Olivia Wilde at the 2011 Fresh Air Fund Salute To American Heroes

Olivia Wilde is all set to play ’70s porn star Linda Lovelace.   Whoaaa!  That’s a very racy role for this sexy star!  You know this one is going to be a smash at the box office.  Olivia + porn means serious ticket sales!

“Filming on Lovelace starts in LA in October,” an insider reveals to Life & Style.

Guess who else has their name in the hat?  James Franco and Justin Timberlake!  OMG!  That will get the ladies lining up too.  Please, please get JT on board.

Olivia Wilde Was Tired of Pretending To Be Happy In Her Marriage

Do you think she’s going to use a body double for any of it?  Or will she just go for it?

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“Apes will rise” is the tagline of the new Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a reboot of the classic sci-fi series of films from the 70′s. Apparently they’re going to rise alright, rise up and kill us in our beds if they can find our houses.

New Clip from Rise of the Planet of the Apes!

I saw the theatrical trailer today in front of Captain America: The First Avenger and I have to say the scenes between Caesar and John Lithgow are incredibly touching. Lithgow appears to be the father of James Franco’s character Will Rodman, and suffering from Alzheimer’s. (Rodman is engaged in Alzheimer’s research when he becomes involved with Caesar and the other apes.) This new clip is equally harrowing. Will and his girlfriend Caroline, a primatologist (Frieda Pinto), have to give Caesar up to Brian Cox’s primate facility. Maybe I’m just a soft touch, but I felt Caesar’s pain.

Well I guess someone at Fox decided it was too touching and people needed to know that there would be lots of monkey business…violent, destructive monkey business taking place so released a few new clips at Comic Con, all introduced by Andy Serkis.

The next clip gives further indication of what the apes in captivity are being subjected to and why, if given the opportunity, they just might want to turn the tables I don’t trust Brian Cox one bit.

Caesar’s Rebellion:

We apparently haven’t see everything that humans have been doing to these apes, but they are PISSED!

The revolution begins on August 5 when Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens in the US & Canada and 12 August in the UK.

David Tennant introduces this extended clip from Craig Gillespie’s Fright Night remake that premiered at the Comic Con Q & A panel in Sand Diego on Friday.  The clip gives us a much closer inspection  of Peter Vincent, Vampire Hunter, than we had been given in any of the other trailers and clips.

I previously said that Tennant seems to have eschewed the Hammer House of Horror route and gone for Cris Angel and Vegas Goth. After watching this, I have to amend that to Cris Angel by way of Michael Sheen in the Underworld series. Suddenly he’s kinda hot. Until the striptease wherein he destroys the illusion for us as well as for poor Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) that is.

The official synopsis:

Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all going on: he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the most coveted girl in his high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend. But trouble arrives when Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right—but everyone, including Charlie’s mom (Toni Collette), doesn’t notice. After observing some very strange activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on the neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this Craig Gillespie-helmed revamp of the comedy-horror classic.

Fright Night also stars Imogen Poots, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco. It opens  August 19 in the US & Canada and 2 September in the UK.

It was not until today when I was talking to someone (very near and most very dear to my heart) about the death of Amy Winehouse and she informed me that Amy is now part of the ’27 Club’. Apparently there is a growing list of musicians who have died at the age of 27! Did you know this existed?

And if you look at the list, it is, in my opinion, some of the most talented singers/musicians this world has ever seen:

• Jim Morrison
• Janis Joplin
• Ron McKernan (Grateful Dead)
• Jimi Hendrix
• Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)
• Kristen Pfaff (Hole)
• Kurt Cobain

And of course now Amy Winehouse. There are more on this list but I only included those that I thought were household names so-to-speak.

Amy Winehouse’s last video-taped performance took place 3 days before her death where she took to the stage with her god daughter Dionne Bromfield who performed ‘Mama Said’ at the iTunes Festival 2011.

Amy Winehouse did not sing but danced to the song as Dionne performed. She looked normal, she didn’t look to be stoned or stumbling or anything of the kind. How tragic that she died 3 days later. It’s still so shocking.

No doubt you heard the news by now that Amy Winehouse 27, has been found dead in her North London flat this afternoon. While we all had our moments of poking fun at her in various states of intoxication and drug highs (yours truly included) one always hopes that a person as talented and brilliant as Amy Winehouse would seek help before this. What an absolute tragedy that she wasn’t able to fight whatever demons led her down such a self-destructive path.

She was found at approximately 3:54 p.m. (London time of course) and the London Ambulance Service could not revive the singer.

She rose to fame with her Back to Black album back in 2006 that contained her very famous (and very tragic) ‘Rehab’ song. Since that time she has had several failed attempts at rehab for both drugs and alcohol with the last time being in May in which it was alleged she grabbed a bottle of vodka on her way to the clinic.

Her record label released the following statement:

‘We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer.

‘Our prayers go out to Amy’s family, friends and fans at this difficult time.’

The police also released a statement:

‘Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.

‘On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.

‘Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained.’

Amy Winehouse’s father had been on a plane to New York for a jazz festival he will take part in TMZ is reporting he is on his way back home to London.

Back in 2008 her mother accepted the fact that her daughter’s passing may very well come before her own:

‘I’ve known for a long time that my daughter has problems. But seeing it on screen rammed it home. I realise my daughter could be dead within the year. We’re watching her kill herself, slowly.

‘I’ve already come to terms with her dead. I’ve steeled myself to ask her what ground she wants to be buried in, which cemetery. Because the drugs will get her if she stays on this road.

‘I look at Heath Ledger and Britney. She’s on their path. It’s like watching a car crash – this person throwing all these gifts away.’

Also in 2008 Amy was nominated for 6 Grammy’s and walked away with 5 honors for: Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best New Artist (for her ‘Rehab’ song from the Back to Black album) . This got her into the Guinness World Records in 2009 for earning the most Grammy awards by a British Female Act.

Our sincerest condolences to her family and friends at this tragic and much-too-soon loss of Amy Winehouse.

These are photos of the scene going on at her London apartment with police and fans. This death is in ways as shocking as Michael Jackson’s except in this case although we are shocked, I don’t think anyone is surprised. Her own mother realized this was a distinct possibility.

So very sad. RIP Amy Winehouse.

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