Not even the departure of Zac Efron could kill the Footloose remake — unfortunately.  I am quite pleased with the replacement that Paramount studios is officially announcing to the trades tomorrow.

Usmagazine.com confirms that Gossip Girl’s Chase Crawford is the new Ren.  Suddenly, this movie seems like it might be worth drooling over watching.  I love dancing boys.

The female lead hasn’t been determined yet but Hayden Panettiere, Amanda Bynes and Miley Cyrus are vying for the spot.  In other words, I’ll just have to head to the concession stand whenever Ariel is on the screen.

I know Christian Bale said he took full responsibility for his recorded rant that exploded on The Terminator set, but now that he’s on the cover of GQ, it sounds like ‘s taking about fifty percent of the blame.  The other half falls to his character, John Connor, who was obviously at fault since almost all the screaming was in an American accent.

Would you have unleashed the Rant as intensely, if at all, had you been playing someone other than John Connor?
Of course not. And it wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t been playing that scene, for Christ’s sake, between John Connor and his wife, which is probably the most intense one in the movie.

I’ve been wondering if you’re so Methody that when you kept yelling, What don’t you fucking understand? the question between the lines wasDon’t you fucking understand that by walking in front of the lights, you’re putting the survival of the human race at stake?
[an irritated sigh] I’d definitely say that that guy who was yelling was at least half John Connor, and the rest was Christian Bale.

Save for a few British inflections in those four minutes of sustained screaming, the Rant occurred in your Americanized John Connor accent. Did you use that voice off-camera throughout filming?
I do that because I’m just not very good at switching between two voices. If I had the talent to turn it on and off on cue, I would. But I don’t, so I have to maintain. Otherwise I’m aware that I’m “doing an accent” whenever I’m filming, instead of just speaking. Hey, listen, I don’t make any excuses. None of it is excusable. You know, I feel I already said everything about this that needs to be said when I called up the radio station.

Let’s hope this is the end of it so we don’t have to keep listening to Christian Bale justify his anger management issues.

Rachel Bilson discovered that her home was broken into while she was in Canada with her fiance Hayden Christiansen.

Her mom stopped by the house and discovered that, though there was no sign of forced entry, a television set, a vintage shoe collection, all her jewelry and — if I was burgled, this is what would put me on suicide watch — her entire Chanel collection had been stolen.  No one wants to suffer a crime like that, but leave the Chanel alone.  It’s just not right!

Bilson’s fashion collection is rather legendary; the value of stolen goods totals in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.  Bilson is reportedly and understandably “devastated.”

I need to whine.  Can we talk about my day?  It hasn’t been a good one.

I have a sick husband at home, and if you’ve ever had an ailing male in your care you know that it just isn’t an easy situation to deal with.  I’m guilty of assault with a deadly glare.

Oh, and I went to the dentist today which is always the least fun I can possibly have while laying on my back.  Unless I’m giving birth, of course.  As she poked and prodded around my mouth and told me (for the second time in six months) that she doesn’t think I have cancer, she referred me to a surgeon nonetheless.  Trust me, the irony of a snarky gossip blogger with mouth cancer isn’t lost on me.

I almost burned my gluten-free macaroni and cheese because my sick husband, the one who promised to keep an eye on it, did not.

So, yeah.  It hasn’t been a great day.  But guess what?  My day is a million times better than Patrick Swayze’s day since a radio station reported him as dead this morning.  His rep released this statement:  This is to confirm that Patrick Swayze did not pass away this morning contrary to severely reckless reports stemming from a radio station in Jacksonville, Florida.  Patrick Swayze is alive, well and is enjoying his life and he continues to respond to treatment.”

The poor dude is battling pancreatic cancer, probably enjoying the sun, smoking a cigarette and the condolence calls start coming in.  That is a bad day.

Did anyone see Farrah’s Story on television last Friday?  It was a documentary on NBC about Farrah’s recurrence of anal cancer and the treatments she went through.  It was really sad, as you would expect, but I was really irked about how Farrah delayed certain chemos because she didn’t want to lose her hair.  I’m not saying hair isn’t important — I’m just saying living is more important.  I vlogged about it here.

Anyway, it was filmed by Farrah’s best friend, pseudo-celeb Alana Stewart, which I found surprising because the camerawork looked fairly professional.  Impressive since Stewart is most famous for marrying and divorcing George Hamilton.

Now producer Craig Nevius is suing Stewart and Fawcett’s longtime paramour Ryan O’Neal claiming that he was pushed out of the project.  Other allegations indicate that Alana threatened to withhold video footage unless her fee was doubled to $200,000.

Personally, after watching the documentary and seeing some of the procedures that Alana had to witness and videotape, that woman deserves, like, Two.  Million. Dollars.

And in a frightening postscript, Ryan O’Neal is looking to make a sequel.  What could it possibly be called?  Farrah’s Funeral?

TOTAL CUTENESS! I guess Selena Gomez and Taylor Lautner are definitely a couple, because Selena was spotted palling around with Taylor’s sister, Makena, in Vancouver yesterday. If only we could get pics of Selena getting this cozy with Taylor!

Also: Makena looks exactly like the girl version of her brother. Freaky!