10:08 PM EDT 10/27/2009
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POLL: Who Should Host Next Year's Oscars?
Originally posted 10/27/2009 12:55PM
The first shot of next year's awards season was fired Monday, with the welcome announcement that British raconteur Ricky Gervais will be hosting the Jan. 17 Golden Globe Awards ceremony. The appointment has even prompted an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times, declaring that this could potentially take a lot of the glimmer off the Oscars.
Permalink | Filed Under: Academy Awards, Hugh Jackman, Neil Patrick Harris, Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand, Wanda Sykes
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Katy Perry and Russell Brand Heat Up in Paris
Originally posted 10/08/2009 08:20AM
Has notorious Lothario Russell Brand been tamed at last? Because, judging by his romantic getaway in the City of Lights with Katy Perry, the ladies man may have found his lady.
Brand, 34, has joined Perry, 25, at fashion shows and parties for Paris' fashion week, taken eerie strolls at dusk around a famous cemetery and been spotted partaking in demure hand-holding.
"They arrived at John Galliano hand-in-hand," one attendee tells PEOPLE. "They seem very much like the real thing."
Permalink | Filed Under: Katy Perry, Russell Brand
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BUZZ: Are Katy Perry and Russell Brand Dating?
Originally posted 10/02/2009 04:30PM
What are they tweeting and not telling?
Katy Perry and British comedian Russell Brand have caused a flurry of speculation that they may be dating after both recently tweeting about vacationing in Thailand – followed by Perry's rather cryptic announcement (via Twitter), "pssst... I've got a secret. HUGE news coming in a couple days!!!" on Thursday.
In her original tweet, posted on Tuesday, Perry, 24, wrote, "After a week in magical Thailand I'm ready to face the real world again – been schooled on Morrissey, Oscar Wilde and Peter Sellers ... inspired." Brand, 34, known for his literary wit, meanwhile, wrote the same week, "I'm in Thailand, is it right for non Buddhists to visit temples? Is it ok to snog the statues?"
Whether they were together in Thailand or not, they were definitely together in London on Friday where the pair were photographed walking side-by-side.
Permalink | Filed Under: Katy Perry, Russell Brand
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Russell Brand Comes to Kanye's Defense
Originally posted 09/14/2009 01:15PM
If anyone can sympathize with Kanye West's predicament, it's foul-mouthed comedian Russell Brand, who hosted the MTV Video Music Awards during which West infamously slighted Taylor Swift.
"Because in the past I've made mistakes and done things a little bit daft," Brand tells Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Monday morning. "I know Kanye, and I know he's a nice bloke. We all make mistakes in life."
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Britney and Russell Brand Play Head Games in VMA Promo
Originally posted 08/26/2009 12:35PM
In a new promo for MTV's Video Music Awards, set for Sept. 13 in New York City, Britney Spears wishes for a personal invite from Russell Brand, who is hosting for the second year in a row.
Standing by a pool in a white bikini and a black sun hat, Spears says in a voiceover, "I wonder if he'll invite me. I mean, I can obviously get an invite, but it would be nice for Russell to invite me personally now that we're friends and all."
Meanwhile, Brand has VMA jitters of his own. "I hope I didn't balls it up with her last time," he says. "Some of those things I said could have been construed as offensive. I hope she don't think ill of me."
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, Britney Spears, Russell Brand
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Russell Brand Pens Touching Tribute to Jade Goody
Originally posted 03/27/2009 07:15PM
Reality star Jade Goody wasn't known for having any particular show biz talents – but that's exactly why people loved her, explains comedian Russell Brand.
"One of the charges often leveled at Jade was that she was just a normal girl with no trade or practiced skills," Brand writes in a tribute on his Web site. "Well people didn't care and our heroes are not prescribed to us, we have the right to choose them and the people chose Jade."
Goody died in her sleep last Sunday after battling cervical cancer.
For Brand, 33, the death hit close to home. He recalls his mother's struggle with cancer; when she was first diagnosed, he was about the same age as Goody's elder son. "My Mum, Thank God, did not die and whilst her cancer returned several times; each time more frightening for me as my innocence waned to be replaced with dread, she lives still, so I can but imagine the sad confusion of [Goody's] two bereaved boys."
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Russell Brand Quits BBC Over Radio Show Antics
Originally posted 10/29/2008 04:00PM
British comedian Russell Brand, who faced criticism when he hosted the MTV Video Music Awards, was forced to resign from the BBC in a furor over offensive comments he left on an elderly actor's voicemail.
"I now acknowledge it was a really, really stupid thing to do," said Brand in a video statement released by the BBC. "I was being really silly and caught up in the moment."
Brand, 33, was hosting a radio program when he and another BBC presenter, Jonathan Ross, left at least four voicemail on the telephone belonging to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs, 78.
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The Jonas Brothers Just Want 'To Make Mom Proud'
Originally posted 09/11/2008 07:35AM
It's official: The Jonas Brothers are now an international phenomenon.
The teen pop stars were met by more than 1,000 screaming fans Wednesday, when they headed stepped out in London for the European premiere of Camp Rock, the movie starring Joe, 19, and featuring appearances by Kevin, 20, and Nick, 15.
And on the event's purple carpet, they brushed off Russell Brand's controversial comments about their purity rings while hosting the MTV Video Music Awards.
"You know, we're just trying our best every day," Joe told reporters. "We're just trying to make our mom proud every day." (The brothers previously called Brand's hosting job "hilarious.")
Permalink | Filed Under: Joe Jonas, Jonas Brothers, Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, Russell Brand
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Jordin Sparks Explains Her VMAs 'Slut' Comment
Originally posted 09/10/2008 04:40PM
Jordin Sparks doesn't regret defending the Jonas Brothers for wearing purity rings at MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday – but now wishes she'd chosen her words more carefully.
During the show, Sparks – who wears a purity ring herself – called out host Russell Brand for mocking the trio's jewelry.
Sparks's original comment on live television was, "It's not bad to wear a promise ring because not everybody – guy or girl – wants to be a slut."
But now she's clarifying her remarks in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly. "I wish I would’ve worded it differently – that somebody who doesn’t wear a promise ring isn't necessarily a slut – but I can't take it back now," Sparks, 18, told the magazine.
Permalink | Filed Under: MTV Video Music Awards 2008, Jordin Sparks, Russell Brand
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Jonas Brothers Call Russell Brand 'Hilarious'
Originally posted 09/09/2008 02:55PM
Forgive and forget? That seems to be the Jonas Brothers' attitude toward Russell Brand.
In England to promote their Disney movie Camp Rock, the brothers say they were not upset at the British comedian for taking swipes at their purity rings and pledges of virginity during Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
"For us it's cool to see that he recognizes we are gentleman," Nick Jonas said Tuesday during an appearance on BBC Radio's Newsbeat program.
Plus, the teen stars say, they had an army of fans by their side.
Said Kevin: "We had a lot of friends there and everybody's so nice. We had a good time."
Permalink | Filed Under: MTV Video Music Awards 2008, Individual Class, Joe Jonas, Jonas Brothers, Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas
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