· Simon Cowell may have found the trashiest reality star of the past 150 years. Let's face it, that's a feat. She's a genuine teen prostitute named Chloe Heald -- a.k.a. Chloe Mafia and Chloe Victoria -- and now she's a singing sensation on X-Factor. Let's love her. [Gawker]
· The latest Lindsay Lohan mugshot has arrived and after three other attempts, it looks like she may have just nailed it this time. Click ahead to see a bigger picture of the mugshot and strap in for more Buzz Break.
It was a bittersweet moment for the Internet when Jeff Zucker announced earlier today that he was leaving NBC. Sweet, of course, because most people deem Zucker the enemy in the Great Late Night War of 2010, and it's a nice bit of schadenfreude to see him walking out the same door as Conan O'Brien. But it's bitter, too; now which network executive is everyone going to mock and insult? That remains up for debate, but what isn't is that Zucker's reign of terrible television is over. Ahead, take a trip with Movieline down memory lane to remember the 9 worst shows from his tenure.
For weeks, the anticipation has been quite high for Justin Bieber's primetime network acting debut on CSI. And I'm sure every parent was absolutely thrilled to let their ten-year-old daughter stay up late to watch a graphic crime drama featuring digitally enhanced guided camera tours of rotting corpses ("no, Sally, that will never be you. I promise"). Well, parents -- and the otherwise strangely curious (like me) -- are in luck. TV Squad condensed the entire episode into two, Bieberific minutes. What did we learn about Bieber's acting skills? Not a whole lot since the other actors on-screen did most of the talking, but this George Eads fellow is terrific!
Jon Hamm has been hitting the promotional circuit hard this week, whether it be to play a little Poker Football with Jimmy Fallon or to talk to your mother's favorite magazine about the crippling depression that affected his young adulthood. Yes, The Town's publicity obligations have put our Mad Men hero front and center, and in his latest appearance, he may have inadvertently let audience members in on one of Don Draper's hairier developments this season.
According to the ever-reliable Daily Mail, Emma Watson has landed her first post-Harry Potter role. The former Hermione Granger will star opposite Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench and Dominic Cooper in the Marilyn Monroe biopic, My Week with Marilyn. The film chronicles the relationship between Monroe and Sir Laurence Olivier's assistant during the filming of The Prince and The Showgirl. [Daily Mail]
You won't have Jeff Zucker to kick around anymore. According to the New York Times' Bill Carter, Zucker sent an e-mail this morning to his employees informing them that he would set down as CEO of NBC Universal when the Comcast takeover of the company was complete. "Look, I knew from the day this was announced that this was a possibility," Zucker told Carter. "I wasn't going to shut the door on anything. But in the last nine months it became increasingly clear that [Comcast] did want to put their own team in place -- and I didn't want to end up being a guest in my own house." Developing... [NYT/Media Decoder]
Critics at Cannes loved Oliver Assayas' five-and-a-half-hour chronicle of Cold War terrorist Carlos The Jackal. Nonetheless, five-and-a-half-hour movies are pretty tough to get pumped about. That is, unless they have amazing trailers like this one.
So, to the New York constituency, you know how the weather is supposed to suck on Sunday? And how there's that lag in between the late-afternoon NFL games and the one at night with the horrible broadcasters you always mute until switching over to Mad Men at 10? Well, good news: I have just the indoor activity to help you enjoyably pass that precious rainy-day time! (Don't worry; you can keep your clothes on.)
Also in today's Broadsheet: Jon Hamm defends nose pickers everywhere... Chloe Moretz is Strange... Nicole Kidman's Oscar campaign gets a release date... and more ahead.
Exciting! A new deal between NBC and Netflix is bringing every single episode of Saturday Night Live to the online service via its Watch Instantly feature. That means starting next week, you'll be able to find any random sketch that your heart desires, simply by logging into Netflix. The deal also allows new episodes to be posted the day after they air for the next three years. DVR backup! [SplitSider]
Wow. Is it Friday already? Amazing. Even more amazing: They dusted off yet another '80s icon for a valedictory spin around the zeitgeist, trailed by majestic owls, a catty quintet, sex-mad teens and Ryan Reynolds in a box. Someone has to come out on top, right? Let's have a look.
Singer, actor and all-around entertainer Eddie Fisher passed away in his home on Wednesday night after complications from hip surgery. The Butterfield 8 star, who was also famous for his celebrity marriages (Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens) and celebrity daughters (Carrie Fisher and Joely Fisher), was 82. [Deadline]
Apparently execs at Paramount thought that teenage girls would be more interested in SWAT teams than vampire melodrama. Producer Mark Morgan revealed that before Summit took on the Twilight films and decided to stay faithful to the books, Paramount had plans to completely rewrite the series and beef up the action. Said Morgan, "One of their drafts literally had a Korean FBI agent who was hunting and tracking vampires across the coast. There was SWAT in the trees and literally it was like, 'Red leader, red leader 1.'" As if Bella didn't have enough on her mind. [Hollywood Life]
Christopher Nolan, who will produce yet another reboot of the Superman franchise that might or might not star John Hamm, is now meeting with a short list of potential directors for the film. The list makes you wonder: Does Nolan have any idea what direction to take this project yet? We've got two directors with distinct, completely opposing styles, two who haven't established any distinct style, and one intriguing wild card. Check out Movieline's breakdown of the list and chime in with your thoughts after the jump.
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