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he upcoming Zac Efron comedy movie “Townies” has a new name: “Neighbors.” Universal announced the new title Monday. Starring Efron, Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen, it will be released on May 9, 2014. Nicholas Stoller (“The Five-Year Engagement”) will direct the tale of a young couple forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby. Stoller also directed “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek” for the studio. It will be the third comedy film to debut on the May 9 weekend.
Already slotted on that date are Open Road’s “Chef,” written and directed by Jon Favreau, and “Tyler Perry’s Single Mom’s Club” from Lionsgate. Andrew J.Cohen and Brendan O’Brien teamed on the “Neighbors” nee “Townies” - screenplay. Dave Franco and Lisa Kudrow co-star in the film, produced by Point Grey Pictures.
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atrick Dempsey’s wife inspired him to start racing. The 47-year-old actor has been racing for over eight years and competed in his second 24 Hours of Le Mans in France this year, racing a Porsche 911 GTS RSR and finishing fourth in his class. ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Dempsey has loved motor racing since he was a young boy but it was his spouse Jillian Fink who convinced him to actually compete. During an appearance on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’, he revealed: “I’ve loved it since I was a kid and always loved it. My father was very much into it. The Indianapolis 500 was a big event in our house and that’s how it started. I watched a lot of television and my wife got tired of me sitting around, so she said, ‘Get off the couch and go learn how to.’ “ Dempsey’s trials and tribulations in the 24-hour pro-am endurance race this year have been chronicled for a four-part TV documentary series, ‘Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans’, and it will also explore the relationship between Hollywood and racing. The actor explained: “It’s a four parter and the first part is setting up Le Mans, what it means and the history. Also Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and James Garner are big racers. Paul Newman had raced there and was on the podium, and an incredible racer, Steve McQueen of course did the movie ‘Le Mans’ and Garner was a big off-road racer.”
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fter bringing the history-making US baseball player Jackie Robinson to the big screen, Chadwick Boseman is going to try another icon: James Brown. Boseman has been cast to play the Godfather of Soul in a planned biopic by “The Help” director Tate Taylor. The film from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment is currently untitled. Mick Jagger and Brian Grazer are among the producers. The project has been in development for years, with various actors and directors attached. It’s set to finally begin shooting this year in the US In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, Taylor said of the great soul singer: “Those are big shoes to fill.”
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elly Osbourne wished Miley Cyrus had “put her tongue in her mouth” during her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 28-yearold star has given her close friend some words of advice following her racy appearance with Robin Thicke at the VMAs on Sunday which featured her ‘twerking’ and grinding against Robin during their rendition of his hit ‘Blurred Lines’. Miley, 20, also repeatedly licked her lips as she danced in a two-piece, flesh colored latex bikini and rubbed herself suggestively with a foam finger. During a special episode of ‘Fashion Police’ which aired on Monday night Kelly’s co-stars, including Joan Rivers, criticized Miley’s risque appearance - which left many famous faces in the audience at the VMAs, such as Taylor Swift, Will Smith and One Direction star Niall Horan, stunned. Kelly insisted she loved her pal before offering her words of wisdom, saying: “I look at the performance and yes, I do have a lot of the same opinions as you guys about it ... Look Miley’s my friend and I love her, and I have her back no matter what, but as her friend I’m going to tell her - put your tongue in your mouth! I love you, but just put your tongue in your mouth.” But Kelly did like the vintage, black and jewel Dolce & Gabbana separates that Miley, 20, wore on the red carpet and the bikini she gyrated in on stage. Kelly said: “We’re not talking about her performance, we’re talking about what she’s wearing ... It’s not that original (the bikini) but I do appreciate its reminiscent of the ‘Blurred Lines’ music video.”
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d Sheeran thinks his female fans want to “mother” him. The 22-year-old singer doesn’t believe he is a sex symbol and thinks women are more interested in looking after him than making passionate love to him. Speaking at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), he told People magazine: “I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It’s very flattering, but I don’t think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol. “If you speak to most women, they want to take me home and mother me rather than take me to bed. I just have that impression.” The ginger-haired star - who is currently single - was spotted cosying up to Ellie Goulding at the VMAs in Brooklyn, New York City, on Sunday night with the pair pictured holding hands while watching the performances. However, Ellie was quick to dispel rumors, as she has just started dating One Direction star Niall Horan - who is friends with Ed. In a post on her Twitter account, Ellie said: “I love that holding hands with my friends means we’re an item. In that case I am in many relationships.
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yndi Lauper feels “sad” for Miley Cyrus following her controversial performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. The legendary Grammy Award-winning singer has expressed concern for the ‘We Can’t Stop’ star after her salacious on-stage antics with ‘Blurred Lines’ hitmaker Robin Thicke at the ceremony on Sunday likening the routine to a ‘Girls Gone Wild’ softcore porn video and branding it “raunch” not art. Speaking on Australian radio show ‘Brig & Lehmo’, she said: “That was girl gone wild. So sad, so sad. There she is a young 20-something trying to prove she can hang with the big boys and girls, you know ... basically simulating a ‘Girls Gone Wild’ video on stage and I just felt like that was so beneath her and raunchy, really
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t turns out the MTV VMA ceremony was also a little occasion for Obamacare and celebrities to combine together in the guise of none other than Katy Perry and President Obama himself last night. It started yesterday when Perry used her Twitter account to retweet President Obama’s plea for youth sign up for Obamacare via social media. “If you’re one of millions of young Americans w/out health insurance, you can get affordable coverage starting Oct. 1,” the president tweeted from his account. When the singer retweeted it, he thanked her, which Perry also retweeted. Politico, which first reported the Tweets, also noted that President Obama exchanged tweets with Jason DeRulo. DeRulo, promoting the iTunes availability of his “Marry Me” single, included a link to the Obamacare signup Web site.
tyle guru Michael Raphael claims the ‘Started from the Bottom’ rapper failed to reimburse him for nearly $40,000 in expenses including shopping trips and plane rides - incurred while working for the star which aren’t covered by his salary. According to the lawsuit, which was obtained by TMZ, Drake hired the stylist in August 2012 to consult on his OVO clothing line at a rate of $39,583 per month. However, Michael says he also spent thousands of dollars of his own money on buying designer clothing such as Nike and Diesel for the rapper, as well as paying for flights and hotels to meet him in locations around the world. The style guru claims the 26-year-old star promptly paid his salary and covered additional expenses between August and November 2012 without any issues, but abruptly stopped payments in December 2012. He is now suing his former employer for $76,490 to cover both his salary for that month and extra charges he incurred while working for Drake. Michael provided numerous receipts to back up his claims, which show that he spent $1,162 at Nike, $1,483 at Diesel and $714 at American Rag. Drake - who recently won his own legal battle against the New York City nightclub he famously brawled in with Chris Brown - has yet to comment on the lawsuit.
raunchy. It wasn’t even art.” The ‘Time After Time’ hitmaker also aired her disapproval for the lyrical content of Robin’s song, which she believes glorifies “date rape”. She added: “She’s in a song that literally says that the blurred lines allowed you to ... when a woman says no, she means yes, and that’s frightful because that’s date rape.” Cyndi, 60, further pointed out that fellow performer Lady Gaga - who appeared in a revealing seashell thong bikini - exhibited tasteful artistry in her show-opening performance, but implied that Miley, 20, was simply seeking attention with her raunchy flesh-colored latex bikini and ‘twerking’.