Natalie Portman married
After Natalie Portman and partner Benjamin Millipied showed up wearing rings on those fingers at Sunday’s Oscars, buzz built that last year’s Best Actress had married her ballet choreographer fiancé of more than a year. According several other sources, Portman and Millipied have made it official, though Portman’s rep declined to comment on the status of her client’s relationship. Portman and Millipied met on the set of Black Swan, for which she won her Oscar and he served as a choreographer. She announced in December 2010 she was engaged to Millipied and expecting a child.
Snooki Is Pregnant
Though earlier this month she denied pregnancy rumors, reports say Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is, in fact, expecting her first child. The Jersey Shore star is roughly three months pregnant, and the baby's father is her boyfriend, Jionni LaValle. The source suggests Snooki is trying to parlay the pregnancy into lucrative marketing deals, it remains unclear how or if her condition will factor into Jersey Shore or a recently announced spinoff show starring Snooki and Jenni "JWoww" Farley. A rep for MTV said the network "doesn't comment on series in production."
Congrats to Diddy for Oscar win
While everyone was excited about Octavia Spencer winning best supporting actress at the Oscars, one hip hop mogul also walked away with an Oscar. Diddy picked up his first Oscar for Executive Producer of the documentary 'Undefeated'. The director of the movie T.J. Martin is the first African America to win as director for a feature length film. The Hip Hop mogul won it for executive producing the football flick for best documentary. Movie partner and director T.J. Martin was overwhelmed with the award and forgot where he was. The guy dropped the f-bomb while accepting the award, but rightfully so because he is the first black director to win an Oscar. The film opened in February 2011 and follows the highs and lows of underfunded and underprivileged high school football team from Tennessee.
Clive Davis is moving forward with Whitney Houston biopic
Whitney's mentor Clive Davis is in talks to create a Whitney Houston biopic and wants Rihanna to play the late great superstar. Some of Hollywood's biggest female names are scrambling to win the movie role of one of pop music's biggest stars. Just a few days after the funeral of Whitney Houston, it has emerged that Rihanna is among the shortlist of talent who are being considered for a biopic of the late legend. Whitney's record label boss and close friend Clive Davis is at the helm of the project and he reportedly wants to get a script finalized as soon as possible so filming can begin.
Dancing with the Stars Season 14 Cast Revealed
Spring is just around the corner – and so is season 14 of Dancing with the Stars! Twelve new cast members, including Sherri Shepherd, and their professional dance partners were announced on Good Morning America.Family Matters star Jaleel White will dance with former champ Kym Johnson
• Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will dance with Tony Dovolani
• Soap star-turned-singer Jack Wagner will dance with Anna Trebunskaya
• Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver will dance with Peta Murgatroyd
• Extra host Maria Menounos will dance with three-time champ Derek Hough
• The Disney Channel's Roshon Fegan will dance with Chelsie Hightower
• Cuban heartthrob, actor and model William Levy will dance with two-time champ Cheryl Burke
• Singer Gavin DeGraw will dance with reigning champ Karina Smirnoff
• Music legend Gladys Knight will dance with Nancy Grace's former partner Tristan MacManus
• And singer Katherine Jenkins will dance with perennial finalist Mark Ballas
Oscars Forget Dick Anthony Williams
Each year during the Academy Awards televised show, there is a section of the broadcast where fellow members of the film community are remembered. Sunday night the event honored a myriad of talents, including Jane Russell, Whitney Houston, Elizabeth Taylor, Cliff Robertson and quite possibly my all-time favorite film director, Sidney Lumet. Amid the remembrances, there was one glaring oversight: actor Dick Anthony Williams, who passed away on Feb. 16 at the age of 77. Williams was a fixture in cinema during the blaxploitation era of filmmaking. He played the characters of Pretty Tony in The Mack (1973), Joe Creole in Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) and Preston in Five on the Black Hand Side (1973). Williams worked steadily in television and film for five decades, appearing in The Jerk (1979), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Rapture (1991), The Gifted (1993) and The Players Club (1998). Williams was married to actress Gloria Edwards, a fixture in black film during the 1970s, who preceded him in death in 1988. He is survived by two daughters and a son.Camille Grammer and Kelsey Grammer settle custody dispute
"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Camille Grammer and "Boss" actor and executive producer Kelsey Grammer have officially -- and amicably -- ended their child custody battle. The couple have agreed to share custody of 10-year-old Mason and 7-year-old Jude, and the case has been taken off the court calendar. The kids will stay in Los Angeles with Camille, but Kelsey will have "meaningful contact" with both children.Wade says he apologized to Bryant
Insisting he meant no harm, Dwyane Wade revealed Tuesday that he has apologized to Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant multiple times for a blood-drawing, nose-breaking foul during the All-Star game. The first of those apologies, Wade said, came during the game when he saw Bryant's face had been bloodied. Wade also said he sent the Lakers' star a message after the game in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday night. Wade said critics who questioned why he never offered an apology for the play - the likes of which seemed to be something not typical in an All-Star game setting - simply made incorrect assumptions. ''I don't care what I'm portrayed as,'' Wade said after Miami's first practice following the league's All-Star break. ''It's unfortunate, obviously. I don't want to ever hurt anybody in this game, especially on a freak play like that. It's unfortunate. I send my apologies. But it's not intentional. If it's something I did intentionally, it'd be a different story.''
Malaysia bans Erykah Badu show over Allah body art
The Muslim-majority country of Malaysia banned a planned concert by Erykah Badu on Tuesday after a photograph appeared showing the Grammy-winning singer with the Arabic word for Allah written on her body. The American R&B singer was scheduled to perform Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur, but some Muslim groups said Badu was an unsuitable role model for young Malaysians after seeing a publicity photo of her with what appeared to be temporary tattoos of the word Allah on her bare shoulders. A government committee that includes police and Islamic policy officials decided to forbid Badu's show because the body art was "an insult to Islam and a very serious offense," Information Minister Rais Yatim said in a statement. The photo of Badu had "triggered public criticism that could jeopardize national security and cause a negative impact to the government's image," the statement added. The 41-year-old, Dallas-born singer had already arrived in Malaysia. She can stay as a tourist but will not be allowed to perform, an Information Ministry official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements.
Madonna camp calls 'Girls Gone Wild' lawsuit 'laughable'
Madonna reportedly did not drop the "s" in "Girls" from the title of her second "MDNA" single, "Girl Gone Wild," because of a legal threat from "Girls Gone Wild" franchise creator Joe Francis. And she apparently has no idea who Joe Francis is. Madge's manager, Guy Oseary, relayed to the site that it's "laughable" that Francis felt triumphant after sending a cease-and-desist letter to keep the singer from performing the song at the Super Bowl. "As for Madonna changing the name of the song to 'Girl Gone Wild,' Oseary says they've been tweaking the album for weeks, and decided to make the word 'Girl' singular because that's the way Madonna sings it in the song." The site also says Oseary pointed out that there are various other songs out there with the title "Girls Gone Wild" (as a quick search on iTunes confirms), one of the more prominent being a Ludacris track from 2006's "Release Therapy," which arrived nine years after Francis' first "Girls Gone Wild" film. Madonna's manager apparently went on to add the ego-damaging info that the "Give Me All Your Luvin'" songstress doesn't even know who Joe Francis is, and is unaware of his legal threats.
Celine Dion cancels more Vegas shows on doctor's orders
Singer Celine Dion has canceled more shows at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace, citing a virus causing an inflammation of her vocal cords. An official with show producer AEG Live, Christi Nelson, says a doctor has advised the French-Canadian pop superstar to rest her voice for six to eight weeks. Officials announced last weekend that Dion was canceling shows through March 3. Her new return date is June 9. TV NEWS
FX has chosen Thursday, June 28 as the launching pad for a newly robust night of comedy, teed up by the series premiere of Charlie Sheen‘s Anger Management. Loosely based on the 2003 Jack Nicholson/Adam Sandler movie, Sheen’s Anger will debut that Thursday at 9/8c with back-to-back episodes.
Bree is lawyering up with Scott Bakula. ABC’s Desperate Housewives has closed a deal with the Men of a Certain Age alum to play Bree’s conservative, high-powered, straight-arrow attorney for multiple episodes.
Justified‘s Walton Goggins will voice a psychic in this week’s episode of FX’s new animated series, Unsupervised.
Lisa Edelstein will not be checking back into House before the show ends its run on May 21, dashing any remaining hope there was for one final House/Cuddy reunion. The network announced that House‘s May 21 finale will be preceded by an hour-long retrospective special looking back at the show’s eight-year run.
Homeland terrorist Marin Ireland is about to make another Killing. The actress — who played one half of a lethal, anti-American husband-wife team during the Showtime drama’s inaugural season — is joining The Killing in the potentially recurring role of Liz, sister to Joel Kinnaman’s Detective Holder. Season 2 of the AMC thriller, which will continue chronicling the Larsen case as well as delve into a new mystery, kicks off Sunday, April 1, at 8/7c with a two-hour opener.
Danica Patrick got her first Daytona 500 race off to a nasty start. The racer, 29, crashed her green car on the second lap in an accident that also involved Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Elliott Sadler and other drivers. "Wow," exclaims the NASCAR.com blog. "The wreck was triggered when Elliott Sadler shoved Johnson." Patrick didn't appear to be hurt as her car got struck in the rear and shot sparks before she steered it off the track to safety. "Danica made two great dodges to avoid worse damage," noted USA Today's blog. The crash sent the car to the garage for repairs while the race went on without Patrick.
The CW's prequel to Sex and the City has found its baby Carrie Bradshaw. AnnaSophia Robb will step into the high heels of the popular character during her times in the 1980s. Also joining the cast: The Killing's Katie Findlay and Ellen Wong.
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