Oct 11, 2009 at 09:35 pm by Evil Beet

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I am entirely loving this look Katie Cassidy rocked at the Hollywood Style Awards on Sunday night. I think every part of it works, and I am COMPLETELY obsessing on the hair, and I really feel she knocked it out of the ballpark with this ensemble.

You know who probably loved it less? Selena Gomez, who went with something similar in concept but less edgy, and looked downright frumpy in comparison to Katie:

Selena Gomez at Hollywood Life’s 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards

Also there: Hayden Panettiere (bored), Pamela Anderson (drunk), Lauren Conrad (blonde) and Kelly Osbourne (blonder).

Oct 11, 2009 at 09:12 pm by Evil Beet

Nic Cage Owes the IRS $6 Million in Back Taxes

When I think of things Nicolas Cage owes the country, I think of things like “a public apology for Bangkok Dangerous.” But apparently his debt runs deeper — the former Mr. Coppola owes the IRS oer $6M in back taxes, and they’re determined to get it back.

The government has placed a tax lien on his vast real estate holdings because of $6 million in unpaid back taxes dating from 2007, the year of the 45-year-old actor’s box office hits Ghost Rider and National Treasure: Book of Secrets, according to court papers.

In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has yet another lien for over $350,000 in unpaid taxes dating from 2002 to 2004.

The larger tax lien, which was first filed in July, comes as Cage has begun liquidating his many legendary multimillion-dollar properties. He sold his castle in Germany, and has placed on the market his homes in California, Las Vegas, and New Orleans.

Cage is dealing with more than the tax collector. East West Bank filed a breach of contract complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming he had failed to repay a $2 million loan that was extended this past August.

The most surprising thing about this paragraph, for me, is that Ghost Rider was considered a box-office hit.

Looks like Nic is pretty hard up for cash. I wonder how he wound up spending so much more than he could afford. How could anyone be so careless? Oh, right, it’s the exact same thing the rest of the country has been doing for the past twenty years, it’s just that Nic is way more rich and famous than the local pizza boy who’s currently at Best Buy getting four iPhones for himself and his entire family. Nic Cage’s German castle is like a pizza boy iPhone. Can you really afford it? Nah. Do you absolutely fucking need it right now if the world is to have any hope of continuing on? Yes. Yes you do.

Here’s hoping that Astro Boy, his latest flick, can zoom its way into profitability. I have an Astro Boy t-shirt now, because the PR company’s giving them away with the kind of financial devil-may-care attitude Nic Cage uses to buy German castles. But, look, now I’ve plugged the movie. I earned my t-shirt. Yay.

Oct 11, 2009 at 08:51 pm by Evil Beet

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I’m very pleased that MTV has opted to air Gone Too Far, the intervention/recovery series DJ AM filmed with them prior to his relapse and subsequent overdose. I never really doubted that they’d air it — there’s way too much money to be made — but they are doing so with the support of Adam’s family. “It is our hope through airing this show that people will get to see the side of Adam that we knew and loved, not just the celebrity DJ, but the honest and caring person who gave so much of himself to help others,” the family said in a statement earlier this month. “The decision to air the show has been difficult, but we do this with the profound belief that it will inspire others to seek help.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself. I’m really, really glad that people will get to see Adam for who he was — someone very aware of the perils and powers of addiction and someone who dedicated his life to his own recovery and to the recovery of others. I hope this show will help people get clean and sober and help people stay clean and sober, because that’s what Adam was about.

MTV has a trailer you can watch here. The show premieres October 12. (Side note: I think the voiceover is Mandy Moore.)

Oct 11, 2009 at 01:22 pm by Molls

Sarah Silverman, quirky quirkball comedian, has a plan the end world hunger: She wants The Pope to sell the Vatican and use the money to feed the world. Harhar.

This is supposed to be “one of those viral videos” that blows up the Internet and that everyone is running around quoting, but honestly? Blah. Played out. And frankly? I don’t even know what this video is supposed to be doing. You have to watch the entire thing only to find out that there’s no link to a charity with an actual plan to end world hunger and in the mean time you get to sit through her staple material: Holocaust and pussy jokes.

I go back and fourth between finding Silverman to be really good at what she does and pretty decent at her own extremely played-out bit and this video definitely makes me think the latter. While I think it would be great if she was doing something to actually help aid world hunger (as opposed to just mentioning it several times in a video that doesn’t offer one reasonable tip on how to solve this problem) and would find it extremely difficult to criticize, this just seems like a really lame attempt at making jokes about something that her peers actively work to combat.

Oct 11, 2009 at 12:25 pm by Molls

Last night at the 13th Annual Human Right Campaign Dinner, which supports equal rights for all citizens, Lady Gaga took to the stage to do a cover of the John Lennon classic “Imagine”. Before her performance she said “I’m here tonight to represent those young people that are taking a stand and are going tomorrow to march with all of us.” The march, of course, is the National Equality March in Washington DC, which specifically is supporting the right for all US citizens to enter in to marriage with whomever they choose.

Her rendition of the song is only decent, but worth checking out.

Oct 11, 2009 at 12:14 pm by Molls

Seraphina Affleck: Possibly the Happiest Baby On Earth

OK, maybe the headline is a bit much, but what the hell is Jennifer Garner doing with her babies that makes them little smile-machines? Garner and her hubby Ben Affleck took their older daughter Violet and baby Seraphina out to brunch in Cambridge, MA this morning and little Seraphina was smiling the entire time, just like her big sis is always seen doing. Perhaps they’ve paid off their children to be two of the happiest looking celeb kids out there (Suri can barely be bothered to grin) or they’re just feeding them candy and taking them on unicorn rides all day, but whatever it is, they’re doing something right…