April 13, 2011

Movie tough guy Jean-Claude Van Damme broke down in tears on his U.K. reality TV show as he discussed his upcoming return to fighting, insisting he wants to "be a champion" again to make his family proud.

The star is in training to take on Thai kickboxer Somluck Kamsing in November and he became overwhelmed with emotion when talking about the bout on his series "Jean Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors".

Michael Douglas' lawyers blasted the "audacity" of the star's ex-wife in a New York court on Tuesday, April 12, as Diandra Douglas continued her quest to land 50 percent of the actor's salary from the "Wall Street" sequel.

Diandra, who divorced Douglas in 2000, is seeking a share of the actor's pay check from his 2010 movie "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps". She claims their divorce deal entitled her to half her ex-husband's profits from projects he worked on during their marriage, and any possible "spin-offs" of his previous films, including the original 1987 "Wall Street".

First official trailer for "Love, Wedding, Marriage" has been released. The two-and-a-half minute preview sees newlyweds, Mandy Moore's Ava and Kellan Lutz's Charlie, facing problems as Moore's parents want to divorce. Meanwhile, in another scene, Moore and Lutz are seen reconciling after they fight, and locking lips.

The romantic comedy film centers its story on Ava, a newlywed psychologist who is thrown for a loop when she learns that her parents, whose marriage she's always idealized, are headed for divorce. She sets out on a disastrous path to save their marriage at the expense of her own, manipulating loved ones to achieve her objectives.

Tristan Wilds, Michael Steger and Matt Lanter are graduating on "90210" when the drama series ends its third season. A sneak peek to the graduation has now emerged in form of a picture showing their characters wearing a blue cap and gown.

Shenae Grimes who plays Annie shares that prior to filming the scene, she and most of the cast had never worn the outfit in real life. "I did graduate from high school, but I never got to do the whole walk across the stage and receive your diploma thing," she tells TV Guide. "I think it was a first for almost half our cast."

Yvonne Strahovski has showed off her funny side. Throwing away her secret agent image, the Sarah Walker of "Chuck" beauty lampoons Katy Perry, Lady GaGa and Ke$ha as she sings about loving a guy in new CollegeHumor parody video entitled "Three Pop Stars, One Video".

The 28-year-old actress is seen prancing around on a beach while wearing outfit similar to those of Katy's "California Gurls" costume. While impersonating the wife of Russell Brand, she croons, "I remember you told me once, all about who would be your dream girl. You told me Zooey Deschanel, but without the shame or class."

Aubrey O'Day's fresh solo material called "Automatic" has been unveiled. An electro-pop tune with bouncy beat, it's her first official single since he left Danity Kane in 2009. The track was released following the season finale of her Oxygen reality show "All About Aubrey".

"It's the first song I recorded for my solo project because I wanted to represent all the people who don't feel the need to go all out to get attention," she said. "This song is for everyone who automatically commands attention whenever they walk into a room! Everything they do is 'Automatic'!"

After finding a true love on "The Bachelorette", Ali Fedotowsky landed a career as a corespondent. The 26-year-old has now nabbed the ultimate job in the field, joining "America's Next Top Model" winner Adrianne Curry, actress Vivica A. Fox and fashion guru Nick Verreos for a new weekly talk show for Style Network.

The network confirmed on Tuesday, April 12 that these four would be the pillars to the half-hour series. In its press release, the network said the not-yet-titled show will "tackle anything and everything that's of interest to Style viewers. From exciting in-studio guests to product demos, makeover segments, field segments and a studio audience, this new daily show will be just as Style-ish as it is informative and fun."

Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of Pern" novel series get its turn to hit theaters. David Hayter, the screenwriter of "X-Men" and "X2", will adapt one of the novels for Copperheart Entertainment and Entertainment One.

According to The Hollywood Reported, Hayter is hired to pen "Dragonflight", which is based on the first novel of the series which was originally published in 1968. Steve Hoban and Benedict Carver will serve as the producers, while Susan Montford and Don Murphy serve as executive producers.

Having been busy with his Torpedo Tour, Charlie Sheen spared some time to stop by Boston radio station the Sports Hub 98.5 WBZ-FM on Tuesday night, April 12 to talk about "Two and a Half Men". The 45-year-old, who has been fired from the CBS series in March, revealed that he has had discussions with his former bosses about returning to the show.

"There's been discussions," Sheen admitted, but he could not share further because he "was asked not to divulge anything." While in the past he reportedly boasted that his personal issue could not get him fired, he now shows a more humble attitude. "Had they told me at the end of Season 8 that that behavior wasn't going to be cool, I would have adjusted it," he said as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.

Plain White T's have debuted a music video in support of their latest single "Boomerang". Talking about the clip, Tom Higgenson said, "We wanted the Boomerang video to have a dream-like feel, so we used a lot of stop-motion animation and a spinning floor to give it that surreal effect. Art for art's sake."

The video revolves around Tom who's blindly in love with a heart breaker. "You treated me like I'm your little toy, You tell me I'm not like other boys/ And next thing I know you toss me aside/ And you don't even bother with goodbye/ But when you say hello, I can't ignore you," he sings his heart out.

Actor Justin Long shocked diners at a popular New York City restaurant when he posed as a waiter. After finishing his meal at the eatery BLT Fish on March 4, Long got up from his table, purchased one of the restaurant's t-shirts and began working as a staffer, much to the amusement of his friends.

A source tells E! News, "He just started picking up glasses, cleaning tables. One lady was asking him questions about the menu and he was just making up answers... His friends kept saying, 'Make him work, give him a hard time.' "

Movie legend John Belushi has been outed as a male chauvinist by his "Saturday Night Live" co-star Jane Curtin, who has revealed the "Blues Brothers" actor made it clear he didn't think women were funny enough to be comedy writers.

Curtin dropped the bombshell about the late star during an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in America on Tuesday, April 12. The comedienne recalled behind-the-scenes hostility on the "SNL" set - because Belushi had no respect for the women on the hit show.

Hayden Panettiere has gone candid when it comes to her sex life with Wladimir Klitschko. Stopping by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Tuesday, April 12, the 21-year-old beauty revealed that people have actually asked her about the matter considering that she is 5'1", while her boxer boyfriend is 6'6".

When host Ellen DeGeneres pointed out the height differential during the interview, the actress playing Kirby Reed in "Scream 4" responded, "He is quite a bit bigger than me. I get the prudest people coming up to me and they're like, 'Does it work?' Yeah, it works. We find a way." She went on to add, "Where there's a will, there's a way!"

"Too Big to Fail" is an intimate look at the epochal Wall Street financial crisis of 2008. Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the story is lifted as an original HBO movie which first trailer boasts the star-studded cast.

Paul Giamatti is joined by, among others, Topher Grace, Billy Crudup, James Woods, William Hurt, Cynthia Nixon, Michael O'Keefe, Tony Shalhoub and Bill Pullman. But the central character is Hurt's Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Showtime has picked up "Homeland" and released a one-minute clip to the new series. It features Emmy-winning actress Claire Danes as the leading lady, Carrie Anderson, a CIA officer who is tormented by personal demons.

She is convinced that the intelligence that led to the rescue of Scott Brody, who had been missing and presumed deal for nine years, was setup and connected to an Al Qaeda plot aimed at American soil. To anticipate this, she contacts Saul Berenson, her boss and mentor and a CIA Division Chief, to help her spy on the soldier.

New "Priest" trailer has been unveiled. The video for the horror sci-fi movie features an extended look at Paul Bettany and Cam Gigandet who are attacked by a bundle of vampires. A shorter preview to the scene has been previously obtained from a TV spot aired during Super Bowl in February.

"Priest" tells a tale of the title character who has to break his sacred vows and ventures out to find his niece, who is kidnapped by vampires. Having lived in walled-in dystopian cities controlled by the Church, he was stripped out of the order as he breaks the swear.

Having shared with the world about her third pregnancy, Tori Spelling goes on to spill details on when and how she broke the joyous news to husband Dean McDermott. The 37-year-old opens up in an interview with People Magazine, "I found out on Valentine's Day. It was perfect timing."

The star of Oxygen's "Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings" continues as recalling, "I wrapped up the pregnancy test in a box and bow and gave it to Dean as his Valentine's Day gift." On how her 44-year-old actor husband reacted to the news, she gushes, "He was beyond surprised. Best gift ever!"

More sneak peek to Beyonce Knowles' upcoming music video is unveiled in a series of new pictures. Unlike the previous ones which feature her wearing an elegant white ensemble, these fresh images boast a fierce look at the R&B singer. She's pictured wearing a gold crown and holding a red "B" flag.

Coming out via Celebrity Mania, the on-location pictures were taken from Tuesday, April 12 filming in Mojave Desert, California. Beyonce is seen waving the flag and leading an army of women in a post-apocalyptic set. Scantily clad, the ladies were snapped striking poses around damaged cars.

Rockers Jane's Addiction have teamed up with a group of Moroccan world musicians for an exotic new track. Singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins have recorded "End to the Lies" with the legendary The Master Musicians of Joujouka.

The 14 village musicians hail from the Ahl Srif mountain range of the southern Rif Mountains in northern Morocco, they are Sufi trance artists who use reed, pipe and percussion to create drones and complex rhythms. Late The Rolling Stones star Brian Jones recorded them in 1968 for his album "Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka".

"Top Gun" star Kelly McGillis has signed up as a volunteer at a drug and rehabilitation center in New Jersey. When she's not acting, the star likes to help others at Seabrook House.

She tells BlogTalkRadio.com, "I have a real job. I work at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. I interviewed for a job and they hired me. It makes me feel as if I'm genuinely being of service to others. I feel as if I have the potential to help others in a way that I don't have acting."

Joe Pesci has joined John Travolta in the much-anticipated John Gotti biopic. The "My Cousin Vinny" star has signed on to co-star in "Gotti: Three Generations", which will be directed by Nick Cassavetes.

Travolta will play the mob boss in the project, while Pesci will portray Gotti deputy Angelo Ruggiero. Pesci tells WENN, "I'm really happy to be making this picture with my good friend Nick Cassavetes. It's going to be a great experience and a rare opportunity to look inside the life of Gotti."

An international trailer for "William & Kate" has landed online to give a longer preview to the TV movie about the Royal couple's romance. It depicts their meeting, how William's family welcomes Kate Middleton, and her attempts to fit in among the aristocrats.

Shooting for "William & Kate" began in California in February with UCLA standing in as University of St. Andrews where the real couple met. Nico Evers-Swindell stars as Prince William, while Camilla Luddington plays Kate.

Former 98 Degrees star Jeff Timmons is set to join male stripper group the Chippendales - as a singer. Timmons, who sang with the Grammy nominated group during the 1990s, will be heading to Las Vegas for a four-week gig as a special musical guest star and emcee at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in May.

The singer took to his Twitter.com account on Monday, April 11 to confirm the news, but he made it clear, "You guys know I'm not stripping, come on....I'm singing!"

R&B star Rihanna has become the first female artist to stage a record-breaking run of 10 concerts at a top London music venue. The "Umbrella" hitmaker's Loud world tour has come under scrutiny in recent weeks amid claims she was struggling to shift tickets for upcoming dates in the U.S.

Music mogul Irving Azoff, head of show promoter Live Nation, hit out at the reports and insisted tickets to Rihanna's trek were selling well, with early projections showing she would be playing to packed houses by the time her American dates kick off this summer.

Katherine Jackson is calling for Michael Jackson's estate to drop a lawsuit against one of his old charities. The pop star's mum has filed legal documents against estate executor John Branca and demanded he drop all charges against the Heal the World Foundation for using Michael Jackson's image and likeness without permission, reports TMZ.com.

She says, "Michael would be very upset if he knew that our charity was being torn down by people who say they are doing what he wanted. Mr. Branca was a man that my son was very worried about... This lawsuit is exactly the type of awful thing that Michael said he was capable of doing."

"Cloud Atlas" has recently added a new star to its cast ensemble. Tom Hanks is confirmed to star in the big screen version of David Mitchell's fiction novel, which was short-listed for the 2004 Booker Prize.

Although no official plot is issued, Deadline has described the log line. It is read, "An epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present and future as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior and a single act of kindness ripples out for centuries to inspire a revolution."

Nick Cannon has a message for his unborn twins, and he raps it in Sade's song "Pearls". Going to welcome the babies in the near future, the host of "America's Got Talent" kicks in, "Gotta spit these pearls to my unborns/ Poems 'til they get into this world."

He then proceeds to tell the babies, "Show 'em how to fit into this world/ Knowing unless you're gonna make a difference you ain't s**t in this world/ Excuse my language/ Dang, guess I'm just anxious, man, to take away the suffering pain, hatred and anguish/ This place is dangerous."

Teenage actress Miranda Cosgrove's college dreams are coming true. She's been accepted at two prestigious universities in New York and Los Angeles.

The "iCarly" star previously revealed she had applied to various colleges across the U.S. to study film. She told Seventeen magazine, "My ultimate dream is to go to the University of Southern California for two years and then New York University for two years."

British comedian Leslie Phillips is in mourning following the death of his actress wife Angela Scoular, who passed away on Monday, April 11. Paramedics were called to the couple's west London home on Monday evening and transported Scoular to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The former Bond girl, 65, had been suffering from bowel cancer, but her cause of death has yet to be determined and her passing is currently under investigation. A police spokesman confirms: "A postmortem will be held in due course. Her death is currently being treated as unexplained and officers from Westminster are investigating."

Producers behind Denzel Washington's new crime thriller "Safe House" have been forced to apologize to locals in South Africa after the sound of gunfire from the set sent residents into a panic.

The Oscar winner has been shooting the movie in Langa, an area of Cape Town previously known for its high level of gang violence, and one particular action scene, involving high-speed car chases and gun play, raised alarms in the neighborhood.

Justin Bieber has vowed to spend his time in Israel holed up in his hotel room after he became infuriated by local photographers documenting his visits to famous landmarks. The teenage pop star jetted to the Middle East on Monday, April 11, ahead of planned shows in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem later this week.

Bieber planned to spend his days off sightseeing and visiting tourist attractions, but he has become frustrated by the large groups of star-spotters who have been following him as he goes about his trip. And he's now abandoned plans for any more sightseeing and vowed to stay at his hotel until show-time.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" will head to Cannes Film Festival in May. To the annual fest it means more A-list stars gracing its red carpet event and to the film it means an international premiere.

According to Variety, the Johnny Depp-starring film joins the festival in the last minute lead-up to Thursday, April 14 official-selection announcement. It would be screened out of competition after its May 7 world premiere at Disneyland. Walt Disney Pictures' rep is yet to confirm the involvement and announce the date.

Pamela Anderson has invited a leading Chinese politician to join her on a fact-finding trip to Canada as she steps up her bid to stamp out seal hunting. The former "Baywatch" star is a committed animal rights activist and has been campaigning for years to end the annual seal cull in her native country.

She has already urged leaders in Russia to ban imports of seal goods in a bid to weaken the industry, and now she's urging officials in China to follow suit and stop their country being used as a "dumping ground" for seal meat. Anderson has even asked China's minister of land and resources, Xu Shaoshi, to visit Canada with her to witness the horror of the seal cull, according to AFP.

Gwyneth Paltrow and her pal Jay-Z have teamed up to interview each other for their separate lifestyle websites. The "Shakespeare in Love" actress, who is friends with the hip-hop superstar and his wife Beyonce Knowles, writes for her own website Goop.com, sharing cooking tips and lifestyle advice.

Jay-Z started his own online blog on April 11, called LifeandTimes.com, which features articles on fashion, art and music. To mark the launch of the new site, Paltrow asked the rapper if she could interview him for a piece on Goop and he jumped at the chance to hold a friendly chat - but only if she returned the favor.

Lily awaits the consequences of confessing to her crime in the new episode of "Gossip Girl". In addition to her mother CeCe (guest star Caroline Lagerfelt) and ex-husband William (guest star Billy Baldwin), Lily's sister Carol (guest star Sheila Kelley) also comes in town to support her, but Lily is not expecting her presence.

Unbeknownst to Carol, who has always chosen to keep her daughter Charlie (guest star Kaylee DeFer) far away from the Upper East Side, Charlie has followed her to New York to meet Serena and the rest of the family. In the meantime, Dan and Blair deal with the aftermath of their kiss as Chuck realizes that he wants to win Blair back.

Justin Timberlake is taking a stand against child sex slavery with a drip of humor. Participating in Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore's "Real Men Don't Buy Girls" campaign, the "Friends with Benefits" actor takes the lead in a comical PSA that sees him shaving 5-o'clock shadow using a chainsaw.

As the 30-year-old actor/singer whips out the chainsaw to shave, a voiceover says, "Real men prefer a close shave." The clip then moves on to show a hall of fame for some other "real men". Near the end, Eva Longoria pops out to introduce another addition to the club. Standing inside a log cabin, she declares, "Piers Morgan is a real man. Are you?"

It seems that Rebecca Black is on the run for scoring the most viewed music video this year. Her viral hit "Friday" has gained around 100 million views on YouTube in less than two months. Produced by Ark Music Factory, low-budgeted music video for the Auto-Tuned single raked in 98 million marks in her official YouTube alone.

According to Visible Measures, if the viewing number of its original video is combined with viewing number of its copies, spoofs and other versions available online, Rebecca generated more than 200 million views. With such a huge number, the 13-year-old aspiring singer reportedly beat Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber.

Wonder Woman will have not only one, but three costumes to wear while in action. When filming the pilot in March, Adrianne Palicki was snapped wearing an attire which is less shiny than the one she dons in an official picture from the NBC project.

Now, the network's president Robert Greenblatt has cleared up swirling report that Wonder Woman's costume is changed. He tells TVLine the new one is a second outfit from Diana Prince's closet. "We haven't made any changes from what was planned," he claims.

Rumor has it, Bradley Cooper is in negotiations with Relativity Media to star in "The Crow". The Eddie Morra of "Limitless" is reportedly in early talks to take the lead role, which was played by late Brandon Lee in the original version.

The Hollwood Reporter reports that Cooper has met Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo in Spain, where they discussed a vision for the character and the film. The actor of "The Hangover Part II" is said to be eagerly joining the movie.

Contrary to recent speculations, Scarlett Johansson is not pregnant. The "Iron Man 2" actress sparked rumors she might have a bun in the oven after she was caught on camera appearing to have a little bump underneath her tight grey A-shirt while out for a jog with Sean Penn and Owen Wilson.

Quick to put a brake on the rumors was Marcel Pariseau, a representative for the 26-year-old beauty. To People Magazine, he insisted, "Scarlett is not pregnant." The rep additionally claimed, "She's been training for 'The Avengers' for over four months and is in the best shape of her life."

It is now looking more likely that Lindsay Lohan is joining John Travolta in "Gotti: Three Generations". A press conference was held at Sheraton Hotel New York Hotel and Towers on Tuesday, April 12 where not only Lindsay and people behind the movie came in attendance but also the real Gotti family.

Lindsay's role was not divulged but more than enough hints were thrown that she is playing John Gotti's daughter Victoria. Beside posing with the mob wife at the photo session and looking quite similar, Lohan also said, "I've never portrayed someone that I know in a film, so this would be the first, which is very exciting."

The CW releases the sneak peek where "Hellcats" meets "The Walking Dead". In April 19 episode titled "Woke Up Dead", Dan shoots a zombie horror film for his Lancer film school application and enlists the Hellcats as actors in the project.

As the submission date draws closer, Dan starts having cold feet about his film's worthiness, so Savannah decides to help the matter along. Alice teams up with a school reporter to expose a student cheating scandal.

Josh Brolin has been seen shooting his upcoming film "Men in Black 3" with his co-star Will Smith in Bronx, New York. Daily Mail obtained pictures of the "True Grit" star, who donned black suit on Monday, April 11, as he portrays young Agent K, whose elder version is portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones.

Back in December 2010, the third installment of "Men in Black" film franchise was put on hiatus as the script was re-written. As a result, the New York shooting for the film was delayed by two months from the original schedule.

Growing up as a child actress, Emma Watson knows a thing or two about being under the spotlight. That's why when The Associated Press asked her about Kate Middleton, the Hermione Granger of the "Harry Potter" series shares her hope that the royal bride-to-be can enjoy hers.

The actress, who stars opposite Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn", admits she feels bad for the 29-year-old who will tie the knot with Prince William on April 29. "Poor girl, that must be an incredible amount of pressure," so she said before adding, "I hope she's enjoying it. Must be intense."

Sugar Ray Leonard had one of his best dances on Monday, April 11, but it did not subsequently make his position safe. The former boxer, who entertained judges with his Viennese waltz, was eliminated on Tuesday night.

Sugar Ray was in the bottom three along with Petra Nemcova and Chelsea Kane (previously known as Chelsea Staub). Chelsea being in this risky situation was not expected since she did "the best dance of the night" and scored the highest with 26.

Chris Brown has dropped an official cover art for his next single "She Ain't You". Coming out via Just Jared, the "Kiss Kiss" hitmaker is pictured wearing paint-splattered coveralls and a white suit on top of black shirt with matching bow tie, shades and gloves.

Breezy has filmed a music video for the single earlier this week. "I hope y'all like treading waters! It's a song from fortune album!" he wrote in a series of tweets. "Just wrapped the video! #superepic can't wait! 'she ain't you'." It's reportedly directed by Colin Tilley.

Oprah Winfrey has lined up U.S. President as her guest for one of her show's final episodes. A White House official and publicists for the daily TV show said on Tuesday, April 12 that Barack Obama and first lady Michelle will tape their appearance in Chicago on April 27, and the episode will air on May 2.

It would be Obama's first appearance on the show as a president. Before the 2008 election, he has appeared on the show in 2005 and 2006. Mrs. Obama, meanwhile, was recently a guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in January.

Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj finally confirmed that they are going to tour together this summer. The upcoming jaunt is to promote Britney's new studio album "Femme Fatale", and Nicki will show up in her every tour stop as a "special guest."

"This is the Femme Fatale tour and I'm thrilled to have the hot Nicki Minaj join me and Jessie and the Toy Boys and Nervo will get everyone on the dance floor," the pop singer said in a press release. "Can't wait to take the Femme Fatales on the road."

Pregnant Mariah Carey has posed naked once again for another magazine, but this time, she brought along her husband Nick Cannon. Stripping down to their birthday suit, the expectant parents graced the cover of U.K.'s OK! Magazine. They also showed off their passion to one another in a photo spread featured inside.

The cover shot captures 42-year-old Mariah flaunting her baby bump with 30-year-old Nick, who stands behind her, covering her breasts using his two hands. One of the pictures inside displays Nick seemingly kneeling before Mariah, whose hair are strategically placed to cover her breasts, as he caresses her belly.