Saturday morning, wet hair

[cleolinda]

The peanut butter recall widens; standing ovation for Equus; Britney shaves her head; the best Vanity Fair photo issue ever.

FDA widens peanut butter warning. "All Peter Pan peanut butter bought since May 2006 should be discarded, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday in a statement broadening its warning about salmonella-contaminated peanut butter."

Report: Prince Harry to be deployed in Iraq. "The 22-year-old prince, known as Troop Commander Wales by his regiment -- the Blues and Royals -- has trained to command 11 soldiers and four Scimitar tanks. The Defense Ministry has previously confirmed Harry could go to Iraq if his unit was deployed there, but said he might be kept out of situations where his presence would jeopardize his comrades. Harry, who graduated last year from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, said in a 2005 interview that he was keen to fight for his country. 'There's no way I'm going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country,' he said." I have a horrible, horrible feeling about how this is going to end.

Britney goes to rehab, checks out a day later; bald Britney Spears sits for new ink at California tattoo parlor. "Angelique Uram, a Spears fan who stood on the tattoo parlor's sidewalk for Friday night's spectacle, was aghast at the singer's new look. 'We could see her in the mirror, and her head is completely shaved,' she told KABC. 'It looks terrible.' "

Smith willed estate to son, now dead. " 'I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children and other descendants now living and those hereafter born or adopted,' Smith said in the will." Well, brilliant.

Fla. teen hiccuping for over 3 weeks. My God. I would have snapped after about two days of that.

Foxy Brown jailed in Fla. salon scuffle.

Early reviews of Equus good; Radcakes receives standing ovation. (Oh dear. Is that Will Kemp, then?) Also: "Roger Berlind, a veteran New York theatre producer, said that if the production with Radcliffe and his fellow leading man, Richard Griffiths, wanted to move to Broadway, he would help raise the finance to present it." Meanwhile, Richard Griffiths on Equus and Uncle Vernon "the shivering idiot." Includes link to new promotional Equus shot of what can only be described as Harry Potter's Lily-White Ass. Reflective lenses may be required for your protection.

International Die Hard 4.0 Teaser.

Ron Howard May Remake Caché. ARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH! Is there anyone less suited to a remake of that movie? Never mind--don't answer that.

Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts In Talks For 'Need.'

Narnia Sequel Starts Principal Photography; Caspian Casting Round-Up.

New still from Atonement with Keira Knightley.

The best Vanity Fair photo issue ever. ETA: Alternate link.

Mummy 3 news: The son character is now in his "late teens/early twenties." The weaponry involved "set[s] the story prior to 1947, and after 1938 since it includes the Walther P-38." "Also, Jet Li will be the head Mummy in a group of Mummies that were the Teracotta army." It's in my nature to be snarky and dismissive at this kind of news, but... how much worse could it be than the Scorpion King in the sequel, seriously?

People are putting a little too much thought into the Ralph Fiennes airplane sex story. For some reason, my first reaction was, "She turned him down? Aww, now I just feel sorry for him."

(Or did she?)

There's a Joe Rogan vs. Carlos Mencia feud, and Rogan is losing: "Back on Wednesday, we passed along a video of comedian and Fear Factor [host] Joe Rogan confronting Carlos 'Mind Of' Mencia about the widely held belief that Mencia helps himself to other comics' material (which, to his credit, he at least has to courtesy to transform into something completely unfunny). Since the release of comedy repo man Rogan's whistleblowing exposé, it seems the fight has been pretty lopsided in Mencia's favor, as Rogan blogs that he's been given a time out at the Comedy Store (the site of the confrontation) and lost an agent over the brawl."

Comments

[shempskaya.livejournal.com]

The photo-manip weirdos are going to have a field day with that ass shot.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

The peanut butter recall widens

"9 out of 10 doctors now recommend imaginary peanut butter"
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I love that asshaberdashery and total awesomeness are side by side in this post.
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The Vanity Fair shoot is right out of Sin City, isn't it?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Eh, it seemed a little more Hollywoodland/Black Dahlia to me--authentic in-period noir rather than neo-noir, if that makes any sense.

[gwynevere1.livejournal.com]

Includes link to new promotional Equus shot of what can only be described as Harry Potter's Lily-White Ass. Reflective lenses may be required for your protection.
In an insane troll logic sort of way, it makes sense that the producers released a publicity shot of Dan's derriere, because it will cut down on the crazy in the theater, trying to sneak photographs and film, *just* for the money shot.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, that's a really good point. Now all they have to do is put out a frontal pic and all the crazy can stay home.

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

Vanity Fair- Oh my god, she pulled EVERYONE out for this one. It's like...anyone who was in a relatively good movie this year shows up and turns on the awesome.

I have to buy this.

[raanve]

I agree, it's beautiful. I'm not typically interested in Vogue -- but these sorts of spreads are always the tempting issues for me. Especially this setting, since that sort of look has long been a favorite of mine. Not to mention the fact that everyone looks fantastic.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

That pic of Daniel Ratcliffe had me laughing for some reason.

I don't know why, I think it's the cheek dimples. *giggles*

[lesamalie.livejournal.com]

me too! And its not that I'm immature and "hehehe butt!" but it just so...dimply. hehe.

[laerwen.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. I love Annie Leibovitz dearly, and the VF shoot is just heaven. Gorgeous!

I cannot believe they're deploying Prince Harry. I don't have definite bad feelings about it, but I can't say it's a good idea. The last thing Britain needs is another dead royal, and one of its youngest, at that. :(

[tavella.livejournal.com]

I really wouldn't be that worried. I doubt they are going to allow him anywhere he's likely to hit an IED (I liked that they were pretty honest about that and had a logical reason -- if people are worrying about protecting Harry it'll interfere with operations), and sitting on base his main danger will be boredom.)

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

I almost don't want them to re-make Cache at all, because I hate to think that Howard will merely up the violence-o-meter, when what really made the film so excellent in the first place was its subtlety and ambiguity. Though at least it's not Michael Bay.

I don't know about anyone else, but having "Ralph Fiennes" and "getting his mile-high freak on" in the same sentence is possibly one of the most amazing pieces of news I've ever heard.

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

Now this is an issue of Vanity Fair worth having. Wow. Love the film noir look.

[christwise.livejournal.com]

Wow. I have to get a copy of Vanity Fair just to show my Noir professor.

[la-sonnambula.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jet Li. Not a very good start to his post-martial arts eipc career. They should totally get Kelly Hu from The Scorpion King to be in Mummy 3 for some meta crossover casting.

which, to his credit, he at least has to courtesy to transform into something completely unfunny

Bwah!

Tonight on HBO there's a movie about Antonia Fraser's father, Longford. It's about Lord Longford's efforts to release Myra Hindley.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh really? I saw that on the schedule and had no idea what that was about. I was surprised to find out that she's married to Harold Pinter as well.

[saint-kat.livejournal.com]

I was surprised when I first heard about Britney shaving her head. In fact, I wondered what she was thinking when she did it in the first place.

Of course, I don't think she looks bad with the shaved head look now. That's just me, though.

I love the current

Vanity Fair

photos, especially the dark, noir, 1930s look that Liebovitz emphasizes with each photograph. Also, the list of celebs she used in these photographs is astounding (from Kristen Dunst to Helen Mirren...a somewhat condensed version of a who's who list).

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, every year the Hollywood photo issue *is* kind of a who's who list right before the Oscars--last year was Naked Keira and Scarlett on the cover. It's just that this year, it doesn't suck.

[zolora.livejournal.com]

That Vanity Fair shoot is officially the most awesome thing ever. And I saw Marie Antoinette for the first time last night, so I'm all about Kirsten right now.

Bald Britney: the cars just keep piling up in that trainwreck, don't they?

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I love Annie Leibovitz, and I love film noir, and that is the best photoshoot on the face of the planet. It even tops the Killers photoshoot set in the movie The Killers from the EW photo issue. I even had to show it to my friend who's as obsessed with noir as me. *loves*

[despairfaery.livejournal.com]

We caught the DEATH from that god damned peanut butter.

[beniiro-tas.livejournal.com]

Brittany really went bald?
I thought that was just a rumor. D:
Ewwww~

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

I love your icon!

cheers

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Honestly, maybe it's better if Anna Nicole's baby doesn't inherit the estate, considering the legal quagmires it's currently entrenched in even after her death and the number of guys who are crawling out of the woodwork to claim they're her father in a thinly veiled attempt to make grabbyhands at the money she'd inherit. At this point I'm starting to think the poor kid might just be better off starting off with a clean blank slate.

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, if one of them *isn't* her father she's likely to end up with AN's mother, who is a cast iron bitch.

Poor kid.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

For more than three weeks now, the 15-year-old St. Petersburg teen has hiccuped close to 50 times a minute — Dear GOD. At least they stop when she’s asleep.

That Vanity Fair spread...wow. Wow. Annie Leibovitz, how are you so awesome?

[purpleivey.livejournal.com]

concerning Prince Harry - Oh my God Prince Harry is 22? How is thhat possible. I keep seeing him as like 16 in my head. I also didn't realise he was that close to my age (I'm 25) - for some reason I thought he was like 5 or 6 years younger than me.

concerning the other Harry - That is some tan-line, I must say.

Concerning Brittney - I honestly don't know what the big deal is. Now, if she'd shaved her head and got a swastica tattoed on said head, that would be something to get all up in arms about. She's probably trying to be Natalie Portman.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

She's probably tying to be Natalie Portman.

And what a sad, pathetic sttempt it is. At least Portman shaved her head for a film role. Britney shaved it because of the crazy.

Celebrity/Celebutaunts

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

Personally I think Ms. Spears is the epitome of GiGo in humanity... Money doesn't make you smarter, accomplished, worthwhile, or classy.

[bacardibreezer7.livejournal.com]

OMG. Daniel Radcliffe's ass! What is he meant to be doing in that photo anyway???

And I don't know what the big deal is about Britney shaving her head, either. So she felt like shaving her head, so what. If that's what she feels she needs to do at this point in her life then go her.

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

What is he meant to be doing in that photo anyway???

Summoning the crazy to the theatre, looks like.

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

I loved that Vanity Fair link. Oh, those glam Noir-era fashions! Actors just look more like actors when wearing those kinds of clothes. :-)

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

RE: Daniel Radcliffe naked...

I was watching a segment on the news about Equus where they said Warner Brothers was actually considering replacing Daniel as Harry Potter because he was naked in a play. The word bullshit popped right out of mouth. It just goes to show how truly silly some people are.

Funny how insecure people are about naked bodies isn't it?

cheers

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Re Cache: the most horrible thing about this is that Howard will probably put Russell Crowe, or Tom Hanks, or Bill Paxton in the Daniel Auteuil role. Actually, no -- the most horrble thing will be the lame substitute he makes for the Algerian atrocities in France. Hm, what will it be? The main character's illegal-alien gardener is deported to Mexico or Guatamala or somewhere, and his six-year-old self connives to get the kid the gardener left behind deported as well? His parents' ancient African-American housekeeper dies and his six-year-old self connives to send the grandson she left behind sent back to his crack-addict mom in the 'hood? Hm. Sounds more like a L&O episode or, worse, something Paul Haggis would write.

The prospect of this is all kinds of bad -- somewhat like the upcoming American version of State of Play.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

There's a link to another post with a photo of bald Brit in the tmz link, and holy shit does it look terrible. The trainwreck continues!

Anyway, those are some great photos in the Vanity Fair links. Just brilliant. I can't decide which ones I like more: the Jennifer Hudson/James McAvoy nightclub shot, the boxing shot, or the Dunst/Downey shot (also, I really should not find Aaron Eckhart that hot in a old police uniform). I'll certainly have to pick this one up, even though I don't usually buy VF. So much better than last year's. See what approaching things with a bit of class can do? I hope Tom Ford is taking notes.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

My absolute favorite is Jessica Biel in the red dress. But then, I've developed a strange girlcrush on her anyway.

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

Oh dear gods, that VF shoot. Utter awesome with cherries on top. Oh Annie, I love it when they get to play. :D I think my favourite bit is Bill Nighy and Abigail Breslin, they look positively gothic.