August 19, 2011

Justin Bieber has been restored as the name of a street in Forney, Texas just hours after someone stole the sign. "Justin Bieber Way" plate was swiped on Thursday, August 18 morning but was quickly replaced with a new one in the afternoon.

An 11-year-old fan of the pop singer was elected as "mayor of the day" for raising money for the orphans. Caroline Gonzales decided to temporarily rename Main Street in honor of her idol and her request was made official on Tuesday. Less than 48 hours later, the sign, which supposed to stay until the weekend, went missing.

Who is the mystery brunette Daniel Radcliffe holds hand with while taking a stroll in New York City recently? The girl in question happened to be a painter by the name of Rosanne Coker, who has been working together with the actor in the last three "Harry Potter" movies and his upcoming horror project, "The Woman in Black".

Daily Mail reported that Rosanne first met Daniel when she worked as a production assistant on "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" back in 2007. The two, however, didn't start dating until last year. Speaking of the 22-year-old's relationship with the actor, her father said, "I don't want to say too much really as they would really prefer to keep things quiet."

Gerard Depardieu was recently spotted on the set of his new movie "Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia" in Dublin on Thursday, August 18. In one of the pictures, the 62-year-old French actor is seen wearing his Obelix pants while he's holding a newspaper in his car.

The other stars who are also caught on camera on the set of the comic-adapted movie include Charlotte Le Bon and Edouard Baer. Le Bon is seen wearing a thick warm coat near the crew trailer, while Baer is spotted coming out of his trailer.

Another promo ad featuring Lady GaGa for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards has been revealed. Unlike the previous ones which see her performing, talking about art, and sharing her musical inspiration, this brand new one is filled with edgier and darker scenes.

With "Government Hooker" as a backsound, the Mother Monster struts her stuff and proposes a toast with a bunch of her Little Monsters. The black-and-white celebratory scenes are similar to the bloody and fiery sneak peeks which were revealed earlier this month.

Bon Iver debut their "Holocene" music video almost at the same time Tori Amos premieres her "Carry" clip. Although coming from different music acts, the two videos have something in common; various shots of beautiful landscapes.

Iver takes their fans to Iceland through the eyes of a little cave boy who visits breathtaking spots around the countryside including vast green clearing, glacial landscape, waterfall and rocky hill. Amos, meanwhile, inserts a scene of her playing behind the piano besides the natural shots.

Kate Walsh has found herself a new man. The actress playing Dr. Addison Montgomery on "Private Practice" was caught on camera all smiles in the company of writer Chris Case as they came to watch Adele's concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles last Monday night, August 15.

PEOPLE reported that the 43-year-old has been dating the father of two for a while. A source spilled, "They met through friends. He thinks she's amazing." Accordingly, the rumored couple have been spending time together by vacationing in Greece this summer. The source added, "They're very happy."

Another celebrity has been brought in to make up Andy Bernard's family. Multi-platinum singer Josh Groban has been tapped to guest star as the brother of Ed Helms' character on the upcoming season of "The Office".

No other details are disclosed about Josh's appearance on the show, but there is a possibility his character will join Stephen Collins and Dee Wallace, who take the roles of Andy's parents, when they visit him. The singer himself got coy about his TV gig, tweeting only, "The cast and crew of The Office are the coolest ever. #allimgonnasay."

One more actor is close to join the cast ensemble of "Magic Mike". Entertainment Weekly has broken the news that "True Blood" actor Joe Manganiello is in final talks to play Big Dick Richie, a male stripper who has an enormous talent.

If the deal is sealed, Manganiello will join previously-cast actors Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Bomer. This will additionally mark his reunion with his "White Collar" co-star Bomers.

Not only is Betty White funny, but she apparently is also one of the America's most trusted personalities. Reuters/Ipsos has conducted a poll over 2,000 U.S. adults to find out which celebrities whose endorsement of a company would be most likely to drive business, and the "Hot in Cleveland" star has come out on top of the list.

Collecting 86% of favorable votes with only 3% of unfavorable ones, the 89-year-old comedienne beat Oscar winners Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock and Clint Eastwood. She also reigned supreme over Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, former talk show host Oprah Winfrey and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama.

Three new clips from the upcoming episode of "True Blood" have been unleashed by HBO. Instead of continuing to tease Sookie's current predicament with her vampires Bill and Eric, the videos focus on what Jessica and Hyot are dealing with and what happens in Marlotte's.

One clip sees blood-teary Jessica struggling to cope with her break-up with Hoyt and pouring her heart out to Nan, only to get shrugged off because the American Vampire League rep is not the motherly type. Another teaser shows werewolf packmaster Marcus dropping by Marlotte's to meet Sam.

Lady GaGa knows how to ride the waves. The "Born This Way" hitmaker has just posted on her Twitter page a photo of her surfing during a vacation in Mexico. The picture displays her in a skimpy black bikini and standing on a surfboard with caption that read, "yeah thats me. no heels baby."

The 25-year-old has been taking a break from promoting new single "You And I" in Puerto Vallarta. The Sun reported she spent her time there taking surfing lessons. "For a relative beginner she took to surfing really well," said a witness. "She started quite slowly learning how to bodyboard and then she was able to work up to standing - she made excellent progress."

Kanye West has revamped one of the songs from Amy Winehouse's sophomore set "Back to Black". The "All of the Lights" rapper has, according to the Daily Mirror, re-recorded title track from the album.

"It's pretty emotive. It's Kanye singing from the heart - with synthesizers," a source said. The G.O.O.D. Music rhymer reportedly hopes to perform the remix in London for Moss Bros 160th anniversary celebrations.

Kate Beckinsale gets back into the action with "Underworld: Awakening". The first teaser trailer of the fourth installment for the "Underworld" series has just been released and offered a sneak peek at the leading lady fighting humans to ensure the survival of her Vampire clan.

The brand new sneak peek opens with a scene in which Selene wakes up in the nude after 12 years of cryogenic sleep. After putting on her signature skin-tight black suit, she plunges herself into the war where humans hunt to kill Vampires and Lycans. Aside from Selene, this teaser also offers first look at Theo James' vampire character David.

Anderson Cooper lost his composure before the camera because of Gerard Depardieu. The host of "Anderson Cooper 360" couldn't contain his giggles and kept cracking up throughout a "RidicuList" segment about the "La Vie en Rose" actor's urinating incident in a CityJet flight from France to Ireland.

In the video, the 44-year-old journalist can be seen fighting back his giggles as he delivered pun-filled lines, such as Gerard "flies Incontinental", "created his own jet stream" and "is used to being Pampered." At one point, he even asked the production crew to stop laughing, reasoning "it's distracting."

"Machine Gun Preacher" has got its first trailer which gives a look at the extraordinary journey of Gerard Butler's Sam Childers. A former biker-gang member and ex-drug dealer, he makes a life-changing decision and flies to East Africa in "searching for something to believe in."

In the country which was destroyed by civil war, he witnesses unspeakable and heart-wrenching brutality of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Finding it "something worth to fight for," he leads armed missions to save as many as possible especially the children who were forced to become soldiers.

Sandra Bullock didn't only go for a hike with Ryan Reynolds when visiting Wyoming over the weekend. PEOPLE has just come out with a report that the Academy Awards winner was also spotted enjoying a low-key dinner with her co-star on "The Proposal" and two other friends.

Accordingly, the 47-year-old actress, her 34-year-old co-star and their guests grabbed a meal at Rendezvous Bistro in Jackson Hole on Sunday, August 14. Unlike when they explored Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park however, the twosome didn't bring along Sandra's baby son Louis.

In the wake of stage collapse at Pukkelpop festival in Belgium, a number of artists especially the ones who have been booked to perform at the gig express their condolence. The likes of 30 Seconds to Mars and Foo Fighters took to their Twitter and official website to send prayers to the victims.

30 Seconds' frontman Jared Leto wrote on his website, "Our deepest thoughts and sympathies to the families and friends of those who lost their lives today at the show in Belgium. We are absolutely devastated that this celebration ended in tragedy. To those that were injured we are sending thoughts and prayers."

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" is still in the middle of filming and editing for season 2 when Russell Armstrong was found dead in an apparent suicide. While executives from Bravo have yet to make any decision regarding the fate of the series, words are coming in that there won't be any camera rolling during his funeral.

Inside sources informed TMZ that " everyone realizes Russell's death will make the show more dramatic and watchable", but they do not want to push the envelope too far. It is said that all agreed that they won't tape his funeral services though Bravo is still figuring out how much footage with Taylor Armstrong's estranged husband will be shown in the upcoming season.

Summit Entertainment have unleashed several new stills from the highly anticipated "The Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn Part I". Most of the photos give a look at the blissful honeymoon Edward Cullen and Bella Swan have after their wedding, presenting them going on a night cruise, taking a dip under a waterfall and playing chess together.

Another image present a peek at the scene when Bella finds out that she's pregnant, and one other sees the mortal beauty having her hair and make-up done by Alice and Rosalie before her wedding. There is also a picture of Jacob staring intently into Rosalie's eyes as they stand face to face.

Roughly a month before "How I Met Your Mother" returns with all-new episodes for the seventh season, five stills from the season opener come out, teasing that things between Barney and Robin might get steamier. Two of the newly-released pictures show the two share a dance during Punchy's wedding.

One of them sees Barney getting mighty close to Robin in what looks like a slow dance. He puts his arm around her waist, while she returns the favor by touching his neck and jaw. The other one, meanwhile, features the couple engaging in a more lively routine. He sits on a chair with her on her lap smiling to him.

It didn't take long for Kat Von D to be re-engaged to Jesse James. Less than a month after calling off their engagement, the ink-lover couple have gone back on again, and they didn't hold back on flaunting their togetherness. Both of them have taken to Twitter on Thursday (August 18) afternoon to post separate photos of themselves locked in embraces.

Jesse first tweeted a link to a blurry photo of Kat with a "Missing" caption. The former husband of Sandra Bullock then followed it up with a black and white image of them sharing an intimate kiss. Along with the pic, he wrote the words "para siempre," which means "Forever" in Spanish. Kat, in return, posted a photo of herself hugging her 42-year-old fiance.

It's official, Lady GaGa is going to kick off upcoming live telecast of 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. The announcement was made by her Little Monsters live from Times Square on Thursday night, August 18. Together, the crowd unfolded a banner that read, "GAGA TO OPEN VMAs!!!" Promo ads for her upcoming performance have been revealed a day prior.

"I have a really big announcement," she teased before adding, "But I thought as usual, instead of me announcing it, I'd let the Little Monsters do it for me." Sharing her excitement about getting the opening slot, she gushed, "It means the world to me. I just feel really blessed every day. I have the most amazing fans."

Lil Wayne intended to have fun after his show in Canada but someone ruined it by polluting the air. The air ducts at a club in Montreal called La Mouche where Weezy is supposed to host a party at was filled with pepper spray, forcing the officials to evacuate the place.

The substance, which is painful in the eyes, was released in the ventilation by someone who sneaked into the back room. The rapper, along with his audience, had to leave the building but despite the incident, his rep told TMZ that Weezy is "okay and gearing for his next stop in Toronto."

Kim Kardashian revealed that she is not freaking out although her wedding to Kris Humphries was three days away. During the launch party for the Kardashian Kollection at Colony in Hollywood Wednesday, August 17, the bride-to-be said that she is "totally calm" and in fact is "looking forward" to the whole Saturday wedding.

"Everyone says you'll freak out, but I'm totally calm. I think that freak-out moment kind of already passed," she told People at the event. Kim would spend Friday night with her family, saying "We haven't planned it, but we'll see how it goes. I'll definitely be with my family."

"I Am Number Four" star Teresa Palmer teamed up with Aaron Paul of "Breaking Bad" to create a trailer to a fake movie titled "Quirky Girl". The video for Funny or Die focuses on Paul's Joseph who is a lone guy thinking that he would never find love until he meets Palmer's Claire.

Joseph first noticed Claire in the elevator of their building but failed to see that Claire is obsessed with blood and falling-for-death. He is so in love with her that he didn't realize that Claire's favorite "music" is the sound of a man begging not to be killed.

Back in March this year, producers Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson and Bud Yorkin revealed in an interview that they wanted Christopher Nolan to direct the remake of "Blade Runner" because they like what Nolan did to "Batman" film. Apparently, they didn't get what they wanted because the film's creator Ridley Scott has to dive in himself as both producer and director.

Per Deadline, the "American Gangster" helmer is committed to the untitled Blade Runner project which is developed by Alcon Entertainment. It is yet unclear however whether the 1982 sci-fi film follow-up would be a prequel, sequel or a spin-off.