The time is right — Michael Bublé is going to be a dad. The singer-songwriter, 37, and his wife, Argentine actress Luisana Lopilato, 25, are expecting their first child, they announced in a video message Thursday. “Mike, Lu and … mini Bublé!!” the clip rolls, opening on an ultrasound image. “We’re having a baby Bublé!”  The couple married in March 2011

J.J. Abrams set to direct new 'Star Wars'

J.J. Abrams is beaming from one franchise to another. The Star Trek Into Darkness director is set to helm the next installment of Star Wars. “As a kid I was always a fan of special effects. Watching movies I was constantly trying to figure out how they did it, whatever the effect was. Star Wars was the first movie that blew my mind in that way; it didn’t matter how they did any of it because it was all so overwhelmingly and entirely great. It was funny and romantic and scary and compelling and the visual effects just served the characters and story. It galvanized for me; not for what was exciting about how movies were made, but rather for what movies were capable of,” Abrams said back in November. (In the same interview, he also denied that he would be directing any Star Wars films.)

 These are not photos for her model portfolio – or for the feint of heart. Lisa D'Amato, who won the all-star cycle of America's Next Top Model in 2011, is recovering from a freak accident that broke her nose in several places and lacerated her forehead, lips and chin. D'Amato, 32, posted graphic pictures on her Facebook and Instagram pages of her cut and swollen face from the accident last week in a Colorado hotel after she wrapped filming of an indie movie called Cowboys and Indians. "We were just kind of monkeying around," she says, explaining that she was doing a handstand up against a crew member when they suddenly took a nasty tumble. D'Amato landed on her face, crushing her nose, and then the crew member fell on top of her, causing more scrapes to D'Amato's face. "It was a totally freak accident," D'Amato says. She was rushed to the emergency room, then sent to another hospital where a plastic surgeon went to work on her nose. "I didn't have the best nose in the world to begin with. It gave me character," she jokes. "Now I have a nice little nose job. I get a super cute nose." Throughout the ordeal, she says, she cracked jokes to put other people at ease – "Everyone seemed so sad," she says – but when left quietly alone, "I looked at my hands. They were covered with blood. That's when I thought, 'Oh, my God, what did I do to myself?' Of course, I started crying." Now recovering, D'Amato says she's about to leave for a belated honeymoon – she and longtime boyfriend Adam Friedman married in September – and will start work on a television pilot.


Bethenny Frankel's Ex Wants Primary Custody of Their Daughter
Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy are not seeing eye to eye as they begin divorce proceedings – most notably because both sides reportedly want primary custody of daughter Bryn. Hoppy has responded to Frankel's divorce petition by demanding from the reality-TV star almost exactly the same things she is demanding from him. Both are seeking primary custody of Bryn, who will be 3 in May, as well as child support from their ex, along with money for other expenses, including insurance. Both sides also want exclusive rights to their marital residence. The Skinnygirl mogul, 42, who first became famous on The Real Housewives of New York City, split with Hoppy late last year after almost three years of marriage. She later said she felt like a failure for not being able to make it work. Hoppy has not commented publicly on the split, and neither his lawyers.
 Marc Anthony and Shannon de Lima have called it quits after dating for more than a year. "Marc is no longer dating model Shannon de Lima," his rep Blanca Lasalle says. "The amicable breakup became official right in mid-January." De Lima and Anthony – who went public with the romance last January on Twitter by calling his model girlfriend "my statue of liberty" – didn't show any sign of discord before their split. Before de Lima, Anthony, 44, was married to Jennifer Lopez for seven years. The couple announced their separation in July, 2011. In a recent cover story, Lopez opened up about her painful split from Anthony, saying it felt like her "whole world fell apart."

Prince Slams Madonna, Maroon 5

He may be famously sparing in his words, but when Prince speaks, he speaks with a purpose. The singer revived some long-standing beef with Madonna in a recent interview with Billboard magazine nearly two years after the pair supposedly cooled off their fiery feud. The 54-year-old singer, who covers the latest issue, speaks a lot about music ownership in the new interview, and at one point even calls the Material Girl out by name when talk turns to his time with Warner Bros. Records. "It was always about Madonna," he tells the magazine, explaining why his relationship with the record label went sour. "She was getting paid, but at the same time we were selling more records and selling out concerts on multiple nights." Prince and Madonna, also 54, famously tussled in the public eye after briefly dating in 1985 and collaborating on Madonna's track "Love Song" from her 1988 album Like a Prayer. "[He] was a little troll," she said during a 1994 interview, recalling one of their earlier dates. "He was just sipping tea, very daintily. I have this theory about people who don't eat. They annoy me. "Prince similarly kept the public feud going several years later, when he snidely compared the number of his chart-topping songs to Madonna’s many children. "I got so many hits y'all can't handle me," he said during a 2007 concert in London. "I got more hits than Madonna's got kids." In the Billboard interview, Prince also takes issue with one of today's biggest pop artists: Maroon 5. The Adam Levine-fronted band featured a recorded version of a cover of Prince’s hit "Kiss" on their 2012 album Overexposed, and the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince was not too pleased.  "Why do we need to hear another cover of a song someone else did?" he quips in the interview, noting that he has no problem with artists performing covers during live shows. "Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there." Prince will be honored with the 2013 Icon Award at the Billboard Music Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas on May 19.

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TV NEWS
"Army Wives" is getting some new blood in its upcoming season 7 -- Golden Globe nominee and five-time People's Choice winner Brooke Shields will join the cast of the Lifetime show when it premieres in March. Shields will play the role of Air Force Colonel Katherine "Kat" Young, a pilot described as "brash and brilliant." Tough enough to hold her own in the male-dominated military, Kat will clash with Army General Michael Holden (Brian McNamara) pretty much as soon as she arrives at Joint Base Marshall Bring. Kat and Holden will initially keep up the fight for Air Force and Army dominance, respectively. Once Holden learns about Kat's tragic past, however, the two high-level officers find they have a lot in common.


Disney Channel’s hourlong Wizards of Waverly Place reunion special is slated to premiere Friday, March 15 at 8/7c
  Add another guest star with a cryptic character description to this season’s Once Upon a Time. John Pyper-Ferguson has booked a large guest star role on the ABC fairy tale hit. He’ll play Ben, a “widower who wants nothing more than to help his young son heal from the loss of his mother.” See if you can figure out the mythological character being explored there. Ben’s son will be played by previously announced guest star Benjamin Stockham (1600 Penn). They’ll appear in the 17th episode this season.
 NBC is sending Craig Robinson to the head of the class, ordering a single-camera comedy pilot starring The Office vet as a middle school teacher. The untitled project, exec produced by Robinson’s Office boss Greg Daniels, centers on a talented musician (Robinson) who adjusts to his new life as a music teacher, where he maneuvers precocious kids, teacher politics, and the temptations of single moms.


Star Trek vet George Takei will guest-star in The Neighbors’ first season finale.

Rachel Nichols, a reporter with ESPN for nine years, is leaving for sports roles at CNN and Turner Sports. With her new employers, Nichols will anchor a new weekend sports program on CNN beginning later this year and handle a variety of assignments across sports for Turner Sports, including the NBA and Major League Baseball. She also will cover major events such as the Olympics. Her first assignment will be covering the upcoming Super Bowl for CNN.

 
Sean Patrick Flanery will lend Dexter some Indy cred when he plays a major part in the Showtime drama’s upcoming eighth season. The actor formerly known as the title role in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles joins the cabler as Jacob Elroy, a former cop-turned-private eye in Miami. Since playing the young Dr. Jones in the prequel adventure series, Flanery’s TV credits have included The Young and the Restless, CSI, Stephen King’s Dead Zone and Breaking In.