Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin all have offers to star in Warner Bros.' Gangster Squad.
The crime drama, which was written by Will Beall from a series of Los Angeles Times articles, has Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer directing. Penn is in line to take on the role of gangster Mickey Cohen; it's not yet clear what roles Brolin and Gosling have been offered.
Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are producing.
The CAA-repped Penn last starred in Fair Game. He next stars in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, which Fox Searchlight will open May 27 ahead of the film's competition screenings in Cannes.
Gosling, repped by IFA Talent Agency and Artist Management, has the WB romantic comedy Crazy Stupid Love hitting theaters in July and the FilmDistrict action flick Drive, which will also compete in Cannes, opening in September. He also stars in George Clooney's next film, The Ides of March, which is scheduled for an October release.
The CAA-repped Brolin last starred in True Grit, Jonah Hex and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. He's lately been filming Men in Black III, which Sony will release in May 2012.
EXCLUSIVE: NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt didn't want to make major changes to his development team until after the upfronts next month. But I hear at least one move is already in the works: that NBC's head of comedy Jeff Ingold is expected to leave the network, and hot Sony TV comedy executive Tal Rabinowitz is in line to replace him. Also it's looking increasingly likely that 20th Century Fox TV EVP Jennifer Nicholson Salke could join her close friend Greenblatt at NBC as entertainment president after the upfronts. Rabinowitz has been VP comedy at Sony TV and a rising star at the studio, overseeing some of the highest-profile comedy projects including The Big C, one of the last series developed and picked up by Greenblatt while he was entertainment president at Showtime. In addition to comedy, Rabinowitz has overseen digital development and programming for Sony. She started her career at the weblet WB. Rabinowitz and husband Terence Carter are poised to become quite the power TV network couple: he heads the drama development department at Fox. As for Ingold, he's served as EVP comedy at NBC since 2008. There has been speculation he might eventually join Bill Lawrence's production company at Warner Bros as the two have a great relationship going back to the days when Ingold served as the exec on Lawrence's NBC comedy Scrubs. Ingold ... Read More »
Thursday night?s ?American Idol? show eliminated contestant Stefano Langone and was full of awesome performances by former Idol winner David Cook, as well as Katy Perry and Kanye West singing their track ?E.T.? Check out the videos below!
Stefano Langone, 21, was sent packing on Thursday evening?s ?American Idol? show, which featured great performances by David Cook and Katy Perry and Kanye West.
Langone said of his elimination, ?It?s the start of my career. You can?t put a price on that.?
AI?s season seven winner David Cook sang his new track The Last Goodbye, while Katy Perry and Kanye West performed their hit song ET.
Now the singing competition is down to six contestants including Casey Abrams, Scotty McCreery, James Durbin, Jacob Lusk, Lauren Alaina and Haley Reinhart.
American Idol will return on Wednesday at 8/7c on FOX.
Katy Perry and Kanye West Perform ?ET? on American Idol:
A source tells Us Weekly that the 35-year-old actress is eager to have a baby with new hubby Jim Toth.
"She is incredibly happy," the source says. "She wants to get pregnant this year!
Witherspoon has two children-- Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7-- from her first marriage to Ryan Phillippe, whom she divorced in 2007 after eight years of marriage.
She wed her talent agent beau, 40, in on March 26 at a star-studded ceremony in Ojai, Calif. The two began dating in February 2010 and were engaged in December. A source tells Us: "[Reese and Jim] feel like they've hit the jackpot with this relationship."
The newlyweds took the kids on their honeymoon to Belize. One onlooker told Us of the foursome: "They definitely looked like a happy family. The kids seemed like they had no problem with him around."
According to TMZ, the reduced charge indicates that Lohan might not face jail time; the punishment will be determined after the verdict in the trial.
The Associated Press reports that, in reducing the charge, Sautner said she was giving the actress "an opportunity." The misdemeanor still has a potential penalty of a year in jail.
Late last month, Lohan turned down a plea deal offered by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office after being told by Judge Keith Schwartz that had she accepted the DA's deal — reportedly six months of jail time — she would have been found in violation of her probation and could serve more time.
Lohan allegedly lifted a $2,500 necklace from a Venice, California, jewelry store on January 22. The owner reported the theft to the Los Angeles Police Department, which later investigated the accusation and presented evidence to the District Attorney's office. Up until Judge Sautner's ruling, the actress had been officially charged with one count of felony grand theft and faced up to three years in prison.
Lohan's trial date was set for June 3 and a pretrial date for May 11. Lohan must be present at both hearings.
Listen: Britney Spears Featuring Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha, ?Till The World Ends (Sicker Than The REMIX)?
"Baby, Let Me Blow Your Mind Tonight"
Earlier today it was announced on BritneySpears.com that a remix of Britney?s single Till The World Ends featuring Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha would be released on Monday ? but just moments ago, the full remix ? titled Sicker Than the REMIX ? leaked its way to the Internets. Listen to this SICK new remix of TTWE below.
The Dance Scene will be back with a brand-new episode this Sunday at 10:30pm ET/PT on E!. Below is a sneak peek of the drama-filled episode that we would love to share with your readers!
This week, Laurieann must face the media backlash from Keri Hilson?s controversial music video for ?The Way You Love Me.? Check out the footage to see how Laurieann deals with the bad press and see if Kherington can work through the pressure of Laurieann?s strict teaching style.
Laurieann is shocked to learn the dirty version of Keri Hilson?s music video she directed was leaked?and so far, the feedback isn?t good:
Kherington struggles to work under Laurieann?s strict teaching style. Will she push through it or walk off the stage?
Actress Reese Witherspoon is preparing for a messy Easter with her family - she's planning a bizarre egg race.
The Walk the Line star lives on a California ranch with new husband Jim Toth and her two children and reveals having 21 chickens on her farm has its perks around Easter.
She recently got creative with the surplus eggs and decided to implement a new family tradition for the holiday - although the Oscar winner admits the games she has planned for this weekend (23-24Apr11) will end in a big stink.
Witherspoon says, "I was trying to think of new games you can play. So I went online and there's this game where you stuff as many eggs into your tube socks as possible. And then you have to run a race. And whoever ends up at the end of the race with the least amount of broken eggs wins!
"It's actually super fun, because the adults get competitive. We started whacking each other's shins and ankles, grabbing each other, taking each other down. Especially me, because I'm a little bit competitive. Literally, it's disgusting. And it smells like rotten eggs for about three weeks. But it's fun."
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Look familiar? See which stars are stepping out in a similar fashion. Looks like these lace-loving ladies had the same idea!
Wearing a magenta, one-shoulder, leopard-print frock, Freida Pinto attends a party for 'Miral' at the Art Gallery of Toronto during the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. Paris Hilton steps out in the bright number as she launches her Passport Fragrance Collection on February 26, 2011 in Riverside, CA. Cast your vote for your fave look!
'Friday' has had 100 million views to date, with Black currently working on her second single, 'LOL.' By Gil Kaufman
Rebecca Black in her video for "Friday" Photo: Ark Music Factory
There was a minute there when Rebecca Black's "Friday" video was, almost literally, inescapable. Whether the success of the viral hit was being covered on such unlikely outlets as CNN or NPR, getting parodied on late-night television, or just bouncing around from Twitter accounts to e-mail in-boxes and music blogs, the tune by the previously unknown 13-year-old had the kind of white-hot media buzz usually reserved for a Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber.
Well, guess what? The little $2,000 pay-to-play ditty-that-could can now claim to have surpassed such major label juggernauts as Bieber and Gaga. According to a Reuters report, the no-budget clip for Black's song has been viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube since it was released on February 10, surpassing the totals for Gaga's "Born This Way" and Bieber's "Pray" videos, based on numbers provided by Visible Measures, a company that tracks the performance of Web videos.
Scratch that. If you count spoofs, other versions and home-brewed takes on the song, it's actually been seen more than 200 million times. Crunching the same numbers for "Born This Way," it has generated 180 million online views, while "Pray" has racked up 65 million.
It doesn't seem as though Gaga minds the competition from the Ark Music Factory product, as she reportedly referred to "Friday" as "genius" recently. Black told us she "freaked out" when she heard the compliment from Mother Monster. "I'm 13 and I never thought Lady Gaga would even know my name. I'm the kind of girl that dances to Lady Gaga with a hairbrush in her room at night," Black told MTV News in late March before she notched her YouTube record.
Black is reportedly at work on her second single, "LOL," though a release date for that song has not yet been announced.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, his son Jack (4) and niece Jordan (5), meet Rapunzel and Flynn Rider of Disney's animated film, 'Tangled,' while celebrating Jordan's fifth birthday at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA.
