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17 August 2010 4:07 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »

There will be a lot of girls who just wanna have fun at the "Entertainment Tonight" Emmy party on Sunday, Aug 29.

The iconic singer Cyndi Lauper will be performing at the Et Emmy bash held  at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles, following the primetime Emmy show.

"Cyndi Lauper is timeless," says Linda Bell Blue, exec producer for "Et" and "The Insider." "She's a fantastic and exciting performer. Our guests are in for a surprise, because you don't know what to expect with Cyndi!"

Lauper adds, "The Et party is supposed to be off the hook! And since I'm doing it, were going to have some fun."

With over 25 years in the music biz and global record sales over 30 million, Cyndi Lauper is a entertainment icon.

She's been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, 2 American Music Awards and 18 MTV Awards. She's also an Emmy Award winner for her guest starring role on "Mad About You. »

- editorial@zap2it.com

4 August 2010 1:35 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

For some reason, Hollywood actors love to play writers, especially from the 1920s and 30s. Jane Fonda wore lots of tweeds and smoked lots of cigarettes as Lillian Hellman in 1977′s Julia. Jennifer Jason Leigh learned to mumble like Dorothy Parker in 1994′s Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. Anthony Hopkins stopped shaving to star in Hemingway & Fuentes, an upcoming drama directed by Andy Garcia about Ernest’s friendship with the boat captain who inspired The Old Man and the Sea. But Sean Penn could be the first to slip into the role of a famous literary editor: According to The Hollywood Reporter, »

- Benjamin Svetkey

20 July 2010 12:19 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Craig here. I've been given free reign on this week's Tuesday Top Ten. So, to keep it Actressexual I thought I'd offer up Ten Great Jennifer Jason Leigh moments. Here are some choice (short) cuts from the career of Ms. Leigh. They're in no order (chronological or preferential) and I've referred to Jennifer as Jjl because, well, it saves time. Where's Margot at the Wedding? Where's The Anniversary Party? Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Synechdoche, New York, A Thousand Acres or The Machinist? Well, Nathaniel spoke about these and more in his interview with Jjl a few years back. We're keen on avoiding any overlap.

1. Amy Archer, by Proxy: Goooooooo Eagles!!! Jjl trying to avoid letting on that she's not really a Muncie girl at heart in The Hudsucker Proxy. She takes parodic period comedy to a higher level - not counting the Mezzanine.

2. The Mansfield Method: I'm sure we'd »

- Craig Bloomfield

27 April 2010 10:45 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Oh Stephen Baldwin.... Back in the day, 1989 to be exact, he grabbed roles in Casualties of War, Last Exit to Brooklyn, and Born on the Fourth of July. By 1994-1995, he was pretty big name, grabbing spots on Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, The Usual Suspects, and the sexuality-bending Threesome. It's hard to believe that the same guy, some 15 years and 60 projects later, needs to be restored.

THR's Risky Business has shared this little ditty (which our own Peter Hall presented the other night): there's a new website called "Restore Stephen Baldwin." With the A-ok of his ministry President Daniel Southern, the website hopes to elicit donations from folks so that Baldwin can soar up to new heights. You see, when he became Born Again and spoke out about his beliefs, it lost him jobs and resulted in bankruptcy, because, you know, he'd no longer act in sexy, »

- Monika Bartyzel

15 March 2010 7:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

For an actress who's been working regularly for more than 35 years (since the age of 9), and who comes from a Hollywood family (her father was actor Vic Morrow and her mother is screenwriter Barbara Turner), the great Jennifer Jason Leigh seems severely taken for granted. It's possibly fitting that outside her Best Villain win at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards, her most prestigious non-critic or non-festival-based awards have come through being part of ensembles. Unlike some great performers regularly likened to chameleons, she's more comparable to a camouflaging lizard for her ability not to stand out too much while doing her job perfectly -- I don't consider it bad that I forgot she's in Synecdoche, New York, for instance.

Try to name her best performance, or her best movie. It's not easy, whether because she's consistently brilliant or because she's not exactly in many truly brilliant films. And honestly, I may »

- Christopher Campbell

5 items from 2010