March 13, 2013

Rappers Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine and Future all sign up to assist Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman on his new single "Tapout". The track is the first single off the 44-year-old rapper/record producer's forthcoming "Rich Gang: Flashy Lifestyle" album.

Fellow New Orleans rapper and frequent collaborator Weezy kicks off the track for the YMCMB (Young Money Cash Money Billionaires) maker, who follows in the verses along with Young Money Entertainment artist Maine. The hook is ably handled by Haitian-American rap star Future.

Ne-Yo is facing legal action from his ex-girlfriend, Jesseca White, for blasting her on television. Jesseca White claims the singer defamed her when he said she tried to trick him into believing he was the father of her child so she could get money out of him.

According to TMZ, her lawsuit says Ne-Yo went onto VH1's "Behind the Music" show on September 2012 and said she was "an unchaste woman who deliberately tricked him into believing he was the father of her child, so that she could fraudulently bilk him of 'ungodly amounts of money.' "

Justin Bieber's hamster Pac passed away on Tuesday, March 12. Tori McClure, the lucky girl whom Bieber gave Pac to after his performance at a Jingle Ball in Atlanta last December, confirmed it with a short tweet, "Little hamster heaven."

Hours later, all Beliebers were grieving over the death of the Canadian heartthrob's hamster. They posted #RIPpac and made it to the top of Twitter's trending topics on Tuesday evening.

Miranda Kerr was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles on Monday, March 11. According to Private Sydney, the supermodel was in her car with an assistant when another car slammed hers from behind. Kerr was rushed to hospital and had MRI scan to see if she had serious injury. Kerr had to wear a neck brace during recovery.

Kerr's spokesperson, Annie Kelly, said that Kerr was "thankful that her baby boy Flynn was not in the car with her." Kelly explained Kerr's condition, "She is in a lot of pain but really, we are just glad that it was not more serious." The driver in the other car was said being arrested for reckless driving.

Freestyle has debuted a green band trailer of "InAPPropriate Comedy" on Tuesday, March 12. The new trailer still highlights the improper humor thrown by Adrien Brody, Rob Schneider, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan and Ari Shaffir.

Flirty Harry acts tough and cool when he fires his gun, and keeps flamboyant while having his nails manicured. Harriet gives her opinion about Japanese culture and Japanese men who are "more sensitive".

Drew Barrymore will co-star with Adam Sandler once again. They will play the leads in a new romantic comedy previously titled "Blended" with Frank Coraci ("Zookeeper") directing and Ivan Menchell and Clare Sera providing the original script.

Barrymore's character will cross paths with Sandler's when they are stuck at the same resort with their respective children from previous marriages after having a disastrous blind date. Production for the upcoming movie is expected to begin sometime in May.

In a bright yellow neon bandage swimsuit, 30-year-old rapstress Nicki Minaj turns heads once again, drawing attention to her assets while on the set for the shooting of her new music video "High School". Just a week after showing off her bosom in French Montana's "Freaks" video, the voluptuous diva is displaying her abundant cleavage anew in her cut-out one-piece attire as she poses seductively inside a Jacuzzi.

Minaj made sure, not only of flaunting her other prime asset, her derriere, in the stills taken from that video shoot, but also that her Barbs gets to see her latest photos, posting them on her Twitter page for the online universe to see. She wore less than her regular amount of make-up for a more natural look but kept her usual blonde locks with bangs, which the TV reality singing competition judge seems to be repeatedly stroking as she critiques "American Idol" hopefuls.

Cate Blanchett is set to develop a feature film, based on The New Yorker cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto's "Cancer Vixen: A True Story", for HBO. The 43-year-old actress is set to star as the protagonist and to executive produce the project alongside Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray.

Styler and Rattray, who established Maven Pictures together in 2011, are meeting with writers to adapt the material. If the project moves forward, it will be listed as another high-profile film for HBO, which has produced awards-season favorites, such as "Game Change", "Too Big to Fail", "Cinema Verite", "The Pacific" and "Temple Grandin".

Edward Norton and fiancee Shauna Robertson are going to be parents for the first time. A source tells Us Weekly that Robertson is currently pregnant and their first child will be born "any day soon." The source also reveals that Norton is really excited to be a dad. "Ed is really excited for fatherhood. He helped pick out a stroller for the baby," says the source. However, no official statement is released by neither the actor nor his agency.

Norton and Shauna Robertson had been dating for six years before they got engaged in 2011. The "Moonrise Kingdom" actor and the movie producer together founded CrowdRise, a fund raising website which uses incentives to make people donate for good causes.

Liberty Ross and Jimmy Iovine fueled romance rumors. During their latest night out, the British model and the music producer were holding hands before quickly breaking apart once they spotted photographers, the Daily Mail reports.

The couple was on their way to a Broadway preview night of "Motown: The Musical" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in the Big Apple. Ross wears a fur coat on top of her white number, while Iovine kept it warm in a three-layered top and jeans.

New Zealand actor Karl Urban has landed a role in a drama pilot for FOX titled "Human". Urban will play John Kennex, a respected police officer who has emotionally shut down after a tragic mission made him critically injured.

The drama is described as an action-packed buddy-cop show set in the near future, when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved humanlike androids. If "Human" succeeds to move beyond the pilot stage, it will mark Urban's first series-regular role on U.S. television.

After giving a teaser last week, singer-songwriter and record producer Trey Songz finally releases his new music video for "Fumble". The tender ballad is a cut off his latest album "Chapter V" released last summer.

The black-and-white visuals provide a melancholic backdrop to the 28-year-old singer's emotional rendition. The clip starts with Songz giving a heartfelt apology to his woman, owing up to his mistakes for their failed relationship, in a monologue that seems to read out of a love letter. It then pans out to a montage of his tours, where he is seen performing the song.

A movie based on superpowered thriller book "Brilliance" is in the works at Legendary Pictures. Fresh of his big success with Disney's fantasy adventure flick "Oz: The Great and Powerful", Joe Roth is linked to the project with his producing partner Palek Pate at Roth Films. They will be joined by Alex Hedlund from Legendary.

Written by Marcus Sakey who has been nominated for or won an Anthony, Barry, Macavity, and ITW Thriller Award, "Brilliance" has received glowing reviews. It tells a gripping tale of a world fundamentally different and yet horrifyingly similar to our own, where being born gifted can be a terrible curse.

Spencer is back home in the season 3 finale of "Pretty Little Liars". She's presenting a good front, but Aria, Hanna and Emily are not so sure their friend is fully back after seeing how fragile she was just a day or so before.

Determining not to be a victim anymore, Spencer looks suspicious, especially when the girls are discussing whether or not they should ask Malcolm who took him. Aria will later learn Spencer's secret as she says, "Spencer's part of the A team, game over." However, this may be Spencer's strategy to find out who killed Toby, as she can finally meet the suspicious person in red coat.

James McAvoy has confirmed Alan Cumming's involvement in "X-Men: Days of Future Past". In an interview with Heat Radio, McAvoy let it slip that Cumming was going to reprise his role as Nightcrawler in the "X-Men: First Class" sequel.

"It's huge. The cast is huge. You've got me, [Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender] Nick Hoult will be back and he's just blossoming massively over there [in the U.S.] as well," McAvoy said. "Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Alan Cumming, Peter Dinklage I hear mentioned - I don't know if that's happening -'Huge' Jackman [Hugh Jackman] is coming by, he's massive, 7'5" and muscly..."

Halle Berry proved that a star over the age of 40 could still look sexually appealing as shown in her appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Monday night, March 11. She showed her overwhelming charisma as she came in a skimpy black dress with a sheer plunge at the chest.

Berry stopped by the show to promote her new film "The Call" and make an official statement that she would reprise her role as Storm in "X-Men: Days of Future Past". However, the racy dress she wore made Jay Leno keep the conversation on her wardrobe, prompting the Revlon spokesmodel to explain the metallic number she wore to the 2013 Academy Awards.

The reunited Backstreet Boys show their bro-mance in an unusual way. In a "Jackass"-style stunt, Nick Carter is caught on camera hitting bandmate A.J. McLean, who stands against the wall, in the crotch with a baseball bat.

"A.J. take it! Just take it!" says someone in the room. "Just do it quick," the boybander who just welcomed his first child last fall braves himself before Nick swings the bat while Kevin Richardson and some other people look on.

Pop/R 'n' B star Kelly Rowland has dropped the music video of her "Kisses Down Low" track off her forthcoming album "Talk a Good Game". Following lead single "Ice" released back in August last year, "Kisses Down Low" is the second single to be released from the 32-year-old singer's new album, her fourth one, which was originally titled "Year of the Woman".

"It's finally here! Check out the video for my single 'Kisses Down Low' now! Share if you like your kisses down low!" Rowland wrote on her Twitter account as she posted a link to the new video. "Thanks for all the love on the #KissesDownLow video! - xoxo KR," she tweeted later in the day after fans raved over her new clip.

Amidst the so many praises it has received, "Argo" has been blasted by people in several countries, including Canada and Iran. Moving forward with their claim, Iranians now plan to sue filmmakers behind the Oscar's Best Picture due to "unrealistic portrayal" of the country.

According to several local news outlets (via the Associated Press), French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in Iran for talks with officials over how and where to file the lawsuit. Coutant-Peyre has represented convicted terrorists Zacarias Moussaoui and Ilich Ramirez Sanchez a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal.

Emma Watson won't be playing Cinderella in Disney's new take on the classic fairytale after all, Variety reports. While the Hermione Granger of "Harry Potter" movie franchise is no longer attached to star in the upcoming live-action movie, Cate Blanchett is still on board to portray the evil stepmother.

Gabriella Wilde ("The Three Musketeers") and Alicia Vikander ("Anna Karenina"), along with Saoirse Ronan, Cate's on-screen foe in "Hanna", were once linked to play the Disney princess, but scheduling conflicts and other considerations prevented them from signing the deal.

Brandi Glanville made it clear that she's not a fan of Chelsea Handler, especially after the female TV host dissed "Real Housewives", the Bravo reality TV franchise where the single mother is one of the cast. "Chelsea, suck it!" she exclaimed on "Watch What Happens Live" recently.

Chelsea ignited war with Brandi after calling the show fake in an earlier "WWHL" episode. "I think that franchise is kind of a terrible thing. Women shouldn't be making money off of the fact that they have fake boobs, and a fake vagina, and a fake whatever. I actually don't support that," so she said.

A picture of Lady GaGa sitting on gold plated wheelchair surfaced recently. The superstar is seen wearing a white coat and black-and-white shoes, sitting on her 24-karat gold plated wheelchair. The chair comes with leather seat and removable leather canopy. In addition, the chair has padded arm and leg rest. The handles, brake and wheels are covered in gold.

The wheelchair was made by Ken Borochov who previously designed wearable cage, a crown and the Claw for her. Borochov revealed in a statement, "I found out about her injury and then I thought, 'God, I want to make her an encrusted walking stick.' And the next day, I got a call from her stylist [Brandon Maxwell] and he asked me, 'Do you want to make her a wheelchair?' And I was like, 'yes.' I kind of feel like it fits into the universe that I'm trying to make."

A week before releasing his much-awaited album, Justin Timberlake dropped by Jimmy Fallon's late-night talk show to promote "The 20/20 Experience". The 32-year-old singer, who has already sung his hit "Suit & Tie" on many occasions, this time performed "Pusher Love Girl", another standout single on his forthcoming new album.

For this number, JT dropped his suit and tie get-up for a more casual and laidback ensemble of black leather jacket over a plaid top and a pair of dark pants. However, the crooner kept his all-familiar microphone stand in front of him.

Judge Judy is hit with a lawsuit that involves a divorce case of her show's producer, Randy Douthit, and a half million dollars worth of Christofle tableware. Douthit's estranged wife, Patrice Jones, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles on March 12, claiming Judy and Douthit entered into a fraudulent scheme to prevent Jones from obtaining the crockery in the divorce.

According to the suit, the sharp jurist, whose real name is Judy Sheindlin, only paid $50,815 for $514,421 worth of Christofle china and flatware. The purchase was apparently without Jones' consent, and Judy already knew the deal was revenge against her, Jones claimed. "As a former family law judge, she knew that California is a (community property) state and that a spouse cannot sell community property without the written consent of both spouses and certainly not at 10 cents on the dollar," Jones' lawyer, Perry Wander, said.

Olivia Wilde oozed sexiness at the premiere event of her new movie "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in New York City Monday, March 11. She showed some skin in a backless black Gucci gown, and wore a smoky eye makeup and baby-pink lipstick.

Co-star Steve Carell came with his wife Nancy Walls, illusionist David Copperfield, who makes a cameo appearance in the movie, attended the event with his girlfriend Chloe Gosselin, and Steve Buscemi was with his spouse Jo Andres. The other cast like Jim Carrey and Alan Arkin came solo.

"Sherlock" will return for at least two more seasons, according to Benedict Cumberbatch. The British actor, who plays the titular detective on the hit BBC series, revealed during a recent interview that season 4 had been greenlit in addition to season 3, which will start the production Monday, March 18.

"We've agreed to two more series [British term for season] but I could get into trouble for saying that," he told RadioTimes. "All I know at the moment is I'm doing these three [episodes for season 3] and another three [episodes for season 4]."

Hundreds of unopened fan letters addressed to Taylor Swift were found in a recycling bin behind Granbery Elementary School over the weekend. A spokesperson for Swift, Paula Erickson, addressed this issue in a statement, saying that the letters were mistakenly mixed up with opened letters which were sent to recycling bin.

Erickson explained, "Taylor gets thousands of fan letters every day and they are delivered to her management office. After the letters are opened and read, they are recycled." Erickson said that the letters must have been put in recycle bin by mistake.

Peter Banks, one of the founding members of British band Yes, died at age of 65 due to heart failure. According to a statement on his website, Banks was found dead in his house in London on Thursday, March 7 after failing to show up for a recording session.

"We are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of fellow bandmate and founding Yes member, Peter Banks. He was a huge piece of the fabric that made Yes what it is, and our thoughts, sincere condolences, and prayers are with him and his family," the current members of Yes said in an official statement. "We shall miss you greatly."

Barbadian princess Rihanna, still unrecovered after falling ill last week, has been forced to postpone yet another show, this one her March 12 show in Baltimore. The 1st Mainer Arena concert, yet to be rescheduled as of press time, is the second tour stop in her Diamonds World Tour to be called off, following last Sunday's Boston show cancellation.

A press statement issued by Live Nation informed fans that the 25-year-old singer was still down with the flu and laryngitis that she got over the weekend and would not be able to push through with her Tuesday performance in Baltimore. Ticketholders were advised to hold onto their tickets pending the rescheduling of the said show.

Around 3.6 million people were tunning in to TNT on Monday night, March 11 to bid farewell to Larry Hagman's J.R. Ewing on "Dallas". The emotional episode featured a funeral for the villainous character, following the actor's death in November 2012.

The total audience soared 28% from last week's episode. In the target demos, the said outing lured 1.4 million adults 25-54 (up 26%) and 1.1 million adults 18-49 (up 23%).

The list of celebrities whose secret files were hacked has grown longer. U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is now among the new victims along with rapper Kanye West, former Republican candidate for vice president Sarah Palin and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Their credit report and sensitive information including addresses, social security number, phone numbers, and credit cards and bank accounts were posted online at exposed.su. In the Michelle Obama section, the hackers add an additional comment that reads, "Blame your husband, we still love you, Michelle. <3."

Tiger Woods' ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, is reported secretly dating Chris Cline, a billionaire coal magnate. Apparently, Chris is Elin's neighbor in the upscale North Palm Beach oceanfront community of Seminole Landing, where Elin moved after she and Woods got divorced in 2010. "Elin and Chris have been dating since the holidays," a source tells New York Post's Page Six.

Chris is the owner of mining company Cline Resource and Development. According to Forbes, his firm, Foresight Energy, produces 20 million tons of coal a year and controls a total of more than 4 billion tons. The 53-year-old coal executive also owns a 164-foot luxury yacht named "Mine Games", which can be rented for $265,000 per week.

Sean Lowe will soon return to the small screen after ending his "The Bachelor" gig. The 28-year-old hunk, who just proposed to Catherine Giudici in the dating show's season finale, has been officially announced as the late addition to "Dancing with the Stars" season 16 cast.

The insurance agent revealed his "DTWS" participation on "Good Morning America" Tuesday, March 12, confirming previous speculations. He will be partnering with returning pro-dancer Peta Murgatroyd.