Considering the unpredictability of Hollywood release schedules, it was presumptuous of us to assume, based on one week of data, that the film industry was in recession. But now it's been three weeks, and movie executives are becoming less and less arrogant with every failure.
Last week’s holdover, “21” trumped George Clooney’s “Leatherheads” at the box office this weekend with an estimated $15.1 million in ticket sales. “Leatherheads” opened to a soft $13.5 million, just edging out Jodie Foster-starrer "Nim's Island" for No. 2.
Nikki Rocco, Universal's president of domestic distribution, said she was "disappointed with the result" for "Leatherheads," a $58-million production … "What really upsets me is the level of overall business."
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… overall business was down from the same period in 2007 for the third straight weekend.
Jodie Foster, on her cleaning habits:
I squeegee out my shower every single time I take it. And I’m just a dictator about my cappuccino maker nobody else is allowed to touch it because they don’t clean it up properly. I also like my towels folded in thirds and when the kids don’t [do that], I’m like, "Well, use your own towels. Don’t use my towels!"
Vanity Fair is this month running yet another celebrity photo shoot and, guess what? For once, it's cool!
The concept was to recreate famous scenes from Alfred Hitchcock films and some of the resultant shots are beautiful. Finally, an idea good enough that it makes Annie Leibovitz and her dozen assistants seem interesting.
• How we miss Dave Chapelle. [CityRag]
• Jodie Foster comes out (although not really). [IS]
• Something tells us this is LAX. [DListed]
• FutureSex/LoveShow is now over. NotReally/TooBummed. [PS]
• Keira Knightley goes topless. Presumably because she was asked to take of her shirt. Acting! [HT]
• Blah blah blah blah blah child abuse. [ICYDK]
• Can we please trade Ed Hardy for Hypercolor and make "fashion" good again? [INO]
• Lindsay Lohan's dating some Greek. We recommend the spanakopita. [Yeeeah]
• This is how our elected officials speak on national television. Fuck. It's like a Mad TV sketch. [BWE]
• Out of left (and possibly gay) field comes Jodie Foster (WTF?) to weigh in on Lindsay Lohan. [DListed]
• Bridget Moynahan's out with her new baby. 10 to one he's not wearing a "Supermodel" onesie. [ICYDK]
• Nowadays this is what passes for a country singer. Whatever happened to drinking and hurtin' and tusslin'? Fashion Weak strikes again.[INO]
• It would seem as if Jessica Simpson has forgotten that she's a talentless hack hanging on by a thread. [Yeeeah]
• "Hilarious Dog Videos!" What more do you need? [CityRag]
• Dueling widows (cue the banjos). Howard wins for black on black on black. [People]
• Not kosher, Anna Nicole. [TMZ]
• Sexy Avril Lavigne is like carefree Osama. [Egotastic]
• Jodie Foster's whale tail. You read that right. I thought she was better than this. [ICYDK]
• Philip Bloch proving stylists don't know shit. [Jossip]
• The Olsens have designed a $175 shirt for Barney's. Sources tell MollyGood that this a secret government Stupid Test and that if you buy it they sterilize you. [Us]
• John Galliano has bottled the true essence of his pirate mustache. [ASL]
• Beyonce makes it to London. The terrorists have not won. [I'm Not Obsessed]
• Spears buys more child safety gear than she needs. As I always say, 'Better safe than Britney.' [A Socialite's Life]
• Richard Gere can always get a gig as a mall Santa. [DListed]
• Wouldn't have pegged Jodie Foster as our next Mel Gibson supporter. [CityRag]
• Lindsay Lohan is adamant about her boob job, but she's certainly not afraid to call out Ashlee's nose. [Celebrity Nation]
• Sure, Katie Holmes can leave the house, ya know, if she's got someone to make sure she doesn't escape. [Celebitchy]
• Marcia Cross wants to have it out with Barbara Walters, but apparently not in the sexy way. [US Weekly]
• Hilary Duff and Non-Hilary Duff hit up the premiere of the movie. It's so nice of Hil to give her sister work. [Hollywood Tuna]
• Added to the list of starlets paid to do nothing: Mischa Barton. [Egotastic]
• It may take you a moment to actually discern how Tara Reid's nipple is showing in this picture (click on the one above), but I assure you it's there. [Egotastic]
• The Beckhams are going to keep having kids until they get a girl, or Victoria breaks in half, whichever comes first. [PopSugar]
• George Michaels knows not everybody's got a body like his pot-bellied park stranger, guessed it would be nice to touch it. [A Socialite's Life]
• Lesser known fact about Keira Knightly: her legs are 5 ft of her 5'8" body. [ICYDK]
• Seeing as he is the dirtiest thing to enter the country in years, Kid Rock was arrested immediately upon entering Switzerland. [Celebitchy]
• Matthew McConaughey acted decidedly un-zen by hitting a paparazzi on the beach. Looks like someone's a little testy after being left behind by Lance and Jake. [X17]
• You may have missed the eBay Auction, but here's a scan of the fax claiming Jodie Foster and Kim Basinger went out on a date. [CityRag]
• Tiny Fey and Rachel Dratch are both leaving SNL, putting the number of cast members whose names I know below three. [Faded Youth]
• Mariah Carey demonstrates that not every celebrity can pull off daisy dukes. [Hollywood Tuna]
I know that Britney Spears has been looking rough for the past year and a half or so, but saying that she's going to look like Anna Nicole Smith in 20 years? That's a bit rough, US Weekly. Trimspa execs are probably looking at this and licking their lips with anticipation.
US made some other celebrity fast forward predictions, ranging from the obvious (Benjamin McKenzie into Russell Crowe, Dakota Fanning into Jodie Foster) to the incredibly insulting for one party (see above and to the side). Come to think of it Paris Hilton into Donatella Versace is mutually insulting.
I mean, Paris hasn’t yet opened that scalpel can of surgery worms. And Donatella didn’t spend all that time and money creating her masterpiece of Botox, plastic, and characteristics that give all children nightmares just to have some two-bit socialite jack her steez in a few years time.
Hey, good news for Sophia Loren, at this rate Nicole Ritchie's not going to be around 20 more years to see if this depressing prophecy comes true.
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The ungrateful little bastards (I kid, I kid) at the University of Pennsylvania were less than thrilled when they heard that their 2006 commencement speaker would be Jodie Foster. Their complaints were along the lines of as one of the "top five" universities in the country (which is a dubious stat, at best), they should have been pulling bigger names. Maybe they were just mad that their final college moments would be dictated by a graduate of a school they couldn't get into. Zing!
Thankfully, AP reports that the event went off better than expected.
PHILADELPHIA - You can add rapping to the list of
Jodie Foster's talents. The Oscar-winning actress spoke Monday at the University of Pennsylvania's commencement ceremonies, ending her address with the chorus of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" from "8 Mile," the semi-autobiographical 2002 film in which he starred.
ADVERTISEMENTFoster, who graduated from Ivy League rival Yale University in 1985, received an honorary doctor of arts degree.
She earned laughs from the graduates by taking pictures of them from the podium and then by recalling her own years at Yale. But she struck a serious note later, saying the country and world are worse off than they were four years ago, and challenging graduates to change that.
At least Jodie Foster knows how to connect with the youth of America–by quoting a rap song from four years ago.
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