Finally! There's stuff happening in the entertainment world, just in time for the weekend! While I'm a little frustrated that all of this stuff is happening on a Friday (which tends to be one of my busier days) I'm also relieved that there's finally something to write about aside from custody battles and movie trailers.
The biggest news that broke today was the confirmation that People Magazine bought the first pictures of the Brangelina twins (Hello Magazine got the international rights for the pictures) for an undisclosed sum (rumored to be between $11 million to $14 million). Here are the details:
Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon are, at long last, ready for their closeups. Their outlandishly overpriced, highly anticipated, paparazzi-thwarting closeups. As expected, the deep pockets over at People magazine won the bidding war for the U.S. and Canadian rights to the twins' first photoshoot, with Hello! magazine snagging the international exclusive. Though there's no official word on how much the publications shelled out to show the world Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's genetically blessed double act, or whether the newborns can out-cute big sis Shiloh's People debut, sources have placed the camera coup at $14 million. Vivienne and Knox, not yet one month old having entered the world to much fanfare on July 12, will make their cover debuts on both People and Hello! on Monday. (Source E Online)
You can get your first glance of the cover of People on their website on Sunday at 4 pm PST, so set your alarms and get put it in your date books. I know I for one will be sitting in front of my laptop all day Sunday to make sure I don't miss the unveiling of the world's most genetically blessed twins. I wonder if there will be a picture of their also genetically blessed older sister Shiloh with them. I bet there's at least one family portrait. Of course, Brad and Angie have made sure that the world knows that the millions of dollars they get paid for a picture of the blessed ones with go straight to charity, it will not past Go it will not collect interest. Oddly enough, People Magazine had no story about the pictures, just a banner on the top of their website promoing the unveiling on Sunday. Maybe they're a little ashamed of the kind of dough they shelled out for this particular photo shoot. You know they spent more than the rumored amount on making sure those babies are photo ready.
Other happy news comes from someone a bit lower key than Brangelina and their photogenic brood. Actress Heather Matarazzo announced her engagement today. Here are the specifics:
Heather Matarazzo, best known for playing an awkward seventh grader in Welcome to the Dollhouse and then an awkward high school student opposite Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries, is engaged. Matarazzo’s publicist, Lisa Jammal, tells E! News exclusively the 25-year-old actress “is engaged to Caroline Murphy. They’ve been together for over a year.” And because the couple does not have a specific “male or female role,” they both proposed! “It was really cute. First Heather proposed to Carolyn, then Carolyn proposed to her,” says Jammal. She goes on to say the two are very supportive of each other and are totally in love—“it was love at first sight.” (Source E Online)
Very cute. Congratulations to the newly engaged couple! I love it when celebrities seem genuinely happy with their partners and aren't just doing it for publicity.
On to less pleasant news, the Shia LeBeouf controversy just won't go away it seems. The kid's still in the hospital, but that doesn't stop the media from getting quotes from as many people around him as possible, even though the sheriff's has already ruled that the accident wasn't his fault, there's still that pesky DUI. Access Hollywood pestered Transformers director Michael Bay into giving them a quote. As always, he was ever so tactful:
Shia LaBeouf may have been arrested for DUI after Sunday's car accident – but Transformers director Michael Bay insists the actor was not impaired. "He was not drunk," Bay tells Access Hollywood in an interview slated to air Friday. "He was drinking hours and hours before." But the director – currently working with LaBeouf on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – claims that he did warn his young star about road safety shortly before the crash. "We had a little heart to heart the week before when he bought a brand new motorcycle," Bay told the TV show. "I [said], 'Dude! You cannot ride that motorcycle! If you crash, you put 1,500 people out of work.' He said, 'Ok, I won't ride it, I won't ride it. I'll just drive my truck.' (Source People)
Well, we can see how well just driving his truck around went. And I'm glad that he was drinking hours and hours before the accident. While this particular interview doesn't give me much hope for Shia, statements made by the police at the time of the accident do seem a bit suspect. I don't believe they ever did a breathalyzer test, probably because his hand was all mashed up, so they arrested him on the basis of his "intoxicated behavior". Could that behavior have been shock? Will know soon enough I'm sure.
Well, that's about all for me today. I've got more stuff to do here today and I'll be broadcasting live tomorrow night from the final concert of the 39th annual Summer Festival at Robert Mondavi Winery. UB40 will be performing, so it should be a pretty good show. Kellie will be broadcasting live tomorrow afternoon from the Think Green World Music Festival as well, which should also be pretty fun. You can get more info on that concert here.
Its going to be another busy weekend, so I'm out of here.
Later!
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