Lacey Schwimmer ? Hello Kitty is So Asian

Filed under: Lacey Schwimmer, TMZ TV, Dancing with the Stars

" Dancing with the Stars " pro Lacey Schwimmer pulled up in a "Hello Kitty" Smart Car and asked a silly question -- which, as you know, always ... ALWAYS leads to a really silly TMZ story. Enjoy! (Read more...)

Tags: Celebrity Gossip, Celebs, Dancing with the Stars, lacey schwimmer, TMZ, TMZ TV

Whitney Port Lucy Liu Gretha Cavazzoni Bijou Phillips Karen Carreno

Scarlett Johansson brings Sean Penn to Reese's wedding

Scarlett Johansson brought Sean Penn to Reese Witherspoon's wedding to Jim Toth on Saturday.

Merritt, Loccisano/Getty

Scarlett Johansson brought Sean Penn to Reese Witherspoon's wedding to Jim Toth on Saturday.

Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth weren't the only ones to make it official Saturday.

Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn's joint appearance at the couple's nuptials erased any lingering doubt as to whether the two actors might just be really good friends.

The lovebirds were among the long list of A-list celebrities who turned out for Witherspoon's wedding at her Ojai, Calif., estate ? but not both of them were invited, according to PopEater.com.

"Scarlett is Jim's client, but no one, including the bride, knew she would have turned up with Sean Penn," a source close to Johansson told the site.

"Turning up at a wedding with your boyfriend is definitely a huge statement, especially that wedding," the source continued. "What it's doing is announcing to the whole of Hollywood that they are serious."

PICTURES: BLUSHING CELEBRITY BRIDES

Though photos of Johansson, 26, and Penn, 50, at the wedding have yet to emerge, the pair hasn't exactly been camera shy.

They've been photographed enjoying each other's company in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and L.A., with Johansson even resting her leg in the actor's lap in one of the pics.

"Scarlett is head over heals in love with Sean," a source claimed to PopEater. "She normally tries to hide away from public attention, but when she's with Sean she doesn't care."

Among the other reported guests at Witherspoon and Toth's wedding were fellow couples Matthew McConaughey and longtime girlfriend Camila Alves, Isla Fisher and husband Sacha Baron Cohen, and Alyssa Milano and husband David Bugliari, who works with Toth at CAA.

Marisa Tomei Michelle Behennah LeAnn Rimes Lindsay Price Rebecca Romijn

Spoiler Chat: Will There Be Another Surprise Pregnancy on Grey's Anatomy?

Is this the season of babies on Grey's Anatomy? Callie (Sara Ramirez), Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) and Mark (Eric Dane) are already knocked up, but could there be a second Seattle Grace kiddo coming soon? Find out what we learned about Anatomy family planning from the cast, along with the scoop about what's keeping Jackson (Jesse Williams) from closing the deal with Lexie (Chyler Leigh).

Plus, is Jeffrey Dean Morgan's John Winchester finally coming back to Supernatural? Which two Glee gals are getting a big storyline? And what's to come for fan-fave pairing "Mikita" on Nikita? Find out all that and more in this week's spoiler chat:

JDTColorado: Is OTH good as dead?
One Tree Hill's future is uncertain, it's true, but OTH does remain in contention for another season.

Honeybeat44 in Chicago, Ill.: There are conflicting reports saying that Glee won't be coming until April 19 and not April 12 as we first thought. Help! I'm going through some serious withdrawals.
Sorry, you'll have to suffer one week longer than planned: Fox confirms that Glee won't be back until April 19.

Hector: Eastbound & Down is the best comedy on television, but is it really not going beyond season three?
That's the word, unfortunately. Danny McBride tells us, "When we set up the show, our idea was to keep it tight and small and never give it a chance to get old. So we always imagined it as a three season arc. So we're going to finish out what we planned on doing. But we really love working on the show, and we love doing it, so who knows what's going to happen." Never say never in TV land. Except when it comes to an Eastbound & Down movie. "There's no truth to that, honestly," Danny laughs.

Blair: So who killed Rosie Larsen?
We're dying to know this, too! We've seen the first three episodes of AMC's The Killing, and it's exactly as beautiful and brilliant as network predecessors Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. Leading ladies Mirelle Enos (as the detective) and Michelle Forbes (as the dead girl's mom) are luminous in their respective roles; prepare to be mesmerized. (BTW, we talked to Mirelle's husband Alan Ruck a few weeks back, apparently while they were filming The Killing pilot over a period of three weeks last year, Mirelle was in her second trimester of her pregnancy. Ruck says, "It's a fun game to see which shots she's starting to show in.")

Kitty: Is it true this is Lisa Edelstein's last season on House?!
Don't panic! A source close to the situation confirms that no one in the cast is signed for next season yet, because the studio and the network still need to work out the deal for there to be a next season. Once that's all sorted out, then there will actually be money to pay actors, and then we'll know something for sure either way.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE: Play the Alpha Male Madness Sweet 16 round!

taylor_b22: Glee scoop! Please tell me Sam & Rachel is not happening!
As of right now, we can tell you Sam and Rachel is not happening, but Glee productions rolls on everyday, so we can't say it'll never happen. If those two do get together, then from what we understand based on other storylines, it'll be a big twist that would cause a lot of problems for others besides Finn. We think it would make more of a mess than what the shock is worth, but Ryan Murphy certainly does love to make things sticky.

LittleMsCutie12: Any hints on what's to come for Rachel/Quinn friendship-wise?
We know of a moment coming up that Rachel and Quinn fans have been wanting, asking about and flat-out begging for since the beginning of the Quinn-Rachel-Finn debacle, and they won't be disappointed in the least. And let's not forget about the surely awesome Rachel and Quinn duet that was recently filmed. Can't wait!

jvento: Is Tina ever going to get a legitimate storyline this season on Glee? She's been grossly underused this year!
Agreed. That whole "Funny Valentine" meltdown was super weird and uncomfortable. Thankfully, Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) will get some good stuff coming up, and not just involving stroking Mike's abs. 

Carly in St. Louis, Mo.: Wondering if you have any new info on the whole Mark/Lexie/Jackson triangle on Grey's Anatomy. As an avid Mark/Lexie fan I am pretty bummed at the way things are currently. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel so I can get through the rest of the season?!
Jesse Williams, who plays Jackson, the newest part of the love triangle, tells us, "I think that the fans know Lexie (Chyler Leigh) better than Jackson does. I think that's kind of an interesting perspective for the audience on how he should approach her, and he's going to try and figure it out for himself, and he may fail or he may succeed." So, if you're a Mark (Eric Dane) and Lexie fan, it could be considered good news that Jackson considers himself romantically clueless about Little Grey, right?

Lee in Atlanta: Will Cristina and Owen on Grey's have a new addition to their family this season?
We just asked Kevin McKidd if there might be a season-ending Cristina-Owen baby surprise, and he told us, "That's an interesting idea; I never thought of that. It's interesting because there have been having a lot of discussions about that, heated discussions about that. So it's possible. But I'm not saying it's definite."

Benjapiriz: Anything from How I Met Your Mother? The wedding mystery, Barney's dad, anything will do!
The season finale is all about that wedding mystery, and besides finally finding out who in the bleep is getting hitched, it's got some great Barney and Robin stuff. We've been team Barney-Robin from the very beginning, so the idea of ol' Swarley ending up with someone besides her is like a swift kick to our love muscle. We were on set for the shooting of the season finale, and we witnessed a scene between Robin, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Nora (Nazanin Boniadi) that was more than a little disheartening. But you know us, ever hopeful for our favorite TV couples. Still holding out for Brooke and Lucas on One Tree Hill!

Kerri: So excited to hear that Michael Trucco is going to be on How I Met Your Mother! I love him. Do you know anything about his role?
Michael is a big part of Robin's storyline for the rest of the season. And maybe even beyond that! "We shot an episode last week where Robin sees her crush," Cobie Smulders tells us. "She's had this long-term crush, who's played by Michael Trucco. They see each other again but they don't get the chance to connect. And so there's a moment, a possibility that they might be seeing each other next season. Because she needs to get some action. It's been a very slow year for Robin."

Simone Snow: I'm begging for some Mikita scoop!
Nikita show runner Craig Silverstein tells us, "It's a little hard for them. Michael and Nikita will make it work for a second?and then there is the next second." We then asked Craig what a world with a semi-functional Mikita relationship would look like and he teased (squee), "God willing, that world is called season two." Whoo! Meanwhile, Craig tells us, "When we come back on April 7, we will see why he wasn't able to make it work with Nikita, when they were both working at Division, and we will get another reveal about his past that kind of ripples through and changes his presence." Te gusta, amigas?

Misty: Any scoop on White Collar? I miss that show!
As promised, Diana (Marsha Thomason) is getting a love interest! Apparently she'll be?worthy of a lot of adjectives? Producers are looking for someone who credibly play a surgeon and a wild child, as well as display all of the following attributes: stylish, quick, witty, strong, sophisticated, confident and sexy. Heck, now we want to date this chick!

Marion: I love Justified. What about some Mags Bennett scoop?
This week's episode puts us back in the world of coal, moonshine and good ol' fashioned intimidation. Deliciously evil matriarch Mags Bennett (Margo Martindale) can give a good speech?make that a great speech. And we'll see why she is the undisputed boss-lady of Harlan County. These next two episodes are not to be missed. It's truly the show at its finest and so much stuff goes down, good, bad and devastatingly sad!

Cheryl in Hudson, N.Y.: Emily isn't really moving to Texas on Pretty Little Liars, is she?
First Caleb hops a bus for Arizona, now Emily's family's relocating to the Lone Star State...are the folks in Rosewood that desperate for fresh salsa? Anyway, while Caleb is roadtripping back home with Lucas, Mrs. Fields proves she's serious about getting out of (going to?) Dodge by putting the house on the market and getting a realtor. Suggestion for Emily: Melissa might be looking for a roommate in the guesthouse. Just sayin'.

ElderPoptart: Any post finale #PLL scoop would be amazing! Please and thank you!
When Pretty Little Liars returns for its second season June 14 (Cannot. Wait.), someone else besides A will be privy to the girls' secrets: a posh therapist. Because no one believes their allegations about Ian and what happened to him in the church, their parents send their Little Liars (who happen to be telling the truth this time) to group counseling. Too bad their Jenna isn't the one having her head examined instead. 

Miss_Autonomy: Gossip Girl news?
Could Serena's (Blake Lively) next move be winning an Academy Award? It's all about who you know in Hollywood, and in an upcoming episode, The Fighter director David O. Russell (pictured right, with Lively) drops by the CW drama to play himself. Actually a big L.A. move for Serena might not be far off, since sunny Santa Monica was the backdrop for this run-in, and she really has the California vibe anyway, right?

Peter: Thanks for the Nurse Jackie scoop! What else can we expect this season?
Jackie (Edie Falco) gets sneakier and sneakier, of course. Whenever you think she won't get out of a pickle, repeat to yourself: "Never underestimate the skills of Jackie Peyton." And she will find herself in some enormous pickles this time around. One particular awesome moment near the beginning of the season involves a complete manipulation of Kevin (Dominic Fumusa) using only?wait for it?an internet search engine.

DannyPKC: United States of Tara is back! What can we expect this season?
You can expect a new student, new jobs, a new love interest, a new baby and new alters! Phew. It's jam-packed but something we especially adore about this season is Tara's (Toni Collette) new psychology professor, played by Eddie Izzard. Interestingly enough, he doesn't believe in dissociative identity disorder. We have a feeling after he spends some time with Alice, T, Buck and Shoshana he might see things a little differently.

Megan: I think Jennifer Aniston should come back on Cougar Town. Don't you?
Of course, we do! Do you think we hate good cast chemistry or something? Alas, Courteney Cox ruined our dreams of Jen returning toCougar Town. "I don't think she will come back on the show. That is the busiest woman ever. I would love it if she wanted to," she tells us. Bummer city, and we are the mayors.

Luanne: Cougar Town. What ya got?
Lots! According to Courteney, at least. "The characters get richer and richer and maybe someone is going to want to have a kid, and maybe someone's not," she says. "Maybe someone runs away and starts to act more like their father, maybe not." Awww, sounds like our boy Travis (Dan Byrd) is growing up and going bad!

Delancy: Any scoop about CSI? I'm loving it this season!
Episode 22 will delve into the aftermath of Langston versus super-duper serial killer Nate Haskell. (Hint: Langston wins!) As Langston's ex Gloria (Tracee Ellis Ross) recovers from her ordeal at Haskell's hands (eek!), Willows will do her level best to keep Gloria's mom from kicking Langston's butt for allowing her daughter to be in such danger.

John: Is Law & Order: LA really killing off Skeet Ulrich?
Yep. You might have noticed the death-spoiling promos, but if you were expecting a lot of fanfare, maybe a parade, lots of tears and a memorial service, don't hold your breath. On the upside, maybe this'll free up Skeet for a Jericho reboot. 

MrsMiniver: I love me some Vincent D'Onofrio. Any scoop on the final season of CI?
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is the first procedural to enter the Tiger Mom ripped-from-the-headlines sweepstakes! Producers are looking to cast someone to play a middle-aged Asian woman named Joanne Chen who is "fixated at all costs on the professional success of her children, she has driven them relentlessly from a very young age. It drove away her husband and eldest daughter, but her younger daughter has achieved great success as a doctor?and continues to live under her thumb, even as an adult." If Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother author Amy Chua herself is not available, might we suggest Twin Peaks alum Joan Chen to play this Joanne Chen? She's a little young, but hey, that never stopped Hollywood before!

Quentin: Breakout Kings is amazing! Tell me I'm not the only one feeling the heat between Lloyd and Julianne!
You are definitely not the only one. And you're in luck, because Brooke Nevin tells us there will be more Lloyd (Jimmi Simpson) and Julianne sparks coming up. "The writers are definitely going to let this one play out," she says. "I don't know that anything is necessarily resolved by the first season but certainly if you caught on to some sort of chemistry between Julianne and Lloyd you wouldn't be far off. That is really something that's meant to be there."

Robin: So the Supernatural fandom is all a-twitter about IMDB listing Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a castmember on the season finale, any truth to that? I would think that if he was really going to make a guest appearance they would do everything possible to keep it a secret.
Sources close to the show tell us that there is no truth to that rumor, despite what IMDB says. Now, tell us how you're feeling about JDM being a no-go. We're here to listen.

Amber in Wisconsin: Love reading your spoilers! Any scoop on Boardwalk Empire?
Boardwalk Empire is adding some more mafia flavor. They're casting for someone to play Joe Masseria, an early 20th-century mobster who helped establish the Genovese crime family.

numbnuts666: Got any scoop on Blue Bloods?
Linda (Amy Carlson) and the boys could be in big danger when Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) has to testify against a drug kingpin. OK, let's make that clear: In Friday's episode Linda is in big danger. Really big. 

?Reporting by Jenna Mullins, Jennifer Arrow, Christina Dowling & Dru Moorhouse

 

VIDEO: Hold on now, The Soup can't make fun of E! News?they're on the same network!

Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.

Jamie Lynn Sigler Mena Suvari Ivana Bozilovic Eva Longoria Sienna Miller

Latin Icons Cover US Stamps

Latin music legends Celia Cruz, Selena, Carmen Miranda, Carlos Gardel and Tito Puente are the latest cultural and music icons who will appear on US Postage stamps. The stamps of these Latin music giants  symbolize, recognize and acknowledge the contributions of Latino Americans who have contributed significantly to the American cultural landscape. The stamps also [...]

LeAnn Rimes Lindsay Price Rebecca Romijn Kelly Ripa Beyoncé

Top 5 Investments in Start-ups: Color, Jumio, Kickstarter, The Filter, Profitably

Strategy eye reported the top5 investment in Startups.

ColorCOLOR

There are a lot of reasons to take note of social photo sharing firm Color. One of these is that as it launched its app this week it revealed that it had USD41m in backing from three significant Silicon Valley VCs: Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital and Silicon Valley Bank. Another is that this is reportedly the most money Sequoia has ever committed to a pre-launch startup and that includes Google (even taking inflation into account that?s impressive). A third reason is the pedigree of its staff, which includes CEO Bill Nguyen who founded music streaming startup Lala and sold it to Apple last year, and DJ Patil, who was formerly LinkedIn?s chief scientist.

Sequoia Capital partner Doug Leone has another reason: ?Once or twice a decade a company emerges from Silicon Valley that can change everything. Color is one of those companies.? Put simply it allows people to share photos, videos and text with other users within 100 feet of them. It?s an open network with no log-in necessary and anyone within the vicinity has access to the content others put out there. By combining social media, location and pictures Color ticks three hot digital media boxes, which is what is getting everybody so excited. It?s got no business model as such yet, but somewhat inevitably its revenues will eventually revolve around advertising.

JUMIO

Everybody knows that mobile payments are set to explode in a similar way that e-commerce has. But online payment generally growth is still hampered by fraud. This is something Jumio, which took on USD6.5m this week intends to address when it launches in a month?s time. It won?t say exactly how it intends to simplify payments or protect consumers, but it has a plan. It also has Facebook co-founder, Eduardo Saverin, on board who led the funding round.

KICKSTARTER

Starting as a crowdsourced funding platform for creative arts project, Kickstarter has ambitions to move its model into a broader business area and fund all types of projects and entrepreneurial ideas. This is presumably what the USD10m it took on a year ago, but only just revealed is being used for. It has proved remarkably coy about its investment and investors, which include high-profile figures such as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake and Arrested Development star David Cross. It claims it currently generates more than USD1m in crowdsourced pledges a week and that of the 17,000 projects launch on Kickstarter a little over a third have been successful. As a business itself, its commission-based business model is simple, effective and built into the service.

THE FILTER

The Filter is a good concept. Originally conceived as a music recommendation service it?s now a broader content recommendation engine. But would it receive so much attention if ex-Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel wasn?t its founder and an investor? It?s unlikely. Recommendation is a key part of many an online player?s portfolio these days so celebrity backer apart what differentiates The Filter? Current clients such as NBC, DailyMotion, Warner Bros and Sony Music are relatively impressive as is it claims that it?s serving up 100 million recommendations per month.

PROFITABLY

With a clearly defined target market of small businesses and a nifty online accounting analytics offering that undercuts larger firms that target big business, Profitably is in an accelerated growth phase.Just a year old and it says it has 500 customers. Although the USD1.1m it has just taken on is actually its second investment round CEO Adam Neary says hes considers it seed funding. He says it needed it ?to keep this party going?. Why do accountants always have to use words like ?party? to try and make their service (however successful) sound more exciting?

-->

comments

Maggie Gyllenhaal Aki Ross Kim Yoon jin Lena Headey Liz Phair

Jimmy Fallon Turns Universal Tour Guide

His career has certainly been trending upward over the past few years, and Jimmy Fallon will soon add yet another job title to his impressive resume.

It was announced today that the ?Late Night with Jimmy Fallon? star is set to become Universal Studios Hollywood?s newest ?virtual studio tour guide.?

"We really had fun with filming my role," Jimmy said in a press release. "We brought some writers out from our show and added some jokes, more play with the Studio Tour guides, the tram drivers and we added a song or two. The tour itself is a classic, a really great experience.?

The virtual tour has given over 150 million guests a behind the scenes look at moviemaking with famous production locations ?War of the Worlds? airplane crash set as well as ABC?s ?Desperate Housewives? Wisteria Lane.

Eva Longoria Sienna Miller Jules Asner Rachel Weisz Laura Prepon