Brad Pitt On Paparazzi: ‘I Hate These People’

December 02, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana

Brad Pitt opened up in a new interview with Ann Curry on the “Today” show this morning, and he held nothing back when it came to his family and the paparazzi.

Brad talked about what it’s really like raising six kids, his and Angelina’s desire for more and his disdain for the paparazzi.

Hathaway’s ‘Rachel Getting Married’ Leads Spirit Award Nominees

December 02, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Anne Hathaway’s family drama “Rachel Getting Married,” the border-smuggling tale “Frozen River” and the Deep South saga “Ballast” lead the nominees for the Spirit Awards withsix nominations each, including best picture.

Other best-picture nominees announced Tuesday: Michelle Williams’ down-on-her-luck drama, “Wendy and Lucy,” and Mickey Rourke’s broken-down athlete tale “The Wrestler.”

‘Four Christmases’ Celebrates With $31.7M Box Office

November 30, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Thanksgiving weekend movie crowds gobbled up the Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn holiday comedy “Four Christmases,” which debuted at No. 1 with $31.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Warner Bros. release, featuring Witherspoon and Vaughn as a couple suffering through four separate family holiday gatherings, raised its total to $46.7 million since opening Wednesday to get a head start on the long weekend.

Madonna Talks Taking ‘Filth & Wisdom’ To Sundance Channel For World AIDS Day

November 28, 2008

NEW YORK, NY

Madonna’s awakening to the crisis in Malawi — an impoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned by AIDS — had many consequences.

She adopted one of those orphans, her 3-year-old son David. She is building a school there.

And she has told Malawi’s harrowing story in her documentary, “I Am Because We Are.” With an audience thus far limited to isolated theater screenings, it will be screened for everyone with its TV premiere on Sundance Channel at 9 p.m. EST Monday (World AIDS Day).

Catherine Hardwicke In Talks To Direct ‘Twilight’ Sequel

November 26, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

“Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke is in talks to direct “New Moon,” the just-greenlit sequel of the vampire box office hit, a source close to the negotiations told Access Hollywood.

The vampire drama bit into a $69.6 million opening last weekend, the biggest ever debut for a female director.

On The Download: Beyonce’s “I Am…. Sasha Fierce”

November 26, 2008

By Jeremy Blacklow

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.

It’s hard to avoid Beyonce this month – In the last two weeks alone I’ve watched her on “Saturday Night Live,” the American Music Awards, at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, on the red carpet for her premiere of her new movie “Cadillac Records,” on “Ellen,” on the finale of “TRL” and on the “Today” show.

And she’s got a lot more to go in promoting her third studio album, “I Am… Sasha Fierce,” which came out last Tuesday, November 18. This morning we all learned that her album debuted #1 on the Billboard album charts.

So, how does the rest of her album measure up?

Read on and find out…. after the jump!

SAG To Vote On Strike In December

November 26, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

The Screen Actors Guild says it will hold its strike vote next month.

President Alan Rosenberg made the announcement in an e-mail sent to members on Wednesday, and asked them to give the guild’s board the authority to call a strike “only if it becomes absolutely necessary.”

The vote could take more than a month and requires 75 percent approval to pass.

ROLL CALL: Reese Witherspoon Would Love To Do ‘30 Rock’

November 26, 2008

By Jesse Spero

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Plus, Ryan Phillippe and Jesse Bradford hit up Dan Tana’s. And, Joaquin Phoenix returns to making movies after saying he’s retiring.

Get your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans inside!

Vanity Fair’s Oscar Party Set To Return — Only Scaled Back

November 25, 2008

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.

The hottest Oscar after-party in town is back — only smaller.

Vanity Fair says its annual Academy Awards party is returning for next year’s Oscar night on Feb. 22. The magazine’s 2008 bash was canceled in support of the Hollywood writers’ strike.