Brad Pitt's Burn After Reading - Preview

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Richard Jenkins star in the upcoming Coen Brothers film - Burn After Reading, a tale about an ousted CIA official whose memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise D.C. gym employees intent on exploiting their find.

Enjoy the preview for this black comedy -



Synopsis of Burn After Reading: CIA agent Osborne Cox(John Malkovich) decides to pen his memoirs and is fired from the agency. The disc containing the memoirs inadvertently gets left in a ladies locker room at a gym, where Linda (Frances McDormand) and co-worker Chad (Brad Pitt), hatch a plan to sell its contents to the highest bidder.

This flick hits theater nationwide on September 12th of 2008.

Angelina Jolie Humps Vanity Fair

New mom-to-be and actress Angelina Jolie opens up to Vanity Fair, and graces the cover and pages of the July issue. And here are excerpts:

On being pregnant: I love it. It makes me feel like a woman. It makes me feel that all the things about my body are suddenly there for a reason. It makes you feel round and supple, and to have a little life inside you is amazing. Also, I'm fortunate. I think some women have a different experience depend-ing on their partner. I think that affects it. I happen to be with somebody who finds pregnancy very sexy. So that makes me feel very sexy.



On her international family: When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn’t have parents. It's not a humanitarian thing, because I don’t see it as a sacrifice. It's a gift. We're all lucky to have each other. I look at Shiloh—because, obviously, physically, she is the one that looks like Brad and I when we were little—and say, 'If these were our brothers and sisters, how much would we have known by the time we were six that it took into our 30s and 40s to figure out?’ I suppose I’m giving them the childhood I always wished I had.

On Shiloh's birth: We were in this little hospital in Africa when Shi was born. I don't think there was anybody else in the hospital. It was just a little cottage, the three of us. It ended up being the greatest thing…. I had a C-section and I found it fascinating. I didn’t find it a sacrifice and I didn’t find it a painful experience. I found it a fascinating miracle of what a body can do.

On nannies: We don't ever have anybody spend the night. We may have to adjust that when the next one comes. But we do have ladies that work with us, and they're also from different cultures and back-grounds. One lady's a Vietnamese teacher—wonderful. One is of Congolese descent from Bel-gium. Another is from the States and is really creative and does art programs.

On artists as parents: Artists raise their kids differently, she said. We communicate to the point where we probably annoy our children. We have art around the house, we have books, we go to plays, we talk. Our focus is art and painting and dress-up and singing. It's what we love. So I think you can see how artists in some way raise other artists.

To read the full article, visit VanityFair.com.

Wanted hits cineplexes on June 27.

Mad Men Humps Entertainment Weekly

The stars - Christina Hendricks and Jon Hamm - of television series Mad Men grace the cover and pages of Entertainment Weekly summer preview issue. The summer issue names the stylish cult hit as the "No. 1 on of great shows to watch this summer".



Synopsis of Mad Men: Set in 1960 New York, series follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising, an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell while their private world gets sold. Story revolves around the conflicted world of Don Draper, the biggest ad man (and ladies man) in the business, and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels.

The new episodes of Mad Men Season 2 starts on Sunday, July 27th of 2008 and airs on American Movie Classics (AMC).

To read the full article, visit EW.com.

The first season DVD hits stores on Tuesday, July 1, and AMC will air a back-to-back episodes marathon on Sunday, July 20 beginning at noon.

Bryan Adams - Hear the World Ambassadors

Musician Bryan Adams promotes his 22 black-and-white photographs exhibition titled Hear the World Ambassadors in New York, and then the exhibits moves to Zurich. And the Roemische Hoefe exhibition center in Berlin will showcase Bryan's photographs for Hear the World Foundation benefit auction.


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Bryan Adams new album - 11 - is in stores now and available on iTunes.

Angelina Jolie Didn't Deliver Twins: ISLA MARCHELINE & AMELIE JANE

Entertainment Tonight announced that Angelina Jolie deliver her twin babies: Isla (pronounced eye-la) Marcheline and Amelie Jane Jolie-Pitt, but Jolie's representative tells People, "Angelina has not given birth. She is fine, enjoying her home and her family in France."


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The babies - Amelie Jane and Isla Marcheline - will be the fifth and sixth children for Jolie and partner Pitt, who already have sons Maddox and Pax, and daughters Zahara and Shiloh.

Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward's She & Him - Tour Dates

The duo She and Him are touring and coming to a venue near you. If you enjoyed their Volume 1 disc like I did, then you have to check them out live.


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In the meantime, here's their live performance of Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? on Conan O'Brien and listed tour dates -



She & Him:
07-23 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
07-24 Northampton, MA - Academy of Music
07-25 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
07-26 New York, NY - Terminal 5
07-28 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
07-29 Atlanta, GA - Varsity Playhouse
07-30 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
07-31 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
08-02 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
08-05 Chicago, IL - Park West
08-07 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
08-08 Madison, WI - Barrymore
08-10 Baltimore, MD - V Fest

M. Ward - Him:
07-19 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival)
08-23 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
08-30 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
09-26 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival

For tickets and pre-sales tickets, visit SheandHim.com and their Myspace.

Sam Rockwell @ Chuck Palahniuk's Choke - Trailer

The new trailer for Sam Rockwell's flick - Choke - is out, just click the images below. Choke is written and directed by Clark Gregg and based on Chuck Palahniuk's novel.

Synopsis of Choke: Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell), a medical-school dropout, is an anti-hero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be saved by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor's life, go on to send checks to support him. When he's not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom (Anjelica Huston), and spends his days working at a colonial theme park.







The flick hit theaters in the fall on September 26th of 2008.

Lost - Season 4 Finale Episode 13 - Video

Lost - Season 4's finale episode - There's No Place Like Home: Parts 2 & 3 - airs tonight on ABC, and you can watch some of the scenes provided by Variety below -

Nathan Sawaya's LEGO® Brick Art Exhibit

The Art of the Brick Museum Exhibit built out of LEGO® building blocks by 33-year-old New York artist Nathan Sawaya is coming to your town and it'll showcase over 30 pieces. Here are some of Nathan Sawaya's eye-popping work -



Nathan Sawaya's The Art of the Brick Museum Exhibit is currently showing at Stamford Museum in Stamford, Connecticut from March 2nd 2008 to August 18th 2008.



There'll be future shows at The Art and Culture Center, The American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, TELUS World of Science Edmonton, Turtle Bay Exploration Park and Museum and Crown Center.


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You can visit Brickartist.com for the complete location and time of the LEGO® Brick Exhibits.

U2's Bono @ Tokyo's Green Island Project

U2's frontman Bono lends his fame to another worthy cause by planting a tree during the Tokyo metropolitan government's Green Island project at Odaiba.


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Sex & the City - New York Movie Premiere

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Hudson and Matthew Broderick attend Sex and the City premiere at Radio City Music Hall and after-party at the Museum of Modern Art.


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The after-party event held at the Museum of Modern Art benefited New York's Fund For Public Schools.


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USA Today talked to Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson as the new addition to 'Sex and the City' movie.

Tell me about your self-titled album, which comes out in September. What are the key songs: Spotlight is a pop feel, kind of clubbish. It's a hot track. Then we have Pocketbook, which is sassy. It reminds you of Louise, because she's loving purses. Happy Place is one of my favorites. People who know me will know what songs I had a whole lot to do with, because they're sassy.

Did you feel like the new kid on the block on the set: It's a family that already lived together, and they added me. They're fierce, and I get to be fierce and fabulous with them.

Nickelodeon's Olivia (The Animated Pig) - New Series

Ian Falconer's Olivia (The Pig) from his children book series is coming to Nickelodeon in 2009 as an animated series. Nickelodeon have order 26 episodes.


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Tropic Thunder - Rated R Trailer (NSFW)

We got our hands on an explicit trailer for Ben Stiller's new comedy called Tropic Thunder. The trailer is funny and isn't safe for work environment.

Synopsis of Tropic Thunder: Everything goes wrong during the making of a big budget war movie and the actors end up becoming the commandos they are playing.



Tropic Thunder hits theaters nationwide in the summer on August 15th.

Batman Christian Bale Humps Details

Christian Bales begins his Batman - Dark Knight promotion and he graces the cover and pages of Details to sell his new film.


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On working with his Dark Knight co-star - Oscar-nominee Heath Ledger: He was incredibly intense in his performance but incredibly mellow and laid-back. Certainly there was this great anarchistic streak to it — just getting dirtier than anybody's envisioned the Joker before. … Naturally, (the movie) was something I wanted to share with him — and expected to do so. And I can't do anything else but hope that it will be an absolutely appropriate celebration of his work.



When was the last time you were mistaken for someone else: Yesterday afternoon I was sitting somewhere and somebody started chatting. They said they were an agent, and they asked what I do, and I said, "I'm an actor." And they said, "Oh, how's that going for you?" I said, "I think it's all right." And they said, do I have an agent?
"Yes, I have an agent."
"Well, if you ever need any help getting work, give me a call."
So I said, "Thanks very much." I think the best one ever was when a casting director saw me in a hotel lobby and practically ran at me, holding a script: "Thank god I've finally found you! We have this movie that you're perfect for, and this is an amazing coincidence. The director and producer are not going to believe it, that I just bumped into you! We've been talking about how perfect you are for this role for so long! Finally, I met Christian Slater."
"Christian Bale."
"Excuse me?"
"I said, 'Christian Bale.'"
And she went, "Oh, I'm sorry," took the script, and walked away.



To read the full article visit, Details and it's on newsstands Tuesday, June 3rd.

You can watch Bale and Ledger's performances in The Dark Knight, when it hits theaters on Friday, July 18th of 2008.

Director Sydney Pollack Died - Age 73

Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa & The Interpreter) died at the age of 73 at his Pacific Palisades home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his beloved family. His publicist - Leslee Dart - stated that Mr. Pollack was diagnosed with cancer about 10 months ago and his doctors couldn't determine the primary source of the disease.


Phil Bray / Universal / The Interpreter's Set

Mr. Pollack was born in Indiana, taught acting in the 50s and married his wife - Claire Griswold - in 1958. He is survived by his wife, their two daughters - Rebecca and Rachel - and six grandchildren.

61st Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Award Winners

French director Laurent Cantet's Entre les Murs (The Class) won the Palme d'Or award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.






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Benicio Del Toro receive the best actor award for his portrayal of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's Che: The Argentine & Guerrilla, and Sandra Corveloni won the best actress for her work as an overworked mother in Brazilian film - Linha de Passe (Line of Passage) - set in Sao Paulo.


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Turkey's filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Best Director award for his film - Three Monkeys, a dark tale of family secrets.

Memorial Day Observation

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.

Nicole Kidman's Australia - Trailer

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman star in Baz Luhrmann's new film - Australia. It's an Australian outback epic that takes place from the mid-1930s leading up to the Japanese bombing of the tropical northern city of Darwin in World War Two. Click here to see the HD trailer of 'Australia'.





Variety 11/28/06 Issue estimates the project budget at $130,000,000.





According to Apple.com, Australia is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited. Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world’s most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, only to still face the bombing of the city of Darwin by the Japanese forces that attacked Pearl Harbor. With his new film, Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.

Australia hits theaters nationwide on Friday, November 14th of 2008.

Brad Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Trailer

Brad Pitt, Taraji Henson and Cate Blanchett star in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ('El curioso caso de Benjamin Button').



Synopsis: An old man physically ages backward. At age 50, he falls in love with a 30-year-old woman and then must come to terms with the relationship as they literally grow in opposite directions.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, December 19th of 2008.

If the media player (above) doesn't work, click here to watch the trailer.

Usher Humps Entertainment Weekly

Usher is the cover boy and one of the feature musician in Entertainment Weekly summer music preview issue.



On Usher's son, Usher Raymond V., being a new addition to his family and healing his strained relationship with his mom: I have a beautiful baby boy that she's in love with, he says. She's very happy, and he makes us all a better family, period.

On replacing his mother / manager with Benny Medina (manages Mariah Carey and Nicole Richie): I understand the whole thing about the drama between me and my mother, he concedes. To be honest with you, we had a very one-sided relationship, and for obvious reasons: She had to make the majority of the sacrifices; otherwise we didn't go forward.... I'm pretty sure that my mother would want to forever manage me. She'll always be my partner. But I feel like I'm at a point where I wanna grow, be able to handle my business firsthand, and understand every facet of it. Also, on the other side is the fact that you get the stigma of being too sheltered. So now I make the move to go out as a man and stand on my own, and it's bad?

On the sudden death of Usher's father, who died of liver disease on January 21th of 2008: That made me care more about being a father than anything, he says. It's my opportunity to make sure that [my son] never feels what I felt.

To read the full article, visit EW.com.

Japan's The Office - Saturday Night Live Short Film

If you missed Steve Carell on Saturday Night Live's season finale show, you can watch SNL short film about The Office's Japan orgin. The clip is introduce by Ricky Gervais -

Cate Blanchett Humps Gotham

Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett sells Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to Gotham magazine.


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On plastic surgery and growing old: One worries about getting older- we're all fearful of death, let's not kid ourselves. I'm simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor?

On which actors she wants to work with: She would love to work with Daniel Day-Lewis, Javier Bardem, Simon Russell Beale, Alan Rickman, and Geoffrey Rush.



Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull hits theaters nationwide today.

American Idol Finale - David Cook - Video

The new American Idol winner is David Cook, and we have loads of vidoes from the finale show below - Enjoy!

The American Idol judges give their final thoughts, Simon Cowell apologizes to David Cook and Ryan Seacrest announces 2008 American Idol winner -



Jonas Brothers perform S.O.S. on American Idol finale show -



Seal and 3rd place American Idol contestant Syesha Mercado perform Waiting For You on American Idol finale show -



Jordan Spark sings on 2008 American Idol finale show -



Carrie Underwood performs on 2008 American Idol finale show -

Steven Soderbergh's Che: The Argentine & Guerrilla @ Cannes Film Festival

Steven Soderbergh's Che: The Argentine and Guerrilla premiere at the 61st edition of Cannes Film Festival. The Argentine and Guerrilla are two-part, biography films about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and based on Jon Lee Anderson's Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life novel.



Synopsis of The Argentine: Che Guevara and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the US-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.



Synopsis of Guerilla: Biographical film on the latter years of Che Guevara, a controversial South American revolutionary who was murdered by the Bolivian army in 1967.


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The video of Che: The Argentine and Guerrilla cast discussing their film at Cannes Film Festival -

Madonna's I Am Because We Are @ Cannes Film Festival

Director Nathan Rissman and producer/writer Madonna screen their Malawian documentary - I Am Because We Are - at 61st edition of Cannes Film Festival. Director Guy Ritchie, Madonna and Sharon Stone attend the screening to support the film.


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Synopsis of I Am Because We Are: About the millions of Malawi children orphaned by AIDS.


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The I Am Because We Are premiere video at Cannes Film Festival -

Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna @ Cannes Film Festival

Director Spike Lee discusses and promotes Miracle at St. Anna - an upcoming film about black soliders during WWII - at Cannes Film Festival.

Miracle at St. Anna opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, October 10th of 2008.

Synopsis: Four black American soldiers are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.

Miracle at St. Anna was shot on location in Tuscany, Italy and it's based on James McBride's "Miracle at St. Anna" book and published by Riverhead Hardcover in January, 2002.

Angelina Jolie's The Changeling @ Cannes Festival

Oscar nominee Amy Ryan and Angelina Jolie star in director Clint Eastwood's The Changeling (L'Echange), and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attend the première at 61st edition of Cannes Film Festival.


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The Changeling's premiere video with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Clint Eastwood at Cannes Film Festival -





Synopsis: A mother prays for the return of her kidnapped son. When her prayers are answered, however, she begins to suspect the boy who comes back is not her child. Inspired by true events that took place in Los Angeles in the 1920s.

The Changeling is written by Joe Michael Straczynski and opens in theaters nationwide on November 7th of 2008. Ron Howard was previously attached to direct.

Amy Ryan (Gone Baby, Gone) is repped by Jason Gutman @ The Gersh Agency, and her manager is Jennifer Wiley @ Framework Entertainment.

Actress Angelina Jolie, director Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, writer Joe Michael Straczynski and producer Brian Grazer pose for The Changeling Cannes photocall's press conference.






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The Changeling's press conference and photo call video with Angelina Jolie at Cannes Film Festival -

Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York @ Cannes Film Festival

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind writer Charlie Kaufman makes his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York and screens it at 61st edition of Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis: A tale of a theater director who thinks he's dying, and how that shapes his interactions with the world, his art and the women in his life. He ambitiously attempts to put on a play by creating a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse.

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Caden, the theater director who thinks he's dying.

Synecdoche, New York is written by Charlie Kaufman, and he's repped by David Kramer and Richard Klubeck at United Talent Agency (UTA).

Pete Wentz Weds Ashlee Simpson - Congrats!

Congratulation to Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and singer / actress Ashlee Simpson on their wedding ceremony and marriage. The couple release their wedding invitation and parting gift to Life & Style.



Mr. & Mrs. Wentz ask that donation be made to Invisible Children, in lieu of gifts.



Ashlee Simpson's Bittersweet World album is out now.

Fergie Covers Heart's Barracuda

Black Eye Peas Fergie performs and entertains NBC's Today Show audience at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.

Jake Gyllenhaal's Nailed (In Production)

Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, James Brolin and Tracy Morgan are shooting director David O. Russell's Nailed on location in United States.



Synopsis: A small-town receptionist has a nail accidentally shot into her head by a clumsy workman, eliciting wild sexual urges. The uninsured woman goes on a crusade to Washington to fight for the rights of the bizarrely injured. She meets an immoral congressman who takes advantage of her sex drive and capitalizes on her crusade.


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The principle photography started on April 14th and ends on June 14th of 2008.

Gyllenhaal is repped by Kimberly Hodgert @ Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Russell is repped by Chris Donnelly, Ariel Emanuel, Dawn Saltzman & Richard Weitz @ Endeavor.

High School Musical 3's Sneak Peek @ Good Morning America -Video

Director Kenny Ortega, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman and Corbin Bleu gave a sneak peek of High School Musical 3 to Good Morning America.

Indiana Jones: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Cannes

Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford bring their Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to the festival goers of 61st edition of Cannes Film Festival in France.










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The video footage of Steven Speilberg, Shia LaBeouf, Harrison Ford and George Lucas at Cannes Film Festival's press conference promoting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -