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| | Orlando Bloom Channels Romeo for Broadway Debut | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Making his big debut on Broadway, Orlando Bloom greeted fans outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City on Saturday (August 24).
Starring as Romeo in the adaptation of ?Romeo and Juliet,? the hunky star gave a thumbs-up to the gathered crowd as he emerged from the building in black pants and a denim button down.
In preparation for the A-lister?s run as the famous Shakespeare character, the theater underwent a $3.5 million make over.
As previously reported by GossipCenter, the English actor?s wife, Miranda Kerr, was on hand for the special preview performance.
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| | Orlando Bloom poses on a motorcycle for 'Romeo?, this does not bode well | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Sigh? does anyone else feel sorry for Orlando Bloom? These photos just gave me second-hand embarrassment for him. Orlando has been in New York for several months now, rehearsing the new Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet. Orlando is 36 years old. Romeo was supposed to be a teenager. So, on that alone? I feel sorry for him. He?s much too old to play Romeo, but his acceptance of this role speaks volumes about the state of his career these days. Stuck in this sort of juvenile forever-heartthrob Teen Beat sort of thing.
Orlando?s Juliet is an actress named Condola Rashad. She?s really pretty, although I question her insistence on wearing high-top sneakers to the photocall. She?s 26 years old ? again, Juliet was supposed to be a teenager, although I?m giving this mid-20s actress a pass because I could see her pulling off ?teenager?. I guess it?s also notable that Juliet is being made into a woman of color. Is that notable? Eh. It speaks to the larger themes of Romeo and Juliet and the power of love in the face of societal, racial and familial norms, I suppose.
All that being said, just from this photocall alone, I fear that this production is going to be a MESS. You know someone was like ?We?ve got to youth it up! I know, put Orlando on a motorcycle! Get him some leather pants!!? Even Orly looks embarrassed. Poor Orly. I guess the production is going to be super-modern. Maybe Mercutio will be a Hell?s Angel.
He would have made a half-decent Hamlet though? I wonder why no one thought of him for that?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Orlando Bloom's Shirtless Stroll in the Big Apple | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Baring his torso to beat the heat, Orlando Bloom took a walk with his son, the nanny, and the dog in New York City on Tuesday (July 16).
Sporting black shorts, a matching baseball cap, and flip-flops, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star held onto Sidi while the nanny pushed little Flynn in a stroller close by.
This past weekend, the 36-year-old actor had some daddy-and-me time with the tot as they enjoyed a day out in Central Park.
Though currently enjoying family life at home, filming is underway on Orlando's upcoming sequel, "The Hobbit: There and Back Again."
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| | Orlando Bloom looks sweaty, muscular with Flynn in NYC: would you hit it? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some cute photos of Orlando Bloom and his son Flynn Bloom out and about in NYC over the Independence Day holiday. You know what this makes me wonder? Flynn was born in America, wasn?t he? So, Flynn is an American citizen, Orlando is a British citizen and Miranda Kerr is an Australian citizen?? Is that all, or do any (or all) of them have dual citizenship somewhere? At this point, it seems like Orlando and his family split their time between NYC, LA and Australia. We?ll see how that works out in the future.
Miranda and Orlando took a pap-stroll walk on the Fourth of July too ? you can see photos here. I have to give them some credit ? I didn?t think they would still be together at this point. I assumed that they would be over by now. So, they?re keeping it together. Good for them?
I do think these photos are particularly cute ? Orlando seems like a hands-on dad when he?s around. He also seems to light up when he?s around Flynn. Orlando is just looking particularly hot in these photos, right? I?m not an Orly-loonie by any means (he?s never done anything for my lady parts), but the combination of nice arms, good hair length, sweat and a dad being sweet with his son? it?s working. He?s hot in these pics, minus the weird skinny jeans and the too-small sunglasses.
Also, Peter Jackson recently posted this on his Facebook. I?ll just leave this here for the LOTR geeks:
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Katy Perry says Russell Brand informed her of their divorce via text message: harsh? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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On Monday, we covered Katy Perry’s July Vogue cover, which featured a lovely Rodarte dress and a subdued, albeit moderately photoshopped Katy as photographed by Annie Leibovitz. The full spread has now been released, and it’s more of the same — Katy in flowery dresses and largely set in a farm and nature setting. Annie has had a thing for barns in quite a few of her recent celebrity shoots, and I’m instantly reminded of the picture where Daniel Radcliffe was photographed farting sunshine atop a puzzled looking horse. This shoot isn’t bad though, and I’m glad to see a side of Katy that isn’t obnoxiously in our faces. Actually, Katy looks really lovely here, so good on her.
I really do love this red leather skirt. Damn, it is gorgeous.
In addition to this new editorial, Vogue has posted a video clip on its site of Katy’s co-called beauty routine that basically shows her getting made-up by an entire arsenal. In the voiceover, Katy claims that she’s gone from “dramatic makeup” to a “more age-appropriate look.” She also claims that her skin is much better than it used to be, so she doesn’t wear as much makeup anymore. Hmm.
The interview is a mixed bag. Katy admits to being madly in love with John Mayer even though they were broken up at the time of this talk, which was conducted before the Met Gala (Katy mentions that she’ll be wearing Dolce & Gabbana), and of course, we’ve since learned that Katy and John are back together for a third round of grossness. The interview covers a variety of topics that are simultaneously enlightening and predictable. Katy talks both about her failed marriage to Russell Brand and her grand love affair with John, and she talks about her sanctimonious parents even more. Let’s do this:
Is superstardom overwhelming? “Of course I get fazed. And when I am in between records, sometimes I doubt myself. I?ll be like: Did I just get lucky, or did I mass-manipulate the world into thinking that seven songs were worth a number-one position? And then I go back into the studio and I start writing, and the true essential oil of who I am comes bubbling back up and reminds me that it?s always been inside of me, that nobody can take this away no matter what comment anyone makes. It’s going to be there because it?s what I was born with and it’s what I?ve worked on my whole life.”
More about her childhood: The atmosphere at home, she says, was “not fun.” She told me, “My parents did not spare the rod. I wasn?t going to great schools, because my parents didn?t believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by their religion, so I was going to these halfway education-slash-Christian schools that were like pop-up shop–style education. My father is hilarious. That?s where I get my sense of humor from. Sooo, he?s very funny and a practical joker, but he?s more emotional and driven. I mean, my mother is very emotional as well, but my dad is more of the guts of the family. He was the main preacher, so he kind of had this little Pentecostal flair, but they are born-again. So there?s a little bit of my background.”
Russell Brand was a “magical man” at first: “He’s a very smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him. Let’s just say I haven?t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011. I mean, I have to claim my own responsibility in things. I do admit that I was on the road a lot. Although I invited him time and time again, and I tried to come home as much as I possibly could. You saw that in the movie.” Katy Perry: Part of Me, a documentary released last year that has garnered $32 million worldwide to date, covers the period before, during, and after her time with Brand. “That wasn’t edited to leave footage out–there wasn?t any footage of him.”
On their 14 month marriage: “At first when I met him he wanted an equal, and I think a lot of times strong men do want an equal, but then they get that equal and they’re like, I can?t handle the equalness. He didn’t like the atmosphere of me being the boss on tour. So that was really hurtful, and it was very controlling, which was upsetting. I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can’t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day. I let go and I was like: This isn’t because of me; this is beyond me. So I have moved on from that.”
Is her thing with John Mayer ongoing or over? “Over.” Oh, my. I had made the tabloid reader?s assumption that she was stepping out with Mayer as a classic “revenge” relationship, to show ol’ Rusty Brand what he was missing–but she cuts in: “No, not at all. No, I was madly in love with him. I still am madly in love with him.” With John Mayer? That wasn?t what I expected to hear at all. “All I can say about that relationship is that he’s got a beautiful mind. Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds.”
On her future love life: “I hope I don?t have to live as a widow.” Whaaat? “An emotional widow. No, I don?t believe that. But I think that I can just right now focus on me and strengthening myself and my emotional support system. I’m not in a relationship, I’m just on my own–I am myself in my own bed. I have to be happy being alone, and I am happy.” She tries so hard, Katy Perry. It?s what she does. “I believe that I will be loved again, in the right way.” Bright-eyed, she looks up. “I know I?m worth it.”
[From Vogue]
This is kind of an odd interview for Vogue and features Katy taking the journalist to her favorite taco place for dinner where they run into Orlando Bloom, Miranda Kerr, and Flynn (journo notes that they act weird around each other, and “everyone’s performing except the baby.” LOL). Then Katy talks a lot about how she’s currently working on her third studio album (she plays a few songs for the journo, who nearly cries tears of happiness). Strange.
So what do you make of Katy’s discussion of Russell Brand? I think she’s hinting that he either cheated or just gave up on their marriage too early. He may have stepped out on her (dude isn’t one for monogamy and freely admits it) while she was on tour, but I think the even bigger problem is that these two got married before they even really knew each other. They were both enamored with each other’s public images and never imagined how they could “make it work” until they realized, very quickly, that it wasn’t working. As Rusty recently told Esquire, “you’ve got to really, really want” a successful marriage, and he just didn’t. Katy seems like she was upset he didn’t give it more time before throwing in the scarf. I am a Rusty fangirl, but I’ll admit that texting her about the divorce is pretty harsh. I’m sure that he’d already decided he wanted out no matter what, but Katy at least deserved a phone call.
That’s pretty hilarious how Katy calls John Mayer “beautiful” and tortured” though, isn’t it? Maybe she really meant “good in bed” and “douchey.”
Photos courtesy of Vogue
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| | Orlando Bloom goes solo in Cannes: the best he's looked in a while' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I forgot to add some photos of Orlando Bloom in yesterday?s Cannes Film Festival wrap-up. Which is fine, because he kind of deserves his own post! Orlando flew to Cannes solo ? no Miranda Kerr in sight, which is weird, right? I?m not saying it?s weird that a married couple isn?t joined at the hip, but it?s weird to me that Miranda would miss an opportunity to pose her ass off on the Croisette. Miranda loves to be on a red carpet in some revealing gown. Which makes me wonder why she didn?t switch her schedule around to accompany Orlando. Hm. Maybe she was just working super-hard with a really handsy and friendly photographer on some far-flung photoshoot?
Orlando was in Cannes on the last two days of the festival to promote his new drama/thriller, Zulu. Before now, I had only heard the name of the movie with no context, and I really thought it was a remake of that 1960s film with the same name about British soldiers fighting a Zulu insurgency. But it?s not, happily enough. This film costars Forest Whitaker, and Forest and Orlando play cops in South Africa investigating an apartheid-era crime. Orlando and Forest kept it tight while in Cannes too ? they were spotted eating together (Orlando ordered two desserts) and they shared a bottle of wine.
I?m including photos of Orlando from the Zulu photocall, the Zulu premiere and the Cannes closing ceremony where Orly presented the Best Actress award. Even though I think his tux is too fussy, I think Orly is looking really good here. Hm.
PS? The tongue photo is just for the Orly-loonies. They are out there and they are obsessed. They deserve some Orly Tongue.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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| | Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker: Photocall Pals at Cannes | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Taking care of some promotional duties, Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker showed up for the photo call for "Zulu" on Sunday (May 26) at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film's stars looked handsome, sans ties, in suits as they posed with fellow cast members for the waiting shutterbugs at the Palais des Festivals.
The crime thriller follows a child, Ali Neuman, who narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.
Directed by Jerome Salle, "Zulu" will for now only be released in France in November.
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| | Orlando Bloom & Flynn's Rompin' Thursday | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Out for a little family fun time, Orlando Bloom took his adorable son Flynn to Romp in Hollywood, CA on Thursday (April 11).
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" hunk looked casually cool in jeans and a t shirt while he was all smiles as he toted out his mini-me with wife Miranda Kerr following close behind.
Although Orlando was on daddy duty this afternoon, the 36-year-old actor stepped out solo on Wednesday evening to lend his talents to some charity work.
Joining other celebs like Katy Perry, January Jones and Chris Pine, Bloom attended the 2013 Coach Evening of Cocktails and Shopping in Santa Monica to help benefit the Children's Defense fund.
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| | Orlando Bloom: Buff Boy in West Hollywood | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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After his morning workout, Orlando Bloom headed back to his car in West Hollywood on Wednesday (April 10).
The ?Pirates of the Caribbean? actor sported an all-black ensemble with a Deus hat and colorful sneakers as he quickly glanced at the awaiting paparazzi.
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| | Miranda Kerr & Orlando Bloom, loved up at the Global Green party: suspicious? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from last night?s Global Green USA’s Pre-Oscar Party in Hollywood. Surprisingly enough, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr were the biggest names at the event. They were doing the happy-couple thing for photos, and then Miranda posed by herself for a while. Do you believe them? Do you believe that they?re super-happy and that they?ll make it through the end of the year? Hmm. As for how they look? Orly needs to shave his dirtlip. I hate when he has facial hair. Miranda is wearing a Peter Pilotto dress. It?s meh, but from the neck up, she looks gorgeous.
CB really likes Emmy Rossum these days, so I feel bad about saying this, but Emmy looked like crap at this event. Maybe she has that flu that?s going around.
Helen Hunt looks good. Botoxy but good.
GAH. I still love Luke Perry so much. I still think he?s incredibly sexy. What can I say? All of my social and cultural references are totally 1990s.
Sophia Bush looks terrible. Shaggy dog bangs. Ugh.
Here?s some Walton Goggins, just for Bedhead. Is this her perfect man?
Photos courtesy of Apega/WENN.com.
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