- Lindsay Lohan is reportedly in talks to play the title role in a modern day adaptation of “Snow White” called The Stepsister Scheme. Megan Fox and Miley Cyrus are also allegedly up for roles. [ShowbizSpy]
- James Franco is a bit tired of answering questions about his on-screen kiss with Milk co-star, Sean Penn. “It’s like you can never answer in the right way. If I’m too casual it looks as though I’m making fun of the film. If I don’t answer, it looks as though I’m uncomfortable. I can’t win,” Franco said, before adding, with a smile, “God, I’m being way too serious! OK. You want the simple answer? I had no problem with kissing Sean Penn.” [Guardian]
- George Clooney has returned to the set of E.R., and Extra has the photographic proof, showing Clooney in his ol’ Dr. Ross scrubs.[Extra]
- 80’s teen queen Molly Ringwald is pregnant with twins. In 16 years, she will totally forget their birthdays, setting off a wacky chain of events that culminates with one of her kids being swept away by Jake Ryan outside a church somewhere. [People]
- Is John Cleese‘s 27-year-old girlfriend really45? [DailyMail]
- Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford has been awarded custody of her 2-year-old son, Hermes, and will be allowed to bring him to NY while she films the series. [Chicago Tribune]
- Drew Barrymore is reportedly gearing up for Charlie’s Angels 3: “”It’s percolating up,” says Drew’s producing partner, Nancy Juvonen, “It’s rising to the surface.”[E!]
- Lily Allen doesn’t need an alter-ego to perform: “”I am … Sasha Fierce,” Lily said, after hearing abouy Beyonce’s album title, “Good for her. I wake up, check my BlackBerry, have a cup of tea and a fag, and then I am … Lily Allen. I’m not knocking anyone, but I am not performing.” [NYPost]
- In Jennifer Aniston‘s “uncool” comment to blame for the lack of Academy Award nominations for The Changeling (NO) A “source” says Angelina “feels that Jen’s interview had a part to play in her losing out. Critics lauded Angelina’s performance in Changeling as phenomenal and there’s been lots of Oscar buzz, but now she doesn’t think she stands a chance. The judges are notoriously moralistic and they’ll think nothing of ensuring that a worthy candidate misses out if they’ve been embroiled in any scandal.” Which makes NO sense, people, because both Brad and Angelina were nominated. [ShowbizSpy]
- In bad idea news: Fox has given the green light to an Americanized version of Absolutely Fabulous, while ABC has ordered a pilot based on The Witches of Eastwick.[EW]
- Robert Pattinson, sparkly vampire extraordinaire, says he likes talented girls. “”If she’s really talented, I don’t really care about the other things,” Pattinson says.[ShowbizSpy]
- However! He also believes in love at first sight: “It’s absolutely possible that you can meet someone on the street and suddenly fall in love with that person.” [ShowbizSpy]
- Will Biggie’s murder ever be solved? His mother, Voletta Wallace, still hopes so: “”I am still waiting for that day to come,” she says, “But I’m confident, based on evidence that has been brought forth, that in my life time I will see justice done in this case, and that’s all I have to say.”[People]
- In news that I should have typed in 1998: former LFO singer Rich Cronin says he was stunned when Jennifer Love Hewitt broke up with him. “She has a big heart, but she is more than I can handle,” Cronin says, “She would say, ‘I love you so much we are never going to break up.’ When she dumped me, I was like, ‘What?'” He then added: “New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits, Chinese food makes me sick. But I think it’s fly when girls stop by for the summer, for the summer.”[USMagazine]
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