January 18, 2013

The champion of "Project Runway: All Stars" season was revealed on Thursday, January 17. In the episode, three finalists Uli Herzner, Emilio Sosa and Anthony Ryan Auld had to create a mini-collection for the final runway. They only had four days to prepare it with a budget of only $3,000.

The judges in the season finale were Georgina Chapman, Isaac Mizrahi, Liv Tyler and Margherita Missoni. Anthony presented "Thin Line" collection, including a piece which Isaac called "the best dress I think I've ever seen on 'Project Runway'."

Klaus won't stop at nothing until the map tattoo on Jeremy's hand is complete and he uses dirty trick to get his plan done in the next episode of "The Vampire Diaries". The original vampire tries to control Jeremy by putting Matt's life in danger, forcing the furious Jeremy to get into the forest and save Matt.

Jeremy is bleeding and a group of compelled vampires are surrounding him in the woods. Elena negotiates with Klaus to keep Jeremy safe, but when danger suddenly appears from a totally unexpected enemy, Elena comes up with her own daring plan for Jeremy.

It's been nearly two years and the plagiarism lawsuit involving Lady GaGa over her hit song "Judas" is not settled yet. In a recent court hearing for the case, Jennifer Lopez's name was dragged as it was alleged that the Latina diva's song "Invading My Mind", which GaGa co-produced, also used unlicensed sample from another musician's work.

The case started in 2011, when singer Rebecca Francescatti sued the Mother Monster, accusing the outlandish singer of using the elements of Rebecca's 1999 song "Juda" in hit single "Judas". During the recent hearing, Rebecca's lawyer Christopher Niro stated that GaGa apparently also incorporated the "Juda" sampling to J.Lo's 2011 song off the album "Love?".

Jenelle Evans is pregnant with Courtland Rogers' baby. The "Teen Mom 2" star confirmed the happy news by tweeting her baby bump on Instagram. She took a picture of herself in the bathroom mirror, wearing only a bra and sweatpants.

"Baby bumpppp," Jenelle wrote. "My little angel." Her husband tweeted two hours later, "Good morning everyone including my little angel that's in my wife's belly ;) hope everyone has a great day today!! 2 infinity and beyond lol."

After taking a break for almost two years due to granulomas in his throat, John Mayer has finally returned on stage. The rocker performed at the Livingston Town Proper benefit concert in Montana on Wednesday, January 16.

The "Heartbreak Warfare" singer reportedly started off his first performance since April 2011 with a rendition of "If I Ever Get Around to Living". Sharing a picture of him on the stage, he tweeted, "Tonight John sang 'Speak For Me' at the Livingston Town Proper. And we're back."

Though "The Canyons" has yet to open Stateside, many people have been buzzing about the film's much-exposed four-way sex scene that involves Lindsay Lohan. Weighing in on the much-talked-about raunchy scene, lead actor James Deen admitted that audience would indeed see "boobs and a**" but claimed he didn't actually have sex with LiLo.

Deen shared to Huffington Post when attending the Adult Entertainment Expo on Thursday, January 17, "We didn't have sex." He explained further, "Yes, it's a four-way. Sure you see boobs and a**... It's a plot-driver, and it was shot in a way where you're not thinking it's just four people having sex."

Lance Armstrong finally admitted he did use doping each time he won his Tour de France titles. In the first-part of his interview on "Oprah's Next Chapter", the disgraced athlete revealed that he used EPO, testosterone and HGH to enhance his performance during the race.

"I didn't invent the culture, but I didn't try to stop the culture, and that's my mistake, and that's what I have to be sorry for, and that's what the sport is now paying the price because of that," he said. "So I am sorry for that. I don't think - I didn't have access to anything else that nobody else did."

"Terminator 5" is still alive though it's been a long time fans haven't heard any updates on the project. The fifth installment of the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring film franchise has just hired a pair of new writers to provide its script.

Courtesy of Deadline, Skydance Productions and Annapurna Pictures have sealed Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier to pen the upcoming cyborg movie. Laeta previously wrote such films as "Alexander" and "Shutter Island" and executive produced "Avatar". Patrick, meanwhile, worked for "Dracula 2000" and "My Bloody Valentine".

As "American Horror Story" is close to finish its second installment, talks about the upcoming third season are brewing. Sharing scoops from the next chapter is none other than the show's creator Ryan Murphy, who confirms that Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will return along with Jessica Lange.

The new season will also feature new faces and actors from the first season. "We want to have some new people come in and some [Season 1] people come back," Murphy says, adding that the new additions are "actors Jessica wanted to work with."

John Malkovich drags Bruce Willis back into trouble in the first trailer for "Red 2". Malkovich bumps into Willis at a supermarket and tells the latter to embark on another dangerous mission. Reluctant to take the offer, Willis says, "I'm retired, ok. I'm happy." Trying to convince his old partner in crime, Malkovich says, "You haven't killed anybody in months."

The rest of the promo video is filled with scenes of the duo getting ruthless in some countries. Humorous scenes are also shown in between the high-octane sequences. At one point, Willis and Malkovich are seen in a car with Mary-Louise Parker, listening to old music. Things get awkward when they hear someone screaming in the trunk, but pretend as if nothing happens.

It seems the arrest of Justin Bieber and Ashton Kutcher swat prankster is not enough to warn others not to make a hoax call to police. Another repeat happened most recently. Someone called 911 informing about a false home invasion in Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills residence.

TMZ reports the caller said there was an armed intruder on the property. When police arrived on the scene in response to the distress call, they found nothing alarming. The "Top Gun" actor was not at home back then. Some security guards and a cook were the only people in the house.

The life of James Bond creator Ian Fleming will get highlighted in a BBC America miniseries. The show has found an actor to tackle the lead role, tapping British actor Dominic Cooper to play the author.

Aptly titled "Fleming", the four-part drama will reenact Fleming's days during WWII. At that time, the maverick and hedonistic Fleming was hired by British Naval Intelligence as part of its undercover campaign against the Nazis.

Rumor has it, Tiger Woods is desperately working his way to win Elin Nordegren's heart back, more than two years after they got divorced. The pro-golfer reportedly proposed to his former wife on Christmas holiday and presented her with a ring.

The National Enquirer reports that Wood, 37, offered a $200 million pre-nup to the mother of his two children but it was not enough to lure her back into a marriage. 33-year-old Nordegren allegedly wanted a $350 million anti-cheating clause in the pre-nup.

The 2013 Sundance Film Festival has been opened with a little discussion about recent debate over movie violence. Attending day one of the big event, veteran thesp Robert Redford, who is also the founder of the festival, shared his thoughts on the issue, which was recently discussed by White House Task Force on Gun Violence (led by Vice President Joe Biden) and the Hollywood executives.

"I think it's absolutely not only appropriate, but overdue, to have a dialogue" about movie violence, Redford said during a Sundance news conference on Thursday, January 17. The actor added, "When I was driving along the street the other day in L.A., I saw two billboards where guns were featured prominently... with a pleasant, happy-looking young couple..."

In the second episode of "American Idol" season 12 which aired Thursday, January 17, the auditions moved to Chicago. The show started strong with MacKenzie Wasner who got four "yes" with her cover of "Whenever You Come Around".

Kiara Lanier, who once performed for a President Obama birthday fundraiser, wowed the judges with her rendition of Celine Dion's "The Prayer". Stephanie Schimel also got the golden ticket though her performance of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" was a bit shaky. Nicki Minaj said, "You're not giving me that thing," but the raptress was overruled by the other three judges who gave "yes" answers.

Apparently Rihanna loves to keep her fans guessing over her alleged reconciliation with ex-beau Chris Brown. The Bajan beauty recently sparked another swirling speculation about her rumored rekindled romance as she posted her "Stay" single cover, which features her cozying up with a man who is said to be none other than Breezy himself.

RiRi stirred the online frenzy with the grainy image, which sees a close-up shot of the songstress landing her head on a man's shoulder. Fans and tabloid quickly reacted to the picture, which was posted on RiRi's Instagram, speculating that the man in the cover art was Chris since he appeared to be sporting the "Kiss Kiss" hitmaker's signature neck tattoos.

Taylor Swift's reputation precedes her for the wrong reasons. Whether she has feelings for Michael J. Fox's son or not, the country/pop star has already got an affirmative no from the "Back to the Future" actor. He apparently thinks she's bad news due to her notorious stunts of writing songs about her exes.

"No. No ... Just back off," Michael says when questioned by Vulture whether he approves if sparks fly between Taylor and his son, Sam Michael. "I don't keep up with it all, but Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right? What a way to build a career," the 51-year-old father of four continues.

As if hailing Seth MacFarlane as the host is not enough to entertain Oscars' audience, the upcoming 2013 Academy Awards will feature appearance from the famous foul-mouthed, hooker-loving bear Ted. The news is confirmed by "Ted" lead, Mark Wahlberg, himself who announces that he and the fan-beloved teddy bear will join MacFarlane for the prestigious event.

Wahlberg does not only announce the Ted's Oscar appearance news, but he also confirms another good news that he and the funny bear created by MacFarlane will return to "Ted 2". Appearing on Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show that's set to air Friday, January 18, Wahlberg says, "There is a 'Ted 2', we've already locked a deal, they're off writing now."

While it hasn't been officially announced, it seems that the 2013 Academy Awards has found who are going to do the live musical performance on its stage. A report on U.K.'s Daily Mail suggests that the "Les Miserables" cast members are set to sing live during the world's most prestigious film awards event this coming February 24.

The tabloid shares the word that Samantha Barks, who's currently in a touring production of "Oliver!", will be given permission to leave the tour so she can perform at the Oscars alongside her "Les Mis" co-stars. It is, however, noted that they haven't picked which song should be performed during the highly-anticipated night.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's on- and off-screen romance has proven to be a big moneymaker. Forbes has announced that the pair top its list of Hollywood's Highest-Grossing Romantic Couples, which is compiled based on domestic box office revenue of romantic movies in the last three years.

During the period, the Edward Cullen and the Bella Swan of the vampire film franchise earned $1.17 billion with the last three "Twilight" movies. "There is something unique about these films in the way that people have attached themselves to them," said Dorothy Pomerantz of Forbes.com. "The movies are unconventional, and you have the added element that the two people are a couple in real life."

Ahead of its Sundance premiere, Quentin Dupieux's dramedy "Wrong Cops" debuts its first full trailer online. Making its way out via Twitch, the promo video is studded with quirky scenes involving a number of eccentric cops who act inappropriately.

It opens with controversial rock star Marilyn Manson sitting in some kind of an investigation room saying, "Ok, it's not a movie." It then cuts to multiple scenes of police doing bad things, such as pointing a gun at a woman while asking her to show her breasts. Such sensitive issues as racism, sexist, prostitute and drugs are also highlighted in it.

Former "Godzilla" producers Roy Lee, Dan Lin and Doug Davison have fired back at Legendary Pictures after they were recently sued by the studio, which asked their names to be removed completely from the reboot project. The trio filed their own lawsuit on Thursday, January 17, attempting to stop the production of the much-anticipated monster movie.

Submitting their docs in Los Angeles Superior Court, those producers accused Legendary of breach of contract among other counts. The three sought a jury trial and millions in damages, naming Legendary COO Jon Jashni as a defendant, Deadline reported. Meanwhile, the studio's CEO Thomas Tull was not mentioned in the suit.

Meredith Vieira could get her own talk show after deciding to quit "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". The NY Times reports that the 59-year-old journalist/television personality is in talks with another division of NBCUniversal about hosting a syndicated daytime talk show.

If things go as planned, the show may start as soon as September 2014 with the show airing at 11 A.M. in some local markets. The discussions are now kept private and it's noted that there's no guarantee that a deal will be sealed for a new show.

Maroon 5 premiere their new video in support of their latest song "Daylight". A part of the Playing for Change music project, the clip boasts a compilation of various musicians from around the globe. The project itself was announced by the band last September 18, during which they invited people all over the world to participate in The Daylight Project.

The Adam Levine-fronted band are seen in minor parts of the music video. Most of the scenes are packed with real-footage of musicians - from singers, drummers, guitarists, didgeridoo players, tribal drummers and more - performing on the streets to support the project.

As Sundance kicked off on Thursday, January 17, James Franco nabbed his new gig at the festival. The actor, who attended the film event to promote some of his projects, has just been tapped to star in "Beautiful People". Not only that, but he's also set to tackle the directing duty for the biopic.

According to Deadline, "Beautiful People" is a movie about Jay Sebring, a jet-setting celebrity hairstylist duing the 1960s era. Known for being a visionary man and charismatic playboy, Sebring died violently at the hands of the kooky clan led by Charles Manson.

A fire broke out in Ozzy Osbourne's house in Beverly Hills around 4:45 A.M. on Thursday, January 17. His wife Sharon Osbourne shared the story when co-hosting "The Talk" later that day, revealing that the Black Sabbath rocker got injured during the incident which worsened his recently operated hand.

"At five o' clock (in the morning), I heard a noise like metal had fallen. I thought it was my housekeeper coming in and she had dropped her keys on the tiles, that's what it sounded like, so I didn't pay any attention," she began recalling. "A few minutes later, my eyes are stinging and my throat's closing up, (I thought), 'Something's weird smelling in here'."

Kim Kardashian is tired of people making fun of her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries. She says people have to stop making such joke because it's technically no longer valid since she's still legally married to the NBA star even more than a year after she filed for divorce.

"Those jokes really can't work, because I've really been married for almost two years," the pregnant reality TV star explains when dropping by "Late Show with David Letterman" with her sister Kourtney Kardashian. "So it hasn't been 72 days, it's been almost two years."