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• Precious star, Gabourey Sibide is a hot mess. The Oscar nominee told Access Hollywood correspondent Billy Bush that 300 star Gerard Butler was sexy and she would “hit that”. Gabourey even went  so far as to suggest a possible “champagne induced” threesome. Gabourey tipped the ghetto scale when she confessed to Jimmy Kimmel that she wanted to “shank” fellow Best Actress nominee Sandra Bullock because she looked better in her gown. Gabby then admitted to “photo bombing” Maggie Gyllenhall’s brother Jake Gyllenhall while they were both on the red carpet. What is up with this chick? Was she acting much in Precious because she seems to be Looney Tunes…  Howard Stern has made controversial comments about the actress’ future in Hollywood.
• Diddy and company celebrated the late Notorious B.I.G. with a tribute party in Brooklyn.
• Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade for $100 million dollars because they said one of their babies was a “milkohalic.”  We could see the need to the lawsuit if they said “Lilo” was a milk-o but this is a stretch to prove legally. It seems Lindsay is trying to stay busy and earn some new money now that her job at design house Ungaro has ended.
• NY Chef makes cheese from his wife’s breast milk. The health department says he can’t sell the product which he prepares in his apartment. Would you eat this?
• What was the deal with the lady who pulled a Kanye at the Oscars?
• Stacey Dash has sex on the first date.
• Usher spotted in West Hollywood.

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Former child actor Corey Haim has died from a drug overdose.  Fans are sending messages on Twitter and Facebook to remember the former star. Corey tried to make a comeback with his A&E reality series “The Two Coreys.”  He has had a public battle with drug addiction and one gained notoriety for trying to sell his hair and teeth on ebay. This is so sad. R.I.P.
Actor Corey Haim Found Dead

Another one of our ’80s idols is gone.

This morning Corey Haim was found dead of an apparent accidental overdose. The LAPD has confirmed the reports and says Haim’s mother was with the actor at the time.

Haim’s struggles with addiction have been documented over the years in the media and on series like A&E’s The Two Coreys, which co-starred his frequent ’80s on-screen partner, Corey Feldman.

Feel free to leave your thoughts and memories in the comments. As someone who watched The Lost Boys, Lucas, License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream and other Corey flicks countless times growing up, I feel like I’ve lost (another) piece of my childhood. No matter what shape he was in, I was always crossing my fingers for a Corey comeback.

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R&B singer D’Angelo’s reps released a statement about the former hearthrob’s arrest for soliciting a prostitute over the weekend. According to reports, D’Angelo offered $40 dollars to an undercover police officer for oral sex and was busted with $12,000 dollars in his car. Remember when D was so hot that he could get anyone to do things with him including getting BJ’s for free?  It didn’t help that his Angie Stone lovechild killed his lover man status and career. We weren’t the only ones fantasizing about how it felt when D’Angelo serenaded us in his birthday suit. Remember when he smiled and asked us “How Does it Feel? What the heck happened to you D’Angelo? SMH…
ShowBiz Minute: Lil Wayne, D’Angelo, Oscars

D’Angelo may be in some serious trouble with law enforcement for soliciting a prostitute Saturday but, the R&B singer remains optimistic about his first album to be released in a decade.

“We know there is a lot of speculation in regard to the arrest of D’Angelo in New York City this past weekend. We would like his fans and the public at large to know that D’Angelo has pled not guilty — and is contesting the allegations made against him, a rep for D’Angelo confirmed in a statement Monday. “Also know that, he is in good health and extremely excited about his forthcoming new album.

While little is known about the album, which has been tentatively titled “James River,” it is believed to be set for release later this year.

As far as his case however, D’Angelo’s statement goes on to ask the public to refrain from jumping to any conclusions.

“D’Angelo would like to personally thank all of his fans for the outpouring of concern, and appreciates if all would allow the American justice system to resolve the matter before jumping to any conclusions.”

As previously reported, the singer allegedly

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T.I. is making his comeback with a new single called, “I’m Back”.

The self proclaimed “King” is jumping back on the scene with a clothing line and a movie career. The track can be downloaded on T.I.P’s official website.

T.I. took to the Internet to debut his new single, the appropriately-titled banger “I’m Back.” Coming in the wake of his release from jail (and on the heels of fellow high-profile MC Lil Wayne’s incarceration), “I’m Back” proves that Tip barely missed a beat while he was behind bars.

Over a powerful bounce beat care of TrackSlayerz (the latest homegrown talent from Tip’s Grand Hustle label), the King of the South spits a breathless four minutes of fire, declaring “No matter what they doing, they don’t do it like me.” The track also shouts out to fellow MCs Wayne, Gucci Maine and Lil Boosie, all of whom are currently serving prison sentences. The track is currently available for download at T.I.’s official Web site.

During a conference call just a few hours before the song premiered, Tip talked about his upcoming album (which remains untitled for now) and hinted at the possibility of a tour once his sentence was complete and he was out of a halfway house. He also pledged that he would get right back to the business of being one of the hottest rappers in the game. “As long as there is air in my esophagus, champ, I’mma keep going,” he said. “Nothing is gonna stop that. Nothing short of a 12 gauge is gonna stop me from doing what I do, champ. I just wanna say thank y’all and we gonna keep moving on.”

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Rapper Lil Wayne began serving his year long sentence for illegal gun possession at Riker’s Island.

Wayne’s father figure/mentor, Baby, also came to the courthouse to show his support.

The hip hop star has been documenting his life in a series called “The Road To Rikers”. Weezy also promises to remain productive behind bars because he has already shot more than 7 music videos.  Keep your head up Weezy!
Lil Wayne – Talks Dental Surgery (Road To Rikers Part 4)

The rapper Lil Wayne made his final public appearance as a free man for at least the next eight months on Monday afternoon, greeted by a chaotic scene in front of a Manhattan courthouse. As his black sport utility vehicle pulled up to the curb, more than 100 fans and photographers swarmed. When he stepped out, the mob followed him all the way to the door of the courthouse, at 100 Centre Street, as cameras flashed. People shoved, tripped and tumbled, and court officers pushed them to the side to clear a path.

At the center of it all, Lil Wayne calmly walked toward the entrance, his head hanging and the hood of his coat pulled over it. Once at the door, he slipped through a narrow seam in the crowd, emerging as if stepping out of thick brush.

Court officers rushed him past everyone else standing in the security line. He stepped through the metal detector to the cheers of dozens of other people in the courthouse lobby, some lined up on a winding staircase between the first and second floors to catch a glimpse. The screams and applause echoed through the cavernous first floor.

Last October, Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter Jr., pleaded guilty to attempted possession of a weapon in connection with a gun that was found on his tour bus in 2007. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors asked for a one-year sentence.

The rapper, who also goes by the nickname Weezy, had been scheduled for sentencing twice before. The first time, the judge postponed the proceeding to allow him to get dental work. The second time, last Tuesday, a fire in the courthouse derailed it.

The buzz over the sentencing on Monday started hours before Lil Wayne showed his face. Photographers and obsessed fans began milling about the sidewalk early. As the courthouse lunch break was coming to an end, more people began gathering. About 2 p.m., two S.U.V.’s pulled up to the curb and people gave chase, sprinting recklessly into the street.

The vehicle with tinted windows that carried Lil Wayne sat for a moment as the crowd pressed around. Eventually, it pulled off to circle around the block. In the interim, Lil Wayne’s mentor, the rapper Birdman, entered the courthouse, as the crowd rushed him.

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Iron Man 2 fans have a new trailer to watch featuring scenes from the upcoming blockbuster featuring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johannson, Don Cheadle and Mickey Rourke as the new evil super villian. Can’t wait to see this flick!

Iron Man 2 trailer

Today’s Twitter Report is grande sized, mostly due to rampant expression of of opinion last night during the Academy Awards and immediately thereafter when the new “Iron Man 2″ trailer premiered on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The new glimpses at Mickey Rourke and War Machine may have cut into Jon Favreau’s party plans, but Damon Lindelof, Mark Waid and Dan Slott all stayed up to behold his hard work.

Meanwhile on Amazon.com, omnibus collections started showing up for flea market prices, and order cancellations have begun going out to customers like Ande Parks, who thought he caught a great deal on some “Daredevil” hardcovers he appeared in. Head on down past the jump, and you’ll also find out who Oscar attendee Neil Gaiman may have offered his daughter’s Archie comics to, what Pia Guerra thought of Kristin Stewart’s presentation last night and who hated to see Bea Arthur go unremembered.

It’s all in the Twitter Report for March 8th, 2010.

“Iron Man 2″ trailer pt. 1: @Jon_Favreau Instead of party hopping on Oscar night I’m home tweeting links to a trailer premiere. Welcome to the new Hollywood.
-Jon Favreau, Director (”Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2″)

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There were many historic wins during last night’s Oscar ceremony.  Kathryn Bigelow was the first female director to win an Oscar for helming a film. Harvard and NYU alum Geoffrey Fletcher was the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Watch Fletcher’s heartfelt acceptance speech. Monique also won a gold statuette for her performance as an abusive mother in Precious. Sandra Bullock made history for winning an Oscar and a Worst actresss Razzie in the same year.  Congrats to all of the winners and nominees.  Some of our favorites winning and nominated films are available on DVD. We recommend you add movies like Precious, Up in The Air, The Cove, Food Inc., The Hurt Locker to your rental cue or Amazon shopping cart.

Sandra bullock Oscar acceptance speech 2010

OK reports she said “They’re going to sit side by side, as they should… we’re in the entertainment business. That’s what we’re supposed to do. You know, you take the good with the not so good.”

She said she enjoyed attending the Razzie ceremony saying “It is what it is and, you know, it probably means more that both of them happened at the same time because it’s the great equalizer.”

Bullock continued: “You know, nothing ever lets me get too full of myself. It quickly chops me off at the knees, and I like it that way because it just it keeps things stable and they’ll sit side by side in a nice little shelf somewhere, the Razzie maybe on a different shelf, lower.”

She is the first actress to win the two awards in the same year.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Picture
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

Best Director
James Cameron “Avatar”
Kathryn Bigelow “The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
Lee Daniels “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Quentin Tarantino “Inglourious Basterds”
Jason Reitman “Up in the Air”
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock “The Blind Side” WINNER!
Helen Mirren “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep “Julie & Julia”

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges “Crazy Heart” WINNER!
George Clooney “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth “A Single Man” AH
Morgan Freeman “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner “The Hurt Locker”

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz “Nine”
Vera Farmiga “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique “Precious” WINNER!

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz “Inglourious Basterds” WINNER!

Animated Feature
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Secret of Kells”
“Up” WINNER!
Original Screenplay

“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Messenger”
“A Serious Man” AH
“Up”

Adapted Screenplay
“District 9″
“An Education”
“In the Loop”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” WINNER!
“Up in the Air”

Art Direction
“Avatar” WINNER!
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“The Young Victoria”

Cinematography
“Avatar” WINNER!
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The White Ribbon”

Film Editing
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Foreign Language Film
“Ajami” (Israel)
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Argentina) WINNER!
“The Milk of Sorrow” (Peru)
“The Prophet” (France)
“The White Ribbon” (Germany)

Best Original Score
“Avatar”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“Up”WINNER!

Best Original Song
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″
“Take It All” from “Nine”
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” WINNER!

Costume Design
“Bright Star”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“The Young Victoria”WINNER!

Best Documentary
“Burma VJ”
“The Cove” WINNER!
“Food Inc.”
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
“Which Way Home”

Best Documentary (short subject)
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” JB
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
“Music by Prudence” WINNER!
“Rabbit à la Berlin”

Best Short Film (Animated)
“French Roast”
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)”
“Logorama” WINNER!
“A Matter of Loaf and Death”

Best Short Film (Live Action)
“The Door”
“Instead of Abracadabra”
“Kavi”
“Miracle Fish”
“The New Tenants” WINNER!

Makeup
“Il Divo”
“Star Trek” WINNER!
“The Young Victoria”

Sound Editing
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Up”

Sound Mixing
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Visual Effects

“Avatar” WINNER!
“District 9″
“Star Trek”

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Comedianne Monique  made history for her win as Best Supporting Actress in Precious.  Here are some of our predictions for the rest of the evening at the Oscars.

Jeff Bridges will win for his performance in Crazy Heart.  Katherine Bigelow may make history for her win as Best Director for the Hurt Locker. Sandra Bullock may earn more dramatic roles after her win in The Blindside. Jason Reitman will win Best Adapted screenplay for Up In The Air.  The Hurtlocker is already leading with wins in numerous categories.  Avatar has won technical awards along with Star Trek. We think that the Best Picture category is still  up in the air with Avatar and The Hurtlocker as front runners.   Congrats to all of the winners and nominees! We will have the full list of winners and a recap.

The 82nd Academy Awards telecast begins… with a total waste of time: introing the Best Actor nominees. This is how the show begins? Ohmygawd, what a long and boring night this will be.

TOLDJA! Deadline New York editor Mike Fleming already tipped you that Neil Patrick Harris (”What am I doing here?” the TV star asked aloud) would open the show with a musical number. Martin Short was supposed to join him, but a family emergency kept him away. Meanwhile, Harris lied to his fans by Tweeting that he wasn’t doing the Oscars.

Out come the two over-the-hill white guys who are hosting, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Meryl Streep jokes? Didn’t Saturday Night Live already exhaust that lame material?

Have you laughed yet? I haven’t. Not once. Kill me now.

So Meryl Streep is the new Jack Nicholson? The person every Oscars host has to personally address and point out to home audiences? Meryl can play anyone, but not even she can do Jack.

Steve Martin just made a reference to one of his movies that’s something like 45 years old. Nothing like staying relevant, Oscars.

Don’t you long for Billy Crystal’s witty movie clip reel that opened the Oscars? Instead of this stale stand-up? Not even a Catskills resort would hire these two.

Someone just IM’ed me: “Get the hook”.

Steve Martin to Zac Efron and Taylor Lautner: “Take a good look at us guys: this is you in 5 years.” No, Steve and Alec. Those two have FANS!

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

Waltz remembered to mention Harvey in his thank-you speech. That new kitchen the Weinsteins built for him certainly paid off bigtime, eh?

Best animated feature film of the year
“Up” (Walt Disney) Pete Docter

“Boy, never did I dream that making a flip-book out of my 3rd grade math book would lead to this,” said Pete Doctor. Why do the animated filmmakers always look like cartoon characters?

It’s already obvious that the Academy  has every winner’s first-born locked in a closet backstage to ensure no one goes over the 10-word maximum for speechifying. These people are terrified!

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“The Weary Kind” (Theme from “Crazy Heart”) (Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Forget that the song was great. Anyone named “T Bone” deserves the awards hands down.

How pathetic is this Oscars that neither Tina Fey nor Robert Downey Jr are given anything funny to say? I swear that Downey has used that “mole people” line at least 3 awards shows in a row.

Original screenplay
Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

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• Beyonce, Trey Songz and her hubby Jay-Z made a visit to President Barack Obama at the White House.
• Keyshia Cole gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. This is her first son with fiance/baby daddy Daniel Gibson. Cole gave birth to Daniel Jr., who wights 7-lb., 3-oz, on Tuesday, a representative for Cole said. “Both mother and baby are doing great,” said Tresa Sanders, who is Cole’s publicist.  “Keyshia would also like to give a special thank-you to her fans that have been with her since the beginning, sharing in her growth as a woman and an artist.” Cole, 28, and Gibson, 24, announced both their engagement and pregnancy in January.
• Diddy and his “unofficial girl” Cassie do Paris.
• There are rumors that Angelina Jolie hooked up with Mick Jagger after she starred in his music video.
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Precious won big at last night’s Independent Spirit Awards. The drama directed by Lee Daniels swept numerous categories including Best Director, Screenplay, Actress and Supporting Actress. Congrats to all of the winners and nominees.

We’re cheering for everyone to win big at the Oscars!

The harrowing drama “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” was the big winner Friday evening at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which was held in a tent on L.A. Live’s event deck in downtown Los Angeles.

The film about a pregnant African American teenager and her abusive mother won best feature, best director for Lee Daniels, best first screenplay for Geoffrey Fletcher, best female lead for Gabourey Sidibe and best supporting female for Mo’Nique.

Daniels basked in his win away from his fellow Oscar nominees. “Kathryn Bigelow’s not here tonight,” he said. “I am.”

“Precious” is nominated for Academy Awards in many of the same categories, with Mo’Nique considered the odds-on favorite to receive best supporting actress Sunday evening at the Kodak Theatre.

Mo’Nique’s acceptance speech wasn’t as emotional as some of her other winning speeches this awards season, but she did take a special moment to acknowledge her co-star Sidibe, telling her, “You are a special gift to the universe, baby.”

Presenter Ben Stiller, noting the ceremony’s late hour and the independent nature of the assembled crowd, brought half-naked porn stars onstage to writhe in sexual positions while he read the nominees for best film.

On Friday, best male lead went to Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges for his moving performance as a dissolute country singer in “Crazy Heart.” The role has won Bridges numerous awards this season, including honors from the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild.

Bridges gave a rambling speech in which he thanked many people and told the crowd, ” ‘Crazy Heart’ is a gem of an independent film.”

“Crazy Heart,” directed by Scott Cooper, also won the Spirit prize for best first feature. Robert Duvall, who came to the stage with Cooper, told the crowd that the latter hadn’t directed so much as a high school play before this film. “But,” Duvall added, “he does a great job.”

Woody Harrelson, also an Oscar contender, won for supporting male for “The Messenger.”

Screenplay honors went to Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “(500) Days of Summer.” Roger Deakins received the cinematography award for “A Serious Man.”

“An Education” won best foreign film, and “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” took documentary honors.

The John Cassavetes Award for best feature made under $500,000 went to Lynn Shelton, the writer-director-producer of “Humpday.” Kyle Patrick Alvarez, director of “Easier With Practice,” received the Acura Someone to Watch Award. Bill and Turner Ross, directors of the documentary “45365,” received the Chaz & Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction Award. And Karin Chien, producer of “The Exploding Girl” and “Santa Mesa,” received the Piaget Producers Award.

The third annual Robert Altman Award, which is given to a film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast, went to Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man.” 

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