Sophie Gets Scooped in the First Trailer for The BFG

The film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG—one of the greatest children’s books of all time—is headed for the big screen in 2016. The first official trailer takes a dark approach, showing young heroine Sophie creeping around her orphanage at the witching hour and being snatched from her bed by the hand of a (big)…
Halle Berry to Star in Steven Spielberg's Astronaut Series
Halle Berry is set to star in the Steven Spielberg-produced TV show, Extant. It'll premiere on CBS next summer, and will be about an astronaut (played by Berry) who returns home from a year-long solo mission in space and tries to reconnect to her life on Earth. But it's even more dramatic than all that because "her…
Reese Witherspoon Fine After False-Alarm Pregnancy Complications
After being rushed to the hospital Tuesday, and then again last night, über-enceinte Reese Witherspoon is still pregnant, but totally fine. However, Tuesday's visit involved "complications" with the pregnancy, according to the source, making Witherspoon and husband Jim Toth very nervous. The baby is due in September,…
Mysterious Powder Sent to DWTS Studio—Was Bristol the Target?
- The Dancing With the Stars production office intercepted a "threatening letter containing white powder" (it was talcum) that forced a building evacuation. The FBI is investigating! Could the perps be those "haters" who Bristol Palin's been talking about lately?
Celebrity Stalkers Have A Type
Says the Daily Beast, "would-be stalkers are often particularly transfixed by women who appear regularly on TV, playing emotionally vulnerable working women, not in stable relationships-characters with 'strength but also an affectional hunger.'" In other words, rom-com heroines?
Ellen Starts Record Label; Gwen's Not Pregnant
- Ellen DeGeneres is starting her own record label!
Hugh & Nicole Become Godparents; Aniston: Skip Botox And Just "Stop Eating S**t Every Day"
- Chances are you've never been to a christening like this: Today Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman became the godparents of Rupert Murdoch's two youngest daughters, who are six and eight, at a baptism ceremony held next to the River Jordan.
Miley Might Be Engaged; Conan Announcement Expected Today
- 17-year-old Miley Cyrus was spotted with a diamond ring on the fourth finger of her left hand, leading some to wonder if her 19-year-old boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth
went to Jaredasked her to marry him. [NYDN]
Lindsay's Parents Argue Over Intervention; Mischa Needs A Drink
- Michael and Dina Lohan will work together on getting Lindsay Lohan off of pills. Says Michael Lohan. [Radar Online]
Blast From The Past
[Toronto, September 15. Image via INF]
