July 24, 2012

Kreayshawn stars in a colorful, comic book-themed music video for single "Go Hard (La.La.La.)". The song comes from the female rapper's upcoming album, "Somethin 'Bout Kreay", which is due Stateside on August 14.

In the video, she calls up her girlfriends V-Nasty and Lil Debbie from the White Girl Mob to cruise around the technicolor fantasy world. The lyrics appear in speech bubbles as Kreayshawn pops in and out of different comic book panels.

"MasterChef" has got a new season order from FOX. The network announced on Monday, July 23 that the competitive cooking reality show, which is based on the British BBC series of the same title, would return for a fourth season.

"Gordon and the producers really took MasterChef to a whole new level this year," FOX's head of alternative Mike Darnell said in a statement. "The talent is absolutely fantastic, the competition is unbelievably intense, and it's become one of the most compelling, heart-stopping hours on television."

Having worked with Demi Lovato and Britney Spears for several weeks, Simon Cowell expressed his opinions on the two new judges of "The X Factor (US)". Speaking to reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour on Monday, July 23 via satellite from Miami, the British music producer claimed that both singers were tougher than him and L.A. Reid.

"They are harder to please than me or [L.A. Reid]," Cowell said of Lovato and Spears, who join the judging panel in the show's sophomore season. "They are very happy giving people a 'no.' They definitely have their own opinions, but that's why we hired them."

Rita Ora sings about fame and fortune in her new track "Roc the Life". The rock-infused song starts off with percussions, but the sound is soon joined by gritty guitar strums.

She describes herself as a "prima donna" who can "kick a motherf***er to the cizzurb" in the song. She also sings that she "can't express enough how much I want it" and talks about living the "roc life." She describes her big dream even more as crooning, "Baby one day I wanna be there/ Beyond the stars like a zillionaire."

The adorable Minions in the "Despicable Me" film franchise are getting their own big screen treatment. Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have planned a spin-off movie for the cute yellow creatures, Deadline reports.

The Minions standalone film project is still untitled, but it is said that it will introduce some new characters in addition to featuring the ones that were already featured in the original "Despicable Me". The story will focus on the little creatures' interaction with human characters.

Rick Ross lost his valuable stuff worth of thousands of dollars during a recent trip. The tour bus the Maybach Music Group rap mogul rode with his entourage was robbed over the weekend while parking in Detroit.

The burglar(s) stole jewelry, clothes and other personal property and destroyed the vehicle in the process, a law enforcement source tells TMZ. No one was injured since Rozay and his group stayed in a hotel nearby.

Kate Gosselin may be plotting her TV comeback. Almost a year since her reality series "Kate Plus 8" was canceled by TLC, the 37-year-old mother of eight is said to have signed up to star in a new dating show that will follow her in search for love.

"She is ready to get back into the dating game," a source tells E! Online, adding that Gosselin is currently looking for a network to team up with her for the new show. The source adds, "She is ready to find love again and to move on from her past. She's excited, this is a chance to start something new."

An official teaser for an upcoming music video for Jennifer Lopez's track "Goin' In" featuring Flo Rida has been released. The full video will be out on Wednesday, July 25 at 7:50 P.M. ET via MTV.

"My #GoinIn video premieres this Wednesday! Check out a sneak peek It's on my greatest hits album, out tomorrow!" the mother of two tweeted about the premiere and her latest compilation album "Dance Again".

Focus Features has released a very elegant six-minute clip of "Anna Karenina". Showcasing a high-end ball for a group of socialites in late 19th century, the long sneak peek focuses on Keira Knightley who's attracted to a man she meets during the formal event. Due to her flirty attitude, Knightley's on-screen husband Jude Law must warn her to behave more properly since everyone in the upper-class society thinks that she's cheating on him.

"Anna Karenina" unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Knightley's titular character questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community.

What happened when a fight broke out in the Jackson family's Calabasas home might have been revealed if Radar Online could be trusted. According to the publication, Randy, Jermaine Jackson and Janet Jackson came to the house to take Michael Jackson's children with them, but their attempt was met with resistance.

They reportedly would fly Prince, Blanket and Paris Jackson to Arizona where their grandmother Katherine currently stays. "Randy was telling Prince Michael he had to leave with them and that he had a private jet chartered to take them all to Arizona to see Katherine. Prince firmly held his ground and told Randy he wasn't going anywhere with them," a source stated.

Trey Songz has debuted the music video for his new single "Simply Amazing". The R&B singer looks cool and casual in this flirty, yet very romantic visuals to go along with its sweet lyrics. The sweet and blissful music video was directed by Justin Francis.

Trey and his leading lady act out some lines from the song, "Her head is on my chest/ The sun comes rolling in/ We're lost in these covers/ And all I feel is skin/ I slowly kiss your face." He then serenades her by softly singing, "Beautiful in every way/ You are, you are."

While some actors will be appearing less in "Glee" season 4 than in the previous seasons, Chord Overstreet will have more scenes in the upcoming season. It has been reported that the Sam Evans depicter is upped to a series regular when he returns for the forthcoming chapter.

Beside Evans and the remaining members such as Tina, Artie and Blaine, the New Directions will welcome a new addition. "Blue Lagoon: The Awakening" star Jacob Artist has been cast in the role of Jake, Puck's younger half-brother who auditions for the glee club, but his bad-boy attitude could land him in trouble.

Before opening nationwide on Friday, July 27, "The Watch (2012)" threw a Hollywood premiere on Monday night. The sci-fi comedy's main cast members, Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn and Richard Ayoade, were all on hand to support the special screening event taking place at the Grauman's Chinese Theater.

Stealing the spotlight was Stiller, who stepped on the red carpet along with his wife Christine Taylor. Stiller looked dapper in a gray suit that he paired with matching shirt and blue tie, while his blond beauty wife let out her inner sexiness in a one-shoulder navy dress that she paired with golden necklace and bangles.

Bristol Palin denies her son Tripp dropped an anti-gay slur in a recent episode of her reality show "Life's a Tripp". The kid was caught on camera saying a bleeped-out word believed to be "f****t," but the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin clarifies on her blog that her little boy actually said the other F-word.

"As I've said before, I sometimes struggle to raise Tripp. However, he does NOT use slurs. This is not true. On the most recent episode of Life's a Tripp, the Huffington Post is reporting that my son said the word 'f-gg-t'," the single mother states. "Let me be clear. I'm not proud of what he did say. Sadly, he used a different 'f word'."

"The Vampire Diaries" fans might not want to miss every single episode of season 4 because there will be some first-time moments for Elena. Beside trying on her new power as a vampire, the Mystic Falls beauty will engage in her "first hot vampire sex" early in the season, so executive producer Julie Plec spills.

Nina Dobrev chimes in on her character's sexy act, "It's like she's going through puberty and vampire sex is going to feel like her first time." While keeping the identity of Elena's male partner a secret, Plec hints at the possible lucky guy, "Elena saved Matt's life, so he's going to end up paying it forward in a very peculiar way."

Those who watched "The Bachelorette" finale might notice there was a long pause after Jef Holm proposed to Emily Maynard. What the single mother was thinking and how the entrepreneur felt during the prolonged silence were revealed by the newly-engaged couple when they visited "Good Morning America" recently.

"I've taken a lot of heat for it," Emily told Lara Spencer. "Well, I mean it was kind of a surprise because we'd never really talked about an engagement, even though I should have known. But really, I just wanted to soak in the moment and like really make a decision from my heart and just take in the moment and remember it."

Tony Stark and his BFF Rhodey will likely face off against each other in "Iron Man 3". The tension will be rising between them because of jealousy over a certain suit, according to Don Cheadle. The said suit itself is none other than the much-talked-about "Iron Patriot armor", which has previously been teased in several on-set photos.

Speaking to MTV News, Cheadle explains how problems will spark after Rhodey a.k.a War Machine gets his new patriotic armor. "We've got a private sector and a public sector, or rather a military version of Iron Man," he says. "And I think there is a desire from the powers that be to make sure that those things are distinguished and distinguishable so that we know where everybody stands."

Late singer Amy Winehouse has managed to stay on the charts after her passing. It has been a year since the star died on July 23, 2011, and while her short career did not leave a vast catalog of her music, whatever little she left behind is still selling.

She sold 855,000 albums in the United States since her death with 110,000 of the sum sold within eight days after her passing, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In digital downloads of songs, the songstress moved 1.15 million in the U.S. since she passed away, 281,000 of which was sold in the eight days after her death.

Showtime has debuted a new promo each to hype up the return of its two shows, "Dexter" and "Homeland". Still focusing on the aftermath of Deb's shocking discovery about her brother, the teaser for the crime series offers a flashback to the Bay Harbor Butcher case and hints at a new problem faced by Dexter and Debra now that the pieces start to be put together.

The "Homeland" promo also includes cuts of footage from the previous season, while showing Carrie standing with an intense look. It hints at her struggle to get her memories back, before she remembers the important information she has learned in the first season finale.

Collecting a whopping $160.9 million on its debut weekend in North America alone, "The Dark Knight Rises" is giving back to the Aurora community following a tragic shooting incident that killed 12 moviegoers and injured more than 50 others. Warner Bros. will donate a "substantial" amount of money to help victims and their families.

The giant movie studio confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter they contacted Colorodo governor John Hickenlooper's office and announced they would deliver the charity through givingfirst.org. Also, WB CEO Barry Meyer would send an email to the employees, encouraging them to make personal donations to the cause.

DreamWorks Animation will likely make a lot of new big screen takes on various classic children tales. The Glendale-based animation studio has officially acquired Classic Media, which owned the rights to such characters as Casper the Friendly Ghost, The Lone Ranger, Where's Waldo, Lassie, George of the Jungle and Postman Pat.

The Steven Spielberg-founded company bought the rights to Classic for a reported $155 million in cash. Upon announcing the acquisition on Monday, July 23, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said, "Classic Media brings a large and diverse collection of characters and branded assets that is extremely complementary to DreamWorks Animation's franchise business."

Although Mila Kunis vehemently denied she's dating Ashton Kutcher, their public display of affection at a recent wrap party of his new movie "Jobs" showed otherwise. The new couple were caught on camera cuddling and locking lips in front of other guests.

In some pictures obtained by X17 Online, Kunis and Kutcher were spotted sitting on a balcony. The former girlfriend of Macaulay Culkin and the estranged husband of Demi Moore were joined by a group of people who were supposedly the crew of the Steve Jobs biopic.

After signing out from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", Laurence Fishburne is apparently not completely leaving the small screen. The Tony Award winner is said to be currently in talks to join NBC's "Hannibal".

According to TVLine, the Noland depicter in "Predators" will be seen tackling a pivotal role of Jack Crawford, who is the Agent-in-Charge of the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. The Peacock, however, remains mum on the possible casting of Fishburne.

Two big action stars are expected to share screen in "Ten". Variety has reported that "Terminator Salvation" actor Sam Worthington is in talks to join the original "Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger in the upcoming David Ayer-directed action thriller.

Details of what character Worthington will tackle are still kept under tight wraps, but it is said that he "plans to accept" the offer. It is also still unclear when director Ayer will kick off the production of the upcoming film.

There's a new birthday anthem out courtesy of 2 Chainz and Kanye West. The collaboration is a track titled "Birthday Song".

Yeezy and his protege rap about how they want to celebrate the day they came into the world. There are some rhymes about being entitled to more than a "new sweater" and asking their lady to "do better" next time.

After presented a cake on stage of 2012 Teen Choice Awards, Selena Gomez celebrated her birthday with her boyfriend Justin Bieber. The young couple went on a dinner at Beverly Hills restaurant Il Cielo on Sunday night, July 22.

They were joined by family and friends. "Beyond blessed, so much love. Thank you for the most incredible birthday yet! I'm truly, truly grateful. I love my family, friends and all of you," tweeted the birthday girl who turned 20 on that day.

Shia LaBeouf looks serious in a first official still of Robert Redford's "The Company You Keep". Examining a laptop while sitting alone at a cafeteria, the "Transformers" actor is pictured sporting a nerdy look complete with big-framed spectacles in his portrayal of an ambitious young reporter in the upcoming political thriller.

In additon to LaBeouf's first look, Collider unleashes two more stills that offer first look at Brit Marling and Redford himself. Marling is seen standing in a camel-colored trench coat which is paired with a postman bag, while Redford is featured staring at something behind what looks like a car window.

Mindy Kaling has got a new starring vehicle with "The Mindy Project", but she will spare some time to visit "The Office". At the Television Critics Association's summer press tour, the actress/writer has confirmed that she will return for at least two episodes of the NBC show's season 9.

"I'm headed back for the premiere and maybe another episode," she said during the Monday, July 23 panel to promote her upcoming show. She added about reprising Kelly Kapoor, "I got so attached to that character even though I have, like, one line maybe every episode. It will be fun to see what happens to Kelly."

The dispute among Michael Jackson's family members turned physical on Monday, July 23. While the family matriarch, Katherine, was resting in Arizona due to health reason, a fight broke out among her family members in her Calabasas home. Police was called to the scene.

"Lost Hills deputies responded to a family disturbance at the home of Katherine Jackson in the city of Calabasas. Deputies determined that a physical altercation had occurred, a battery. It involved members on the Jackson family," said Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Department.

After playing Selina Kyle a.k.a Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises", Anne Hathaway is apparently interested to reprise the iconic role once again. In an interview with Digital Spy, the 29-year-old actress opens up that she would love to work on a standalone film for Catwoman only if director Christopher Nolan is on board.

"I think it would be lovely to see more of her but only if it's with the right people," so Hathaway states. "She lives in this Gotham City and so it would have to be established by the people who have made this Gotham City. For me, at least."

"American Idol" has nabbed Mariah Carey as a new judge for its twelfth season. Dropping the big news was none other than Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly. "It's the biggest recording artist than any of these [singing competition] shows have ever had," he said at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in Beverly Hills on Monday, July 23.

"It's an artist many contestants have tried to emulate, tried to hit the songs, hit the notes. [The deal] only concluded only hours ago," Reilly added. He went on revealing that Randy Jackson, who is Carey's co-manager, was "instrumental" in making the deal sealed.

The final figure of the North American box office has finally been published, revealing "The Dark Knight Rises" victory on the chart. Amid the Aurora shooting tragedy, the Batman movie claims $160.9 million on its debut weekend.

Though the result is relatively walloping, it still doesn't reach previous estimation that the film would open to $180-$200 million. Still, the first weekend gross marks the third-biggest debut of all time and the best ever for a non-3D movie.

Fred Willard once again insisted that the story about his recent lewd conduct arrest in an adult theater was exaggerated. While responding to the allegation, the actor/comedian offered a review on the movie he watched before he was taken into custody.

"Wait til u hear my version; much more PG," Fred promised to tell his side of story soon. Without mentioning the title of the movie, he added in the same tweet, "& my review, lousy film, but theater would make a terrific racquetball court. Full story 2 follow."

Sofia Vergara is the latest celebrity nabbed to contribute to "Family Guy" season 11. The "Modern Family" star is making a cameo as Peter Griffin's fantasy love interest, Entertainment Weekly reported.

Peter will be involved in a cutaway gag as a "telenovela lothario" in an upcoming episode. Vergara will be voicing his "sassy" lover as well as a woman selling roses in a restaurant. Quagmire is "wooing" Peter so that Peter will do him a big favor.

Cybill Shepherd has accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Andrei Nikolajevic. "I'm engaged," the 62-year-old actress confirmed to New York Daily News. "He was a jeweler. Now, he's a psychologist. He's Serbian."

Nikolajevic popped the question several weeks ago in New York City with a white gold sparkler. "It was very romantic and on one knee. I never thought I'd get married again," Shepherd said.

"American Idol" want to make sure they have searched in every nook and corner of America for its season 12 talents. On Monday, July 23, "American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour", "Nominate An Idol" program and online auditions were introduced as three new ways contestants can enter the competition.

There will be 10 towns visited by a mobile audition bus next month. They are Idaho Falls, ID; Billings, MT; Casper, WY; Rock Rapids, IA; Iowa City, IA; Bowling Green, KY; Clarksdale, MS; Joplin, MO; Dodge City, KA; and Grand Junction, CO. More details about the location and time will be revealed at later time.

Jena Malone has accepted the offer to play Johanna Mason in "The Hunger Games" sequel, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Mason is a crucial character who will appear also in the trilogy's last installment, "Mockingjay".

In the Suzanne Collins book series, Mason is a former Hunger Games winner from District 7 who uses an ax to kill her enemies. She participates in the 75th Hunger Games when past winners are forced to make a comeback for Quarter Quell. She pretends to be a weakling so nobody will see her as a threat but she later proves herself to be a vicious killer.

The "The Roommate" star Minka Kelly finds herself in the middle of a sex tape scandal. A 30-minute long video, which quite possibly was shot when Kelly was a minor, is being shopped around for the highest bidder, TMZ reported.

In a semi-professional manner, the tape was shot in New Mexico featuring the 32-year-old actress and a former boyfriend. The camera was secured by a tripod and hooked up to a TV monitor, meaning Kelly and the boyfriend can watch themselves in action. Kelly is said very aware of the camera.