From the actors to the director of Project X, Todd Phillips (who produced Project X) cast all unknown talent. After meeting Todd, it comes as no surprise to know that he enjoys sharing the spotlight and giving others a chance to shine. Todd is humble, hilarious, and down to earth. Many D-listers don't give reporters the same level of respect that Todd does. He doesn't just go through the motions, he seems genuinely interested in answering your questions. In part 2 of my interview (here's part 1) Todd talks about what he doesn't put in his movies, if he'll start directing action films, and why he doesn't pay any attention to his haters!

Todd Phillips standing between the Project X cast

How much didn’t make it into Project X and what will be in the DVD versions?
Todd: We shot so many iPhone camera angles and different things and scenes that didn’t make it into the movie. They had a lot of hours that didn’t make it into the film. People always ask, “What’s the great stuff that’s not in the movie?” If there’s great stuff, I promise you, we’re putting it in the movie [laughs]! I’m not like, ‘This is TOO FUNNY for the movie! Hold it back and just wait for the DVD!’

Is there anything that couldn’t make it into the movie?
Todd: Warner Brothers has given me the freedom since The Hangover films where they trust the taste, taste is probably the wrong word... They trust the line that we draw. I don’t think there’s anything we had to compromise on this film.

Do you think this film would have the same effect if it were shot without the found footage aspect?
Todd: I think you could have ultimately made it, but I think it’s not going to resonate in the same way. I think it will resonate in this way, I hope. I think it’s just another way in. You’re always looking for ways into a story. There’s been a lot of bachelor parties before The Hangover, but we were looking for a way in. The execution in this movie was just another way in.

We hear you got deals for Hangover 3 and everyone’s being paid well. Do you have to keep the rest of the budget down to compensate for that?
Todd: Comedies aren’t that expensive. We aren’t doing green screen shooting. Even Hangover 2 in Bangkok might seem expensive for flying to Bangkok. But they’re just not that expensive to make when you’re doing it the way we do it, where we’re just very focused. It’s not going to be an insane amount of money. The average studio movie is shooting effects and green screens and all these effects that we don’t use.

How did you process the bad reviews you received for The Hangover 2?
Todd: You can’t find a comic director who makes movies for critics. When a movie does $580 million worldwide, I’m not saying that proves anything other than people were enjoying the experience. We didn’t make it for that [critic]. We make it for an audience. You don’t sell that many movie tickets with people hating a movie. I’m very proud of the movie. I think we got a little bit knocked around because critics just dismissed it and said we just copied and pasted the first movie. That’s actually not what we did. What we did was well thought out for us, an execution of a second story. We’ll do a third one and I think the audiences will love it.

What was your most outrageous party experience?
Todd: I don’t like answering questions like that. Why would I tell you that [laughs]! I’m a private person! I don’t know you, I’m like ‘Here’s what happened!’ I don’t know. I think a lot of this stuff finds its way into the film in various ways. A lot of the stuff in your life, seeds of it ends up in the movie and maybe you expand on it and make it crazier. It’s not like I’m some crazy party animal if you know me at all, but I love mayhem and I love being around mayhem and I love making movies about mayhem. I think it’s fun to document in comedy when things spiral out of control.

Do you think you could be a good action director?
Todd: I think I could do action, for sure. I’ve been offered plenty of action movies, but for me I like doing comedies. I like writing it myself and I like doing my own thing.

How do you manage to stay relevant with the young male audience?
Todd: That’s a good question! I think that I’ve forever been fifteen [laughs]. That’s a problem.

A lot has changed for Jonathan Daniel Brown and Oliver Cooper. Jonathan was cast as JB after applying for Project X after seeing an ad "on some blog randomly," and Oliver Cooper plays scene stealer, Costa. The guys play best friends in the movie and it doesn't sound like things are much different for them off screen. Project X is shot with found footage so that it feels like a documentary so that viewers can feel that they're at the house party, which the film revolves around, themselves. Apparently the movie was well done, because Oliver says that one fan actually asked him if the movie was real! That's almost just as scary as what takes place in the movie.

Friends now in real life, from left to right: Oliver, Jonathan & Thomas Mann

Do you think any audience members will think this is real?

Oliver: Some kid in Toronto asked me, "Is this real?" And I was thinking to myself, ‘NO! Obviously you are an idiot! It’s a movie!’

JB: This movie is fiction. It’s comedy. It’s a good time. It’s not like, ‘Go out and do this!’

How was the action choreographed on screen. A lot of the big things looked kind of dangerous. Did they just kind of say, 'You guys just go crazy over here!'

JB: No CG or anything like that. The crew were all wearing protective goggles and special outfits, except for us. They were just like "Just use your hands! You might get some scrap metal, it's cool. We got on-set medics." It's like, 'oh, thanks!'

Did it ever feel kind of dangerous, a little scary?

JB: Oh, it totally did! When things were on fire? I was sweating like a pig.

Oliver: First off, we shot the movie in order, so [by the end] we were literally exhausted and the makeup was all crazy. There was chaos and so many extras were running around, it felt real!

What did you have in your pimp cup?

Oliver: A little bit of cocaine [laughs]. O’Doul's, that kind of made me sick to my stomach and it felt like I was actually drinking. I just felt terrible in the movie. I drank so much of that O'Doul's and every time you do a scene you gotta refill it up, like nine times and you just feel like you're really sick and drunk. I actually threw up in the movie and I literally threw up! 

JB: I think we all threw up. I did when I did the apple juice beer pong. It's constantly pumping.

Oliver: It’s hitting you in the back of your throat!

How did you develop friendships?

Oliver: I think what helped our friendship is that we all were kind of in a similar situation. Me and Thomas hadn’t been in LA for long, so we didn't have a ton of friends. We could relate, like, this is a big thing for all of us, so we kind of had that to bond with.

JB: We hang out multiple times a week.

Project X opens today in theaters.

Kirby Bliss Blanton of Project X only had small roles before being cast as Thomas Mann's underrated best friend in Project X. Even before the movie premiered, Kirby said that the publicity for the film is "already exceeding [her] expectations." She's already been featured in a sexy Maxim photospread and she just wrapped up work on another movie. When it came to the script, the cast only "had an outline," because Todd Phillips' latest creation was somewhat of a secret.

Kirby said "Once they figured out who they wanted to be involved in it, that kind of changed a little bit. Once we all did the table read and they got to see how we all act with each other, my character got changed."

What was your character before it was changed?

Kirby: I was gonna be Rebecca and they realized I should be Betsy instead of Rebecca. They brought in Alexis to be Rebecca. The storyline did change once they got us involved. We all kind of switched around. It worked out better in the end.

What prospects has this film opened up for you?

Kirby: I just got back from doing another movie in Utah called Hot Bod with the Polish brothers.

I’m curious how the found footage aspect of the movie enhanced your performance as actors.

Kirby: There’s a scene where it’s supposed to be an intimate moment between Kirby and Thomas and we’re not supposed to know that we’re being filmed, so the camera has to be in a certain place that we can’t see it. I remember thinking, ‘Is the camera even seeing us?’ It was really dark and I was like, ‘How is this going to work?’ You do feel like a little more like you’re not on camera. Same with the scene with the boy hiding in the closet. I didn’t know that there was someone in there either. It makes you feel like all of these moments are caught on tape.

Thomas Mann plays a nerdy teenager in high school who capitalizes on his parents' weekend out of town by throwing house party. The only problem is that "It becomes more than just a high school party, it becomes, like, an everybody party. I don’t think anyone’s been to a party of this magnitude before. Parties aren’t like this in high school." he explains.

But it wasn't all fun and games on set, because the budget for the movie was low, the cast had to get things right the first time.

"The car in the pool was a one-take scene! It was a crazy timing thing. We rehearsed it a bunch. They show me from my back, and I was thinking ‘I can’t be the thing that fucks this up!’"

Project X features so many party loving extras, Thomas explained that it felt real.

"I remember the most fucked up that I ever felt when we were shooting was that [ecstasy scene] where it's literally the cameras just basically dragging us through the party, through all these extras. The house was filled with 300 extras and we were just following this light that was on the camera and it was blinding. They had music blaring. It always felt like a party." That it does! Project X is in theaters now.

Project X Trailer, 2012

Rihanna recently spent a week in the UK. While she was there, she appeared on the popular Jonathan Ross Show where she complained about being single, calling it "so overrated," and she said that although she loves Adele, her music is "depressing."

On why she wants a man right now: "I have such incredible experiences in my life, but...you want to share your life with someone. That's what I'm missing right now."

On Adele: "I love her. I'm a big fan...Her last album, 21, spoke to me so much. I feel like everyone in the world identified with [21], to the point that I had to stop listening because it was depressing me so much. If you identify with it, sometimes you don't want to hear about it."

Lamar Odom sucks so much this season that the Dallas Mavericks have temporarily sent him to the NBA Developmental League. Odom is no longer on the Mavericks roster! He'll still receive his $8.9 million annual salary though.

ESPN says that Lamar was dropped to "get his legs back under him."

He missed some games to take care of his father during a recent stomach illness and he hasn't been scoring many points ever since he was traded from the Lakers to the Mavericks.

We couldn't think of a more embarrassing story for a once shining star on the court!

Jennifer Lopez attended the American Idol Finalists party yesterday but she didn't bring her boyfriend Casper Smart with her. Instead, they had their own date, hitting up Ago Restaurant last night after the FOX party.

Although there's an 18-year age difference between Casper and Jen, you couldn't tell that there's nearly two decades between them. Lopez looks amazing for her age. Damn her! She's still just as sexy today as she was decades ago. Latino don't crack?

Photos: Fame

Lea Michele was wearing a Dolce & Gabbana bodysuit with Christian Louboutin heels for her Prestige magazine cover. She should never wear pants, ever. She has some nice legs. In the issue, the famous diva downplays the kiss she shared with Ashton Kutcher, who basically dumped her during an interview, and she claims that Glee castmates love each other.

From what I've seen of the Glee cast in person, they're all friendly with each other, but there are cliques. Naturally. Lea would never say that though, and she's fake, so she's going to make it sound like she and her co-stars are always doing group hugs in between scenes.

On how Glee stars get along: "People can try to make up as much drama as they like, but the truth is that we really are the happiest family."

On kissing Ashton Kutcher in 'New Year's Eve': “I come from Broadway. I’ve done a lot of things. That’s child’s play compared to some of the stuff that I’ve done.”

Mila Kunis has been hired by Dior as the new face of the brand and the beautiful star was "working" yesterday, posing in Paris, France. Mila later attended a Dior fashion show where she sat in the front row. Life is hard for this chick!

Mila posed by a Seine River water vessel and it looks like she went for a messy hair look. She rocks it well. Mila's gigs just keep coming in. It was just announced that she joined the cast of "Hell & Black," an animated comedy following two best friends as they rescue one of their friends who has accidentally been dragged to Hell.

I'd prefer Mila in nothing at all, but she does look classy when she's all covered up.

Photos: Fame

Lindsay Lohan used to be hot, and then she began plumping her lips up with collagen. Now she has taken things too far. When asked if he believes Lohan has had plastic surgery, celebrity Plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Youn says "Unfortunately it looks like it." Ouch!

Anthony said: She appears to have a classic over-plumped pillow face. Her cheeks look like she's storing nuts for the winter." He believes that Lindsay's new look is the result of "multiple injections of filler like Sculptra or Restylane."

DAYUM! Well at least he didn't stay that she's storing tiny little bags of coke for the winter, which she probably is.

The surgeon said that these injection treatments can give people "a very youthful, natural" look, but if you overdo it, you'll look like "a Cabbage Patch doll."