Yesterday we saw video of actress and sometimes singer Gwyneth Paltrow making her Country Music debut with a live performance of Country Strong on the 44th Annual Country Music Association Awards and right now we get to see another video performance from chanteuse Gwyn. As you may recall, we learned last week that Gwyneth will be appearing on next Tuesday’s episode of Glee as a substitute music teacher named Holly Holliday. Here are a few screencaps from Ms. Holliday‘s performance of the Cee Lo song Forget You on Glee:

First, I really love the Cee Lo song Forget You and it’s far superior more explicit incarnation titled Fuck You so, yeah, the song is a win in my book … but I guess you’ll just have to hear it for yourself to make the final determination. After the jump, check out video of Gwyneth performing Forget You with the Glee cast AND get a tiny sneak peek at all of the songs that will be featured on Tuesday’s ep of Glee titled The Substitute …

Last night at 44th annual Country Music Association Awards, which were held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN, actress and sometime singer Gwyneth Paltrow made her singing debut as a Country Music artist. Here is a photo of Gwynnie on stage at last nights CMA awards:

Gwyneth, who will be appearing on next week’s episode of Glee as substitute music teacher Holly Holliday, performed the Country song Country Strong from her upcoming film of the same name. After the jump, check out video from Gwyneth‘s performance of Country Strong LIVE on the CMAs last night …

Film star Gwyneth Paltrow will be the next BIG CELEB to make a cameo on the FOX TV series Glee and today E! News brings us our very first look at Gwynny on the show … behold:

She’s here! Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow joins the cast of Fox’s hit musical series Glee Nov. 16 in an episode called “The Substitute,” and we have the first photos of her on the show! Check out a still of her “Umbrella”/”Singin’ in the Rain” mashup and .. another photo inside that shows her getting sexy with a certain Glee star we love.

Oh yeah, Gwyneth Paltrow is gonna KILL on Glee. This first look is FANTASTIC … I can’t wait to see the ep when it premieres in about 2 weeks. Wanna check out the other promo photo of Gwyneth on Glee? Head over to E!‘s site HERE.

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On Monday we got our first look at The Rocky Horror Picture Show episode of Glee in photos and on Wednesday we got our first look at the Rocky Horror ep of Glee in video … today we get to see both new photos and video from the ep which will air on October 26. First up, a photo that was posted on Twitter that reveals which Glee castmember will play the “sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania” character Dr. Frank N. Furter:

That’s right, folks … to skirt any potential controversy, Glee will have Amber Riley (who plays Mercedes) portray the Transylvanian Transsexual on the ep. Ta da!! After the jump, check out video that previews the music from the ep and takes you behind the scenes of filming of the Rocky Horror episode of Glee. Plus, check out another photo that shows which big name actress was on set this week to film her appearance on a future ep of the show …

With a little over a week left to go until the film opens in theaters, Iron Man 2 held its world premiere here in LA last night at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, CA. As you might expect, the main stars of IM2 were in attendance last night along with a few of their very famous friends. Here are a few photos from last night’s Iron Man 2 Hollywood premiere and some deets from Robert Downey, Jr. himself about what we can expect from this second installment of the Iron Man saga:

As a kid, Robert Downey Jr. never dressed up in superhero costumes. “Growing up? No,” says Downey Jr. “But in my mid-30s in Palm Springs right before an arrest? Yes. It was a premonition.” Although the actor is making light of his past struggles with drug abuse, what is no joke is Downey Jr’s success at resurrecting his acting career after overcoming a long addiction to heroin and cocaine. He made a stunning comeback as Tony Stark, an arrogant, hard drinking, wisecracking playboy engineer who also wrestles with his own personal demons in 2008′s big screen adaptation of the Marvel comic book series, “Iron Man.” Now, Downey Jr., 45, is back in “Iron Man 2″ along with plenty more action, characters and explosions. The film opens in much of Europe, Asia and Australia this week before hitting U.S. theaters on May 7. The parallels between Downey Jr. and Tony Stark were obvious in the original and are just as clear in the sequel. After five years of drug arrests culminating in a prison term in 2000, Downey Jr.’s return to Hollywood’s A-list post- “Iron Man” — including a Golden Globe award for his role in “Sherlock Holmes” — is not unlike Stark’s own rise in status after he reveals his dual identity as the armored superhero. “I think (Robert’s own success) informed the level of fame and resurgence that Tony Stark experiences since he announces that he’s Iron Man,” director Jon Favreau told reporters. In “Iron Man 2″, Stark himself is no longer making weapons — just saving the world and enjoying his rock star status. Except now the U.S. government insists that he hand over his superhero suit to the military. Stark refuses. Favreau likened the sequel to someone throwing another party after a successful first bash. “Iron Man” earned $585 million at worldwide box offices and the pressure was in making sure “this was going to be as fun or more fun than the last party,” he said. Putting together the sequel began soon after the first movie was released. With plenty of characters vying for a finite amount of screen time in the sequel, Favreau needed actors who could really “make an impression.” Gwyneth Paltrow is back as Pepper Potts, who Stark promotes from assistant to CEO of his Stark Industries. At the same time, Stark needs to solve the mystery behind new character, Russian villain Ivan Vanko, played by Mickey Rourke. Rounding out the new cast is Scarlett Johansson, sporting red hair as The Black Widow, and Sam Rockwell as weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer. Don Cheadle replaces Terrence Howard in the role of Lt. Col. James Rhodes. Rourke was enlisted to play Vanko (a.k.a Whiplash) as he was coming off his own career resurgence with Golden Globe and BAFTA best actor awards last year for “The Wrestler” … With this cast in place, Downey Jr. said he “felt a little bit like a co-manager of a baseball team that just got an even better line-up in the spring.”

And away we go. Now that the first premiere is in the can, the countdown is really underway for the release of Iron Man 2. As you may recall, IM2 was due to premiere in London first but due to the Icelandic volcano that has been disrupting European air travel, the first premiere was moved over here to LA. I suspect there will other premieres in NYC and London in the coming week … and then the film opens wide here in the US on May 7. I’ve been staying away from reading reviews so as not to spoil the film before I get to see it, but I’m hearing generally positive things about the sequel. I cannot wait to see this film for myself … I can hardly believe we are so close to its release.

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The principal cast of Iron Man 2 assembled at The Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills, CA yesterday to appear at a press photocall to promote their new film:

In addition to posing for this lovely group shot, the individual castmembers — Robert Downey, Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Gwyenth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Don Cheadle (Lt. Col. James Rhodey Rhodes/War Machine), Jon Favreau (Happy Hogan), Mickey Rourke (Ivan Vanko/Whiplash) and Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow) — each obliged the assembled photographers for individual shots as well. Check out those photos after the jump …

Last week we got our first look at Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in the new film Iron Man 2 (due out in theaters next Spring) and today we get to check out another new photo of Scarlett as Romanoff along with new promo pics of the other characters in Iron Man 2 … including Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Don Cheadle as Col. James Rhodey Rhodes and Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer. Here are the new promo pics along with some info on Iron Man 2‘s presence at Comic-Con in San Diego, CA this weekend:

Mickey Rourke’s screams fill the empty basin of the Los Angeles River and spill into the midnight air. He’s having trouble with his Russian accent, which is turning the intended line from the Iron Man 2 script — “until you’ve lost everything” — into “Until you’ve lost every ting.” And the off-camera epithets are flying. After a half-dozen takes, he nails it. As he does after many scenes, Rourke beckons to his personal assistant — a round, unkempt guy known on set as “Superbad” because of his resemblance to actor Jonah Hill— who lights a smoke and puts it between Rourke’s lips. “Damn,” Rourke mutters, settling into a director’s chair. “That’s a tricky accent. But I wanted to be more than a one-note villain. That might have worked in the old comic-book movies, but not now. Not with these fans.” By “these” fans, Rourke means the 125,000 who will be awaiting him and dozens of other stars, filmmakers and TV producers who dare peddle their wares at Comic-Con, the nation’s largest convention of pop-culture junkies and self-proclaimed superhero nerds. The convention, which kicks off Wednesday night at the San Diego Convention Center, has become kind of an American Idol-style tryout for Hollywood. Since 2001, when 20th Century Fox trotted out its cast for X-Men, studios and networks have tried to dazzle the Twittering YouTube generation with celebrity glad-handing, sneak peeks and panel discussions. Of course, bringing your product to Comic-Con can be like singing for a room full of Simon Cowells. “This is about the toughest group there is to impress,” says Robert Downey Jr., reprising his role as playboy superhero Tony Stark. “They’re watching your footage, every one of them waiting to Twitter whether you suck.” … “You can’t underestimate how powerful this group is,” Favreau says. “It’s an unlimited press corps, all of them knowing how to communicate in a digital age. The geeks have inherited the Earth, and that’s good news for us.”

The raucous festivities at Comic-Con get underway tonight and will carry forth into the weekend. I have to say, as much fun as the superhero/sci-fi lovefest sounds I cannot, for the life of me, imagine that I would not have my head explode if I indulged. I never had the chance to attend Comic-Con when it wasn’t such a big deal … now that it’s the biggest deal ever, I can’t say that I have any interest in throwing myself into the fray. I’m sure that the legions of fans who are making their way to SD right now (and over the coming days) will have a blast … I will be just happy to watch from afar … and by “afar” I mean right here at home ;)

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Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow were photographed on the set of the sequel to the hugely popular film Iron Man yesterday on the first official day of filming. Director John Favreau has been Twittering about the first day of filming all weekend long and yesterday was the big day. Coincidentally (or intentionally?) yesterday was also RDJ‘s birthday … here are a couple pics of RDJ and Gwyneth (Tony Stark and Pepper Potts) on the set of Iron Man 2:

Yep, nothing too exciting just yet … but photos from the first day of shooting like this are never usually all that exciting. Favreau has also posted a few of his own photos from the first day of shooting to his Twitter profile (which you can see HERE) but, again, he offers nothing all that exciting just yet. But … Iron Man 2 is now officially in full swing production. And away we go …

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Last night, a scrubby looking Joaquin Phoenix (who tried to clean up his image by wearing a suit) embarrassed himself on The Late Show with David Letterman in an attempt to carry on with his new whateverthehellhe’stryingtopull mockumentary art project thing as he promoted his new film Two Lovers. Phoenix was also on hand at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in NYC last night — along with co-star Gwyneth Paltrow, Broadway star Cheynne Jackson and others — for the film’s premiere. Monkey suit or no suit, he seriously looked like he stank:

I’m pretty sure that Joaquin‘s ridiculously tiresome behavior is being paraded around town to try and inspire people to take notice and mebbe check out this film. For me, the opposite is true. I am so unimpressed by this bullshizz he’s trying to pull … his interview with David Letterman last night only made him look like a complete asshole. Sooo not impressed. I know that I will take a pass on seeing this film … despite all the pretty people who came out in support of it last night. And for the record, the woman in the third photo is NOT Hilary Swank … she’s just a creepy twin named Vinessa Shaw. But anyways, back on topic, I’m not sure if Joaquin‘s antics are really resonating with anyone else but I’m not buying it. Andy Kaufman did it so much better … Joaquin, you are no Andy Kaufman.

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