Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan welcomed their first child, a little girl, on May 31st. Shortly after the birth announcement, they announced their daughter’s name too – Everly Tatum. I was not a fan of the name, but many of you liked it and thought it was cute. I hope they end up calling her Lee Tatum, just because that sounds really cool, like she’s already a cop or a cowgirl.

Anyway, Channing and Jenna posted Baby’s First Photo on their respective Facebook pages over the weekend – look at how cute!! Look at her fancy little dress! This is a really great “first photo” for the family. I’m actually a little bit surprised that Channing and Jenna didn’t manage to work their dogs into the photo too (just because they adore their dogs). Everly has brown hair like both of her parents, and she looks so delicate. I bet she ends up tall like her dad though. Channing posted this photo with the message, “First Father’s Day with my girls.”

Would you like to discuss the PR side of this? Channing’s new big action movie, White House Down, comes out on Friday. So it’s kind of brilliant. And I’m glad that Channing and Jenna didn’t give/sell the photo to People Mag – I’m not opposed to celebrities posting the “first” big baby photos on their social media sites. Everything about this is kind of perfect. Channing is much smarter than people think.

Photos courtesy of Channing’s Facebook, Vanity Fair.

Is anyone else more excited to read the John Galliano interview? You know that’s going to be good/crazy. But Channing Tatum covers the new issue of Vanity Fair, and he’s usually a good interview too. It’s cracking me up that VF did this beefcake-y photoshoot with Channing – the photo with the white tank and sweatpants is really… um… rednecky. There, I said it. I don’t have a problem with rednecks or anything (I live in the South), but good God. Maybe those are his wife’s sweatpants?! Anyway, here are VF’s cover story highlights:

“I don’t think you can prepare. It’s a bit of a freestyle,” Channing Tatum tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Rich Cohen about raising children with his wife, Jenna Dewan. His parents, Tatum says, set a good example “for better and worse. They weren’t perfect. I don’t know anyone who did have perfect parents. It’s provided me with lessons I’ll try to improve upon when I’m up to bat. I’m just going to be a good friend to my kid. One thing I definitely want to change is that whole ‘I don’t want you to make the same mistakes’ mentality. My dad didn’t have much money growing up; he didn’t have much of an education. He forced that on me, and I didn’t want it.”

In Vanity Fair’s July issue, Tatum tells Cohen that his father worked as a roofer right up to the day he fell through a roof and broke his back. Though he recovered, he could never again do heavy labor and consequently became a salesman. Tatum’s father channeled his dreams into his son, stressing education, but Tatum struggled.

“I read so slow,” he tells Cohen. “If I have a script I’m going to read it five times slower than any other actor, but I’ll be able to tell you everything in it. It kills me that there are standardized tests geared towards just one kind of child.”

Another important difference between him and his father, Tatum tells Cohen, is that, as a result of his negative experience with study drugs, he’ll never medicate his child for learning disabilities.

“I truly believe some people need medication,” he says. “I did not. I did better at school when I was on it, but it made me a zombie. You become obsessive. Dexedrine, Adderall. It’s like any other drug. It’s like coke, or crystal meth. The more you do, the less it works. For a time, it would work well. Then it worked less and my pain was more. I would go through wild bouts of depression, horrible comedowns. I understand why kids kill themselves. I absolutely do. You feel terrible. You feel soul-less. I’d never do it to my child.”

Tatum thought the baby was going to be a girl. When initially asked about the gender, he told Cohen, “My wife thinks boy. I think girl.”

Reflecting on the nature of celebrity, Tatum tells Cohen, “I don’t remember who said it, but I do believe that whatever age you become famous, you end up staying that age. Because from that point you’re not asked to be a normal citizen. I broke through at 24 or 25. I had lived a pretty diverse life. When I was finally making money, I knew exactly what I needed … $5.67. I’d have one meal a day. I would go to Checkers and get the No. 1 with everything.”

Tatum thinks people who attain fame earlier in life have it much harder. “I worry about Bieber, man. That kid’s wildly talented. I hope he doesn’t fall down into the usual ways of young kids because it’s so hard for someone to be responsible when they’re not asked to be. We’re not asked to do things ourselves. You have someone there with a coffee. ‘You want food? I’ll get you food.’ I put my bag in the trunk yesterday—I can’t drive here—so my driver, great guy, Terry, amazing, I call him T-Bone, I drop my bag in and left the trunk open. And I get around to my door, and I’m like, ‘What the f–k am I doing? That’s not my behavior.’ ”

[From Vanity Fair]

I like everything he says. Okay, I chuckle a little at “I read so slow” because obviously. I should say that I don’t think Channing is dumb at all – his success in Hollywood proves that. He might not be the fastest reader or the most educated guy, but he’s got great instincts, he works hard and he’s got more in the way of “street smarts” and emotional intelligence than most actors. I have mixed feelings about medicating children with learning disabilities, and I think Channing’s point about overmedication and feeling like a zombie are valid points. And he’s right to worry about Justin Bieber. That kid’s NOT RIGHT.

You can see the VF video of Channing’s shoot here – he plays with animals! What’s better: Channing kissing a puppy or Channing looking BOSS on a horse? I can’t decide.

Photos courtesy of VF.

Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan welcomed a baby girl last week in London. Channing is in London for work, so he moved his family (including the dogs) to the UK while he worked, and he and Jenna made their peace with her giving birth in London. The announcement came over the weekend, although it took forever to find out that Jenna had given birth to a girl. And now we know the name!

Channing Tatum is now officially the Sexiest Dad Alive.

He and wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum welcomed daughter Everly on Friday, May 31 in London, they announced on their respective websites.

Both parents posted “Welcome to the World!” with the message: “Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Channing Tatum are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Everly Tatum, who was born on May 31st in London. Sending love and light to Chan, Jenna, and Ms. Everly!”

It is the first child for the couple, who wed in 2009 after meeting on the set of Step Up. They announced their pregnancy in December. Everly arrived in London, where the couple has been residing while Tatum, 33, films Jupiter Ascending with Mila Kunis.

[From People Mag]

Everly Tatum? I’m sorry, but I really dislike that name. “Tatum” is such an odd last name anyway, and the princess-y quality of “Everly” doesn’t really go with Tatum. It also sounds – and pardon me for showing my Southern roots – very much like what a Southern dude thinks is a “fancy” name. Channing is an Alabama boy, and he’s pretty rednecky. So if you look at it that way, Everly sort of fits. Maybe they’ll call her “Lee”. Lee Tatum sounds badass.

Meanwhile, Channing went back to work three days after Jenna gave birth, according to Us Weekly. So much for paternity leave!! THANKS OBAMA.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I’m kind of surprised that Jenna Dewan was the first of the pregnant ladies to give birth! I thought for sure it would be Busy Phillips, followed by Kim Kardashian, followed by Jenna and then Duchess Kate. But Jenna did give birth, and apparently it happened last Thursday! Channing Tatum and his wife have not released any details of the birth or even if it’s a girl or a boy. All we know is that Jenna gave birth in London.

Add Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum to the list of hot Hollywood parents! The couple welcomed their first child together in London on Thursday, May 30, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm. The bundle of joy’s gender is not yet known.

Tatum, 33, and Dewan-Tatum, 32, announced they were expecting their first child in December. The couple met on the set of Step Up in 2006, and tied the knot in July 2009.

Throughout the pregnancy, the parents-to-be maintained their busy work schedules. “We’re going to actually have the baby in London while I’m shooting, and then there will be no downtime whatsoever after that,” Tatum told Ryan Seacrest in an interview about filming Jupiter Ascending in the UK.

Production of Tatum’s new film is set to move to Chicago in July, and his wife will begin work on her fall Lifetime series, Witches of East End, in Vancouver around the same time.

“The baby will get top billing as far as priorities go,” a source tells Us. “Channing is going to be the most adorable hands-on daddy ever and do whatever is necessary to make sure Jenna can balance it all.”

[From Us Weekly]

Eh, we’ll know the details soon enough. I’m kind of hoping it’s a boy just because I see their genes blending better with a boy, and because I think they’d be adorable with a son. But they’d be adorable with a daughter too, so whatever is fine. Congrats to Jenna and Channing! So, because the baby was born in London, does that mean the baby can’t be president one day? Wouldn’t it be awesome if they had a boy and Duchess Kate had a girl and one day those kids got married and the House of Windsor became the House of Tatum? HA.

………OK, now Us Weekly is claiming that they definitely had a girl! Congrats to Baby Girl Tatum!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Channing Tatum has a new interview in Cosmopolitan ahead of the June 28th release of White House Down, which I’m sure will make a lot of money. Channing plays a Secret Service agent protecting President Jamie Foxx. The interview is kind of meh considering Channing is almost always a GREAT interview. Seriously. I’m not joking. When Channing sits down and talks to a magazine, he’s really quotable and he’s full of interesting little gems. The “gem” in this piece is Channing admission that he’s secretly a “fat kid”.

Why he chose White House Down:
Most movies like this are about other countries attacking America, but this one is a little more unique because the enemy’s coming from the inside. Jamie Foxx [who plays the president] is wickedly smart and strong, not unlike our president now. I believe Obama is a lot of fun when he’s not trying to keep our economy together.

His marriage to Jenna Dewan:
You have to want it. Jenna’s and my thing is checking in with each other all the time, like “On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you love me right now?” And you gotta be honest, and you’ve got to want an honest answer. I told a friend to do that. He asked the question and it turned into a huge fight, and I’m like, that’s kind of the point. Obviously, something needed to be fixed, he needed to be aware of it, and she needed to get it off her chest.

Being an approachable celebrity:
It’s a hard thing for me to wrap my mind around the C word: celebrity. Rock stars are celebrities, because they’re larger than life. As an actor, you have to play the everyman and the everygirl. If you start treating people in the real world like assistants, that’s not a good look. But my friends keep me grounded. It’s embarrassing to tell you how much my friends make fun of me. Seriously, when you have a doll made of your face, it’s ridiculous how creative your friends can get…pictures, videos, little animated cartoons that they’ve made. And they’re way, way not PG-13. So I get chopped down to size all the time.

On Jennifer Lawrence:
I wouldn’t mind being the male Jennifer Lawrence. I think she’s incredibly cool.

Fill in the blank: No one would think I was sexy if they knew_______.
I’m a fat kid on the inside. I love food so much, and I fluctuate about 25 to 30 pounds between movies. I feel like I have to do a chess movie that requires very little movement at some point, just so I can eat pizza and play chess on the beach all day. And then eat more pizza and cheese-burgers and drink beer. That’d be amazing. I’d give anything for that. I gotta figure that movie out.

[From Cosmopolitan]

Yes, you can always tell when Channing is between films because he does start looking… meaty. Not “fat”. But you can tell he’s carrying extra weight. But he seems to take off the weight really quickly, and he can snap back into shape within a matter of weeks. As for his idea of being “the male Jennifer Lawrence” – eh. I would like to know what question led up to that answer. Because if he’s calling himself the male Jennifer Lawrence, he might have miscalculated his place in Hollywood.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

I’m going to dispense with the formalities in quick order, so hang tight. Here’s the bad news — 20th Century Fox has decided to remake Guys And Dolls, which originally starred Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando. The good news? Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been tapped for the Sinatra role while Channing Tatum has been allegedly reserved for the likes of Channing Tatum. In retrospect, the announcement of this remake makes total sense in the totality of the Hollywood spectrum, which certainly cannot help but to remake every single, solitary, successful title in its back catalog. Honestly, I cannot tell if this remake is a good idea or not. Overall, remakes are bad news, and musicals are largely hit-and-miss as well, but this particular remake sounds slightly promising. Here are the details from Deadline’s exclusive scoop:

At long last, 20th Century Fox has closed movie rights to Guys And Dolls, and the studio will soon start the process of developing a remake of the stage and movie classic for what Fox hopes will be a killer pairing of Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the roles made famous by Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando. There is no writer or director yet, but those guys are interested.

While we are all waiting for the eventual movie adaptation of stage hits like Wicked and The Book Of Mormon, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a musical adaptation get the kind of rise out of movie stars that Guys And Dolls has each time a movie deal was rumored. Years ago, it looked like Harvey Weinstein was getting the rights, with his Chicago exec producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron producing the film. Thesps from Russell Crowe to Vin Diesel, Hugh Jackman and others all tossed their hats into the ring to play the leads. Trouble was, Jo Loesser, the widow of songwriter Frank Loesser, never found a deal to her liking and declined to sign over the rights. Until just recently.

The musical was taken from Damon Runyon’s short stories that captured the rogue gangsters and gamblers of the 1920s and 1930s. Here, Nathan Detroit (Sinatra) has a town full of captive gamblers and wants to set up a floating crap game but needs money to do it. He bets his pal Sky Masterson (Brando) that Sky can’t get the wholesome Sarah Brown (Jean Simmons) – who runs a mission – to go with him to Havana. Frank Loesser wrote the music and lyrics, and Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows wrote the book. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical when it premiered in 1950, and won the 1951 Pulitzer for Drama, until the troubles Burrows was having with the House Un-American Activities Committee caused the Trustees of Columbia University to veto the selection. Guys And Dolls was then turned into the 1955 movie. The classic Loesser songs included “Luck Be A Lady,” and “Sit Down, You’re Rocking The Boat.”

Fox’s intention to go young is intriguing, and while there is no deal with either guy and there won’t be one until a script and filmmaker are in place, Tatum and Gordon-Levitt are about the two hottest young guys out there.

[From Deadline]

Interestingly enough, it appears that both JGL and Tatum have already informally auditioned for this production in the form of their recent Oscars performance … along with poor Daniel Radcliffe, who has been relegated to the wayside while his fellow tryhards (in the best sense possible) reap the rewards of their trifecta performance. In case you missed the Oscars, here’s a low-quality video clip of the performance below:

Here’s the thing — we know that both JGL and Charming Potato (thanks, Pajiba) can sing and dance. God only knows that Channing can dance after watching him in the Step Up movies and (hubba hubba) Magic Mike. Meanwhile, JGL has the personality, the hipster appeal, and the charm (plus he can pump gas like no other), but Channing really brings the sex appeal. Is it enough to redeem a title like Guys & Dolls, which (surely) the younger generation just won’t understand?

Photos courtesy of WENN

It just struck me as I was looking through these photos of Jenna Dewan-Tatum posing in Glamour – she looks a bit like Mila Kunis, right? Pregnancy has changed her face a little bit, and in this sort of understated photo shoot, I swear she looks so much like Mila. Anyway, I think these photos are really cute. Although I’ve sworn off babies (unless Michael Fassbender, Eric Bana and/or Benedict Cumberbatch would like to try to impregnate me), I’m not a bump-hater nor do I mind when ladies “flaunt” their bump with bump-specific photo shoots. I actually prefer this style of “cutesy pregnant photo shoots” as opposed to Jessica Simpson’s bizarre Elle shoot last year. Anyway, Jenna has a lot to say about motherhood, etc:

Jenna on marrying an actor: “Most actors and actresses are consumed by careers and getting ahead. Channing and I are ambitious, but our relationship comes first. We take everything day by day, saying, ‘OK, how can we make this work together?’”

On her pregnant body: “I thought my body was going to change so quickly with pregnancy that I’d freak out. But it was really gradual. There’s a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you’re ready to have this baby. Channing has been great. He takes the route of no confrontation, just support, saying things like, ‘Do whatever you want! What do you want to eat? I’m going to leave it up to you.’”

On parenting styles: “Who knows what kind of parents we’ll be? We have two dogs, so we’ve had some practice! And as soon as this baby comes into the world, Channing and I will figure it out real fast.”

On balance: “I think, How in the world am I going to do all this? I have no idea what I’m up against. But I’m as mentally prepared as I can be. It’s an adventure!”

[From Glamour]

“He takes the route of no confrontation, just support, saying things like, ‘Do whatever you want! What do you want to eat? I’m going to leave it up to you.’” Channing is well-trained! Or he just loves his wife and he really doesn’t care if she gains weight because for the love of God, she’s pregnant. I’d like to think Channing is the kind of husband who gains “sympathy weight” with his wife. Judging from recent photos of Chan… yeah, I’d say so. He looks meatier. Totally sympathy weight. Plus.. does anyone else think Jenna is just carrying really beautifully? I think she’s due sooner than Jessica Simpson, Kim Kardashian and Duchess Kate, just FYI.

Photos courtesy of Glamour.

This was just a silly story that I saw and there are just too many jokes to make. Honestly, I think Channing Tatum really did say this to a group of reporters. Channing was asked about spending some time with George Clooney last summer when Clooney extended an invite to Lake Como to Channing and Jenna Dewan. Channing said:

“Well I’ve spent time with George Clooney and he’s the most interesting man on the planet. He can do it all. Yep, I guess what I’m saying is I’d have sex with him.”

[Via The Sun]

Stacy Keibler should just go ahead and pack her bags. George is going to be utterly charmed by Charming Potato! Channing > The Keibler. I’m sure Clooney agrees.

Shall we talk about Channing new movie, White House Down? There’s a new trailer:

Is it wrong that I don’t think this looks so bad? I’m surprised to see Jamie Foxx playing the president, not because Jamie is an African-American (in that regard, I’m only surprised that the president character isn’t Morgan Freeman) but because Jamie could have easily said no to “the glasses-wearing president who gets saved by beefcake Channing”. It’s an interesting choice for Jamie’s career. As for the plot… who blows up the White House JUST to steal secrets or whatever? I feel like this is “What if Julian Assange was al-Qaeda?”

I also wanted to include these two wonderful promotional videos for the MTV Movie Awards. Bedhead linked to these yesterday, but they’re totally worth the coverage! Channing is totally game with Rebel Wilson (she’s the host). I LOVE that Channing says yes to doing these kinds of things. It makes me like him even more.

Various photos of Channing over the past month, courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN and Pacific Coast News.

Controversial opinion: Reese Witherspoon was one of my picks for best dressed of the Oscars. Is that controversial? I think I liked her look so much because she’s Southern and I’m Southern and I appreciate that Reese makes it a (Southern) priority to have a complete look from head to toe, and she prioritizes looking “pulled together”. While her Louis Vuitton dress wasn’t the most amazing thing on the red carpet, she worked the hell out of it, the fit was incredible, and she was one of the few ladies wearing a really strong, bold blue. More blue on red carpets!!! I loved her hairstyle too – classic, chic and “done”. Her hair and makeup complimented the dress perfectly. This is a lesson she should have given Jennifer Aniston – how to look awesome at the Oscars while still looking “real”. Reese really was one of my faves!

And yes, Channing Tatum was another one of my favorites. I can’t help it, y’all. It’s a Southern thing. I love some Charming Potato. I like that after the amazing year he had, he got invited to the Oscars. I like that he didn’t consider it beneath him to dance with Charlize Theron in the opening. I like that he seemed really engaged with his wife Jenna DeWan too. Yes, he’s doing the belly-rubbing thing, but it’s cute. It’s his first child! He’s allowed. I don’t know who made Jenna’s dress.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Here are some photos from last night’s NYC premiere of Side Effects, that Steven Soderbergh film which looks surprisingly good. I’m not sure if the film is actually supposed to be a suspense/thriller (as opposed to a straight drama), but that’s the way the commercials make it seem, and I’m up for it. Also surprising: everybody looked pretty good at the premiere. I think Catherine Zeta Jones looked the best – she wore this Michael Kors gown which looks stunning on her. Zeta killed it!

Rooney Mara, the controversial “star” of the film (Soderbergh wanted Blake Lively originally), wore white Alexander McQueen for her big premiere. You know what? I don’t hate it. I think this would have looked awful on most women, but it kind of works on someone with Rooney’s slight build. The middle-part/slicked-down hair is bad – I would love to see her hair with some body, some fluff, something different. But the dress is okay and it’s interesting.

As for the boys – Channing looked nice in his Dolce & Gabbana suit, although I’m not really crazy about his recently-shorn head. He just looks better with hair. This hairstyle makes him look even more meathead-ish. And Jude… well, Jude Law is making love to the cameras. Jude Law is the business. There’s a reason why he keeps getting ladies pregnant.

Photos courtesy of Andres Otero/WENN.com.