July 14, 2011

"Mad Men" is having a chance to grab Outstanding Drama kudo for the fourth time in a row at the upcoming 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards. This year, the AMC acclaimed drama show is nominated in the category along with "Boardwalk Empire", "Dexter", "Friday Night Lights", "The Good Wife" and freshman "Game of Thrones".

The Jon Hamm-starrer leads the TV series pack with 18 other nominations, including Outstanding Actor for Hamm, Outstanding Actress for Elisabeth Moss and Outstanding Supporting Actress for Christina Hendricks. Hamm and Hendricks were nominated in these same categories last year, but lost the titles to other contenders.

Justin Bieber has sparked concern about his relationship with girlfriend Selena Gomez. The "Baby" hitmaker recently put up a cryptic message on his Twitter page which generated speculations he is not serious with the Alex Russo of "Wizards of Waverly Place".

"I'm not sayin your the one girl, I'm just here to have fun girl," so the 17-year-old heartthrob wrote on Wednesday, July 13 afternoon. Still, it is worth noticing that the "Never Say Never" singer could be referring to the lyrics of a song or a quote in the tweet instead of his relationship with Selena.

The first two clips from forthcoming fantasy film "Cowboys and Aliens" have just been unveiled. One of them gives a look at Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) and Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) discussing about an alien attack in town. However, the talks end up with the two beating each other.

The second clip, meanwhile, captures the footage where Ella (Olivia Wilde) rides on a horse with Lonergan on an open field. The twosome is involved in a battle with a flying spaceship which tries to capture them. During the fight, Ella gets caught before Lonergan jumps on the flying object to save her.

Channing Tatum is now a bald guy. The "Public Enemies" star reportedly shaved his head for his upcoming movie "G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes" where he's going to reprise his "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" role as Duke/Conrad Hauser.

He was spotted with his new look when leaving an office building on Tuesday, July 12 in Beverly Hills, Calif. The actor who plays the titular character in "Dear John" dressed casually. He wore a black t-shirt and jeans while slinging a backpack over his right shoulder.

Rafael Nadal has tasted victory over Roger Federer once again. This time, it came from off-court. The world's No. 2 tennis player bested over the former world's No. 1 at the 19th Annual ESPY Awards as he was announced the winner of Best Male Tennis Player on Wednesday night, July 13.

While he successfully took over the title from Roger, 25-year-old Nadal didn't sweep clean his nominations. The Spanish star lost the Best Male Athlete trophy to Dallas Mavericks star player Dirk Nowitzki, who became the first NBA player to win the category since Michael Jordan in 1993.

Just a few days after Prince William and Kate Middleton wrapped up their North American tour, the first teaser for a TV movie depicting their love story has landed online. Focusing on the newlyweds, "William & Catherine: A Royal Romance" will also feature Diana, the late Princess of Wales, as she appears in a flashback scene.

"A Royal Romance" will capture William and Kate's time as students at St. Andrews, William's military training at Sandhurst Military Academy, their break-up, their engagement and royal advice from the queen, William's grandmother. Initially called "William & Kate: A Royal Love Story", it will premiere Saturday, August 27 at 9 P.M. ET/PT on Hallmark.

Alexander Skarsgard has a Viking-themed epic on his sleeve. The actor, who plays Eric Northman on HBO's hit series "True Blood", is attached to produce and star in a movie project which is developed under the Warner Bros. Pictures with the working title of "The Vanguard".

Details on what character Skarsgard will take on have yet been disclosed, but the movie centers on a pair of Swedish Viking warrior brothers who try to go back to their homeland after being banished to North America. As for his role behind the lens, this movie will mark his producing debut.

Asher Roth has just debuted a music video in support of his single "Summertime". Capturing the spirit of summer, the "Asleep in the Bread Aisle" rapper is lounging on the beach, throwing a party at the backyard and soaking in a hot tub with scantily-clad ladies.

"Summertime" features Quan and comes from production hands of Nottz, the same guy he worked with for 2010's mini album "The Rawth (EP)". When releasing the sunny, breezy song last month, Asher tweeted, "There's no way I can let the #firstdayofsummer pass without dropping a record."

Elizabeth Hurley has channeled her inner sexy media mogul on "Gossip Girl" set. The model-turned-actress flaunted her cleavage in a red dress when filming a scene with regular cast Chace Crawford in Manhattan, New York City on Wednesday, July 13.

Clad in a checked shirt and black pants, the young actor put his hand on her waist as they stood close to each other. This leads to a speculation that their characters, Nate Archibald and Diana Payne, are hooking up on The CW drama series.

Aware that his fans are both frustrated and eagerly awaiting his new album "Tha Carter IV", Lil Wayne offers his apology for the delay. To tide them over and show how sorry he is, the rap mogul drops a free street album titled "Sorry 4 the Wait".

Weezy fills the mixtape with twelve tracks. He remixes Meek Mill's anthemic single "Tupac Back" in "Tunechi's Back", revampes Drake's drunken phone call "Marvin's Room", and does freestyle over Adele's frolicking beat of "Rolling in the Deep".

AnnaLynne McCord has definitely moved on from on-and-off boyfriend Kellan Lutz. The actress famous for her portrayal of Naomi Clark on "90210" flaunted her romance with "Prison Break" star Dominic Purcell on Tuesday, July 12 in between breaks from filming her hit series.

Covering up her high-waisted bikini costume under a large purple robe, the 23-year-old beauty was caught on camera engaging in a public make-out session with the 41-year-old actor while on the Redondo Beach in Los Angeles. She wrapped her legs around him, while he clasped his hands around her bottom.

Moving out of the White House, Kal Penn finds a place among "How I Met Your Mother" cast. The "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" actor has landed a recurring role in the Josh Radnor-starring comedy series, a CBS spokesperson confirms the news which was first reported by TVLine.

The 34-year-old, who will leave the position he held for two years in the Office of Public Engagement later this month, will portray Kevin, a new love interest for Cobie Smulders' Robin. The former girlfriend of Ted and Barney is looking forward to jumping to the dating scene again after focusing more on her career in last season.

Just few days before its official release, the teaser trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises" hits the web in a bootleg version. Most of the scenes in the video fit the previously-revealed description. It shows Bruce Wayne walking through the mountain and bed-ridden Jim Gordon pleading for Batman's comeback.

A follow-up to 2008's critically-acclaimed "The Dark Knight", the action movie is going to be released in theaters across the United States in the summer of 2012. Christopher Nolan returns to the directing seat, Christian Bale reprises his role as Wayne/the Dark Knight, and Gary Oldman comes back as Commissioner Gordon. Anne Hathaway is added to the cast ensemble to play Selina Kyle/Catwoman.

After news of her being hit in the lip during a heated argument in a Dallas hotel broke out, Nicki Minaj launched Twitter rants over the claims. The official incident report, however, spoke differently. It described the altercation between the Young Money raptress and the man identified as her assistant Safaree Samuels.

According to the police report obtained by TMZ, Nicki followed Safaree to their room following their argument at the pool because she didn't want him to take anything out of their hotel room. When the raptress looked into his suitcase, Safaree "grabbed the suitcase and as he was picking it up, he shoved the suitcase across [her] chin and lower lip."

A new image that features three more dwarf characters of upcoming Peter Jackson-directed adventure movie "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" has been unleashed. The photo provides first look at Bofur (James Nesbitt), Bombur (Stephen Hunter) and Bifur (William Kircher), three among twelve dwarves who accompany Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) on his quest to Erebor. Bofur is the cousin of Bifur and brother of Bombur

Previously, Warner Bros. has unveiled seven other dwarves in three separate pictures. The first one features three brothers Nori (Jared Brophy), Ori (Adam Brown) and Dori (Mark Hadlow), while the second one gives a look at Oin (John Callen) and Gloin (Peter Hambleton). The third one, meanwhile, captures two youngest dwarves Fili (Deam O' Gorman) and Kili (Aidan Turner).

Adam Levine has given a sneak peek to his upcoming music video for single "Moves Like Jagger" in a form of behind-the-scene footage. Beside teasing the Maroon 5 frontman's performance with his featured guest Christina Aguilera, the clip also offers a first look at Mick Jagger's cameo.

Contrary to rumor suggesting that The Rolling Stones' member will only appear "via archive footage," it's revealed that Mick actually has come in person for the video shoot. The rocker shows off his Jagger moves on stage while lip-syncing the lyrics sung by the male judge and vocal coach of "The Voice".

"Project Runway" has introduced 20 designers that will participate in its upcoming ninth season. They are 26-year-old Bryce Black, 29-year-old Fallene Wells, 25-year-old Joshua McKinley and many others. While most of them are aged between 20-40, there is also 57-year-old Bert Keeter who is a Los Angeles resident.

UsMagazine.com has got its hand on a photo featuring all 20 contestants, while their headshots are posted on the show's official site. Home videos as well as portfolios of these 20 designers also can be seen on the website.

Around a week after his divorce from Scarlett Johansson was finalized, Ryan Reynolds has gone out with his ex-wife for an alleged flirty dinner. According to Life & Style, the former couple enjoyed an intimate dinner at Little Dom's restaurant in Los Angeles on Saturday night, July 9.

The "Green Lantern" star reportedly arrived at the restaurant together with the "Iron Man 2" beauty. They sat at a secluded booth in the back of the room. A fellow diner dished on, "Scarlett was being very flirty with him, staring into his eyes and listening very intently to everything he was saying."

Lady GaGa has been slammed due to her stage act at Sidney's Town Hall. The Mother Monster posed as a mermaid when taking the stage Down Under on Wednesday, July 13. Sporting a short cyan wig, she wore a black leather tail, buttoned-up top and long veil.

The criticized performance was hot on heels of controversy surrounding the originality of Katy Perry's "mermaid planking", but it was not GaGa's costume which drew attention. It's her act of sitting on a wheelchair which infuriated some disability groups.

Before being criticized for a homophobic statement made by Jeff Schroeder during a live feed of "Big Brother", CBS releases a statement to explain that the contestant takes a sole responsible of the comment. The network says, "At times, the houseguests make comments, reveal prejudices and other beliefs that we do not condone."

While the homophobic rant is not expected to air in an upcoming telecast, The Eye adds, "Any views or opinions expressed in personal commentary by a houseguest appearing on 'Big Brother', either on any live feed from the house or the broadcast, are those of the individual(s) speaking and do not represent the views or opinions of CBS or the producers of the program."

Contrary to the swirling rumor, Mila Kunis is still trying to fulfill her promise to Sgt. Scott Moore. Billy Bush of "Access Hollywood Live" claimed on Wednesday morning, July 13 that the 27-year-old actress won't be able to keep her word in accompanying the Marine to the Marine Corps Ball in November because of her busy schedule.

According to Billy, the "Black Swan" beauty can't fly to Greenville, North Carolina because she will be filming two movies around the time of the Ball. E! News, however, came out with a contradicting report, stating that representatives for the actress are working with her production schedule to make it happen.

The upcoming fourth installment of "Underworld" movie series has got an official title from Sony Screen Gems. After previously bearing a tentative title "Underworld 4: New Dawn", the Kate Beckinsale-starring film is now officially called "Underworld: Awakening".

A follow-up to 2009's "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans", the movie will follow Selene (Beckinsale) as she escapes imprisonment. After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, she learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter, Nissa. Once they are reunited, the twosome fight to stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all.

Shortly after news broke out that Daniel Baldwin has filed for divorce, his wife Joanne Smith was reported to have gotten arrested. According to TMZ, the former fashion model-turned-chef was busted for a probation violation in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, July 13 afternoon.

Exact details on what incident led to Joanne's arrest have yet to be disclosed. Still, TMZ reported that a booking sheet notes the woman, who has been married to the "Grey Gardens" actor since 2007, is being held for "Probation Violation Driving Under Infl of Intox."

"Contagion" is trying to depict the fear for the end of the world caused by a worldwide pandemic. The first trailer for the upcoming film from Steven Soderbergh has been unleashed via Apple, showing how things will be very intense once people get infected by a lethal airborne virus that kills within days.

As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. Street and public places are now empty, while at the same time ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.

Demi Lovato has premiered a music video for "Skyscraper", her comeback single post rehab. The clip sees her singing her heart out in a white outfit while fearlessly walking on broken glass scattered on the sandy road of an empty desert during one bright day. As everything around her is breaking into pieces, she remains standing tall.

"There were so many things that represented my addictions and eating disorders and self-harm. When I'm unraveling this black fabric...It was the toxicity took over my mind for so long, that oozed out of every pore that I had because I was suffering inside," she said, "I'm taking it off and walking on broken glass and powering through it."

Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer are "not going to be back at all" for "Glee" season 4, Ryan Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter. After many speculations about who will depart the show, the co-creator of the hit musical series has stated that Rachel, Finn and Kurt will graduate from McKinley High School at the end of the upcoming third season.

"You can keep them on the show for six years and people will criticize you for not being realistic," the 45-year-old writer/director explained decisions to cut the three regulars, before adding "or you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year."

Miranda Kerr is paying tribute to her late ex-boyfriend through her first son with Orlando Bloom. The Victoria's Secret model recently revealed that her baby son's middle name takes after his first boyfriend, Christopher Middlebrook, who died in a tragic car accident when he was a teenager.

"Chris and I had been dating for two years. After he died, I wrote him a letter that said I hoped to name my first child after him in some way," the 28-year-old Aussie beauty told The Daily Telegraph. She added that her actor husband was totally supporting her wish. "I told Orlando, and he was the one who said he'd be happy to do that," she said. "Orlando's a good guy."