Black Actors Are Ruling TV Pilot Season
Black actors are in demand — well, they’re starring in a string of television pilots — and I will praise the Lord for all of it.
Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis Get By With a Little 'Help' From Their…
Viola Davis, director Tate Taylor, and Octavia Spencer at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards. Images via Getty.
Emma Robert Pulls Off The Canadian Tuxedo
How do stars know which events are compulsory? Like, how do they hear about an "Evening of Cocktails and Shopping to Benefit the Children's Defense Fund" and know everyone will be there, looking fabulous? Maybe there's some secret cabal of mind-melding managers...
Rosario Dawson makes simple neutrals stunning.…Halle Berry Rocks The Red Carpet
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The 2011 Jenesse Silver Rose Auction and Gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel honored Halle Berry, so obviously she was the star of the show — with a great supporting cast.
Talking About Animals With Tim Gunn
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The semi-annual trade show known as New York fashion week started yesterday, and after doing the rounds of shows, I managed get into a party at the Stella McCartney store. It was sponsored by PETA, and Tim Gunn, Olivia Munn, and Taraji P. Henson were the guests of honor. I walked in, collected a glass of red, ate a…
Seeing Red: Fashion Week Begins
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The Heart Truth fashion show — at which celebs don red dresses for women's heart health — is always fun to watch, sort of like a mega-wedding where every bridesmaid gets to choose her own dress. And this was the best one yet.
Natasha Bedignfield also went dramatically Old Hollywood. also went "sultry." But the…Baptiste Giabiconi Isn't Sure Why Karl Lagerfeld Loves Him
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- Dansk magazine's wanton disregard for Baptiste Giabiconi's hotness makes us want to say to the stylist, Hey, whazz wong witz you, man? Meanwhile, it seems Giabiconi occasionally doubts his place in the heart of his Grand Monsieur, Karl Lagerfeld...
A Heavily Photoshopped Khloe Kardashian Does Most Random, Bondage-y,…
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- Khloe Kardashian, her late, lamented red hair, and a mask apparently made of plastic packing straps and a packet of studs from the nearest Michaels star on the cover of NY skate shop Yellow Rat Bastard's in-store mag, YRB. [Racked]
Stars And Their Boobs Ring In The New Year
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3...2...1...Boobs! Well, in star-land, anyway. Plus some inarguable cuteness from Kirsten Dunst and a Labyrinth-inspired turn from Rashida Jones...
Lydia Hearst Denies She'll Play Lindsay Lohan In Movie
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Today in Tweet Beat, Lydia Hearst says that she's not signed on to star in a movie based on Lindsay Lohan's life. Plus, Meghan McCain is not happy about HBO turning Game Change into a miniseries.
Demure Duds At The Toronto Film Fest
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When the geese head south, the stars head north: to Canada, for the Toronto Film Festival.
In Which The Stars Celebrated The Overturning Of Prop 8
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Today, even those celebrities whom we don't think of as political expressed their joy at the overturning of California's Proposition 8. Well, most of them...
Melissa Joan Hart Denounces Cowards, Kanye Drinks Juice
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Today, we learned about the stars' workouts and detoxes, Juicy J went courtin', Kanye was in the air, and Melissa Joan Hart was mad at...somebody.
Celebs Mourn Rue McClanahan On Twitter
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Today in Tweet Beat, everybody loved Rue McClanahan, as evidenced by the many celebrities—like Lance Bass, Margaret Cho, Marlon Wayans and John Larroquette—who were sad to learn that she'd passed away today.
Celebrities Celebrate 4/20 On Twitter
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Today in Tweet Beat, celebs like Questlove, Bob Saget, and Taraji P. Henson celebrate 4/20; you can spend the holiday with Snoop; and Sherri Shepherd is blazing up something completely different.
Nerds! It's The Date Night Premiere!
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Date Night! We all love Tina and Steve, but will it be an intelligent romp or a stupid waste of $10? All I can tell you is that the star-studded premiere, at NYC's Ziegfeld Theatre, had me smiling. (And laughing.)
Tyra Commits "The Ultimate Model Sin"
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Today in Tweet Beat, Tyra drops her model behavior because she's retired, Danny DeVito bumps his head in the night, and Stan Lee starts a spelling crusade.
Cotillard Combats Sexism With Forehead Breasts
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In the Funny or Die sketch after the jump, Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard (along with Taraji P Henson and Leslie Ann Warren) reveals the accessory French women use to fight sexual objectification at work: Forehead Tittaes. [N.Y. Magazine]
The Stars Keep It Semi-Casual At The Independent Spirit Awards
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Perhaps as a testament to the ceremony's name, the stars showed up at last night's Independent Spirit Awards wearing everything from ball gowns to blue jeans.
The Stars Dress To Impress At The NAACP Image Awards
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At the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards, the stars didn't seem to stick to any patterns, showing up in brights, pastels, short dresses, long gowns, sleek suits, sparkles, and satin. A red carpet rundown, straight ahead: