The U.S. premiere of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is tonight in Washington, D.C. and the buzz on the web is that Amy will be in attendance.  Arrivals are said to be around 6est and we will of course be bringing you any coverage.

Sorry I haven’t been around much!! I’ve missed this site, things have just been hectic. But I do have some news, so hopefully that makes up for my absence ;)

New York–Fine-art auctioneers Bonhams and Butterfields will host a “Stars For A Cause” charity auction featuring a collection of red-carpet jewelry and fashion accessories from a who’s-who list of Hollywood celebrities.

The auction will benefit various charities, including The Prince’s Trust, a nonprofit founded by Prince Charles that provides practical and financial support to struggling youth in the United Kingdom.

Hollywood’s awards season nominees and presenters make up the participants of this year’s event, and they were asked to showcase their creativity by designing their own jewelry to wear on the red carpet, pieces that would later be offered at the auction.

According to Bonhams, celebrities who have signed or designed items include Amy Adams, Danny Boyle and the cast of Slumdog Millionaire, Steve Carell, Kelly Clarkson, Colin Farrell, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Hanks, Goldie Hawn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, The Jonas Brothers, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brad Pitt, Mickey Rourke, Steven Spielberg, Tom Wilkinson, Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon, among others.

Jewelry designer Robyn Rhodes worked with the celebrities and oversaw the manufacturing of the one-of-a-kind pieces.

The article says that viewings of the pieces will be in New York, London, and Los Angeles before May 28. On May 28 there will be a live auction, which I believe is in L.A. To find out more about it, read the whole article here.

The world premiere of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian was today in London and there was no sign of Amy.  Now we know why – it looks like she wasn’t able to get away from filming Leap Year.  I’ve added 19 photos to the gallery of Amy filming a scene with Matthew Goode.

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We finally have some new Amy photos!  She was once again spotted on the set of her new movie Leap Year and we’ve added 14 images to the gallery – including 5 in HQ.  Check her out hanging with fiance Darren Le Gallo and knitting between takes.

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After Enchanted the idea of being in a big, white dress is not as exciting as one would think.

Enchanted star Amy Adams is determined to keep her upcoming wedding as low-key as possible – she wants to elope with fiance Darren LeGallo and wed in secret.
The couple became engaged last summer (08) after Le Gallo proposed during a night out in New York.
And although they haven’t set a date for the wedding, Adams, 34, insists she won’t be throwing a star-studded party to celebrate her nuptials.
She says, “After Enchanted the idea of being in a big, white dress is not as exciting as one would think. I have a feeling that one day we will wake up and decide to get married and we’ll just go off and do it. Actually I would like a wedding that was just over. Isn’t that unromantic?
“There is so much emphasis on having the perfect wedding and I think that’s great if it’s something you have fantasised about your whole life, but that’s never been my fantasy.”

‘I see her as a woman who’s ahead of her time but also having fun, embracing that sense of adventure; it’s about believing in yourself and your passions and making the most of the time that you have in life.’

Dressed in a 1930s flying suit and goggles, her strawberry blonde hair in a bouncy bob, Amy Adams climbs into the cockpit of a vintage plane, looking every inch the daredevil adventurer.

We meet in Canada on the set of her new comic film Night at the Museum 2, in which Amy plays aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932).

The actress seems utterly at ease as she prepares to take off on a heart-stopping mission, in her character’s famous single-engine, cherry-red Lockheed Vega.

Amy looks so confident in her plane’s cockpit that it’s a surprise to discover that flying is something she dreads in real life.

‘I’m terrified of flying, it’s really ironic,’ says the actress. ‘I’ve had some embarrassing episodes at airports. Certain American airlines don’t assign seats and there have been times when I couldn’t sit next to my fiancé [actor Darren Le Gallo]. I’ve had a few meltdowns trying to get someone to change seats with me. There was one trip from Los Angeles to New York where I had a panic attack and cried throughout the flight.’

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I’ve added four new HQ stills from Amy’s appearance on Saturday Night Live.  These are super rare and quite a treat!

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Interesting new article. Check it out:

Amy Adams originally wanted to be a dancer.

The star — who was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress gong at the 81st Academy Awards for her role in the 2008 movie Doubt — says she only got into acting because ballet dancing was too disciplined.

“I loved performing but I was much more of a singer dancer girl,” she said. “I trained as a ballet dancer so I always thought that was what I was going to do.

“Ballet dancing was too disciplined and too restrained and I was always told off in the chorus lines. ‘Don’t pop your hip, don’t add the flair’.”

I could see Amy as a dancer, could you?

SmithsonianMag posted a cute little interview with Amy talking about her role in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

In this day and age, when kids can access the Internet, it sometimes deprives them of the impact—and inspiration—that comes from seeing something in person.

Actress Amy Adams, 34, has appeared in 25 films and received two Academy Award nominations—most recently for her role as a young nun in 2008′s Doubt. In Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, she plays Amelia Earhart. Adams spoke with Smithsonian‘s Beth Py-Lieberman.

Do you see yourself in Amelia Earhart?
I think most women do. There’s a sense of fun and a sense of adventure that she represents—a woman succeeding in a man’s world.

What did you think about the Earhart exhibit?
We did our shooting in the Air and Space Museum at night, which allowed me to have an intimate experience with the exhibit. When you see how small her plane was, you really understand her fortitude. And the more research I did about her, the more I liked her. When people would ask her, “Why do you fly?” she would say, “For the fun of it.” I think that’s something that gets lost when you first learn about Amelia. It was her spirit more than anything that we were trying to capture.

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With many thanks to João for pointing me to a great site, we now have beautiful HD screencaptures of the Julie & Julia trailer.  This movie looks super cute.

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