So, remember I was telling you about this movie that starred Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams? The one in which I got my first in-real-life glance at a scruffy Gosling in a hat, on the very day I happened to be moving from the area in which the film was being shot? Yup, it’s the very same Blue Valentine and I am stoked.

The flick, which will be debuting in theaters soon (some say December in the US), has finally released its trailer to those who weren’t lucky enough to see it at the film festival at Cannes or Toronto, and it looks good. The rating, however, might deter a lot of theaters from future showings, and it might further prevent a lot of people from checking it out. The film’s current MPAA rating is NC-17, due to sex scenes that many are considering ‘raw’ and ‘explicit,’ but sources are saying that there’s a possibility that the films editors might remove such footage to drop the rating down to a family-friendly ‘R.’

I don’t give a shit either way, me. The trailer is cute, kitschy, and has a distinct hipster-indie vibe, and that makes it all-around appealing to me. Plus it depicts Ryan Gosling having sex. Could it get any better than that? …

I thought not.

After eleven-plus years of togetherness, Courteney and David are finally (um, officially) separating. Anyone who actually read interviews about the couple, or better, by the couple, are probably not all that surprised. And why? Because the Cox-Arquettes have had a long history of rockiness — rockiness that they took to marriage counseling and rockiness that they had no problem talking about for the public. A rep for the couple released this joint statement:

“The reason for this separation is to better understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner and for our marriage,” they say. “We remain best friends and responsible parents to our daughter and we still love each other deeply. As we go though this process we are determined to use kindness and understanding to get through this together … We are comfortable with the boundaries that we have established for each other during this separation and we hope that our friends, family, fans and the media also show us respect, dignity, understanding and love at this time as well.”

The couple supposedly began their separation a few months ago, and sources claim that David has been seeing another woman.  But I just have one question — are they through filming Scream 4? Because then, and only then, will I feel that the last chance for these kids has been expended. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past fourteen years, you’ll know that the characters of Gayle Weathers and Deputy Dewey always — fucking always — make it in the end, and frankly, life imitates art, which in return imitates life. So until the fat lady sings, I’m not buying a bit of it. These two survived sex and dating in the nineties and Friends for crying out loud. If they can’t make it, who can?

Tammy Lynn Michaels and Melissa Etheridge have been broken up for some time now, but their bitter divorce continues.

This weekend, Tammy posted a Rosie-esque blog entry, in which she paints her ex-wife to be a manipulative and cruel person who doesn’t seem to care about the well-being of the mother of her children.

Here’s the post:

just a cornucopia of thoughts.

“pays all the bills”
not entirely true

“pays all the bills she chooses to pay”
“pays all the bills her people thinks
are important enough to pay”
is more accurate

when i went to get cash
just last week
for the three of us to eat
nothing

today i was shopping for birthday decor
4th next sunday!
little cash for lunch?
nope- not enough funds
no food

“pays all her bills”
not entirely true

my medical bills?
yes- insurance covers it all
for a small monthly fee
the house? i didn’t pick it out
they did
the kids’ education?
she chose the private schooling
i’m fine if they’re in public

using my kids as pawns? in boston?
never
i had a choice to come to LA
-see so many thing were bleeding
and i took the choice
her lawyer lies about
me using the kids as pawns -
he should have looked at the schedule
before we left LA- Boston was tentative-
and the silence from her regarding my actions
breaks me, as she lets the world think
(again) something else is true
than what is and was.

she plays the games with her lawyer now
by being quiet.

i sit here quietly watching her people
launch campaigns against me on the ‘net
smudgin’ and sludgin’
but they don’t know nothin’
what i came into the relationship with
commercial cash and television stashes
working here and there in the marriage

and now some sit in tiny judgement
not knowing how much is fact
how far it goes back
how much is fiction
and how much is opinion.

but i can tell you i’ve turned from that machine hungry hungry too many times now– and i might never trust another soul again.

and i don’t think i know what love is, or a promise. and romance? smoke and mirrors, ladies!!! smoke and mirrors! don’t fall for it! it’s all a line up for bull that’ll leave you with saggy boobs and stretch marks in the end.

and to be honest?

what the fuck is marriage all about anyway? i thought i did everything i was supposed to do. support support support. love family, be there, love, right? all for naught or have i still everything to learn about love? and that was nothing? or the letting go of this is THEE LESSON of loving. argh.

someone told me that chemotherapy just messes with a brain chemistry, changes the brain, the person, and makes them just in general different. they might b meaner, or illogical, often imbalanced, or whatever. but they just don’t come out the same. hardly ever, i am told. and they can’t help it. it just is.

and i think about that alot too.
posted by Tammy, midwestern girl/Mom

It’s difficult to tell who’s right and who’s wrong in a situation where you’re only hearing one side of things, but this post makes me feel for Tammy. At one point the two seemed so happy together, and I’m sure they both feel like they, at one point, made promises they weren’t able to keep. Still, if Melissa is really communicating to the mother of her children through her lawyers… that ain’t right.

One of the first things that any nutritionist or trainer or dietitian will tell you is that, in order to stay fit, you need to be drinking a ton of water. Staying hydrated and flushing out your system is the only thing that keeps you from holding on to that life-ruining sodium bloat. That’s why I’m so confused after learning that Tori Spelling doesn’t drink water. I remember Victoria Beckham saying something a few years ago about how she only drinks Diet Coke and never, ever water, but she also doesn’t claim that she’s eating-disorder free.

Tori, who has been concerning critics and fans alike with her rail-thin frame for years, recently told Access Hollywood, “I hate water! I’m never thirsty actually. I don’t drink water. I don’t sweat. Isn’t that weird?”

Yes, Tori. That’s very weird. In fact, I’m not even sure how you’re still alive.

Apparently when homegirl does get a case of the thirsties, she turns to a sip of her own homemade sparkling water and that’s only if she “has to.”

Look, I’ve been saying for years that it’s obvious there’s no God because if there was, he’d never make water taste so boring. Tori’s not wrong in that it isn’t necessarily the most tasty beverage, but it’s crucial.

So, seriously: How is it that she’s still alive? Are there other people out there who never drink water who are willing to explain their existence to me?

The last time Daniel Radcliffe and his penis were on Broadway, it was for Equus, and it was a bit more blatant.  Daniel was just like “hey, I’m playing this guy with a weird horse fetish, I’m displaying my intense psychological issues, and now here’s my penis!  And curtain!”  (By the way, if I give you a link with just the word “penis,” do I really have to tell you that it’s NSFW?  Because it’s not.  Because it’s a penis.)  But this time, Daniel’s in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and he’s taking the subtle route by just banging a bunch of chorus girls:

I’ve been in relationships from the age of 14 and now I’m single. I said to a friend the other day, ‘Dude, I’m doing a show with dancers. I’ve got to be single.’ He was like, ‘Don’t sleep with anyone in your own show. That’s a mistake.’ It’s good advice. But I’m not sure I’ll stick to it.

This is fair warning, ladies of Broadway.  If you feel so inclined, you better divide your time equally between jazz squares and Kegel exercises, because Daniel Radcliffe is ready to mix business with pleasure.

Ever since Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham became BFFs and their families started hanging out all the time, people have been suspicious that their friendship was sealed by TomKat’s controversial religion, Scientology. Scientology is known for attracting celebrity followers, and Tom Cruise is responsible for introducing many of the most famous Scientologists to the church.

In this month’s issue of Marie Claire, Victoria addresses the rumors that Xenu brought her and her husband together with Tom and Katie, saying, “We aren’t Scientologists. We really don’t know very much about it. I mean, Tom and Katie – they’ve mentioned it to us. But, no, they didn’t try to hook us and reel us in. It never really crops up.”

So there you have it.