March 10, 2012

Gabriel Aubry is off the hook after a judge closed a pending child-endangerment case put up against him. Halle Berry's ex and baby daddy appeared in the dependency court on Thursday, March 8 for the hearing of a case brought up upon suggestion from the Los Angeles County Department of Family and Children Services.

A former nanny reported Aubry to the DFCS, accusing the model of yelling and shoving her while she was holding his daughter Nahla. DCFS went in to investigate, including interviewing Berry whose words are sealed in court documents. However, the org could not find any evidence of Nahla in any danger, suggesting at the court that Aubry's visit for Nahla to be no longer supervised.

There's an unpleasant rumor floating around about Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina. Hollywood Life reported that the 19-year-old is in a romantic relationship with Whitney's unofficial adopted son, Nicholas Gordon, who is consequently Bobbi's brother.

Bobbi reportedly kissed Nicholas in the lips and did not even try to hide their affection for each other while shopping at Georgia's Target on March 9. "Bobbi and Nick were in the music section and then all over the store. Bobbi was kissing him on the mouth and holding hands. They were laughing and smiling and seemed SO happy," eyewitnesses told the site.

When "The Vampire Diaries" returns with a new episode next week, fans will get flashbacks to the Salvatore Brothers in 1912. As previewed in a new clip, Damon and Stefan had their first encounter that year after taking different paths almost 50 years before.

Damon is not too happy to meet his brother again, noting how Stefan took part in his transition to a vampire. Stefan, however, insists he has become a different person and offers his brother to have a drink together.

Kim Delaney finally addresses the September 2011 incident where she had to be escorted off the stage at a military event due to her rambling speech. The Jenny Gardner of ABC's "All My Children" shares her side of the story to Entertainment Weekly, calling it a "bad week" before saying, "I wasn't feeling great."

Not being in her best condition wasn't the only excuse Delaney offered. "There were technical problems," so the "Army Wives" star claimed. She added, "I was prepared, but it didn't come out that way. It was like the perfect storm for something to go wrong. And then it goes viral! There's just nothing you can do [but] deal with it, right?"

Eddie Murphy's latest comedy movie, "A Thousand Words", has been included in Rotten Tomatoes' list of worst reviewed films ever. The widely panned movie becomes the first 2012's wide release pic which earns a zero score from film critics aggregated on the reliable movie site. The "perfect zero" score marks a historic critical attack that puts the comedian in a special category.

Rotten Tomatoes' editor in chief, Matt Atchity, said to The Hollywood Reporter of the disappointing result of Murphy's upcoming comedy. "Since we put a score up for a film with as little as five reviews, there are a lot of very small films that have releases, but for wide releases, there are probably only 3 or 4 dozens [zeroes] going back to the start of the site in 1999," he explained.

Michael Madsen has another run in with the law. The Hollywood actor, who starred opposite Uma Thurman in the two volumes of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill", was arrested in Malibu, California at 3:55 P.M. PST Friday, March 9, TMZ reported. He was booked on suspicion of felony child endangerment.

According to a law enforcement source, a call about a family dispute was made from Madsen's home prior to the arrest. It is said that the 54-year-old actor, who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, got into a physical fight with one of his sons. While the son didn't need medical attention following the altercation, the cops did see several signs of injury on him.

The first look at "Dancing with the Stars" rehearsals has been shared in a video coming out via ET Online. Jack Wagner and Anna Trebunskaya, Melissa Gilbert and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, as well as Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd are the couples getting the highlight in the sneak peek.

Singing praises to Jack, Anna calls the actor a hard worker and a musical person. Jack additionally brings some fun to the studio since he admits that he has fooled the red-haired dancer several times.

Another emotional tribute performance was delivered in memory of Whitney Houston. This time around, it's Robin Thicke who took the stage to honor the late New Jersey singer. The husband of actress Paula Patton performed her 1995 single "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" while playing a piano.

Thicke did the cover on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", and held back his tears near the end of the performance. "I'm sorry, I got a little choked up everybody," he said. "I was actually thinking about her the whole time." On Twitter, he wrote, "We miss you dearly. Your legacy will live on with us forever."

Coolio has found himself being placed behind bars at the same Las Vegas jail his son is being held. The 48-year-old, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was booked in the Clark County Detention Center in the wee hours of Friday, March 9 morning after being arrested on a warrant that charged him with failure to appear in court on a traffic ticket nearly two years ago.

Officer Laura Meltzer told The Associated Press that police stopped a vehicle, in which Coolio was a passenger, several blocks east of the Las Vegas Strip at around 2:20 A.M. for a routine traffic violation. When the cops put the "Gangsta's Paradise" rapper's in the system, two active bench warrants for his arrest stemming from multiple traffic violations popped out.

Toni Braxton is back with a brand new single. Through the song titled "I Heart You", she eyes party crowd just in time for the approaching summer. Written and co-produced by herself, the song is a club anthem featuring uplifting beat which complements her powerful vocals quite well.

"When I wrote this song I was thinking about the feeling you get when you walk into a club and you hear the melody," the singer recalled. "You feel the beat and you just know it's going to be a good night.." She's expected to include the song in her next studio installment.

"The Avengers" has yet to arrive in the U.S. theaters, but already director Joss Whedon discussed his vision for its sequel. Sharing to SFX, the "Buffy and the Vampire Slayer" creator opened up that he wants the follow-up film to be "smaller" and "more painful" than the first movie, which will hit cinemas nationwide on May 4.

Asked how "Avengers 2" could possibly best its mega-budgeted predecessor, the 47-year-old moviemaker stated, "By not trying to. By being smaller. More personal, more painful." He added, "By being the next thing that should happen to these characters, and not just a rehash of what seemed to work the first time. By having a theme that is completely fresh and organic to itself."

Adam Lambert gave his devotees a first listen to his new songs when doing a promotional show in Atlanta recently. The "Sleepwalker" singer performed three songs, "Chokehold", "Cuckoo" and title track of his upcoming studio album "Trespassing".

Lambert originally planned to release his album in the United States on March 20, but later pushed it back for a "Mapril" release. He has released its lead single "Better Than I Know Myself" last December, and is currently prepping a bundle of remixes.

Angelina Jolie's "Girl, Interrupted" role has inspired one of the major characters in "American Horror Story" season 2. The Ryan Murphy-created show is currently looking for an actress to play the arch nemesis for Jessica Lange's character and the casting notice mentions, "...think Angelina Jolie in 'Girl, Interrupted'," when describing the character.

According to TVLine, the regular character named Gia is "a fierce, ferocious, extremely sexual and dangerous wild-child sexpot who harbors a secret." The FX horror drama series seeks for a Caucasian actress in her mid-20s to take on the role.

Despite the fact that they have recently been involved in a dispute over "Bully" R rating, Harvey Weinstein and the Motion Picture Association of America will team up to host a special screening event for the controversial documentary together. On Friday, March 9, MPAA also announced that the two sides will also participate in a panel discussion that will be held after the screening.

Both sides have agreed to play nice for one day for the film's screening in Washington D.C. on Thursday, March 15 though they continue to have disagreement on the film's rating. The invitation-only event will also be attended by a number of Washington D.C.-area educators, parents and students.

Nick Cannon is opening up more about his recent health woes. Nearly a week after informing public that he has a "lupus-type" autoimmune disease, the "America's Got Talent" host sat down with Piers Morgan for CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight", and revealed that his illness was a rare one.

After he suffered from kidney failure, Cannon said that the doctors "found out that I have lupus nephritis, which is an autoimmune disease," through a bunch of tests and studies. The multi-talented husband of Mariah Carey went on to note, "It's a rare one. Mine was a very rare case, but it's attacking only my kidneys."

Madonna oozes sex appeal in an official teaser for her upcoming "Girl Gone Wild" music video. She rocks a tight-fitting outfit and moves her body seductively to the bouncy beat of the elctrop/pop song. The other provocative scenes include her dancing in chains, blowing smoke to the camera, and being sandwiched by two shirtless hunks who later make out with each other.

The sexually-charged music video was directed by Mert and Marcus, the same persons who created the artwork for Madge's "MDNA" album, which is due in the United States on March 26. They also worked with the Material Girl in a photoshoot for Interview magazine.

Days leading to "The Bachelor" season finale, spoilers from the "After the Final Rose" have been leaked online. According to Reality Steve, Ben Flajnik and the woman he proposed to in the Final Rose ceremony, [SPOILER ALERT!] Courtney Robertson, would address the ups and downs in their relationship.

The winemaker reportedly denied he cheated on Courtney with a string of women, and claimed the girls on the recently published pictures were just friends. Meanwhile, Courtney being photographed trying wedding dress was said to be done on purpose to shift her focus after Ben's alleged cheating was blown up on media.

Investigation into Whitney Houston's untimely death is inching closer to an end. An inside source has informed CNN on Friday, March 9 that investigators have concluded the logistical part of their inquiry, and added that the late pop icon's toxicology report is expected to be completed "on or around March 23rd."

According to the source, the investigators have contacted all physicians and pharmacies who are connected to Houston, and found nothing appears to be suspicious. It is noted, however, that officials are currently reviewing additional medical information to be used in the final ruling on the "It's Not Right but It's Okay" singer's cause of death.

Shortly after the first elimination night of "American Idol" on March 8, a song which was used to bid adieu to the outcast hit the web. Titled "Please Remember Me", the farewell track was recorded by last year's "Idol" winner Scotty McCreery. It's a revamped version of Tim McGraw's 1999 hit single.

"It's always a sad time whenever this song is played, but it's definitely a really big part of the show," Scotty said. "I never had to experience that feeling personally, but I always felt the pain because we became such a close family on the show. We were such a tight-knit group of people, so it was always sad to see people go. The send-off song was always a way to stay connected to the show. I'm glad they chose me to do it."

Teri Hatcher's was once in danger of losing her "Desperate Housewives" job. During the trial between Nicollette Sheridan and Marc Cherry on Thursday, March 8, it was revealed that Hatcher's Susan Mayer was considered to be written out of the story back in 2008.

According to George Perkins, the show's longtime line producer, Hatcher who is one of the leading ladies was under discussion to be let go due to money issue. James Denton's Mike Delfino was considered to be written out in season 5 as well, but it's Sheridan's Edie Brit who eventually got the axe.

After landing a role as an Axl Rose-like 80s rock star in "Rock of Ages", Tom Cruise could end up showing off his singing skills for one more time in his next film. Deadline broke the news that the 49-year-old actor is officially in talks with Clint Eastwood to join Beyonce Knowles in musical drama "A Star Is Born".

Should the deal be sealed, Cruise will be playing an "over the hill musician" who helps boost the career of a rising star he falls in love with. Knowles will portray the star, who watches Cruise's character sliding while her career shines.

It has been 15 years since Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, but love and respect for the rapper are still very much tangible. On the anniversary of his death on Friday, March 9, the likes of Lil' Kim, P. Diddy and many other celebrities took to Twitter to pay tribute to the fallen rapper.

Kim, who was the protege of the rapper who is also known as Biggie Smalls, first wrote, "Today is a very speacial day. Bittersweet for me...but special." She followed it up with another post that reads, "15 years ago we lost a brilliant iconic musical genius & a man who I called Big Poppa & loved so dearly & proud to say is my family!!!"

Taylor Swift earned money more than any other music act during the year of 2011, according to Billboard. From sitting at No. 6 last year, the 22-year-old country music crooner jumped to the first spot by pocketing $35 million from the sales of her albums and songs, her world tour and songwriting royalties. She collected 17% more than the take-home pay of last year's biggest money maker Lady GaGa.

Swift sold 1.8 million copies of albums with her latest effort "Speak Now" on the lead (967,000 units). The young singer additionally pulled in 7.8 million digital tracks from her catalog, but it was her tour which became her most beneficial source of income. She's estimated to have cashed in $88.5 million gross in the United States alone, and have netted a grand total of $29.8 million from the roadshow.

First trailer for the long-awaited movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac's fabled novel, "On the Road", has been debuted. The video is presented from the perspective of Sam Riley's Sal Paradise while he embarks on a road trip with free-spirited Dean Moriarty, played by Garrett Hedlund. It also sees Kristen Stewart playing Dean's young wife, Marylou, who is shamelessly flashing skin and dancing wildly in front of males.

The movie is set in the 1940s, the rising era of Beat movement. It is narrated by Kerouac's thinly veiled alter ego, Sal, who gets inspired to hit the road to see America. The story revolves around his ups and downs as he hitchhikes, hops trains, meets other travelers, struggles for meals and explores the themes of freedom and longing.

$10 million is apparently not enough to lure Britney Spears to join "The X Factor (US)". After words came out that the pop singer has been offered the aforementioned amount of money to be a judge on the show's sophomore season, new reports say she wants more.

According to E! Online's source, both camps have "been negotiating for some time", mainly to discuss about the money. The source adds that the "Womanizer" hitmaker is sticking to her demand of $16 million paycheck.

Dick Van Dyke has become a newlywed at the age of 86. The veteran actor, who takes the role of Cecil Fredricks on "Night at the Museum", exchanged wedding vows with his 40-year-old girlfriend, Arlene Silver, on Leap Day, February 29. To RumorFix, he spilled, "Kinda on the spur of the moment, we just decided Leap Day would be the best time to do it."

Speaking of Silver, Van Dyke revealed that he and his second wife met at the SAG Awards six years ago. "I was in the green room and she passed through and I was bowled over by her beauty," he recalled. Silver then became his personal makeup artist, and the two "kind of fell in love" the last couple of years, the Golden Globe nominee added.

"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm has publicly slammed reality stars Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton for contributing to the "stupidity" culture. To the new issue of Elle U.K., the actor said such culture is honored and "the idea of being 'elite' is somehow considered a negative."

He continued, "Whether it's Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated. Being a f***ing idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you're rewarded significantly." He added, "Incuriousness has become cool ... It's celebrated. It doesn't make sense to me."

John Mayer sadly announced that his Spring tour will be canceled following his persistent throat condition. In a lengthy blog post on Tumblr on Friday, March 8, the singer wrote, "I have no choice but to take an indefinite break from live performing."

He began explaining, "During rehearsal on Tuesday, it came to mind that I should see my throat doctor because something didn't feel/sound right. I went in for a visit on Wednesday and a scope of my vocal cords revealed that the granuloma has grown back where it had mostly healed. This is bad news. Because of this, I have no choice but to take an indefinite break from live performing. Though there will be a day when all of this will be behind me, it will sideline me for a longer period of time than I care to have you count down."

Dennis Quaid's marriage to Kimberly Buffington-Quaid is on the rocks and the couple reportedly is looking at a divorce as problem-solving option. Some court papers obtained by TMZ revealed Kimberly as the one who filed for the divorce based on the reason that things have "become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities."

At the same time, it is reported by NY Daily News that Dennis cheated on Kimberly with racqueteer Sascha Bajin's date in a party thrown by Serena Williams last month. Bajin's tweet which has been taken down allegedly said, "I simply got Quaided ...Lol! He stole my date and made me drive him and her to his hotel." A rep for Dennis denied the claim and said that the actor is "still married" to Kimberly.

A "Glee" tribute episode for the late Whitney Houston is finally being made. According to recent reports, the FOX show is working on an episode that will celebrate Houston's music and feature eight of her popular songs. The episode will revolve around the McKinley High School students having a hard time saying goodbye to each other before the graduation.

Although the episode is not yet officially announced, cast member Lea Michele has given several hints on her Twitter. "Starting a new episode today. A very special tribute to one of the worlds most amazing singers. Very excited about this one," Michele wrote later adding, "Singing a really great rendition of one of my favorite songs today with @MsAmberPRiley @NayaRivera and @chriscolfer :)."