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It’s never easy making it all the way through Hollywood Week and then getting the boot after your first performance as one of American Idol’s Top 24, but Season 9’s early exits were pretty accepting and gracious. Janell Wheeler, Ashley Rodriguez, Joe Muñoz and Tyler Grady spoke to the press about what-ifs, judges, friends, and giving your fans what they want. – Cynthia Wang

Only One Regret: Janell Wheeler, the 24-year-old from Orlando who demonstrated star power during Hollywood Week with her rendition of “American Boy,” regretted only one thing, and that’s leaving her six-string behind. “In order for me to really have ensured my place in the next round,” she says, “I really should have gone ahead and brought my guitar out and performed a top 40 hit like ‘American Boy.’ I think I knew exactly what [the judges] wanted from me; I just was choosing to do it the second week.” On a positive note about her performance of Heart’s “What About Love,” Wheeler says, “If there is any way to go out, I’m so proud of the way I did. Several of the girls have even texted me and said, ‘Janell, you have so much poise and you’re a class act.’ I kept it together, I sang my song better than the first time and I’m really happy with how it went.”

Judging The Judges: Ellen, Randy, Kara and Simon aren’t afraid to share their opinions, and neither are the contestants! Ashley Rodriguez, 22, from Chelsea, Mass., says the judges “weren’t taking any chances this week! I think a lot of people thought that they would be a little lenient considering it was our first live show but it turns out they were coming in throwing punches! I wouldn’t say they were too hard, but we definitely could have used some love from them. They were very quick to give a lot of criticism but not back it up with anything positive, which is unfortunate, because you always can find something in good from a performance, even if it falls apart. There is always something positive you can take away.”

New Friendships: Although 20-year-old Joe Muñoz from Huntington Park, Calif., is leaving Idol early, he’s taking with him some lasting friendships, including one with Tim Urban, who stood next to Muñoz on the chopping block Thursday night. “I got to see Tim right before I left the hotel,” he says, “and he’s a really nice guy and I said goodbye to Todrick Hall also. He’s become one of my best friends. Everybody is so cool! Everybody’s so different but they are all really, really nice.”

Keeping It Real: Tyler Grady, 20, of Nazareth, Penn., will continue rockin’ with his Lehigh Valley band Wailing Waters, but being on Idol “made me really appreciate performers who do television,” he says. “I’ve never been in that situation before and it’s really a different ballgame.” When asked, had he continued, if he would have taken criticism or just done his own thing, Grady says, “I respect the judges and I think they are very qualified to be critiquing the contestants on the show, but at the same time, when you are building a fan base and your fans are supporting you, they are supporting you because of what you are doing. I’ve been consistent from the Boston auditions until now, and if you’ve ever seen my band play, that’s exactly the style of performance I give every time.”

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ED Westwick is using his fame to flirt with rich kids.

The Gossip Girl actor — who plays Chuck Bass on the hit show — is widely rumored to be dating costar Jessica Szohr, but he admits he likes chatting up pretty female fans to pass the time.

“We are always shooting on the Upper East Side, so often when any girls come over to watch, they are from that demographic — y’know, rich kids,” Ed said.

“If they were like the characters on the show they would have quite a lot to live up to — but if they are like that, I’d like them to call me!”

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Sandra Bullock arrives at the 41st NAACP Image awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday (February 26).

The 45-year-old Academy Award nominated actress, who was joined by her husband Jesse James, was nominated for Best Actress for her work in The Blind Side. However, Precious’s Gabourey Sidibe ended up picking up the Best Actress honor by the end of the night.

The NAACP Image Awards annually honors the achievements and performances of people of color in the arts and other creative formats.








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Charlize Theron tries to stay incognito by staying underneath a hoodie and a pair of shades on Friday (February 26) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

After getting in a good work-out, the 34-year-old actress carried a bottle of Fiji water as she walked to her car.

There have been rumors of a split between Charlize and actor/director Stuart Townsend. They reportedly called it quits after returning from a trip to Mexico during the holidays.








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Alexander Skarsgard attends Entertainment Weekly’s Party to Celebrate the Best Director Oscar Nominees held at Chateau Marmont on Thursday (February 25) in Los Angeles.

The 33-year-old True Blood hunk wore his favorite plaid shirt that he also wore to a meeting last month at Joan’s on Third and to a Golden Globes party the month before that.

Also seen sneaking out of the party: Heroes star Zachary Quinto




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Bachelor favorites Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney tied the knot at Terranea Resort on Saturday afternoon (February 27) in Palos Verdes, Calif. Here are some details about the ceremony via OK:

– American Idol vet Jason Castro performed “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” while the couple walked down the aisle. (You can see his trademark dreads here!)

– Guests included past Bachelor contestants Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski, Trista and Ryan Sutter, and even Jason’s son Ty.

– Molly and her bridesmaids donned Monique Lhuillier dresses and bright green, open-toe Manolo Blahnik shoes. Hair was done by Ken Paves.

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PopEater pal Lara Spencer didn't waste the chance to ask 'Insider' guest Dr. Drew Pinsky about the fallout from the staged photo opp at the Tiger Woods press conference and what Woods' choice of rehab facility could indicate about the multiple -- and very serious -- problems the troubled golf star is battling. All that, plus candid conversation from the two about whether 'American Idol' has truly jumped the shark with the arrival of Ellen DeGeneres. Special thanks to Lara and 'The Insider' for getting us the scoop on such a busy day with the scary news about Gary Coleman from their set.



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Drew Barrymore has blamed her rocky love life on her unconventional childhood - insisting she never learnt about real relationships growing up.

Drew Barrymore famously got hooked on drugs at an early age, smoking pot at 10, before entering rehab at 13.

She later married and divorced twice before dating a string of famous lovers, and the actress insists she struggled to settle down because of her volatile relationship with her famous parents, John and Jaid Barrymore - who split when she was born.

She says, "I have never really understood how I should feel or behave in a relationship. I didn't have the kind of childhood that would have given me any sort of perspective on what a happy home or relationship would feel like.

"You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents. You're dealt the cards you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.

"I used to pull a lot of emotion from all the stuff with my family, but I have been much more objective about my childhood and my relationship with my mother in these last few years. But I won't deny that the baggage was there at some point."

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'American Idol' finalist Elliott Yamin was reportedly in Chile at the time of this morning's 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

Yamin -- who finished in third place on the Fox reality series -- was in the country for the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, and used Twitter to capture his entire experience, according to USA Today.

"Huge earthquake just now in Chile!!....I swear I thought this was the end of my life!!!!!" he tweeted.

"Complete and utter chaos on the streets...no power...," he continued. "my heart is beatin outta my chest!....tsunami warnin...I am only a mile inland!"

Yamin later spoke to a number of morning news programs, including 'Good Morning America,' 'Today' and CNN.

"The building was swaying back and forth, as was my room," Yamin -- who was in his hotel at the time of the earthquake -- told CNN. "Things were starting to fall off of the wall. The lights were starting to flicker on and off, and then that swaying very abruptly turned into ... a very violent shake."

"I just feel very lucky to have sought out safety," he added.

In other tweets, Yamin said that his medical condition is now becoming a major concern. "Imma Type 1 diabetic, and was sppsd 2 leave sunday.I only packed enuf insulin pump supplies 2 last til then....airports r closed!" he wrote.

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In a few days, 'Remember Me' stars Robert Pattinson and Pierce Brosnan will be interviewing each other for an Artist on Artist feature, and we need your questions!
In a few days, 'Remember Me' stars Robert Pattinson and Pierce Brosnan will be interviewing each other for an Artist on Artist feature, and we need your questions! So please submit a question in the comments of this blog post, and maybe one of these hunks will give you a shout out. Here's our q: Who would win in a fight, Edward Cullen or James Bond? Now it's your turn!

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In this tough marketplace, if you want to make another movie about a complex historical figure like Robert F Kennedy, you'd better bring to the table an actor with chops and bankability to excite a financier. Matt Damon does both those things. I've just heard that a deal closed at New Regency for an RFK film that has Damon attached, with Gary Ross directing and Steven Knight scripting. Damon will wait to see the script before we know whether or not the project will really happen. The film will be based on the Evan Thomas biography His Life, which Landscape Entertainment’s Bob Cooper optioned and will produce with Ross and his Larger Than Life partner Alison Thomas.

While Damon just played South African rugby star Francois Pienaar in Invictus, he has never played a real figure like Kennedy. The film will trace RFK's transformation from the younger brother in the shadow brother President John F Kennedy to a strong national leader in his own right before he was gunned down in 1968. His assassination at the Ambassador Hotel was the backdrop for Emilio Estevez’s Bobby, and Chris Columbus and his 1492 partners are developing The Last Campaign on RFK's presidential run. Ross, too, has long been fascinated with Kennedy and once optioned the Thomas book himself.

Knight, the Eastern Promises writer, just got hired by Columbia Pictures to adapt the Dan Brown novel The Lost Symbol. That came thanks to his work for the studio on Pawn Sacrifice, a drama about Bobby Fischer's unlikely victory over Russian chess champ Boris Spassky. Tobey Maguire is producing and eyeing the Fischer role. Cooper, Ross, and Thomas were already collaborating on another U.S. history project, the Jack Greenberg-Thurgood Marshall story Crusaders, which they’ve set at HBO with Danny Strong writing the script.

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12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts "the karate kid" on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

He was spotted by the pool of the Fasano Hotel yesterday with models Fernanda Motta, Alessandra Ambrósio, and Ana Beatriz Barros. (The other dude is Matheus Mazzafera.)

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Though Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s “Telephone” video still doesn’t have an official premiere date, info about the clip is slowly but surely making its way to the fans. Last week, Gaga gave fans a glimpse of what she will look like in the video, and B recently dished about the clip when she stopped by “The Tyra Banks Show.”

“I am such a huge fan of hers. We just filmed her video two weeks ago in Los Angeles, and it’s gonna be so crazy,” said Beyoncé, who also worked with Gaga on her clip for “Video Phone.” “I don’t want to give too much away because I don’t want her to be upset, but it’s a part two of ‘Paparazzi.’ She’s just so smart and she’s becoming an icon in her own right.”

Beyoncé also said she was going to Brazil to shoot the video for Alicia Keys’ “Put It in a Love Song.” She told Tyra that she loves working with other powerful women.


“I actually leave today and go to Brazil. … I’m going there to work — I am finishing my last leg of my tour. I’m filming a video with Alicia Keys there,” she said. “I’m so excited to work with women. I’m a girl’s girl, so to show that women who are successful can support each other and have a good time, I’m just so happy to bring that message across with Gaga and Alicia Keys. … I learn something from all these ladies.”

Gaga recently revealed the cover art for the “Telephone” single, which is due out on March 2, on her Web site. It features a photo of Gaga wearing a hat made from a telephone and a picture of a Sasha Fierce-mode Beyoncé.

There still very few details about the “Telephone” video available. We know that part of it will take place at a diner and that at some point Beyoncé breaks Gaga out of jail. “We die in [the video],” Semi Precious Weapons lead singer Justin Tranter said of his band’s cameo. “And I think that’s probably all I’m allowed to tell. … And, I think, what people have already talked about: It’s very Tarantino-inspired, sort of like violent melodrama glamour.”

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Iraheta will perform 'Scars' on the show; Allen will perform and show footage from trip to Haiti.

American Idol has a long tradition of inviting former finalists back to grace its stage, and on Thursday two of last season's top finishers will join that club. According to a spokesperson for the show, last season's fourth-place finisher, flame-haired rocker Allison Iraheta, will perform her latest single, "Scars," on the one-hour broadcast.

She'll likely be a ray of sunshine on an otherwise tense 60 minutes during which four of the top 24 finishers will see their dreams of stardom dashed as the first two men and women semifinalists will be sent packing. The performance will make Iraheta's first trip back to the "Idol" stage since she was eliminated last spring. It could also provide a boost for the sales of Iraheta's modestly selling debut, Just Like You, which debuted at #31 in December before sliding out of the top 200 just five weeks later, with sales to date totaling less than 100,000.

Thursday's elimination episode — which will follow Tuesday night's performances from the top 12 female finishers and Wednesday night's turn by the top 12 males — will also see the return of 2009 champ Kris Allen. The Arkansas singer will perform and also share some of the footage he shot on a recent trip to Haiti in an effort to raise awareness of the United Nation Foundation's work in the Caribbean nation in the wake of last month's devastating earthquake.

The Foundation is one of the organizations that will benefit from this year's "Idol Gives Back" special (April 21) and viewers will be asked to make donations online or by text during the episode.

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No one can dispute that Natalie Portman has a firm grip on her own career. She’s carefully mixing blockbuster fare with indie films on her CV, has expanded into directing and has her own production company. It’s for that outfit – Handsome Charlie Films – that’s she planning a new comedy, Best Buds.

According to the gang at Pajiba, she’s developing Jamie Denbo’s script into an interesting take on the stoner road trip genre, focusing not on joint-loving lads on a mission but spliff-happy ladies who are headed to their friend’s wedding with the intent to save her with the miraculous power of weed.

Portman will star in the film as well as producing, but it’s still early days for the project as it needs a director and she’s busy with other jobs, like working on Thor and planning Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.
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Given how hot he’s considered right now, it’s not shocking that every studio and production company would be falling over themselves to capitalise on the Taylor Lautner effect before it burns out. Lionsgate is the latest, winning an auction for spec script Abduction that has the New Moon teen wolf attached to star.

Abduction – which needs to be chucked into active development pronto as Lautner’s dance card is filling up fast – follows the adventures of a young man who discovers that his parents are not quite who they seem. His first clue? Discovering his baby picture on a missing persons website…

That find leads to lots of Bourne-style reveals and action as he sets out to find the truth.

It’s been another busy period for the young actor, with him having to drop out of Skydance’s pilot adventure Northern Lights, but remaining attached to Stretch Armstrong for Universal and Paramount’s Max Steel. And don’t weep for him having to turn down Northern Lights – at least one other, unknown film is vying for his free time.
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Scott Porter scored in primetime on Friday Night Lights and also has a juicy role on Syfy's Caprica. On the big screen, the 30-year-old recently helped Dear John end Avatar's run as the number one film at the box office.

Now he's teaming up with Alexis Bledel in The Good Guy. Porter also learned about the stock market playing a junior Gordon Gekko.

Watching Wall Street tumble.
"We didn't want to paint a negative picture of everybody on Wall Street, but egomaniacs do exist and my character is definitely one of them. The world's been paved with gold for them for a while and now it has all come crashing down. Bear Stearns collapsed while we were filming. I was actually on a real Wall Street floor when it happened. The mood was very somber. These traders were so used to kind of being proactive, going out and getting things done, and they suddenly became very reactive. It was trippy. Oliver Stone's original Wall Street doesn't apply in this economy. You can't watch the old Gordo Gekko because he doesn't exist right now."


Taking down the biggest grossing movie of the year.
"I mean, they've all gotta fall at some point and I'm happy to be part of the film that did it to Avatar at the weekend box office. It was just a very cool experience to be the bad guy in Dear John and I tell everybody that I out-badded Giovanni Ribisi in Avatar. Actually, I went to middle school with Jamie Linden, who wrote the script for Dear John, so to see it do well for one of my good, good friends was awesome."

He could have stayed in high school.
"Oh man, I really want to kick myself in the face for Glee because I kind of did the stupid actor thing where you go, 'Okay, I'm at a certain point in my life now where I only want to play this guy or that guy.' When Glee was casting, I thought, 'I'm too old to be a student. I need to stop playing high-school kids.' Then it came out and Ryan Murphy was like, 'We've got a bunch of adults playing kids, but we don't care, that's our show.' Cory Monteith is X amount of years old and he's playing a high schooler. So I was like, 'Dang it, I should have gone for it.'"


Ain't too proud to beg for another chance.
"Now I'm, like, at the back door knocking, 'Can I please come in and play on the Glee set because I beat box, I sing, I dance.' If music's gonna be involved, that's my thing. I got my start in the Off-Broadway cast of Altar Boyz, so I'm like pitching ideas daily to Glee. I think it's such a unique show. God, I love it. So there you have my regrets. I've laid them out on the table."

Turning out the Friday Night Lights.
"It kind of felt like Lost knowing that it was going to be over. Lost was kind of this aimless ship that was wandering in the open seas. When they decided to do the final season it finally got a compass and now it's driving toward a big finish. When you know that the finish line is coming up, as opposed to this nebulous kind of, 'Are we gonna get cancelled?' You can actually give the fans of the show true closure. I think that's the best thing for Friday Night Lights. Give everybody a great goodbye."


Wait a minute...this jock's a geek!
"I've played a range of characters, but nothing so out there as Nestor, the computer nerd-terrorist in Caprica. How I got that part was pure serendipity. I was a presenter at the Saturn Awards last year and I saw the Battlestar people and said, 'I'm a huge fan of the show.' And they said they were huge fans of Friday Night Lights. Two weeks later I got a call and they offered me the role in Caprica and I didn't even audition. It's a pretty great role and you're gonna see Nester pop up a lot. And it was awesome to work with Polly Walker. She's phenomenal."


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It's over between actress Abbie Cornish and boyfriend Ryan Phillippe, her spokesperson confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.

"Abbie ended the relationship with Ryan and she moved out of their home," the rep tells PEOPLE. On Sunday, the actress was spotted removing her belongings from the house she shared with Phillippe while he was running errands and toy shopping with children with Ava and Deacon.

The split follows months of tabloid speculation that Phillippe has been unfaithful to Cornish – regularly hitting the nightclubs and being linked to other women. When asked about the cause of the break-up and whether Phillippe cheated on Cornish, her rep replied, "No comment."

Cornish, 27, and Phillippe, 35, met in 2006 on the set of the film, Stop-Loss, and survived intense media scrutiny following Phillippe’s divorce from Reese Witherspoon. Cornish has been in Vancouver for the last seven months shooting the film, Sucker Punch.

Reps for Phillippe could not be reached for comment.

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Actress Scarlett Johansson says planning her wedding to Ryan Reynolds was like conducting a ‘drug deal’. They kept very secretive.

‘I never thought that I’d be planning my wedding in a dark alley somewhere but it turned out that way. It was really quite secretive and I felt like I was doing a drug deal without all the fun,’ femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying.

The actress who married the ‘Adventure Land’ actor in an intimate ceremony on Vancouver Island, Canada, in September 2008 admits the pair had to do a lot sneaking around so they could keep their big day private.

Scarlett has previously admitted marrying 33-year-old Ryan cemented the couple’s love and brought them closer together.

‘We’re enjoying evolving our relationship together. I feel that my life and my work are heading in the right direction,’ she added.

‘Being married is a bit like being part of a tribe.’

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