Russell Brand has given up his vow of celibacy and is back on the market again, he has revealed.
The 33-year-old comic said he was planning to give up sex after shooting a steamy scene for new movie Get Him to the Greek, in which he was given something that resembled a stocking to cover his manhood.
At the time, he said: "I had my sex organs all trussed up in a flesh-coloured ‘goolie-bag’… It’s put me off monkey business for life."
However, the star’s abstinence didn’t last long and he has now revealed: "The Nut Bag 3 are free! They came blinking into the light like hostages. Now they have known incarceration they will devour liberty."
Willow Smith, the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, is following in her famous parents’ acting footsteps.
The eight year old is set to star in a in a one-hour Nickelodeon special.
Willow has scored a part on True Jackson, VP to air on the network on July 25.
True Jackson is the teenage head of the youth division of a fashion label and Willow will play a younger version of Jackson in flashback format, while Keke Palmer will play an older Jackson.
She has already appeared in I Am Legend with her dad Will and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.
In a statement Willow said: “I get my style ideas from True Jackson, VP. If I had my own fashion company, I would call it Willow’s Reign.”
Marjorie Cohn, executive vice president of Nickelodeon development and original programming, said:”After seeing True mostly in the office, it is fun to see another side of her life.
“Most kids don’t have dual lives as vice presidents and high school students, so True’s comic dilemma is how to balance both. She faces this crisis with lots of comedy and her usual flair.
“Willow Smith is fantastic playing the young True and was able to channel Keke’s energy yet put her own signature on it.”
The star of The Hangover, which has been a surprise US box office hit, claims that he is not funny.
Bradley Cooper appears in the bachelor party comedy, which raced to number two of ticket sales in its opening weekend, missing the number one spot by a whisker.
The movie grossed $43.3 million at the US box office, missing Disney Pixar’s Up, which grossed $44.2 million, by a heartbeat.
And it caused an upset by knocking Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost into third place. The remake of the 1970s TV series made a disappointing $19.5 million.
But despite beating Hollywood’s top funny man at the US box office, Cooper doesn’t believe he can naturally make people laugh.
The 34-year-old, who has denied romantic links to Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz, tells Details magazine: “I’m not even funny at all. That’s what’s so ironic.”
Until now the Pennsylvania-native has been best known for his roles in Wedding Crashers and the romantic comedy He’s Just Not That Into You.
As an aspiring actor, however, he thought he was better suited to “Harrison Fordish” action-type characters.
“Just because when I was a kid, I would fake-fight all the time,” he says.
“I was really good at the sound effects. That’s the reason why I thought I could be effective in this business.”
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Bradley Cooper says he’s not playing an “alpha male” in new movie The Hangover which sees him moving on from characters like Sack Lodge in Wedding Crashers.
Cooper in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel says his character Phil, “is a guy you want on your team. He’s a guy who holds the group together, pieces the puzzle of their lost night together, and you can even see him as a family man, by the end. His bark’s bigger than his bite. His life consists of Little League and Sundays at the playground when he used to be a wild man – women, booze, gambling in Vegas.”
Ironically it was Cooper’s role in a movie about bad guys – He’s Just Not That Into You – that was a turning point. Cooper played a married man who is tempted by Scarlett Johansson rather than a cad or best buddy in the dating flick.
Hangover is a raunchy film which stars Heather Graham as a call girl and was shot over a month and a half in Sin City aka Las Vegas. Cooper said nothing is surprising in Vegas. He said: “Nothing fazed that town, nothing… We’d get in the elevators at Caesar’s after a long day of being out in the sun, getting mauled by a tiger, bloody make-up on, looking like we’d just had the (tar) kicked out of us, and nobody gave us a second look. Didn’t care at all. I found that hilarious. You couldn’t impress them.”
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Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley has admitted music is his “first passion” but he said he won’t be swapping careers any time soon.
Talking about music, Penn, 22, said: “Years from now, maybe you’ll see something, but for the moment, it’s something that I don’t [want to do].”
Penn, who plays Dan Humphrey in the US sitcom, appeared with his girlfriend and Gossip Girl co-star Blake Lively on the red carpet at a recent Burberry party when he revealed his love of music.
He said: “I mean music is my first passion, but because of that I don’t really want to just take a first step in the wrong direction.
“At the moment, I just want to be sensible about what I do. I just write and I play, and that’s all I need for myself right now.”
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Rosario Dawson will be starring alongside Kevin James in a new romantic comedy called The Zookeeper.
James, 44, will also be producing the flick, along with Todd Garner, Jeff Sussman and Jennifer Eatz.
The film, produced by Happy Madison, will feature zoo animals attempting to teach their keeper the ways of dating and mating to help him lure the woman of his dreams.
Shooting will begin in the late summer in Boston and it is set for a release date of July 23, 2010.
Frank Coraci will be directing the film from a screenplay by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Kevin James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay.
More media reports that Mel Gibson’s girlfriend Oksana Grigoreiva is pregnant and that he is seriously considering marrying her are filtering out of the US.
An online report that a Gibson representative said “stay tuned,” when asked about a possible marriage has only added fuel to the fire.
Gibson paraded Grigoreiva at the recent Los Angeles premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, introducing her to the world.
He is the father of seven children with his longtime Australian wife Robyn, who filed for divorce in April and is said to have been living apart from the actor for up to three years.
Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek has put his home up for sale.
The actor has listed his house in Studio City, Los Angeles, for $2.4 million.
Built in 1999, the nearly 3,000-square-foot gated home has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms and 180-degree canyon, mountain and city vistas.
Walk-out French doors from all the bedrooms lead to a patio with a mist cooling system, swimming pool and spa. There is an outdoor kitchen with a barbecue and bar. The upstairs master suite has a fireplace, beamed cathedral ceiling and a walk-in closet.
Van Der Beek, 32, who starred in the hit drama Dawson’s Creek with Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams, is looking to buy another home in Los Angeles.
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Star Trek star Simon Pegg said his wife had to leave a screening of their new film as their unborn baby was kicking too much.
Simon, 39, plays Scotty in the new sci-fi flick and attended the screening with his wife Maureen, who is seven months pregnant with their first child.
He said: “She came to see the film.”
He added to Scottish newspaper the Daily Record: “But she had to leave halfway through and wait in the foyer because it was so loud and the baby was kicking so much.”
He added: “She left just when I was about to deliver my best line.
“I said to her: ‘I can’t believe you care more about our baby than my iconic line!’”
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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has reportedly become close friends with a New York transvestite.
Radcliffe, 19, has allegedly been out for dinner with the drag queen, called Our Lady J, who makes a living as a singer and has been called "fierce" and "mind-blowing" in reviews.
A pal of Our Lady J said: "Daniel is fascinated by the drag culture and is always asking questions. He went to a few shows and was made to feel very welcome."
The pal added to British newspaper The Sun: "He’s a lovely guy and he and Our Lady J got on like a house on fire. They have eaten out together and been to parties. They have become quite close."