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More Trailer Leakage: Indy's Back! (Again.)

· We continue with today's theme of leaked, bootlegged trailers of the summer's most anticipated blockbusters with the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, set to premiere before screenings of Iron Man this Friday. Dare we say, it's a vast improvement over the first. Indy's back, everyone! No, seriously. Indy's back—it just gave out on him. Medic! [indianajones.com]
· Is "closet chef" Jake Gyllenhaal planning on opening his own restaurant before he turns 30? Sign us up for one Dreamy-Eyed Tasting Menu with Naggy Girlfriend Wine Flight! [Big Hospitality]
· Good news: Roger Waters's pig has been found! Bad news: In pieces. Good news: Bacon for everyone! Bad news: It tastes like polyurethane. [MyDesert.com]
· Is Transformers 2 about to get a much-needed injection of menstrual-blood humor? One can only hope. [Cinematical]
· Hey—dogs into unicorns! [Archie McPhee]
· Oops...We almost forgot to salute our man Will Leitch over at Deadspin, who on HBO's Costas Now last night withstood a spittle-storm of invective from Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and owner of a rocking set of he-breasts. [Deadspin]

6:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Seth
2,895 views, 8 comments

Latest by jackass penguin: I know he's old, I know it's fanboy fiction and I don't care. Indy, Indy, Indy!! Whoo Hoo!! Even if more »

Sad But True

Jennifer Aniston And John Mayer: See It, Believe It, Decide Whether You Care From There

It's usually fun when rumored flings between two unlikely stars are proven true, unless one of those stars happens to be serial dater Jennifer Aniston. Last week we reluctantly reported on stories linking Aniston to orgasmic crooner John Mayer, and as In Touch tells us today, the pair spent a long weekend together in Miami, where Jen's filming Marley & Me. Just another doozy of an I'll Believe It When I See It tale? Well, believe it, and see it, after the jump. More »

5:35 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Molly Friedman
11,471 views, 13 comments

Latest by DexterRiley: What happened to the days when everybody was saying she was a lesbian with all these beards? I mean guys? more »

brain damage

David Blaine's 'A-Ha' Moment Comes After 17th Oxygen-Deprived Minute

Extreme endurance artist David Blaine has certainly stunned the world before with his well-publicized stunts—from spending three weeks journeying through an (unfortunately impacted) Blue Whale's digestive system, to the time he was flash-frozen inside a block of carbonite atop the Arc de Triomphe. But it was the seemingly simplest of tasks that eluded him: breaking the world record for breath-holding, previously held by a centenarian fisherman from Tanzania rumored by villagers to have been sired by a frog. All that changed today on The Oprah Winfrey Show of all places, where the low-talking illusionist was deprived of oxygen for an amazing 17 minutes and 4 seconds. We've included video of the final two, during which an increasingly agitated Oprah grips the thigh of the monitoring physician beside her, asking reasonable enough questions along the lines of, "OK, his eyes just crossed, his skin turn blue, and he slowly floated to the surface. Is that considered a bad sign?"

Oprah.com

5:10 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Seth
3,475 views, 17 comments

Latest by Nunaurbiz: Where's my world record for shortest holding of breath for whatever David Blaine does? My feat: NO nanosecond of time more »

James Ellroy, Andy Garcia, Seal

· Jack O'Connell and James Ellroy present and sign The Resurrectionist at Book Soup. We will award Star Commenter Status to anyone who goes and gets video of the Demon Dog opining about what he really thought about Keanu Reeves ruining his screenplay (or, for that matter, what he thought about Josh Hartnett's wooden performance in The Black Dahlia)...
· Meanwhile, over at the ArcLight Cinemas, the AFI's Music Documentary Series offers up a screening of Cachao: Uno Mas, followed by Q&A with producer Andy Garcia.
· And if you are looking to hit a concert, try Seal at the Avalon, Mike Doughty at the El Rey (and this time, we definitely do not mean the Glass House) or David Garza at Largo.

4:50 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Mark Graham
259 views, 5 comments

Latest by Lala11_7: Does that mean that James has become... *gasp*... "A bit of a Whore?" more »

Gay Divorce

Reichen Lehmkuhl's Bleak Dating Tips Suggest Reality TV Stars Might Never Find True Happiness

Reichen Lehmkuhl, the square-jawed former U.S. Air Force recruit who found a measure of fame winning Amazing Race and later as Lance Bass's boyfriend, may at first glance seem to have it all: the calendars, the flight-themed, gay-man's jewelry collections, the underwear- model- search- winning boyfriend...Oops, not so fast, as a recent update to his MySpace page (the first place fans go to be informed of any major changes in his seemingly doomed personal life) suggests that yet again, all is not what it appears in a perfect universe filled with depilated abs and seam-compromised Speedo baskets. From PinkIsTheNewBlog.com:

Reichen has just updated his My Space profile so that his headline reads, "You Shady Lying Sack of Shit. You're BEYOND Gross. What an Idiot I Have Been!"

4:25 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Seth
4,057 views, 19 comments

Latest by pillowface: reichen was my geometry teacher in high school. he would always offer the boys the opportunity to go to more »

Scientology

Tom Cruise Sends Katie Holmes To Scientology's Version Of Guantanamo

Apparently all of Katie Holmes' recent naughty behavior has prompted loving husband Tom Cruise to reprimand her with a punishment that's slightly more severe than asking her to not only wash the dishes but dry them, too. After eating too little with bad influence Victoria Beckham and daring to consider a promising role on Broadway later this year, Cruise decided to step up her Scientology training with a fun-filled three-day vacation to Gold Base. And Canyon Ranch it is not. Gold Base is reportedly an isolated Scientology facility where "boot camps" are held. And as Star reports, yoga classes and colonics were not part of Katie's activities:

"It included various tests, confession sessions, tons of reading and physically challenging purification processes"...a series of intensive auditing sessions, some which have lasted for 36 hours straight — with little sleep or food."

4:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Molly Friedman
26,825 views, 30 comments

Latest by raincoaster: The fun never stops. Get your masks now: May 10th Anonymous strikes again! + Watch video more »

The Doc is In

Distributor Rescues Roman Polanski Doc From Theatrical Siberia, Preps For Oscar

ThinkFilm today announced its acquisition of theatrical and DVD rights to the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, which made as many headlines recently for its acclaimed Sundance run as for being dumped in New York and Pasadena for a week by its Oscar-craving original buyers at HBO. The cable network retains the broadcast rights, planning a June 9 premiere ahead of ThinkFilm's July 11 theatrical release. We know what you're thinking — a TV premiere before theatrical? But it's not that unusual, and it can only help in the awards push sure to come. More »

3:30 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By STV
787 views, 4 comments

Latest by STV: @CherylGerbil: HBO gave the film its requisite one-week qualifying run in theaters last month in New York and LA, so more »

Junkie Love

Kirsten Dunst's Dating Tips: Take Your Honey Along To AA While 'Looking Like Crap'

While most of our knowledge regarding AA and the 12-step program comes from the druggie movies we've seen over the years (Rush, Requiem For A Dream, Herbie: Fully Loaded), we're pretty sure one of those steps is to avoid jumping into new relationships minutes after leaving rehab. But as we learned earlier this month, Kirsten Dunst's rumored fling with Ryan Gosling suggests Dunst isn't a fan of following rules. And according to today's NY Post, Dunst has some very unique and romantic ideas when it comes to taking her new man out on the town:

Sources say Dunst...has been schlepping her All Good Things co-star, Ryan Gosling, to 12-step meetings.

Swoon! Even more intriguing are Dunst's rumored grooming techniques when it comes to keeping her new guy interested, detailed after the jump. More »

3:10 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Molly Friedman
5,738 views, 12 comments

Latest by Pop Socket: She is now officially the world's oldest twenty-six-year-old. more »

In a blog post last month, before The Hobbit officially landed a director, Lord of the Rings veteran Sir Ian McKellen was more certain he would reprise his role as Gandalf than he was of his former castmates' sexualities. He was even surer in a recent interview with Empire magazine, in which the 68-year-old confirmed he was coming back for filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. "Yes, it's true," McKellen said. "I spoke to Guillermo in the very room that Peter Jackson offered me the part and he confirmed that I would be reprising the role. Obviously, it's not a part that you turn down, I loved playing Gandalf." And if McKellen's happy, then we're happy — especially when it means we don't have to further wrack our tired, beaten brains conjuring a suitable replacement. Thank God for small favors. [Reuters]

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A Call To The Bullpen

What's So Beautiful About Kate Hudson? I'm Way Prettier Than Her

Angelina Jolie

Rumored Tape Shows Angelina Jolie Snorting Heroin: 'Wow, This Is Really Good Smack'

Angelina Jolie has come a long way from her blood vial-carrying, lesbian sex-dabbling days as Hollywood's resident bad girl, but the potential release of a tape showing Jolie snorting and smoking heroin may do some serious damage to the soon-to-be mother of six's new reputation as a much hotter version of Mother Teresa. While Jolie has openly admitted to using all kinds of drugs in her past, her alleged comments and behavior shown on the tape in question may overshadow all those Yes I've Done Drugs But Drugs Are Bad comments she's made since:

The key part of the tape is Angelina doing heroin. She says, "Wow, this is really good smack - not that cheap crap that's been stepped on."

More details on when the tape was reportedly filmed and the potential sale after the jump. More »

2:05 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Molly Friedman
57,779 views, 51 comments

Latest by Road_Rash: Oh I dunno, I kind of see her as the Mia Farrow of my day kid-wise. While I tire of more »

Trade Roundup

For Whom The SAG Strike Bell Tolls

· This just in! A tensely worded rehashing of Variety's SAG strike doomsaying piece from Monday! Twelve days into things, progress looks "negligible." Need we remind the Powers That Be of that full-page trade ad taken out by George, Tom, Meryl and Bob back in February? For the love of God, Alan Rosenberg! Just. Talk. [Variety]
· The Young & the Restless and Sesame Street lead the Daytime Emmy nominations, though the two long-running series will only face off in one category: Outstanding Performance By An Actor or Math-Obsessed Vampire. [THR] More »

1:45 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Seth
761 views, 1 comment

Latest by Oxycontinmoron: "Math-obsessed vampire." Not meth-obsessed. 'Cause there's plenty of them. more »

Bacterial Marketing

Quick! Catch This Nausea-Inducing, Bootlegged 'Dark Knight' Trailer Before WB Takes It Down!

Say you have a sincere interest in catching the latest The Dark Knight trailer—but not one so burning that it would require you to dash around Hollywood Blvd. counting the number of holes in aggro Chinese Theater Batman's costume, only to then learn via text message that the massive fire at Basque nightclub was in fact "The Joker's doing," before eventually corralling you and 500 other movie blog interns right back to where you started, so that you can file into a Mann's theater for the two-and-a-half-minute, viral experience of a lifetime. More »

1:20 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Seth
4,762 views, 3 comments

Latest by el smrtmnky: still steadier than Cloverfield more »

Pellicano Notebook

Anthony Pellicano's Third-Person Courtroom Antics Reach Their Illogical Conclusion

Thank God that the threat of an Anthony Pellicano mistrial came and went without fruition; not only would we have faced the indignity of another star parade of scowling, snail-trailing movers and shakers filing to the witness stand, but we would have missed out on the performance art of Pellicano's closing argument, relayed second-hand today by tireless Huffington Post correspondent Allison Hope Weiner:

And then, there were his final comments to the jury—probably the most entertaining final close that I've ever heard. "Mr. Pellicano refuses to insult your intelligence," he said of himself. "Mr. Pellicano told you that the evidence will show what the evidence shows and it clearly does." ...

1:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By STV
1,269 views, 2 comments

Latest by Sleepyhead: Is Mr. Pellicano not human? If Mr. Pellicano pricks Mr. Pellicano, does Mr. Pellicano not bleed? (This would make a more »

old dogs

Charlie Sheen Is A 'C. MaSheen' When It Comes To Hookers

What would the world's oldest profession do without Charlie Sheen? Hollywood's most famed lover of pay-for-play has been outed by his current madam in the newest issue of Rolling Stone, who claims that his prostitution habit is still going stronger than ever — even after court-ordered rehab. As "Nici" tells celebrity exposé specialist Vanessa Grigoriadis in the story, she "dropped four girls off at his penthouse, [and] found the actor in silk pajamas with 'C. MaSheen' embroidered over the pocket. Sheen gave her a $20,000 check for the girls, and she picked them up several hours later." And while the fact that Sheen is (allegedly) still romping around with escorts after all these years is pretty pathetic, even more so is his publicist's excuse: More »

12:40 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Molly Friedman
4,999 views, 11 comments

Latest by MrRewrite: silks. now we know who will inherit Hugh Hefner's mantle when the old(er) boy croaks. more »

Battle Of The Syndie Gods

Why Oprah And Rachael Ray Hate Each Other, In Words And Pictures

Frankly, we don't know what might have come between Oprah Winfrey and Rachael Ray, the easy-meal guru and multimedia mogul whose career she helped to launch. But there it is, plain as day, on the cover of the new issue of trusted celebrity news source National Enquirer: "YOU MAKE ME SICK!" Four little words that will change...everything. Obviously, there was no guaranteeing that all Harpo hatchlings would remain as loyal to their mentor as, say, a Nate Berkus, available round-the-clock to board an O-emblazoned helicopter whisking him off to solve 4 a.m. window-treatment crises in Santa Barbara. Even Dr. Phil, that unspeakably bald evil that Winfrey almost certainly wishes she could undo, maintains a level of civility with his Maker. But not that pistol Ray—her feisty Sicilian and Cajun ancestries rendering her even more ornery than a cankle-afflicted Kirstie Alley.

nationalenquirer.com
NATIONAL ENQUIRER: FACE-OFF BETWEEN OPRAH & RACHAEL RAY! [coverawards.com]

12:20 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Seth
7,991 views, 6 comments

Latest by kit10indublin: I saw a snippet of RR show recently. They audience appaluded when she topped a dish of enchiladas with more »

Beautiful And Damned

Does Landing The Cover Of People's 'Most Beautiful' Issue Come With A Curse?

Today, People has revealed that Kate Hudson will appear as the cover girl for their 2008 Most Beautiful People issue, and we'd certainly like to send out a hearty congrats to the recently divorced single mom who's currently nursing Owen Wilson back to health. But after taking a look back at the list of stars who've previously nabbed the annual issue's cover spot, we fear there may be a curse accompanying the glossy honor. Sure, Leonardo DiCaprio (1998) and Julia Roberts (2000, 2005) haven't slipped up since having their smiley visage top the list, but a sizeable chunk of the winning alumni eerily saw their public and private lives undergo a downward spiral following their appearance on the issue's cover. We took a closer look at the possible curse-laden honor after the jump: More »

12:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Molly Friedman
20,506 views, 32 comments

Latest by jasonelias: I hope Kate Hudson isn't cursed by getting this cover. I really don't want to see her making a string more »

Unruly WGA Mob Protest 'Project Runway' Rodeo Drive Shoot

Sharon Stone's Groceries Get the Glamour Treatment

The Top 8 Women Who Changed the Face of 'SNL'

'Express,' 'Quarantine' Climb Into Multiplex Over Leo's Dead 'Body'

Make History

Your First Glimpse At Robert Downey Jr.'s Little Tramp Detective, Sherlock Holmes!

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