Newlywed Melissa Rycroft has found a new job! The Dancing With the Stars alum has signed on to be a special correspondent with Entertainment Tonight. Rycroft, 26, will first be covering Monday night’s celebrity recording session of “We Are the World,” reports People.com. The reality starlet also handles reporting duties for Good Morning America.
Has Fallout Boy broken up? Though there has been speculation that the popular band is on the outs, band members Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump did seem to confirm that the band is no longer together. Wentz, who has a one year old son with wife Ashlee Simpson Wentz, wrote on his blog, “As far as I know. Fall Out Boy is on break … I can’t predict that I’d ever play in Fall Out Boy again.” People.com reports that Stump, frontman for the band, told another website that he is not in Fallout Boy “right now.” The other band members have said they will not rule out the idea of a reunion.
British model and E! reality star Katie Price married in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. Price, 31, married Alex Reid, 34, a martial arts fighter less than a year after divorcing her first husband Peter Andre. (Price and Andre starred together in the E! show Katie and Peter). Price, who also goes by Jordan in the UK, married in Wynn’s Las Vegas Wedding Salon and People.com reports the wedding was quick but planned.
Ian Ziering is engaged! People.com reports the Beverley Hills: 90210 star is engaged to Erin Kristine Ludwig, a nurse. Ziering confirmed the couple, who have been together since Labor Day 2009, are planning a spring wedding.
This will be the second marriage for the actor. He was married in 1997 to model-actress Nikki Schieler Ziering, that ended in divorce in 2002. Ziering has also appeared on Dancing With the Stars, dancing with Cheryl Burke in the show’s fourth season.
Actress Ginnifer Goodwin has signed on to play Rachel in Emily Giffin’s novel turned film Something Borrowed. Goodwin, who starred in last year’s hit He’s Just Not That Into You, will be playing the “good girl” in the film, who unexpectedly starts an affair with her best friend’s fiancé. Author Emily Giffin seemed pleased about the choice, her Facebook page read, “I am thrilled to announce that GINNIFER GOODWIN will be playing Rachel in SOMETHING BORROWED!!! I think she is a fabulous actress and perfect for the role (so much how I imagined Rachel when writing the book). Hope you all agree!”
Do you agree? And who do you want to fill the roles of other main characters- Darcy and Dex?
What is Simon Monjack thinking? The husband of late Brittany Murphy is hosting a launch party to celebrate the Brittany Murphy foundation, which is dedicated to arts education for children. Why do I think this is so bad? Usmagazine reports that Monjack is “suggesting” $1,000 contribution from individuals attending and $10,000 from corporations to attend the event to take place at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.
The 32 year old actress was found dead in her home on December 20th. Toxicology reports could help determine the cause of the death. There have been suspicions around the death of Murphy and suspicions regarding her husband. Whether he was involved in anyway, this just seems incredibly tacky and inappropriate.
Actor Justin Mentell, who appeared on the TV show Boston Legal has died at age 27. People.com reports the cause of death was a one person car accident in rural Wisconsin, after Mentell reportedly crashed his jeep. Police reports show that he was not wearing a seat belt, and his car had gone down a steep embankment near Blanchardville, Wis., and hit two trees. The actor also starred in the film G-Force with Nicholas Cage.
The Oscar nominations are in! Anne Hathaway announced early this morning the nominees that will be up for the biggest prize of the award season- an Academy Award. Sandra Bullock, who has already taken home best actress awards in the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards, will again be vying for the trophy along with Meryl Streep. One thing that is different this year: there are 10 movies up for best picture instead of the usual five. More nominations are as followed:
Best Picture
Avatar
This Blind Side
District 9
The Hurt Locker
An Education
Inglorious Bastards
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges- Crazy Heart
George Clooney- Up in the Air
Colin Firth- A Single Man
Morgan Freeman- Invictus
Jeremy Renner- The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock- The Blind Side
Helen Mirren- The Last Station
Carey Mulligan- An Education
Gabourey Sidibe- Precious
Meryl Streep- Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon- Invictus
Woody Harrelson- The Messenger
Christopher Plummer- The Last Station
Stanley Tucci- The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz- Inglorious Bastards
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz- Nine
Vera Fermiga- Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal- Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick- Up in the Air
Mo’Nique- Precious
The 82nd annual Academy Awards, which will be co-hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, takes place Sunday, March 7, and will air live on ABC starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Q: You grew up in Illinois. Why did you make the decision to move to L.A.?
We moved to LA so my husband could pursue his acting career. And I decided to work at an agency to hopefully learn a ton about entertainment, possibly help my husband’s career, and because I didn’t want to take a third bar exam. (I’d taken Illinois and Colorado and passed all within two years.)
Q: Was it hard adjusting to the California ways?
California wasn’t as challenging to adjust to as the world of entertainment. I love the warm weather and the casual lifestyle. My most difficult adjustment in entertainment was calling everyone by their first name. And I mean everyone. From the president of production to the CEO. If you work in entertainment you call them by their first name. So foreign for a girl from Illinois.
Q: You split your time between writing and producing. Is that difficult?
Lately I’ve been doing more writing than producing. Writing at this point in my career comes first. Later, I may find that I spend more time as a producer.
Q: How much fun did you have writing your Hollywood novels?
They were a blast. The characters wouldn’t stop telling me there story! In the morning, on the drive to work, late at night.; I couldn’t get their voices out of my head.
Q: I’m sure you get asked this a lot, but are the characters based off people you know or have come across while living in LA?
Each character is a unique individual created by my psyche. Although, I’ve had a number of friends and colleagues ask me if they are based on specific people… They may share some traits with people I’ve worked with….but I’ll never tell.
Q: From reading your books, (and watching TV!) it sounds like there aren’t too many people you can trust in Hollywood. Would you say that is a correct statement?
Entertainment is a business. An incredibly competitive, high stakes business. Just like any business you have some great people to work with and some not so great people to work with. Luckily I’ve been blessed with a huge number of great people in my life.
Q: How do you handle the difficulties of working in the entertainment industry?
Resilience and persistence. My family keeps me grounded. Plus, when you get to do what you absolutely love for a living…how bad can it really be?
Q: I read on your site that you are writing a contemporary romance. Can you give any details about that?
I LOVE this book. I use both my background as an attorney as well as the world of entertainment in this book.
Q: What do you find to be your favorite part about writing?
When I come back to a page to edit and rewrite and I read something that I love and don’t remember writing.
Q: When did you decide you wanted to write?
Probably around 8 years old. But I grew up in Illinois and Kansas and writing wasn’t really a career choice…or something that I realized could be a career choice. As an adult, I began to write my first manuscript in 1996 and the first book sold late 2005.
Q: How you enjoy your free time?
Playing with my children. Spending time with my husband. Watching movies. Reading. Going to the beach.
Q: What is or would be your favorite place to travel?
Paris. I want to live in Paris for a while.
