Rob Pattinson’s success in the Twilight saga should come as no surprise — since he’s apparently related to a famous vampire!  

Researchers at Ancestry.co.uk revealed that the 24-year-old actor has ties to Vlad III Dracula, a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler, the Transylvanian leader widely thought to be the inspiration for the main character in Bram Stoker’s legendary 1897 novel Dracula.

Supposedly, the tie between Pattinson and Vlad comes from their common relationship to the British royal family. England’s Prince William and Prince Harry are Pattinson’s distant cousins and Vlad the Impaler was their distant uncle.

Find your family: http://www.searchforancestors.com/

Seems our favorite explosive celeb is at it again! 

Russell Crowe stormed out of an interview with the BBC after a critic said his accent in Robin Hood sounded Irish. When Mark Lawson asked if the Australian actor meant to have a Northern Irish accent in the film, Crowe snapped, “No I was going for an Italian … missed it?”

He continued, “You’ve got dead ears, mate — seriously dead ears if you think there’s an Irish accent.”

Good thing there wasn’t a rotary phone lying around. .. This could have been a LOT worse!!

Listen to the interview: http://tinyurl.com/2csykhw

Julia Roberts has been named People magazine’s Most Beautiful Person. This marks the fourth time she’s been given the honor, and the 12th time she’s been named to the magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful list.

Only Halle Berry, who this year makes her 14th appearance on the list, has been recognized more often.

See the beauties! http://tinyurl.com/2f7kmjb

Do you agree?  Who did they miss?  Post a comment.

Say it isn’t so!!!

Mischa Barton is the next Jessica Simpson. The actress is being slammed by the media after wearing an unflattering pair of jeans. TMZ.com noted that the Barton “pour[ed] herself into stretchy banana yellow high-waisted pant bottoms, a belly baring floral top and a pair of Wizard of Oz red pumps in L.A. this weekend. Not matching is the new black.” See the picture: http://tinyurl.com/ydxlhu5

I know, when you think ‘Disney‘, the first celeb tie-in that comes to mind is not- Alanis Morissette. 

 But, Alanis is back, and you’ll be hearing her on  a new Disney soundtrack!

Alanis Morissette returns this month with a new song. The track, called “I Remain,” will appear in the upcoming Disney film Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time. According to Spinner.com, Morissette wrote the song about the movie’s princess character, portrayed by Gemma Arterton. She says, “It’s an honor to write from the voice of an empowered princess about a love that empowers them both to new heights, healing and consciousness. The song wrote itself and this story was the ultimate muse.”

• The movie, which also stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Kingsley, opens on May 28th.
• In 2005, Morissette contributed the song “Wunderkind” to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.

Listen to the song here: http://tinyurl.com/yazas22

GEORGE CLOONEY’S ‘BATMAN AND ROBIN’ VOTED ‘MOST DISASTROUS FILM EVER MADE’

In similar fashion to Sandra Bullock, George Clooney had his Oscar joy knocked down a peg by a ‘worst’ movie distinction. A day after Clooney was named a contender for best actor at the Academy Awards, Empire magazine deemed his 1997 flick, Batman and Robin “the most disastrous film ever made.”

Travolta fans, don’t look beyond number 1- you won’t like it.

The magazine said the flick did not just come top voter rankings but got almost three times as many votes as the next entry — John Travolta’s science-fiction Battlefield Earth.

Here is a list of the top 10 of Empire’s list of the 50 most disastrous movies ever made with the rest available on Empire’s website: empireonline.com

• 1. “Batman and Robin” starring George Clooney, Alicia Silverstone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman
• 2. “Battlefield Earth” (2000) starring John Travolta, Forest Whitaker
• 3. “The Love Guru” (2008) with Mike Myers
• 4. “Raise the Titanic” (1980) with Jason Robards, David Selby
• 5. “Epic Movie” (2007)
• 6. “Heaven’s Gate” (1980)
• 7. “Sex Lives of the Potato Men” (2004)
• 8. “The Happening” (2008) with Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel
• 9. “Highlander 2: The Quickening” (1991)
• 10. “The Room” (2003)

Jewel is back with a new song called, “Stay Here Forever,” which will appear on the upcoming Valentine’s Day film soundtrack, due out February 9th. She’s in the midst of recording a full-length album and has plans to hit the road in June. Check out her new video: http://perezhilton.com/2010-02-01-new-jewel-5

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The science-fiction sensation “Avatar” and the war-on-terror thriller “The Hurt Locker” lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow.

For the first time since 1943 the Oscars feature 10 best-picture contenders instead of the usual five.

SEE COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES

http://movies.msn.com/oscars/nominations-story/?gt1=28101

Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced on Monday (January 11th) that Spider-Man 4, originally scheduled for a summer 2011 release, has been canceled and that star Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi have parted ways with the franchise. The comic-book character, the subject of three previous blockbuster movies, will be “rebooted” in 2012 with a new cast, script and director.

A statement issued by Columbia Pictures said that Spider-Man, a.k.a. Peter Parker, is “going back to high school,” adding that the companies are “moving forward with a film based on a script by James Vanderbilt that focuses on a teenager grappling with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises.”

The complete statement from Columbia Pictures can be read at http://bit.ly/91a5RL