Singer Gavin DeGraw was assaulted by a “pack of thugs” early Monday morning in New York’s East Village. As he stumbled away, he was “lightly clipped” by a taxi. Ouch. He remains hospitalized with a broken nose and various cuts on his face. [New York Post, Bowery Boogie, Radar]
The Dirty Dancing remake is not something that needs to happen, but at least they have the original choreographer, Kenny Ortega, involved. Then again, he also choreographed High School Musical. Sigh. Also, the producer, Debra Martin Chase, worked on The Princess Diaries and Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. Will the abortion be cut from the plot? [Deadline]
Pour yourself some whiskey and light a cigarette: Mad Men is coming back. What we have here is a first-look shot from the set as Jon Hamm directs the season premiere. That’s Elisabeth Moss laughing; creator Matthew Weiner is in the background. Hamm says: “I don’t remember if we were discussing a scene or Albert Pujols’s impending free agency, but suffice to say ‘directing’ is fun!” [EW]
My pretend boyfriend Bruno Mars, who was once arrested for cocaine possession, will be on Sesame Street. [NYDN]
May the odds be ever in your favor: The Hunger Games sequel now has a release date. If you have plans for November 22, 2013, you’d better cancel them. [Vulture]
- Thanks to Twitter, a reality show and konstant kommenting, there’s nothing we don’t know about Kim Kardashian. But who is this kharakter she’s marrying, Kris Humphries? A primer, at the link. [E!]
- By the by: Kim Kardashian‘s wedding guest list includes Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Ryan Seacrest and Eva Longoria. Basically, Kim paged through Us Magazine and invited whomever she saw there. [Radar]
- Stacy Keibler spent the night at George Clooney‘s house. [NYDN]
- Breaking: Leo and Blake ate burgers. [People]
- Remember Petra Ecclestone? The 22-year-old single lady who bought the $85 million 56,000 square foot Spelling mansion? She’s getting married in Rome at the end of August, and planning a post-wedding party at her new pad. The event will not be intimate or subtle. [Radar Online]
- A moment of silence for the small heart tattoo Samantha Ronson got in 2008 to match the one Lindsay Lohan has. [Page Six]
- Booboo Stewart speaks! (Remember Booboo?) He was there for the wedding scene in Twilight: Breaking Hymen: “It was weird. I was sitting there and I was like, ‘This is actually really touching,” says Booboo. [Us Magazine]
- Katherine Jackson is planning a Michael Jackson tribute show and hopes to get Jay-Z, Kanye West, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber and Christina Aguilera involved. So far, Cee-Lo has confirmed. Does that make him crazy? [TMZ]
- Geri “Ginger Spice” Halliwell has broken up with her boyfriend of two years, Henry Beckwith. And because this Britloid knows that what you really care about is how much Geri weighs, the report includes the line, “The split has seen Geri lose over half a stone.” [Mirror]
- Aww: Donna Martin has offered to plan Brenda Walsh‘s wedding. Sweet. [Us Magazine]
- Teen Mom‘s Jenelle has been charged with violating her probation. [AP]
- A Bob Marley song and celebs like Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Eminem are being used to help the crisis in East Africa. [AP]
- Catwoman stunt fail! [TMZ]
- By Jove. Kingston Rossdale‘s ability to exude awesome day in and day out is impressive. [E!]
- “I find the passing of time very liberating. I feel more confident every, well not every single day, but most days I feel better than I did the day before, and that’s a good thing. We have pioneers that show us there’s no reason to be afraid, and I just think fear [of aging] is something that we perpetuate. Who needs it?” — Anne Hathaway. [AP]