Charlize Theron and Leighton Meester were the two big celebrity “gets” at last night’s “HTC Serves Up NYC Product Launch” event. Charlize looks really weird to me, but I think I’m just being thrown off by the full skirt and the lack of high heels. Allegedly, the green dress is Chloe… and I don’t like it much. Charlize is famous for her amazing legs, so why is she wearing a full-skirted dress that makes her legs look like little toothpicks? The cut and the style is not flattering. That being said, I love the color on her.

Meanwhile, Leighton wore Leighton wore a dress from the Marios Schwab Resort 2012 Collection and Burberry shoes. Um… the outfit is fine, it’s kind of boring, but meh. BUT THE SHOES. Dear God. Those look like some 1970s craft project, all wood beads and bad colors. And don’t get me started on the bangs.

Getting back to Charlize for a moment – have you seen her latest Dior commercial? It’s the one where Dior puts Charlize in the same company as Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich and Grace Kelly. WTF?

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

Did you know that there’s a German edition of In Touch Weekly? I didn’t. Well, Charlize gave an interview to the German edition (I guess…?) and Charlize talks BABIES. She’s talked about babies before, of course. Back in 2009, when she was with Stuart Townsend, she said: “I’ve always known that I wanted to be a mom. I love children. I’ve always loved children. But I’m not like, ‘Oh my god, I really must have kids right now.’ I’ve never felt this pressing urge that some biological clock is ticking. We both want to be parents one day, but I’ve no idea when that will be.” And then when Charlize had her little thing with Ryan Reynolds – what it was, it only lasted a month or two – the rumor going around was that Charlize was all “I WANT BABIES” and Ryan was all “Um, we’ve only been dating for a hot minute.” Some of you didn’t believe that version of events, but this new interview with Charlize definitely shows that she’s got babies on the brain:

The actress has been single since ending her brief fling with Ryan Reynolds earlier this month, but she’s not about to let her solo status stop her starting a family!

Single Charlize Theron is so desperate to start a family, she’s considering following in the footsteps of Sandra Bullock, Angelina Jolie and Denise Richards and adopting a baby!

“I want a baby,” Charlize coos in an interview with Germany’s In Touch magazine. “If it would happen tomorrow I would still be very happy about it.”

The 36-year-old South African ended her nine-year relationship with Irish actor Stuart Townsend in 2010. She dated Ryan Reynolds earlier this summer, before that romance fizzled out — leaving Charlize single again.

But she has no problem adopting and raising her baby as a single mom, adding, “Why not? I’m open to everything in life.”

[From Holly Baby]

So… that doesn’t make it sound like she’s actively seeking out a baby, like she’s already started the adoption process or she’s looking for donors or something. It just sounds more like, “I’d really like a baby, that would be nice. And a Caesar salad, thank you. How does one go about acquiring those things?” But if Charlize wants to be a mom, more power to her. I hope it happens for her.

Oh, and I thought she was pregnant back in June, but I now think it was just a bad dress.

By the way, here’s the teaser commercial for Charlize’s new J’Adore Dior campaign. I like her outfit in this spot:

Photos courtesy of WENN.

As Kaiser reported yesterday, US Weekly has a big story this week all about how Scarlett Johansson supposedly wants her ex husband, Ryan Reynolds, back so she can start a family with him and have his gerbil-faced babies. Meanwhile he’s wary of getting back with the woman who dumped him, and has been happily off sowing his oats with a bunch of PYTs and models. One of his latest hookups, the lovely Charlize Theron, didn’t work out according to US, which has an inset story on that Scarlett article all about how Ryan dumped Charlize when she started to get too serious. I get the feeling that if the timing would have been better, like if Ryan wasn’t freshly divorced, he would have been all over that for the long haul. He got burned and he’s waiting to see what happens. It doesn’t help that Scarlett is messing with his head. Or are Ryan’s people pushing that story to make it look like Scarlett thinks she made a mistake?

Anyway, here’s US’ story about the end of Charry:

A source says the newly divorced Ryan Reynolds ended his brief summer fling with Charlize Theron, 36, in late July [after two months] because he “only wanted something casual, but she’s in a rush to settle down, have kids and start a family since she’s getting older. Charlize didn’t take it very well when he broke it off. She knows deep down that it wouldn’t have worked, but she is pretty bummed about it all.”

No wonder: The relationship seemed so promising for the private pair, who kept their relationship very quiet, says an insider. In fact, the couple weren’t even on anyone’s radar until Reynolds was spotted emerging from the Oscar winner’s Malibu home June 5. “They just dated, mostly long-distance,” says a friend of the twosome, set up by mutual pals. (Theron’s nine-year relationship with actor Stuart Townsend, 38, ended last year.) The former neighbors, who had known each other for several years, quickly discovered they had a spark: After a covert dinner date at Gjelina in Los Angeles July 13 (“He came in before her and sat down, then she snuck in,” says a fellow diner), they were spotted making out in a nearby parking lot. But Theron’s family focus, compounded with conflicting schedules, forced Ryan to end it. “They’re both too busy,” says another pal of Theron… “And they were hardly ever together anyway.”

[From US Weekly, print edition, August 15, 2011]

Oh well, they would have been so blindingly attractive together. People said the same thing about Ryan and Scarlett and we hardly saw them though. It’s like Ryan’s relationships only exist in the abstract.

I’m kind of surprised to hear that Charlize was pushing for a family, though. She said all that stuff about not getting married until it was legal for same sex couples and she doesn’t strike me as the type who wants kids. She had plenty of time to have kids with her last boyfriend. I always pegged her as more of a Cameron Diaz type when it came to relationships. Have fun while it lasts.

Photos of Charlize are from 7/23/11. Photos of Ryan are from 8/1/11. Credit: WENN.com

Here are the first promotional images from Snow White and the Huntsman, the “reimagined” retelling of the Snow White story with the lip-biting mouth-breather Kristen Stewart in the Snow White role. Kristen and her costars were at Comic-Con to do some early promotion for the film – very, very early, as it turns out, because they haven’t even filmed one day of this junk. Here’s a fun fact: did you know that Michael Fassbender was originally in talks to play The Huntsman? True story. Now the part is filled by Chris Hemsworth, beefcake, meathead and now known for Thor. Anyway, I didn’t realize that they were going to make “Snow White” into some kind of Joan d’Arc/Boudicca type warrior-woman. Now Kristen’s casting is making slightly more sense, although I still have my doubts that she’ll be any more or less capable of portraying “warrior princess” than “pretty princess”. Also: Charlize looks fierce as hell as the Evil Queen.

If fans at the Comic Con convention were looking for a little action and verbal sparring, that’s exactly what they got when Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron took stage to promote their movie Snow White and the Huntsman.

Kristen, 21, and Charlize, 35, engaged in some playful fighting talk yesterday as they unveiled the first character images from their upcoming fairytale film. The South African actress admitted she didn’t really know Stewart, but said she had a feeling the Twilight star was going to ‘give me a run for my money.’ Theron added: ‘And I’m ready for it b**ch, let’s go!’

Producers debuted the first photos of Stewart, as an armoured, sword-wielding Snow White, and Theron, as the Evil Queen, at the Comic-Con fan convention in San Diego, California. The film’s co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Sam Claflin also attended the panel discussion.

Stewart told the massive crowd of assembled fans that doing a traditional Snow White was not something ‘I was jumping at.’ What attracted her was that this Snow White is more edgy: ‘I get to have a sword and stuff,’ Stewart said.

A newly released publicity photo shows Stewart wearing armour and holding a huge sword and shield in the movie.

Charlize plays the evil queen and Chris Hemsworth co-stars as the huntsman. Cameras will begin rolling on the highly anticipated fantasy film next week in London. The movie is due out next June and is one of two Snow White movies set to hit theatres.

The other Snow White film will star Lily Collins and Julia Roberts as the evil queen. The Julia Roberts version does not yet have a title, but the team behind the movie recently moved up its release date.

[From The Mail]

So K-Stew will be playing a lip-biting, mouth-breathing, monotone warrior princess, Charlize is playing the haughty Evil Queen, Hemsworth is the super-butch Huntsman and Sam Claifin is the prince… Sam is the one I know the least about, but in the promotional image, doesn’t he look like a young Billy Bob Thornton?!?

Photos courtesy of WENN. Promotional images from Universal.

I was going to do some individual posts about Comic-Con and all of the odd fashion choices and cute boys that were swirling around, but I decided to just split this junk up into two posts – Fashion and Cute Boys (better knows as Hot Guy Comic-Con, which I’ll do in a moment). Last night was the Comic-Con premiere of Cowboys & Aliens, and Olivia Wilde chose this… oddly funereal black lace Dolce & Gabbana gown. I don’t understand putting on this kind of heavy, lacy, black mourning garb for a summer premiere at Comic-Con. I don’t understand the super-heavy makeup choice either – while I don’t care for Olivia in general, I think she’s much prettier with more natural makeup (and minus the bangs trauma, so that’s a plus).

Next up: Ginnifer Goodwin in a radioactive-yellow dress by Roksanda Ilincic. Um. I think Ginnifer is cute as a button, but this dress is so bright, and yellow isn’t necessarily her color. But I kind of like that she went so bold.

Freida Pinto at the press conference for The Immortals, designer unknown. Cute and appropriate for a photo call.

Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale promoting the Total Recall remake. Both look pretty happy to be amongst the nerds, but I think Biel is a little “too happy”. I’ve never really noticed before how they could be sisters. As for the fashion – Kate is wearing Tibi, and Biel wore this odd, unflattering Christina Cota belly shirt and Aldo shorts. What is this, 1994?

But my new favorite photos are these, from the Snow White press conference/photo call. Both Kristen Stewart (Lip-biting Snow White) and Charlize Theron (haughty Evil Queen) look fine and appropriate. Both my body-language expertise (non-existent) says that Charlize and K-Stew kind of hate each other. Well, Charlize just looks like “This lip-biting bitch.” K-Stew looks more like “Wha?”

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.

This morning, Page Six has an interesting little advance article from Life & Style and now L&S has released the full piece to us. Sources claim that soon after Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson’s divorce was finalized, they went out to dinner and ScarJo seemed like she was ready and willing to “give it another go”. Sort of. She was extra flirty!

Six months after their marriage fell apart, Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson were spotted together at an intimate dinner in LA on July 9, Life & Style has exclusively learned.

The two exes dined at Little Dom’s in the Loz Feliz section of LA. The duo arrived together and sat at a secluded booth in the back of the room, a fellow diner tells Life & Style.

“Scarlett was being very flirty with him, staring into his eyes and listening very intently to everything he was saying,” says the eyewitness. “The way Ryan looked at her, you could tell he still has feelings for her.”

While the couple’s marriage officially ended on July 1, it seems they haven’t closed the book on their relationship just yet. Scarlett quickly moved on with a much older Sean Penn, but the pair called it quits in June.

On their July 9 date, “Scarlett kept pinching Ryan’s cheeks and caressing his face and while they were chatting, Ryan would rub her back periodically,” the eyewitness adds. “Something’s definitely up.”

[From Life & Style]

Ugh. My take on this story is that it probably did go down, maybe a little less touchy-feely, but something like this went down. I think ScarJo was just doing that thing that some girls do – she was making sure that some dude still wants her, even though she threw him over. I think Scarlett got thrown over herself by Sean Penn, and she’s flailing around, trying to act like it wasn’t a huge hit to her ego. That’s how I take it – she’s making herself feel better by making sure she could still have her ex.

Meanwhile, Us Weekly claims that Ryan has a new girlfriend. The woman? CHARLIZE!! Ol’ Rose Boobs Theron is getting on Ryan Reynolds? Bizarre.

All year long, Hollywood watchers have wondered which starlet would snag newly single Ryan Reynolds. Mystery solved!

A source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (out Wednesday) that the Green Lantern star, 34, and Charlize Theron, 35, “have been dating — for months! They’re exclusive, and it’s very hush-hush.”

While the two haven’t been photographed together, a witness noticed Reynolds’ motorcycle at Theron’s home all morning on June 5, then saw the actor exit her house around 3 p.m. — and she left just minutes later.

Has Reynolds (who split from wife Scarlett Johansson last December) found a perfect match?

“They’re both career-focused,” explains the source, “but not in a crazy way.”

For instance, don’t expect to see the stars side-by-side on a red carpet. “She won’t go to an event with him,” the insider says of Theron, who split with love of nine years Stuart Townsend in 2010. “That’s not her style.”

Meanwhile, Reynolds hasn’t completely shut off contact with famous ex Johansson, 26. He and the Iron Man 2 actress were spotted having a cordial dinner last Friday at Little Dom’s in L.A., an observer confirms to Us.

[From Us Weekly]

While I kind of like Charlize for her ice-queen persona (she held with it after Nicole Kidman abandoned hers), I think she might be kind of a pill in her personal life, and I’m pretty sure Ryan is as well. Is this a case of two surly personality-types finding true love? Or is it just a hookup situation, nothing serious?

UPDATE: So, I know Lainey said Ryan was in Canada when the alleged ScarJo date went down, but L&S, People Magazine and Us Weekly are all saying it took place, and that there was some touching. The magazines are getting “leaks” from someone’s publicist, so something went down.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Here are some new photos of Charlize Theron at a NYC event for Dior. Charlize (and Natalie Portman) remain the “faces” of various Dior perfumes, but Charlize never (to my knowledge) said anything about John Galliano and his anti-Semitic explosion (Natalie did). No, Charlize kept her mouth shut about her “friend,” and now she’s doing her part to make sure the brand stays elite.

I noticed something weird in these photos too – I was just going to talk about Charlize and Galliano, but as I was looking at the photos, Charlize really began to look pregnant to me. Perhaps it’s just the fluffy, pom-pom like cocktail dress that seems to be adding weight to her midsection. Or maybe the fully material is trying to hide some weight gain. All I know is that Charlize looks different to me, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we got a pregnancy announcement from her sometime soon. But who would the father be? Maybe she’ll pull a January Jones and not announce paternity.

Guess who else was at the Dior event? KELLAN LUTZ. Because he and Charlize are the same, you know. They are equally famous!

Kellan Lutz knows you love Kellan Lutz. Kellan Lutz knows that you get excited when you see photos of KELLAN LUTZ. Kellan Lutz wants to wear Dior. Kellan Lutz is like a Kellan Lutz-y bird of prey who will swoop in and save a faltering fashion house. Kellan Lutz is that powerful! Actually, Kellan Lutz probably just wanted to introduce Charlize Theron to Kellan Lutz.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are some new photos of Charlize Theron out in LA last night. Fame Pictures notes that she seemed like she was in a “sour mood.” I think that’s just who she is, right? She’s not one of those celebrities who smiles at the paparazzi, and she always seems a bit “sour” to me. I kind of like her leather pants, but those shoes look like some kind of torture device.

In other Charlize news, did you know that there are still rumors about her and Keanu Reeves? Soon after Charlize split with Stuart Townsend, there were rumors about her with Keanu, and how he was helping her get over her breakup or whatever. The rumors never really got anywhere, as it seemed like they were just friends. Anyway, Star Magazine reported a few weeks ago that Charlize and Keanu are planning to “finally go public with their romance.” Oh, and they somehow managed to keep their relationship under wraps for a year or something, although you could really struggle to find a point in time over the past year where Charlize and Keanu were even in the same city. I didn’t report the story at the time because Gossip Cop spoke to Keanu’s rep, and he denied it. So now you know: Keanu is not sucking on Charlize’s sour face.

Last Charlize story: Charlize has signed on to play The Evil Queen in one of the two Snow White “retelling” films. Charlize is attached to the one with Kristen Stewart as the eye-rolling, lip-biting Snow White. First Viggo Mortensen, and then Hugh Jackman were approached for the role of “The Huntsman” – but Hugh has just left negotiations, so now that version is still in development/pre-production hell. Meanwhile, the Snow White “retelling” with Julia Roberts as The Evil Queen is full steam ahead! Haha, Julia’s Evil Queen will probably be better than Charlize’s.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

We just heard that Sean Penn was working his rough martyr act on a newly separated Scarlett Johansson, which her rep denies, saying they’ve been “friends for years.” Whether that involves benefits is something most of us would rather not imagine. A report in Mike Walker’s column in the National Enquirer has Penn getting busy with “friend” Charlize Theron, who seems much more his speed to me. (read: arrogant) It all went down supposedly at the same place Sean is rumored to have bedded Scarlett, the Chateau Marmont.

Spotted in the Chateau Marmont garden totally drunk – on each other, that is: Oscar winners Sean Penn and Charlize Theron, who’ve reportedly been dating very secretly – until now, that is! My Chateau spy, who made the gossip bust [saw] the starry-eyed pair… as they nuzzled, snuggled, kissed and cooed under a Hollywood moon while late-night partying with pals. A snitch in the group tattled: “Sean and Charlize have been good friends for years. But now that neither is in a relationship, their friendship has blossomed into full-blown romance. They aren’t ready to go totally public yet, but are spending lots of private time together!”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, Mike Walker's column, February 21, 2011]

What is the appeal of this guy? He’s a douche of the highest order. Shouldn’t he be back in Haiti complaining about how he’s the only one who can make a difference because no one else gets as pissed off as he does? Instead he just hangs out at a hotel bar, waiting to lure whichever starlet will get drunk enough that night to think he’s a worthy prospect. Look at that face. That would take some heavy duty beer goggles.

Charlize is shown on 12/6/10. Sean is shown on 1/22/1. Credit: WENN.com

What’s the general consensus on Charlize Theron? I think she’s beautiful, of course, and I always look forward to seeing her on a red carpet, but I don’t really have any affection for her. She seems like a bitch – in a good way, I suppose. She seems like she’s not interested in playing on our heartstrings or being America’s Sweetheart or being accessible. Anyway, since Charlize’s split with Stuart Townsend earlier this year, she’s been rumored to be dating everyone from Keanu Reeves to Jeremy Renner. No one has really stuck to her, though, but this new guy could get interesting. According to In Touch Weekly, Charlize and Sean Penn went on a date a few weeks ago. Allegedly, they’re close friends and Sean helped her get through her breakup with Stuart. Hm…

Tongues were wagging when Sean Penn and Charlize Theron walked into Via Veneto for dinner in Santa Monica on August 5. According to a pal, the pair have been friends for years, and Sean, 50, has been there for Charlize, 35, lending her a shoulder to cry on.

“He helped her through her split with Stuart [Townsend],” says the pal. Although an insider says the two are not dating, Charlize and Sean were being cute and flirty throughout the meal.

And Sean “thinks she’s beautiful, and she thinks he’s brilliant.”

[From In Touch Weekly]

Well, we know that Sean has a thing for icy blondes, so I’ll buy that Charlize is his type. But is Sean really Charlize’s type? I’ve always seen her as more interested in the beefcake type. Someone pretty that she can get high with. Is Sean that dude? Not really. If I had to guess about this whole story, I’d say that they probably did have dinner, and it was possibly romantic, but we’re not looking at the next hot couple here. It’s probably just friendship and maybe some hot sex, dirty sex. Besides, last I heard, Sean was still dating a 20-something model named Jessica White.