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From the Vaults: Angelina Jolie Lookalike Is Stunning

Because yesterday was the day when the most outrageous and hard to believe Angelina Jolie-related rumor came out, we're making it up to you today with a video with the most beautiful lookalike ever. Even if she didn't resemble the most beautiful woman in showbiz, as Jolie is often dubbed, this girl, Lina Sa...

6 January 2012
10:01 GMT

Rooney Mara Disses 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'

Actress Rooney Mara, star of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and possibly one of the contenders for the Best Actress category at the Oscars 2012, is totally dissing the parts she got before starring in the blockbuster “The Social Network.”Sometime towards the end of 2011, in an interview dis...

3 January 2012
03:14 GMT

Eva Longoria Fights Child Farm Labor in America

Eva Longoria is engaging all her efforts in a new extracurricular project, that will hopefully reveal another side of her: the keen activist concerned about a wide series of social issues, like the fate of 400,000 children who are forced to work on farms only in the US. Longoria wants to prove that she is so much mo...

23 December 2011
03:18 GMT

Brigitte Bardot Says Bear Hunt Is 'Scandalous Carnage'

French actress Brigitte Bardot thinks the annual bear hunt held in New Jersey state is nothing but a “scandalous carnage.” She is trying to convince the state's governor, Chris Christie, to stop the massacre and protect the black bear population. On the other hand, authorities say they have all t...

10 December 2011
03:33 GMT

Kim Kardashian Hires Nicole Kidman's Acting Coach

Kim Kardashian may be a successful reality star but that's not to say she's content with her current position in life. In fact, she's determined to make it as an actress – so determined that she even hired Nicole Kidman's acting coach. Fans must know that Kim was asked to be in Tyler Perry&#...

16 November 2011
08:33 GMT

Dakota and Elle Fanning Cover W

Dakota and Elle Fanning may have a certain eerie and, at the same time, ethereal quality about them, but they're also the two most talented sisters now working. In the latest issue of W magazine, the two open the door to their apparently enchanted life. As it turns out, the two girls (Elle is 13 and Dakota is 17...

15 November 2011
03:44 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Still Thinks She Can Get an Oscar

Lindsay Lohan hasn't made a decent selling movie OK-ed by critics in years, but that's not to say that she's wasted her chances of winning an Oscar yet. In fact, says a new report, she believes she's still in the running.The legally troubled actress who, earlier this year, was saying all she wante...

11 November 2011
10:51 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Is Itching to Get Back to Work

A while ago, Lindsay Lohan was saying she was sick of always being made a negative example and that she wanted to let her work do the talking for her. She's itching to get back on the movie set, her rep says.Tomorrow, Lindsay is due in court to answer before a judge after violating her parole stemming from an ol...

1 November 2011
12:20 GMT

Actress Sues IMDB for Revealing Her Real Age

Actors and celebrities in general often sue for defamation but, more often than not, they do so because lies about them come out in print. This time, one star is taking matters to court because IMDB published the truth about her. Word of a new lawsuit against Amazon.com’s subsidiary IMDB (that is, Earth&rsq...

20 October 2011
04:43 GMT

All Mothers Dread ‘They’re Going to Give Birth to the Devil,’ Tilda Swinton Says

To say that Tilda Swinton is not your regular Hollywood star would be an understatement, especially considering her movie choices so far. In a new interview to promote “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” Tilda explains how she drew on personal experiences to play the troubled mother. The film, in which Swi...

10 October 2011
02:43 GMT

Kate Winslet’s Most Awesome Quote: What Is a Snooki?

Snooki’s motto in life is GTL (Gym, Tan, Laundry), but she does have higher aspirations than that. She adores Kate Winslet and wants to be an actress but the problem is, according to reports, that Kate doesn’t even know what “a Snooki” is. The latest print issue of the National Enquirer (story...

7 October 2011
04:44 GMT

Michelle Williams Talks Quitting Acting with Hobo Magazine

Michelle Williams is not your typical Hollywood star. Not only does she resent getting publicity for her personal life, but she’s also very serious about her career, without making too much of a fuss about it. Still, she’d quit acting.Interviewed by Hobo Magazine for the latest print issue, Michelle opens...

21 September 2011
07:09 GMT

Taylor Momsen Quits Acting, Doesn’t Have Time to Shower

Taylor Momsen was reportedly fired from the hit series “Gossip Girl” because producers got sick of her diva demands and irresponsible behavior on set but, in a new interview with Elle Magazine, she says it was she who quit acting.As fans must know, for some time now, Momsen has achieved success as the lea...

18 August 2011
05:25 GMT

Kristen Stewart Vamps It Up for W Magazine

Even her fans are not used to seeing her like this: the usually casual Kristen Stewart is featured in the latest issue of W magazine looking drop-dead gorgeous in a photoshoot inspired by retro pinup girls, with a touch of goth as well. In the accompanying interview, Kristen, usually very shy when it comes to herself...

13 August 2011
08:01 GMT

Angelina Jolie Says She’s ‘Retiring’ from Movies

She’s never made a secret of her plans to cut down on work to spend more time with her family but, this time, Angelina Jolie is more determined than ever. She’s grateful for her career but she doesn’t want to be doing this for the rest of her life, she says in a new interview. Jolie sat down with Th...

1 August 2011
10:54 GMT

‘Goddess’ Bree Olson Opens Up About Life with Charlie Sheen

She was the first of the two Goddesses to leave Charlie Sheen but she claims she’s still a Goddess on her own – just not Charlie’s. Bree Olson has just landed the cover of Playboy and, in the same issue, she also opens up about life with Sheen and the other Goddess at his mansion.This is the first t...

12 July 2011
12:13 GMT

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Wants to Go Ugly for Next Movie

She’s been slammed by critics for her performance in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” but model turned actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is not letting that stand in the way of her dreams of becoming an established actress.As she said before, she’s determined to forge a career in film if audie...

7 July 2011
10:20 GMT

Angelina Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker Are Forbes’ Highest Paid Actresses

The movie industry continues to remain boys’ playground, Forbes magazine writes in its latest issue, which also offers the annual list of the industry’s highest paid actress. At number one, we have a tie between Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker.The chart is comprised after Forbes looked at contract...

6 July 2011
08:21 GMT

‘Road Trip’ Star Mia Amber Davis Dies at 36

Plus size model, editor and actress Mia Amber Davis has died. She was only 36 and the cause of death is not yet known. Plus Model Magazine, where Mia was an editor, has confirmed the tragic news. Mia appeared in the comedy “Road Trip” as the voluptuous woman seducing the leading character. She’s als...

12 May 2011
04:02 GMT

Actress Yvonne Vickers’ Body Found Mummified One Year After Death

“Nobody should be left alone like that,” neighbors of B-movie cult actress and Playboy model Yvonne Vickers tell the Los Angeles Times. Vickers’ body was found mummified in her home, approximately one year after she passed away. Vickers, known as Playboy Playmate for July 1959, and star of many B-mo...

3 May 2011
10:41 GMT

Lindsay Lohan’s 6-Year Plan: Win an Oscar

She may not have much of a career right now, but Lindsay Lohan is determined to make a comeback and prove, once and for all, that she’s in the industry because she’s a good actress. In fact, she wants to win an Oscar by 30. As we also informed you yesterday, Lohan did her first post-jail, post-rehab in...

28 April 2011
06:51 GMT

Mickey Rourke Blasts Megan Fox: She’s Not That Much of an Actress

When Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke started working with ex-“Transformers” star Megan Fox on “Passion Play,” he called her one of the best actresses ever. He’s had a change of heart: Megan is not really that much of an actress. Mickey is not the one to mince his words, so this s...

15 April 2011
02:44 GMT

Elizabeth Taylor Was Late at Her Own Funeral

A fabulous Hollywood diva in the basic sense of the word, Dame Elizabeth Taylor lived her life as she saw fit. Even in death, she continues to be just as fabulous as before, making sure she was fashionable late at her own funeral. Ladies are supposed to be 15 minutes late at important functions – and Dame Liz T...

27 March 2011
07:29 GMT

Emma Watson Takes Time Off from School for Career

Before shooting for “Harry Potter” was even done, Emma Watson announced plans to get a college degree at the prestigious Brown University. Pressed by offers, she’s now put it on hold while she attends to her career. In an announcement on her official website, Emma thanks fans for their constant supp...

9 March 2011
05:34 GMT

Keira Knightley Is an Ice Queen Because She’s Shy

Though getting the credit she’s due for her acting, Keira Knightley has often been criticized for her temper and the cold way in which she treats the media and interviewers. In the latest issue of Elle UK, she explains that all this comes from being too shy. She doesn’t mean to come across as an insuffera...

2 February 2011
09:08 GMT

Kim Kardashian Wants to Be a Bond Girl, Actress

A possible explanation for why reality star and socialite Kim Kardashian was at the SAG Awards 2011 has been found: in an interview from before the awards, she revealed she wanted to be a Bond girl and a respectable actress. On a more serious note, the star of the E! insanely popular reality show has revealed that sh...

1 February 2011
11:04 GMT

SAG Awards 2011: Natalie Portman’s Cheeky Speech

Natalie Portman is not shy or afraid to speak her mind and last night, at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, she offered more confirmation of that in her acceptance speech for Outstanding Performance by Female Actor in a Leading Role. Just like she did at the Globes, when she thanked her parents for giving birth to...

31 January 2011
09:56 GMT

Golden Globes 2011: Natalie Portman’s Speech

Natalie Portman is officially in the Oscar race for Best Actress, having taken home the Golden Globe for the same category last night, at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, for “Black Swan.” The pregnant star, looking her usually stunning self in a nude colored gown with a giant red rose on her chest, took to ...

17 January 2011
05:32 GMT

Michelle Williams Regrets Speaking of Heath Ledger in Nightline Interview

Before Christmas, while promoting her latest film, “Blue Valentine,” for which she’s already getting plenty of Oscar buzz, Michelle Williams sat down with Nightline and, for the first time since 2007, spoke of Heath Ledger’s death. The footage that aired on ABC’s Nightline made her se...

6 January 2011
07:13 GMT

Nicki Minaj Tells King Mag She Wants to Be an Actress

Rapper Nicki Minaj is not happy with just being the hottest female rapper of the moment, so she’s thinking about doing movies as well. In the March / April 2011 issue of King Magazine, Minaj talks about her dreams of a career in Hollywood. It’s not uncommon for singers to consider or attempt launching a c...

30 December 2010
05:16 GMT

Snooki Moves to Hollywood to Pursue Acting Career

Snooki, the pint-sized MTV reality star who shot to international fame thanks to “Jersey Shore,” is eyeing a big career in the movies, and might therefore leave her hometown to move to Los Angeles and follow her dream. The star turned 23 a couple of days ago and, at one of her birthday bashes, the hottest...

25 November 2010
03:07 GMT

Olivia Wilde Tried to Downplay Her Hotness in ‘Tron: Legacy’

Several men’s magazines have already crowned (repeatedly) Olivia Wilde as the hottest woman on earth so there’s no disputing her good looks. For “Tron: Legacy,” she tried to downplay her hotness, she says, to have audiences focus more on the character. The “House M.D.” alum reveals...

22 November 2010
10:29 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Dropped from ‘Inferno’

Lindsay Lohan’s extended stay in rehab has cost her another movie role, one for which she even sparked some Oscar talk. The director of “Inferno,” Matthew Wilder, confirms to E! Online that they’re going with a different actress for the much-mediated biopic.Lindsay was cast in the role of Lind...

20 November 2010
07:06 GMT

Jessica Alba Blames Her Movie Flops on Directors

Either Jessica Alba has deliberately set out to annoy everybody in the industry or she really doesn’t realize her words can be upsetting. In a recent interview with Elle magazine, the actress blames her past movie flops on the directors she’s worked with.Also recently, Alba said in another interview that ...

19 November 2010
05:44 GMT

‘Titanic’ Star Gloria Stuart Dies at 100

Gloria Stuart, who won the hearts of moviegoers all over the world with her role as 100-year-old Rose in James Cameron’s biopic “Titanic,” passed away at her home. She had just turned 100. Stuart, an actress who starred in a myriad of films in the ‘30s and worked with some of the biggest names...

28 September 2010
05:54 GMT

Alexis Bledel Is Teenage Assassin in ‘Violet and Daisy’

Television and big screen young star Alexis Bledel has just been case in a new indie film that will see her in the role of a hitgirl, part of a killer duo, “Violet and Daisy.”Bledel is no stranger to the big screen, even if fans are not accustomed to seeing her in this type of roles – which probably...

24 September 2010
05:29 GMT

Jennifer Aniston Is Jealous of Sandra Bullock’s Career

After her most recent 4 films more or less bombed at the box office – or failed to rise to the expectations, if you will – Jennifer Aniston is looking to rethink her career using Sandra Bullock’s model.Yet Aniston is not inspired by the example set by the Oscar-winning actress, the National Enquirer...

17 September 2010
10:48 GMT

Christina Hendricks Refuses to Bare All on Camera

She’s been named the hourglass woman of the year, one of the most attractive and confident female celebrities out there, while also being a role model for the average lady because she’s not stick thin. Yet, Christina Hendricks is not yet ready to show it all off on camera. According to sources cited by Sh...

17 September 2010
03:12 GMT

Milla Jovovich Quits Movie Industry

Fans of actress Milla Jovovich should get used to the idea of not seeing her on the silver screen for a while, because the actress has just said she plans on retiring to dedicate herself to her family.The star, soon to be seen in the fourth “Resident Evil” film, “Afterlife,” says she and her h...

1 September 2010
04:23 GMT

Julia Roberts Still Has the It Factor to Sell Movies

With audiences shifting their attention from the stars of “yore” towards the new generation, Julia Roberts’ appeal is being questioned. Not to worry, she isn’t going anywhere. America’s sweetheart has a new movie coming out: “Eat Pray Love,” based on the best-selling book of ...

10 August 2010
07:27 GMT

Sandra Bullock Is Highest Paid Actress

Angelina Jolie is no longer Forbes’ most powerful celebrity and neither is she the highest paid actress for last year. Just recently, the magazine announced that Oprah Winfrey was back at number 1 as the most influential and successful celebrity, with Jolie slipping to the second position. Now, she’s been...

4 August 2010
04:35 GMT

Amanda Bynes Unretires from Acting

A little over a month ago, actress Amanda Bynes, was telling her followers on Twitter that, though still young, she’d realized she’d already grown tired of acting and that she saw nothing to love in it anymore. Consequently, she was retiring from the industry. Coming to show that a lot can happen in a mon...

26 July 2010
06:57 GMT

Angelina Jolie Talks Retiring from Making Movies

She’s always said that children and family life come before her job as an actress and, this time, it seems that Angelina Jolie has set a deadline of sorts as regards the time she’ll continue working. In an interview with the latest issue of Vanity Fair magazine, in which she’s promoting her upcoming...

29 June 2010
05:22 GMT

Scarlett Johansson Worked for Her Tony, Tells Critics Off

Scarlett Johansson has recently seen her stage efforts awarded, when she was honored with a Tony for her part in the Broadway play “A View from the Bridge.” Her fans certainly believed she deserved the distinction, but some critics claimed her win had nothing to do with acting but rather with publicity. S...

26 June 2010
04:54 GMT

Megan Fox Is Now a Brand: Gorgeous, Dumb and With No Acting Talent

Megan Fox has such an incredible exposure in the media that it’s almost shocking that she can’t actually headline a movie and make it a hit. The two films she opened so far on her own bombed miserably – and were trashed by critics –, and it’s all because being a failure as an actress is ...

25 June 2010
05:43 GMT

Amanda Bynes Retires from Acting at 24

Age has nothing to do with retirement – and actress Amanda Bynes is the perfect example of that. Though she’s been flying somewhat under the radar for a while, the star took to her Twitter over the weekend to share with her followers what can only be a sad news: she’s realized she doesn’t like...

21 June 2010
04:02 GMT

Guys’ Choice Awards 2010: Bullock, Theron and DiCaprio

Before attending the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, Sandra Bullock taped an appearance on another gala: Spike TV’s Guys’ Choice Awards, a ceremony that airs on June 20 and where she received the Troops’ Choice Award for Entertainer of the Year, MTV News says. Other winners included Charlize Theron, Leonardo...

7 June 2010
08:07 GMT

Cate Blanchett Is Gorgeous for W Magazine, June 2010

Cate Blanchett, the British actress often praised for her almost rigid aristocracy on the red carpet and especially for the gracefulness she manages to bring to every character she takes on, is now on the cover and in the pages of the June 2010 issue of W Magazine. The actress is currently starring in “Robin Ho...

18 May 2010
11:01 GMT

Larry Rudolph to Try and Revive Lindsay Lohan’s Dying Career

If one is to lend an ear to gossip and tabloid reports, Lindsay Lohan has seen better days as regards her career. While her estranged father, Michael Lohan, is trying to have her placed under conservatorship on the basis she’s a danger to herself, her career is taking a nosedive, with offers no longer coming in...

12 May 2010
09:44 GMT

Sandra Bullock Says She’s Taking Some Time Off

Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock has recently become a mom, adopting a 3-month boy she named Louis, to remind her of Louis Armstrong. In light of the cheating scandal she got dragged into once Jesse James’ mistresses started selling their story to the media, the divorce and the adoption, Sandra is taking so...

5 May 2010
10:59 GMT


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