Jon Gosselin says he is loving life these days as a single dad. That’s good, we suppose. Better than hating it, since it’s the current state of affairs either way! Jon recently split from girlfriend Ellen Ross, but unlike sad, lonely Kate Gosselin , he’s moving forward with his held head high, embracing his single status. “I am doing great, moving on with my life, focusing on my kids and work,” he told Star . “I’m in a much better place in my life … right now, I’m just hanging out with friends, meeting new people, working and trying to focus on my kids.” “Being a single dad with no interruptions has really brought me closer to my children: Truthfully, I feel it has improved my self-awareness and well-being.” Jon Gosselin said his eight children are flourishing, too. “They know that I love them, and it’s important that they enjoy their childhood,” he said. “I always made sure that I am the constant in their life.” Jon said despite being unlucky in love at times, he’s still got the idea of getting remarried in the back of his mind, but won’t rush down the altar. “I still have a lot of work to do on myself, and I am an extremely busy person, between work and the children,” the Pennsylvania native told Star . “My family is the most important thing in my life. I will strive to make it better for them, and to be a better person myself, each and every day.”
Deadmau5, crazy strobe lights, loud music, maybe an adult beverage or two…sounds like a good time to us! Money going to charity…even better!!! Deadmau5 headlined a post-Grammy concert on Sunday to benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Trust us…it was a good time!
It’s a new week on The Real Housewives of OC and we’re picking up right where we left off during last week’s season premiere – the party at Vicki’s house. Actually, we’re backtracking a wee bit and seeing the arrivals of all the women again. And the awkward. Alexis looks downright unhappy being in the same place as Peggy. And Peggy looks like a man. So there’s that. The two of them swap some war stories about broken bones and Alexis attempts to one-up Peggy’s three year old daughter. Minus 10 , Alexis. But Plus 5 to Peggy for walking away. Vicki says she’s having seller’s remorse and will be sad to leave the house. Then she sort of dodges questions about Don’s current relationships. You know, since they’re still living in the same house and all. I mean, seeing your nearly-ex-husband’s hookups doing the walk-of-shame out of your own house can’t be awkward AT ALL, right?? Ahhh, finally. Time for the appetizer course. Oysters. Minus 10 for gross. Gretchen shows Tamra how to eat oysters and Tamra makes a face that says she does not enjoy swallowing. Oysters, I mean. (Sheesh, people!) Plus 15 for trying those slimy little bottom-feeders because that’s more than I would do. Vicki watches this entire exchange and suddenly realizes that something’s up with Gretchen and Tamra, but before she can form a coherent thought about what she’s just seen, new housewife throws her two cents into the pot when another party-goer says her fianc
Born Chloe Anthony Wofford, in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, the second of four children in a black working-class family, Toni Morrison displayed an early interest in literature. She studied humanities at Howard and Cornell Universities, followed by an academic career at Texas Southern University, Howard University, Yale, and since 1989, a chair at Princeton University. She has also worked as an editor for Random House, a critic, and given numerous public lectures, specializing in African-American literature. She made her debut as a novelist in 1970, soon gaining the attention of both critics and a wider audience for her epic power, unerring ear for dialogue, and her poetically charged and richly expressive depictions of Black America. A member since 1981 of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has been awarded a number of literary distinctions, among them the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Quotes All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. Toni Morrison As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think. Toni Morrison At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. Toni Morrison
Over the last few weeks, Halle Berry’s personal life has dominated any news about this actress, as she battles for full custody of her daughter with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry . But the gorgeous star actually has a new movie coming out later this year. It’s titled Dark Tides and it co-stars her fiance, Olivier Martinez. The thriller features Berry and Martinez as a couple who goes deep sea diving… only to come across a “nightmare from the deep still lurking” in the sea, according to the film’s official synopsis. A bit cheesy and predictable? Sure. But don’t you wanna see how these two fell in love? Dark Tide Trailer
Deadmau5 and Rihanna were among the featured acts last night at the House of Blues in L.A., where a major fundraiser was held for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The Canadian electro star headlined the wee-hours gig with tickets ranging from $250-1,000. Rihanna took the stage for only seven minutes, but made them count. Rocking a mini-dress and blonde Farrah Fawcett ‘do , she jumped, fist-pumped and maybe even sang her way through “Where Have You Been” and “We Found Love.” Calvin Harris, who produced and co-wrote “We Found Love,” and two backup vocalists accompanied Rih. Harris later took the stage for nearly an our at the shindig. Confetti fell from the ceiling during the climax of the latter tune, and like that, Rihanna was gone, good deed done and no doubt some after-after-party to get to. At the actual Grammys, Rihanna joined Coldplay on “Princess of China,” while Deadmau5 and fellow electro-star David Guetta followed Chris Brown’s performance . [Photos: WENN.com]
Calm down, she only gave birth to 2 of those children. LOL! The remaining 48 are children that Monyetta Shaw (Ne-Yo’s Girlfriend and Baby Mama) agreed to “adopt.” Now, the “adopted” kids won’t be living with the couple, but Monyetta has agreed to pay for their living costs for a year, totaling $20,000! Access Atlanta Reports Shaw, the girlfriend of Atlanta-based R&B star Ne-Yo, won’t actually bring the children home to live with her, but she will pay their living costs for a year — estimated at $20,000, TMZ says. Shaw, who has had roles in such films as “Major Movie Star” and “Soul Men,” and Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith Jr.) have two children together.
If it takes you a beat to remember the movie to which Journey 2 is a follow-up, that may not just be because the makers have opted for a trimmer title than, say, the marquee-busting, geographically confusing Journey to the Center of the Earth: The Mysterious Island . The 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth was solid if unexceptional summer box-office fodder starring Brendan Fraser as a scientist who adventured through a Jules Verne-documented fabulous world hidden under the earth’s crust, accompanied by his young nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and their dishy Icelandic guide (Anita Briem). This new film, directed by Brad Peyton (of, yes, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore ) has dropped Fraser to instead follow the less-familiar and less-charismatic Hutcherson as the series through-line. Sean’s grown to surly teenagerdom and has been reluctantly relocated to Dayton with his mom (Kristin Davis) and new stepdad Hank (Dwayne Johnson), who has to learn how to fill in as the boy’s latest father figure. I’m maybe unreasonably fond of the actor formerly known as The Rock, and his willingness to stride fearlessly and unabashedly into sequels like this despite having played no part in the earlier installments (see also Fast Five and the upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation ) is curiously endearing — he’s the poor man’s everyone, game to replace any star around whom a franchise was previously built. And he’s not a bad substitute for Fraser, sharing the same cartoon-caricature handsomeness and willingness to combine brawny bits of action with goofball silliness, an apparent must for the family action adventure. But Johnson’s disarming commitment to the doodle of a character he’s playing isn’t enough to inject life into the rest of the film, which is an anemic retread of beats and elements from its predecessor, taking place on a secret island hidden beneath a constant storm in the South Pacific rather than in an underground realm hidden inside an extinct volcano in the North Atlantic. Instead of continuing the story, Journey 2 just blatantly recycles it. In the role of competent local/love interest this time around is Vanessa Hudgens as Kailani, on whom Sean immediately develops a crush, and who’s accompanied by her father Luis Guzmán, strenuously working at being the comic relief. In the place of dinosaurs there’s a giant lizard. Instead of a roller coaster-style mine cart ride there’s a roller coaster-style chase in which everyone rides massive bees. In the first film, the characters had 48 hours to escape deadly rising temperatures, while in this film they have a little less than that to get away before the island sinks into the ocean. You can argue that there’s no need to mess with a formula that worked, especially given how young the intended audience for this film is, but the one thing Journey 2 can’t recreate is the novelty that still clung to 3-D in 2008. Journey to the Center of the Earth was advertised as “the first live-action digital 3-D movie ever,” and much of its charm lay in the nostalgically corny pleasure it took in the technology, the sense of wonder it demonstrated for making things appear to fly out of the screen, even if that meant having someone rinse their mouth and spit the water out at the audience. In the four years since, our love affair with 3-D has hit some rough patches, and while Journey 2 has moments of multi-dimensional inventiveness, like a trick of perspective involving sea life swimming by close to camera, or an erupting mountain framed by a window serving as a character’s TV, it doesn’t offer much in terms of memorable spectacle. In fact, the film’s effects can look surprisingly outdated given they’re the primary selling point, from the hazy fantasy landscapes to a submarine-escape sequence that resembles a video game cutscene. This franchise is based on the idea that everything Verne wrote about not invented but real — the Vernians, of which Sean’s late dad could be counted, seeks out the locations the author described in his books. But the films are actually focused on missing and surrogate father figures, with family members rushing off to explore and go missing rather than stay with their children and be there for them when needed. Michael Caine, cruising along, turns up as Sean’s flaky Vernian grandfather, Alexander, the man who lured the party out to the island in the first place. When the action slows down enough for characters to have a conversation, which is thankfully not often, Alexander and Hank bicker over and compete for Sean’s attention and admiration like dueling swains. Will Sean come around to his new stepfather, and will Alexander realize that being reliable is just as important as being exciting? Of course — this is a family movie, after all — but you’ll have to sit through some abrasively broad, unfunny exchanges to get there. Dialogue, alas, is the kind of thing that can’t be enhanced by the wearing of 3-D glasses. Follow Alison Willmore on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Shame on Deion Sanders if this is true!!! Via TMZ: Pilar Sanders claims Deion Sanders is holding her as a “financial hostage” …completely severing her cash flow … and has only offered to give her money in exchange for sex … this according to new court papers obtained by TMZ. Pilar has filed an emergency motion in a Texas courtroom .. claiming the NFL legend has canceled her credit cards and left her without any financial means to support herself and their children … and she needs the judge to force Deion to give her money so she can survive. In the docs, Pilar claims, “Since [Deion] filed for divorce on December 21, 2011, he has given [Pilar] $300.00 and offered her money in exchange for sexual favors.” She then notes, “Pilar turned down the money.” Pilar is begging the court to force Deion to give her money stat … claiming “The children and I have lived in survival mode for several months, and the emotional toll on all of us is palpable.” Pilar also claims Deion has canceled her cell phone and has “engaged in a pattern of systematically removing my belongings from the house and haphazardly throwing them into piles in the garage of the residence.” Pilar claims Deion still rakes in more than $1 million per year … and she NEEDS a cut of his income to survive. Man, this divorce is getting ugly!!! Too bad she didn’t have the same situation as Vanessa Bryant. Poor thang More On Bossip! TwitterFiles: Bin Laden’s Ex-Cutty Buddy Kola Boof Says She Rides Kimora Lee Simmons’ Husband Djimon Like A Wild African Animal! Big Papa The Swirl Edition: Has BILLIONAIRE Ted Turner Been Chopping Down RHOA’s Marlo Hampton And Sponsoring Her Lavish Lifestyle??? A Change Of Pace: 10 Upcoming Black Films That Have Absolutely NOTHING To Do With Tyler Perry!! Rain Men: A History Of Men Making It Rain…And Damn Near Ruining Their Lives At The Strip Club
Amy Adams will also star in ‘Trouble With the Curve,’ which tells the story of an aging baseball scout. By Jocelyn Vena Justin Timberlake Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images Who needs a music career when you have a bustling movie career? Right, Justin Timberlake ? The singer has added another role to his growing docket of movies. He’s next set to star alongside screen legend Clint Eastwood in “Trouble With the Curve.” The guys will be joined by Amy Adams in the film, which revolves around an aging baseball scout (played by Eastwood) who goes on a road trip to Atlanta with his daughter (Adams) to check out a potential recruit. Timberlake is set to play Eastwood’s friend Johnny Flanagan, a former baseball player himself who is now a Yankees talent scout. Flanagan may also turn out to be Adams’ potential love interest. Eastwood will not be directing this project. That honor will go to his longtime producing partner, Robert Lorenz, making this his directorial debut, Variety reports. Before Timberlake hits the set for this project, he’s first slated to star in the Coen brothers’ next film, “Inside Llewyn Davis.” MTV News recently caught up with co-star Oscar Isaac, who shared his excitement about the project, which is set during the folk movement in New York City during the 1960’s. Though Timberlake won’t be singing alongside Eastwood, he will get the chance to croon in the Coen brothers flick. The music is being written and produced by the likes of the Punch Brothers, T-Bone Burnett and Marcus Mumford. “It’s folk from the ’60s — old songs passed down for many generations — but new takes on them,” Isaac said. “Obviously we have the hindsight of now and so we kind of revisit these old songs. They’re hopeful and beautiful and in contrast [to] the life of a folk singer, which is not very beautiful at all. It’s very drab and dire. It’s a screwball comedy.” Will you be seeing “Trouble With the Curve”? Leave your comment below. Related Photos The Evolution Of: Justin Timberlake Acting, Log-Rolling, Quilting: Justin Timberlake Can Do It All Related Artists Justin Timberlake
