When it comes to investing in Hollywood stars, who is going to give studios the biggest return for their money? That’s the question answered by an interesting new survey from Forbes. A few things to keep in mind as you peruse their findings: Forbes looked at the last three non-animation movies of the 40 highest-earning actors in Hollywood, and the total compensation number includes both upfront and backend pay (ie, money made from DVD sales). The end result? A top five that’s dominated by young actors who have starred in some of the biggest franchises of the decade — and Anne Hathaway. Click through to find out who else made their list. Read More »

Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of the most memorable looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!

This week, on Go Fug Yourself, we gave props to Kristen Stewart… twice! We were horrified (horrified, I tell you!) by Rosanna Arquette. We speculated that Lisa Rinna may have assaulted a Muppet, and thought Jackson Rathbone might be turning into one. We were stunned by the fact that a British reality star was able to walk around in this dress without flashing us the efforts of her bikini waxer. We wished Mia Wasikowska would do something with herself, and decided George Clooney needs to date someone closer to his own age — sorry, Stacy Keibler. And, finally, we decided that we will always love Emma Stone, even when she’s wearing an evening gown that looks like it was made out of newspaper.

There are two types of people who care about The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – those who are already lining up to get into tonight’s midnight screenings and those who are simply devouring the hilarious reviews of critics who never wanted to see the movie in the first place. For that latter group (of which we are most certainly a part), today’s crop of reactions are solid gold. While the general consensus seems to be that Breaking Dawn is too long and slow, with bad writing and no performances to write home about, it’s the details of the funniest reviews that will send you into hysterics. See Taylor Lautner compared to a pizza-delivering porn star and much, much more after the jump. Read More »

Today at Flavorpill, we couldn’t believe how different/creepy Kristen Stewart looks when she actually smiles. We hoped that a new biography that says fashion icon Coco Chanel was a Nazi spy isn’t really true. We thoroughly enjoyed Splitsider’s roundup of TV comedy’s most tragic characters, which includes poor Ron Donald from Party Down. We fell in love with Misty Woodford’s dreamy Polaroid pics. We were surprised to hear singer Josh Groban will be making a cameo on The Office as Andy Bernard’s brother. (Less surprising: the news that TLC has decided to cancel Kat Von D’s reality show LA Ink.) We discovered that some of our favorite authors were actually copywriters before they became famous for their work. We celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Nike swoosh by reading about the iconic logo’s origin story. We were amused by the findings of a new poll that says Betty White is America’s most trusted celebrity. We decided that it was worth giving french fly-flavored lip balm a try. And finally, we couldn’t stop laughing out loud over this extremely short escalator. While we usually support laziness, this is taking things a little too far, don’t you think?

[Editor's note: Welcome to the second installment of our new Friday feature The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of their favorite looks of the week in this space. There will be some good outfits; there will be some bad outfits; there will be some fugly outfits -- actually, we've got our fingers-crossed that there will be lots and lots of latter. We hope you enjoy it!]

This week, on Go Fug Yourself, we took a long look back at Shania Twain’s Wardrobe Through The Years. Hint: IT’S BAD. When we weren’t humming, “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” we were feeling impressed indeed by the gorgeous and fabulously dressed duchess formerly known as Kate Middleton. We didn’t ignore the actresses of the world, either, as we devoted a considerable amount of time to redressing Nicole Kidman for the CMT Awards, giving props to Kristen Stewart at the MTV Movie Awards, keeping a wary eye on Cate Blanchett, and wondering if something looked weird with Charlize Theron’s face. Then we realized that even if it does, we’d be lucky to look so weird. So consider this an apology, Charlize, and carry on.

1. Gucci Mane — who is currently out on bail and awaiting a competency hearing tied to some reckless driving charges — has tattooed an ice cream cone on his face. And if you look closely, it says “Brrr.” [via The Hairpin]

2. In case you care about such things, the first image from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn has landed online, and it features Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart engaging in some PG-13 level petting. [via Collider]

3. Swedish author Fredrik Colting’s “sequel” to JD Salinger’s 1951 classic, The Catcher in the Rye, has been banned from release in the US and Canada. He must also stop calling his work 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye. [via BBC News]

4. Richard Greenberg is reportedly collaborating with Scott Frankel and Michael Korie on a Broadway musical adaptation of Todd Haynes’ 2002 flick Far From Heaven. [via Perez Hilton]

5. Today in people with way too much money buying super silly things: Kanye West reportedly paid Tiret $180,000 to make a custom watch encrusted with 8 karats of yellow, black, brown and white diamonds in the shape of his own face. [via PopEater]

Bonus link: Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook?

1. Because he loves to keep us guessing/totally confused, James Franco will be teaching “a very special” class at Yale next winter. [via Daily Express]
2. If the Hollywood Teamsters strike on August 1, it would be even worse news for television lovers than 2007′s WGA strike. Keep your fingers crossed it doesn’t happen. [via THR]
3. Are public libraries the new cupcakes? [via NPR]
4. David Fincher screen-tested five actresses for the role of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo‘s Lisbeth Salander this week, and lucky for us, none of them were Kristen Stewart! [via Digital Spy]
5. For reasons that remain unclear, Taylor Momsen‘s new video for “Miss Nothing” re-imagines the Last Supper with lots of black eyeliner and writhing. [via Jezebel]

Bonus link: What Your Fingernail Length Says About You

The cultural zeitgeist can be a strange thing indeed. A few years ago, it brought us a pair of competing Truman Capote films, 2005′s widely lauded Capote and 2006′s unfairly overlooked Infamous. Then there was poor Baz Luhrmann, who wanted to make an Alexander the Great film starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the early ’00s, only to have his project canceled to avoid overlap with Oliver Stone’s Alexander (2004). And it seems that the next few years will bring another raft of competing films on the same topic, from adaptations of counterculture classics to dueling Marilyn Monroe biopics. After the jump, we compare five such pairs to predict which will win each category.

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Quick admission: We’ve never had much hope for the Runaways biopic. Mostly because we think Kristen Stewart is too dead in the eyes to play the Queen of Rock and Roll. It works for Bella, but little else — especially not appearances on Letterman. And then there was the fact the Dakota Fanning was involved, in the role of Cherie Currie. Her puberty upsets us. But now the first teaser is out, and we’re willing to give it a chance, even if all of the  the quick cuts make it almost impossible to get a read on whether the film’s actually good or not. Perhaps because “Cherry Bomb” is playing in the background. Or maybe it’s the awesome mullet hair.

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1. Oprah is set to announce today that she’s ending her show on September 9, 2011, when her current contract expires, and moving it to her own network. [via USA Today]
2. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning will kiss in The Runaways, that upcoming Joan Jett biopic. [via Pop Candy]
3. Zaha Hadid is meeting the Pope this week. He wants to “revitalize religious art and architecture.” [via Archinect]
4. Preview the Tim Burton MoMA exhibition website, which officially launches this Sunday. It’s sick. [via MoMA]
5. There’s a new Interpol album expected for early 2010; the band’s drummer Sam Fogarino says they revert back to their earlier sound. [via NME]

Bonus link: Milton Glaser talks about drawing while drawing