Sightings: Knight, Depp and Damon
PURCHASING POWER: T.R. Knight, shopping with boyfriend Mark Cornelsen in his Los Angeles neighborhood a couple of days after doing the same at a nearby Target.
PLEASED TO MEAT YOU: Johnny Depp, having dinner at in the private dinning room at Gibson’s Steakhouse in Chicago.
BAND OF BROTHERS: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle, taking a break from the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas at the Rio Hotel and Casino.
JAZZ HAND: Kevin Connolly, munching on a baked-brie puffed pastry during Jazz Night at the Green Door in Hollywood.
MEATHEAD: Jeremy Piven, enjoying minimeatballs while hosting a fundraiser for his mom’s Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago.
COMING UP
MOUNTAIN RANGE: Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson’s daughter, Dakota Johnson, will toast her new cover of Aspen Peak magazine with publisher Jason Binn on Monday at Aspen’s Willow Creek Bistro.
Amy Ryan keeps her Office job
In last season’s finale of The Office, sparks flew between Michael Scott and Toby’s HR replacement Holly. Amy Ryan, seen for four seasons on The Wire, brought a new dynamic to the show as Holly with her interactions with Steve Carell’s Michael. “Amy gave the character of Holly an openness and matured innocence that exposed a new side of Michael,” said Paul Lieberstein, who played Toby and was recently promoted to executive producer on the show. “She placed her character right on his level.”
All I can say is bring on more Holly and congratulations to Toby! I guess since Lieberstein will still be so involved with the show, there’s always a chance of more Toby in the future, but the beautiful Ryan will add a new dynamic to the series. While Amy Ryan’s currently only set for five or so episodes, I hope they can expand that if it works. Now that Pam is back off the market and Karen’s gone, Holly represents a new amorous target for the boys of the office. And having her be the HR rep at the same time makes it all the more taboo to pursue. Which means Michael will be all over it like Dwight on Second Life.
Beat Ben @ the Box Office: Who Wants Wanted?
The Matrix changed the way action movies are made, and its influence is all over the latest graphic-novel adaptation Wanted. Unlikely star James McAvoy is an office monkey-turned-international superassassin, joined by Angelina Jolie and Common, and he’s intense and convincing.
It won’t be No. 1 (thanks, WALL-E), but people are excited. So look for this stylized epic to pull in big cash opening weekend, something around $37 million.
Ang gets half naked, so let’s say $37.7 million.
What do you think: Am I on target here, or am I firing blanks? Put up you numbers in the comments, and we’ll see who owns the box office this week, you or me.
Get Wanted trailers, clips and more in the Summer Movie Guide.
Angelina Jolie’s Best Body Parts: Our Top 9
Put ’em all together and you’ve got, like, the sexiest woman in the history of the world. Pretty much. Ask anyone. But when you break down this badass A-list Earth Mother, which of Wanted woman Angelina Jolie’s features bests the rest? We ranked 9, and left No. 10 blank for you.
Here’s the list:
1. Lips: If she had only one body part, this would be it. Sadly, her maw’s at its finest and thickest when she’s unhappy, pouty, pissed or getting divorced.
2. Eyes: Commanding yet gentle, these warm green orbs seem to offer the rest of us an easy way in. Be warned, though: It’s a trap!
3. Trigger finger: Hey boys, watch out for that index digit. This lefty action hero hits her target with more flare and precision than Will, Bruce or even Uma.
4. Brain: She’s been called the smartest woman in Hollywood, and how can you argue with a box-office giant who also has a shot at being U.N. Secretary-General?
5. Left arm: Specifically the tattoo detailing the coordinateslatitude and longitudeof where Maddox, Pax, Shiloh and Zahara were born. Motherhood’s never been hotter.
6. Uterus: The most famous, hyped, buzzed-about and potentially profitable internal organ in all of Hollywood. And only Shiloh Jolie-Pittand whoever else is in thereknows what it’s really like.
7. Hips: Here, on the front left, you’ll easily find a thick black cross tattoo. This covers up an inked-while-drunk dragon, which we’ll call a sign of maturity. Well, kinda.
8. Breasts: They rarely steal the showonly when she’s way pregnantbut Taking Lives is worth renting for one little bedroom scene. (Tip: Pretend Ethan Hawke isn’t there.)
9. Forehead mole: Sometimes it’s exotic, sometimes it’s zitlike (as on a recent Entertainment Weekly cover). But Jolie herself has said, “I find flaws attractive.” So do we.
10. You tell us: Did we miss one? Sound off in the comments, and we’ll post your choice to round out the list soon.