Blog Posts by Claudine Zap

  • Jodie Foster stuns with confessional Golden Globes speech

    Delivering a rambling and confessional speech, Jodie Foster, honored for the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement in film at the 70th Annual Golden Globes, addressed rumors that she is a lesbian. She said, “I’m just going to put it out there, loud and proud, right? I am…single. I’m kidding.”

    She added, seriously, “I came out a long, long time ago.” She added that did her coming out to friends a long time ago (though not in a public forum), acknowledged she had a female partner when she thanked Cydney Bernard, who she also called out as the co-parent of their children.

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  • Taylor Swift called out for reaction to Golden Globes loss

    Taylor Swift hit a sour note at the Golden Globes this evening.

    The pop country crooner, who was up for Best Original Song for her tune “Safe and Sound” recorded for "The Hunger Games, was called out for her bad reaction – on camera – when she didn’t win.

    The award went instead to Adele, for her ballad, “Skyfall,” for the James Bond movie of the same name. Twitter quickly heated up, with comments on Yahoo! scolding Swift for being a sore loser.

    On Yahoo! live chat, the commenter Impressive_girl posted,
    “Taylor Swift needs to learn what it means to be a gracious loser. She's officially gets the award for this year's ‘Elton John’ moment. “

    Yahoo! writer Jason Sickles added, "Someone needs to teach Taylor Swift the McKayla thing!" The singer is officially on notice to practice her poker face.

    Swift wasn't the only one caught looking less than pleased on camera, as Tommy Lee Jones wasn't cracking up at Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig's presentation.

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  • Salma Hayek and Paul Rudd won’t be getting any awards for smooth presentations. The two stars got caught in an moment during a technical glitch at the 70th annual Golden Globes.

    The two were tasked with handing out the award for best actor in a TV series.

    The “Savages” star introduced the nominees, including Bryan Cranston for “Breaking Bad” and Damian Lewis for “Homeland,” saying, “They drink, they do drugs, they like they have a huge ego, and they are not to be trusted.”

    [ Photos: Red carpet arrivals at the 2013 Golden Globes ]

    Paul Rudd chimed in, “But uh, that’s just their agents.” Boom! Except…silence. The zing of that line went totally bust. Memo to the Golden Globe writers: Agent jokes apparently don’t play well with this crowd.

    But a bad joke goes over better than no lines at all. As the camera came back to the pair, who were then to read off the nominees for best TV drama, the two simply looked confused, and said nothing as the teleprompter failed to roll.

    Finally Rudd, with

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  • Anne Hathaway’s unusual shoe demands

    Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway was willing to do a lot for her role as Fantine in "Les Miserables": She chopped off her hair, lost 25 pounds, and even sang. But she would not wear leather shoes.

    The actress is vegan and asked the costume designer to make her footwear animal free as well.

    Costume designer Paco Delgado, who used all custom footwear on the set, had special shoes for the star. "[Hathaway]'s vegan, so we couldn't use any animal materials on the shoes for her character Fantine," he told Footwear News. "We had to find very specific shoemakers to create lace-up boots and ankle boots."

    Hathway isn't the only star with unusual demands on set. Nicole Kidman declined to use a racial slur written in the "Paperboy" script, despite the director's insistence. The period melodrama set in Florida, about a journalist and a murder, called for the actress to hurl the N-word at a black co-star. Kidman would not.

    Director Lee Daniels expressed his bafflement at her decision. Speaking at a press

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  • Tom Cruise’s movie shoot shuts down London’s Trafalgar Square

    All You Need Is KillFilming 'All You Need Is Kill' in London's Trafalgar Square (Photo: FameFlynet, Inc)

    It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Tom Cruise in a helicopter.

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  • Dakota Fanning nearly unrecognizable at final ‘Twilight’ premiere

    Dakota Fanning on Monday night in Los AngelesFanning, left, on Monday night in Los Angeles as a brunette (Photo: Steve Granitz/David M. Benett/WireImage)Dakota Fanning showed her dark side on Monday night at the world premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" in Los Angeles.

    Going from blonde to brunette, Fanning was looking more like Francis Bean Cobain (or even Zooey Deschanel) than herself. But, she reassured Yahoo! Movies, "Yes, it's really me." The 18-year-old said the dark hair color was for a movie she just filmed. "I decided I needed a change... for the character I was playing I couldn't be a blonde."

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  • Fans react to Mark Wahlberg as star of ‘Transformers 4′

    Mark WhalbergMark Wahlberg (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)It's official: Say hello to Mark Wahlberg as the new "Transformers" star. Director Michael Bay confirmed that the 41-year-old "Ted" actor will replace the 26-year-old Shia LaBeouf for the fourth movie in the franchise based on the Hasbro toys. And fans on the Web seemed to have had a role in the decision.

    After first denying rumors that he was working with Wahlberg on a different film project, director Michael Bay appeared to reconsider. He wrote on his website, "Mark is awesome. We had a blast working on 'Pain and Gain' and I'm so fired up to be back working with him. An actor of his caliber is the perfect guy to re-invigorate the franchise and carry on the Transformers' legacy."

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  • Denzel Washington’s first nude scene in ‘Flight’

    Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington in 'Flight' (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

    For his latest movie, Denzel Washington takes on a harrowing role in "Flight," which involves a revealing moment -- literally. The actor does a nude scene.

    The story centers on his character, Whip Whitaker, an experienced but alcoholic airline pilot who crash-lands his plane after it goes into a dive -- and manages to save almost everyone on-board -- but may face prison time for drugs and alcohol found in his system.

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  • Ben Affleck approached to direct ‘Justice League’

    (Photo: Jim Spellman)It will take a super director to take on the superhero team movie "Justice League." Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has approached Ben Affleck to lead the DC comic book project.

    Affleck isn't Joss Whedon, the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" wunderkind who directed the megahit "The Avengers." And he's not Christopher Nolan, who brought back Batman in the "Dark Knight" trilogy's stunning reboot -- and who already said 'no' to a 'Justice League' movie.

    But the 39-year-old Affleck is a successful director ("The Town"), an Oscar-winning writer ("Good Will Hunting"), and an actor who even suited up as Superman in the biopic about George Reeves (who played the superhero on TV) in "Hollywoodland."

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  • Comedian Jerry Lewis rushed to hospital

    Jerry LewisPhoto by Andrew H. Walker/Getty ImagesComedian Jerry Lewis had a serious health scare. The funnyman was apparently rushed to the hospital just before he was to present Tom Cruise with a legendary Friars Club award.

    The New York Post reports that the 86-year-old collapsed from low blood sugar before he was about to go onstage at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria. The publication added that a Friars Club official informed the audience that Lewis had fallen ill shortly before the event and had been taken to the hospital, but was expected to recover.

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