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Bette Midler Sings Kim Kardashian's Tweets Why read tweets when you can sing them? Jimmy Kimmel is notorious for having celebrities read mean tweets about themselves, but this time, Bette Midler sang tweets from the woman she named a chicken after, Kim Kardashian. The 69-year-old music legend took on the reality star's words and gave them a beautiful new life. She kicked things off with Kim's tweet about #TheDress. "What color is that dress? " she sang. "I see white and gold. Kanye sees black and blue. Who is color blind? " WATCH: Ellen DeGeneres Finds Out the Real Color of 'The Dress' After applause, the tempo got a little more upbeat with, "I hate falling asleep with all my makeup on. " And to make it sound even better, she added in a "Bipity bopity boo! " And just when you think this medley couldn't get any funnier, Bette brought out the powerhouse vocals for, "I never thought I would say this, " dramatic pause to build build up emotion, "but I'm wearing flats today. " On her own Twitter, Bette recently shared the lyric video for her version of TLC's "Waterfalls, " which she debuted last fall. Fans are already leaving comments on the lyric video like, "So moving, " and "BEAUTIFUL version. The words seem so much more meaningful with the song slowed down like this. " NEWS: Bette Midler Slams Ariana Grande's Sexy Image She's also no stranger to a good Twitter feud when she called Ariana Grande's sexed up image, "silly beyond belief. " Fortunately, those two divas were able to settle that beef with jokes and love.

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'Going Clear' Filmmakers On Scientologists Tom Cruise and John Travolta: 'They Owe People an Explanation' At the LA premiere of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO's new documentary about the Church of Scientology, filmmakers and former members had strong words about the organization -- and its most famous followers. NEWS: Leah Remini's Scientology Tell-All The film's producers claim that they reached out to Tom Cruise and John Travolta for interviews, but their requests were allegedly denied. Representatives from the Church said that 25 members were made available to refute every claim made in the documentary but that filmmakers allegedly shunned them. No active members of the religion appear in the documentary. Director Alex Gibney told The Insider that Cruise and Travolta's influence made it important for him to try to include them. "They bear a tremendous amount of responsibility because they are key figures for the church in terms of their recruiting, " Gibney said. "They owe people an explanation as to why they would be the PR figures for an organization that seems to be committing to such abuses. " NEWS: Jennifer Lopez on BFF Leah Remini's Scientology Exit Author Lawrence Wright, who penned the book of the same name on which the film is based, claims that the Church of Scientology is responsible for using young children to work long hours performing manual labor. "They sacrifice their education, " said Wright,. "They are impoverished by their service because they only get paid $50 a week. " The Church of Scientology responded vociferously to the claims on its website, freedommag.org, and in full page ads in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. "The courts have debunked the ludicrous 'human trafficking' and 'involuntary servitude' allegation against the Church that Lawrence Wright promoted in his Going Clear book and that HBO is exploiting, " the website asserts. NEWS: Niece Of Scientology Head Supports Leah Remini In a statement released to The Insider, they refer to the film and book as "bigoted propaganda built on falsehoods invented by admitted liars. " Gibney said that he thinks "people can judge for themselves. " Going Clear does feature former members of the church, including Spanky Taylor and Tom DeVocht. "Please take the time to learn both sides, " Taylor said to those who may be considering Scientology. "They offer a lot of good answers to things, but really take the time to get the other side of the story -- which you won't get once you're in, because you're prohibited from looking at the Internet or speaking to anybody who's critical of the organization. " NEWS: Russell Brand: Tom Cruise Didn't Want Me In Scientology DeVocht, a former construction manager for the Church, agreed. "Really reconsider it. Do your homework, " DeVocht said. "Check the internet. Really reconsider it. It's dangerous. " DeVocht told The Insider that the thing that first attracted him to the church was "the idea of helping people -- making a better world. " According to DeVocht, the scariest part for him was realizing "that the whole religion was false. " In a series of videos, the Church of Scientology has referred to Taylor and other former members as "bitter. " "I'm sorry they feel that way because I have been really honest about everything, " Taylor said. NEWS: Kirstie Bashes Leah Remini as "Bigot, " "Enemy " Gibney told The Insider that he hasn't been surprised by Scientology's criticism of the film. "I was concerned and prudent but not afraid, " Gibney said. "The Church of Scientology has something called 'fair game,' and the idea is that if they perceive any criticism of the church they think it's fair game to go after them in any way. " Gibney said HBO has been supportive of the film despite the high-profile controversy. NEWS: Tom Cruise Has Never Met a Stunt He Won't Do Himself "HBO has been vigorously defending the film in ways that I consider extraordinarily admirable, " Gibney said. Going Clear premieres on HBO Sunday, March 29 at 8 p.m.

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16 Things We Love About Carrie Underwood Country star Carrie Underwood turns 32 today. We hope the new mama is kicking back for her birthday because she deserves it. Here are 16 things about Carrie that we absolutely love! 1. Her amazing music (duh): WATCH: Go Behind The Scenes Of Carrie Underwood's Epic "Something In The Water " Video 2. She knows that sometimes, you gotta: 3. She's a country fan too: 4. She knows a good party when she sees one: 5. She was very resourceful with her baby belly: 6. Her beautiful baby: PIC: Carrie Underwood Welcomes Baby Boy 7. She had the best #TBT ever (and it wasn't even Thursday!): You never had a Valentine?! Can we go back in time and BE your Valentine!? 8. She can appreciate a good fortune: 9. But when it's not a fortune, she's not afraid to call it out: 10. She loves dogs: 11. And she posts pictures of dogs with smiley teeth: 12. As a matter of fact, just THIS DOG: If this was our life we would never miss breakfast! 13. She goes to the farmers market just like us: 14. And loves to put her feet in the water: 15. She can admit when she's still learning: Honestly, we'd have fallen off that thing by now. 16. And last but not least, she's got camel jokes: Happy birthday, Carrie!

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Kanye West Tweets 8 Naked Photos of Kim Kardashian To Express How Lucky He Is In his own way, Kanye West is kind of adorable. The rapper tweeted out 8 semi-NSFW photos of his wife Kim Kardashian to congratulate her on the new season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and also just to show appreciation apparently! Say what you will about Kanye, his fashion choices, or his occasional rants and outbursts, but there's something oddly sweet about this. PICS: This is how Kanye West Dressed in 2003 (And It Was The Greatest He's Ever Dressed) Yeezy is expressing his love in a way only Yeezy can. Seriously, picture Kanye gleefully on his iPhone composing all these tweets and try to NOT smile. At least a little bit. Can't be done. He may show it in some VERY inappropriate ways. NEWS: Kanye West Might Have A Thing For Draco Malfoy Hair And We Can Prove It But Kanye is absolutely, undeniably, head over heels in love with Kim. And that's pretty adorable. SWISH, Kanye!! Watch Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian dance together to Kanye's music!

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Andy Samberg Is Hosting the 2015 Emmys: 'Buckle Your Seat Belts!' The Primetime Emmys have found their next host! Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg will take the reins of the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox announced on Thursday. Samberg, an Emmy winner for Saturday Night Live viral sensation “D*** in a Box” and a Golden Globe winner, promised an entertaining ride at the live telecast, airing live coast-to-coast Sunday, Sept. 20 from 8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT on Fox. WATCH: Andy Samberg Returns to 'Saturday Night Live'! “Buckle your seat belts, Emmy viewers!” Samberg said in an enthusiastic statement. “Like, in general you should buckle your seat belts in your car. In fact, even if you’re not an Emmy viewer, you should buckle your seat belt. It can be dangerous on the road. Also, if you’re not an Emmy viewer, you should strongly consider becoming one this year, because I’m hosting, and it’s gonna be a wild ride. So buckle your seat belts.” Will his Lonely Island friends, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, join in on the action? We’d like to think so! That way, we can get some awesome musical interludes, such as this. WATCH: Kyra Sedgwick Pays a Visit to 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Or memorable spoofs of big TV moments, such as this O.C. parody. Our fingers are crossed! Emmy nominations will be announced bright and early on Thursday, July 16. Producers for the Emmys will be announced shortly. Watch Andy Samberg react to his Golden Globe nomination for Brooklyn Nine-Nine in 2014 with ET below!

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Kylie Jenner Captured Tyga's Heart Tyga is showing Kylie Jenner some love, and he's hinting that maybe there's more to those romance rumors. On Friday, the 25-year-old rapper posted a candid snap of Kylie, 17, and captioned it, "Certain things catch your eye, but only few capture the heart. " This is not the first post he's had for her though. He also shared this pic of her on Feb. 21 and wrote, "Your beauty never goes unnoticed. One of the best/dopest person in my life. " PICS: Crazy In Love Celebs And while these pictures have compliments attached to them, Tyga did deny that he and Kylie were an item in a radio interview with The Breakfast Club on Feb. 17, saying, "I'm not dating Kylie, I just want to get that out the way. " He further added, "I want to be clear to everybody that I didn't leave my family to be with Kylie. That's ridiculous. " NEWS: Tyga Denies Kylie Jenner Relationship Tyga has 2-year-old child, King, with model Blac Chyna. The two were engaged in December of 2012 but split two years later. Check out some of the best celebrity love stories in the video below.

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Wisconsin Republicans plan to push right-to-work bill next week Wisconsin Republicans plan to call an extraordinary session to fast-track a right-to-work bill in the state legislature next week, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Friday.Governor Scott Walker, a potential Republican candidate for president in 2016, supports the policy and will sign it into law if the bill makes it to his desk, a spokeswoman said Friday.So-called right-to-work laws prohibit workers from being required to join and financially support a union - such as by paying dues - as a condition of their employment.The announcement drew immediate criticism from Democrats and a union leader in Wisconsin, where Republican lawmakers in 2011 approved restrictions on collective bargaining for most public-sector unions except police and fire amid large demonstrations. Republicans' control of both sides of the Wisconsin Legislature and the governor's mansion leaves a clear path for passage of right-to-work legislation, which is already law in two dozen states, including nearby Michigan and Indiana.Fitzgerald told reporters that legislative leaders had been discussing the proposal since December and he had only just received enough firm commitments from senators to approve the bill."My experience as leader is, when you have the votes you go to the floor," he said. "You don't wait around."The session would only address the right-to-work measure, which would be heard in the Senate labor committee on Tuesday with the full Senate taking it up on Wednesday, Fitzgerald said.The state Assembly would take up the bill the week of March 2, he said.The proposal does not make exceptions for trade unions, cover police or fire unions, or affect current contracts or extensions reached before its approval, Fitzgerald said. It would take effect upon Walker's signature.Capitol police have been told about the possibility the session could attract larger crowds to Madison, he said."I just have my fingers crossed that this isn't going to turn into something that is similar to Act 10," he said, referring to the 2011 demonstrations. "It's still a concern."Fitzgerald said supporters would aim to make the case a right-to-work law could attract jobs Wisconsin is losing to other states and protect existing manufacturing jobs.Phil Neuenfeldt, president of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, said a right-to-work law would not create jobs and would lower wages for all workers in the state."Rushing this legislation through in an extraordinary session is a slap in the face to our democracy," he said in a statement.

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Robert Durst Says He ‘Killed Them All’ in Final Moments of HBO Doc The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, HBO’s six-part documentary about the real estate heir suspected in two murders and the disappearance of his first wife, has been full of surprises in the first five chapters. Yet, none of them -- even the discovery of a letter that potentially links Durst to the death of longtime friend Susan Berman -- was more shocking than the final moments of Sunday night’s episode. “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course,” Durst said to himself during a private moment in the hotel bathroom following his final interview with director Andrew Jarecki. Not realizing his microphone was still on, the man was talking to himself, upset with being backed into a corner by the filmmaker. "What a disaster, " Durst also said at one point. Was this a confession? NEWS: The HBO Doc 'Serial' Fans Will Want to Watch In 1982, Kathleen Durst, his first wife, was reported missing and hasn’t been seen since. Her husband has long been suspected by many to be behind her disappearance with many presuming he murdered her at the couple’s country home in Westchester County. Nearly two decades later, Susan Berman -- a longtime friend of Durst and his spokesperson after Kathleen’s initial disappearance -- was killed, execution-style in her Beverly Hills home on December 23, 2000. Prior to her death, Berman told Durst she was to be interviewed by the police about his wife Kathleen. Her friend became a suspect, and it was in chapter five that the HBO documentary uncovered a letter from Durst with matching handwriting to the one believed to be sent to the police notifying them of Berman’s death. That same year, Durst fled to Galveston, TX where he posed as a mute woman. In 2001, he was arrested for the murder and dismemberment of his neighbor Morris Black. Though he admitted to carving up the body, Durst convinced a jury that Black’s death was in self-defense. Durst was twice acquitted of the crime. NEWS: Robert Durst Arrested on Murder Warrant Over the weekend, Durst was arrested in New Orleans on a murder warrant in the California investigation into Berman’s death. His lawyer said he will plead not guilty when he's called into court.  Durst’s brother Douglas, who refused to participate in HBO’s documentary, released a statement following the news of his arrest. “We are relieved and also grateful to everyone who assisted in the arrest of Robert Durst,” he said in a written statement. “We hope he will finally be held accountable for all he has done.” On Sunday, HBO released a statement saying, "We simply cannot say enough about the brilliant job that Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling did in producing The Jinx. Years in the making, their thorough research and dogged reporting reignited interest in Robert Durst's story with the public and law enforcement. "

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Try Not to Fall Madly in Love with This Adorable Buffalo Mom, can we keep him?? We know buffaloes can't really be pets but maybe we make an exception this one time, I mean... just look at the big guy. PICS: Stars and their Adorable Pets Rudy (we're just gonna call him Rudy) lives at the Olympic Game Farm in Sequim, Wash. where he loooooves to be fed. From the look of things, he loves people too. Rudy, you are just too much! NEWS: This Two-Year Old and her Pet Pig Are So Adorable it Hurts If you haven't had your fill of adorable things, check out Reese Witherspoon's hubby and little son Tennessee.

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So 'Awesome'! Kanye West's Alleged Ode to Kim Kardashian Leaks Online It's no secret that Kanye West thinks his wife, Kim Kardashian, is awesome. In fact, he even wrote a song, which is supposedly about her, that he titled "Awesome. " And now you can hear the ode. Kanye first performed the song live at the Met Ball in 2013, a few months before the release of Yeezus. A few moments of the song also showed up in an episode of Kim's reality series Keeping Up With the Kardashians in September. NEWS: Kanye West Pays Tribute to Late Mother in Paul McCartney Collaboration The song, a loving, auto-tuned slow jam, really drives home the idea that he thinks Kim is "awesome. " In fact, he thinks she's "so awesome. " While some of the lyrics are a bit corny, Kanye managed to write some legitimately heartwarming lines that actually seem to bare his soul a bit. "I'd rather do nothing with you/Than something with somebody new, " Kanye sings in the chorus. NEWS: Kanye Debuts New Song 'All Day' at Brit Awards Other praise includes: "You look too good to be at work/You feel too good to ever hurt, " and, "You don't need to listen to your manager/You're way too hot for them to handle you. " Of course, Kanye is still Kanye, so the song switches focus momentarily toward the end of the track when he sings, "Cause baby I'm awesome, also/ I'm also awesome, also/I'm also awesome/Y'all know. " NEWS: Kanye West Teases New Album Title It's unclear at this time whether the leak was planned, or whether or not "Awesome " will appear on Kanye's upcoming eighth studio album So Help Me God. Check out the video below to see the awesome Kanye and Kim at the Grammys, and hear Kanye explain why he doesn't smile in selfies.

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Joe Manganiello Opens Up About Being 12 Years Sober Magic Mike XXL star Joe Manganiello has a lot to be proud of, including his enviable physique and his stunning fiancée Sofia Vergara. On top of all that, he's also managed to stay sober for well over two decades. VIDEO: 7 Times Joe Manganiello Thrilled Us All By Taking His Shirt Off The 38-year-old actor and body builder spoke to Us Weekly about his efforts to stay sober, saying, "Sobriety is something near and dear to me… [I am] 12-and-a-half years sober. So obviously this is something very close to my heart. " The former True Blood star has been candid about his alcohol problems in the past, including in his book Evolution and during an interview with HuffPost Live in 2013. VIDEO: EXCLUSIVE: ET On Set with 'Magic Mike XXL': 'It's a Stripper Odyssey' "There was a period of about four years where I needed to quit drinking. And the drinking got in the way [of my career], " Manganiello said in his interview. "My life was ruined. I was homeless, careless and broke with no career… it was worth it [to get sober]. " Another thing Manganiello can be proud of is being named People's Hottest Bachelor. Check out the video below for more on the honor.

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Which 'Frozen' Star Is Headed to Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast'? Disney is shoring up its cast for the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. The studio has tapped Frozen star Josh Gad, the voice of the popular Olaf character, to join the growing cast of the upcoming big-screen redo, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Emma Watson and former Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens are set to play Belle and the Beast, respectively. RELATED: Dan Stevens and Luke Evans Join 'Beauty and the Beast' Gad, who next stars on FX’s The Comedians with Billy Crystal, will play Le Fou, the loyal sidekick to the villainous Gaston (Fast & Furious 6’s Luke Evans). The 34-year-old actor celebrated his casting by tweeting side by side photos of Le Fou in the 1991 animated classic and himself doing a similar pose. WATCH: 7 Reasons Why Emma Watson Is the Best Choice for Belle in 'Beauty and the Beast' If he’s this excited, we certainly can’t wait to see what’s in store! The classic fairy tale tells the story of a cursed prince (Stevens) and a beautiful young woman (Watson), who helps him break the spell that's turned him into a beast. Beauty and the Beast is just the latest live-action version of a Disney animated classic. Cinderella, which stars Lily James, Cate Blanchett and Richard Madden, is in theaters today and Disney is already hard at work for a live-action version of Dumbo with Tim Burton directing. Here's why we think Emma Watson is perfect for Belle! Watch the video below for more.

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The Story Behind Amber Rose's Scandalous Thong Selfies and Twerking Videos When she's not feuding with Khloe Kardashian or hitting back at Kanye West, model Amber Rose is best-known for some seriously sexy selfies. Here's just a taste of her "break the Internet " attempts in case you've forgotten. PHOTOS: Celebs In Their Underwear But the curvy 31-year-old can't take all the credit for her headline-making selfies -- a lot of that would have to go to her 25-year-old assistant Benji Carlisle. Benji just opened up to Cosmopolitan about his life as Amber's "right-hand man, " and gives the scoop behind all those much-loved lingerie pics and twerking videos. "There's not one place I don't go with her, " Benji, who refers to Amber as "Miss Rose, " tells the magazine. "Literally, if you see her, you're probably two feet away from seeing me, because I'm everywhere she's at. " He tells the story behind one of her most popular selfies, Amber sporting a beyond-racy G-string monokini that got 522,000 likes. "She was on her way to go tan [when that happened], because she tans every two days. And I was like, 'Miss Rose, baby, you can't just go tan in that, you definitely have to take a picture,' " he recalls. " … I'm like, 'Yes. Miss Rose, just trust me. Let me take a couple pictures. You don't even have to post them, this is just for you because you look so good right now.' And I took those pictures and she was like, 'Whoa, Benji. I see what you were talking about.' " "I'm usually the mastermind behind all -- I can't say all the pictures-- but I'm usually the mastermind behind the photos or videos that get controversy, " he adds. " ... I shot almost every twerking video. " And it turns out the process behind their videos is not all that thought-out. "It [starts] like, 'Benji, I feel like dancing.' We dance all the time -- if we're not [hiking] at Runyon Canyon, we're dancing because that's all workout, " he explains. "She's like, 'Benji, I feel like making a video.' And my response is like, 'OK, Miss Rose. What song should I listen to?' Then she'll be like, 'You ready?' Then I do it. " That's not to say Amber -- who Benji says "loses zero sleep over the haters " -- doesn't have a very strong opinion on her often times controversial social media posts. "She's very particular -- if you take a picture of her, she likes a certain angle, " he shares. " ... She's in control of her own social media. But I would say I'm the cheerleader of the group. " And though he admits that Amber's jaw-dropping physique takes exercise, Benji -- who lives with Amber -- also reveals her love for cooking comfort food. "She cooks for herself, " he surprisingly reveals. "She makes cheesesteaks, she loves fixing anything Italian -- meatballs, noodles, pasta bolognese. " PHOTO: Amber Rose's New Butt Selfie Is Wow-Worthy Last month, Amber’s ex, Kanye West, dissed her in an interview with the radio program The Breakfast Club, when he said that he had to "take 30 showers " before dating Kim Kardashian. Watch the explosive interview below:

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Where Are The Banjos on Mumford & Sons 'Believe'?! Our 27 Stages Of Grief Mumford & Sons dropped their new single "Believe " today, off of their upcoming album Wilder Mind. FI. NA. LLY. Our favorite muti-platinum British folk rock band is back!! But hang on, something's a little different... 1. There's no banjo. 2. No, really. 3. Is that a thing? 4. How is that even possible? NEWS: John Mayer Wants to 'Stop' Taylor Swift Feud: We're Rich People Who Live Out Our Dreams 5. There are literally no emoji's to describe how we feel. 6. Please don't go Coldplay on us!! 7. No offense Coldplay. 8. But we just don't need another Coldplay. 9. I mean it's fine, there will totally be banjo on the record right? 10. Oh God, what if there isn't Banjo on the new record? 11. That makes us sad. 12. Does the banjo know about this? 13. This is not okay. 14. We don't want to draw a line in the sand, but.... 15. Things have just changed. 16. Honestly, we still love you. 17. But this will take some getting used to. 18. To be fair, we just have to let you change and grow. 19. But it's just like... you ARE the banjo. 20. It's like if your silly hat friend stopped wearing silly hats. 21. What is even real?! 22. IS IT SO WRONG TO KNOW WHAT WE LOVE? 23. It's not even really about the song. 24. The banjo changed lives. 25. Maybe we should have seen this coming. 26. RIP banjo. 27. BRB, gonna play our banjos and cry. Wilder Mind is set to release May 4, 2015. Miley Cyrus is also cooking up some new music! Watch the video below.

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Ansel Elgort Says He Isn't 'Sexually' Attracted to Shailene Woodley Ansel Elgort wants the world to know that a guy and a girl can’t just be friends. Unless it’s him and his Insurgent co-star Shailene Woodley. In an interview with Seventeen magazine, Elgort revealed he’s never been attracted to Woodley, despite their long friendship. NEWS: Ansel Elgort Talks About Losing His Virginity When He Was 14 "If a woman is really pretty, it’s kind of hard, I’m not going to lie. " Elgort said when asked whether or not men and woman can have non-romantic friendships. "Actually, that’s not true. Me and Shailene have a really platonic relationship. I’ve never once wanted her sexually, which is nice. But for me, if a person is someone I’m attracted to, and she’s my best friend, hopefully we’re dating. " Not wanting each other sexually may have been helpful when it came to keeping things from being awkward when they had to get intimate during The Fault in Our Stars. VIDEO: Shailene Woodley Talks Losing (On-Screen) Virginity to Ansel Elgort & Miles Teller While on the subject of dating, Elgort also opened up about what he likes to do on a date, saying, "I like romantic dates -- going on a long walk in Central Park and then taking the subway downtown and going out to eat and ordering oysters. After that, you walk around again and talk. " "I love doing romantic sh*t, " the 21-year-old star added. "It’s fun. It’s like you’re living in a movie. " Check out the video below for more from Elgort and Woodley about the true nature of their relationship.

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Heather Mills Does Not Want to Talk About Paul McCartney: 'It's Boring' Heather Mills is tired of getting asked about her ex-husband. Mills, who was married to Paul McCartney for six years, told The Late Late Show with Ryan Tubridy that she doesn't want to talk about him. "I don't want this interview to be all about Paul. That umbilical cord was broken, " she said. "He's married someone else and I agreed to come on the show so it wasn't just all about Paul. " Mills has a lot to talk about as she's a ski-racer with a prosthetic leg, helps animals, owns the biggest vegan company in the world and counsels thousands of people with disabilities. In spite of the fact that she did not want the interview to be about her ex, she spoke about how she fell out of love with him. "This is just someone I fell in love with who to me was a normal guy that happened to write a few cool songs in the '60s and a few in '70s, " she explained. "Like everyone that's a partner, you fall in love, you get married, you sometimes go ‘Oh my god, this is completely wrong' and you wake up and move on. " WATCH: 7 of the Most Expensive Hollywood Divorces She then brought up that it's "boring " to talk about him. "If I go down the street, all I get is kids coming up to me. Half of them don't even know who he is, " she admitted. "That's why he's got to do songs with Rihanna and Kanye West, so people remember [him]. " McCartney, Rihanna and West recently released "FourFiveSeconds, " a song that came as a surprise when Rihanna dropped the news on Twitter in January. The trio also performed the hit at the 2015 GRAMMYs. NEWS: All of the 2015 GRAMMYs Performances Ranked Check out the video below to see more about Paul and Heather's divorce.

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Anna Faris: Most of the Paparazzi 'Are Pretty Nice Guys' Here's an admission you don't hear from celebs too often. In a new interview with Health magazine, Mom star Anna Faris explains why she doesn't have too much of an issue with paparazzi. "We're pretty low-key. We stay at home a lot, " she says about her and her husband, Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt. "I don't know if my husband would necessarily agree, but most of them [paparazzi] are pretty nice guys, just trying to make a living, and a lot of them are apologetic. " PHOTOS: The Most In-Love Celeb Couples She also says it pays to show them a little courtesy. The Scary Movie actress explains that most paparazzi will leave her alone as soon as they get the shot "if you're nice to them. " "I think some celebrities are so mean to them and resent them so much, " she says. "I mostly feel scared just going out without makeup on. But at the same time, I don't want it to force a lifestyle change. " Most importantly, she doesn't let it affect her family time with Chris and their two-year-old son Jack. "Yesterday Chris and I took Jack to the train museum. There were paparazzi, but we were just like, 'It's an odd thing that's happening, but let's not stress or stress Jack out,' " she recalls. At one point, Chris turned to me and said, 'I don't think I've ever been happier in my whole life.' And I felt the same way. " And are more kids in the future for the much-loved couple? Both have been open about Anna's pregnancy complications with Jack, who was born two months premature. "We want to, very much so, but it will definitely be a whole new complication because now I'm, like, a high-risk pregnancy, so it requires some different monitoring, " she says candidly. "I wish we didn't have this biological clock. I'm thinking we have to start talking about it, looking at all kinds of options. " "I'm so lucky that I have a partner in Chris who's in the same industry and really understands what's required of me in terms of time commitment, " she adds. "But I was like, 'Oh man, this s**t is f**ing hard.' " Although she and Chris have been married since 2009, the two are still clearly as enamored with one another as ever. Anna admits she feels sexiest when she's "at home with [her] husband. " "He makes me feel really beautiful even when I'm feeling disgusting, " she gushes. "I'll be in boxer shorts and a grubby T-shirt with greasy hair, and he'll still be like, 'Whoa, honey. Whoaaa.' " VIDEO: Chris Pratt, Anna Faris Continue Reign as Cutest Red Carpet Couple Ever Watch the video to hear about the one time Chris actually rescued The Returned star Jeremy Sisto's kids!

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U.S., Israeli national security advisers discuss Iran nuclear program U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice met with her Israeli counterpart, Yossi Cohen, at the White House on Thursday for a discussion on Iran's nuclear program, among other issues, the White House said.The White House said the national security advisers agreed to continue close consultations. The meeting comes at a tense time in U.S.-Israeli relations and ahead of a controversial visit to Washington next month by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Robin Wright on Ben Foster: I've Never Had a Better Sex Life House of Cards star Robin Wright, 48, is happier than ever. And a lot of it is thanks to her boyfriend, 34-year-old Lone Survivor actor Ben Foster. Glowing on the April cover of Vanity Fair in a plunging white halter dress, Wright gets super-candid about their relationship, including their sex life. The two got engaged last January but reportedly called it off in November. However, they were back together by the Golden Globes this year, posing together on the red carpet. "I've never been happier in my life than I am today, " Wright tells Vanity Fair. "Perhaps it's not ladylike [to say], but I've never laughed more, read more, or come more than with Ben. He inspires me to be the best of myself. " PHOTOS: Hollywood's Most On-Again/Off-Again Couples "There's so much to learn, " she adds. "It's endless. How great! It took me a long time to grow up. Love is possible as life is possible. " The Forrest Gump actress remains tight-lipped about her 2010 divorce from Sean Penn, whom she was married to for 14 years. They have two children together, actress/model Dylan Penn, 23, and son Hopper Jack, 21. "I'm not in the business of talking about what 'isn't,' " she says about their split. "My eyes are set forward and I've never been happier. I have too much respect for Sean and our two extraordinary children to sell our past joys and woes for public consumption and fodder. " That being said, she says she's definitely learned from the demise of their marriage -- particularly, that she's now looking for "kindness " in her relationships. "I believe we were together not only to have our beautiful children but to learn how to love … for the next time around, the right way, " she says. "And then, what I'm looking for in people now, is kindness. " For his part, Penn hasn't been shy about his thoughts on Wright, telling Esquire UK in January that after two marriages (Penn was also married to Madonna before splitting in 1989), his reported engagement to Charlize Theron would be the only one that mattered. "You say I've been married twice before but I've been married under circumstances where I was less informed than I am today, so I wouldn’t even consider it a third marriage, I'd consider it a first marriage on its own terms if I got married again, " he surprisingly said. He also admitted that he and Wright were not on the best of terms. "I’m very friendly with my first ex-wife, " he said, referring to Madonna. "I would say that I’m on extremely good terms with the children I share with my second ex-wife. " VIDEO: Are 'House of Cards' Francis & Claire Underwood Based on Bill & Hillary Clinton? Watch the video below for more on one of Penn's most candid interviews ever.

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Johnny Depp Injured While On Location for 'Pirates 5' Johnny Depp suffered an injury to his hand over the weekend while filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales on location in Australia. A source has confirmed to ET that Depp will be flown back to the United States to receive medical treatment and surgery. NEWS: 19 Movies That Have Made Over $1 Billion at the Box Office Details surrounding Depp's injury have not been revealed, however the injury was not sustained during filming, Variety reports. According to Disney, the accident will only have a minimal impact on the film's production, and the film's set release date of July 7, 2017 is not expected to change. In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth installment in the massively successful franchise, Depp reprises his role as the iconic pirate Jack Sparrow and must face off against the vengeful ghost pirate Captain Salazar, played by Javier Bardem. NEWS: Harrison Ford Leaves Hospital After 'Star Wars' Injury Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom will return to the franchise, and The Maze Runner's Kaya Scodelario and The Giver's Brenton Thwaites will co-star. Recently, Depp spoke with ET at the premiere of his comedy Mortdecai, where he admitted that he was "weird. " Check out the funny interview below.

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Miller High Life Actor Windell Middlebrooks Dies at 36 Actor Windell Middlebrooks, best known for playing the straight-talking beer delivery man in a series of popular Miller High Life commercials, died on Monday. He was 36. Middlebrooks' friend and publicist Steve Ivey confirmed the news of his passing on Tuesday. In a statement released to CBS News, the actor's family said, "The Middlebrooks, with sorrowed hearts, announce the passing of a young, black star. Windell took his final bow and with great joy exited stage left in the early morning of March 9th, 2015. " PHOTOS: Stars We've Lost In Recent Years Miller High Life also expressed their condolences on Twitter, posting a photo of Middlebrooks standing in front of a Miller bus. The photo was captioned, "Raising a glass to our favorite delivery guy. RIP Windell Middlebrooks. The High Life lives on with you in our hearts. " Further details of Middlebrooks death have not yet been released. Aside from his work in Miller commercials, Middlebrooks was a regular cast member on the ABC drama Body of Proof, and guest starred on several television shows including Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Parks and Recreation, and Entourage, among others.

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Wilmer Valderrama Is Proud of Demi Lovato's Sobriety Wilmer Valderrama and Demi Lovato are creating some serious relationship envy on Sunday. The actor went on his Instagram to note a milestone for his girlfriend. It's her three year anniversary of being sober. "Today, we lay another stone together, " he wrote. "It is now 3 years since you said: I am more important than any past, demon, disorder or addiction..Where you decided that YOUR life was worth living while loving yourself. And I'm sure glad you did. " WATCH: Demi Lovato Talks Staying Strong in Recovery Just last month, Demi tweeted about the day saying she was blessed, "God is so good. My best friend created the universe and still takes time to love me, " she wrote. "The Heart Attack " singer has been very open about her road to recovery. She spent years battling bulimia, cutting, bi-polar disorder and addiction. Recently, she admitted to Fitness Magazine that she almost had a relapse. "I was obsessing over food and terrified of it at the same time, " she recalled. "I was done being afraid of food and so tired of overeating and not knowing why I did it, " she said. With Valderrama by her side, Lovato told the mag that he "called her out on it. " NEWS: Wilmer Valderrama Suffers Through Demi Lovato's Hilarious Skincare Video The support can now be seen through his Instagram as he continued to write directly to her on his post. He told her he’s proud and honored "to be front row to see the world you are about to change. " And he ends it with a sweet, "I love you Demi. " If this romance is not enough to melt your heart, check the video below to see 7 more that will.

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Betty White to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Daytime Emmys Betty White is receiving one of the highest honors in television. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that the Golden Girls star will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday, April 26. WATCH: Betty White Has the Most Amazing Flash-Mob Birthday! NATAS President Bob Mauro called the 93-year-old actress an "American institution. " He said, "Betty's career as a female pioneer has followed television from literally the beginning of the medium, winning her first Emmy Award in 1952, to the digital-streaming future, winning again in 2010. She is one of the most beloved female performers in the history of television and the National Academy is proud to be honoring her with a most well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award. " NEWS: Betty White Is 93 Years Young! White's career spans more than 70 years. She has won seven Emmy Awards, authored eight books and is a lifelong champion of animal welfare. And she's just as lovable as ever on TV Land's Hot in Cleveland, where she plays the witty and hilarious Elka Ostrovsky. With her newest statue, White will join the ranks of television icons such as Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, Regis Philbin and the late Dick Clark, who all have received the award. Don't miss the awards ceremony live on Pop at 8 p.m. ET.

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Why Jaime King Says Social Media Will Be Our Downfall Jaime King has a stern warning for her fans: “Social media may be the downfall of all.” [sic] The tweet -- which also includes a wish for a universal language and understanding -- came after a major misunderstanding on Instagram, leading the actress to apologize for a lengthy admonishment of one of her commenters. Apparently, King was offended by a user who posted the phrase “hey ho” in her reaction to King’s Instagram of Fiji bottled water reminding pregnant women to stay hydrated. NEWS: Jaime King Is Pregnant with Baby No. 2! In the post, which has since been deleted, “Jessica” wrote: “I'm sure the people of fiji would like fiji water too but unfortunately they can't have any because some big business decided that they now own the water in Fiji. But hey ho, keep paying top dollar for those bottles of water, as long as oppression isn't on your door step, am i right? " Disturbed by the use of “ho,” the 35-year-old actress responded with a note -- captured by E! News -- about her own family’s oppression: “Dear Jessica- an open letter to your open assault. Apparently, I am a ho. Oppression is not at my doorstep according to this you. (Ironically, I grew up with my father taking care of the tenements and section 8 housing, collecting quarters out of washing machines and cleaning broken toilets) there are many forms of oppression. Physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and beyond. These things are immeasurable as they are relative to ones life experiences.” And continued with a protest against the use of abusive and irresponsible language: NEWS: Jaime King Names Taylor Swift Godmother of her Unborn Child “The reason why I am posting this is because I am disgusted by the language and online abuse that people think is a standard way of communicating. Take responsibility for your words. Let's call this instant karma. You don't know how I grew up, we didn't have fancy things and lots of money, you don't know how hard I had to work for everything I have. I applaud everyone that achieved their dreams. I don't degrade them when they are pregnant or not pregnant and putting good things in the world. You are not invisible to me. You do not mean nothing to me just because you are ignorant and rude. I care for you because I care that you are happy and clearly, you aren't. Take a look into your heart when you are ready. And maybe that won't be in this lifetime. But I will not accept that this will be the norm of how we speak to each other. Because I idealistically believe that we can and will have the capability to lift each other up as women. And not use words like HO to address one another.” While King’s powerful response would have easily shut down any Internet bully, it turned out that she misinterpreted Jessica’s use of the word. As it turns out, “hey ho,” according to the BBC, is common British idiom that is the “verbal equivalent of a shrug.” This realization (and embarrassment) led to King to tweet her warning about social media, where a lot of colloquial vernacular often doesn’t translate. Consider this a learning lesson for all of us.

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'DWTS' Contestant Suzanne Somers on Sex at 68: I Don't Miss a Day Suzanne Somers is serious about winning Dancing With the Stars, but she's not about to let it interfere with her love life. NEWS: Rumer Willis Throws Down the Dancing With the Stars Gauntlet The 68-year-old Three's Company star revealed that she and her 78-year-old husband Alan Hamel have sex "a couple times a day " during a 2013 interview on The Talk. With the old wives' tale about sex sapping strength, ET's Nischelle Turner asked Somers if she'd be cutting back on sex during competition. "She does not miss a day, " Somers pro dance partner Tony Dovolani said. "And if they do they do it twice on weekends. " Somers and Hamel wed in 1977, the same year that Three's Company hit the airwaves. Somers hinted that there could be a nod to her popular sitcom on DWTS. NEWS: Dancing with the Stars Season 20 Pros Revealed "I got to give the fans what they've been waiting for, " Somers said. Dovolani and Somers seem to be a match made in heaven. Their team name is Two's Company and Dovolani, who is Albanian, learned to speak English by watching Somers on television. "When I came here, I was 15, " Dovolani said. "So grammatical mistakes I make, it's her fault. " NEWS: Dancing with the Stars Season 20 Celebs Revealed Somers is older than all but seven of the 236 contestants DWTS has ever had, but she didn't let that deter her from joining the dance competition show. "I think it's because of all the books I've written to women, " Somers said. "There's a new way to age and it's not about the number, it's about energy and vitality, and I wanted to prove to me and to them it's not over. It's definitely not over for this chick. " NEWS: Julianne Hough Gets Nearly Naked on Dancing with the Stars Somers has already written 10 self-help books, 10 diet books, two autobiographies and a book of poetry. Click here to sign up for her book list. DWTS returns to ABC on Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

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Watch Sarah Michelle Gellar's Cinderella Face Off Against Belle in a Disney Princess Rap Battle! If you ever wanted to know what happens when Disney princesses rap battle each other, now you can! Sarah Michelle Gellar and comedy actress Whitney Avalon exchange flows in a new video that pits Cinderella against Belle from Beauty and the Beast. The princess' rhymes are a little more tongue-in-cheek and less 8 Mile, but they still manage to throw some royal digs in there. NEWS: Let's Cast The 'I Know What You Did Last Summer Reboot Cinderella was the first to throw shade. Then Belle fired back with some awesome feminist bars. NEWS: This Is Why Disney Characters Rarely Have Moms Then Cinderella played the Walt card. Last word: Belle. NEWS: 'Peter Pan' and 6 Other Beloved Disney Movies Based On Dark, Horrifying Books I think we have to give it up to Belle here! Who do you think won? Watch the whole battle and decide for yourself: Watch Pixar's new Inside Out trailer below!

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EXCLUSIVE: After 'Blurred Lines' Victory, Gaye Family Talks Emotional Verdict, 'Happy' Similarities After winning a major victory in court over the song "Blurred Lines, " Marvin Gaye's family sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner to talk about what the court decision means to them. On Tuesday, a jury ruled in favor of the Gayes following claims that Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I.’s 2013 hit song was too similar to Gaye’s “Got to Give it Up.” The family was awarded more than $7 million for using key elements of the original R&B record without permission. (Only Thicke and Williams, the two songwriters, will have to pay damages.) NEWS: Marvin Gaye's Family Awarded More Than $7 Million in 'Blurred Lines' Trial "My heart started pounding but I still had faith that the verdict was going to go our way, " Janis Gaye, Marvin’s ex-wife, said of the moments just before the verdict was read. And when the jury ruled in their favor, emotion swept over the room. "That's when I lost it completely. And I was filled with incredibly powerful emotion.” While the family was just awarded $7.4 million -- and is currently seeking an injunction against the song -- that doesn't mean their legal battle is over. According to at least one user on YouTube, Williams’ 2014 mega-hit "Happy " bears a similar sound to Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar. " (Watch the video below.) "I'm not going to lie. I do think they sound alike, " Nona Gaye, Marvin’s 40-year-old daughter, said. However, she added that she wasn't thinking about the legal implications right now. "We're not in that space. " "We're just in the moment today and we're satisfied, " Janis added. “I heard the mash-ups -- but I didn’t really need to hear them,” said Janis Gaye. “I know ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’ and I’ve heard ‘Happy.’” "Ain’t that peculiar,” quipped Marvin Gaye III. Still, the family said they weren’t thinking about further legal action right now. "We're not in that space. We're just in the moment today and we're satisfied, " Janis added. VIDEO: How Thicke Knew 'Blurred Lines' Would Be Huge So how does the family respond to critics who say that, even though “Blurred Line” and “Got to Give It Up” have a similar feel, that doesn't mean the elements were stolen knowingly? Where is the line between theft and simply finding inspiration in music that came before your own? "I don't think there's anything wrong with being inspired, " Nona explained. "I've been inspired when I made music before. Inspiration's fine, but the line is when you decide to take the complete and utter essence out of the song. When you take all the meat, and leave the bones. " Add to it the fact that Williams reportedly wrote “Blurred Lines” in under an hour, the Gayes feel like Williams cheated his way to the finished product. VIDEO: Marvin Gaye's Son Talks 'Blurred Lines' Lawsuit "When I first heard that he had said he did it in an hour, my first thought was, 'That's because it was already done in 1977.' " Janis said. " So why would it take you any longer than 20 minutes… to redo something that had already been done 40 years earlier? " With this major legal battle behind them, the family has to refocus. "We didn't want to have to go through it [In the first place], " Marvin Gaye III said. "It's been a long journey so we need time to reflect… Right now it's all surreal. " Watch the video above for more from the family of Marvin Gaye.

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Charlie Hunnam on Full Frontal Nudity: ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ When it comes to on-screen nudity, actor Charlie Hunnam has nothing to hide. Yet, some wouldn’t know that after the former Sons of Anarchy star joined and then immediately dropped out of Fifty Shades of Grey, which would have potential saw him dropping his trousers as Christian Grey. NEWS: Charlie Hunnam Had a 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Breakdown However, Hunnam’s film and TV credits include a number of nude scenes, which have evolved from his full frontal days on the UK version of Queer as Folk to the highly appreciated butt shots on the FX series. “The level of nudity that I do now, which is taking my shirt off, doesn’t bother me at all. But I have done full frontal before,” Hunnam tells Elle Canada. “I did full frontal when I was 18 on the TV show Queer as Folk. But because I was playing a 15-year-old character, the censorship people wouldn’t allow us to put it on TV.” While audiences don’t get to see as much of the 34-year-old actor as they used to, baring all isn't completely out of the picture. NEWS: Charlie Hunnam Strips Down and Opens Up About Life After 'Anarchy' “I think when I was young, I was a little bit more fearless with that stuff,” Hunnam said when asked if he’d still do full frontal. “I don’t know...I’m sure I would; I have nothing to hide.” Needless to say, if he had stuck to Fifty Shades of Grey, fans might have gotten more than what Jamie Dornan was willing to show on screen.

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Incorrect tax forms sent to 800,000 U.S. health exchange enrollees The Obama administration said on Friday that 800,000 people who signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act received incorrect tax forms and should wait to receive new ones before filing their taxes. Roughly 95 percent of those who received the erroneous 1095-A forms have yet to file taxes, officials said. New forms will be issued in early March. The Treasury Department said it is weighing what to do about people who have already filed and will provide additional information "shortly." Republican lawmakers pounced on the mistake."The White House tells us in a classic Friday news dump that nearly one million Americans could see their tax refunds delayed because of this president's inability to implement his own law," Tennessee Representative Diane Black said in a statement.White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the glitch should have no impact on the ability of people to file their taxes by the April 15 deadline. He also said the issue affects "less than 1 percent of people who file taxes."The administration also said it would extend a special enrollment period for tax filers who were unaware they could face penalties for missing the Feb. 15 deadline to obtain health insurance through the federal marketplace at HealthCare.gov.The one-off special enrollment period will be extended from March 15 to April 30. If consumers do not buy health insurance during this period, they will have to pay a penalty when they file their 2015 taxes. Eligible filers must live in one of the 37 states with a federally facilitated insurance marketplace.State-based insurance exchanges can set their own policies, officials said.To qualify for the special enrollment, consumers must attest that when they filed their 2014 tax return they paid the fee for not having health coverage that year and that they first became aware of the implications of not enrolling in a timely manner after they began preparing their 2014 taxes.The IRS has estimated 2 percent to 4 percent of tax filers, or roughly six million people, may pay a fee for not having coverage in 2014, which is $95 or 1 percent of income.The fee increases to $325 per adult or 2 percent of income for 2015. Those who enroll during the special period will still owe fees for the months they were uninsured in 2014 and 2015. The special period is to allow people to avoid additional fees for 2015.

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Why Elton John Is Boycotting Dolce and Gabbana Sir Elton John won't be seen wearing Dolce and Gabbana. John is boycotting the brand after Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana gave an interview to Panorama and expressed their views on "gay adoptions " and IVF. PICS: Stars Share Adorable Shots of Their Tots "You are born to a mother and a father. Or at least that's how it should be, " Dolce said. "I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented wombs, semen chosen from a catalog. " Gabbana added, "The family is not a fad. In it there is a supernatural sense of belonging. " WATCH: Elton John Falls Off His Chair On Sunday, the singer-songwriter reacted on Instagram saying, "How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic.' And shame on you for wagging your judgmental little fingers at IVF - a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfill their dream of having children. " He further slammed the designers, "Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana. " John, 67, officially tied the knot with his love David Furnish, 52, in December. They are parents to sons Zachary, 4, and Elijah, 1. Both were born to a surrogate mother.

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Sharon Stone Goes Tubing Ahead of Her 57th Birthday — See the Adventurous Pics! It's Sharon Stone's birthday, and she can tube if she wants to! The actress is turning 57 on Wednesday, and she took a trip to Arenal, Costa Rica with a group of friends ahead of the big day to celebrate in late February. They took in the majestic scenery by horsebacking through the rain forest — naturally, she kept things super chic in with red lips. WATCH: Sharon Stone Does Not Age And Stone couldn't resist tubing through the local rivers! While the actress is clearly enjoying new adventures, one thing she is not worried about is trying to look younger. She was a sex symbol at the age of 22 in Basic Instinct and told Shape in March 2014 that she decided to focus on aging gracefully. NEWS: Sharon Stone 'On the Run' "This idea that being youthful is the only thing that’s beautiful or attractive simply isn't true. I don't want to be an 'ageless beauty.' I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age, " she said. Check out the video below to see how Sharon Stone just does not age!

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Dr. Phil Says Nick Gordon Feels Guilty for Failing Bobbi Kristina Brown Dr. Phil is wading into the fray in the on-going battle between Nick Gordon and the family of Bobbi Kristina Brown. The talk show host recently conducted an emotional, revealing interview with Gordon, and now  Dr. Phil is sitting down with ET's Kevin Frazier to talk about the volatile situation. "I went to Atlanta to interview Nick. When I got there, the interview became an intervention, " Dr. Phil explained. "When we get to Atlanta, his lawyers, who we were talking to, said, 'Listen, he is out of control. We are afraid that he is going to be dead if something doesn't happen. We can't control him.' " According to Dr. Phil, Gordon's behavior was erratic during the intervention. NEWS: Dr. Phil Stages 'Intervention' with Bobbi Kristina's Boyfriend Nick Gordon "He'd go from being able to talk like we're talking now to just all of a sudden collapsing and wailing, " the 64-year-old host revealed. "And then he would pull out his phone and turn on a Whitney song and just start crying. " Dr. Phil believes substance abuse is what caused Gordon's bizarre and unpredictable behavior. "All I know is that the time I spent with him, he was definitely abusing alcohol and says that he was taking drugs, " he said. Dr. Phil also speculated that Gordon's alleged use of drugs and alcohol could stem from feeling guilt over what happened to Bobbi Kristina and even her mother, Whitney Houston. VIDEO: Bobby Brown's Family on Bobbi Kristina: 'She's Getting Better' "He was saying, 'I feel a huge amount of guilt here.' He says, 'My job from the time I moved in with these people, was to protect Whitney and protect Krissy,' " Dr. Phil explained. "Whitney is dead. Bobbi is in a coma. He thinks he has failed them horribly. He said, 'I feel so guilty about that.' And then he says, 'I am in so much pain. I want to be with her. Let me be with her. I want to stroke her hair, I want to touch her, I want to kiss her forehead. I want her to hear my voice.' " Gordon has not been allowed to see Bobbi Kristina in the hospital. According to lawyers for her father, Bobby Brown, Gordon has not agreed to the conditions the family has decided upon to allow Gordon to see his comatose girlfriend. "What I want to know, and what I went to find out, is this a kid that got caught up in this rocket fueled life in fame and rock n roll and then the trauma that has happened? Or was he the trauma? " Dr. Phil explained. NEWS: Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon Were Not Legally Married, Says Bobby Brown's Attorney For now, Dr. Phil's primary focus and concern is Gordon's recovery and safety. "What I know so far is what I've heard from him during the intervention and my focus, at that time, was I didn't want a third tragedy, " Dr. Phil said. "My first consideration is that I don't want him dead. I don't want him overdosed. " "[Gordon] was out of control. He needed to be reined in. He needed to be under control. He was emotionally charged and high as a kite, " he claimed. "We have him in rehab. How long he stays, how far into the program he gets, we'll see. " NEWS: Family Says Nick Gordon 'Declined to Meet the Terms' to Visit Bobbi Kristina While Gordon sits in rehab, Bobbi Kristina remains in a coma in an Atlanta hospital. Bobbi Kristina turned 22 on March 4. Bobby Brown and her family remain positive and hopeful that she will recover. "We continue to request privacy in this matter, " Bobby's lawyer said. "We thank everyone that supports Bobbi Kristina and God is hearing our prayers. "

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Watch Roger Federer Get Spanked on the Tennis Court by a 12-Year-Old Kid Roger Federer, an Olympic gold medalist and arguably the greatest tennis player of all time (or No. 2, according to the official Association of Tennis Professionals ranking), got schooled by a child. And you can watch it happen here: NEWS: Here’s the cover of the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue! It went down during an exhibition (i.e. just for fun) match Federer played against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov during the BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden, after a 12-year-old challenged Federer from the crowd: Federer was game and probably expected to mop the court with this kid: But clearly the kid plays. The match seemed fairly even -- if you ignore the fact that Federer could have probably wailed the ball back at the tween at 100mph, but where would the fun be in that? -- until Federer rushed the net: Perfectly setting this kid up for a killer lob: Boom. And in jeans, no less! Dimitrov seemed pleased: For more tennis fun, watch Serena Williams sing karaoke with Laverne Cox:

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Nick Cannon on Life After Mariah: You've Got to Take the Hardships as Hurdles Nick Cannon's six-year marriage to Mariah Carey came to an end in 2014, but while they are no longer husband and wife, they're still mom and dad to three-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe. Nick talked to ET about co-parenting and his new ink. NEWS: Nick Cannon Talks Mariah Carey Split "You got to live life and take hardships and things like that as hurdles that were made to jump over, " Nick told ET's Kevin Frazier. "If there's no issues within yourself or within your own family, then what other people say on the outside really doesn't matter. " Despite negative headlines, Nick has kept his head high through the split. Before the breakup, Nick famously had Mariah's name tattooed on his back. The name has since been masked by a massive new design featured in Urban Ink magazine, but Nick insists that he is in no way running from his past. "Everyone's like, 'Oh, he's trying to cover up the previous ones.' To me it's just life, " Nick said. "That's a part of me, so I incorporated it into what the new art is. " NEWS: Nick Cannon Covers Up His Huge Mariah Carey Tattoo Fans can expect to see his new ink a lot this summer, as the comedian told Kevin that he plans on spending much of the season shirtless. "I've been in the gym, Kevin. I'm trying to get my sex symbol on! " Nick said. "Before it was like, 'Ok, I'll go to the gym to stay healthy,' but now I'm like, 'Yo, I got to keep my shirt off. This is a no-shirt summer coming up. I'm getting everybody prepared: I probably won't be clothed this summer. " In addition to his new tats, he also has a new book of poetry, Neon Aliens Ate My Homework, which was released in February. "The book is for Roc and Roe, " Nick said of his twins. "I felt like when I got to that place of being a father, I thought I want to do things that my kids can be a part of and proud of. " NEWS: Nick Cannon and Kevin Hart Get Real He wrote some of the poetry for the kids at Saint Mary's Hospital for Children, which he visited right after the interview. Watch the video below to see Kevin Frazier put Cannon's poem skills to the test. It's the ultimate battle of the best rhymes.Â

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Sarah Hyland and Boyfriend Dominic Sherwood Get Matching Tattoos Getting serious? Although they've only been linked together since February, 24-year-old Modern Family star Sarah Hyland and her boyfriend, Vampire Academy actor Dominic Sherwood, already have matching tattoos. Hyland took to her Instagram to show off her new ink this past Sunday -- an arrow on her back -- with the caption, "What did I do this weekend? Got some ink with my best friends. 3♐️s. " NEWS: Sarah Hyland Caught Kissing Her 'Vampire Academy' Co-Star Dominic Sherwood Though only her female friend is pictured in the collage, Sherwood, 25, took to his own Twitter account on Saturday to show off his similar arrow tattoo. "Evidence of last night’s escapades!! " he wrote about the sizable new ink on his right arm. Given the timing of both their posts, it's safe to assume the two got their tattoos together. Hyland started dating Sherwood -- her Vampire Academy co-star -- after a messy breakup with her ex-boyfriend, actor Matthew Prokop, last August. Hyland and Sherwood are obviously going strong, showing some serious PDA at the Los Angeles Lakers versus Dallas Mavericks game on Monday, March 9. VIDEO: Taylor Swift's 'Style' Music Video Stars Sarah Hyland's New Beau Dominic Sherwood In September, Hyland was granted a restraining order against Prokop, whom she dated for five years. Court papers allege that Prokop not only choked her, but also threatened to burn her house down. After their breakup, the papers claim that Prokop "bombarded " Hyland with "vile, threatening and emotionally disturbing texts and voice mails. " Watch the disturbing video below.

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Watch Robert Downey Jr. Present Young Boy with a Bionic 'Iron Man' Arm If this video doesn't make you love Robert Downey Jr. even more, then we don't know what will. The 49-year-old Iron Man star recently presented a bionic arm to a 7-year-old fan named Alex, who was born with a partially developed right arm. The arm was built by college student Albert Manero, who builds and donates low-cost, 3D-printed bionic limbs for children around the world. In the heartwarming video, Downey Jr. remains in character as Tony Stark, referring to himself as a "leading bionics expert. " For his part, a snazzily dressed Alex impressively retains his cool demeanor throughout the video, but watch for the cute moment when he acknowledges that he's sitting next to "Iron Man. " PHOTOS: Before They Were Avengers -- Your Favorite Marvel Heroes' Early Acting Jobs "My parents always encouraged me to use my education to help others and to dream big dreams, " Albert, who's a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at the University of Central Florida, told Microsoft's blog The Fire Hose last month about his groundbreaking endeavors. "Now I want to inspire others to help engineer hope for the world. " Albert's first arm that he gave to Alex cost less than $350 in materials, which is astounding given the $40,000 price tag of some prosthetics. "Albert has made it so affordable. I'm probably going to start farming out most of my tech work to Albert too, " Downey Jr. jokes in the video. "I feel like he can cut the price point down to one of my suits, which right now is, I don’t know, about a billion and a half dollars. " VIDEO: Robert Downey Jr. Talks Playdates with Scarlett Johansson's New Baby Downey Jr. is currently busy gearing up for the highly anticipated Avengers 2 premiere, out May 1. ET caught up with the beloved actor and his co-star Chris Hemsworth on the London set, both new dads! Watch below:

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17 Problems We Have Today That We Didn't Have 5 Years Ago Technology ruins everything. Well, it’s actually making a lot of things easier, breezier, and better in many people’s lives, but choosing a filter is also really hard work and takes a lot of time. It’s exhausting. Here are 17 problems we have today that we didn’t have five years ago: 1. Accidentally liking someone’s Instagram while creeping on his pictures from 2011. You can’t take that back. Once it’s double tapped, that notification has been sent. 2. Picking a filter that everyone in the picture approves of -- and no group of people can ever agree on one filter. Can’t we all just be content with Hefe? It makes everybody look tan. And never Kelvin. 3. Worry about your Insta getting to 11 likes so it’s not individual names. If you don’t get to double digits, do you delete it? Look, another problem. 4. When you open your camera and it’s the front-facing camera and you see your face at an angle you never wanted to see it from. 5. Getting a perfect countdown so your “3...2...GO!” isn’t in a Snapchat video. Also: Anytime you see that someone screenshotted one of your Snapchats. 6. Accidentally left swiping your soulmate. Vice versa: right swiping your worst nightmare. NEWS: 7 things we learned working out with Gwyneth Paltrow’s trainer 7. Seeing that someone tweeted before they responded to your text. Never again. 8. Watching the “...” on iMessage and then seeing it disappear. Why?! 9. When your phone is bending because it doesn’t fit in your pocket. Or maybe that still doesn’t happen? Did we ever figure that out with the 6? 10. Letting a friend use your Netflix account and suddenly your recommendations are all ABC Family movies. 11. The fact that someone can steal your whole life via Venmo. Maybe. But then again, what’s the alternative? Carrying CASH? 12. Waze asking you “ARE YOU A PASSENGER?” Ummmm, yes. You don't know me, Waze. NEWS: Here are 7 cartoons from the ‘90s that we’d love to reboot 13. Worrying that the drunk friend you’re leaving the bars with is going to be obnoxious and ruin your Uber rating. Or feeling guilty when you give an awful Uber driver only three stars and get an email from Uber asking what happened and you wonder if you just got someone fired. 14. A drunk person getting into your car because they think it’s an Uber. 15. Avoiding people who vape. A blessing and a curse: Because now you know exactly who to avoid. 16. Someone renting your apartment on Airbnb and hosting a sex party. 17. And selfie sticks. Speaking of #TBT, check out this video of our new favorite star, Dakota Johnson, hitting the red carpet with her mom all the way back in 2000:

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Patrick Schwarzenegger Parties Without Miley Cyrus During Spring Break, Denies Cheating Rumors Patrick Schwarzenegger is getting defensive. After pictures hit the Internet on Monday of the 21-year-old model in a shirtless embrace with a bikini-clad woman in Cabo over the weekend, Patrick took to his Twitter to deny that he cheated on girlfriend Miley Cyrus. Patrick says the girl in question -- who's pictured smiling up at him with her arms around his neck -- is actually one of his best friends' girlfriends. "Omg. It's one of my best friends girlfriend...Would NEVER do anything against my GF....., " he tweeted on Monday. "Girls have guy friends and guys have friends that are girls... " PHOTOS: Biggest Celebrity Cheating Scandals Though TMZ, which also ran the photos, commented: "'Friends' don't usually do body shots off one another. " The USC sophomore was in Cabo sans Miley for spring break, but from the looks of his Instagram, he spent the time relaxing more than partying. On Sunday, he posted this selfie of him drinking from a coconut. "Da coco, " he wrote. The spring break pics come less than a week after Patrick and 22-year-old Miley appeared to be getting serious with one another, even dining with Patrick's mother, Maria Shriver, and his younger brother, Chris, at Palm steakhouse in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Mikey and Patrick have reportedly been dating since last November. NEWS: Miley Cyrus Admits She Can't Spell Schwarzenegger Watch the video to hear all about Miley's family date with Patrick.

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You'll Never Guess Who Is Singing at Lady Gaga's Wedding Lady Gaga is planning her wedding, and one musical guest has already been booked. It's none other than American music legend Tony Bennett. It may come as no surprise since the two have become close friends after working together on several projects, including the GRAMMY-winning jazz album, Cheek to Cheek. Bennett, 88, told the New York Post that when she marries her beau Chicago Fire star Taylor Kinney, he'll sing. "They invited me to do it, and of course, I will, " the singer said. PHOTOS: 9 Music Superstars who Sang at Celebrity Weddings When ET spoke with Lady Gaga at the 2015 Oscars, she admitted that Taylor would really love to have Tony sing at their wedding. "He and Tony get along very well, " she said. While Bennett didn't spill any details about what he'll be singing, if Lady Gaga will join him for a performance, or specifics about the highly-anticipated event, he did share his approval of the groom. "She's marrying a very wonderful man, very talented and very handsome, " Bennett expressed. "I think he's going be highly successful in films. He's a very nice person. " Kinney and Gaga have been dating since 2011 when he first starred in her music video for "You and I. " The actor recently proposed with a beautiful heart-shaped engagement ring on Feb. 16. NEWS: We Want These 16 Things to Happen at Lady Gaga's Wedding If the ring is any sign of what’s to come when the couple says "I do, " it's no wonder Bennett is saying this wedding will be "fabulous. " Check out the video below to see what Lady Gaga shared about that sparkler!

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Haitian activists call on United States to halt deportations Wildrick Guerrier, a refugee from the devastation of the 2010 Haitian earthquake, died in a Haitian jail in 2011, 10 days after the United States revoked his temporary permission to stay in the country and deported him and 26 other men.A report released on Thursday from law centers at the universities of Miami and Chicago describes how Guerrier, 34, died of cholera in the Haitian jail after being exposed to blood, feces and vomit. In the report, legal scholars and Haitian activists called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to stop its policy of deporting Haitians convicted of two misdemeanors or a felony.The report said that at least 1,500 men and women have been deported in the last five years. Some had their status revoked after relatively minor offenses such as failing to return a rental car in time and giving a police officer false information, said Geoffrey Louden of the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law. While some deportees have been convicted of violent crimes, Louden said, “Many are longtime, lawful permanent residents with deep family ties who find themselves strangers in a strange land.”Guerrier was deported after being arrested for illegal possession of a firearm and battery of a law enforcement officer.Thursday's report also asked the United States to extend temporary protective status for Haitians beyond 2016, when it is set to expire.The U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement office said in a statement that officials have been working with the Haitian government and other partners "to resume removals in as safe, humane, and minimally disruptive manner as possible."It added that it was also working "to develop a comprehensive reintegration strategy that encompasses a range of services for returned Haitians to smooth their transition into Haitian society, including healthcare assistance and skills training."Haiti is still recovering five years after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake leveled large swaths of the capital Port-au-Prince. The cholera outbreak that began shortly after plunged the country into further misery.More recently it has been inundated with protests over rising gasoline prices and political roadblocks under President Michel Martelly’s government.Activists said deportations weigh on families, forcing teenagers and young adults who should be in school to become breadwinners and caregivers.“We’re trying to build the foundation of a community that we can be optimistic about,” said prominent Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat. “These deportations are making that impossible.”

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Zoolander Returns! Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson Walk the Valentino Runway as Derek and Hansel Those lucky enough to get an invite into Valentino's Fall 2015 Fashion Show during Paris Fashion Week on Monday were also in for a huge surprise -- the triumphant return of Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller's beloved Zoolander characters Derek and Hansel. Stiller, 49, and Wilson, 46, walked the high-fashion brand's runway totally in character, with Wilson even adding a show-stealing jacket drop to close out the show. Check out the amazing video below for all the "blue steel " you can possibly handle. VIDEO: Owen Wilson Teases 'Zoolander 2' with Ellen DeGeneres Stiller and Wilson were on-hand to drum up anticipation for Zoolander 2, the long-awaited sequel to the 2001 hit, which is reportedly scheduled to start filming in Rome this spring. Jennifer Aniston's fiancé, Justin Theroux -- whose previous writing credits include co-writing 2008's Oscar-nominated comedy Tropic Thunder, which Stiller directed -- wrote the script. Variety reports that the film is set to hit theaters on Feb. 12, 2016. "Apparently Derek and Hansel have come to terms on #Zoolander2, " Stiller Instagrammed on Tuesday, confirming the sequel. "I think the idea in the beginning of the movie is that it's 10 years later, and Derek and Hansel are literally forgotten, " Stiller told MTV about Zoolander 2's plot. "Nobody remembers who they are, so they have to reinvent themselves. … In the fashion world, if you go away for a year, it's changed -- it just happens so quickly. " One thing for sure is that he wants Will Ferrell to reprise his memorable role as Mugatu. "If Will says yes, he definitely has to be part of it, " he said. "To me, Mugatu is one of the classic screen villains of all time. " On Monday, Stiller and Wilson also got to hang out backstage with legendary Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour herself, posing for this hilarious shot. "Speak no evil. See no evil. Hear no evil. Derek #Zoolander and #Hansel are back! " Vogue Instagrammed on Tuesday. PHOTOS: Selena Gomez Looks Like a 'Zoolander' Character In 2013, Stiller's Tropic Thunder co-star Tom Cruise praised The Secret Life of Walter Mitty star at his handprint-footprint ceremony at Hollywood's famed TCL Chinese Theatre, calling him a "great artist. " Watch below:

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14 Times Emma Watson Inspired Us to Do Better The only woman cooler than Hermoine Granger is the one who played her: Emma Watson. As we’re basking in the afterglow of International Women’s Day, it seemed like the perfect time to run down the many ways Watson has made us want to be better. 1. When she was literally perfect in every sense of the word: 2. But knew what’s on the outside is less important than what’s on the inside: 3. And that she shouldn’t base her self-worth on what size dress she wears: 4. And to embrace your flaws and be OK with your physical imperfections: 5. When she was proud of her desire to learn, even if it wasn’t always “cool”: NEWS: Emma Watson responds to rumors that she’s dating Prince Harry 6. And when she made learning cool for billions of other people via Hermoine: 7. When she always tried to stay true to herself: 8. And liked what she likes and was content with it: 9. When she was self-aware of her status and conscious of how she existed in a bigger world: 10. When she took a stance: NEWS: Find out who is playing the Beast opposite Emma Watson’s Belle! 11. When she was determined to fight for what she thinks is right: 12. When she was persistent in the face of adversity: 13. When she demanded we embrace our diversity: 14. And when she showed the importance of having standards: Check out which other celebrities are also trending on Tumblr this week: And watch Emma Watson’s stirring speech on gender equality at the U.N.:

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Gisele Bundchen Says Sao Paulo Fashion Week Will Be Her Last Runway Ever Gisele Bundchen announced this week that she'll be hanging up her stilettos. According to Brazilian news source Estadao, she will do one final strut next month for Colcci at Sao Paulo Fashion Week before retiring from the runway for good. Bundchen's career has spanned more than 20 year and made her the highest-paid model in the world -- a title she's held since 2004. The Brazil native placed second in a modeling contest at 13, and moved to Sao Paulo at 14 to kickstart her modeling career. Within two years, she was walking down the runway at New York Fashion Week. Though Sao Paulo Fashion Week will officially be the last time she does the runway for a fashion show, 34-year-old Bundchen will still model and appear in ads for her numerous endorsement deals, including Chanel, David Yurman and, as of last year, Under Armour. She also owns her own footwear and lingerie brands and is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations. She's also married to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and has two children (who she loved breastfeeding). NEWS: Tom Brady Admits He 'Pouts' and 'Throws Fits' to Get Gisele's Attention In 2014, Forbes named Gisele Bundchen the 89th most powerful woman in the world. She earns about $128,000 every day -- way more than her athlete husband. Watch as things get steamy between Gisele and a Game of Thrones star in her latest Chanel ad:

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The Best, Worst and Weirdest Dances From the 'DWTS' Season 20 Premiere Dancing With the Stars is back for its 20th season, which features a whole new cast of talented, entertaining, sexy, and inspiring stars and athletes to find who America and the panel of judges will decide is the best ballroom dancer. PHOTOS: The Complete List: 'Dancing with the Stars' Winners But with a cast as eclectic as Redfoo, Suzanne Somers, Chris Soules, Charlotte McKinney, and Patti LaBelle, you know there is going to be a wide selection of heartwarming dances, and bizarre, WTF moments. So here are some of the best, worst, and weirdest things that happened on DWTS’ Season 20 premiere. THE BEST Riker Lynch Rocks Out The Glee star and his pro partner turned up the fun to an 11 when they rocked out at a faux-concert to "What I Like About You. " But as the judges pointed out, Riker's going to have to work on his technical precision a lot in the coming dances. Patti LaBelle Cries Patti LaBelle is one of the most celebrated singers of all time, and she recently appeared on FX's American Horror Story: Freak Show. While Patti admits dancing has never in her repertoire, the 70-year-old star pulled out all the stops. The love she got from the crowd and the judges brought her to tears. Noah Galloway Inspires While many people may not have known who Noah Galloway was before his appearance on DWTS, the Army veteran and double amputee delivered a massively inspiring performance that may make him the surprise star of the season. Rumer Has It Rumer Willis was great, and there's just nothing more you can really say. As it turns out, she's funny, pretty, smart, talented -- and she can dance. She's easily the front-runner at the outset of season 20. THE WORST Charlotte McKinney Doesn't Want It to Be About Her Boobs Charlotte McKinney is a model best known for her nearly-nude Carl's Jr. Super Bowl commercial. Charlotte started her pre-recorded video by saying she wanted the world to know she's more than just her boobs -- then she (and the producers, obviously) decided to focus primarily on her boobs and boob-related problems for the rest of the episode. Redfoo Just Does a LMFAO Music Video Redfoo's dance was fun, like most things LMFAO puts gets their hands on, but it wasn't much more than the rhythmic shuffling he does in most of his music videos. Once you strip away the quirky background dancers and goofy costumes, is there much more he's going to be able to offer? THE WEIRDEST Michael Sam's Pasted Smile Michael Sam and Peta Murgatroyd performed a really fun dance set to the song of the year "Uptown Funk. " But why did he need to have that creepy fake smile the whole time? Tony and Suzanne Get Physical Suzanne Somers is best known for Three's Company and her Thighmaster workouts. This week, Tony Dovolani decided to model everything after her workout videos, and it ended up being a messy neon and mesh insanity. Demi and Bruce Are Uncomfortably Awkward Demi Moore and Bruce Willis showed up to support their daughter, and awkwardly sat apart from each other, with Bruce one row in front and a few seats down. Even Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith managed to sit together when Dakota Johnson hosted SNL. Chris Soules' Shiny Country Shirt Obviously The Bachelor star was going to play up his country roots -- because country stars and music work like gangbusters on DWTS -- but did he need all the shiny glitter on the plaid shirt? Seemed to take away from the down home image. VIDEO: 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 20 Celebrities Revealed -- and a 'DWTS' Pro Returns! FINAL SCORES Rumer Willis & Valentin Chmerkovskiy - 32 Riker Lynch & Allison Holker - 31 Nastia Liukin & Derek Hough - 30 Robert Herjavec & Kym Johnson - 28 Noah Galloway & Sharna Burgess - 26 Michael Sam & Peta Murgatroyd - 26 Chris Soules & Witney Carson - 26 Patti LaBelle & Artem Chigvintsev - 25 Willow Shields & Mark Ballas - 25 Suzanne Somers & Tony Dovolani - 25 Charlotte McKinney & Keoikantse Motsepe - 22 Redfoo & Emma Slater - 22

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New All-Male 'Ghostbusters' in the Works With Channing Tatum! While Paul Feig's female-driven Ghostbusters reboot has been picking up steam recently, Sony has decided that they want an action-centric Ghostbusters as well, led by a young male cast. According to Deadline, Sony has formed a new production company called Ghostcorps with original Ghostbusters creators Dan Aykroyd and Ivan Reitman. VIDEO: The All-Female 'Ghostbusters' Reboot Gets a Cast! Find Out Who Will Join Melissa McCarthy Like the Ghostbusters team themselves, Reitman and Aykroyd have assembled a powerhouse crew to create their project. They've tapped directors Joe and Anthony Russo -- who helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier -- as well as Iron Man 3 writer Drew Pearce to pen the screenplay. Channing Tatum is set to co-produce alongside his production partners, and may star as one of the Ghostbusters. VIDEO: ET Top 5: 'Oldboy' & Remakes of Foreign Films The film is being developed as a companion project to Feig's production. It was announced in January that comedians Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCarthy would be starring as Feig's Ghostbusters. Check out the video below for more on the new cast.

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Facebook Removes 'Feeling Fat' Emoji After Petition Declares 'Fat Isn’t a Feeling' Feeling fat? Not anymore. Among the 100 or so “feeling” emoticons that Facebook users could choose from to express how they felt during any certain status update was the option “feeling fat,” accompanied by an emoticon with puffy red cheeks and a double chin. It’s no longer an option, and probably for the best. Catherine Weingarten, a grad student at Ohio State, and Endangered Bodies, a non-profit group set up to “challenge the current toxic culture that promotes negative body images” teamed up to petition Facebook to remove the emoji because “Fat Is Not a Feeling.” (Another woman, Rebecca Guzelian, below, started a similar petition in Australia.) NEWS: Rob Kardashian calls out his haters: “Yes, I’m fat now!” Weingarten explained her reasons for starting the petition, writing, “When Facebook users set their status to ‘feeling fat,’ they are making fun of people who consider themselves to be overweight, which can include many people with eating disorders. That is not OK.” “Fat is not a feeling,” she continued. “Fat is a natural part of our bodies, no matter their weight. And all bodies deserve to be respected and cared for.” The movement went viral with the hashtag #FatIsNotaFeeling and, in just one month, over 16,000 people signed her petition. With that kind of support, Facebook had to take notice. NEWS: Walmart apologizes for section of “Fat Girl” Halloween costumes And they did. Facebook responded to the petition, saying, “We’ve heard from our community that listing ‘feeling fat’ as an option for status updates could reinforce negative body image, particularly for people struggling with eating disorders.” “We’re going to remove ‘feeling fat’ from the list of options,” the agreed. “We’ll continue to listen to feedback as we think about ways to help people express themselves on Facebook.” You’ll have to explore your emotions a little bit more now. “This success shows us that people together can challenge the cultural messages that are so damaging to our ability to love ourselves and live comfortably in our bodies,” Weingarten wrote in a “Victory!” update. “As someone who struggled with body image, I feel so happy that I’ve helped eliminate one form of body shaming hatred on the Internet.” Now watch how Kelly Clarkson responded to a fat-shaming journalist:

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'Brady Bunch' Star's Ex Says He's Been an Absentee Dad Barry Williams (famous for playing Greg Brady on The Brady Bunch) is embroiled in a scandal involving his ex and their three-year-old child. Elizabeth Kennedy says that she was Barry's girlfriend for seven years and that Williams has left her and their daughter destitute, but Williams denies the claims. NEWS: The Brady Bunch Movie Turns 20! "It's a funny thing how you get built up and people want to take you down and that kind of thing, " Williams told The Huffington Post. "It's not about custody. It's about child support. " Kennedy told ET's Brooke Anderson her side of the story. "What he does when he's done with a relationship is he tries to eradicate the person completely from his life, " Kennedy said. Brooke asked Kennedy if she considered Williams to be a deadbeat dad. NEWS: Remembering Brady Bunch Star Ann B. Davis "In terms of not physically being there -- yes he is, because he's making a choice, " Kennedy said. When Williams described the relationship to The Huffington Post, he said that he was "rebounding " at the time and referred to Kennedy as his "playmate. " Kennedy tells us she's temporarily staying at her mother's house. Meanwhile, Williams has relocated to Branson, Miss. to shoot a reality show about his new stage production in the small town and his struggle to drum up an audience. The series, A Very Barry Branson premiered on GAC last month. NEWS: Macklemore Is Going to Be a Dad! "He told me in 2012 that with the money he had he could retire and we would be able to live comfortably for the rest of our lives, " Kennedy told Brooke. "[The show] is not about money. That's about promoting himself -- his fame. " When ET reached out to Williams for comment, he replied, "I don't want to dignify her claims with a response. " Kennedy says that her wish is simple. "I want him to grow up and do the right thing by his daughter, " she said. NEWS: Co-Stars and Celebs React To Ann B. Davis' Passing UPDATE: Williams’ lawyer responded to Kennedy’s claims in a statement Thursday: "Mr. Williams is working and 'taking care of his own kid,' " the statement reads. "He has taken care of Samantha since her birth. Mr. Williams listed himself on the birth certificate as Samantha’s father when she was born. It is Elizabeth who prevents all contact between Mr. Williams and Samantha. " "Mr. Williams commenced his move to Branson, Missouri, and the start of his show there, before he even knew Elizabeth was pregnant, " Williams’ lawyer continues. "He has not abandoned Samantha. "

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This is How Kanye West Dressed in 2003 (And It Was the Greatest He's Ever Dressed) Before Yeezus, he was Reese'us! A rare video has surfaced of critically acclaimed rapper and now noted fashion designer Kanye West rapping an early version of his hit song 'Gold Digger' before the release of The College Dropout, with "All Of Me " musician John Legend on keys. WARNING: The video contains NSFW and objectionable lyrics. Honestly, if you want to skip it, what we're really here to to talk about is his adorably dorky clothes. We're sorry Kanye, we're gonna let you finish, but your 2003 style choices were the greatest style choices of all time! As one YouTube commenter brilliantly pointed out: NEWS: Kanye West Might Have a Thing for Draco Malfoy Hair and We Can Prove It Not to be so hard on Kanye, all of us made some ridiculous fashion decisions back in the day (we'd show you our 2003 style pics but who even cares who we are?), but there's just something so adorable that this guy: Is the one wearing this silly orange ball cap. PICS: Kim Kardashian Debuts Platinum Blonde Hair The guy who told Style.com "So many people told me that it had to have logos or it had to have this, but I fought for exactly what I wanted in my closet. I fought for what was true to me. " Is the same guy rapping in a Reese's T-shirt. This guy: Was once kicking it in camo cargos! The Kanye West we know and love: Was two-strapping it in 2003! We love you, Kanye West. Please dress like this again sometime. Oh by the way, John Legend looked adorable too. Now watch Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian dance together to Kanye West.

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'Breaking Bad' Creator Begs Fans to Stop Throwing Pizzas on Walter White's Roof Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad, has a message for the fans of his beloved crime drama: Stop throwing pizzas on Walter White's roof! According to Gilligan, some rowdier Breaking Bad fans have taken to throwing whole pizzas onto the roof of the Albuquerque house that was used for exterior shots on the AMC series. Gilligan addressed the harassment the home's owners have faced on his Better Call Saul Insider Podcast on Tuesday. NEWS: 'Breaking Bad' Goes Out With a Bang - The Series Sweeps the Emmys! "Lately, we're hearing from the owner that folks are wandering on to her property, and are being rude to her when she comes out and basically says 'you're on my property,' " Gilligan explained. " "They are throwing pizzas on roofs and stuff like that. Let me tell you, there is nothing original or funny or cool about throwing a pizza on this lady's roof. It is just not funny. " "We love our fans, " Gilligan added. "[But] I don't love those fans. I don't consider them fans. " NEWS: This Amazing 'Breaking Bad'-Themed 'Frozen' Parody Asks, 'Do You Want To Build A Meth Lab?' The pizza throwing is in reference to an episode in season three titled "Caballo Sin Nombre. " In the episode, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) gets into a fight with his estranged wife Skyler (Anna Gunn), after bringing a pizza to the house as an olive branch. After his attempts at reconciliation are rebuffed, Walter flies into a fit of rage and throws the pizza on the roof. The scene has become iconic among fans of the show. You can listen to Gilligan's remarks in the video below, beginning around the 3:20 mark. After Breaking Bad ended, stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul reunited for a sketch promoting the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Check out the video below for more.

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Elton John vs. Dolce & Gabbana: Hollywood Reacts to the Fallout Sir Elton John is boycotting Dolce & Gabbana along with Ricky Martin and Ryan Murphy after the company's two founding designers publicly expressed negative views on gay parenting. ET was with celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch and celebrity photographer Nigel Barker who weighed in on the controversy. NEWS: Why Elton John Is Boycotting Dolce and Gabbana "Over the weekend I was at a party full of fashion insiders and it was all anyone was talking about. What were you hearing? Boycott, " Barker said. "People are willing to boycott Dolce & Gabbana. They are feeling strongly about this. I feel like you have to draw a line like what side are you on. " "The fashion world was just mortified, " Bloch told ET. "I would definitely not put somebody in Dolce & Gabanna right now. This isn't a ban for life. Hopefully they will learn and they'll be educated and I'm sure they'll probably do some advertising campaign based around it after this. " The controversy originated from comments that Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana gave to the Italian magazine Panorama. NEWS: Hollywood Shows Support For Elton John's Dolce & Gabbana Boycott "You are born to a mother and a father. Or at least that's how it should be, " Dolce said. "I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented wombs, semen chosen from a catalog. " Gabbana added, "The family is not a fad. In it there is a supernatural sense of belonging. " John responded via Instagram, writing, "How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic.' And shame on you for wagging your judgmental little fingers at IVF. " Today, the designers and former couple say "it was never our intention to judge other people's choices. " NEWS: Elton John Falls Out of a Chair, Gracefully Recovers Despite the effort to smooth things over, it seems that it will take more than one comment to get back in Hollywood's good graces. "[The comments] are obscenely shocking, " The Talk's Sharon Osbourne told ET. "When you think about millions of children all over the world that will be affected by this, it's hideous. "

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U.S. Senate Democrats invite Netanyahu to meeting during visit Two senior U.S. Senate Democrats invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to a closed-door meeting with Democratic senators during his upcoming visit to Washington, warning that making U.S.-Israeli relations a partisan political issue could have "lasting repercussions."Senators Richard Durbin and Dianne Feinstein extended the invitation "to maintain Israel's dialogue with both political parties in Congress," according to a letter to the Israeli leader obtained by Reuters.Netanyahu has faced criticism at home and abroad for his plans to address Congress on Iran's nuclear program on March 3, just two weeks before Israeli elections. He accepted the invitation from Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress, who consulted neither Democrats in Congress nor Democratic President Barack Obama's administration. "This unprecedented move threatens to undermine the important bipartisan approach towards Israel - which as long-standing supporters of Israel troubles us deeply," the two senators wrote."It sacrifices deep and well-established cooperation on Israel for short-term partisan points - something that should never be done with Israeli security and which we fear could have lasting repercussions," they said.Durbin is the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. Senate. Feinstein, who has been in the Senate since 1992, is the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and a senior member of the Appropriations and Judiciary committees.The letter was sent on Monday evening. Officials at the Israeli Embassy could not immediately be reached for comment.

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Watch Shakira Teach Her 2-Year-Old Son to Read in This Sweet Video! Shakira’s 2-year-old son is growing up so quickly! The “Hips Don’t Lie” singer shared a video of herself teaching Milan how to read -- and her fans are clearly loving the sweet clip as much as we are. It has nearly 4 million views on Facebook! In the video, which she also posted to Instagram, Milan proves what a stellar reader he already is. Shakira is seen teaching him words like “Nono” which translates to "Grandpa " in English and “Gol” which, well, means “Goal.” We’re sure his dad, Gerard Piqué, is happy about that one since he plays soccer professionally for FC Barcelona and Spain’s national team. VIDEO: Reese Witherspoon Shares Adorable Photo of Son Tennessee  Shakira captioned her sweet post, "Reading together--love these #mommymoments. Share yours! " It’s only a matter of time until Shakira starts teaching Milan’s baby brother to read. The pop star welcomed her second son, Sasha, on Jan. 29. Last month, Shakira shared an adorably sweet photo of baby Sasha’s feet, comparing them to Gerard’s. “I have Daddy's feet, it looks like I've been playing football my whole life, " she wrote in her caption. RELATED: Shakira Shares the First Photo of Baby Sasha! Talk about the cutest family ever!

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Vin Diesel Shares Adorable First Pic of Third Child Vin Diesel is a proud papa once again! The Furious 7 star and girlfriend Paloma Jimenez welcomed their third child on Monday and Diesel took to Facebook to share a sweet shot with his new little one, captioned with lyrics from "What a Wonderful World. " "I hear babies crying/I watch them grow/They'll learn much more/Than I'll ever know/And I think to myself/What a wonderful world… " Diesel wrote. The couple are already parents to daughter Hania Riley, 6, and son Vincent Sinclair, 4. LIST: 7 Insane Moments From the 'Furious 7' Super Bowl Spot Diesel remembered his late Fast & Furious co-star Paul Walker’s impact on his own family life in a Facebook post back in November "He was a part of so much in my life, " Diesel wrote on a photo of Walker and his daughter Hania on the one-year anniversary of Walker’s death. "He took a certain pride in being uncle Pablo... after all, we were filming a scene in FF4 the day [Hania] was born, and he being the only one I told, encouraged me to go in and cut the umbilical cord. He was an important part of my transition into fatherhood... that healthy family member, with the most positive outlook on life. " VIDEO: Vin Diesel: 'Fast 7' Was The 'Hardest' Movie I've Ever Made See Diesel opened up about the emotional production of Furious 7 in the video below.

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Miranda Lambert Is All Sexy Backyard Swagger in 'Little Red Wagon' Music Video Country star Miranda Lambert dropped her new "Little Red Wagon " music video today, and to be honest after watching it, we might need a tall glass of ice water. The 31-year-old Mrs. Shelton seriously works it in the sexy new video. PICS: Miranda Lambert's Most Adorable Moments She is stunning. The. Whole. Time. Is there such a thing as too much backyard swagger? There are close up gazes. Flirtatious glances with the pool boy. But don't get any ideas! Mrs. Shelton will NOT oblige. You just have to watch the whole thing for yourself! The "Little Red Wagon " video has all the badassness of Miranda's killer GRAMMY performance, and that’s because she loves the Audra Mae-penned hit. "I kind of tracked [Audra Mae] down a little bit in a stalker way because I was obsessed with her music and met her and we became friends, " Miranda told ET. "I asked her if I could record her song and she said, 'Absolutely!' and she actually sang background on the record. " NEWS: Miranda Lambert Gets Invited to Toddler's Birthday Party Miranda Lambert is up for 8 awards on April 19 at the Academy of Country Music Awards, including Entertainer of the Year. Watch the video below to go behind the scenes of Miranda's "Little Red Wagon " video.

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Instagram Double Fail: Lindsay Lohan Caught Photoshopping and Using the N-Word Epic fail? This week, Lindsay Lohan, who has been in France for Paris Fashion Week, came under fire for two different images she posted to Instagram. NEWS: Lilo Credits Her Calvins for Helping to Fight Off Rare Virus The first was a photo of Kanye West during his performance that was captioned with “#kanye&kimAlldayni--a$.” Though the actress quickly deleted the offensive language, fans caught sight of it with several users leaving comments about her inappropriate use of the N-word.  Less than a day later, Lohan caught flak for an image that was appeared photoshopped to make her butt look bigger. While she admitted she cropped the photo, it was just to say she cut her feet out of the frame. "My feet look red lol- had to take that out. Only real red is my hair,” she captioned the pic. However, a rep for Lilo clarified to E! Online, "I assure you Lindsay has not tampered with the photo. Nothing more than a filter or use of the upload program (as stated on the image in question) used to upload her candid.” NEWS: Lilo Posts a Topless Selfie to Instagram Either way, it’s needless to say, these are rookie mistakes for someone who is a notorious tweeter-then-deleter. Remember when she asked the President for tax cuts? Anyway, check out this video about the time Lohan caught a rare virus while traveling overseas:

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Discovery Channel founder starts nonfiction streaming video service Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks on Wednesday launched a subscription streaming service for fans of science, technology and history, with the goal of dominating the nonfiction category in on-demand, online video.Hendricks said the ad-free service CuriosityStream fulfilled his long-held desire to deliver programming that people can watch whenever they want. He hopes it will become viewers' third or fourth online video subscription after choices like Netflix Inc and Hulu. "I've been dreaming and scheming about this for over 20 years," Hendricks said in an interview. To pursue the project, Hendricks retired in 2014 from Discovery Communications Inc, which operates the Discovery Channel and other networks that are sold in bundles through cable television operators."This needs to be independent of the legacy business," he said. "It's really difficult to just break ranks and threaten your existing revenue stream."CuriosityStream costs $3 a month for standard resolution or $6 a month for high-definition. A sharper-definition option, known as 4K, is planned for later this year. The service is available in the United States and will expand worldwide over five years.Like other Internet-delivered video, CuriosityStream will compete for viewers in a sea of online content as networks like Time Warner Inc's HBO and CBS jump into the streaming mix. Apple Inc also is in talks with some broadcasters about an online service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Programming on CuriosityStream includes short videos of less than eight minutes and longer documentary-style series that were produced for the service or acquired from partners such as British Broadcasting Corp or Japanese broadcaster NHK. "Destination Pluto" follows a team that sent a space probe to the planet. Another series features a photographer's interviews with celebrities such as Ray Charles and Martin Scorsese.Hendricks said he remained a "very bullish" shareholder of Discovery, citing the growth potential of its cable TV business in international markets. He said CuriosityStream was aimed primarily at viewers who watch video online and will pay for commercial-free content.Hendricks said he may add live streams of events to CuriosityStream and was exploring virtual reality applications that could immerse people in experiences such as hang gliding or a trip to the moon.

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Disney feeds 'Frozen' frenzy with news of sequel The Walt Disney Co has started work on a sequel to "Frozen," the best-selling animated movie of all time and a global merchandising phenomenon that helped push the media giant to record profits.Directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee are returning for the sequel, Disney said on Thursday. No release date was set for the follow-up to "Frozen", a surprise smash in 2013 that brought in nearly $1.3 billion in global ticket sales.Disney also said it will release the eighth episode in the "Star Wars" sci-fi film series on May 26, 2017. A spinoff film called "Rogue One" debuts on Dec. 16, 2016, shortly after the release of highly anticipated seventh episode, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."The company made the announcements at its annual shareholder meeting in San Francisco, where investors re-elected 10 board members including Chief Executive Bob Iger and defeated a proposal to split the roles of CEO and chairman.The news of a "Frozen" sequel comes hours before short film "Frozen Fever" opens for Disney's live-action "Cinderella" movie, which debuts Friday."We enjoyed making 'Frozen Fever' so much and being back in that world with those characters," said John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. "Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck have come up with a great idea for a sequel." Lasseter spoke alongside Josh Gad, who provided the voice of the snowman Olaf in "Frozen." Iger said Olaf will appear in the second film."Frozen" tells the story of two royal sisters, Anna and Elsa, in an icy Nordic kingdom. Kristen Bell voices Anna, and Idina Menzel is Elsa.On "Star Wars," Iger said "Rogue One" will star Oscar best actress nominee Felicity Jones. British director Gareth Edwards, who did the "Godzilla" remake, had previously been announced as director of the spin-off."Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is one of the most anticipated films of the year, directed by J.J. Abrams and starring returning franchise stars Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher and newcomers Oscar Isaac and Lupita Nyong'o.Two shareholder proposals were rejected at the meeting, according to preliminary tallies. One would have required that future CEOs be prevented from also holding the title of chairman, as Iger does now. A second proposal would have placed limits on accelerated executive pay.Disney shares rose 3.9 percent to $106.78 on the New York Stock Exchange and are up 25 percent in the past year.

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U.S. rock band Toto's longtime bassist Mike Porcaro dies Mike Porcaro, the longtime bassist for Grammy Award-winning U.S. rock band Toto, died on Sunday morning, his brother and fellow band member said in a brief statement. He was 59.The band said in February 2010 that Porcaro had been diagnosed with ALS, or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and that it planned to tour to generate funds to support his care and to raise awareness about the disease."Our brother Mike passed away peacefully in his sleep at 12:04 a.m. last night at home surrounded by his family. Rest in peace, my brother," Toto keyboardist Steve Porcaro wrote on Facebook. He provided no additional information.Toto, formed in California in the late 1970s, is best known for such hits as "Hold the Line," "Rosanna" and "Africa." The band won a Grammy for best album in 1982 for Toto IV, after which Porcaro toured for that album, replacing bassist Mike Hungate. Porcaro left the band in 2007, the band said. "My brother Mike Porcaro is now at peace. I will miss him more than I could ever put into words," Toto guitarist Steve Lukather wrote on Twitter. "My deepest love to the family."

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Liza Minnelli back in rehab for substance abuse Singer and actress Liza Minnelli has returned to rehab for treatment of substance abuse, her spokesman said on Wednesday. "Liza Minnelli has valiantly battled substance abuse over the years and whenever she has needed to seek treatment she has done so," Scott Gorenstein said in a statement. "She is currently making excellent progress at an undisclosed facility," he added, while declining to provide further details. Best known for her Oscar-winning role as Sally Bowles in the 1972 musical film "Cabaret," the 69-year old Minnelli has performed in recent years on television shows and in musical acts.The daughter of director Vincente Minnelli and Hollywood legend Judy Garland, Minnelli is one of a handful of stars to have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony award.

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Man behind women's comedy, Paul Feig gears up for 'Ghostbusters' When Sony Pictures announced this month plans for another "Ghostbusters" film with male leads, no one was more surprised than Paul Feig, the writer-director of the studio's reboot of the classic comedy franchise with an all-female cast."It was a surprise," said Feig. "That threw me, I will say."Feig is about to embark on his re-imagining of the 1984 cult comedy with Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones - all part of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" family - due for release in 2016. But even before production begins, Sony has plowed ahead with plans for a second movie for the following year with Channing Tatum as a lead and Anthony and Joe Russo to direct."It's a giant franchise and it's a big world," Feig told Reuters this weekend at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW)Festival. "I completely understand wanting to create this whole (franchise) just like 'Star Wars' has. But for me, all I can concentrate on is my ladies and how much we're going to kick ass."At the festival showcasing film, technology and music, the director best known for his raunchy female-led 2011 comedy "Bridesmaids," was promoting his latest comedic effort "Spy," starring one of his favorites, McCarthy.In "Spy," due out in U.S. theaters on June 5, McCarthy plays low-level CIA employee Susan Cooper, tasked with helping the hot-shot agents on their missions. But when her partner goes missing, Susan decides to engage her spy training and go on the hunt for him.The inspiration for "Spy" came from Feig's love of the most prolific spy franchise, Ian Fleming's James Bond, specifically, he said, when he saw actor Daniel Craig's rendition of Bond in 2006's "Casino Royale."But as a comedy director, he said he knew he'd never get a chance to make a spy movie - unless he spun a twist on the genre."The lead characters I care about are the vulnerable people who might not be noticed by the world," Feig said. "With Melissa, it was just such a perfect fit, I just wanted her to bring that humanity to it." As Feig gears up for "Ghostbusters," there's one question on all "Ghostbusters" fans' lips - will original star Bill Murray make an appearance?"We are ready for him. If Bill will show up, Bill is more than welcome. Nothing would make us happier," Feig said.

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Global fans demand BBC reinstate 'Top Gear' host Clarkson Nearly 450,000 fans from around the world have backed a petition calling for British presenter Jeremy Clarkson to be reinstated to his job hosting the "Top Gear" motoring show after the BBC suspended him following a "fracas" with a producer.Clarkson, renowned for his outspoken remarks and acerbic attitude towards "political correctness", was suspended by the BBC on Tuesday, with media reporting that he had thrown a punch at a producer following a row about food. "I'm off the to the job center," the 54-year-old presenter told reporters on Wednesday before getting into a car outside his home in west London.Clarkson, a friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, was already on a final warning over accusations last year that he had used racist language while filming the show, the latest in a long line of incidents which had courted criticism.BIT OF A DUST-UP"He's been involved in a bit of a dust-up but I don't think it's that serious," co-presenter James May told BBC TV."Top Gear", aired in more than 200 countries and estimated to have a global audience of some 350 million, has become one of the BBC's most successful and lucrative programs.In an official statement, the BBC said the show would not be aired this Sunday and the corporation's news website said it was unlikely the other two remaining episodes would be transmitted.The Guardian newspaper said that could leave the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, facing a multi-million pound bill from foreign broadcasters for failing to deliver the episodes on time.Meanwhile an online petition demanding the BBC reinstate Clarkson had attracted 442,610 supporters from all around the globe by Wednesday afternoon."The BBC will become irrelevant very quickly in the USA without Top Gear; be careful," wrote one signatory Fred Bertsch from Denver, Colorado."Jeremy Clarkson ist Top Gear!!!!" said Austrian Karl-Johann Reitmaier.Clarkson became the popular face of Top Gear by mixing a passion for cars with blunt banter and swagger that has offended groups ranging from mental health charities and cyclists to Mexico's London ambassador.The presenter and his employers have been forced to apologize on a number of occasions. He wrote in his Sun newspaper column in May that he had been told by the BBC that if he made "one more offensive remark, anywhere at any time, I will be sacked".

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Justice Department to seek emergency stay to allow immigration action The U.S. Justice Department will seek an emergency stay to block a decision by a federal judge and allow eligible immigrants to apply for benefits granted under President Barack Obama's recent executive actions, the White House said on Friday.Immigration advocates have called on the Obama administration to take legal step to reverse the injunction issued in Texas on Monday that barred immigration officials from accepting work permit applications under the orders.White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters that the Justice Department will file paperwork requesting the stay by Monday. But the stay must be approved by the same judge who issued the injunction, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville Texas, potentially creating more headaches for the White House.The Justice Department is concerned that Hanen not only could deny the stay but drag his feet in making a decision. Doing so would delay the filing of a formal appeal in the 5th Circuit, something that would take the case out of Hanen's hands.Approximately 4.7 million undocumented immigrants could be granted a reprieve from deportation and work permits under Obama's immigration orders if they are allowed to proceed.As Congress returns from a week-long break, Republicans, who argue that Obama's plans represent illegal "amnesty," resume debate on a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that seeks to ban any spending on implementation of the orders.Senate Democrats are insisting on a "clean" DHS funding bill free of such restrictions as a Feb. 27 deadline to renew DHS funding fast approaches with little sign of movement.Earnest said Congress should do the "right and responsible thing" to ensure that DHS, which secures U.S. borders, airports, coastal waters and other critical facilities, does not run out of funds.Asked about the possibility of a short-term extension of funding at current levels as a stop-gap, he said he could not react to specific proposals. But Earnest said lawmakers should consider the plight of Transportation Security Administration officers who ensure that their flights back to Washington are safe and who would have to work without pay if DHS funding expires."I hope that they are going to take a minute and look in the eye of TSA officers," Earnest said. "They’re not going to get paid on time unless members of Congress step up and do their jobs."

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'Lost' Ruskin Venice photos offer insight into famous critic Early daguerreotype photos of Venice that were auctioned off as an odd lot belonged to John Ruskin and provide new insight into the Victorian art critic's work, the authors of a book about the images said on Thursday.The Venice scenes, taken around 1850 and purchased at an auction in the northern English Lake District in 2006, coincide roughly with Ruskin's work on his epic three-volume treatise "The Stones of Venice" about Venetian art and architecture.They are being reproduced, along with other images taken or owned by Ruskin, in "Carrying Off the Palaces: John Ruskin's Lost Daguerreotypes", published by the rare book and manuscript dealer Bernard Quaritch.“The discovery of 188 previously unknown John Ruskin daguerreotypes has been the most exciting of our career," photographic dealer Ken Jacobson, who co-wrote the volume with his wife Jenny, said in a statement. It said the images' provenance was determined after "years of research".Perhaps the most dramatic proof is that the numbers on the reverse of some of the daguerreotypes are the same, and in Ruskin’s own hand, as those on Ruskin’s manuscript at the Ruskin Library at Lancaster University. The research also shows how Ruskin’s use of the photographs influenced the style of his watercolors, the publishers said."We feel that the quality and unorthodox style of many of Ruskin’s daguerreotypes will come as a major surprise to both photographic historians and those in the field of Ruskin scholarship," Jacobson said in the statement."Ruskin’s daguerreotypes would be a sensational new revelation in the history of photography even if he were completely unknown."The daguerreotypes, which used an early photographic process that captured images on a silvered copper plate, were sold as an essentially unidentified lot at an auction in Cumbria, near where Ruskin lived, with a starting price of 80 pounds. A bidding war with another collector who suspected what they were rapidly bumped up the price and they ended up selling for 75,000 pounds ($110,000).Ruskin, who lived from 1819 to 1900, was the most influential art critic of his day. In addition to his groundbreaking work on Venice, he wrote an influential essay in defense of the pioneering land and waterscape painter J.M.W. Turner that helped to turn the tide of critical and public opinion in Turner's favor.

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Cablevision to offer HBO NOW to online customers Cable TV operator Cablevision Systems Inc said it would offer HBO's standalone streaming service, expected to premiere next month, to its Optimum Online internet customers.Apple Inc said last week that HBO Now would be available on its devices.HBO, Time Warner Inc's pay TV service, is expected to launch the new service in time for the fifth season of "Game of Thrones".The much-awaited next season of the hugely popular series premieres on April 12.Cablevision did not disclose terms of the agreement and said it plans to provide pricing details for HBO NOW in the coming weeks.The company's shares closed up 2 percent at $18.21 on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.

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Oprah Winfrey to auction contents from Chicago apartment Actress and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is selling antique furniture, paintings, prints, ceramics and memorabilia from her Chicago apartment next month to benefit her education foundation, the auction house running the sale said on Tuesday.The 571 lots in the Chicago sale on April 25 are mostly from her downtown condominium. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers said proceeds from the auction will go to The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation, which supports her education academy for girls in South Africa."She is an excellent collector, very well educated," Hindman said about Oprah. "She has lots of different interests and over the years she has collected all sorts of different things." The top lot in the sale is expected to a painting by American Impressionist artist Richard Miller called "Nude in Red Robe," which has a pre-sale estimate of $80,000 to $120,000. Various other paintings are expected to sell in the $20,000 to $40,000 range. Estimates for the total one-day sale and the complete catalog were not immediately available. In addition to the in-house auction, potential buyers can also place bids online.Lots from the sale, which will also include china, porcelain, fixtures, clothing and accessories, will be exhibited ahead of the auction from April 16 to 24.Winfrey, 61, is one of the richest and most powerful celebrities in the United States. Forbes magazine estimates her net worth at $3 billion.Earlier this month the former talk show host and philanthropist announced she would be closing Harpo Studios, where she filmed "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago. She said she will be carrying on the legacy of the studios with programing for her cable television network (OWN), which was created in a joint venture with Discovery Communications Inc., from California Winfrey, who was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar in 1986 for "The Color Purple," appeared in the 2014 Martin Luther King biopic "Selma," and in the civil rights drama "Lee Daniels' The Butler" in 2013.

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Hearst Castle in California hosts screening of 'Citizen Kane' California's Hearst Castle, the monumental estate built in the early 20th century for publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, hosted a screening on Friday of "Citizen Kane," the Orson Welles classic that infuriated the man who inspired it.Hearst, an old man by the time of the film's 1941 release, was livid over its portrait of a ruthless, wealthy publishing baron, Charles Foster Kane, a fictional character played by Welles and drawn closely to Hearst's likeness. He died in 1951. But his heirs have recently embraced the movie as a dramatized, if embellished, account of a self-made tycoon and politician whose newspaper empire reshaped U.S. journalism and stirred public sentiment that helped ignite the Spanish-American War in 1898."The family would prefer to have people know it's just a movie," said Wendy Eidson, director of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, which is organizing the screening as part of its six-day festival.Tickets for the exclusive 60-person event in San Simeon, California, sold for $1,000.The evening began with a tour of the castle grounds - inspiration of the fictional Xanadu estate in "Citizen Kane" - followed by viewing of the film in Hearst's own screening room, restored to its full early-20th century opulence."There was not a person in the room who didn't appreciate the irony," Eidson said. "There was sort of a moment where you're just going 'Wow.'"The event was hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, grandson of Herman Mankiewicz, who co-wrote the screenplay with Welles, the film's star and director. The guest list included John Milius, writer of "Apocalypse Now" and other movies.Eidson said she pitched the idea as a joke a few years ago to Stephen Hearst, the publisher's great-grandson, who was surprisingly interested.Produced when Welles was just 25, "Citizen Kane" frequently tops all-time best movie lists and ranks No. 1 on the American Film Institute's roster of greatest American films.Still, it did not win best picture at the 14th Academy Awards in 1942. The award went instead to John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley," and "Citizen Kane" won for original screenplay."The public can mistake fiction, whether in print or film, as history itself," said Jim Allen, director of marketing at Hearst Castle. Proceeds from the screening will be split between the nonprofit Friends of Hearst Castle and the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.

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Singapore fashion week offers homegrown labels a shot at global fame Designers Victoria Beckham and Diane von Furstenberg headline Singapore's celebrity-studded fashion week in May, putting the spotlight on a new partnership with a U.S. industry group that promotes homegrown talent and designer labels.Organizers of the five-day annual fashion week said they had tied up this year with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), headed by Furstenberg, to nurture emerging designers in Singapore and help showcase their talent abroad.The CFDA has been a treasure trove of new labels in the past, having produced celebrated international designers such as Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang and Phillip Lim.This year's Singapore Fashion Week (SFW), previously known as the Audi Fashion Festival Singapore, is the first in its new avatar. Hollywood star Cate Blanchett and South Korean actress Yoon Eun Hye are among the celebrities attending."Singapore Fashion Week allows us to stand shoulder to shoulder with all the international fashion labels that we aspire to be like," SFW Chairman Tjin Lee said on Friday."But with the name change also comes great responsibility, and a greater sense of having to build the industry, by empowering and training designers."Less well-known fashion labels Ong Shunmugam, Elohim and Dzojchen have been chosen this year for the CFDA initiative, which arms local designers with a seed fund of S$150,000 ($108,000) to promote and eventually sell designs to global retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Harvey Nichols.The Singapore Fashion Week opens on May 13 with a von Furstenberg collection and will wrap up with a finale by former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham.Singapore celebrity Velda Tan will debut her fashion label, while Thai-American designer Thakoon Panichgul, a favorite of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, features among the line-up of established designers.($1=1.3881 Singapore dollars)

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Sans snark, Austin forms film hub with friends and SXSW In the early days, filmmakers in Austin took an artisanal approach to promoting their movies: staple-gunning their own flyers on lamp posts to announce screenings.Three decades later, they are the toast of the Texas town, with their unofficial leader, Richard Linklater, fresh off a year of competing for Oscars, with "Boyhood," and the SXSW festival drawing hordes from Hollywood in its 20th year showcasing film. "We keep getting voted best filmmaking city for independent movies," said Linklater, whom Austin film aficionados know as Rick. "It's a pretty self-sustaining, supportive community, it's not snarky, and it's just big enough to not feel like you're alone." These weeks, they get plenty of company as 134,000 visitors descended on the city of fewer than a million people last year for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival. Founded in 1987 as a music festival, SXSW has burgeoned into one of the top gatherings of technology, film and music, held over 13 days. After moving to Austin, Linklater brought together a group of movie lovers to host screenings of films that would not be shown in Texas theaters, accumulating friends such as filmmakers Robert Rodriguez and Mike Judge. In its 30th year, the Austin Film Society honored founder Linklater and his coming-of-age tale, "Boyhood," at an awards ceremony this week. The director said the organization and his movie community are what keep him living and working more than 1,000 miles away from Hollywood."It's up to every artist to put themselves in an environment where you can do your best work," he said. "Austin is where my brain works the best."'LET THEIR HAIR DOWN'Linklater, Rodriguez and Judge have paved a path for aspiring filmmakers in Texas, nurturing a community that has served up talent such as Mark and Jay Duplass, David and Nathan Zellner, Andrew Bujalski, Jeff Nichols and Kat Candler.Filmmaker Katie Cokinos went from working on Linklater's 1991 film, "Slackers," and overseeing the Austin Film Society for a few years to making her directorial debut, "I Dream Too Much," with the director's help over the past year. "When we were trying to raise money, having Rick present and people seeing that he gave his blessings and liked the script, that definitely helped," Cokinos said. "Rick's been a patron saint of the film." Over the past two years, 27 feature films have been made with Texas tax credits and incentives, up from just seven over 2011 and 2012. Among the SXSW slate of 150 feature films this year, are 27 made in Texas, or by filmmakers with roots in Texas, including Cokinos' debut. Unlike Robert Redford's annual Utah-based Sundance Film Festival, which is the top U.S. independent film festival and often serves up critically acclaimed movies, SXSW's film slate reflects Austin's laid-back vibe. "We're very aware of what Austin means, and in Austin, people let their hair down," Pierson said. "It's fun, there's music and the audiences are smart and enthusiastic."The premiere of Universal Pictures' comedy, "Knocked Up," at SXSW in 2007 was a game-changer, said the festival's film head Janet Pierson, in showing what films resonated with the Austin crowd.She developed the festival's lineup of both independent and studio films, often skewing towards crowd-pleasing comedies. This year, 20th Century Fox is bringing Melissa McCarthy's new comedy, "Spy," while Warner Bros. will promote the antics of Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart in the comedy, "Get Hard."

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Thirty years on, stars revel in 'The Breakfast Club' legacy Thirty years after five misfits entered high school detention and defined the archetype for the modern teen movie, actresses Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy reflected on the unexpected impact of John Hughes's "The Breakfast Club.""Nobody's really managed to make a movie, I think, as good as what this movie was for the time," said Ringwald, who became Hollywood's teen queen after the film was released in 1985."Until something comes along to replace it, I think it's firmly entrenched in movie classic history," she told Reuters.Ringwald, 47, and Sheedy, 52, reunited on Monday for a screening to celebrate the movie's 30th anniversary at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, where the film, technology and music worlds converge. "The Breakfast Club" saw Ringwald play the high school princess, Sheedy the resident "basket case", Judd Nelson as the criminal burnout, Emilio Estevez as the jock and Anthony Michael Hall as the nerd, who are forced together one Saturday in high school detention. They initially clash and then slowly bond over their underlying commonalities, and the revelation that they are not defined solely by the box they are placed in.The Universal Pictures film grossed $38 million at the U.S. box office and became one of the biggest hits directed by Hughes.The five actors quickly became known as the 'Brat Pack,' inspiring character types mimicked throughout the teen movie genre, from 1995's "Clueless" to 2004's "Mean Girls.""I don't think we had any idea that it was going to have this kind of longevity and resonate," Sheedy said.Ringwald said she did not recommend that a classic movie such as "The Breakfast Club" be remade for today's teen audience. But if it were to inspire a new interpretation, she said, "I think that it would have to be a lot more diverse. Especially since the message is that we're all outsiders, we're all different."Andrew Meyer, the film's executive producer, said "The Breakfast Club" was unlikely to happen in today's technology-saturated world where teens would be on smart phones and social media rather than talking to each other directly.Sheedy said today's teens are also "really sophisticated," "more open-minded" and a "bit more politically aware.""There is an innocence about 'The Breakfast Club' that I think is maybe not quite there anymore for high school kids," she said.

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Terry Pratchett, author of fantasy 'Discworld' novels, dies at 66 Terry Pratchett, the British author whose fantasy novels sold in their tens of millions worldwide, has died of a rare form of Alzheimer's disease aged 66, his publisher said on Thursday.News about the death of Pratchett - who campaigned during his final illness for legalizing assisted death - came on his Twitter account in a series of tweets written in the style of his Discworld novels, where Death always talks in capital letters."AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER," said the first tweet on @terryandrob. "Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night," said the second, while a third read simply: "The End".Pratchett died at home surrounded by his family with his cat sleeping on his bed, Transworld Publishers said. The BBC reported that his publisher had said Pratchett's death was entirely natural and unassisted, despite his campaigning for the right of terminally ill people to be helped to commit suicide.The author, who wore a trademark broad-brimmed black hat, was diagnosed in 2007 with posterior cortical atrophy, a progressive degenerative condition. Continuing to write, he completed his last book, a new Discworld novel, in the summer of 2014 before succumbing to the final stages of the disease.Pratchett gave numerous interviews and lectures in which he spoke frankly about his disease - and his love of 16th century English composer Thomas Tallis."I would like to die peacefully with Thomas Tallis on my iPod before the disease takes me over and I hope that will not be for quite some time to come, because if I knew that I could die at any time I wanted, then suddenly every day would be as precious as a million pounds," he said in 2010."If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice."GIANT TURTLEPrime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter: "His books fired the imagination of millions and he fearlessly campaigned for dementia awareness".Literary figures also expressed their sadness. Canadian author Margaret Atwood wrote: "I vastly enjoyed his playful, smart Discworld books."His publishers said the world had lost "one of its brightest, sharpest minds". "In over 70 books, Terry enriched the planet like few before him," said Larry Finlay, managing director at Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House."As all who read him know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirize this world. He did so brilliantly, with great skill, enormous humor and constant invention," he said.A unique creation, Discworld is a circular world set on the backs of four elephants standing on the shell of a giant turtle, populated by a vast and colorful cast of characters inspired by the worlds of fantasy, folk tales and mythology.Pratchett used Discworld to parody those genres, but also to send up aspects of modern life by drawing often incongruous connections between his imaginary world and things ordinary people living in 20th century Britain would recognize.Selections of Pratchett's quotes quickly appeared on British newspaper websites while fans exchanged their favorite quips from Discworld characters online.This was one popular example:"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING," said Death. "JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

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'Empire' soundtrack eclipses Madonna for Billboard No. 1 album "Empire," the Fox television hip-hop drama that became a hit in its first season, made its mark with music fans as the show's soundtrack debuted at No. 1 and beat Madonna for the top slot in the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday.The soundtrack scored 130,000 sales units, ahead of 121,000 units for Madonna's 13th studio album, the brand new "Rebel Heart," for the week ended March 15, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. Madonna sold more albums, 116,000, to the "Empire" soundtrack's 110,000. The Billboard 200 chart tallies album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album). "Empire," the story of a hip-hop recording dynasty, is the first TV soundtrack to debut at No. 1 since 2010, when three albums from another Fox show, "Glee," arrived, Billboard said. The third spot on the chart was also for a debut album, country star Luke Bryan's "Spring Break ... Checkin' Out," which racked up 106,000 sales units."1989" from Taylor Swift, the top-selling album of 2014, slipped from No. 3 to No. 5, and extended its run in the chart's top five since its release 20 weeks ago.Last week's chart-topper, pop singer Kelly Clarkson's 'Piece by Piece" dropped precipitously to No. 12On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online song sales, Mark Ronson's and Bruno Mars' upbeat "Uptown Funk!" remained at No. 1 with 189,000 downloads in the past week.

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Univision star fired for 'Planet of Apes' quip about Michelle Obama Spanish-language U.S. television network Univision fired presenter Rodner Figueroa after he likened first lady Michelle Obama to a cast member of the film "Planet of the Apes," the network said on Thursday.Figueroa made the comment during an appearance on the popular talk show "El Gordo y La Flaca" on Wednesday while discussing the work of a makeup artist who works to copy the looks of famous people."Look, you know that Michelle Obama looks like she's part of the cast of the film 'Planet of the Apes,'" Figueroa said in Spanish.The comparison quickly drew accusations of racism against Figueroa."Rodner Figueroa made comments regarding First Lady Michelle Obama that were completely reprehensible and in no way reflect Univision's values or views," the Miami-based network said in a statement. "As a result, Mr. Figueroa was immediately terminated," the statement said.Figueroa had served as a fashion expert on Univision, among other roles, and he was seated next to the two main hosts of the show Raúl De Molina and Lili Estefan when he made the remark.Estefan responded with, "What are you saying?" and De Molina interjected to say that Michelle Obama is attractive.Figueroa, in an open letter to the first lady posted on the website Latin World Entertainment, wrote in Spanish that his comments were not directed at Michelle Obama but toward the makeup artist who had sought to replicate her look."I feel mortified, and I ask for your forgiveness, because there is no excuse for a professional like myself to make a comment like that which can be interpreted as offensive and racist in these volatile times that our country is experiencing," he wrote.

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Congressional delegation meets Cuba's heir apparent Nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives met Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday, marking the first time Cuba's heir apparent to power has received an official American delegation.Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and eight other House Democrats concluded their two-day visit by meeting Diaz-Canel, 54, who is first in line to the seat of power held by brothers Fidel and Raul Castro since 1959. The meeting came two months after the United States and Cuba announced a rapprochement and plans to restore diplomatic relations after more than 50 years of hostilities. The nine Democrats, all supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama's policy change on the Communist-led island, were due to be escorted directly to the airport after the meeting.Diaz-Canel and the Americans talked about Cuba's market-style economic reforms, bilateral relations and prospects of the U.S. Congress lifting the country's 53-year-old trade embargo of Cuba, official Cuban media reported.It was the first time Diaz-Canel has met any American officials since he became first vice-president two years ago, Cuban officials said. As president, Raul Castro has received American delegations led by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy.Diaz-Canel, who is most likely to become president when Castro steps down in 2018, has generally kept a low profile but occasionally speaks publicly of Cuba's need for a more dynamic and critical press and for a more open Internet.The United States and Cuba held historic talks in Havana last month aimed at re-establishing diplomatic ties. A second round is scheduled for Feb. 27 in Washington.Obama, a Democrat, has already started to lift barriers to trade and travel but needs the Republican-controlled congress to completely lift the trade embargo."There is strong bipartisan support to lift the embargo in the congress, however it's not universal and it certainly does not appear to be shared by those in power who have the ability to bring a bill to the floor," Pelosi told reporters.Other members of the delegation were Representatives Jim McGovern, Eliot Engel, Rosa DeLauro, Collin Peterson, David Cicilline, Anna Eshoo, Nydia Velazquez and Steve Israel.

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Hearst Castle in California hosts screening of 'Citizen Kane' California's Hearst Castle, the monumental estate built in the early 20th century for publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, was set on Friday to host a screening of "Citizen Kane," the Orson Welles film classic that infuriated the man who inspired it.Hearst, an old man by the time of the film's 1941 release, was livid over its portrait of a ruthless, wealthy publishing baron, Charles Foster Kane, a fictional character played by Welles and drawn closely to Hearst's likeness. He died in 1951. But his heirs have recently embraced the movie as a dramatized, if embellished, account of a self-made tycoon and politician whose newspaper empire reshaped U.S. journalism and stirred public sentiments that helped ignite the Spanish-American War in 1898."The family would prefer to have people know it's just a movie," said Wendy Eidson, director of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, which is organizing the screening as part of its six-day festival. "It's just fiction."Tickets for the exclusive 60-person event in San Simeon, California, sold for $1,000. The evening was to begin with a tour of the castle grounds - inspiration of the fictional Xanadu estate in "Citizen Kane" - followed by an 8 p.m. viewing of the film in Hearst's own screening room, restored to its full early-20th century opulence. The event was being hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, grandson of Herman Mankiewicz, who co-wrote the screenplay with Welles, the film's star and director. The guest list included John Milius, writer of "Apocalypse Now" and other movies. No Hearst family members planned to attend, although they support the screening, Eidson said.Eidson pitched the idea as a joke a few years ago to Stephen Hearst, the publisher's great-grandson, who was surprisingly interested, Eidson said.Produced when Welles was just 25, "Citizen Kane" frequently tops all-time best movie lists and ranks No. 1 on the American Film Institute's roster of greatest American films.Still, it did not win best picture at the 14th Academy Awards in 1942. The award went instead to John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley," and "Citizen Kane" won for original screenplay."The public can mistake fiction, whether in print or film, as history itself," said Jim Allen, director of marketing at Hearst Castle. Proceeds from the screening will be split between the nonprofit Friends of Hearst Castle and the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.

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Report of shooting in Miami Beach home of rapper Lil Wayne a 'hoax': police A report of a shooting at the Miami Beach home of Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne was declared a hoax by police on Wednesday after a search found no evidence of victims or shots fired.Earlier in the day Miami Beach police said they received a call on a non-emergency line from a person saying he had shot four people at the home and needed assistance."We can say for sure it was a hoax," police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said after a SWAT team searched the home in an exclusive island neighborhood. "We were unable to locate any victims or subjects."Miami Beach police tweeted "unfortunately this appears to be a "swatting" call," referring to a trend of police receiving false emergency calls, sometimes targeting celebrities.Wayne's record company, Young Money, said on Twitter he was not at home at the time and he later tweeted that the incident was a "prank kall."The hoax call trend is known as "swatting" because SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) officers often are sent to the purported crime scenes. Authorities say such situations can be dangerous due to the risk of a misunderstanding between police and occupants of a building.Swatting calls have previously sent police to the homes of actor Ashton Kutcher and singers Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus.Police, some wearing bullet-proof vests, surrounded Wayne's nine-bedroom home, which is valued at $9.2 million, and TV images showed a SWAT truck arriving on the scene.Local media, citing representatives for the rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was not in the home at the time of the reported incident.In 2008 Wayne won Grammy Awards for best rap album, best rap song, best rap solo performance and was part of the award-winning best rap group performance.He has had run-ins with the law on weapons and drug charges and went to prison in New York in a gun case.

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'Goodfellas' to close Tribeca Film Festival with cast reunion Actor Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese will reunite with the cast of "Goodfellas" for a special screening to mark the 25th anniversary of the gangster film that will close the Tribeca Film Festival next month.Organizers of the festival said on Wednesday that Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino will discuss the 1990 Oscar-nominated film with comedian Jon Stewart after the screening on April 15 at the Beacon Theatre.Scorsese, who won the best-director Academy Award in 2007 for "The Departed," said he was moved to learn that the film based on the best-selling book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi will be closing the festival."We wanted to make a movie that was true to Nick Pileggi's book and to the life of (gangster) Henry Hill and his friends, which means we broke some rules and took some risks," Scorsese said in a statement. Nearly 100 feature-length films from 31 countries will be screened during the 14th Tribeca Film Festival. The world premiere of "Live from New York!," about the NBC late-night comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live," will open the festival on April 15.The slate will include films starring Richard Gere, James Franco and Dakota Fanning and documentaries on topics ranging from drag racers in Cuba and an expose of the impact of the financial crisis to a couple's efforts to make a videogame about their son's battle against cancer.The festival was founded in 2001 by De Niro, producer Jane Rosenthal and investor Craig Hatkoff to revitalize the downtown New York neighborhood following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the nearby World Trade Center.

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Ex-'Survivor' producer appeals conviction for wife's murder Bruce Beresford-Redman, former producer of the television series "Survivor," has appealed a decision by a Mexican judge who sentenced him to 12 years in prison for murdering his wife in Cancun, his lawyer said on Friday. A judge convicted Beresford-Redman of murdering 41-year-old restaurant owner Monica Burgos while the couple vacationed with their two children at a Cancun resort in April 2010, the attorney general's office of Mexico's Quintana Roo state said late on Thursday.Burgos' body was found in a sewer pipe near the resort, and prosecutors said she appeared to have been strangled. Hotel staff said the couple had a heated argument during their stay."There is no evidence against Bruce," Beresford-Redman's lawyer, Jaime Cancino, said on Friday, adding that he would take the case to the Supreme Court if necessary. U.S. marshals arrested the producer in Los Angeles in November 2010 and extradited him to Mexico last month.During a July 2011 extradition hearing, prosecutors said Beresford-Redman killed Burgos for insurance money and custody of the children.

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'Blurred Lines' duo to contest $7.4 million plagiarism verdict Recording stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams will contest the $7.4 million jury verdict that found they plagiarized Motown soul great Marvin Gaye in creating their hit single "Blurred Lines," the duo's lawyer said on Wednesday.A day after the judgment, attorney Howard King said Thicke and Williams remained adamant that "Blurred Lines" was an original song created solely by them, adding that jurors were apparently convinced otherwise by expert testimony which should have been inadmissible.The U.S. District Court jury in Los Angeles sided with Gaye's heirs on Tuesday in finding that parts of his 1977 hit "Got to Give it Up" were lifted by Thicke and Williams for their 2013 R&B chart-topper.The jury awarded Gaye's children $4 million in actual damages plus $3.4 million in profits that Thicke, 38, and Williams, 41, were found to have derived from their copyright infringement.The case, which explored the sometimes fuzzy boundary between artistic inspiration and theft, marked one of the highest-profile musical plagiarism lawsuits since George Harrison's rock ballad "My Sweet Lord" was found to have been copied from the Chiffons' hit "He's So Fine."Despite magazine interviews in which Thicke had admitted to drawing from the feel of "Got to Give it Up" when composing "Blurred Lines," he and Williams have insisted they never copied from Gaye's song itself."Based upon their own feelings that they created 'Blurred Lines' from their own hearts and souls and no one else, and based on feedback from other prominent songwriters, (Thicke and Williams) feel they owe it to the creative world to make sure this verdict does not stand," King said.King said he would seek a retrial if the judge denies a motion requesting the verdict be set aside. Otherwise, King said, Thicke and Williams would appeal the judgment.King cited as grounds for contesting the verdict expert testimony given by a musicologist that he said compared "Blurred Lines" with "Got to Give it Up" based on elements of Gaye's song that were absent from the original sheet music.At the time of its copyright, only the written music could be registered as protected, not sound recordings. "Clearly the jury relied on what that expert said in reaching their conclusion," King said.The Gayes' lawyer, Richard Busch, could not immediately be reached for comment. On Tuesday, he said they would seek a court injunction against further distribution of "Blurred Lines" based on the verdict.

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California judge dismisses gang conspiracy case against rapper A San Diego judge has dismissed gang conspiracy charges against a rapper whose music prosecutors said encouraged gun violence against rival gangs, in a ruling his lawyer characterized as a victory for free speech. Rapper Brandon Duncan, who uses the stage name Tiny Doo, was one of seven people charged last June in a 16-count indictment that centered on nine shootings that took place in 2013 and 2014 involving the so-called Lincoln Park gang. Duncan was charged with nine counts of conspiracy to participate in a criminal street gang by prosecutors who said his music and social media presence encouraged the violence, although he was not accused of taking part in the shootings.On Monday afternoon, San Diego Superior Court Judge Louis Hanoian threw out charges against Duncan and co-defendant Aaron Harvey, ruling there was no evidence that the two defendants had participated in the crimes or benefited from them.Hanoian also expressed concern that the actual shooter or shooters had not been identified or charged.“This is a First Amendment victory,” said Brian Watkins, who represents Duncan. “Brandon had no knowledge of and no part in the shootings but he was charged as though he did because he is in gangster rap. It’s entertainment, not crime.”The case has drawn local and national attention, with hundreds of people participating in local rallies against what critics have said was overly broad use of conspiracy charges against members of minority communities.The San Diego District Attorney’s office said on Tuesday in a statement it was reviewing the judge’s decision and considering whether or not to appeal."It's unfortunate that in spite of the evidence transparently available in the court record and court's rulings that clearly establish active gang membership during the time of the shootings, the media and community has allowed itself to be manipulated by individuals who are misrepresenting their true level of gang involvement," the statement said.

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Seinfeld's India shows called off for want of parking space Comedian Jerry Seinfeld's debut in India this weekend has been canceled after Mumbai city police expressed concern over inadequate parking space for people attending the two nearly sold-out shows, the event's promoters said on Friday.Seinfeld, best known for his eponymous hit TV series in the 1990s, was to perform his stand-up routines on March 14 and 15 at a Mumbai stadium. Ticket prices ranged from 7,500 rupees ($120) to 12,500 rupees ($200) and the money is to be refunded."We couldn't figure out alternate parking and traffic arrangements, and it wasn't possible to reschedule his travel," one of the show's organizers told Reuters, declining to be named as he is not authorized to speak to the media.(Reuters blog - Comedius Interruptus: Seinfeld organizer cancels show reut.rs/1EG1WnE )The stadium has a seating capacity of 4,000 people, and was recently the venue for a charity fashion show attended by a politician that led to traffic snarls. Police had been wary of the large turnout expected for Seinfeld's shows."They didn't want it repeated," the source said.News reports of the canceled event invited ridicule on social media."So many Seinfeld episodes had parking-troubles plotlines. OF COURSE his Bombay show is canceled over parking issues," writer Samit Basu posted on Twitter.Traffic congestion and pot-holed roads plague Mumbai, a city of over 18 million. Parking illegally - even on sidewalks - is a common sight in many Indian cities.

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Paul McCartney to induct Ringo Starr into rock Hall of Fame Paul McCartney will induct his former Beatles band mate Ringo Starr into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month at a ceremony in Cleveland, organizers said on Wednesday.Starr, who was selected in the music excellence category, is among the 2015 music greats who will join the Hall of Fame at a ceremony on April 18 that will mark 30 years of inductions.He was inducted as a member of the Beatles in 1988 but this year marks his entry as the last member of the group to enter as a solo artist. John Lennon was inducted in 1994, followed by McCartney in 1999 and George Harrison in 2004.The late rocker Lou Reed, whose work with the Velvet Underground made them one of the most influential groups in rock, along with punk group Green Day, "Ain't No Sunshine" singer Bill Withers and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band will also be inducted.Other 2015 inductees include rockers Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, who sang the rock classic "I Love Rock' n Roll," rhythm and blues band the "5" Royales, who performed from 1945 to 1965, and the late blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and the band Double Trouble. Singer Stevie Wonder will be on hand to welcome Withers, Patti Smith will induct Reed and John Mayer will usher in Vaughan.Performers at the show, which will debut on the premium TV cable network HBO on May 30, include singer Beck, rock musician Dave Grohl and Oscar-winning songwriter/singer John Legend. More than 700 artists, music industry professionals and historians help to decide who will be inducted in the Hall of Fame, which was established in 1983. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record.

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Bassist Andy Fraser, who co-wrote 'All Right Now', dead at 62 Andy Fraser, the bass player who co-wrote and played on the 1970 rock hit "All Right Now" by the band Free, has died in California at the age of 62, a coroner's report said.The coroner's report, saying Fraser died in Temecula on Monday, listed the cause of death as unknown, pending investigation, but Fraser wrote in a biography on his website that he had been diagnosed with cancer and AIDS.Born in London in 1952, Fraser trained first as a classical pianist but switched to rock guitar in his early teens. He briefly played as a bassist at the age of 15 with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. But it was with Free, a trio made up of vocalist Paul Rodgers, drummer Simon Kirke and guitarist Paul Kossoff, who were in need of a bass player, that he had his biggest hit. The song reached No. 2 in the British singles charts and No. 4 in the United States. But it has had a second life as "classic rock," with millions of air plays, and as a sports anthem in U.S. stadiums.Free broke up in 1973, but Rodgers, said to be the co-writer of "All Right Now", is often ranked among the top rock vocalists of all time and Kossoff among the guitar greats. Following Free, Fraser formed the band Sharks and later The Andy Fraser Band.

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Men in 'Ex Machina' test intelligence of drop-dead cyborg A reclusive technology millionaire, a naive young programmer and a beautiful, artificially intelligent robot take on a twisted exploration into the age-old debate of man versus machine in the new film "Ex Machina."Out in U.S. theaters on April 10, the film is the work of first-time director and novelist Alex Garland and three up-and-coming actors, two of whom - Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson - went from "Ex Machina" to the set of the hotly anticipated "Star Wars" film.Isaac plays arrogant CEO Nathan, who through a contest, selects his employee Caleb (Gleeson), to join him in his reclusive fortress to test an invention - a cyborg with a human face and artificial intelligence (AI).The goal is to see if the cyborg Ava, played by Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, demonstrates evolving intelligence, even if it is artificial. "What's most interesting about trying to figure out AI is the questions that it forces you to ask about the nature of consciousness," Isaac told Reuters at the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) where the film had its premiere. As Caleb tries to determine Ava's intelligence, he finds himself drawn to her as she flirts with him and tells him not to trust the short-tempered Nathan.For Gleeson, Garland "does not see the film as being anti-AI, or as being totally warning against the nature of what AI is." Rather, it delves into the complexity of man's relationship to technology. Variety called Garland's debut "a sleek, spare chamber piece: Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' redreamed as a 21st-century battle of the sexes."Having bonded over what Gleeson said was a "really tough" shoot due to the characters' heightened tensions, the actors were pleased to find each other filming Walt Disney's "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.""It was really nice...seeing Oscar there because I didn't know who was going to be there," said Gleeson.The Star Wars film slated for December is so entrenched in secrecy that cast members are forbidden to talk about it. But Isaac did say that co-star and franchise veteran Harrison Ford, who plays Han Solo, gave him advice on simulating space flight. "He said 'I didn't really know how to fly back then, I was just flying around, just faking it, it's in space, you don't really need to know how to do it,'" Isaac said.

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Court temporarily halts U.S. policy of detaining asylum-seeking mothers, children A federal court on Friday temporarily halted the Obama administration policy of detaining mothers and children seeking asylum in the United States.The American Civil Liberties Union had filed a lawsuit in December against the so-called no-release policy by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on behalf of mothers and children who said they had fled violence in Central America.ICE, a part of the Department of Homeland Security, had implemented the policy during a spike in illegal entries into the United States from Central America during the summer.The ACLU said that by holding mothers and children who had fled violence and persecution, the administration had sought to deter other asylum-seekers from coming to the United States. Judy Rabinovitz, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, said the ruling by the court in Washington, D.C., "made clear that the government cannot deprive individuals of their liberty merely to send a message to others.""This ruling means that the government cannot continue to lock up families without an individualized determination that they pose a danger or flight risk that requires their detention," she said in a statement.The court's ruling said the mothers had shown "credible fear" of persecution in their homelands, meaning they would likely be granted asylum in the United States. In the past, most immigrants who had entered the country illegally but met the "credible fear" criteria were not detained while their cases were being decided.On Monday a federal judge in Brownsville, Texas, had temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's executive orders to shield millions of people who are in the United States illegally from deportation, backing 26 states that argued Obama had overstepped his legal authority.

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Python's Jones slams finance in 'Boom Bust Boom' documentary Terry Jones, a founding member of the Monty Python comedy team, targets the global financial system in a provocative new documentary and warns of more meltdowns if the system isn't fixed soon. Jones, co-writer and co-director of "Boom Bust Boom," uses puppetry and animation to get the message across -- as well as interviews with economist Paul Krugman, actor John Cusack, Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane and others. The film, which cost under 400,000 pounds ($594,320) to make, is getting its first public screening at Britain's University of Manchester on March 31. Its producers say they are in talks to release it in cinemas and on video channels. "Boom Bust Boom" is the latest in a series of documentaries on the 2008 financial crisis, including Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" (2009) and Charles Ferguson's "Inside Job" (2010).Jones said he had avoided seeing those films to have more creative freedom. His project came about when he heard from the Dutch economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken, who is also the film's co-writer, that university students were not being educated about past financial crises."It bugs me that teachers or professors blindly teach economics without recognizing the crashes, the real world," Jones said in a telephone interview. "Throughout history, crashes were constantly going on."In the opening scene of "Boom Bust Boom," the ex-Python, 73, shows up on Wall Street to make an on-camera announcement. "This film is about the Achilles heel of capitalism -- how human nature drives the economy to crisis after crisis time and time again," he declares. For the rest of the movie, Jones pops up in unlikely places to make his point: he pokes his head in front of a pair of puppets, rides an animated choo-choo train, and interviews a Yale University academic at the behavioral research facility Monkey Island in Puerto Rico."Boom Bust Boom" provides a clear, blow-by-blow explanation of the 2008 crisis: how excessive lending to the non-creditworthy caused a giant bubble that eventually burst. The film then goes into great detail about past bubbles, from 17th-century Dutch tulip mania to the 1929 Wall Street crash.It concludes that unless the teaching of economics is overhauled -- and economic models factor in instability as a normal feature of capitalism -- crises will keep happening."If the professors start parroting these party lines, I think you should pelt them with vegetables and rotten fruit," actor and commentator Cusack recommends to students watching. "That's what I would do."($1 = 0.6696 pounds)($1 = 0.6730 pounds)

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SXSW fans see late Paul Walker's 'Furious 7' send-off Paul Walker's final appearance in the street-racing franchise "Fast & Furious" left a preview audience teary-eyed at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival for the first public screening of the last film the actor made before he died in a car crash.In the film, Vin Diesel's character says "those who are lost go on in the hearts of the living" and that was how it felt for many fans attending the midnight screening on Sunday. "Furious 7", out in theaters on April 3, is Walker's last appearance as law-enforcement officer Brian O'Connor. The 40-year-old died as a passenger in a one-car crash in Santa Clarita, California, in November 2013.Before the screening, the film's producer Neal Moritz appealed to viewers not to reveal what becomes of Walker's character in the franchise, which has grossed more than $2 billion globally."We honestly lost a dear friend, brother, comrade, while we were making this movie," Moritz said. "When we decided we were going to continue this movie, we were determined to honor his legacy and our love for him."Walker had completed most of his scenes before his death, but Comcast Corp-owned Universal Pictures was forced to put production on hold to figure out how to continue filming without him.Walker's brothers stepped in for a few remaining scenes, which make a seamless transition in the completed film.Walker's character Brian appears within the first 15 minutes as a settled family man, but he's restless for the underworld of crime, illegal street racing and heists led by Diesel's Dominic.The plot, filled with one-liners, sees Diesel, Walker and co-stars Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris and Michelle Rodriguez take on a villain (Jason Statham) in cities across the world. Despite Walker's death, filmmakers did not shy away from the turbulent storyline of "Furious 7" in which his character, along with the rest of the cast, are thrown into high-octane, life-threatening situations.In one scene, all five drive cars out of an airplane and parachute into a mountain-top race. The film ended with a tribute to Walker, closing with the words "For Paul" written in black against a white backdrop.(This story corrects crash location to Santa Clarita from Malibu in third paragraph)

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Box Office: 'Cinderella' Reigns With $70.1 million, 'Run All Night' Falls Flat "Cinderella" enchanted audiences this weekend, racking up a royal $70.1 million to lead the domestic box office and a massive $132 million globally.The adaptation of the classic fairy tale follows Walt Disney Studios' strategy of raiding its library of animated favorites to refashion as live action blockbusters -- an approach that yielded such successes as "Maleficent" and "Alice in Wonderland," and one the studio plans to employ on "Dumbo" and "Beauty and the Beast.""From a company perspective and a public perspective, fairy tales are a part of our DNA," said Dave Hollis, Disney's distribution chief. "This is decidedly something that Disney does and does well.""Cinderella's" popularity left Liam Neeson's latest action-adventure, "Run All Night," huffing and puffing at the finish line. The Warner Bros. release pulled in a lackluster $11 million from 3,171 theaters, lower than pre-release tracking which suggested a debut in the $15 million range. The audience for the story of a father protecting his son (Joel Kinnaman) from mob hit men was 52% female and 86% over the age of 25.Warner Bros. domestic distribution chief Dan Fellman said he was particularly surprised that the film attracted more women than to men. He added that the picture seemed to play better on the East Coast in cities like Washington D.C. and New York than it did on the West Coast."I'm a little disappointed in the results," said Fellman. "We just got off to a slow start...we felt it should have been a stronger second place, but at this point we're hoping we get a good multiple and a great hold."It's possible that Neeson, who was recently seen making short work of European bad guys in January's "Taken 3," has simply been brandishing the gun a bit too much of late. "Run All Night" cost $50 million to produce, so it will need to attract foreign crowds if it wants to break even."Cinderella" opened across 3,845 theaters in North America and cost $95 million to produce. Opening weekend crowds were 68% female, 66% families and 31% comprised of moviegoers under the age of 12."This was a strong protagonist and an aspirational character," said Hollis. "We took the high bar reached by the classic animated film and built on it. This will now be something that complements the original."The film wasn't in 3D, but it did get a nice boost from other premium formats. Imax represent 7% of "Cinderella's" gross and premium large formats comprised 8% of the box office results."Cinderella" couldn't match the $116.1 million debut of "Alice in Wonderland," but it did surpass the $69.4 million premiere of "Maleficent." That's impressive considering that despite featuring Cate Blanchett and "Downton Abbey's" Lily James, "Cinderella" lacked a star on the level of Johnny Depp or Angelina Jolie to bring in crowds. It also cost half of the roughly $200 million each that Disney spent producing those fantasies."Cinderella" was a juggernaut overseas picking up an estimated $62.4 million, $25 million of which came from China. The film opened in about 60 percent of the international marketplace, including such major territories as Russia, Italy, Mexico and Germany.In the holdover realm, "Kingsman: The Secret Service" has now crossed the $100 million mark. The Fox action-adventure captured third place with $6.2 million, pushing its stateside haul to $107.4 million. "Focus," Will Smith's heist romance, snagged fourth position on the charts with $5.8 million. The Warner Bros. release has made $44 million after three weeks in theaters.Fifth place went to Fox Searchlight's "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" which held steady with $5.7 million from 2,022 theaters in its sophomore frame, dropping a mere 33% and bringing its total to $18.1 million.In limited release, Radius-TWC's "It Follows" impressed with $163,453 from four locations, for a per-screen average of $40,863. The horror film has enjoyed unusually strong reviews for the genre, with critics handing out a 95% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Among other art house releases, "Seymour: An Introduction," Ethan Hawke's look at a pianist and teacher debuted on two screens where it made $26,320 for a per-screen average of $13,160.Not everyone was as lucky as "It Follows." Official numbers have yet to be released but it appears that Adam Sandler's critically panned "The Cobbler" will eke out a meager $21,00 from 17 theaters.After two weeks of lagging behind 2014's box office results, "Cinderella" helped lift domestic ticket sales more than 16% over the year-ago period to top out at $133 million. The key was providing some fresh all-ages fare to a marketplace that had been dominated by adult films such as "Fifty Shades of Grey" and "Focus.""It's been an R-rated world at the box office and for families this was a dream come true," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Rentrak. "They were sitting on sidelines and waiting for a family friendly weekend."As "Cinderella" proves, dreams do come true.

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Disney to release 'Star Wars: Episode VIII' in May 2017 Walt Disney Co will release the eighth installment in the "Star Wars" sci-fi film series on May 26, 2017, Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Thursday.Iger, speaking at Disney's annual shareholder meeting, also announced that a spin-off from the franchise set for release in December 2016 will be called "Rogue One."

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A Minute With: Sean Penn on 'Gunman,' Haiti and superheroes Sean Penn is not all gruff voice and intense gaze. He can have a good laugh too, like when he envisions himself as a superhero. For the thriller "The Gunman," opening in U.S. theaters on March 20, the 54-year-old actor and activist talked to Reuters about what motivates him in both the movies and the causes he champions. Here are excerpts from the interview. Q: What drew you to this story and the character of Jim?A: It appealed to me in a way that a lot of action movies haven't appealed to me, because the consequences of violence were present throughout, and yet that didn't seem to create a ponderous weight on the energy of the picture. Q: How important was it to have the backdrop of Democratic Republic of Congo?A: What was important was that the epicenter of that narrative drive had a history of suffering intervention, be it political intervention or corporate intervention. And certainly DRC has had both, and continues to. There were also some real-life parallels related to the mining interests that had happened there. That made it the appropriate choice.Q: Has being an actor made it difficult for your voice to be heard for your activism work?A: I've found it harder and easier. Criticism will come more quickly, so will reverence. Generally, both are inaccurate, but you know, I think that I approach work - whether it's creative work, any work I do - very much as a functionary ... it's really clinical on both. Q: As Ambassador-at-Large for Haiti, what would you want tackled urgently?A: I'd like to see politics redefine its quality of life for people and for everybody to put their sword down and get to the table, it's very tricky there. But I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that. You need governance, but you also need a middle class, you need agriculture, they need to be able to export. I think that's probably the biggest issue, the job creation that could come with the kinds of things that Haiti has all the potential in the world to export.Q: What roles are you finding yourself drawn to? Any superhero franchises in your future?A: You asked me with a camera on this face and in this time of my life if I would be a superhero? (laughs) Maybe, if there's a very funny one.Q: There's always the villain.A: I don't know what I would be interested in doing next. There are some good movies made on that (superhero) stuff, let a few of them be made a year. But I'd like to see this business not drown itself in superhero movies.

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Fashion duo Dolce and Gabbana attacked for 'synthetic' babies comment Outraged celebrities tore into Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana on Monday after Dolce described children born to gay couples through fertility treatment as "synthetic".Pop superstar Elton John, leading the chorus of criticism, called for a boycott of the brand on Sunday.Victoria Beckham, a former Dolce and Gabbana ambassador, offered John sympathy on Monday, sending a "message of love" to the singer, his husband partner David Furnish and their two sons Zachary and Elijah, and to "all the beautiful IVF babies".Rock star Courtney Love accused the Italian pair of "senseless bigotry".But Gabbana dug his heels in, saying they were entitled to their opinion and calling John a fascist.An industry expert doubted any boycott call would have any effect.Concetta Lanciaux, a luxury industry consultant and former adviser to Bernard Arnault, CEO and founder of luxury group LVMH, said she did not think John's boycott demand would have an impact on D&G’s sales.“Consumers understand the humor of Domenico and Stefano, who are known for their wit. In addition, new consumers, even if they do not agree with the statement, like to think we live in a free world where people still can express their feelings and opinions,” she said.The furor erupted after Italian magazine Panorama quoted Sicilian-born Dolce as criticizing fertility treatment and same-sex parenting."You are born and you have a father and a mother. Or at least it should be like this, that's why I am not convinced by chemical children, synthetic babies, wombs for rent," Dolce said.John responded angrily, vowing to never wear Dolce and Gabbana clothes again."How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic'. And shame on you for wagging your judgmental little fingers at IVF ... Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions," John said.Friends and celebrities from the acting, fashion and music world rallied to the cause. Love said in her tweet: "Just round up all my Dolce & Gabbana pieces, I want to burn them ... boycott senseless bigotry!""WAKE UP, IT'S 2015"Singer Ricky Martin, who is gay and has twin sons by a surrogate mother, wrote: "Your voices are too powerful to be spreading too much hate. Wake up, it's 2015. Love yourself guys."Screenwriter Ryan Murphy, who created the TV show Glee and also has a child via a surrogate with his husband, said: "These designers' horrifying views are never in fashion. Their clothes are as ugly as their hate."Dolce and Gabbana, whose clients have ranged from Madonna to the Italian soccer team, have marketed one of their new collections around the theme of family.Their fashion show featured models clutching babies on the catwalk and one male sweater sported a photo print of a traditional family.The pair once had a romantic relationship but have remained business partners after it ended.Dolce said his Sicilian upbringing made him pretty traditional. Gabbana said in a statement on Sunday they did not intend to express judgment of other people's choices but he believed in freedom of expression.However, as the storm raged on Monday, Gabbana took a harder line."I wasn't expecting it from a person like Elton John whom I considered -- I underline considered -- intelligent. You preach understanding, you preach tolerance and then you attack? Just because someone thinks differently to you?" he told Corriere della Sera newspaper.Asked if he had spoken to John, he said: "It's useless, this is just an authoritarian way of seeing things: if you agree with me, good, otherwise I'll attack. And I wrote to him, in the comments on Instagram: fascist."Dolce had said he felt he could not have a child because he was gay."Domenico said he would prefer a classical family, that's his opinion. He doesn't feel at ease with assisted fertility, that's his traditional Sicilian imprinting," Gabbana said.The furor has echoes of the John Galliano affair. The head designer for Christian Dior was dismissed after an anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar in 2011. He was also convicted in a French court of making racist comments.However, Gabbana seemed not to be worried about the possible business impact on the firm, which is not publicly listed."Maybe we'll lose some Elton John fans, maybe we'll get some mothers, who knows?" Gabbana told Corriere della Sera.  Â

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Terry Pratchett, author of fantasy 'Discworld' novels, dies at 66 Terry Pratchett, the British author whose fantasy novels sold in their tens of millions worldwide, has died of a rare form of Alzheimer's disease aged 66, his publisher said on Thursday.News about the death of Pratchett - who campaigned during his final illness for legalizing assisted death - came on his Twitter account in a series of tweets written in the style of his Discworld novels, where Death always talks in capital letters."AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER," said the first tweet on @terryandrob. "Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night," said the second, while a third read simply: "The End".Pratchett died at home surrounded by his family with his cat sleeping on his bed, Transworld Publishers said. The BBC reported that his publisher had said Pratchett's death was entirely natural and unassisted, despite his campaigning for the right of terminally ill people to be helped to commit suicide.The author, who wore a trademark broad-brimmed black hat, was diagnosed in 2007 with posterior cortical atrophy, a progressive degenerative condition. Continuing to write, he completed his last book, a new Discworld novel, in the summer of 2014 before succumbing to the final stages of the disease.Pratchett gave numerous interviews and lectures in which he spoke frankly about his disease - and his love of 16th century English composer Thomas Tallis."I would like to die peacefully with Thomas Tallis on my iPod before the disease takes me over and I hope that will not be for quite some time to come, because if I knew that I could die at any time I wanted, then suddenly every day would be as precious as a million pounds," he said in 2010."If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice."GIANT TURTLEPrime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter: "His books fired the imagination of millions and he fearlessly campaigned for dementia awareness".Literary figures also expressed their sadness. Canadian author Margaret Atwood wrote: "I vastly enjoyed his playful, smart Discworld books."His publishers said the world had lost "one of its brightest, sharpest minds". "In over 70 books, Terry enriched the planet like few before him," said Larry Finlay, managing director at Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House."As all who read him know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirize this world. He did so brilliantly, with great skill, enormous humor and constant invention," he said.A unique creation, Discworld is a circular world set on the backs of four elephants standing on the shell of a giant turtle, populated by a vast and colorful cast of characters inspired by the worlds of fantasy, folk tales and mythology.Pratchett used Discworld to parody those genres, but also to send up aspects of modern life by drawing often incongruous connections between his imaginary world and things ordinary people living in 20th century Britain would recognize.Selections of Pratchett's quotes quickly appeared on British newspaper websites while fans exchanged their favorite quips from Discworld characters online.This was one popular example:"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING," said Death. "JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

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A Minute With: Theo James on 'Insurgent,' warfare and YA fans As the handsome boyfriend of heroine Tris Prior in the "Divergent" sci-fi action film series, actor Theo James has been thrust into the spotlight as a young adult movie hero. The 30-year-old British actor plays Four, the mentor of Prior (Shailene Woodley), in the films, which are based on dystopian novels by American author Veronica Roth.James spoke to Reuters ahead of the release on Friday of the second film in the series, "Insurgent," about his character's evolution, the film's handling of warfare and being a teen idol.Q: Where is Four mentally at in "Insurgent"?A: For the first time, he has something to lose in Tris, and Tris is very different in this film because she's lost her parents, and she's on this very destructive path of vengeance. He is trying to temper that and make sure she doesn't kill herself essentially, so he's a little bit more open than he was in the first movie.Q: The second movie diverges from the book significantly. Did it allow you to take more liberty with portraying Four?A: Yes, we definitely had a little bit more liberty. We still felt like we had the grounding of the first film, and you feel like you vaguely know who these people are, but you had a little bit more. People were a bit more relaxed, so everyone could push the boundaries a little bit. Q: How was the brutal violence of wartime conveyed in this film, given its young adult audience?A: The cost of violence and the cost of death are dealt with. I know what you mean, the question of glorification of guns or glorification of death, but people aren't dispatched with submachine guns. Similarly the questions of social structure and what information you withhold from society, and how that affects people, and how it dominates them and how eventually it leads to some kind of uprising (are dealt with.)Q: How have you handled being a young adult hero, especially with such an avid fan base for the books?A: You want the audiences to enjoy the movies, definitely, and that's why you're doing it, that's definitely a great thing. Otherwise it's not like my day-to-day life has changed astronomically. There are things I probably wouldn't do that I did before, but I'm kind of the same person.

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Seattle home tied to Disney's 'Up' movie fails to sell at auction: media A century-old Seattle house that was featured in a marketing stunt to publicize Walt Disney Co's balloon adventure movie "Up" because it is wedged in the middle of a modern development failed to attract any bids at an auction on Friday, local media reported.Edith Macefield drew national media coverage when she refused in 2006 a $1 million offer for her 1,000-square-foot house from an investment company that eventually developed a 131,000-square-foot retail and office center around the home.She died in 2008 and willed her house to a construction superintendent she had befriended. He sold the house in 2009.The house became famous after publicists for the "Up" movie tied a cluster of balloons to the little two-story bungalow in 2009 to market the Disney-Pixar movie about a curmudgeonly old man who refuses to sell his home and flies off in the house tied to balloons. The movie made more than $700 million at worldwide box offices and won an Oscar for the best animated movie in 2010.The company that now owns the boarded-up house owes nearly $186,000, prompting the auction of the house, Seattlepi.com reported, adding Friday's opening bid was set at $216,270.70.None of five interested bidders ultimately placed a bid for the house at the auction on Friday, making its future uncertain and leaving it in the hands of a bank for now, newspaper website Seattlepi.com reported.On Friday, a handful of people came to see the house, one who was there out of concern it might be torn down, and a bouquet of flowers and an assortment of floating balloons were attached to a chain link fence in front of the house.A Facebook event page inviting people to "bring a balloon" on auction day had more than 100 guests who said they were going to view the house.

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'Blurred Lines' duo to contest $7.4 million plagiarism verdict Recording stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams will contest the $7.4 million jury verdict that found they plagiarized Motown soul great Marvin Gaye in creating their hit single "Blurred Lines," the duo's lawyer said on Wednesday.A day after the judgment, attorney Howard King said Thicke and Williams remained adamant that "Blurred Lines" was an original song created solely by them, adding that jurors were apparently convinced otherwise by expert testimony which should have been inadmissible.The U.S. District Court jury in Los Angeles sided with Gaye's heirs on Tuesday in finding that parts of his 1977 hit "Got to Give it Up" were lifted by Thicke and Williams for their 2013 R&B chart-topper.The jury awarded Gaye's children $4 million in actual damages plus $3.4 million in profits that Thicke, 38, and Williams, 41, were found to have derived from their copyright infringement.The case, which explored the sometimes fuzzy boundary between artistic inspiration and theft, marked one of the highest-profile musical plagiarism lawsuits since George Harrison's rock ballad "My Sweet Lord" was found to have been copied from the Chiffons' hit "He's So Fine."Despite magazine interviews in which Thicke had admitted to drawing from the feel of "Got to Give it Up" when composing "Blurred Lines," he and Williams have insisted they never copied from Gaye's song itself."Based upon their own feelings that they created 'Blurred Lines' from their own hearts and souls and no one else, and based on feedback from other prominent songwriters, (Thicke and Williams) feel they owe it to the creative world to make sure this verdict does not stand," King said.King said he would seek a retrial if the judge denies a motion requesting the verdict be set aside. Otherwise, King said, Thicke and Williams would appeal the judgment.King cited as grounds for contesting the verdict expert testimony given by a musicologist that he said compared "Blurred Lines" with "Got to Give it Up" based on elements of Gaye's song that were absent from the original sheet music.At the time of its copyright, only the written music could be registered as protected, not sound recordings. "Clearly the jury relied on what that expert said in reaching their conclusion," King said.The Gayes' lawyer, Richard Busch, could not immediately be reached for comment. On Tuesday, he said they would seek a court injunction against further distribution of "Blurred Lines" based on the verdict.

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Texas county issues historic marriage license to same-sex couple A Texas county issued a marriage license to a same-sex couple on Thursday, the first legal certification for a gay couple in the state since its voters about a decade ago approved a measure defining marriage as only being between a man and a woman.A Travis County clerk said the marriage license was given to just one couple, Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant, after a court order earlier in the day and the county, home to the state capital of Austin, is not planning to issue more licenses to same-sex couples."The court order only applies to this one couple," a clerk said. Legal experts said there was at least one case of a marriage between a same-sex couple in the early 1970s and none since the voter-approved constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage went into effect.A U.S. district judge in Texas last year ruled the state's bans on gay marriage unconstitutional because it denied the couples equal protection under the law. Enforcement of the decision is hold pending an appeal.Travis County District Judge David Wahlberg ruled Goodfriend and Bryant must be granted a marriage license because not doing so violates "their rights under the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution."Goodfriend requested an expedited issuance because she has been in poor health due to ovarian cancer. The couple, together for about 30 years, have two daughters, aged 17 and 12, who joined them at the county clerk's office.A rabbi married the couple at a county office."We are grateful to have had this opportunity to crack the door open in Texas. We hope it will swing open for everyone very soon," Bryant told a news conference.Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court to intervene and void the marriage license."The law of Texas has not changed, and will not change due to the whims of any individual judge or county clerk operating on their own capacity anywhere in Texas," Paxton said.The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay order that legal experts interpreted as barring additional licenses from being issued to same-sex couples based on decisions from judges in the county. The court's brief order did not address Paxton's request to nullify the license. Paxton said he considers the license void while lawyers for the couple say it is valid.

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London fashions a show in memory of designer Alexander McQueen A butterfly headdress, feathered gowns and garments crafted from horns, hair and seashells went on display in London this week in a exhibition celebrating the work of the late British fashion designer Alexander McQueen.McQueen was famous for his daring creations and avant-garde fashion shows which drew upon themes of nature, history, romance and tragedy.Trained as apprentice on London's Savile Row, the designer rose from an east end London boyhood to become of the world's leading talents in fashion before he took his own life five years ago.More than 240 pieces of McQueen's work feature in the exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, including dresses made from feathers and hand painted glass, as well as intricately embroidered kimonos and lace-covered antlers.It was the designer's attention to detail that stood out for curator Claire Wilcox, who helped bring the show to London."McQueen's collections were so enthralling and yet at the same time each garment was so beautifully crafted -- so you have this extreme attention to detail, fastidious tailoring, beautiful embellishments and incorporation of all sorts of different materials," she told Reuters.Divided into 10 different rooms, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the designer's work, including videos of his shows and special pieces from his archive.In one room, the Cabinet of Curiosities, 120 garments and accessories can be seen, including his signature "Armadillo" shoes, a number of headdresses by his friend and collaborator Philip Treacy and a white strapless gown that was spray-painted by robots in one of his iconic shows.The exhibition, which was originally shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is a homecoming for the designer whose earlier work was heavily influenced heavily by London where he grew up and based his label.McQueen was known for his ability to shock and his autumn/winter 1995 collection "Highland Rape" which featured disheveled looking models in torn clothing was considered a classic example."He did court controversy and he wanted to get people's attention with his shows," said Wilcox."There is no doubt that was an element of fearless, the bravado, the East End boy -- all of these elements but I think people are just struck with admiration for his creativity ... and his artistry," she added.Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty opens on Mar. 14 and will run until Aug. 2.

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Gene Gene the Dancing Machine of 'Gong Show' fame dies Eugene Patton, the stage hand who earned fame as "Gene Gene The Dancing Machine" on the quirky talent romp "The Gong Show," has died at the age of 82 after suffering from diabetes, his family said.At what were supposed to be spontaneous moments in the show launched in the 1970s that celebrated offbeat and sometimes awful acts, Count Basie's upbeat "Jumpin’ at the Woodside" would blast out and host Chuck Barris would bellow out "Gene Gene the Dancing Machine," setting the stage for Patton.The stage hand, usually wearing a green windbreaker, painter's hat and bell bottom pants, would dance his way on to stage, show off his moves and ignore a volley of items thrown his way ranging from clothing to rubber fish. Barris, the show's B-List celebrity judges and the audience would usually join along in dance.Patton appeared briefly in the 2002 movie about Barris directed by George Clooney called "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."Patton lost both of his legs to diabetes. He died on March 9, according to a death notice issued by his family.A funeral is planned for March 21 in Pasadena, California.

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Singapore fashion week offers homegrown labels a shot at global fame Designers Victoria Beckham and Diane von Furstenberg headline Singapore's celebrity-studded fashion week in May, putting the spotlight on a new partnership with a U.S. industry group that promotes homegrown talent and designer labels.Organizers of the five-day annual fashion week said they had tied up this year with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), headed by Furstenberg, to nurture emerging designers in Singapore and help showcase their talent abroad.The CFDA has been a treasure trove of new labels in the past, having produced celebrated international designers such as Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang and Phillip Lim.This year's Singapore Fashion Week (SFW), previously known as the Audi Fashion Festival Singapore, is the first in its new avatar. Hollywood star Cate Blanchett and South Korean actress Yoon Eun Hye are among the celebrities attending."Singapore Fashion Week allows us to stand shoulder to shoulder with all the international fashion labels that we aspire to be like," SFW Chairman Tjin Lee said on Friday."But with the name change also comes great responsibility, and a greater sense of having to build the industry, by empowering and training designers."Less well-known fashion labels Ong Shunmugam, Elohim and Dzojchen have been chosen this year for the CFDA initiative, which arms local designers with a seed fund of S$150,000 ($108,000) to promote and eventually sell designs to global retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Harvey Nichols.The Singapore Fashion Week opens on May 13 with a von Furstenberg collection and will wrap up with a finale by former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham.Singapore celebrity Velda Tan will debut her fashion label, while Thai-American designer Thakoon Panichgul, a favorite of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, features among the line-up of established designers.

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Apple in talks to launch online TV service: WSJ Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) much-hinted-at TV service may soon become a reality as the iPhone maker is in talks with programmers to offer a slimmed-down bundle of TV networks this fall, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox, and be available across all devices powered by Apple's iOS operating system, including iPhones, iPads and Apple TV set-top boxes, the newspaper said.Apple has been talking to Walt Disney Co (DIS.N), CBS Corp (CBS.N), and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O) and other media companies to offer a "skinny" bundle with well-known channels like CBS, ESPN and FX, leaving out the many smaller networks in the standard cable TV package, the Journal said.Apple, which is aiming to price the new service at about $30 to $40 a month, plans to announce the service in June and launch it in September, the newspaper said. (on.wsj.com/1GOgcrv)Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said the company does not comment on rumor and speculation. Fox and CBS declined to comment.Several media companies are considering joining streaming-only services, or launching their own like HBO and CBS, to attract young people who do not subscribe to traditional pay TV packages. But programmers also fear the packages could become so popular that they undercut current, more profitable deals with cable companies.In January, Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) unveiled its long-anticipated video streaming service, named Sling TV, targeted at younger consumers who shun pricey cable and satellite subscriptions.Dish's $20 a month service, the first from a distributor, will be available through Internet-connected devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Google Nexus Player for TVs, tablets, computers and smartphones and will include TV programming from ABC, ESPN and Maker Studios, Time Warner's (TWX.N) TNT, CNN, TBS, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, and Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel.Others like Sony (6758.T) are also rolling out competing services.Apple is not in talks with NBCUniversal, owner of the NBC broadcast network and cable channels like USA and Bravo, because of a falling-out between Apple and NBCUniversal parent company Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O), the Journal said.Apple and Comcast were in early-stage discussions last year to offer a streaming-television service that would allow Apple set-top boxes to bypass congestion on the web.

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Ricky Martin uses music to tackle trafficking of children Thirty years after Ricky Martin got his start in music in the Puerto Rican kids' group "Menudo," the Grammy-winning singer uses his music and celebrity to help fight against the trafficking of children.Fresh off a new album, "A Quien Quiera Escuchar," the 43-year-old Martin said he relishes getting in front of a crowd to talk about children forced into prostitution and pornography. "Not only in Puerto Rico, all over the world, here in the United States, huge numbers, when it comes to kids that are becoming slaves," Martin told Reuters in an interview this week.The "Livin' la Vida Loca" singer opened a center in Puerto Rico last year to combat oppression against children. His other big cause, he said, is the "fight of my community, the LGBT community, it's something that I won't get tired of."Martin, father of twin boys born via surrogate, expressed his disappointment on social media and joined Elton John's campaign in boycotting Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana after Dolce described children born to gay couples through fertility treatment as "synthetic." [nL6N0WI3IQ]Martin declined to discuss further the Dolce & Gabbana controversy.

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