Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Justin Bieber and Ashton Kutcher to Star in Teen Buddy Movie 'What Would Kenny Do?'

As if Justin Bieber doesn’t already have enough to keep him busy.

The L.A. Times is reporting that he has signed on with Ashton Kutcher for a new movie scheduled to begin shooting in late 2011.

“What would Kenny Do?” will be produced by Kutcher’s own production company, Katalyst Entertainment, and would cast both Bieber and Kutcher in lead roles.

The film is a buddy film that explores the relationship between a 17-year-old boy (Bieber) and his future self at age 30 (Kutcher). The struggling high school kid gets some guidance and life experience from a grown-up version of himself.

It’s not the first time the two A-listers and Twitter icons have tried to team up for a project. The two were in talks last year over Bieber talking the helm of a new “Punked” series but they couldn’t pull it off because of Justin’s tour schedule.

“What Would Kenny Do?” has been on the table for almost a year and it sounds like everybody is just waiting for Bieber’s European tour leg to finish. In fact, Will Smiths production company Overbrook Entertainment has now been attached to the project so we’ll probably see a cameo or two from his son, and Bieber pal, Jaden Smith.

Bieber is no stranger to big screen success as his box-office draw for “Never Say Never” grossed more than $70 million in the United States alone.

We think it will be a smash hit!

Kirstie Alley Takes a Fall on Dancing With The Stars - Video

Kirstie Alley and her dance mate Maksim Chmerkovskiy took a bit of a spill last night while dancing the Rumba during DWTS.

The two were dancing the Rumba to a laid back version of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” when you can clearly see that Maksim’s hip gave out and he went down.

Both dancers recovered nicely, and the judges did not seem overly concerned that the fall would affect their ability to stay in the competition.

Judge Len Goodman said,

“Dancing is a bit like life - It’s about overcoming adversities. You overcame it. You got up… and you came back stronger.”

So who's going home on Tuesday's Dancing with the Stars elimination show?

Sugar Ray Leonard and Petra Nemcova will probably hit the bottom two spots with the champ headed to the locker room.

Watch Kristie Alley Fall On Dancing With The Stars

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallen Feud Over Charity Donations – Sings Rebecca Blacks “Friday” with The Roots. Video

Jimmy Fallen and Stephen Colbert are feuding over the almighty dollar – charity dollars that is.

It seems that Fallen and Colbert, who claim they have been best friends for six months, got into an on air battle for donations to the charity Donors Choose.

Colbert challenged Fallon’s fans to raise $26,000 for the charity, saying that Fallon would match any donations. Fallon, on the other hand, said he never made that claim.

The feud culminated in an amazing run of giving when Fallon and NBC were able to raise $86,000.

But why was Stephen Colbert so dead set against Fallon’s efforts?

Because Colbert agreed to appear on Jimmy’s show and sing the Rebecca Black smash hit single song “Friday” with the “Roots” if he lost.

Well… Colbert lost, and the result was one of the best pieces of comedy television that we’ve ever seen.

Colbert started singing alone, and then was joined by an auto-tuned rap by Fallon, and then American Idol winner Taylor Hicks piled on, and finally the Jimmy Fallon Dancers rounded out the number.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the most embarrassing loss for charity in late night history.

Watch Stephen Colbert Sing Rebecca Black’s “Friday” Featuring Jimmy Fallon and Taylor Hicks




And in case you were wondering why everybody hates Rebecca Blacks song “Friday” you can watch her sad journey here on FunnyorDie.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Is Justin Bieber Tiring of the Fame and Fortune? Friends Say He Is Growing More and More Frustrated

Even good things can seem bad when there is too much of it too fast.

This is what some insiders are saying about teen sensation Justin Bieber and his meteoric rise to fame.

But some people close to the singer are starting to quietly come forward telling of a young man growing increasingly frustrated at the world of celebrity stardom.

Bieber’s biggest complaint?

No privacy. He is followed now by two body guards every place he goes and there is security outside his door while on the road in Hotels.

“People are ALWAYS around him. Changing his close, messing with his hair, taping microphone wires too him, move here, stand there kind of thing. When he moves around, he always moves with a team of people”.

They also say Justin is growing tired of having his mother, Pattie Mallette, around twenty-four hours a day.

“Justin is starting to grow up and is not happy having his mother shadow him while at home and on tour. He feels that he is old enough to venture out on his own and it makes him feel like a little kid when his mother is always around. He thinks it might not be cool for a kid his age to hang around his mother as much.”

Justin is guided through every step of his waking day by managers telling him about everything from what to eat, what to wear, when to sleep, when to work, and what to say. He feels like he has become the very thing he has told is fans he is not – a machine created to sing and make money for the people around him and a music producer’s record label.

“He feels like he has lost a lot of control and everything he does is now about keeping the image, and the machine, moving forward. People book things on his schedule months in advance and he has little time to just relax and be a kid. He travels almost %100 of the time”.

His biggest fear is getting sick and not being able to perform because he doesn’t want to let anybody down. He knows on any given day there may be a hundred people earning their paycheck from the “Bieber Machine”. Overseas trips are the worst as somebody on the team is always getting sick from the 5,000 mile flight.

“He is also tired of all the scrutiny in his life. In the beginning everybody thought he was gay, and then when he started dating Selena Gomez everybody wanted to kill her!”

Bieber tries to play the role of “I’m just a kid who sings”, but now that he is seventeen he is starting to see that those days are gone and that his celebrity status is going to follow him a long time wherever he goes. He is starting to see the payoff for his success – and that payoff is not having much of a normal life.

And contrary to what he has told every interview host, he does get tired of the screaming girls - and frequently wears earplugs in public to drown out the noise.

“They are always screaming. You can hear them outside the hotel at 6:00 in the morning and at 11:00 at night. Every time he gets out of a car he has to be rushed by a crowed that is screaming at him. It gets old. At first he was great with it, but now you can see it in his eyes – he is growing tired.”

But somehow we suspect that Bieber will find his inner strength and push through the drudgery. Not everybody gets this chance to live out their dream – and we’re sure he realizes that as well and is enjoying the good more than he is hating the bad.

Related: Bieber manager Scooter Braun Picks Up Another Young Celebrity Talent

Jaden Smith Hired For New Science Fiction Movie - 'One Thousand A.E.'

Congrats to young Jaden Smith!

It seems being the young son of one of the most powerful movie producers in Hollywood has its benefits.

Hollywood Reporter is saying that Jaden Smith has been picked up for the M. Night Shyamalan Science Fiction movie “One Thousand A.E.”

Shyamalan will be working with the Production Company “Overbrook” which is run by Jaden’s real life mom and dad Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Set 1,000 years into the future, the movie centers on a young boy (Jaden) who navigates an abandoned and sometimes scary Earth to save himself and his estranged father after their ship crashes.

While the plot is being kept uber-scecret, it is known that the film was written specifically as a vehicle for Jaden. There is a main male lead but that actor has not been signed – nor has Will Smith expressed an interest in the role.

At just 13 years-old, Jaden is no stranger to the movie and music biz. In addition to his father being Will Smith, he just recently starred in “The Karate Kid” and sang the title track “Never Say Never” alongside Justin Bieber on his world tour.

What Kind of Mansion Can $100 Million Buy You In California These Days?

In case you thought that having a job and being able to pay your mortgage was a sign of success in this country… you really have got to set your sights a little higher.

A French chateau-style mansion in Silicon Valley quietly sold last week. Asking price? $100 million dollars.

You heard that right!

It is now officially the most expensive house ever sold in the United States - and the Los Altos Hills, California mansion just sold to Yuri Milner, 49, who is CEO of Digital Sky Technologies and a Russian billionaire.

The 25,000 square foot home has indoor and outdoor pools, a ballroom, a wine cellar, twelve fire places, ballroom, and a tennis court – just to name a few amenities.

Wonder how much a house like this will cost you in property taxes each year?

Just a measly $5 million dollars – not including lawn and garden care, pool care, roof maintenance, house attendants, water bill, and electric bill.

See, if you have to ask…. You probably can’t afford it!

If Yuri ever tires of his winter play spot he has a few options.

Our top three ideas?

1 - Rent it out to the contestants on American Idol
2 - Use it for filming “Big Brother” next season
3 - Let Charlie Sheen buy it to store all his “Goddesses”

Video of the most expensive house in America

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Charlie Sheen’s Chicago Show Improves – Fans Don’t Boo and Walk Out – Review

Well, it looks like Charlie Sheen is batting zero these days.

His live “Torpedo of Truth Defeat is Not an Option” show in Chicago Sunday night was almost as bad as his debut show in Detroit on Saturday night.

Once again, fans listened to stories about smoking pot and partying with rock stars but tonight Sheen took questions from an onstage interviewer, and there was more structure then last night.

He talked about spending millions on prostitutes and smoked cigarettes profusely the entire show. He also said he could see a time when he returned to Two and a Half Men. Yea right.

All-in-all, it seemed to be a better show than last night. There was no booing, hissing, fighting, and yelling like in Detroit.

Related: Charlie Sheen’s First Live Show BOMBS Big Time – Crowd Boos Through Entire Show. Review

One unhappy fan related:

“It was not that funny. Chicago is known for some of the best comedy and Improv in the country and this was just an insult to our city”

The show appeared to have changed somewhat from last night in Detroit, and there were subtle attempts to remove things that enraged the audience the night before. Like no opening stand up comedy act.

But in the end, it was Charlie Sheen on stage in front of 3,600 booing audience members listening to him ramble on about tiger blood, winning, Adonis DNA, trolls, Vatican assigns, crack cocaine, whores, and partying.

After the show, Sheen took to his Twitter account saying:

"#TruthTorpedo hello windy city..!!! Thank you for the HERO's welcome!! I'll bring it... c"

This is actually a little eerie as things are progressing just as we suspected they would last week when we contemplated what Sheen might have up his sleeve.

Related: Critics Worry about Charlie Sheen's Upcoming 'My Violent Torpedo of Truth' Live Shows – Is He Ready?

What Is The End Game?

Unfortunately, we now have to ask “What’s next for Charlie?”

Does he finish his remaining 18 live shows?
Does he bail out and walk away from the whole mess?
Can he get out without being sued by a 1000 people?
Does he, can he, go back to Two and a Half Men?
Will he end up in the hospital?
Will he even make it out alive?

We don’t see ANY WAY he can complete his commitment for the remaining shows.

In fact, we suspect he will end up in the hospital fairly soon with a standard case of super-secret “Charlie-itis” that will prevent him (and give him an excuse) from going on.

If he falls off the wagon and starts smoking crack or doing meth again – this will just hasten his trip to the emergency room.

TicketMaster and LiveNation have made it clear however (in the fine print on tickets) that NO REFUNDS will be given unless Sheen is unable to reschedule another show within a year.

Good luck with that.

But what about the press?

Sheen absolutely must be gearing up for the barrage of press that is going to hit Monday during the prime-time news cycles. Every station in every city is going to be running “Sheen Bombs” stories – including CNN, Fox News, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and countless others.

And what about websites like TMZ? They are going to have a field day with all this and it will only ramp up as the week progresses.

At some point, Sheen himself will have to come forward and personally address how he thinks things are going.

It will be brutal to watch. A full-blown break down or melt down cannot be too far off in the distance. Then maybe he can get the help he really needs.