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Tim Burton returns to the big screen in his first 3D feature, and Burton fans won’t be disappointed with his whimsical take on the Lewis Carroll classic.

Returning some of Burton’s favorite actors to the screen together, Alice offers all the favorite flares of Burton’s movie making: rich visuals, zany characters, and strong CGI, delivering a treat that can be enjoyed by young and old.

Already set to become the second highest grossing movie of the year (after Avatar,) Alice has come in to mixed reviews. The often repeated criticism comes down to narrative, or specifically a claimed lack there of. But this is an unfair criticism, particularly among critics who praised Avatar for its Pocohantas with Aliens storyline.

The original Alice in Wonderland tale is one of pure fantasy, a story for the ages that some would argue defined the genre. The movie reflects this, be it with Burton’s own take.

The core of the story sees a grown Alice return to Wonderland to take on the Red Queen, and revisit the world from her childhood she recalls only as a dream.

The movie introduces the classic characters over various scenes, building to the climax at the end (no spoilers from me.)

To argue that the movie suffers from narrative is to ignore the very nature of the story, and shows a failure to appreciate it for what it is: this is a movie with waist coated rabbits, cards with swords, and other bizarre creatures. It is a pure flight of fantasy, and should be appreciated as such.

Australian actress Mia Wasikowska shines as Alice, bringing a haunting beauty and Victorian subtlety to the screen. Johnny Depp was made to play the Mad Hatter, and delivers the part strongly. Most other characters are rendered in CGI, but are so seamless the blend of people and computer animation truly has you believing you are in Wonderland.

The 3D isn’t Avatar spectacular, but very few movies in the years to come ever will be. The 3D though adds a vibrant depth to the visuals, and is in the most part used effectively.

If you prefer your movies with strong political statements and naked blue aliens, stick to Avatar. If you want a movie to enjoy for its richness without being preached to, one that delivers enjoyable escapism, you’ll love Alice in Wonderland

3 1/2 out of 4 stars.

Sean Hayes, most famous for his role as show-stealing, flamboyant Jack McFarland on NBC’s “girl and her gay” comedy “Will and Grace,” has confirmed his gayness to The Advocate.

Hayes, who is apparently here and queer, so please get used to it, says he never intended to obfuscate his sexuality, just that it wasn’t necessarily anyone’s business. Hayes states:

As for why Hayes took so long in making his sexual orientation public, he says, “Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don’t know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?”

He adds, “I feel like I’ve contributed monumentally to the success of the gay movement in America, and if anyone wants to argue that, I’m open to it. You’re welcome.”

Anderson Cooper was unavailable for comment.

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Robbie Williams has postponed his wedding.

The ‘Bodies’ singer and his fiancee, actress Ayda Field, initially planned to marry on Valentine’s Day, February 14, but the pair reportedly changed their plans when information about their nuptials was made public.

A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper, “Robbie and Ayda are desperate to marry and start a new domesticated life together.

“But when their first day, February 14, escaped into the public domain, Robbie hit the roof. He has played out his relationship with Ayda largely behind closed doors and wanted it to stay that way.

“They don’t want a huge showbiz wedding with glossy magazines in attendance and flashbulbs going off. So it is vitally important to both of them that it stays private with only a handful of people knowing where and when the event will be.”

Robbie, 36, and Ayda, 30, are now believed to be planning a new intimate ceremony for the end of the year.

Recently Robbie displayed how much Ayda has changed him after he agreed to quit his 60-a-day cigarette habit to boost their chances of starting a family together.

A source said, “Ayda is very keen to start a family and knows the damage tobacco can do to sperm.

“It’s hard for Robbie to say no to the woman he loves at the best of times. But it’s even harder when, far from nagging him about smoking, she gives practical support and offers to be there for him when he’s finding it tough.”

Nicole Richie has joked fiance Joel Madden has no say in their forthcoming nuptials.

The reality TV star and the Good Charlotte rocker, who have two children, Harlow, two, and five-month-old Sparrow, announced their engagement last month but admit Nicole is the one in charge of the plans.

Talking about the wedding, Joel said, “It’s the same thing as our engagement, we’re kind of doing it at our own pace. We have no idea right now.”

Nicole then quipped: “Like he has any say.”

The couple are also disagreeing what kind of wedding they want.

Joel added, “According to her we’ll have a really big wedding. According to me, it will be really small.”

Nicole and Joel attended last night’s Oscars, March 7, together and joked they were set to tie the knot imminently.

When asked about the date of their big day, Nicole deadpanned, “It’s tomorrow.”

Joel, who performed a DJ set at the ceremony quipped, “I thought it would be cool to do it here.”

Although their engagement was announced last month, the couple had secretly been engaged for some time.

Joel tweeted recently, “Yep. I’m engaged. Very happy.

“Yeah we’ve been engaged for a while so your all kind of late on that. But Thanks for the hooplah all the same (sic).”

The couple denied that they had plans to marry as late as last year, and were in no plans to rush into tying the knot.

Nicole said, “One day I would love to get married. It’s not something we’re talking about right now. If my kids ask me to get married, I’d get married.”

Daniel Radcliffe was hospitalized with food poisoning last week.

The ‘Harry Potter’ star contracted a bug while in the US and was forced to spend two days in a New York medical facility being treated for dehydration.

The 20-year-old star caught a flight home to the UK on Saturday, March 6, and reportedly filled in fellow passengers with the details about his embarrassing stomach upset.

A passenger on the same plane told The Sun newspaper, “He looked as white as a sheet. He said he felt like he was going to die and had spent most of his time on the toilet.”

The actor had been in the country to support the Trevor Project, a non-profit US suicide prevention charity which works with young gay and transgender people.

Daniel had previously spoken about why he’d lent his face to the project, which runs a 24 hour helpline.

He said, “I grew up knowing a lot of gay men and it was never something that I even thought twice about – that some men were gay and some weren’t. And then I went to school and for the first time and I came across homophobia. I had never encountered it before. It shocked me.

“I think it’s important for somebody from a big, commercial movie series like ‘Harry Potter’ and particularly because I am not gay or bisexual or transgendered. The fact that I am straight makes not a difference, but it shows that straight people are incredibly interested and care a lot about this as well.”

Sandra Bullock plans to celebrate her Oscar win with a burger.

The actress, who picked up the Best Actress accolade for her role in ‘The Blind Side’ at last night’s, March 7, ceremony, admitted she was overwhelmed by winning her first-ever Academy Award and was longing to go home.

She joked, “I just want to eat! I just want to sit down and take my shoes off, and take my dress off, and eat a burger – and not worry that my dress is going to bust open.

“Sorry that’s all I can give you, but I just want to eat! And take a nap.”

The 45-year-old star, who picked up Worst Actress for her role in ‘All About Steve’ at the Golden Raspberry Awards the evening before, was watched by her tearful husband Jesse James when she picked up her Oscar.

Dismissing his emotions, she said afterwards, “It was because the dancers kicked up a lot of dust.”

Sandra paid tribute to her fellow Best Actress nominees – Dame Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe and Meryl Streep – in her acceptance speech, singling out ‘Julie and Julia’ star Meryl, calling her “my lover” in reference to their shared kiss at the People’s Choice Awards.

She also jokingly thanked all the Hollywood stars who had been nasty to her in the past, including George Clooney, who she said had once thrown her in a swimming pool.

Despite making the audience at Los Angeles’ Kodak Theatre laugh with her speech, she then became tearful as she thanked her late mother Helga D. Meyer.

She said, “Thank you for not letting me ride in cars with boys until I was 18. And for reminding her daughters that there’s no race, no religion, no class system, no colour, nothing, no sexual orientation that makes us better than anyone else. We are all deserving of love.”

Cheryl Cole’s family will never forgive her estranged husband Ashley Cole for allegedly cheating on her.

The ‘Parachute’ singer, who announced her separation from the soccer player last month, was left devastated by claims he had slept with a string of women behind her back and her brother is furious at the way “arrogant” Ashley treated his younger sister. Andrew Tweedy said, “My heart bleeds for Cheryl, I know what she’s going through. This has really hurt her. She has a heart of gold and does not deserve it.

“Ashley Cole is arrogant and I will never forgive him for what he has done to my little sister.”

Andrew, 29, claims Cheryl is even more upset because she had been planning to put her career on hold and have children with Ashley.

He told the Daily Mirror newspaper, “She saw him as the father to their kids. That’s why she married him and that’s why he has left her heartbroken.

“Having kids with him, becoming a mother, that’s all Cheryl has ever really wanted. She comes from a big family, we are all still close and the maternal instinct is really strong. The public humiliation makes it 10 times worse, but for her not being able to start a family is the hardest part.”

Despite claims Cheryl, 26, was set to give Ashley another chance, Andrew insists they will divorce.

He said, “As far as I’m aware they are talking about the practicalities of divorce. There is no way back for Ashley.”

Meanwhile, Ashley is said to be chain-smoking as he copes with the stress over the public breakdown of his marriage.

He is currently receiving treatment in a private clinic in France for a broken ankle and while smoking is banned, the 29-year-old sportsman looked to be holding a cigarette while out on his balcony.

Sparklehorse singer Mark Linkous died on March 6th, his family has confirmed on his website.

A simple statement on Sparklehorse.com read:

From the Linkous Family: “It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and family member, Mark Linkous, took his own life today. We are thankful for his time with us and will hold him forever in our hearts. May his journey be peaceful, happy and free. There’s a heaven and there’s a star for you.” – March 6, 2010

Linkous, who recently collaborated on the Danger Mouse and David Lynch project “Dark Night of the Soul,” spoke in interviews about a struggle with depression in the past:

…Linkous talked about struggling with depression for years before recording his 2006 album. “It just got really bad for three years. It was this vortex I couldn’t climb out of,” he explained. “I think probably a little confidence is what helped, and that confidence was music. Just getting a song down, one at a time, that I felt was decent.”

Linkous shot himself in an alley outside a friend’s home in Knoxville, his manager confirmed to press. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He is survived by his wife Teresa, his parents and three brothers.

Robert Pattinson is terrified of breaking down in interviews.

The ‘Twilight’ heartthrob gets stricken by nerves whenever he has to speak about himself and wishes he could stay out of the spotlight when he isn’t making movies.

He said, ‘During interviews I’m incredibly nervous. I don’t want there to be a silence, because I’ll start crying out of nervousness. I just say the first thing that comes into my head. But the only way to establish any kind of mystique is to completely shut up and never talk to anyone. Unfortunately, I have to. It’s in my contract.’

The 23-year-old star – who is dating his ‘Twilight’ co-star Kristen Stewart – hates watching himself on screen because he always feels like a “fraud” who is ill at ease with his emotions.

He explained to Live magazine, “I took my mother to the ‘Twilight’ premiere and squirmed through the first ten minutes. But in the end I couldn’t bear it, so I had to leave and went out and sat in the car.

“I hate watching myself on screen, because I’m constantly worried that I’ll look like a fraud. Even before I started acting, I was constantly thinking I was faking my emotions. I remember when I was a teenager thinking my girlfriend was cheating on me, and going around riling myself up, pretending to cry. It was totally illegitimate – I actually didn’t feel anything.”

The Oscars are long, and although people across the world watch it, even the attendees are bored to tears. (Did you see George Clooney?)

If you missed Hollywood’s biggest night of self-adoration all year, here’s a handy crib sheet for the most notable moment’s from last night’s show.

1. George Clooney was a bitch all night. Homeboy picked up a bag of swag that probably cost thousands of dollars and included like, trips to Africa and shit, but every time the camera panned toward him he made a point of letting America know he would much rather be at his Italian villa, draped in supermodels and making faces at paparazzi.
2. Some old white lady pulled a Kanye West on Roger Ross Williams. Seriously, apparently there was a New York Times article about how this dude struggled over writing a potential acceptance speech, he goes and wins and three words in, this woman called Elinor Burkett crashed it. The whole debacle was really sad, and rumor has it the lady was kind of ousted from the movie early on for being the kind of person who would do such a thing.
3. Jeff Bridges won, Gabby Sidibe didn’t. Sandra Bullock won, Morgan Freeman didn’t. A whole lot of other people won Oscars, you should look at our liveblog if you want a complete rundown of the wins and losses. Also, Jeff Bridges is apparently a stand-up dude that’s been with his wife for 35 years. Bless.
4. James Cameron’s ego was finally dashed- spetacularly. His ex-wife beat his ass for Best Director and Best Movie. And ex-wives everywhere felt ever so slightly better.
5. Oscar mourned 2009’s dead, with the notable exception of Farrah Fawcett. Twitter didn’t forget. Whoops!
6. Dolphins are sadder than migrant kids and other sad things. A film called “The Cove” won Best Documentary and now everyone wants to know about dolphins.
7. If you’re in New York, you missed the first thirteen minutes. But you didn’t miss much. It was awkward and even Alec Baldwin’s sweet, sweet voice didn’t redeem it much. Plus, Cablevision and whoever they were fighting with worked their shit out just as soon as you taught your mom how to watch a live feed of something on the internet.
8. The kids from “The Breakfast Club” got really old and it was kind of sad. Everyone misses John Hughes marginally more than all the rest of the dead people.
9. Famous people use big words. No one watching knew what “equanimity” or “towhead” means, going by Google searches during and after the show. Read a book, people. I recommend “Push” by someone named Sapphire. Really tugs the old heartstrings.

That’s pretty much everything you need to know, if you hear all the chit chat in your cube and have no idea what happened. You’re welcome.