February 15, 2013

Elena is struggling to come to terms with her loved one's death in the next episode of "The Vampire Diaries". Following the recent episode which saw [SPOILER ALERT!] Jeremy lying motionless by Silas' grave, it's safe to assume that he's dead, but Elena is still in denial. She believes that her brother is not dead yet and Bonnie can save him.

Caroline is immediately worried about Elena's state of mind, and Stefan reaches out to Dr. Fell and Matt for help. Still on the island, Damon relays somber news to Rebekah, and is surprised at her reaction. Together, Damon and Rebekah learn an unexpected bit of recent history from Vaughn.

A day after releasing a teaser of her new music video for "With Ur Love", 19-year-old singer and model Cher Lloyd premiered the full clip on Thursday, February 14. The clip is to support her third U.S. single, following her first hit "Want U Back" which reached no. 12 on Billboard's Hot 100 and sold 2 million copies in the States, and the less successful "Oath" which only managed to reach no. 99 on the singles chart.

The enchanting video shows Lloyd hosting a dinner party for a few handsome male guests together with her gorgeous female companions who are actually witches like Lloyd's character in the clip. She looks to cook up enchanting potions with the help of the men's spiritual essences. The new clip, a stark departure from the U.K. version, is set in a balloon-filled street with Lloyd and her collaborator, songwriter and record producer Mike Posner dressing in less formal, casual clothing.

Lady GaGa made a "little monster" happy even though she canceled her tour due to a hip injury. The lucky fan is Kayleigh Gurbynski, a 5 year-old girl who has terminal congenital heart disease and Turner's Syndrome, a genetic disorder.

After GaGa canceled her Chicago concert, the pop star made time to visit Kayleigh who traveled from Wisconsin to see the show. Kayleigh had tickets to GaGa's canceled concert and was delighted to be able to meet the pop star.

"Fast and Furious 6" hasn't even rolled in theaters anywhere, but rumor about its follow up, "Fast 7", already hits the web. Latest report suggests that the seventh installment in the speed action film franchise has already found its villain.

Breaking the juicy scoop is Ain't It Cool News, which states that Jason Statham is set to star as the bad guy for the forthcoming film. He will tackle the part of Owen Shaw's older brother Ian. Owen himself is the villainous character in "Fast 6" who is portrayed by Luke Evans.

Jimmy Kimmel threw another verbal attack at fellow comedian Jay Leno. In a March issue of Playboy magazine, Kimmel says of Leno, "I always feel bad if I hurt anybody's feelings, but I don't believe Jay Leno has actual feelings, and he doesn't seem to be that worried about other people's feelings."

Kimmel and Leno's feud started in 2010, after the latter bumped Conan O'Brien from the 11:35 P.M. time slot. Kimmel mocked Leno when the former appeared on "The Jay Leno Show" for "10 at 10" segment.

A new sneak peek at the next episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter" featuring Beyonce Knowles has made its way out online. In the preview, the mother of Blue Ivy Carter talks about her relationship with husband Jay-Z.

"I would not be the woman I am if I did not go home to that man. It gives me such a foundation," she tells Oprah Winfrey. On how important the relationship is, she shares, "That foundation is so important in a relationship and just to have someone that you just like, you know..., is so important and someone that is honest."

Fans who will go to any of One Direction's 110-city world tour shows will get a double dose of music heartthrob goodness as the British-Irish boyband announced that up-and-coming Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer had snatched the coveted gig of being their opening act. The fab five have handpicked the quartet of Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin to trek with them and play in front of the biggest crowds imaginable.

"We're so excited to have them on the road with us and we know our fans are going to LOVE what these lads do," proclaimed Niall Horan. The rising pop rockers were apparently discovered on YouTube by 1D's Louis Tomlinson last year and 1D "all knew straight away they were very special," championing the Aussie act via social media.

Ellen DeGeneres cracked bottles on Sofia Vergara's head when the 40-year-old actress appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Thursday, February 14. The funny talk-show host broke those bottles on Vergara's head to distract the Diet Pepsi spokesperson from reading her lines for Diet Pepsi commercial on the show.

Not only cracking bottles over Vergara's head, but DeGeneres also brought out a pair of shirtless male dancers, had Josh Groban walking onto the set to sing in Vergara's ear, fired off a prop gun, made various loud voices and covered the actress with silly string.

"Beautiful Creatures" finally opens Stateside on this Valentine's Day. Having been dubbed the next big thing after the "Twilight Saga" film series, the supernatural romance flick brings its lead actress Alice Englert to steal public's attention. Playing Lena Duchannes, the up-and-coming starlet quickly gets compared to Kristen Stewart when she first starred in the now-successful vampire film franchise.

Though her starring role in the Richard LaGravenese-directed film became quite a hot topic, Englert revealed that she was initially not interested to star in the novel-adapted Southern Gothic film. "I was pitched that the movie was 'Twilight' meets 'Romeo and Juliet'," the brunette beauty said at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles. "I din't want to make that movie."

Amy Locane has been sentenced to three years in prison for fatal DUI crash in Montgomery Twonship, New Jersey which killed Helene Seeman back in June 2010. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday, February 14.

The victim's husband, Fred Seeman, yelled, "What a travesty!" at the judge after the sentence was announced. "This is not justice," Fred and Helene's 26-year-old son, Ford Seeman, told the judge before he and his father stormed out of the courtroom.

Sheryl Phillips, the mother of "American Idol" season 11 winner, Phillip Phillips, was arrested for driving under influence on February 14 in Albany, Georgia. The officer in charge explained that undercover police found her driving unstably. Therefore, they stopped her and administered a sobriety test.

Major Bill Berry from the Albany Doherty Drug Unit told the media, "The driver was all over the road, so my officer pulled her over." He continued, "She was taken to the hospital for a blood test and has been charged with DUI-Less Safe."

Naomi Watts and Robin Wright's (formerly known as Robin Wright Penn) friendship is shattered in a first international trailer for "Two Mothers". The two ladies were best friends before each of them gets involved in a forbidden relationship with each other's young son. Troubles happen as their friendship is tested and their sons start hating each other. However, instead of quitting the affairs, the two women get even deeper with their feelings.

"Two Mothers" is a gripping tale of love, lust and power of friendship that charts the unconventional and passionate affairs embarked on by two lifelong friends, LIL and ROZ, who fall in love with each other's son.

LeAnn Rimes is not happy with her dentist. The wife of Eddie Cibrian has just filed a malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Duane C. McKay, accusing him of botching up the works he did on her teeth over three years that left her with severe pain.

The doctor allegedly promised the country music star to help ease her TMJ-related pain and improve her appearance by providing upper front veneers and crowns. Instead, she had to undergo 9 root canals and bone grafting, had a temporary bridge, and needed physical therapy. She also claims she suffered "permanent cosmetic deficiency."

The Jonas Brothers have just announced they have recently wrapped up work on a new album. Although a release date has not been determined yet or which track will be the lead single, the siblings hint it's all going to come out soon.

"The new album is finally done, and we are so excited," Kevin Jonas declared. "We wanted to take a little extra time on it to make sure it was right and we've been working for almost a year now on it and it's time."

Deep in negotiations for her Las Vegas residency, Britney Spears' team had to address a minor distraction which came in the form of an off-the-cuff remark made by female rap star Eve. In a recent interview on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live", Eve inadvertently started rumors that Spears might have pulled off a Milli Vanilli on will.i.am's "Scream & Shout" track.

"I heard that might not be Britney," Eve blurted as host Andy Cohen asked British TV chef Nigella Lawson about Spears' mock British accent on the up-tempo track. "That's what I heard. But, you know I don't know. It could be Britney, but I heard it wasn't. I don't know though, I don't know."

NBC has set a premiere date for its new show "Hannibal". The drama series will debut Thursday, April 4 at 10/9c. Executive producer Bryan Fuller took it to Twitter to announce, "Hannibal Requests the Honor of your Presence for Dinner Thursday April 4 10PM @NBC -- Saving you a place at the table."

Along with the announcement of the show's premiere date, a new photo of Mads Mikkelsen's Dr. Hannibal Lecter has been unveiled. It shows the titular character standing next to his meal, which includes a roasted pig.

Getting rid off his superhero persona, Chris Hemsworth will jump into thriller genre for his new movie. Variety reports that the "Thor" star has joined an untitled cyberthriller pic to be directed by Michael Mann.

The untitled Michael Mann thriller project will mark the 70-year-old director's first gig in four years. He last helmed well-reviewed "Public Enemies" in 2009. In addition to directing the upcoming film, Mann will serve as a co-producer alongside Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni.

Simon Baker from CBS' "The Mentalist" was awarded a star for his contribution in the development of movies in Hollywood. The actor received his prize at a ceremony outside Beso Restaurant on Thursday, February 14, at 11.30 A.M. on Hollywood Boulevard. His wife, Rebecca Rigg, family, and friends were present in the ceremony.

Baker's co-star in "The Ring 2", Naomi Watts, and the executive producer of "The Mentalist", Bruno Heller, proudly presented the award in front of Baker's friends and family. Baker's star is the 2,490th on the famous street. His name can be found at 6352 Hollywood Boulevard.

It seems that Kris Humphries' lawyer has had enough. Marshall Waller files paperwork Thursday, February 14 to withdraw from Kris and Kim Kardashian divorce proceedings that have been dragged on for roughly a year and a half.

The news came just one day before he is expected to meet with Kim's attorney, Laura Wasser, in court for a scheduled hearing. Waller cites an "irremediable breakdown of the attorney-client relationship" as his reason for leaving the case.

Epic Records, through its chairman L.A. Reid, has apologized to the family of Emmett Till for Lil Wayne's derogatory reference to the civil rights figure's death in his song "Karate Chop", which remix done by rapper Future leaked online. Wayne apparently likened sex to Till's beating back in 1955 which had actually spurred the U.S. civil rights movement.

African-American Till, at the age of 14, was beaten to death by two men for allegedly whistling at a white woman in the village of Money, Mississippi where he was visiting family. An all-white jury acquitted the murderers, drawing attention to racial violence and injustice and sparking the civil rights movement in the U.S.

"American Idol" narrowed it down to 40 in a Thursday, February 14 episode. The remaining girls sang once again before the judges announced the Top 20 girls and Angela Miller set the bar high when she sang an original song "You Set Me Free" behind a grand piano. Keith Urban exclaimed, "Good Lord!" as the other judges could be heard saying, "Wow," over and over again.

Candice Glover was equally impressive with her rendition of Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire". Country girl Janelle Arthur and Melinda Ademi also wowed the judges, but Zoanette Johnson made a risky move when she sang a song which she just wrote. Still, Nicki Minaj praised her talent, "I am bowing down of your feet today."

After buying a mansion with Kanye West, Kim Kardashian let go of her home in Beverly Hills. According to Trulia, the expectant reality TV star shopped around the Tuscan villa-styled house without listing it. She sold it to an unknown buyer for an undisclosed price.

Bought for $4.8 million in March 2010, the 4,000-square-foot house boasts five bedrooms, a swimming pool in the backyard, a Mediterranean roof, spa, waterfall and fireplaces. Kim lived at the home while she was engaged and briefly married to Kris Humphries.

Director Marc Webb continues to treat fans with hints about his upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" project. Most recently, Webb offered a little teaser of the new costume for the web-slinging hero that will be featured in the 2014 sequel.

Taking to his Twitter on Thursday, February 14, Webb shared a link to a Telly video completed with a hashtag of #thebettertoseeyouwith. The video sees quick glimpses at a new eye design for the Spidey getup.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will release their first wine, a 2012 vintage pink rose, on March 15. The couple will name the line Miraval after their 1,000-acre estate with vineyards in southwestern France from where the grapes for the wine are harvested.

The wine bottle will have a label which reads, "Bottled by Jolie-Pitt and Perrin." Perrin refers to a winemaker Marc Perrin whose family is well-respected in winemaking circles. "We are intimately involved and quite enthused over the wine project with our friends the Perrin family," Pitt said through his representative on Wednesday, February 13.

Open Road Films unveils a brand new trailer for "The Host (2013)". The newly-released footage offers tons of new scenes that explore the alien invasion led by The Seeker (Diane Kruger). Successfully taking over millions of humans' lives, the Seeker faces troubles when Melanie (Saoirse Ronan) insists not to give up her life to the alien. Plenty of new scenes centering on Mel's resistance against the Seeker are also highlighted in the trailer.

"The Host" is a love story set in the future, where Earth is occupied by a species who erase the minds of their human hosts, leaving their bodies intact. Melanie Stryder is one of the last surviving humans who fights back, risking her life for the people she cares about most - Jared (Max Irons), Ian, (Jake Abel), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb (William Hurt) - proving that love can conquer all.

Justin Timberlake premieres the full official music video of his hit single "Suit & Tie" featuring Jay-Z from his forthcoming album "The 20/20 Experience" right on Valentine's Day. The 32-year-old entertainer looks smashing in his Tom Ford tuxedo in the five-and-a-half-minute black-and-white clip, showing off some of his new choreography since he last released a music video a few years ago.

"Here it is... All pressed up in black and white. Enjoy! #officialvideo #suitandtie #JT2013," JT tweeted to announce the video's debut, where he performs with a full band and back-up dancers in a concert hall, similar to what he showed fans during Grammy night last Sunday, February 10. Then, when Jay-Z joins him for his rap verse in the song, they move to a swanky night club set complete with sexy dancers.

It's been more than half a year and the feud between Chris Brown and Drake does not seem to cool down. The two reportedly sue each other over their headline-grabbing brawl at New York City's W.i.P. nightclub last June 2012.

Courtesy of TMZ, both Breezy and Drizzy have filed their documents, in which they strictly blame each other for what happened during the club fight. Each of them insists that they were not responsible for the melee.

Another talk show is coming to an end. After "The Jeff Probst Show" and "The Ricki Lake Show" got canceled by their own production companies, E! now pulls the plug on "Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings".

The Whitney Cummings-hosted talk show gets the axe just three months after it first aired in November 2012. An E! spokesperson confirms that production has wrapped and the February 6 episode is the last for the weekly show.

Miss America Pageant will air on ABC at least for another three years. On Thursday, February 14, the Miss America organization signed a new three-year deal with the network to broadcast the national pageant.

As part of the new agreement, Miss America Pageant will return to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., where it began in 1921. The pageant will also return to its September schedule, meaning that the current Miss America, Mallory Hagan, who was crowned in January 12, will only reign for eight months.

River Phoenix made a "surprise visit" at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival. On Thursday, February 14, audience were treated to a very rare screening of the late actor's last film "Dark Blood", which was directed by George Sluizer and shot in 1993.

The filming of "Dark Blood" was never completed due to River's untimely death in October 1993. In the following month, the movie eventually was abandoned. However, in 2012, during the Netherlands Film Festival, the pic got a private screening with the missing scenes being replaced with George's narration.

Bryan Adams is a father again. The rocker and his partner Alicia Grimaldi have welcomed their second child, a baby girl, whom they name Lula Rosylea. "My second daughter Lula Rosylea arrived at tea time this week," he wrote on his Facebook page Thursday, February 14.

He then explained the unusual name for the baby girl, "The name Lula comes from Gene Vincent's 1958 song 'Be-Bop-A-Lula' and Rosylea is a play on the expression 'a rosie lee' which is cockney rhyming slang in London for 'a cup of tea' and pronounced the same." The proud father added, "She was born in London and...she's my cup of tea."