Oh look, it's Kate Beckingsdale doing her best "journalist" face while portraying Judith Miller surrogate in the upcoming Miller/Plame-ripped, Nothing But the Truth. Valerie Plame, if you remember was the CIA operative that leaked to the New York Times, and when Miller wouldn't reveal her source, she was sent to jail.
Then later Dick Cheney revealed Plame's name anyway, and Scott McClellan revealed that Dick Cheney revealed Plame, and the whooole cycle is very 2004-2008.
But sorry, we can suspend our disbelief for Rorschach's voice for the upcoming Watchmen movie, but we are never going to buy Matt Dillon as attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. Where is the real actor version of this film, with like Kevin Spacey and Meryl Streep?
You know who's doing one of those real life/movie crossovers for this film, though? Dan Abrams!
What Hollywood is calling "the Judith Miller movie" is now filming on location here, but prepare yourselves: Some changes are being made to the story inspired by the outing of a CIA agent.
For starters, in the movie Judith Miller is no longer Judith Miller of the New York Times, but Rachel Armstrong of the Washington Capital Sun. And while the real Judith Miller may be remembered as a stylish, slightly scary reporter of 59, headed off to jail in a quilted black jacket and tortoise-frame sunglasses, in the movie she is a sizzling Kate Beckinsale, 34, dressed in a, shall we say, form-fitting skirt…
"People could say Kate is too good-looking to be a reporter," admits Rod Lurie, the writer and director of the independently financed film.
–Excerpted from William Booth's article in the Washington Post entitled, "Hollywood Plugs Its Tale of a Leak"
Everyone's had one of those no-good, very-bad days. You know, the kind where you wake up late (and slightly hungover!) on the wrong side of the bed, discover that all your work-clothes are either at the dry-cleaners, or else piled in a crumpled heap on the bedroom floor, only to realize that it's Saturday, and that, yes, you actually are retarded?
Well, today is not one of those days for Judith Miller.
First, the former journalist-slash-jailbird shows she has a sense of humor with a lighthearted appearance on a right-leaning morning tv show, and now comes word that—in the big-screen version of Bush and Cheney fucking over CIA agent, Valerie Plame—Miller's going to be portrayed by…gorgeous movie star, Kate Beckinsale.
• Despite Fox 411 gossip Roger Friedman starting rumors about Studio 60 getting canceled, the latest word is that NBC has ordered a full season.
• Bill Cosby settles sexual assault suit, remains grumpy old guy.
• Britney Spears has teamed up with former manager Larry Rudolph — and likely didn't tell K-Fed about it. Booyah! (She's still not rehired Leslie Sloane Zelnik, but that hasn't kept her off Letterman.)
• Luke Wilson is a dirty man whore and Kate Beckinsale doesn't eat. No news is good news!
• Michael Jackson opts not to perform the song most likely to have people calling him a freak.
• Tori Spelling claims that her hubby's ex-wife is pretty sad. Yet, Tori's acting career is somehow even more pathetic. [Page Six]
• Nobody gives a fuck that Katie Couric left the Today show. Good luck, CBS. [ABC]
• Remember that paparazzo who claimed Bruce Willis is the reason he chipped a tooth? Yeah, Bruce is suing. He would like it very much if we didn't label him a badass. [TMZ]
• When Kate Beckinsale is breastfeeding, watch out. That woman can shoot milk like you've never seen. [Sun]
• Why would you write a "tell-all" about Tom Cruise if you didn't have anything to tell? Seriously, can't he just hit up that albino monk for info? [The Awful Truth]
When MTV invited us along to their annual publicity vehicle known at the Movie Awards, we had dreams of getting squished in with the tabloids and television cameras on the red carpet. And like Pete Doherty to handcuffs, it came together exactly as expected. We were herded onto the Sony lot along with a hundred or so other press outlets on Saturday, awaiting Jessica Simpson's ample calves and Steve Carrell's freshly waxed chest.
While we stuck around to catch host Jessica Alba supervise the popcorn distribution, most of the fun took place among the troops.
This is MTV's holding pen, where the press corp took turns lining up in single file to be hauled off to the red carpet. The most exciting part? Free Snickers.
The Viewing Room, where press not invited inside the show were welcome to watch the live feed. At the end of the day, we realized these folks were the lucky ones.
This is where the press peed while waiting to get into single file.
After the jump, we promise real celebrities. And no pee.
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• The Jennifer Lopez baby rumors are back again — and more boring than ever. [The Scoop]
• Kate Beckinsale ran into Britney Spears and Janet Jackson in L.A. and now wants all celebrities to wear Burkahs. [Page Six]
• Diane Keaton contemplates the benefits of benefits of being over 50,such asnot having to worry about sleeping with gross old dudes. We wonder how exactly Lloyd Grove discovered this. [Lowdown]
• Seriously, we don't understand why Miss New Jersey never ever wins. [People]
• As if cheating on her with the nanny weren't enough, now Jude Law is leaving Sienna Miller for Sadie Frost. Then, in six months, they'll trade back again. [Mirror]
• Anna Wintour gets an anglotastic day at Vogue. And we are supposed to figure out how this is different from any other day at Conde Nast? [WWD]
• Kate Beckinsale has "fat ass" days, in which she doesn't leave the house. Um, we don't think that's a very good role model for Nicole Richie to have right now. [Mirrorl
• What is it with guys thinking their sperm is worth millions of dollars? Nobody wants Vincent Gallo's tasteless, racist baby. At least not without the best part of baby making. [Page Six]
• We know that being a celebrity is oh so very hard, but Liz Hurley needs to shut it. There are people in Queens who can't even afford vacays, bitch. [The Scoop]
• How un-shocked are you that Tommy Lee's picking up chicks at the Adult Video News Awards? [Page Six]
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