lohan, who spent part of her day today meeting with her probation officer, in her new role as porn star Linda Lovelace. As you may recall, Lindsay scored the title role as Lovelace in the film Inferno (directed by Matthew Wilder) and these posters give us our first look at Lindsay as Linda:

HMMM … it seems a wee bit early to be releasing movie posters for a film that has yet (to my knowledge) to go into production … especially considering that Lindsay only scored the role in the film just a few weeks ago. I mean … yeah. After the jump, check out the second Inferno poster released today …

Blue Belle
Kylie Minogue Releases New ‘Aphrodite’ Promo Images

Kylie Minogue will be releasing her new album Aphrodite in early July but today she is releasing a batch of fun promo photos to promote the release of her new album … behold:

Yeah, I’m thinkin’ that Kylie is really in love with the color blue these days, how about you? While these photos are kinda cool, none of them are all that new and inventive. Some of them look like Kylie promo pics that we’ve seen before. Even still, I can’t help but be CRAZY excited for the release of her new album in just over a month’s time. The full video for her new single All the Lovers (which you can preview HERE) will premiere online next week and then we go full steam ahead to the album’s release. I can’t wait to see what other promo stuff will be coming our way in the week’s leading up to Aphrodite‘s release.

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Spy games
Beyoncé Channels Her Inner Spy For A New International House Of Deréon Commercial

A new commercial for Beyoncé‘s fashion line Deréon by Beyoncé (which stems from her larger fashion house House of Deréon) has hit the airwaves in Brazil and in the new ad, B is channeling her inner cat burglar/spy … here are a few screencaps from this new video commercial:

She’s known for her vocal acrobatics and booty-shaking dance moves. But Beyonce gets the chance to show off her gymnastics skills as she cartwheels and flips over laser beams in a new advertising campaign. The 28-year-old plays a sexy jewel thief in the new Brazilian TV ad for her Dereon by Beyonce fashion line, which sells exclusively in C&A department stores. Beyonce shows just how form-fitting and flexible the clothes are as her little black dress clings perfectly to her curves during her daring stunts. As you would expect, the soundtrack to the ad is Beyonce’s 2009 hit Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It). The ad appears to be inspired by a scene from 1999 film Entrapment, which stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as an insurance investigator posing as a thief in a bid to catch Sean Connery’s professional criminal. House of Dereon was launched by the Knowles family in 2006 as a pret-a-porter fashion line, and followed soon after by the Dereon line, for younger women. The gowns range in price from $300-$500 and are on sale in U.S. department stores, including Bloomingdale’s, Neuman Marcus and Nordstrom. Dereon was the maiden name of Beyonce’s grandmother Agnèz Deréon, whose married name Agnèz Beyincé inspired the singer’s first name. The collection is sold with the tagline ‘Couture. Kick. Soul’ as it represents the spirits of three generations of Knowles women.

Er … while I think this is a cool idea for a commercial, I have to admit that using Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) in the ad seems dumb. The song has nothing to do with what is going on in the commercial nor does it have anything to do with Deréon fashion. I guess the song was used mainly because of its popularity and not because it is relevant to the ad campaign at all. Meh, I’m sure it’ll do its job and help Beyoncé sell some clothes. After the jump, check out the commercial and judge for yourselves …

So far, so good
Lindsay Lohan Pays A Visit To Her Probation Officer

Newly blonde Lindsay Lohan, who was ordered to wear a SCRAM alcohol-monitoring bracelet earlier this week and has been ordered to submit to random drug-testing, paid a visit to her probation officer today to check in and prove that she is keeping her nose out of trouble. According to TMZ, L. Lo will have to keep in close contact with her probation officer in the coming weeks leading up to her next court hearing. Here are photos of Lindsay making her way into her meeting just a couple hours ago and the deets of her new probation duties:

TMZ has learned Lindsay Lohan will be making a nightly call to her probation officer — to find out whether she’ll have to take a drug test the next day. Lindsay was right on time today for her meeting with a new probation officer, a female. Sources tell TMZ Lindsay and the officer went through the prescription drugs Lindsay can take, without SCRAM repercussions — which include Adderall and Ambien. We’re told the officer went over protocol with Lindsay — which requires her to make a nightly phone call to the probation office. During that call, Lindsay will be informed whether she will have to go to the probation office the next day and submit to a drug test. All in all, we’re told the meeting “went well.”

Ugh … this is so a joke. Let me get this straight … Lindsay has been placed on restrictions that bar her from using alcohol or taking drugs but she is allowed to take prescriptions for Adderall and Ambien? I mean … c’mon. At least it seems like she’s taking her newly established “punishment” seriously … granted, this is only her first probation officer visit and it’s only been a few days since these new restrictions have been forced on her but … one day at a time, right? Stay clean, Lindsay … please?

[Photo credit: INFdaily; Source]

The FREE digital EP will be released on June 1
First Look: ‘How To Destroy Angels’, The EP

In late April we learned that Trent Reznor‘s new band with wife Mariqueen and longtime Nine Inch Nails producer Atticus Ross would be releasing a debut EP sometime this Summer and today we know exactly when the EP will be made available. How to Destroy Angels has announced today that their debut self-titled EP will be available for digital download on June 1 … and get this … the EP will be a FREE digital download. Here is out first look at the EP cover artwork and some deets about its release:

We’re releasing our debut 6-track EP as a FREE download on June 1st. Pre-order now and get one track, “The Believers,” immediately. You’ll then be automatically emailed on June 1st as soon as the full EP download is ready. The EP will be delivered as high-quality DRM-free MP3s. For $2, you can pre-order the HD package, which adds options for lossless audio (24-bit 44.1kHz WAV and 16-bit FLAC and Apple Lossless) and the music video for “The Space in Between” in 1080p Quicktime. A pre-order of the HD package with immediate download of “The Believers” is included FREE with any merchandise purchase.

An online store is available HERE to purchase t-shirts, posters and/or stickers and any purchase at all will allow you to download the FREE EP in high quality format. Additionally, a physical CD version of the EP is available for purchase at Amazon HERE. The physical CD will feature slightly different cover artwork — check it out after the jump …

The TV Guide
Decadent ‘Sex’ Is Fun

Last night David and I attended an early screening of Sex and the City 2 at Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood after we toasted the night with Moët & Chandon at a preparty event at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum. The whole night was just crazy fun … especially since we got to celebrate with a bunch of really fun folks. While SaTC 2 is getting some pretty negative reviews, I have to say that I enjoyed the film very much and cannot wait to see the film again:

Now, the movie isn’t perfect … I wasn’t too keen on how the movie felt fairly disjointed and lacked a sense of flow for the better part of the 2 1/2 hours run time. What the film lacked in cohesiveness, it more than made up for in opulent fun. Some reviewers take issue with the level of decadence and “vapidness” they claim is in the film … but I completely disagree. This film seems to me like a lavish “action film” for women. If you consider that most Summer blockbuster films are rife with garish explosions, blood and extreme violence (which reviewers often have no problem praising), then a film like SaTC 2 should be able to feature garish luxury, bling and extreme opulence. The movie is a fantasy … it’s fun. I think producers were kind of asking for trouble by setting a movie like Sex and the City in the Middle East (where sex isn’t really openly celebrated) but I found it kind of fun to see these characters we know and love operating in unfamiliar territory. That being said, I contend that the first Sex and the City film was much, much better than this sequel but — then again — not many sequels tend to surpass the original films. I think if you let yourself go and just enjoy the ride the Sex and the City 2 can be lots of fun (imbibing a bottle or 2 of Moët & Chandon champagne can’t hurt either). I am looking forward to seeing SaTC 2 again … and prolly repeatedly. It’s just fun.

Much love and thanks goes out to Isandra from Moët & Chandon for taking such amazing care of us last night:

We had a blast and we love the Clinique goodies that were stashed in the fun giftbags, thank you so much!! Last night was even more fun because we got to hang out with new friend Wynter and her peeps and old friend Andrew who I haven’t seen in ages. I hope we all get to hang out again soon … last night was just way too fun :)

Tonight, I’m having dinner with Darion to do an early celebration for his birthday tomorrow! It’ll be really fun to just hang out the two of us. I hope your Thursday is treating you well!!

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50 Cent Slims Down For A New Film

50 Cent (nee Curtis James Jackson III) is taking his burgeoning acting career very seriously … as is plainly evident in new photos that show that Fitty dropped 54 pounds in just about 9 weeks for an upcoming film project. 50 Cent has been cast to play a cancer-stricken football player in the film Things Fall Apart … and this is what he looks like these days:

These shocking pictures look like a homeless man who has not eaten for weeks. But they are actually photos of multi-millionaire rapper 50 Cent, who lost a staggering 54lbs in just nine weeks for a film role. The hip-hop star went on a liquid-only diet and worked out for three hours a day to achieve the staggering weight loss. He is due to play a cancer-stricken American football player in a forthcoming film and wanted to look authentic for the part. In the past 50 cent has made much of his muscular body, often appearing topless in videos and showing off his huge frame. The 34-year-old is starring and co-producing ‘Things Fall Apart’, which will also feature Ray Liotta and is directed by Mario van Peebles. Soon after the dramatic weight loss pictures were posted on his website, 50cent.com, rumours swept the internet they were a hoax. But in a statement the star, real name Curtis Jackson, confirmed the pictures were authentic. ‘I was starving,’ he said, adding that now he is back on tour, ‘I’ve been eating. I’ll be back in shape in no time!’ In the film which is set for release in 2011, 50 Cent plays a football player diagnosed with cancer. He dropped from 214 pounds to an astonishing 160 pounds with a liquid diet and three-hour-a-day treadmill walks for nine weeks.

Yeesh! Fitty looks terrible. Losing this much weight so quickly cannot be healthy … and it sure as hell does not look fun. It appears that Fitty has taken a page from the Christian Bale Method Acting playbook … you may recall that Christian recently dropped a lot of weight for his film The Fighter and previously dropped a dangerous and sickly amount of weight for his film The Machinist. After the jump, check out one more photo of 50 Cent that shows just how gaunt he got for his new film role …

Frogurt Time!
David Beckham Returns Home From His Tour Of Duty

Last weekend we saw very cool photos of David Beckham chillin’ with the British troops in Afghanistan on a quick visit to the region to spread cheer and goodwill to the military personnel stationed there … but today we learn that Becks has made his way back home to SoCal. One of the first things on his agenda? Enjoying a frogurt date with his sons at Yogurtland!

Um, yeah, the Beckham boys really do love their frozen yogurt … there’s hardly a day that goes by without the Beckhams paying a visit to one of the many frozen yogurt shops here in LA. As you may recall, we saw that Brooklyn Joseph (the eldest Beckham child) made his very stylish red carpet debut at the LG Mobile event hosted by his mother Victoria Beckham Monday night … but he is much more dressed down and casual in these photos. No word on how long Becks will stay in town with the fam but he is due to make his way to South Africa to be with the English Team for the World Cup Tournament there next month. It looks like Becks is trying to enjoy as much frogurt as he can, while he can.

[Photo credit: X17]

Anchors Aweigh
Paris Hilton Flaunts Her Love Of Sea Men

Fleet Week has come to NYC which can mean only one thing … Paris Hilton is on the prowl. Despite the fact that Fleet Week is typically a tradition for United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard ships deployed overseas to dock in major port cities around the country for a week of rest and relaxation, it is also a time for Paris Hilton to celebrate her version of Xmas ;) Here are a couple pics of Paris and her sister Nicky Hilton partying with a few sea men in NYC this week:

Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton has kicked off New York’s Fleet Week, dancing the night away with more than one hundred sailors. Thousands of military personnel from more than a dozen ships are in Manhattan for the annual Fleet Week tradition. Paris is a celebrity ambassador for the United Service Organisations ‘songs for Soldiers’ program, which aims to provide portable MP3 players to ever active service member. The socialite she says she hopes to visit troops in the Middle East and deliver the devices.

All kidding aside (I mean, how could I resist the Paris loves Sea Men joke?), I think it’s very cool of the Hilton sisters to spread a little cheer to the men in our armed forces (as long as “cheer” is the only thing they are spreading). Despite the fact that the Hiltons are well-known for their vapidness, they do occasionally step up and participate in worthwhile activities like this from time to time. I suppose we should commend Paris and Nicky for their goodwill this time around … I mean … right?

[Photo credit: X17; Source]