Thursday, May 31, 2012

Making Faces with Kristen Stewart - Celeb Movie

Making Faces with Kristen Stewart - Celeb Movie

She's Got the Look(s)
Kristen Stewart gets slammed by people complaining that all she does is scowl and bite her lower lip, but that accusation is simply unfair. KStew has plenty of looks up her sleeve ranging from the goofy to the sarcastic to the, well, you'll see.

Making Faces with Kristen Stewart - Celeb Movie

Shock and Awe
What could have possibly sparked this aghast reaction from Kristen Stewart? Chances are she was just recalling the fact that her boyfriend once looked like this.

Making Faces with Kristen Stewart - Celeb Movie

Can You Hear Me Now?
That poor Todd Phillips lookalike just wanted to be left alone. Kristen had other ideas.

Making Faces with Kristen Stewart - Celeb Movie

The Bird
If there's anything Kristen Stewart loves more than making movies, it's showing off her middle finger. What a rebel.

Making Faces with Kristen Stewart - Celeb Movie

Flipping Out
Kristen Stewart: Hardcore for life.

Making Faces with Kristen Stewart - Celeb Movie

Cool Story, Bro
What has two thumbs and loves goofy British dudes? Kristen Stewart, duh.

Making Faces with Kristen Stewart - Celeb Movie

Wild-Eyed
Whoa! Reign it in, Kristen Stewart. That face doesn't say "I'm excited," it says "I'm one step away from slipping into a homicidal rage."

Screening Room: Watson, Gosling in New Set Photos, First Look at 'Gatsby' - Celeb Movie

Screening Room: Watson, Gosling in New Set Photos, First Look at 'Gatsby' - Celeb Movie

Trailer of the Week
The Great Gatsby

We got our first glimpse of one of the most-anticipated films of the year this week. The glimmering one, Baz Luhrmann, has truly made F. Scott's Fitzgerald's tale of the roaring '20s his own. The trailer starts off like early 2000s Scorsese as we fly into New York City and enter one of Gatsby's legendary parties. The trailer takes off with the help of Jack White's cover of U2's "Love is Blindness," which tears through the background. The pageantry and glamour are pure Luhrmann, who seems born to breathe life into Gatsby. With a tendency to overdramatize, some critics worried about the Moulin Rouge director's ability to adapt the classic novel. The trailer doesn't exactly assuage these concerns, but the presence of Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, and Tobey Maguire as the film's leads should help balance them out. This may be another Oscar-worthy turn for Leo, especially.



Red Carpet Photo of the Week
Baldwin the chivalrous

Alec Baldwin lends his less-than-practically-adorned girlfriend, Hilaria Thomas, a hand up the staircase at Cannes. Click the photo for an entire album of some of the best shots of the week from the Festival.

Screening Room: Watson, Gosling in New Set Photos, First Look at 'Gatsby' - Celeb Movie
Actor Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas attend opening ceremony and "Moonrise Kingdom" premiere during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2012 in Cannes, France. (Getty Images)

Showbiz Buzz
Coveted role in Catching Fire down to three?

Screening Room: Watson, Gosling in New Set Photos, First Look at 'Gatsby' - Celeb Movie
(Bauer Griffin, FameFlyNet)

Box Office Top 10
1. Men in Black III: $55M (weekend), $55M (total)
2. The Avengers: $37M, $514M
3. Battleship: $11M, $44M
4. The Dictator: $10M, $41M
5. Chernobyl Diaries: $8M, $8M
6. Dark Shadows: $7.5M, $63M
7. What to Expect When You're Expecting: $7M, $22M
8. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: $6M, $16.5M
9. The Hunger Games: $2M, $395M
10. Think Like a Man: $1.5M, $88M

E! Online cites an anonymous source as saying Catching Fire studio Lionsgate has a short list for the role of Finnick Odair, who, as fans of the novel know, is a major player in the second book. The list: Garrett Hedlund, Taylor Kitsch, and Armie Hammer. My money is on Kitsch, despite his terrible 2012 thus far (box office duds John Carter, Battleship).

EW.com has exclusive new images from the set of Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, starring Emma Watson and Kirsten Dunst.

New photos from the set of Only God Forgives, the new film from the team that brought us Drive: Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn.

WARNING! New photos reveal a major spoiler from the set of Iron Man 3.

Zac Efron, Jason Bateman, and Leslie Mann highlight the prospective cast of This is Where I Leave You, about a family airing its dirty laundry while sitting shiva for the patriarch.


On Set Photo of the Week
Blood Ties co-stars snuggle up

Blood Ties co-stars Zoe Saldana and Billy Crudup look like a natural couple on the set of their new film, directed by Guillaume Canet.

Screening Room: Watson, Gosling in New Set Photos, First Look at 'Gatsby' - Celeb Movie
Zoe Saldana and Billy Crudup on the set of Blood Ties directed by Guillaume Canet in Coney Island beach. (Pacific Coast News)

Blu-ray of the Week
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lynne Ramsay's haunting portrait of the life of a school shooter and his mother, who deals with the fallout of her son's murderous rampage. The film is highly stylized and full of imagery, which Ramsay uses to punctuate the dreariness, so to speak. Featuring a sharp, somewhat ham-handed performance by Ezra Miller as Kevin, put this one on your "do not watch while alone" list and freak yourself out this weekend.

Screening Room: Watson, Gosling in New Set Photos, First Look at 'Gatsby' - Celeb Movie
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Directed by: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly


Oscar Watch 2013
The word on Moonrise Kingdom, Les Miserables

Screening Room: Watson, Gosling in New Set Photos, First Look at 'Gatsby' - Celeb Movie
(FameFlynet Photos, Pacific Coast News)

This week brought the first glimpses of two prospective Oscar films: The Great Gatsby (see above) and Les Miserables, Tom Hooper's (The King's Speech) adaptation of the classic Victor Hugo play. Yes, this version of Les Mis will be a musical and, if there's anything the trailer proves, it will also be very cinematic. Featuring many moving parts, Hooper looks to be going all out in his quest to update the tale of convict Jean Valjean (played by Hugh Jackman). Hooper's camera has never been more alive and this film looks like a throwback to the classic Merchant Ivory productions of the early '90s (Howard's End, The Remains of the Day). Look for Hooper to collect his second Best Director nomination for this one.

The first film on our list of prospective Oscar favorites will debut this week. Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson's Cannes-opening ode to love, does not disappoint. Containing many of the themes (parentless children, infidelity) and styles (dollhouse set cross-sections) of his past films, Moonrise manages to stay unique with its romantic depiction of two youngsters who would rather risk it all and run away than stay miserable living their current lives. Critics are nearly unanimous in praise of the film which could spell Oscar gold for Anderson. He has previously been nominated for Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums and for Best Animated Feature for Fantastic Mr. Fox.

2013 Best Picture Nominee Predictions

Lincoln
The Master
The Dark Knight Rises
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Moonrise Kingdom
Les Miserables
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Django Unchained
Great Expectations
Anna Karenina

Watch Selena Gomez Read 'Fifty Shades of Grey' - Celeb Music

Watch Selena Gomez Read 'Fifty Shades of Grey' - Celeb Music
Actress Selena Gomez attends Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards held at Galen Center on March 31, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Jason Merritt/Getty Images North America)

Is Selena Gomez's summer reading getting steamy? In a new video posted to FunnyOrDie.com, the starlet acts on her Fifty Shades of Grey fantasies with a hapless handyman hired to paint her room blue.

Selena makes eyes at the object of her desire, seductively holds paint swatches in her mouth, and talks over the whole thing with Grey-style inner dialogue. "I didn't want him to go," she says. "I felt a pang in my stomach. I'd never felt like this about a man before. The thought of never seeing him again was agonizing."

His reaction? "Well for a girl who doesn't talk at all, you have full-on creeped me out." Watch the full video below.

Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' Movie Will Show Her Divorce - Celeb Music

Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' Movie Will Show Her Divorce - Celeb Music
Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' Movie Will Show Her Divorce

Katy Perry's upcoming 3-D concert movie isn't all cupcake bras and Smurf wigs: It shows the singer enduring some trying times, namely her divorce from British comedian Russell Brand. Also, MediaTakeOut has invented a hilarious story about a Justin Bieber-Selena Gomez-Rihanna love triangle, Chris Brown has responded to his many critics, Justin Bieber has unveiled the track listing for Believe, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will headline the Austin City Limits music festival in October.

Katy Perry has obviously been inspired by her split from Russell Brand. (Getty)
• When Russell Brand announced he was filing for divorce from his pop singer wife Katy Perry, the cartoonish superstar stayed out of the spotlight for weeks, maintaining an impressively low profile as the public became more interested in her personal life than ever before.

Though Perry was unwilling to discuss the split at the time, she's now prepared to open up about her personal life in both song and film. This month Perry released a new single, "Wide Awake," with lyrics about a relationship gone wrong: "I was in the dark, I was falling hard with an open heart / How did I read the stars so wrong, I was dreaming for so long." She also confirmed to Ellen DeGeneres that her new concert flick, Katy Perry: Part of Me, would show the singer during the split.

"I thought it was important to show everything in between," the singer explained. "I think sometimes people think that we're perfect, and we know we're not perfect at all."

"I think it's important to start breaking down the idea that to achieve your dreams you always have to be perfect or flawless or live in some kind of fantasy world. So that's why I decided to put everything into the film. In the most tasteful way."

Perry has been linked to male model Baptiste Giabiconi and musician Robert Ackroyd since her split from Brand in December 2011.

• Perry's lyric video for "Wide Awake" takes an interesting Facebook timeline format that juxtaposes lines about love lost against the singer's many professional accomplishments. Interesting statement—we can't wait for the actual clip.

Chris Brown and Justin Bieber: Bros for life. (via Instagram)
• According to MediaTakeOut, Selena Gomez has dumped Justin Bieber because he's been two-timing her with Rihanna, and Chris Brown blasted Rihanna in his "Theraflu" remix because he found out and was jealous.

This story is all kinds of HAHAHAHAHAHA, especially given that the extremely flimsy "evidence" presented is erroneous—Selena is still following Justin on Twitter, contrary to their report. Also, Justin had dinner with Chris Brown last night. They both made stupid faces.

• Justin Bieber's track listing is out and it's mostly about girls and love and kissing and stuff.

"All Around the World" (featuring Ludacris)
"Boyfriend"
"As Long As You Love Me" (featuring Big Sean)
"Take You"
"Right Here" (featuring Drake)
"Catching Feelings"
"Fall"
"Die In Your Arms"
"Thought Of You"
"Beauty and a Beat" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
"One Love"
"Be Alright"
"Believe"
"Out of Town Girl"
"She Don't Like the Lights"
"Maria"



• Chris Brown responded to criticisms of his blatant lip-syncing at the Billboard Music Awards with the tweet, "Anyone who is upset obviously is upset with their lives... Make your music...make a difference.. Be better than me! Godbless!"

Funny how Brown is the pop star who probably gets upset most frequently.

• R&B singer Ray J was hospitalized for "exhaustion and jet lag" in Las Vegas on Monday. Funny, I don't know anyone whose jet lag was so bad it required a doctor's care...

• Austin City Limits is going to be a blast this October 12-14th, as the headliners include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, the Black Keys and Jack White. Also performing: Weezer, Florence and the Machine, the Avett Brothers, Gotye, Iggy and the Stooges, the Roots, Avicii, the Shins, the Civil Wars, Gary Clark Jr., M83, and many, many more.

Tuned In: Justin Bieber Announces North American Tour - Celeb Music

Tuned In: Justin Bieber Announces North American Tour - Celeb Music
Justin Bieber Announces North American Tour

Ladies and gentlemen, break out your earplugs: Justin Bieber has just announced a 47-date North American tour. Mike Diamond has opened up about Adam Yauch's last recordings. And theatrical pop stars fun. are the latest musicians to voice their support for gay marriage.

• Contrary to MediaTakeOut's recent work of hilarious fanfiction, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have not broken up (and most certainly not because he's been creeping on her with Rihanna). The Canadian pop star grinned through a series of questions about his very public displays of affection with Ms. Gomez during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He also dropped some big news: He's going on tour this September!

Bieber will perform 47 North American dates on his Believe World Tour, which kicks off September 29 in Glendale, Arizona, and wraps up January 26 in Miami, Florida. Bieber will then leave the states for arenas across the globe, because he loves money, cars, and $20,000 necklaces.

• Carly Rae Jepsen will join Biebs on his tour.

Lil Wayne might be a daddy 5 times over. (Getty)
• Lil Wayne loves money, cars, necklaces, and babies, so he's probably happy thrilled that baby No. 5 is reportedly on the way. We know it's not possible, but wouldn't it be awesome if all of Weezy's babies emerged from the womb sporting teardrop tattoos and braids?

• The Beastie Boys' Mike Diamond gave a poignant interview about the late Adam Yauch to Rolling Stone this week, revealing that he's not entirely sure about the future of the Beastie Boys without Yauch: "I can see making music. I don't know about a band format. But Yauch would genuinely want us to try whatever crazy thing we wanted but never got around to."


• Yet more reason to love fun.: the band's guitarist, Jack Antonoff, voiced his support for gay marriage during an appearance on Dutch radio this week.

"America is not as forward as some other places in the world. It's nice to come to countries where you don't have any second-class citizens because everyone's equal. That's a good feeling right off the bat. Whenever we know we're going to be somewhere that has equal rights we just get like a warm feeling in general about the place."

The Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001. Watch their wonderful Carly Rae Jepsen cover.


[Picture] • The collection of fancy haircuts known as Hot Chelle Rae performed at Long Island's Bethpage High School on Monday at an event hosted by The Candie's Foundation. Teen pregnancy awareness never rocked so hard.

• Indie it-girl Grimes has released a new music video for her single "Nightmusic" featuring Majical Cloudz. It's kind of like a scary trip in an Appalachian winter forest.

Super Catchy Tune: Ludacris' Ode to Butts, 'Jingalin'' - Celeb Music

Super Catchy Tune: Ludacris' Ode to Butts, 'Jingalin'' - Celeb Music
Rapper Ludacris performs at The Maxim Party featuring The Coke Zero Countdown presented by Patron Tequila at Indiana State Fairgrounds on February 4, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Getty Images)

It's been two years since Ludacris released an album, presumably because he's been too busy filming supporting roles in weighty think pieces like No Strings Attached and New Year's Eve. But the Atlanta-based rapper is hard at work on his eighth studio album, Ludaversal, which has a boisterous lead single in "Jingalin'."

Ludacris tweeted that the busy track, hyper-produced by Da Internz, is the "Official Club Banger for the Summer!" But the song's stripper-centric lyrics about a murderously jiggly rear end might prove a little too polarizing for mass appeal, even if the groovy slow jam breakdown includes charming lines like, "Yeah, go on an' jingle with the mister, jingle witcha mama, jingle witcha sista."

Sigh. It's no "Move B**ch," but the album artwork has us looking forward to the latest in tush-centric music video artistry. Only time will tell if it'll go down in history as one of the best ever butt songs.

Around the World with Lady Gaga - Celeb Music

Around the World with Lady Gaga - Celeb Music
Around the World with Lady Gaga

Globe Trottin' Monster
Being a world famous pop star, it makes sense Lady Gaga spends a lot of time traveling the globe. From the glitter and glam of the Las Vegas Strip, to the ballrooms of New York City, the singer and her outrageous outfits have had no problem keeping busy over the years.

Around the World with Lady Gaga - Celeb Music
Glastonbury, England
In 2009, Gaga brought her talents to England's Glastonbury Music Festival. With 50,000 fans going bananas, the singer put on an incredibly exciting one hour set that included everything from witty stage banter to a boob flamethrower. Yes, a boob flamethrower. That actually exists.

Around the World with Lady Gaga - Celeb Music
Blackpool, England
That same year, Gaga got to meet the Queen of England while visiting the seaside city of Blackpool, England. We're happy to note the flamboyant star was gracious enough to not wear a silly looking hat in her majesty's presence, which is slightly ironic, given the royal family absolutely loves funky headwear.

Around the World with Lady Gaga - Celeb Music
Narita, Japan
Normally, if someone were to growl at you like a monster, you might think they were angry, or deranged. Yet when Lady Gaga arrived with a grimace at Narita International Airport in Japan, it was pretty clear to all those in attendance that the wild star couldn't have been happier.

Around the World with Lady Gaga - Celeb Music
Queens, New York
Generally speaking, Gaga loves being in the spotlight. So it was a bit perplexing to see her throw the bird at photographers while attending a Mets game in Queens, New York. A professed Yankees fan, we can only assume her anger came from the sudden realization that she was sitting in the wrong baseball stadium.

Around the World with Lady Gaga - Celeb Music
Chicago, Illinois
Lady Monster took to the windy city in 2010 to put on a show at Lollapalooza, one of the nation's premier music festivals. We're not entirely sure how she saw anything with those glasses on, but we're told she made it through the set without falling over.

Heidi Klum Sings, Smokes, Strips in New Music Video - Celeb Music

Heidi Klum Sings, Smokes, Strips in New Music Video - Celeb Music
Heidi Klum Sings, Smokes, Strips in New Music Video

Model-turned television personality Heidi Klum is in that dreadful post-breakup phase in which one attempts to act harder and cooler than one actually is: She's filmed a music video. Also in music news, Lady Gaga inadvertently offended some of her Thai fans by tweeting about fake Rolexes, Trace Cyrus' head just got a little more crowded, Kanye West screened his new flick in Cannes, and more.



• Heidi Klum doesn't really seem the rock star type—she's the girl who dates rock stars. But now that she and Seal are dunzo, she's apparently ready to break into racy new territory just for kicks.

Klum stars in a new fashion film/music video for Hunger Magazine in which she cavorts about with a cigarette dripping from her hand and an irreverent look splashed across her face. There are also scenes of her getting tatted, as well as shots of her working a pole—albeit very tamely, and only in silhouette.

Klum's done far saucier work with the Victoria's Secret Angels, but there's something jarring about hearing her moan, "You're just what I want my hands on/ Slip into your skin beside you/ A fever deep inside, I can't stop/ I'm begging on my knees, just take me."

We can't watch: It's like witnessing the first throes of a post-Disney career rebellion.

• Lady Gaga probably wasn't thinking too hard when she tweeted, "I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy fake Rolex."

Obviously, some fans weren't thrilled that Gaga touched on some of the country's less attractive tourist attractions, but there was still a healthy crowd at the airport to greet the pop star upon her arrival.

Trace Cyrus has a busy head. (via Twitter)
• Trace Cyrus is running out of tattoo real estate, so he's doing everything he can to make room for more hackneyed roses and eagles.

• Remember LFO, the 3-piece boyband that rose to fame with the stream of softly-sung non sequiturs that was "Summer Girls"? Well, one of them now hangs around outside abortion clinics and prays for women to choose life.

• Kanye West projected his new short film Cruel Summer onto seven screens inside a tented pyramid in Cannes on Wednesday. The film follows a car thief, played by Kid Cudi, who falls in love with a blind Arabian princess. It apparently has a vibe similar to the long-running music video for "Runaway," which starred model Selita Ebanks as a phoenix.

• Ingrid Michaelson goes through the motions of being primped to pop star perfection in her new music video for "Blood Brothers." The KISS makeup looks hot.

Tuned In: Lady Gaga Could Be Arrested for Being Too Sexy - Celeb Music

Tuned In: Lady Gaga Could Be Arrested for Being Too Sexy - Celeb Music
Tuned In: Lady Gaga Could Be Arrested for Being Too Sexy

Lady Gaga is often too sexy for her shirt, which doesn't really fly on the opposite side of the globe. But she doesn't care—just like Miley Cyrus, she can't be tamed. Also in music news, Beyonce hopes her upcoming New Jersey gigs communicate that as a new mom. she's even "more grounded and more like you," and M.I.A. has joined the Roc Nation.



• Last week, Lady Gaga was forced to cancel a date on her Born This Way Ball after she was denied a permit to perform in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Prior to the cancellation, Islamic leaders and politicians protested the concert, which led to threats of physical violence that left police uncertain if they'd be able to guarantee safety at the show. When the singer arrived in Manila a few days later, she was greeted by protestors belonging to a group called Biblemode Youth Philippines.

Despite the conservative backlash, however, the show will go on unaltered. Gaga's manager Troy Carter told Singapore's The Straits Times that the performer was not "provocative for the sake of being provocative," and would not change the show.

Gaga has shrugged off most of the criticism. On May 22, she tweeted, "And don't worry, if I get thrown in jail in Manila, Beyonce will just bail me out. Sold out night 2 in the Philippines. I love it here!"



• Beyonce makes her grand return to the stage this weekend at New Jersey's Revel Casino, and in true superstar style, has posted a mini-documentary about getting back to work. In the five-minute clip, Knowles is shown telling her crew, "What I'm trying to say in the show is, 'Yes, I had a baby. It just made me more grounded and more like you.'"

If you've ever doubted that she's the hardest-working woman in the entertainment business, just check out this video.

• Knowles' husband Jay-Z will reportedly write the music for a new flick based on the musical Annie. Will Smith told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts that his daughter would star in the Sony Pictures project. We just want to know what kind of wig she's going to wear.

Taylor Swift's caption: "Eye contact. Important."
• Taylor Swift really loves her cat Meredith.

• M.I.A. is officially part of the Roc Nation family. The Sri Lankan born artist is now under the same management team as Rihanna, Santigold, and Shakira.

• No Doubt will perform at the Teen Choice Awards in July! Hopefully this means they're finally nearing completion on their upcoming full-length album, their first in over a decade.

• Seriously, Lana Del Rey's lips in 2009.

• Best band to play when you're in the car with your parents: The Spring Standards. Presuming your parents like Fleetwood Mac (don't they all?).

Beyonce Returns to the Stage Five Months After Giving Birth - Celeb Music

Beyonce Returns to the Stage Five Months After Giving Birth - Celeb Music
Beyonce Knowles attends the "Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2012 in New York City. (Source: Larry Busacca/Getty Images North America)

Beyonce's back! The new mom performed for the first time since giving birth to Blue Ivy this weekend in Atlantic City. Of course, the she blew audiences away with her powerful voice, impressive dance moves, and her unbelievably fit post-baby body.

The singer performed in front of 5,500 fans, including Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, at Revel Resorts Saturday night. She sang a whopping two dozen songs, opening with "End of Time," then peppering in hits like "Crazy in Love" and "1+1." The songstress also joked about how hard she had to work to look good her multiple glitzy, pantsless costumes. "I had to lose 60 pounds. They had me on the treadmill, eating lettuce," she told the crowd (via AP).

Knowles performed Friday and Saturday nights at the same casino, and has also scheduled shows for Sunday and Monday. Leave it to this gal to jump back into four back-to-back shows after a five-month break! She won't be needing the treadmill after this exhausting holiday weekend, that's for sure.

Bey also paid tribute to some of her late idols during the evening. She sang a verse of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and also gave a shout-out to Donna Summer before singing "Naughty Girl," which samples the disco legend's hit "Love to Love You Baby."

Justin Bieber Accused of Battery - Celeb Music

Justin Bieber Accused of Battery - Celeb Music
Justin Bieber Accused of Battery

Justin Bieber's romantic afternoon date with Selena Gomez turned into a nightmare after a scuffle with a photographer on Sunday.

The 18-year-old pop star is being accused on battery by a photographer who says that he and Bieber got into a physical altercation in a parking lot in Calabasas, CA. According to a press release from the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriff's Station, Bieber and the photog came to blows after the photographer snapped some pictures of Justin and Selena. The A-list couple then left the scene before the authorities arrived.

"The victim complained of pain and requested medical attention. Personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and later released," the Sheriff's Station press release states. "The victim requested a criminal report be taken regarding the incident and a allegation of misdemeanor Battery report was taken at the scene."

Neither Justin Bieber nor Selena Gomez have yet commented on the incident, although the "Boyfriend" singer did post this message to his Twitter earlier: "my fans have always been there. from day 1. they are there for me thru everything. they lift me up. so...im there for them. always. #FACT."

We'll have more details on this story as they emerge...

Justin Bieber Accused of Battery - Celeb Music
The scene in Calabasas after Bieber and Gomez left (PacificCoastNews)

Tuned In: Madonna Fires a Shot at Lady Gaga... Again » Celeb Music

Tuned In: Madonna Fires a Shot at Lady Gaga... Again » Celeb Music
Tuned In: Madonna Fires a Shot at Lady Gaga... Again

In today's music news, it's a good news/bad news situation for Justin Bieber fans, Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez have paycheck envy, and Lady Gaga gets dissed by Madonna.

• The fires of the Lady Gaga/Madonna flame war have been stoked once again thanks to footage from Madge's recent concert rehearsal in Tel Aviv. As she is wont to do (see: Elton John, hydrangeas, etc.), Madonna previously made a fuss over Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," claiming the song was a rip-off of her own 1989 track, "Express Yourself."



In the condescending, passive-aggressive fashion that has unfortunately become Madonna's trademark, she told Newsweek back in January, "["Born This Way"] is a wonderful way to redo my song "Express Yourself." I mean, I recognized the chord changes. I thought it was… interesting." Now, as if to prove her point, Madonna is incorporating Gaga's song into her tour.

The rehearsal footage (right) captured before her show in Israel reveals a mash-up of "Express Yourself" and "Born This Way." To drive things home, Madonna finishes with lyrics from her 2008 Hard Candy hit "She's Not Me." Zing! To Madonna's credit, hearing the mash-up of the two songs makes it hard to deny their striking similarities.

• They say you should never compare yourself to anybody, but apparently that's not the case when it comes to reality TV judging salaries. According to TMZ, Britney Spears had one very specific stipulation before signing her contract with X Factor: She had to make more than Jennifer Lopez did for her first season of American Idol. J.Lo's salary that year was a cool $12 mil, which made Britney's minimum $13 million.

Britney Spears and her $15 million dollar smile (FameFlynet)
According to X Factor sources talking to TMZ, Spears started negotiations around $20 million before settling with Simon Cowell and company at the highly-publicized $15 million mark. The question now is what Britney's salary will mean for Lopez when she sits down to work out a new deal with Idol. Given the precedent and the level of diva-ness involved in the situation, it's safe to assume J.Lo won't stand for anything less than what Britney's making, but with Idol having it's lowest ratings in years, can they afford it?

• It's been a busy couple of days for one of music's biggest names. Over the weekend Justin Bieber got in a bit of a scrap with a member of the paparazzi when the photog tried to snap a shot of Justin and his lady love Selena Gomez. The photographer was rushed to the hospital after complaining of chest pains (he was released soon after) and is accusing the 18-year-old pop star of battery.

TMZ reports that the case will be referred to the LA County D.A. for possible criminal prosecution. The investigation is ongoing, and the police have requested an interview with Bieber, who is currently in Norway. If Bieber is charged and convicted, he could face up to six months in jail.

So that's the bad news. The good news for Bieber fans is that the long weekend also saw the release of a new song. Following his "Boyfriend" single, Bieber has dropped another track off his upcoming Believe. Unlike "Boyfriend," which went for a Justin Timberlake "SexyBack" kind of vibe, "Die in Your Arms" is more of a sunny pop song a la the Jackson 5. It's sure to make tween girls across the world swoon. And for those worried about how Bieber's post-pubescent voice holds up, there's a heavy dose of autotune to put those concerns to rest. Have a listen to the new track below.

Mila Kunis and Clive Owen Look Cosy Together at the Park - Celebrity News Clips

Mila Kunis and Clive Owen Look Cosy Together at the Park - Celebrity News Clips
Mila Kunis and Clive Owen Look Cosy Together at the Park



Mila Kunis and Clive Owen look every inch the happy couple enjoying a day at the park - but it's only a scene for their new film. (SNTV)

Kristen Stewart on Working with Charlize Theron - Celebrity News Clips

Celebrity News Clips - Kristen Stewart on Working with Charlize Theron
Kristen Stewart on Working with Charlize Theron



As Kristen Stewart continues to transition out of the ending Twilight series, she is working alongside some well-established Hollywood actors, including Charlize Theron on her latest film Snow White and the Huntsman. ET caught up with Stewart at a special screening of the film and found out her thoughts on working with Theron. RELATED: Kristen Stewart Reveals 'Snow White' Fear "Great," Stewart responded when prompted about what it was like to work with her co-star. "I wish we had more time [together]. We had such a loaded, little experience. We only had the end of the movie to shoot together so it was like the climax and three days later it was done. I love her. She's so cool." (ETonline.com)

Celebrity News Clips - Paris Hilton Dumped by DJ Afrojack?

Celebrity News Clips - Paris Hilton Dumped by DJ Afrojack?


Reports surface claiming that Paris Hilton and her boyfriend DJ Afrojack have split up. (SNTV)

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The Indian custom of extreme sufis

Shocking Asia: The Indian custom of extreme sufis
During the annual Urs Ajmer Sufi festival dedicated to commemoration of the saint Khwaja Chishti Moinuddina XII century, thousands of fakirs and pilgrims from different countries are processions through the streets of the Indian city of Ajmer. One way of public self-flagellation, peculiar to South and Southeast Asia, along with various samoprotykaniem is vykovyrivanie eyeballs with sharp metal objects.










Jennifer Garner Takes Violet Shopping For Father’s Day Presents » News

Jennifer Garner Takes Violet Shopping For Father’s Day Presents » News
Jennifer Garner

Violet Affleck is just one of Hollywood’s cutest kids! The adorable big sister got to spend some quality alone time with mom Jennifer Garner today as the duo did a bit of shopping.

Jen brought Violet to ‘Color Me Mine’ in LA this afternoon to do a bit of shopping for Father’s Day. I wonder if Violet was going to pick something out that she could paint for dad Ben Affleck? What a great idea. After all the handmade gifts are always the best!

Andy Samberg And Kevin James Film ‘Grown Ups 2′ » News

Andy Samberg And Kevin James Film ‘Grown Ups 2′ » News
Andy Samberg

Well this looks like it will be a funny movie! Andy Samberg and Kevin James were spotted on the set of their upcoming movie ‘Grown Ups 2′ in Massachusetts and it looks like things get a little out of hand.

Andy appears to be part of a cheerleading squad who are holding a car wash and the rest kind of looks like an SNL skit!

I saw the first ‘Grown Ups‘ movie and it was pretty funny, and from the looksof it the sequel will be good for a few laughs too!

Jennifer Lopez And Casper Smart Are Back To Reality » News

Jennifer Lopez And Casper Smart Are Back To Reality » News
Jennifer Lopez And Casper Smart

After a jam packed weekend in Las Vegas that saw Jennifer performing a concert with her ex Marc Anthony and her album release party, JLo and boyfriend Casper Smart arrived back in Van Nuys today.

The couple went first class all the way arriving on a private jet. Boy that is definitely the way to travel isn’t it?

And even though American Idol is over for another season, there’s no rest for Jen who I’m assuming is going straight into rehearsals for her upcoming tour with Enrique Iglesias. Do you hope that Jen comes back to Idol next season?

Kristen Stewart Promotes ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ » News

Kristen Stewart Promotes ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ » News
Kristen Stewart

With less than a week to go until Snow White and the Huntsman hits theaters, it looks like Kristen Stewart had one last stop to go on the promo tour— Universal City, CA! On May 29, the brunette beauty and her co-star Sam Clafin sat down to chat with MTV during the network’s “Sneak Peek Week.”

Rocking a red leather jacket, dark skinny jeans and of course, one of her favorite pairs of sneaks, Kristen looked totally comfortable in one of her everyday ensembles as she dished about the flick.

Are you going to check out Snow White and the Huntsman this weekend?

Kristen Stewart Promotes ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ » News
Kristen Stewart


Kristen Stewart Promotes ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ » News
Kristen Stewart


Kristen Stewart Promotes ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ » News
Kristen Stewart

Rachel Bilson Strikes A Pose In Style » News

Rachel Bilson Strikes A Pose In Style » News
Rachel Bilson

Before she chatted the day away with Canadian talk show host Marilyn Denis, Hart of Dixie starlet Rachel Bilson posed for a few quick pics, all the while showing off her fab style.

On May 29, the small-screen stunner rocked a blue tank, black slacks and bold yellow pumps during an appearance on The Marilyn Denis Show. After smiling for the photographers, Rachel sat back and relaxed as she promoted Magnum mini ice cream bars and her website, ShoeMint.com.

As a self-professed “shoe-aholic,” I’m DEFINITELY going to be checking that site out!

Rachel Bilson Strikes A Pose In Style » News
Rachel Bilson


Rachel Bilson Strikes A Pose In Style » News
Rachel Bilson


Rachel Bilson Strikes A Pose In Style » News
Rachel Bilson


Rachel Bilson Strikes A Pose In Style » News
Rachel Bilson