LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’re never too big to rehearse. Tom Cruise was among the stars who stopped by the Shrine Auditorium Saturday to run through lines for Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards — the only show during Hollywood’s strike-subdued awards season that’s sure to have an A-list turnout.
Clad in a black blazer with a matching turtleneck and jeans, Cruise chewed gum and joked with stagehands as he practiced his lines in front of an audience of stand-ins and seat-saving placards.
His rehearsal was broadcast on monitors throughout the theater as workers prepared it for the 1,200 actors and industry heavyweights expected, along with scores of journalists.
Among the expected guests at the union’s 14th annual awards show are Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Forest Whitaker and Cate Blanchett.
Even the rehearsal list read like a star-studded party, with Chandra Wilson, Vanessa Williams, Viggo Mortensen, Kate Beckinsale and James Marsden among those taking the stage Saturday.
“Hairspray” star Nikki Blonsky’s mom worked a Blackberry as the actress practiced her lines. Wearing a black tunic over matching leggings and her hair in a bun, Blonsky smiled as she looked out at a front-row seat with her name on it. After her five-minute rehearsal, a stage manager gave her the A-OK sign and she rushed away to give an interview.
Outside, a tent in the theater parking lot was transformed into an elegant setting for the awards-show after party. Thousands of white roses filled giant gold vases lining the curtain-draped walls. Half a dozen workers stood atop tall ladders to trim the ceiling with greenery.
In just a few hours, the crates of champagne flutes in the center of the room would be replaced with actors rubbing elbows with their own.
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Tom Cruise among the stars at Screen Actors Guild Awards rehearsal
Elisha Cuthbert and Paris Hilton Make Out!!!
Remember when we told celebrity gossip followers that Paris Hilton was pretending to be a lesbian? Well, the talentless socialite is out to prove us correct. “She was actually super well behaved and even took the time to take some photos with the BlackBerry executives,” a witness told the magazine.
The latest example of her gay shenanigans involve actress Elisha Cuthbert. According to Us Weekly, the two blondes were “all over each other and making out” at New York’s Tenjune club Tuesday night.
“Who knew?” said the source of the unlikely pairing, one who was obviously oblivious to our recent entertainment news reports.
Family, Friends Planning Britney Spears Intervention?
If it happens, TMZ reports, it should happen this week.
Last night, Brit’s mom, Lynne Spears, her father, Jamie Spears, “cousin” Alli Sims, creepy manager Sam Lutfi and boyfriend Adnan Ghalib all showed up at Britney’s house and were all there at the same time.
Britney’s mom and dad (among others) have known for months that a bipolar disorder - not substance abuse - is at the root of her mental problems.
They cannot involuntarily commit her (impossible under the circumstances) and Britney has refused to voluntarily enter a hospital or even undergo an evaluation for the problem. But now a new plan is underway.
Britney had not spoken to her mother for a while, but last night, Britney and Lynne Spears (along with Sam Lutfi, background) left her gated compound at one point and went to the drug store, so they are now interacting at least.
An intervention has been in the planning stages for well over a month. It should begin to unfold if Britney Spears cooperates… but that’s a big if.
All we can do is wait, watch and hope.