Julie Gayet is making headlines in France for being that nation’s version of Monica Lewinsky . The 41-year old actress is rumored to be sleeping with French President Francois Hollande, as rumors continue to swirl around the actions of that politician overseas. Gayet is married to Argentinia director and script writer Santiago Amigorena and has two kids. She started acting at the age of 17 and recently portrayed a diplomatic adviser at the French foreign ministry in Quai d’Orsay . Gayet may be coy about her supposed affair with the President, but she’s always supported Hollande. In 2012, Gayet appeared in a promotional video for the President in which she described the Socialist candidate as “marvelous,” “humble” and “somebody who really listens.” See. There’s the key, fellas. Women love a man who listens. Chatter about a relationship between Gayet and Hollande first emerged early last year, but were flatly denied by both sides. The actress even engaged in legal action against various websites that were running the story, charging “infringement of personal privacy.” However, Gayet was asked about Hollande last month during a television interview when the reporter joked of the President visiting Gayet’s latest movie set: “The President loves the film. His partner [Valerie Treierweiler] much less.” Gayet, for possibly understandable reasons, refused to comment.
Sarah Palin is going from standing up for TV stars (she’s on Team Phil Robertson ) to being a TV star herself. The former Vice Presidential candidate appeared this morning at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in promotion of “Amazing America with Sarah Palin,” which premieres April 3 on the Sportsman Channel. “It’s gonna be huge and it’s gonna be fun,” Palin told reporters, explaining that the series will follow her and other family members around the country. They’ll hunt. They’ll fish. They’ll ride snowmobiles. And she hopes they’ll set an example to others around the nation. “I want young women to be inspired by the show that we’re going to put together,” said Palin. “One of the reasons is because I think this world would be better off having more young women holding a fish in a picture and fewer of them holding their camera in front of a bathroom mirror doing a selfie.” Whoa there! Did Sarah Palin just call out Kim Kardashian ? We may be coming around on her after all. Palin also said she’s “more excited” about this project than has been about many others she’s pursued since quitting her job as Alaska Governor. Why? Because of the red, white and blue, people! “What our show is gonna do is highlight people, places and things that can embrace and inspire that American spirit that we need more of,” Palin says. “It’s not going to be some kind of fake, scripted reality show.” And now a slam of Keeping Up with the Kardashians ?!? Sarah Palin for President!
Man. We may get to stare at Kate Upton photos all day, but we are clearly in the wrong business. Jennifer Hudson has made it appareny that the best occupation out there is her assistant, a fact Walter Williams discovered on Tuesday when the former American Idol finalist and Academy Award winner bought Williams a house. Yes, a HOUSE. In the following clip, posted by Hudson, we see Williams react to this gift by dropping the paperwork on the ground and screaming. Over and over and over and over… Jennifer Hudson Gives Assistant a House Hudson and Williams have been friends since elementary school. But Hudson is also all about being awesome to those she scarcely knows. She may help turn her childhood home in Englewood, Illinois into a women’s shelter. “We still own the home and I would like to turn it into a shelter for women as soon as possible or by my mother’s birthday, which is November 7,” the former American Idol contestant’s sister told DNAinfo Chicago in August. “At least that is what I would like to see the house used for.” No word yet on the status of this project. But even the mere thought is an impressive one.
The nominations are in for the 2014 Producers Guild Awards, perhaps most notable not for the awards the Producers Guild of America gives out, but what they predict. The organization has accurately forecast the last six Best Picture Oscar winners, so it was good news for 10 films that were nominated this morning. Gravity, 12 Years a Slave, and American Hustle were among the films that were nominated for the top prize, the PGA’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award. American Hustle Trailer Inside Llewyn Davis, The Butler , and Fruitvale Station were left out by the Producers Guild, which will hand out the honors on Sunday, January 19. To see who’s nominated in the show that kicks off awards season, check the full list of movie and TV nominees from the Producers Guild of America below: The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: American Hustle (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics) Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features) Producers: Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures) Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman Her (Warner Bros. Pictures) Producers: Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay Nebraska (Paramount Pictures) Producers: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa Saving Mr. Banks (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producers: Ian Collie, Alison Owen, Philip Steuer 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Producers: Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures) Producers: Riza Aziz, Emma Koskoff, Joey McFarland The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: The Croods (DreamWorks Animation) Producers: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell Despicable Me 2 (Universal Pictures) Producers: Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri Epic (Twentieth Century Fox) Producers: Jerry Davis, Lori Forte Frozen (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producer: Peter Del Vecho Monsters University (Pixar Animation) Producer: Kori Rae The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: American Horror Story : Asylum (FX) Producers: Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Alexis Martin Woodall, Ryan Murphy, Chip Vucelich Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Producers: Susan Ekins, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Polaire, Jerry Weintraub Killing Kennedy (National Geographic Channel) Producers: Mary Lisio, Larry Rapaport, Ridley Scott, Teri Weinberg, David W. Zucker Phil Spector (HBO) Producers: Michael Hausman, Barry Levinson Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel) Producers: Philippa Campbell, Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: A PLACE AT THE TABLE (Magnolia Pictures) Producers: Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington, Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORY (First Run Features) Producers: Brad Bernstein, Rick Cikowski LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM (HBO Documentary Films) Producers: Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine, Miriam Weintraub WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS (Focus Features) Producers: Alexis Bloom, Alex Gibney, Marc Shmuger WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE? THE LIFE AND TIME OF TIM HETHERINGTON (HBO Documentary Films) Producers: James Brabazon, Nick Quested The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: Breaking Bad (AMC) Producers: Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, Michelle MacLaren, George Mastras, Diane Mercer, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett Downton Abbey (ITV – United Kingdom; PBS – United States) Producers: Julian Fellowes, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge Game of Thrones (HBO) Producers: David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, D.B. Weiss, Christopher Newman, Greg Spence, Carolyn Strauss Homeland (Showtime) Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm House of Cards (Netflix) Producers: Joshua Donen, David Fincher, Karyn McCarthy, John Melfi, Eric Roth, Kevin Spacey, Beau Willimon The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy: 30 Rock (NBC) Producers: Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Luke Del Tredici , Tina Fey, Matt Hubbard , Marci Klein, Jerry Kupfer , Colleen McGuinness, Lorne Michaels, David Miner, Dylan Morgan , Jeff Richmond , Josh Siegal, Tracey Wigfield Arrested Development (Netflix) Producers: John Foy, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Mitchell Hurwitz, Dean Lorey, Troy Miller, Richard Rosenstock, Jim Vallely The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Producers: Bill Prady, Chucke Lorre, Steve Molaro, Faye Oshima Belyeu Modern Family (ABC) Producers: Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeffrey Morton, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker VEEP (HBO) Producers: Simon Blackwell, Christopher Godsick, Armando Iannucci, Stephanie Laing, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Frank Rich, Tony Roche The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: 30 for 30 (ESPN) Producers: Bill Simmons, John Dahl, Erin Leyden, Connor Schell Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra Zweig Duck Dynasty (A&E Networks) Producers: Deirdre Gurney, Scott Gurney, Mike Odair, Hugh Peterson, Adam Saltzberg, Charlie Van Vleet Inside The Actors Studio (Bravo) Producers: James Lipton, Shawn Tesser, Jeff Wurtz Shark Tank (ABC) Producers: Mark Burnett, Becky Blitz, Bill Gaudsmith, Yun Lingner, Clay Newbill, Jim Roush, Laura Skowlund, Max Swedlow The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television: The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) Producers: Meredith Bennett, Stephen T. Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Matt Lappin, Emily Lazar, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) Producers: David Craig, Ken Crosby, Doug DeLuca, Gary Greenberg, Erin Irwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Molly McNearney, Tony Romero, Jason Shrift, Jennifer Sharron, Josh Weintraub Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Producers: Hillary Hunn, Lorne Michaels, Gavin Purcell, Michael Shoemaker Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Producers: Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Dean Johnsen, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Matt Wood Saturday Night Live (NBC) Producers: Ken Aymong, Erin Doyle, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lorne Michaels, Lindsay Shookus The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: The Amazing Race (CBS) Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman, Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo Dancing With The Stars (ABC) Producers: Ashley Edens-Shaffer, Conrad Green, Joe Sungkur Project Runway (Lifetime) Producers: Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Jonathan Murray, Sara Rea, Colleen Sands Top Chef (Bravo) Producers: Tom Colicchio, Daniel Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Erica Ross, Nan Strait, Andrew Wallace The Voice (NBC) Producers: Stijn Bakkers, Mark Burnett, John de Mol, Chad Hines, Lee Metzger, Audrey Morrissey, Jim Roush, Kyra Thompson, Nicolle Yaron, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker
First, J.K. Rowling announced a Harry Potter spinoff . Now, the author has announced plans to take her beloved franchise in the opposite direction. Rowling has confirmed that she’s co-producing a stage production about the boy wizard’s pre-Hogwarts years, one that will ask and answer: “What was it like to be the boy in the cupboard under the stairs?” The play promises to ”explore the previously untold story of Harry’s early years as an orphan and outcast,” offering ”a unique insight into the heart and mind of the now legendary young wizard.” Further details are being kept a secret for now, but various characters from the books and films are expected to make an appearance. Referring to fellow producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, Rowling said in a statement: “Over the years I have received countless approaches about turning Harry Potter into a theatrical production, but Sonia and Colin’s vision was the only one that really made sense to me, and which had the sensitivity, intensity and intimacy I thought appropriate for bringing Harry’s story to the stage. “After a year in gestation it is exciting to see this project moving on to the next phase. I’d like to thank Warner Bros. for their continuing support in this project.” This exciting news arrives three months after Rowling shocked fans with the proclamation that she’s developing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a big screen version of her “textbook” covering the magical Potter universe.
Nice to see Game stepping up for those in need. The Game Donates $10,000 To Philippines Typhoon Victims We hope other celebrities will follow Game’s lead. According to Rolling Out: Compton rapper The Game has pledged to donate $10,000 to help with relief efforts in the aftermath of the deadly typhoon that recently ripped through the Philippines. “This hurts my heart knowing that many of those amongst the dead are little children,” said The Game on his Instagram page. “It is in these times where we as people of this world get the opportunity to unite with one another & give back, help, lend a hand, donate or just send prayers.” The super storm that stuck the Southeastern Asian country has as of date left over 3,500 people dead, over 1,100 missing, and over 12,000 injured. In contrast to his tough talking rapper image, The Game has continued to show up when people are in need. This latest donation is just one in a long line of charitable gestures made by the rapper, whose given name is Jayceon Taylor, through his “The Robin Hood Project” organization. Prayers go out to the Philippines. WENN
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Justin Bieber can often come across like a spoiled, entitled brat. Recent cases in point: the singer drunkenly peed into a restaurant mop bucket . He was also carried up The Great Wall of China by his bodyguards. But then you’re reminded that Bieber is really a pretty darn good guy. Even when he keeps his shirt on. Justin spent the weekend in Guatemala City, joining a team from the charity Pencils of Promise and building a school for local, underprivileged children in the area. The funds for the project were raised by his “Believe tour” and Bieber Tweeted that it was an especially “powerful and humbling” experience. Watch the following video for more from Justin, as he recounts why this endeavor woke him up and should serve as a reminder to us all that we’re very, very lucky: Justin Bieber: Woken Up by Trip to Guatemala
