July 20, 2011

Paris Hilton walked out of an interview when the questions start to weigh her down. Dan Harris of ABC News had an exclusive interview with the hotel heiress inside her renovated house to talk about career, love life, stardom and the downside of fame. But he got silence when asking whether she thought her "moment has passed".

The Q & A did not start smoothly anyway due to several distractions from Hilton's animal empire. At one point, Harris asked, "Do you worry at times that the people who have followed your footsteps, like Kim Kardashian, are overshadowing you?" Paris answered shortly, "No". Harris pushed her further and the annoyed celebrity gave her off-camera publicist a glance before walking out.

Kim Kardashian can't accept the fact that Old Navy has used a model who looks strikingly similar to her. Singer Melissa Monaro is the face of the clothing company's latest ad campaign and, allegedly, the new girlfriend of Kim's ex boyfriend, Reggie Bush.

According to TMZ, Kim plans to sue Old Navy for intentionally using a look-alike to push people into thinking that she is associated with the label. Kim reportedly is even more pissed that the company has tweeted to her page about Melissa in an effort to gain more publicity.

"Grey's Anatomy" star and dad-to-be Eric Dane has checked into rehab clinic. He voluntarily entered The Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles for a 30-day stint last month to prevent him from getting addicted to pain medication.

"Actor Eric Dane voluntarily checked himself into a treatment facility to help him get off of pain medication that he was prescribed for a sports injury that he suffered over the recent hiatus. He reports back to work next week. Business as usual," a representative for the actor told Star magazine.

It has been confirmed that Marvel is going to bring "The Avengers" to San Diego Comic Con 2011. While the studio will not present a panel in Hall H, some of the stars are set to come to the convention for a signing session.

Chris Evans, who will reprise his "Captain America: The First Avenger" role in the upcoming movie, will be present at the Marvel Booth (#2329) on Thursday, July 21 at 10:30-11:30 A.M. Clark Gregg, who has appeared as S.H.I.E.L.D agent Phil Coulson in "Iron Man", is also bound for the same duty on Saturday, July 23 at 4.30-5.30 P.M.

Snow White and Prince Charming's nuptials is crashed by the Evil Queen in the latest promo for new ABC series "Once Upon a Time". In the new preview released via Entertainment Weekly, the couple learns bad news from Rumpelstiltskin that there will be no more happy endings unless their daughter, Emma Swan, can save the day in the future.

Coming from "Lost" writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the ambitious fantasy family drama show follows Emma (Jennifer Morrison) who's been on her own ever since she was abandoned as a baby. But everything changes when her son Henry (Jared Gilmore), whom she gave up years ago, finds her and needs her help.

Selena Gomez won't have boyfriend Justin Bieber by her side when she turns 19 this Friday, July 22. The "Who Says" songstress made the revelation when asked by E! News about what she has planned for the big day while promoting her charity benefit auction for the Alabama tornado recovery efforts.

The "Monte Carlo" actress first dished on her low key birthday, "I think my mom has planned something for me. I didn't really ask for anything, so I'm basically just going to be at tour rehearsal during the day. Maybe go to dinner at night with my family. Pretty boring." Quizzed if boyfriend will be in attendance, she said, "I actually think he'll be in Atlanta. But that's OK. We all gotta work."

On the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Paul McCartney's 9/11 concert documentary will air on Showtime. Dubbed "The Love We Make", it will follow him as he witnesses first-hand the destruction around World Trade Center the day of and immediately after the terrorist attacks.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the former member of The Beatles was on a plane on the tarmac in New York City. He was scheduled for a flight, but his plane was grounded after the attacks took place. He then returned to the wounded city and saw the aftermath of the horrid incident.

Ryan Gosling looks so sleek with a checkered suit at the premiere night of his new film "Crazy, Stupid, Love." at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on Tuesday, July 19. The actor, who plays Jacob in the comedy movie, is joined by his co-star Emma Stone who also steals attention with her Tom Ford LBD and Christian Louboutin pumps.

Other cast who are also present that evening are Steve Carell who hits red carpet with her wife Nancy, Marisa Tomei who arrives in a chic pastel-colored mini dress, and Analeigh Tipton who glams up in Vivienne Westwood cocktail backless gown matched with a pair of red heels. Among other guests at the event are Natalie Morales, Russell Simmons, Kathryn Erbe and Stephen Baldwin.

Angelina Jolie's jealous rages might not easily break her apart from long-term partner Brad Pitt. While running the story that the "Salt" actress is pushing away the "World War Z" actor with her jealousy, OK! magazine also reported in its latest issue that the actor partially enjoys it.

"Brad resents that Angelina is trying to control him," a source first told the publication about Angelina's jealous fits over Brad's flirtatious relationship with a female assistant on the set of his new zombie thriller. "He told Angelina outright, 'I've always had women friends, I'm always going to have women friends. End of story.' "

Three actors have been tapped to fill major roles in "Game of Thrones" season 2. They are former "Camelot" star Liam Cunningham, "Repo Men" actress Carice van Houten, and Tony Award-winning actor Stephen Dillane.

Cunningham will take the role of Davos Seaworth, a former smuggler who earns the nickname "The Onion Knight" after smuggling food into Stannis Baratheon's besieged castle during the war that put Robert Baratheon on the Iron Throne. In the next chapter, Stannis will enlist Davos' help in his effort to seize the Iron Throne from King Joffrey.

Days leading to the U.S. release of Kelly Rowland's new solo studio album "Here I Am", music producer Jeff Bhasker stirred controversy by throwing harsh criticism at her single "Motivation". The music maker who has worked with the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and Beyonce Knowles posted the negative review on Twitter.

"How can this kr song with the weakest beat and melody of all time be the #1 song on urban!? Oh yeah. [Lil] Wayne," Jeff began his critical tweets by dragging Weezy to it. As if slamming the music and the featured guest was not enough, he trashed the lyrics as well. "I just listened to Motivation again to see if I was to harsh in my critique. I wasn't. The lyrics are horrid as well," he wrote.

Jenna Fischer will welcome a baby boy in the fall. The actress famous for her portrayal of Pam Halpert on NBC's "The Office" shared details of her first pregnancy while promoting new movie "A Little Help" on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" last Tuesday, July 19.

"This is the second grandchild," the "Hall Pass" actress corrected host Jay Leno when he asked her if her parents were thrilled to have their first grandchild during the TV interview. She went on to reveal that her baby will be her parents' first grandson.

Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell steal attention when attending the world premiere of their movie "Captain America: The First Avenger". The Steve Rogers/Captain America depicter looks charming in his suit, while the main actress who plays secret agent Peggy Carter looks equally dazzling in her own designer attire.

Evans walks down the red carpet in front of the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles wearing a small-plaid shirt, vest, tuxedo and a matching pocket square. He finishes off his gentleman look with a tie and geek-chic glasses. Meanwhile, the 29-year-old Atwell wears a red knee-length dress and completes her look with a nude clutch.

New evidence related to Alison's death might surface in next episode of "Pretty Little Liars". Toby finds old sporting equipment which has been buried in the garden, but the reaction shown by Spencer's father throws her for a loop.

Meanwhile, Aria is put in a tricky position when both Ezra and Jason are invited to the Montgomery dinner party and vie for her attention. But that's not the only thing that could ruin the soiree for the family will get a visit from cops that evening.

Linda Hamilton has turned the tables on Sgt. Ray Lewis. Shortly after Betty White turned down the Marine's invitation to the Marine Corps Ball, the actress playing Sarah Connor in the first two "Terminator" movies posted a YouTube video of her own in which she begged him to make her his date.

"Rumor has it that you like your actresses vintage," says the 54-year-old in the beginning. After explaining that she's wearing shades because her eyes are "puffy from crying all night long," she adds, "It was just a terrible night thinking about you, and the situation, and then Betty called and I talked to her for hours and I know she feels terrible."

"Entourage" is just days away from debuting the final season, and the cast have shown up at a red carpet event to celebrate it. On Tuesday, July 19, Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara, came to Beacon Theater in New York City where the premiere party took place.

Executive producer Mark Wahlberg and Andrew Dice Clay, who is set to make appearance in the upcoming eighth season, also attended the premiere along with their own spouse. Adding feminine touch to the event were female cast members Emmanuelle Chriqui and Perrey Reeves.

Lady GaGa has responded to allegation that she ripped off Bette Midler's mermaid stage act. In a recent interview with Access Hollywood, the Mother Monster said, "I had no idea that she did that and I'm a huge Bette Midler fan."

"Not in the beginning it wasn't 'cause I didn't know that she'd done [it], but I do now and I think it's great," she added. "Obviously I feel connected to women in theater and women from the past. Maybe we're just cut from the same cloth."

Justin Bieber wants people to say no to texting while driving. Joining forces with PhoneGuard and the Remember Alex Brown Foundation, the "Baby" hitmaker stars in an ad campaign for the cause. "I get it, it's tempting to text and drive, but maybe it's time to take responsibility for our actions," he says in the beginning of the video.

"If someone texts you while you're driving, let them wait," the teen heartthrob continues before stressing that someone's life is more important than a text could ever be. He also encourages people to download PhoneGuard, a free app that prevents drivers from texting while traveling at more than 10 miles-an-hour.

After making a big success with "Transformers" franchise, Shia LaBeouf has landed another important role in an upcoming political action thriller, "The Company You Keep". According to Variety, the actor who plays Sam Witwitcky in the Michael Bay-directed autobot war films is attached to play opposite Robert Redford, who will also serve as director and producer.

Developed under Voltage Pictures and Wildwood Enterprises, the movie is based on Neil Gordon's novel of the same title. It revolves around a former Weather Underground militant, played by Redford, who is wanted by the FBI for 30 years. He must go on the run when his true identity is exposed by a young and ambitious reporter, played by LaBeouf, who is determined to chase him.

Leona Lewis denied her newly-released single "Collide" is a rip-off of a track called "Penguin" by up-and-coming Swedish DJ Avicii aka Tim Berg. Contrary to the rumor, the former winner of "The X Factor" insisted she recorded the song after getting a blessing from the disc jokey.

"With regards to my song, avicii was aware & agreeing publishing splits for himself and his manager," the British singer wrote on her Twitter. She added in another posting, "When avicii sent his track out to have a song written over it I totally fell in love with this version and i think he's super talented x."

After offering their side of the story, teen bride Courtney Alexis Stodden and her husband, Doug Hutchison, are giving the world a look at their wedding through a series of pictures. Coming out via E! News, the photos capture moments from their Las Vegas ceremony back in May.

One of the shots displays Courtney holding hands with Doug before who seems to be Reverend Douglas Gilbert, while another one sees the 51-year-old "Lost" actor carrying his 16-year-old wife. In one other photo, the newlyweds are snapped locking lips near Chapel of the Flowers sign. Other images share private pictures of the two in their home.

The second season of "Bachelor Pad" is going to have an extra-long premiere. ABC plans a three-hour long episode to mark the new round debut on Monday, August 8 at 8 P.M. ET. "It's like the Schindler's List of the Bachelor franchise," an insider jokes about the supersized episode.

In related news, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Ames Brown from the current season of "The Bachelorette" is the final contestant of "Bachelor Pad" season 2. The portfolio manager was dumped by Ashley Herbert in the July 18 episode which featured them on Hometown Dates. The 31-year-old will join fellow rejected suitors Blake Julian and William Holman.

Already collaborating in "Next 2 You", Justin Bieber and Chris Brown might have another duet on the way. The two male artists sparked such rumor after they were spotted hitting studio together on Monday, July 18.

Bieber and Breezy were seen entering the famed Record Plant in Hollywood. The pop star was snapped wearing a casual gray tee, jeans and black shades, while the R&B performer opted a white t-shirt and denim shorts.

Piers Morgan has been forced to defend himself in the phone-hacking scandal involving News of the World, and he is apparently fuming over it. The host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" took to Twitter to demand apology from Conservative MP Louise Mensch who insinuated that he might be involved in the hacking.

"Read my book yet @LouiseMensch ? If so, are you ready to make a public apology for your lies about me today?" so wrote the former News of the World editor. He followed it with another tweet that read, "Still trying to smear me @LouiseMensch ? Try repeating your lies about me outside of parliamentary privilege and see how you get on."

The first poster for "Two and a Half Men" season 9 has been unveiled. It features new lead actor Ashton Kutcher and returning cast members Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones who are shirtless and holding a sign to cover middle part of their bodies, with plain white background.

The big sign mentions, "All will be revealed... 09.19.11". A slightly different version of the promo picture, with the tagline and the date being reversed, currently hangs on the wall outside the Warner Bros. studio in Burbank. Words are, CBS and WB will change the text on the sign for different messages.

Beastie Boys took to Funny Or Die to release their music video for Santogold-assisted single "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win". The clip follows Mike D, Adam "MCA" Yauch and Ad-Rock surviving one of their continuingly ill adventures.

Appearing as muppets, the threesome escape an anti-Beastie-Boys group and take them down in an empty snow field. However, their challenging journey doesn't end there. When the storm comes, a bunch of creepy zombie soldiers arise from the ground and corner them in one spot.

The first trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man" has been leaked ahead of its official world debut at Comic Con. Despite its bootleg quality, the video manages to reveal that the upcoming movie will be darker than Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy.

The trailer opens with a scene which sees young Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) being abandoned by his parents before it switches to nowadays moments with teen Peter. There are glimpse of Aunt May (Sally Field), Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen), Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) and Dr. Curt Conners (Rhys Ifans), but his alter ego The Lizard is not revealed yet in this preview.

Maya Rudolph has become a mother to a baby boy. Through her representative, the former cast member of "Saturday Night Live" has just announced the birth of her first son with director husband Paul Thomas Anderson.

38-year-old Rudolph gave birth to her third child with 41-year-old Anderson on July 3. The new arrival, the "Bridesmaids" star and her husband named Jack, joins older sisters 5-year-old Pearl and 20-month-old Lucille. He rep added that the newborn is at home and doing great.

"The Hunger Games" has just unleashed an intense motion poster. The official banner features a mockingjay pin flaming in a ring of fire. The gleaming gold pin is a rebel symbol Everdeen Katniss reportedly will wear on her outfit during the games in the movie.

In the movie, Katniss' costume is designed by fashion stylist named Cinna who is played by Lenny Kravitz. He is described as a "mild-mannered first time stylist" who can create outfits which define her public identity and "could also contribute to her very survival."

Just days before San Diego Comic Con 2011 will be kicked off, a panel for "Bones" is canceled, TVLine reports. A representative for the show explains that the event, that was set to take place on Friday, July 22, is scrapped because both Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz are unable to come to San Diego due to personal reasons.

Beside the two lead stars, creator/executive producer Hart Hanson as well as executive producer Stephen Nathan were also set to attend the panel. FOX has even released an official poster for the crime drama series to be brought to the convention.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's grand affair was bound to inspire a TV episode and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is the one taking the route. The NBC show is loosely-adapting the former California governor's love-child scandal into an episode which would air early in season 13 this Fall.

According to TV Line, Andrew Raines is a charming, seductive Master of the Universe-esque philanthropist in his 50s who is part of one of New York's royal families. His wife, Kathleen is charming, charismatic and fiercely protective of her family. She's the perfect match for her perfect husband, though unlike him, she is not afraid to get down and dirty when attacked.

Lil Boosie is getting in trouble while in prison. The rapper, who is incarcerated for drug charge and is awaiting trial on first-degree murder charge, has been caught smuggling a drug cocktail called "sizzurp" into prison.

The Baton Rouge, La. Native reportedly tried to get the drug inside the Louisianna State Penitentiary at Angola on April 9. According to WAFB, Boosie instructed Arthur Stewart to mix 1 ounce of codeine syrup and colored soft drink. Stewart thought he was giving the mixture to a security worker at the prison, but it was really a state trooper.