Zac Efron loves early morning cinema trips.

The “17 Again” star says his and “High School Musical” co-star girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens enjoy watching movies but avoid busy evening screenings so they can have some privacy.

He said: “That’s probably like, the best thing to do – we just don’t go on a Friday night or Saturday night. It’ll be like 9am on a Tuesday.”

Although the 21-year-old star enjoys hanging out with his girlfriend, he also confessed to a love of older women.

He said “Moms are always fun to hang out with at premieres. I figured out where it’s at… 40 is where it’s at.”

Zac is aware he gets a lot of female attention, but can’t understand why people complement his hair so much as he never does anything to style it.

He explained to US TV show “Extra”: “It’s really derived from laziness. It’s cool. I sleep on it, wake up and then walk outside. It would be funny if it took four hours to do. It doesn’t.”

Despite not taking care of his hair, Zac pays more attention to the rest of his body.

The actor reportedly splashes out on expensive emu oil treatments to remove scars and unsightly blemishes from his skin.

A source said: “Zac applies emu oil daily to a scar he got from his appendectomy. He can’t handle having imperfect abs and the oil, which is made from the bird’s fat is said to fade scars.”

Robert Pattinson stinks.

The British actor reportedly never showers and his body odor is infuriating cast and crew on the set of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”

A source close to the star – who returns as vampire Edward Cullen in the film – said: “He stinks. I mean, it’s awful. He never showers, and it drives people on the set crazy. He completely reeks.”

Robert’s lack of personal hygiene could be one of the reasons behind his unsuccessful sex life in the US.

The 22-year-old hunk reportedly recently told a British friend: “I can’t get laid in New York, and even a blind person with a British accent could get tail.”

Despite his protestations, Paris Hilton has admitted to having a crush on Robert and rocker Courtney Love has said she wants to set him up with her daughter, Frances Bean.

Other A-list actors including Brad Pitt, Zac Efron and Keanu Reeves have also previously been accused of dodging showers while on the sets of their films.

Charlize Theron is sick of being linked with ”doom and gloom.”

The South African-born actress – who played a serial killer in “Monster” and a mine worker who was sexually harassed in “North Country” – accepts her most famous movies have involved depressing storylines.

Charlize – who portrays a woman with a troubled childhood in new movie “The Burning Plain” – said: “I am starting to figure that if there is a woman in a doom and gloom scenario, my name comes up.”

The 33-year-old Oscar winner is now hoping to break away from making serious movies and experiment with lighter projects.

Charlize said on British TV show “Richard and Judy”: “The next one has to be a comedy. I’ve always let it be known that I would love to do a musical.”

The blonde beauty recently revealed she would love to team up with Will Smith for a sequel to superhero movie “Hancock.”

She said: “If everybody was on board, yeah, I’d do it. I would be an idiot not to do it. Riding the Will Smith train is a really nice train to ride.”

Penelope Cruz won the first Academy Award of the night Sunday, claiming the supporting-actress honor as a tempestuous artist in Woody Allen’s Spanish romance “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”

The win capped a big weekend for Cruz, fresh off her win Saturday for the same prize at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” features Cruz as an unstable Spaniard in a steamy three-way affair with her ex-husband and an American woman.

“Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one,” Cruz said, who went on with warm thanks to Allen. “Thank you, Woody, for trusting me with this beautiful character. Thank you for having written all these years some of the greatest characters for women.”

It’s the fifth time an Allen film has earned a performer a supporting-acting honor. Cruz joins past Allen collaborators Dianne Wiest, a dual Oscar winner for “Hannah and Her Sisters” and “Bullets Over Broadway”; Michael Caine for “Hannah and Her Sisters”; and Mira Sorvino for “Mighty Aphrodite.”

The award was presented by five past supporting-actress winners, including last year’s, Tilda Swinton, plus Eva Marie Saint, Anjelica Huston, Whoopi Goldberg and Goldie Hawn.

It was a much-different style for the Oscars as each past recipient offered personal tributes to one of the nominees, without clips of the nominated performances. Awards usually are done in chit-chat style between a couple of celebrity presenters.

After last year’s Oscars delivered their worst TV ratings ever, producers this time aimed to liven up the show with some surprises and new ways of presenting awards. Rather than hiring a comedian such as past hosts Jon Stewart or Chris Rock, the producers went with actor and song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman, who has been host of Broadway’s Tony Awards.

Instead of the usual standup routine, Jackman did an engaging musical number to open the show, saluting nominated films with a clever tribute.

Offering a nod to best-picture favorite “Slumdog Millionaire,” Jackman crooned, “Just a humble slumdog, sitting in a chair, of a millionaire …” He hauled best-actress nominee Anne Hathaway on-stage to stand in as Richard Nixon in a gag tune about fellow best-picture nominee “Frost/Nixon” and asked the question in song — why don’t comic-book movies get nominated? — a dig at Oscar voters’ best-picture snub of the Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight.”

“Slumdog Millionaire” came into the evening with 10 nominations and an unstoppable run of prizes from earlier film honors.

In keeping with its theme of bottomless optimism amid adversity, “Slumdog Millionaire” has led a charmed life, dodging a flirtation with straight-to-DVD release, winning over critics and climbing toward $100 million hit status. The film has won top honors at all key earlier awards ceremonies.

Now its cast of unknowns — from new celebrities Dev Patel and Freida Pinto to kids plucked by director Danny Boyle from the slums of Mumbai, India — earned a trip to Hollywood’s glitziest party.

The film’s young stars were greeted with cheers and blew kisses in return as they walked the red carpet before the Oscars.

For best picture, “Slumdog Millionaire” faced off against the romantic epic “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the Richard Nixon saga “Frost/Nixon,” the Harvey Milk tale “Milk” and the Holocaust-themed drama “The Reader.”

Shot in India on a modest budget of $14 million, “Slumdog Millionaire” traces the life of a Mumbai orphan who overcomes poverty, betrayal, police torture and other hardships on his way to a reunion with his childhood love and success on India’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

The film nearly got lost in the shuffle as Warner Bros. folded its arthouse banner, Warner Independent, which had been slated to distribute “Slumdog Millionaire.” It was rescued from the direct-to-video scrap heap when Fox Searchlight stepped in to release the film.

It wasn’t all sunshine for “Slumdog Millionaire” going into the Oscars, though. A few raindrops fell on the red carpet at midmorning amid forecasts of a 30 percent chance of showers on Hollywood’s big night. And hope of warm feelings between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers was lost late Saturday night when SAG’s board of directors rejected the producers’ “last, best and final offer” for a new contract.

Sunday’s ceremony, airing live on ABC, featured a mix of fresh faces and old Oscar hands in the acting categories. Two-time winner Meryl Streep extended her record to 15 nominations, this time for best actress in “Doubt,” while other past Oscar recipients and nominees include Sean Penn (best actor for “Milk”), Kate Winslet (best actress for “The Reader”), Robert Downey Jr. (supporting actor for “Tropic Thunder”) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (supporting actor for “Doubt.”)

Newcomers included a rush of veteran performers, among them best-actress contenders Anne Hathaway (“Rachel Getting Married”) and Melissa Leo (“Frozen River”) and best-actor candidates Mickey Rourke (“The Wrestler”), Frank Langella (“Frost/Nixon”) and Richard Jenkins (“The Visitor”).

“The Dark Knight” co-star Heath Ledger was considered as strong a lock to win supporting actor as “Slumdog Millionaire” is to win best picture and director. Ledger, who died on Oscar nominations day last year, took comic-book villains to new heights with his delirious incarnation of Batman foe the Joker.

Past winner Angelina Jolie and her man, Brad Pitt, both were nominated. She’s up for best actress in “Changeling” and he’s competing for best actor in “Benjamin Button,” which leads with 13 nominations.

Heath Ledger will now forever be known as an Oscar winner.

Ledger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in “The Dark Knight.”

It is the first Oscar for the late actor. He was previously nominated for Best Actor for 2006’s “Brokeback Mountain.”

Heath’s father Kim Ledger, his mother Sally Ledger Bell and sister Kate Ledger accepted the award on the actor’s behalf.

“I’d like to thank the Academy for recognizing our son’s amazing work,” Kim Ledger said on stage, as the first family member to speak. “This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath’s quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here – his peers – within an industry he so loved.”

“Heath was such a compassionate and generous soul who added so much excitement and inspiration to our lives,” his mother Sally Leger Bell added. “We have been truly overwhelmed by the honor and respect being bestowed upon him with this award.”

And, his mother said, Heath’s win was much more celebratory than somber for the family.

“Tonight, we are choosing to celebrate and be happy for what he has achieved,” Bell concluded.

When his sister took the podium, she revealed that she and her brother had even talked about the idea of an Oscar win for his iconic role.

“Heath, we both knew what you had created in the The Joker was extraordinarily special and we had even talked about being here on this very day,” Kate Ledger noted.

“We really wish you were here, but we proudly accept this award on behalf of your beautiful Matilda.”

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Ledger’s 3-year-old daughter, Matilda, will be the recipient of the award. However, her mother, Michelle Williams, will technically be the legal custodian of the award until Matilda turns 18.

Past winners of the award Alan Arkin, Joel Grey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Christopher Walken, Kevin Kline presented the award, each taking time to honor an individual nominee.

“Heath Ledger has left us an original and enduring legacy,” Kline said of Ledger prior to his win.

The Oscar caps off an amazing award show run for the late actor, who died on January 22, 2008, from an accidental drug overdose in his New York apartment.

His turn as the maniacal Joker also earned him Best Supporting Actor awards at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, as well as LA, Boston, Toronto and San Francisco Critics Awards.

Ledger’s win at the Oscars marks the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch was awarded Best Actor in 1977 for “Network.” Finch, 60, died a few weeks before the awards ceremony.

Complete list of winners at the 81st annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:

— Motion Picture: “Slumdog Millionaire.”

— Actor: Sean Penn, “Milk.”

— Actress: Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”

— Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight.”

— Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”

— Director: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire.”

— Foreign Film: “Departures,” Japan.

— Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire.”

— Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, “Milk.”

— Animated Feature Film: “WALL-E.”

— Art Direction: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

— Cinematography: “Slumdog Millionaire.”

— Sound Mixing: “Slumdog Millionaire.”

— Sound Editing: “The Dark Knight.”

— Original Score: “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman.

— Original Song: “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar.

— Costume: “The Duchess.”

— Documentary Feature: “Man on Wire.”

— Documentary (short subject): “Smile Pinki.”

— Film Editing: “Slumdog Millionaire.”

— Makeup: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

— Animated Short Film: “La Maison en Petits Cubes.”

— Live Action Short Film: “Spielzeugland (Toyland).”

— Visual Effects: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

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Academy Award winners previously announced this season:

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar statuette): Jerry Lewis

Gordon E. Sawyer Award (Oscar statuette): Pixar Animation co-founder Ed Catmull

Russell Crowe will no longer play both Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham in a new movie.

The “Gladiator” star will soon begin filming Ridley Scott’s latest movie – which has been retitled “Robin Hood” from “Nottingham” – but will see his part dramatically scaled down.

Ridley told MTV: “Russell in both roles was an idea so far back, way back when at the time I had this proposed to me, and I read it and thought, “I don’t really know what it does for it, but it’s alright.”

“It is better to simply have the evolution of a character called Robin Hood, who will come out of a point in the Crusades which is the end.”

“The Sheriff of Nottingham is always a kind of an amusing character in most of the movies, who represents the hierarchy in the story at that point.”

Instead of the Sheriff, the country of France will be Robin’s nemesis.

The director also denied Russell is too out-of-shape to play Robin after piling on the pounds for his last film “Body Of Lies,” insisting the actor has been hard at work preparing for the part.

He added: “All that stuff is bulls**t. He is going to be totally fit. That is not a problem at all.”

“And he’s been working on his bow and arrow for about four months. He sends me tapes of him hitting targets at about 45 meters. He’s pretty good.”

Angelina Jolie has been told to pile on the pounds for her latest film role.The 33-year-old actress must gain up to 28lbs by the bosses of “The Thomas Crown Affair 2″ – who she also worked with on her last movie “Wanted” – because they are desperate to avoid her fainting on set as she did while filming the assassin thriller.

A source said: “Ideally they want Angelina to put on 28lbs for the role.”

“It is going to be very physically demanding, which is why they want her to carry the extra weight.”

“They don’t want a reprise of what happened with ‘Wanted,’ where she was fainting and they had to take her costumes in.”

“She was also slated for being too skinny to portray an action woman, and for ‘Thomas Crown’ they want a convincing female lead.”

Angelina – who gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline earlier this month – is due to play the leading lady opposite Pierce Brosnan, who reprises his role as billionaire art thief Thomas Crown.

Brosnan will also produce the movie.

Maggie Gyllenhaal says being on the red carpet is ”unbearable.”

The 30-year-old actress – who wore a revealing backless black jumpsuit to the European premiere of “The Dark Knight” – has had to learn to ignore people’s catty comments about her clothes.

Speaking about her premiere preparations, Maggie – who plays leading lady Rachel Dawes in the film – told BANG Showbiz: “To be honest it takes a while to get ready and a lot of thought. But the amount of scrutiny is sometimes unbearable.”

“This time I’ve learned – I’m not looking at any pictures, I’m not paying attention to anything anyone says about me because it hurts sometimes. I always just wear what I think is beautiful.”

She also revealed she will be voting for her late co-star Heath Ledger to win a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of The Joker in the movie.

She added: “In order to be a good actor you have to find a place where you are free but it’s very unusual to be absolutely free in the way he was in this movie. It was so inspiring working with him, it was such a pleasure.”

“In a way I feel funny thinking about Oscars when he isn’t alive, but at the same time, I’m a member of the Academy and I’ll vote for him.”

“The Dark Knight” starring Maggie, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine and Aaron Eckhart opens in European cinemas from Thursday (July 24, 2008).

Lindsay Lohan has a secret half-sister, it has been revealed.

The “Mean Girls” actress’ dad Michael fathered a daughter while he was still married, although estranged at the time from Lindsay’s mother Dina.

Speaking about the relationship over 13 years ago, Michael – who has three other children, Michael, Ali and Cody, with Dina – told America’s OK! magazine: “Years later the woman contacted me, convincing me that I was the only person she was with and that she had my child.”

Michael – who married Dina in 1985 before they divorced in 2007 – has even written letters to the girl’s mother saying his illegitimate daughter “is beginning to look a lot like Linds, with a mix of Cody, believe it or not.”

He also sent his daughter a photograph of himself, which he signed “Love Daddy.”

The girl’s mother says that while Michael called his daughter on her 13th birthday in June and has had many conversations with her, he has never visited her or provided financial support.

She said: “It’s time for Michael to take responsibility.”

Amy Winehouse could be dead within three months after developing emphysema.

The “Rehab” singer – who was admitted to hospital after collapsing at her home last week – has been warned she must quit drugs or face using a wheelchair and oxygen supplies to help her breathe as the deadly lung condition worsens.

Amy’s father Mitch said: “To think this could be my beautiful 24-year-old daughter’s life is preposterous.”

“But if drugs mean more to her than breathing properly, then so be it.”

“The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her.”

“It’s in its early stage but had it gone on for another month they painted a very vivid picture of her sitting there with a mask on her face struggling to breathe.”

Emphysema eats away at lungs leaving sufferers breathless and frail.

Despite doctors’ warnings Amy is still determined to perform at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park on Friday (June 27, 2008) and the Glastonbury music festival on Saturday (June 28, 2008).

A special St John’s Ambulance crew will be on permanent standby for the star on Friday.

Concert organizers are also refusing her request for alcohol in her rider, and her backstage area will feature a private hospital suite.

Source: BANG Showbiz

Nicole Kidman started crying the first time she saw her baby on an ultrasound machine.

The “Moulin Rouge” actress – who is expecting her first biological child with husband Keith Urban – was so overwhelmed with joy when she saw the image, she couldn’t hold back the tears.

She said: “When I first saw the baby on the ultrasound, I started crying.”

“I didn’t think I’d get to experience that in my lifetime. I like the unpredictable nature of it.”

“To feel life growing with you is something very, very special, and I’m going to embrace that completely.”

“I don’t believe in flittering around the edges of things.”

“You’re either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you’re going to be a voyeur. And I’m not a voyeur.”

Nicole also revealed she loves all aspects of being pregnant.

She added to America’s Vogue magazine: “The whole experience is so primal.”

“But I’m glad I’ve learned to let things flow. I’m now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way.”

“So to be given the blessing of a child at this stage of my life, you just say, ‘Wow, this was meant to be.’”

Mariah Carey is planning a $4 million second wedding.The 38-year-old singer is planning to tie the knot again with new husband Nick Cannon and is determined to have an over the top celebration. The couple’s original nuptials were a relatively low key affair in Barbados earlier this month. A source said: “It’s going to be held in New York City in the next six weeks.

Picture a wedding on the scale of Liza Minnelli’s to David Gest and you’ll be on the right track.” “She wants over 2,000 guests. The budget will be well over $4 million and she’ll have at least 14 bridesmaids.” Mariah married Nick after dating him for just a month, after the pair met on the set of the video for Mariah’s latest single “Bye Bye.” Following the ceremony, the “Touch My Body” singer said she is already planning to have children with the 27-year-old rapper. She said: “It’s part of the whole purpose of getting married. I just want our children to have the best childhood and upbringing they possibly could.”

The “Feedback” singer was presented with the Vanguard Award at the 19th Annual GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Awards in Los Angeles’ Kodak Theater by openly homosexual US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.

Upon receiving her award, Janet said: “I love it. I never expected it in a million years so when I heard they wanted to honor me, I was really taken aback. It’s just for the work that I’ve done with AIDS and acknowledging the gay and lesbian community through my music and so on. I’m just very appreciative.”

Janet has always been vocal about gay rights, and even wrote her number one single “Together Again” as a tribute to a close friend who died from AIDS.

She added: “Even when I was younger, when I was growing up, my mother was very religious but there were a lot of kids who were dancers that she brought into the home and now that I think about it, they were gay.”

“They all called her ‘Mother’ and she treated every one of them like they were her children. And that’s where it kind of started, I suppose. I’ve been around the community all my life.”

Other recipients of accolades included TV shows “Ugly Betty” for Outstanding Comedy Series and “Brothers and Sisters” for Outstanding Drama Series.

Musician Rufus Wainwright was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award by Sharon Stone, for being an openly homosexual professional who has helped promote equal rights for gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals.

Previous recipients of the Vanguard Award include Charlize Theron, Antonio Banderas, Liza Minnelli and Whoopi Goldberg.

19th Annual GLAAD Awards – full list of recipients:

Vanguard Award - Janet Jackson
Stephen F. Kolzak Award – Rufus Wainwright
Pioneer Award - Herb Ritts
Outstanding Drama Series – “Brothers and Sisters”
Outstanding Comedy Series – “Ugly Betty”
Outstanding Reality Programme – “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List”

Nicole Kidman knows the sex of her baby, but don’t expect her to let the rest of the world to know.

A radiant Kidman, wearing a white Balenciaga gown with lace detail at the Tokyo premiere of her movie The Golden Compass, was asked about the baby she is due to have with husband Keith Urban in July.

“I know, but I’m not saying,” the 40-year-old said, putting her finger to her lips.

She has two adopted children with her former husband, actor Tom Cruise.

KATE Hudson says she could never go on a date with on-screen lover Matthew McConaughey – as raunchy scenes in their new film just made her laugh.

And the divorced mum-of-one added she “has no desire” to date anyone in the near future.

The actress said shooting her new film Fool’s Gold following her split with husband of seven years Chris Robinson was “a difficult time”.

But going to Australia for the five-month shoot was “”probably the best thing I could have done, because there was just so much going on.”

“It was good for all of us to be in a different place,” she added.

Like her character in the film, who can’t get her ex-husband – played by McConaughey – out of her mind, she has remained close to Robinson.

“For me, the love changes form,” said the 28-year-old. “I have to remove myself for a little bit and ask for time with no contact.”

After a few months, the rocker was visiting her on the set with their son Ryder.

Despite plenty of rumors, she said there is no chance of romance with close friend McConaughey – and a sex scene they shot for the film proved it.

“The fact that I couldn’t stop laughing was a bad sign,” she said.

“He was making (grunting) sounds that I never heard of. No, Matthew and I wouldn’t work.”

The prospect of dating anyone at all is completely unappealing to her, she said. “I have no desire,” she said. “If I go out, it’s like once a month, and I end up in a tabloid with somebody lying about me. It’s not fun, and it’s not worth it.”

Speculations are rife that Spiderman beauty Kirsten Dunst is on the verge of a breakdown, as she has reportedly been seen showing strange behaviour.

Sources have revealed that the 25-year-old star came late, left early, and “acted erratic” during a recent event at Sundance.

Dunsts behaviour even compelled her friends to make apologies on her behalf, add sources.

“Kirsten is not in a good place right now, The New York Post quoted a source as telling of what Dunsts friends said.

The Golden Globe nominated actress has not been spotted out or photographed in recent weeks.

Her representative, however, insists that “Kirsten is fine.

Dunst had split with Razorlight rocker boyfriend Johnny Borell last year.

Between working in the morgue and hunting men in Italy, it seems that Lindsay Lohan has found the time to write her memoirs.

OK! Magazine writes that the actress has decisively decided to write a book, and financial problems could also be one of her motivations.

Allegedly Lindsay, who spent most of her money at rehabilitation, had to borrow 10,000 dollars from her friend Steve-O. Lohan’s spokesperson denied the rumours, but her close friends say that the actress has started to worry.

“She regrets all the cash she threw around the last couple years.” “She needs everything to fall into place and get her back on track, and fast” – said a friend of the problematic actress.

Meg Ryan hasn’t been on the Hollywood movie scene for a while, but it seems the actress just fancied some time off.

“I made a conscious decision to take a break,” the 45-year-old star told Extra at the Sundance Film Festival where she is promoting her new independent movie The Deal. “I just honestly didn’t feel like working.”

Meg also talked about the relationship between her daughter Daisy, the baby girl she adopted three years ago from China, and her teenage son Jack.

“They are such an interesting couple, seeing my 15-year-old carrying my little girl Daisy around, it just fills me up with so much love to see them do that and be that way together,” she apparently said. “They are strangely in similar development phases, being three and 15!”

Meg stars alongside William H Macy and LL Cool J in romantic comedy The Deal, which follows a down and out Hollywood producer trying to make an unlikely film.

One-time pop-star Paris Hilton is a good singer – according to the co-stars of her new movie. The star’s eponymous 2006 album failed to win over the critics, but Repo!

The Genetic Opera choreographer Tre Armstrong insists the socialite impressed him with her vocal prowess. He says, “I was surprised that she could sing. Honest to God, I will never crack on Paris. I haven’t. From what I hear from what they did, I like how she sounded.”

And Armstrong isn’t the only one praising Hilton’s talents – R+B star Keyshia Cole, who appears alongside Hilton in Repo!, adds, “I like the way she sings. I do.”