Aug 26, 2011 at 02:30 pm by Jenn

A photo of Chris Brown at the Reebok Classics Party August 22

According to the AP, a Los Angeles judge has ordered further investigations into neighbors’ complaints about unruly Chris Brown. The judge expects a full report in time for Brown’s October court hearing.

TMZ first broke the news that Chris Brown is the “neighbor from hell,” adding that he blasts music at all hours, parks his expensive cars in clearly-marked designated handicapped spaces (he lives in a condo), vandalizes the property, and even—get this—races dogs up and down the hallways. Dog-racing? In the halls? What?

The prosecuting attorney in Brown’s probation case told the judge that the homeowners’ association plans to send a letter outlining their unified belief that Brown has violated his probation. The judge has also received numerous phone calls from the condominium’s other residents.

Brown’s lawyer was quick to point out that city officials have absolved Chris Brown of most of his parking citations, which totaled $15,000.

Aug 26, 2011 at 12:30 pm by Jenn

I’m sure that in 1985 plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it’s a little hard to come by.”

Oh, Dr. Emmett Brown! Fast-forward to the year 2011, when you will someday drive your DeLorean straight into the alcove of a Garbarino! They sell televisions, cell phones, and computers, so I’m sure you’ll be able to find exactly the right component to fix your “Mr. Fusion.” (No plutonium, though—sorry.)

The always-plucky Christopher Lloyd shot this commercial just two nights ago on the eerily empty streets of Buenos Aires. It seems… unfinished? Still, it’s nice to see Doc Brown back in his lab coat.

Aug 26, 2011 at 11:30 am by Jenn

A photo of Anne Hathaway at the 'One Day' premiere

From the sound of it, a lot of folks are pretty amused (or, uh, not so amused) by Anne Hathaway‘s Yorkshire accent in the new flick One Day.

Hathaway, on playing a girl from Leeds:

One of the things I was struck by was that so often when people leave Yorkshire they don’t hang on to the accent, the accent evens out and starts to mimic some new sounds from where they’re from, so you can have 10 people from Yorkshire and they have 10 completely utterly different accents. But I worked with a dialect coach and just kind of tried my best.

Earlier this week, the Guardian gleefully reported that Anne Hathaway ‘perfected’ her accent by watching episodes of British soap Emmerdale. Now, I have no ear for accents at all—she sounds OK to your dense American ear, too, right?—but I guess she’s supposed to sound a little more like Scary Spice.

Now some folks across the pond are going apeballs thanks to an offhanded remark Hathaway made at the European One Day premiere on August 23. Hathaway’s crime? She wouldn’t be opposed to playing Kate Middleton in a bio-pic. Don’t you dare, Anne!

But most importantly, what Anne Hathaway was wearing on August 23, bleeeuuurrghhh! And the way she matched her lipstick and nail polish! Bleeeuuuurggghhh! Horf! (Cute shoes, though.)

Aug 26, 2011 at 10:30 am by Jenn

Well, she might not actually love the Biebs, but Kathy Griffin did make him the subject of her line-by-line satire of Jim Carrey’s headline-making ode to Emma Stone.

In the video, Griffin applauds Bieber’s “lesbian bangs.” She also promises Justin Bieber that she still gets her period, “’cause I know you like that.” Tee hee.

Aug 26, 2011 at 09:30 am by Jenn

A shorter version of this trailer aired on TV last night, and since I don’t watch as much network television as I used to, I wasn’t sure how new the trailer was. Turns out it’s brand new—and it’s news because Johnny Depp has been working on The Rum Diary since 2007. The movie itself has reportedly been locked in pre-production purgatory since 2000; Hunter S. Thompson, frustrated by the slow development of The Rum Diary, famously called the project a “waterhead f—ckaround.”

Hunter S. Thompson was 22 when he wrote the novel The Rum Diary, but the book was only finally published in 1998. It tells the story of Paul Kemp, a journalist who moves to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to write for a newspaper staffed almost entirely by alcoholics. (Not kidding.) The movie began filming, at last, in 2009, with Johnny Depp once again cast as its lead. It also stars Aaron Eckhart and Amber Heard.

Aug 26, 2011 at 07:30 am by Emily

A photo of Lady Gaga

Remember when Lady Gaga did the Japanese Vogue a few months back? You remember, it was the cover with the meat dress and it had the first appearance of her male alter ego. Yeah, you remember. Anyway, it turns out that the photo shoot got a little weird and graphic, because now all these outtakes are being released. You know, stuff like Lady Gaga all naked and/or in leather and usually tied up in some fashion. Also you can kind of see her vagina in one picture, but definitely her breasts in a few.

Does that sound like the kind of (obviously NSFW) magic that you’d be into? Well …

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