‘Duets’ Judge John Legend Says Some Singing Competition Judges ‘Aren’t Really Singers’
ABC/RICK ROWELL(NEW YORK) — With yet another talent show featuring singers about to debut, the battle of the judges is heating up. ABC’s series, Duets, debuts Thursday May 24, and one of its judges, John Legend, is not holding back with his thou…
Tia Mowry Hardrict Abruptly Leaves BET’s ‘The Game’
Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Rumors hit the Internet Tuesday saying that actress Tia Mowry Hardrict was fired from BET’s The Game, the very series she helped bring back to the small screen after it was canceled by the CW.And although many are …
First John Travolta Accuser Hires Gloria Allred
Ryan Pierse/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The first of two men to file a sexual battery and sexual harassment lawsuit against John Travolta may revisit his case after dropping his complaint earlier this week.The unidentified masseur has hired high-profile …
Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dead at 63
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Disco and pop music icon Donna Summer has died, ABC News has confirmed. The singer passed away after a battle with cancer and died in Florida. She was 63 years old.A statement from the family of …
Osama Bin Laden Battle Brewing in Cannes
AFP/Getty Images(CANNES, France) — The battle for bin Laden is on — that is, the battle to bring the killing of the Al-Qaeda leader to the big screen is on.At the just-opened Cannes Film Festival, The Weinstein Company is close to buying Code Na…
Jennifer Lopez Tops "Forbes’" 100 Most Powerful Celebs List
Kevin Winter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Forbes magazine has released its annual list of The World’s Most Powerful Celebrities, and American Idol’s Jennifer Lopez tops the list for the first time ever.According to Forbes, once Lopez landed the American I…
"Marvel’s The Avengers" Becomes Highest-Grossing Movie of the Year
The Walt Disney Company/Marvel Comics(LOS ANGELES) — It was only a matter of time, but Marvel’s The Avengers is now the biggest movie of the year to date.Through Tuesday, the superhero film has earned $389.5 million at the domestic box office, accordi…
Reports: Jennifer Lopez Leaving "American Idol"
Theo Wargo/WireImage for Tommy Hilfiger(LOS ANGELES) — Earlier this week on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jennifer Lopez said she doesn’t know if she’ll return to American Idol next season. There are now multiple reports claiming she will in fact le…
"The Dictator" Director Denies Film Is Offensive to Arab-Americans
Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) — Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy, The Dictator, has irked some Arab-American groups who feel his character, a fictional North African dictator named Adm. Gen. Aladeen, casts an unflattering light on them.For example, Nadia…
"Two and a Half Men" Moving to Thursdays, CBS Announces
Sonja Flemming/CBS(NEW YORK) — TV’s highest-rated network is keeping its primetime lineup mostly intact for the 2012-2013 season.CBS confirmed Wednesday that it is bringing back 19 of its series in the fall, though a couple of them are switching to ne…
Charlize Theron Fine Being a Single Mom — For Now
Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Charlize Theron opens up about aging, motherhood and relationships in an interview with InStyle magazine. As she gets older, the 36-year-old actress says she can feel her body changing and she’s OK with t…
John Travolta’s Sexual Assault Accuser Drops Lawsuit
Ryan Pierse/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — After two men filed lawsuits, alleging that John Travolta sexually harassed them, the actor’s initial accuser has dropped his lawsuit, TMZ.com reports.The masseur, identified only as John Doe, accused Travolta i…
Manny Pacquiao’s Conservative Punch
Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Manny Pacquiao’s latest jab toward gay marriage has landed him on the wrong side of the rope in Tinseltown. Pacquiao was scheduled to be interviewed on the set of the TV show Extra at The Grove Wednesday …
Tiger Woods’ Ex Elin Nordegren Is Single Again
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images(PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Tiger Woods’ ex Elin Nordegren is single again.According to People magazine, Nordegren broke off her relationship with financier Jamie Dingman in January.“She says Jamie’s a great guy — and they&…
Sacha Baron Cohen Fondles Clooney’s Ex for Latest ‘Dictator’ Stunt
Mike Marsland/WireImage(CANNES, France) — The stunts just never stop with Sacha Baron Cohen. At the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday, he paled around on a yacht with Elisabetta Canalis, the Italian model famous for once dating George Clooney.Dressed as …
Lady Gaga Accused of ‘Worshipping Satan,’ Concert Canceled
Alo Ceballos/FilmMagic(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Lady Gaga’s June 3 concert in Jakarta, Indonesia — the subject of protests and complaints by that country’s hard-line Islamist organizations — will not go forward as scheduled. The J…
Halle Berry Vows to Take Her Anti-Paparazzi Crusade to Obama
Steve Granitz/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Halle Berry says she will go directly to President Obama to seek help passing laws to protect children from paparazzi after an incident last week in which she lost her cool when photographers came uncomfortably c…
Deion Sanders Ordered to Pay Pilar Sanders Legal Fees
Elsa/Getty Images(MCKINNEY, Texas) — Football legend Deion Sanders has been ordered by a Texas court to pay his estranged wife Pilar Sanders $10,500 per month in child support for their three children and $275,000 to cover her legal fees.Sanders learn…
Movie Review: "The Dictator"
Paramount Pictures(NEW YORK) — We’re going to keep this review short and to the point because I don’t want to give away The Dictator’s best jokes. And when I started writing, I realized that’s what I was doing. So let’s stick to the basics…
"Terminator 3" Star Nick Stahl Missing
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Nick Stahl, the actor who played John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, has been reported missing by his estranged wife, TMZ reported early Thursday morning.
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