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2011 Independent Spirit Awards: Anne Heche

FabSugar — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:25:32 PST

Anne Heche just walked the red carpet in a Spring-ready, floor-length, ruffled floral dress. With a bold print, she keeps the rest understated - easy makeup and loose waves - and just a chain-strap handbag and a pair of purple jewel-drop earrings to complete the look. Thoughts?
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Sundance Snapshot: Cedar Rapids Gives Ed Helms Another Hangover

Becky Kirsch — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:38:50 PST

Ed Helms has been building a film career for himself thanks to an extra boost from last year's smash hit The Hangover, and he headlines Cedar Rapids, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Helms plays yet another good guy to the core, but like his most recent comedy, his character gets himself into quite a bit of trouble.

Who's behind it? Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Youth in Revolt) directed this comedy starring Ed Helms, Anne Heche, John C. Reilly, and Sigourney Weaver.
What's it about? Tim (Helms) is a sheltered insurance agent from Wisconsin who is content with his simple life that consists of taking care of clients and a weekly sexual encounter with his former elementary school teacher. When the top salesman at his agency suddenly dies, Tim is sent to an annual convention with fellow insurance hotshots from around the country. Not only are Tim's small-town sensibilities put to the test, but he's forced to embrace the reality that not everything (or everyone) are what they appear to be on the surface.

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What did I think? I fully support the idea of Ed Helms as a leading man, but the script just tries too hard to make Tim push the envelope as he experiences the world outside of his home town for the first time. There are plenty of laughs as the boys' club between Tim and his new friends Dean (John C. Reilly) and Ronald (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) develops, but sometimes Ed's first-time experiences - which run the gamut from a friendship with a prostitute to a flirtation with a married woman (Anne Heche) - feel like a watered down version of The Hangover. Cedar Rapids still has some laugh-out-loud moments, but it could have been even better if the actors were able to become more than caricatures.

Sundance Kicks Off With a Star-Studded First Weekend!

Molly Goodson — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:10:00 PST

Park City was bustling with celebrities this weekend as the 2011 Sundance Film Festival got underway. Buzz is on top of the latest news on what movies everyone is talking about and which are getting picked up, and we were hitting the party scene and scoping out what the stars were up to. The Bing bar was a huge hot spot with events from the My Idiot Brother bash to a late night Florence and the Machine concert, while the Variety lounge hosted their share of talent. Skullcandy and Express held nightly concerts at Harry O's, James Franco let loose at the Playboy event, and Adrian Grenier enjoyed a Chefdance meal. There was a lot going on, and it's just the first couple of days, even Oprah is here! Robert Redford of course continues to oversee the whole show, which has provided another excellent group of premieres - stay tuned here and on PopSugar Rush for all our coverage from the festival!

Cedar Rapids Trailer: Ed Helms, Party Animal

Lauren Bradshaw — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:57:25 PST

It's The Office meets The Hangover in this trailer for Cedar Rapids, a new comedy starring the man who appears in both: Ed Helms. Helms plays Tim Lippe, a small town insurance agent who ventures to the big city - the "big city" being Cedar Rapids, IA - for a work convention. Tim soon learns that he's in way over his head as a few convention regulars (John C. Reilly and Anne Heche) teach him the ropes (translation: they get him hammered). Before you know it, buttoned-up Tim is befriending prostitutes and raising hell.

Helms hasn't really carried a film by himself before, but this looks like a promising effort: funny with a tinge of darker humor to it. Of course, it helps when you have Reilly's over-the-top character to bring out the hilarity in Helms's more straight man persona. Cedar Rapids will show at the Sundance Film Festival next month, so stay tuned for more about the movie. But until then, check out the trailer after the jump

Seth Meyers and John Legend Take On the World of Ferragamo

Molly Goodson — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

John Legend played host and met up with Seth Meyers to pose on their way into a bash at the Salvatore Ferragamo store in NYC on Thursday evening. The handsome men were both decked out in the designer, and the event was to celebrate the launch of Ferragamo WORLD, their new eco-friendly charitable men's shoe line. Inside the bash, John cozied up to and slow danced with his girlfriend Christine Teigen. Seth Meyers mingled during the party, as did other attendees including Gossip Girl's Matthew Settle and Ivanka Trump. The Rachel Zoe Project star Brad Goreski was chic as ever in his leather coat and told us that everything is going great now that he's no longer working for Rachel. He also said he had a blast styling our I'm A Huge Fan winner before she met Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

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Link Time - Jennifer Lopez Finally Signs American Idol Deal

BuzzSugar — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:30:05 PDT

Breaking news: Jennifer Lopez signs her deal to judge American Idol - People
Ryan Reynolds to produce a comedy for NBC - Deadline
Missed the Bachelor Pad finale? Here's who won - TV Squad
Saoirse Ronan and James Gandolfini join Violet & Daisy - Slash Film
The Community music video remix! - TV.com
The 10 best heist movie disguises (Sugar and Spice is still my No. 1!) - Moviefone
Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, and more join crime thriller Rampart - MTV Movies Blog
Friday Night Lights fan Diablo Cody interviews Kyle Chandler - Movieline
Read up on the books featured in last night's Gossip Girl premiere - TrèsSugar

Stars From J Lo to Will Smith Honor MJ at This Is It LA Premiere

Molly — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:00:00 PDT

Michael Jackson's final masterpiece, This Is It hit theaters at midnight last night, with a star-studded LA premiere just a few hours earlier to celebrate. MJ's brothers Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and Randy posed together to support the project while stars of stage and screen came together to honor the King of Pop. Will Smith doesn't do a ton of red carpets these days, but couldn't miss this one and NPH was dapper in black. Ashley Tisdale pulled her High School Musical costar Monique Coleman close while Adam Lambert and Katy Perry looked like two peas in a pod. Michael Jackson's last performance footage has done amazingly well in presales and he clearly has the love of all his celebrity fans and friends - including close pal Elizabeth Taylor - as it hits theaters for a special run.

Jennifer Lopez pouted for the camera after another weekend supporting the Dolphins in Miami. Paris Hilton went a little more risqué in her black ensemble while Tisdale paid homage to the man of the night with her vintage t-shirt. Paula Abdul was filled with emotion watching Michael up on the big screen. There will surely be a lot more reactions and praise as crowds flock to see MJ's famous moves in the peek at his preparations for his comeback concerts that never were able to be.

To see lots more from the premiere including Tyrese Gibson, Adam Lambert, Katy Perry, JC Chasez, David Cook, Mario Lopez, Allison Janney and others just

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Images include: Will Smith, Jermaine Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Marlon Jackson, Christian Audigier, Ashley Tisdale, Tyrese Gibson, Macy Gray, Rosanna Arquette, Jessica Lowndes, Daisy Fuentes, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Heche, Larry Birkhead, Vivica A. Fox, Kathy Najimy, Neil Patrick Harris, Paris Hilton, Paula Abdul, Adam Lambert, Katy Perry, Jamie Kennedy, JC Chasez, David Cook, Mario Lopez, Allison Janney

Link Time!

BuzzSugar — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:30:44 PDT

Awww, I'm swooning so hard for Jim and Pam's wedding magazine cover - PopWatch
'70s horror film The Fly is going to be reborn as a TV show - Cinematical
MTV is going to air DJ AM's reality show - Vulture
TV's top 10 depressive doctors - TV.com
The CW has ordered more episodes for The Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place, but not The Beautiful Life - Zap2It
The 14 sexiest movie androids - Moviefone
Anna Heche addresses her comments about her ex on Letterman and her role on Hung - Movieline
Have a look at Ryan Adams's paintings - Pop Candy
Believe it! From the makers of Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus comes the trailer for Megafault! - MTV Movies Blog
Flight of the Conchords might be coming to Rock Band! - GeekSugar

Lovely Ladies of Hollywood Come Out For a Pre-Emmys Party

PopSugar — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:00:08 PDT

The Emmys are this Sunday in LA, but that's not stopping the nominees - and even those who aren't up for awards - from starting the celebrations. Entertainment Weekly linked up with the Women in Film organization to host a bash last night at the Sunset Marquis hotel with Audrina Patridge, AnnaLynne McCord, and former Twilighter Rachelle LeFevre turning out for the red carpet. Newly pregnant Jenna Elfman of Accidentally on Purpose struck a pose alongside Jennie Garth, whose husband Peter has been spending his time up in Vancouver working out with Kellan Lutz. Before the big ceremony this weekend, make sure to fill out Buzz's Emmy ballot and enter to win a $1,000 gift certificate to Best Buy!

To see more from the event, just

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Images include: Alyssa Milano, Andrea Bowen, AnnaLynne McCord, Anne Heche, Audrina Patridge, Benjamin McKenzie, Daphne Zuniga, Elizabeth Banks, Erika Christensen, George Lopez, Jaime Pressly, Jenna Dewan, Jenna Elfman, Jennie Garth, Jennifer Carpenter, John Leguizamo, Jordana Brewster, Julie Benz, Julie Bowen, Kaley Cuoco, Karina Smirnoff, Katie Cassidy, Olivia Wilde, Rachelle Lefevre, Rex Lee, Sarah Silverman, Sela Ward, Seth Green, Shannen Doherty, Sharon Stone, Terri Seymour, Rachelle Lefevre

Morning Links - Anne Heche Trashes Her Ex

PopSugar — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:30:52 PDT

Anne Heche goes off about her "lazy" ex on The Late Show - The Blemish
Parker Posey unfortunately has lyme disease - I'm Not Obsessed
Megan Fox will not be Catwoman in the next Batman - Popeater
Liam Neeson is taking each day as it comes - Lifeline Live
Spencer Pratt thinks Heidi Montag is the new Michael Jackson - Wonderwall
Did Tony Romo try to kiss Jessica Simpson's friends while they were dating? - Celebitchy
Ryan Jenkins's half sister may have helped him escape police - Us Weekly
Gwyneth Paltrow wants to be the next Martha Stewart - Fox411