my boy lollipop. he makes my heart go giddy up.

Gerard Butler is wary of falling in love and committing to a relationship - because it makes him feel vulnerable.

The actor has recently had to fend off a series of reports he's dating his The Bounty co-star Jennifer Aniston.

He is adamant his reputation as a ladies man is not accurate, insisting that being single does not mean he's a Lothario.

But he has confessed he shuns commitment - because he's so used to being on his own.

Butler tells Britain's Ok! magazine, "I live very much in my own head and I don't always like that somebody else is playing such a big part in your mind and your psyche. It's tough to deal with that vulnerability because I still have that element of 'I can't do this! I can do this on my own! I'm all right! - and then suddenly, someone holds this power over you.

"Men are much more weak and vulnerable than they let on. I am full of phobias about commitment. Yet, when you break through those barriers, it's great."
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It's true love for True Blood couple Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. The two are engaged to be married, reps for both actors on the HBO vampire series confirm to PEOPLE exclusively.

No further details were available.

The two have been together since Feb. 24 of this year. Paquin, who plays telepathic Sookie Stockhouse on True Blood, is originally from New Zealand and won a 1994 Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as the precocious child in The Piano.

Moyer, from Essex, England, plays bloodsucking Bill Compton on the series. He also has two children from previous relationships: a son, Billy, born in 2000, and a daughter, Lilac, born in 2002.

Last month, Paquin, 27, said of her nude love scenes with Moyer, 39: "Obviously, if you're already with that person then you're not having to sort of get over the 'Wow, I'm naked with someone that I don't even know the middle name of!'"

For his part, Moyer has said of his lady love, "My girl is hardcore.

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Bonnie Wright: Harry Potter cast talk about sex on Hogwarts set

Bonnie Wright, the actress who plays Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films, reveals the cast chat about sex behind the scenes and admits she doesn’t fancy being a style icon like co-star Emma Watson

BONNIE WRIGHT has revealed that the cast of Harry Potter discuss sex when the cameras aren’t rolling.

The actress, who plays Ginny Weasley in the films, said the cheeky chats are all part of growing up together behind the scenes.

Speaking at the MADE-BY event for Pure London in Olympia, the 17-year-old told us: “Sometimes we talk about sex when we’re hanging out on the set.

“We grew up on the set through our teenage years, so we laugh about it together.”

But Bonnie was less than impressed by Daniel Radcliffe’s recent comments that Hogwarts is full horny teenagers.

She said: "I think that was blown out of proportion. That’s probably just Daniel."

Unlike co-star Emma Watson, who models for Burberry and is a regular on the best-dressed pages, Bonnie doesn’t fancy being a style icon.

Bonnie said: “I don’t really try to present a style. I just wear what I like if it makes me feel good.”

The teenager also rarely attends showbiz parties because appearing on the red carpet for an event “says a lot about you”.

Bonnie said: “I wouldn’t go to the opening of an envelope.

“I only go to events for projects that I am involved in or causes that I believe in.

“I have to consider what I go to because they can represent me.”

Bonnie grew up in London and plans to stay in the capital when she studies film and TV at London’s University of the Arts next year.

In contrast to her pal Emma, who will escape the limelight at Brown University in the States, Bonnie prefers living in the city.

She told us: “I grew up in London, I’m used to busy city life. I love the river and hanging out in quiet areas like the South Bank.

“I’m not into the seclusion of a campus, but I know that Emma wanted a big change and she’ll definitely get that.”

I'm getting tired of the comparisons to what Emma is doing. Like, why not compare her to Rupert? Or Evanna?

SPEAKING OF EVANNA...

At last month's Irish premiere and accompanying junket, actors Evanna Lynch and Matthew Lewis spoke about how their roles in Half-Blood Prince became more peripheral, which allowed them to watch much more of the filming than before. Evanna also admitted that there will be a train sequence filmed for Deathly Hallows Part I which will show the Hogwarts students (sans Harry, Ron, and Hermione) heading to their very-altered school.

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Charlyne Yi, the 23-year-old comedienne-musician-writer-artist-actress heretofore best known as the sole female in Seth Rogen's perpetually stoned 'Knocked Up' entourage, is garnering big buzz for her tiny film, 'Paper Heart' -- a charming, disarming and line-blurring documentary-narrative hybrid film about one skeptical girl's quest to discover whether true love really is possible.

Half a documentary, in which Yi travels across America interviewing real-life romance novelists, professors, and Average Joes and Janes for their take on the Big-L, and half a scripted narrative, in which Yi plays a fictionalized version of herself who falls for a fictionalized version of 'Superbad' star Michael Cera, the film (which opens in limited release Aug. 7) blends reality and fiction so seamlessly that Yi and Cera have long been linked as a real-life couple. (For the record, she says they've never "ever" dated -- which kind of takes the p*** out of tabloid reports that they recently broke up.)

In an exclusive interview, Yi opens up about her "romance" with Cera (and her almost-on-screen romance with Jonah Hill), dishes on 'Dirty Dancing' with Channing Tatum, and reveals why she almost blew her chance to get 'Knocked Up.' -- By Tom DiChiara

1. How'd you come up with the idea to make the film a hybrid of documentary and scripted narrative?
It was going to be a straight documentary because of my own questioning of love, which isn't as extreme in the film. I think we exaggerated that for purposes of the narrative. I came up with the idea of making the documentary, capturing real love stories. I talked to Nick Jasenovec [the director and her good friend] about it and he said, "Oh no, because of your perspective on love, you should be on camera, and we can kind of see it through your eyes." But because of lack of time -- we only had a couple of weeks to shoot -- and also because of the fact that I didn't want to film my personal life and dating [laughs], we decided that the best thing to do was to treat it more like a hybrid of both a narrative film with fiction and a documentary. And I would have to take on a character named Charlyne Yi because I'd be really interviewing them as myself, and so it would be jarring if I was myself during the interviews and then, for the narrative, someone else [laughs]. It would be weird.

2. Was it hard to pick who was going to play the love interest in the narrative portion, or were you just like, "Oh, I'm dating Michael Cera, so we'll just have him do it"?

It was tough trying to figure out. And we weren't dating at the time [laughs] ... or ever. Yeah, I also heard that we broke up [laughs]. Someone sent me an article that I was really sad. It says that I'm sad that we're touring together. But he's actually in Toronto right now filming a movie called 'Scott Pilgrim.' So that's interesting [laughs]. But it was hard to cast it, at least for me. Nick knew that he wanted Michael. I wasn't aware of his work. I knew him, but not his work. I figured everyone's an actor, everyone's done commercials and stuff. So when people said he was an actor, I didn't really think anything of it. But then we were making a list of all the young actors that were talented and we're like, "Who's going to want to play a character named their own name and not get paid a lot of money [laughs] and also be able to, like, play it realistic?" With all our friends, we kept imagining: What if it was Jonah Hill? How would Charlyne and Jonah Hill interact? It would have been a completely different movie. He's great, too, but then Nick was like, "Oh, Michael's really good." And he made me watch some 'Arrested Development.' I was like, "Oh, he is really good." Michael is so different from his character. I mean, essentially there's a part of you in the character, but I was like, Wow, he was really good. I pitched to him and did a horrible job [laughs], and I don't think it made any sense. And then Nick re-pitched, and Michael agreed.

3. Has your attitude toward love, which was pretty cynical at the outset of the movie, changed at all since?
What's strange is that when we were writing the narrative we were like, "Oh, Charlyne's character won't change through other people's stories" ... But the real me learned a lot from these people. In the beginning -- I think I was like 19 when I came up with the idea for the documentary -- I think I was more naïve than I was skeptical or bitter or cynical. And just the uncertainty of knowing what love is ... I think uncertainty was where all the questioning was coming from. And I think I was overreacting. I was like, "Oh my God! I'll never find anyone, will I?!" [Laughs] It's just so silly to overreact over something like that. Through talking to people and seeing these really long relationships ... you realize that the completely obvious thing is that everything's uncertain. Your job is uncertain. Your relationships with your friends are uncertain. You may think they're going to last forever, but they may not, or they may. And it's really not up to you sometimes [laughs]. Once accepted that, I realized [I should just] chill out. Calm down. Go with the flow. See what happens. And I think every time I interviewed someone I'd get chills and go, "Oh my God, that's a really good story." -- because we would hang out with them for hours, shooting and setting up in their house. These strangers really let us into their lives ... You can't help but feel more affected than watching a fictional film because these people are real. There's this one couple who said, "Love is really worth fighting for, and you can never replace that person in the history, in the memories." It reminded me of 'Eternal Sunshine' when they choose to relive everything over again because it's worth the pain.

4. Your 'Dirty Dancing' Cinemash with Channing Tatum is hilarious. What inspired you to make that, and how'd you get Channing on board?
I was actually a fan of his from -- and he gets embarrassed, because I brought it up -- 'She's the Man.' I think he's funny in it because it's hard to be the straight man. And also in 'A Guide to Recognizing Our Saints,' he was really, really good. So I got his contact info and I was going to just ask him to do a bit with me for promotion stuff, but that fell through because he emailed too late. But he was really excited because he'd seen the movie. And then I got asked to do that Cinemash thing to spoof something. And I was like, "You know, I've always wanted to spoof 'Dirty Dancing.'" I love that movie so much. But then I was like: "But who could play Patrick Swayze? Who knows how to dance?" And I was like, "Oh my God -- Channing Tatum can dance!" He was so much fun to work with, and such a nice and funny person, especially since he kept saying he wasn't funny. And we're like, "No, you are hilarious." The fact that he would dance so seriously and know that it's funny and he's aware of how ridiculous it is [shows] that he knows how to have fun. He's a great guy.

5. You made your big-screen debut opposite an impressive list of funny dudes, including Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, in 'Knocked Up' -- what was that experience like?
It was really fun. I was going to make a joke, like: "Impressive? Don't let that get to their heads [laughs]." It was the first time I'd ever acted in anything really. It was terrifying. I was just talking about this to my friend the other day. I was like, "They really gave me so many chances because in my audition I was terrible." I was stuttering and I was covering my face with my script. And they gave me so many chances to improvise, and everything that would come out of my mouth was not funny until like the end, when I said one thing. And I was really sure that I did not get the job. And then, when I did get the job, I said my lines very stiffly -- like,"Hi. I am Jodi. I heard you are pregnant." That was the line! [Judd Apatow] actually came out rubbing his forehead, going like, "Hmmmmmm ..." He was like, "Can you just do what you did in the audition?" I was like, "I don't remember." He was like, "You know what? Let's just roll for 10 minutes. Have fun, forget about the script. Let's just say stupid s***." I'm like, "Ooooo-kay, I don't know if you're going to like this [laughs]." If you suck in audition -- which I've sucked many times -- people usually go, "OK, thank you. That's all." But for some reason they gave me so many chances. I don't know why. And then, even on set they could have been like, "This part is completely irrelevant to the film. Why would we give her 10 minutes to improvise whatever she wants?" And for some reason, they just didn't give up on me, and I think I'm really lucky that they saw something [laughs].
Charlyne Yi, the 23-year-old comedienne-musician-writer-artist-actress heretofore best known as the sole female in Seth Rogen's perpetually stoned 'Knocked Up' entourage, is garnering big buzz for her tiny film, 'Paper Heart' -- a charming, disarming and line-blurring documentary-narrative hybrid film about one skeptical girl's quest to discover whether true love really is possible.

Half a documentary, in which Yi travels across America interviewing real-life romance novelists, professors, and Average Joes and Janes for their take on the Big-L, and half a scripted narrative, in which Yi plays a fictionalized version of herself who falls for a fictionalized version of 'Superbad' star Michael Cera, the film (which opens in limited release Aug. 7) blends reality and fiction so seamlessly that Yi and Cera have long been linked as a real-life couple. (For the record, she says they've never "ever" dated -- which kind of takes the p*** out of tabloid reports that they recently broke up.)

In an exclusive interview, Yi opens up about her "romance" with Cera (and her almost-on-screen romance with Jonah Hill), dishes on 'Dirty Dancing' with Channing Tatum, and reveals why she almost blew her chance to get 'Knocked Up.' -- By Tom DiChiara

1. How'd you come up with the idea to make the film a hybrid of documentary and scripted narrative?
It was going to be a straight documentary because of my own questioning of love, which isn't as extreme in the film. I think we exaggerated that for purposes of the narrative. I came up with the idea of making the documentary, capturing real love stories. I talked to Nick Jasenovec [the director and her good friend] about it and he said, "Oh no, because of your perspective on love, you should be on camera, and we can kind of see it through your eyes." But because of lack of time -- we only had a couple of weeks to shoot -- and also because of the fact that I didn't want to film my personal life and dating [laughs], we decided that the best thing to do was to treat it more like a hybrid of both a narrative film with fiction and a documentary. And I would have to take on a character named Charlyne Yi because I'd be really interviewing them as myself, and so it would be jarring if I was myself during the interviews and then, for the narrative, someone else [laughs]. It would be weird.

2. Was it hard to pick who was going to play the love interest in the narrative portion, or were you just like, "Oh, I'm dating Michael Cera, so we'll just have him do it"?

It was tough trying to figure out. And we weren't dating at the time [laughs] ... or ever. Yeah, I also heard that we broke up [laughs]. Someone sent me an article that I was really sad. It says that I'm sad that we're touring together. But he's actually in Toronto right now filming a movie called 'Scott Pilgrim.' So that's interesting [laughs]. But it was hard to cast it, at least for me. Nick knew that he wanted Michael. I wasn't aware of his work. I knew him, but not his work. I figured everyone's an actor, everyone's done commercials and stuff. So when people said he was an actor, I didn't really think anything of it. But then we were making a list of all the young actors that were talented and we're like, "Who's going to want to play a character named their own name and not get paid a lot of money [laughs] and also be able to, like, play it realistic?" With all our friends, we kept imagining: What if it was Jonah Hill? How would Charlyne and Jonah Hill interact? It would have been a completely different movie. He's great, too, but then Nick was like, "Oh, Michael's really good." And he made me watch some 'Arrested Development.' I was like, "Oh, he is really good." Michael is so different from his character. I mean, essentially there's a part of you in the character, but I was like, Wow, he was really good. I pitched to him and did a horrible job [laughs], and I don't think it made any sense. And then Nick re-pitched, and Michael agreed.

3. Has your attitude toward love, which was pretty cynical at the outset of the movie, changed at all since?
What's strange is that when we were writing the narrative we were like, "Oh, Charlyne's character won't change through other people's stories" ... But the real me learned a lot from these people. In the beginning -- I think I was like 19 when I came up with the idea for the documentary -- I think I was more naïve than I was skeptical or bitter or cynical. And just the uncertainty of knowing what love is ... I think uncertainty was where all the questioning was coming from. And I think I was overreacting. I was like, "Oh my God! I'll never find anyone, will I?!" [Laughs] It's just so silly to overreact over something like that. Through talking to people and seeing these really long relationships ... you realize that the completely obvious thing is that everything's uncertain. Your job is uncertain. Your relationships with your friends are uncertain. You may think they're going to last forever, but they may not, or they may. And it's really not up to you sometimes [laughs]. Once accepted that, I realized [I should just] chill out. Calm down. Go with the flow. See what happens. And I think every time I interviewed someone I'd get chills and go, "Oh my God, that's a really good story." -- because we would hang out with them for hours, shooting and setting up in their house. These strangers really let us into their lives ... You can't help but feel more affected than watching a fictional film because these people are real. There's this one couple who said, "Love is really worth fighting for, and you can never replace that person in the history, in the memories." It reminded me of 'Eternal Sunshine' when they choose to relive everything over again because it's worth the pain.

4. Your 'Dirty Dancing' Cinemash with Channing Tatum is hilarious. What inspired you to make that, and how'd you get Channing on board?
I was actually a fan of his from -- and he gets embarrassed, because I brought it up -- 'She's the Man.' I think he's funny in it because it's hard to be the straight man. And also in 'A Guide to Recognizing Our Saints,' he was really, really good. So I got his contact info and I was going to just ask him to do a bit with me for promotion stuff, but that fell through because he emailed too late. But he was really excited because he'd seen the movie. And then I got asked to do that Cinemash thing to spoof something. And I was like, "You know, I've always wanted to spoof 'Dirty Dancing.'" I love that movie so much. But then I was like: "But who could play Patrick Swayze? Who knows how to dance?" And I was like, "Oh my God -- Channing Tatum can dance!" He was so much fun to work with, and such a nice and funny person, especially since he kept saying he wasn't funny. And we're like, "No, you are hilarious." The fact that he would dance so seriously and know that it's funny and he's aware of how ridiculous it is [shows] that he knows how to have fun. He's a great guy.

5. You made your big-screen debut opposite an impressive list of funny dudes, including Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, in 'Knocked Up' -- what was that experience like?
It was really fun. I was going to make a joke, like: "Impressive? Don't let that get to their heads [laughs]." It was the first time I'd ever acted in anything really. It was terrifying. I was just talking about this to my friend the other day. I was like, "They really gave me so many chances because in my audition I was terrible." I was stuttering and I was covering my face with my script. And they gave me so many chances to improvise, and everything that would come out of my mouth was not funny until like the end, when I said one thing. And I was really sure that I did not get the job. And then, when I did get the job, I said my lines very stiffly -- like,"Hi. I am Jodi. I heard you are pregnant." That was the line! [Judd Apatow] actually came out rubbing his forehead, going like, "Hmmmmmm ..." He was like, "Can you just do what you did in the audition?" I was like, "I don't remember." He was like, "You know what? Let's just roll for 10 minutes. Have fun, forget about the script. Let's just say stupid s***." I'm like, "Ooooo-kay, I don't know if you're going to like this [laughs]." If you suck in audition -- which I've sucked many times -- people usually go, "OK, thank you. That's all." But for some reason they gave me so many chances. I don't know why. And then, even on set they could have been like, "This part is completely irrelevant to the film. Why would we give her 10 minutes to improvise whatever she wants?" And for some reason, they just didn't give up on me, and I think I'm really lucky that they saw something [laughs].
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Thanks to Feministing for bringing this doozy to our attention! After drawling her love for gay men and penchant for marinating in monsters and playgirls, Gaga gets feisty. Asked whether her sexuality "distracts from her music," she fires back,

"You see, if I was a guy, and I was sitting her with a cigarette in my hand, grabbing my crotch and talking about how I make music 'cause I love fast cars and fucking girls, you'd call me a rock star. But when I do it in my music and in my videos, because I'm a female, because I make pop music, you're judgmental, and you say that it is distracting. I'm just a rock star."

But, when asked if she's a feminist, she replies, "I'm not a feminist - I, I hail men, I love men. I celebrate American male culture, and beer, and bars and muscle cars..."

Because, yes, young people of the world, feminism = man-hater. Also, beer-hater. Now, if she wants to "hail" them while they stride around in togas and laurel wreaths, well, then, I guess she may indeed have legitimate philosophical differences with the rest of the community. But as Feministing's Vanessa Valenti sagely puts it, "Good on Gaga for making a feminist statement, but bad on her for not owning it as one." Now, I'm not saying Gaga should be regarded as a feminist icon, but it would be nice to see someone in the public eye - with, by the way, obvious feminist views - use her pulpit to correct misconceptions rather than perpetuate them. She's right, though: her sexuality doesn't distract from her music. Her Rainbow Brite wig? Maybe slightly.



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i want her everywhere and if she's beside me i know i need never care but to love her is to need her everywhere knowing that love is to share.

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cudi interview:

After working a lot with Kanye, how does it feel to be focused on your own career?
Kid Cudi: It’s exciting, man. I’m just ready to try new shit. I’m a dude who likes to create music with good feeling. I live like a chameleon through music. It all depends on what the beat tells me to do; that’s why you’re always gonna get passionate hooks, because I’m feeling the beats and the emotion behind the drums and melodies.

Are you worried about recapturing the success of “Day ’N’ Nite”?
Kid Cudi: I was briefly, and then I started to record and just make shit. That’s when I realized I’m going to be OK. Shit is going to come together as it should, don’t worry about it. I didn’t come in the game to just do that one joint, you know what I mean? I came in the game to have multiple hits.

What kind of fears do you have about releasing your album?
Kid Cudi: I don’t really have any fear about the business; my biggest fear is getting wrapped up in the illusion of fame and Hollywood and shit like that. Getting wrapped up in the worldly things like drugs and the excitement of being famous. I have a vulnerable enough past that it could propel me into that world. I don’t want to be caught up in it. I want to do something while I’m here. This is hell. All the shit that’s going on around us, this is hell.

What’s hell about it?
Kid Cudi: Just turn on the fucking news.

But do you feel like your own world is hell sometimes?
Kid Cudi: Yeah. Most of my groupies are spawns of the devil. [Laughs.] They’re there to take me off track and fuck up my purpose. It’s like the dark side is trying to pull me in. Who wouldn’t like a bunch of hot-ass bitches saying, “Hey, we all wanna fuck you right now!”? [Laughs.] But you have to realize that it’s an illusion, that you can get caught up, turn into a person that you never knew you could be—and I don’t wanna be that dude.

Has the girl situation really been that crazy?
Kid Cudi: Man, I was always the ugly duckling; I never got attention from girls like that. So now that it’s happening, I’m kind of hip to it. I know half of these bitches wouldn’t be talking to me if I wasn’t Kid Cudi, and I’m not no fool, you know what I’m saying? I wasn’t born yesterday.

So how do you deal with that?
Kid Cudi: I just don’t want to get wrapped up in that world, so I keep to myself. I’m more like an actor-celebrity, rather than a rapper-celebrity. Actors keep to themselves, they’re very reserved, you only see them at premieres and shit like that. I’m not that dude who always

Do you consider yourself a weirdo?
Kid Cudi: “Weird” itself, even in the dictionary, is just something that is different and unexplainable. A weirdo is someone who follows their heart. I’m definitely weird, ain’t nothing wrong with that.

Is that a product of having your dad pass away?
Kid Cudi: My dad was Superman to me. He was the coolest. When he died of cancer, it was like my world was destroyed—I just went from seeing my dad normal to seeing my dad sick and then seeing my dad where he couldn’t even recognize me. My heart crumbled. I cried, but it wasn’t because I was sad, it was because I was pissed, like, “What the fuck?! Why?” But that’s when I started to want to express myself through words and rhymes.

How does that loss affect you now?
Kid Cudi: Not in the obvious way. Going through all that heartache and loss made me super-sensitive—not to where I want to cry all the time, but I’ll want to snap. There’s a lot of anger still in me, and it transforms into sadness through song. The day that I can say I’m truly happy will be my day of peace, like for real for real. Until then, I’m on my grind.

Speaking of your grind, when did you decide to move to New York?
Kid Cudi: I was working at this restaurant in Cleveland. There was this white dude in his 40s who was cool as shit and would tell me, “You’re funny and people like you. You need to move the fuck out of Ohio and just do this.” My uncle told me I could come out there and stay with him in the South Bronx until I got on my feet. I’d never met him; this was my father’s older brother, the last of my father’s siblings, so I wanted to make that connection anyway. I moved in 2004 with my little demo and maybe $500.

Your uncle let you stay for free?
Kid Cudi: Yeah. I didn’t have a job for about the first five months there, so I had to make that $500 stretch. [Laughs.] I didn’t have any friends and I didn’t know anybody, so my thing to do then was to go to Times Square and just walk around. I wanted to be a New Yorker so bad.

Compared to what you had been through, it must’ve seemed easy.
Kid Cudi: It was like growing into a man: “All right, let’s see what the fuck you’re made of. Let’s see you be a man now, mama’s boy.” It was a whole other journey. My uncle that I lived with passed in 2006. We were actually beefing because he forced me out the house when I didn’t have another situation set up, so I was bitter. I never apologized for it, and that kills me. That’s why I wrote “Day ’N’ Nite.”

Wow.
Kid Cudi: If he wasn’t there to let me stay with him those first few months, there would be no Kid Cudi. It fucked me up watching him go, but it was like, “I have to fulfill this destiny now for sure.” Things were moving but they weren’t solidified yet. I had “Day ’N’ Nite,” we were just getting started, and I was like, “This shit has got to pop off.” I wasn’t taking no for an answer.

People love to point out similarities between you and Drake—do you view him as competition?
Kid Cudi: I think it’s just that Drake and me are the most creative out of the new up-and-coming MCs. Me and Drake are here not because of anything other than two niggas that have their own flavor. I’m doing my shit, nobody else can do my shit. Nobody else can do Wale’s shit or Charles Hamilton’s shit. It’s like a bunch of Kool-Aid stands. It just matters whose flavor you like the most.

It seems like a lay-up for you and Drake to work together.
Kid Cudi: We’ll come together eventually, but I’m not trying to force this because there’s hype around us both. I want to work with Drake, yeah, but right now I don’t want to work with anyone who’s in the same creative realm as me. I’m still creating my own shit.

Has he reached out to work with you?
Kid Cudi: Drake had been wanting to do an official “Day ’N’ Nite” remix early on. He was one of my earliest supporters; that’s why I fuck with Drake on another level than just being a new artist. His homeboy Oliver used to hit me up when I’d go to Toronto, like, “Yo, you gotta fuck with Drake.” Imagine if I would’ve let Drake remix “Day ’N’ Nite” when he wanted to back in ’07. That shit would’ve fizzled out; no one would’ve cared. Luckily we let it live and it worked out. We’re changing things on accident. That’s how I know this is my destiny.

How crazy is it to you that Kanye was inspired by your music?
Kid Cudi: Kanye is inspired by everybody around him. He’s inspired by life. So yeah, he kind of drew inspiration from everyone around him at that moment when it came to 808s & Heartbreak.
You helped write four of the most popular songs on that album. How much did you actually write?
Kid Cudi: Well, I can’t reveal numbers. But they were completely fair in giving me my credit and shit like that. It was a good experience and it was definitely lucrative

What about people who look at you as Kanye’s little man?
Kid Cudi: [Laughs.] The album will shut a lot of people up. I actually have my own voice, and people will see that with the album. ’Ye just lets me be a man and shit. You don’t necessarily want a motherfucker to be holding your hand the whole time. There was a time when nobody listened to my shit and nobody would give me the time of day. Now I’ve got like four fan-made mixtapes—I’ve only got one mixtape out, the rest of them are from fans. Fans make these Kid Cudi wallpapers and draw pictures of me and all this and that. That shit is real; that means that kids connect with that shit. Not just because I’m Kanye’s artist. Those kids fuck with my music and that’s the realest shit ever. That lets me know that I’m important, and nothing is better than knowing you’re important.

That’s gonna get you some points, man.
Kid Cudi: I think they’re amazing creatures.

How much does your mom figure into that?
Kid Cudi: That’s what one of the issues was when we came up with “I Poke Her Face.” I was like, my mom is gonna hear this! But my mom understands rap, and I already explained it to her: “Well, you’re gonna hear this song one day and it’s a little bit explicit.” My mom is no stranger to vulgar content; my earlier raps used to be about all types of crazy shit.

The whole time we were at the video shoot, people were coming up for autographs and you talked to every single person. Are you really that worried about fame going to your head?
Kid Cudi: I don’t want to transform into a fuckin’ zombie. Every time people come up to me I want to hit them with that smile and shake their hands sincerely. Let them know that I appreciate them approaching me and I appreciate them liking my music.

What would your dad say to you if he was still here?
Kid Cudi: “Keep it up, young man.” He was always like, “Pick your head up! It shows confidence!” Now, with my confidence, because of my father and those moments, I remember why I’m here.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her upcoming movie "Julie & Julia," Meryl Streep throws back her head and laughs as Julia Child.

The 60-year-old actress doesn't quite look like the mirror image of the famed TV chef, but with her head of brown curls, crinkled eyes, wide smile, and faint dusting of powder, she utterly becomes her. With some help from a longtime friend.

Streep, a chameleon whose face transforms from movie to movie, has worked with the same makeup artist and hair stylist, J. Roy Helland, on every one of her films since the early '80s, when she snagged an Oscar for "Sophie's Choice." Their professional pairing is the kind most actors can only covet.

"He's a collaborator in everything she does, and the hair and the makeup is just part of it. I think he's an extra pair of eyes for her in every single way," said "Julie & Julia" director Nora Ephron.

Streep's ability as an actress, plus Helland's Emmy-winning talent, have made for some incredible roles — from a stern nun to a free-spirited mother to a ferocious magazine editor.

Makeup artist Bill Corso said Helland, who declined to be interviewed for this article, deserves much of the credit for Streep's transformations.

"There are very few makeup artists who have a relationship with an actor that will allow them to create such amazing characters," said Corso, who won an Oscar in 2004 for "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," in which Streep plays a supporting role.

Corso calls their collaborative partnership inspiring. "Their relationship is a singular, rare entity. It's an amazing marriage," he said.

Longtime makeup artist Leonard Engelman said Streep's distinctive features make a very good canvas.

"Meryl has a very angular, almost chiseled face, very strong cheekbones. The nose is quite dominant, with nice, full lips. But I think an awful lot of Meryl's look comes from within her, and what she's portraying," said Engelman, governor of the makeup and hair stylist branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

"I think what works so well is the makeup doesn't jump out at you. You don't want to see a set of lips walking into the room, and an actress behind them," said Engelman, Cher's primary makeup artist since 1986.

In "The Devil Wears Prada" Streep's magazine editor has a white poof of hair and icy, strong eyes to complement to her high-fashion wardrobe. "She looks very refined in 'Prada,'" Engelman said. "The eyes weren't overly made up but they were very strong, like they were looking for you, those piercing eyes."

More subdued looks, like the severe, bespectacled Sister Aloyisius Beauvier in "Doubt," or the naturally pretty, golden-tressed mother in "Mamma Mia!" can take longer than flamboyant makeup. The trick is making the skin look flawless, said Engelman. Beyond having good genes, Streep and her skin have been well taken care of by Helland, Corso adds.

Corso notes that Helland changes Streep's eyebrows in almost every film, a makeup trick to shift the shape and look of someone's face.

Normally, the industry's makeup union rules require female actresses to have separate hair and makeup artists on film. According to Engelman, Streep and Helland worked out an exemption decades ago.

Helland even designs wigs for Streep.

"He's a great wig designer," said Corso. "He created this wig for Meryl for 'Lemony Snicket' that was almost like it's own character. It was giant bouffant with a ball attached to the top of it. When she moved, she would jerk her head a lot, and she would work this hair for all it was worth."

London hairdresser Antoinette Beenders — the vice president, global creative director for Aveda who has styled the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kate Winslet — said Streep's natural locks are fairly fine, conducive to the use of wigs and extensions.

As part of sister singing duo in "A Prairie Home Companion," she had country-tinged honey blond waves. She played a whitewater rafting expert in "The River Wild," casual in a baseball cap, and a '60s Midwestern housewife with soft brown hair in "The Bridges of Madison County." In "Silkwood," she donned a cropped dark shag and eyeliner as a nuclear-plant worker.

"Streep might have worn a dark, curly wig for this role," said Beenders of Streep in "Julie & Julia." ''It's very well done. They probably colored a very fine hair line so that the wig blends so nicely to her skin. The finer the hairline the more natural the hair looks."

But makeup and wigs — even excellent ones — only go so far.

In "Julie & Julia," Streep embodies Child in face and hair, but also attempts to convey her tall stature. She pulled up her 5'6" body, says Ephron, to appear as long as Child's 6'2" frame.

"It's this thing called acting. Many actors could do this, but Meryl has the chops to do it, and the guts to really go for it," said Ephron. "It's a combination of her hair, her makeup, her clothes, her height, it's everything."
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Actor Edward Norton has refused to comment on whether he will reprise his role as the Hulk in Marvel Entertainment's forthcoming movie adaptation of The Avengers.

Norton has previously denied any involvement in the film, but instead offered a "no comment" when asked about the movie in an interview last week.

"I probably won't comment on that just because they keep a pretty tight rein on what they are letting out," Norton said in a group interview promoting the documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama. "I'll let them [address it]."

In Norton's 2008 film The Incredible Hulk, Robert Downey Jr. appeared as Iron Man after the credits, implying that the Hulk would appear in The Avengers film.

The stars from the forthcoming Iron Man 2, Thor and The First Avenger: Captain America movies are already confirmed to reprise their roles in The Avengers.

The Avengers is slated for release in 2012.

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The first cast promo shots for the former The L Word star’s new medical series, Three Rivers, were released recently. Can I just say, whoa.

The show follows organ transplantation from three points of view: the doctors, the donors and the recipients. Kate plays Dr. Miranda Foster, a member of the elite surgical team who has a rebellious streak and fiery temper. She also happens to the daughter of the revered surgeon the medical wing is named after. I wonder how wardrobe will accessorize that chip on her shoulder each episode.

Rounding out the cast are Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlight) as lead surgeon Dr. Andy Yablonski, Daniel Henney as womanizing surgeon Dr. David Lee and Christopher J. Hanke as the newbie transplant coordinator Ryan Abbott.
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plus a nigga famous, plus i got a vision, not to mention havin' bars like a mothafuckin' prison.

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Having hopefully put her personal issues behind her, Mischa Barton was spotted leaving the Arizona Iced Tea Music Unites party at the Cooper Union Hotel in New York City last night (August 2). The “O.C.” actress was all smiles despite seemingly having spilled a drink on the backside of her sexy black strappy miniskirt, which she teamed with a pair of black stockings and black heels. In related news, Miss Barton recently told press that she’s feeling much better about life after her stint at a Los Angeles mental health clinic. “I’m feeling great! I’m really happy,” she exclaimed, adding that the filming of her new gig “The Beautiful Life” is “going really well…I’m excited.”
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lmfao.

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Drake took to his blog earlier today and updated his fans on his condition and his career. He writes: Re: Angels and Demons This bottle of Opus One is low but my spirits are high my friends. I am about 2 hours away from Toronto, CA where I will be spending the next chunk of time recovering from a surgery that I now must have. I embarked on this tour with a torn ACL, MCL, and LCL and due to the events that happened the other night lord only knows what other damage I have done. On the bright side I will begin the reflecting and soul searching that its going to take to make this album and my outfit on the night I fell was crack. I will forever push myself beyond the limits despite advice and recommendations given because even with this new found success I am still the kid who wanted this more than anything in the world. Its funny when I read comments from previous fans who have lost interest because of the radio play and exposure I have. I just want to assure anyone reading that nothing has changed on my end. I refuse to get comfortable, I refuse to fall in line and follow anyone else’s formulas. I still work as if So Far Gone had never dropped and I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to gain entry to this game. “Missing someone gets easier everyday. Because, even though it is one day further from the last time you saw each other, it is one day closer to the next time you will” See you soon. Drizzy The whole Drake situation reminds me of an NBA team drafting a number 1 pick and then having to bench him for the rest of the season. I’m sure it’s a much different scenario because he’s a rapper and an injury shouldn’t effect his career (or will it?) Sometimes I have to wonder if Drake is under too much pressure to be great? Have the people set their expectations so high for his upcoming project that it will be impossible for him to meet? I hope he wins… _____________________________

Colin Farrell's ex is set to spill the beans on the silver screen. Farrell's former flame, Londoner Emma Forrest, has put their relationship and break-up into a film called "Liars (A-E)." The couple met through Martin McDonagh who directed "In Bruges" which won Farrell his first Golden Globe this year. Forrest is credited with helping Farrell clean up his act and the couple were together for 12 months. However, they broke up shortly after the Golden Globe win. Sources said Forrest was furious when Farrell neglected to thank her during his acceptance speech. A source said: "He would not introduce her to his family. She was also upset that he didn’t thank her at the Golden Globe Awards." Now, her film is set to reveal just want went on in their relationship and the break-up. Forrest says she wrote "Liars (A-E)" in a three-day frenzy after her romance with Farrell hit the rocks. "It came like a fever dream. I was afraid to stop writing because I was so afraid to lose it," she said. "Liars (A-E)" has already been picked up by legendary Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin and Miramax. Rudin, who produced the 2008 mega-hits "No Country for Old Men and "There Will be Blood," is set to have another box office smash on his hands. source

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Drew Barrymore thinks she was a dolphin in a past life. The 'He's Just Not That Into You' actress is obsessed with the placid marine mammals, and has even turned her home into a shrine to them. According to National Enquirer magazine, she told a friend: "They are just really special creatures and highly evolved. To tell you the truth, I'm convinced I was a dolphin in another life and that's why I'm so attracted to them." Drew has over 200 statues and figurines of the creatures dotted around her property, including ones carved from crystal and wood. She also swam with dolphins while holidaying in the Bahamas and Hawaii. This is not the first animal Drew has shown an interest in. Earlier this year, it was reported she was being plagued by squirrels after she began feeding a trio of the critters in her backyard. A source said at the time: "At first three or four squirrels visited Drew when she went outside for a cigarette break - she called them Luke, Fab and Spike after a trio of her ex-boyfriends. But now more than a dozen flock to her each day." ________________________