You know it's an anticlimactic movie premiere when Jay Leno is the biggest star on the red carpet. No, seriously. Charlie Sheen? No show.Vanessa Williams? Uh-uh.Surely Tom Arnold. But nope. Kim Kardashian showed up, let photographers shoot her on the red carpet, and then split. Apparently, all the bigger, expected celebs skipped the Thursday-night premiere of National Lampoon: One, Two, Many to instead attend a screening of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Yet there was good ol' Leno in his trademark leather jacket. Leno initially dodged reporters, ducking into the Arclight Hollywood, straight past us desperate-for-quotes types. A straight to DVD release, National Lampoon: One, Two, Many was written and produced by Tonight Show announcer John Melendez, who stars in the sex romp. Later, Leno resurfaced on a terrace connected to the theater and answered questions. When asked if he regretted telling actor Ryan Phillippe to "give me your gayest look" during a recent Tonight Show sitdown, L...
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Following criticism from GLAAD, gay activists and others, Jay Leno apologized Tuesday for questionable remarks he made to Ryan Phillippe during a recent Tonight Show interview. During Phillippe's appearance, Leno brought up the actor's first role, which was as a gay teen on One Life to Live, and then asked him to give his "gayest look." A visibly uncomfortable Phillippe declined the request, saying, "That is so something I don't want to do," and pretended to walk off the stage.Leno has since come under fire for it, but acknowledged the inappropriateness and apologized. "In talking about Ryan's first role, I realize that what I said came out wrong," he said in a statement. "I certainly didn't mean any malice. I agree it was a dumb thing to say, and I apologize."In response to Leno's mea culpa, playwright Jeff Whitty — one of the first to call out Leno for his derogatory comments — says on his website that he buys the host's apology. The question is, do you? (The full segmen...
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In a recent interview with W magazine, actor and father of two, Ryan Phillippe revealed some personal details of his life following his divorce with Reece Witherspoon and the rumors that he was man-whoring around with Abbie Cornish. According to Phillippe, he was having trouble in the marriage well before he met Cornish and was so saddened by the divorce that he was in bed for 5 months after it happened. Hmmm. We’re wondering if he was rolling solo in that bed.Your take: Do you think Ryan is being sincere about being faithful and truly depressed after the divorce? Or do you think he's a cheater going for the sympathy vote to get back on the public's good side?
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According to the Reporter, Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish (hmmm...) and Sean Bean have boarded Last Battle Dreamer, a Viking epic pegged as "a love story written in fire and blood" — just like my blog!.... Leonardo DiCaprio is circling producer Scott Rudin's forthcoming adaptation of the Robert Graves novel I, Claudius.... Per Variety, Jeff Daniels and Neal McDonough have joined Traitor, an espionage thriller starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce.... Christini Ricci's oft-postponed Penelope will premiere her profound proboscis on Feb. 1, 2008.
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Two weeks after announcing their separation, Reese Witherspoon has filed for divorce from husband Ryan Phillippe, citing — wait for it — "irreconcilable differences," seeking physical custody of their children, 7-year-old Ava and 3-year-old Deacon, and requesting exclusive use of the family residence. Reese also seems bearish on proferring any spousal support.... Daniel Baldwin (Homicide: Life on the Street) was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of stealing an SUV, and was booked for investigation of grand theft auto. This particular Baldwin's previous legal melees include crashing a rental car at 80 mph into two parked vehicles, as well as an investigation for cocaine possession.
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