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A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III Review: Roman Coppola Gives Charlie Sheen the 8 1/2 Treatment

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Pecking Order, Episode 308: Brandi Glanville Towers Above Other Housewives, and Scheana Marie

See also: *Our Real Housewives archives 1. Brandi Glanville (Last week: 2) We don't say this about Brandi very often, but last night, she was a class act. Class. act. The most recent episode of RHOBH captured her sit-down with Scheana Marie, current waitress at SUR Lounge and budding reality star o ... More >>

Addicted to Fame Review: Squeezing One Last Buck Out of Anna Nicole Smith

Sacha Baron Cohen Vs. Ryan Seacrest and the Academy: The 'Dictator' Emerges Victorious

In the battle of egos between Sacha Baron Cohen and the Oscars last night, we have a very clear winner. Originally, Cohen was banned from debuting his Dictator character (the star of his next mockumentary) at the awards show, reportedly because humorless Academy fogies suspected he was trying to pu ... More >>

Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From Oscars, or Are We Being Set Up? (VIDEO)

Calling the organizer of the Oscar Awards the "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Zionists," Sacha Baron Cohen character General Shabazz Aladeen threatened grave consequences if the Oscars people didn't reactivate his tickets to the big show Sunday. That's right, Aladeen said the Academy will face ... More >>

The Bizarre Michael Jackson Handprint Ceremony

See also: *Our preview of the Michael Jackson Cirque du Soliel Show *MJ Tribute Concert Rolls Toward Cancellation; Oh, And His Kids Are More Or Less Contractually Required To Attend There was a Michael-Jackson's-kids sighting on Hollywood Blvd, yesterday, as his estate had his hand and footprint ce ... More >>

Roger Ebert's Life Itself: Five Sexiest (Yes, Really) Passages in His Amazing New Autobiography

​ In America's favorite film critic's bestselling new memoir, Life Itself, we learn more about the former Siskel and Ebert host than we maybe strictly wanted to know. We meet Ebert the Catholic Schoolboy, Ebert the Intrepid Boy Reporter, Ebert the Pulitzer Prize Winner, Ebert the Cancer Surviv ... More >>

Real Housewives' Toxic Margarita Pulled from Whole Foods

Skinnygirl Margarita.​Bethenny Frankel, "diet guru" and former "star" of "reality" show The Real Housewives of New York City, doesn't care that her "all natural" Skinnygirl Margarita contains potentially carcinogenic ingredients, which caused Whole Foods to pull the "drink" from its stores. T ... More >>

Temple of Scream: Relishing the Horror of a Hollywood Franchise

Sam SlovickAnthony Torres has been collecting memorabilia from Wes Craven's horror series since 1996.​ Deep in the far reaches of Montebello, in a secret temple, a young monk arranges sacred objects on the altar with exacting specificity. Each item is invested with hallowed significance and pl ... More >>

Hollywood Nights: Same Decadence, but Now with More Snooki Clones! (Also, Gun Violence is Back!). A Nightranger Report

Lina LecaroKress go-go gal backs it up.​We thought 2010 was weird, but so far, not even two weeks into 2011, LA has been downright bonkers after dark. The punk riot on the Sunset Strip (not even the most hardcore line-up we've seen at Key Club) and this past Friday, a shooting inside Kress ni ... More >>

James Franco, Anne Hathaway To Host Oscars?

Movie WebAnne Hathaway and James Franco are rumored to be cast together in a future "Alien" prequel​Access Hollywood and USA Today -- followed by everyone else, now, in a game of scrambly Hollywood telephone -- are reporting that dashing youngsters James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been chos ... More >>

Sean Connery's lack of underpants & 20 other bizarre celeb facts from Rona Barrett

​ So, like Zardoz in reverse, fully-dressed Sean Connery spent the '70s going commando. Meanwhile, Sammy Davis, Jr., collected pornography, and Diane Keaton admitted an oral fixation! Click on through to our Style Council blog to learn all of this and more in this week's Studies in Crap post. ... More >>

Nightlife: Wonderland LA Opening featuring Kat Von D & Jesse James' "Love," Lemmy's Head, and Some Seriously Mad Art

Lina Lecaro Kevin Llewellyn, Kat Von D and Jesse James in Wonderland​ Tabloid culture met tattoo culture in an over the top, somewhat curious (and curiouser!) fashion last night at the grand opening of Wonderland, the new art gallery from LA Ink's Kat Von D (adjacent to her shop) featuring the ... More >>

Courtney Cruz: The Fempire Strikes Back

Lindsay Lohan Banned From WeHo Club

​Actress Lindsay Lohan is 0 for 2 in her battles with West Hollywood club Trousdale, at least by our count. Last month she tweeted her displeasure with the venue and Los Angeles in general after club workers would not let her cut in front of a line to get in. Now Access Hollywood (via MSNBC) ... More >>

Queer Town: Johnny Weir's Big Gay Weekend in L.A.

Champion ice skater and reality TV star Johnny Weir will soon be spending a very gay weekend in Los Angeles, but just don't label him as queer.Johnny Weir​Weir, who may or may not be gay, is scheduled to make an appearance at the 2010 GLAAD Media Awards show in Century City on April 17. The event ... More >>

Brittany Murphy's Husband Says She Was Sick, Tired

​Brittany Murphy's husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, told television show Access Hollywood this week that the actress was sick and maybe a bit worn down at the time of her death Sunday morning. He said she had recently seen a doctor and that she was just coming off a year in which ... More >>

Dane Cook's Vanessa Hudgens Crack: Standup Won't Stand Down

Video: MTVIt has all the signposts of a career-defining battle royale. Rarely funny comedian Dane Cook ribbed Vanessa Hudgens from the stage of the Teen Choice Awards, held in L.A. Sunday. Hudgens, the young star of High School Musical, recently became the latest female celebrity to have nude phot ... More >>

Jodie Foster: Chaos Control

With a controversial new vigilante movie, Jodie Foster takes the driver’s seat

Star Powder

Napoleon Perdis gives L.A. a make over

Rise of the Machines

Pretty Boy and the Nerd try to bring down the Terminator, while the Democratic Party searches for its soul

The Chic and the "Eek!"

Everybody's got an opinion when it comes to Oscar fashion, and since I'm in the Style Council, I can pretend mine matters. Coolio! I watched it all on the tube last night (no red carpet camping and definitely no traffic-jammed, hoity toity after-parties for me, at least not this year) with the rest ... More >>

grammy diary

Tue., Feb. 7 LL Cool J at the House of Blues Wed., Feb. 8 The Grammys at the Staples Center Now, for my personal awards

Tori Spelling’s Got My Back...

and other random acts of celebrity kindness

Nightranger

Jean Genie Lets Herself Go

Ever wondered what it's like to be so famous that designers just want to give you free stuff all the time? Sure ya have... Yes, it's a great injustice that those who can afford designer wear are the ones who don't usually have to pay for it, but life aint fair, especially when it comes to style and ... More >>

Materialistic Fetishism Reconsidered

(A last-minute gift-giving guide)

The Joy of Painting Saddam

John Kilduff and Let’s Paint TV

The Life of the Party

Gendy Alimurung keeps a diary as she stalks Jeffrey Best, Zen planner of L.A. parties

Goat for It

Edited by Kateri Butler

No Said Fred

Edited by Kateri Butler

Curb Your SUV

Laurie David put celebrity activism in the driver's seat

The Journalist and the Pop Star

Urbanities: Frank O. Gehry Has a Gripe

Access Denied

Hollywood Web site feels cold hand of network censorship

Hailey's Comet

How Bruce Willis Romanced and then Jilted a Small Idaho Town

Globular

Hollywood at its most, er, golden. Plus, the latest disco-era lesbian heroin-addict supermodel biopic