Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Lady Gaga still 'a bit woozy' — and still younger than Madonna


Lady Gaga bruised, left, and arriving in Brisbane, right.
Lady Gaga posted the image of herself at left on Twitter after she was injured during a Sunday show in New Zealand. At right, she arrives in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday. (Twitter, left; Dan Peled / EPA, right / June 11, 2012)

Lady Gaga was groggy, grateful and a little bit remiss on Tuesday — though we can't exactly interpret that last part for you. 
The pop star, who's on tour Down Under, was bouncing back from a head injury suffered mid-concert on Sunday night inNew Zealand.
"Thank you so much for all the thoughtful messages," the singer tweeted. "I feel a bit woozy but a little better everyday. Very happy to be in beautiful Australia." She's set to perform  half-dozen dates in that country, starting with a gig Wednesday in Brisbane.
In the third of three Auckland shows, Gaga suffered what she and her makeup artist said was a concussion. Bending down to get a prop machine gun during the song "Judas," she was whacked by a metal pole being moved by a backup dancer.
After a brief break Gaga rallied for 16 more songs, apologizing along the way because she thought she might have a concussion but promising to finish the show, MTVreported. And finish she did.
So we have to wonder, was the Sunday-night head-thwack possibly some karmic, wrath-of-Madonna, balance-of-the-universe thing?

Andrew Garfield on 'Amazing Spider-Man' chemistry with Emma Stone


Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone gush over their 'Spiderman' chemistry
Hollywood couple Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield talk their on-screen chemistry in "The Amazing Spiderman." (Columbia Pictures June 5, 2012)
Sweet and sought after, young Hollywood stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are speaking out about their chemistry — onscreen, that is, in "The Amazing Spider-Man."
While the two keep a low profile in their personal relationship (sparked last June), the actors bring some theatrical heat as lovebirds Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker.

Smoke from wildfire 60 miles away blankets Denver


LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Jan Gueswel describes a harrowing escape from her Colorado mountain home: flames stretching 200 feet into the air towering over the lone road out. But she swears she'd never live anywhere else.
"I would rather live in Poudre Park than in an apartment where I don't know what my neighbor is doing," said Gueswel, who fled her home with her husband, Carl, as northern Colorado's High Park Fire exploded.
With the 68-square-mile blaze 10 percent contained, Gueswel and hundreds of other residents face extended displacement and uncertainty. They don't know if their homes still stand. But some said Tuesday they'd long ago accepted the year-round risks of fire in mountain country.

Carrie Underwood's gay marriage stance gets a conservative nod


Carrie Underwood comes out in favor of gay marriage.
Carrie Underwood performs in Nashville on the second day of the 2012 CMA Music Festival. 
Country music superstar Carrie Underwood has come out in support of gay marriage — and at least one conservative political group is saying, "Good for her."
Underwood, who's set to play London's Royal Albert Hall this month, expressed her opinion to the Independent. The British paper, in turn, promptly wondered whether the country-crossover darling risked the "wrath" of her genre's traditionally conservative fan base.

‘Prometheus’ has ‘Alien’ biology hard-wired by ‘Blade Runner’ soul


Ridley Scott on the set of "Prometheus."‘ 

The topic has been making the rounds in cinéaste circles, and on Thursday it reached the cafeteria at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, Calif. Three of the studio’s directors — Oscar winners Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo,” “Wall-E”) and Lee Unkrich (“Toy Story 3″) and Oscar nominee Bob Peterson (“Up”) — sat down for lunch and began chewing on a Hollywood mystery: the Ridley Scott Exception.

Which celebrity charities can you trust with your donations?


These days, it seems every celebrity has a charity. 
Whether it’s born out of the goodness of their hearts, or a need for image rehabilitation, it seems there’s not a star in Hollywood who can walk a red carpet without mentioning his or her own, personal charitable foundation. 
It’s seems easy, right? People give money and it’s then disbursed to those in need. But running a charity can be a lot more convoluted and confusing than a celebrity bargained for. 

'Rock of Ages' star Catherine Zeta Jones: I never wanted to be a groupie, I wanted to be the rock star .


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    June 8: Cast members Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones pose at the premiere of "Rock of Ages" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California. (REUTERS)
Catherine Zeta-Jones is no stranger to movie musicals, having brought her talents to the silver screen in “Chicago.” But for “Rock of Ages,” the famed actress had a blast bringing to life a character “very different” to her real self – a suit-wearing, church-going, staunchly conservative mayor’s wife determined to stop the “sin” of the Sunset Strip.
“It was so much fun getting to play a conservative, but she has a history,” Zeta-Jones told Fox411's Pop Tarts column at last week’s premiere, in reference to her character’s less-than-holy past.