While you were working...
August 9th, 2011
05:38 PM ET

While you were working...

Today's news you might've missed:

  • Make room on the runway - LiLo's younger sister, Aliana Lohan, has landed a modeling contract. Seventeen-year-old Ali signed with a model management company that has also represented Miranda Kerr. (Just Jared)
  • Haven't gotten a Kardashian-Humphries wedding invite yet? Don't count on it. Kim reportedly sent out the invitations last week, so let the name-dropping begin. The star-studded guest list is rumored to include Justin Bieber, Will Smith and Jennifer Lopez. (Radar Online)
  • The collaboration between Kanye and Jay-Z - "Watch the Throne" - hit No. 1 on iTunes in 23 countries. We're trying to figure out why the obviously brilliant pairing didn't happen sooner. (MTV)
  • Just because it happened six years ago doesn't mean we're over Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's divorce. Reports allege Aniston threw Pitt out of the house when she found out about his relationship with Angelina Jolie in 2005.  (Socialite Life)
  • Matthew McConaughey's "The Lincoln Lawyer" is apparently being made into an ABC show. Maybe there's hope that this one will last longer than a season. (Variety)
  • Cue the sighs of disappointment, indie-rock lovers: Vampire Weekend's only show of the year has been canceled. (Rolling Stone)
Photos: Rihanna in 'Battleship,' Jennifer Lawrence in 'Hunger Games'
August 9th, 2011
04:52 PM ET

Photos: Rihanna in 'Battleship,' Jennifer Lawrence in 'Hunger Games'

Rihanna is set to make her movie debut in a film version of the board game “Battleship," and the first official photo of the pop star as Petty Officer Raikes has been released.

Gone are the star's signature skimpy outfits and wild hair; in costume, a fresh-faced Rihanna sports a brunette cropped ‘do and buttoned-up camouflage while gripping an oversized weapon.

Set for release in May 2012, “Battleship” centers on a fleet of Navy ships fighting “an armada of unknown origins.” The action movie also stars “True Blood” vampire Alexander Skarsgard, Liam Neeson and model Brooklyn Decker.

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Frances Bean Cobain's grown-up photo shoot
Frances Bean, left, and mother Courtney Love at the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Awards in Beverly Hills on February 8, 2007.

Frances Bean Cobain's grown-up photo shoot

Rock star royalty Frances Bean, daughter of the late Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, is all grown up (and tatted up) in bold new shots from photographer Hedi Slimane.

In the series of black and white photos, 18-year-old Frances looks strikingly like both her parents in worn clothing and goth accessories.

Pale and dark-haired, she also looks much more like an adult than the baby-faced kid we’re used to seeing in magazines and photos, such as in the snapshot above.

Frances interned for Rolling Stone in 2008, and debuted a collection of art last summer at a Los Angeles gallery.


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Audrina Patridge hints at 'The Hills' movie
August 9th, 2011
04:51 PM ET

Audrina Patridge hints at 'The Hills' movie

A big screen version of MTV “reality” series “The Hills” may not be what TV viewers are clamoring for, but it may be coming anyway, according to Audrina Patridge.

A spin-off of reality show “Laguna Beach,” “The Hills” followed Lauren Conrad and pals Patridge, Lauren “Lo” Bosworth, Brody Jenner, Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, and Kristen Cavallari for six seasons as they stirred up drama amongst themselves. After much speculation about scripting, the show’s July 2010 finale revealed a Hollywood lot and backdrop, confirming that the series wasn’t real.

When the show ended, executive producer Adam DiVello wanted to bring Lauren Conrad & co. to the big screen. But the cast wasn't feeling it. Now that their careers have cooled off, it appears the frenemies are interested in doing a movie after all.

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Cast, crew react to 'Eureka' cancellation
August 9th, 2011
04:15 PM ET

Cast, crew react to 'Eureka' cancellation

Just this past Friday, Syfy's official Twitter was knocking down reports that one of its most beloved shows, "Eureka," had been canceled.

"Although we don’t have a commitment beyond 6 episodes for the 6th season, we’re hopeful this will not be the end of the franchise," Craig Engler, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Syfy Digital, said at the time.

Flash forward to Monday night, when Syfy put out the statement that made Twitter explode: "After painstaking consideration, we have had to make the difficult business decision to not order a season six of Eureka."

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Ashton Kutcher talks tech, 'Two and a Half Men'

Ashton Kutcher talks tech, 'Two and a Half Men'

Ashton Kutcher is not only an actor - and Charlie Sheen’s replacement on “Two and a Half Men” - but he’s also turned into a tech guru and businessman.

Kutcher, 33, covers the September issue of Details, and gives his two cents on social media scandals, Twitter popularity and filling Sheen's sitcom shoes.

The actor once had the most popular Twitter account in the world, and still enjoys sharing his life with seven million followers. “I think privacy is valuable,” he says. “But at the end of the day, if you're not doing anything wrong you don't have anything to hide.”

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LeAnn Rimes trying out marriage tattoo
August 9th, 2011
01:37 PM ET

LeAnn Rimes trying out marriage tattoo

At Chicago music festival Lollapalooza this weekend, country star LeAnn Rimes, 28, tried out a temporary custom tattoo that she's reportedly considering making permanent, reports RadarOnline.

Rimes was in town while her husband Eddie Cibrian, 38, films his new show “The Playboy Club." The singer had the tat created at Lollapalooza’s Express Rocks event at the Hard Rock Hotel.

The design, applied to Rimes' ribs, reads: "You gave me the courage to be truthful. I promise to give you the comfort to be trustful."

According to Radar, the singer is going to get inked this week, though Rimes tweeted that she’s “just trying something, playing” for now.

But it seems the star had a little trouble getting the fake tattoo off: "Too funny!" she tweeted. "I got a stencil not a tattoo! Its not 'news'... however, I can't get it off. In search of rubbing alcohol I think!"

Schwarzenegger sports ‘I Survived Maria’ T-shirt

The former governator airs his dirty laundry… on his T-shirt, apparently.

TMZ snapped Arnold Schwarzenegger biking in Santa Monica on Sunday wearing a shirt that read "I Survived Maria 1977 – 2010." According to TMZ, the shirts were made by Maria Shriver's staff as a joke and they originally read "2007 – 2010." Arnold’s staffers apparently wrote in the year he and Maria started dating on one of the shirts for a gag gift they gave him last November during a staff farewell party.

Arnold and Maria separated in May, amid revelations that Arnold had fathered a child with the family's housekeeper. The couple's now in the process of a divorce.

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Winehouse's goddaughter: She was doing so well
August 9th, 2011
01:31 PM ET

Winehouse's goddaughter: She was doing so well

According to her goddaughter, singer Amy Winehouse was "at her best" in the days leading up to her recent death.

The Mirror reports that British singer Dionne Bromfield told Radio 1 Winehouse appeared to be winning her battle against substance abuse and had even joined Bromfield in the studio as she worked on her latest album.

“The last time I saw her she was fine, I think that was the best time I’ve ever seen her," Bromfield said. "[I did] a song called 'Get Over' and she was in the corner crying. It’s such a shame to know she was at her best moment and three days later she was gone." FULL POST

Anne Hathaway doubts she'd host Oscars again
August 9th, 2011
10:58 AM ET

Anne Hathaway doubts she'd host Oscars again

Anne Hathaway has shown her range on film, starring in everything from Disney movies to smaller dramas, but when it comes to the Oscars the actress thinks she just doesn't have the skills.

Hathaway told CNN Monday that she doesn’t see herself hosting the Academy Awards again after her much-criticized appearance with James Franco at this year’s ceremony.

“Not that it wasn’t fun, I had a great time and it was an honor and it was lovely," the 28-year-old star said. "But, it’s something that…requires a skill set...I mean, I think the first time I didn’t put any pressure on myself to knock it out of the park with, you know, my hosting skills because how would I have any? I’ve never hosted anything.”

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