Kara DioGuardi describes a terrible trip. Lindsay Lohan begins another stint under house arrest. Kim Kardashian's 20-carat engagement ring looks like a ring pop. And new rumors about Rihanna and Chris Brown. It's TGIFriday gossip.
Bryce Dallas' name follows an interesting family tradition. Some parents name their children after celebrities or a pretty flower, but not in the Howard family. Bryce explains how each child was named exactly for where they were conceived.
We were too busy eating self-serve frozen yogurt last night to bother with the premiere of Twilight. Luckily fictional freelancer Betsey Morgenstern was on the West Coast to report back. For a change, she wasn't the most wasted one there.
In a movie! In a movie. Don't worry. Also today: Young stars get lots of roles, a new movie about air pirates sounds intriguing, an actor joins a show we don't get, and Sarah Silverman is a sister.
Zomgoggles, here is the just-released trailer for the new Twilight movie, Total Eclipse of the Heart. There is: replacement vampire witch Bryce Dallas Howard (a big movie star!), everyone loving Bella, and shirtlessness. Always with the shirtlessness. Sparkly news day!
• Jude Law's rep says that the actor recently found out that he's expecting a fourth child. The mom? She's "an unidentified former lover." Congrats? [EW, People]
• It was less than two weeks ago that Mischa Barton was put under psychiatric care after she going on a drug-fueled bender and suffering a breakdown. Now she's in NYC, putting in long hours playing a character with a drug problem. Maybe this isn't the best idea? [NYDN]
Lots of casting news, yet again. James Franco keeps rolling along, as does Liam Neeson. Little Bryce Dallas Howard might be teaming up with her papa, while a bunch of grizzled old thespians are teaming up to teach architecture.
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