Feb 07, 2012 at 02:30 pm by Emily

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Or, if we’re going to get down to specifics, all of the people involved in managing Lana Del Rey‘s career have postponed her tour. Ouch.

From the New York Post:

Lana Del Rey’s tour has been postponed in the wake of the chanteuse’s disastrous “SNL” appearance last month.

The “Video Games” singer’s gigs were to coincide with the release of her album, “Born To Die” — but the plug was pulled after her tour managers, booking agents and label heads at Interscope powwowed following her bizarre, listless appearance on “SNL” that grew so notorious, it was spoofed by Kristen Wiig on the show itself last weekend.

“[Lana] and her manager decided to cancel [the tour] after ‘SNL,’ ” a source said. “She was very upset.” But, the source added, “They figure it allows time for her to clear her head, then go back to selling tickets. More importantly, they figure, the extra time gives them more distance from ‘SNL.’ ”

After her ill-fated “SNL” appearance, an e-mail written by NBC anchor Brian Williams leaked online, calling it “one of the worst outings in ‘SNL’ history.” She was also dissed as a “wack-a-doodle chick” on Twitter by actress Eliza Dushku and by singer Jenny Lewis.

Another source said Interscope’s Jimmy Iovine and Del Rey’s booking agents at CAA knew after “SNL” that she wasn’t ready to tour, and that live shows would hurt record sales.

“Jimmy knew if she would have disappointed again, it would have backfired,” the source said.

The puffy-lipped songstress was slated to perform 30 dates across the country at small venues for 1,000 to 3,000 ticket holders, sources say. The tour was to kick off as soon as March.

We hear Del Rey has been in the studio for the past week working on her performance, and her management is already planning to re-think the tour so they can promote the album.

“Interscope had nothing to do with booking or postponing a tour. Jimmy [Iovine] is excited and thankful that Lana is performing at a Grammy event in his honor this week,” a label rep said. Del Rey’s rep and a CAA rep didn’t get back to us.

Ok, here are the facts. Yes, Lana’s performance on Saturday Night Live was a little weird. Yes, she comes off as kind of a brat. Her real name is Lizzy Grant, and she did release music under that name. She also has a very, very wealthy father who helped her along when she was starting out. But why does all that mean that everyone hates her?

I’m just not going to be able to understand this one. I get it if you don’t like her music. If you’re a little tiffed because she got that SNL gig too soon and maybe didn’t pull through, I agree. But if you just hate her for every single thing she’s ever done, then just calm your heart, friends. Try to let some of that go.

Feb 07, 2012 at 01:30 pm by Sarah

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More of Lindsay Lohan’s boobs if you’re not already sick of them. [The Superficial]

Kris Humphries wants his divorce trial televised. [Bitten and Bound]

I think Scarlett Johansson got plastic surgery, maybe. [Starpulse]

Everyone’s forgiven Chris Brown it seems. [Bossip]

Jessica Simpson‘s massive pregnancy jugs. [The Superficial]

I don’t know who’s hotter – Channing Tatum or his wife. [Socialite Life]

AnnaLynne McCord thinks she’s one tough bitch. [Celebslam]

Miley Cyrus raided your mom’s closet. [Yeeeah]

Paz de la Huerta‘s been kicked off Boardwalk Empire. [The Blemish]

Rihanna‘s ‘We Found Love’ covered by dudes. [OMGBlog]

Mitt Romney calls the after-morning pill an “abortive pill.” [The Frisky]

Brandi Glanville tells Taylor Armstrong that she exploited her husband’s suicide. [Cele|bitchy]

Kourtney Kardashian – pregnant and in a bikini. [Hollywood Backwash]

Gisele Bundchen gets put in her place. [Lainey Gossip]

PHOTOS: Oscar nominees luncheon. [Hollywood Dame]

Is Ellen DeGeneres a secret bitch? [Pajiba]

Why you need to know who Raoul Bova is. [theBERRY]

Feb 07, 2012 at 12:30 pm by Jenn

Photo: Jimmy Fallon gets gussied up as Taylor Swift for 'Late Night'

Have you guys noticed something weird happening to Jimmy Fallon lately? Like, he’s always seemed really nice and earnest, but “nice” and “earnest” isn’t necessarily the same thing as “funny.” His show is becoming a lot of fun, though? Like, it’s hard for me to process this.

Anyway, this Adele cover: Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night did its damnedest to outdo Madge’s Super Bowl halftime performance, and I think it delivers:

And here’s Fallon performing a range of pop songs with tweaked, Super Bowl -themed lyrics:

Man! Jimmy Fallon is really good! I mean, his Josh Groban impersonation is not the best, but he really nails that distant, faraway look Groban gets in his eyes whenever the soft-focus zooms in. And how about Fallon’s version of Taylor Swift! (It isn’t an impression, even; it’s really just a wig.)

I can’t believe you can air Fallon’s LMFAO bit on television, actually, but then again I am a big ol’ prude, so. Fortunately, he offsets the crassness with another Tebowie performance.

(Image via Idolator.)

Feb 07, 2012 at 11:30 am by Sarah

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“He’s your dream costar. I have never felt so creatively satisfied on a film.”

Yes, Eva Mendes actually said this. Out loud. To a magazine. About her … boyfriend. I mean, to be fair, she also said this:

“When I am complimented on things that I didn’t like when I was 13, like my overbite and my mole, that’s when you realize that your imperfections are why people love you.”

So, apparently Ryan loves her because it’s constantly like being jerked off, and because she’s got ONE HOT MOLE and ONE HOT OVERBITE? I mean, has anyone ever come up to you post-adolescence and said “I just love what you’ve done with your acne scars and saddlebags.” Come on. This is all she’s got here?

Excuse me if I’m not doing backflips of belief here, guys, but let’s be real for a second. I think I’d honestly rather sit through sixteen of Jennifer Aniston’s attempts at replicating magazine interview after magazine interview than try to swallow this saccharine bullshit in one try.

Get with it lady: if you and Gosling ever split up (which, given the circumstances and the vast differences between your careers, is a big, big probability), you’re not doing anything more than Ghost Rider IV: The Return of Nicolas Cage’s All-Powerful Career. And maybe the occasional Parade, you lucky girl, you.

Feb 07, 2012 at 10:30 am by Sarah

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Why? Because Nick alleges that his family never told him about it. … I know, right? I just about fell off the f-cking chair, too.

From TMZ:

Nick Carter tells TMZ … he WANTED to attend his sister’s funeral in NY this weekend, but his own family made it impossible for him to be there.

25-year-old Leslie Carter was laid to rest at a small ceremony in Upstate New York this weekend after a suspected prescription drug overdose. Several family members were present at the funeral, including Aaron Carter, but Nick was not.

Nick — who was on the road performing at a concert at the time of the ceremony — tells TMZ, “I wanted to be at my sister’s funeral, but my family has always had a complicated dynamic.”

Nick would not get specific about the circumstances … but sources close to the singer tell TMZ … he feels family members went out of their way to make sure he was not included.

Nick adds, “There are so many emotions for me surrounding the loss of my sister. I am trying to stay healthy, positive, and focused.”

We called Nick’s sister Ginger Carter for comment — she replied, “That’s not true,” and immediately hung up on us.

Others close to the “star” claim that Nick couldn’t be bothered to attend because he had issues of his own to face – like maintaining his career and selling $12 tickets to his crappy shows. Nick himself recently stated that he wouldn’t put the kibosh on his shitty little tour because he felt that continuing the music is what his late sister would have wanted (aside from, you know, not having mental issues and substance abuse problems and that whole untimely death thing):

“Performing is cathartic to me and I am dedicating the rest of my tour to my sister since she loved to watch me perform.”

Dude. I believe that like I believe that the Carters, generally speaking, are a stable, upstanding family much like the Lohans.

Bottom line? I think Nick Carter is a full-of-shit piece of shit. Seriously. I’m not sure that I’ve ever heard things so petty or so selfish in my life. Also? The Backstreet Boys sucked – especially you, Nick.

Feb 07, 2012 at 09:30 am by Sarah

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Now, if I hadn’t given it away in the headline who this gorgeous lady was, do you think you’d have guessed that it was Aibileen from The Help? I sure wouldn’t have. I mean, she was all attractive and what not in the movie, and she looked amazing at the recent awards ceremonies but these photos? These? Got-damn, girl. I think we have a new heartthrob on our hands – one of beauty, substance, and intelligence, too. You know – the best kind.

Viola sat down and did an interview with the LA Times magazine, who talked about her success with The Help and other things like motherhood, Hollywood, and her upcoming role in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

LA Times on Viola’s natural mothering instinct:

Viola Davis is wearing a pair of slipper socks striped in DayGlo pink and purple. They whisper across the floor of her Granada Hills living room as she sings to her newly adopted 19-month-old daughter. Genesis has just woken from her nap, has milk on her face and is still cute enough to be on a baby-food jar. “Heeeeeey, Mama,” Davis coos.

In a voice barely over a whisper, she encourages little Genesis to dance. The baby sways in time to her mother’s singing, grinning widely.

LA on Viola’s part in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close:

She likes to cite an acting tip credited to David Mamet: “If you’re looking at an actor onstage with a cat, who are you going to look at, the actor or the cat? The cat, because the cat is just being a cat.”

Indeed, Davis does make any scene look as easy as a tabby stretching in a sun patch. Her latest role is in the Tom Hanks starrer—and Best Picture nominee—Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which she took to work with actors Max von Sydow and Jeffrey Wright.

How Viola came from a meager background:

She “came from nothing, came from poverty”—one of six children of a horse groom and a maid raised in the hardscrabble town of Central Falls, Rhode Island. “I never had a phone,” she recalls. She once told Charlie Rose that her shoes “always had holes in them.” Central Falls is still so poor it recently filed for bankruptcy. Its struggling library received a $1,000 cash infusion in November. It came from Viola Davis.

And how Viola plans to bring the black lead actress to even more fruition in Hollywood:

“I am doing this out of necessity,” she says. “If I am not the instrument of change, I can meander through this business and be the black woman who always has two or three scenes but with fabulous actors around me.”

To that end, she has optioned The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, a sweeping novel about an African-American woman struggling to farm the Badlands in 1917. She is developing a new picture—a thriller with Spencer as a coproducer—but is always on the lookout. “I have a stack of books in mind,” she says.

It includes a bit of everything—historical dramas, which Davis loves, but also just plain, good literature. “There are great characters in history whose stories need to be told,” she says. “But also, look at this year’s line-up: Melancholia, Young Adult…Someone just had imagination, put pen to paper and created a [whole] human being. That is what I hope for myself…for a number of black actresses.”

All I know is that you’ve certainly made it “here” on Evil Beet – I went ahead and created you your very own category, ’cause I have a feeling that we’re definitely not going to be through talking about Viola Davis for a long, long time to come.