Joaquin Phoenix Is Back To "Normal"

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 1:50pm PDT       By X17 Staff





The hair is cut, the beard is shaved and he's no longer trying to pursue a "rap career," so does that mean Joaquin Phoenix is, er, all better now?

Check out the quasi-actor leaving the post-Grammy party at Voyeur last night. I miss the old Joaquin!

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Sundance Attracts Renewed Interest From Buyers

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 1:31pm PDT       By X17 Staff

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This is definitely a trend we're hoping to see more of! Despite the decline in indie film distribution over the past few years, the Sundance Film Festival has heated things up once again, attracting buyers ranging from The Oprah Winfrey Network to major distributors such as Lionsgate and Focus Features.

Variety reports that domestic distribution deals were closed on eight features, which mark the "speediest level of theatrical sales at a fest in the last couple of years."

After a bidding war, Roadside Attractions picked up North American distribution rights to Grand Jury prize winner Winter's Bone, and two other notable sales included Buried (starring Ryan Reynolds) and The Kids Are All Right (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore), which snagged $3.2 and $4.8 million from Lionsgate and Focus Features, respectively.

Derek Cianfrance's relationship drama Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams was picked up by the Weinstein Company on Friday for $1 million, and Newmarket Films paid $1 million for the rights to Hesher, starring Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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Kourtney Kardashian Blogs About Mason's First Radio Interview

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 1:30pm PDT       By X17 Staff



Proud new mom Kourtney Kardashian posted video of baby Mason's first radio interview Friday with uncle Ryan Seacrest.

"My mom, Kim and I had a meeting at the E! building on Friday which is also where Ryan Seacrest does his radio show," Kourtney blogged. I take Mason everywhere with me, and we had to stop in and surprise Ryan! Hence Mason’s first radio interview!"

"Is baby ready to feed?" Ryan, who volunteered to babysit asked. "He's looking for your breast."

Leave it to Seacrest to find the least sexual way ever to talk about a woman's boobs!

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Charlize Takes Off Stuart's Commitment Ring!

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 1:05pm PDT       By X17 Staff

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And X17online has the pix to prove it!

There have been various online reports that Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend have broken up - why? Because she wasn't wearing the commitment ring that Stuart gave her at the Hope for Haiti telethon on January 22nd.

Later, we spotted her leaving the Radiohead concert on Sunday, January 24th and she still wasn't wearing it!

Does this mean the couple is definitely dunzo? Hopefully not! They've been together nine years.

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X17 XCLUSIVE - Preps Underway For New We Are The World Recording

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 12:38pm PDT       By X17 Staff





As celebrities get set to lend their voices to the new version of We Are The World, the Hollywood studio is being prepped for the arrival of the star-studded group that is said to include last night's biggest Grammy winners, Beyonce and Taylor Swift.

Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie (who wrote the original with Michael Jackson) plan to donate the proceeds of the new version to the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Expected to participate in the redux along with Swift and Beyonce are Bono, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Barbra Streisand, Usher, Natalie Cole, John Legend, Fergie, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Sting, Wyclef Jean, Celine Dion, Jason Mraz and Akon among others.

Nicole Richie tweeted this morning, "I was 4 years old in a studio watching my dad record We Are The World, & today I get to do it again. Excited to help make a change."

The original, recorded with Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, George Michael, Cyndi Lauper, Stevie Wonder and others, was a huge commercial success nearly 25 years ago and raised millions in charity for Africa.

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Katy And Russell Drop TMI About Their Wedding Plans

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 12:20pm PDT       By X17 Staff

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Katy Perry and Russell Brand cannot stop talking about their recent engagement and pending nuptials!

The newly betrothed couple, who got engaged on New Year's eve, blabbed to the Grammy weekend press about everything from eloping to having a naked wedding!

When asked about what they had in store for the big day, Katy told Us, "We just want it to mean something. It doesn't matter if it's just me and him or if it's a big, fat ordeal."

Meanwhile, fiance Russell Brand told People, "We are going to do the wedding naked! All the families will be naked!"

I guess it's fitting that they'd be oversharing with us on the subject since Katy did tell Ryan Seacrest that the way she found out Russell would be proposing to her was through Google.

I wouldn't be too surprised if they videoblog about their registry, ask fans to vote in an online poll for Katy's wedding dress or Twitter about their wedding night sex.

(Check out Katy and Russell at the Grammy after-party at the W hotel last night in the vid below.)



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Matching Plaid Is Bad

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 11:59am PDT       By X17 Staff

Eva Mendes Ghostrider We Own The Night Hugo's Michael Concepcion BoyfriendEva Mendes and her boyfriend of eight (8!) years, Michael Concepcion, donned matching plaid shirts for brunch at Hugo's over the weekend.

Eight years together is quite awhile in Hollywood years. But have they gotten so comfortable with each other that they're wearing the same clothes (it even looks like Eva's wearing one of his shirts)? Is this the death of their romance?!?

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Aaron Carter's Got A Crush On Lady GaGa!

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 11:38am PDT       By X17 Staff

cartergagalove.jpgEveryone's dream guy, Aaron Carter, dashed the hopes of millions of girls when he professed that he was in love... with Lady GaGa!

"I love you baby," he said to GaGa (via X17's cameras). "I'm a single guy and I heard you're single." Sounds like a match made in heaven!

But GaGa isn't the only celebrity Carter's got his eye on. When asked about Paula Abdul appearing on Dancing With the Stars, Carter replied, "I think that Paula Abdul is very hot, so I think I'll watch it... I'm into the cougars."



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