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Russell Crowe's New Leading Lady Not Quite a BBW

Emily Farris — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Last month, Sienna Miller left the cast of the Ridley Scott directed Robin Hood remake amid rumors that her co-star Russell Crowe needed an older, larger actress to make him not look so, um, bad. Apparently Miller was just too young and thin. So what old bag did they find to replace her?

Only one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, Cate Blanchett.

[Us: Cate Blanchett to Play Maid Marian in Robin Hood Remake]

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I Feel Bad About Your Chin, Meg Ryan

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:52:00 GMT

A new study indicates women who have stronger chins are more likely to cheat.

Dennis Quaid saw this photo of Meg Ryan and proclaimed, "I should have known..."

According to psychologists at Western Ontario University, women with "larger" chins, like former A-list star Meg Ryan can mean more testosterone:

Larger chins on women are often caused by a high level of the male growth hormone testosterone, present in all women in various amounts.

The hormone also increases sexual assertiveness in a woman, a tendency more commonly attributed to males.

The researchers, from four universities across the US and Canada, took a group of young women and questioned them on their sexual histories and fantasies.

These women were then rated by a group of men on their desirability as a life partner.
It was concluded that men will shun women with such masculine features when looking for a long-term partner because they fear being cuckolded.

Psychologists believe it is linked to their evolutionary desire to have a partner who will produce children for only one man.

We're not sure why being more sexually assertive means you're more likely to cheat on your husband with dopey ol' Russell Crowe, but whatever.

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Russell Crowe Seeks BBW for Love, Role Play

Emily Farris — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:29:00 GMT

Russell Crowe is allegedly looking for an older, larger actress to play his female counterpart in the upcoming Nottingham after he threw a fit and had his leading lady fired because she was too thin and beautiful.

Crowe was worried that Sienna Miller would make him look bad in the film's love scenes. He put on weight for his role in Body of Evidence and has since had a hard time taking it off. According to Page Six, producers are now "looking for an older, plumper actress to play the role so [Crowe] doesn't look like a paunchy grandpa. Someone in her late 30s or early 40s."

The Post also speculated that Crowe is trying to get director Ridley Scott fired. No word yet as to who will replace Miller.

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Sloppy Seconds: Lily Allen Would Very Much Like Sir Elton John to F*ck Off, Seriously

Emily Farris — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Our not-so-slutty sister thinks that vetting Sarah Palin is like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but funnier. We would like to take this opportunity to disclose that we have not been fully vetted. [FameCrawler]

At least she passes Elisabeth Hasselbeck's test with flying colors, because you know it's super complicated and makes lots of sense. [MollyGood]

Will celebrities please stop throwing things? First it was Russell Crowe with his cell phone, then Naomi Campbell. Now Akon, probably best known for "Smack That," is facing criminal charges after being accused of throwing a fan off of stage — and we're not talking about the small appliance. [Yahoo!]

If you're a shitty asshole who would like to hunt down women who've had abortions, you may be in luck. Abortion Tracker claims to have a record of every woman who's had an abortion since 1940 and they'll make the list available to you for one easy paymennt of $799. [Jezebel]

Anne Hathaway apparently loaned her businessman ex hundreds of thousands of dollars before the couple split earlier this summer, proving that even rich guys can be loser bums (except, we actually already knew that). [Starpulse]

Even though they ganked our feature, we have to give it to dListed for catching this who would you rather: Dog the Bounty Hunter or his wife, Beth? Um, can we vote for the dog? [dListed]

Of all the people in the world we'd like to tell to "fuck off," Elton John doesn't even come close to making the list. Not so for Lilly Allen who drunkently disrepescted the singer at the GQ Men of the Year Awards. [MTV]

While You Were Sleeping: The New Robin Hood Movie

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:59:00 GMT

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It doesn't have a hope in hell of being a true fact, but would it be great if Johnny Depp was cast for this role in the next Batman movie?

..the Riddler?

Headline of the day: Twinsburg police: Scuffle with nude man leads to bomb scare at gas station

The anthrax researcher who may have been harassed by the FBI after the 2001 attacks has killed himself, sources say.

Charlie Crist may be off John McCain's VP list. Too bad for Obama supporters, as a Crist gay scandal would surely have surfaced in October.

Lesbians from New York were in the first wave of out-of-state couples to be married by the Governor of Massachusetts after thenew law passed. Bonus: they have an 11 year old girl. Let's have one on all of them tonight.

Maggie Gyllenhaal wants you to make a video for her. Unfortunately for her, it's not that kind of video.

Talk about egomania and director dementia: the new Robin Hood film starring Russell Crowe as a badass/kind-of-good-guy Sheriff of Nottingham has been delayed because the leaves in the forest are the wrong color. Dudes, it doesn't have to be historically accurate-- Robin Hood wasn't real!

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The Top 10 Most Overrated Movies Of The Past 14 Years

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:27:00 GMT

These are not necessarily bad movies per se, although all have exceeded whatever welcome they may have earned when they were met with critical or cultural orgasms.

10. The Queen. This is one of those movies that should have been a Sunday night movie on Showtime. Great acting, uninteresting premise, not enough dramatic tension to fill an arthouse screen.

9. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Besides being a very poorly made film, with over-the-top acting, an irritatingly tiresome storyline (especially when having eaten pot brownies during a screening), it's also a two-hour product placement for a restaurant chain that makes worse hamburgers than Wendy's, which is a startling achievement. Just because it's funny doesn't mean it's worth watching, yo. The Wayans Brothers have a few good jokes here and there, but they still suck.

8. Forrest Gump. This is more of a backlash choice-- if it had stayed the crowd-pleasing summer blockbuster it tried to be and not robbed both Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption of a Best Picture win, it may have escaped the gallows that is this definitive list.

7. The Squid And The Whale. How the hell is it possible that an auditorium full of white Brooklynites would not recognize that kid is playing Pink Floyd's "Hey You"?

6. Gladiator. Did anyone else notice this actually ripped off two movies in the span two hours? We understand that maybe five or six people out there have never seen "Spartucus," but what's their excuse for having stolen 75% of "Braveheart"?

5. Magnolia. If a movie could be a full hour shorter and ends up being used as an example of egomaniacal filmmaking by Kevin Smith (!), you know it's time to cut, at minimum, the preachy Aimee Mann singalong... for starters.

4. Representing the number of ill-advised Oscars this movie won: Million Dollar Baby. We didn't get it. It seemed like a very well done but forgettable movie with more cliches than Rocky 10 will ever hope to cram in: the cynical manager, the token wise black Morgan Freeman type (played by, of course, Morgan Freeman), the tough-as-nails girl venting for her poor upbringing... must we go on? Again, this isn't a bad movie on any level, but in a year where "Eternal Sunshine" wasn't even nominated for Best Picture and MMB's closest competition was from a really forgettable movie called "The Aviator," there wasn't much else to go on...

3. Titantic. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance in this film is one of the worst in his career and deservedly overlooked for a nomination.

2. Juno. This movie is so annoying it even made us hate the Moldy Peaches, which is very upsetting.

1. Crash. Where do we start with this one? Apparently, every single person in Los Angeles says the "N" word in every sentence. Matt Dillon somehow escaped unscathed.

Coming up: Scanner Bryan's list.

Scanner Emily's: "'The Sixth Sense'—everyone built up the end so much that by the time I saw it I was like, "Oh, that's it? He's dead? Big Whoop."

[Senor DobleV helped with this post-- thanks to him and to Scanner Bryan and Scanner Emily for their additional lists.]

Marry, F*ck, or Kill?: The Men of American Gangster

Nicole Pasulka — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:30:00 GMT

American Gangster opens today, and while we haven't seen a movie at the theaters in months (pirated DVDs on the street are so much more convenient and cheap), come 8:30PM we'll be comfortably seated in the middle rows. What, you ask, could entice us to leave the comfort of our barstool for the sticky theater floors? These men, that's what. Denzel Washington is, well, Denzel. We'd pay a lot more that $10.50 to see him smile. Russell Crowe is fiery and that scruff has always done it for us. Chiwetel Ejiofor may not have the star recognition, but he sure has the acting chops and the good looks to turn heads. So how's this gonna go down, folks. Who's getting dragged to the Justice of the Peace, who's getting shagged on a pile of blow in a dirty motel room, and who will rest six feet under?

Marry, Fuck, or Kill?

Denzel Washington
Russell Crowe
Chiwetel Ejiofor