Michael's New Twitter Avatar

Hey check out Michael's new twitter avatar. His last one was an animated cartoon picture of him from some late 2009 photo shoot (around the time he was filming Brotherly Love when he had a shaved buzz cut) and this one is some sort of animated cartoon version of a still photo of him from "16 Grams". What do you think of it? I say it's pretty cool.

More Photos from Alien: Genesis London Premiere

                                             Anya Camilla Bella   and    Charlize Theron

                                                                 Charlize Theron

                                                            Ridley Scott and girlfriend

                                                                  Bradley Cooper

                                                                      Idris Elba

Guy Pearce, Bradley Cooper, Michael Reese Meyers, and Joel Edgerton carry Charlize

Guy Pearce

Michael and Minka attend London Premiere of Alien:Genesis

Last night was the London premiere of Michael's new sci-fi horror space epic "Alien: Genesis". Director Ridley Scott was on hand as was the rest of the cast, lead by Anya Camilla Bella, Bradley Cooper, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, and Guy Pearce. Michael has been in London the past few weeks shooting the new James Bond film "Moneyball" and he spoke about that, the new Alien flick, his girlfriend Minka, and of course the scuffle he got into earlier in the day with a British paparazzi.

 On Alien: Genesis: "I play Logan Calloway, he's a blonde long haired surfer dude type. He and Elizabeth Shaw used to date. Anya's character. But they are still best friends. Super close. But total opposites. She's a Catholic. A believer. He is a skeptic, more science based, fact based. So they go head to head on that issue. Plus she is just more book smart and mature than he is. He's a big kid and a jokester. The comic relief of the film really. They just couldn't make it work as a couple but as the events of the film unfold we see them find their way back to each other."

"I just loved the script, the questions it asks, the darkness, the smarts. You don't see that a lot in Hollywood productions of this size and that is all due to the writers and the legendary mastermind at the top of it all and that's Ridley."

 On Bond: "That's going well. That's going well. Can't say too much. We been doing alot of action from the start. The cast is great. Sam (Mendes, the director) is super cool. I do my first scenes with Javier (Bardem, the villain of the movie) next week so I am a little nervous about it but it'll be fun, that's for sure. This one is gonna be epic, let me tell you."

On Minka: "Yea she's here tonight. She's with me. She's great. She's a handful but she makes me happy and she makes me laugh. She brings good energy into my life and I need that right now. I'm glad she's here."

On the fight with the paparazzi earlier that day: "Yea it's no big thing. I got a few scrapes on me. I was coming out of a fitting for tonight and this one guy kept getting in my face wanting photos so I let him take a few and told him no more but he wouldn't leave me alone so I got in his face and told him to get lost and he starts laughing in my face and having just this real prick attitude and I lost it. I tried to rip his camera away and he just wouldn't let go. Then I felt this presence behind me break it up before my security got there. I thought it was a cop but it was just come civilian on the street, telling me to calm down and what not."

Michael Gets Into Fight with London Paparazzi

This morning in London Michael got into a huge scuffle with a British photographer who would not stop pestering him for photos. TMZ has video of the camera person taunting Meyers refusing to leave him alone and Michael eventually snapped and tried to wrestle the camera away from the photog. Bystanders broke it up and Michael's security eventually whisked him away from the scene. No police were called. No statements have been made yet but we will hopefully learn more about this in the coming hours and days. Meyers better rest up since tonight is the London premiere of Alien: Genesis.

Meyers Family Resolves Issues on Real Housewives Final

A few weeks ago we reported that Michael would be appearing in this season's season finale of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to join his parents and brother Joe. His mom Sonia and dad Pierce (along with his 34 year old brother Joe) have been appearing on the hit reality show for three seasons now. The main dramas have been Sonia's and Pierce's dysfunctional marriage (he loves to party while she is a homebody), Sonia discovering from her mother why she never knew who her birth father was all her life (her mother admits she had an affair with a married man), Sonia's fued with Lisa Vanderpump, and her torn relationship with oldest son Anthony and his wife as well as her distant relationship with youngest and famous actor son Michael. Well on the season finale those last two issues are dealt with in a surprisingly heart felt episode. It starts out with Michael arriving in town and the first half of the episode revolving around Michael bonding with his mother and them planning a big birthday dinner for him to celebrate his 28th birthday. The second half of the episode deals with Joe and Michael plotting to invite Anthony to an "all brothers only" dinner for Michael's birthday but surprise Anthony with the parents being there. This goes surprisingly well and the episode ends with everyone forgiving each other for the past and getting along. Touching to see and I hope it is real and not all reality TV scripted or anything. No word yet on if the Meyers family will continue to be apart of the reality show next season.

Michael Visits Minka in Miami

Well this settles it. Remember the story we broke last week that on the night of Michael's 28th birthday he showed up to LA's Avengers premiere with 90210 actress and singer Jessica Lounge and while there actress Minka Kelly basically stole him away. The two apparently fought for his attention all night and all three left separately, causing many to wonder who will Meyers choose. Well...he chose.

 A few days ago paparazzi snapped photos of Meyers visiting Minka on the Miami, Florida set of her new film 'Pain & Gain', an action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Terry Crews, Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, and Alice Eve.

 Here is a photo of her giving him a tour of the movie set as he holds up an umbrella to shade them from the hot south Florida sun.

Paparazzi got this photo of Meyers in downtown Miami the next day as he waits for Minka to exit a Gucci store so they can enter a taxi cab together.


............Who knows if they are a couple or not but this definitely spells SOMETHING is a brewing. They would definitely make one of Hollywood's sexiest pairings. We will see....

UPDATE: New footage of them making out HEAVY for at least 3 minutes straight confirms they ARE dating! Check it out here at TMZ's site.

Gosling: "Meyers' 3:10 To Yuma Performance Inspired Me"

Michael Reese Meyers as Charlie Prince in Clint Eastwood's 2007 "3:10 to Yuma" remake

 In a recent interview Ryan Gosling responded to some criticism he got after the trailer for his new film Gangster Squad premiered online. In the 40's mobster film, Gosling joins forces with Josh Brolin to portray Los Angeles cops who form a team to bring down legendary mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). In the trailer Gosling's line delivery and mannerisms appeared...well...gay. Reaction online ranged from confused to downright anger. Gosling reacted simply saying "Michael Reese Meyers was a big inspiration. What he did in Eastwood's '3:10 to Yuma'. That's all I'm gonna say". For those who have seen Yuma know that Meyers' Charlie Prince character was possibly gay and in love with his mentor Ben Wade, played by Russell Crowe. From what we know of Ryan's character in Gangster Squad, he is conflicted about the LAPD's quest to capture Cohen and supposedly he "admires" Mickey. Maybe Gosling chose to play his character in a way where that "admiration" is maybe a little something more. Gangster Squad has a pretty impressive cast with Gosling, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Robert Patrick, Giovanni Ribisi, and Anthony Mackie. It hits theaters in October.

                         Ryan Gosling in Brian DePalma's "Gangster Squad" as officer Jerry Wilson