Talk about casting against type… According to The New York Daily News , Emma Watson is the latest actress rumored to be up for the role of Anastasia Steele in the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey big screen adaption. Watson, of course, will forever be known as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise. She’ll next be seen in The Perks of Being a Wallflower , which hits theaters on September 14. Who might star opposite Watson if this young star nabs the role? Ian Somerhalder , Ryan Gosling, and Alexander Skarsgard have all been talked about as Christian Grey. Do you want to see Emma Watson portray Anastasia Steele?
Hathaway joins director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale in reaching out to victims of Friday’s shooting. By Gil Kaufman Anne Hathaway Photo: MTV News
“Fred Willard was arrested for lewd conduct last night in Hollywood when police allegedly caught him with his pants down in an adult movie theater … TMZ has learned. According to law enforcement sources, LAPD undercover vice officers went into the Tiki Theater in Hollywood and found the 78-year-old “Anchorman” star watching last night’s feature … with his penis exposed and in his hand. We’re told Willard was arrested around 8:45PM and booked for lewd conduct.” [ TMZ ]
The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher weighed in about the brouhaha that flared this week after some passionate Batman fans threw a fit after a spattering of negative reviews, resulting in aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes’ decision to disable user comments for the time being. Nolan’s final stint in the trilogy is expected to fetch box office records this weekend and so far reviews have been mostly positive, but a few critics gave TDKR a thumbs down and some fans went ballistic. Wednesday night at the film’s London premiere, Nolan appeared to defend fans’ emotional response. [ GALLERY: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway & Co. at the Dark Knight Rises premiere ] “I think the fans are very passionate about these characters the way a lot of people are very passionate. Batman’s been around for over 70 years and there’s a reason for that,” A.P. reported Nolan as saying. “He has a huge appeal, so I think you know people certainly respond to the character.” RT’s editor-in-chief Matt Atchity said in an open letter on the site that the venomous push-back may alter their policies going forward, changing its commenting system so that it no longer allows for anonymity. “You’ll have to stand by your comments, just like a critic does. So you’ll still be able to argue about a movie you haven’t seen, but people will know it was you,” wrote Atchity. In an unrelated bout of TDKR mini-controversy, Nolan also offered up his take on conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh’s opinion that the pic’s villain, “Bane” is a not so-subtle reference to presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s former employer Bain Capital, decrying the movie and its makers for maligning the former Massachusetts governor who continued to hold a major investment in the company after departing its day to day operations. Liberals have accused Romney and Bain of “outsourcing American jobs overseas.” “I’m not sure how to address something that bizarre, to be honest,” said Nolan. “I really don’t have an answer for it, it’s a very peculiar comment to make.” Morgan Freeman, who plays Lucius Fox in Rises called the whole thing “ridiculous.” The Bane character originated back in 1993, first appearing in DC Comics’ Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 , according to Wikipedia. [Source: A.P. , Rotten Tomatoes , Wikipedia ]
Justin Bieber is Hot, Ready and Legal. Ready for what? You tell us, Beliebers! The 19-year old covers the latest issue of Rolling Stone (in a wife-beater) and tells the magazine that he feels a lot more mature now than he has in the past. “I feel like I carry myself in a more manly way. I don’t carry myself as a boy,” the singer says. How so? Justin cites the attention he pays to girlfriend Selena Gomez . “I make sure to do the little things. Like noticing when they get their hair done, or when they change their nail color. Also saying things all the time – like, ‘You’re very pretty,’ ‘You’re gorgeous,’ things like that.” Are you taking notes, fellas? Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, dispels the notion that his client having a public romance will affect his standing with fans, saying in respond to that possibility: “I think that’s all a bunch of bullsh-t. Yes, there’s gonna be some girls that if they see him with a girlfriend, it kills the dream – but there’s also gonna be girls that see him with a girlfriend, hear about the romantic things he does and want him even more.” Sounds pretty accurate to us, right, female Beliebers?
Kim Kardashian has posted a new photo of herself on Twitter. But this time she isn’t showing off any cleavage or claiming to be un-photoshopped . Instead, the reality star is actually admitting she can sometimes be unattractive, especially when riding Six Flags Magic Mountain. “Magic Mountain fun today!!! Kendall screaming, Kanye laughing & me crying!” Kardashian Tweeted yesterday along with the photo. “Another ugly infamous cry face for the records.” We still prefer her O-Face .
Ed Helms is hilarious in The Hangover and on The Office . But the actor does not take the stance of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy as a laughing matter. In a recent interview with a Christian publication, Cathy said his company is “guilty as charged” when it comes to accusations that it is opposed to gay marriage, adding that Chick-fil-A supports the “biblical definition of the family unit.” That is the company’s right, of course, and it’s led to Helms exercise his own right. “Chick-Fil-A doesn’t like gay people? So lame,” Helms Tweeted yesterday. “Hate to think what they do to the gay chickens! Lost a loyal fan.” Helms is not alone in his stance. Many associated with NOH8 – such as Miley Cyrus , Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian – have also called for a Chick-fil-A boycott. Where do you stand on Helms’ decision to boycott the restaurant?
‘It’s one of them videos where the world’s gonna love [it] and the streets are gonna embrace it,’ Khaled tells MTV News of ‘I Wish You Would.’ By Nadeska Alexis, with reporting by Ricky Louis Kanye West Photo: Getty Images
Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and more recall trilogy’s best moments at red-carpet premiere. By Kevin P. Sullivan Marion Cotillard, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway and Christian Bale attend “The Dark Knight Rises” New York premiere Photo: Jamie McCarthy/ WireImage
