May 21, 2011

Fellow politician and newsmaker, Sarah Palin, has taken the liberty to comment on Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest scandal. In a television interview, Palin called the former California governor's behavior "disgusting" and "irresponsible" in regards to his extra-marital affair.

"I feel so bad for his children," opinionated politician told Fox Business. "It must be quite embarrassing for them, and, you know, it's an irresponsible and really a pretty disgusting thing that he did, pretty much denying that he had a child for 10 years. That's how I look at it. It speaks to his character. It's sad."

Britney Spears will no longer be represented by boyfriend Jason Trawick. The couple has split professionally as Jason is leaving William Morris Endeavor in favor of a new arts and entertainment division called F*star for a company called Famos LLC.

"As agents, we're constantly getting pitched deals with some new technology that's going to revolutionize this or monetize that, when basically they're all just reading off the same script. Famos is a different animal, a disruptive technology that respects the artist and values the fan, which is basically everything my clients ever wanted," Jason said in a press release. "It's a very exciting opportunity for me professionally, and I'm humbled to be a part of such a visionary partnership."

Anna Kournikova has reportedly signed up to join "The Biggest Loser" as a new trainer in upcoming season. The Russia-born tennis player is said being set to lend her athletic training skills, replacing longtime show trainer Jillian Michaels who is leaving after this season.

According to X17online, NBC will make a formal announcement regarding Anna's involvement in the season finale which will air Tuesday, May 24. Should the report is true, the 29-year-old beauty will join trainers Cara Castronuova and Brett Hoebel.

Fans will be able to pay their final respect to the late Cali Swag District member, M-Bone. On Friday, May 20, it was announced that family of the "Teach Me How to Dougie" rapper, whose real name is Mante Talbert, has decided to open up his funeral to the public.

In a statement released, Cali Swag's publicist said, "There has been a tremendous outreach of concern and the family would like to have the funeral open to the public and fans that would like to support." Services will take place next Friday, May 27, at 11 A.M. PT at Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, California.

Drake revealed "a story of dreams mixed with reality" in a new song called "Dreams Money Can Buy". The Young Money rapper posted the fresh track in his official blog with a short message, "A song that I felt the need to share. Not my single. Just a piece of my story. Hear me out though..."

Although it's not confirmed as a single, rumor suggested the song is an intro of Drizzy's next studio installment "Take Care". It narrates his newfound fame with some of the lyrics: "Comfortable I sit, in manual Ferrari Italian, some fly sh**/ But it's sitting at the house like I bought it in '96, 'cause honestly I'm too busy to drive stick."

A new promo for "The X Factor (US)" has been outed, giving a sneak peek to the auditions. It is the first trailer that features all the judges, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid and Cheryl Cole, but only the British music mogul speaks in the video. Also being introduced in the promo are hosts Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones.

"The X Factor (US)" has four categories: girls under 25, boys under 25, individuals over 25, and groups. The winner is promised to get a $5 million recording contract.

The bidding race to get the wacky hat Princess Beatrice wore to the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton has passed the $100,000 mark. With just two days left in the auction, the bids for the Philip Treacy's creation reached the prize of $121,422.83. There have been 101 bids placed for the headpiece.

The auction on eBay, which started with an opening bid of $8,229, will end Sunday, May 22. All the proceeds from the sale will go to UNICEF and for Children in Crisis. Of the hat, Princess Beatrice said, "I've been amazed by the amount of attention the hat has attracted. It's a wonderful opportunity to raise as much money as possible for two fantastic charities. I hope whoever wins the auction has as much fun with the hat as I have."

New trailer of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" shows that the upcoming movie is possibly the best of the franchise. Packed with action and loaded with impressive visual effects, the trailer includes the expansive 3D technology that Michael Bay discussed earlier in a panel he attended with James Cameron.

The new 3D trailer is set to play in front of Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" on Friday, May 20 but it was released online a day early. The video may have the same structure to the first trailer that was released earlier this month, but this one adds a few seconds of awesome Optimus Prime scene at the end.

Scotty McCreery has given the right to pick the singing order in "American Idol" finale to Lauren Alaina. The 17-year-old guy won a coin toss to determine who would choose whether to perform first or second next week, but then deferred to Lauren.

Ryan Seacrest tossed a coin, reportedly featuring Scotty's face on one side and Lauren's on the other, which landed on Scotty's side. In a generous manner, however, Scotty asked Lauren if she preferred to go first or second, and the 16-year-old Georgia native chose second.

Britney Spears is rumored to make a performance at the upcoming Billboard Music Awards. The "I Wanna Go" singer reportedly will share stage with R&B artist Rihanna and female rapper Nicki Minaj who have already been confirmed as musical guests at the event.

Britney is allegedly set to make a duet with RiRi in a remix of the Bajan singer's naughty single "S&M". As for her collaboration with Minaj, the pop singer is expected to showcase the revamped tune of "Till the World Ends" for the first time. They might be joined by another fellow female artist Ke$ha.

Having launched a nail polish line and a unisex fragrance, Justin Bieber is expanding his brand further with women's perfume. The "Baby" hitmaker's scent, "Someday", will appeal to girls from 14- to 18-year-old. Women's World Daily (WWD) reported that it is created by Honorine Blanc of Firmenich and is described as a "fruity gourmand".

On the reason behind, the 17-year-old heartthrob told the fashion trade journal, "Let's be real, the way a girl smells is very important to a guy." He elaborated further his remark as explaining, "I have such a deep connection with my fans, so creating a fragrance that I personally love is another way I can bring them closer to my world."

Beyonce Knowles's new song "Till the End of Time", which snippet leaked earlier this month, has hit the web in full. Rumor has it, she will release it as an effort to win back her fans after getting negative response with her first single "Run the World (Girls)" which flopped on the chart.

The song is more laid-back than the women-empowerment single which samples Major Lazer's "Pon de Floor". "Come and take my hand, I won't let you go/ I will be your friend, I will love you so," Beyonce sings in the low-key, yet groovy tune. "I will be the one who kisses you at night/ I will love you till the end of time."

Tom Cruise signs up for a mission in the future through "Oblivion". In the sci-fi film, Cruise will be directed by "Tron Legacy" helmer Joseph Kosinski who came up with the story and developed it into a graphic novel with writer Arvid Nelson and illustrator Andree Wallin.

The pic is "set in a future where the Earth's surface has been irradiated beyond recognition and the remnants of humanity live above the clouds, safe from the brutal alien Scavengers that stalk the ruins. But when surface drone repairman Jak (Cruise) discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off an unstoppable chain of events that will force him to question everything he knows."

Another sneak peek to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" finale, "Surprise Oprah! The Two-Day Farewell Spectacular", has been obtained in a form of a promo. In these two farewell episodes, Oprah Winfrey will be surprised with the appearances of the "biggest stars on the planet" and some living legends.

Oprah taped the show on Tuesday, May 17 at Chicago's United Center. The first half of the show was hosted by Tom Hanks with Tom Cruise and Halle Berry among the guest stars. Beyonce Knowles, meanwhile, was billed as one of musical performers.

Ginnifer Goodwin won't be walking down the aisle this year as what has been planned earlier. The actress, who is famous for her role as Margene Heffman on "Big Love", has recently called it quits with fiance Joey Kern. A source told People Magazine that she and the 34-year-old actor "broke up a few weeks ago."

The source further claimed that despite the break-up, Ginnifer and Joey still plan to remain friends. The two were last spotted together at the Courage Campaign: A Benefit to Continue the Fight Against Prop 8 in Hollywood in March. Meanwhile, the "Something Borrowed" actress herself was spotted out and about without her engagement ring recently as she grabbed some coffee with a female friend.

The second "Green Lantern" trailer which has just been released focuses on the history of Green Lantern Corps and how, for the first time, a human from Earth got involved. Featuring a narration from Geoffrey Rush's Tomar-Re, it begins with "Billions of years ago, a race of immortals harnessed the most powerful force in existence - the emerald energy of willpower."

Lantern Corps is formed by sending out powered rings that will choose only the ones without fear. Together, these chosen ones keep the peace on the universe, mainly against the yellow power of fear from Parallax. After the villain defeated the Corps' finest warrior, dying Abin Sur sends a ring to find a new hope. The willpower ring lands its choice on Hal Jordan.

Haley Reinhart came close to be one of the final two contenders on season 10 of "American Idol", but on Thursday night, May 19, she became the eleventh finalist sent home. The morning after her elimination, the 20-year-old from Wheeling, IL spoke to reporters and opened up her thought on why the judges seemed to pick on her.

When asked about the judges' criticism, the third placer admitted she has no clue and added that even fellow contestants like Lauren Alaina would come up to her and said "they just don't understand it." She went on to point out the positive though. "The only thing that I can try to get out of that is that they really just want to try to push my buttons - push me as far as I can possibly go to get whatever they wanted to get out of me," she said.

Warner Bros. has unleashed an image featuring Tom Hardy as Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises". The photo, which makes its way out via the film's official website, captures the villainous character from the backside, exposing his muscular back and his mask.

At almost the same time, Variety reports that Joey King, Matthew Modine and Tom Conti are added to the cast line-up of the movie. Modine will play a character named Nixon, while King and Conti's roles are yet to be known.

Keri Hilson shakes her rump, winding and rolling in the desert in a music video for her upbeat track "Lose Control". The R&B singer continues to ooze her sex appeal as she hits the swamp with some scantily-clad ladies and then gets hot and heavy with her featured guest Nelly.

"Lose Control" appears among new materials in Keri second studio album "No Boys Allowed" which has been in stores since December 2010. Beside teaming up with Nelly, the R&B singer also lined up Rick Ross, J. Cole, Kanye West and Chris Brown as her featured guests.

"Bones" season 6 ended with a big change to Booth and Brennan's relationship. The two engaged in a sex in the penultimate episode and found out that they are expecting in the season finale. Assuring fans that it was not a dream, exec producer Stephen Nathan says, "There is no alternate reality. What you see is what you get. They are having a baby. She is pregnant with his child. She [slept with] him in the previous episode and this was the outcome."

Although Booth and Brennan are now a full-fledged couple and expectant parents, Nathan insists that they "are essentially the same exact characters." He elaborates, "They're going to disagree on everything they disagreed about before, including how to approach their lives together, religion, family and now how to approach having a child."

The wrestling world has just lost one of its greatest. "Macho Man" Randy Savage passed away on Friday morning, May 20 in a car accident in Seminole, Florida. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the pro wrestler was driving his 2009 Jeep Wrangler when he lost control of the vehicle, drove over a concrete barrier into oncoming traffic lanes and collided head-on with a tree.

The 58-year-old, who was famous for his "oooh, yeah!" catchphrase, was taken to nearby Largo Medical Center where he died from the injuries he sustained in the crash. His wife Lynn was also in the vehicle, but she survived the crash, suffering only minor injuries. Both were wearing seat belts when the accident happened.

Selena Gomez has come to her defense in response to fellow singer Pink who slammed her for allowing horses used in her music video to be painted pink. Through her representative, the "Monte Carlo" movie beauty assured people that the animals were not harmed for the video shoot.

"It was important to the Production Company, Record Label and Ms. Gomez that no animals were harmed and all proper precautions were taken," the rep told the press. "A non toxic, vegetable based powder paint was applied via an airbrush and removed with water. An official from the Humane Society was on set supervising."