February 21, 2012

Cee-Lo Green has played cupid for Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine on "The Voice". Witnessing that two of his fellow mentors are often at each others' necks when trying to get a talent for their team, the "F**k You" hitmaker assumes their banter as a way of flirting.

"You guys should get a room," the Gnarls Barkley singer told Xtina and Adam as they were fighting over Charlotte Sometimes who made all four judges hit the button. "You can use my place!" he added before the "Beautiful" songstress told him to stop it and called his comment "nasty."

Shakira is no longer under the management of Epic, XXL magazine reported. The "Hips Don't Lie" hitmaker has allegedly signed a contract with Roc Nation for management, joining the likes of Rihanna, Willow Smith, and Wale.

In the Roc Nation, Shakira will be under the same management with artists such as Melanie Fiona and J. Cole. The other musicians who also put their career in the company which was founded by Jay-Z and Kanye West are Santigold, Alexis Jordan, and Jay Electronica.

Zac Efron keeps playing it coy when it comes to his rumored romance with Lily Collins. The "New Year's Eve" actor was asked how he spent his Valentine's Day when chatting with Ellen DeGeneres for an upcoming episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", and did his best not to mention her name.

In an interview to air Thursday, February 23, the 24-year-old hunk told Ellen, "I went to a screening of a film that I did called 'Liberal Arts'. And then, um, cooked some dinner." When quizzed with whom he did it, he simply said, "With a friend." As Ellen pressed further by asking, "What's her name?", he was quick to say, "Ellen," prompting the host to joke, "That's right, we're together."

Javier Colon has answered the idea suggested by Simon Cowell about pitting the winners of "The Voice", "The X Factor (US)" and "American Idol" against one another. The champ of the "Voice" inaugural season told "X Factor" judge Cowell and "Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe that he's ready for the battle if there is any.

"So @simoncowell recently proposed a face off btw Idol/Xfactor/Voice winners I respect the other winners a lot but if U want a battle I'm IN!" Colon tweeted before adding, "As u know, @dizzyfeet AKA Nigel Lythgoe, Simon proposed an Idol/XFactor/Voice face off. Just letting U know that I'm down!"

Will Smith and Josh Brolin are seen crashing a party in a new still from "Men in Black 3". The fresh photo, which is available on the latest issue of Empire magazine, features Smith's Agent J and Brolin's young Agent K holding their guns as they get ready to shoot something dangerous that seemingly threatens to ruin a bash.

Aside from that picture, there is another new still that gives a look at J and young K standing together inside a glass elevator. There is additionally a picture that features J running on a car's roof with his hand holding a gun, while there are other people running in panic on the streets.

"How I Met Your Mother" has just featured a famous face as a cameo in "No Pressure" which aired Monday, February 20. In the said outing, Conan O'Brien is featured in a scene set at MacLaren's bar where the gang often hangs out.

The host of TBS' "CONAN" stands in the background as Barney confronts Lily and Marshall about a betting box. As Barney jumps over a table across the bar and passes O'Brien to search for Lily and Marshall's sex tape, the former "Saturday Night Live" writer turns his head over and makes his face visible to audience.

Scott Porter has reportedly got engaged to his girlfriend Kelsey Mayfield. According to a source reporting to Us Weekly, the engagement of the "Hart of Dixie" actor and his girlfriend of four years "happened late January." The source added, "It was during a trip to NYC. They're living together in Los Angeles."

Porter first met Mayfield, who currently serves as a casting director for "The Revolution", on the set of "Friday Night Lights". He played injured quarterback Jason Street who had an on-and-off relationship with Minka Kelly's character.

LMFAO have debuted a music video for their third single "Sorry for Party Rocking". Redfoo and SkyBlu turn up the music and throw a loud party that angers their grumpy neighbors. They are joined by members of "America's Best Dance Crew", Beat Freaks.

"There are no rules in dance music," Redfoo said. "It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor...'party' is a whole genre that everyone was discounting, but that's all we want to do." He added, "Who wouldn't want to be at a great party with sexy people?"

Words have run rampant that Whitney Houston's daughter might be sent to rehab by her family, especially after she was allegedly found "getting high" at a hotel hours after the pop icon's funeral. On Monday, February 20, longtime family friend BeBe Winans told Access Hollywood Live that he thinks Bobbi Kristina is doing great despite the tough times.

"I don't know anything about rehab," admitted the 49-year-old gospel singer when asked about the rumors. He went on to tell hosts Billy Bush and Kit Hoover, "I can tell you from being around her, pretty much all her life, and at the same time being around her in this dark valley, she's doing wonderful. She's doing wonderful."

Another A-list actor has been added to the stellar list of presenters for the 2012 Academy Awards. On Monday, February 20, Oscars telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced that veteran thesp Michael Douglas would do the honor to tackle the presenting duty at the upcoming prestigious prize-giving event.

It is still unclear what prize Douglas will present at next week's Oscars. The two-time Oscar winner has presented the Best Picture kudo three times before, including in 2003. At that time, along with his father Kirk Douglas, he presented the coveted award to "Chicago", in which his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones starred in and won the Best Supporting Actress trophy.

Since learning that Melissa was in the DiLaurentis house before Alison's death, Spencer has been looking forward to a chat with her sister to dig out more information. However, it seems that Spencer will still not get what she wants in the upcoming episode of "Pretty Little Liars" since Melissa will tell her to back off.

Another Liar, Aria, is seemingly haunted by her wrongdoing, but she can't decide if she feels guilty or not when Hanna confronts her about the matter. Meanwhile, Ashley continues her hunt to find answers about what is going on with Hanna with help from a surprising source.

Rick Ross was thrilled that he's named MTV's Hottest MC. The Maybach Music rapper said, "Man, it really means a lot to me, of course, but it's an honor." He added, "It's something I've been watching, something I've been a fan of forever. Of course, MTV, they run the game. MMG, we're here. Shout-out to the whole team."

Rozay beats the likes of Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z. MTV noted that though the rapper didn't have a new album coming out last year, he was all over the place with his songs. "Rick Ross makes raw records, he makes street records. When he gets on a verse, his beat selection is impeccable," MTV Jams' Tuma Basa said.

Though he is now famously known for his portrayal of superhero Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. was actually cast as a supervillain in McG's "Superman" reboot back in 2002. Though the project was dead, the director revealed that Downey Jr. originally signed on to star as Lex Luthor five years before he was attached to Jon Favreau's "Iron Man".

Speaking to Indie Wire during the press junket of "This Means War", McG discussed his former superhero movie project, which once had J.J. Abrams serving as the screenwriter. "We had Robert Downey Jr. locked up to be Lex Luthor, which I think would have been extraordinary," he unveiled.

Vanessa Bryant might be thinking of making a move to New York City. According to TMZ, the estranged wife of Kobe Bryant has been spotted looking for a new apartment in the Big Apple over the weekend when she was in town with her two daughters.

Real estate sources couldn't say whether Vanessa will move away from California, but did note that Kobe was aware his estranged wife's shopping for a new home. On the possible reason why she might leave California, the gossip site reported that Vanessa believes Lakers fans and the wives of Kobe's teammates are not fond of her.

In a comedic way, Stephen Colbert has cleared up rumors surrounding his absence from small screen last week. Resuming the production of "The Colbert Report" on Monday, February 20, he said in his monologue, "As the hub around which the Republic turns, I can understand why the machinery of this great nation ground to a halt last week when you were denied this," while pointing to his own face.

"Some people said that my show was canceled by the Federal Communications Commission at the request of the Federal Election Commission because I was about to announce my presidential candidacy... Not gonna happen," the comedian shut down one of the existing speculations. He then mentioned another false report, "Others said I was canceled because I offended the Catholic church when I compared the Pope's hat to a giant, yet stylish, prophylactic."

It's official, Adam Lambert will sing with Queen next summer. The former contestant of "American Idol" season 8 is set to share the stage with the British rock band at upcoming Sonisphere festival at Knebworth.

"As many suspected, I can finally confirm: I have been invited by Queen to sing one very special concert!" Lambert shares the news to his Twitter followers. The Grammy-nominated singer excitedly adds, "Sonisphere at Knebworth July 7th!"

After ten months of dating, Nick Jonas and Delta Goodrem are couple no more. The youngest member of the Jonas Brothers and the Australian singer announced they have come to a decision to call it quits through her Sydney publicist on Tuesday, February 21.

"Nick and Delta have decided mutually to end their relationship," a joint statement from the former couple read. It continued to note, "At this point in time, they are both focused on their careers as they go on different paths. They remain friends and wish each other the best for the future."

A never-before-seen scene from "The Avengers" has been revealed in a photo that will appear in the latest issue of Empire Magazine. A scan of the fresh image has made its way out onto the web, featuring a new look at Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye, Chris Evans' Captain America and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow.

The picture shows the three superheroes walking side-by-side in what looks like the Helicarrier. Being clad in their full skin-tight costumes, the trio are seen seemingly heading to an important mission.

Gisele Bundchen are Tom Brady are enjoying a tropical vacation after the devastating loss of New England Patriots at Super Bowl XLVI. On Saturday, February 18, the Brazilian supermodel and her quarterback husband were photographed hitting the beach outside of her Santa Teresa home with their son, Benjamin, and a group of friends.

The couple were seen very affectionate at one another, sharing kisses and cuddling while soaking up the sun. At one point, Bundchen played with their son Benjamin. According to X17 Online, the couple invited friends for a beach bonfire. They had locals deliver fresh coconut water and water, and watched the sunset with their friends.

Ben Flajnik made another shocking decision in the latest episode of "The Bachelor". The winemaker sent home the woman who had been deemed a frontrunner to win his heart and seemed to suit him best after going on hometown dates with all four remaining girls.

Before picking the final three, Ben went to Lindzi's hometown in Ocala, Fla. They met at a horse track and Lindzi said how much she loves horses. The couple had a picnic under a tree before they met Lindzi's parents, Harry and Margy Cox.

Rihanna and Chris Brown gave their fans a double treat on February 20, the day she turned 24. In addition to dropping a remix of his single "Turn Up the Music", the former lovers unleash a re-recorded version of her song "Birthday Cake".

"Girl, I wanna f**k you right now/ Been a long time, I've been missing your body," Breezy sing his sexually-dripping lyrics. "Lemme lemme turn the lights down/ When I, when I go down it's a private party/ Ooh ooh, it's not even her birthday/ But I wanna lick the icing off."

Warner Bros. Pictures hasn't confirmed when the first teaser and trailer for Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" will arrive, but possible descriptions for the anticipated sneak peeks have already landed online. A source, who claimed to have watched not just one but two potential trailers for the movie, shared to Comic Book Movie details of the scenes that will be featured in both promo videos.

In the first footage, which is said to be the teaser, [SPOILER ALERT!] Johnny Depp is seen having his mouth "literally soaked with blood". Though so, the movie is "being marketed as a kind of comedy." It is said that audience will hear the sound of a car and Depp shouts at it, "Show yourself Satan!"

Roughly a month before the release of his new album "Wrecking Ball", Bruce Springsteen is generously holding an online listening party for his fans. He kicks it off by streaming "Easy Money", his second track in the album, on Backstreets.

"You put on your red dress for me tonight honey/ We're going on the town now looking for easy money," the Boss croons in his signature raspy voice. "There's nothing to admit sir, you wont hear a sound/ When your whole world comes tumbling down."

Serena will reunite with her father in the upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl". Following [SPOILER ALERT!] CeCe's passing, William Baldwin's William van der Woodsen returns to the Upper East Side to bring the will of Lily's mother.

Still staying in the Upper East Side, Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) will cause a mess to the town and its residents as she declares that she has been "so good for so long" and hints that she will bring back her wicked side. She partners up with Chuck in a scheme, but it has an unpredictable outcome.

Many might not yet be ready to forgive Chris Brown for his 2009 assault on Rihanna, but the "We Found Love" singer herself proves she has already moved past the incident. Receiving a birthday message from her ex-boyfriend on her actual birthday, the Barbadian beauty took to her Twitter to express her gratitude.

On Monday, February 20, Riri wrote simply, "Thanks!", as she retweeted Breezy's post, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBYN!", which refers to her birth name Robyn Rihanna Fenton. Minutes later, the 24-year-old thanked her fans by tweeting, "Ahhhhhhh ALL MY BDAY wishes from my DM to my TL!!!! KRAY! I truly love u guys, thank you so much #RihannaNavy for makin me feel special."

The first trailer for drama film "Cherry" has been made available for viewing pleasure. Featuring Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham and Dev Patel, the sneak-peek video follows a young lady who jumps into a porn business after running away to San Francisco with her best friend.

This indie drama revolves around Hinshaw's Angelina, an 18-year-old girl on the verge of finishing her school. Having an alcoholic mother and a violent step-father, she grows up with a difficult family background. One morning, her boyfriend asks her to take naked pictures for money. Though refusing at first, she later does the photo shoot and uses the money to run away with her best friend (Patel) to San Francisco.

Although she only had a chance to appear in one episode of "The Celebrity Apprentice", Cheryl Tiegs has had something to learn about the show. Stopping by "The Wendy Williams Show" on Monday, February 20 after her elimination was featured in the premiere of the reality show's fifth season, the former supermodel described the situation during the competition as "very mean-spirited."

"I didn't like bullying in high school, let alone as an adult," she tried to explain when host Wendy Williams asked if she had seen the show, which is known for its backstabbing and celebrity meltdowns, before. The 64-year-old said she had seen it, but she wanted to show something different through her performance.

Adding piles to the artists who pay tribute to Whitney Houston by singing, Chris Cornell performed a rendition of her iconic song "I Will Always Love You". The Soundgarden lead singer strummed his guitar and delivered the classic song in an acoustic set.

"I just learned this, so when I mess it up, forgive me," Cornell said, prompting concertgoers to erupt into laughter. The former Audioslave star paid tribute to the late singer in front of the crowd at a recent fund-raising event for President Barack Obama in San Francisco.

Bethenny Frankel has recently suffered a miscarriage. The star of "Bethenny Ever After" made the revelation when stopping by the "Today" show on Monday, February 20 to promote the third season of her Bravo series, telling host Savannah Guthrie, "We were pregnant with a second baby, and at eight weeks I miscarried."

"And that was a very emotional experience, and it had a lot of different things that came with it," the reality star continued on while holding back her tears. "There are so many emotional things that come with it that it's hard to really put into a small conversation. You go through a roller coaster of emotions about it - about your age, about being a woman, about can you have another baby, about are you a failure to your partner, about what if my husband married someone younger."

"Downton Abbey" has just wrapped its second season in the U.S., but talks about the upcoming chapter have been brewing. In a recent PBS chat session, Brendan Coyle confirmed what people might have predicted of his character after seeing the second season finale as saying, "He [John Bates] begins series three in prison."

While he refused to reveal more details of Mr. Bates' future, the BAFTA Award nominee was willing to share other tidbits from the upcoming season. "There is a wedding...or two?" he teased before adding, "Shirley MacLaine is amongst us....the scripts are superb...stick with us."

Jeremy Renner is featured doing what looks like a dangerous stunt in a brand new image from "The Bourne Legacy". Being released in the latest issue of Empire magazine, the photo gives a fresh look at Renner's protagonist character as he slides down on a gap between two walls.

In the fourth "Bourne" movie, Renner will be introduced as a new hero, Aaron Cross, whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. The upcoming film won't see Matt Damon returning as Jason Bourne anymore, but Renner once promised that it will be bigger than the previous movies.

On the day Rihanna turns 24, Chris Brown drops one of their widely-rumored joint tracks. He unveils a revamped version of his new single "Turn Up the Music".

Riri inserts her verses in between the original lyrics and upbeat music of the club-ready song. "Turn up the music cause I feel a little turned on/ Turn up the music, don't you try to turn me down," she sings. "Turn up the music, fill me up and take me down."

Judi Dench has played down concerns that she's losing her vision due to a degenerative eye condition. On Monday, February 20, the actress known for her role as MI6's head, M, in various James Bond films released a statement in response to reports that suggest she's battling to save her eye sight, assuring that her revelation over her eye condition was overblown.

"In response to the numerous articles in the media concerning my eye condition - macular degeneration - I do not wish for this to be overblown," the 77-year-old actress told the press. "This condition is something that thousands and thousands of people all over the world are having to contend with. It's something that I have learnt to cope with and adapt to - and it will not lead to blindness."

"Jersey Shore" star JWoww revealed the names of U.S. presidents she would like to "F**k". In a post on her official site, she listed eight presidents in no particular order to celebrate President's Day. "Happy President's Day...let's be patriotic today," she tweeted the post.

First in the list is Ulysses S. Grant. "I heard he was an alchoholic. Sounds like he liked to party! He kinda looks like that actor Kevin Kline, right? LOL," she wrote under his picture. The reality star commented on her next choice, Abraham Lincoln, "Who knew the dude on the $5 bill wasn't always so hairy. I bet the ladies loved him back in the day."

Minnie Driver is no longer keeping the identity of her baby's daddy a secret although she will keep everyone speculating. The Oscar-nominated actress finally revealed that her three-year-old son's father is a writer on her former television show "The Riches". She did not give out a name.

"I don't need to protect him anymore," the 42-year-old actress said to The Observer magazine. "He can fend for himself. He's a grown-up. We weren't together and he wasn't directly in the business so I chose to protect him and not have a rain of publicity. He's not famous. There's no big story."

Paris Hilton just got richer on her birthday. The hotel heiress won $30,000 in a game of blackjack at Wynn casino in Las Vegas during the weekend. "Just won 30k playing blackjack at @WynnLasVegas," she tweeted on Saturday, February 18, adding, "#BirthdayGirlsLuck! I love gambling!"

Paris turned 31 on February 17. A birthday party was thrown at XS Nightclub by Night Vision Entertainment that day, featuring her rumored boyfriend DJ Afrojack in the spinning table. "Last night was the best birthday party I have ever had in my entire life! The most beautiful amazing extravagant birthday party ever! #YES!" Paris tweeted after the birthday bash.

Items associated to Whitney Houston are up for auction just a day after the singer was laid to rest in New Jersey. Among the things available to purchase are the famous black velvet dress and earrings that she wore in her acting breakthrough movie "The Bodyguard".

The auction will be held through Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills on March 31 and April 1. The dress is valued at $1,000 while a brown satin waistcoat she wore in the film is priced at $400 and the faux-pearl earrings at $600.

Justin Bieber lends his famous face to his newly-signed artist, Carly Rae Jepsen. Together with his girlfriend Selena Gomez, Disney star Ashley Tisdale and Jepsen's other friends, Bieber appears in a new music video for "Call Me Maybe".

Jepsen, a Canadian idol, was recently signed to Bieber's manager Scooter Braun's Schoolboy Records. "I teamed up with Scooter Braun and Jimmy Iovine. When I was in Canada, I heard a song on the radio called 'Call Me Maybe,' and I thought it was a smash. So I started doing my research and stuff and found out who it was. Her name is Carly Rae Jepsen and I want everyone to know we signed her, so everyone can check her out. She's gonna blow up," Bieber said.