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A deposition video recorded on March 21 of Paris Jackson was aired last Tuesday, June 18 in her father, the late Michael Jackson's wrongful death trial in Los Angeles. In contrast to recent photos of the 15-year-old celebrity daughter around the time of her failed suicide attempt, a healthy-looking Paris testified in two days of questioning done 3 months ago, as seen in the clip where she was shown speaking about their former nanny Grace Rwaramba.

The video was played by the lawyers of concert promoter AEG Live, whom the Jackson family is suing for the untimely death of the King of Pop back in 2009, for having retained Dr. Conrad Murray, who has since been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. By airing Paris' deposition, the AEG lawyers sought to weaken the credibility of Jackson family chef Kai Chase, who had testified to Michael's physical deterioration prior to his death.

Kathryn Fiore and her family are thankful for their blessings. She gave birth to a baby girl after an emergency C-section. The long, difficult child birth brought complications for both the mother and the daughter. Fiore fought for her life and baby Alice Harper Fiore Tigerman struggled to breathe after birth.

The newborn, weighing in at 7 lbs., 3 oz., was rushed to NICU and remained there for a few days before being taken home. The ailing mother was also under doctors' intensive care. She went into septic shock and complete organ failure. She suffered a uterine hemorrhage and lost a lot of blood.

Nearly 43 years after Black Sabbath debuted on the Billboard 200, they earned their first No. 1 album at Billboard hot 200 on Wednesday, June 19. The Ozzy Osbourne-led band sits atop the esteemed chart after their latest studio release, "13", sells 155,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This also marks the band's biggest sales week to date.

Before "13", Black Sabbath had never made it to the chart's No. 1. Their 1971 work, "Master of Reality", peaked at No. 8. "The news is absolutely amazing - we couldn't have imagined this would happen," guitarist and founding member Tony Iommi said in a statement of the band's chart-topping album.

Supernatural creatures in "Hemlock Grove" will continue haunting Netflix's subscribers for a second season. The streaming media has ordered 10 new episodes of the horror series, shorter than its 13-episode freshman run.

"The worldwide fan response to Hemlock Grove was phenomenal," says executive producer Eli Roth. "Netflix members loved the potent combination of sexy monsters, mystery, and the dark family soap opera that ended with a huge twist, leaving audiences worldwide totally shocked."

At the New York premiere of "World War Z" on June 17, Brad Pitt spilled out a big reveal to reporters. The father of six, who takes on the role as Gerry Lane in Marc Forster's upcoming film, said his son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, made a cameo appearance in it without telling what role the 11-year-old boy landed.

"He gets shot in the head ... multiple times. But he gets double tapped," Pitt said of Maddox, before joking, "I don't know what that says about me as a parent." The Golden Globe winner, who agreed to do the apocalypse feature because of his "boys," said both Maddox and 9-year-old Pax "have already seen it and they love it."

Serena Williams issues a statement in response to the controversy surrounding her comment written on a Rolling Stone article about the infamous Steubenville rape case. While offering an apology, she implies that she was misquoted in the article.

"What happened in Steubenville was a real shock for me. I was deeply saddened. For someone to be raped, and at only sixteen, is such a horrible tragedy! For both families involved - that of the rape victim and of the accused," the tennis champion begins.

As expected, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' chart-topping track "Thrift Shop" off album "The Heist" makes it to the latest Kidz Bop Kids album, its 24th edition which debuts next month. Like most of the other current hit songs in the compilation, it gets scrubbed clean of profanities to make it more appropriate for its target audience, the original NSFW lyrics replaced with more kid-friendly ones.

The result is quite cleverly creative and oftentimes funny and amusing, like when "f*cking awesome" was turned to "really awesome" and "walk up to the club like, 'What up? I got a big c--k!' " was substituted with "I got a hit song!" The "cold a** honkey" in the line "Ice on the fringe, it's so damn frosty / That people like, 'Damn! That's a ...' " cunningly becomes "guy on the marquee."

Sony Pictures has dropped a full trailer for its upcoming animation "The Smurfs 2". Not only the video teases an appearance from Neil Patrick Harris and Brendan Gleeson (who is later seen being transformed into a duck), but it also shows hilarious unlucky moments of evil wizard Gargamel, portrayed by "America's Sweethearts" actor Hank Azaria.

The animated feature sees Gargamel creating mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. When he discovers that Smurfette can give him what he wants, Gargamel kidnaps and brings her to Paris, where he's been winning the adoration of millions as the world's greatest sorcerer.

Selena Gomez's relationship with Justin Bieber is reportedly over for good, despite occasional sightings of the two going out together, and she now has moved on. Sources tell Us Weekly that the "Come & Get It" singer is now romantically involved with Ed Sheeran.

"They are hooking up!" a source claims. The former Disney star and the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter were allegedly introduced over Memorial Day Weekend by their mutual friend Taylor Swift who's currently touring with the British redhead.

"Nashville" is losing one of its key persons. T-Bone Burnett, who oversaw the production and creation of originals songs in the first season of the Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere-starring music drama series, has left the show.

"His slate of other film, television and recording projects would have made it impossible for him to return for a second season," his manager confirms his exit, noting the music producer planned to stay for one season from the beginning. "He became close to many of the actors on Nashville, and wishes all of them -- as well as the show's producers, writers and crew -- all the best with the coming season."

Controversy continues to hound Kanye West's album "Yeezus", down from its pre-debut days of "blasphemous" album title and cover artworks and building projections being shut down by police, up to it's post-release, expectedly over its tracks and their lyrics. One of those tracks is "On Sight" which has gotten Parkinson's disease groups from both inside and outside the United States reacting to West's lyrics.

"Soon as I pull up and park the Benz, we get this bitch shaking like Parkinson's," is the line that has the American Parkinson Disease Association speaking out, "We find these lyrics distasteful and the product of obvious ignorance." The British non-profit group Parkinson's U.K. has also slammed West, saying he has "shown an inexcusable level of stupidity and cruelty towards people living with an incurable condition."

Paula Deen has been called for a deposition in connection with a lawsuit filed by a former employee at the Savannah, Georgia restaurant she co-owns with her brother Earl "Bubba" Hiers. The celebrity chef, 66, was questioned about her alleged use of racial slur and jokes.

Deen admits she may have used N-word but insists it was a long time ago. "That's just not a word that we use as time has gone on. Things have changed since the '60s in the south. And my children and my brother object to that word being used in any cruel or mean behavior. As well as I do," she says.

Sandra Bullock will not be Miss Hannigan, the evil lady who runs the orphanage where "Annie" lives. First breaking the news, The Wrap reports that Sony Pictures, in its second attempt, was eventually unable to close a deal with Bullock's reps at CAA. The actress herself had initially turned down the offer before entering negotiation again with the studio.

Following Bullock's refusal, Sony will soon start searching for a new actress to tackle the role, played by Carol Burnett in the original 1982 movie. Quvenzhane Wallis is still attached to the project to play the titular character, with Jamie Foxx set to take on the role as NYC mayoral hopeful Benjamin Stacks, a variation of the Daddy Warbucks personage.

Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence are teaming up for a new comedy on FX. The cable channel has picked up the untitled sitcom that will pair the two veteran comedians to play "Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who unexpectedly meet in court on the worst day of their lives."

Brought together by fate and greed, the mismatched lawyers develop a partnership and friendship, forcing one another to find the balance between the ethical and unscrupulous in their professional and personal lives.

Miley Cyrus took to Twitter on Wednesday morning, June 19, to tell her fans that she already debuted a music video for "We Can't Stop". "It's finally here! The music video for 'We Can't Stop' is now on @VEVO!! #WeCantStopPremiere," the 20-year-old singer tweeted.

The Diane Martel-directed video sees the former Disney star having a wild and bizarre party with her friends. She is seen dancing with oversized bear plush, making out with a doll in a pool, joining an all-girls wrestling and, of course, twerking.