Jason Bateman and Amanda Anka The Los Angeles premiere of 'Horrible Bosses'

Jason Bateman is currently starring in Horrible Bosses, making us laugh our asses off.  But he also has a serious side, believe it or not.

Jason Bateman’s Walk of Shame

Jason has a past filled with coke and booze,

“He was on the road to self-destruction,” a source tells Star. Even after saying “I do” to Amanda Anka, daughter of famed singer Paul Anka, in 2001, Jason couldn’t clean up his act. Until his wife gave him an ultimatum: “Amanda threatened to leave if he didn’t get help,” says the source.  “It was a wake-up call for Jason. He realized that to keep his wife, he’d have to give up the drugs and booze.”

Jason committed to AA and has remained sober ever since.  Rock on!

“If it hadn’t been for Amanda, Jason may still be using,” the source says. Now, with daughter Francesca, 4, the couple is happier than ever. “They look like newlyweds,” reveals another source.  “Jason is one very proud and very happy family man.”

What a touching story.  I’ve always been a fan of Jason’s but I am more so now.  He’s a strong, inspirational guy.  Amazing, and  a great wife on top of it.  Kudos to you both!

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Jason Bateman along with 2000 other iPhone loving people (with good taste) lined up at the Grove on Wednesday to get their paws on the new iPhone 4.

Not only did the Apple store provide complimentary cold water bottles (very nice touch, indeed) they provided an escort for Jason Bateman to the front of the line.

Although he was met with lots of boos and hisses, can you imagine if he was cutting in the line at the Twilight premiere? We’d be writing his obituary.

If you were Jason Bateman would you have happily been escorted into the store, or would you have stayed in the lineup?  Bitches I would have been singing na na na na na as I skipped to the front.  It’s an iPhone!!!!! Okay.  I’m kidding

I would still do Jason.  And then I’d steal his iPhone.

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Figure skater Johnny Weir is in New York outside the studios where he was a guest on Regis and Kelly

Reese Witherspoon looks gorgeous as she leaves the Neil George salon in Los Angeles.  From her hair to her shoes, mommy loves.

Jessica Stroup gets her shop on in a big way at the reopening at the Armani Exchange on Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood

Michelle Rodriguez runs errands in Beverly Hills

Jason Bateman leaves Anastasia’s in Beverly Hills

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Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock both got honours for best actress at last night’s 15th Annual Critics Choice Awards with Sandra winning for her role in Blind Side and Meryl for her role in Julie & Julia.  Sandra said the win was an honour and went on to describe just how similar she and Meryl are:

“I love food and sex like Meryl. That’s how similar we are. You guys just didn’t notice it until now. Meryl is a good kisser”

The Hurt Locker received Best Picture and Best Director for Katherine Bigelow. It is the first time a woman has received the award. Ex-husband James Cameron was also up for the award for his movie Avatar, and gave her a standing ovation when she won.

Avatar won six awards including:  Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, BestSound and Best Action flick.

Lots and lots of celebrities attended last night’s awards.  For a list of winners as well as all the pictures, click on ‘continued reading’

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Kanye West and girlfriend Amber Rose are seen leaving some movie theatres in Hollywood where they saw Avatar. I think I made a silent vow to myself not  to post pictures of him any more.  However perhaps the holiday spirit has made me rethink that decision.  Besides, if Taylor Swift can forgive his sorry ass, who am I to judge?

Jason Bateman and his lucky wife Amanda Anka do some last minute Christmas shopping.  He is fine, although looking a little to bush-man like for my taste, but I know the dude cleans up well.

Dave Navarro and his girlfriend were spotted doing some last minute Christmas shopping as well in Los Angeles.  It has been too long since I’ve posted picture of him which were in the summer

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George Clooney attended the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Up in the Air’ with the two most important women in his life: his mom Nina Warren Clooney and his lady love Elizabetta Canalis.  From the look on mommy’s face, she approves of George’s latest lady.

The film centres on George’s character, Ryan Bingham, who goes around the country firing people.  Director (and writer) of the film, Jason Reitman tells WENN that he was impressed with the real-life people who agreed to be filmed sharing their personal experiences:

“I approached the shooting of the film when we were having one of the worst recessions on record. I had to adjust how to do these firing scenes (in the film), so satire just didn’t work anymore.  ”We were shooting in St. Louis and Detroit, two cities that just got pummelled and I put an ad out in the paper asking if there were people who lost their jobs and if they wanted to be in a documentary about job loss.  ”We said it was a documentary to weed out actors who were trying to sneak into the film. We had a startling amount of responses. I ended up putting 60 people on camera, 22 of which made the film.

“We interviewed them about what it was like to lose their job in this economy and then we’d fire them on camera and ask them to respond the way they did when they lost their job, or, if they preferred, the way they wish they had responded. It was an incredible experience to watch these non-actors improvise with 100 per cent realism. ”I don’t think I’ll use trained actors in the future.”

Cindy Crawford looks absolutely breathtaking at the premiere with her handsome hubby Rande Gerber.  The shoes are fierce, yes?  Also attending:

• Cheech Marin
• Jason Bateman
• Amanda Anka
• America Olivo
• Rhona Mitra
• Danny Trejo
• Christian Campbell
• Chris Lowell
• Olivia Munn
• Anna Kendrick
• Rebecca De Mornay
• Vera Farmiga

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