June 25, 2011

Spotted in a jewelry store trying to sell her engagement ring was Hugh Hefner's runaway bride, Crystal Harris. The aspiring singer was seen in a San Diego jewelry store called Prospect Jewelers on Friday, June 24, asking for an appraisal on the ring which is worth $90,000.

According to multiple sources, the store owner asked Harris about the documentation that gives specification about the diamond's cut, clarity and more. TMZ reported that Harris did not know about the documentation so she called in to Playboy mansion to ask for information on the ring.

Since "The Glee Project" will produce a new "Glee" star, fans may have been questioning who will win the competition. In a recent interview, the musical drama series' creator Ryan Murphy has warned that the result may not meet people's expectations.

"The person that we ended up picking is not who you would expect, but is so talented that it's really inspired us as writers," the 45-year-old, who also serves as a judge on the reality show, revealed. He explained that "the person who wins is not necessarily the best singer or the best dancer," but "it's the person who can serve 'Glee' best."

Miley Cyrus had a little stage scare at her Melbourne, Australia concert on Friday night, June 24. The "Can't Be Tamed" hitmaker closed out the gig with a performance of "The Climb", but as she was taking her bows, an overenthusiastic fan slipped off the guards and rushed onto the stage in an attempt to hug her.

The fan did get a chance to stand next to Miley and put her hand around the songstress' shoulder for a brief moment before being tackled off the stage by security guard. Surprised by the incident, the "So Undercover" actress backed away and repeated the words, "Oh my god." She was then quickly guided off the stage by the guard.

Warner Bros. Pictures has unleashed a new featurette for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II" via Xfinity. The new video mixes scenes from the last installment of "Harry Potter" film series with cuts of interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, director David Yates and other crew. The snippet also gives a better look at Molly Weasley who defends her only daughter, Ginny, from Bellatrix's attack.

In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II", Harry and his best friends, Ron and Hermione, continue their journey to find and destroy Horcrux in order to defeat Voldemort. Meanwhile, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named attacks Hogwarts, and the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. Without Dumbledore at his side, Harry is the one who has to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with the Dark Lord.

Big & Rich have dropped a music video for their latest single "Fake ID" on June 24 as part of CMT Top 20 Countdown. Duo Big Kenny and John Rich share screen with their featured guest Gretchen Wilson in this clip.

Since the song serves as a soundtrack for upcoming movie "Footloose", the video tries to capture the spirit of the musical dramedy by recreating a scene to fit the film. For the effort, directors Robert Deaton and George Flanigen duplicated the movie set, Cowboy's in Atlanta, at Nashville's Rocketown.

Hollywood celebrities are rejoicing the passing of a marriage equality bill in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed measure hours after it passed the Republican-controlled Senate on Friday night, June 24, and the likes of Lady GaGa, Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris and many others took to their Twitter to cheer the breakthrough victory.

"Born This Way" singer and devoted LGBT advocat GaGa first tweeted, "I can't stop crying. We did it kids." She followed it up with another tweet that read, "The revolution is ours to fight for love, justice+equality. Rejoice NY, and propose. We did it!!!" Along with the tweet, she included a black and white photo of her and a group of people throwing their fists to the air in victory.

Kim Kardashian has lent her high sense of fashion to "Project Runway". The reality TV star, who is tapped to guest judge in the ninth season of the Lifetime series, was spotted filming an outdoor fashion show on Friday, June 24 at Battery Park in New York City.

The younger sister of Kourtney Kardashian sat on a chair next to regular judges Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Michael Kors who all wore matching black outfits. "Fashion fun today on Project runway with @HeidiKlum @MichaelKors @NinaGarcia!" the 30-year-old beauty tweeted from the set.

Bruno Mars turned out to be the most anticipated guest at the 2011 "Today" summer concert series so far. The Doo-Wops singer has drawn a huge crowd at the free gig with more than 2,000 fans arriving early on Friday morning, June 24 to watch his live performances at the Big Apple.

It's the "biggest crowd of the year" for the "Today" show concert series, host Ann Curry proclaimed. Some of those coming to the concert even camped around the Plaza at Rockefeller Center on the previous night. And the "Grenade" crooner didn't disappoint them by showing up as scheduled despite misty weather.

Chris Evans has recently wrapped the production of "Captain America: The First Avenger". Sitting down with Superhero Hype, the Steve Rogers of the superhero movie admitted he loves the costume of the super soldier so much that he does not want to remove it.

Recalling what he felt when he wore the uniform for the first time, the "Fantastic Four" hunk confessed he was nervous. He said, "I was like, 'am I going to feel good about this, or is my body going to reject this? Too late'." But, as he actually put it on, he felt "fantastic. I love it. I never want to take it off."

FX has released a teaser for the fourth season of "Sons of Anarchy" to remind viewers that it will return in September. A short one, the video only offers a quick look at random footage from the show, but does not give a hint at what to expect in the upcoming chapter.

Scoops on season 4, however, have recently been shared by creator Kurt Sutter. "We're back in Charming, we're out of jail and we're making money," he wrote on his blog. "With that upswing, comes all the complications that success and power bring."

Ryan Dunn's final hours before he died in a fatal car crash on early Monday morning, June 20 have been revealed. Old friend Thaddeus Kalinoski, who ran into Ryan on Sunday night, opened up to E! News about the hours he spent with the late "Jackass" star at Barnaby's bar in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Recalling their encounter that night, Thaddeus said Ryan entered the bar in "good spirits". He went on to share, "We talked about his new show he was really excited about that, his new house and then we started talking about skate boarding and he mentioned he started talking about Bam [Margera] and how proud he was of him as a skate boarder."

Rick Ross and Teairra Mari have each debuted a new music video almost at the same time. The Maybach Music rapper premieres a clip for his single "9 Piece", and the Roc-A-fella R&B singer releases visuals for her own track "Pum Pum Shorts".

Rick shares screen with his high-profile featured guest Lil Wayne. They orchestrate a narcotics high-tech transaction in the video. Meanwhile, Teairra takes her collaborators Mr. Vegas and Gyptian to the rooftop and shakes her rump to the dancehall jam.

The sequel for "Fast Five" is currently in draft form. Nevertheless, Universal Pictures has set a release date for the untitled Fast and Furious 6 project. On June 24, the studio announces that the forthcoming flick will hit cinemas across the United States on May 24, 2013, which will also mark 2013 Memorial Day.

In a press release, the studio claims that the sixth installment of "Fast and Furious" film franchise will be full of the "most dangerous adventures yet". This statement might serve as a confirmation of a report in April saying that the movie is going to be full of heist.

Having tuned in the whole episodes to find out who killed Rosie Larsen, loyal viewers of "The Killing" might have been disappointed with the cliffhanger in season 1 finale. Following criticism directed at the show, AMC president and general manager Charlie Collier has spoken up, "It was never our intention to misguide the viewer."

Still, Collier admitted that "we underestimated the passion of viewers have for closure within this season." He further told Entertainment Weekly, "The audience has an important voice, we heard them and don't take them for granted."

Despite her status as the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton apparently doesn't mind pulling a wardrobe repeat. In anticipation of her North American tour with husband Prince William, Clarence House released an official photo of the royal couple, and it captures the 29-year-old recycling her Amanda Wakeley jacket.

Kate was previously seen wearing the navy blue suit on April 11, just weeks before her April 29 wedding to William. She was, at the time, joining the British prince on their last official engagement before tying the knot as they visited Blackburn and Darwen. The Duchess, however, isn't the only one recycling her look. William also wore the same Savile Row suit he donned on the April outing.

Drake is upset with Universal, the parent company of his record label. The Young Money rapper slammed people at the giant company because they had deleted his songs from the internet. "Universal needs to stop taking my f***ing songs down," he tweeted.

Drizzy has posted at least two new songs on his official blog; one called "Marvin's Room" and the other titled "Trust Issues". Explaining his move to give away the tracks for free download on file-hosting site, he wrote, "I am doing this for the people not for your label."

Joe Jonas has teased what to expect from his upcoming "See No More" music video, and announced premiere date for it. When the clip makes its way out next Wednesday, June 29 on E! News, fans will see "Joe Jonas like you've never seen before." The preview sees the lead singer of the Jonas Brothers bringing the "fire" to it.

To fit the Chris Brown-written song which features Joe singing about falling victim to a love-gone-wrong, the video is also expected to highlight lust and betrayal. Adding appeal to the video is a lovely lady who will play opposite the main star and eye candy himself, that is Joe.

Lauren Conrad and Kyle Howard are a couple no more. Sources close to the duo have just confirmed to E! News that the former "The Hills" star and the "My Boys" actor have called it quits after three years of dating. They said that no third parties were involved and the break-up was mutual.

News of the couple's split came just months after Lauren gushed over her longtime boyfriend. On Valentine's Day, the 25-year-old told PEOPLE that the 33-year-old actor is "very sweet." She explained, "I don't think you need a specific day to celebrate your love for someone. I think it can be a Tuesday. It's an everyday thing."

"Fringe" is the Best Network Television Series, according to the result of the 37th Annual Saturn Awards. The Joshua Jackson-starring drama sci-fi series wins the top prize at the event which was held on Thursday, June 23 in Burbank, California.

Nominated in five categories, "Fringe" takes away another trophy through Anna Torv who is hailed as Best Actress in Television. John Noble, meanwhile, is named Best Supporting Actor in Television.

The 37th Annual Saturn Awards has taken place on Friday, June 24. During the event presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, "Inception" snatched five kudos out of nine nominations, including Best Science Fiction Film.

Additionally, "Inception" won Best Director and Best Writer prize for Christopher Nolan. The movie also helped Hans Zimmer rake Best Music award. Meanwhile, Chris Carbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Begg brought home Best Special Effects prize.

Peter Falk, who played the beloved TV detective Lt. Columbo, has passed away. The 83-year-old actor died peacefully at his Beverly Hills home Thursday evening, June 23, his attorney and family friend Larry Larson said. As soon as news of his passing made headlines, Hollywood celebrities have begun paying their tributes.

Actor/director Jon Favreau, who played opposite Peter in 2001's "Made", called the veteran actor "a pioneer of independent film". He added that the five-time Emmy winner "redefined what you could do on television." The 44-year-old went on to say, "He brought tremendous truth and honesty to his performances. I was blessed to have worked with him."

"The Office" will welcome a new boss in season 8. James Spader, who has appeared in season 7 finale as an applicant for Michael Scott's vacant regional manager position, is allegedly in negotiations to join the NBC show next fall.

Although his name was thrown among the possible contenders to replace the Scott depicter, Steve Carell, the three-time Emmy winner won't be the new Dunder Mifflin manager. Instead, he will portray a CEO of Dunder Mifflin, replacing Kathy Bates who is reported to exit the drama comedy series to focus on season 2 of "Harry's Law".

Eminem's long-delayed music video for his latest solo single "Space Bound" has been released. Directed by Joseph Kahn who previously worked on critically-acclaimed "Love the Way You Lie" clip, the video revolves around similar tumultuous relationship with the Slim Shady as the main star and Sasha Grey as his leading lady.

The music video opens with the Bad Meets Evil rapper walking down the foggy road before hopping a car driven by Sasha. Two Eminems are presented in it; one appears to be calm and lost in his thought, while the other is invincible, yet always loud and clear in speaking his mind. They have the same sad ending though, taking their own lives by pulling the trigger.

Tiffani-Amber Thiessen came back on the headlines when Justin Bieber wore a shirt with Kelly Kapowski picture on it to recent Much Music Awards. Flattered that the pop star had given her "Saved by the Bell" character a tribute, Thiessen returned the favor by showing up with a Justin Bieber T-shirt at the Thursday, June 23 premiere of "Horrible Bosses".

The 17-year-old singer set the tongues wagging with the Kelly shirt because he was not even born when the show went off air. Thiessen, in an interview with NY magazine, said that she has no idea how Bieber came about with the shirt, adding "I'm just trying to show the love back, that's all."

Pink is not happy that her days old baby is being stalked by paparazzi. In her official site, the new mom blasted these shutterbugs for making her family's life difficult by refusing to leave them alone during every outing.

"Due to the unsettling, surprisingly aggressive and unsafe measures that the paparazzi seem to be willing to go to in order to secure that 'first shot' of our daughter - stalking us, chasing us in cars and sitting outside of our home all day and all night, [we] decided that we would release personal photos of our Willow, and donate all of the money to charity," Pink began.

Curtis Stone's girlfriend of three years, actress Lindsay Price, is pregnant with their first child. "Lindsay Price and Australian Chef Curtis Stone have joyously confirmed they are expecting their first child together," their spokesperson confirmed.

The 35-year-old chef himself is excited about being first-time father, telling People, "We couldn't be more thrilled to be starting a family together. We are over the moon." It was not explained how many months along Price is.