Despite her recent nightclub altercation (and the other, strikingly similar recent nightclub altercation ) Lindsay Lohan is set to star as the legendary Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime original movie Liz & Dick, the network itself confirms. Filming will begin in early June in Los Angeles, with LiLo as Liz. For nearly a quarter of a century, Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty and the fiery romance they shared was often called “the marriage of the century.” It was the most notorious, publicized and celebrated love affair of its day. Swarmed by press, Taylor and Burton’s love affair was one of the first romances to play out in the public eye … something celebrity gossip staple Lohan can relate to. Says Lifetime of the film and its lead: “Despite their roller coaster romance for the public eye to see, Taylor and Burton shared an undeniable love greater than most people could have dreamed.” Regarding the announcement, Lohan said: “I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor . She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well.” “I am very honored to have been asked to play this role.” “We are thrilled Lindsay will portray beloved Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor,” added the network. “She is one of the rare actresses who possesses the talent, beauty and intrigue to capture the spirit of such a provocative icon.” With any luck, she’ll also stay sober throughout! [Photo: Pacific Coast News]
Nothing like calling a Jolie-Pitt family meeting for the announcement that the celebrity gossip world had longingly been waiting – and hoping – for. On a recent spring day, Brad Pitt gathered Maddox, 10, Pax, 8, Zahara, 7, Shiloh, 5, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 3, to present their mom with something. That would be a tablet-shaped diamond engagement ring, estimated at 16 carats and worth $500,000, and which he helped design with jeweler Robert Procop. “Angelina cried and smiled” at the proposal, a confidante says. Aww. The children, who had been eager for their parents to wed after seven years together, were equally overjoyed to see Brad and Angelina engaged . The source adds. “Everyone hugged once she put [the ring] on. She went around and showed it to each of the kids , one by one. It was magical.” As the world now knows, Jolie, 36, quietly debuted that long-awaited ring at an April 11 private viewing at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Procop and then Pitt’s manager confirmed the engagement days later. Now, “Angie considers herself bonded to Brad for life,” adds the source. Speaking of which … do you think they’ll last?
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the richest men in the world, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 81-year old made the announcement yesterday in a statement that reads: “I received my diagnosis last Wednesday. I then had a CAT scan and a bone scan on Thursday, followed by an MRI today.” “These tests showed no incidence of cancer elsewhere in my body. My doctors and I have decided on a two-month treatment of daily radiation to begin in mid-July. This regimen will restrict my travel during that period, but will not otherwise change my daily routine.” Buffett says his energy level is “”100%,” but he understands the fear of investors and has attempted to quell them by saying he’s named a successor to his post. He will alert them to this individual’s identity if his health declines dramatically, but believes “that day is a long way off.” We wish the financial guru a full recovery and, in the meantime, the public can expect to hear his name brought up often throughout the 2012 President election, as Barack Obama is on the campaign trail right now, advocating for Congress to pass The Buffett Rule, which would increase tax rates on investments/millionaires. We doubt Ted Nugent is in favor of it.
The photo-sharing social network, which was bought by Facebook for $1 billion, has attracted the likes of Selena Gomez and Wiz Khalifa. By Jocelyn Vena Taylor Swift Photo: Instagram / @TaylorSwift13 With the announcement on Monday (April 9) that it had been bought by Facebook for a cool $1 billion, Instagram seems destined to be the next big thing. Especially when you consider the fact that celebrities like Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian already smitten with the photo-sharing social network. Of the 30 million users on the site, a few A-listers have been using the site to connect to their fans and show a more personal side of themselves, giving fans an inside view of what it’s like to be them. So who are the most avid Instagram users in the celebrity world? Taylor Swift is a leader of the pack with more than 1 million followers. Her more than 70 photos include her hanging on the beach, chilling with her friends and, most recently, in Las Vegas, where she won Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Like her pal Taylor, Selena Gomez connects by sharing a mixture of career-related and personal snaps with more than 1 million followers. Recently, she posted a snapshot of her and her dog, accompanied by the caption, “Me and chippers laying outside. He looks scared lol.” She has shared more than 150 photos on the social network. Meek Mill has posted more than 1,200 photos on his Instagram account to his nearly 250,000 followers. He often shares lyrics and photos of himself in the studio, with messages like “Me & @bigseangood just made greatness we gone drop it on y’all getting it next week!” Rihanna has used her Instagram to create a sort of look book, sharing her fashion photos with nearly 450,000 followers. One of her most recent looks was a photo of herself at 13, smiling and sporting braids. And Kim Kardashian has found yet another way to let the world in on her life through her account , which has attracted just shy of 1 million followers. The reality starlet recently poked fun at stepdad Bruce Jenner when she shared a photo of an old cereal box from his Olympic days with the message “Breakfast of champions!!!!” Chris Brown , under the handle f—yopictures , has a following of nearly 250,000. His 69 photos feature him on set and hanging around shirtless at rehearsals as well as photos from his shoe collection. Wiz Khalifa ‘s more than 350,000 followers get a sneak peek into his personal life with photos of the MC with his fianc
THG’s second favorite Mormon is saying goodbye. Or not goodbye, based on the title David Archuleta has given his latest video blog. But the former American Idol runner-up is headed off on a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at an undisclosed country and won’t be around for a very long awhile to update fans on his life or career. “It’s been a very emotional last week,” David says below. “It’s a decision everyone knows about but it’s a very personal thing and I wanted to keep it that way. So I hope you guys respect that, and you guys have so I appreciate that.” David Archuleta Says Goodbye Best of luck, Archie.
Get ready for Snooki’s official engagement photo … Twitter style! Earlier today, the pregnant Jersey Shore star sent out the following picture, featuring her fiance Jionni LaValle – and her engagement bling, of course. Snooki has been showing off her growing baby bump ever since she confirmed she is expecting, and isn’t disappointing with her maternity couture: The Snook continues to wear wild prints, the poof in her hair and sky high heels … kind of like a Jersey-fied, less enormous version of Jessica Simpson. She’s currently filming her spin-off reality show with JWoww and practicing on baby dolls . She is slated to return for a sixth season of Jersey Shore. Her pregnancy is going to be a major story line in the show this summer … unless Snooki and The Situation are phased out , which has been rumored. Either way, she and Jionni LaValle look happy! Lucky/poor guy!
Barack Obama is sexy, and he knows it. So much so that The President of the United States loves to sing “Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO, it turns out. Okay, “sings” is a bit of a stretch. But he does speak the lyrics in a montage of spliced-together clips set to the beat of the hit song. The result? A hilarious foreign policy platform, to say the least. Girl. Look at that. Body. I-I-I-I work out. Enjoy: Barack Obama Singing “Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO
They all chose singles by their personal idols this week, but for one member of the American Idol top 9, that role model proved to be unlucky tonight. Whose name was called at the conclusion of the latest results show? Did the judges use the power of their save to keep this individual around? You’re seconds away from the answer… Following performances by Nicki Minaj and Scotty McCreery, Hollie Cavanagh, Sklyar Laine and Heejan Han stood in the bottom three. Hollie was the first to be told she was safe, leading to the announcement moments later that Han would be going home . He once again belted out ” A Song For You ” in an attempt to be rescued by the panel, but – despite tears from Jennifer Lopez – it was not meant to be. Only eight finalists remain. Did Han deserve to go home this week?
Brace yourselves America, because “Anchorman 2″ is coming to theaters. Actor Will Ferrell– who created and starred in the 2004 film as self-obsessed San Diego local news anchor Ron Burgundy– made the announcement just under an hour ago during a taping of the TBS program “Conan.” An audience member in attendance tells TVNewser that Ferrell was in character as Burgundy, and said that he and Paramount… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : MediaBistro.com Discovery Date : 29/03/2012 02:27 Number of articles : 4
‘Never has a 33-second acceptance rant evoked such caps-lock postboard rage,’ Grohl writes on the Foo Fighters’ Facebook page. By James Montgomery Foo Fighters onstage at the 2012 Grammy Awards Photo: Getty Images Midway through his MVP-like performance at Sunday’s 54th Grammy Awards — a tour de force that included wearing a Slayer T-shirt, engaging in a lengthy guitar duel with Bruce Springsteen and inadvertently standing in Paul McCartney’s spotlight for, like, 45 seconds — Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl strode to the stage to deliver a delightfully long-running acceptance speech, one that some thought took a few none-too-subtle jabs at the burgeoning EDM movement. Surrounded by his bandmates and Wasting Light producer Butch Vig , Grohl held the band’s Best Rock Performance award and spoke about the back-to-basics approach the Foos employed while making the album, which included eschewing computers and recording directly to 2-inch tape, saying in part: “To me, this award means a lot, because it shows that the human element of music is what’s important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do. … It’s not about being perfect, it’s not about sounding absolutely correct, it’s not about what goes on in a computer. It’s about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].” Of course, most in the crowd cheered wildly at the statement, though there were those who thought Grohl’s comments also slighted electronic artists like Skrillex (who won three Grammys that night) and deadmau5, whom the Foos were set to perform with later in the telecast. So on Friday (February 17), Grohl took to the Foo Fighters’ Facebook page to clarify his comments. “Never has a 33-second acceptance rant evoked such caps-lock postboard rage as my lil’ ode to analog recording has,” Grohl wrote. “I love music. I love all kinds of music. From Kyuss to Kraftwerk, Pinetop Perkins to Prodigy, Dead Kennedys to deadmau5. … Electronic or acoustic, it doesn’t matter to me. The simple act of creating music is a beautiful gift that all human beings are blessed with. And the diversity of one musician’s personality to the next is what makes music so exciting and human. “That’s exactly what I was referring to. The ‘human element.’ That thing that happens when a song speeds up slightly, or a vocal goes a little sharp. That thing that makes people sound like people,” he continued. “Somewhere along the line those things became ‘bad’ things, and with the great advances in digital recording technology over the years they became easily ‘fixed.’ The end result? In my humble opinion, a lot of music that sounds perfect, but lacks personality. The one thing that makes music so exciting in the first place.” Grohl added that, while he felt those technological advances in recording have also taken the focus off “the actual craft of performance,” he in no way meant to suggest that artists like Skrillex or deadmau5 aren’t actual musicians. In fact, it’s the way they use that technology that makes them unique. “Look, I am not Yngwie Malmsteen. I am not John Bonham. Hell, I’m not even Josh Groban, for that matter. But … I do the best that I possibly can within my limitations, and accept that it sounds like me. Because that’s what I think is most important. It should be real, right? Everybody wants something real,” he wrote. “I don’t know how to do what Skrillex does (though I f—ing love it) but I do know that the reason he is so loved is because he sounds like Skrillex, and that’s badass. We have a different process and a different set of tools, but the ‘craft’ is equally as important, I’m sure. I mean…..if it were that easy, anyone could do it, right?” Grohl concluded by poking fun at the supposed controversy, joking, “Now, I think have to go scream at some kids to get off my lawn” and signing his post “Davemau5.” And then he probably went back to being awesome — since, you know, aside from acceptance speeches, it’s what he tends to do best. Did you think Grohl’s acceptance speech was targeted at EDM? Let us know in the comments! Related Photos 2012 Grammy Awards: Backstage And Audience Related Artists Foo Fighters
