November 22, 2011

Expect a lot of brides in sleek Carolina Herrera wedding gown this day onwards. Official replicas of the dress that Kristen Stewart wore as Bella Swan in "The Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn Part I" arrived in stores on Monday, November 21 for the price of $799.

Herrera designed the long-sleeved bridal gown for the film's scene where Bella trades vows with her vampire lover, Edward. "I was called by Stephenie Meyer. We had to discuss a lot, but I was very inspired by her book and the description of the wedding," Herrera said at the film's premiere. "I was very flattered I was asked to do it; it's a big scene for me."

The latest episode of "How I Met Your Mother" ended with a big cliffhanger. After Barney and Ted come up with a hilarious idea of co-parenting an adopted baby, it is Robin who apparently deals with a baby issue.

As seen toward the end of "The Rebound Girl" which aired Monday, November 21, [SPOILER ALERT!] Robin drops the bombshell to her ex Barney in Marshall and Lily's bathroom. "I'm pregnant," the journalist says after Barney claims it's hard to imagine him being a dad.

Mike Rowe has been slapped with a lawsuit because of his name. According to TMZ, the "Dirty Jobs" host is being sued by an inmate at a South Dakota prison who shared the same name, claiming that the 49-year-old has no right to use the name because he has copyrighted it earlier this year.

In the documents, the prisoner who serves time in jail for a DUI-related offense also noted that the name makes him a subject of jokes behind bars. "I can't live here in prison without being called Dirty Jobs or ... Dirtiest Man," so he complained. "I am subject to this ridicule every day that I live."

After becoming Johnny Depp's leading lady in "The Rum Diary", Amber Heard is set to tackle another female lead role in an upcoming revenge thriller called "Motor City". The 25-year-old actress is set to star opposite "Captain America: The First Avenger" star Dominic Cooper in the movie.

Deadline reported that the Texas-born actress, who also stars alongside Nicolas Cage in "Drive Angry", has been tested among several other young actresses who were vying for the coveted part. However, the exact details of her character are still kept secret.

Nigel Lythgoe got a special treat at the 39th annual International Emmy Awards. The creator of "So You Think You Can Dance" was announced as the recipient of Founders Award at the Monday, November 21 ceremony and he was handed out the kudo by surprise presenter Lady GaGa.

Calling Lythgoe her favorite producer, GaGa had nothing but good words for the "American Idol" boss. "He always helped to nurture and foster my crazy ideas, no matter how demographically unfriendly they were," the Mother Monster said before adding, "I am honored to be here tonight, and I have shared many laughs with him on the side of the stage in my crazy outfits."

Martin Scorsese's upcoming 3D adventure movie "Hugo" was premiered in New York on Monday night, November 21. Among the celebrities that turned heads on the red carpet rolled outside the Ziegfield Theatre in New York City was young actress Chloe Moretz.

The 14-year-old blond beauty became the belle of the ball as she hit the red carpet in a flowing nude-colored tube dress with ribbon details in the front. The actress who plays rebellious Isabelle in the movie finished off her classy look with a pair of golden peep-toe heels.

Weeks after calling it quits with Lewis Hamilton, Nicole Scherzinger crosses path with her former boyfriend in a car park. One of the photos taken displays the judge of "The X Factor (US)" giving her ex what seems to be a clingy hug, but the Formula One driver kept his hands in his pockets.

According to The Sun, Nicole and Lewis shared an awkward silence during the encounter outside the shopping mall in Los Angeles. While the 33-year-old beauty focused her attention on her ex's face, the 26-year-old racer stared down at the ground most of the time. When Lewis finally walked away, Nicole kept her eyes on him.

Robin Thicke has debuted a Hype Williams-directed music video, which contains a break-up to make-up theme, in support of his latest single "Love After War". Quoting Albert Einstein, he says, "Imagination is much more important than knowledge. Imagine with us now what it's like to make love after war."

Thicke shares screen with his actress wife Paula Patton in this clip. In it, the couple are seen fighting with each other before giving in to their passion. The "Sex Therapy" singer shows off his chiseled abs, while the "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol" movie beauty flaunts her slim figure in lingerie.

A new "The Amazing Spider-Man" on-set footage, which was taken during the re-shoot of the film in New York City last Saturday, November 19, has been shared via Splash News. The video features a web-slinging action scene of a stuntman dressing in an early Spidey costume, which consists of a red mask, sunglasses and casual outfit. He is seen swooping over a busy street in the city.

The footage also gives a look at lead actor Andrew Garfield dressing as high school geek Peter Parker. He is seen casually strolling around the street while donning a black jacket and denims, as well as carrying a backpack.

Lady GaGa has traded her outrageous look for a doll-like one. Making an appearance at Barneys New York on Monday, November 21 for the grand opening of GaGa's Workshop, the "Born This Way" hitmaker wore a snowy white Chanel ballgown that make her look like an angel on top of a Christmas tree.

As the accessories, the 25-year-old singer wore strings of pearls, a headband that features one big white camellia and a pair of wrist-length black gloves. She also had a Chanel handbag with a white and black version of the flower. She let her hair down and applied red lipstick to give some color to her black and white look.

More high-profile performers have been added to help VH1 pay tribute to the great cities of soul music in this year's "Divas" concerts. The newly-announced musical guests are the likes of Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, Estelle, and Marsha Ambrosius.

Already having enough of female acts for the annual event, VH1 decided to add some boys to the mix. The network chose Boyz II Men and Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy to join the ladies along with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.

A new sneak peek to the upcoming episode of "American Horror Story" has been made available for viewing pleasure. In the clip, Hayden wakes Vivien up from her sleep to give her a real nightmare. Being asked to leave her past with Ben behind, Hayden refuses to go away and tells the pregnant woman that she wants what's in her womb.

Hayden then reveals what some have feared the most, that the rubber man is the father of Vivien's baby. The rubber man, who is already in the room, then attacks Vivien while Hayden only watches it.

One day after the screening of "Live at Roseland: The Elements of 4" DVD, Beyonce Knowles' "Dance for You" music video was previewed in a form of two snippets. Wearing a silky dress, stockings and garter belts, Queen Bey is seen seducing a man by moving her body flirtatiously in front of him.

One of the snippets features the wife of Jay-Z gyrating to the music while sitting on a table. As for the other sneak peek, it sees the R&B diva doing a seductive chair routine in front of a wind machine. Her sultry dance can be seen in full when the deluxe edition of the live-performance DVD comes out in the United States on November 29.

Chuck will once again find a way to get himself into Blair's head in an upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl". When the Queen B turns to him for help, Chuck tells her, "I only want you to be happy...with me." The ex-couple will also sit together for what seems to be a therapy session, during which a man guesses that Blair wants her fiance to be more like Chuck.

Meanwhile, Charlie is driven mad by the fact that Max dates Serena. At the same time, Charlie, Serena and Lily eagerly anticipate the Studio 54 party being thrown in CeCe's honor. Additionally, Nate takes on a new role at the Spectator, but his first big story turns out to be about someone he knows all too well.

The wedding bells won't be ringing for Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez after all. The couple who got engaged during the season six finale of ABC's "The Bachelorette" have just confirmed through their representative that they are no longer together.

When informing the press about the break-up, a representative for the former couple simply said, "Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez have ended their relationship." The rep further added, "As they go through this difficult time, we ask that you respect the couple's privacy."

Paramount Pictures has unveiled a brand new clip for "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol". Instead of showing another action-packed scene, this freshly released sneak peek puts the focus on the scene where Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg discuss the strategy for their new mission which involves him taking a death-defying leap.

In this fourth "M:I" movie, Renner plays Brandt, a fellow IMF agent to Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt. Meanwhile, Pegg portrays computer expert Benji Dunn. Together with Ethan and the other "Ghost Protocol" team members, they must go undercover to clear their organization's name after they were accused of being involved in a global terrorist bombing plot.

Soon after his second album "Take Care" came out in the United States, Drake wasted no time in returning to studio. In a recent interview on Tampa's WiLD 94.1 to promote the November 15 release, the rapper revealed that he had already started crafting new materials for his next project.

"I never save music because music, to me, is like a sketch book so I'll do a drawing like Take Care and the whole album cycle is a drawing," the Canadian MC explained to the radio DJ. "That's how I felt on that day. On November 15th, I just turned the page over so now it's a new day."

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have reunited for a short while over the weekend. Just days after the "Margin Call" actress announced her plan to divorce the "Two and a Half Men" star, news came out that the estranged couple spent an hour together at a friend's home in Beverly Hills for counseling.

According to Us Magazine, the 49-year-old actress and her 33-year-old husband arrived at the residence, which an insider said to be "affiliated with Kabbalah" and referred to as the "Kabbalah House", separately. After an hour, the two left together but got into separate cars. The source added, "They seemed very somber."

"Grimm" has become the first new NBC drama which gets a back-nine episode order this fall. The fantasy crime series has been picked up for a full season, joining new comedies "Up All Night" and "Whitney".

"This series is turning the traditional procedural drama on its head and is attracting a loyal following for us on Friday nights," said NBC president Robert Greenblatt in a statement. "We love where it's going creatively and we're excited to deliver more episodes to our audience."

Rumor has it, Jennifer Lopez has hooked up with Marc Anthony in Puerto Rico. Us Weekly brought up a story recently that the "On the Floor" hitmaker spent a night together with her estranged husband on November 8 while filming their new talent show "Q'Viva! The Chosen".

One insider dished on that J.Lo was picked up by Marc, who "never stayed in his hotel room", at the airport. Friends believe that the parents of 3-year-old twins, Max and Emme, will share more intimate moments again when they shoot "Q'Viva!" in December. One pal said, "It's inevitable. Marc has this hold over her."

After playing a superhero in "Captain America: The First Avenger", Chris Evans might show his darker side in his next film. The 30-year-old actor has been tapped to star in an upcoming crime thriller called "The Iceman", replacing James Franco who exited the project due to contractual disagreements.

Deadline reported that the Johnny Storm of "Fantastic Four" has sealed a deal to take over Franco's role of Robert Pronge, who is the mentor of Michael Shannon's lead character Richard Kuklinski. Kuklinski himself is described as a family man by day and a notorious contract killer by night.

T.I. dropped a brand new single almost the same time he revealed official title of his upcoming album. The "Dead and Gone" hitmaker treated his devotees to a "straight party record" called "Pyro", and announced that he's going to name his post-prison CD, where the single will appear, "Trouble Man".

Unlike "I'm Flexin" and "Hear Ye, Hear Ye" which have BIG K.R.I.T. and Pharrell Williams as a featured guest respectively, this fresh song is a solo material. "Like loose women and tight clothes/ Say I'm the bomb, I'm dynamite, pyro," T.I. raps. Talking to Billboard recently, he said, "It's nostalgic of those crazy nights, early mornings [but] just turned up."

Rob Kardashian might have saved his best for the last. After surprisingly securing a spot in the final three of "Dancing with the Stars" season 13, the reality star makes the competition to win the mirror ball trophy even stiffer as he emerged as a current leader on the scoreboard after the final performance show.

Rob got his first perfect score (30) of this season on Monday, November 21 through his freestyle. Judge Bruno Tonioli commented, "I tell you, timing in life is everything - you peaked at the right time." His first dance that night, waltz, also impressed the judges although Bruno noted that he "messed up some of the footwork." He got 27 for the waltz.

Sylvester Stallone is set to give his iconic film "Rocky" a musical treatment. The 65-year-old action star will serve as the producer of "Rocky: The Musical", a song-and-dance take on his Oscar-winning 1976 boxing movie, along with world champion boxing brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, as well as "The Expendables" producer Kevin King Templeton.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the musical will be premiered at Operettenhaus in Hamburg, Germany in November 2012. In an announcement on Monday, November 21, Stallone opened up that the play will mainly focus on Rocky Balboa's romantic life with Adrian Pennino, a character which was made famous by Talia Shire.

Hugh Grant has taken a stand in Leveson Inquiry into press standards, and wasted no time in dragging another British tabloid into the phone hacking scandal. In his testimony on Monday, November 21, the "Music and Lyrics" actor suggested that Mail On Sunday might have hacked his phone. The tabloid, however, was quick to deny the allegations.

"The Mail on Sunday utterly refutes Hugh Grant's claim that they got any story as a result of phone hacking," a spokesman for the tabloid said in response. "In fact in the case of the story Mr Grant refers to the information came from a freelance journalist who had been told by a source who was regularly speaking to Jemima Khan."

Rihanna sparked controversy once again. Her "We Found Love" music video, which is dealing with dysfunctional relationship, was deemed too hot for France TV, and so was banned by Officials at the Supreme Audiovisual Council of the country.

Due to its "pronounced suggestive" contents, authorities prohibited the racy video from being aired before 10 P.M. They additionally voiced their concern that the clip, featuring Dudley O'Shaughnessy as Riri's love interest, could encourage "self-destructive behavior."

Katy Perry is set to show off her comedic skill on "Saturday Night Live". Having performed on the NBC variety show in 2010, the wife of funnyman Russell Brand will return in a December 10 episode as a host.

Unlike some musicians who have pulled double duty on the show, Perry will not take the stage to perform her songs this time. In fact, Swedish songstress Robyn has been tapped to serve as a musical guest.

Christopher Nolan has always been keeping the plot of "The Dark Knight Rises" under very tight wraps. However, the director himself was recently willing to divulge some details of his highly anticipated superhero movie in an interview with Empire magazine. During the chat, he shared some major details about the main protagonist Bruce Wayne and the antagonist Bane.

"It's really all about finishing Batman and Bruce Wayne's story," Nolan said of his final Batman film. "We left him in a very precarious place. Perhaps surprisingly for some people, our story picks up quite a bit later, eight years after 'The Dark Knight'. So he's an older Bruce Wayne; he's not in a great state."

Andy Cohen's weekly talk show is expanded to nightly show. Bravo has announced that the sixth season of "Watch What Happens Live" will air five original episodes a week, from Sunday to Thursday, starting January 8, 2012. It will be the only daily late-night show to air live on television.

"Expanding 'Watch What Happens Live' to five nights a week is the natural progression for this hit interactive show, and a testament to Andy's enormous appeal," says Frances Berwick, President of Bravo and Style Media. "It cements Bravo's tentpole in late night with this one-of-a-kind live, relatable and truly unpredictable format."

It's confirmed that Bruce Springsteen has mapped out a tour with E Street Band. "Well, things are starting to heat up down on E Street," so their camp stated when announcing its first official dates on the singer's official website. This will be their first trek since member Clarence Clemons passed away last summer.

"The European dates run from the middle of May until end of July and are being announced this week," it's revealed. "Info on the US dates and the World tour dates will coming up shortly." So far, there are four concerts announced, and they are going to take place at Stadium of Light, Etihad Stadium, Isle of Wight Festival, and Hard Rock Calling.

Katy Perry won't be doing any diaper duty in near future. When met at 2011 American Music Awards on Sunday, November 20 night, the "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" singer set the record straight on the pregnancy rumors that swirled around her recently, telling The Insider, "Not yet...I still like drinking alcohol."

If the wife of comedian Russell Brand seemed to show a little bump recently, it was likely due to her love of fast food. "I like In-N-Out burger and Taco Bell," she pointed out. "If you want to make that pregnant then that's your problem." She also stated, "I just have a fat upper-p***y area."