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What Lautner and Swift Did for Valentine's Day
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Valentine's Day will be that much sweeter with a song from Taylor Swift, don't ya think?
The singer, who plays opposite Taylor Lautner in the upcoming ensemble romantic comedy from director Garry Marshall, will likely be writing and performing a tune for the flick.
"We hope she does," Marshall told me yesterday at Variety's inaugural Power of Women luncheon in Beverly Hills. "But when people write songs, they always want to see the movie.
"[Taylor] wants to see the part that she's in," he added. "I just finished, so I need to edit for a second."
Marshall had hoped that Lautner and Swift would have bigger roles in the movie. Sadly, their busy schedules didn't allow for it.
"She writes and sings and he does the vampire thing," Marshall said. "But I discovered Taylor Lautner ran track back in Minnesota. That's why I have him jumping hurdles in the movie. She likes to dance and he likes to jump a hurdle, so we made up the scene for them."
Valentine's Day also reunites Marshall with Julia Roberts. He was quick to shoot down the never-ending rumor that there will be a sequel to their hit Pretty Woman.
However, Marshall did reveal that he's considering another Pretty Woman project. Read on for the scoop...
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Joe Jonas: Valentine's Day Just Got a Little Sweeter
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Joe Jonas is moving up the movie-star ladder.
I just got word that Joe is close to joining Hollywood hotshots like Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Patrick Dempsey, Jamie Foxx and Queen Latifah in director Garry Marshall's romantic comedy Valentine's Day.
Yup, the same movie that also has appearances by Joe's ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift, Twilight star Taylor Lautner and Emma Roberts.
No word on Joe's role, but...
Queen Latifah Never Met Michael Jackson
Given Queen Latifah's emotional eulogy at Tuesday's tribute to Michael Jackson, many of us, naturally, assumed she and the King of Pop had crossed royal paths at some point.
However, on the Late Show last night, Latifah revealed to host David Letterman that simply wasn't the case.
"I never actually got to meet him," she said. "My partner met him because we managed Naughty by Nature, and they did a remix with him. He thought I had beautiful cheekbones—I do know that much."
But in a way, her lack of contact with the late singer makes Latifah's memorial appearance all the more poignant—she, like most, only met the man through his music.
"It was just wonderful to see all the people who knew him, like Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder and his brothers and his daughter," she recalled. "Everyone really celebrating the great entertainer that he was and a great human being."
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Zac Efron Makes a Funny With His Famous Friends
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Just call it Zac Efron & Friends.
Zac was in director-producer Adam Shankman's backyard the other day in Los Angeles, shooting a video for FunnyorDie.com.
Who did the guys enlist to help them out?
Queen Latifah Faces Royal Legal Pain
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Two of Queen Latifah's subjects have proven themselves to be none too loyal, filing separate lawsuits against the star for more than $1 million in allegedly unpaid fees.
Makeup consultant Roxanna Floyd and stylist Susan Moses filed their coordinated suits in Manhattan Federal Court Monday against the Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning Latifah, whose real name is Dana Owens.
Floyd claims she's due roughly $700,000 for work done between July 2005 and February 2008 in developing, marketing and producing Latifah's Queen Collection for CoverGirl.
As for Moses, she claims she's owed $300,000, which includes a $50,000-per-year salary, during the same period for advising the 39-year-old entertainer on her Curvations full-figured lingerie line.
Latifah spokeswoman Amanda Silverman said the lawsuits were "without merit."
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Inside Queen Latifah's Big Birthday Blowout
Happy Birthday, Queen Latifah!
Although Latifah turned 39 on March 18, she celebrated on Saturday night with a blowout bash in Hollywood.
Among the guests were Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson, Tracy Morgan, Quincy Jones, Vivica A. Fox, E! reality star Kim Kardashian, James Taylor, Paris Hilton and her man-toy Doug Reinhardt, fashionista Patricia Field, Harvey Weinstein, Hairspray director Adam Shankman and Oscars producer Larry Mark.
But the highlight of the night?
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