MAG: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner in “Bitter Battle” Over Family

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“Ben Affleck and his wife Jennifer Garner are said to be locked in a bitter battle over whether to have another baby,” claims the National Enquirer.
The tabloid, which falsely claimed the couple’s marriage was “hanging by a thread” way back in 2010, is once again trying to stir up controversy.
A so-called “source” for the Enquirer now insists that Affleck and Garner have come to a “stand-off over whether to grow their family.”
As proof of some kind of fight, the magazine dredges up a ridiculous rumor from earlier this month that alleges Affleck’s Oscars acceptance speech — in which he called his marriage “the best kind of work” — somehow infuriated Garner.
It did not.
The Enquirer then claims the couple had an “ugly” clash during a post-Oscar party at the Sunset Tower Hotel.

Elementary expands its pedigree

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Elementary expands its pedigree

 

Did you like CBS’ modern version of Sherlock Holmes, Elementary? I’m devoted to the BBC Sherlock, but I liked Elementary well enough. I didn’t feel the need to watch it every week, but it didn’t linger long on my DVR, either. I did think Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu made a good Holmes/Watson, and it occurred to me, when Natalie Dormer made her entrance as Irene Adler and Elementary took an unexpected leap to the left with how it unwound the Moriarty mystery, that Elementary is the first network drama to respond directly to the pressures being put on network TV by cable.
Network TV is circling the drain and but for a few exceptions—all of which are comedies—the networks are spinning their wheels and making no concerted effort to fit into the changing television landscape. We’re moving away from the broad appeal procedurals that dominated the 1990s and early aughts and into more niche programming that rely on serialized plots to tell larger narratives. CSI with its virtually blank characterizations and case-of-the-week stories is no longer the MO for making a successful show.
Elementary is introducing some of those cable-esque elements like serialized plots and complicated, often unlikeable, protagonists, but it also retains the case-of-the-week format, so it’s straddling the line between the familiar and the new. Another cable-ish thing it has going for it is the quality of actor it employs—the kind of actor that gets a major press release when they sign on.
Like Rhys Ifans, who Deadline announced will be joining as “Sherlock’s older brother” (Mycroft, or the apocryphal Sherrinford—why the mystery?) in season two. Ifans is a legendary asshole with a tendency to flip his sh*t at the drop of a hat (click here to read about his crazy interview with The Guardian), so it’ll be interesting to see if he can keep it together and handle the brutal hour long drama schedule. It should help that he’s only going to be recurring, and not a regular, since he’ll only have to work for a few weeks instead of the twenty-something it takes to produce the whole season. But if anyone could turn a guest role on a television show into A Situation, it’s Rhys Ifans. I’ll admit to being a little more interested in season two now. Are you?

 

Bald Betty Losing her Hair

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January Jones is losing her hair. She says it’s “falling out in clumps” because she changes the colour so often, I guess a common hazard for busy working actresses (maybe a problem for regular ladies too?).
Normally this would be something that we could maybe feel bad about, but if she’s talking about it on the SAG red carpet and at Sundance I think it’s ok to laugh at this, right? Maybe even, if we’re feeling really inspired later today, me and Lainey could create a Black Eyed Peas parody video called My Clumps?
That her hair is falling out is totally typical of January Jones. The only time she’s ever in the news it’s for something completely bizarre and I love her for this. I understand that they’re very different public figures, but while we rehash the same boring Lindsay Lohan escapades for the past decade, January Jones has been busy dating Josh f*cking Groban, having mystery babies, and using Bobby Flay to coach her through a hit-and-run. Also, remember when the actor who used to play Bobby Draper warned his replacement “be careful around January Jones”? 
She’s IRL just as crazy as Betty Draper. Maybe that’s why she’s able to pull that role off, while not being a very good actress (have you seen her in X-Men? UGH). Mad Men starts back at the beginning of April, so here’s hoping for lots more January (that name!) hijinks in the weeks to come.

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‘After Earth’ Reviews: Critics Loathe Will & Jaden Smith’s Space Adventure

Will Smith has proven that he can carry a movie about surviving on Earth without the existence of humans (e.g. ‘I Am Legend’), but can he achieve the same success with ‘After Earth,’ a film also starring his son Jaden Smith?

The usual summer blockbusters are taking over the box office right now, and After Earth joins the pack on May 31. The movie is a story of a father (Will Smith) and son (Jaden Smith) who crash land on Earth, 1,000 years after events forced humanity’s escape. It sounds intriguing, but let’s see what the critics thought!

‘After Earth’ Reviews

Los Angeles Times

The sci-fi action-adventure starring Will Smith and son Jaden is a disaster. Blame the script, blame the poor effects, but most of all, blame director M. Night Shyamalan.

Rolling Stone

After Earth merits comparison with 2000′s Battlefield Earth, John Travolta’s godawful film tribute to the sci-fi novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Yes, it’s that bad. This time poor, ravaged Earth, uninhabitable by humans, is occupied by predatory birds, monkeys and tacky computer-generated aliens. So what are Will Smith, 44, and his son Jaden Smith, 14, doing there? Ask Big Willie, he dreamed up the story. What we see on screen, with a sodden script co-written by Gary Whitta and director M. Night Shyamalan (a galaxy away from the glory days of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs), is an unholy mess of platitudes and posturing that makes 90 minutes drag on like a life sentence.

U.S. News

Everyone walks into a M. Night Shyamalan film knowing to expect the unexpected, and this has come to be sort of a problem for the director in his recent movies, none of which has been able to deliver the monumental twist of his highly regarded “The Sixth Sense.”

So perhaps it can be considered a twist that the most unexpected element of his latest film, After Earth, is how expected it all is. Considering that the story was conceived by Will Smith (with a screenplay written by Gary Whitta with some revisions by Shyamalan), it’s unlikely that was a deliberate measure on the part of the director. Rather, aside from its Shyamalan sheen, After Earth emerges a sentimental, predictable, father-son tale set in a sci-fi future – starring, you guessed it, a real-life father and son: Will and Jaden Smith.

New York Post

“May cause extreme drowsiness’’ reads the flashing warning on a pain killer that Will Smith takes after breaking both legs in his new movie — a caution that applies equally to After Earth.

Basically, this is Smith and his real-life son, Jaden (both affecting ridiculous mid-Atlantic accents) talking the audience to death for something like 90 minutes before the closing credits. I’m giving it one star because Smith’s longtime enablers at Sony apparently encouraged him to whittle this humorless sci-fi epic down from a much longer movie.

Ouch! We don’t think Will or Jaden will be happy with these reviews. Will you listen to the reviews or see the movie for yourself and make your own judgement?

What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Will you be seeing After Earth? Let us know!

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Kylie Jenner & Jaden Smith: Why They’re Hiding Their Relationship

On June 26, Kylie and Jaden were spotted in the midst of a romantic date night. While they may have been seen holding hands, a source tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively that the young couple wants to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.

Kylie Jenner and Jaden Smith have gone to great lengths to keep their relationship a secret. However, the teen couple had a very romantic night together on June 26, and were spotted holding hands during a sweet movie date. Will they give up the charade and finally go public with their love?

Kylie Jenner & Jaden Smith Relationship — Why They’re Hiding Their Love

“Jaden has seen what happens to relationships in the public eye. His parents [Willand Jada Pinkett Smith] are always being talked about getting divorced, cheating on each other or something else and his good friend Justin [Bieber] had to deal with his relationship withSelena [Gomez] constantly in the limelight as well. Add with what Kylie has seen her family go through, they both have decided to make things as normal as possible and not broadcast their relationship to the world,” a source close to the couple tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively.

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Miley Cyrus' worst outfits [pictures]

Miley Cyrus: She's a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll and sometimes, her outfits are a little bit horrendous. It must be hard being a former Disney sweetheart and just wanting to rock. Sometimes that pressure just builds up but that's no reason to take it out on your wardrobe.

Oh Miley, you were sad when Radiohead wouldn't meet you. You said that you don't listen to pop music. You cover Nirvana (screechily) in concert and you performed with Joan Jett on 'Oprah' (that was kind of impressive). Just because you want to rock doesn't mean you have to look a hot mess.

Here's a look at some of Miley's worst fashion moments and stay tuned for Part II--MIley's best outfits, because she has some! Like that gorgeous white ballgown she wore to the Oscars.

Oh Miley. What is this? Various scraps of wrapping paper from a marathon of baby showers? Reuters

Not sure the Tupac bandana is working with the pseudo-swim suit. Granted, it's a stage costume, but which Miley song requires gangsta-wear? Oh! "The Climb," maybe? Reuters

Tip: Mobster cowgirl casual will never be in. Reuters

Is this a strapless dress with an apron? She must be the cater waiter at this pre-Grammy shindig. Reuters

Is it necessary for that much train to be connected to that little of an actual dress? The answer is "no." Reuters

Miley Cyrus has topped M Magazine’s top ten list of the Richest Teens of 2011. With her music and movies, the Hannah Montana star had a significant lead over Hollywood’s teen sensation, Justin Bieber. Reuters

Disney star Miley Cyrus was visibly frightened when a teen Aussie fan rushed on stage while she was performing during her concert in Melbourn

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Kanye West: Having Baby North Makes Him Miss Mom ‘Very Much

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While Kim Kardashian and Kanye West love being parents to baby North West, Kanye has had an emotional experience with his new role as a father. Having a baby of his own, and watching Kim be a “natural mother,” makes him think of his late mother, Donda West.Kanye West is having bittersweet feelings about fatherhood. He is so happy to be a dad and adores little baby North, but now being a father also reminds him of the one person he wishes North could meet — his mom.

Fatherhood Makes Kanye West Miss Him Mom ‘Very Much’

Kanye has enjoyed every minute of being a new daddy to North West, but there’s one thing he still longs for —  his mom, Donda. Not only does Kanye wish his mom were around to share in the joy of a new baby, but he also knows she would have been a loving grandmother to his baby girl.

“[The fatherhood experience has] made him miss his mom very much,” an insider told Us Weekly. “He wishes she could see his beautiful baby girl.”

Donda passed away suddenly in 2007 at age 58 as a result of cosmetic surgical procedure complications. She was, at one point, Kanye’s manager, but she was also one of his best friends.

Kanye West Decides To Not Name His Daughter After His Late Mother

Upon the announcement of the name of Kim and Kanye’s baby, it was rumored that the name would somehow pay tribute to Donda, whether it was the baby’s first or middle name. But the name ended up being North, with no middle name at all.

There was no reasoning given for Kanye’s ultimate decision to not use Donda in his baby’s name, but North had always been a favorite pick for the rapper. A source told Us that North was the front-runner “for the past four months.” His reasoning?

“To Kanye, there is nothing higher than North,” the source said.

Kim took a little convincing to warm up to the name North, but a friend of Kim’s told Us, “She fell in love with the nickname Nori.”

Although his baby’s name pays no tribute to his mom, we know Kanye will be sure to adore little North the same way his mom would have!

Do you think Kanye should have named his baby after his mom, HollyMoms?

Once Seen, Can Never Be Unseen: Pictures That Speak a Thousand Obscene Words

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A picture speaks a thousand words, so they say. But if pictures could actually talk, sometimes you wish they would just shut up and go away. Other times, no matter how awful or shocking a picture may be, you somehow can’t tear your eyes away and you stare in bewilderment, struck by new fears for the future of humanity, wondering why cameras were ever invented if they were just going to be used to chronicle mass pool orgies of blow-up dolls.

If you can shed light on any of these shocking images, comments are very welcome. Japanese netizens were mostly left dumbstruck by the level of perversion. More bizarre amateur photography coming up after the break! Obviously, NSFW…

Stars without makeup. Who knew that Po had a twin!

Going down to the bottom floor. It’s sprung a leak.

I’ve heard that car births do happen, but this is ridiculous…

Backing away now. Verrrrry slowly.

Just bee careful, honey…

“I’m melting…”
“Me too…”
“At least we’re together… as a family… arghhh…” *slosh*

We’re friends ’til the end, remember? So creepy.

I’m really feeling Jack Nicholson right now. And my hair’s so shining. Party in Room 237, anyone?

Invasion of the puppet men…

I found this dog, can I keep him?

Keep on truckin…

Avatar fetish out of control. Or Blue Man Group wannabes.

Jazz hands. Don’t try and palm him off.

Smile for the closeup. Are you sure you don’t need to go?

This is my, errr, bolo-whip. And that’s my “extra, posed hand”. Comes in handy.

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike,
Bicycle races are coming your way,
So forget all your duties oh yeah!

Getting into the spirit of the thing

Encouraging the youth of today to achieve new heights

All the ladies they want a taste of my sugar lumps… Ballsy.

Rogue statues terrorize the neighborhood

Needs to be watered down.

Who are these people and where are they taking me??

Are you Squidward?

Freewheeling!

Kelley, we know you’ve been through a crap time lately, and we hope this picture cheers you up.

There’s something yiffy about this…

Bum hug a face today, you bum-hugging hippie bums.

Two jacks and a kit.

“Extra Butter Flavour”. This is unlawful.

This could never happen today.

Don’t look too closely.

Suburban vampires.

It must be a sign.

Can the mud facial shrink large pores?

Doll Fanciers Anonymous

Hair today, gone tomorrow. For all your bald chin needs.

Shotgun!

Their passion spent, they fell and rested where they lay, on their way to an unknown destination.

You happy to see me?

Don’t try any of these at home. And if you do, please don’t take photos of it.