FROM NEWSROOM.MTV.COM In a sea of musicians, many nominated on the recording industry's biggest night, I would imagine that it can't be easy to stand out as an actress. Yet, Kate Beckinsale -- a presenter at tonight's Grammys -- was far and away the night's best-dressed lady of the evening.
Beckinsale is impeccably dressed at every red-carpet event she attends, but tonight was something special. Wearing a long black mermaid gown (which might be her favorite look, since she also did the mermaid thing at the Golden Globes), she looked regal among her entertainer friends.
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Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the lives of Manhattan's elite. Fortunately for you, I have the connections in Hollywood to bring you the same inside scoop from the West Coast during the most interesting of times. It's award season, which means parties and after-parties, which in turn brings fashion hits and misses to a whole new level. Careful girls, even the walls have eyes when I'm in town.
The Golden Globes brings with it many post-show activities, but the night's place to be -- the InStyle/Warner Bros. party -- is absolutely worth an appearance. Only Hollywood's most fashionable will make the magazine, but everyone puts their best foot forward. Read more...
Interviewing the lovely Kate Beckinsale is always a treat, but we never expected that she might appreciate our chats as much as we do. The "Underworld" star recently charmed us by extolling the common ground between actors and journalists: "There are so many similar things...You really have to have a passion for either."
The British beauty gained a newfound respect for the journalistic profession, courtesy of her role in "Nothing But the Truth," an upcoming drama about an embattled reporter. "I play a journalist who exposes someone as a covert CIA operative and has to go to jail because she won't reveal her source," Beckinsale explained.
That series of events may seem ripped from the headlines, but don't cry biopic just yet. "I don't play Judith Miller," Beckinsale insisted, though she conceded, "But [my character] is a bit like Judith Miller." The topical flick, slated for a 2009 release, also stars Alan Alda, Matt Dillon, and David Schwimmer. Read more...
I'll leave it to my esteemed colleagues at MTV's Multiplayer blog to weigh in the potential for "Gears of War" as a movie property. But I certainly can weigh in on Len "I'm more than Kate Beckinsale's husband" Wiseman. If you'd asked me a year ago where Mr. Wiseman ranked in the pantheon of genre filmmakers I'd have put him about on par with Steven Sommers (you know, the guy that made a movie starring Hugh Jackman as a monster hunter interminable). Before last summer Wiseman was the guy who couldn't make me interested in a vampire/werewolf movie starring the aforementioned Beckinsale in skin-tight leather.
BUT then came "Live Free or Die Hard," an actual honest to goodness breath of fresh wacked-out action air. Sure it was silly. Sure it wasn't exactly memorable. But it was entertaining as hell. Len Wiseman, maybe you've got something after all. And now it's on to "Gears of War" for Len. The little I know of the game makes it sound like a cool and attractive template for a kick-ass action flick.
But you guys probably know that stuff better than me. What do you think? Is Len Wiseman the right guy for "Gears of War" or do we have another "Doom" on our hands? What NEEDS to be included in the flick to honor the game? Sound off.
