LAW CALLS FOR 'DAY OF PEACE' IN AFGHANISTAN "Actor Jude Law has visited Afghanistan and called on all sides in the war-torn country to observe a day of peace. The Oscar nominee, who is an ambassador for the Peace One Day project, said his visit to Kabul was 'to remind all parties that it is happening'. Law said a pause in hostilities on 21 September would allow food deliveries and vaccinations to take place. Last year the film star visited eastern Afghanistan to appear in a documentary filmed on peace day. … Cold Mountain star Law told reporters in Kabul that it was "the most important film I have been part of."
NICE GUYS "In an act of kindness, actors Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell have donated the money they made for completing Heath Ledger's final film role to the late actor's daughter Matilda … The three actors played versions of Ledger's character, 'Tim,' in the film 'The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.' The stars were reportedly concerned with the fate of Matilda's future because Ledger had not updated his will at the time of his death to include his two-year-old daughter in it. So, they decided the money they made for filming should go to her … "
Now that the sole question driving Hollywood "creativity" is what do the people (and their money) want, and now that the answer to that question is video games, what's your bet on what will be the next video game to hit the big screen?
We say a live-action version of our childhood obsession, The Legend of Zelda, can't be too far off in the distance, because people love both seeing monsters and seeing monsters killed—Orlando Bloom would make a fine Link. And how about giving Mike Tyson's career a boost with Punch-Out: The Movie? Jude Law could be Glass Joe and Zac Efron could be the Little Mac! Somebody get me in contact with Uwe Boll.
A new series of portraits by conceptual photographer Sam Taylor-Wood features some of Hollywood's most sought after leading men – Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Daniel Craig, etc – in tears. According to Taylor-Wood, the idea's pretty simple: "It's about the idea of taking these big, masculine men and showing a different side." Yay, straightforward, unpretentious art.
I'm a crier myself, so I say more power to Taylor-Wood and her subjects. And special kudos to Jude Law, who went above and beyond by not just crying, but doing so in a corner in the fetal position.
Oh! That there is a photograph of Jude Law "snogging" Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod, in Essex Saturday. They've both lost so much hair.
We hope that tattoo is a fake, but if it's not, it's good to see Jude contemplating why the hell he had it done by such a talentless hack.
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DON'T TAKE THE BROWN ACID "Jude Law has been haunted by the ghost of Frank Sinatra in Cuba. The 'Sleuth' star was left 'shocked' after he reportedly saw a vision of the late Rat Pack singer raiding his hotel mini-bar. A source at the hotel said: '…He'd sampled lots of the hotels rum cocktails to celebrate his birthday so he thought it was just a drunken vision. But when we told him of the situation, he came clean about seeing the ghost.'"
Though both IMDB and Wikipedia list his birthday as being December 29, on Saturday, December 8, Jude Law celebrated 35 years on earth in the worst place on earth: Las Vegas. Angelina Jolie's first ex-husband, Jonny Lee Miller, was also there.
We can't imagine either of them have to be at work on the 29th, but whatever: Mazel tov, three weeks early.
Remember when this guy was the "Sexiest Man Alive" and starring in I Heart the Talented Mr Alfie on the Closer Road to Cold Mountain? It appears now that he may have overexerted himself. That, or the media completely overhyped him before brushing him aside when they bored of him. You decide.
After the jump, more from the Sleuth premiere.
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• Wait, wouldn't Tom Ford want from his scent the exact opposite kind of attention? [Jossip]
• "Sober partners"? Didn't those used to be called "nags"? [DListed]
• Haven't seen much from this woman lately, but don't fret, she's still a creepy loser. [HT]
• Santana performs with Nickelback, thereby officially tipping the How He'll Be Remembered Scale to "Shitty." [INO]
• Something is washed-up in the state of Denmark. [ICYDK]
• Jessica Simpson's going to try recording a country album. Or, rather, Jessica Simpson's going to try and woo a fan base she has yet to alienate. [Yeeeah]
• Everyone loves Starbucks, even hyperactive children with stunted growth. [CityRag]
A few weeks ago, Page Six warned sashaying fashionistas everywhere that the tents canopying Bryant Park during New York Fashion Week would play host to fewer fabulous guests this year. While the news certainly came too late for flustered, coked-up event planners to pare champagne orders, it gave us an ample amount of time to fix a cheese plate, pour a glass of red and prepare to ogle the wreckage of the most poorly attended Fashion Week ever. That said, where is everyone?
Last night, everyone was at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London. After the jump, many pictures of them wisely not caring about Fashion Week.
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Jude Law's been arrested for skinning a photographer's knee and scratching his cheek, or, as TMZ puts it, "beating the crap out of [him]." In related news, TMZ is your little brother.
After the jump, the grisly aftermath.
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If you've got the hair, time and inclination for it, rockabilly really is the best aesthetic out there. Not only does the look demand that all your clothes fit well—which is basically the key to wearing anything—it's also so rare to see in fancy places that aren't art galleries that everyone is forced to stare at you and wish they had a better tailor.
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Jude Law is riding the wave of tears spewed forth by Jessica Alba in this month's GQ by saying that he, also, is too good looking to succeed in Hollywood. Said Jude, "I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an actor and not a beauty pageant winner."
Correct, you handsome devil, it must have been your good looks directors sought out when casting you as a voice in Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events or the weaselly, balding, yellow-toothed hitman in Road to Perdition.
Hey, Jude: Shut up.
Every month Details magazine provokes minor firestorms with their "Gay or…" column, which craps out some puns and double entendres that might make you smile twice. It's mildly funny and slightly offensive—of course I know at least three gay men with subscriptions—but mostly it's just inaccurate. The "Gay or Asian" edition, which saw the most uproar, threw me for a loop, as I've met Koreans who pretty much only chain smoke, scratch their ass and play 20 hour poker games—a far cry from the primped model Details discussed.
One time, though, they did "Gay or British." It wasn't accurate (I've had pints with British ogres whose moles are made of heterosexuality) and it wasn't less offensive than those prior to it, but it was the funniest one that they did.
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Well, here's that video footage Page Six reported on last week. Newsflash: Lindsay Lohan does drugs (hard to believe, I know), and some weaselly backstabber in her inner circle obtained the grainy, questionable evidence to prove it; and just 20 days after Lindsay had checked out of rehab.
The source of the video revealed some other striking news:
"When she is on coke, which is most of the time, all the attention has to be on her. I have lost count of the number of times I have watched as she stripped naked in front of everyone. Then she loves to check herself out in the mirror as she parades around with her boobs hanging out."
But Lindsay is not only addicted to booze and drugs, she is also hooked on sex with some of Hollywood's hottest men, says our insider.
"She has told me that she has slept with James Blunt, Jude Law, Calum Best, Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio Del Toro, Jared Leto and James Franco," admitted the friend.
"She loves Brits and has told me she has slept with the singer James Blunt a few times over the past month.
"The last time was on April 15 after another house party. I think they went back to a hotel together afterwards. She is very protective over him and when she heard I had met him she sent me a text saying, ‘Stay away from him Bitch, he is mine.'"
More so than the fact that she does drugs, I find it shocking to discover that Lindsay actually argues over James Blunt.
PS If this news is at all "shocking" to you, you're sadder than and underage starlet blowing huge rails off of toilet seats with "her boobs hanging out."
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Problem drinkers, your time has come! Puking on yourself has finally become cool! Otherwise, why the fuck would anybody be producing clothes that make it look like you've done just that?
Now all we need are pre-pissed pants and frat boys round the world can rejoice in full!
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• Tonya Harding's having drug-induced psychotic episodes. This is why I keep telling people to not go to the Olympics. [ASL]
• Mark really does have an entourage. Hopefully they're cooler than the shlubs on the show. [PopSugar]
• Jude being more of a trooper than I took him for and accepting bald with ease and dignity. [BWE]
• Spike Jonze looks a lot like Owen Wilson. But I think Spike's smarter. [ICYDK]
• Carmen flexing her chops to play a porn star. Tough sell, that one. [HT]
• Plastic surgery's most requested celebrity body parts. I wanna know who does the Nicole Kidman skin transplant. [INO]
• Will Smith gets one of them newfangled Japanese bidets that are actually French and have been around for about 300 years. [DListed]
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