Posted on Sun Jul 18th, 2010 12:30pm PDT By
X17 Staff
After the news broke that Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin were engaged, many began to speculate what sort of compensation they got for their cover and exclusive story.
Sources at the NY Post estimate Us Weekly paid $100,000 for the story, but a rep for the mag said in a statement, "We were approached by Bristol and Levi to break the news, and we didn't pay $100,000."
Hmm, what do you think they were paid? Levi wasn't naked so we're sure he didn't demand THAT much money, but it sounds like he did his homework with Bristol, as she did another interview with People right before the the Us Weekly cover came out, and she wouldn't admit whether or not they were back together! So sneaky, these kids...
Posted on Sun Jul 18th, 2010 12:10pm PDT By
X17 Staff
Russell Brand and Luis Guzman were snapped shooting a scene for Arthur on the streets of New York City last night, and we're definitely loving the rubbery suit on Katy Perry's hubby to be!
Posted on Sun Jul 18th, 2010 11:40am PDT By
X17 Staff
Full of cuteness, that is!
Yesterday we snapped Mark Wahlberg's wife Rhea Durham taking their four-year-old son Michael to karate, and we can't get over how adorable he is! Then again, when mom's a model and dad had a bod that could top The Situation back in the day, you know their kids are going to be really ridiculously good looking!
Posted on Sun Jul 18th, 2010 11:15am PDT By
X17 Staff
Over the weekend we snapped Arnold Schwarzenegger shopping in Malibu, and the Governator sported a blue seersucker blazer for the occasion. The 62-year-old actor slash politician is definitely starting to show his age, but at least he's got killer summer style!
Posted on Sun Jul 18th, 2010 10:53am PDT By
X17 Staff
Speaking of movies we want to see, Inception opened this weekend and brought in a whopping $60.4 million, according to studio estimates. This is also the biggest movie opening of Leonardo DiCaprio's career, so congrats to him!
Christopher Nolan's latest masterpiece has been getting great reviews, and Warner domestic distribution President Dan Fellman said the film did extremely well in big coastal cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston. Fellman hopes the movie will continue to rake in money after this weekend, and if estimates are correct, the final domestic gross could be around $200 million. Since the film was made for $160 million, that's great news for its backers, but this isn't even taking the global gross into account, as Inception hasn't yet opened in most European cities.
So far, Inception is the summer's biggest debut for a non-franchise film, and we're hoping it will also get some recognition from the awards shows later this year.
Posted on Sun Jul 18th, 2010 10:35am PDT By
X17 Staff
...and lets not forget about hunks Jeremy Renner and John Hamm!
The high paced action thriller hit theaters this September, and after watching the trailer, this is yet another flick we've added to our must see list!
Posted on Sun Jul 18th, 2010 10:05am PDT By
X17 Staff
Ke$ha hit the Moorea Beach Club at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas over the weekend, and the starlet was treated like a queen at the Grey Goose sponsored party helping her kick off her tour with Rihanna.
As soon as she arrived at the Vegas hot spot, Ke$ha took a break from the sun and relaxed in her own private 250 square-foot cabana, and a little bit later Ke$ha surprised the crowd with an impromptu performance of her hit singles, “Tik Tok†and “Blah Blah Blah.†Lookin' good, K Money!
Posted on Sun Jul 18th, 2010 9:30am PDT By
X17 Staff
Roman Polanski, wife Emmanuelle Seigner and their two children attended the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland yesterday; this marks the director's first public appearance since being freed earlier this week after Switzerland refused a US extradition request.
Polanski came to watch Emmanuelle perform at the music festival, and though he's free to roam around Switzerland, he still faces an Interpol arrest warrant effective in 188 countries for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977.