Three celeb-centric stories on our radar this weekend… In addition to his Oscar-winning acting skills, George Clooney man can wear a tux well. (AP) A movie named after a Metro station: George Clooney has settled on his next directing gig and it’s a political drama entitled “Farragut North.” New York Magazine’s Vulture blog reports that Clooney is in the midst of assembling the cast, which currently includes Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti. The Academy Award winner announced three years ago that he intended to adapt “Farragut North” — an …

The good and the bad. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Jennifer Graylock/AP) Posted by Sarah Anne Hughes Real-life couples playing on-screen lovers: Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it is an epic disaster a la Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in “Gigli.” Drew Barrymore and sometimes-boyfriend Justin Long have taken the risk and, apparently, it paid off in “Going the Distance” — in theaters now. While the film has only a 48 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a good deal of the reviewers found Long and Barrymore’s chemistry to be …

Jesse James and Kat Von D, all smiles on Thursday night. (Getty Images) Kat Von D and Jesse James are officially putting their relationship out in the open. At the Thursday opening of her Wonderland gallery in West Hollywood, Von D was pretty vocal with members of the media, suggesting she is in love with the former Mr. Sandra Bullock. When a People magazine reporter asked if James was “the one” for her, she replied: “I believe he is, so yeah.” She also confirmed to Access Hollywood that they are …

One of the many sticky, cerebral moments from “Inception.”(Warner Bros.) Let’s not mince words: the summer of 2010 was not exactly a triumphant season for cinema. While revenues were up (thank you, inflated 3D ticket prices), attendance fell to its lowest point in five years. Those who did show up at the cineplex were often forced to sit through remarkably flat three-dimensional adventures (“The Last Airbender”), wretched chick flicks (“Sex and the City 2″) and comedies that only made us laugh afterward, when we thought about how stupid we were …

Paris Hilton may have a purse problem. (AP/Las Vegas Police Department) Celebrity Beat: Paris Hilton’s claim that the purse in which Las Vegas police allegedly found cocaine hits a snag when her Twitpic of said Chanel purse is revealed; however, police may have given purse back to Hilton instead of booking it into evidence, according to Radar Online; in further evidence that the heiress is having a bad week, a judge rules that Hilton did not live up to her promotional contract for the 2006 movie “Pledge This!” and may …

T.I., leaving court in 2009. (Associated Press) The big story of the day remains the arrest of rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, who were charged with drug possession after being pulled over in Hollywood Wednesday night. Here are some of the new developments in the situation since the story broke early this morning.

Tameka Cottle – TI – Drug possession – Rapping – Los Angeles

Natalie Portman, at the “Black Swan” premiere in Venice. (AP) Evidently Natalie Portman already has this year’s Academy Award for best actress all sewn up. At least the media buzz coming out of the Venice Film Festival — where her “Black Swan” just premiered — is making it sound that way. Deadline.com puts Portman in Oscar front-runner position based on reviews coming out of London newspapers. (“Portman is astounding,” says the Times of London).

Black Swan – Venice Film Festival – Natalie Portman – Academy Award – Movies

T.I., back in trouble with the law. (AP) Celebrity Beat: T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle arrested on drug possession charges after police smelled alleged marijuana emanating from their vehicle; the arrests were made after a traffic stop on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood; T.I. was released from prison in March on weapons charges and is currently serving probation… In news involving other celebrities recently arrested after marijuana smoke allegedly wafted from their car, Paris Hilton has been banned from the Wynn properties in Las Vegas, including both the Wynn and …

Today is a historically significant day, one that literally comes once in a lifetime. It’s “90210″ Day, a date (09/02/10) when numerology demands that we pay homage to Steve Sanders, Dylan McKay and the sexy, edgy dangers of the Peach Pit After Dark. To celebrate this momentous occasion, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite “90210″ moments. Yes, there is a totally biased emphasis on scenes from the early seasons. And no, I am not including segments from the new “90210.” Let’s not engage in blasphemy on “90210″ …

Sean Penn appears on the latest installment of the Zach Galifianakis interview program “Between Two Ferns,” where he engages in a serious discussion about the issues currently facing the Haitian community. Just kidding! Actually, Penn just sits there and does his Academy Award-winning best to maintain a straight face while Galifianakis — playing the role of Zach’s twin brother Seth — asks important questions, like whether Penn and Jack Nicholson frequent Long John Silver’s and whether there’s a Six Flags in Haiti. Enjoy. Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Sean …