February 09, 2013

Kiefer Sutherland got cheeky as he's awarded Hasty Pudding Man of the Year by Harvard's theatrical group. The 46-year-old actor wore a bomb-strapped bra, a nod to his race against the clock as he attempts to thwart multiple terrorist plots on the TV series, and a pair of high heels.

Wearing a tux and a bowtie, the Jack Bauer depicter received a traditional pudding pot and lassoed "a cocaine-filled cow" during a roast. The ceremony was moved to the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Mass because winter storm Nemo continued to wreak havoc in the Northeast.

After several erratic behaviors, Amanda Bynes continued making headlines, but not in a positive way. The 26-year-old actress recently posted a photo of Jay-Z wearing large eyeglasses with a caption read, "ugly face".

The former Nickelodeon star immediately deleted the insulting post, but some of her followers had already commented on it. "Wow. Rude Amanda!" a Twitter user responded. "I wish I knew what your thought process was behind this," another user wrote.

Miley Cyrus is fuming at Perez Hilton. The fiancee of Liam Hemsworth slams the celebrity blogger for running a story that suggested she went out with "Gossip Girl" actor Ed Westwick without providing evidence of their alleged outing.

"@perezhilton hope you find love one day but can you not f**k with mine. I've never been with Ed W in my life. I was at the studio last night," she began. "What happened to your promise to spread love not lies. And to be a decent human being with values and morals???"

G-Unit Records mogul 50 Cent has just released a song with an accompanying music video to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of his debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin' ". In a super fast turnover, the rapper wrote it on Wednesday, February 6, shot the video the following day with music video director and frequent collaborator Eif Rivera, and premiered the three-and-a-half-minute clip on Thursday.

"I wrote the song so everytime I hear it it reminds me of it," the 37-year-old artist explained his new recording. "It took me longer to find the beat than to actually write it. I didn't shoot the 3rd verse for you to focus on the lyrics. No GIRLS, no JEWELRY, RAW ENERGY, its just me."

Anton Corbijn's new film "A Most Wanted Man" has released its very first still during the 2013 Berlinale. The image, coming out online via The Hollywood Reporter, provides a first ever look at its leading actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams.

The photo sees "The Master" actor sitting in a closed, smokey room while his female co-star lies on a bed in front of him. The scene in the picture is not explained but it does give a hint at the film's gritty and dark tone.

Jennifer Lawrence had a Cinderella moment in London when coming to pre-BAFTAs dinner at Little House Mayfair Friday night, February 8. The "Silver Linings Playbook" actress tripped on the curb and temporarily lost one of her heeled shoes in the process while navigating through the crowd.

Wearing black pants and leather coat on top of her sleeveless turtle-neck top, she's steadied by her bodyguard when losing her footing. Once she regained her composure and stood upright again, she quickly retrieved her shoe and put it back on before entering the venue.

Christina Ricci has landed a new small-screen role after her show "Pan Am" was canceled by ABC. The 32-year-old actress is set to star in NBC's comedy pilot titled "Girlfriend in a Coma".

The Wednesday Addams of 1991's "The Addams Family" will play Karen, who wakes up from a coma after almost two decades. She finds out that she has a 17-year-old daughter from a pregnancy she was unaware of when her life was put on hold.

Steven Tyler appeared at a legislative session to convince a Hawaii Senate committee to approve an anti-paparazzi law that bears his name. The former "American Idol" judge who just bought a home on Maui testified Friday, February 8 along with another rock legend Mick Fleetwood.

"First and foremost I'd like to say, being a personality, no matter where we go, we get shot [by photographers]. It's part of the deal-io, and it's OK," the Aerosmith frontman said before adding with a joke, "It kind of drives us crazy, but, like my mom said, 'You asked for it, Steven.' "

After dodging a life-threatening drive-by shooting incident last week, Rick Ross is facing yet another bump in his otherwise successful career as a rapper and record label big boss. The Maybach Music Group mogul, along with other A-listers Jay-Z and Dr. Dre, has been sued by a couple of songwriters for what they claimed as an unauthorized "3 Kings" sample.

"I'm So Grateful (Keep in Touch)" songwriters Clara Shepherd Warrick and Jimmy Lee Weary have filed copyright infringement charges against the three hip-hop heavyweights for allegedly using an unauthorized sample of their 1976 composition in their big "3 Kings" collaboration track. Weary has been listed in Rozay's "God Forgives, I Don't" album as one of the writers of "3 Kings" but says he was never actually contacted regarding permission or compensation.

Selena Gomez delighted some of her fans at LAX recently. When she arrived at the airport on Thursday night, February 7, she let three random fans, who were waiting for her outside the terminal, have an impromptu meet-and-greet with her in her private SUV.

Gomez arrived at LAX, walked through a bunch of paparazzi and fans, and went straight to her waiting car. After she got in, the three girls continued screaming out the singer's name. She opened the window and motioned for the girls to come over. They came in a rush and hopped in as Gomez opened the door for them. Gomez's security guard quickly pulled them out, but then he stopped after she waved him off. The car then left with Gomez and the girls inside.

Fans of Justin Bieber now have another thing to anticipate from the Canadian pop sensation after he recently released his "Believe Acoustic" album. The Biebs' manager Scooter Braun revealed to MTV News that the "Boyfriend" hitmaker had planned to bring his "Believe" tour to the big screen as a follow-up to his 2011 concert movie "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never".

Braun said that Bieber wanted every tour he would embark on throughout the rest of his career to get a big screen treatment. Explaining the reason why, the manager dished that the pop star wanted his unlucky fans who didn't have enough money to go to his concert to be able to enjoy his gigs through the silver screen.

Just a day after, per judge's order, checking into a treatment facility for a mental-health and alcohol-abuse problems, Mindy McCready was allowed to return home. "The doctors let her leave [the treatment facility] Thursday," a source told E! News. "They are going to let her do outpatient."

The country music singer, who's mourning the sudden death of her boyfriend David Wilson, was released from the facility after clearing a series of tests. Now, she must complete up to 21 days of outpatient treatment and submit to drug and alcohol testing.

Hyping up the upcoming premiere of "The Amazing Race" season 22, CBS has released a new promo which shows why the show is worth tuning in since the very beginning. The "thrilling, exciting, most fun-filled adventure" is seemingly too much for some contestants as three of the eleven teams will quit before the first episode ends.

In this new installment of the reality show, eleven new teams will travel around the world for $1 million prize. They will "skydive from 10,000 feet in Bora Bora, participate in a Shemozzle race in New Zealand, hunt for scorpions with the Bushmen of Botswana and scale the treacherous north face of the Eiger Mountain in Switzerland."

Grammy Award-winning rapper Eminem is set to come out with his eighth studio album in a few months, a much-anticipated comeback since his last recording "Recovery" released in 2010. Shady Records president Paul Rosenberg revealed Slim Shady's next album will be available in stores after Memorial Day, which falls on May 27 this year.

"We fully expect to be releasing a new Eminem album in 2013. He's been working on it for some time," disclosed Rosenberg. "It's safe to say that it will be post-Memorial Day at some point, but we're not exactly sure when."

One Direction's 3D movie has released its first trailer via U.K.'s breakfast television program, "Daybreak". A bootleg version of the video has made its round onto the web, unveiling a look at the five members of the British-Irish boyband as they did some fun stuff during their tour which always attracted millions of young female fans.

Another footage, which was unleashed on "Today" show, was also shared online in a bootleg version. In similar tone to the first sneak peek, this one focuses on the boys' activities during the tour. They are seen doing some rehearsals, interacting with fans, and playing some fun games together.

Taylor Swift is set to open the 55th Grammy Awards show on Sunday night, February 10, live from the Los Angeles Staples Center. The 23-year-old country/pop superstar will most likely choose to perform her break-up anthem "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", which is nominated for Record of the Year.

Swift, who a month ago was selected to perform along with other A-listers and co-nominees on the much-awaited event, revealed it was only recently that she got wind she was elected for the opening slot. "A week ago they call us and they're like 'Oh, by the way you're opening the show.' So it's not like they approach you and say listen 'Let's do a big opening performance thing,' it just kind of surprised me that I was gonna go first. But I'm really, really excited about it," Swift told Ryan Seacrest in an interview.

NBC has pulled the plug on freshman "Do No Harm" after airing just two episodes of it. The drama series has been yanked from its Thursday, 10 P.M. slot and will be replaced with repeats of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" for the next two weeks.

The decision to cancel "Do No Harm" is a no brainer since the show has the lowest ratings ever for a new drama on a major network. It debuted to only 3.1 million viewers and a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49, and it sank to 2.2 million viewers and a 0.7 rating in the demo for the second episode.

Kate Upton flaunts her smoking hot bikini body on the cover of Sports Illustrated's 2013 Swimsuit Edition. Gracing the magazine's cover for second straight year, the blond beauty braves the super cold Antarctica weather only with a white bikini bottom while teasing her braless breasts under an unbuttoned winter jacket with a fur-lined hood.

The daring image, according to TMZ, was leaked online on Friday, February 8 before SI eventually posted the official version on their own Facebook page. Upton reportedly did the "Polar Bare"-themed photo shoot in the middle of the frozen antarctic tundra around December when the temperature dipped down to 35 below.

"Up All Night" is losing one of its leads. Christina Applegate has just shocked fans with her decision to leave the NBC comedy series as the show prepares to switch visual formats in the second part of its second season.

"It's been a great experience working on 'Up All Night', but the show has taken a different creative direction and I decided it was best for me to move on to other endeavors," Applegate says in a statement.

Caesar's Entertainment Group has confirmed they are negotiating with Britney Spears and are trying to convince her to accept a residency in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. In a press statement issued on Friday, February 8, the owners of Caesar's Palace said they were "actively engaged in discussions" with Spears' team for a performing residency in one of their many Las Vegas properties.

"We can now confirm the company is actively engaged in discussions with Britney Spears' representatives regarding a potential headlining residency at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino," the press statement read. If the negotiations for a Planet Hollywood residency will push through, Spears will be sharing the casino's stage with Cee-Lo Green's "Loberace" spectacle and Coco Austin's "Peepshow".

Winter storm Nemo which hit the East Coast has affected activities in several cities in the U.S. along the easternmost coast. After Marc Jacobs was forced to postpone his New York Fashion Week show due to the blizzard, Katie Holmes had to cancel a fashion presentation on Friday, February 8.

The ex-wife of Tom Cruise was supposed to show off her new fashion line with designer Jeanne Yang. However, when Suri's school closed early due to the winter weather, she decided to skip the Fashion Week event in NY and pick up her daughter.

After spoofing "Psycho" and James Bond, Seth MacFarlane pokes fun at "The Matrix" in a new Oscars promo. The comedian and host of the upcoming 85th Academy Awards hilariously recreates the iconic scene where Keanu Reeves' Neo is given the pills to enter the matrix world by Laurence Fishburne's Morpheus.

Morpheus offers Neo whether he would take the red pill or the blue pill. After explaining the difference between the two pills, Seth suddenly interrupts the conversation as he chimes in, "And if the erection last longer than four hours, do I call my doctor or?" He says, "I just don't wanna get hurt."

Melissa McCarthy is facing weight jab from New York Observer's longtime movie reviewer, Rex Reed. While reviewing her new movie "Identity Thief", he inserts some offensive comments about the 42-year-old actress who's well known for her role as an abrasive and comical sister-in-law in "Bridesmaids".

Describing the movie as "a new chunk of junk" with "trashy, stupefying screenplay," Reed calls the Oscar-nominated McCarthy "cacophonous, tractor-sized" in one sentence and a "hippo" in another. He also refers to her as "a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success."

Gisele Bundchen wasted no time to introduce her 2-month-old baby girl, Vivian Lake, to the world after she's caught on camera by paparazzi holding her little girl in Hawaii. The Tom Brady wife posted the picture online on Twitter and Facebook.

While the baby's face was slightly hidden under her red-stripped hoodie as her mama tried to protect her from the warm sun in the previous candid photos, she's clearly seen in the new picture. Wearing a white dress, she looked adorable staring directly at the camera.

Dame Shirley Bassey is added to the lineup of the upcoming 85th annual Academy Awards. The 76-year-old singer who recorded soundtracks for the James Bond films "Goldfinger", "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Moonraker" is expected to take the stage during a tribute celebrating the 50th anniversary of the movie franchise.

"We are thrilled to welcome the legendary Dame Shirley Bassey to our Oscar show," say Craig Zadan and Neil Meron in a joint statement. "Her association with film music is world renowned and we are proud that she will be making her first Oscar appearance on our telecast."