December 01, 2012

Cindy Lee Garcia, the actress who appears in controversial anti-Muslim movie "Innocence of Muslims", failed in her latest attempt to take down the film from YouTube. On Friday, November 30, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Fitzgerald denied her request for the movie removal, reasoning that she would likely lost her case.

Cindy previously asked the court to grant her a temporary restraining order barring YouTube from spreading the film online based on claim that she was duped by the producer Mark Bassely Youssef a.k.a Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, but her plea was turned down. The rejection led her to file a bigger lawsuit naming Nakoula, YouTube and its parent company Google as defendants.

Lady GaGa shares to her devotees her adventure during a South African holiday in a form of Twitter pictures. The Mother Monster visits a nature reserve in the exotic country and takes time to snap pictures of her with a background of some lions lying on the grass.

"SAFARI PICTURE: in this photo I'm about 10 feet from 13 lions, 2 cubs. I spent about 30 minutes w them and took a nap!" she writes along with a photo, before adding another with a caption that reads, "The lion pride even woke up at one point and let us come closer :)."

Angus T. Jones gets support from his alleged girlfriend Sarah M. following his headline-grabbing statement about his show "Two and a Half Men". The girl known online as Stalker Sarah told NY Daily News, "He's [Angus] not having a meltdown or a breakdown," after attending an evening prayer service at Valley Crossroads Seventh-day Adventist Church in Pacoima, California on Wednesday, November 29.

The actor's superfan defended his action, saying, "He never expected anyone to see that video. It was not a big deal." On his relationship with the 19-year-old actor, she explained, "He's my best friend. We're really close."

Gabrielle Douglas said her journey to Olympics was filled with bumps on the road, and she now says that during those hardship, she once considered to quit her training. The Gold medalist tells PEOPLE she almost gave up her dream to work in fast food restaurant, Chick-Fil-A.

"What was I thinking?" the young athlete says now that she pocketed two Gold medals from London Olympic Games last summer. "My life has changed so much," she gushes about her life post her double victory at the world-caliber competition. "It's been really fun."

Ryan Reynolds' potential starring vehicle "Highlander" has lost its director. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who was attached to take the directing duty of the reboot project during the last year, has reportedly exited the film.

According to Deadline, Fresnadillo's departure was amicable since he and Summit Entertainment had different views of the film. The studio will now look for another director for the project. Previously, "Fast and Furious" helmer Justin Lin was attached to direct it.

Jemima Kirke is now a mother of two. She and her husband Michael Mosberg welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday, November 20, according to PEOPLE. A source confirmed to Us Weekly, "Jemima and Mike had the baby about a week ago. It's a boy named Memphis."

Lena Dunham, who is Jemima's co-star on "Girls", hinted about the birth of Jemima's second child as tweeting on Wednesday, November 21, "Yesterday was amazing. One of my friends had a baby, one got engaged and the doctor told me the bump on my tongue is nothing to worry about." The source also revealed Lena's reaction to the happy news, saying, "The 'Girls' crew and Lena are so happy for her!"

After a long wait, Metallica rockers finally gain control of master recordings from their extensive catalog. They leave Warner Music Group which became their home since 1980's and officially launch their very own record label, Blackened Recordings.

"Some of you, who have followed along throughout the years, are aware that in 1994 we renegotiated our contract with the Warner Music Group, which resulted in a joint venture with our record company for releasing all of our recordings including long form videos," they say in a statement.

Liz Lemon tied the knot with James Marsden's Criss Chross in a November 29 outing of "30 Rock". Making it more special, the episode featured a surprise cameo by Tina Fey's daughter Alice Richmond who portrayed the little Liz.

Seven-year-old Alice appeared in a flashback scene as Liz recalled the time she became a bridesmaid at her aunt's wedding. The said scene revealed the origin of Liz's signature eye roll. NBC hasn't confirmed whether if it's actually Alice who played the little Liz.

A few days after her war of words with Chris Brown made headlines, Jenny Johnson has finally spoken up about the Twitter feud. In a long statement released to GQ on Friday, November 30, she said she's not sorry for what happened and just wanted "to clear some things up."

"This is not an apology," Jenny stated. "My first thought following my Twitter exchange with Chris Brown on Sunday was to ignore it until it went away." She also said that she didn't expect that the feud would be such a long-time debate and caused her to gain so much attention. She thought it would go away after a day passed.

Stevie Wonder is no longer scheduled to perform in a fundraiser benefitting Israeli soldiers. The artist, who has served as United Nations' Messenger of Peace since 2009, pulls out of the scheduled gig after being criticized by several organizations including the U.N.

"Given the current and very delicate situation in the Middle East, and with a heart that has always cried out for world unity, I will not be performing at the FIDF Gala," the singer says in statement to Reuters. "I am and have always been against war, any war, anywhere."

The first trailer for "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" has been made available for viewing pleasure. Making its way out via Apple, it is full of hilarious moments as the title character played by Charlie Sheen tumbles into his imaginary world after a recent breakup with his beautiful girlfriend.

He and his loyal intimates, Kirby and Saul, are seen dressing as cowboys on a Western set where a girl hits him with an arrow. In another scene, he gets entangled in what seems to be an espionage world and almost gets exploded.

Gabriel Aubry was spotted spending time with Nahla, his daughter with Halle Berry, after the protective order barring him from going anywhere near his four-year-old girl, her mother and Olivier Martinez expired. He was seen holding the kid's hand as they walked side by side in what looked like a parking lot.

According to X17Online, Nahla was picked up from school by her nanny and handed to Gabriel. The father wore jeans and white trainers, and hid his bruised face under a hooded jacket, while the kid kept warm in a brown jacket, rainbow leggings and black boots. She looked happy and oblivious to the drama involving the adults around her.

Katy Perry and Carly Rae Jepsen were bonding with many other female artists to celebrate the most powerful and talented women in the music business. They stepped out to attend 2012 Billboard Women in Music luncheon at Capitale in New York City on Friday evening, November 30.

Katy was a hot pink. The "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)" hitmaker showed off her curves in a thight-fitting dress with ruffled neckline. Bringing her parents to the event, she took time to pose with Carly who looked lovely in a blue sleeveless outfit with short tiered skirt.

HBO has dropped the first trailer for "Girls" season 2, giving a preview to the new troubles faced by the lead characters. Hannah is now living with his gay best friend Eli and is hooking up with random guys in an attempt to find a kind, sexy and responsible man she's always wanted to have, but Adam is still in love with her and does crazy things to win her back.

Shoshanna, who lost her virginity to Ray at the end of the first season, declares, "I may be deflowered, but I'm not devalued." She has an awkward encounter with Ray at a party, but they end up on bed again.

The Academy is opening a chance for college kids to participate at the 85th Annual Academy Awards. Dropping the news was upcoming Oscar host Seth MacFarlane who was at the time appearing before film students at the basement classroom of UCLA for the taping of mtvU's "Stand In".

Announcing Oscar Experience College Search, the "Family Guy" creator said, "Basically, they're looking for students who are interested in pursuing careers in the film industry. You enter this search, you win a trip to L.A." He added, "And you get to go up onstage and help me hand out some Oscars."

The Wanted showed their support for fellow celebrity Lindsay Lohan after she was arrested following a nightclub catfight. One member of the rising boyband wore a "Free Lindsay" t-shirt when serving as an opening act for Justin Bieber in Friday night, November 30 concert.

The British heartthrobs were linked to LiLo after rumors emerged that she was seen out with Max George before she was taken into police custody. The "Liz & Dick" actress reportedly hit on Max and flipped out when he turned her down and talked to another female clubber.

It has just been revealed that "Sons of Anarchy" star Johnny Lewis was not under the influence of drugs when he plunged two floors down to his death. A report from the Los Angeles County coroner's office determined that his death was accidental.

Back in September, Lewis' lifeless body was found on the driveway of a Los Feliz neighborhood building. He died of his injuries after falling from a second-storey building where an 81-year-old lady named Catherine Davis was beaten to death. It was alleged that Lewis killed the landlady, struggled with a neighbor, ran to the roof and fell.

Ne-Yo officially picked "Forever Now" as the second single from his fifth studio album "R.E.D." and released a music video for it. The R 'n' B star, who has become an actor as well, inserted a mini scene before the song starts to play.

"I keep having the same dream," Ne-Yo said in the beginning of the video. "I see her with somebody else. I know what the dream means. I'm gonna lose her, if not to my career then to another man for not being a man that I'm supposed to be. I'm screaming but she can't hear me. She can't see me. I can't let that happen." The scene moves on to Ne-Yo in a press conference and dance rehearsal.

One Direction want women to smell like how they like it. The British boyband are venturing out to the perfumery business by planning to launch a new fragrance next year.

The fivesome have struck a deal with Olivann Beauty to develop a scent for women, as well as other ancillary products. Women's Wear Daily quoted Dana Kline, president of Olivann Beauty, as saying that the boys have been working on the concept for about six months.

Carrie Underwood will carry "The Sound of Music" legacy on small screen, taking the role of Maria von Trapp which was popularized in a 1965 movie by Julie Andrews. The former "American Idol" champion has signed up to play the main character in NBC's live broadcast of the original stage version.

"Speaking for everyone at NBC, we couldn't be happier to have the gifted Carrie Underwood take up the mantle of the great Maria von Trapp," said Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment. "She was an iconic woman who will now be played by an iconic artist."

"The Expendables 2" is deeper in legal trouble. Millennium Films and other parties involved in the movie are facing another lawsuit as the result of a stunt that went wrong during the filming on Bulgaria's Ognyanovo Reservoir last year.

A stuntman named Nuo Sun, who was believed to be standing in for Jet Li, was injured in an explosion scene that killed fellow stuntman Kun Liu. Sun said in his 12-page lawsuit, that "explosives and other similar ultra-hazardous activities" caused a tragedy on top of a rubber boat during the second unit filming that took place October 27, 2011.