Hollywood Headlines: A crazy week in review
By Emily Christianson, Los Angeles Times
Wouldn’t we like to be a fly on the wall at the next Judd family gathering? (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)
“The Hunger Games” fans have spoken, and they aren’t very happy. Casting news for the new film should have been a reason to celebrate, but readers were underwhelmed on Monday by the announcement that Josh Hutcherson would play Katniss’ (Jennifer Lawrence) fellow District 12 contestant Peeta, and Liam Hemsworth will play her best friend Gale. What’s the problem? You name it. Height, hair color and age, to name a few.
So far Lionsgate isn’t doing anything to address the bad buzz, except issue more press releases hyping the actors. Yay. (From left: Liam Hemsworth. Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images; Jennifer Lawrence. Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images; Josh Hutcherson. Credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times.)
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Signing a pre-nup seems like a no-brainer for Prince William and
In even bigger news, the couple has been immortalized as Pez dispensers (hand-sculpted heads with machine-made bodies), which are being auctioned off for charity. The money raised will benefit the Starlight Children’s Foundation, but bidders will need to pay a pretty penny for the candy collectibles. So far the price has topped 6,000 pounds (more than $10,000). (Peter Morrison / Associated Press)
There’s a Hollywood baby boom!
First there’s Tina Fey, who revealed during a taping of the “Oprah Show” that she is five months along with her second child. It’s been a big week for Fey, considering she just released her new book, “Bossypants,” and her “30 Rock” costar Alec Baldwin was starting rumors about the show ending (which he later “clarified.” )
Meanwhile, “Your Highness” actor Danny McBride made his baby announcement on late-night TV, telling Conan O’Brien, “I had never impregnated anyone before. So I didn’t really realize that what they teach you in health class is actually true. That’s all it takes.”
Then there’s “Law & Order: SVU’s” Mariska Hargitay, who told People this week that she and husband Peter Hermann just adopted a baby girl named Amaya Josephine. Also celebrating a new bundle of joy is former NFL wide receiver Curtis Conway and wife Laila Ali, who gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Sydney. (Photo: Mariska Hargitay, credit: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Armpit farts, green slime, boy bands and zero old people (unless you count