The season 2 premiere of Gossip Girl is mere weeks away but already there are promo pics from the season premiere episode, entitled Summer, Kind of Wonderful, to have and to behold:

But in order to keep the spoiler stuff to a minimum for those of you who don’t want to see anything before the ep airs, I put the pics under the cut. Personally, none of the pics are too spoilery at all … they’re all pretty benign but I figure I’ll leave the choice up to you. After the jump, check out the pics … (more…)

Here are a few pics of Hugh Jackman on the set of the Baz Luhrmann epic movie Australia in order to re-shoot some scenes for the film which is due for release this November. Normally, re-shoots this late in the game might hint at trouble for the film but my guess is that Hugh just likes dressing up and playing cowboy:

RIDING high at Fox Studios, Hugh Jackman was back in the saddle yesterday - trimmed of his Wolverine beard and swapping hats to play his part in the upcoming Australia blockbuster. With co-star Nicole Kidman making a low-key return to the set as a working mum for the first time, with baby Sunday Rose and a nanny in tow, Jackman took centre stage filming “pick-up” clips for the movie’s final edit. Having just holidayed on the Italian Riviera, not to mention getting his X-Men flick in the can, Jackman has been a busy leading man since he last donned the Akubra. But grabbing the reins again, with the help of a few pointers from the film’s handlers, Jackman impressed onlookers with his easy-riding style.

Oh yeah, he deffo likes playing cowboy. While I prefer my Hugh Jackman with a lot less clothing, I think he makes a pretty hawt cowpoke. Am I wrong?

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Now, when it comes to Paris Hilton it’s usually not that hard to believe that she is dating one person today and someone else the next but new reports that she is now romantically involved with My Space CEO Chris DeWolfe after it was believed that she was happily dating Benji Madden of Good Charlotte are a bit hard to believe. I mean, it’s totally possible but … mebbe I don’t want to believe that she would do Benji wrong like this?

Facebook may be the king of the Silicon Valley crowd, but Paris Hilton apparently prefers MySpace. 42 year old MySpace cofounder and CEO Chris DeWolfe has been dating 27 year old Paris Hilton for at least a few weeks, sources close to the company confirm. We first got wind of this when we saw DeWolfe in a random video clip with Hilton from last month. He’s also been throwing parties in the Hamptons, and Hilton has been at all of them. Now we’ve got a source in New York that’s confirming the two are dating. DeWolfe is hosting yet another party tonight in the Hamptons, and Hilton will reportedly be there as his date. This is a brilliant marketing move for MySpace (or for Hilton?). Or maybe they actually like each other. All we’ve confirmed is that they are definitely dating. As far as we can tell DeWolfe still has a wife (but is reportedly separated) and Hilton still has an official boyfriend, but whatever, this is Hollywood. Best of luck to both of them.

Now, just because Hilton and Wolfe were seen together doesn’t mean that they’re actually dating … and I can’t even believe I’m saying this myself but I’m having a hard time believing this report is actually true. Trust me, I’m not the biggest Paris Hilton fan on Earth but I can’t believe she could be so happy with Benji Madden and then immediately start dating someone else. Have I totally lost my mind? I barely batted an eyelash when this has happened before (all those numerous times) but this time … I dunno, is it wrong to put this much faith in Paris Hilton?

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Kylie Minogue has released her new music video for her song The One, the 5th video from her most recent album X. The vid has a very 1950’s glam look about it … here are a few screencaps:

The One is actually one of my fave tracks off her new album and I think the vid suits the song very well. After the jump, check out the video in full … (more…)

After Deadline Hollywood posted a story online alleging that Tori Spelling is feeling unloved by the folks producing the Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off (who are reportedly paying both Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth more money to appear on the show then they offered Tori), US Weekly is reporting that Tori Spelling has pulled out of appearing on 90210 altogether. HMMM … could someone be playing hardball in the hopes of securing more moolah?

Tori Spelling has changed her mind about returning to Beverly Hills, 90210 as Donna Martin. “At this time, there are no plans for Tori to appear in the 90210 spinoff,” her rep tells Usmagazine.com. (A rep for The CW told concurred: “The CW has no deal with Tori Spelling to appear on 90210 at this time.”) The confirmation comes after DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reported Monday that Spelling, 35, pulled out after learning that co-stars Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were earning $35,000-$50,000 per episode compared to Spelling’s $10,000-$20,000 per episode salary. “She thought she deserved parity, and she’s got a point,” an insider told DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com

Now this is a risky move on Tori’s part. On the one hand, I can understand why she wouldn’t want to work for less money than her roughly equal co-stars are getting but if she pushes too far then she won’t get anything. I’m very surprised that the producers of the show are so willing to discount Tori Spelling … of the ladies, she is the one main character of the show that stayed with BH, 90210 til the very end. It seems really shitty that they would treat her like this, especially when she was so loyal to the original show (both Shannen and Jennie left the show years before the series ended I stand corrected, apparently Jennie stayed on ’til the end as well … but it doesn’t change my point). It just doesn’t make sense to me … why would the show want to shoot itself in the foot before it even gets off the ground?

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Yesterday, for the most part, was another quiet day. For my birthday Kirsten got me the first season of Battlestar Gallactica on DVD so that I can finally start watching one of her fave shows and I spent the early part of the day watching the pre-season miniseries and part of the first season … and OMG, I love it! The character development is superb and the update from the original 1970’s TV series is pretty brills. I’ve been hearing great things about the series for years now, I’m finally catching up.

Last night, tho, was a total blast as a few friends and I got together for dinner at Pink Taco at Century City. We ate and talked and ate and laughed and … well, ate. They had the Olympics on so we watched a bit of the gymnastics events (paying particular attention to the little girls who kept falling off the equipment or had sloppy dismounts). It was pretty fun … as usual, we took a few fun pics:

For some strange reason, we were compelled to pose with all the posters that were hanging up all over the place (esp. the 90210 posters, obvs). Another fun fact, we saw Megan Fox and Brian Austen Green walking arm in arm into Rock Sugar where they presumably dined. It was a fun little celeb sighting. But yeah, the night was fun … Darion brought along a new friend named Loy to hang out with us … he was a fun addition to the group :)