Rated PG-13 – 1h40

I know the doctors say I should cut back, but I would love an extra thrilling serving of Salt.

Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a female action hero living up to her full potential. She’s right up there with Ellen Ripley from “Alien” and Sarah Connor from “Terminator.”

Salt is a seasoned CIA agent who is accused of being a Russian spy. She goes rogue, but you’re never sure if she’s doing it to protect herself or to get away. We do know she’s crafty, deadly and runs full speed at her target.

The reason I’m enthralled with this story is because it works on my paranoia. Is it a far stretch to believe that the Russians have been training children to be sleeper agents? Not really. Could our former enemies still hold a major grudge against the US? Sure. Could the president ever be tricked into launching our own nuclear weapons? I hope not, but in the action genre, it’s plausible.

I can’t say I’ve always been a big fan of Angelina Jolie, but this seems to be a role tailored to her talents. She’s good looking (I know, an underestimation,) she’s energetic and she seems wise too. The energy in particular really brings this character to life. Jumping from semi-to-semi takes a lot of it ya know.

Salt has to go through the motions of your typical action movie too. The hero has to take out untold numbers of henchmen. Ammunition can never run out. Unbreachable buildings have to be breached. Honestly, she’s right up there rivaling Die Hard, Rambo and Terminator, and this movie makes those clichés fun and entertaining.

I’m sooooo glad that Tom Cruise turned the role down and they did a rewrite to make Salt a female.

5.What is up with Brad Pitt’s beard? At first we all thought it was because of some character he’d be playing, but if that was the case, this has been the longest film shoot ever. But now we know that scraggly beard isn’t for a role. It’s because Brad’s bored. He says, “There’s no other reason than that.” Bored?? With six kids and Angelina Jolie??

4. Beyonce has a new baby brother! The DNA test proved it’s true — her daddy was catting around with another woman, and the result was a baby boy named Nixon. Mathew Knowles and Alexsandra Wright are now in the final stages of negotiating a settlement for Nixon’s child support.

3.The men and women of “Jersey Shore” have been prepping themselves for season two. A soruce says Vinny’s been hitting the gym every day and that Mike has been working hard to keep “The Situation” a situation. His agent says DJ Pauly D is in the best shape of his life thanks to a lot of GTL — that’s “gym, tanning and laundry.” Besides his body, Pauly D is seriously committed to his hair. Two cases of hair gel — just for his use — have been shipped to the Miami house ahead of his arrival. Snooki’s tweeted that she’s been “shopping for the necessities” for season two, and by that she means bronzer and hair clips.

2.Why did Michelle “Bombshell” McGee sell the story of her affair with Jesse James for $30K. It wasn’t about the money. It was about revenge. She says Jesse told her he and Sandra Bullock were separated and that once she finished filming “The Blind Side,” he was going to leave Sandra and go public with the separation. But once the movie wrapped, Jesse stayed with Sandra. And he was by her side for all the buildup to her big Oscar win. Michelle was furious when Jesse didn’t do what he said he was going to do, so she went public with the affair.

1. Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush are done for good this time, according to once source who says Reggie just wasn’t feeling it anymore. The source told RadarOnline that Kim’s been pushing for marriage — especially since her sister Khloe got married. But Reggie says he wants a wife who will serve as a support system for him and be a stay-at-home mom for his kids. Reggie loves Kim, but he knows she’s not willing to be that kind of wife and mother. Reggie didn’t want to string Kim along, so he basically told her that she deserves to be with someboyd who can make the commitment she wants.

5. “Playgirl” made Jon Gosselin one final offer — $20K to pose naked. But Jon’s rep says he’s not doing it. Even though he’s reportedly flat broke, rumors are that Jon has absolutely nothing to be proud of and there’s no amount of money that would lead him to show his private parts.

4. In a new book called Brad Pitt and Anglina Jolie:  The True Story, author Jenny Paul claims that many years ago, Angelina had an affair with Mick Jagger. She says they first hookd up in 1997, when Angelina was in the Rolling Stones video for “Anybody Seen My Baby.” At the time, Mick was married to Jerry Hall and Angelina was married to British actor Jonny Lee Miller. Mick and Angelina hooked up again in 2003, the same year Angelina divorced Billy Bob Thornton and the year before she began shooting “Mr. &

Mrs. Smith.” That’s the movie that led Brad and Angelina to fall in love, which led him to divorce Jennifer Aniston.

3. Movie stars get recast all the time, but this might be the oddest recasting I’ve ever heard of. Selena Gomez is replacing Nicole Kidman in the lead of “Monte Carlo.” Producers wanted the story to target a younger audience, so they’re rewriting the script and casting 17-year-old Selena in the role once held by 42-year-old Nicole. The original plot followed four NJ women posing as heiresses in Monaco. The new plot will revolve around a group of high school and college girls on a trip through Paris.

2. The woman who claims Jake the Bachelor cheated on Vienna with her has now revealed herself. She is 25-year-old Tanya Douglas of Marianna, Florida. She says the day after Jake proposed to Vienna and filming on the show wrapped, he was on the phone with her, telling Tanya he still loved her and that Vienna and the other bachelorettes meant nothing to him. Tanya says Jake claimed producers forced him to propose for the sake of ratings. Jake released a statement saying, “The relationship with (Tanya) was prior to ‘The Bachelor.’ It simply did not work out.” He went on to say, “It is unfortunate that people such as this are trying to financially capitalize on or disparage my incredible relationship with Vienna.” Meantime, Tanya has lawyered up and she prepares to go public with her story.

1. The results from the “American Idol” elimination show last night weren’t completely shocking. Who didn’t expect John Park to get a pink slip after two emotionless performances? And Jermaine Sellers shot himself in the foot with his sassy attitude, so no surprise there that he got the boot. On the girls’ side, Michelle Delamor was dismissed for her performance of Creed’s “Arms Wide Open.” I was a little surprised she was kicked out and Katie Stevens got to stay. But you just had to feel sorry for poor Haley Vaughn, who had to stand there and sing “The Climb” again after sobbing her way through the video montage that shows the castoffs’ journey on on the show.

5. Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie was in Haiti yesterday and visited the Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Port-au-Prince. The day before, she was in the Dominican Republic, visiting with Haitian children who were moved there to receive medical treatment after the earthquake hit on January 12. Perhaps she wanted to see where her money was being spent. She and Brad Pitt donated a million dollars to help with the rescue efforts in Haiti.

4. Sources say it’s a done deal — “Jersey Shore” will be in Miami for season two. MTV has already rented a house off Lincoln Road and they’re in the process of remodeling it. The cast will head down in May to begin filming. No word on whether the duck phone will be joining them.

3. Tiger’s main mistress has a new gig. “Extra” reportedly has hired Rachel Uchitel to be a special correspondent, focusing on nightlife in the hottest clubs. When Rachel was interviewed by host Mario Lopez recently, Rachel apparently impressed the producers so much that they offered her a job.

2. Lil Wayne was supposed to begin his year on Rikers Island yesterday, but his sentencing has been rescheduled for March 2. Lil Wayne needs dental surgery, so the judge is going to let him take care of that first before he checks in to serve a year in prison for carrying a loaded gun on his tour bus. If he behaves himself, he could get out after 8 months.

1. Lady Gaga’s friends are worried about her. Gaga has lost a good bit of weight — about 20 pounds — after the guy who played her love interest in the “Paparazzi” video let it be known that he was less than enthusiastic about having to kiss her during the shoot. He never said anything to her face, but Alexander Skarsgard made comments under his breath to the crew and made some weird faces that were pretty obvious that he wasn’t digging him some Gaga. A friend of hers said, “She’s already lost about 20 pounds. She says she’s always hungry. She’s not doing a specific diet. She just isn’t eating.”

Almost everyone in Hattiesburg, Miss., knows someone who says they have seen Tiger Woods, but some are speculating that he’s not there at all and it’s a decoy. Well it seems that he is indeed there and that his wife paid him a visit! We told you last week that Elin was supposed to visit him in therapy for 6 days and sources are saying that she went through with it. A barista at Starbucks swears she saw the golfer last week when a man wearing a hat, scarf and sunglasses came in and ordered a coffee to go. She said he was totally bundled up and it wasn’t even cold. Then, a clerk at the local Turtle Creek Mall swears Elin was shopping there Wednesday afternoon. He claims that a blond woman wearing Nike sweats and giant sunglasses came into his shop accompanied by two large men who he guessed were bodyguards. When she pushed up her glasses, the clerk recognized her. He said she had on a diamond necklace, Coach bag, perfect manicure and paid with $100 bills. Elin apparently returned home to Florida by private jet last night.

This rumor comes and goes, but this weekend it seemed to be over the top. Britain most read entertainment mag, called News of the World, released an article saying that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are done for good. They detailed how she has visited with a divorce attorney and that they have even worked out the custody issue. The rumors seemed to be verified when the couple refused to comment even via their reps. Then Pitt didn’t attend either the Globes or the SAGS with the rest of his castmates. However, two very close friends of the unwed couple- including one top Hollywood producer- say that everything is just fine between them. He said,  ”It seems every time Brad and Angie happen to be in separate cities — no matter why — these breakup rumors start flying. … It’s like an almost monthly occurrence”.

The cast of ‘Jersey Shore‘ has a case of reality star greed. Snooki and crew are pulling a Lauren Conrad and playing hardball with MTV in order to get more money for season 2. Sources connected with the negotiations say the cast has rejected offers to give each 5-$5,000 per episode in addition to a $10,000 signing bonus. But that’s not enough for them! Now MTV has supposedly bumped up the offer to $10,000 per episode but the cast still hasn’t responded. What’s crazy is that MTV has a contractual hold on the cast for another year so technically they don’t even have a right to negotiate!

5. A photographer claims he has footage of Axl Rose punching him in the head at LAX Wednesday night. According to this guy, Axl showed up at the airport with some woman and as they were walking in, the woman got into an argument with a couple of paparazzi trying to take her picture. Axl apparently saw the woman scuffling with the photographers and just started throwing punches. Several members of Axl’s entourage dragged him away and then hurried him through airport security.

4. It’s a baby boy boom in Hollywood! On Tuesday, Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady welcomed a baby boy. His name still hasn’t been released. At 12:37 am today, Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett welcomed their baby boy, Hank IV, via C-section. Baby Hank weighed in at 9 lbs., 5 oz. and is 22 inches long. That’s a big boy! And Kourtney Kardashian is expecting her baby boy to pop out any second now.

3. Khloe Kardashian ran into hubby Lamar Odom’s ex-girlfriend at a club and it got real ugly real fast. Lamar was dating “Deal or No Deal” model Claudia Jordan right up until he met Khloe in August. Claudia and Khloe just so happened to be invited to the same party at a house in the Hollywood Hills and at first, the women tried to ignore each other. But as the night wore on — and the alcohol kicked in — a source says Khloe was just hanging out and having a good time when Claudia started staring at her and making snide comments about Khloe’s weight, saying, “Lamar really downgraded…I can’t believe he left me for a MAN….Oh well! I guess big girls need love, too!” Somebody told Khloe what was being said and it was ON. Khloe walked right up to Claudia and got in her face, “You want to talk trash about me, you (BLANKITY BLANK)?! Don’t do it behind my back!” Claudia turned bright red, burst into tears and immediately left the party.

2. Angelina Jolie wrote an OpEd piece for www.Newsweek.com called “Justice Delayed is Not Justice Denied.” She basically gave President Obama a stern talking-to. She is very passionate about the ongoing situation in Darfur where, she wrote,”government supported militia have left 300,000 dead and 2.7 million people internally displaced.” Angelina complains that Obama’s administration hasn’t announced any serious moves to bring those corrupt Sudanese leaders to jusgice. She wrote, “When the administration says it intends to work to ‘improve the lives of the people of Darfur,’ I would like to know what that means, besides the obvious point that their lives could hardly get worse….On this Human Rights Day–the same day President Obama receives his Nobel Peace Prize–we must also remember those who have been deprived of their rights.”

1. A former madam claimes Tiger Woods paid her up to $40K per weekend to spend quality time with her girls. Two of those girls just so happen to be porn star Holly Sampson and lingerie model Jamie Jungers. The madam says Tiger usually asked for “the college cutie, girls-next-door look.” She says Tiger always paid cash and communicated with her by text. His last communication with her was in mid 2008. Meantime, another one of Tiger’s mistresses has hired Gloria Allred to represent her. In fact, Gloria claims she will be representing a number of women involved in this case. Meantime, mistress number one Rachel Uchitel is threatening to sue the women of “The View” — particularly Joy Behar — for calling Rachel a hooker. Rachel was not amused and claims her reputation has been damaged. Gloria Allred is demanding a retraction, or else.

They’ve been trying so hard to keep it a secret and then the director outs the. Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson have been trying to hide their romance for so long and now Catherine Hardwicke-who directed them in Twilight-has just admitted that they are together! That was so easy! She says that as soon as she cast Robert, she told him he better not even think about having a romance with Kristin since she’s under 18 and he would be arrested. But then she goes on to say that Kristin told her directly that it didn’t happen on the first movie. She says that it took a while for their love to blossom and she finally decided that she just had to be with Rob.

Is all not well in the life of the world’s most perfect couple? According to a new tell-all called Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie that is exactly the case. The new Us Weekly has the exclusive first look at what’s really going on their lives “supposedly”. The article says that they’ve broken up so many times it would make your head spin. It also claims Jolie “has a temper like a cobra.” The book even alleges that she confessed to hiring a hit man to kill her in 1998 because she was so distraught. The article also predicts that they will be broken up by December of 2010.

Mike Tyson has been arrested for getting into a serious fight at the airport. Apparently he was at a ticket counter in LAX when a photographer got very close to him. Tyson did what anyone else would do and punched him in the face! The photog fell to the ground and then ran off leaving a trail of blood. An LAPD spokesperson said the photographer suffered a minor laceration to the forehead.Cops say Tyson and the photographer performed citizen’s arrests on each other and both are expected to be booked on misdemeanor battery charges. Tyson’s rep just released a statement saying that he was traveling with his 10-month old daughter when he was attacked by an overly aggressive paparazzi, and hit him in self defense.

Jon Voight back in Angelina’s life? Well that’s what he’s claiming. He said that he and Angie have reconciled and are a part of eachother’s lives again. He says that they are in touch, not regularly, but they love eachother and that’s the most important thing. Apparently, the 2 has a face-to-face back in February and have been in contact since then. He says that Brad Pitt was the determining factor in the reconciliation and that he urged Angie to get in touch with her dad. They haven’t spoken since Angelina cut off contact with her father back in 2001 when he pleaded with her to get help for her serious mental problems on national television.

Taylor Swift isn’t going away anytime soon and she made that clear on last night’s CMA Awards! She opened the show with a great performance but that was nothing compared to the 4 awards she took home! She won music video of the year, female vocalist (which she stole from Carrie Underwood), Album of the year, and the top award of the night, Entertainer of the Year. This is an award usually reserved for the male artists so it’s especially exciting for her. She was sobbing as she took the stage and asked her entire band to join her. She said, “I will never forget this moment because in this moment everything I have ever wanted has just happened to me.” Taylor is the youngest person ever to take home this award!

All the sudden when people get uber famous they seem to adopt bizarre accents from a place only  known to them: FamousTown.  What’s with that Madonna?

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