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Fashion-dreams-snuffer Heidi Klum hosted her annual Halloween bash in New York over the weekend, and once again went over the top with her costume. Almost as disturbing as last year’s Snake-Infested Giant Apple (inset) was this year’s decision to come as the Goddess Kali— a sacred Hindu deity that has Hindu-American leaders outraged and demanding […]

We’ve been vexed, terribly vexed by Joaquin Phoenix’s slurred proclamation to Extra that he planned to give up acting to follow in the illustrious, thesp rock footsteps of The Bacon Brothers and 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. Was he seriously quitting the business, or was it all a ruse for some forlorn, Sundance Channel takeoff […]

· Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are searching for financing and distribution partners for their Tintin series after Universal passed. Sony is said to be interested in splitting the costs, with one studio insider explaining “A $140 million movie about some French explorer dude with a mini-pompadour and little Wire Fox Terrier that no American […]

Bruno’s Straight Man? A report this morning suggests Sacha Baron Cohen did not visit yesterday’s Yes on 8 rally as the flamboyant firebrand Bruno, but rather as the comic’s newer, closeted character Straight Dave. While that would no doubt explain his mall-refugee threads, confusion persists about the language barrier that would influence Straight Dave’s placard […]

Compared to its Tina Fey-scripted, Debbie Matenopolous-spoofing skits of yore, Saturday Night Live’s parody of The View this week felt awfully underpopulated. On today’s actual episode of the daytime chat show, the ladies speculated as to why SNL left out two-fifths of the show’s hosts, leading Sherri Shepherd to conclude, “I think they ran out […]