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By Drew Grant 2/14/12 5:00pm

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Jeff Goldblum as Rachel's gay dad on 'Glee'

Jeff Goldblum Going to Broadway, Glee (Video)

If the theater isn’t your thing, you might want to reconsider renouncing the Great White Way (thanks, Smash, for making that term ubiquitous again) until after buying tickets for Seminar. Jeff Goldblum, who is second maybe only to Neil Patrick Harris and John Malkovich in self-satirizing, told Jimmy Kimmel last night that he will be taking over for Alan Rickman in Theresa Rebeck‘s Seminar as the grumpy teacher, Leonard. Oh man, but will he be doing it as drunk Jeff Goldblum?? Read More

By Drew Grant 2/14/12 1:56pm

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Billy "Cool Beard" Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton to Make Film About Relationship with Angelina Jolie, Driving

Well, someone just saw Vincent Gallo‘s autobiographical blowjob in Brown Bunny: Variety has just announced that facial hair/hat combo trendsetter Billy Bob Thornton will be co-writing and directing a movie based on his relationship with ex-wife Angelina Jolie.

Because you guys remember that, right? Billy Bob Thornton was married to Angelina Jolie? Okay, he’s just making sure. Read More

By Drew Grant 2/07/12 6:13pm

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Greg Kinnear, Lea Thompson, Billy Crudup at 'Thin Ice' party (Patrick McMullan)

Billy Crudup Has a Lot to Say About the Weather in Minneapolis

“Have you ever been to Minneapolis?” Billy Crudup asked the New York Observer last night at the Soho Grand Hotel’s Club Room, where the Cinema Society & Grey Goose were hosting an after-party for their screening of the bleakly dark comedy, Thin Ice.

We actually hadn’t been, but Mr. Crudup had, as that was where the movie had been shot.

“It’s very, very cold,” he told us.

“Oh, we can’t imagine. So in the movie…”

“No, no no noooo,” he interrupted us, chuckling. “It’s very, very cold.”

Billy Crudup then stared at the New York Observer for a beat, decided something, and leaned in to tell us a secret. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/12/12 8:45am

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Sammi Sweetheart with 'Dangerous'

‘Dangerous’ Fame: Jersey Shore Starlet Sammi Sweetheart Dips Wrists Into Perfume Endorsement

On the second floor of the Planet Hollywood in Midtown yesterday evening, the reality show star wore a sparkling cross necklace. It stood out to us as we sat across from her only because it was the only accessory larger than her three-inch fake eyelashes. The New York Observer‘s first question for Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola–the Jersey Shore personality that wasn’t Snooki, Jennifer “JWOWW” Farley, or “the other one”–was how she felt when not wearing makeup. For most people, the question might be taken as an insult, but Ms. Giancola had recently made headlines by allowing Cat Marnell from XOJane to give her a “makeunder”: removing the layers of toner and piles of mascara to reveal a much younger, fresher-faced model.

Was she happy with the results? Sure.

“Now I know I don’t always have to wear makeup when I’m going to the store, I can just splash on some lip-gloss and be okay,” Ms. Giancola told us, batting her heavily-made up eyes. This evening however, was not just a romp to the store. Holding court in the Midtown tourist attraction for the first item to ever bear her likeness on the cover, the reality show star was done-up to the nines. Fake eyelashes, smokey eyes, bronzer, and yes, lots of lip gloss. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/03/12 12:32pm

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Actor Justin Theroux attends the Hand An

Predicting the Most Annoying Celebrities Of 2012

2011 was full of a terrible celebrity solipsism played out on a giant stage. Sure, some of it was entertaining– Alec Baldwin‘s Words with Friends incident, for instance, or the national train wreck of Charlie Sheen (first half of the meltdown only)–but for the most part, our enabling of famous people to act like literally the worst people in the world resulted in only tears, annoyance, and the Kardashian wedding. Read More

By Drew Grant 11/30/11 12:41pm

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Chef Roble Ali (via Getty Images)

Food TV: Lunching with Bravo’s Latest Chef Cynosure, Roblé Ali

It was a rainy Wednesday as we sloshed into our lunch date at Del Frisco’s Grille with Bravo’s new reality food show star, Chef Roblé & Co.’s Roblé Ali. Despite the weather, Chef Roblé—whose known through blog buzz as the “hip-hop chef”—looks dry and impeccably hip as he orders the appetizers for the table. When the food arrives, the wunderkind chef and recent catering entrepreneur bites into one of his cheesesteak eggrolls. “These are sooo much better than the ones at Justin Timberlake’s place [the restaurant Southern Hospitality],” he moans, eyes closed. “That just wasn’t barbecue. It was very corporate over there. I was so disappointed.” Read More