Is Mayor Bloomberg a big Grey's Anatomy fan? Because he was a witness to Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo's wedding at City Hall last week.* Pompeo, the squinty-eyed- sorta- Renee Zellweger- doppelganger, married her fiance Chris Ivery in a simple ceremony. According to the AP, the only witnesses were Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris, and a city clerk's office official performed the ceremony last Friday. We hope that the ceremony was uneventful and happy,......

Gothamist was a bit underwhelmed by this year's Golden Globe nominees, and we were thinking of not liveblogging. But, gosh darn it as we watched the E! preshow and saw the starlets sparkle their way down the red carpet, we realize it was hopeless, so here we are. Let it be known that: - Keira Knightley looks gorgeous in her white Valentino - and there's something surprisingly youthful about the dress, even though there's that......

Last night, Gothamist kicked up our feet, found some friends on IM, and watched the Golden Globes. We are suckers for anything that celebrates our two best friends, television and movies, even if it's all glad-handing and self-congratulatory, because the silver lining is that we can make fun of them. Things started immediately, as the Golden Globes are wont to do, with Renee Zellweger, looking skinny, in a brown cocktail dress, coming out to announce......

The BBC reports that Warburtons graciously asked 2,000 filmgoers what the cheesiest movie lines were, and their answers are this: 1. "I'm the king of the world!" - Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Titanic 2. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner" - Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) in Dirty Dancing 3. "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed." - Carrie (Andie MacDowell) while standing in a downpour in Four Weddings in a Funeral 4. "Ditto" -......

The movie version of the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason hits theaters today — will this be a further boost to Renée Zellweger's career or just another nail in the coffin of the romantic comedy? She's fat, she's thin, now she's fat again! Gothamist is sick of hearing about it, but it's difficult not to watch. Plus, this time around she's an Oscar winning actress, rather than an ingenue......

The Tony Awards are tonight, and if you're like Gothamist, you're going to watch the shows because you secretly know more than you should, given how few musicals and plays you actually saw last year, about all the nominees because you just have too much time your hands (we love Audra McDonald, but if she gets her fourth Tony tonight, we're officially calling the Tonys the "Emmys"). That and Wolverine shimmying around in sequins. Yes,......

Yes, Anne, Gothamist will call you crazy: It looks like Anne Heche (left) had the evening's wacky quotient filled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala, Dangerous Liaisons (read: lots of corsets and bustles). We also liked how the Times's headlined it a "Night of the Living Art" (you can't fool us!) and Guy Trebay pointed out:Andre Leon Talley, the editor at large at Vaogue, swept up the stairs...in a volumnious 18th century......

Oh, my God, this sounds just like "The Next Karate Kid" - just replacing the karate with boxing and Mr. Miyagi with Dirty Harry, and Oscarizing Hillary Swank. The trades report that Clint Eastwood will direct and star in "Million Dollar Baby," "a tragic and platonic love story involving a fighter turned-trainer and a woman in her early 30s who is determined to begin a boxing career." Okay, so maybe it's a little classier, but......

Since life lately has seemed to be all about keeping up with the Joneses, Gothamist was amused at Molly Norton's experiences as fledgling actress, competing with Renee Zellweger, in Salon. Mainly because the moral is you can wonder and envy all you like, but when it comes down to it: I've never had to see Jim Carrey naked. I've never had to kiss Tom Cruise and pretend to enjoy it. No one monitors my weight,......

If it involves movies or television, Gothamist is interested. And if it's the tiniest bit related to the Oscars, then we're all over it. That's why Gothamist has produced a Golden Globes commentary similar to our Oscar commentary from last year. Yes, awards shows are self-congratulatory and ridiculous, and the Golden Globes are not a reliable predictor of the Oscars (which aren't that great anyway but their usefulness as a marketing tool cannot be denied),......

Gothamist has always felt "heavier" (which means "normal" outside of Hollywood) Renee Zellweger was a much better alternative than the scary skinny Renee (over aerobicized arms, bony back). So when we saw her on the Late Show with David Letterman, we were very happy. Renee was basically poured into a red dress and stunned Dave, who said she should wear that every year for the holidays. Here, here. She was kind of incomprehensible and weird......

We didn't want it to be this way, but Gothamist must post this photograph of Renee Zellweger at LAX that was in the Post today. The Post notes that she seems perhaps "voluptuous", making us all the more crazy that our society is obsessed with celebrity weight and that we are contributing to that. But our stance is that Renee should keep some of the weight that she's gained for the second Bridget Jones movie......

There's a fantastic article about the making of Dazed and Confused in Texas Monthly (which is our favorite Texas periodical ever...we think it's maybe the only one ever, too). Writer John Spong interviews writer-director Richard Linklater and many of the stars of the film (notably absent are the two biggest stars, Ben Affleck and Renee Zellweger) for thoughts about how the film was conceived, the filming itself, and the past ten years since it opened......

It's big news that Renee Zellweger is gaining weight for the Bridget Jones' Diary sequel. The AP reports Zellweger as saying, "It's really just math. I've been eating lots of really fattening food." Like the first course of a four course breakfast being "four slices of toast and cream cheese." And she says she'll lose the weight by, again, "doing the math." Yes, Gothamist has covered Renee's weight before...it's just because she was getting dangerously......

When you've read the eighteenth interview with Renee Zellweger and realized you've learned nothing about her, except that she loves her dog, you know that celebrity interviews are a smokescreen. Jeanette Wells asks various interviewers who the boringest interviewees are, and besides Renee, here are three: George Clooney: “During the interview, I was so excited because he seemed so forthcoming and disarming. Then I got home and listened to my tape, and realized he hadn’t......

- Getting to know Baltimore - The Sneaker Lootings of 2003 - Bad celebrity tattoo ideas - Paul Newman is joking. Joking, okay? Like being funny. Not serious. - Renee Zellweger: Anorexic, alcoholic, or just plain crazy - Will the NJ Nets move to Brooklyn? Not if Jersey can help it. - Where to pee in the city - See American Splendor - Tiny Factory t-shirts: There's nothing wrong with being North Korean; it's just......

Renee Zellweger has agreed to play Bridget Jones once again for the sequel, and she will indeed pack on the pounds: The Age reports that on top of her $15 million salary, Renee will get another $225,000 per kilo she adds to her weight. Gothamist has mixed opinions about this. We feel that her performance in Bridget Jones was brilliant, but since she's gone totally anorexic post-Bridget Jones, we're concerned that she'll starve herself so......

The L.A. Times takes a look at the inevitable phenomenon of actors and actresses who seemed headed for success at one point but then Hollywood realized they were just a doppelgangers for others with more potential to be successful. Specifically the idea that there are A-list and B-list versions of the same model of actor, like Renee Zellweger and Joey Lauren Adams are pretty similar, in looks and attitude, but Renee is A-list, Joey B-list,......

Daily News speaks with Peyton Reed, director of the upcoming Down With Love, a throwback to the "sex" comedies of the late 50s and early 60s, like Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, and That Touch of Mink. Ewan MacGregor can be charming in his sleep and we certainly rather see more of him than less, but he's not so much the manly man Gothamist imagines from those comedies...Hugh Jackman, the best thing about the anemic......

Oscar Commentary
Oscar is celebrating its 75th anniversary, I'm celebrating my 25th anniversary of watching Oscar....

The evening is over, while Gothamist will be following up with extensive commentary about the actual Oscar telecast, here are the winners and some post-game analysis: Best Picture: Chicago - Marty Richards Not a huge surprise given the momentum Chicago's had since the Golden Globes, but there was an outside chance of a Pianist upset with The Pianist's acting, directing, and screenplay awards. But in the end, Harvey got his best picture. Best Actor in......

News comes that Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah will perform at the Oscars, but not Renee Zellweger. Apparently she declined, and, Ms. Zellweger, we thank you for that. She even admitted not wanting to sing - in a Guardian article, she said, "I was not going to sing for anybody besides my dogs when I'm in the shower, and then Rob Marshall comes along and that was it." Damn you, Rob Marshall! I like Renee......

NY Post article about Renee Zellweger's alleged agreement to star in the sequel to Bright Jones' Diary, as well as gain weight for the role. This article has all the hallmarks of pure British tabloidism - overblown metaphor when talking about her salary in correlation to her weight, and then complete non-sensicalness when essentially admitting that they don't know how much weight she has to gain.......