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What I really want to know is if James Deen will reprise his role.

Oh IFC, you devils! Now we will all in fact get to see the glorious disaster that is The Canyons. I was worried for a moment there that this brilliant piece of filth would flutter off into oblivion and never see the harsh light of day but alas, we're saved!

Like we've said before, The Canyons appears to be a disaster. Directed by the man who gave us one of the seminal films of the last 50 years with Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader, and penned by satirical writer of yuppie melodrama turned Twitter-bully, Bret Easton Ellis, word on the film has been anything but hopeful. And with the slew of ridiculous promotional trailers popping up in every genre, little has been left for desire with this one.

And here I thought—well okay, nothing could possibly be worse than The Informers. But I think I may have just spoken too soon. By now we've all had a chance to read the wonderfully in-depth New York Times article that dives into the production of Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Schrader's upcoming drama, The Canyons. In the article, we gain insight into both the distressing motives of the film, Lindsay Lohan's constant battles, and even Steven Soderbergh being turned down to edit the film. However, one shining detail remains: this looks awful. And the promotional teasers for the film are only making things worse.

Holy cow, Solange. Sure, we've been paying a lot of attention to Beyoncé's moves lately, and it seems like her kid sister didn't want to stand in her shadow too much longer. Last night, the singer-songwriter attended last night’s Girls premiere party in a Just Cavalli patterned suit. You have our attention, Solange. We’ll spend the afternoon listening to “Losing You” on a loop. [MTV Style]

Waiting for Bret Easton Ellis' movie The Canyons to come out is like waiting for one of Jessica Simpson's pregnancies to be over. It. Takes. For. Fucking. Ever.

Paul Schrader is a fucked up dude. The first time he saw a film in theaters (as a teenager) he hallucinated and ran out screaming. When he was little, his mother used to poke him in the hand with a needle if he was bad and tell him that this is what hell would be like for an eternity. He used to sleep with a loaded .38 in his mouth. Once, while writing a film, he couldn’t quite get into the guilty headspace of the character so he drove out to Vegas and tried to lose all his money. Not feeling that he quite nailed it on the way home, he ditched his car. Also, for a while there in the '70s, his kitchen counter cutting board was always adorned with a brass crown of thorns and loaded gun at all times. His strict Calvinist upbringing left an obvious impact on him and his work, and he embraces cinema as a way to expose his darkest desires and impulses. His characters are always morally torn and struggling between what is forbidden and what one must do. He puts his sins on paper as a way to relieve himself of them. And naturally, he’s always been a cinematic hero of mine.

Well, finally! It's the movie we've all been waiting for: Lindsay Lohan and James Deen, sexin' and boozin' and druggin' all along to a script penned by novelist / Twitter enthusiast Bret Easton Ellis. (Also, children, it's directed by a pretty famous guy named Paul Schrader. Look him up on Wikipedia.) Two things are certain from the trailer, which you can watch below. One: "camp" is in, and even straight guys are all over it. Two: Paul Schrader finally caught on to that whole "Tarantinoesque" thing that happened about ten years ago. This should be fun! Fun to watch on DVD, am I right? So you guys go ahead and watch this silly little trailer and I'll go off and forget that I don't have any movies coming out soon. 

James Deen looks “like a guy a chick might actually meet in a bar.” Is he the closest proxy your average white boy has ever had in the porn world?

● Bobbi Kristina has entrusted Oprah with her first interview since Whitney's death becasue, she says, Oprah "was loyal to my mom, and never did my mother wrong, or made her look bad. She always looked out for my mom." Their talk will air Sunday. [TMZ]