Whether you’re high on life or just high, 4/20 is the day for you. It’s a de facto tribute to all things marijuana and we know more than a handful of celebrities who’ll be smoking some bud today. While there are definitely more than 20 celebrity stoners we could have listed here, this seems like as good a place as any to start. So, while they roll up a joint and try to work on a Giant M&M Cookies Recipe or a Funfetti Cupcakes Recipe ahead of time, you can roll up a chair and flip through this slideshow. 20 Celebrity Stoners for 4/20
Chace Crawford would relish the role of Christian in Fifty Shades of Grey, and given his track record on Gossip Girl, he may have the chops to pull it off. Guy knows a thing or two between the sheets is what we’re saying. The former Gossip Girl star tells Fox 411 that he’d love the role : “I would love the challenge … I know that it is risque, and to be honest, anything to shake up from the way I have been going would be good,” he said. “Hey, if they ask me to come and read, I would definitely do so.” Risque is putting it mildly, but that’s alright by Crawford. “I am only comfortable with S&M sex scenes!” he joked. “The other ones are just too simple and boring for me … I actually think, whether it is a sex scene, or screaming at something to get something across, I think it is kind of attacked the same way, and you’re in the work mode, and you stay professional. It has never been awkward or intimidating to me.” Clearly. Who would you like to see in the sexy roles of Christian and Ana in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie? Would Chace be a good fit? Tell us below!
Simply put, Airtime is the best Internet you’ve ever had. That’s what a new ad for this video chat service – sprung from the mind of Sean Parker – claims, as the spot features hilarious random celebrity cameos from Kurt Russell to MC Hammer. Yes, that MC Hammer! The venture allows users to easily connect online with friends and strangers, all from the comfort of your own home. See how it works and try to contain your laughter now:
A CW star and former South African President both celebrate birthdays today. First, Chace Crawford – who just started shooting Gossip Girl Season 6 – turns 27, as fans don’t need to worry about gifting him with anyone aside from their best wishes. He’s rumored to be dating Erin Andrews , after all. The actor doesn’t need anything else in life. Nelson Mandela, meanwhile, turns 94. The activist spent 27 years in prison and eventually helped turn his nation into a democracy, defeating the evils of apartheid along the way. That’s almost as impressive an achievement as the whole Andrews thing for Crawford. Other stars celebrating birthdays today include: Kristen Bell (32), Vin Diesel (45), Richard Branson (62).
You may look at this first photo from the set of Iron Man 3 and think, “Gee, Tony Stark has a lot of toys.” I look at it — a shot of Robert Downey Jr. as Stark, gazing at his wall of Iron Man suits in a lab/Hall of Ego scattered with gadgets and gizmos aplenty — and remember I need to do laundry. Also, I need a bigger closet. Why does Tony Stark have so many wardrobe options? On the flip side, you could go way into depth surmising what all this hardware means, as EW’s Anthony Breznican does: It’s a big responsibility for whomever — we presume Stark’s automated butler JARVIS — to guard this stuff. Although Marvel Studios hasn’t released details of the plot, if you couple this official image with paparazzi shots last week revealing the Iron Patriot, a character using stolen Stark tech who literally wraps his armor in the flag to justify his actions, we may be seeing the issue of proliferation rising again for ol’ Tony. Sure, sure. But wait… what could this one face-obscured behind-the-scenes shot mean for the meaning of Iron Man 3 ? What comes next could be too powerful even for Stark to control. If rumors are true that Iron Man 3 filmmaker Shane Black ( Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ) is taking his cues from the Iron Man comic series Extremis , which deals with nanotechnology injected directly into human beings to make them more powerful, then it’s no longer a matter of who is inside the weapon than what kind of weapon is inside the person. And that next case on the wall, which looks eerily like a row of coffins now, would have to contain Tony Stark himself . WHOA. Way existential, man. Who agrees? Who’s excited? Who’s wondering if we’re really butt-gazing at RDJ’s stand-in while the real RDJ is over snacking at craft services? [ EW ]
A swarm of celebs including cast members turned out Monday night for the New York premiere of Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener starrer, Peace, Love & Misunderstanding at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The event, which benefited The Women’s Media Center, held its post-screening bash at the Royalton Hotel in Midtown. The party didn’t take a cue from the film’s hippie-vibe, but who needs bohemian when there’s champagne and sliders to guzzle! Along with Fonda and Keener, fellow cast members Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, NatWolff, Marissa O’Donnell and Maddie Corman joined in for the party hosted by Forevermark and The Wall Street Journal. Directed by Driving Miss Daisy director Bruce Beresford, the film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall (followed by a U.S. debut at the Woodstock Film Festival – natch!) follows Manhattan lawyer Diane (Keener) who drives her teenage son Jake (Nat Wolff) and adult daughter Zoe (Elizabeth Olsen) to visit their Woodstock-bound hippie grandmother Grace (Fonda), who the kids have never met. Grace stages protests, smokes and sells dope, but their weekend getaway morphs into a summer adventure of romance, music and more. “It was amazing to have such veteran actors like Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener working alongside newcomers [at the time] Nat Wolff and Elizabeth Olsen,” Peace producer Claude Dal Farra told ML. “This was actually the first movie-set for Elizabeth and Nat.” Others at the party Monday included Robin Morgan, GloriaSteinem, Carol Alt, Ashleigh Banfield, Joshua Bell, Jewelle Bickford, Sandy Brant, Julie Burton, Ron Claiborne, Jamie Colby, Alan Cox ( The Dictator ), Rebecca Dayan ( Celeste & Jesse Forever ), Aleksa Palladino ( Boardwalk Empire ), Savanna Wise ( Smash ) and Casper Zafer ( The Vampire Diaries ). IFC Films will open Peace, Love & Misunderstanding beginning this Friday. [Photo credit: Amanda Schwab/Starpix]
‘We were really keen that the film should tell the story of guys and girls going through pregnancy,’ director Kirk Jones tells MTV News. By Kara Warner Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford in “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” Photo: Lionsgate Before MTV News’ Summer Movie Preview Week wraps up, let’s take a look at the very star-studded ensemble romantic comedy “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” Although inspired by the very popular nonfiction book of the same name, the movie revolves around five very different couples and the hilarious highs and lows they experience during pregnancy. The cast includes the following actors as couples: Elizabeth Banks and Ben Falcone, Dennis Quaid and Brooklyn Decker (the joke about their age gap is in the film, don’t worry!), Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford, Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison, and Jennifer Lopez and Rodrigo Santoro. Plus a lot of entertaining banter from the “dudes club,” consisting of funnymen Chris Rock, Thomas Lennon, Rob Heubel, Amir Talai and Joe Manganiello. And no matter what you might think about romantic comedies or movies about pregnancy, director Kirk Jones (“Everybody’s Fine,” “Nanny McPhee”) promised us there’s something for everyone in this film. “We were really keen that the film should tell the story of guys and girls going through pregnancy,” Jones told MTV News recently. “That’s what really interested me in the original script. We hoped that the final film would appeal to guys, and what’s really encouraging is that I think our final preview scored almost as high with guys as it did with girls,” he revealed. “What’s great about the guys in the movie, the ‘dudes club’ headed by Chris Rock, Tom Lennon, Rob Huebel, Rodrigo Santoro and Joe Manganiello, those guys talk openly and honestly about their worries and their fears and their experience of pregnancy.” Which, according to Jones, included the good, bad and ugly when it comes to physical and emotional changes involved with being pregnant. “If someone throws up, they’re not throwing up because it’s a cheap gag in the movie,” he said. “They’re throwing up because that’s the reality of being pregnant.” In looking at the massive cast Jones had to work with , one might assume scheduling his actors was the most difficult aspect of the shoot, but that award goes to baby wrangling, not people wrangling. “For every child we cast, we cast twins. If I was shooting three scenes, the first scene with a 3-month-old, the next a 6-month-old, the next a 9-month-old, that means I had seven sets of [each set of twins],” Jones recalled. “You do the math. I think one day we had 32 babies in 100-degree heat being kept cool with air conditioning.” Speaking of the heat, Jones and his cast and crew braved shooting in Atlanta in the middle of the summer. “I think our hottest day was 117 degrees. It was difficult for these very gorgeous women to look their best in those conditions, but every one of them were great.” Manganiello of “True Blood” fame got off a little easier than the rest of the cast because his character appears shirtless in a lot of the film, which, according to Jones, proved to be a distraction. “Joe was great. He’s got a phenomenal body and I say that as a straight guy,” he admitted. “I looked around on set and the guys were just obsessed with staring at his chest. I don’t know he does it. It looks like someone sculpted his chest.” “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” opens everywhere May 18. It’s Summer Movie Preview Week, and MTV News will be bringing you exclusive interviews, clips and photos for the most anticipated summer movies . Get ready to gorge on inside looks at “The Avengers,” Robert Pattinson’s “Bel Ami,” Kristen Stewart’s “Snow White,” “The Amazing Spider-Man” and more! Related Photos Get Psyched For 2012’s Summer Movies!
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and wife Candice Crawford welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Hawkins Crawford Romo, on Monday. “Hawkins Crawford Romo is now a part of the Dallas Cowboys family,” a rep for the Cowboys said in a statement, confirming the new team member . “He came into this world on 4/9/12 at 5:30 p.m., 8 lbs. and 8 oz.
Sorry, Armie Hammer . Your arrest for marijuana possession didn’t even make THG’s Top 10 favorite marijuana scandals … though it did inspire us to compile the list! Note that there are plenty of pot smokers out there who don’t appear here simply because they haven’t been busted for their antics. We snub them, but they win! Anyway, take a look at some recent stars involved in weed-related police matters below and vote for which celebrity stoner is your favorite … 10. Chace Crawford / Matthew McConaughey (tie) . The Texans tie for the 10 spot based on the classic mug shots taken after their respective arrests. 9. Snoop Dogg . Snoop’s arrest this month was about as shocking as … the #7 man on this list, who was also cited for possession in the same TOWN! 8. Jermaine Hopkins / Sam Hurd (tie) . The Lean On Me star and Chicago Bears player may not be household names … but were big time DEALERS. 7. Willie Nelson . Seriously, just leave Willie alone cops. 6. Soulja Boy . Recently pulled over with his entourage carrying a bunch of weed, cash and a gun. All in one briefcase. Sometimes you gotta travel light. 5. Michael Phelps . Don’t hit the bong after winning a gold medal, kids. 4. Brooke Mueller . Charlie’s ex claims her infamous crack pipe incident merely involved weed. Even if you give her the benefit of the doubt, what a mess! 3. Jenelle Evans . Girl can’t go 24 hours without smoking up! Or getting arrested. At least some of her probation woes stem from positive drug tests. Miley Cyrus Bong Video 2. Miley Cyrus . Our #2 scandal didn’t even involve weed, necessarily … but Miles totally smokes it, and who else could compete with this bong video! 1. DMX . The all-time king of celebrity mug shots is only slightly less known for his affinity for the sticky-sticky. Sometimes those things are related! Who’s your favorite celebrity stoner?
If Justin Bieber looked especially relaxed at last night’s American Music Awards – singing ” Under the Mistletoe ,” posing on the red carpet – there was a good reason for the artist’s positive mood: He reportedly took a DNA test Friday, as Bieber looks to officially clear his sperm and end talk that he’s the father of Mariah Yeater’s child. Justin Bieber doesn’t look too worried about anything other than making Selena Gomez happy, does he? A source tells TMZ that Justin took the test at a lab under “very controlled circumstances.” From here, assuming the results prove he is NOT the daddy, Bieber’s team says he will sue Yeater for defamation. Meanwhile, shortly after taking the test, Bieber rehearsed in Los Angeles for his AMA performance – and witnesses say he paid especially close attention to a certain member of the crowd throughout the evening: Selena Gomez. “At one point Justin even sang I Feel Good, a la James Brown! They were totally adorable,” an onlooker reports of Justin and Selena. “They were snuggling in between takes, and he was serenading her! They look as in love as ever.” AWWWW!
