Welcome to THG’s Week in Review! Below, our staffers look back at the stories, stars and scandals that made the last seven days some of the craziest ALL MONTH. If you don’t already, FOLLOW THG on Twitter , Google+ and Facebook for 24/7/365 news. Every day, week and year, let us be your celebrity gossip source! Now, a rundown of the week that was at The Hollywood Gossip : Giuliana and Bill Rancic are expecting their first child, via a surrogate. Karla Vanessa Perez , a Mexican woman, is apparently expecting nine. Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley are adopting their second baby. Sarah Michelle Gellar is pregnant with her second as well. Megan Fox is currently pregnant with her first child, too! Nadya Suleman , meanwhile, cannot take care of hers. Do you think Octomom’s kids should be taken away ? Ellen Reads 50 Shades of Grey Should Ian Somerhalder star in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie? Either way, Ellen DeGeneres read it aloud on her show (above). Adam Lambert called out the gay community as “catty.” The pregnant man Thomas Beatie and his wife split. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are (maybe) a thing. The John Edwards trial is an insane thing. Justin Bieber Talks Penis Justin Bieber apparently has a name for his unit. It’s Jerry. Katy Perry may have a new boyfriend in Robert Ackroyd . Rihanna may have a new girlfriend in Melissa Forde . Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are going strong. Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran are hot and heavy. Jenelle Evans and Kieffer Delp may be back on. Snooki and JWoww vs. The World Trailer MTV released the first Snooki & JWoww spinoff trailer . It’s quite absurd. Lane Garrison was charged with domestic violence after fighting his ex. The Real Housewives of New Jersey premiere earned record ratings. Sheree Whitfield got the ax from The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Rosie O’Donnell really does not like Lindsay Lohan . Are Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie at war? The Bachelorette Promo The Bachelorette spoilers (and promos, above) are already surfacing! Beyonce was named the World’s Most Beautiful Woman by People . A pair of new Breaking Dawn photos were released by Summit. Carlina Duran , Miss Dominican Republic, was stripped of her title. Wiz Khalifa was arrested for marijuana possession … big surprise. Jimmy Fallon had President Obama slow jam the news (below). Obama on Jimmy Fallon What was the highlight of the week for you? Did we leave anything out?
Jennifer Aniston has been having a low-key several months … at least until every news outlet, celeb gossip blog and tabloid publication started speculating nonstop on her response to Brad Pitt’s engagement to Angelina Jolie. The whole world seems to be obsessed with how she took this one piece of news. The short answer? She’s happy for Brangelina , but at the same time, “She hates it being brought up because she doesn’t really care,” says a pal. Jennifer Aniston was married to Brad Pitt from 2000-2005 before he infamously fell in love with Mr. and Mrs. Smith costar Jolie while he was still married. After seven years together, Brad finally proposed to Angelina earlier this month, with all six kids present, buying her $500,000 diamond engagement ring. “She feels Angelina can have him,” the Jen source adds, noting that she’s been quite happy in her own life for some time. “She just wants to move on .” Indeed, since falling for Wanderlust costar Justin Theroux, that’s pretty much what Aniston’s done. There’s even talk of them planning their own wedding . “Jen’s totally happy with Justin,” says the pal. “That’s all in the past.” [Photos: WENN.com]
We know at least one person who took pleasure in the latest round of Kendall Jenner bikini photos . Balraj Singh is a high school student from Michigan who has made an impassioned plea to this reality star: please go to the prom with me! Moreover, he’s recruited all his classmates and a good numbers of teachers to join in the movement, as they all contribute below, telling Kendall in the following video that she should attend because Balraj “doesn’t smell like curry,” is “adorable” and, our favorite, is “swagged out from turban to toe.” Kendall Jenner Prom Invite So… what should Kendall say? Should she accept Singh’s invitation?
Despite any bitterness you’d think would linger, Jennifer Aniston swears she has nothing but warm wishes for the engaged Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie . “Jen moved on a long time ago, and she is trying to just focus on her own happiness,” a source says of the actress, 43, who divorced Brad in 2005. “Jen is not a bitter person and she always wanted them to be happy .” Part of the reason for that is that Jen is happy and in love herself. Aniston has reason to celebrate herself: Next month marks her 1-year anniversary with boyfriend Justin Theroux, who she met while filming Wanderlust . “Jen spent many happy years with Brad and thinks their divorce was meant to be,” adds the source, noting that the two recently moved in together. “She is very happy with Justin – and that’s what she is focusing on right now.” And everybody lived happily ever after apparently … who’d have guessed! And what are Life & Style and In Touch going to devote covers to now? [Photo: WENN.com]
Now this is an interesting matchup! Jennifer Aniston might have played The Good Girl (2002), but it’s former Disney princess Anne Hathaway who really went bad with her amazing nude scenes in Havoc (2005) and Love and Other Drugs (2010). From our Chesty C-Cups division, it’s Anne Hathaway Vs. Jennifer Aniston after the jump!
If only all ticket buyers were anthro majors, amirite? “If I were an anthropologist put on Barsoom, I’d try to integrate myself within the Tharks and learn more about their lifestyle. I’d definitely need to know about the current political climate first. That’s always a good idea when you’re thrust into an alien environment , here literally. Political unrest kept me out of Bolivia… On Barsoom, I’d be drawn to the civil war, but I wouldn’t want to become involved. As an anthropologist, we like to keep our heads down in these types of situations. I actually have a shirt from my old archeology club at Boston University that says, “Don’t shoot — I’m an archeologist!” in 13 different languages. Then again, Tharks don’t read.” [ Box Office Magazine ]
This is pure speculation, but it’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend! Let’s connect the dots: Lionsgate and WWE Studios are teaming up on a reboot of the 1993 pic Leprechaun , the creature comedy-horror which infamously featured a young Jennifer Aniston and kicked off a series of terrible films centered on a murderous Irish fairy hell-bent on recovering his precious gold. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), meanwhile, has a diminutive wrestler named Hornswoggle under contract, whose ring persona is that of a mischievous leprechaun. Pure coincidence, or will Leprechaun mark the next screen debut for a WWE star? Granted, it’s a bit of a longshot given that Hornswoggle (real name: Dylan Postl) isn’t one of the major stars in the wrestling world. And beyond its slate of tailor-made wrestling champ vehicles ( The Scorpion King , The Marine , The Condemned ) WWE Studios have been branching out, picking up titles for distribution that don’t feature any of their wrestlers-turned-thespians. But it’s kind of too perfect an opportunity for cross-branding to pass up, don’t you think? No stars have yet been announced for the Leprechaun reboot, so marinate on the possibilities over a mug of green beer this weekend. I mean, who doesn’t want to see Warwick Davis’s shoes filled by an actor who has a finishing move called the Tadpole Splash? [ Variety , @lytrules ]
Jennifer Aniston is somewhere laughing… hysterically. Angelina Jolie ’s bizarre leg thrust Sunday night at the 2012 Academy Awards almost stole the show, but it didn’t earn her any friends among the sharpest tongued ladies in town. Via Radaronline : “Angelina Jolie looked like a fool the way she posed,” Rivers exclusively told RadarOnline.com. “She took herself right out of that super star category because you now realize she stands in front of a mirror to figure out [what she looks like.]” Her daughter Melissa Rivers agreed: “She was demystified! She demystified herself and it’s unfortunate because it always looks so effortless, and you think how can one person be so glamorous? It’s because she practices!” “Have you ever seen anybody stand with their hand on a hip with a leg thrown out to open an envelope? No. and you want to say, you idiot! You brought us back to the fact we’ve all forgotten that you used to wear blood around your neck and French kiss your brother!” When asked about Angelina’s ever increasingly small frame and super skinny arms, Joan made a remark that many are likely to find offensive. “That looks like Auschwitz adjacent.” She mused that the curtain has been pulled back on the façade Angelina Jolie has created. “This is the first stupid move she’s made. She handles her own pr, career and it’s all been very thought out. She turned around from kissing her brother on the carpet to being a representative of the United Nations and she’s done it all. She turned herself around to be a super star and you go whoops! Maybe she had a drink?” Do you think Mommy Banger Angelina looked a hot mess Oscar night or is Joan and her melted candle face just mad??? GettyImages More On Bossip! Stand By Your Man: Rihanna Is In Full Support Of Chris “Gimme Dat” Brown While He Awaits Word On Cell-Phone-Stealing Charges, Sends Lyrical Sub-Tweets About Getting Him Back! Exhibitionists Pt. 1: The Most Revealing Celebrity Twitpics Of All Time Matrimony-dom: Evelyn Lozada Spills The Beans About Her Wedding Plans With Chad Ochocinco! Jesus Take The Men’s Wearhouse Card: The Funniest Photoshop Pictures Of Jaheim’s Blue Suit [Photos]
Fully-certified flop Wanderlust might have sold a few more tickets if it had actually done anything remotely interesting with Jennifer Aniston and the rest of its talented female cast . It’s obviously not new that Hollywood doesn’t quite know what to do with comedic actresses (see also Faris, Anna ). But it is a little sad in the wake of Bridesmaids ’ commercial success – and its Oscars cameo over the weekend – that the rest of the film industry still. Doesn’t. Get It. I did enjoy parts of Wanderlust , when I could peer around all the lazy, tiresome clichés about How Women Act – but it would have been so easy to avoid them! So as a service to writers and female audiences everywhere, here are five suggestions for how to write comedy roles for women that are better than what Aniston had to make do with in Wanderlust . (Spoilers and feminism ahead.) 1. Stop using us as Eve. Bridesmaids was really good at creating drama out of its characters’ own bad decisions – they screwed up, they suffered the consequences, they (sometimes) figured out how to fix things. Wanderlust just blames Aniston’s poor Linda for everything. First she convinces her husband to buy a West Village apartment they can’t really afford – a plan that fails so spectacularly that the couple has to flee New York for, shudder, suburban Atlanta. Then she convinces her husband to stay in the hippie commune with free love, rampaging nudist men, and no doors on the toilet. Ensuing marital problems? Mostly her fault! “I drank the Kool-Aid,” she tells Paul Rudd’s George during their tearful climactic reunion. His better instincts to avoid the commune, its peyote and the bared abs of Justin Theroux are all vindicated, of course. 2. Write age-appropriate characters for protagonists older than 31. Don’t get me wrong, Aniston looks fabulous. I want her wardrobe and her legs. But she’s already played an unemployed 30-something unsure of what she wants to do with her life – six years ago, in Nicole Holofcener’s much sharper Friends with Money . By now both Aniston and the 42-year-old Rudd seem a little too old to play young Manhattanites still figuring out what they want to be when they grow up. And it would be funnier if Linda really embraced the hippie commune life after leaving a steady or rewarding job, not just because she doesn’t have anything better to do with her time. Maybe it’s just the looming prospect of my own 30th birthday and all the significance that’s supposed to have, but watching the 43-year-old Aniston still trying to “pick a major,” as her husband says during an argument, was just depressing. Like watching Private Practice . 3. Give us some friends! Come on, this is pre- Bridesmaids – the entire Sex and the City franchise succeeded by understanding that women like talking to, crying to, and criticizing other women. But Wanderlust weirdly goes out of its way to avoid giving Linda any family, friends or visible non-marriage relationships she can turn to in a crisis. After George loses his corporate bonus-slave job, we’re told that the couple’s fate is dire – so dire that staying with his loud, racist brother is apparently their only viable option (at least until the commune appears on their GPS). At no point is any reference made to any sort of connections Linda might be able to turn to. Wanderlust couldn’t get Catherine Keener to film one scene as an icy careerist sister silently disappointed in her unemployed younger sibling? Or at least make a reference to Linda’s wealthy parents, who lost everything with Bernie Madoff? (You don’t get to be 43 and still picking a major without having spent your adulthood on some serious family financial support.) 4. Character development means more than taking off our shirts. Despite the rumors , we do not see Aniston’s breasts in Wanderlust . We’ll just have to make do with her implied breasts. And in the final overall film, yes, there are probably many more manly bits than lady parts visible on screen. That still doesn’t change the fact that Linda’s major triumph as a character is flashing a TV camera crew, in a “protest” move that was dated by the time she was born. 5. Hot women tend to appreciate hot men, or at least cute men, or at least men who have a passing acquaintance with shampoo. Real-life relationships notwithstanding, Aniston really gets the short end of the free-love stick in Wanderlust . George wants to take advantage of the commune’s partner-swapping rules and sleep with blonde, freshly-laundered Malin Akerman, who’s popped by from a Self magazine cover shoot. Linda reluctantly agrees and succumbs to the shirtless charms of Theroux. He may be dashing in real life, but unfortunately for Linda and female audiences everywhere, he spends most of the movie looking like a squirrel crawled atop his head and died. And really, doesn’t equality start with eye-candy? Maria Aspan is a writer living in New York whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Reuters and American Banker. She Tweets and Tumbls .
Call it The Curse of The Change-Up : Another film that tried to fool viewers into buying tickets to see a nonexistent nude scene has bombed at the box office. Wanderlust opened this weekend to generally positive reviews and absolutely terrible box office receipts, coming in at number eight after Act of Valor , The Vow, This Means War and four other movies that had already been in theaters for a week or more, including Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance . And if you can’t beat the sequel to a Nicholas Cage movie widely considered to be the equivalent of gouging your eyes out with flaming pokers in its second weekend, then you know you’ve got problems. Some are blaming Jennifer Aniston ‘s flagging star power for the film’s weak performance. If “flagging star power” is code for “nude fake-out fatigue,” then we heartily agree. JenAn’s been playing this game with her male fans for several years now, and the next time she claims to have shot a nude scene for a movie…well…let’s just say we won’t take it with a grain of salt. We’ll take it with a truckful. You’ve burned us one too many times, Jen, and our lust has wandered away. Get the skinny on Wanderlust right here at the Mr. Skin blog!
