Kathy Griffin: Broadway Bound

Gearing up for another one of her foul-mouthed projects, Kathy Griffin is headed to Broadway.

The ?My Life on the D-List? funnywoman will be starring in ?Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony? at the Belasco Theater from March 11-13 and 15-19.

And it sounds like Miss Griffin will be in her glory as she plans to use "fresh material due to the revolving door of pop culture, political and celebrity missteps."

In a statement, Kathy said, ?While I have been asked to understudy for Spider-Man and take over for Al when he has finished his run in ?The Merchant of Venice,? instead I have decided to take my very own show to Broadway.?

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Kevin Smith Responds To Backlash From 'Red State' Sundance Premiere

'What gives people the right to be like, 'He's a liar!' ' director asks during MTV News live-stream Q&A.
By Shawn Adler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


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Photo: MTV News

After nearly 20 years as a writer and director of popular, if not universally praised, movies like "Clerks," "Chasing Amy" and, most recently, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" and "Cop Out," it seems Kevin Smith finally has the Internet critical community united on the same side: against him.

In the battle between Mr. Smith and film bloggers over perceived shenanigans at the Sundance premiere of his latest film, the horror flick "Red State," Smith might not have fired the first salvo — "A liar," Hitflix's Drew McWeeney wrote of the director, with Badass Digest's Devin Faraci saying he is "full of sh--" — but now, Smith is digging in and firing back.

"People just tore me a new a--hole," Smith said in a live-stream interview with MTV News' Josh Horowitz on Tuesday (February 8). "All these bloggers. ... What is so wrong with being entertaining in your presentation? What gives people the right to be like, 'He's a liar!' Are you kidding me? People instead look for something to be mad about. They don't want to tell the story. No, the story they want to tell instead is like, 'He said he was gonna sell it and he didn't! What a jerk he is!' "

Leading up to the premiere, Smith seemed to indicate, on his Twitter and elsewhere, that distribution rights would be awarded during a live auction immediately following the first public screening of his film. Roughly midway through a 25-minute speech to the assembled audience, an auction did take place, ending abruptly after just one bid — from Smith himself. The auction, the speech and the premiere were all part of his plan to take the flick on a self-financed, cross-country tour leading up to a wide release in October, an old movie-distribution gambit known as four-walling.

To some in the entertainment journalism community, the entire ordeal was seen as, at best, a circus of self-promotion and, at worst, an outright lie, leaving many to write angry posts in response. But to Smith, those who are the most upset are the ones who have the least cause to be.

"Who would be pissed at [what I did]? Tell me who has the right to be mad at that? Distributors? Film fans? 'Cause none of those bloggers were ever gonna buy that movie, so what did they care who I sold it to?" Smith said. "And I told the truth, in my tweet. I said, 'If I get to Sundance, I intend to pick my distributor in the room, auction-style.' Auction-style — did I not do that? People feel threatened and scared by something that has nothing to do with them whatsoever."

While Smith might have alienated some critics, it's seemed to simultaneously galvanize his base — a veritable army of devoted fans who have already bought hundreds of tickets to his screenings/ live Q&As, the first of which (Carnegie Hall on March 5) has some seats for sale as high as $142 a pop. It's those fans who he was speaking to at Sundance, Smith argued, and it's those fans he's been speaking to all along.

"I'm not a mainstream filmmaker. You want a mainstream version of me? Judd Apatow can do it in his sleep — he's much better at it," he told MTV News. "But if you want what I do, [holding fingers together], this many people are interested in it, not the whole world. Rather than spend for people who aren't gonna come, let me just talk to these people and see what happens."

And for the Internet journalists who have turned on Smith, Middletown's favorite son still insists they're missing the forest through the trees. "I didn't lie. I stood up there and said that I'm gonna take my movie — I'm gonna take it out and try not to spend money doing it," he said. "The real story is, 'Oh my God, this dude's doing what Trent Reznor did in music. He's trying to take his movie to the people by himself, [with the aid of] social media networks.' "

But while they can ultimately argue over whether he's talented or a self-promoter, one thing they can't argue over, he said, is whether he's captivating.

"What's more entertaining than 'Guess what, mother----er, I'm buying the movie, bitches!' " Smith smiled. "At the very least, they can sit there and be like, 'As we've seen, he's imploded. He's clearly insane.'

"That's entertainment!"

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After performing at the Super Bowl, Usher hits the premiere of his protégé Justin Bieber's flick with leather-clad cuties, sons Naviyd Ely, 2, and Usher V, 3, and on Tuesday.

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Jennifer Hudson To Lead Aretha Franklin Tribute At Grammys, Preps To Play Aretha In Biopic? Kanye West Covers "V-Man" Mag

 

Jennifer Hudson will help open the 2011 Grammys this year with a tribute to Aretha Franklin.  Get the deets on the tribute inside, plus deets on her Oprah appearance and Kanye West's new V-Man Magazine cover.

 

This Sunday's 53rd Annual Grammy Awards telecast will open with a very special tribute to Aretha Franklin.  The lineup of those paying tribute to her includes Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, line-flubbing Christina Aguilera (we love her anyway...but don't F up Ms. Franklin's ish girl), Yolanda Adams, Martina McBride, and Florence Welch.  I'm expecting a power-packed performance and I'm sure Yolanda Adams won't be holding back during the gospel portion.

And remember a while back we told you that ReRe is working on a biopic?  Well....The Queen wants Halle Berry to play her, but I think we can all agree the better choice would be Jennifer Hudson.

J-Hud will be bringing her A-game...and she should approach this like an audition.

But the big question is--will Ms. Franklin appear at the show? In a press release yesterday, the Recording Academy said the performance is a type of "valentine and get-well card" for the Ms. Franklin, an 18-time winner and a recipient of the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and Grammy Legend Award.

I'd love to see ReRe on stage.  Fingers crossed. And speaking of J-Hud and performances, be sure to catch her on The Oprah show Thursday, Feb. 10.  She will perform her R. Kelly-penned single “Where You At” and open up about her emotional welfare following the murder of her family members.  

 

 

On magazine racks....

Kanye West covers the latest issue of V-Man Magazine. And for promotional purposes, 1 in 10 magazines will contain real dollar bills. So this could be a magazine purchase that pays--in part--for itself.

Lookin' good 'Ye.  Congrats to anyone lucky enough to get one of the monied copies.  Buy yourself a few pieces of penny candy...

 

The Randomness:

1.  The Game has been ordered to pay $91,000 for custom gold chains he ordered, but didn't finishing paying for.  Story.

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Bill and Giuliana Rancic Taking a Break from Babies

"Right now we're just taking a breather," Rancic says. "Our new motto is to have fun. We're just going to play the cards that God gave us and enjoy it, even if it means being without children for a while."

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Shenae Grimes, AnnaLynne McCord And Ashley Tisdale Attend CW / CBS /Showtime Press Tour

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Katy Perry: I Used to Hate My "Enormous Boobs"

Katy Perry: I Used to Hate My "Enormous Boobs"

We may be green with envy over Katy Perry's fantastic figure, but the pop sensation say she wasn't always thrilled with the goods she was born with. Like most of us, Russell Brand's wife went through a period when she wasn't thrilled with what she saw in the mirror.

Now, Perry is over it -- to the point where she's doing something many women dread doing: She's revealing how much she weighs!

"I was shaped like a square at one time. I was! I'm generally around 130 pounds, which is totally fine for me. But when I was a kid, I was the same height and weighed more like 145," the "Firework" singer says in the new issue of Elle. "And I had enormous boobs that I didn't know what to do with, so I wore minimizers, which were not cute. Those thick-ass straps! I got made fun of for the over-the-shoulder boulder holder...and all I wanted was to look like Kate Moss. Little did I know...that these things would come in handy someday."

Now that she's embraced her curves and seems to be doing everything right in the music world, Perry says she's getting comfortable with her superstar status.

"I feel like I'm at a point in my life right now where I could potentially stick around. I don't feel like a diva, but I think diva is a great and powerful word in the sense of what Beyonce makes it," she says. "And maybe I can't be Beyonce, but maybe I can be Cyndi Lauper. I mean be like her, not be her. That would just be weird."

Do you think Katy Perry is brave for revealing her weight? Chime in below!

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Morning Links With Ashlee Simpson

Isn’t Ashlee Simpson cute with her bohemian look? She was spotted doing some shopping in a vintage shop with her mother, Tina, and Bronx. (INF) Check out what my cyber friends are writing about: The things girls do to impress … Continue reading

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January Jones: Little Dom's Darling

Taking advantage of some free time, January Jones was spotted making her way around Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday (February 9).

The ?Mad Men? star looked super cute in flared jeans paired with a button-up top as she stopped for a business lunch at Little Dom?s Deli before heading off for some Chinese acupuncture.

In related news, MTV recently chatted with January about her ?X-Men: First Class? character Emma Frost?s costumes and the little number she?s wearing in the cast?s recently leaked photo.

Of the tiny two-piece she sports in the photo, Jones tells, "I?m in that a lot. I have a lot of very interesting costumes in that movie. So I?m in that one a lot."

"That one has a cape sometimes and sometimes it doesn?t. I have a lot of boots. I have a lot of leather. A lot of sparkly stuff. A lot of big hair," she added.

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