Celebrity Photos of the Week: No time for grudges in Hollywood!
Buckle up for a brand-new year and more merciless celeb-skewering. In New York, comedian Chris Rock looked rather pensive at the National Board of Review awards gala. Was his dour expression due to his looming divorce or the fact that Pootie Tang 2 will never see the light of day? It hardly mattersDimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Elsewhere at the National Board of Review gala: Former-movie-goofball-turned-serious-thespian Michael Keaton, shown here breaking in that new tux in preparation for Oscar nightDimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Actor-director Clint Eastwood opted for a slightly less formal look, likely because he already has a boatload of Oscars and there’s zero chance his film version of Jersey Boys will receive any nominationsEvan Agostini
Also looking sharp at the National Board of Review event: English actor David Oyelowo, seen most recently in the historical pic Selma. It takes a bold man to wear a velvet blazer in public but danged if he doesn’t pull it offEvan Agostini
Not looking so good: Aussie director Alan Hicks, who apparently has no access to either an iron or a mirror. G’day, messy mate!Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Meanwhile in London, comic actor James Corden took a break from prepping his takeover of The Late Late Show to attend the premiere of his new film Into The Woods. Look at that face. Feel that energy. This is the guy who will have American viewers staying up past midnight?LUKE MACGREGOR/Reuters
Naturally, the biggest star of Into The Woods – three-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep – also put in an appearance at the London premiere. Meryl, we love you like a rock but could you please hire a stylist?Ian Gavan/Getty Images
Then again, it was most probably a stylist who advised Meryl’s Into The Woods co-star Tracey Ullman to wear those that clunky love-bead necklace to the premiereIan Gavan/Getty Images
Next stop: Soelden, Austria, where Daniel Craig took time out from filming the new James Bond feature Spectre to pose for tourists and local yokels. You’d never catch Sean Connery rolling up his pant cuffs, no sirDOMINIC EBENBICHLER/Reuters
Luckily, 007’s gaffe was offset by the presence of French actress Lea Seydoux, who looks like she walked straight out of a fashion magazine. A 1966 fashion magazineDOMINIC EBENBICHLER/Reuters
You decide which is more imposing: The majestic Alps of Australia or grappler-turned-actor Dave Bautista. Choose wisely because we’re going to tell him the resultsKerstin Joensson/The Associated Press
Just to keep things light, Craig broke into an impromptu version of the Charleston – yet another thing you’d never expect from Sean ConneryKerstin Joensson/The Associated Press
Now back to Los Angeles for the splashy premiere of the cable TV-movie Whitney, based on the turbulent life of Whitney Houston. Director Angela Bassett and actress Yaya DaCosta, who plays Houston, don’t seem too concerned about backlash from the late singer’s familyAngela Weiss/Getty Images
Even more nonchalant: Canadian record producer David Foster, who was personal friends with Houston and produced several of her biggest hits. A free box of popcorn goes a long way with this easygoing CanuckAngela Weiss/Getty Images
Also at the Whitney premiere was sixties music legend Smokey Robinson, 74, and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, aged 85. Hey, if dragging Whitney’s name through the mud is okay with these guys, who are we to complain?Todd Williamson
Let’s wrap up with a visit to the Hollywood premiere for The Wedding Ringer. Broadway vet Josh Gad has a lead role in the new comedy, but Vince Vaughn does not appear in the film. Still, wasn’t the big guy just terrific in Wedding Crashers?Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
For that matter, neither member of the acting-sister duo Gloria and Laura Govan are listed in the credits for The Wedding Ringer, but they were at the premiere, too. Just to class things up, you understandFREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP / Getty Images
Acting veteran Mimi Rogers is in Wedding Ringers, however, and showed up at the premiere in a dress that will make your eyes water if you stare at it for too longJason Merritt/Getty Images
And talk about your small acts of kindness: Big Bang Theory fixture Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting actually wore flat shoes to pose opposite her diminutive Wedding Ringers co-star Kevin Hart … and she still looked like the Empire State BuildingAlberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
But the Wedding Ringer premiere also elicited the big photo get of the week: Sony Picture co-chairman Amy Pascal posing happily with Kevin Hart. Two weeks ago, Pascal was disparaging Hart in a series of e-mails released by the nefarious Sony hackers; today, they’re red-carpet besties. Hooray for Hollywood!Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images