Last night I met up with Claudia Jordan and her girls from her radio show (The Claudian Jordan Show on Foxxhole/Sirius Radio every Monday night) to hit up the red carpet in support of her buddy Eddie Murphy’s new film, Meet Dave. There was a ton of press from all over the world snapping pics and getting interviews of various celebs including Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan, Tim Duncan, Claudia Jordan, Elizabeth Banks, & more. I was there during the whole ordeal capturing the behind the scenes experience…..

Unfortunately Eddie Murphy failed to show at the premiere–which is pretty rare. I mean how often does the star of the film just not show up to their own movie premiere? That’s not the most brilliant marketing plan. And, you should know, all the press peeps were pissed because no comment or explanation was immediately offered up to explain his absence.

Anyhow, in Meet Dave, which is a children’s sci-fi adventure, he plays not just the lead role, but actually two lead roles. So, does that mean we should give him twice the grief for being a no-show?

Perhaps he was too busy to show because is currently working on another film–a comedy-drama called A Thousand Words. It is being reported that producer David T. Friendly told People magazine, “He’s not here because he’s doing a movie and shooting - he goes back-to-back-to-back.”

“Eddie, he’ll never admit it, but he loves to work. And I think work keeps him happy.”

Claudia Jordan on the carpet with her girls from her radio show & me–Travis from hollywire.com

Claudia can’t go anywhere without stopping to appreciate her fans…

She seriously is one of the friendliest Hollywoodies you’ll ever meet….

Claudia & the girls….

Claudia & the girls with Scott Caan…

Overall, even with the no-show of the movie star himself, it was still an awesome night.

The stars were shining all night as the widely anticipated premiere of Kung Fu Panda took center stage at Cannes. It was an evening of fun and beauty as Hollywood’s most beloved came out to celebrate and kick some fashion butt. Yet, while some celebs took it as an opportunity to show how beauty doesn’t have a weight limit, others used it as an excuse to air out their Halloween costumes and fashion line rejects.

Here’s the list of the top six Best and Worst Dressed Celebrities:

1) Beads and sequins definitely have a place in fashion, but not in the train-wreck Madonna’s donning. I compliment her courage but maybe she should stop trying to be fashion avant garde and just be fashion-able. Aishwarya Rai could give her some tips–the stunning woman knows both beauty and fashion.

2) Star Jones should know there’s a difference between chic and ugly. Angelina Jolie looks like a Greek goddess, compared to Star’s broken tie-dye machine catastrophe. Star needs to learn to be eye catching, not blinding.

3) Some one needs to tell Model Linda Evangelista that this isn’t 1970. No longer does the most sequins denote the most glamorous. Take a page from Goldie Hawn’s book. She defines Hollywood glamor in this outfit, complete with starlet sunglasses. She looks like she was born from Hollywood while Linda’s gold monstrosity looks like a cheap forever 21 knock-off.

4) Over the top doesn’t mean ugly. Before I ask what she was thinking, I have to ask who the heck she is!?! Phoebe Price really needs to never step out of the house until she consults Eva Longoria. Eva looks like she’s ready for the ball, a true fashionista who isn’t afraid to go bold. Extravagant yes. But gorgeous, hell yes! I think the reality show reject, Phoebe, just wanted to get as much press as she could because her 15 minutes of fame are counting down fast.

5) Less isn’t always more. I think former supermodel Eva Herzidova left part of her dress at home. Did the designer run out of cloth? It’s sad because this dress has such possibility, but now it just looks unfinished. If she wanted elegance, maybe she should have called Penelope Cruise. Her dress looks like she was made for Hollywood.

6) Birds of a feather do not flock together. Why did Julianne Moore feel that her dress needed feathers? It looks like she got cold, so she killed a bird and threw it over her shoulders. Take a note out of Cate Blanchett’s book: simple and beautiful.

London, England is the first to host a series of premieres for the long awaited Sex and the City movie! The Red carpet was alive with fabulous fashion and sexy stars. A hum was around London’s Leicester Square Monday night as the cast arrived decked out to the nines. Each one did a superb job of living up to expectation of fashion that is synonymous with Sex and the City. All the ladies sexed it up in flawless gowns, SJP sported a fetching hat that would look at home atop her character Carrie Bradshaw’s head, Nixon left nothing to the imagination in her black Calvin Klein gown, Cattrall stayed true to New York and wore a red Vivienne Westwood dress, and Davis shined in a vintage fuschia dress, gotta love vintage!

Some people criticize the choice of city for the first screening, but Nixon said Monday’s premiere was just a build up to the main event in New York.

“We’re having a kind of smallish premiere here (and) we’re having a smallish premiere in Berlin. We’re building to the New York premiere which is enormous and happens just before the film opens worldwide,” she said.

Although the movie itself has had mixed reviews, it faired well in London and this little gal is still very excited to see it hit the big screen over here in the states!

A date with Scarlett Johannson was auctioned off on ebay for $40,100 by some lucky guy from the United Kingdom.

This is what he won:

* Two tickets to the world premiere of He’s Just Not That Into You. The premiere location has not yet been determined but will be in either Los Angeles or New York this July.
* Chauffeured car service to the premiere
* Hair and makeup for one by Privé
* A meet and greet with Scarlett Johansson at the premiereThrough some impressive detective work from The Superficial, this is what kind of guy Scarlett has to deal with for a night:

Since the beginning of 2008, this rich clown has bought three hair straighteners, no less than five pairs of Pumas, two tweed blazers, a metallic bomber jacket, a book on medicine ball exercises, a Corvette headlight and two distressed trucker hats.

Yeah, this guy seems like a real catch. All I’ve got to say is good luck and thank God it is only for one evening.