Events
Happy Thanksgiving From Celebutopia!
It’s a great day to be with your family and stuffing your face with all the hot foods and cold drinks you can digest. We at Celebutopia wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!
Take a cue from Keira Knightley and shove that turkey leg in your fat face like a rabid pig! YUMMY!
Oscar Winners 2010
Congratulations from Celebutopia to “The Hurt Locker” for winning Best Motion Picture and congratulations to Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Mo’Nique, and Christoph Waltz for their respective acting categories in this year’s Academy Awards.
Now can we stop talking about these films and move on?!?
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
In a stunning decision, President Barack Obama has won the coveted Nobel Peace prize. Nobel observers were shocked by the unexpected choice so early in the Obama presidency, which began less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. The decision was designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism. The White House had no immediate response to the surprising announcement.
Megan Fox Is A Potty-Mouthed Fiend!
During the Q&A session of the “Jennifer’s Body” premiere at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood last Wednesday, Megan Fox decided that it was okay to curse up a storm in front of hundreds of people and children.
In fact, I was also in the crowd during the event (no joke) and, let me tell ya, as tongue-in-cheek as Megan was trying to be, it was a tad bit uncomfortable to be hearing her say the F-word with little kids around.
But she can get away with it! Know why? Because she’s MEGAN FOX. The next five women you run into at the mall won’t look anything like her, so she wins!
Stars turn out for Armani
The glitterati have all flocked to New York for Fashion Week and plenty were spotted at the Giorgio Armani store on 5th Avenue, where the designer hosted an exclusive party to celebrate the opening.
Fashionista Victoria Beckham sacrificed warmth for style on the outdoor red carpet, posing without a coat, showing plenty of skin in the freezing weather.
She presented new designs from her fashion collection at New York Fashion Week and said she’d love to reach Armani-level success.
“I have so much respect for Mr. Armani – you know, I can dream,” she said, before heading inside.
Leonardo DiCaprio and John Mayer, both in dark suits, arrived late, sans girlfriends.
Also among the celebrity guests were NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Caroline Kennedy, Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, Mira Sorvino, Liam Neeson and Josh Hartnett.
For more shots of the Armani party, visit our forum here, here or here.
Mischa Barton brings the drama to Fashion Week
Actress Mischa Barton hasn’t been making many movies, but she did make some trouble at Fashion Week already. The former “O.C.” star arrived at the Fashion Week tent in Bryan Park in a thin, black outfit that photographers flash bulbs flashed right through – making her dress see-through and putting staffers backstage at Miss Sixty in a tizzy.
Men and women working for the label scrambled for something new by the designer to put over Barton. E! News reports that some even took the clothes off their own backs and offered them to her.
“She’s a royal pain in the ass,” one staffer complained to another. “We sent all these clothes over and she ends up wearing nothing!”
Barton managed to settle on a scarf draped strategically over her shoulders, though she very nearly grabbed the same one that Kristen Bell was wearing.
The actress, who was a front-row regular at Paris Fashion Week only a few weeks ago and has her own headband line, later told E! News she would consider doing her own clothing line “with the right people.”
Star maps for Inauguration
The glitterati will be out for an historic evening Tuesday. The Jan. 20 Inauguration will have stars of all sorts coming in from Los Angeles and New York City.
This is the roundup of who will be where, those everything is subject to change.
Let’s start with Barack Obama’s biggest supporter, Oprah Winfrey. She’ll host a live episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” from the Kennedy Center Opera House on Monday. She’ll also host a second episode on Wednesday. Winfrey has not announced her plans on Inauguration Day.
Another big supporter, Spike Lee, will be part of a daylong symposium at Howard University on Monday to discuss topics including the impact of Obama on Black America. Also there will be Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Henry Louis Gates. Lee will also host an after-party Tuesday evening.
At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, the National Mall will be the site of a rockin’ concert: Bruce Springsteen, U2, Beyonce, Usher, Garth Brooks, Stevie Wonder, John Mellencamp, Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Herbie Hancock, Josh Groban, John Legend and James Taylor. Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III and Queen Latifah will read. Obama will make an appearance and HBO will broadcast “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.”
Other concerts:
- BET will hold an awards ceremony, the BET Honors, Saturday at the Warner Theater to honor Mary J. Blige, filmmaker Tyler Perry, Ervin “Magic” Johnson and others. Gabrielle Union will host and performers include Queen Latifa, Ne-Yo, Anita Baker and Joss Stone.
- The Hip-hop Caucus will host a concert Saturday at Ibiza with Common, Mary J. Blige and Nelly.
- Jessica Alba will host a kickoff event by youth voter initiative Declare Yourself on Sunday dubbed “A New Birth of Citizenship.” Maroon 5 and DJ Samantha Ronson will perform.
- “Kids’ Inaugural: We Are the Future” will be held Monday night at the Verizon Center and air on the Disney Channel. Performing will be Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers and Bow Wow. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden will host with their families.
- The “America Feels Kinda Cool Again Inaugural Gala” will feature the Beastie Boys, Sheryl Crow and Citizen Cope on Monday at the 9:30 club.
- Jay-Z will perform a concert – “In Concert on the Eve on Change” – at the Warner Theater on Monday.
- Aretha Franklin will play a free concert at the Kennedy Center with Nuttin’ But Stringz and the Let Freedom Ring Choir on Monday.
- Manifest Hope will finish a three-day-long, Inauguration-themed art exhibit with a party featuring performances by Santogold, Moby and De La Soul.
The Official Ball
- The Neighborhood Ball: ABC will broadcast this ball for Washington residents at the Washington Convention Center. Performing will be Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Faith Hill and Mary J. Blige.
- The Youth Ball: This ball is for people aged 18 to 35 to celebrate “the role young Americans can play to serve their communities.” After announcing and then junking a similarly themed ball, MTV will broadcast it. Fall Out Boy is among the acts attending.
- The other eight official balls are: the Home States Ball, the Commander in Chief Ball, the Biden Home State Ball, the Mid-Atlantic Ball, the Western and Southern Regional Ball, the Midwest Regional Ball, the New England Ball and the Southern Regional Ball.
The Unofficial Balls
- The “Dreams of My Father” American Scholars Inaugural Ball will take place Sunday at the Four Seasons and feature Alicia Keys, Macy Gray and LL Cool J.
- The Voto Latino Inaugural Party will on Sunday include Marc Antony, Rosario Dawson, Tony Plana and Wilmer Valderrama.
- The Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball will take place Monday at the Harman Center and be hosted by Russell Simmons, LL Cool J, T.I. and Young Jeezy
- The Huffington Post Preinaugural Ball will be held Monday night at the Newseum and feature performances by Sting and will.i.am. Attendees will include Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Shakira, Jon Bon Jovi, Halle Berry and Ashton Kutcher.
- The Green Inaugural Ball will be held Monday at the Portrait Gallery and be hosted by Al Gore.
- Muhammad Ali will attend the Kentucky Inaugural Ball on Monday at the Marriott Wardman Hotel.
- The nonprofit arts and entertainment advocacy group Creative Coalition will hold a gala to be headlined by Elvis Costello and Sting at the Harman Center for the Arts on Tuesday. Also attending will be Anne Hathaway, Spike Lee, Tim Robbins, Maggie Gyllenhaal and others.
- The Purple Ball, Tuesday at the Fairmont Hotel, will be hosted by Lou Gossett Jr. and Il Divo will perform. Expected to attend are: Ashley Judd, Patricia Arquette, John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Ed Harris, Ashley Judd, Josh Lucas, Amy Brenneman, Brendan Fraser, Susan Sarandon and Lisa Marie Presley.
- There will be two American Music Balls: The Legends Ball, hosted by Dionne Warwick and featuring Chaka Khan and George Clinton; and the Urban Ball – hosted by Ludacris and featuring Cedric the Entertainer and Monica. Both will be held Tuesday at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel.
- BET will host an inaugural ball at the Mandarin Oriental hotel Tuesday. The network will broadcast an hour special to coincide with the ball, which will include a performance by Wyclef Jean.
- The Equality Ball, hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, will be held Tuesday at the Mayflower Hotel with appearances by Cyndi Lauper, Melissa Etheridge and Rufus Wainwright.
- The Inaugural Peace Ball, Tuesday at the Smithsonian Postal Museum, will be hosted by Harry Belafonte and include Joan Baez, Graham Nash and Jackson Brown.
- Rihanna will perform at the Recording Industry Association of America Inaugural Ball to benefit Feeding America on Tuesday.
- Nas, Josh Groban, Slash and Robert Randolph are among those performing at the Heroes Red, White & Blue Inaugural Ball (benefiting military families and veterans) on Tuesday at the Warner Theater.
Knievel plans Vegas jump
What better way to honor a crazy father than do do something crazy yourself?
In an homage to his legendary father’s Las Vegas hotel jump on New Year’s Eve 1968, stuntman Robbie Knievel will attempt to clear the Mirage hotel volcano in Sin City.
Knievel’s early morning jump will be part of a special New Year’s Eve Live show with performances by “American Idol” winner David Cook and former Velvet Revolver lead singer Scott Weiland.
Knievel said the stunt will likely be his last in the United States.
Posh Spice to run NY Marathon
Rumour has it that Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice is to run the New York Marathon, following in the steps of her friend Katie Holmes. The burning question is though, what will she be wearing?
Posh has been secretly training for the event which is happening this Sunday. Fair play to the girl, I just hope her heels hold out!
Needless to say, she has a get-out clause, in other words, if she doesn’t feel ready, then she will put all her hard training to good use in the Los Angeles Marathon next year in February, no doubt if she doesn’t feel ready then she will just move the date forward to the next available marathon, so on and so forth…
Her hubby David has been giving her tips and they have put their plans on hold for adding to their family until she has done her run.
Selena Gomez is ‘available’ for Shia LaBeouf
I didn’t think that a 16-year-old TV star would get to have The List. You know, the five guys or girls you can have sex with and all is forgiven.
But either Selena Gomez isn’t dating Nick Jonas or the Disney stars have an “understanding” that far surpasses anything I’d expect.
On the red carpet Saturday night at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Runway for Life benefit she shouted to the press, “Let Shia know I’m available!”
Gomez has been up front about her celeb crush on the 22-year-old “Transformers” star Shia LaBeouf but she revealed a few more Hollywood folks she’d like to meet, including Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams.
“I love her,” Gomez said. “I look up to her.”
She plans to head into the studio with best friend Demi Lovato soon and thinks pairing with Miley Cyrus (the ever-so-understand Mr. Jonas’s ex) “would be fun.”
Hmm. I somehow suspect that Miley won’t be quite as nice to Gomez as Nick is.
Stefani dances her birthday away
Gwen Stefani celebrated her 39th birthday with a dance party at her Hollywood Hills home Friday.
The 100-person guest list included her No Doubt bandmates, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, Christina Aguilera and, of course, Stefani’s Harajuku Girls.
An outdoor dance floor was erected and the playlist for the party featured lots of 80s music, along with others of Stefani’s favorites by The Specials, Fishbone, The Police.
“She danced all night and went from person to person just being the birthday girl,” one guest said.
The menu included mini BLT sandwiches and pizzas and the cake featured pink candles.
The birthday girl, who gave birth to her second son Zuma just six weeks ago, wore a black party dress and her trademark blonde hair long and in waves.
“She just looks really happy and so good,” says the guest. “She and Gavin were so sweet together.”
Angelina Jolie’s new tattoos
Angelina Jolie premiered not just her new movie, “Changeling,” directed by Clint Eastwood Saturday, but also her brand new tattoos.
Jolie’s new ink, on her left shoulder, records the global birth coordinates of her twins, Knox and Vivienne, added to those for her older children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh. Maddox was born in Cambodia, Pax is from Vietnam, Zahara was born in Ethiopia and Shiloh in Namibia.
“It’s so much fun but it’s very hard work. The kids are forming beautiful friendships. They’re teammates,” said Jolie of her growing family. “The twins are just the sweetest little things. They lay next to each other a lot and respond to each other.”
The twins were born July 12 in France. The Jolie-Pitt clan arrived in the states last week for the first time since their birth.
Barack Rocks!
Barack Obama rocks. Or will rock anyway. Rockers Bruce Stringstreen and Billy Joel will host their first joint concert ever to benefit the Democratic presidential nominee. Obama will attend the concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 16, the day after Obama’s final debate with Republican John McCain.
I remember seeing Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper and My Morning Jacket back in 2004, hosted by MoveOn.org, and if awesome concerts like this result, I could stand a few more elections.
Of course, those tickets were a bit cheaper. This concert starts at $500 and range up to $10,000. Hmm, and I thought this was a Democratic function, not a Republican…
Gillian Anderson takes a tumble
It was no Scarlet O’Hara tumble down the stairs, but a pregnant Gillian Anderson, 40 and expecting her third child, frightened the crowds at the London premiere of “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People” Wednesday night.
The night began with an introduction from director Robert Weide and a joke that Anderson going into labor would spark great publicity for the film.
Anderson took to the stage and threw a mock punch, then lost her balance and fell to the floor.
The Empire Leicester Square audience gasped at the tumble of the eight-months-pregant Anderson.
Weide reassured them that the actress
September 20th Happy Birthday To….
Happy Birthday to “Marie Antoinette” actress Asia Argento (1975), “3rd Rock From the Sun” actress Kristen Johnston (1967), film and tv actor Robert Rusler (1965), “Hero” actress Maggie Cheung (1964), “Office Space” actor Gary Cole (1956), glass artist Dale Chihuly (1941), Italian actress Sophia Loren (1934), and “Zoolander” actress Anne Meara (1929).
Zac and Vanessa go Vogue
Spotted at Thursday night’s 2008 Teen Vogue Young Hollywood party were the epitome of teen success themselves, Vanessa Hudgens and zac Efron.
Efron, whose new movie, “Me and Orson Welles” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, strolled down the red carpet in a simple white T-shirt with a black jacket with a grey scarf, jeans and black sneakers.
His girlfriend also kept it classicly simply with a black halter-style dress with silver earrings beneath a loose updo, a clutch purse and stappy black heels.
The two will next appear together in the highly anticipated “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” due out Oct. 24.
For more photos of teen scene king and queen, visit our forum here or here
Megan Fox & Shia LaBeouf @ Eagle Eye Premier. Looking Great Together
The young duo was seen out at The Eagle Eye premier. Sources tell Celebutopia that this is a hot ticket and this movie will be one of the best this season. Megan looks fantastic as usual. They look like they would be a happy couple if they decided to become one. Only wishful thinking, i know. Below you will see some of the images. For the full set, enter our FORUM.
Let’s Emmy party crash!
Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood Daily has the run down of Emmy events, parties and lounges scheduled this week in anticipation of the blessed event.
Anyone feel like crashing? I do a pretty mean Erika Christensen impression (if she’d lay off the stylist, the trainer, the publicist and eat a few pizzas).
The events still forthcoming are listed below:
Thursday, September 18th
10 AM-6 PM Dubois Pelin & Associates Gifting Lounge
Luxe Hotel, Beverly Penthouse Suites, 360 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills
12 PM Celebrity Green Gifting Chateau (LA Confidential/Platform Media Group)
Harry Warner Private Estate, 501 S Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles
7:30 PM ATAS hosts Emmy Outstanding Writer Nominee Party
Taper Courtyard, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Brentwood
7:30 PM TV Guide Cocktail Party/Private Dinner
Foxtail, 9077 Santa Monica Blvd, W Hollywood
Friday, September 19th
11:30 AM YouthAIDS Pre-Emmy Luncheon (Little Black Dress Wines/Tacori)
Private Estate, Doheny Hills
12 PM Celebrity Green Gifting Chateau (LA Confidential/Platform Media Group)
Harry Warner Private Estate, 501 S Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles
7-10 PM NewPoker.com’s Creative Coalition Celebrity Poker Challenge
Harry Warner Private Estate, 501 S Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles
Saturday, September 20th
10 AM-6 PM Dubois Pelin & Associates Gifting Lounge
Luxe Hotel, Beverly Penthouse Suites, 360 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills
12 PM Celebrity Green Gifting Chateau (LA Confidential/Platform Media Group)
Harry Warner Private Estate, 501 S Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles
3-6 PM British Academy of Film & Television Arts (LA) Tea Party
InterContinental Hotel, 2151 Avenue of the Stars, Century City
6-8 PM 30 Rock’s Vanity Fair Emmy party
Chateau Marmont, 8221 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood
7-10 PM LA Confidential magazine pre-Emmy party
Six Fifty North, 650 N La Cienega, Los Angeles
8 PM “Evening Before” party hosted by the Motion Picture Fund
The Lawn at Century Park, 10100 Constellation Blvd, Century City
8 PM-12 AM NBC Universal party
Spago, 176 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills
9 PM Entertainment Weekly and EW.com party
Historic Beverly Hills Post Office, 470 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills
Sunday, September 21st
8 PM Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Governors Ball
LA Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa, Los Angeles
7:30 PM Entertainment Tonight/People Magazine party
Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles
8 PM Comedy Central party
STK, 755 N. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles
8 PM HBO party
Fountain Plaza at the Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave, W Hollywood
8 PM TV Guide party
The Kress, 6608 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood
At the Twain (ceremony) they’ll meet
Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Margaret Cho will be part of an all-star lineup of entertainers at this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony Nov. 10.
Back in June, just before his death, George Carlin was named this year’s winner. It will be awarded during a tribute performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. The program will be aired later on PBS stations.
Garry Shandling, Lily Tomlin, Denis Leary, Joan Rivers, Lewis Black and Richard Belzer will also perform. This is the first time in the award’s 11-year history that it is being awarded posthumously. Last year’s winner was Billy Crystal.
Even dead, Carlin is a clear step up.
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Takei, partner vow to live long and prosper together
George Takei and his longtime partner, Brad Altman, are embarking on a new enterprise: marriage.
Takei, 71, and Altman, 54, exchanged vows Sunday in a multicultural ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum.
After two decades together, the two had an eclectic ceremony that featured a Buddhist priest, Native American wedding bands, a Japanese Koto harp and a bagpipe procession.
No Star Trek uniforms for the cultured couple – they donned white dinner jackets with black pants. The couple entered to the Broadway song “One Singular Sensation” from “A Chorus Line” and stepped into a circle of yellow roses and lilies for a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
The ceremony was performed by a Buddhist priest.
Altman said that he had called Takei many things during their relationship – “life partner, significant other” – but that their marriage represented “a dream come true for me.”
“I can add ‘my husband’ to the list of things I call you,” he said.
Takei called his longtime partner an “organized, detail-obsessed, punctuality-driven control freak.”
“I’m easygoing with details, so we’re a good fit … I vow to care for you as you’ve cared for me … and to love you as my husband and the only man in my life,” Takei said as he held Altman’s hands.
The priest then pronounced them “spouses for life.”
The newlyweds exited to bagpipe music.
At the reception, guests dined on Asian/Baja Californian fusion cuisine and took home Japanese tea-ceremony treats in boxes printed with the phrase: “May sweet equality live long and prosper.”
Takei said he and Altman chose to make their wedding public – and have been outspoken gay-rights advocates for years – for the sake of democracy.
“We have a relationship that’s been stronger and longer-lived than some of our straight friends, and yet we were not equal,” Takei told The Associated Press before the ceremony. “What this does is give us that dignity; (it’s) being part of the American system and being whole. We’re making the American system whole as well, as America is becoming more equal.”
He and Altman were among the first couples to receive a marriage license in West Hollywood when the state began granting licenses to gay couples on June 17.
“Star Trek” stars Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols served as best man and best lady, and the guest list featured Hollywood executives, local and national government officials and the couple’s relatives from around the world.
The “Star Trek” star and his manager intend to honeymoon in Argentina and Peru.
