Britney Spears Eyes Hermosa Beach Move
Britney Spears Eyes Hermosa Beach Move
With her new album headed for major success in the charts, Britney Spears is already finding ways to spend all of the money that’s sure to be rolling in.
The Gimme More singer was spotted out yesterday afternoon on a shopping trip. But this venture wasn’t just another outing to a clothing shop or the local pet store - Britney had bigger things in mind.
The troubled pop tart made her way to Hermosa Beach in a quest for a new place to call home.
Wearing jeans, cowgirl boots and, from time to time, a cute straw hat, Britney took a look at the real estate offerings in a possible attempt to move out of her current Malibu mansion.
After finishing up, it was off to the local pizza place for a few slices and a soda to keep her filled up on the ride back home!
Custody Update: Commissioner Scott Gordon has ruled that Britney will not be regaining custody of her kids at this time. She was given three monitored visits per week, two from 12:00 Noon to 7:00 PM and one overnight visit. Check back for more details as they become available.
Shortened “Southland Tales” Debuts At AFI Fest
Shortened “Southland Tales” Debuts At AFI Fest
On a rather quiet Friday night in Hollywood, the seemingly lone movie event took place at Arclight Cinemas for a showing of Southland Tales.
The film’s stars, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Dwayne Johnson and Cheri Oteri, showed up at the Hollywood spot for the AFI Fest screening presented by Audi.
The movie, which was shortened after poor reviews in Cannes, is told to be: “An ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) is an action star who’s stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott), a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.”
You can catch Southland tales in theaters when it is released nationally on November 14, 2007.
In the meantime, enjoy the pictures from last night’s screening of “Southland Tales” (November 2).
Lost Finale: Did You Still Have Some Questions or Something?
OK, I get the message. A week has passed since the season-four finale of Lost, but I can see from my flooded inbox that you still have a few little questions about what went down.
Damn you, island show, and your never-ending questions!
Click in for a few Lost finale answers (warning: a smidge of it is spoilery), along with video featuring a fellow traveler from The Daily Show With Jon Stewart who totally gets us:
Funny, no? (Wyatt, I want your job!) Thanks to DocArzt.com for pointing it out. Now, on to your Q’s.
Mike in Hermosa Beach, Calif.: I have one question that I can’t seem to find an answer to. And it’s probably meant to be that we didn’t hear, but what the hell did Sawyer whisper to Kate before he jumped?
Survey says: I’ve checked with my sources, and also a rep for the show, and have been told that the writers are “saving that secret for later on.” According to one insider who works on the show, that line (what Sawyer said) wasn’t even in the script. I wouldn’t put too much stock into the gazillion daughter-in-Alabama (or possibly Albuquerque) “What Sawyer Said” videos currently playing on YouTube, some of which claim to have official and complete subtitles. Bottom line: Only Damon and Carlton know the whole truth, so I’m staying cautiously skeptical for the time being. If anyone sees them at Comic-Con next month (when they officially break their “radio silence”), tackle them and tickle them until they tell us if we can trust this YouTube business, OK?
Jen in Boston: I just noticed on the alternate endings to the Lost season finale on abc.com, the ones with Desmond or Sawyer in the coffin. What is that about?
That is about making sure people like me (evil, evil people) didn’t spill the beans on who was in the coffin before the finale aired. And about showing off how hot Sawyer and Desmond are when wearing suits (even if they are dead). Seriously, don’t give those endings a second thought, because there’s the external drama of managing the fandom and the foilers, and there’s the show itself. As Joss Whedon once said, “Trust the tale, not the teller.”
Anais in San Marino, Calif.: What did you think of the Jack’s statement at the press conference in the “extended edition” of part one of “No Place Like Home” that Boone, Libby and Charlie survived the initial crash of 815 but died later?
I thought it was great, because it opens the door for the Oceanic Six to meet with Boone, Libby or Charlie’s relatives, which in turns opens the door (IMHO) for parallel Boone, Libby and Charlie flashback scenes, hopefully from their time on the Island. And from a strictly production perspective, I think the fact that Ian Somerhalder, Cynthia Watros and Dominic Monaghan are still friends of the show, and have exhibited a willingness to do one-off guest returns, has a lot to do with them “surviving.”
Anyhoo, I think I’ve worked out the math on this cover story: Eight souls survived the crash. (Well, eight adults and fetal Aaron, who was supposedly being incubated inside Kate.) Subtract the three who died from the eight that survived, add one newborn Turniphead, and the total comes to…the Oceanic Six. Right? (I think it’s mathematically sound now, but you tell me. I majored in fuzzy stuff.)
By the way, if you haven’t seen the extended version of the press conference scene yet, it’s embedded above, and Jack starts talking about the other three survivors at the 0:45 mark.
Chris in Henderson, Nev.: If next season of Lost is about the Oceanic Six trying to get back, wouldn’t it be more than just Emilie de Ravin who would need a holding contract? What about Josh Holloway, Terry O’Quinn, etc.?
They don’t need holding contracts because we’re going to see them on the Island next season, sillypants. I have no idea how they’re going weave together the stories from back in the world with the stories from the Island, but Sawyer, Jin, Locke and company will be present and accounted for. I think a lot of season five will be a great ironic contrast between what the O6 think is happening on the Island, and what the Islanders think is happening in the world (all while the Widmore-Linus war rages around them).
Wallace in Nebraska: Kristin, if Emilie de Ravin (Claire) is not on Lost next year, where will she be?
Emilie de Ravin will be getting mani/pedis on Melrose and, I’m sure, booking other jobs (besides the ones we already told you about), while Claire, according to an inside source, “Is off with Christian.” Whatever that means! By the way, we may still see Claire next year. It’s just that EDR is not being used as a series regular, so we shouldn’t expect to see much of her.
Eli in New York City: Kristin, I was curious to hear what you personally are looking forward to in season five? I’m hoping for more Ben-Charles scenes!
All I want for Christmas is a big reunion of the escapees with the still-stuck survivors. I can taste the tears of Jin and Sun’s reunion now (she doesn’t even know he’s alive! the horror!), and they are sweet. The question, of course, is when it will happen.
So what are your thoughts? Can you stand a season of separation? Could you survive it if they filled it in with heretofore unseen Island flashbacks, dream sequences and ghostly visitations? Post your thoughts in the comments, because I can’t be the only one worried about this big split.
Jesse in Orlando: Hey Kristin, love your site. OK, quick question, but in the opening title sequence of my, well, our, favorite show, Lost, there is a part where the logo pixelates. I’m not sure if that makes sense, but it’s as if the “O” and some of the “S” aren’t fully rendered with whatever graphics program they were using. If you ever get a chance to ask Carlton or Damon, please do. It’s a very simple title sequence, and the fact that it has a glitch must mean something.
If I recall correctly, that cheap hack J.J. Abrams actually created the Lost title sequence on his home computer as a placeholder while they were working on the pilot, and lo and behold, it stuck! I know. That dude never does anything right.
—Additional reporting by Jennifer Godwin