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Actor and screenwriter Jason Segel recently signed a book deal with Random House Books for a trilogy series for middle-grade readers. His first book in the planned series will be Nightmares! and will be published in the fall of 2014. The How I Met Your Mother star is set to team up with young adult author Kristen Miller (The Eternal Ones) for this project, which is based around Segel's first screenplay. After writing and starring in The Muppets, this venture into kids' books seems like the right step for Segel. He recently sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss Nightmares! Read More »
James Franco has set out to tackle the film adaptation of William Faulkner's classic dramatic novel As I Lay Dying and today we get to see the first trailer for the movie. Franco has directed short films before but has yet to take on a full-length, let alone one so serious as a classic literary adaptation. The film is directed by Franco who also stars alongside Logan Marshall-Green, Tim Blake Nelson, and Danny McBride. You might recognize McBride from Pineapple Express and other comedies, so it will be very interesting to see how he does in this very, very serious drama. Read More »
In today's New York Times piece entitled "My Medical Choice," Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie revealed that she underwent a double mastectomy surgical procedure this past February in order to reduce the risk of breast cancer. This procedure was completed on April 27. The Girl, Interrupted star explained, "My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman" - and she was not willing to take such a chance. As a result, Jolie has seen an outpouring of support from the Hollywood community including Sheryl Crow, Questlove and Dr. Drew. Read More »
Kendrick Lamar has released a new music video for his latest single off of good kid, m.A.A.d. city, "B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe." The music video takes place at a funeral, with all of the attendees dressed in white. Mike Epps, Schoolboy Q, and Juicy J make cameos throughout the short film, as Kendrick raps his lyrics while in an open field. As usual, the imagery in Lamar's videos definitely standout and "B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe" is no exception. Read More »
Over the weekend, Kendall and Kylie Jenner took part in a meet-and-greet at the Brea Mall's PacSun location in Orange County, California. The sisters are both models and have their names attached to a line of PacSun clothing that they were promoting this weekend. Obviously used to running into celebreties considering their family and social status, Kendall and Kylie were very surprised to see former NBA great Dennis Rodman come up to their autographing table to meet the two. Read More »
Ed Sheeran has been opening up for Taylor Swift's incredibly successful "Red Tour" this year and has known the pop star for about two years now. That said, Sheeran feels that he knows his friend Taylor pretty well and has come to her defense in the matter of her love life. We are all very aware of the "serial dating" rumors surrounding Swift for years now, but Sheeran recently told OK Magazine that they are not true at all! Read More »
Chris Hadfield, who is the commander of the International Space Station, just released the first ever music video recorded in space. Performing his own rendition of David Bowie's classic hit "Space Oddity," Hadfield tours the spacecraft showing incredibly fitting imagery. He is literally "sitting in a tin can far above the world." A social media celebrity of sorts with educational YouTube, Twitter and Facebook posts piling up since March, Commander Hadfield has released his final video. He is set to return to Earth on May 15. Read More »
Known mainly for his Fast & Furious franchise and other action movies, Vin Diesel is apparently a social network savvy actor who recently joked about Facebook owing him money. With the sixth installment of his car racing film franchise coming out soon, Entertainment Weekly interviewed the 45-year-old actor in support of the film. The conversation quickly turned to Diesel's Facebook page somehow becoming the "number one" page on the site and he took some time to explain why. Read More »
NBC officially confirmed that Saturday Night Live head writer and star Seth Meyers will replace Jimmy Fallon as host of Late Night when Fallon takes over The Tonight Show in 2014. Ever since Fallon was announced as Jay Leno's successor earlier this year, rumors about Meyers stepping into the shoes of host for Late Night have been circulating. As current host of SNL's news segment "Weekly Update" and current head writer of the weekly, live sketch comedy show, Meyers seems like a perfect fit for the late night television show. Meyers will be the fourth comedian to host Late Night, joining the likes of David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and Fallon. Read More »
The fourth season of the widely popular show "Arrested Development" is just around the corner. This new comeback season, exclusively on Netflix, will allow fans to dive right back into the wacky lives of the Bluths. 15 new episodes will premiere on May 26 on Netflix and are designed to be viewed in any order. Over the last few weeks, Netflix started promoted the new season with some great new photos, an outtake video featuring some of our favorite characters, and even plans of setting up the infamous "Banana Stand" throughout random cities. This weekend, the official trailer for season four of "Arrested Development" came out, too! Read More »
According to The Mail, the official due date of the future heir to the throne of England is July 13, 2013. In an ironic turn of events, this means that Kate Middleton will be giving birth right in the middle of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Festival Celebration! If in fact the royal baby is born on this date, he or she will share an astrological sign with the late Princess Diana, who was an avid astrology follower. It would appear that the Queen will have a lot to celebrate this July! Read More »
NBC has decided to pull the plug on its musical-drama show Smash after only two seasons. After a promising first season and then a disappointed start to its second, Smash has been put through the NBC wringer in an attempt to finish out season two before a straight cancelation. Smash starred former "American Idol" contestant Katharine McPhee, Andy Mientus, Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston. Read More »
Kristen Wiig returned to Saturday Night Live last night for the first time after leaving the cast last year. This time, the former cast member came on to host along with musical guest Vampire Weekend, and she brought back plenty of her old characters. We got to see "Target Lady," "the Californians," and even a tease of "Gilly!" Wiig also brought friend and former cast member Maya Rudolph for some jokes as well as Jonah Hill. Vampire Weekend performed two new songs off of their album Modern Vampires in the City and Wiig had us all laughing. What did you think? Read More »
