Robert Pattinson Spills Twilight Sequel Secrets

  • Twihards! Sparkle vamp Robert Pattinson says there will be a fourth Twilight movie; the plot of the book Breaking Dawn will come to the big screen. What does this mean?

To the uninitiated, (SPOILER) this creepy story involves young Bella being pregnant with a vampire baby that eats its way out of her uterus… Fun times! Vampires are dead, right? So how can they be born? Or have sperm to impregnate? Oh, that’s right: SPARKLES. [The Hollywood Reporter]

  • One of Robert Pattinson‘s bodyguards pushed a paparazzo into a trash can at Cannes. [Gatecrasher]
  • Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez had dinner and drinks in Manhattan Friday night. It’s so on. [People]
  • Rihanna and rapper Drake: Really, really on. [Page Six]
  • Sarah Jessica Parker is concerned for the safety and well-being of the surrogate carrying her twins: “She’s had friends threatened and family threatened and she’s had family of friends threatened,” SJP says. Plus, the woman’s phone and computer have been tapped/hacked. [USA Today]
  • Gay bashing alert: A young woman was attacked at a party where Samantha Ronson DJ’d, and Sam says it was “simply for being gay.” She writes: “NO ONE should have to suffer any sort of attack, verbal or physical, for any reason.” Warning: She links to a picture of the victim’s face, and the damage is terrible. [MySpace, Twitpic]
  • The documentary about Amy WinehouseSaving Amy — may reveal that the singer is struggling with anorexia, alcohol, and her parents. [Daily Mail]
  • If you want to see what Michael Jackson looks like these days — without a face mask — go ahead and click. [Daily Mail]
  • Property improvements! Brad Pitt is building a new pool cabana and deck on his Malibu estate, which is up for sale. If you have $18 million, you can get a lovely home, pool, tennis courts, and neighbors like Cindy Crawford and Leo DiCaprio. Any takers? [LA Times]
  • Here’s a first review of Brad Pitt’s latest, Inglorious Basterds. Derek Malcolm calls it “absurd, overlong and mostly cardboard version of World War II.” The script “places its actors in the unenviable position of appearing either melodramatic, farcical or just plain dull.” And “there are some decent moments but they are few and far between.” [This Is London]
  • Ellen had No Doubt come to her show and overbooked the studio by 500 people — leaving hundreds in the heat and sun for hours, even though they had tickets. Feeling hella bad. [Perez]
  • Shawn Johnson says Dancing With The Stars changed her life, and that her dancing partner brought out her personality. “And I’ve loved every second of it.” [E!]
  • A neighbor says Jon and Kate of Plus 8 fame are only together for the TLC paychecks. “A lot of people around town say that’s what their relationship has been about for a while.” [MSNBC Scoop]
  • Paula Abdul was asked if all four judges would be returning to American Idol next season, and replied, “Tune in!” [LA Times]
  • A reporter to Hugh Hefner: “Would you let Lindsay Lohan play for Playboy?” Hef: “Who?” Reporter: “Lindsay Lohan.” Hef cluelessly looks to his young girlfriend, who says, “Lindsay Lohan?” Hef, still looking confused, says, “Sure.” Its on video. [Radar Online]
  • In this video, Katy Perry talks about her religious parents: “They’re very much cool.” And: “My mom’s isn’t the rock-n-roller pot-smoking debutant that she was, and my dad’s not the acid dealer with long hair anymore.” Plus, she says doing a second record will be good, because “It’ll show that either I got lucky or that I was meant to do this.” [Rolling Stone]
  • Years before Jay Leno nabbed a primetime spot, NBC was asking Oprah and Letterman to try it. [Variety]
  • George Clooney will star in a flick called A Very Private Gentleman, playing an assassin who who protects his cover by hiding out in an Italian town. Is it even fiction? Can’t you picture Cloons having a secret identity? [Yahoo News via E!]
  • Looks like Chace Crawford from Gossip Girl will definitely be in Footloose; and now he may be joined by Miley Cyrus. The world is a strange and mysterious place. [E!, The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Paris Hilton has been trying to get paid to appear at nightclubs in Cannes; a source says: “They aren’t about to pay her. It’s not 2002.” [Page Six]
  • Seven words you didn’t want to hear this morning: “Jennifer Love Hewitt to relaunch singing career.” [NME]
  • Jesus, there is still major drama going on in Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford‘s divorce and custody battle. Rutherford has filed legal papers asking the judge to bar her ex from taking their 2-year-old son Hermes home — until the dad kid-proofs the pool and play areas. [TMZ]
  • In this video, Charlotte Gainsbourg, who stars in Lars von Trier’s Antichrist — the one with the genital mutilation — defends the film and Von Trier against the charge that he hates and exploits women. [Guardian]
  • Another day, another Slumdog Millionaire child star’s home destroyed. This time it was the living quarters of little Rubina Ali. [Yahoo News via AP]
  • Sienna Miller wants a rose named after her, so somebody had better get on that. [Daily Express]
  • Do you care if Vanessa Minnillo is still with Nick Lachey or not? This report says she was seen “acting single.” Because she was drinking and dancing in a club. [Page Six]
  • Colin Firth says he was well-versed in Noel Coward’s work long before he signed on to star in Easy Virtue, a film based on a Coward play. [UPI]
  • Does Ryan Phillippe have a wandering eye? [Page Six]
  • File under: Moms re-entering the workplace. Liz Hurley has been away from movies for five years — due to the birth of her son — but would like to come back: “I decided I couldn’t do movies for a while, which was a huge decision for me because I actually love making movies more than anything,” she says. If she could do a film that could work around her son’s school holidays, she would “take it like a shot.” [Telegraph]
  • T-Mobile is bringing Catherine Zeta-Jones back to its ads. [Business Insider via WSJ]
  • Interesting: Chris Pontius of Jackass fame will appear in the new Sofia Coppola film, Somewhere. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • It’s hard to read this story about actor Rip Torn‘s probation for DUI, because his 2006 mug shot is so LOL. [Yahoo News via AP]
  • Blind item! “Which wanna-be rocker had to take a trip to the emergency room because he went to sleep with his contacts in?” [Gatecrasher]
  • “It is all going well and I know I am very happy right now. I want the happy ever after ending. I’ve definitely changed. I’m just letting things happen and seeing what does. In so many ways I am behind the mark for my age. I’m not married and I don’t have children but my attitude now is that things may happen or they may not but just be happy.” — Kylie Minogue, who has been dating this sweet piece of man candy for seven months. [Daily Mail]
  • “I’m doing a speech about the situation with AIDS in America basically, and how we need to address what’s going on. We seem to be falling a little behind in America. I find this disease very cyclical. Every 10 years or so, after we spend a lot of money trying to educate people — a new generation of people — and we tell them to have safe sex and to abstain sometimes but have safe sex, wear condoms, we find that after 10 years another whole group of people come along. And we have to start all over again, which is really, really frustrating because it takes money for education. And we find that if we could get into the schools at a grass-roots levels, which we do in places like Africa where we get to kids at a young age and we tell them about preventive measures for not getting HIV, we find the success rate is tremendous.” — Elton John. [CNN]
  • “I just hope it will go away, after a little bit of time. I hope I’m not naïve in thinking that’s possible. I don’t want to be a part of it. I can’t seem to navigate a way of doing that, of actually telling the truth of events that happened without feeling I’m encouraging the whole gossip notion.” — Christian Bale on his rant. [USA Today]
  • “I don’t want us to split up. I love my husband, but I can’t sit around crying. This is a new story and a new chapter in my life. Pete is the love of my life and I am so sad and upset by his decision to separate and divorce me as I married him for life. This is not what I want, but the decision was taken out of my hands.” — Katie “Jordan” Price. [Telegraph]
  • “‘Hot’ has become a euphemism for all things positive, making it generally acceptable to use to describe everything from a jalapeño to a drum solo. It’s sort of a useful word. We don’t have to think of appropriate adjectives for people, places, performances, tacos, or objects anymore as they all fit snugly under the glorious umbrella of ‘hotness.’ So I don’t know how hot I am but I’m honored to be considered as warmer than the average taco.” — Olivia Wilde, who is number one on Maxim‘s Hot List. She also says, “Michelle [Obama] will always be No. 1 on MY list.” [The Daily Beast]
 
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