Sony/Columbia has released some new hi-res stills from The Amazing Spider-Man. Some of them you may have already seen since we brought the versions with copy from EW or Empire. These are crisp and clean. We also have some new posters and concept art.  I have to say, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, despite the fact that both are in their mid to late twenties  (she’s 23, he’s 28), look convincing as high schoolers.

This version of Spiderman, directed by Marc Webb, goes back to the web slinger’s angsty teenage roots:

“Like most teenagers his age, Peter (Garfield) is trying to figure out who he is and how to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together he uncovers a secret that his father (Campbell Scott) held… a secret that will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man. This is the first in a series of movies that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story.”

The Amazing Spider-Man stars Garfield, Stone, Rhys Ifans (as Dr. Curt Connors in the first film in which the character becomes The Lizard), Denis Leary, Irrfan Khan, Annie Parisse, C. Thomas Howell, Embeth Davidtz, Martin Sheen and Sally Field. The screenplay is by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves, based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. It’s scheduled for release on July 3^rd in the US, 4^th July in the UK, in 3D, of course.

How cute does this look?? This is the international trailer for the fourth installment of the Ice Age franchise, Ice Age Continental Drift. It plays more like a clip featuring Scrat but it’s adorable nonetheless. These films have only played on the periphery of my radar but everytime I see a trailer it makes me think I should see the movie. I’m a sucker for (good) animation.

Synopsis: Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences – a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

Ice Age: Continental Drift features the voices of Ray Romano as Manny, John Leguizamo as Sid, Denis Leary as Diego, Seann William Scott as Crash, Josh Peck as Eddie, Queen Latifah as Ellie, and new voices Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer, Drake, Josh Gad, Alan Tudyk, Nick Frost and Joy Behar. It opens 6th July in the UK and July 13 in the US and Canada.

The hump day gods have shone upon us and given us Kiefer Sutherland, seen here attending the Fox TV Winter All Star Party at MyHouse in Los Angeles.  I wish he’d stop hopping from coast to coast it’s getting tricky stalking him this way.

Sorry to all the Kiefer fans, but there is only one picture of him *sniff, sniff*.  

UPDATE:  Added 4 more pics of Kiefer!!!! It’s better than one, right?

Also attending:

• Sharon Osbourne
• Kelly Osbourne
• Jack Osbourne 
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Carlos Bernard
• Mary Lynn Rajskub
• Lisa Edelstein
• Denis Leary
• David Boreanaz
• Olivia Wilde
• Paula Abdul
• Kara Dioguardi
• Joshua Jackson
• Cheri Otteri
• Emily Deschanel
• Eliza Dushku

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Jenny McCarthy calls Denis Leary “obviously stupid” with regards to his take on autism as described in his book Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid.  That really is the best answer isn’t it??

She elaborates to Access Hollywood:

“Whoo! First of all, let me tell you, the autism community has received probably 10,000 emails (saying) ‘Go kill him! Go yell at him!’”
“(But) it’s so hard to even get up enough juice in me or energy in me to even try to fight someone that is obviously stupid.”

Perfect answer!!! 

Leary has said the statement was taken out of context.   The unfortunate part of all this is his book is getting mega press for this.

Denis Leary has defended his book’s section Autism Schmautism by saying that the press has taken it out of context:

“…If they have (read the book), they missed the sections I thought made my feelings about autism very clear: that I not only support the current rational approaches to the diagnoses and treatment of real autism but have witnessed it firsthand while watching very dear old friends raise a functioning autistic child.”

Maybe Jenny McCarthy won’t kick his ass afterall??

Denis Leary has come out blaming “inattentive mothers” for autism!!!!!  I don’t know anything about autism, but I know enough not to make a dumb-ass comment like that.

In his new book Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid, he says autism is a “joke”:

“There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can’t compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks . . . to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don’t give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you – yer kid is NOT autistic. He’s just stupid. Or lazy. Or both.”

The Autism Society of America says:

“For Mr. Leary to suggest that families or doctors conspire to falsely diagnose autism is ridiculous . . . [His] remarks reflect the same misconceptions of autism being caused by bad or unemotional parenting that were held over 50 years ago.”

I can not wait to hear what Jenny McCarthy has to say!!!  Good luck Denis Leary.

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Despite the fact that his hosting duties for Fashion Rocks have been replaced by Denis Leary amid rumors of his unreasonable demands, the actor claims he is not a diva.

According to a source for PageSix Piven demanded a separate backstage green room and insisted on rewriting the script at the last minute.

The source says, “(Piven) was a nightmare. And it wasn’t even funny. (This year will see) a more trustworthy and mature host.”

Jeremy Piven’s spokesperson countered with:

“Not true. He had his own room, just like everyone else, and came in a week early to work on the script as expected.”

This years’ Fashion Rocks will air September 9 and include performances by Justin Timberlake, Rihanna and Beyonce Knowles.

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