Ellen DeGeneres by Jeffrey Mayer/ WireImage.com
CoverGirl made a bold, unconventional choice this week when they announced that Ellen DeGeneres would be the new face of the beauty brand, following in the footsteps of Christie Brinkley, Queen Latifah and Drew Barrymore.Who else do you think deserves the CoverGirl treatment? 30 Rock's Tina Fey has already nabbed a Marie Claire cover. Oscar nominee Ellen Page would make one righteous home skillet. How about unusual TV beauties Weeds' Allie Grant or Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss? Chandra Wilson? Sandra Oh? Or, um, the entire cast of Grey's Anatomy?What do you think? Tell us your unconventional CoverGirls.
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Drew Barrymore by Jim Spellman/ WireImage.com
The final ladies of Drew Barrymores Whip It are ready to roll Joining Barrymore and the previously cast Ellen Page in the roller derby comedy will be Marcia Gay Harden Kristen Wiig Juliette Lewis and Zoe Bell per the ReporterHarden will play Pages mom a former beauty queen whos less-than-pleased to see her daughter in skates instead of tiaras while Wiig Lewis and Bell will all play roller skaters As a huge ladies derby fan this seems like a movie whose time has come but will you be skating into theaters to see it With movie-skater handles like Malice in Wonderland can you really resist Anna DimondMore Movie Newsbull Jesse Plemons Friday Night Lights Up as Dope Dealerbull Box Office WALL-E Is Wanted More Than Angelina
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Ellen Page by Barry King/WireImage.com
BBC Films is developing a revival of Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre and has attached Ellen Page to front the period piecePage Oscar-nominated for her turn in Juno next can be seen in the roller-derby comedy Whip It and the dramatic thriller PeacockWhats your take Think the utterly contemporary teen can fit into Brontes world MWMMore Movie Newsbull Christmas Spirit Frank Millers Latest Arrives Early149 Jonas Brothers Concert Pic Goes 3-D149 Redstone Wont Keep Cruise from Fourth Mission149 WATCH VIDEO The New Dark Knight Trailer
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Eric Dane by Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
Grey's Anatomy's Eric Dane will be taking a break from his doctorial duties to play the friend of Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston's characters in Marley & Me, based on the bestselling memoir, Variety reports.... Ellen Page has dropped out of the Sam Raimi thriller Drag Me to Hell, due to scheduling conflicts, and spurning countless puns about where she's not going.... Anne Heche is replacing Jennifer Jason Leigh as Ashton Kutcher's scorned lover in Spread, an upcoming romantic comedy produced by Kutcher's Katalyst Films, according to the Reporter. — Anna Dimond
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For another take on this weekends SNL read the latest Roush DispatchIm baaaack Well see how long I last tonight The promos for Ellen Pages performance tonight havent looked promising But then again none of Saturday Night Lives promos are ever really good Come on Ellen Im rooting for you especially after watching you on Barbara Walters special last weekend She came off as humble sweet quirky and completely unaffected by Hollywood I was kinda dumbstruck since most of our days are spent staring at headlines of celebs her age in rehab or getting busted for DUIsEnough of that lets get on with the showCold OpeningThe usual bit on current politics This time its an MSNBC debate with Will Forte as Brian Williams awesome Amy Poehler as Hillary Fred Armisen as Obama and the wicked Darrell Hammond as Tim Russert Ha The best part is Hillary talking about how she could take down special interests and lobbyists because her annoying personality will crumbl
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Ellen Page and Barbara Walters by Craig Sjodin/ABC
Now that the strike’s finito, there’ll be plenty of star power strutting down the red-carpet wearing outfits worth more than most people's cars. And ABC is giving you an extra special treat right before the show begins: Barbara Walters Oscar Special. Yes, the View co-host will be getting personal with the likes of Ellen Page, Vanessa Williams, Harrison Ford and Miley Ray Cyrus (not to be confused with Miley Cyrus). And side note—Jon Stewart will be hosting the main event, so get ready to laugh. Watch it now! | More online videos
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Tina Fey by Mathew Imaging/WireImage.com
Live from New York, it will be Tina Fey on a new episode of Saturday Night Live! Producers have announced that the late-nighter will return Feb. 23 with the former head writer/cast member at the helm, making it one of the first programs to rebound from the three-month-long WGA strike. (No official word yet on when Fey's new baby, 30 Rock, will return, although Ausiello sez we should see five to 10 new eps sometime this spring.)"It's been a long dry spell without Saturday Night Live on the air," Rick Ludwin, head of late-night entertainment at NBC, tells the AP. "They've been sitting on the sidelines watching all this happening in politics and the primaries. SNL thrives during an election year and they can't wait to get back on." Indeed! In fact, the last new SNL featured a skit in which Hillary Clinton hosted a Halloween party where the other candidates joked about the inevitability of her presidency. Barack Obama, wearing a "Barack Obama" mask, guest-starred. What a difference thr...
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Barbara Walters by Donna Svennevik/ABC
Barbara Walters' 27th annual pre-Oscars special, airing Feb. 24 at 7 pm/ET, will find the queen of the fuzzy lens gabbing with Ellen Page (Juno), Harrison Ford, Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty) and Miley Cyrus (every inch of your daughter's bedroom walls).... Speaking of Calista's squeeze, Good Morning America will premiere the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Thursday's show, during the 8 o'clock hour.... Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story arrives on DVD April 8.
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Ellen Page in Juno by Doane Gregory/Fox Searchlight
Sid Ganis president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and actress Kathy Bates have just announced the major Oscar nominations for last years films and for my money there are some real surprises among themThe critically acclaimed comedy Juno which is also doing strong business has been recognized in a major way especially surprising since traditionally comedies often get short shrift in the major categories Written by first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody starring up-and-coming Canadian actress Ellen Page and directed by Jason Reitman it took a best-picture nomination and major category recognition for the key players a best-actress nom for Page original screenplay for Cody and director for Reitman Tommy Lee Jones nabbed a best-actor nomination for the sober Iraq War picture In the Valley of Elah directed and written by 2005 Oscar-winner Paul Haggis Crash and ignored in all other categories like every other fiction film dealing with the
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Traci Lords by Paul Hawthorne/WireImage.com
Traci Lords will help Zack & Miri Make a Porno, says the Reporter. Also joining Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks and Jason Mewes in the Kevin Smith comedy are Craig Robinson (The Office) and Ricky Mabe (Beautiful People).... Juno's Ellen Page next will play a teen from a small Texas town who forsakes the beauty-pageant circuit to become a roller-derby queen in Whip It!, Drew Barrymore's directorial debut.... Also per Variety, Forest Whitaker is in talks to front Patriots, a real-life-inspired drama about Al Collins, the hoops coach who led John Ehret High School's hoops team to the Louisiana state championship a year after Katrina displaced scores of students.... Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay will bow at the South by Southwest Film Festival, taking place March 7-15 in Austin, Texas.
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