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Kicking Off Upfronts Week!

14 May

Max Greenfield & Hannah Simone from FOX’s “New Girl” joined me for a group picture Sunday night at Lavo!

The very last exciting major celebrity-filled event in New York of Spring is Network Upfronts week. For those of you who don’t know what that is, all of your favorite television networks like CBS, NBC, ABC, & CW come together in New York City to show off all their new endeavors and their most popular casts. Apparently it also has something to do with gaining advertisers, but to me it really just sounds like an excuse to brag a lot for the press. Not that there is anything wrong with that or that I would complain about it considering what a fruitful opportunity it is for my friends and I to meet our favorite TV stars.

“The Client List” star Colin Egglesfield & I last night.

Something else that happens during Upfronts week is that every agency who has ever repped anyone on any TV show ever throws a party to celebrate their clients. This is also an extremely fruitful opportunity for my friends and I which was proven to be true last night at the UTA agency party held at Lavo. When Hannah Simone showed up for the party I was so excited I literally stuttered in her face while asking her for a picture. The worst part is that after she agreed and I turned to hand my camera to a friend so he could take the picture for me, there was Hannah’s fellow “New Girl” star Max Greenfield – I gasped in his face. Like, if I had been any closer to him when I gasped as hard as I gasped I might have swallowed his face. Seriously. Max laughed and I asked him for a picture as well, so when he agreed Hannah offered to jump in for a group picture and, voila!

Edi Gathegi & I outside Lavo. Edi will be on your TV’s come this Fall!

Also in attendance at the UTA party were Colin Egglesfield who I know only from “Something Borrowed” but is now on Lifetime’s “The Client List. Colin was very nice and asked for my name before shaking my hand and introducing himself. I always think it’s really funny when you ask a celebrity for your picture and they introduce themselves to you like you don’t know who they are. Another random sighting was “Twilight” star Edi Gathegi. Apparently Edi has a new show coming to ABC this fall called “Red Van Man” which is exciting news for him!

Naya Rivera from “Glee” was super sweet at the UTA party last night.

Last but certainly not least, Naya Rivera from “Glee” was one of the few to close out the party, and she looked stunning in a purple cocktail mini dress. The first time I ever met Naya Rivera was outside the Beacon Theater at the 2012 FOX Upfronts. It was right after it had been announced that Naya Rivera and Heather Morris would become season regulars on the series, so it was really exciting to meet the both of them then! Naya was super sweet and just as stunning then as she was last night, and I was really happy to see that she hasn’t changed a bit.

Not to brag, but considering Upfronts hadn’t even started yet I think I had a pretty good kick-off last night. I am looking forward to what else the week will bring!

 

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Is Chace Crawford Looking For A Role in “Catching Fire”?

8 May

The rumors, speculation, and suggestions for casting “Catching Fire” have been running rampant on the internet since before the “The Hunger Games” was even in theaters. While I have my own opinions about all of these roles needing to be cast, I have not weighed in on them here on my blog because my friend Brian over at BEST Blog summed it up pretty well back in April.

Last night during some downtime after the Met Gala arrivals I watched a new video interview conducted by Clevver News on YouTube with Chace Crawford and Anna Kendrick for their upcoming romantic comedy “What to Expect When You’re Expecting“. To my surprise the girl interviewing them mentioned to Chace that “a lot of people” were wanting him to be cast as Finnick O’Dair. This was the very first I had heard of Chace Crawford’s name being thrown into the ring along with Armie Hammer, Kellan Lutz, Colton Haynes, and Taylor Kitsch among others and I have to say I instantly disagreed with the idea. Actually, just to clarify, I still think it’s a terrible idea.

Today I saw that Clevver News had uploaded a new video titled “Chace Crawford: Finnick in Hunger Games! – Exclusive” that threw me off because I quickly remembered the original interview where they asked Chace Crawford about the role that was only uploaded maybe twelve hours earlier and it wasn’t really anything that cemented he wanted the role at all. In fact, while he does go on to say that he hopes has a hook up at Lionsgate now thanks to “What to Expect” he really only jokingly pleads for the role at the end. Plus when he is first asked about the role he looks at Anna Kendrick and asks her if she’s read the book to which she says, “I have not,” and then turns back to the interviewer and says, “I don’t know that character.” A few moments later Anna asks him if he’s read the books and though his initial reaction looks like a “no” she tells him to say he’s a huge fan of the books – and he does. You have to admit, Anna Kendrick knows a thing or two about book-to-movie franchises after her scene stealing role as Jessica Stanley in the first four “Twilight” films. Though I am sad to report it seems she has no interest in “The Hunger Games” with having not read the books either even though she was my first choice for Johanna Mason.

Anyway, I wouldn’t hold your breath for a “The Hunger Games” campaign from Chace Crawford though I’m sure the edited version of this interview that Clevver News put up will  help bring it into every interview he does for the next month or so. The full length interview with both Anna and Chace is below. Enjoy!

“The Hunger Games” Rips the Rug Out from Under “Twilight”

1 May

I don’t remember the exact quote, but I remember that one of the first things out of my mouth after finally seeing “The Hunger Games” on the big screen was something along the lines of: “Is ‘The Hunger Games‘ eligible for the MTV Movie Awards this year? Because I think ‘Twilight’s streak has ended.”  Last night MTV confirmed that I’ve never been more right in my life.

MTV released the nominations for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards and while “The Hunger Games” is tied with “Bridesmaids” for a whopping 8 nominations among 8 different categories, “Twilight” has only 2 nominations among 2 different categories. This takes them down from 8 nominations in 6 different categories in 2011, where “Twilight” cast members won 5 out of 6 categories they were nominated for.

Most noticeably absent from the “Twilight” nominations are a Best Female Performance nomination for Kristen Stewart (Jennifer Lawrence got one), and Best Male Performance nominations for both Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner (Josh Hutcherson got one). The two categories “Twilight” actually are nominated for are Movie of the Year and Best Kiss – both of which are up against “The Hunger Games“. Will these 2012 MTV Movie Awards categories be as much of a blood bath as the actual Hunger Games?

Here is the full 2012 MTV Movie Award Nominee list (via MTV):

Movie of the Year
» ”Bridesmaids”
» ”The Hunger Games”
» ”Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2″
» ”The Help”
» ”The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″

Best Male Performance 
» Daniel Radcliffe, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2″
» Ryan Gosling, “Drive”
» Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “50/50″
» Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games”
» Channing Tatum, “The Vow”

Best Female Performance
» Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games”
» Kristin Wiig, “Bridesmaids”
» Emma Stone, “Crazy, Stupid Love”
» Emma Watson, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2″
» Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

Best Comedic Performance
» Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
» Kristen Wiig, “Bridesmaids”
» Zach Galifianakis, “The Hangover Part II”
» Jonah Hill, “21 Jump Street”
» Oliver Cooper, “Project X”

Breakthrough Performance
» Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
» Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
» Liam Hemsworth, “The Hunger Games”
» Elle Fanning, “Super 8″
» Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants”

Best Cast
» ”Bridesmaids”
» ”Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2″
» ”The Hunger Games”
» ”21 Jump Street”
» ”The Help”

Best On-Screen Transformation
» Elizabeth Banks, “The Hunger Games”
» Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
» Johnny Depp, “21 Jump Street”
» Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”
» Colin Farrell, “Horrible Bosses”

Best Fight
» Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2″
» Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig, “The Hunger Games”
» Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill vs. Kid Gang, “21 Jump Street”
» Tom Hardy vs. Joel Edgerton, “Warrior”
» Tom Cruise vs. Michelle Nyqvist, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”

Best Kiss
» Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
» Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2″
» Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games”
» Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, “The Vow”
» Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″

Best Gut-Wrenching Performance
» ”Bridesmaids” (Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McClendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper)
» ”The Help” (Bryce Dallas Howard)
» ”21 Jump Street” (Jonah Hill and Rob Riggle)
» ”Drive” (Ryan Gosling)
» ”Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” (Tom Cruise)

Best On-Screen Dirt Bag
» Bryce Dallas Howard, “The Help”
» Jon Hamm, “Bridesmaids”
» Jennifer Aniston, “Horrible Bosses”
» Colin Farrell, “Horrible Bosses”
» Oliver Cooper, “Project X”

Best Music
» ”Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO (“21 Jump Street”)
» ”A Real Hero,” College with Electric Youth (“Drive”)
» ”The Devil Is in the Details,” Chemical Brothers (“Hanna”)
» ”Impossible,” Figurine (“Like Crazy”)
» ”Pursuit of Happiness,” Kid Cudi (Steve Aoki remix) (“Project X”)

The good news for “Twilight” fans is that “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire“, the highly anticipated second film in the series, will not be released until November 2013 which leaves room for this years “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2” – the final installment in the “Twilight” franchise – to takeover one last time at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards.

The good news for the rest of us is that the 2012 MTV Movie Awards is a glimpse into the “Twilight“-free future that awaits us all.

Voting for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards started today as of 8am. Head to MTV to start voting NOW!

Taylor Lautner Finally Gets A Job!

6 Apr

As an avid Taylor Lautner fan I have spent the past few months on pins and needles awaiting news of what the star had lined up next. Now that he is done with the “Twilight” franchise his schedule is wide open, leaving room for him to finally branch out and set a name for himself apart from sparkly vampires and shirtless wolves.

We haven’t seen much from Taylor aside from a small role in the star-studded romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” and last Fall we got a look at Taylor in a starring action role in “Abduction“. He was set to star in “Stretch Armstrong” and had even dropped out of the starring role in “Max Steel” to take on the Hasbro project, but as of January Taylor Lautner was officially out of “Stretch Armstrong” and it’s still unclear how or why. There are also rumors that Taylor will be starring in a still untitled, still unannounced indie project that Gus van Sant will be directing, but no one knows much about that aside from some internet speculation. Needless to say, no matter how big of a Taylor Lautner fan I may be I knew that 2012 was looking pretty dim for him.

Then on Tuesday there was a light at the end of the tunnel: Taylor Lautner was confirmed for a small role in an upcoming film. This is great news! This is so exciting! I am overwhelmed with joy and pride! Except for one small, minuscule, tiny little problem: the film is “Grown Ups 2“. Seriously.

I guess beggars can’t be choosers, and we all know that Taylor has the ability to be hilarious. We’ve seen him host SNL, we’ve seen his Funny or Die “Field of Dreams” short. THR reports Taylor will star in a “key, fun role” in which he goes toe-to-toe with Adam Sandler. I’m assuming it will be some sort of a cameo, if not Taylor playing a fictional tough, beefy, shirtless (fingers crossed!) athletic guy who kicks Adam’s characters ass at something.

Here is hoping Taylor Lautner shines in his small appearance and will be announcing more projects to cover his currently very bare schedule. As a fan I’ll see anything Taylor decides to work on, so just the idea that he’ll be back up on the big screen in something new soon is exciting enough for me!

“Grown Ups” was actually a pretty cute movie with some good laughs, so hopefully “Grown Ups 2” doesn’t let us down.

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2″ Official Teaser Trailer!

26 Mar

Last week we got the 10 second preview of this teaser, and those of you who saw “The Hunger Games” this weekend got to see the 45 second full length “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2” trailer on the big screen! Now it has officially debuted online for fans to watch over and over and over again to obsess, speculate, water at the mouth, and start pulling their hair out until November.

Okay, maybe that last bit was sort of dramatic… but some TwiHards can be scary like that!

This 45 second teaser trailer is equal parts Kristen Stewart (Bella), Robert Pattinson (Edward), & even Taylor Lautner (Jacob) which is a nice shift from previous installments trailers. It made me wonder what a full length trailer will look like since I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting them to show us so much of vampire Bella in just the teaser.

Also, did you notice Taylor Lautner (Jacob) is wearing the same shirt you see him in at the very end of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1“? It looks like ‘Part 2′ will pick up exactly where it left off – with Kristen Stewart (Bella) waking up a vampire!

What are YOU hoping to see in the full length trailer?

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2″ Teaser Trailer!

20 Mar

NO WORDS. JUST TAYLOR.

(What a TEASE with that tan thought-it-was-shirtless fitted!)

I have to say I am VERY impressed with Lionsgate. Now that they are handling the Twi-franchise they managed to squeeze out an official 10 second teaser without any advanced notice, and without any leaks. Girl, bye Summit!

The FULL LENGTH ”The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2” trailer will premiere before “The Hunger Games” starting at midnight showings Thursday night everywhere. Get there early & be ready to squeal!

Do you think we’ll get a full length shot of Bella Swan (aka Kristen Stewart as a vampire) in the full length trailer?

Taylor Lautner + Peter Facinelli = TayFach?

15 Mar

Today in OMGWTF?! news… Taylor Lautner & Peter Facinelli have hooked up? Wait. What?!

Okay, I’m not one to post gossip… it’s gotta be something really, really good or really, really crazy and in this case I’m not sure which to file it under. Either way my head has exploded over THIS and I don’t know what to think about any of it.

Sadly Peter Facinelli & Jennie Garth, who were married for 11 years and have 3 children together, announced this past weekend that they have decided to separate. Peter attended “The Hunger Games” premiere with their oldest daughter Luca on Monday night with a bare ring finger on his left hand, but Jennie has yet to be spotted out and about. The two released a joint statement dispelling rumors of infidelity that quickly (as per usual with every celeb couple split) arose stating that their were “no third parties involved” in the end of their romance. However, the rumors are still rolling in left and right.

I mean, as hot as the idea of Taylor & Peter getting together is… (BE HONEST. IT’S HOT.) I am going to have to call bullshit on this one. My bullshit comes solely from the idea that Peter Facinelli is a good guy. Not that hooking up with dudes would make him a bad guy, but cheating on his wife and therefore dissembling the family he created with 11 years of his life would be pretty shitty no matter who it was with. So I’m Team PFach is a Good Guy and Team Sometimes Love Just Doesn’t Last with this one.

Oh, and Team Taylor Lautner is Not a Homewrecker. Obviously.

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Target debuts ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 2′ Exclusive Clip In Stores!

11 Feb

So for those of you who, like me, didn’t attend any midnight store openings for the ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 1‘ DVD/Blu-ray release – have no fear! The exclusive ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 1‘ clip that debuted tonight in select Target stores only has already leaked on-line, to no one’s surprise. This video will probably be deleted by the time you wake up and see this, so here’s a run down:

First there is a ‘sneak peak’ at some Behind-The-Scenes footage from shooting ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 2‘. The actual scene shown takes place in the cottage just after Bella discovers the note Alice left her before running away with Jasper.

Not that I was expecting them to show us anything that we were looking forward to, but this clip is pretty uneventful and boring and didn’t really generate any excitement inside of my for ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 2‘. Oh well, I’m sure this is only the beginning and before we know it we’ll be fending off leaked clips and stills left and right on every social network imaginable.

For those of you who don’t feel like making a trek to the store tomorrow for ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 1‘ you can purchase the DVD/Blu-ray on Target.com!

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Happy 20th Birthday Taylor Lautner!

11 Feb

It is official: here on the east coast Taylor Lautner is 20 years old! Not only is he no longer a teenager, but in exactly 364 days he will be able to drink – LEGALLY! Not that I think he is going to go out and get his booze on or anything, but still. MILESTONE! During his 20th year Taylor will premiere the final installment of Twilight (thank GOD) and though he doesn’t have anything officially lined up or confirmed at the moment I am sure he will soon start working on some great projects. And I will be first in line for ALL of them. Literally every single one. Promise.

In honor of Taylor‘s 20th birthday I have compiled a list of things he should do this year. Kind of like goals. Ready?

1.) Finally get on Twitter. (And follow me, of course, since it was my idea and everything.)

2.) Go on a date with me. (Just one. I’ll settle for one!)

3.) Take a nice long tropical vacation somewhere ridiculously private and expensive. (Fiji? St. Lucia? If I pick, can I come with?)

4.) Film something in New York. (This is not a selfish goal on my end. Nope. Not at all.)

5.) Take over his Official Facebook page. (We 14 million fans would love some REAL updates from Taylor. Occasional pictures and video would be ace, too!)

Unfortunately I can’t make it to the west coast for his celebrations, but he knows I am there in spirit. Save me a piece of cake, Taylor!

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2011′s Top Celebrity Encounters: #2 – Taylor Lautner!

30 Dec

To see #5 – #3 (Jake Gyllenhaal, Justin Bieber, & Shia LaBeouf!) – click HERE!

I am sure you are all BAFFLED as to how I could possibly include someone like Taylor Lautner in my Top 5 – and by baffled I mean you are all in shock that he wasn’t #1. I have to tell you, I struggled over this for a while. I mean, you guys know me, you know that Taylor is like my favorite favorite favorite favorite human being on the face of this planet. However when you see #1 tomorrow I think you will understand why.

Since my web-site has started my love affair (see what I did there?) with Taylor has been chronicled pretty efficiently, I think. I shared with you when I first met Taylor, back in 2009, back in September. And, shortly afterward, I shared with you my experience with Taylor while he was promoting Abduction (which three out of four of the pictures you see came from… totally normal). Then I got to share with you my encounter with Taylor – which is probably the greatest thing that has ever happened to me EVER – again in November when he came back to promote Breaking Dawn.

After looking at those three posts, I don’t think I need to really explain why Taylor is on my list.

Dear Taylor: If you ever see this, I’m just saying that… dinner couldn’t hurt. Right? I’ll even pay. When’s the last time a girl took YOU to dinner? Boom.

#1 is tomorrow! I promise to get it up before I go out for an evening of year ending debauchery!

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