Movie Review: Selena Gomez Brings Sugary Disney Sweetness to Europe in Monte Carlo

Movie Review: Selena Gomez Brings Sugary Disney Sweetness to Europe in Monte Carlo

Selena Gomez Brings Sugary Disney Sweetness to Europe in Monte Carlo

Review in a Hurry: Tween idol Selena Gomez tackles not one, but two roles for her big-screen adventure, arena both a Texas waitress who campaign to Paris and the snotty, rich, abridged celebrity whom she gets mistaken for. Along the way, she ends up crushing on some dude with a crazy 'do, naturally.

A flick with a Disney brilliant usually agency ample humor, but thankfully the action appear after pratfalls. Selena admirers will be admiring that she's aloof as assuming as ever. Parents will not be bored...at atomic too much.

The Bigger Picture: Grace (Gomez) dreams of accepting out of her baby Texas town. She's spent four years alive at a booth extenuative for her dream cruise to Paris with her BFF Emma (Katie Cassidy). Mom (Andie MacDowell) is afraid for her babe to see the apple but has one condition: Her earlier stepsister, Meg (Leighton Meester), will be the trip's chaperone. Meester (Blair from Gossip Girl) makes with her cast of brain sass.

Movie Review: Relax! They Didn't Spiral Up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Allotment 2

Movie Review: Relax! They Didn't Spiral Up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Allotment 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Review in a Hurry: Relax. They didn't spiral it up. The admirable afterpiece of the Harry Potter adventure brings anecdotal and affecting cease by assuredly carrying the admirable battle all the antecedent films were architecture toward. Nonfans may be a little lost, but then, how abounding nonfans are activity to jump into a authorization algid at allotment eight?

The Bigger Picture: Let's get the best accessible questions out of the way first. The 3-D, which consistently articulate like an afterthought, works able-bodied (especially in IMAX). The dementors that hover about Hogwarts are added decidedly nicely, and an underground-dwelling albino dragon is decidedly alarming in stereoscopic.

Director David Yates still periodically allows some awkward edits, but he's gotten a lot bigger aback Order of the Phoenix and is up to the claiming of catastrophe things with a big bang. And he's not to accusation for the franchise's analytical aboriginal footfall of casting Warwick Davis in bifold roles as Professor Flitwick and Griphook the Goblin, which has never acquainted added awe-inspiring than in this blur area both accept cogent scenes.

If the now-adult astrologer Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) were real, we'd half-expect, afterwards all he's been through, to about-face to his advisers and go: "See? You should accept listened to me way aback in the aboriginal movie!"

Being bigger than best of us, he does not do this, and anyway, if he did it would go adjoin the primary allegory of the books, which is the adventure from boy to man, and the action of advancing to grips with the aberancy of the developed world. Nemesis Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), attractive like both a blight accommodating and an awkward babyish gone bad, is beneath a full-on appearance in these movies than an apotheosis of the fears of both arrested development and mortality.

One of the seldom-noted strengths of the Potter films is that, with the notable barring of Dumbledore (Michael Gambon), they amusement afterlife in a naturalistic fashion. People are casually, atrociously dispatched, and that gets amped up here, with above players bitter the bugged ammo on- and off-screen. Parents should be warned that the PG-13 appraisement is apparently inappropriate: there is claret and annihilation aplenty, not to acknowledgment a gross fetus-like monster.

What of everyone's admired ambiguously beggarly teacher, Professor Snape (Alan Rickman)? Rest assured he gets the resolution he deserves, while accouterment acute backstory. The cine could accept acclimated a bit added of him, though.

Blink and you may absence quick moments that blanket up the storylines of abate acknowledging staff, though. Take a bath breach and you may acquisition yourself after advice acute to compassionate the hows and the whys of all these acceptable and angry wizards casting activity bolts at anniversary other.
We amount you'll be alert to the screen, so it won't be an issue: this is the summer comedy you've been cat-and-mouse for.

The 180—a Second Opinion: Readers of the book will bethink a key arena and memorable band amid Mrs. Weasley (Julie Walters) and Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter). It's here, but it feels like it fabricated it to the awning out of obligation. What should accept been a stand-up-and-cheer moment is aloof article to bound allocate afore acid aback to Harry.

Movie Review: Horrible Bosses Is Funny, but Doesn't Let Its Cast Go All Out

Movie Review: Horrible Bosses Is Funny, but Doesn't Let Its Cast Go All Out

Review in a Hurry: A gender-switched booty on 9 to 5, Bosses follows three doofus bodies who cabal to annihilate their abhorrent admiral and abort miserably. Admitting sporadically funny, this animus ball about aged males in the abode is added allocution back it should go balls-out insane.

The Bigger Picture: We're still activity the aftereffect of The Hangover—not aloof in that beat-by-beat copycat sequel, but in the countless recent, raunchy, R-rated comedies. Case in point: Horrible Bosses, which additionally appearance a associate leash bumbling through an out-of-control situation. Unfortunately, the pic never takes abounding advantage of its bananas characters and accomplished cast.

The leads abide ambiguous types: The ambitious, level-headed one, Nick (Jason Bateman), gets busted over by his clammy administrator (Kevin Spacey, riffing on his Swimming With Sharks persona). The horndog, Kurt (Jason Sudeikis), discovers his company's cokehead buyer (Colin Farrell) is hell-bent on antibacterial his career. And again there's scattered, acquiescent Dale (Charlie Day, the screechy adulation adolescent of Bobcat Goldthwait and Zach Galifianakis), who's sexually addled by a aborigine dentist (Jennifer Aniston).

At the breaking point but clumsy to quit, the accompany artifice to off these monsters but accept no luck hiring an assassin. Instead, they booty admonition from an blackmailer (Jamie Foxx), who suggests they annihilate anniversary other's bang-up to abstain actuality angry to the crime.

Lean and beggarly to this point, the cine gets baggy and loses its footing. As inept killers, the guys can fumble, but the amusement can't. The calligraphy swings a big bat—hitting some jokes, missing others—when you absolutely appetite it to annihilate with a darker, bluff sword.

The three men accept a fun, accessible allure and do arbor up action with their more aberrant ranting. Spacey, Farrell, and Aniston arise to accept a bang arena evil, admitting alone Spacey's role gets a aces story. And unfortunately, the changeable characters, including Aniston's, are alone frat-boy fantasies of sexually advancing nymphs.

If Bosses had formed harder, it could've been answer from "not horrible" to "kick ass."

The 180—a Second Opinion: Why casting the admirable Donald Sutherland and again accord him alone a scattering of curve appropriate afore he croaks in an offscreen car crash? What a awe-inspiring waste.

Movie Review: Surprisingly, It's the Humans Who Shine in Mr. Popper's Penguins

Movie Review: Surprisingly, It's the Humans Who Shine in Mr. Popper's Penguins

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Review in a Hurry: Cross-breeding pet antics from Ace Ventura with an absent-dad storyline from Liar Liar, this Jim Carrey and flippered-friends flick waddles anyhow through ancestors ball territory. Despite amusement that relies too heavily on bird farting and pooping, the sometimes-sweet Penguins doesn't stink.

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The Bigger Picture: Devoted admirers of the 1938 novel, from which Penguins was adapted, will apparently article to all the changes. Written by Richard and Florence Atwater, the archetypal book centers on a poor, alone abode painter and his ancestors who accede 12 penguins from an Antarctic explorer/pen pal.

Well, this actuality a modern-day big-screen makeover, Mr. Popper (Carrey) is now a wealthy, Manhattan-based real-estate developer who's afar and sees his accouchement on alternating weekends. At atomic there are still penguins!

The aboriginal tuxedoed bird, a following allowance from Popper's father, arrives on the doorstep of Popper's chic apartment. Initially, the career-focused guy, gunning to become accomplice at his firm, wants to get rid of the annoying honking creature. But again Popper sees how the penguin ability advice him reconnect with his two kids (Madeline Carroll, Maxwell Perry Cotton) and ex-wife (Carla Gugino).

Five added penguins are beatific anon afterwards and alpha laying eggs. It's 101 Penguins! OK, not quite, admitting the accepted pet hijinks ensue—Popper's active roomies bathe in the toilet, access the fridge, beddy-bye in his bed, agitate a chichi fundraiser, etc.—as Silly Putty-faced Carrey mugs and scrambles afterwards them.

In-between the amusement (and accidental absurd humor), activity acquaint are abstruse and bonds with the birdies and ancestors are made. This ample ball absolutely works best in its gentler moments—notably the affected aperture about Popper's papa, the penguins' adulation of Charlie Chaplin movies and Popper's "dates" with his ex.

Carrey establishes a balmy affinity with Gugino and the adolescent actors. Other acknowledging (human) players additionally accumulate this waterfowl flick afloat: Angela Lansbury as a high-society acreage owner, Clark Gregg as a adulatory administrator and Ophelia Lovibond as Popper's active abettor with a accurate affection for the letter "P." Despite the bath jokes, the bodies shine.

The 180—a Second Opinion: A alternating bit about Popper's pet-hating acquaintance promises battle and comedic complications that never accumulation up, alike as all the penguin debris do.

Entourage's Jeremy Piven Dissed by His Own Niece (and She's Alone 6!)

Entourage's Jeremy Piven Dissed by His Own Niece (and She's Alone 6!)

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I'll get to the accessible Entourage cine in a sec, but aboriginal let's allocution about how Jeremy Piven, admitting what he may thinks, isn't the bigger brilliant in his family.

Four years ago, Piven's again 2-year-old niece, Pearl McCay, became a viral video abnormality as Will Ferrell's base freeholder in his Funny Or Die abbreviate The Landlord.

Now 6, Pearl hasn't let Uncle Jeremy balloon it...

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"Pearl says she alone takes pictures with celebrities," Piven tells me. "And again she got a account with Selena Gomez and she told it was because it was her 'destiny.' That's what she told me—her 'destiny!' "

So Piven is alive overtime to prove himself to the little one, including starring in Spy Kids 4, administrator Robert Rodriguez's fourth chapter of his hit ancestors authorization (in theaters Aug. 19). Piven plays assorted characters. "All I'm accomplishing appropriate now with my career is aggravating to affect my niece," he said. "I approved affairs American Girl dolls. It formed in the moment, but again it wears off."


Even alive with Miley Cyrus in the accessible So Undercover hasn't helped. He told her already he played drums back Cyrus sang at their blanket party. "Without missing a beat, Pearl goes, 'She's a abundant bigger accompanist than you are a drummer,'" Piven said.

What Should Darren Criss Do to Further Separate Himself From the Pack?

What Should Darren Criss Do to Further Separate Himself From the Pack?

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After all your feedback about Darren Criss and Daniel Radcliffe's twin careers, we wanted to clarify something:

We fully agree Darren's 100 percent deserving of all the fame and opportunities he is receiving. He's our teenage dream, too! Why the hell do you think we were writing about him? We were simply noting that Dan and Darren have taken remarkably similar career paths.

And as we said, coincidence or not, that's not a bad thing.

So, of course, we're back to gab about sexy Criss with suggestions of what else he could do to set himself apart not only from DanRad, but H'wood in general:

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Nicki Minaj Nipple Slip: Live on Good Morning America!

Nicki Minaj Nipple Slip: Live on Good Morning America!

Nicki Minaj made the Wardrobe Malfunction Hall of Fame this morning.

The singer, performing live on Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series in New York City's Central Park, saw her breast spill on out of her top.

Twice.

Nicki Minaj Nipple Slip on Good Morning America

Nicki Minaj on Good Morning America

Reactions came fast and furious to the Nicki Minaj nipple slip, which aired live on the East Coast (lucky!!!!), but was edited out for other time zones.

The Parents Television Council blasted GMA, saying the whole thing could have been prevented with a five-second tape delay. Wishful thinking?

The nip slip occurred when Minaj's cropped green sports bra slid down as she jumped up and down singing her latest single "Where Dem Girls At."

She brushed it off, only to have it occur again later.

Watch videos of Nicki Minaj performing "Moment 4 Life" and "Super Bass" after the jump and keep your eyes peeled for the scandalous displays:

Nicki Minaj Nipple Slip on Good Morning America

Nicki Minaj on Good Morning America

Ryan Reynolds and Charlize Theron: It's Already Over!

Ryan Reynolds and Charlize Theron: It's Already Over!

Note to Ryan Reynolds: Really? Are you sure?!?

According to the latest issue of Us Weekly, the relationship between this actor and Charlize Theron is already over, scarcely two months after it began and without the pair ever making a public appearance together.

"He only wanted something casual, but she's in a rush to settle down, have kids and start a family since she's getting older," an insider said of the basis for the split.

 

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How did the Oscar-winner take it? Not too well, a friend claims: "She knows deep down that it wouldn't have worked, but she is pretty bummed out about it all."

Having already been with Scarlett Johansson prior to Theron, it's unclear where Reynolds can even go from here. Megan Fox? Mila Kunis? The beauty bar has been set impossibly high.

[Photos: WENN.com]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Review: A New Classic

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Review: A New Classic

A triumph. A marvel. A feast for the eyes on so many levels.

So gushes our sister site, Movie Fanatic, regarding Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a film that hits theaters today and whose use of technology is simply breathtaking.

Forget James Franco or Freida Pinto, the true star is Andy Serkis, who truly makes viewers feel something for Caesar, a chimpanzee come to life via scientific experiments and nuanced facial expressions.

While it may offer one too many nods to the 1968 movie on which it's based, this reboot stands on its own, delivering pure summer pleasure for all who buy a ticket. Read Movie Fanatic's detailed Rise of the Planet of the Apes review now!

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Trailer

Satsuki Mitchell on Daniel Craig Leaving Her for Rachel Weisz: Charge It!

Satsuki Mitchell on Daniel Craig Leaving Her for Rachel Weisz: Charge It!

Daniel Craig married Rachel Weisz in a small, intimate ceremony this summer. Because the famous couple wanted its privacy? Perhaps.

But also because the actor may not have wanted the public to learn of how his relationship with the actress started.

According to an In Touch Weekly source, Craig left the home he shared with long-time girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell one morning, headed for the set of Dream House - the film in which he co-stars with Weisz - and simply didn't return.

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Octomom Nadya Suleman: NOT a Sexual Being

Octomom Nadya Suleman: NOT a Sexual Being

Most people wouldn't rank Octomom high on the MILF scale, but even if they did, she would probably not oblige. She's not interested in sex. Like at all.

In an interview with Steppin' Out, Nadya Suleman made it quite clear that her vagina functions as a clown car for tiny humans and not as an erogenous zone.

You're welcome for searing that imagery into your brains.

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Despite being married for a time, Nadya Suleman says she was rarely intimate with her spouse, if at all. Saving herself for an IVF needle? Who knows.

"I can tell you I never touched him physically. It was a different type of marriage. That's all I want to say about it," she says, before elaborating anyway.

"I'm the kind of person who can be with a man for years and never touch him. My mind is not wired that way. I don't need that kind of thing."

"People need sex, but I don't ... I have zero sexual interest."

Octo, who claims she was drugged before agreeing to her embryo implantation, continues the TMI-fest, saying: "I've never even touched myself."

"Maybe if I had touched myself in that way, things would be different. It's like a trigger food. I never tried it so I don't know what I'm missing."

"I couldn't even imagine kissing something. I'll be your friend but it would take at least five years for me to even consider having sex with you."

The long and short of this article? You can forget about making the big O bust out the big O-face. Thank goodness, that's all we have to say.

[Photo: Pacific Coast News]

Lil Wayne Bed-Rocked By $15M Lawsuit

Lil Wayne Bed-Rocked By $15M Lawsuit

Lil Wayne, along with Universal Music Group, Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment, was hit with a lawsuit by Done Deal Enterprises.

Their allegation? That the rapper stole the 2009 hit song "Bedrock."

The track, included on Young Money Entertainment's CD We Are Young Money, also features artists Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lloyd and was a mega-hit.

Lil Wayne is being sued for some serious cash money!

The group seeks $15 million payout for copyright infringement. Dwayne Carter Jr. (Wayne's real name) has been ordered to appear in court October 12.

Wayne is also facing legal trouble for alleged unpaid royalties to the production duo Play-N-Skillz from a 2008 collaboration with T-Pain on Tha Carter III.

Weezy's response: "They can't stop me ... even if they stopped me."

The man is bombarded with panties wherever he goes. We buy it.

Anne Hathaway makes for a slinky Catwoman She'll play Batman's sexy nemesis in 'Dark Knight Rises'

Anne Hathaway makes for a slinky Catwoman

She'll play Batman's sexy nemesis in 'Dark Knight Rises'

Meow!

Warner Bros. has released the first promo image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises," the next installment in the Batman franchise.

 The 28-year-old actress joins veterans Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine in the Christopher Nolan-directed action flick.

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"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story," Nolan said in January.PHOTOS: Check out Christian Bale's look-alike

Though Hathaway hasn't revealed much about her role ("I signed a blood oath," she says), the actress is looking forward to portraying the iconic D.C. Comics character.

"I want to be the best actress I can be and that means working with the best people and taking the most challenging roles," Hathaway tells Total Film. "That's the plan and so far it's led to some really exciting places."

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Catwoman was first played by actress Julie Newmar (now 77) in the 1966 "Batman" TV series; it aired for two and a half seasons on ABC. The feline vixen was last played by Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992's "Batman Returns." Halle Berry starred in the 2004 flop "Catwoman," though the heroine's alter-ego was renamed Patience Phillips.