The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills premiered on Bravo tonight and the six stars of the show stopped by The Grove earlier to speak with Mario Lopez of Extra. Mario called the cast onto the stage by introducing them as, “The naughtiest, richest, cattiest Housewives ever!”
Mario followed up by giddily admitting: “I’m a real fan of the franchise; it’s my guilty pleasure!” Continue reading
If you ever happen to be in Los Angeles, make sure you visit The Grove, because, you never know who you can run into.
Take today for example. The entire cast of ABC’s hit comedy, Modern Family, completely took over parts of the popular shopping center to shoot several scenes for an upcoming episode.
The episode was surprisingly being directed by Adam Shankman, best known as choreographer and judge on So You Think You Can Dance, but who has also worked on such films as Hairspray, Deuce Bigalow and Catch Me If You Can.
Despite the fact that the cast and crew had worked all day, they were all amazingly sweet, extremely interactive with the crowd gathered to watch them and even took the time to talk with the fans and even take some pics! I heart this show.
Here are some pics of the cast:
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| Eric Stonestreet (Cameron Tucker) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitchell Pritchett) |
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| Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson |
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Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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| Ella Hiller (Baby Lily) being consoled so the cast/crew could re-start shooting (see video below) |
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| Ed O’Neil (Jay Pritchett) and Sofia Vergara (Gloria Delgado-Pritchett) |
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| Jaden Hiller (Lily) |
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| Jesse Tyler Ferguson and me |
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| Adam Shankman with me |
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| Twins Jaden and Ella Hiller (Play Baby Lily) with me |
This is one scene they shot which required the cooperation of the twins who play Baby Lily. Both twins were crying and shooting had to stop until one of the twins could be consoled long enough to shoot the scene. WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW AS IT SHOWS THE SCENE WHEN MITCH RUNS INTO HIS EX!! It’s no other than, Mary Lynn Rajskub – She played Chloe on 24
In this scene, Jesse Tyler Ferguson sees something that obviously shocks him, but we have no idea what it could be….guess we all need to tune into Modern Family, Wednesdays, to find out!
Bruno Mars met up with Mario Lopez of Extra today to talk about his recent success on the music charts.
I am sure you have heard his hit single, Just the Way You Are
Mario asked Bruno how he feels about taking over the music charts and Bruno said: “It’s a rocket, and I am riding it.” Continue reading
Brian McKnight gave a moving concert at Songs for Hope, an event held at The Grove in Los Angeles to raise awareness for breast cancer research.
Watch his full-length videos from that performance. McKnight sang some of his classics: “Back to One, Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Crazy Love and Can You Read My Mind?”
Also performing at the event was Michael Bolton.
WATCH MICHAEL BOLTON PERFORM LIVE.
Felicity Huffman was at The Grove today speaking to Mario Lopez of Extra about the seventh season of Desperate Housewivesand about her involvement with Lee National Denim Day*, a program which in the last 14 years has raised $80 million dollars for the fight against breast cancer.
Felicity was sweet and took time to take pictures with as many fans as asked. She also brought a stack of Lee denim jeans to be given out as gifts to the audience.
Watch the video below for a short clip of the video and watch Extrafor the full interview coming up soon:
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| Felicity waiting to start her interview |
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| Felicity Huffman looking at a pic of herself on a fan’s phone from a recent encounter between her and the fan |
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| Mario Lopez getting a makeup touch up between breaks |
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| Mario Lopez taking a picture of Felicity Huffman and a fan |
In its first year, Lee Jeans set a goal of raising $1 million on Lee National Denim Day. To do this, Lee Jeans invited companies to go casual for a cause, inviting employees to wear their jeans to work on Denim Day in exchange for a $5 contribution to the fight against breast cancer. The underlying concept behind the program was simple – by convincing enough people to take one small step, together they could reach an incredible goal.
The response to the inaugural Lee National Denim Day program was astounding. That year, more than 3,000 companies signed up to participate, raising $1.4 million dollars for the fight against breast cancer, setting the stage for what would become one of the most captivating social action campaigns in the country.
Since its first year, Lee National Denim Day has raised nearly $80 million for the fight against breast cancer and unites nearly one million supporters nationwide each year.
This post is part 2 of my 3-piece-series on Paparazzi: Adrian Grenier on Extra.
Mario Lopez of Extra recently interviewed Adrian Grenier about his new documentary, Teenage Paparazzo, inspired by a random meeting between Grenier and a 13-year old paparazzi. You can read the full write up of that movie here. Continue reading
Audrina Patridge, one of the four original primary cast members featured on the MTV reality series, The Hills, will be coming into your homes every Monday and Tuesday starting September 20 as one of the celebrity contestants on this season’s Dancing with the Stars.
Audrina made her debut on the big screen last fall in the thriller Sorority Row. Other film credits include the action-adventure film Into the Blue 2 and Honey 2.
DANCING WITH THE STARS COVERAGE
On DWTS, Audrina is partnered with Tony Dovolani and the pair, known as Team TorinA, were interviewed by Mario Lopez of Extra. CelebMagnet has exclusive videos and behind-the-scenes photos of that interview here but be sure to also tune in to Extra so you see the interview in full!
Watch parts of Audrina and Tony’s interview with Mario below and tune in this week to see the full interview on Extra. The second video shows Audrina and Mario teaching each other different dance steps. If you want to vote for Team TorinA, their number throughout the DWTS season will be: # 1800-868-3401.
Watch outtakes of Audrina and Mario teaching each other different dance steps; and see how Audrina “breaks” Mario’s nose in the process.
When asked how she feels about other DWTS cast members, Audrina was quick to say: “We love Florence Henderson!”
One of my closest friends, Sam, was visiting me today from the east coast. He wanted to go to a place to see some Hollywood stars. I said, “Dude, it’s the Monday after the Emmys. It’s gonna be slim pickins…But, let’s go to The Grove and see whom we can find. You know, The Grove, the place you always hear about on TMZ, ‘Today, at The Grove….'”
So, after a couple of hours of finding no one, except lonely and bored Paparazzi with cameras in tow, Sam asks me, “Hey isn’t that Dr. Lars from Funny People?”
Sure enough, Sam had spotted Torsten Voges who in addition to his role on Funny People also played Fidel on Eastwick and has appeared on such other shows as Malcolm in the Middle and Seinfeld. He also played the “tall woman whose face you never see” in Deuce Bigalow.
Torsten was cool – he took a couple of pics with us when he found out about CelebMagnet.
Torsten has said about his role on Funny People and working with Adam Sandler: “If you work with somebody like Adam, it is delightful, he is a wonderful actor, he listens really well and I love improvising; it’s my favorite thing to do.”
As we we were saying bye, Sam tells him, “Keep up the good work.” For the next 30 minutes, Sam kept kicking himself, “Keep up the good work? WHO says that?” Uhm, you do Sam. Here is Sam with Torsten:
Here is a cool video clip with Tortsen, where Torsten speaks about his acting experience: