The Morning Buzz

July 01, 2011
Check Out This Awesome Mashup Of "Friends With Benefits" and "No Strings Attached"

This year marks the release of two very similar movies. --In January, we had ASHTON KUTCHER and NATALIE PORTMAN in "No Strings Attached" . . . a movie about a man and a woman who decide to become FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS. --And next month, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and MILA KUNIS hit theaters in "Friends With Benefits" . . . a movie about a man and a woman who decide to have a sexual relationship with NO STRINGS ATTACHED. --Confused? Of course you are. And someone out there in cyberspace decided to muddy the waters even more, but in a most HI-larious way . . . by mashing up the two trailers to show just how IDENTICAL these movies are.

July 01, 2011
New Movies:

#1.) "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (PG-13) (Opened Wednesday)
Shia LaBeouf returns as Sam Witwicky, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley replaces Megan Fox as his love interest. The plot for the third movie reveals that the entire space race of the '60s was a response to a crash landing on the moon. --Leonard Nimoy does the voice of Sentinel Prime. He's the pilot of the crashed ship that Neil Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crew discover during their secret lunar mission. The Decepticons use the cargo from the crash site to launch an assault back on Earth and tear apart Chicago in the process. --Hugo Weaving is back as Megatron, and Peter Cullen is Optimus Prime . . . just like he has been ever since the original animated series. The human cast includes Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey and John Malkovich.

#2.) "Larry Crowne" (PG-13)
Tom Hanks loses his job and goes back to school at the local community college. Julia Roberts is his disinterested teacher. It's a romantic comedy that he co-wrote with Nia Vardalos from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Tom Hanks is also the director. He previously costarred with Julia Roberts in the movie "Charlie Wilson's War".

#3.) "Monte Carlo" (PG)
Selena Gomez is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress who looks just like her, and then pretends to be that chick after getting a taste of what it's like to be rich. Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy are the two friends vacationing with her, and "Glee's" Cory Monteith plays Katie's boyfriend, who follows them to Europe.

June 22, 2011
Here's whose getting their own star:

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has released the list of celebrities who'll get stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year.

--JENNIFER ANISTON
--ADAM WEST
--Kate Winslet
--Scarlett Johansson
--Vin Diesel
--"Clockwork Orange" star Malcolm McDowell
--Valerie Bertinelli
--"Simpsons" creator Matt Groenig
--Mariska Hargitay
--Patricia Heaton
--Marg Helgenberger
--Walter Koenig . . . a.k.a. Mr. Chekov from "Star Trek"
--Jennifer Lopez
--America
--Boyz II Men
--Vince Gill
--Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart