November 05, 2011

An ex-caddie of Tiger Woods apologizes after making racist remarks about the golfer during an awards dinner in Shanghai, China. Steve Williams was fired by Woods in July and he described the feeling after his new boss, golfer Adam Scott, beat Woods during an event in August. He said, "I wanted to shove it up that black ---."

Williams has since apologized for his remarks, writing on his website, "I apologize for comments I made last night at the Annual Caddy Awards dinner in Shanghai. Players and caddies look forward to this evening all year and the spirit is always joking and fun. I now realize how my comments could be construed as racist. However I assure you that was not my intent. I sincerely apologize to Tiger and anyone else I have offended."

Kim Kardashian's worst state may have been documented a lot of times for her reality show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" in the past, but she refuses to let the camera capture them this time. The 31-year-old rejected the idea to have a divorce special on E! which planned to have it in two parts.

Sources told TMZ that Kim "did not want cameras to document the private, emotional moments behind her divorce." In fact, she said she doesn't want to shoot any footage for the reality show until the beginning of 2012. Her reason is, she does not want to exploit the "real" moments behind the divorce on TV.

Only weeks after he retired from "60 Minutes", Andy Rooney left the world for good. The commentator for the CBS show for 32 years died at the age of 92 on Friday, November 4 night in a New York hospital.

CBS released an official statement regarding the death, saying Rooney died following "complications from minor surgery." Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and the executive producer of "60 Minutes" said, "It's a sad day at '60 Minutes' and for everybody here at CBS News. It's hard to imagine not having Andy around. He loved his life and he lived it on his own terms. We will miss him very much."

A fresh clip of "My Week with Marilyn" has gone online. Titled "Getaway Car", the new clip shares a scene where Michelle Williams' Marilyn Monroe hides in the back of a car to steal her young assistant Eddie Redmayne's Colin Clark from a studio lot to go adventuring together.

Based on Clark's diaries, "My Week with Marilyn" follows the interaction between Monroe and Laurence Olivier during the making of 1956's film "The Prince and the Showgirl". The movie chronicles a week Monroe spent in London accompanied by Clark after her husband left her during their honeymoon.

Problems come from unsuspected places on "Chuck" and "Grimm" next Friday. In "Chuck Versus the Frosted Tips", Chuck worries about Morgan who may experience the bad effect of the Intersect while the team is tasked to find one of the CIAs most wanted.

Sarah suspects that the Interest is malfunctioning in Morgan, while at the same time she helps Casey navigate his relationship with Gertrude. Meanwhile, Captain Awesome makes a startling revelation about Jeff and Lester.

Kris Jenner has found herself in hot water. The mother of Kim Kardashian was recently criticized by the National Congress of American Indians for her "Indian giver" comment in answering question about whether or not Kim should return her $2 million engagement ring now that she's divorcing Kris Humpries.

"The phrase 'Indian giving' is wrong and hurtful," said Jacqueline Johnson Pata, the executive director of the tribal advocacy group, in a statement. "The cultural values of Native Americans are based on giving unconditionally and empowering those around them. Instead this cultural value is forgotten when negative stereotyping of Native people occurs."

Two music videos, which have similar club theme, are released almost at the same time. One is unleashed to support Nick Carter's solo song "Burning Up", and the other is to promote Trina's track "Long Heels Red Bottom".

The Backstreet Boys member enjoys the night outing by hitting the dance floor and flirting with the female clubgoers in the "Burning Up" clip. He said, "Throw a bunch of paint on half-naked people, put a great rapper in the mix and dance your ass off to a hot track and you get 'I'm Burning Up'."

Next time when "How I Met Your Mother" jumps to the future, fans can see how Robin embraces motherhood. Sources have revealed that the show is currently casting for her children to be featured in a scene where she is chatting with her kids in the same format Josh Radnor's Ted and his kids have been seen.

Dishing on details of Robin's children, the sources tell E! Online that her son has blonde hair while her daughter is a brunette. The alleged color of the boy's locks leads to a speculation that Cobie Smulders' character ends up having babies with Neil Patrick Harris' Barney and living "happily ever after."

The Roots have just debuted a music video in support of their single called "Make My". The black-and-white clip opens with a quote by Chanakya, and shows a guy and his enemy trying to take down each other. "A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode," it says.

"Make My" is taken from The Roots' upcoming studio album "Undun". The effort is "an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999). Through the use of emotives and Redford's internal dialogues the album seeks to illustrate the intersection of free will and prescribed destiny as it plays out 'on the corner'."

Lauren Conrad is back on the single market, it has been reported. According to Life & Style, the former star of "The Hills" has ended her romance with "Dancing with the Stars" pro dancer Derek Hough after three months of dating.

Of the break-up, a friend of Lauren said, "Their relationship reached its peak. It was always casual." Agreeing that the pair's relationship never turned into a serious one, another source spilled, "She had fun with Derek - he used to send her cute texts and sing to her - but she always kept her options open."

"Die Hard 5", which is now titled "A Good Day to Die Hard", is looking for a suitable young actor to be cast as Bruce Willis' son. Deadline reported that Willis and director John Moore have shortlisted several candidates to take on the coveted role. They include "The Hunger Games" thesp Liam Hemsworth, and Emmy-winning "Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul.

Hemsworth is currently filming "The Expendables II", which Willis also stars in. As for Paul, his busy shooting schedule on the finale season of "Breaking Bad" could crash with the filming schedule for "Die Hard 5". In addition to the Hemsworth and Paul, Willis and Moore have their eyes on "The Pacific" star James Badge Dale as well as "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" actor D.J. Cotrona.

"Harold & Kumar" is going to branch out into the small screen. Having just released its third installment titled "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas", the comedy film franchise is being developed into an animated series.

Sources say Lionsgate TV is currently shopping around the project and several cable networks, including Comedy Central and MTV, have shown interest. The company will co-produce the TV show with Mandate.

Weeks after Black Eyed Peas announced to take a break, rumor swirls on the web suggesting that Fergie (Stacy Ferguson) wants to leave the group. The report is brought to attention by MediaTakeOut which additionally claims that Ashanti will be recruited as a replacement.

"The group had been looking for a replacement for some time," a so-called top music industry exec informs the publication. It's furthermore rumored that "Ashanti was reportedly brought onto the group's World Tour -- as sort of an audition, to see if she could work with the band - and it worked out perfectly."

Spain has given full citizenship to Benicio Del Toro and Ricky Martin. On Friday, November 4, spokesman Jose Blanco said that the "Traffic" star and the "Livin' la Vida Loca" hitmaker were recognized for their artistic talents and that the government was happy they wished to have Spanish nationality.

"Spanish citizenship is acquired by naturalization papers awarded at discretion by royal decree when the interested party conjoins exceptional circumstances and after a document is processed for each case in particular," explained Jose after a Friday meeting of the Cabinet, "as occurred with those the government has resolved today."

Miley Cyrus has checked in to "Hotel Transylvania". The 18-year-old former Disney darling has been cast to voice Dracula's daughter in the upcoming Sony Pictures' animated film, and Entertainment Weekly has obtained a first look at the teen star's animated character called Mavis.

In the picture, Cyrus' black-haired character is seen standing against a white background, wearing a black mini dress paired with matching stockings and red canvas boots. The character is described as a teenage uber-vamp. Her father Dracula, who is voiced by Adam Sandler, is the owner of the titular hotel.

Kate Middleton has sparked speculations that she might be expecting her first child. The Duchess of Cambridge and her husband Prince William were visiting a UNICEF aid depot in Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday, November 2 when she politely declined to sample peanut paste.

The 29-year-old was caught on camera refusing to taste the product which is a staple of UNICEF packages to be sent out to East African countries suffering from famine, while William along with the Danish Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Mary dug in. According to reports, she then gave her husband a knowing look as he inspected the nutrition label on the paste's packaging.

Take a look at one Winchester taking a trip down the aisle in next week's episode of "Supernatural". Looking sleek in his suit, Sam welcomes Dean in a chapel and tells his brother that he is getting married, but Dean hardly believes it.

It is unclear how Sam could end up being a groom, but Dean feels that Sam is not acting like himself. Trying to convince his brother, Sam says, "You took care of me and that's great. But I don't need you anymore."

T.I. returns to his hometown of Atlanta in a music video for his first post-prison single "I'm Flexin". The "Dead and Gone" hitmaker is joined by his featured guest Big K.R.I.T. and other homies. Fellow rapper B.o.B, who comes from the same city, makes a brief cameo appearance as well.

Tip kicks in the track by spitting, "Feds want me back behind that wall/it's the only place that I can't go." He follows with, "My hustle grand, my money long, my spot on top but y'all want that/ My position vacant, my crown away but my throne is empty, I own that."

"Smallville" vet John Schneider has landed another patriarch role on "Glee". The Jonathan Kent depicter on The CW's sci-fi series has been cast as Sam Evans' father on the FOX drama musical show, TVLine reports.

Schneider is booked for one episode at this point and will appear in the eighth episode of season 3, which also marks the return of Chord Overstreet's Sam. This gig will reunite the 51-year-old actor/singer with creator Ryan Murphy after they worked together on FX's "Nip/Tuck".

More new cover songs from "Glee" upcoming Christmas album make their way out. One of the latest tracks is called "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" which is performed by Darren Criss (Blaine) who joins forces with Lea Michele (Rachel).

Two other tracks from the forthcoming holiday compilation which have hit the web are "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "Santa Baby". The former is covered by Amber Riley (Mercedes), and the latter is sung by Naya Rivera (Santana).

Contrary to Internet reports, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are still an item. Representatives for both stars were quick to come out with a denial after Radar Online reported that the "Monte Carlo" beauty has ended her romance with the "Mistletoe" singer in the wake of his paternity scandal.

A representative for 17-year-old Justin insisted to E! News that there is "no truth" behind the break-up story. Sounding off similar statement was a representative for 19-year-old Selena, who slammed the recent swirling rumors by telling Us Weekly that reports of a split are untrue.

FOX did not deny when "The X Factor (US)" was caught lip syncing. Instead, the network defended such move by saying that other competition shows do the same thing for ensemble performances.

"For the group ensemble performance, the vocals are pre-recorded to allow acts to concentrate on preparing for their own live competitive performances on Wednesdays," a show representative said in a statement. "This is also no different to what other competition shows do for ensemble performances."

"Star Trek 2" may have found a suitable actor to tackle the villain role. Variety reported that Benicio Del Toro has been eyed by J.J. Abrams to take the part and the director will make a formal offer to the "21 Grams" actor "before the weekend is out."

Del Toro, who won an Oscar for playing Javier Rodriguezs in 2000's "Traffic", has met Abrams to discuss the role. However, the actor, who will soon be seen in Oliver Stone's "Savages", reportedly still doesn't know what exactly the role is. That was said to be an effort to keep the role a secret.

Katy Perry gives the first look at her upcoming music video for single "The One That Got Away" in a form of short snippet. In it, the wife of British funnyman Russell Brand poses as an old lady who recalls the time when she's young and free. She remembers going through the ups and downs of a relationship with the man of her dreams.

"The past is like a handful of dust. It filters through your fingers, disappearing little by little," Katy is heard explaining her remorse while memories of her younger self flood through her mind. Stirring a cup of tea with her wrinkled hand, she added, "I wish for one day I could go back. In another life, I would do things differently."

Beyonce Knowles is having a baby girl. Former Destiny's Child bandmate, Kelly Rowland, accidentally spilled out the gender of the "Countdown" singer's first child during an interview at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2011 on Thursday, November 3 night.

Speaking to BANG Showbiz in London, Kelly dished, "I have no idea what I'm going to buy Beyonce at the baby shower because Jay is going to buy that little girl every single thing possible." The 30-year-old singer continued, "She won't be spoiled but she will be very well looked-after."

Selena Gomez has every reason to be scared because her stalker poses "serious threat" of killing her. In a sworn declaration filed in court on Thursday, November 4, detective Jose Viramontes wrote that Thomas Brodnicki told him in an interview that he "reiterated that he had many conversations with God about killing Ms. Gomez."

Viramontes believed that Brodnicki's threats are credible. After all Brodnicki told a shrink that he wanted to kill Gomez and made it clear that he wasn't going home to Illinois until he met her. After the interview conducted on October 13, Viramontes declared that the crazed fan poses a "serious threat to Ms. Gomez."

While in New York City, Conan O'Brien spared sometime on his TBS talk show to officiate a gay wedding. On Thursday, November 3 night O'Brien helped his longtime costume designer Scott Cronick to marry his partner David Gorshein.

Cronick walked down the aisle accompanied by Bravo's Andy Cohen who apparently is his favorite celebrity. A chuppah was set up on stage and the couple exchanged their vows there. "Anyone in the world would be happy to wear one of your designs, but no one is possibly happier than I am to wear your ring," Gorshein said in his vow.

Lindsay Lohan kept going with her routine five days before entering jail to begin serving her 30-day prison time. The actress stripped off for Playboy as part of their $1 million contact and then attended a party that night.

Lohan was first seen leaving The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood where the photo shoot with the adult magazine took place. It was her second time shooting for Playboy because Hugh Hefner did not like the first one. Then later that night, Lohan was spotted at "J. Edgar" after party at the Roosevelt again.