Oct 17 2008 - 3:38pm by
Molly

While Summer is long over, the Stefani-Rossdale family still hit the Malibu beach yesterday. Gavin practiced his paddling skills with Pierce Brosnan while Gwen stayed on the beach with his wife, Keely. The weather was gorgeous, but Kingston kept himself covered up and close to the shore to play with his mom and dad.

There were plenty of kisses and smiles to go around for Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale, and Kingston at the Roots & Shoots Day of Peace at Griffith Park in LA on Saturday. Gavin caught up with Pierce Brosnan and played a few tunes on the guitar, while Kingston got his face all painted up to look like a tiger. Seems like this little guy has been having plenty of good times, but apparently he's still getting over some
jealousy of sharing his parents with his baby brother.

Pierce Brosnan flashed a big smile at LAX Airport this week, with his cheery mood possibly due to the news that the
Mamma Mia! soundtrack is
number one in America. That's got to be a great feeling for a man who
found the experience of singing terrifying. Pierce has also lent his
vocal talents to another film, swapping from singing to narrating for Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery.
Jul 17 2008 - 1:00pm by
Molly

The most musical movie hitting the theaters this Friday,
Mamma Mia, premiered in NYC last night. The stars were all out and full of smiles including Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried who play the mother daughter pair at the center of the film. It's hard to say who looked more dapper, Pierce Brosnan or Colin Firth, handsome in suits before watching themselves sing and dance on the big screen.

If there were a family get-together with all the slick, recent Broadway-to-film productions, like
Hairspray and
Dreamgirls,
Mamma Mia! would be the drunk older aunt whose clothing doesn't really match and who says all the wrong things but you love her and her kooky, off-kilter self anyway. The movie is, like that aunt, all over the place: Only a third of the cast can actually sing, the plot is thin, and the characters are — with the exception of a few moments — as one-dimensional as it gets. Oh, and there are hardly three minutes between one ABBA cover and the next.

Friends, the time is here. That spectacle of a musical,
Mamma Mia!, is going to hit theaters in a matter of days. While many will rush to see
The Dark Knight, some will be lured to this shining, glorious ABBA extravaganza starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried and Colin Firth.

With well-known ABBA songs, an idyllic Greek location and more stars than you can shake a stick at,
Mamma Mia! is bound to be the feel-good hit film of the summer.
Based on the hugely successful stage production, this musical movie stars Meryl Streep as ex-pat Donna, a single mum with a run-down hotel on a beautiful Greek island. Her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is marrying Sky (the gorgeous, and often topless, Dominic Cooper) and the bride-to-be wants her father at the wedding.

Before they walked the blue carpet at the film's
world premiere on Monday, the stars of
Mamma Mia! told us all about their experiences of making the musical movie. I've already brought you the
lowdown from the women, so now it's time to hear what the men had to say. Be sure to keep checking PopSugar UK next week, as I'll be bringing you more from all the stars, plus my review of the film before its release on 10th July.

When I met the stars of
Mamma Mia! last week, the women told us about
bonding on set and the men chatted about
powerful women, tight costumes and Greece. With both groups of stars, one aspect of making the film kept coming up — the challenge of singing and dancing to those tricky ABBA songs! Here are Colin, Pierce, Stellan and Dominic's thoughts on the subject, as well as Meryl, Christine and Amanda's words.
Mamma Mia! invaded London last night for the world premiere of the movie musical. Meryl Streep proved she's still got it in her fiery red dress and
Loubs, even catching the attention of handsome Piece Brosnan while producer Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson smiled big for the cameras. Amanda Seyfried lit up the night in her little green number, though she sounds even
more excited about her
Vanity Fair cover than her new film.