The Harry Potter movies may be about the adventures of wholesome kids, but things behind the scenes weren't nearly as innocent. Daniel Radcliffe has admitted that he was in the throes of a major drinking problem while filming the series, and he'd often show up for work drunk. God, first Pat Sajak and now this. In an interview with Heat magazine this week, Radcliffe said that during his Potter period he often drank to the point of blacking out:

I have a very addictive personality. It was a problem. People with problems like that are very adept at hiding it. It was bad. I don't want to go into details, but I drank a lot and it was daily — I mean nightly.


As much of a problem as he was having, the 22-year-old did put some limits on himself:

I can honestly say I never drank at work on Harry Potter. I went into work still drunk, but I never drank at work. I can point to many scenes where I'm just gone. Dead behind the eyes.


Harry Potter obsessives better cancel their weekend plans so they can rewatch all the movies and figure out which scenes he was drunk in. But seriously, kudos to him for sobering up and managing to avoid the quicksand pit of self-destruction that so many child stars fall into. [Reuters, EW]

Despite evidence that everything is just fine with Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux—they just bought a house together, after all—the National Enquirer says they had a big "blowup" and now their love is might be dead forever. The spat in question occurred during dinner at an LA restaurant. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were there too, and as Aniston and Theroux went to leave, they disagreed about whether to go say hello. Jen just waved, while Justin went over to chat. Jen came back and said hello and tried to pull him away. As they left, they were hissing at each other. Well, Jesus, if this means they're in trouble, then every couple in America is on the verge of splitting up, because that is some run-of-the-mill shit. Sure, for most of us our fights don't involve chatting with Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, but still. [National Enquirer]


Madonna is nervous for her Super Bowl halftime show, but she says she's ready:

Over the 25 years of performing that I've done, I have never worked so hard or been so scrupulous or detail-oriented or freaked out as much maintaining my sanity.


Thankfully, her sanity is intact and nothing can stop her now—not even a strained hamstring. She's going to push through the injury; she says, "I feel like one of the football players now. Mind over matter." Let's pray that she gets carried away with that feeling and insists on playing in the second half of the game. Now, that would make it a Super Bowl. [People]


Justin Vernon told Billboard that Bon Iver was invited to perform at the Grammys but declined:

We wanted to play our music, but we were told that we couldn't play. We had to do a collaboration with someone else. And we just felt like it was such a large stage. We're getting nominated for this record that we made, me and Brian [Joseph] and a bunch of our fucking friends, and we were given accolades for it. And all of a sudden we were being asked to play music that had nothing to do with that. We kind of said "fuck you" a little bit and they sort of acted like they wanted us to play, but I don't think they wanted us to play.


Their loss. Yet another reason why the Grammys are fast fading into irrelevance. [ONTD]


Channing Tatum is hosting Saturday Night Live this week, and he says, "I'm more nervous than I could probably tell you." Kelly Ripa has advised him to put Vaseline on his teeth because your mouth goes dry from nerves, and you don't want you lips to stick to your teeth. He's considering it, "If I can remember it, I'll do it, but maybe I'll Vaseline the lips instead of the teeth." So, if he comes out and does his monologue with glistening lips, you'll know why.

Also, FYI, he likes to hide love notes for his wife, Jenna Dewan, under the toilet seat. Hope you guys are pumped for many more tidbits like this from Tatum, because he has five movies coming out this year and will probably be doing press tours non-stop. Let the fun begin. [MTV, People]

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