New Moonies Just as Excited as You Are for Tonight's Premiere
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Something tells us you already know all too well that the New Moon premiere is tonight. That's not news.
But what you don't know is how its stars are spending their days preparing for the big event.
They're on Twitter, of course!
"Many people wonder what celebs do the morning of their movie premiere," Peter Facinelli writes. "I would like know 2, seeing how I'm at the DMV renewing my license."
Once he was ready to drive, he cruised by the scene of the big red carpet event.
"Drove past the Westwood theatre on my motorcycle to wave hi to the fans on the way home from DMV. You guys are awesome," he gushes.
Anna Kendrick and Jackson Rathbone are playing a bit more coy with their anticipation, and Rachelle Lefevre sounds like she may have other plans....
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Julianne Hough Still Dancing With Chuck Wicks?
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UPDATE: Julianne has confirmed that she and Chuck have entered the just-friends zone.
"We're both just really, really busy with our careers, and we spend a lot of time apart from each other, so we're just taking a little break right now, she tells People. "Honestly, Chuck and I are such good friends—we still hang out all the time, and we're still writing together."
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Just 24 hours earlier, sources close to the couple were telling Since we've already learned that hand-holding equals a hot and heavy relationship, we'll have to apply that new rule to people who aren't in vampire movies as well.
Despite reports that 21-year-old Dancing With the Stars hottie Julianne Hough and her 30-year-old country boy Chuck Wicks had called it quits, the handsome pair may still be together.
And how do we know?
Because they were totally holding hands at the CMA Awards last night!
Julianne Hough Trims Chuck Wicks From Her Life
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There's no guarantee that the couple that sambas together will stay together.
Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks have called it quits, about six months since the aspiring country-music stars competed together on Dancing With the Stars and barely three months after the two bought a house together.
The seemingly sudden split was first reported by People.
"What's been fun is that we never argued at all," Hough told E! News after their run on DWTS ended with a sixth-place showing. "We've had a little tiff here and there, but about dance movements. It was fun. We had this passion. It was fun for us because we never argued."
Even now, according to People's source, they didn't argue about breaking up.
"This was mutual," the source said. "They both needed some time apart."
But they can't avoid each other just yet. Both are due to put in an appearance at tomorrow's Country Music Association Awards. Hough, 21, is scheduled to present, while Wicks, 30, will be working the red carpet for Entertainment Tonight.
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So here we have another couple of pretty faces for our Big Celebrity Splits gallery.
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Stars Tweet Out, Fans Shell Out for This Is It
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UPDATE: This Is It earned an estimated $2.2 million from last night's North American screenings. Sony calls the results "unprecedented" for a Tuesday in October, and early estimates for Wednesday and Thursday are looking equally as jaw-dropping.
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She may be 77 years old, but Elizabeth Taylor is nothing if not a trendsetter.
Michael Jackson's close friend was the first to twitter her review of the star's final performance, This Is It, in 19 rounds of 140 characters or less, but, after last night's premiere, she certainly wasn't the last.
And she wasn't the only idol loving the film, either.
"I'm sitting in the Nokia Theater in awe of the This Is It movie!," wrote Paula Abdul. "So many emotions are coming up for me I can't believe He's Gone BRILLIANT."
"Mj movie is powerful," Ryan Seacrest said. "The singing..the dancing!! He was a perfectionist…and very funny."
Dancing With the Stars hottie Julianne Hough felt the message as well.
"MJ movie was amazing so inspiring and motivating!!! Let's make this world a better place," she encouraged.
Like Liz, one viewer thought the film was ripe for awards, while several Glee-ful stars gave their takes…
Director Cuts Loose From Footloose Remake
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That Footloose remake is looking less and less like a High School Musical sequel.
First Zac Efron bailed. Now his HSM director, Kenny Ortega, who was set to helm the Footloose remake, is high-stepping away after having issues about the tone and budget of the dance flick, according to Variety.
The move comes just days before Ortega's next directing project, the behind-the-scenes Michael Jackson concert film This Is It, hits theaters.
"Coming off of the extraordinary project, Michael Jackson's This Is It, director Kenny Ortega has decided it is premature for him to commit to his next film and will not be moving forward with Footloose as previously reported," Paramount Pictures said in a statement to E! News. Neither the studio nor Ortega would comment on the reason behind his exit.
Production on the film is still set to commence in March, with Chace Crawford and Julianne Hough reprising the famed lead roles once played by Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer.
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Kristen Bell: "My Inner Thighs Are So Sore!"
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Kristen Bell is in a lot of pain these days.
"I've started dance rehearsals and my neck is sore and my inner thighs are so sore," Bell told me at last night's Vanity Fair-hosted launch of Guess?'s new T-shirt benefiting Invisible Children.
No, the actress is not training for a stint on Dancing With the Stars. She's getting ready to start shooting Burlesque, director Steve Antin's upcoming drama in which she and Christina Aguilera costar as rivals at a Hollywood burlesque club owned by a former dancer played by Cher.
Rounding out the cast is Twilight stud Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough and Stanley Tucci.
So just how much skin will Bell and the other young starlets be flashing in the film? Sounds like a lot, but...
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Julianne Hough Is Dancing Burlesque With Christina Aguilera
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Julianne Hough is Burlseque-ing with the stars..
The country-music-singing former Dancing With the Stars pro has joined the cast of Burlesque, a musical about a young small-town singer (Christina Aguilera in her big-screen debut) who becomes a star at a Hollywood burlesque club owned by Tess (Cher).
I'm told Hough, who began rehearsals this weekend, will play a fellow dancer.
Sources insist this is no Showgirls redux…
Derek Hough: Dancing Partner Needs to Loosen Up
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There's at least one person out there who thinks politico Tom DeLay has an actual chance of going far in Dancing With the Stars.
"Some people who you think are going to do great, you see them and you think, Wow, they're not as good as I thought," professional hoofer Derek Hough says. "Or some people, like Tom DeLay, might come out here and rock everyone's world."
Oh, really? Read on for Hough's explanation...
Julianne Hough Celebrates 21, Buys House With BF
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Julianne Hough may have turned 21 back on July 20, but that wasn't about to stop her from celebrating the milestone this weekend in Atlantic City.
Hough partied with sisters Marabeth and Katherine at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. The Saturday festivities kicked off with shopping and dinner, and ended with dancing at Mur.mur, where she was presented with a cowboy boot birthday cake.
Did the trio get all Girls Gone Wild on us?
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Julianne & Chace: Footloose Dance Partners?
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Update: Have Julianne Hough supporters been a little too enthusiastic in claiming she’s the Footloose top choice? I’m now being told that while the filmmakers certainly consider her among their favorites, they’re hoping she’ll be able to improve on her acting skills before the cameras start rolling.
Fingers crossed for ya, Julianne!
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Chace Crawford is pretty darn close to having one hot country gal by his side.
Sources tell me that Dancing With the Stars hoofer and rising country music singer Julianne Hough is finally in negotiations to star opposite People magazine's Hottest Bachelor in the upcoming remake of Footloose...
Julianne Hough: Just Steps Away From Footloose?
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Guess who loves Julianne Hough?
Kenny Ortega, the director of the upcoming remake of Footloose.
Nope, the Dancing With the Stars hoofer and country singer hasn't landed the female lead opposite Chace Crawford yet, but...
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Derek Hough: Dancing With Footloose
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Derek Hough could be adding movie star to his resume.
The Dancing With the Stars pro confirms that he could be waltzing into the upcoming Footloose remake.
"I haven't auditioned, but I've met with the people," Hough told me yesterday.
As I've reported, Chace Crawford is the leading contender to star as Ren, the small-town dancing rebel played in the movie by Kevin Bacon.
Hough declined to say if he's up for Ren, but he certainly knows the part...
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