James McAvoy: Try Hard With a Vengeance
“I think inside all actors there’s a kid who secretly yearns to jump off buildings and say ‘Yippeekayay, motherf–ker!’”
James McAvoy explaining to Details what prompted him to take a role opposite Angelina Jolie in the violent shoot-’em-up Wanted. Frankly, as much as we like a good Die Hard reference, we would have accepted “Angelina Jolie” as an answer.
Ashley Dupré: Girl Gone Hollywood?
A little questionable PR doesn’t seem to have scared Ashley Dupré away from the spotlight.
E! News has learned exclusively that the former high-priced prostitute at the center of the Eliot Spitzer scandal is developing a cable reality series and is considering moving from New York to Los Angeles.
When contacted by E!, a rep for Dupré declined to comment, only saying, “She has no TV deal.” Her rep would not address specifically whether she’s developing a series.
A source tells E!, however, that Dupré, 23, has been developing an unscripted show with production execs at L.A.-based Handprint Entertainment, the same company that has managed the career of reality icon Nicole Richie and Pamela Anderson.
One of the concepts being considered is a dating format.
“They’re talking to MTV about Ashley being the next Tila Tequila,” says a source close to the project. (Handprint execs couldn’t be reached for comment on the project; MTV declined comment).
News of Dupré’s reality TV aspirations comes less than a week after she abandoned her lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis.
According to a statement released to by Dupre’s lawyer Richard C. Wolfe, “Ms. Dupré wants to eliminate all negativity from her life and focus on the positive. She has prospects for many exciting new projects and is looking forward to starting a new chapter.”
As for her involvement in the criminal investigation against Spitzer being conducted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New Yorkshe was granted immunity on March 15, 2008 after agreeing to testify against the former governor.
The U.S. Attorney’s office has temporarily delayed the criminal proceedings while the IRS conducts their own investigation to see if Spitzer misspent public funds (on things like the Emperor’s Club, the call girl service that employed Dupré).
Reporting by Matt Donnelly and Claudia Rosenbaum
Drive Safe: Who’s The Mystery Star Behind the Wheel This Week?
Find out which celebrity is looking to get you and your friends home safely this holiday weekend…
Why use one designated driver when you can have three?
The stars of E!’s The Girls Next Door, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson, are the latest celebs to join Sean “Diddy” Combs and Cîroc vodka in E!’s Drive Safe Campaign that promotes responsible drinking and offers a solution for people who need a safe ride home.
Viewers are encouraged to log on to Online or text “Drive Safe” to 37373 from their wireless devices to receive taxi contact information in their area.
Because when you get down to it, every designated driver is a star.
French Have Fun With Brangelina
Who said the French don’t have a sense of humor? Well, OK, we have. Repeatedly. But it turns out we were wrong.
A due-any-minute woman staying in the same Nice hospital as Angelina Jolie flashed her belly to paparazzi through a suite window. She no doubt meant it as a joke“Any pregnant belly will do, oui?”
But the joke’s on the media for giving the French woman’s unborn fetus his/her 15 minutes of fame. How drôle. (No word on whether the man next to her is Jerry Lewis.)