Hollywood headlines: A week in review
Daft Punk picked up the most coveted award at the Grammys this year for “Random Access Memories,” taking home a total of five trophies from the ceremony. The stubbornly silent duo left Pharrell Williams to do all their talking, but who could pay attention with the producer’s Twitter-stimulating hat to ogle at? Leave it to collaborator and fellow winner Paul Williams to save the whole night by putting the right words in the robots’ mouths. (Michael Nelson / EPA)
Scarlett Johansson causes drama with her Super Bowl commercial, Meryl Streep strikes up a new friendship with 50 Cent and much more.
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“The Social Network” star will join Ben Affleck (Batman), Jeremy Irons (Batman’s butler Alfred) and Henry Cavill (Superman) as one of Marvel’s most notorious villains, Lex Luthor. The character is “a complicated and sophisticated character whose intellect, wealth and prominence position him as one of the few mortals able to challenge the incredible might of Superman,” director Zack Snyder said. “Having Jesse in the role allows us to explore that interesting dynamic and also take the character in some new and unexpected directions.” (Victoria Will / Invision/AP)
Wait, we thought Alec Baldwin quit Twitter forever. In a surprisingly demure tweet, our favorite celebrity hothead complained about airport security on a return trip from the Bahamas: “TSA ‘random selects’ my 5 month old daughter 4 a pat down. I am not kidding. #travelinginUSisadisgrace,” he wrote. Baldwin soon learned that the TSA has nothing to do with security in the Bahamas (which is not part of the U.S.) nor pats down children younger than 12. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
The brawny actor danced to the tunes of Beyonce and Katy Perry for nearly seven minutes, posting his video selfie to Facebook with the caption, “You know I love music.” Halfway through, he pauses to report that his sci-fi feature film “Riddick” is No. 1 on DVD sales charts. Did he not realize that the dancing would overshadow the good news? (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
New mom Kristen Bell and hubby Dax Shepard have joined a league of other celebrities who want to protect their children from the hot glare of the media spotlight (e.g. Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner). They’re urging readers to boycott glossies that print unauthorized images of celebrities’ kids. “We’re not saying that we can’t be newsworthy. We’re saying that our child is not newsworthy,” Bell said. “We chose to be the entertainers, so we never post — other than the birth announcement — we’ve posted nothing about her and we don’t plan to.” (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
...and there’s plenty of evidence to prove it, thanks to 50 Cent’s Instagram. “Things got a little gangsta Lol,” he captioned one shot. “TURN UP, Turn Down for what!” The two got along fabulously when they found themselves sitting next to each other in the front row of a Lakers vs. Knicks game in New York. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)
Jude Law has received a disheartening lesson on whom he can trust. The actor found out that a close relative had received compensation for blabbing to tabloids during his appearance as a witness in the News of the World hacking trial. “I didn’t know anyone around me was talking to the newspapers,” he said. Law added that he would go to secretly planned events with his kids only to find the media already there. (Andy Rain / EPA)
