Simon Cowell Confronts Brick-Wielding Intruder in London Home

The normally unflappable Simon Cowell was said to be terrified after an alarming incident Saturday night when he came face to face with an intruder wielding a brick in his west London home. Leanne Zaloumis, 29, thought to be an overzealous fan, was subdued by the X Factor judge's on-site security team. She was later charged with trespassing on the property and intending to "inflict grievous bodily harm upon a person therein."

 

Comic Gallagher suffers another heart attack

Comic legend Gallagher was hospitalized just over 10 days ago after suffering a heart attack. At that time, he was placed in a medically induced coma while his body healed from the strain.  He suffered another mild heart attack and was put back in the hospital. Reportedly, Gallagher ran out of his heart medication, felt another attack and was rushed to a hospital in Arizona. "Gallagher suffered a mild heart attack today at a hospital in Sedona due to complications from his previous heart attack. He is awake and resting comfortably now," says his rep.


'The Hunger Games' posts third-best opening weekend ever with $155 mil
The Hunger Games surpassed the wildest industry expectations to debut to $155 million. That’s the third-biggest opening weekend ever, behind only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 ($169.2 million) and The Dark Knight ($158.4 million). It’s also the best debut ever for a non-sequel, crushing 2010′s Alice in Wonderland ($116.1 million), and it represents the top opening weekend for any picture outside the summer movie season.
1. The Hunger Games — $155.0 mil
2. 21 Jump Street — $21.3 mil
3. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — $13.1 mil
4. John Carter — $5.0 mil
5. Act of Valor — $2.1 mil


Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Aren't Engaged

With The Hunger Games garnering rave reviews and grossing a historic $155 million in domestic box office, star Liam Hemsworth and girlfriend Miley Cyrus had plenty to celebrate this weekend. But did the on-and-off couple of three years cap it off with an engagement? On Saturday, the former Hannah Montana star, 19, stepped out with her Australian beau, 22, at Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XIII event in Phoenix, Ariz., wearing a huge new diamond ring on her finger. Despite a flurry of speculation over the weekend, a source close to Cyrus confirmed that the sparkler is not an engagement ring.

 

 

All You Need Is Kill
Rapper T.I. ("Takers") is set to star in Doug Liman's adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's Japanese science fiction novel "All You Need is Kill".

 

 

Get a Job
"Lost" and "Alcatraz" actor Jorge Garcia has joined the cast of CBS Films' multi-generational comedy "Get a Job." The story follows four recent college graduates who discover that their lofty expectations and the realities of adulthood are two very different things. 

TV NEWS
The BBC and BBC America are conjuring up another season of Being Human for 2013. The show — which hinges on a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost living together — lost two of its original leads following season 3, leaving only ghost Lenora Crichlow. But promoting frequent guest werewolf Michael Socha (This is England) to the main cast and adding unknown Damien Molony as the new vampire turned out to be less of a Hail Mary than a successful reboot.
 Late-night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel will host the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, to be held Sept. 23 and broadcast on ABC.
 Gaius Charles is heading back to the football field! Friday Night Lights alum is joining USA Network’s gridiron-themed drama Necessary Roughness for a major Season 2 arc. Charles is set to appear in at least four episodes as Damon, an extremely polished wide receiver who seeks Dr. Dani’s (Callie Thorne) help for his “imposter syndrome” — i.e., he doesn’t believe her deserves his success.

Battlestar Galactica alumna Tricia Helfer will guest-star in the Season 7 finale of CBS’ Criminal Minds. CBS announced earlier this week that the Criminal Minds finale will run two hours on May 16, and involve an attack on a federal bank — and subsequently a hostage situation in which one of the BAU members is held captive.


In another shrewd move to lure more eyeballs to OWN, Oprah Winfrey has snagged an exclusive interview with the South Carolina mother who killed her two young sons and then attempted to make their deaths look like an accident. Winfrey’s interview with Shaquan Duley, who confessed to the killings, will air during the April 1 installment of Oprah’s Next Chapter, which is currently the most-watched program on the struggling cabler. The mogul talked to Duley while she awaits her sentence at the Orangeburg-Calhoun Detention Center in South Carolina. She’s been held without bail for nearly two years.

Camille Grammer has decided not to come back for a third season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. "She's been in discussions and at the end decided she wasn't willing to expose her personal life anymore," says the source. "She's at peace with her decision." Grammer also recently reached an amicable settlement with ex-husband Kelsey Grammer in the custody case of their two young children, Mason and Jude.