“We can’t do a whole interview about Showgirls,” Gina Gershon exhaled, not five minutes into our conversation at Odeon in Tribeca on May 21. I didn’t mean to exasperate her so soon—I couldn’t help it. The woman who played Cristal Connors in Paul Verhoeven’s cult classic of Vegas excess and g-strings—a movie I have…
If you want to understand how a useless grab bag of tropes before a backdrop of crumbling Twin Towers got made, look no further than 9/11 director Martin Guigui’s description as to why infamous 9/11 truther Charlie Sheen decided to star in the movie. To The Hollywood Reporter, Guigui said:
Well, they’re really doing this. Instead of announcing, “I’m sorry, we’ve made a terrible mistake,” retracting their movie, and retreating from public view as a collective, the makers of the upcoming movie 9/11, whose first trailer was roundly mocked by the entire internet when it was released a few weeks ago, have…
When you hear the words “nine” and “11” said in succession do you think “Whoopi Goldberg in a wig that sits back and high, much like a ski cap she lazily tossed on for an unseasonably warm winter day,” or “camp queen Gina Gershon,” or “Winning!” because you still associate Charlie Sheen with that prolonged meltdown he…
This weekend, we were all invited to witness the most high-fashion and glamorous event of a generation when Lifetime (Television for Women) aired its most recent opus/original movie House of Versace, starring Gina Gershon. House of Versace had everything — wigs, questionable accents, smashed wine glasses, tacky…
Since I declared the House Of Versace teaser trailer TOO SHORT, the folks at Lifetime sent us a longer version. I am not exaggerating when I say that Gina Gershon as Donatella is EVERYTHING. Here's what we see:
Lifetime movies are hit and miss — Liz and Dick was not even campy enough to be a trainwreck — but we're pretty damn excited for Gina Gershon in House of Versace. "If you're going to put me on a leash, it better be diamond-studded or you can kiss my —." Word. What she said.
Holy crap, Gina Gershon playing Donatella Versace in a Lifetime movie is genius casting. And she looks amazing.
Professional semi-endearing obnoxious person Howard Stern has backtracked (not apologized, he clarifies) from ragging on professional semi-endearing obnoxious person Lena Dunham. After Girls co-star Jemima Kirke tipped Dunham off that Stern had called her "a little fat chick who sort of looks like Jonah Hill and keeps…
R.Patz is hoping Water For Elephants will help him slough off Edward Cullen. I don't know about that, but the NYC premiere was as grown-up as it gets.
This Bulgari event in Beverly Hills benefited several very worthy causes, which is great. And Gerard Butler was there, which was also great.
It's sort of bizarre how so many times I've heard a friend or a public figure note that they've had trouble with men/a certain man, and that life would be so much less complicated if they were gay.
The Social Network premiered at the New York Film Festival last night, and the celebrities in attendance were (mostly) dressed to impress, sticking to sleek suits and simple dresses.
It's a truth universally acknowledged that celebrities love product launches. And judging by the assembled starpower - Amber and Venus and Felicity and Christina and Rashida, among others - they really loved the Blackberry Torch.
When stars slum it on Broadway, apparently they make their dressing rooms ridiculous, according to the Wall Street Journal:
[New York, July 14. Image via Splash.]
Tara Reid will appear on Dancing With The Stars… in Australia. It's a sad state of affairs when you need to go to other countries to appear on their reality shows. • The paps are asking Gina Gershon in this video if she had an affair with Bill Clinton, as Vanity Fair implied. The video is kind of boring but Miss Gina…
Gina Gershon has sent a cease and desist letter to Vanity Fair for their story implying that she and Bill Clinton did the nasty. According to TMZ, her letter demands "a retraction and correction" for the crude insinuation. • Gwyneth Paltrow says she might have another kid. "I may force myself to do it one more time…
*Inspired by Shirley MacLaine's assertion that the best parts for actresses fall into one of the above categories.
