Actress Kate Beckinsale has claimed not being able to drive is like a “handicap” or “disability” and complained her summer in England was spent “dodging swine flu and vacuuming flies”.
The LA-based Brit beauty told of her struggle to get her driver’s license in America and how she has to pretend to drive in movies when she appeared on a US chat show.
She told host Ellen DeGeneres: “They drag me along on another vehicle.
“It’s like a handicap. It’s like a disability.”
Kate admitted she has failed the written test needed to get a licence and complained the US highway code is an “incredibly boring book” and that she gets “overwhelmed” by the details.
The Whiteout star also revealed she had a miserable summer back home in England.
She said: “I didn’t really have a summer summer. My daughter and I went back to England.
“We went from Easter until June, so we had a really long time there – just in time for the swine flu epidemic, which wasn’t great. Very relaxing.”
She added: “It was just sort of rocketing then so loads of people we know were getting it.
“My best friend’s kids both had it. It was quite an ordeal.”
Kate told how she also had to battle against flies, saying: “I realised if you left the windows open where we were staying lots of tiny little flies would come.
“I spent most of my time in England dodging swine flu and vacuuming flies of the ceiling.
Actor Gerard Butler tricked a director into thinking he had eaten a doughnut that the Scot had put in his ass.
The 39-year-old thanked the directors of his new sci-fi thriller Gamer’s by sending them doughnuts, but they were made to think the sugary treats had been messed with.
The PS I Love You star explained to British ShortList magazine: “I wrote to the two directors on Gamer separately. I wrote that me and the stunt guys are having a blast and sent them half a dozen doughnuts each as a thank you. They were so chuffed.
“The next day we got six fresh doughnuts and shoved them between our ass cheeks… and took a Polaroid. We sent this snap to the directors and, sure enough, they thought they’d been eating the very same sugary treats. They were freaked out.”
Leonardo DiCaprio was left barefoot after US tourists stole his shoes from outside a Japanese temple.
A pair of fans spotted the Titanic star at a hilltop shrine in Kyoto last week and asked him to pose for a photo with them.
But when he refused – pointing to a sign that said picture-taking was prohibited – they waited for him to go inside then pinched his Nike Dunks trainers.
A source told a US newspaper: “They just ran off with them.
Oscar-winner Denzel Washington is set to finally ditch his serious tone – to team up with Will Smith for a big-screen comedy.
The respected actor, known for his serious roles, has let it slip that he is working on a lighter, as-yet-untitled, project.
When pushed about his lack of funny roles in a new interview, the American Gangster star said, “I shouldn’t talk about it, but I will just say that Will Smith and I are working on a project and hopefully we will make it next year.”
But he told CBS’s Early Show that he will still be playing it straight.
“[Will and I] were in London last summer, [and] we were just kind of fooling around, improvising, and Will was saying, ‘Don’t worry, Denzel, you don’t have to be the funny guy, you can be the straight guy, just be dead serious.’
“There was some funny stuff, so I look forward to it.”
Christian Bale has told how he was left red-faced after falling asleep on the set of Batman.
The embarrassing incident happened while the Terminator star was filming a scene with Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.
Bale, 35, says: “In Batman Begins, in the first scene I had with Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, I fell asleep. In the scene, I was meant to be waking up, so I laid down and just fell asleep. And I didn’t hear: ‘Action’.
“So Michael and Morgan were talking, and I was supposed to join in.
“I woke up with Michael Caine poking me in the ribs and going: ‘Look at ‘at! ‘E’s bloody fallen asleep, ‘asn’t ‘e? ‘E’s bloody fallen asleep!’”
Bale says that his habit of sleeping on film sets began while working on The Machinist, in which he plays an emaciated industrial worker who hasn’t slept in a year.
“The Machinist changed me,” says the actor, who is on the cover of the US June edition of GQ.
“I learned that I really enjoy, literally, not saying a damned word for days at a time, except for what was in the scene… ”
Actor Alec Baldwin “faces violence” if he ever visits the Philippines.
The 30 Rock star’s joke about getting a Filipino mail-order bride has provoked a sharp response in the southeastern Asian country, resulting in one local senator threatening him.
Baldwin, 51, who is divorced with a teenage daughter, said in an interview on The Late Show With David Letterman that he would love to have more children.
The Emmy-winning actor then quipped that he was “thinking about getting a Filipino mail-order bride at this point… or a Russian one”.
Now Philippine Senator Ramon Revilla has said Baldwin’s comment was “insensitive and uncalled for” and an insult to millions of Filipinos.
He called the actor “arrogant” and said that Baldwin is apparently unaware that the Philippines has a strict law against mail-order brides.
Revilla added: “Let him try to come here in the Philippines and he’ll see mayhem.”
Revilla’s comment used a local idiom that implied he would personally administer a beating to Baldwin.
The senator himself is a former action-movie star, who occasionally still appears on Philippine TV.
Joaquin Phoenix may have been the talk, rather the joke of the town the past several months but all seems quiet now on his front. There is however a new guy who seems to want to follow his lead. Joaquin Phoenix has found a match in Billy Bob Thornton who recently appeared on a radio show. The interview however turned out much like the television appearance of Joaquin Phoenix earlier with David Letterman.
Billy Bob Thornton appeared on the Canadian public CBC radio but listeners soon got amused when he did not only refuse to answer even the simplest questions but he also criticized the host when the latter mentioned Billy Bob Thornton’s movie background. Host Jiam Ghomeshi asked Billy Bob Thornton when his band the Boxmasters (presently on tour with Willie Nelson) was formed, Billy Bob Thornton said he “I don’t know what you are talking about.” And just like Joaquin Phoenix, he also gave monosyllabic answers. Billy Bob Thornton also made it clear that Jiam Ghomeshi’s introduction made him angry. Jiam Ghomeshi introduced the band and informed his listeners about their prodigious output since two years ago.
Looks like it!
A recent survey in the UK rated the judge to be more famous than God or even the Queen of England.
Hahahahahahah! That’s hilarious!
This survey is conducted yearly and has around 1,600 children under the age of 10 in the participating in their survey.
This gets even better.
Last year, Simon was in the fifth spot and took the Queen out of the top spot this year. God came in second last year to the Queen, who is now overshadowed by Cowell.
The children also say that the “very worst things in the world” for them is “being fat.” This reaction is probably caused by the teasing the kids endure in school or the influence of the fashion industry.
remember kids, there’s a difference between thin and healthy!
The general public has another reason to hate her.
Jessica was recently signed as the newest face of the new face of Stampede Light Plus beer.
And I just have to be honest; this new ad campaign is going to be a FAILURE! Let’s face it; you know you can’t sell beer with women in bikinis.
Here’s the rest of the ad for those who can tolerate it:
“I work out and take care of myself. But I also like a cold beer once in a while. That’s why I made a smart choice with a smart beer. Stampede Light, its beer plus.”
Are they seriously letting her use the word smart? Does she even know what smart means?
But enough of the bashing, this is a good thing (for her) at least she still has a job. Because we all know her singing career, well, isn’t doing as good as she’d hope it would.
For those who didn’t hear it before, Joy Behar asked it for us on The View. She said to Barack Obama, presidential candidate, “I understand that you’re related to Brad Pitt, in some way.”
The claim was originally made by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, saying that Brad and Barack are distant cousins. They are related through a man named Edwin Hickman, who died in 1769 in Virginia.
Barack said, “I guess we’re ninth cousins, something, removed – or something. I think he got the better looking side of the gene pool.”
Jack Nicholson decided to play The Joker with paparazzi last night as he arrived at the London premiere of his flick The Bucket List. As the snappers prepared to, well snap, the actor he quipped, “check my nose first”
What an odd, er, line. What could he possibly mean? Perhaps he was avoiding snaps similar to those taken of Amy Winehouse recently…
Indeed he could also be voted Oldest Shagger of the Year after pulling a move that outshines even the young pretender Russell Brand.
On hearing a shout of “How’s your love life” as he entered the cinema, Jack grabbed a gorgeous brunette, swung her round and replied, “It’s looking up”.
With two superstar parents, it’s only natural that the children of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith would catch the acting bug. 9 year old Jaden has already made his Hollywood debut in The Pursuit of Happyness. Now, it’s 7 year old Willow’s turn. See her December 14 in I am Legend.
Smith says of his children, “Jaden is Johnny Depp. He just wants to do good work…He loves acting, he just wants to make good movies. And Willow is Paris Hilton. Willow wants to be on tv!”
He goes on to clarify, “You don’t work with Willow. You work FOR Willow.”
Kudos to Will and Jada for making their children be professional by auditioning for their films instead of just requesting favors. At least they are doing what they can to keep them somewhat grounded.
Ok, so we all remember The Parent Trap and know that Lindsay is a natural, freckle faced redhead. And we all know people like that burn easily, so it’s understandable that Lindsay would choose to go with a rub-on self tanner. But hello!!!
Before using such a product, you’d think she’d learn HOW to use it. Instead the actress turned singer turned criminal and rehab patient definitely got some looks while she was out and about on Friday. But they weren’t because of her blinding beauty.
Instead, people were blinded by the blaring white of her arms. And then confused when they saw the orange-tinted tan on her face and chest. She’s apparently forgotten to apply the lotion on her arms.
Ladies, take my advice. If you’re going to make yourself tan in the winter, make you WHOLE self tan. Before heading out to get her hair straightened, Lindsay could’ve used that advice.
Britney Spears is well known these days for her self-destructing ways. And with this revelation, the pop wreck will soon be known for liking some kinky self-flagellation as well.
Star magazine, via Rush and Molloy, is reporting that Britney’s new mansion has a ‘Fantasy Room’ loaded with “ticklers, whips and fur-trimmed handcuffs” as well as a glass jar full of spanking paddles and a mirrored ceiling. There’s also a rack of costumes including schoolgirl, maid and Cinderella.
The dirt sheet also reports that Brit’s house has baby and dog poop painted on the couches and some of the sex gear is laid out in the living room in plain view of the little boys. I think I’m going to hurl.
A typical big-budget mainstream music video takes about 2 or 3 days to film. But Britney Spears is attempting to do the impossible by wanting to do it in just 2 hours!The pop wreck is set to film a music video for her next single ‘Piece of Me’ of Tuesday, November 27. The shoot will start at 8 AM at the restaurant/lounge Social Hollywood which will feature Wayne Isham on the director’s seat. Wayne helmed the video for Brit’s 2002 hit ‘I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman’.
A source on the set tells Us Weekly that Britney has a scheduled visit with her kids on Tuesday and she will only be available to film for two hours, between noon and 2 PM which would explain why along with 15 extras, Britney also has a body double.
Please… who wrote it for her? Didn’t this women drop out of high school. We’re supposed to believe that she is a fluent writer now? Yeah so nice that she’s bringing attention to this. But how will she out do herself next year? Oh, that’s right, she’ll adopt another kid and the publicity will just never end. Does she even have the time to pick up a pen and write a small daily dairy for herself of her daily happening with the kids and her routine and the time she shares with Brad Pitt? Why Am I saying all this, well because if a person is on tour of the world almost every day, has 4 kids to take care of and the usual commitments and reportedly finding a new house how can she find the time to write to her fans mails and do all this. It is pretty much clear in my mind, that either has a time clock that allows her to work 36 hours in one day out of the possible 24 hours or then her reps having been doing all this work for her and then she puts her name on drafted document.
Fabio is really enjoying his new found 15-minutes. The guy won’t stop talking about the one incident he had with George Clooney at the restaurant. At a Lamborghini event on Wednesday night, he spoke to OK! Magazine and told them ‘his side of the story.’ Did George ever even talk about the fight or this guy? all of you who’s blaming Fabio in this incident need to stfu! George Clooney toons is a real asshole plain and simple. He always have been. it’s just that the media always paints him as this gentleman, next Cary Grant and all that shit. Well, fuck that noise! Clooney is a lowlife phony scumbag! Go Fabio for exposing this piece of shit for what he is. Team Fabio!!! Clooney sucks!!! I think it’s very gentleman-like of him to defend those ladies he was with. Not many guys are like that these days. And yes, George Cloony couldn’t have been more of an ass. He is hot, but he needs to stop thinking he’s God’s gift to women. There are plenty other “hot” guy celebs out there.
Johnny Wright of Wright Entertainment Group (WEG) was once the manager of the hottest teen sensations including NSYNC and Britney Spears. But he is now suing his most famous, albeit controversial client, Britney claiming that she hasn’t paid him commissions which she owed.
WEG managed Britney until February 2003 but was supposed to keep receiving commissions until February 2008. It was for deals that the company negotiated on Brit’s behalf but now WEG is claiming that Brit has stopped paying in December 2006.
The lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, sees WEG seeking for unspecified damages and payment of legal fees.
A fight between battling Baldwin brothers Billy and Daniel ended badly – when their mother accidentally had two teeth knocked out. Backdraft star Billy admits the hot-headed pair’s arguments sometimes went too far when they were younger. We all fight with our brothers and sisters when we were young. I used to fight a lot with my younger brother when we were young and my mom would always start screaming at me whether or not it was my fault. I remember that once I got so angry with my brother irritating me and then we started hitting each other, I was a litter bigger than him so I kind of could over power him. He start yelling at me and my mom then couldn’t separate us so what she would do is try and pull me off him and then teach me that it’s not good fighting all the time. Now that we both older we have a good relationship and gel well together.
I hate to agree with Paris, but I think she’d be perfect for a movie version of “Dallas.” It’s going to be a steaming pile anyway, why not go all out? Cast Lohan and Britney too. Might as well, it’s not like they’re casting “Hamlet.” Also, I like her dress. When she’s not dressed like a hooker, she cleans up OK. If this makes anyone feel better about her impending visit to Africa, there are more plane crashes in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world because all their airplanes are raggedy-assed, as are their airports and most African countries have cruddy or nonexistent air traffic control. Shit crashes there all the time. So if she actually goes there, she has a better than usual chance of dying in a plane crash. …I’m rather sick of hearing about this skunk but like Anna Nicole you just can’t help but read. I’d be elated if she died one morning choking on her lucky charms but we all know she doesn’t eat… Food that is. They’d find her dead after choking on cock. Hopefully it’d all be on video. Oh that’s right, she’s ‘changed’.
