• Say hello to the cutest kitten of the week: RotoKitty. [CNN]
• Tom Cruise built a special room in his new house so he could "fence" with David Beckham and Will Smith. Mm hmm. [ICYDK]
• Nobody cares about Jamie Lynn's new baby. [DListed]
• Uncle Jesse will finally get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Also on the list: Cameron Diaz and Tinkerbell. It was a slow year. [INO]
• Poor Tony Parker. [PS]
If there's one celebrity who needs to cross over into the music business, it's Jason Bateman. The man whom we will always refer to as Michael Bluth visited David Letterman last night and sang what will surely be one of the summer's hottest tunes. We won't give much away, but it's about poopy diapers and it's sung to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." The man truly is a genius. CONTINUED »
Jay-Z might make more money than his new wife, but, according to Forbes, Beyonce is far more powerful a celebrity. Sorry, Jay. Angelina Jolie also bested her significant other in the magazine’s new 100 most powerful celebrities list. Click through to see who made it to the top 10. A million imaginary dollars to the person who can guess No. 1 and No. 2.
At No. 11, Will Smith might not have made the top group, but we still love him.
The MTV Movie Awards were held last night, and I admittedly couldn't bring myself to sit through the hours-long crapfest. Just by looking at the pictures (after the jump), it's obvious I didn't miss much.
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Noted Hollywood star and heterosexual Will Smith appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ television show on Monday to discuss – as Ellen is wont to do following some little California court ruling – marriage. Ellen, as you might have heard, plans to marry girlfriend Portia de Rossi, and so that is all she can think about, even if her writers might have put other talking points on her cue cards. So how has Smith, who is married to heavy metal singer Jada Pinkett, kept his marriage going strong for 10 years?
A new breed of bottom feeder is roaming the boardrooms of Hollywood studios and attempting to score a quick buck: the title consultant. This is the guy attempting to convince producers that the reason The Shawshank Redemption failed at the box office is because its name was off-putting, not because many moviegoers prefer explosions to brutal scenes of abject hopelessness and gay gang-rape.
Seth Lockhart, one half of the marketing company TitleDoctors, describes the motivation behind his life's pursuit as such: "When movie titles don't work, studios are leaving potential earnings on the table." Lockhart swears his job is necessary, despite the fact that there's tons of evidence to the contrary:
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In Touch picked up on sister mag Life & Style's Suri Cruise obsession this week with stalker photos and insider details surrounding the tot's birthday party.
Tom Cruise reportedly spent $100,000 on the extravaganza, which is so ridiculous we don't even need to say anything about it. The cost included $17,000 for fresh flowers, $45,000 on catering and $5,000 for cakes. But these weren't just any pastries: Each guest received a personalized cake and Suri was treated to a four-tier cake covered in buttercream frosting, bumblebees and butterflies. Oh, and Katie received $230 worth of Sprinkles cupcakes. Who knew she ate?
The celebration continued into the evening when Tom and Katie invited their own friends — including Eva Longoria Parker, David and Victoria Beckham, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, and Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy — to a private bash. Because we're sure that was on Suri's wishlist.
It's a good thing they pulled out all the stops for this milestone birthday, seeing as how Suri likely had already forgotten about it by breakfast.
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Despite Radar magazine's claims that Tom Cruise converted Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to Scientology, the Fresh Prince insists he is staying a Christian.
You don't have to be Jewish to be a friend of Steven Spielberg. You don't have to be a Muslim to be a friend of Muhammad Ali. And you don't have to be a Scientologist to be a friend of Tom Cruise. I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions. And I respect all people and all paths.
Kimora Lee Simmons is also denying Radar's claims she has converted, despite reports that she handed out Scientology books to New York students. Seems the church is too sketchy even for Miss Fabulosity.
But while celebs are distancing themselves from the cultlike religion, Radar's blistering six-page expose of the church says leaders are more concerned by the dissension of its former members, namely the shadowy network of ex-Scientologists known as "Anonymous." The group is credited with leaking the now-infamous recruiting tape of Cruise laughing maniacally. The pranksters/hackers also managed to crash the church's Web site for three days and post confidential Scientololgy documents and lectures on YouTube.
Expect the Anonymous members to mysteriously disappear or commit suicide in the coming months.
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ABOMINATIONS "Will Smith says nothing is set in stone yet, but he has been contacted by director Steven Spielberg to star [as Black Panther Bobby Seale] in his upcoming film 'Chicago 7'…" Mind: blown.
Big stars traditionally distribute "wrap presents" to crew members after completing a film. His recent gift after wrapping next summer's comedy "Hancock" was a card good for a personality test at your local Scientology center.
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Smith…has never confirmed that he joined the church. But he told "Access Hollywood" last month: "I was introduced to it by Tom, and I'm a student of world religion. I was raised in a Baptist household. I went to a Catholic school, but the ideas of the Bible are 98% the same ideas of Scientology, 98% the same ideas of Hinduism and Buddhism."
A "student of world religion," perhaps, but not, apparently, a student of math.
• What gives with the humping inanimate objects? Is that sexy? [SH]
• "Nice Day For A Meth Face Wedding" [DListed]
• Who's your favorite female celebrity? Related: Why do you have a favorite female celebrity? [PS]
• The first good choice this woman has ever made. [HT]
• For the benefit of those who are reactionary to the point of stupidity, today Will Smith explained that he doesn't like Hitler. [EBG]
• Michael Jackson's son beat his delicate face in! [INO]
• Paris Hilton's grandfather is a mensch. What happened to her? [ICYDK]
• Ha! [CityRag]
Will Smith, Hollywood's most innocuous black male, has effectively destroyed all presumptions about his boring nature with some new comments regarding Adolf Hitler.
Smith told a Scottish paper that Hitler "didn't wake up going, 'Let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' … I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"
Jiggy!
We don't think Smith is necessarily wrong, but some people find Hitler, say, controversial (and by "some people," we mean many, many people, especially Jewish leaders).
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• Snoop Dogg is shaming the instructors from his etiquette school. [Stereohyped]
• I Am Scientologist. [Yeeeah]
• In Touch hired a private investigator to look into Tom Cruise's sexuality! This is not a joke! The world has gotten that bad. [DListed]
• The strike drags on like an episode of Two and a Half Men. [PS]
• Vanessa Minnillo in the Virgin Islands. I'll leave it to you to make some variation of the "but she's certainly not a virgin" joke. [HT]
• Another tool to scare children into believing they're constantly being watched. Cute! [INO]
• "Common likes himself some Serena." (Of course, improper English for stories on black celebs.) [ICYDK]
• Who can say "gay"? [Queerty]
• The Pope taking on the form of fire and waving hello from beyond the grave? Why not! [DListed]
• This look is called the "Canadian Tuxedo." [PS]
• Britney Spears is casting terrible backup dancers to take the focus off of herself. [ICYDK]
• Nice compliment, Underminer. [INO]
• Ivanka Trump's plastic surgeon must be as wealthy as her. [HT]
• Lindsay Lohan is moving to Utah, where the bitching of the polygamists is guaranteed to nag you off your buzz. [Yeeeah]
Do you think black people are different than white people? If so, great news: Will Smith is adapting Hitch for television. Finally, an entire show devoted to a hip, sexually enlightened black man teaching white pushovers how to score chicks. No more trying to decipher rap videos, nerds.
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After the jump, more from the set of Hancock.
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