- Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony had trouble getting into the Neighborhood Ball last night, because they were late. You gotta get there before the President! [Page Six]
- An aside: Was Jennifer Lopez seen sneaking out of the Scientology Center in L.A.? Even though her dad and her friend Leah Remini are Scientologists, J. Lo has always said she’s not into it. [Gatecrasher]
- Whoa, the American Music Ball was canceled hours before it started. Performers George Clinton, Ben Vereen and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes had to go to the Heroes Ball instead. [Page Six]
- Susan Sarandon got a Politico blogger kicked out of a Creative Coalition brunch in D.C. What did the blogger do? Ask Sarandon if she’d say a word or two about Obama’s speech. [Politico]
- Here’s how Kerry Washington watched Barack Obama‘s swearing-in yesterday: “I dressed as if going for skiing. I had many layers — tights, jeans, thermal underwear,” she says. “We stood in line for the hours everyone else did. I had a seated ticket to the swearing-in, but I gave up my seat and went up to the front area and kneeled.” [USA Today]
- By the by, a new musical called Obama On My Mind opens in March in London. No, really. [People]
- Get ready: Thursday morning, Forest Whitaker will announce this year’s Academy Award nominations. Then the Oscars will air live on February 22. [People]
- Presenters at the SAG Awards include Christina Applegate, Kyra Sedgwick, Jon Hamm, John Krasinski, Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack. The event takes place Sunday night at 8 p.m. and will be simulcast on TBS and TNT. [Variety]
- Date alert! Renée Zellweger was spotted having dinner with MSNBC legal correspondent Dan Abrams. [Page Six]
- Amy Winehouse is a heroine! Not on heroin, but a lifesaver: A tourist was having a sailing lesson in the Caribbean when she was thrown out of the boat by a big wave. The woman landed on some rocks and Amy dashed to her side, keeping her from being swept back into the sea. [The Sun]
- Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who saved Flight 1549, was seen dining on bird (chicken) at a D.C. restaurant called Hudson last night. [TMZ]
- Joaquin Phoenix threw a fit when Casey Affleck and the documentary crew arrived late to his rap performance in Las Vegas. “Thanks for fucking everything up,” Phoenix yelled before throwing a CD on the floor. A source says: “Nobody can tell if he is for real or if this is all a big joke.” Sorta hoping it’s a joke. [Page Six]
- Oh God: When he was performing in Vegas, Joaquin Phoenix’s pants had a massive hole in the crotch. “It was hard for anyone to focus on his singing,” laughed one witness. “The worst was that the hole was at eye [level] for most of the crowd.” [Gatecrasher]
- Sean Penn‘s been criticized for meeting with people like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, but his publicist says: “Sean is a champion of civil rights.” [Perez]
- A California appeals court has put the Roman Polanski case on hold. [Reuters]
- A month after his brother died of a gunshot wound, Mark Ruffalo is back at work, directing and starring in Sympathy For Delicious, a flick about a paralyzed DJ who seeks out the world of faith healing. [Yahoo News via E!]
- Kristen Stewart is at Sundance plugging a new flick, Adventureland, but she reluctantly spoke about the Twilight sequel, sorta. Click for “um, like” video. [E!]
- Kevin Federline‘s new girlfriend “played mommy” when she and K-Fed took Sean Preston and Jayden James out to dinner over the weekend. [TMZ]
- Jude Law was wearing a neck brace after “tweaking” his neck while working out, but you can relax, he’s fine. [Page Six]
- Danny Boyle is in Mumbai, defending Slumdog Millionaire: “The thing that I wanted people to take away from the film was … this breathtaking, breathtaking resilience of people and the joy of people despite their circumstances, that lust for life,” he says. “What we tried to do in the film was include as much of the city as possible.” This paper notes that half of the city’s 17 million people are homeless. [Hollywood Reporter]
- Blind item! “Which married morning-show producer rumored to be having an affair with a married on-air colleague was ‘fidgeting incessantly’ during inauguration weekend parties with her recently ringless ring finger?” [Page Six]
- Blind item! “Which supermodel had to have an uber-rocker’s teeth marks photoshopped off her bared bottom after her magazine photo shoot?” [Gatecrasher]
- Simon Cowell has fired Britain’s Got Talent judge Kelly Brook after just six days on the job. Guess she didn’t “bring the crazy,” which is what a “judge” has to do these days. [Perez]
- Paul Giamatti plays himself in a Sundance flick called Cold Souls and says: “I kind of forgot that I was playing myself in this… I kind of felt that [director Sophie Bart] captured, in a funny way, an archetypal type of neurotic New York self-involved actor.” [ONTD]
- Star Jones and chef Herb Wilson: It’s on. [Perez]
- Ralph Macchio is not happy about the Karate Kid remake Will and Jayden Smith are plotting. Macchio says: “From my personal view, filling the void of what Mr. Miyagi was – and the magic of that character – is going to be the toughest task. I don’t know where the romantic story-arc goes [with Jayden Smith] at that age.” [Perez]
- Alyssa Milano has received a restraining order against a man who has “increasingly” harassed and stalked her. [ET]
- James Taylor wore a hat and sunglasses during his performance at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday because he either “fell during rehearsal” (official story) or had some sort of fisticuffs with a “wooden parrot in his hotel room” (unofficial story). Either way, he got 50 stitches in his forehead. Stupid parrot. [Page Six]
- Wesley Snipes has a pending three-year jail sentence for tax evasion, but has been loading up on tax-free swag at Sundance. [Page Six]
- “If someone rapes a girl he should be bent over and the same thing done to him. I’m sorry that’s just the way I feel. I’m very strict. If someone is done for drink-driving they should have their licence taken away for life. And if someone steals they should have to wear a dye on their skin, like a tattoo on their ear or somewhere it can be seen – like across their face! That would stop people stealing.” — Katie “Jordan” Price. [The Sun]
- “I really know how to think. If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it’s not just red. I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red? I mean there’s like so many fucking different kinds of red. And so you have to say, well, what are we trying to say in this scene? Is it a happy red? Or a sad red? Is it a lace red? Or a leather red? Or a wool red? It’s like there are so many components to making a show and making art… I strive to be a female Warhol. I want to make films and music, do photography and paint one day, maybe. Make fashion. Make big museum art installations. I would be a bit more mixed-media than him probably – combining mixed media and imagery and doing more of a kind of a weird pop-art piece.” — Lady GaGa. [Guardian]
- “I wanted to reach out and let you know that due to scheduling conflicts with certain cast members and location/weather considerations, we had to wait until now to shoot a couple of scenes. Please rest assured that Wolverine will be badass and hopefully meet all of your expectations.” — Hugh Jackman. [Page Six]
- “It’s intense, and there are no weights involved. And some of it’s like girly stuff, like just kicking your leg, but it’s muscles you don’t really ever work at. Men don’t usually go to the gym and say, ‘I’m going to develop my ass. This’ll be the J.Lo workout.'” — 50 Cent, on his fitness regimen. [Gatecrasher]
- “His attitude in the play is, ‘Hey, I’m pretty kickass. Sure, I made some mistakes, but any president does, and, for the most part, I did a good job.'” — Will Ferrell on playing Dubya in You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush. [Village Voice]
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