Timmy, Timmy, Timmy… “Glee” star Dianna Agron is in the middle of a love triangle involving actor Sebastian Stan and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow — who just signed today with the New York Jets — that seems straight out of a scene from the Fox hit drama series. Blond beauty Agron, 25, has dated Stan, 28, on and off for about a year, but Tebow has told Agron that he’s smitten with her. A source told us, “Tim has made no secret that he likes Dianna, and told her so, but she has remained faithful to Sebastian.” Tebow was spotted chatting with Agron at an Oscar party in late February. He was also seen days later on a date with Taylor Swift, although sources insist that — even though Swift appears to be sweet on Tebow — they are strictly friends. But we’re told Agron and Stan, who live on separate coasts, recently split for the second time. A source tells us they were going to live together, but now they have parted ways, citing the distance between them and their work commitments. Agron lives in LA while Stan lives here and has recently been filming USA’s “Political Animals” in Philadelphia. They previously broke up in December after seven months of dating, reportedly over Agron’s insecurities about their bicoastal relationship, but reconciled in late January. The new split leaves the door open for devout Christian Tebow to nab Agron. When asked about a split between Agron and Stan, a rep for Agron insisted, “Not true.” Stan’s rep didn’t get back to us. Reps for Tebow declined to comment. On top of having an on-again-off-again boyfriend, we’ve found out that Dianna is Jewish! Awkwaaaaaarrrrrd! LOL! Images via WENN Source More On Bossip! Let’s Be Honest: Rihanna Gets Kushed Up And Hollers At A Shawty On Twitter What The Fluctuation PT 1? Celebrities Whose Weight Keeps Going Up And Down Another Group Of Reality Slores Attack! Meet The Stars Of “Hollywood Exes”
There’s no script, no budget and no confirmed Charles Grodin to complement the “buddy” part of the “buddy comedy” formula that worked so well 24 years ago, but that’s not stopping the zeitgeist from panicking over the current state of Midnight Run 2 . To wit, Brett Ratner is now linked up as the director. Like we’ve never heard that before . Everybody calm down! Not that it doesn’t get somewhat worse, as Mike Fleming reports at Deadline: The studio and [De Niro’s production company] Tribeca put the wheels in motion on the sequel early last year, when they hired Tim Dowling to write a draft. [David] Elliot & [Paul] Lovett, who were writers on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra , and are working on the sequel to Four Brothers (which they also scripted) will continue the storyline of Walsh, the ex-Chicago cop who, when last seen, set free the turncoat mob accountant The Duke at LAX and walked away with a wad of cash he’d use to open a coffee shop. So, yeah: Still early. Anyway, to recap, De Niro played bounty hunter Walsh and Grodin played Jonathan “The Duke” Mardukas in the 1988 film, which was written with such profane, caustic fervor by George Gallo and directed by Martin Brest in his follow-up to Beverly Hills Cop . All of which raises a few questions: Would the retired Grodin reprise his role? (He’s said he’s open to it, but he’s also 77 next month and doesn’t exactly need the paycheck.) What is it with Ratner wanting sequels to Brest classics? (If it’s not Beverly Hills Cop 4 , then it’s Midnight Run 2 . Just give him Son of Gigli already and let’s be done with it!) And can Elliot and Lovett find a place for Yaphet Kotto to return as well? Because there is no Midnight Run 2 without perpetually vexed FBI agent Alonso Mosley delivering some serious comeuppance. [ Deadline ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Despite the late addition of “Redemption” to the title of The Raid , there’s little to no atonement to be had in this stripped-down action movie. These characters are not here to have some kind of emotional journey, they’re here to kick ass. And so much ass is kicked over The Raid ‘s 100 minutes that viewers may feel a little bruised themselves upon exiting, for the most part in a good way — this is a film that serves as a remind of just how wonderfully cinematic violence can be. Written and directed by the Welsh Gareth Evans but set in and populated with actors from Indonesia, The Raid takes place, with the exception of an introductory sequence, entirely inside a decrepit 15-story apartment building in Jakarta. It’s owned by Tama (Ray Sahetapy), an underworld boss who’s set up the structure as a safe house for criminals and drug addicts who rent rooms there when they need to hide out — the cops won’t go near it. That suggests the mission on which our hero Rama (Iko Uwais) and the rest of his elite police force have been sent has more to it than just clean-up — though when the question is asked of why now, it’s quickly dismissed. Armed and under the command of the no-nonsense Jaka (Joe Taslim), the team methodically makes its way up from floor to floor, cuffing room occupants and securing each level, until they’re spotting by a kid who sounds the alarm, and all hell breaks loose. Tama, flanked by his two lieutenants Andi (Doni Alamsyah) and Mad Dog (Yayan Ruhian), gets on the intercom to tell his tenants they’ll have free rent for life if they take care of the invaders. Guys with guns spring out of the apartments lining each long hall, and the film becomes a maelstrom of automatic weapons, machetes and elbows to the face. Uwais, whom Evans discovered while shooting a documentary about the indigenous Indonesian martial art pencak silat , is handsome and stolid and unlikely to win any major acting awards in the near future. But he does have a certain screen charisma and, once he gets moving, he’s an impossible and impressive blur of motion. Many of the fight sequences showcase the brisk efficiency of Uwais’s deadliness, as he works his way along a whole hallway full of men trying to kill him, leaving them battered or lifeless with some well-placed blows to the kneecaps or head. After the initial culling of the cops via sniper rifles and machine guns, The Raid: Redemption sets aside firearms in favor of fists and blades and lets fight scenes play out rather than chopping them to bits in the annoying recent style of shooting action. It certainly doesn’t hurt that Evans has actual trained martial artists at his disposal and doesn’t have to cut around actors who are replaced at key moments by stunt doubles. And they’re not all of the same school — Taslim, for instance, is a Judo medalist. While Uwais, whose character is devout and incorruptible and has a pregnant wife at home and another family member in the wind, is unquestionably the star, Ruhian, as his most deadly antagonist, steals the show. His character’s introduced as a bloodthirsty enforcer, but is noticeably smaller than everyone else on screen. It’s not until he orders Jaka into a secluded room in order to kill him in hand-to-hand combat (he puts the gun away, saying “these take away the rush”) that we get to see him in action, and he doesn’t seem constrained by normal forces of gravity. The movie takes a discernible pleasure in his two big fight scenes, letting them play out at almost decadent but fully deserved lengths. There’s a sliver of a plot to The Raid , but it’s really not worth going over — when the characters pause to talk, which is rare, it does tend to kill the film’s momentum. That’s not to say it’s all hallway battles and fire fights; one of the cleverest bits has two characters hiding in a tight crawlspace while a baddie idly jabs his machete through the thin wall, and another involves the men breaking through the battered floor of an apartment to get away from gunmen at the door. Set to a score from Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, The Raid ‘s wall-to-wall action eventually gets a little repetitive — watching guys get their heads slammed into walls does start to lose its impact, no pun intended — but the film’s use of its space is never dull. It gets an entertaining element out of the juxtaposition of shabby domesticity with outrageous action, with one escape depending on an explosive inside a refrigerator. Staircases, elevators, atriums — the film may be set in one location, but it appears to make use of every nook and cranny of that setting. And while there’s a video-game quality to the way it proceeds in stages, leveling up, retreating and acquiring new objectives, at its heart The Raid is strictly old school, a film that gets a lot of glee out of the physical capabilities of its cast and their capacity to wreak havoc. Follow Alison Willmore on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Glee star Heather Morris recently had her private nude cell phone pics leaked all over the internet, but she’s not feeling sorry for herself. In fact, she’s looking on the bright side. In the new issue of Us Weekly , a source close to the star says: “When Heather realized the pics were out there, she wasn’t thrilled… But honestly, she was like, ‘Well, it could be worse! At least I look good?'” No question about that! Heather’s relaxed response isn’t much of a shock, though, considering that some “tasteful” professional nudes (like the one at left) of the 25-year-old surfaced as early as 2010: “I think they are beautiful. It’s not something I’m ashamed of,” Morris told Extra at the time. “Everybody should do tasteful beautiful nudes so when you get older you’re gonna be like, ‘Oh that’s when my body looked so great!'” Wise words, Heather, wise words. See, she’s not a bimbo- she just plays one on TV. See more from Heather’s 2010 nude photo shoot after the jump!
For all the chatter over who may next judge The X Factor – Britney Spears, for $20 million ? – it’s easy to forget: the show is also without a host for season two. And that remains the case, E! News reports, even after the show asked Darren Criss about the gig. “They were after him,” an X Factor insider said. “But there’s no way he could have done it with everything he has going on.” Criss stars as Blaine on Glee and also appeared on Broadway earlier this year, earning strong reviews for his role in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying . Do you think Criss would make a good X Factor judge?
Even if you’re not a self-proclaimed “Gleek,” you’ll be singing a happy tune when you see Glee star Heather Morris hitting some real high notes as she poses nude in her room. Ok, that’s enough of that. But seriously, will these female celebs ever learn that if they take nudie pics of themselves with their phones, it will end up on the internet? Mr. Skin certainly hopes not. See more leaked nudes of Glee star Heather Morris after the jump!
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‘I’m going to be in Outkast forever in some kind of way,’ Andre tells Fader. By Rob Markman Andre 3000 Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images Andre 3000 is economical with his words. It’s not often that the ATLien raps or even grants an interview, and when he does, die-hards hang onto every syllable, even if they sometimes misconstrue his sentiment. In a new interview with Fader magazine, 3 Stacks sets the record straight and denies the persistent rumors of an Outkast breakup. “So I think when I hear things on the Internet that Outkast is over, I think, that’s a shame. Because I don’t have the power to stop Outkast, you know? I didn’t start Outkast by myself. I don’t have the power to stop Outkast,” Andre said in the interview, which can be found on Fader ‘s website. Andre and bandmate Big Boi dropped their debut LP, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, back in 1994, and they have since become an iconic act in hip-hop and music as a whole. In 2000 they dropped their fourth album, Stankonia, which they followed three years later with the double disc Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below. Though packaged as an Outkast album, each disc served as solo expression for the two MCs: Big Boi commandeered the Speakerboxxx portion and 3000 helmed The Love Below disc. In 2006, they released the “Idlewild” soundtrack together, but despite the constant rumors, there has been no group project since. There may never be another ‘Kast album, 3 Stacks says. “We’re not on the roster or on a schedule with a label to put out an Outkast album. I can’t say if or when we will, but I’m going to be in Outkast forever in some kind of way,” he said. There is an Andre solo LP on the horizon, but of course there is no date. “I’m at a place now where my deadline is my own self. I’m looking at it like, OK, I don’t want to be like 40 years old and to haven’t done this album,” Dre said. “And I don’t have a sense of time. When people say, Man, we haven’t heard from you in like five years, or seen you, to me, it feels like a year. I don’t have a good sense of time, but I do know I’m not a spring chicken anymore.” What’s your favorite Outkast album? Tell us in the comments! Related Artists OutKast Andre 3000
U.K. boy-banders drop album April 24, following their appearance at mtvU’s Spring Break later this month. By Jocelyn Vena The Wanted Photo: Steve Thorne/ Redferns The Wanted are proving that they are “Glad You Came” with the news that they will release their debut U.S. album on April 24. According to the band, further details about the release are still in the works, but they couldn’t hold back their enthusiasm when they made the emoticon-filled announcement on Twitter . The band released their album Battleground, featuring their current single “Glad You Came,” back in their native U.K. in 2011. “Great news, America: We are thrilled to announce we will be releasing our first US album on April 24!! Stay tuned for details.” They also shared that they are back in the studio for the release, writing, “Just recorded our next single … #expecttheunexpected.” Before they release the album, the guys have been tapped to join rapper Young Jeezy and MTV Artist to Watch Dev at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for mtvU’s Spring Break festivities. It’ll all go down March 20 to 22. “Glad You Came” was recently covered on “Glee,” and Wanted bandmember Tom Parker spoke to MTV News about all the Stateside attention his band’s getting. “Things have gone absolutely crazy. I can’t believe it,” Parker said of their meteoric rise to fame in America. “We always wanted that aim to go and do it in America. We did under the radar [in the U.K.] and it’s kind of going back to the old traditional way that boy bands and bands used to do it, I suppose. It feels good and we’re doing it old school.” Related Artists The Wanted
‘FINALLY, my MOVIE is coming out with Paramount this summer!’ singer tweets. By Kara Warner Katy Perry Photo: Robyn Beck/ AFP/ Getty Images Get ready for a Katy Perry concert movie because it is coming your way this summer — in 3-D, of course. The Grammy-winning pop star announced the news herself via Twitter on Wednesday that “Katy Perry: Part of Me” is headed to a theater near you. “FINALLY, my MOVIE is coming out with Paramount this summer!” Perry tweeted to her nearly 16 million followers. “It’s called “KATY PERRY: PART OF ME” Presented In 3D! KATYCATS-LETS TREND #KP3D” Back in early February, news broke that Paramount had approached Perry and her camp about doing a documentary-style 3-D film
