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Around 60 people, including four who needed hospital treatment, have been hurt in a crowd surge at Birmingham's Christmas lights switch-on.

More than 20,000 people turned out for the event at Millennium Point which had been due to feature pop acts including JLS and the Sugababes.

( Or was the riot caused by people who didn't want to buy all four special edition JLS albums? )

So...they're blaming JLS' fans, or something? Glad I didn't go to this now...I hope everyone's alright =/

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( Jeffrey Wright, Willem Defoe, and Judah Friedlander )


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I know we all love Will and Belz.

With all the recent cancellations of shows — Southland, Eastwick, Dollhouse — it’s time for some good news to come from TV-land. One of the favorite shows among our staffers is Chuck, the NBC action comedy starring Zachary Levi as a mild-mannered nerd-turned-spy. It just avoided the Grim Reaper last spring to be picked up for its third season, and is tentatively scheduled to come back in March. Not so fast, though, because there’s a rumor that Chuck may return as early as January. Our Brian Truitt caught up with Levi yesterday for a feature in the magazine next month pegged to his upcoming role in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, and wanted to get the early premiere scoop from Chuck himself. “Yeah, that’s a pretty solid rumor,” Levi says, taking a break from the editing bay after wrapping an episode of Chuck that he directed (which will be the ninth of the next season). Read below for more of what Brian found out from Levi, including some hints about Chuck’s upcoming season.


Levi says that there was a feeling among cast and crew that NBC might start airing the new season this month or next, but he thinks that scrapped that plan because there wouldn’t be enough time for promotion. “You don’t want to just launch something half-baked, which I appreciate,” Levi says. “Also, you don’t want to run like four episodes and then be down for the whole holiday season. That’s what’s happened to us the last couple of years. There have been certain things that have preempted our schedule, it gets a little herky-jerky and people can’t fall into a rhythm with your show.” Levi admits that even a January launch could be problematic, since NBC will be airing the Winter Olympics a couple weeks in February. If that happens, Levi says, “they’re going to double up on some episodes – they’ll air two in a row for a premiere or something like that, so we’ll get a good chunk of them out of the way and get people really rolling with the show and then only be down for a couple weeks before coming back for the rest of the season.”

And it’s a longer season than they initially thought: NBC originally asked for a 13-episode third season, and then ordered six more. That turned out to be a positive for Chuck but a negative for director Kenneth Branagh’s movie Thor, which starts filming in January. Levi was cast as Fandral, one of Thor’s Warriors Three in the comic book adaptation, and the actor had even been working out especially for the role, but had to walk away when they got the extra pickup. (Levi admits that producers had asked him to audition for the role of the usually beefy God of Thunder, but told them no. “I’m tall and in pretty good shape, but I’m not big and girthy like that,” he says.) Maybe all that working out will help when he shares screen time with former wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, one of many guest stars on Chuck’s third season. Levi says that Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) appears in approximately eight episodes, and Kristen Kreuk (Smallville) will be in three. Diedrich Bader (of The Drew Carey Show) and former Reno: 911 star Cedric Yarbrough will guest on the episode that Levi directs.

The last time we saw Chuck in the second season finale, he had had the new Intersect 2.0 downloaded into his brain, taken down a bunch of bad guys and uttered the phrase “I know kung fu.” Levi reveals that the character will see a lot of growth and change this season, continuing his tenuous (and maybe not so tenuous, he teases) romantic relationship with super-spy Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and getting used to the new thing in his noggin. “This new Intersect 2.0 grants Chuck the ability to have physical powers of sorts, whether it be kung fu or playing a musical instrument or maneuvering a vehicle of some kind,” Levi says. “But it’s glitchy. It’s not a perfect system because it was meant for a cool, collected, calm, in-control spy who’s on top of his emotions, and unfortunately Chuck is not that guy. He’s still an emotional guy. That starts messing with the new Intersect’s ability to perform. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But he still is the unwilling, unwitting hero, and he still needs the assistance of his team – he can’t just go out there and take on a bunch of baddies all by himself.”


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You might know her from the tv series Instant Star or So Weird, but Canadian Alexz Johnson is not just an actress, she's a serious/talented musician too.


( Her First Single Is.... )

There is a source and a pic now. Sorry, MODS.

Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush are on-again. And how.

While the Bootylicious One's Beverly Hills condo has been on the market for the past few months, it's the recent for sale sign installed in the front yard of her reunited footballer beau's Los Angeles mansion that's gotten tongues wagging.

And for good reason.

"They are looking for a bigger place to live together," a source close to Bush tells E! News. (Are those wedding bells we hear? Uh, again?)

But first they have to unload their old haunts. Both listed their properties through the same real estate agent, and while Kardashian's condo is on the market for $1.1 million, the NFLer's lair has an asking price of a cool $5.1 million.

Bush's bachelor pad boasts four bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms, a red suede elevator with the initials "RB" stitched in gold (in case Rachel Bilson or Russell Brand are looking to move), a black and red velvet theater room, a glass floor mezzanine and 360-degree views of the entire city.

Purchased in December 2006, a source tells E! News that Bush "just put his house on the market yesterday."

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Director Wes Anderson acts out scenes from his new stop motion animated film "Fantastic Mr. Fox." as a guide for the animators.



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In a recent intervew, Wes said that if these ever got out, he would feel super humiliated (or something to that effect). But....idk I'm hoping more get out, because they're pretty amusing/adorable.

Andrew Bird is keeping busy, or so reports the BBC 6. All whilst on a lengthy tour, Bird is finding time to score a film, create an art installation, and cover Kermit the Frog’s “It’s Not Easy Being Green.”
The film in question is titled Norman. It’s a high school drama starring Adam Goldberg and is the first legit full-length feature Bird has scored. The art project is harder to explain. According to Bird, “I’ve been collaborating with this sculptor in Chicago who makes these horns that I play through – they are like speakers – to create a whole installation, a room full of these horns that are shaped like poppies, making loops that come out of different horns. It’s like an arboretum of sonic sculptures. It’ll be a traveling museum show.” Whoa.
The Kermit cover is part of a Sesame Street 40th Anniversary disc, featuring artists like My Morning Jacket and (no surprise) Weezer playing your favorite Muppet tunes. It’s due out early next year. No word yet on whether or not Steve Martin will cover “Dueling Banjos” for the comp. (via P4k)
Tour Dates:

11.13 Paris @ Casino de Paris
11.15 Amsterdam @ Melkweg
11.16 Tumhout @ de Warande
11.17 Gent @ Vooruit
11.19 Katowice @ Festival Ars Cameralis
11.21 Madrid @ Joy Eslava
11.23 Valencia @ Palau de la Musica
11.24 Barcelona @ Sala Apolo
12.08 Champaign, IL @ Foellinger Auditorium at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12.10 Minneapolis, MN @ St Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
12.11 Minneapolis, MN @ St Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
12.15 Chicago, IL @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
12.16 Chicago, IL @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
12.17 Chicago, IL @ Fourth Presbyterian Church
12.30 Marion Bay, AS @ The Falls Music & Arts Festival
12.31 Lorne, AS @ The Falls Music & Arts Festival
01.01 Melbourne, AS @ The Hi-Fi
01.03 Sydney, AS @ Sydney Opera House
01.07 Brisbane, AS @ Sunset Sounds
01.09 Busselton, AS @ Southbound
01.26 Singapore @ Esplanade
01.27 Hong Kong @ Grappa’s Cellar
01.29 Shanghai @ Zhijiang Dream Factory
01.30 Beijing @ Mao Live House
02.03 Tokyo @ Club Quattro
02.06 Honolulu, HI @ Pipeline Café
02.20 Los Angeles, CA @ Bovard Auditorium at the University of Southern California

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With her little sister and mom. And the dog.


They were in Vancouver, where Vanessa's filming Zach Snyder's Sucker Punch.

( Puppy love. )

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American Idol winner Kris Allen sings Live Like We're Dying live on the Conan O'Brien show.


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Not liking the drummer's ED Hardyish shirt

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Mods: I dunno if this is considered ONTD material, but I thought it was a great way for us lonely folk to spend a Saturday night. :)

The gorgeous, amazing, talented, incredible, natural beauty, Chuck star, Yvonne Strahovski was on Last Call with Carson Daly recently.



( She speaks Polish! )

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( HQ pictures under the cut, including JGL, Paul Rudd, Captain Fine and more... )


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So What Queen song's were killed tonight?

( THE SHOW MUST GO ON!! )

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This post is dedicated to peacefulscream since the man has prevented them for being able to join us today.

Here's a ton of celebrities that attended the Prada book launch cocktail held at Prada Rodeo Drive on November 13, 2090.

( Suck my dick bitch )

I know this is kind of contrary to a lot of the posts going around, but if it's good enough for People magazine, it's good enough for ONTD damnit. Warning, the footage behind the cut is extremely graphic.

Charla Nash, the Stamford, Conn., woman mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee on Feb. 16, spoke out for the first time to show the world how she's doing after that brutal attack.

Saying she's not in any pain, Nash told Oprah Winfrey for a show that aired Wednesday, "I don't remember [The attack]. I don't want to … I want to get healthy. I don't want to wake up with nightmares."

In the course of the TV interview, which was filmed at Ohio's Cleveland Clinic where Nash is being treated, Nash willingly allowed Winfrey to lift the veiled hat that normally covers her face and reveal her badly disfigured face to the public for the first time. Nash said she wears the veil to avoid scaring people.


The family of Nash is suing the chimp's owner, Nash's longtime friend and employer, Sandra Herold, for $50 million. They are also suing the state of Connecticut for $150 million for having not seen the warning signs, Thursday'sToday show reported.

The attack took place outside Herold's home, when Herold called Nash to help her shepherd the 14-year-old chimpanzee, Travis, back into her house. Police shot and killed Travis after he attacked Nash.

Nash's legal filing describes her injuries as "catastrophic." She lost both hands and incurred "traumatic facial injury" that includes the loss of her nose, upper and lower lips, eyelids and the bony structures in her mid-face.

Doctors have been able to reattach one of her thumbs, which Winfrey gently shook at the end of the interview. Asked what she would tell those who saw her and didn't know how to react, Nash said, "I'm the same person I've always been. I just look different. You know, and there's things that happen in life that, you know, you can't change it. You know, it's a tragedy."

I attached 3 videos. 1 is the backstory and the first part of the interview with her on Oprah, 1 is the actual ~unveiling~ of sorts, of it, and 1 is the MSN coverage of it.

If you remember also, Kim Kardashian got in trouble for posting photos of herself with another Chimpanzee (I actually think it was the mother of Travis or so someone has told me) because the story reminded her of it, and she talked about how nice the chimps were. Stay klassy Kim.

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TAYLOR FUGFACE HATED HIS WIG FOR 'TWILIGHT'


It's usually Robert Pattinson's scruffy mop that steals the limelight, but it's emerged that co-star Taylor Lautner's locks also became a talking point on the set of New Moon.

The 17-year-old has revealed that he couldn't wait for his character Jacob to lose the long hair in the vampire sequel so he could ditch the irritating wig.

( It's okay, we did too )


Do you prefer Taylor with long or short hair? How about the rest of these celebs...

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The story at 4:19 makes me think that Miley has a very specific super power.

Michael Urie, Carving Out A Character On "Ugly Betty"

In an otherwise bleak season for sitcoms, ABC's Ugly Betty has been one of the few scripted network-TV hits in the past few years. A campy, over-the-top comedy that revolves around life at a glossy fashion magazine, the show has won a loyal fan base — in part due to its matter-of-fact portrayal of gay characters.

( I sense some tension. Or as your people call it, 'La pasión' )