This will be good...

Katherine Heigl? The two funny friends from The 40-Year-Old Virgin? Knocked Up might rock!

The movie's tagline reads: "From Judd Apatow, Director of 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' comes a comedy about a one night stand that became something more."

Heigl plays a young entertainment journalist with a fast-rising career whose life takes a detour after a drunken one night stand with a slacker (Seth Rogen) leaves her pregnant.

I hope it's rated R like The 40-Year-Old Virgin was. It ups the ante when you know they're not afraid to [Stewie voice] go there.

Also, Knocked Up's IMDB page says Heigl took the lead roll only after Anne Hathaway dropped out. Score!

This will make your day

You might fall off your chair at around 3:18, when Ellen asks Gladys if she's ever been on televison before.

The Paris fiasco rages on

Paris Hilton filed the inevitable lawsuit today to shut down parisexposed.com, the site that's either ruining her life or advancing her career.

More importantly, I saw some footage and she does say she gets "f***ed in the butt for coke." Out loud. And clearly.

But for now, here are some pictures of her smoking drugs:

Paris Hilton hits a new low, and it's awesome

If you haven't heard by now, the contents of an old storage unit rented by Paris Hilton are being made public. After she failed to pay the storage bill, the stuff inside became public property. And after the guy who bought the lost goods realized what he had, he did what anyone would do -- called a business lawyer and negotiated a contract to distribute her belongings. They include diaries, old receipts, *home videos* and other miscellaneous goods.


The two most important things to note are that [1] a prescription for Herpes medication Valtrex was allegedly found, and [2] it was reported that one of the videos features Paris saying, "I get f***ed in the butt for coke." Paris has yet to deny any of these claims, but "I get f***ed in the butt for coke" t-shirts are already selling fast on the web.

This all seems a little too perfect to me. A lot of media outlets are speculating whether this is a scam Hilton might be participating in to put her name back in headlines. Time will tell, but the point is that she has Herpes and gets f***ed in the butt for coke.

By the way, the picture of Hilton up there is a screenshot from one of the videos. And yes, she's smoking a tampon. I feel dirty for having posted this entry. Have a great day.

It's that time again... Oscar predictions

I'll be honest: I haven't seen many of the nominated movies this year. In fact, I haven't seen most of them. That said, I know plenty about each nominated movie or actor, and have tracked each film's box office and critical success. I might be winging it in some places, but that's half the fun anyway. So, here we go:

BEST PICTURE
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

MY PREFERENCE: Little Miss Sunshine
PREDICTED WINNER: Little Miss Sunshine
WHY: It's a controversial choice for Best Picture because it stands alone in comparison to the other more heavy and political movies in the category; I think that will work in its favor. Little Miss Sunshine is both hilarious and dramatic, with enough substance to make it deserving of this prize. Sure, Babel took home the Golden Globe and The Departed is a first-rate crime drama, but do either of those star the little girl who keeps asking for cups of water in Signs? Exaaactly.

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BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

MY PREFERENCE: Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
PREDICTED WINNER: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
WHY: Like last year's winner in this category (Philip Seymour Hoffman) did in Capote, Forest Whitaker plays a well-known public figure and completely inhabits the role in The Last King of Scotland. Watch a preview for this movie and you're already kind of terrified of him. I'd like to see DiCaprio take home the award because he's been excellent in every movie he's made for the past 4 years -- and he picks projects well. But the acclaim Whitaker is receiving is monstrous, so he's pretty much a sure thing to win.

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BEST ACTRESS

Penélope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

MY PREFERENCE: Helen Mirren, The Queen
PREDICTED WINNER: Helen Mirren, The Queen
WHY: Mirren will take home this award because she played a living royal, and she did it well. Lots of women have played queens and other heads of state, but this movie is current with its focus on the days following Princess Diana's death. It's a subject many worldwide feel passionately about and a performance people are calling eerie in its precision.

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

MY PREFERENCE: Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
PREDICTED WINNER: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
WHY: I'd like to see Wahlberg win because the guy's a great actor whose career has yet to take off the way it deserves to. An Oscar would make sure he never has to make another Invincible. This category, however, is all about Eddie Murphy. It's a comeback story and you know how Hollywood loves those.

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

MY PREFERENCE: Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
PREDICTED WINNER: Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
WHY: I'm taking into account the Dreamgirls backlash when I predict 10-year-old Breslin will beat frontrunner Jennifer Hudson. We've already seen the Academy snub Dreamgirls in the Best Picture category, and I think that trend will continue when someone other than Jennifer Hudson takes home the Best Supporting Actress statue. The Babel women cancel each other out if you ask me, and Cate Blanchett is not the star performance in Notes on a Scandal. Call me crazy, but I think Abigail Breslin's taking this one home.

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BEST DIRECTOR

Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

MY PREFERENCE: Paul Greengrass, United 93
PREDICTED WINNER: Martin Scorcese, The Departed
WHY: If this isn't Martin Scorcese's year -- which, by most accounts, it is -- it will be Paul Greengrass's. United 93 has garnered so much goodwill from the American public for its straightforward and gutwrenching portrayal of the events of 9/11. He deserves the award for telling a story many people thought they didn't want to hear again, and doing it with painstaking accuracy and utmost respect for the victims. I believe Martin Scorsese will win the award though -- not because The Departed was the best directed film of the year, but because people want to see the guy win.

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Babel
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

MY PREFERENCE: Pan's Labyrinth
PREDICTED WINNER: Babel
WHY: Pan's Labyrinth is definitely the most imaginative of the nominated movies, but Babel has to take home something. Doesn't it? To its benefit, Babel is another of those movies with separate characters living separate lives that end up bumping up against eachother (like Crash). Oscar voters love that.

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal

MY PREFERENCE: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
PREDICTED WINNER: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
WHY: This category is the biggest mystery to me. Borat should win something at the Oscars for being what many believe to be the most funny movie ever made, but I'm not so sure it should be the original screenplay award. After all, the movie's best moments had to have been unscripted (i.e. the naked hotel room fight and the high society dinner party). But I'm taking a leap of faith here and guessing that Borat will win because voters will want to see Sacha Baron Cohen take the Oscar stage.

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