The chip's only as big as a grain of rice. It's usually implanted in the scruff of your dog's neck and doesn't cause any pain for your pet. And it only costs around $25 to $50, depending on your vet.

I think it's so much safer than other forms of identification. If your dog gets lost, he might lose his collar and tags; if your dog is stolen, the thief might remove his collar and tags. With a microchip, you can help people who find your dog find you and if someone else says it's their dog, you can prove it's yours.

They make some neat stuff that works with your dog's microchip, too. Like a pet door that recognizes your dog's chip and lets him into the house (but not the raccoon that comes by later). The microchip won't track your dog, though. Your dog has to be taken somewhere to be scanned.

To me, the decision whether to microchip your dog or not is an easy one. You should microchip your dog as soon as possible, and you'll rest easier knowing that if anything happens to your dog, you'll have a better chance of recovering him.

Many communities are proposing making microchipping all dogs mandatory. Just last month, Northern Ireland began requiring all of its dogs to be microchipped. Besides finding your dog, there are two good reasons to make microchips mandatory -- although it saddens me that there are still these problems at all.

The first reason is that many dogs aren't really lost -- they're abandoned. People get a dog and decide they don't want the dog anymore and then they take the dog somewhere and just leave it. And if they remember to take off the collar and tags, no one would know. If that dog had been microchipped, it could be traced back to the owner

Everyone knows how strongly I feel about the exploding stray problem. Microchipping dogs wouldn't solve the problem completely. But if everyone spayed and neutered their dogs and microchipped them, it would make a huge dent in the stray population. Microchips would reunite lost and runaway dogs with their families, and the owners who abandon their dogs might think twice about dumping their dog in the country or on the streets if they knew there were consequences like fines or jail.

The second reason deals with a subject that always makes my blood boil. The people who buy dogs to use as weapons. They train these poor dogs using incredibly cruel techniques to turn them into vicious killing machines. If the dog was microchipped, just like a gun with a serial number, it could be traced back to the owner, who would then have to answer for any offense that the dog may have committed.

Whether the microchip is ultimately used to reunite a family with a missing pet or to deter criminals from victimizing dogs or using them to victimize others, it's hard to say that mandatory microchipping wouldn't be a useful thing. It would reduce strays, euthanasia rates and shelter crowding -- all problems that are only getting worse.

I know some might say that it's not the government's place to mandate the microchipping but, you know, every car has to have a vehicle identification number and a license plate and every gun has to be registered to its owner. And for a dog lover, a dog is vastly more valuable than a car, and in the wrong hands, a dog can be more dangerous than a gun.

Please have your dog microchipped. You'll never regret doing it, but if your dog gets lost, you'll always regret that you didn't.

Stay calm and assertive,

Cesar

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She also hauled out two thoroughly debunked right-wing talking points about marriage -- first, that it's been a static and unchanging institution for "thousands of years," and second, that "in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home" (when in reality, study after study after study shows that claim to be patently false).

As it turns out, a lot of people had a lot to say about Bristol Palin's factually inaccurate, anti-Obama, anti-gay blog post. Some were supportive, some opposed; some were well-reasoned and calm, others were vicious and mean-spirited. In response, Bristol came out with another post on Monday where, in vintage Palin fashion, she failed to address any of the legitimate arguments made by her critics, bashed "Hollywood-type sheeple" for their allegedly uniform intolerance for people with anti-abortion and anti-gay views, and said that she felt "[hated] in the name of love" and "[bullied] in the name of tolerance." She then attempted to imply that in voicing her belief in marriage discrimination, she was speaking for her generation -- my generation, the Millennials -- which makes absolutely no sense, considering that we actually support marriage equality by a landslide margin.

But it was Bristol's attempt to cast herself as a victim of hateful bullying that really bothered me. In fact, it bothered me so much that I spent part of my lunch break on Tuesday writing a response that I posted to her blog and Facebook page. While she's not likely to see it, reply, or come around to a pro-LGBT perspective anytime soon, I thought I'd share it just the same because it may be helpful to others as they discuss LGBT issues with anti-gay friends and family members:

Hey, Bristol,

I'm so sorry that you felt bullied by some of the abusive comments that were left on your original post. They are indeed awful and inexcusable.

That said, welcome to the world that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people live in every day. In fact, according to an exhaustive analysis of FBI hate crimes data by the Southern Poverty Law Center, LGBT people are at a greater risk of being targeted for a violent hate crime than literally any other minority group -- more than two times more likely than Jews to be attacked, 2.6 times more likely than African Americans, nearly 4.5 times more likely than Muslims, almost 14 times more likely than Latinos, and 41.5 times more likely than whites. In large swaths of our country, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth are regularly teased and beaten up for who they are (or who their peers think they are), all the while living in a culture that shames them into silence. Many of them have homophobic parents or guardians, so they can't even turn to the people who are supposed to love them unconditionally. LGBT youth are four to five times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight counterparts, because of the malicious bullying and crushing hatred that they're surrounded by every day. I should know: I attempted suicide myself at age 16.

Do you know why that world of bullying, death threats, verbal and physical violence, and murder on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity exists? Do you know why my community, the LGBT community, faces such a grave threat of hate-motivated violence? Guess what: It's because of religion-based bigotry. I work for an organization that fights the "ex-gay" myth (propagated, incidentally, by your own church, among many others), which is the lie that it's possible to change from gay to straight, to "pray away the gay," through a mixture of prayer and so-called "reparative therapy." Anti-gay pastors and religious profiteers across the country peddle this lie to scared, self-loathing teenagers and homophobic parents who've internalized the vicious anti-gay rhetoric they hear from the pulpit every Sunday. The claim that gay people can become straight is denounced by literally every single reputable medical and mental health organization in the country, because it has no basis in research, doesn't work, and can actually be dangerous to its victims, but that doesn't stop the evil charlatans who cash the checks and make bank while holding out false hope for change, oblivious to (or utterly careless about?) the lives that they ruin in the process. And before you even dare to doubt that lives are ruined, I'd like to challenge you to walk in my shoes. We hear from people who bear permanent emotional and mental scars as a result of the "ex-gay" myth literally every day. Many who attempt suicide as a result of their guilt about their inevitable failure to "pray away the gay" bear physical scars, as well. We also hear from many parents, siblings, and relatives of those who are no longer alive to tell their own stories, people who killed themselves trying to live a lie in order to accommodate the religion-based bigotry of people just like you.

So while I am truly sorry to read about the abuse that's been directed your way since your anti-Obama blog post, I strongly object to your attempt to cast yourself as any kind of a victim. To the contrary, you, your mother, and the putridly anti-gay Republican Party are the ones who are victimizing LGBT people. And spare me the line about how your anti-gay views are unassailable because they're your firmly held religious beliefs. It's utterly hollow. Hate wrapped in the name of God is still hate.

In closing, I must submit an important correction. You wrote about the "younger generation" in the context of abortion, then continued in the same sentence about how "voters just keep defending [so-called] traditional marriage." If you meant to imply here that the "younger generation" -- our generation -- supports the continued exclusion of loving same-sex couples from full civil marriage equality, you are wrong. No, incredibly wrong. In fact, you couldn't be more wrong: Repeated polling consistently proves that our generation overwhelmingly believes that every American deserves the freedom to marry the person they love, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. You're free to hold any views you like, no matter how bigoted they are, but you are not free to misrepresent the truth. And the truth is that when it comes to marriage equality, the jury is in -- and you've lost. The anti-gay mistakes of our parents' generation (anti-LGBT marriage discrimination amendments, laws that marginalize and persecute the LGBT community in the areas of employment, housing, etc.) will be fixed by our generation, if they aren't rectified even sooner than that. Despite your own personal homophobia, ours is not a homophobic generation; your anti-gay views are already a minority view among your peers. The day will come, very soon, when the loving marriage (of six years and counting!) that my husband and I enjoy will be recognized from coast to coast, and our nation will be the better for it. My hope for you is that someday you'll be able to stop your homophobic bullying, let go of your own bigotry, and come to embrace your lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender friends, family members, and fellow citizens as equal Americans and full human beings.

John M. Becker

The Trevor Project, Cooper's sponsored charity, won $50,000.

The 2012 Power Players series was taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in the nation's capital.

It was certainly a star performance by Cooper -- there was even one category titled "A.C."

Despite missing a Daily Double question about James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Cooper answered a another Daily Double correctly and had a considerable lead heading into Final Jeopardy -- but not a complete runaway.

All three of Friday's Power Players missed the Final Jeopardy question about cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, though Cooper said he knew the answer was the inventor of the cotton gin but just couldn't think of Whitney's name.

Kelly O'Donnell and Friedman both won $10,000 on behalf of their charities, the Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation and Conservation International, respectively.

Who's showed their smarts on Jeopardy's "Power Players Week" episodes?

"It's probably around 30 pounds," Deen says about the weight she's lost, by making small changes like eating extra servings of salad and veggies and smaller portions of carbs, she says. She's also been trying to walk 30 minutes a day.

Her sugar levels are good, ET reports, but her indulgent, comfort-food recipes aren't off limits. "I'm a Southern girl, and that's who I am, that's what I know," she says, although admits she can't eat them as often as she might like to. "I is what I is," she says.

Watch the video above for some dramatic before and after shots of Deen and to hear what she has to say about the reaction to her taking her diagnosis public.

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Currently in its third year, The Six Pack is one of the top comedy podcasts on iTunes, with listenership in over 70 countries. Huffington Post Gay Voices will regularly feature episodes of The Six Pack.

Episode #95: "Pulling a Biden"

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Carnie Wilson and Lizz Winstead join us for a very girly edition of The Six Pack. First, Carnie tells us what it was like finding success so early in life, and about the insecurities that still stick with her. She also opens up about her born-again Christian bandmate Chyna Phillips and reveals how she feels about her reality show, Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On.

"There are things I don't like about [the show], but it's the way it is. It's reality TV," Carnie says of her reality TV show. "I hate that they have to make it where people don't want to change the channel. And unfortunately that takes either watching a train wreck or watching somebody get hurt feelings, and that sucks."

Next up, Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead gives us her thoughts on that bully Mitt Romney, and she ain't messing around. Her new book, Lizz Free or Die, also gives us some personal insight into Lizz's own life, including her childhood ambition to be a priest!

Catch The Six Pack Saturdays on SiriusXM OutQ channel 108 from 1 to 3 p.m. EST and as a weekly podcast on iTunes, sixpackradio.com, and now... Huffington Post Gay Voices! Listen to the entire podcast episode here.

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Here's who and what was on our raging gay radar this week.

Kara Laricks wins Fashion Star: Out contestant Kara Laricks was crowned the winner of Fashion Star, an honor that comes along with a $6-million deal with with Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue, and H&M. The former schoolteacher told Rolling Stone.com, "The fact that it was me standing in the end is more than I could believe." Who says lesbians have no style?

Photo by Tyler Golden/NBC

New photos from Passion: Brian De Palma is remaking the the French erotic thriller Love Crime, about a powerful executive in a multinational corporation (played by Rachel McAdams) who hires a naïve young assistant (played by Noomi Rapace) and then promptly seduces her into some dangerous "games." Variety reports that Passion is "a return to the style of De Palma's early thrillers, such as Dressed to Kill and Blow Out." New photos released this week have us intrigued, and we're hoping that De Palma's Passion will dare to take the erotic relationship between the two women further than in the original.

Photo courtesy of Integral Film

MMA fighter Jessica Aguilar comes out as bisexual: While prepping for the biggest fight of her career (tonight in Lake Charles, La.) the MMA fighter talked to SportsIllustrated.com about how she discovered the sport and also about going public with her bisexuality. Aguilar said, "It's always been something I had to be very conservative about and it's something I've had to get more comfortable talking about ... If somebody doesn't agree with my choices, with all due respect, I just don't feed into it because that's negative energy. I'm sorry -- this is who I am."

Photo courtesy of JessicaAguilar.com

Ellen DeGeneres awarded the Mark Twain Prize: The Emmy-Award-winning comic and TV host has been named this year's recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. DeGeneres reflected, "It's such an honor to receive the Mark Twain Prize. To get the same award that has been given to people like Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, it really makes me wonder ... why didn't I get this sooner?"

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The Bold and the Beautiful star Joanna Johnson comes out as a lesbian: In an exclusive interview with TV Guide Magazine, the daytime TV star discussed coming out alongside her fictional character, Karen Spencer: "When [executive producer and head writer] Brad Bell called and pitched the story I was kind of thrown. I just said, 'Oh.' And there was this very long pause. Then I said, 'Where'd you get that idea?' He laughed. I laughed. And I said, 'Just make sure you get me a hot wife.' And he did!" Johnson's "hot wife," played by Crystal Chappell, made her debut this week on the show.

Photo by Sean Smith/JPIStudios

Sasha Alexander talks Rizzoli & Isles lesbian subtext: The actress who plays Dr. Maura Isles on TNT's Rizzoli & Isles says that she knows all about the show's subtext-loving lesbian/bi fanbase. In an exclusive interview with AfterEllen.com, Alexander talked about her onscreen chemistry with co-star Angie Harmon and how said fans interpret it. She told us, "What works for me is the fact that regardless what the interpretation is, whether that's a sexual relationship or not, that these are two smart women who are positive role models. Women who are not these catty stereotypical types who are fighting over who looks cuter. The fact that we can dig deeper into a friendship that can have conflict, that can be funny, that can be sexy -- that to me is what I am like with my girlfriends. And I admit there is some boob grabbing going on on set. I am not going to lie and say there is not. And not just her and I, it's all the ladies on set." 

Photo courtesy of TNT

He regaled reporters with mostly NSFW stories about time the pair spent together in Amsterdam, sharing their mutual love of music, marijuana and fried chicken. The always lighthearted Snoop also got serious when talking about his friendship with Nelson and the 79-year-old singer's unique role as a musical ambassador.

"When I first met him you would think he was a hip-hop artist because he showed love to me as if I was in his world and I never made country music or none of that, but he understood who I was," Snoop said. "And it drove me to make country music. I made a couple of country records and was a part of his album and went to the Country Music Awards and worked with Brad Paisley, went to Johnny Cash's house. I was getting heavy into it and finding country music is a form of hip-hop music. It's the same thing. We're the same people. Don't let the rhythm fool you. It's the same game."

The feeling is mutual, which is why Nelson included Snoop on his newest album, "Heroes," a collection of songs sung with Nelson's musical heroes that came out this month. The 40-year-old rapper is the only musician on the album not connected to country music in some way.

"I just like the guy personally and his music is great," Nelson said. "I'm not a big rapper-type fan, but I know he's great because he's already a legend and he's not that old, and there's a lot of people out there who are huge Snoop fans. He and I have a lot in common because we both smoke a little dope together now and then. Mainly we like to get together and play a little music and hang out any chance we get."

Others who appear with Nelson on the 14-track album include Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Billy Joe Shaver and Sheryl Crow. Nelson and Snoop Dogg are joined by Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson on "Roll Me Up," one of three songs Nelson wrote or co-wrote. And Nelson and Haggard recast "A Horse Called Music." He also covers songs by Tom Waits, Coldplay and Pearl Jam.

That list also includes Nelson's son, Lukas, who appears on more than half the songs on the Buddy Cannon-produced album. The two have recorded together before, but never so extensively.

"It's kind of the first time it happened with us," Lukas Nelson said. "It was cool. It was exciting for me, at least. This was nice to be a part of."

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I started on this difficult topic last week, but Britney Spears and Demi Lovato aren't the first people I'd ask to judge anything. Literally anything. And because the institution of reality television is sacred, it pains me that Britney and Demi have taken up two valuable spots as judges on Simon Cowell's enormous freakshow X Factor. Will Britney burn the whole place down on day one? Will Demi do it and blame it on Britney? (Clever.) The possibilities for despair are endless. The question remains: If these two are wrong for the job, then who's right?

In this week's Weeklings, I tear apart all the other candidates for Simon Cowell's co-anchors. This means Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Sheryl Crow, Paula Abdul, Nelly Furtado, and the Jonas Brothers all come up and go down hard. Scared? Don't be! Unless you're Avril Lavigne.

You can find previous Weeklings episodes here.

"She needed a supportive mom," Gloria Estefan told TVGuide.com about Santana coming out to her abuela earlier this season, which didn't go well ... at all. "That bugged me."

The season finale sees many members of McKinley High's New Directions prepare to move on as their senior year comes to a close. And that means Santana has to say goodbye to her girlfriend and fellow Cheerio Brittany (Heather Morris).

"For Maribel, the issue is not that her daughter is gay. The issue is that if ... she leaves and the other one doesn't -- how is that going to affect her decision-making?" Estefan told TVGuide.com. "She really wants Santana to be educated and go to college."

Unfortunately, Estefan said she wouldn't be singing this time around. "Hopefully I'll be back," she said. "In a way, I'm happy because once I'm singing, it throws me more into Gloria Estefan-land. You can hear me sing everywhere else." But she does throw around some Santana-esque zingers. "The apple doesn't fall from the tree," Estefan told TVGuide.com with a laugh.

"Glee" star Cory Monteith, who plays Finn, told ET Online earlier that the finale contains "a lot of cliffhangers, but it explains a lot too."

His on-screen (and possibly off-screen) girlfriend Lea Michele, who plays Rachel Berry, echoed his statements previously to ET Online. "It definitely does wrap everything up really nicely and let you know where everybody is going to be heading off to, but it does leave a lot open because a lot of people will be back next year," she said. "It leaves their storylines open to go to lots of different places for next season."

Click over to TVGuide.com for more form Gloria Estefan and click through the slideshow below to see photos from the "Glee" Season 3 finale, which airs Tuesday, May 22 at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.

It was the first time the festival has used its glitzy, global spotlight to attract attention for a cause not connected with a movie.

Penn, director Paul Haggis and model Petra Nemcova brought their individual charities together for a black-tie dinner Friday evening to benefit their organizations and renew attention to the Caribbean country. Designer Giorgio Armani co-hosted the gala.

"A film festival is not simply about films, ever," Penn said. "This isn't a film, what we're doing now. It's not a film when we stand outside and we take pictures for magazines. What it all has to do with is an expression and a shared experience."

Penn, a Cannes veteran of numerous films including last year's Palme d'Or winner, "The Tree of Life," posed for photographers ahead of a press conference, and appeared ill at ease with the celebrity-fawning that often comes along with the festival.

He compared the importance of raising money for Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake in 2010, to finding money for serious films.

"Do we stand by and wait for the studio to release the funds to make a great film or do we jump start that and show how those things can work and cut through it with fundraisers like we're going to do now?" asked the actor.

Penn also called on President Barack Obama to work with Haiti President Michel Martelly. "It is time for our formidable and elegant president to stand side by side with the new president of Haiti," Penn said.

Haggis, the director of the Oscar-winning "Crash," declined to get into politics, but said: "We're three white people sitting here from various places in the world. All we're going to do is help give these people a shot that they never had."

The teenage bride channels (and ruins) Hello Kitty in her new video "Hello Courtney," which was posted on YouTube on May 18.

Dressed in a hot-pink tutu and midriff-baring white tank top, Stodden completes her costume with Hello Kitty's trademark pink bow and has whiskers drawn on her face. The self-professed actress, singer and model then proceeds to literally crawl around her house on her hands and knees acting like a cat.

The bleached-blond teenager continues to attempt her best impression of "sexy kitty" by drinking out of a bowl on the floor, coughing up a hair ball, and -- yes, we're not making this up -- playing around in kitty litter.

The video is just plain creepy, and we can't help but feel as if we stumbled upon some weird role-play thing meant only for Stodden and her 51-year-old husband, actor Doug Hutchison.

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The celebs were out in full force today in the south of France, taking time out from their packed roster of indie film screenings to catch a little light-hearted flick around noon: DreamWorks' "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted."

Some celebs, however, went to see a more erudite flick: a re-release of the Sergio Leone’s 1984 film "Once Upon A Time In America," sponsored by the Gucci Film Foundation. Gucci girls Gemma Arterton and Natasha Poly were in attendance, as well as Jane Fonda, Naomi Watts and Salma Hayek, who looked lovely in a sparkly -- you guessed it -- Gucci dress..

But the lady that most caught our eye on the red carpet was Charlotte Casiraghi, the 25-year-old daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco and granddaughter of Princess Grace of Monaco, who gave the premiere a little royal flair in her deep green ruffly Gucci fall 2012 dress. And in her long wavy hairdo, we can't help but think Charlotte resembled another royal who did some socializing today.

Casiraghi, a model who's covered Vogue Paris, is also the fresh new face of Gucci.

Check out photos of Charlotte -- and all the celebs -- below!

The actress, 54, wasn't shy about showing off her beach body on Wednesday in Venice Beach, Calif. Stone hit the beach with a pal and, according to RadarOnline, talked with a tarot card reader.

Sounds like a fun day to us! Stone joins Elisabetta Canalis, Kelly Bensimon, Kelly Rowland and Kate Upton, who have all shown off their beach bods recently.

Check out a photo from Stone's beach day below:

If you follow Grey's creator Shonda Rhimes on Twitter you would have known that this was not going to be a sunshine-and-roses type of finale, with Rhimes herself tweeting;

Warning: do not expect to be comforted or happy at end of the GA finale. I wrote it and even I found the ending to be very unsettling.

Uh, unsettling might be a bit of an understatement. The finale juxtaposed the crew that was in the plane crash to the doctors remaining at Seattle Grace, but I'm just going to focus on the plane crash because the rest didn't really matter to me. There are three things I learned while watching last night:

1) No one is safe in a Grey's Anatomy season finale, except for, possibly, MerDer. Rhimes is never afraid to kill off a beloved character (hello, George), so if you thought you were getting out with all your faves intact, surprise! No such luck.

2) Seattle Grace very well might be cursed. From hostage situations to bombs to plane crashes -- as Christina Yang said -- Seattle Grace is cursed and everyone needs to get the hell away. Just once I would love a season finale that wasn't about some kind of trauma-inducing incident. Or would I?

3) Christina Yang is the best damn character on that show, and Sandra Oh is a genius for playing her the way she does. From her constant ramblings about her missing shoe to the best line that was delivered the entire show -- "I've got PTSD so I'm unreliable" -- Christina Yang is the very best part of Grey's Anatomy and the Meredith/Yang relationship is probably the most true friendship on network television.

So, yes, Shonda, last night's episode was unsettling to say the least, but it got me wanting more, and wanting to know what the next season will hold for my favorite Seattle Grace doctors. Which, for someone who spent the better half of the season not caring about the show, is a welcome feeling. Watching last night, I felt like Yang when she said, "How does this keep happening?! How do we keep dying?" I felt like we'd seen it all before, but then I realized that this is when Grey's is the best. This is when Rhimes sucks you in and makes you care so much for the characters that she's created with such artfulness that you find yourself wishing the next few months away so that the season premiere would be here already. Yes, as much as I felt like I'd seen this season finale before, I realized that's how I like my Grey's Anatomy -- tragic, graphic and in crisis. This finale was worth the wait, and I will be back for more in September.

Gore's new girlfriend, Elizabeth Keadle, is a Democratic donor with a background in science, the Washington Post reports. She's in her 50s and reportedly shares Gore's passion for environmental causes.

ABC News reports Keadle -- along with her ex-husband Lyle Turner -- was an early investor in what eventually became CurrentTV, a cable channel led by Gore. Keadle has also backed a number of Democratic candidates -- HuffPost's Fundrace reports Keadle has donated $5,000 to different candidates this year.

In June 2010, Gore and his ex-wife Tipper made "a mutual and mutually supportive decision" to split up after more than 40 years of marriage. The couple famously locked lips at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in a move the New York Times called an effort to "change [Gore's] robotic image."

Multiple "Idol" sources tell us ... when Phillip went back home to Georgia last Saturday ... his family doctor spent almost the entire stay by his side and was alarmed by what he saw -- Phillip wasn't eating and looked horrible.

"The Vampire Diaries," starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, earned six nominations, while the singing competition show "American Idol" racked up five.

The CW's "Gossip Girl" also managed to pull in a few nominations, as did Fox's "Fringe" and "Glee."

Check out the full list of Teen Choice Award nominees below and tune into the ceremony, airing live Sunday, July 22 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

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Choice TV Show: Drama
"Bones"
“Gossip Girl”
“Pretty Little Liars”
“Revenge”
"Touch"

Choice TV Actor: Drama
Penn Badgley, “Gossip Girl”
David Boreanaz, "Bones"
Ian Harding, “Pretty Little Liars”
Kiefer Sutherland, "Touch"
Ed Westwick, “Gossip Girl

Choice TV Actress: Drama
Emily Deschanel, "Bones"
Sarah Michelle Gellar, “Ringer”
Lucy Hale, “Pretty Little Liars”
Leighton Meester, “Gossip Girl”
Emily VanCamp, “Revenge”

Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
"Fringe"
“Once Upon a Time”
“Supernatural”
“True Blood”
“The Vampire Diaries”

Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Jensen Ackles, “Supernatural”
Joshua Jackson, "Fringe"
Jared Padalecki, “Supernatural”
Ian Somerhalder, “The Vampire Diaries”
Paul Wesley, “The Vampire Diaries”

Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Nina Dobrev, “The Vampire Diaries”
Ginnifer Goodwin, “Once Upon a Time”
Kat Graham, “The Vampire Diaries”
Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Anna Torv, "Fringe"

Choice TV Show: Action
“Chuck”
“CSI: Miami”
“Hawaii Five-O”
“NCIS: Los Angeles”
“Nikita”

Choice TV Actor: Action
LL Cool J, “NCIS: Los Angeles”
Daniel Dae Kim, “Hawaii Five-O”
Zachary Levi, “Chuck”
Adam Rodriguez, “CSI: Miami”
Shane West, “Nikita”

Choice TV Actress: Action
Lyndsy Fonseca, “Nikita”
Linda Hunt, “NCIS: Los Angeles”
Grace Park, “Hawaii Five-O”
Maggie Q, “Nikita”
Yvonne Strahovski, “Chuck”

Choice TV Show: Comedy
“2 Broke Girls”
“The Big Bang Theory”
"Glee"
“Modern Family”
"New Girl"

Choice TV Actor: Comedy
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Chris Colfer, GLEE
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
Ashton Kutcher, “Two And a Half Men”
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”

Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Miranda Cosgrove, “iCarly”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Big Bang Theory”
Zooey Deschanel, NEW GIRL
Lea Michele, GLEE
Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”

Choice TV: Animated Show
“Beavis and Butt-head”
"Bob's Burgers"
"Family Guy"
“Robot Chicken”
"The Simpsons"

Choice TV: Male Personality
Nick Cannon, “America’s Got Talent”
Simon Cowell, "The X Factor"
Cee Lo Green, “The Voice”
Gordon Ramsay, "Hell's Kitchen"
Steven Tyler, "American Idol"

Choice TV: Female Personality
Christina Aguilera, “The Voice”
Tyra Banks, “America’s Next Top Model”
Carrie Ann Inaba, “Dancing With The Stars”
Jennifer Lopez, "American Idol"
Jessica Simpson, “Fashion Star”

Choice TV: Reality Competition Show
"American Idol"
“America’s Next Top Model”
“Survivor: One World”
“The Voice”
"The X Factor"

Choice TV: Reality Show
“Dance Moms”
“Jersey Shore”
“Keeping Up With The Kardashians”
“Punk’d”
“Tia & Tamera”

Choice TV: Male Reality Star
Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, “Jersey Shore” and “The Pauly D Project”
Rob Dyrdek, “Fantasy Factory” and “Ridiculousness”
William Levy, “Dancing With The Stars”
Scotty McCreery, "American Idol"
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, “Jersey Shore”

Choice TV: Female Reality Star
Lauren Alaina, "American Idol"
Melanie Amaro, "The X Factor"
The Kardashians, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”
Tia & Tamera Mowry, “Tia & Tamera”
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, “Jersey Shore”

MOVIES

Choice Movie: Action
“Abduction”
“Act of Valor”
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
“Red Tails”
“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”

Choice Movie Actor: Action
Tom Cruise, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
Robert Downey, Jr., “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
Tom Hardy, “Warrior”
Taylor Lautner, “Abduction”
Logan Lerman, “The Three Musketeers”

Choice Movie Actress: Action
Salma Hayek, “Puss in Boots”
Milla Jovovich, “The Three Musketeers”
Paula Patton, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
Noomi Rapace, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
Zoe Saldana, “Colombiana”

Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
“The Avengers”
“The Hunger Games”
“Mirror Mirror”
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”
“Wrath of the Titans”

Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Robert Downey, Jr., “The Avengers”
Chris Hemsworth, “The Avengers”
Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games” and “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”
Taylor Lautner, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”
Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”

Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Lily Collins, “Mirror Mirror”
Vanessa Hudgens, “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”
Scarlett Johansson, “The Avengers”
Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games”
Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”

Choice Movie: Drama
“Drive”
“The Help”
“The Lucky One”
“The Vow”
“We Bought a Zoo”

Choice Movie Actor: Drama
Matt Damon, “We Bought a Zoo”
Zac Efron, “The Lucky One”
Ryan Gosling, “Drive”
Channing Tatum, “The Vow”
Justin Timberlake, “In Time”

Choice Movie Actress: Drama
Sandra Bullock, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Viola Davis, “The Help”
Scarlett Johansson, “We Bought a Zoo”
Rachel McAdams, “The Vow”
Emma Stone, “The Help”

Choice Movie: Comedy
“21 Jump Street”
“American Reunion”
“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
“The Muppets”
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting”

Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
Jason Biggs, “American Reunion”
Ryan Gosling, “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
Jonah Hill, “21 Jump Street”
Chris Rock, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”
Channing Tatum, “21 Jump Street”

Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
Cameron Diaz, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”
Alyson Hannigan, “American Reunion”
Jennifer Lopez, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”
Emma Stone, “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
Reese Witherspoon, “This Means War”

MUSIC

Choice Male Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Bruno Mars
Pitbull
Blake Shelton

Choice Female Artist
Adele
Jennifer Lopez
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Taylor Swift

Choice Music Group
Selena Gomez & The Scene
Gym Class Heroes
Lady Antebellum
LMFAO
The Wanted

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
Beyonce
Flo Rida
Nicki Minaj
Pitbull
Kanye West

Choice Rock Group
The Black Keys
Foo Fighters
Foster The People
Linkin Park

Choice Rock Song
“Lonely Boy,” The Black Keys
“Paradise,” Coldplay
“Pumped Up Kicks,” Foster The People
“We Are Young,” fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
“Somebody That I Used To Know,” Gotye featuring Kimbra

Choice Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Artist
DeadMau5
David Guetta
Calvin Harris
Kaskade
Skrillex

Choice Single by a Group
“We Are Young,” fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
“Hit The Lights,” Selena Gomez & The Scene
“Ass Back Home,” Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch
“Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
“Moves Like Jagger,” Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera

Choice Single by a Female Artist
“Set Fire to the Rain,” Adele
“Stronger,” Kelly Clarkson
“Dance Again,” Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
“Part of Me,” Katy Perry
“Eyes Open,” Taylor Swift

Choice Single by a Male Artist
“Boyfriend,” Justin Bieber
“Take Care,” Drake featuring Rihanna
“Good Feeling,” Flo Rida
“It Will Rain,” Bruno Mars
“Give Me Everything (Tonight),” Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer

Choice Male Country Artist
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Hunter Hayes
Scotty McCreery
Blake Shelton

Choice Female Country Artist
Lauren Alaina
Miranda Lambert
Kellie Pickler
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
“Love on Top,” Beyonce
“Take Care,” Drake featuring Rihanna
“Wild Ones,” Flo Rida featuring Sia
“Without You,” David Guetta featuring Usher
“Starships,” Nicki Minaj

Choice Country Song
“Tattoos on This Town,” Jason Aldean
“Crazy Girl,” Eli Young Band
“Storm Warning,” Hunter Hayes
“God Gave Me You,” Blake Shelton
“Sparks Fly,” Taylor Swift

Choice Country Group
The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Thompson Square

FASHION

Choice Fashion Icon: Female
Miley Cyrus
Zooey Deschanel
Jennifer Lopez
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry

Choice Fashion Icon: Male
Justin Bieber
Chris Colfer
Cee Lo Green
Justin Timberlake
will.i.am

Choice Female Hottie
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Kate Upton

Choice Male Hottie
Justin Bieber
Ryan Gosling
Liam Hemsworth
Robert Pattinson
Ian Somerhalder

SPORTS

Choice Female Athlete
Kelly Clark (Snowboarding)
Maria Sharapova (Tennis)
Hope Solo (Soccer)
Lindsey Vonn (Skiing)
Serena Williams (Tennis)

Choice Male Athlete
David Beckham (Soccer)
Kobe Bryant (Basketball)
Albert Pujols (Baseball)
Tim Tebow (Football)
Shaun White (Snowboarding/Skateboarding/Surfing)

OTHER

Choice Book
“The Hunger Games” trilogy, Suzanne Collins
“The Giver,” Lois Lowry
“The Twilight Saga,” Stephenie Meyer
“Divergent” trilogy, Veronica Roth
“The Lucky One,” Nicholas Sparks

Choice Comedian
Ellen DeGeneres
Jimmy Fallon
Andy Samberg
Daniel Tosh
Kristen Wiig

Choice Twit
Justin Bieber
Miley Cyrus
Jimmy Fallon
Demi Lovato
Ryan Seacrest

Tune in to the 2012 Teen Choice Awards airing on Sunday, July 22 at 8 p.m. on Fox.

E! News has learned exclusively that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, currently in London together, will head to the Cannes Film Festival next week.

After telling the ladies that one of the most heart-warming marriages she'd ever presided over was between a gay couple, she declared herself an advocate for marriage equality. "If you're a good citizen, if you pay your taxes, if you work, you should have all the rights and responsibilities of everybody else," she stated.

It's not the first time Judge Judy has spoken out in favor of gay marriage. In 2009, when Proposition 8 was on the ballot in California, she expressed similar sentiments to Larry King. "We've got a lot of trouble in this country ... Why the state should be interested in proscribing the word marriage from two people who love each other, who are responsible tax-paying productive people who have created a family ... why the state would have an interest in proscribing that kind of conduct, I don't understand ... I don't understand the preoccupation with gays being permitted to marry."

Judge Judy also made a contrasting point about Nadya Suleman, known as the 'Octomom,' emphasizing that the issue should be viewed through the lens of personal responsibility. "I have an issue with anyone who has children who they can't take care of. You don't make somebody like that a celebrity to begin with."

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Smith was walking a press line when a reporter stopped him to give him a hug and attempted to kiss him.

"Hey man, what the hell is your problem?" Smith exclaimed, and pushed him away, before slapping the man in the face. "He tried to kiss me on my mouth!"

"He's lucky I didn't sucker punch him," Smith added afterward.

According to TMZ, the man involved in the incident is a TV reporter who likes to kiss celebrities.

The incident comes weeks after more rumors suggesting the actor and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, are on the rocks yet again. The couple has denied any divorce rumors.

Check out the video of Smith above.

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David Hasselhoff, the man who helped make "Baywatch" a household name, has revealed why the lifeguards of "Baywatch" ran so slowly all the time. Jiggling enjoyment aside, Hasselhoff told Men's Health the slow-motion running came about because of budgetary reasons.

"That came about organically because we had no money," he said. "We didn't have enough financing to finish the show. So we found a way to fill the hour by shooting people in slow motion. We said, 'Well, girls in bathing suits look good running in slow motion, let's just shoot that.' And we found out that the audience kinda liked it."

They certainly did. There are countless tributes to the "Baywatch" signature running all over the internet.

Enjoy some "Baywatch" slow-mo running below. Click over to Men's Health for more from Hasselhoff.

On June 12 at Covenant House's Night of Broadway Stars concert in Lincoln Center, Jon will receive the Beacon of Hope Award, which is bestowed upon advocates and activists whose lives and work offer opportunity and hope to homeless and trafficked young people. He will share the award with our friend Leo Carlin, a partner in T.W. Cooper Insurance, who is also president of the board of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation and a board member of Covenant House Pennsylvania.

I wanted to know more about what motivates Jon to play an important role in helping homeless youth -- his concern for them goes back more than three decades when, inspired by our New York City shelter, he wrote "Runaway," his first hit. We talked about the challenges that kids face today, and how each of us can have a positive impact in the world:

Jon, you're a pretty busy guy. But you accepted President Obama's invitation to join the White House Council on Community Solutions last year. Why was this important to you?

In 2008, like so many others, I was inspired by Mr. Obama. I truly believe that we are the change we want to see, each of us. I wrote to the White House shortly after the election to suggest a council on volunteerism. After some thought they suggested the WHCCS and offered me a seat.

What did you learn as a member of the Council?

There are many people across the nation who truly care about and provide inspiration in their communities. These people aren't rock stars or politicians -- many of them don't even get paid. They rarely have an opportunity to have their voices heard or have the funding they need and many can not get the attention of the media to even spotlight their messaging.

You met with a lot of young people across the country over the last year, including homeless youth living at Covenant House. Did anything you hear or see surprise you?

Kids are kids. They all need love, guidance and mentors who lead by example. Yet, some have had to grow up fast and have had more than their share of challenges. But thanks to organizations like Covenant House there is always hope.

Why Covenant House?

I remember that the first Covenant House was located near the old bus station at the foot of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York City. I would look out the bus window on my way to work in a recording studio and often think "there, but for the grace of God go I..."

You wrote "Runaway" in 1980 about those kids?

I did. Once a young person is ready to get off the street, they can always count on Covenant House to provide a safe haven and a place to sleep without fear, a place where they can focus on the rebuilding of their lives, get counseling, and help reconnect to education so that they are better equipped when the opportunity comes to find work and eventually a place of their own.

Jon, you've channeled a lot of your passion for social change into the work of the Soul Foundation. Why is the Foundation important to you?

I have been blessed both in my professional and personal life. Having the opportunity to make change is both rewarding and necessary.

You're receiving the Beacon of Hope Award from Covenant House at Lincoln Center on June 12, along with our friend Leo Carlin. What does that mean to you?

It will be a fabulous night, certainly, highlighted by the kids' performance as well as their stories. I'd like to congratulate my friend Leo Carlin. His tireless advocacy on behalf of Covenant House in Philadelphia deserves to be recognized. There are many, like Leo, who have earned this award much more than I, but on behalf of all of those who really dare to make a difference, I'll say thanks for the inspiration. I'm grateful.

Back at you. You've inspired a lot of us to roll up our shirt sleeves and make a difference in the world. Do you have any advice for budding advocates and activists who want to have a positive impact on the world?

As I have said before, each of us has the power to effect change. You needn't be a rock star. You needn't be a politician or invent the magic pill. But each of us working together in what I refer to as the "power of we" is capable of great things.

"There are so many different reasons as to why I love riding trains," said Dawson, a National Train Day spokeswoman. "But I think ultimately it's the romantic feeling of it. There's something about it that just transports me into old films."

Here at HuffPost Travel, we like to share the train love, too, from luxury train travel trips around the world to the best train trips in the U.S.

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"Punky Brewster" even serves as the catalyst for Frye's own store, "Little Seed" and a Target collaboration of the same name. "It's all bright, colorful and organic," she explained, "Very 'Punky' colors." In her everyday life, Frye adopts a similar palette, "I love color," she explained, "and I love black. So I'm either in really bright hues or in black."

Appropriately, Frye was wearing a silk, bright fuchsia dress and black patent pumps at the party in honor of Liz Lange's tenth anniversary with Target. Looking at the bright maternity pieces around us, Frye joked about what she was going to tell her husband, director Jason Goldberg, when she got home, "I'm like, 'Literally babe, we have to get pregnant again.'"

Now juggling motherhood in addition to acting, writing a second children's book, running a store and visiting Haiti, Frye admits she has gotten somewhat more simple in her beauty routine ("I'm all about Cetalphil. [And] flavored lip gloss"), and that her body isn't quite what it once was ("I tried on pants the other day I had before the baby and they only went to my knees!"). But, she is okay with the change. "I'm not exactly the same, but I'm not trying to be," she explained, "I'm embracing it."

Frye's two uniquely named daughters, Poet Sienna Rose Goldberg and Jagger Joseph Blue Goldberg, are already following in their mother's theatrical footsteps. "Jagger has her first play tomorrow night!" Frye exclaimed, "It's a school play and she’s playing a bird. I’m very excited. They both really love performing." As a child star herself, Frye wouldn't discourage her girls from persuing similar paths, "If they are anything like I was, I would have no say in the matter."

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"My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm datings to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life," Symone tweeted.

Rumors surrounding Symone's sexual orientation were first ignited by sources who told the National Enquirer that the former "Cosby Show" child star was shacking up with a female love interest -- openly gay "America's Next Top Model" contestant AzMarie Livingston -- in her New York City apartment.

“Raven has hidden being gay for a long time now,” a source told the National Enquirer. “But about a year ago, she was introduced by a friend to AzMarie, who is absolutely gorgeous. The two began see­ing each other, and a few months ago, Raven finally got the nerve to ask her to move into her lavish Manhattan condo. When her family found out, they blew their stack and it’s created a gay scandal for Raven."

Despite the Enquirer story, Symone feels no obligation to respond with a definition of her sexual preferences.

"However that is my right as a HUMAN BEing whether straight or gay. To tell or not to tell. As long as I'm not harming anyone," Symone continued via the social networking site.

You likely don't need any more reasons to see the June 29 release, but the latest clip does its best to provide some squeal-y moments. For instance, that part where Mike's stripping protege (Pettyfer) says, "Hey, Mike, I think we should be best friends." (ME TOO!) Also, everything else is the best, including Matthew McConaughey spitting fire.

Based on Tatum's experiences as a dancer, "Magic Mike" is director Steven Soderbergh's own version of "Saturday Night Fever." Or maybe his version of all the scenes between Mark Wahlberg and John C. Reilly in "Boogie Nights." Or a Rihanna video?

Watch the new "Magic Mike" trailer above and throw singles at your computer monitor.

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Publicist Brian Edwards said in a statement Friday that Summer's family is overwhelmed and appreciates the outreach from fans and friends, but that her funeral services will remain private.

He didn't provide details on when and where services would be held.

Summer died Thursday morning of lung cancer at age 63 in Naples, Fla. Edwards also said that the singer did not smoke.

Summer earned the title of Queen of Disco after releasing a string of dance hits in the 1970s, including "I Feel Love," "Love to Love You Baby" and "Last Dance."

"DWTS" judge Carrie Ann Inaba sat down for an interview with "Good Morning America" (weekdays, 7 a.m. ET on ABC) host Lara Spencer, and gave her prediction of who will win Season 14's Mirror Ball Trophy ... sort of.

“Well just judging on how the audience reacts when William Levy walks into the room, I’ve seen nothing like it in seasons past,” Inaba said. “I think he’s got a great shot because I think those fans are in love, love, love with him."

Inaba went on to clarify that Jenkins has the best technique, but that she really couldn’t commit to picking a winner. It will all depend on the final performances, she claimed.

Bloggers and viewers throughout the world are making their predictions and putting in their two-cents about the final three participants. The general consensus is that all three left in the running are incredibly talented. Buddy TV recently lamented, “It's almost a shame that someone has to win "Dancing with the Stars" Season 14. They're all so good!”

But others are a little bitter about the three finalists. A blogger for Time Magazine expressed her frustration about Maria Menounos’ elimination, after Menounos and her partner received a perfect score on her final night dancing. She went on to say, “Come back next week for the finale when three people you probably never heard of before this show started dance for a trophy no one wants in their living room.”

"Dancing With The Stars" ends next week. The final performances will be on Monday night at 8 p.m. ET and the results and finale will be on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

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Now one high-profile producer is opening up about the experience on Facebook, saying he wishes "MDNA" would've turned out differently and blaming the album's failure on rush marketing and timing.

"[Madonna] was on form and better than ever with her singing and writing and musicality, and was having a great time," writes William Orbit, who previously collaborated with the pop star on her 1998 album "Ray of Light," which won four Grammy awards. "We had songs lined up that were breathtaking."

But then, from the sounds of it, things turned sour. After one fan comments on Orbit's page, noting that "most people are writing off" the album and accusing Madonna's record company Interscope of "gradually destroying" her career, the producer notes, "All I will say is that certain thoughts about it that I see expressed online by committed fans such as yourself, were blindingly obvious to me from the very get go, well before the release." He continues: "But you won't see me exactly jumping up and down with delight over the way that things have panned out...we were very pushed for time."

He doesn't mince words when it comes to working with Madonna herself, either, noting the "various pressing commitments that took up the artist's limited time, such as perfume ranges and teen fashion contests and other such endeavors which are beyond my own limited understanding of pop star agendas."

Claiming that he would "lie down in the mud if she didn't want to get her shoes messed up," he adds, "It's hard to be an effective knight when your hands are bound."

"The thing about having little appetite for riches and fame, and no great tower of expectations, you haven't got anything to be taken away," he observes. "And having always been an outsider, outside in the cold, It's always clear which way the wind is blowing."

For their part, Madonna's devoted gay fanbase has largely responded to "MDNA" with mixed reviews. Boy Culture blogger and Madonna authority Matthew Rettenmund called the album "arguably...her best effort since 'Ray of Light'" in his detailed review, while Kenneth In The 212 guest blogger Christopher Carozzo slammed Madge's "ridiculous lyrics" and use of "cold" electronic vocoder effects.

Carazzo then echoed the sentiments of many diehard fans by concluding, "It makes me ache for a new collaboration with Patrick Leonard or Stephen Bray," a nod to the producers of some of Madonna's biggest hits like "Like a Prayer" and "Into The Groove."

Re-live some of Madonna's best live performances below:

First Lady Michelle Obama will also be present for the June 14 event titled, "A New York Night."

In an email to campaign supporters, Parker encouraged donations for as little as $3. Each donation would automatically enter supporters for a chance to attend the fundraising event. Parker wrote:

For me, this election is even more important than 2008.

As a woman, a mother, and an entrepreneur, I need to believe our country can be a place where everyone has a fair shot at success.

This November's election will determine whether we get to keep moving forward, or if we're forced to go back to policies that ask people like my middle-class family in Ohio to carry the burden -- while people like me, who don't need tax breaks, get extra help.

A longtime Obama supporter, the actress also attended George Clooney's star-studded fundraising event on May 10 where big-time donors including Robert Downey Jr., Salma Hayek, and Barbra Streisand were also in attendance.

The $40,000 per ticket, event hosted by Clooney raked in a cool $15 million for the Obama campaign.

But Charlize's features weren't always so picture-perfect. Nope, according to the actress herself, her smile was totally toothless until age 11.

In a new interview with Britain's newspaper The Sun, Theron reveals that she never had "milk teeth," a Britishism for baby teeth.

Theron apparently had jaundice as a baby, which required her family to put her on a hefty course of antibiotics. Her teeth rotted as a result, and they had to be removed, leaving her with "fangs" that had to be cut out of her mouth.

"That was tough, you know, being in school having photos taken while I was pretending I had teeth. It was hideous," she says.

Charlize also mentions in the interview that since adopting her son, she's learned to survive on four hours of sleep! (As big sleep fans, we obviously can't condone skipping so much of your beauty rest.)

We're sure the Dior spokesmodel and beauty who pulls off stunning sheer dresses looked beautiful either way.

Click over to the Sun to read more of Charlize's interview, including revelations about her tumultuous home life as a kid.

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But Charlize's features weren't always so picture-perfect. Nope, according to the actress herself, her smile was totally toothless until age 11.

In a new interview with Britain's newspaper The Sun, Theron reveals that she never had "milk teeth," a Britishism for baby teeth.

Theron apparently had jaundice as a baby, which required her family to put her on a hefty course of antibiotics. Her teeth rotted as a result, and they had to be removed, leaving her with "fangs" that had to be cut out of her mouth.

"That was tough, you know, being in school having photos taken while I was pretending I had teeth. It was hideous," she says.

Charlize also mentions in the interview that since adopting her son, she's learned to survive on four hours of sleep! (As big sleep fans, we obviously can't condone skipping so much of your beauty rest.)

We're sure the Dior spokesmodel and beauty who pulls off stunning sheer dresses looked beautiful either way.

Click over to the Sun to read more of Charlize's interview, including revelations about her tumultuous home life as a kid.

See Charlize's style evolution!

The Village Voice was the first to notice a shocking passage that takes a cruel swing at the late Whitney Houston. In the travel section of her new book, the 78-year-old co-host of the E! network's "Fashion Police" writes:

"I hate Houston. It's crawling with bugs. Oh, wait, that's Whitney Houston; I'm sorry, my bad. (Can I just mention that Whitney looked fabulous at the Grammys? She was in mahogany from head to toe.)"

The legendary singer died of an accidental drowning in her Beverly Hills hotel room the night before the Grammy Awards. Heart disease and cocaine use also contributed to her death, according to the coroner's report.

The entire entertainment industry, as well as fans around the world, were shocked and deeply saddened by the loss of the icon, and Rivers never seemed to have much sympathy for the singer.

When E! aired a poorly timed episode of "Fashion Police" that knocked Houston the day before her death, the network later pulled the episode out of respect for the late singer. Days later Rivers told reporters while backstage at the Badgley Mischka runway show that she had no regrets about making fun of Houston.

“When she’s alive, she’s fair game. It’s part of being a celebrity,” Rivers told Women's Wear Daily. “Am I sorry she died? Of course I am, for God’s sake. But when she was alive we would talk about her just as we would talk about Anna Wintour or Angelina Jolie. If Angelina Jolie died tomorrow, I would still say she was anorexic.”

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"I'd love Regis, but Regis would win," Trump told The Huffington Post when asked if his good friend Regis Philbin could be on the show next season. "It wouldn't be fair. Everybody would know I couldn't fire Regis."

NBC has already slotted "The Celebrity Apprentice" for a new season and Trump said casting is already underway.

"Everybody wants to be on the show. It's very easy for us," he said on the red carpet at NBC's upfront presentation in New York this week. "We have to turn down probably seven for every one we take. You'd be amazed how many celebrities are out there."

Trump said he has dream contestants, but we won't reveal who they are. "I better not tell you because I'll never get them," he said. "There are a couple of people that I'd love to get. A couple of them don't want to be fired, but I've always said, certain people I'd love to get."

The current season of "The Celebrity Apprentice" is wrapping on Sunday and it's a showdown between an "American Idol" veteran and a former talk show host.

"Clay Aiken has done an amazing job. Arsenio Hall has done an amazing job," Trump said. "They're very different, but very, very smart guys and they were good leaders. They did a really good job and raised a lot of money for charity."

The season finale of "The Celebrity Apprentice" airs Sunday, May 20 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

WATCH: Maria Shriver's Commencement Speech

Well, "Today Is The Day" we've been waiting for -- the big Facebook I.P.O.! Will Mark Zuckerberg remember to say "Thank You Friends" when he tallies up his zillion-dollar haul, or is the social network saddled with an "Ungrateful Little Father"? Certainly, the company's earliest investors have to be crowing, "We Are the Champions" -- it's "A Beautiful Day" for Bono of U2, who stands to make $1.2 billion from his chunk of Facebook, and even Eduardo Saverin must be singin' in "Singapore."

The news wasn't nearly as good for JP Morgan Chase C.E.O. Jamie Dimon, who went from Wall Street's "Last Man Standing" to America's favorite "Whipping Boy" after his firm lost $3 billion in one fell swoop. "Regulate"!, fed-up Democrats demanded, but Mitt Romney took a more forgiving view, saying that kind of "Reversal of Fortune" is just "the way America works." Translation: Jaime, "You Fucked Yourself," and now you're on your own.

"Maybe Partying Will Help." That seemed to be the philosophy at the Upfront presentations in "New York City," where the networks put on a major "TV Party" for advertisers. And the festive spirit stretched across the Atlantic, where Lana Del Ray and Bill Murray were among the "Jeunes Femmes et Vieux Messieurs" who helped kick off the 65th Cannes Film Festival. Speaking of femmes, advocates are still wondering why, when it comes to the festival's competiton slate, "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World." Some blame the festival's culture of information lockdown. "We Have No Secrets," critics say -- why should you?

Moving on to "Politics As Usual," The New York Times exposed the "Master Plan" for an ambitious "Smear Campaign" aimed at forcing President Obama to admit that, yes, when it comes to the inflammatory preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright, "He Was a Friend of Mine." The money quote came when the authors of the report accused Obama of framing himself as a "metrosexual, black 'Abe Lincoln,'" a phrase that launched a thousand Internet tribute illustrations.

In the "Outer Realms" of the race, meanwhile, Dr. Ron Paul announced his decision to "Give Up the Ghost." His libertarian supporters refused to accept defeat, claiming that their hero would "Fight to Finish," appearances notwithstanding. Others expressed relief at not having to say, "Come On In My Kitchen" to door-to-door Paulites for another four years, at least.

The week also saw the tragic loss of an "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground." So in memory of Donna Summer, Spotify the News urges you to "Dim All the Lights" and dedicate one "Last Dance" to the Queen of Disco.

To suggest newsworthy songs for next week's edition, tweet your tips to @HuffPostEnt with #SpotifyTheNews.

"It was one of my favorite experiences I've ever had," Theron told VH1 while promoting "Snow White and the Huntsman."

Theron's Rita appeared in five episodes of "Arrested Development" as a love interest of sorts for Michael Bluth.

Netflix is reviving the series for a fourth season to stream exclusively on the Internet service with a film to follow. Series creator Mitch Hurwtiz was recently spotted at work on the Maeby episode of the new season. Each character will get a spotlight episode in the new 10-episode season leading up to the film. "Arrested Development" Season 4 is set to debut on Netflix in early 2013.

Aside from Theron, "Arrested Development" had a number of celebrity guest stars including Liza Minnelli, Martin Short and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Theron said she would welcome the opportunity to return, but seemed to acknowledge the main characters of the Bluth family are key. The entire series regular cast is confirmed to return.

"I would love to, but I also don't want to crash the party," she said. "I think those characters are so great, but yeah, if they wanted me to come by for a day, I'd love to do that.

"And if they paid me well because, you know, that's important too," she said jokingly.

Post 50s across the internet have been mourning the loss of the beloved singer. Actress Jackée Harry tweeted:

Life Is A Dash - But Donna Summer's Was Beautifully Punctuated! #LoveToLove Her. RIP Donna.

— Jackée Harry (@JackeeHarry) May 17, 2012

View the slideshow below for some beautiful comments honoring Donna Summer.

Then, on March 28, Ferrell appeared on "Conan" to announce "Anchorman 2."

So, what happened in those 18 days?

On Thursday, David Koechner filled in some of those gaps for me, and also explained how the teaser trailer for "Anchorman 2" came together so quickly -- this despite the fact that the sequel won't even begin filming until February.

I spoke to Will Ferrell and asked him about doing sequels in general and, as an aside, he said, "I mean, 'Anchorman,' we tried," before stating that they wanted to do "Step Brothers 2." Then, a little over two weeks later, "Anchorman 2" is announced. Did that really come together that quickly?
Yes, it did. It really did.

What changed in those two weeks?
I knew that they were talking about it. I ran into my agent on a Friday and he said they were going to be talking about it that next Monday. So, it wasn't a done deal. They were getting ready to go into "Step Brothers 2." And then Adam McKay said, "You know what? Before we do that, let's just take one more run at Paramount for doing 'Anchorman 2.'" And they did -- and it came together in a week.

You've been hearing about this for a long time. When you got that call this time, were you still wary that it might not happen?
Oh, no. I knew it was serious. Because it was whispered. It was whispered to me that they were having talks "next Monday." So, yeah, I knew it was serious. Because they said, "It looks good." There was a time when it was definitely going, two years before that -- and then it was off. So, you hope, but you didn't want to hope too much. And, even now, it doesn't start shooting until February. You know, it seems a little unreal. Almost like when we were shooting it, it didn't seem real.

Is that a reason for getting that teaser out so quickly? "If we put a teaser out, there's no way this can fall apart again"?
Well, no. I'd say that once they agreed to it, that was it. That was going to happen.

When did you guys shoot that? It seemed to happen quite quickly.
Oh, we shot that in April. We shot that about a week after they announced it.

It is fun seeing Champ again.
Yeah! Haven't seen it yet. I can't wait.

Do you put that hat on and think, Man, I'm back?
[Laughs] Oh ... yes.

Mike Ryan is senior entertainment writer for The Huffington Post. He likes Star Wars a lot. You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter.

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"I took my pen," Spencer said on the red carpet for NBC's upfront presentation. "For eight years, I've been twirling and playing with that pen."

His other keepsake? His Dr. Robert Chase badge. "The badge -- the photo was from when I was 24, when I started the show -- so I wanted to keep that because I had long hair and looked about 12."

Spencer will next be seen in NBC's "Chicago Fire." The series, from "Law & Order" mastermind Dick Wolf, has been described as "ER" in a firehouse and follows the men and women of the Chicago fire department. After eight years on "House," Spencer said there was some hesitation about signing on for another series so soon.

"There was actually, I won't lie," Spencer said. "After coming off of eight years, which is quite a long time, I did think twice about it, but the script was great ... And it's the complete antithesis to what 'House' is. In terms of the show, 'House' was cerebral, clinical and very much a mind game show; this is a much more gritty, raw, emotional character-based show. We follow them into a lot of dangerous action situations."

For more on "Chicago Fire," click through the slideshow below and tune into the series finale of "House" on Monday, May 21 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

DJ Khaled, Rick Ross and Drake in the video for "Take It To The Head"
Photo: MTV News

Blockbuster songs deserve blockbuster video treatments, and DJ Khaled made sure his new single, "Take It to the Head," had a big visual to match. When your track features Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross, there isn't much choice.

"I told [director] Colin [Tilley] when I called him, 'We gotta video, we gotta do the best video, we gotta win awards, and you gotta really take it there because we got nothin' but megastars on one record," DJ Khaled told MTV News' Sway Calloway from the Universal Studios set where he shot the video at the end of April.

Last summer, Khaled hosted "I'm on One," an inescapable rap jam that partnered Lil Wayne, Drake and Rick Ross for the first time. It seemed that the #1 Billboard rap single would be hard to top, but with Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown on "Take it to the Head," the Cash Money DJ is making a serious run for hip-hop's 2012 summer anthem. The stakes are high, and the video, which premieres Sunday on MTV Jams, is equally as huge.

The video set is reminiscent of the 1974 disaster film "Earthquake," where most of Los Angeles is destroyed by a quake that registers 9.9 on the Richter scale. "Colin Tilley is an amazing director, so he had this amazing idea where he wanted fire behind us, trains broken, ground shaking," Khaled described. "We're giving you new stuff."

• DJ Khaled
• Rick Ross
• Drake

During her Bravo talk show, Griffin played a clip of President Obama's appearance on "The View" from earlier this week. "Elisabeth Hasselbeck said something really stupid, let's take a look," Griffin said.

She paused the clip early on to comment on Hasselbeck's tone. "Right away, with her attitude to the President, who is a Harvard law professor, I'm like 'take it down a notch, b***h,'" Griffin said. "I don't like that."

Griffin continued to play the clip in which Hasselbeck asked Obama how his position on same-sex marriage differed from GOP candidate Mitt Romney's, since both candidates said they support leaving the issue up to the states to decide.

Obama corrected Hasselbeck and pointed out that Romney said he wants a constitutional amendment, which would make same-sex marriage a federal issue.

Griffin relished in Obama's response to Hasselbeck. "He's just so patient with her," Griffin said.

She then yelled at her producers for replacing the clip with a flattering photograph of Hasselbeck. "No don't show that nice picture of her," Griffin yelled. "After all the names she's called me, show the f******g crazy face." Producers switched the photograph to one of Hasselbeck enthusiastically smiling. "I'll say she's a c**t," Griffin later added. Her final word was bleeped out.

Now half-way through Season 1 of "Girls" (Sundays at 10:30 p.m. ET on HBO), the blacklash hasn't stopped. So in the first week of filming "Girls" Season 2, which was announced at the end of April, Lena Dunham -- who produces, directs, writes, stars in and created the series -- seemed to nip the issue in the bud: She was seen filming in New York with "Community" star Donald Glover.

Dunham and Glover were seen shooting "Girls" in Brooklyn and she tweeted a photo of the actor on Wednesday:

Evilish Gambino cc: @donaldglover instagr.am/p/Ks0yFzC1L6/

-- Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 16, 2012

Dunham caught flack for the lack of diversity on "Girls" very early on, leading to web-wide uproar. When the show was picked up, the pressure was on for Dunham to do something about the essentially all-white cast of "Girls."

Just last week, Dunham spoke to NPR about the race issue, saying, "Something I wanted to avoid was tokenism in casting ... Each character was a piece of me or based on someone close to me. And only later did I realize that it was four white girls. As much as I can say it was an accident, it was only later as the criticism came out, I thought, 'I hear this and I want to respond to it' ... All I want to do is sound sensitive and not say anything that will horrify anyone or make them feel more isolated, but I did write something that was super-specific to my experience, and I always want to avoid rendering an experience I can't speak to accurately."

But Dunham told HuffPost TV in April, before the show even aired, that she wanted to make sure the "#whitegirlproblems" trope didn't overtake the show. "When I get a tweet from a girl who's like, 'I'd love to watch the show, but I wish there were more women of color.' You know what? I do, too, and if we have the opportunity to do a second season, I'll address that," she said.

Co-executive producer Judd Apatow also echoed Dunham's sentiment shortly after "Girls" came under fire. "The show will be on for a long time, so there's plenty of time to have every type of person on the show," he told HuffPost TV.

Is hiring Donald Glover an attempt to pacify angry fans -- and haters? Let us know what you think of the casting in the comments below!

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"It's not only celebrities who went for a day," Penn said at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday when asked about the lack of support for the Haitian relief effort. "It's the whole f--king world. It's all of you."

Following the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in January of 2010, Penn headed to the country and helped set up J/P Haitian Relief Organization, an aid group that rebuilt homes, schools and hospitals. For his efforts, Penn was awarded with the 2012 Peace Summit Award by the Nobel Peace Prize laureates, and also became an ambassador-at-large for the country.

"He was not a drive-by celebrity," former President Bill Clinton said recently. "He went into those camps and he was actually solving their water problems, solving their sanitation problems."

Echoed Maryse Kedar, the president of an education foundation who has worked with Penn, "I can tell you that Sean surprised a lot of people here. Haiti became his second home."

Despite his hand-slap of the media and those who have forgotten about Haiti's troubles, Penn said that things have changed for the better -- especially thanks to young people.

"You see the very tangible success story that Haiti can be," Penn said.

The actor is hosting a fundraiser for Haitian relief efforts at the Cannes Film Festival. For more on his press conference, head over to TheWrap.

[via TheWrap]

OK, when it comes to Kim Kardashian, that's definitely stating the obvious.

“There is no truth to reports that say I am definitely leaving Idol. All I said was I haven't decided what I am doing next year. #mediaremix," Lopez tweeted.

Lopez, who has been with the talent show for two seasons, has yet to make up her mind about returning to the show that paid her a reported $20 million for her second season.

“She just doesn’t have enough time,” an insider told me. "But when $20 million is on the line, you make time. Jennifer is the hardest working woman in show business and is used to juggling many projects as well as being an amazing single mom. Plus, after the audition rounds, the schedule is easy. It's four hours, two nights a week in L.A. Most entertainers would kill for a schedule like that.”

Jennifer does have a busy summer coming up, what with going on tour with Enrique Iglesias and heading to Europe after that, but she is a businesswoman who is very aware of the bottom line.

"If there's one thing that Jennifer does better than being a star, it is the business of being a star," the insider continued. "She has amassed a fortune from licensing and marketing deals and isn’t about to walk away from 'Idol' money just because she has a busy tour. 'Idol' has put her back on top."

"Not only do they pay her a fortune, the exposure it gives her every week is something she is very aware of," the insider added. "Next week she is performing on the show, singing an eight-minute medley."

Neither Jennifer's representative nor Fox returned my request for comment and they've even made it clear that reporters attending Friday's show are not allowed to ask contestants about Lopez during their customary postshow interviews.

Joshua Ledet
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It happens every year. By the time you drill down to the top three on "American Idol," tears are shed and teeth are gnashed when host Ryan Seacrest announces the third-place finisher.

After coming so far, climbing so high and landing within one episode of the show's finale, whatever beloved singer makes it to the precipice of potential fame is sent to the sidelines to watch the final showdown and his/her fans are left dejected.

That's the general mood of Joshua Ledet's followers after the soul-stirring 20-year-old Westlake, Louisiana throwback singer was sent packing on Thursday night's elimination show
, paving the way for pocket diva Jessica Sanchez and (be)low key pawn shop worker Phillip Phillips to battle it out next week.

"They sabotaged Joshua and Jessica," raged reader Rienell John Llevado in a comment on an MTV News story in which Ledet called his elimination
 a "relief."

"Jessica got lucky she has the support she needed to go on. They will do the same thing again this Tuesday. They are giving their golden boy the best to bring him on top. After all, isn't 'American Idol' loves white guys with guitar only? Don't worry Josh, you're right when you said you could still have a successful career even if you don't win 'Idol.'"

Another reader, Keish, claimed that the voting was rigged because after always getting a message that their vote was counted before, there was no such message Thursday night. "I voted so many times & still got nothing! Josh you are the winner!!!"

Khan lamented that Ledet — who was touted by the judges as one of the best singers
 to ever grace the "Idol" stage — should not have been eliminated, because, "someone with that kind of voice should never be voted off a singing competition." A number agreed and added that Joshua is probably better in the long run because his singing style has a timeless quality and, besides, the recent track record
 of WGWG (white guys with guitars) has been pretty dismal anyway.

"American did not vote based on the talent," opined Lamran2010. "How come Joshua was voted off ... it is not fair." Interestingly, given the shrieks of joy Phillips often elicits on the show, a number of the comments derided his meat-and-potatoes singing style and predicted that voters would turn out in force for Sanchez next week.

"Wow , how can America get it so hopelessly wrong year after year" wondered Muzz W. "Go Jessica, Phil Phillips should have gone weeks ago." Then again, Koo was not having it, bidding "good riddents [sic] Joshua" and proclaiming the singer a "drama mama."

Amid the sometimes nasty back-and-forth, writer Barry made a plea for peace, saying, "All three have sooo much talent!!! America has voted and unfortunately Joshua goes home. But don't take anything away from Jessica and Phil now!! The finale is all about the songs they sing and how they sing them. It's also about stage presence!!" His pick: Sanchez.

As many eagle-eyed "Idol" watchers are aware, it's not always the winners who end up winning, which is why LaNell was just fine with Ledet going home early. "Joshua became a winner the moment he stepped on the stage," she wrote. "He got the exposure he needed to get his career started ... he will go far because of his talent," adding that she figured a younger generation might not totally get his "good ole Motown sound."

Do you think Joshua Ledet deserved a spot in the "American Idol" finale? Leave your comment below!

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Mac Miller
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The Bamboozle is back, and music fans are gearing up to hit Asbury Park on the world-famous Jersey Shore to see their favorite acts take the stage during the three-day-long festival.

It all kicks off Friday (May 18) evening, when , Incubus, Mike Posner and Kreayshawn all rock the crowd on a night headlined by electro party-starter Skrillex.

Expect Mac to perform choice cuts from his recently released Macadelic mixtape and for Skrillex to spin dance joints from his Grammy-winning discography.

On Saturday (May 19), Pauly D returns to the Jersey Shore that made him famous to DJ for the crowd. Too bad Deadmau5 isn't scheduled to appear — the two are currently involved in a back-and-forth beef over Twitter. The Foo Fighters and My Chemical Romance will surely rock the house, and the All-American Rejects will also rip through tracks off their newly released Kids in the Street LP. The great part about Bamboozle is that it brings dozen of acts from multiple musical genres, so if rock isn't your thing, you can check out rap rookies A$AP Rocky, Iggy Azalea, Action Bronson and Mr. MFN Exquire as they continue to get their first tastes of festival life.

Sunday (May 20) promises to be the homecoming of all homecomings as Jersey boys Bon Jovi headline the evening. Soulja Boy's buddy Riff Raff, who recently signed a deal with Diplo, is set to entertain the crowd with his off-the-cuff cuts like "Larry Bird" and "Time."

T. Mills is also scheduled to kick-start his stage show with his new single "Vans On," and funnyman Andrew Dice Clay will bring a bit of comedy and controversy to the stage. For tickets and additional information, head to the Bamboozle website.

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Usher performs on "Today"
Photo: Brad Barket/ Getty Images

Usher kicked off the "Today" show's summer concert series Friday morning (May 18) in front of a lively crowd. Fans filled midtown Manhattan's Rockefeller Plaza to watch the ATL singer serenade them with singles off of his upcoming album Looking 4 Myself.

Even though Usher performed bright and early, there was no shortage of energy as the singer rocked the crowd with his new hits "OMG," "Without U" and new hits "Climax" and "Scream." The audience stayed on their feet as Usher soulfully connected to fans (especially when he removed his jacket).

On Wednesday's "American Idol" winner and runner-up.

The concerts will occur every Friday morning for the remainder of the summer. The next performer scheduled to grace the NBC stage is Latin megastar Pitbull on May 25.

Did you catch Usher's "Today" show performance? What did you think? Leave your comment below!

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DJ Khaled, Rick Ross and Drake in the video for "Take It To The Head"
Photo: MTV News

Blockbuster songs deserve blockbuster video treatments, and DJ Khaled made sure his new single, "Take It to the Head," had a big visual to match. When your track features Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross, there isn't much choice.

"I told [director] Colin [Tilley] when I called him, 'We gotta video, we gotta do the best video, we gotta win awards, and you gotta really take it there because we got nothin' but megastars on one record," DJ Khaled told MTV News' Sway Calloway from the Universal Studios set where he shot the video at the end of April.

Last summer, Khaled hosted "I'm on One," an inescapable rap jam that partnered Lil Wayne, Drake and Rick Ross for the first time. It seemed that the #1 Billboard rap single would be hard to top, but with Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown on "Take it to the Head," the Cash Money DJ is making a serious run for hip-hop's 2012 summer anthem. The stakes are high, and the video, which premieres Sunday on MTV Jams, is equally as huge.

The video set is reminiscent of the 1974 disaster film "Earthquake," where most of Los Angeles is destroyed by a quake that registers 9.9 on the Richter scale. "Colin Tilley is an amazing director, so he had this amazing idea where he wanted fire behind us, trains broken, ground shaking," Khaled described. "We're giving you new stuff."

• DJ Khaled
• Rick Ross
• Drake

Kanye West
Photo: Getty Images

Kanye West doesn't know how to do small, so whenever the rapper unveils a new project it's almost always on the biggest platform possible. That explains why his new "short art film," "Cruel Summer," will debut on the fabulous Palm Beach in Cannes, France during the Cannes Film Festival.

The hush-hush movie, inspired by the upcoming all-star G.O.O.D. Music album
 of the same name, will world premiere on May 23 and remain open to the public for two days afterward. It is being screened out of competition in Cannes amid the world-famous film fest.

And, this being Kanye, the project is described as, "a fusion of short film and art installation ... an immersive '7 screen experience' for the eyes and ears unlike anything West has attempted before." Among those listed as starring in the film are comedian Aziz Ansari, Kid Cudi, Lebanese actress Razane Jammal ("Djinn") and Palestinian actor Ali Suliman ("The Kingdom"). Yeezy is listed as the producer, writer and director of the effort, based on a screenplay by Elon Rutberg, who was the associate director of the Throne's "N----s in Paris" video. The co-director is Alexandre Moors, who worked with West on "Runaway" as well as the "Paris" clip.

Kanye and Cudi were spotted filming scenes for the movie
 earlier this year in the middle eastern nation of Qatar, but little or no information has emerged about the subject matter or plot of the project. Expectations are high given the over-the-top look and feel of 'Ye's last mini-flick, 2010's "Runaway." Click here for ticket information for the screenings.

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Daniel Radcliffe
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What do Don Draper and Harry Potter have in common? They're both about to become doctors.

The Internet was buzzing earlier this month when rumors popped up that actors Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe were set to play the older and younger version of a Russian doctor in a four-part British miniseries set during the end of World War I. On Friday (May 18), Sky Arts, the network set to air the series in 2013, confirmed that we'll indeed get to see Dr. HammRad in action. "A Young Doctor's Notebook" is a dramedy based on a short-story collection by Mikhail Bulgakov, a Russian writer and playwright.

"I have been an obsessive Bulgakov reader for a couple of years now," Radcliffe said in a statement about the television program. "So when the opportunity to become involved in this project came up, I could barely contain my excitement. The book is funny, grotesque and heartfelt in equal measure and I look forward to working with a great group of people to help bring it to life."

Hamm agreed with his new co-star's enthusiasm, saying, "I am thrilled to get the opportunity to work on such rich source material with such fantastically talented people whose work I greatly respect."

The actors will play the same character in different time periods, occasionally interacting with each other. The original rumors were reported by The Sun, which said the show "will incorporate dark humour as the doctor attempts to overcome self-doubts about his competence."

When MTV News spoke to Radcliffe last summer, he explained he's attracted to darker tales because he finds them much more interesting.

"I don't want to make a boring love story about two people who meet and then are happy. That's boring, and that doesn't exist," Radcliffe said. "I also do like playing slightly disenfranchised characters like Arthur is in 'The Woman in Black.' He's someone who's grieving and whose grief has put him to the edge of madness and also has sort of made him ostracize himself from society. I guess I like the dark stuff. I find it more interesting."

Hamm said producer Clelia Mountford and production company Big Talk have been "unabashedly" advocating for the series. "I share their great enthusiasm for bringing something original, dark, funny and moving to light," the actor said. "Also, I have been watching 'Bridget Jones's Diary' on infinite loop, and I think I've finally got this accent thing sorted..."

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Pauly D
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After putting to bed his feud with Madonna, it seems EDM star deadmau5 is embroiled in a new Twitter beef, this time with MTV's own DJ Pauly D.

It all began when Pauly posted a link to his new music video for the track "Night of My Life." He asked his fans, followers and Twitter in general, "So how do you like the video?" Mau5 apparently checked it out and didn't like what he saw.

"Well since you asked," deadmau5 tweeted, "I didn't really enjoy it. it looked like it cost about $150 to make, and nothing really creative about it."

@DJPaulyD well since you asked, i didn't really enjoy it. it looked like it cost about $150 to make, and nothing really creative about it.

— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) May 17, 2012

For those wondering what made Mau5 so mad, the video's concept is pretty simple and by all standards, pretty innocuous. It plays out almost like a mini-episode of Pauly's MTV show, "The Pauly D Project," following him from gig to gig, confetti and champagne flying everywhere. It also features some behind-the-scenes moments, including the "Jersey Shore" star hanging with his pals and meeting fans.

Pauly didn't let the jab go, but did offer up a little quip to answer his fellow DJ's dig. He tweeted, "T-Shirt $40 Jeans $120 Hair Gel $12 Being Hated On By deadmau5#Priceless."

Like any good feud, it didn't end there. Dead's response? "hating? the f---? you clearly don't know me enough if you thought that was 'hating'. was just some friendly-ish advice."

Things continued to escalate on Dead's side, with him tweeting responses including, "i'll just leave it at: 'Don't blame your failure on haters. If everyone thinks you suck, they're not haters, they're right.' - Daniel Tosh," and in response to a fan, he added, "nah, i just thought it was a piece of sh--, in short. typical bottlepopping playpressing garbage im sure everyones sick of."

"Well, now that Jersey (and quite possibly the rest of the eastern seaboard) 'came at me bro' i guess its time for bed soon," Deadmau5 added before asking where Snooki is and then resigning, "im kidding. that was a joke. sorry."

With Deadmau5 seemingly over the whole thing, Pauly pondered, "Wonder If I Could Get @Deadmau5 To DJ My Birthday ?? Now That Would Be The #NightOfMyLife."

As the whole beef came to an end, Pauly had a few final words before ending the battle on his end. "Maybe He Just Needs Some Cheese To Go With His Whine ... #WheresMyMau5Trap," he said, then tweeted, "Well @DeadMau5 Today Was A Pleasure , Hope U Had Fun Too , But I Got Show To Watch Tonight #PaulyDProject U Should Tune In@MTV."

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Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford in "What to Expect When You're Expecting"
Photo: Melissa Moseley/ Lionsgate

As if the film's title weren't explanation enough, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is all about what couples experience during pregnancy, based on the best-selling nonfiction book of the same name.

Because the subject is a complex, loaded and almost universal one, when MTV News sat down with the castmembers from the film, we asked them to enlighten us with the most unique facts they learned about pregnancy during production.

"I think the weirdest thing I've seen — I've actually seen it — is a woman getting on her hands and knees giving birth," Matthew Morrison said. "It's interesting, because you think about a woman [lying on her back] and pushing, but honestly, if you let gravity do the work, it makes it a little easier."

"The squat position, there is a purpose for it — not just to lift the butt and tone the quads," added Diaz, who plays Morrison's girlfriend and baby mama in the movie. "But to open the hips and pelvis and let gravity do the work. The only reason a woman is on her back in our culture is so the doctor can see what's going on. I say get a platform, squat over it, let the doctor be underneath it."

"If you want the baby to come right now, eat spicy food," Ben Falcone ("Bridesmaids") said of one tip he'd heard mentioned that might speed up delivery.

"Have sex," said his onscreen wife, Elizabeth Banks.

"Sprint," Falcone joked. "Sprint uphill."

"A lot of running is encouraged," Banks continued with a smile. "Slam doors. Get surprised. Surprise her, scare her."

Chace Crawford and Anna Kendrick provided the most to-the-point advice, but because their characters have to deal with an unplanned pregnancy, their words of wisdom were how not to get pregnant in the first place.

"Wrap it up. That's what we learned on this shoot," Crawford said of practicing safe sex with the use of condoms. "Right?" he asked Kendrick, who collapsed into a brief fit of giggles. "Never mind."

"Sorry. You completely lost me," Kendrick laughed, before regaining composure. "Yeah, wrap it up to avoid pregnancy. And stay away from Chace Crawford; he's irresistible."

Check out everything we've got on "What to Expect When You're Expecting."

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In this newly-released video, Beenie says, "Let me make this clear and straight. I have nothing against no one. I respect each and every human being, regardless of which race or creed, regardless of which religious belief you believe in, and regardless of which sexual preference you are, including gay and lesbian people."

He continues, "I love each and every one and am just begging each and everyone to do the same...do not fight against me for a song that I sang 20 years ago...I was a kid. Now I know that people live in the world that live their life differently than the way I live my life. Just love the music and respect the music."

In 2006, the award-winning performer -- who is featured on Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" album -- was forced to cancel a British concert appearance following complaints from local LGBT rights advocates, according to The Independent. Many objected to a specific line in his song "Damn," in which he notes, "Well I'm think of a new Jamaica, me come to execute all of the gays."

Beenie defended his words to The Independent at the time, saying he'd been misunderstood. "What we have in Jamaica is not what it is in England where two men live together," he said. "In Jamaica, gay is rape. It's a big man with their money going into the ghetto and picking these little youth who ain't got nothing."

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Katy Perry in her 'Part of Me' concert movie poster
Photo: Katy Perry/Twitter/Capitol Records

Katy Perry's "Part of Me" movie poster is super-colorful and a little kitschy. After teasing fans with pieces of the poster, she officially debuted the image on her Twitter.

"So happy to share with you the official #KP3D movie poster ... from a hairbrush to a headliner," she tweeted. "Get ready, JULY 5TH!"

So happy to share with you the official #KP3D movie poster...from a hairbrush to a headliner...get ready, JULY 5TH! twitter.com/katyperry/stat...

— Katy Perry (@katyperry) May 17, 2012

That "love who you are" message is represented on the poster itself, which features Perry in her PJs singing into a hairbrush in her bedroom. In the mirror next to her, she's dolled up in a sparkling red costume and bright blue hair, singing into a candy-cane microphone. "Be yourself and you can be anything," the poster reads.

The big reveal came with a bit of a contest. The first 20 people who were able to put the full poster together out of the puzzle pieces she'd released and tweet a photo to @KatyPerry using #KP3D will be picked to have a chance to see their Twitter handles featured in the closing credits of the colorful 3-D flick.

The July 5 release was directed by Magical Elves' Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, who also served as producers on Justin Bieber's successful "Never Say Never" concert movie. In a trailer released in early April, fans got a taste of what they would see and hear in the flick, including Perry's candid confessions about her religious childhood and her split from Russell Brand.

MTV News spoke to Perry in March about the film, and she explained just what fans will see in it. "It's closing the chapter on [my album] Teenage Dream, but it's giving you such an inside perspective," Perry said. "This film, you're going to see it from my best friend/buddy perspective, you're going to see exactly what I mean and feel and think about everything."

The movie was filmed during her California Dreams trek. "That tour was so life-changing to me. I learned so much, I went through so much along the way," Perry said. "I'm not necessarily trying to prove anything to anyone, but not only will people really hands-down know me after they see this film, but you'll see me as the Dorothy wearing the red ruby slipper and at the end of it all I'm the [Wizard of] Oz as well."

• MTV First: Katy Perry's 'Part Of Me'

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Based on Matt Bondurant's 2008 historical novel "The Wettest County in the World," "Lawless" focuses on the Bondurants (Tom Hardy, LaBeouf and Jason Clarke), three brothers who get into the bootlegging business. It doesn't go as planned, thanks, in part, to a ruthless gangster (Gary Oldman, doing a Gary Oldman thing) and slimy lawman (Pearce, doing a Christoph Waltz thing).

If the generic title and somewhat generic description have you questioning "Lawless's" bona fides, consider this: John Hillcoat ("The Road," "The Proposition") directs, from a script by Nick Cave. (Yes, that Nick Cave.)

The film is currently competing in the Cannes Film Festival, where Chastian surmises that she'll be redfaced during the movie's screening. The actress has a very prominent nude scene in the film, and she's not looking forward to watching it with a few hundred new friends.

"It will be totally embarrassing," she told USA Today. "I am going to be bright red. I'll have to cover my eyes during that scene."

See the posters, and some stills from the film, below.

The story holds a lot of personal history for Kurtzman: he met his own half-sister and half-brother at age 30.

“[M]eeting my half-sister was a life-changing experience,” he told the New York Times. “It continues to be.”

In honor of Visit Your Relative Day, Disney and DreamWorks have released a new clip from the drama exclusively to HuffPost Entertainment. Above, watch Pine, Banks and newcomer Michael D’Addario enjoy crabs, digital cameras and Bob Dylan.

Starring Pine, Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Jon Favreau and Philip Baker Hall, "People Like Us" is out in theaters on June 29.

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In a video discovered by PerezHilton.com, the sexy half-Puerto Rican actress participated in a pole dancing competition, where she was introduced as a "straight-A" college student.

Naya danced on stage wearing a very revealing school girl uniform, sexy stockings and a top that showed off her amazing abs. She also shook her bon-bon for the male audience members and showed off her amazing pole-dancing skills.

Naya has come a long way since her days on "Wild World of Spike." The 25-year-old actress, who plays openly gay singer/cheerleader Santana Lopez on FOX's hit show, "Glee," has emerged as one of the show's biggest stars in season three. She's also a gay rights activist , and she recently graced the May cover of Latina magazine, where it was revealed she's also recording her debut album.

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Tuesday night May 15, I attend the POSH Affair Benefit Gala at the Pierre Hotel in NYC, hosted by Vogue magazine's Hamish Bowles along with Amy Fine Collins and Lorry Newhouse. The event honored Robert Coturier, Chris Fiore and Lizzie Tisch, kicking off the annual POSH Fashion Sale. The annual sale benefits Lighthouse International, an organization dedicated to "fighting vision loss through prevention, treatment, and empowerment." The notable roster was given a boost, when head Kardashian Kris Jenner rolled (looking hot) and surprised us with her presence, guests that night would certainly agree.

I sat next to Kris during the event, as she frequently checked her phone while guests sipped cocktails and chatted the night away. Last I had seen momma K was at the grand opening of RYU (Scott Disick's new restaurant). RYU night caught me off-guard, because I literally happened upon the opening and hung out with the entire K crew, Lamar, and Kanye West. I admitted "I had no idea what I was walking into that night," and she jokingly responded with, "Me either... just kidding." She commented that Khloe and Lamar are doing well and agreed with my "Lamar is the nicest guy in the room" comment (is he her favorite?). She also gushed about what a great guy Kanye West is -- guess this guy knows his ways around mics and moms. It was refreshing to see her without her massive security entourage in tow; when their absence was mentioned she said, "I know, I feel naked."

On the way out, Kris graciously agreed to do a little film-op with me for my morning news segment and blanked on why we were there. In all fairness to Kris, there is a point when you just attend too many events, a different venue, a different table, a different guy asking what the hell is going on with your kids. I like to think the film-op caught her off guard and caused the minor memory loss -- hey, if Kris could just have a dollar for every time that happens she'd... well, I guess she doesn't deserve too much slack.

When I asked if she was going to be in NYC for a while; she replied, "No, I'm only in town for the Today Show in the morning and then grabbing dinner at RYU.'' (Invite me next time). Summer plans? Kris shared that her and the entire family (new baby included) would be attending the Olympic Summer Games. Can you imagine the meteoric shower of cameras flashes that will trail behind a group like that? ... Athletes, what athletes?

"My mother found [a letter I wrote. It said, 'Would you please take me to orphanage, so that I can go and adopt a baby?'" she told Australia's Madison magazine. "I always knew I would adopt. Always."

Being a mother might have always been in the cards but the "Snow White and the Huntsman" star, who split with actor Stuart Townsend after nine years in 2010, wasn't expecting to do it alone.

"You, know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened," she explained, adding that the idea of marriage has never been that important to her. "I don't know why exactly. Some might say it's because my parents didn't have a good marriage, But I don't think so. I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me."

And for Theron, starting a family was more important than waiting to find the right partner. "I've always been very honest in saying I wanted a family. I've always known I wanted a family," she recently told Vogue, before joking, "I don't think my mom could wait any more!"

Adopting baby Jackson sounds like it was the right move for Theron, who recently told the U.K. paper The Sun that she's never felt more creative and energetic, even on the tiny amount of sleep she's getting. "I never knew I needed that little sleep. I always had eight hours and now it's, 'Wow, OK, you can function on just four.' But Jackson is great. I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work."

Though the actress has never taken herself too seriously, it seems as though motherhood has decreased her tolerance for Hollywood inanity.

"I like being around people who like to live life and understand the value of it," she told Madison. "I need to be around people who understand [actors are not] curing cancer here. I like professional actors who show up, do the job and are not a pain in the ass to either myself or the crew."

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Oh, you don't know who Pippa Middleton is? She's a pretty big deal in Britain. Paparazzi's like to photograph her and pundits like to pontificate over the size of her tush as compared with her sister, the future Queen of England, Kate Middleton.

But Pippa never wanted to be a royal, did she? An international sensation? She just wants to write party planning books called "Celebrate", for which Penguin paid her a $600,000 advance. See - she's just like us!

Earlier this month there was a report that suggested Pippa would be moving to New York. If she was previously considering moving to Paris, that whole gun-toting Playboy scandal might have turned her off a bit. So now she's looking to hop the pond and start anew (maybe she started watching "Girls" and said "It's like this show is about my life!"). Could New NYC be just the thing for this royal in-law? This almost-Queen? Or does she truly belong at home, among her people, tending to her royal sister in Britain? And where would she live if she came to New York? Would she hang out at Cabin? We've enlisted two veritable Pippa experts on both sides of the Ocean to tackle these very serious set of questions -- Jessica Misener, Huffpost's US Style Editor, and Felicity Morse, an editorial assistant for HuffPost UK.

Joshua Ledet
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"American Idol" finalist Joshua Ledet won't be taking anyone to church during this season's finale next week, leaving bluesy rocker Phillip Phillips and budding diva Jessica Sanchez to compete for the title.

The 20-year-old powerhouse received a record number of standing ovations from the panel and has been proclaimed as one of the best contestants in the history of the show. So, coming in third place with the lowest total of the 90 million votes cast this week might come as a shock to some, but Ledet says it was more like a relief.

"I just felt relief," the soulful singer told MTV News backstage after the show. "As soon as they said Phillip was going on, I felt a lot of pressure came off of me and I was — I'm not going to say I was happy — but it sucks having a lot of pressure on you, knowing that you have to do this and that and this and that. But when they said I wasn't going on, I was just like, 'OK. Now I can get this song out of the way and then go home and go to sleep or do something fun.' "

But make no mistake: It wasn't just about getting his farewell song out of the way. After belting out "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown, the Louisiana native claims he was so overwhelmed, he couldn't fully recall what the judges were saying to him when they came to console him after the show.

"I honestly don't remember what they were saying because I think I was so emotional," the preacher's son explained. "I just remember Jennifer [Lopez] telling me never to give up and that my career is going to go higher from here on out and to just keep believing in myself.

"Definitely, it gives me a lot of hope seeing Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert and Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry. All of these people that didn't win have had a lot of huge careers, so hopefully that can happen for me."

That being said, Ledet's career probably could take off if Jimmy Iovine has anything to do with it. For weeks, the show's music mentor has continuously hinted at signing the singer, even claiming to know the exact type of album he should make — a bit ironic, considering the Interscope head admitted wrongdoing by picking Mary J. Blige's "No More Drama" for the gospel sensation to perform before being voted off. Thankfully, though, Ledet has no regrets.

"I don't regret any performance that I've done on the show," Ledet said. "People can say one thing, but it's what I feel in my heart and how I feel about something. So, I don't think I'll let people tell me what to do as a person if it's not true to me in my heart.

"I definitely did like the 'No More Drama' song," he added. "It's not a lot of melody, but I don't think it's a competition song. It's just one of those great songs that you can perform at the Grammys or something."

Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.

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Rihanna in "Battleship"
Photo: Universal Pictures

Given Rihanna's illustrious and commanding presence in all her music videos, it seems as though the Caribbean-born superstar's experience performing in various clips would be the perfect training ground for her eventual transition into full-fledged acting.

When MTV News sat down with Rihanna recently to discuss her acting debut in "Battleship," we asked if her work in music videos helped prepare her for her role in the film.

"Training ground? Maybe not, it wasn't exactly that," Rihanna said. "For me, acting was a whole different world. We make mini-movies with music videos, but there's always a song track that's playing, you don't have to speak, so [with acting] you have to tell that emotion with the tone of your voice, and I have an accent, so I had to change it to a bit of an American accent for this movie, so that was different," she explained.

So might we see more of Rihanna's acting skills in future films? We asked the "Where Have U Been" singer if having her first film under her belt has given her the confidence to go out and conquer more movie roles.

"It will always be brand-new, because it's a whole different project every time, it's a whole new person," she said. "There's nothing you can have under your belt with acting, not in my opinion, because I'm not a natural. This isn't my first [career choice], so I don't know. I think it's always going to be a challenge for me, but I like that."

Check out everything we've got on "Battleship."

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She's right. The young man has led a relatively sheltered life up to now, but on Sunday's episode (9/8c, HBO), he'll get some hard lessons knocked into his naturally curly head by Ygritte's wilding friends. "Now the tables are turned, you see. She's no longer his prisoner," Rose Leslie, who plays Ygritte, tells TVGuide.com. "I'm very, very happy that the power has shifted back to me.

Drake backstage at his tour in Houston
Photo: MTV News

HOUSTON — Drake's ties to Houston run deep. It was the city made famous by Rap-a-Lot Records, the Geto Boys, UGK, DJ Screw and a litany of chopped-and-screwed odes to purple syrup that sired, cultivated and ultimately catapulted the Toronto native into the stratosphere of chart-topping, award-winning artists, so it was only fitting that the MC born Aubrey Graham would pour more of his heart and soul into Thursday night's Toyota Center performance, an earmarked leg on his mammoth Club Paradise Tour.

Before Drizzy took the stage for his nearly two-hour set, he was preceded by a coterie of hip-hop radio fixtures: French Montana, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, Waka Flocka Flame and J. Cole. Each artist was allotted an average of 30 minutes to run through their budding catalog of hits as the crowd — an amalgamation of ages, races and backgrounds — filed into the expansive arena to see the YMCMB MC.

Dressed in a simple black T-shirt and jeans — sans garish bejeweled pendant, necklace or watch — and backed by a five-piece band, the Canadian spitter took the stage just before 10 p.m., bursting with nostalgia and reverence for H-Town.

"I love Toronto, but this (Houston) is my favorite place in the mother----in' world!" he declared.

Drake jumpstarted the throng with last year's undisputed summer anthem, "I'm on One," before igniting the crowd with the Weeknd-assisted "Crew Love" from his critically and commercially successful sophomore opus, Take Care.

In between sips of mystery drank from a grande-sized Styrofoam cup, Drake bounced across the stage like a whirling dervish, looking as if he were unchained from the restrictions and restraints of the criticism he's faced since solidifying his brand of moody, self-reflective braggadocio in the hardened, self-policing pantheon of hip-hop.

Songs like "She Will" and "Up All Night" flowed from the multiplatinum MC's happy place like an unrelenting wave crashing on a sandy beach. Drake was having so much fun onstage he felt compelled to share it with his co-stars.

"Every n---a you wanna hear is right f---ing here!" Drake said before bringing out 2 Chainz for the newly released banger "No Lie." The record has yet to gain the kind of traction it deserves, but one thing is clear: You haven't heard "No Lie" until you've heard it in a live arena setting.

Next up was Waka Flocka, whose high-energy flow on "Round of Applause" was punctuated by pyrotechnics on the "Baby make that ass clap" refrain.

Drizzy briefly put his parade of guest stars on hold to offer up his current crossover hit "Take Care" before Meek Mill stepped into the cypher for "House Party" and "I'm a Boss." The biggest surprise — literally and figuratively — of the night emerged from stage right to thunderous applause: Rick Ross. The Teflon Don and French Montana joined Drake and Meek Mill for the first-ever all-hands-on-deck live performance of "Stay Schemin" from Rozay's groundbreaking mixtape Rich Forever.

Drake's growth as a live performer was evident as he took time to single out fans for various compliments, comments and jokes, making 15,000 fans feel as though they were in a small, intimate venue meant for 1,500. Drizzy crooned and pandered to the shrieking females in the audience as a prelude to "Make Me Proud," but the exuberant pirouettes and middle-fingered Mazel tovs were back with "HYFR" and "The Motto."

The only blemish on the evening came when a young fan managed to hop onstage ala Lil Mama before being promptly removed by herculean security guards. "Shout out to that f--- ass n---a that ran onstage," Drake said. "He probably getting his ass beat right now."

To close out his set, Drizzy thanked the fans for their unyielding support and offered up the defiantly brazen "Headlines," lest there were any haters left in the building — or in the industry, for that matter — "overdosed on confidence" enough to think they can keep Drake from being Drizzy. Because, as he so eloquently put it on this night, Drake doesn't care about what the naysayers have to say: He only cares about making music for his fans.

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• Drake Brings His Club Paradise Tour To Houston

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The "Amazing Spider-Man" stars -- and rumored BF/GF -- got together to record a promo for a German television channel? A German movie theater? A Tumblr devoted to swoon-y things and awesomeness? WHO'S TO SAY?! What matters is that this happened and it's cute and you're going to watch it and clutch your heart (or an imaginary strand of pearls) and send it to all your friends. Maybe even make a GIF! It's Friday, after all, and you've had a long week.

Starring Garfield and Stone, as well as Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Sally Field and C. Thomas Howell ("Side Out," represent!), "The Amazing Spider-Man" is out in theaters on July 3. Marc Webb -- the man responsible for giving the world Zooey and JoGo in the first place in "(500) Days of Summer" -- directs.

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"When you've got the most beautiful judge in the world -- an artist who speaks from the heart and with meaning, why lose that?" Lythgoe told The Hollywood Reporter. "And why go through a training period every year? It might come down to that in the end."

Lythgoe said discussions about Lopez's time with "Idol" will start between Fox and producer Fremantle now that they have "The X Factor" judging panel squared away.

Lopez has hinted at an "Idol" exit after her deal for Season 11 expires. Earlier in May 2012, E! Online reported her exit was imminent and Lopez herself told Ellen DeGeneres, "I miss doing other things. It really does lock you down."

Could this just be a bargaining ploy? Lopez's future with "American Idol" was in question after her first season on the series. In August 2011, Lopez told BBC Radio she was on the fence about returning to the Fox singing competition.

"I had an amazing time doing it and I love it but I have a lot of other things happening, and it's going to come down to me making a choice of what I want to do for the next year," Lopez told BBC. She later signed on for Season 11 with a rumored major pay raise.

Click over to The Hollywood Reporter for more on future "American Idol" changes.

The business-savvy, Irish rocker owns 2.3 percent of the shares of Facebook through his investment group, Elevation Partners, reports NME. Elevation paid $90 million for the shares in 2009, before Facebook decided to go public earlier this year. Facebook's $100 billion IPO is expected to be the second-biggest IPO in history.

It's unknown exactly what portion of Elevation's earnings would flow to Bono, but as a co-founder of the investment firm, the handsome return may make him the richest musician on the planet, surpassing Sir Paul McCartney and his vast fortune of an estimated $1.05 billion.

In other news, U2 are reportedly working with the songwriters behind British boy band One Direction, including Swedish pop writer Carl Falk, who wrote the group's breakthrough hit, "What Makes You Beautiful."

An unnamed source told NME: "The band are back in the studio getting a feel for new material after the last album 'No Line On The Horizon'. Will.i.am had a credit on that and they are looking to explore that direction further. They have been working with Danger Mouse and RedOne. They are excited about getting to work with Carl Falk."

PHOTOS: Celebrities trying to score big in the tech world.

In two recent interviews, rapper Jay-Z made his commitment to Blue even more explicit, admitting that he'd rather spend time with his "greatest creation" than work on new music.

Speaking to MTV, the rapper said: "I thought I would be more inspired with all the new feelings and everything that I'd have to write about [after Blue Ivy was born], but it really happened the other way. I just really want to just hang out with her."

He articulated the same sentiments in another interview with CNN (which playfully labelled him a "stay-at-home-rapper"), calling fatherhood "fantastic," "amazing" and "surreal." He said he races home from work "all the time" to be with Blue Ivy.

It'll be all the harder for Jay-Z not to "spoil [Blue Ivy] rotten" if he's spending lots of time with her -- but it's clear he's enjoying every minute of his new job so far.

And she wasn't alone -- props to Robin on "How I Met Your Mother" for bringing us pretty close to tears with that wedding dress reveal; Maggie Q for making simple look sexy on "Nikita"; and Jessica Sanchez for nailing her "Idol" look in addition to her performance. (Well, one of them at least.)

But as we know, they can't all be fashion winners, and "Real Housewives of New Jersey" bully Joe Giudice and Hannah on HBO's "Girls" are representing the "worst" end of the style spectrum this week.

Click through the gallery below to see all our best and worst TV fashion picks of the week, then share your own in the comments.

To celebrate Lopez's role as Holly, a woman who adopts a child in "What to Expect When You're Expecting," which opens Friday nationally on May 18th, take a look back at some of Lopez's wildest looks over the years. Who could forget her deep green Versace gown? How about that bedazzled Sean Jean crop top? Let us know your favorite.

Want more? Flip through our many other Style Evolutions and be sure to check out Stylelist on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Pinterest.

The singer stepped out in Miami and predictably drew quite the crowd as she was attempting to leave her hotel. But, ever the obliging pop star, Cyrus stopped to sign autographs and pose for photos with her fans, who got an up-close look at her incredibly fit frame.

The "LOL" actress was sporting high waisted, white-washed denim shorts and a black strapless top for her day out in Miami.

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Van Halen
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Longtime Van Halen fans know that buying a ticket to one of their tours is like playing Powerball: sometimes you hit the jackpot and see one of the greatest rock bands on Earth tear it up and rip your face off with classic tunes. But, other times you come up empty-handed.

That's probably how a number of die-hards were feeling on Thursday when a number of the band's summer tour dates
 were unexpectedly postponed. According to VH's website there are currently no active tour dates past a June 26 gig in New Orleans. No explanation was given for why dozens of additional dates after the June gig were postponed and MTV News could not reach a spokesperson for the band at press time.

According to CNN, the postponements affect 31 dates on the tour in support of the band's first album of new material with original singer David Lee Roth
 since 1983, A Different Kind of Truth
. The postponed shows were to take place from July 7 through September 25. Among the cities affected are Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Memphis, Cincinnati, Portland, Salt Lake City, Austin and Milwaukee.

The reunion tour with Roth kicked off on February 18 and has played in 31 arenas since that date. No information about whether refunds will be provided for the postponed dates or if they will be rescheduled was available at press time.

The disappearance of the dates immediately prompted speculation that the famously battling members of VH were fighting again. Citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the tour, Rolling Stone reported that the group's members "hate each other" and that "the band is arguing like mad. They are fighting."

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"I used to go shopping on a day off, now I go shooting!" she tweeted, along with several photos and even a video of herself firing guns, adding, "Fun as all get out!!!!"

Earlier this month, Rimes shared a photo from her vow renewal with husband Eddie Cibrian. The couple jetted to Mexico to celebrate their first wedding anniversary together.

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The rapper announced Friday that he'll present the film on Wednesday at the French festival. West and his creative collective DONDA will screen the "short art film" out of competition in Cannes.

West's press release promises "a fusion of short film and art installation" and an "immersive seven-screen experience." It will remain open to the public for two days following its premiere.

West has previously directed music videos for his music, including 2010's "Runaway."

Diane Kruger, one of the classiest, most fashion-forward celebs in the biz, showed up clad in Calvin Klein with her décolletage pumped up in all its glory. Some might call it a "squoob," some might just call it cleavage on steroids. Either way, Kruger was sporting a much bustier look than usual.

But she had to compete with Jada Pinkett Smith and Naomi Watts for the title of Bustiest Of The Night. Watts, who also tends toward less overtly sexy looks, wore a simple beige dress that dipped well below her bustline.

But Jada went even further with most daring look of the night: in a dress that was clearly not designed by Calvin Klein (it was Paco Rabanne Spring 2012), Jada showed off her chest and stomach with a plunging neckline accented by dramatically pointed shoulders.

Needless to say, boobs are in.

See Diane, Naomi and Jada go head-to-head in The Battle of the Busts (and see what Jessica Chastain, Lara Stone and more stars were wearing at the Cannes party) in the pics below. Who had your favorite look?

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Bono
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Talk about a "Beautiful Day." Once the smoke clears from Friday's (May 18) Facebook IPO
, U2 singer Bono could be the richest musician on the planet.

According to England's NME, the already flush, tech-savvy
 Irish rock icon owns 2.3 percent of the shares of Facebook through his investment group, Elevation Partners. Well before Facebook filed papers to go public, Elevation paid $90 million for the shares in 2009 and after what is expected to be the second-biggest IPO in history, Bono's share could be worth more than $1.5 billion.

As Rolling Stone pointed out, Bono will split any Facebook riches with his partners at Elevation (whose number is not known), so his total haul is undetermined. Also, the singer has reportedly pledged to use much of the money raised from his investments to aid charity work in Africa.

With a gang of records
 already in pocket, the one-day take could give the singer bragging rights of a different sort as well. If the calculations are correct (a spokesperson for the band could not be reached by MTV News at press time for confirmation) then Bono would surpass former Beatle Paul McCartney as the world's richest rock star. McCartney's vast fortune is estimated to be around $1.05 billion.

NME also reported that U2 are said to be working the songwriters behind British boy band One Direction, including Swedish pop writer Carl Falk, who wrote the group's breakthrough hit, "What Makes You Beautiful."

An unnamed source told the magazine, "The band are back in the studio getting a feel for new material after the last album 'No Line On The Horizon'. Will.i.am had a credit on that and they are looking to explore that direction further. They have been working with Danger Mouse
 and RedOne. They are excited about getting to work with Carl Falk."

U2 have also logged studio time with EDM star David Guetta
 on songs for one of three new albums
 they've been talking about releasing.

• The Diary Of Facebook

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We know that some of them act, some of them sing and a few of them do both, but beyond that, a slew of celebs have different skill sets and interests that expand far beyond what they’re famous for.

The Love in the Wild host, 39, will be featured on the July/August cover of Playboy, a rep for the magazine confirms to PEOPLE.

Sacha Baron Cohen as the Dictator at 2012 Cannes Film Festival
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"Welcome! Death to the West!" That is how the Dictator greeted MTV News' Josh Horowitz when he sat down with him for an interview.

latest infamous character is Admiral General Aladeen, a dictator who oppresses his people and dislikes democracy. In "The Dictator," he's mistaken for a refugee and taken under the wing of Zoey, played by Anna Faris. Aladeen's misadventures in America lead to an array of hilarious culture clashes. Thus, the interview was nothing less than we'd expect — offensive, outrageous and, yes, very, very funny.

After inquiring about Horowitz's knowledge of the rapper Tupac Shakur, the Dictator reveals it was him who killed the MC. "He came to play at my birthday party and all the time he get on the microphone, and you know what he tell me?" Aladeen questioned. "You know what he tell me? He said, 'Put your hands' — he ordered me! — he ordered me to put my hands in the air and wave them like I just don't care. Why would I, Dictator, wave my hands like I don't care? I wave my hands like I do care, like this. I don't do it like I don't care. How dare he come to my palace and my birthday and tell me how to wave my hands like I don't care? I care about the hands!"

Apparently someone forgot to inform the tyrant that it's a figure of speech here in America.

"To put your hands in the air like you don't care?" he continued. "You think Hitler put his hands in the air like he don't care? It was a very careful gesture that he did. I won't do it here. And this Biggie Smalls, he then performed the next night for my weekend of birthday. That fat bastard ate all of the buffet. It cost over 120 Euros per head."

When our correspondent noted that his phrase is not respectful to the dead, the admiral general replied, "It's not respectful to the people who wanted to eat the buffet."

Note to self: Eat before heading to Aladeen's palace. Although, it's possible not much eating will take place on a trip to his home. Shortly after assuring Horowitz he has nothing to worry about and sliding a gun on the table between them, he talked of his latest tryst with reality-TV star Kim Kardashian.

"I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of [stars in America] that come to the palace and negotiate with the pimps," he said. "Kim Kardashian, she came two weeks ago. I negotiated with her pimp, who is also her mother. Three-hundred-thousand dollars for one hour — not bad. Good rate."

But Kardashian isn't the only American entertainer the Dictator is fond of. He happens to enjoy Snooki and has a list of movies he's enjoyed — one of which is definitely in the wrong category.

"I am a huge supporter of your Snooki," he said. "I find him a very funny, little, orange man. And we have many of your sci-fi and fantasy films like 'Transformers' or 'Harry Potter' or 'Schindler's List.' "

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Sold-out crowds and angry protests followed Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" Asian tour. Fans younger than 18 were banned from the Seoul concerts over complaints her lyrics and costumes were too sexually provocative, and she was denied a concert permit in Indonesia by police under pressure from Islamic hard-liners.

About 70 members of a group called Biblemode Youth Philippines rallied in front of the Pasay City Hall in metropolitan Manila. They said they were offended by Lady Gaga's music and videos, in particular her song "Judas," which they say mocks Jesus Christ.

Lady Gaga has secured papers for two concerts Monday and Tuesday, but Pasay City Mayor Antonino Calixto said he told organizers to ensure that "they follow the rules and regulations stipulated in the concert permit earlier provided by the city government."

"Although we respect artistic and musical expressions, I won't allow anyone or any group to provide acts which may be questionable in a way at any venue under my jurisdiction," he said in a statement. "We reminded the producers of Lady Gaga's concert that the show and the event as a whole shall not exhibit any nudity or lewd conduct which may be offensive to morals and good customs."

Protest leader and former Philippine Congressman Benny Abante says his group plans to file a case against Lady Gaga and concert organizers if she sings "Judas" at her Manila gigs.

Organizers from Ovation Productions did not immediately provide details about the upcoming concerts, including whether Lady Gaga will perform "Judas."

Former Manila Mayor Jose Atienza said the singer and organizers can be punished for offending race or religion. Under the penal code in the conservative, majority Roman Catholic country, the penalty can range from six months to six years in prison, although no one has been convicted recently.

Atienza and a prominent lawyer, Romulo Macalintal, met earlier Friday with Calixto to press their concern about the concerts, which will be held at the newly constructed seaside Mall of Asia arena with a seating capacity of 20,000.

The Rev. Reyzel Cayanan from Biblemode Youth Philippines said he will lead another protest march and a candlelight vigil Saturday near the concert venue.

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Associated Press writer Teresa Cerojano contributed to this report.

Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn't comfortable embracing.

"I grew up on rock `n' roll," Summer once said when explaining her reluctance to claim the title.

Indeed, as disco boomed then crashed in a single decade in the 1970s, Summer, the beautiful voice and face of the genre with pulsating hits like "I Feel Love," "Love to Love You Baby" and "Last Dance," would continue to make hits incorporating the rock roots she so loved. One of her biggest hits, "She Works Hard for the Money," came in the early 1980s and relied on a smoldering guitar solo as well as Summer's booming voice.

Yet it was with her disco anthems that she would have the most impact in music, and it's how she was remembered Thursday as news spread of her death at age 63.

Summer died of cancer Thursday morning in Naples, Fla., said her publicist Brian Edwards. Her family released a statement saying they "are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy."

Luminaries from Aretha Franklin to Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand mourned the loss, as did President Barack Obama, who said he and Michelle were saddened to hear of the passing of the five-time Grammy winner. "Her voice was unforgettable, and the music industry has lost a legend far too soon," he said. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to Donna's family and her dedicated fans."

It had been decades since that brief, flashy moment when Summer was every inch the Disco Queen.

Her glittery gowns and long eyelashes. Her luxurious hair and glossy, open lips. Her sultry vocals, her bedroom moans and sighs. She was as much a part of the culture as disco balls, polyester, platform shoes and the music's pulsing, pounding rhythms.

Summer's music gave voice to not only a musical revolution, but a cultural one – a time when sex, race, fashion and drugs were being explored and exploited with freedom like never before in the United States.

Her rise was inseparable from disco's itself, even though she remained popular for years after the genre she helped invent had died. She won a Grammy for best rock vocal performance for "Hot Stuff," a fiery guitar-based song that represented her shift from disco to more rock-based sounds, and created another kind of anthem with "She Works Hard for the Money," this time for women's rights.

Elton John said in a statement that Summer was more than the Queen of Disco.

"Her records sound as good today as they ever did. That she has never been inducted into the Rock `n' Roll Hall of Fame is a total disgrace especially when I see the second-rate talent that has been inducted," he said. "She is a great friend to me and to the Elton John AIDS Foundation and I will miss her greatly."

Summer may not have liked the title and later became a born-again Christian, but many remembered her best for her early years, starting with the sinful "Love to Love You Baby."

Released in 1975, a breakthrough hit for Summer and for disco, it was a legend of studio ecstasy and the genre's ultimate sexual anthem. Summer came up with the idea of the song and first recorded it as a demo in 1975, on the condition that another singer perform it commercially. But Casablanca Records president Neil Bogart liked the track so much that he suggested to producer Giorgio Moroder they re-record it, and make it longer – what would come to be known as a "disco disc."

Summer had reservations about the lyrics – "Do it to me again and again" – but imagined herself as a movie star playing a part as if she were Marilyn Monroe. So she agreed to sing, lying down on the studio floor, in darkness, and letting her imagination take over. Solo and multitracked, she whispered, she groaned, she crooned. Drums, bass, strings and keyboards answered her cries. She simulated climax so many times that the BBC kept count: 23, in 17 minutes.

What started as a scandal became a classic. The song was later sampled by LL Cool J, Timbaland and Beyonce, who interpolated the hit for her jam "Naughty Girl." It was also Summer's U.S. chart debut and the first of 19 No. 1 dance hits between 1975 and 2008 – second only to Madonna.

Summer, real name LaDonna Adrian Gaines, was born in 1948 in Boston. She was raised on gospel music and became the soloist in her church choir by age 10.

"There was no question I would be a singer, I just always knew. I had credit in my neighborhood, people would lend me money and tell me to pay it back when I got famous," Summer said in a 1989 interview with The Associated Press.

Before disco, she had already reinvented herself several times. She sang Motown songs with local groups in Boston as a teenager, then dropped out of school in the late 1960s and switched to pyschedelic rock after hearing Janis Joplin. An attempt to get a part in the musical "Hair" led her to get the principal role in Munich. She stayed in Germany for five years, worked in other productions and modeled.

Meanwhile, she was performing in operas, singing backup for Three Dog Night and other groups and releasing songs of her own. A marriage to Helmuth Sommer didn't last, but the singer did hold on to her ex-husband's last name, changing it to "Summer." By 1974, she had met producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte and released her first album, "Lady of the Night," to success in Europe.

Then came "Love to Love You Baby," her memorable U.S. debut. Through the rest of the disco era she burned up the charts: She was the only artist to have three consecutive double-LPs hit No. 1, "Live and More," "Bad Girls" and "On the Radio." She was also the first female artist with four No. 1 singles in a 13-month period, according to the Rock Hall of Fame, where she was a nominee this year but was passed over.

Musically, she began to change in 1979 with "Hot Stuff," which had a tough, rock `n' roll beat. Her diverse sound helped her earn Grammy Awards in the dance, rock, R&B and inspirational categories.

Summer said grew up on rock `n' roll and later covered the Bruce Springsteen song "Protection."

"I like the Moody Blues, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as well as Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, the Supremes and Temptations," she said. "I didn't know many white kids who didn't know the Supremes; I don't know many black kids who don't know the Moody Blues."

Warwick said in a statement that she was sad to lose a great performer and "dear friend."

"My heart goes out to her husband and her children," Warwick said. "Prayers will be said to keep them strong."

Summer later became a born-again Christian and was accused of making anti-gay comments in relation to the AIDS epidemic – a particular problem for a woman who was and remains a gay icon. Summer denied making the comments, but became the target of a boycott.

Religion played an important role in her later life, said Michael Levine, who briefly worked as her publicist.

"Her passion in her life, besides music, was God, spirituality and religion. She held a bible study class at her home every week," he said.

Summer released her last album, "Crayons," in 2008. It was her first full studio album in 17 years. She also performed on "American Idol" that year with its top female contestants.

Summer is survived by her husband, Bruce Sudano, and three daughters, Brooklyn, Mimi and Amanda.

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AP National Writer Hillel Italie in New York and AP Music Writer Nekesa Moody and Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

The company that purchased the rights to convert Newton's home into "Graceland West" filed a lawsuit this week in Las Vegas against Newton, his wife and her 76-year-old mother that claims the family unreasonably delayed the project to ensure it never opens.

The Newton family claims the lawsuit is a preemptive strike because they had planned to sue the company for breach of contract after multiple construction delays. The family plans to file a counter lawsuit challenging the allegations made by CSD, LLC.

The legal wrangling paints an uncertain future for Newton's 40-acre estate featuring South African penguins, Arabian horses, Impressionist paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and 17th-century antiques collected from European castles.

Newton's lawyer, J. Stephen Peek, dismissed CSD's allegations as "salacious" lies and said the Newtons had nothing to do with the project's delayed opening.

"The real substance will come out in time," he told The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview.

The lawsuit seeks to have the Newton family immediately vacate their lavish estate, Casa de Shenandoah, and allow the $50 million project honoring the Las Vegas legend's music career to move forward. Construction plans for the museum called for an exhibition space, theater, zoo, visitors' center and other attractions.

The lawsuit also claims Newton sexually harassed a young female employee hired to train his 55 horses by repeatedly kissing her on the mouth. The worker quit and has threatened to sue Newton and CSD, according to the lawsuit.

Peek said the woman had been fired and described the accusations as an attempt to "obtain financial gain."

Under the terms of the museum deal, Newton, his wife and his daughter agreed to move to a newly constructed $2 million home on the estate so their mansion could be converted into a museum initially scheduled to open in late 2011. The lawsuit claims the family refused to relocate or turn over personal memorabilia.

"It is quite clear that it was always their intention to remain in the Mansion regardless of the terms of the agreement," the lawsuit alleges.

The company claims Newton's home was in a "sad state of disrepair" when it purchased the land for $19.5 million in June 2010, with his horses uncared for and 6-feet-tall animal manure piles covering the grounds.

"The penguin ponds were disgustedly dirty, full of algae and were endangering the penguins, all of whom were sick and many had died," the lawsuit reads.

Peek countered that the home couldn't have been in disrepair because the TV show "The Amazing Race" filmed its season finale there in 2009.

He said CSD failed to obtain necessary building permits, causing emergency officials to halt construction of the visitor center. The company also allegedly bullied its employees.

The Newton family released a statement from Geneva Clark, a partial owner of the museum, who denounced the allegations made by CSD's manager, Steven Kennedy.

"He is wrongly accusing the Newtons and mismanaging his role of leadership," Clark said in the statement.

Newton allowed the AP to tour his estate in October 2010, just months after the deal with CSD was finalized. The property appeared to be clean and his animals seemed healthy and well-kept.

Newton faced various financial woes in recent years. He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1992 to reorganize an estimated $20 million in debts, including a $341,000 Internal Revenue Service lien for back taxes.

In 2005, he disputed IRS claims that he and his wife owed $1.8 million in back taxes and penalties from 1997 through 2000.

More recently, sheriff's deputies were turned away from the ranch home in February 2010 while trying to collect a $500,000 court judgment stemming from back pay owed to a former pilot. That same month, Newton's billionaire buddy Bruton Smith tried to seize Casa de Shenandoah for repayment of a $3.35 million loan.

50 Cent
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50 Cent was admitted to the hospital earlier this week when he began to suffer from severe stomach pains, but by the time he was released Thursday, the G-Unit CEO had already put plans into motion for a new collaboration with Wiz Khalifa.

MTV News caught up with Fif at his G-Unit offices in NYC after his release, and he explained that a tweet from Wiz gave birth to the collaboration. The tweet in question: "I Gotta Song I Wanna Put @50Cent On."

"While I was sitting in the hospital, I saw Wiz Khalifa send a tweet out saying he got something, and he felt like it would be cool if I was actually on a record with him," 50 said. "So I responded to him and I told him, 'Let's work.' I'm feeling good, I was feeling better by the time that tweet went through, so I said, 'Send it,' and I'll speak to him a little later on.

"Stay tuned to hear what happens next because it's gonna go down," he added, confirming that the collaboration is for real. Fif's guest verse is likely to pop up on the Taylor Gang MC's upcoming LP O.N.I.F.C., which is set to debut August 28. It would mark their first collaboration together. Thus far, Wiz has revealed that features on his Rolling Papers follow-up will include Pharrell, Cam'ron, Curren$y and the Weeknd.

50 Cent has made a full recovery since his release from the hospital, and next Tuesday, he will drop The Lost Tape, hosted by DJ Drama.

During his stay in the hospital, the Queens mogul received a phone call from longtime friend and collaborator Eminem, who had a few firm words for him. "He goes, 'Yo, Fif, you were shot nine times, man, if you die over a burger, this sh-- ain't gonna go right,' " 50 told MTV News just hours after his release. " 'People ain't gonna be feelin' this.' "

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Carly Rae Jepsen
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It's been just a few months since Justin Bieber signed Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen to his Schoolboy Records, but since then, she has certainly made her mark on the music scene. Her infectious hit single "Call Me Maybe" is currently #1 on the iTunes songs chart and #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and has spawned a barrage of humorous and entertaining online video parodies that have captured the attention of not only fans but Jepsen herself.

"I have seen a few. It's pretty rad that people are participating and making their own versions. It makes my day to see it," Jepsen told MTV News. "It's hard to imagine this, even though I'm living this every day, it's kind of hard to believe it sometimes. [I] definitely didn't predict this."

The online lip-synching parodies seem to be the latest craze, especially among college students. Sports teams from Duke, UConn, Syracuse and Southern Methodist University have all posted their own versions of the song, but it was taken to another level when the Harvard baseball team choreographed an intricate fist-pump dance while singing along to the single.

"I saw the fist pump, it was so cute. It was funny because every chorus, they added a new element. I was like, they really planned this out, this is so fantastic," Jepsen said of the Harvard video. "It's so cool that it's sort of sparked this online thing. It's really neat."

College students aren't the only ones obsessing over this song. Actor James Franco posted his own version of the song , and just last month, Katy Perry uploaded her own parody, featuring herself and a group of friends at a Coachella pool party.

"I was in London at the time I saw Katy's version of 'Call Me Maybe.' I think she was at Coachella when she shot it, which was really cool," Jepsen said. "It was another surreal moment: Being in London was already crazy and then on top of it, to kind of see all the stars were reaching out and doing their versions as well, it was kind of like a cherry on top of the whole thing."

We may have to thank Bieber for all of these videos since he is the one that started the trend. Back in February, Bieber, along with his girlfriend Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale and Big Time Rush, created his own music video, playfully singing along to the inescapable track.

"I have a long list of thank-yous that I owe to Justin for everything to do with my career," Jepsen said. "He's just kind of opened the door to the rest of the world to me."

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After Laurie hinted at Dr. Gregory House's future (or possible lack thereof), Jay Leno mentioned that "within the blogs and Tweets, there’s a lot of speculation that you die."

Laurie wouldn't confirm or deny the rumors, quipping that "well, that's all to the good. ... Speculation is good. Uncertainty is good." However, he did say that a "House" reunion down the road would be "a bit of a long shot, I think."

The "House" Series Finale airs Monday, May 21st at 9 p.m. ET on Fox, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. "The Tonight Show" airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Mark Ruffalo as The Incredible Hulk in "The Avengers"
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"The Avengers" sure did assemble! Marvel's superhero film is still the reigning champion of movie theaters after it smashed box-office records in its first two weeks. Now, it's rising to the top of the worldwide charts, recently staking claim to the ninth spot, passing George Lucas' "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace." It's currently the highest earning film of 2012 domestically, stealing the title from "The Hunger Games," which opened in March.

At present, the Joss Whedon-directed summer flick has raked in more than $1 billion across the globe, and the numbers keep rising. The popularity of the movie is overwhelming, but a few questions still remain. For starters, how high will the film go?

Gitesh Pandya, the editor of Box Office Guru, told MTV News, "I see Avengers climbing up to #4 on the all-time worldwide blockbusters list by the end of this weekend. That would put it at roughly $1.2 billion, which is astounding. It should pass the final 'Harry Potter' to finish its run as #3 all time, which alone is just incredible."

Jeff Bock of Exhibitor Relations agrees: "By the time 'Avengers' is done kicking box-office butt, it will easily be the #3 film of all time. Only 'Avatar' and 'Titanic' will be left untouched, as James Cameron is a superhero unto himself. Both [films] made history by debuting over the holiday season, where popcorn flicks are few and far between. [And] unfortunately for 'Avengers,' summer blockbusters invade every weekend, and theaters will soon be flooded with competition."

The competition Bock is referring to is obviously Christopher Nolan's final Batman installment. "You know what happens when you leave Batman for dead? He gets angry, rises from the dead and pops you right in the kisser," he said. " 'The Avengers' versus 'The Dark Knight Rises' has all the trappings of a big-time Hollywood drama. Let's face it, 'TDKR' is probably the most anticipated threequel since 'Return of the Jedi.' All bets are off!"

Boxoffice.com's Phil Contrino agrees that Nolan's film could beat out "The Avengers" in the battle for overall domestic earnings, but ultimately won't top the opening weekend or worldwide sales for two reasons. It just doesn't have the widespread family appeal that Captain America and Iron Man brought with them, or the 3-D prices to give it a boost.

With "Battleship" sailing into theaters this weekend, Pandya expects "Avengers" to drop by around 40 percent. "[That will put it in] the neighborhood of $60 million," he said. "That's a great hold for a movie this big."

But as far as Earth's mightiest heroes becoming the highest — or even second-highest — film of all time globally, Contrino doesn't believe it will happen. "When you burn so bright for one weekend, the only place to go is down," he said.

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Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna in "Battleship"
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Many movie fans have been wary as to whether director Peter Berg could successfully pull of "Battleship." Inspired by a Hasbro board game giving no hint of any type of plot, the sci-fi epic follows the adventures of an international Navy fleet when aliens begin to invade earth. As the two forces go to battle, each must rely on a crafty, cunning strategy in order to conquer their enemy. The all-star, insanely attractive cast includes Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgård, Liam Neeson and Rihanna, in her movie debut.

While some have written off "Battleship" as a lesser version of "Transformers," critics were surprised by how much they enjoyed the film. They praise the movie for not taking itself too seriously and give credit to its entertainment factor.

The Story
"The surprise, for this veteran of board games, is that Battleship is also the rousing, engaging, and emotionally complex action war picture the silly 2001 action war picture 'Pearl Harbor' only wished it could be. It's 'Pearl Harbor' with greater intelligence, less hokum, and more aliens. For every line of howler dialogue that should have been sunk, there's a nice little scene in which humans have to make a difficult decision. For every stretch of generic sci-fi-via-CGI moviemaking, there's a welcome bit of wit. Under the direction of Peter Berg — the talented, ever-maturing filmmaker behind 'Friday Night Lights' and 'The Kingdom' — 'Battleship' is a sound vessel floating in Hollywood's oil-slick sea of 'Transformers' sequels and vampire riffs." — Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

The Cast
"The attractive cast does no more than Berg and the script require, which is very little indeed. After 'John Carter,' Kitsch is still waiting for a film vehicle to make good on the easy, authentic charm he exhibits in TV's 'Friday Night Lights,' though he's physically up to the task here. Fans of pop megastar Rihanna, making her film debut, will be disappointed to find that the role of Raikes may as well be renamed Young Female Demographic for all the pertinence it has to the narrative, but she's a sparky enough presence." — Guy Lodge, Variety

"Kitsch, coming off the super-flop 'John Carter,' soft-pedals the charm, exuding just enough charisma to get by. The striking-looking Skarsgård ('True Blood') is ramrod-straight and impossibly grave throughout, while Decker's expression toggles between blank and very blank." — Megan Lehmann, The Hollywood Reporter

The Special Effects
"Tech credits are all polished, if not as metallically sleek as they would be with a Michael Bay-style craftsman at the helm. Tobias Schliesser's lensing covers the teal-and-orange palette seemingly mandatory for such adventures these days, while Steve Jablonsky's score thumps and drones away with nary a pause, little betraying the presence of rock super-producer Rick Rubin and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello on the music team. The bulk of the attention in this evidently expensive production has been lavished on Industrial Light & Magic's typically immaculate effects, which are firmly in the "Transformers" mold stylistically, with the added challenge of water simulation. That such state-of-the-art creations have been used to realize a story whose climax hinges on a true-life WWII battleship, USS Missouri, outlasting its newer, shinier rivals is an irony probably lost on all involved." — Lodge

The Final Word
"The creative team behind this ocean-bound thriller decided to fill the narrative black hole with a few ingredients all but absent from today's summer tent poles — namely mystery, nostalgia and a healthy dose of humility. Just as blockbusters have made the hard turn towards fantasy heroes who solemnly go about their business in high-def-but-low-impact 3D cage matches, Battleship is an unapologetically goofy, surprisingly enigmatic, refreshingly self-deprecating deviation from the norm. I hesitate to confess that I had more fun here than I did at 'The Avengers,' because low expectations surely had a lot to do with it, but it's the truth. Heck, I'd pay to see the thing again." — Steven James Snyder, TIME Magazine

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Nick Jonas
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Nick Jonas will end his run in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" when the Broadway show closes Sunday.

The singer, along with his co-star Michael Urie, will no longer play business rivals on the Great White Way, but do continue to hold fond memories of their time in the show.

When MTV News caught up with the actors recently, they recalled some of their favorite fan encounters during their tenure in "How to Succeed." "The craziest fan encounter? The great thing about the fans is that they are polite during the show," Jonas said. "At the beginning of the show, they have an opportunity get excited, and then throughout the show, they are very polite."

Everyone's polite — at least, until Jonas got his smooch on. "Occasionally, they'll have little outbursts of craziness," he remembered. "It usually comes for me during the kissing moment during the show. They can say some pretty wild things I can hear out of the corner of my ear. It's fun."

Urie joked, "I actually stand offstage during the kiss and scream things like, 'Nick, Nick, oh Nick,' with about that [deep] inflection."

All joking aside, Urie did have some warm, fuzzy encounters with the show's fans before every performance. "Before the show, it's fun to come into the theater every night, because there are people waiting. Sometimes there are people camped out waiting that aren't even there to see the show," he said. "They've already seen the show or they're seeing the show in the future, and they'll be like, 'Hey Michael, good show.' And they're very cool and easygoing."

Both Jonas and Urie joined the show in January. Their run was expected to go until July 1, but they're closing a bit early. With the show ending Sunday, Jonas will now devote more time to recording a new album with his brothers. The Jonas Brothers are currently hard at work on their follow-up to 2009's Lines, Vines and Trying Times.

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Mark Zuckerberg
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It's the biggest initial public offering since the late-1990's heyday of Internet 1.0. Hell, it's the biggest tech IPO ever. Everyone wants to get in on the long-awaited Facebook IPO, which is offering up more than 484 million shares that are expected to raise nearly $18.5 billion for the world's most popular social networking site.

By the time all is said and done, the bright idea hatched by co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in his college dorm room could turn his company into a $100 billion behemoth. Since launching as a campus-only network in 2004, the site has allowed more than 900 million users around the world to connect, post pictures and stories and keep circles of friends appraised on every move they make while fundamentally altering the way we spend our time, communicate and share our private lives.

When MTV News visited the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters in 2011 for "Diary of Facebook,", we took viewers inside the matrix to find out how its young employees keep the engine running and what fuels their passion.

Among the revelations in the piece was an exploration of the unique FB phenomenon known "hack-a-thons," during which Zuckerberg said some of the site's best ideas are generated.

"Hack-a-thons are this awesome part of our culture," Zuckerberg said of the 24-hour marathons of coding and brainstorming. "Every month or two, everyone stays up all night just experimenting with things and building things quickly. And the only rule is that you're not allowed to work on the same thing that your day job is."

It's that kind of irreverence and corporate rule-ditching energy — those who can't code join in by cooking, juggling or drawing to stay energized — that has pushed the Facebook IPO from a financial and tech story to a metaphor for our entrepreneurial times.

With the college job market for new grads looking the best it has since the start of the recession in 2007 and tech start-ups blossoming like it's 1998 all over again, the Los Angeles Times wrote that the Facebook heat could help spark a renaissance of Internet heat. "Wealth has trickled down to employees and investors who cashed in their shares ahead of the IPO on private exchanges", the paper reported. "Others are spending in advance of their big payday, fueling an economy that's already humming thanks to the Bay Area's thriving technology sector."

Facebook's stock offering could mint dozens, if not hundreds of new millionaires. And it's a fair bet that those suddenly-flush geeks could go on to form new companies that will be on the lookout for fresh young faces (and minds) to help them, yes, become the next Facebook. So, get your résumé updated, you could be up next.

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Rather unusually, he was with his dad when it happened. No, it wasn't some weird Morrison clan rite of passage.

His dad is a midwife and, Morrison told Jimmy Kimmel, "my senior year of high school my dad actually took me to work. ... It was the first time I saw a vagina."

"What to Expect When You're Expecting" is in movie theaters. Glee" airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs weeknights at 12 a.m. ET on ABC.

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Brooklyn Decker in "Battleship"
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If you have a thing for busty blondes, we suggest you pencil a double feature into your weekend plans, seeing as model-turned-actress Brooklyn Decker stars in not one, but two movies opening Friday: the blow-'em-up action flick "Battleship" and the pregnancy rom-com "What to Expect When You're Expecting."

In the Decker vs. Decker showdown, box-office analysts seem to agree that "Battleship" will sink "What to Expect," though it's unlikely either will unseat reigning superheroes of the cinema, "The Avengers," who are eyeing their third first-place weekend. Nonetheless, having two films open on a single day is a neat distinction for the 25-year-old actress, though one that's not as rare as you might think. Here are a cluster of stars who have pulled theatrical double-duty (or are set to):

James Franco
Nowadays, you can't shake a stick at pop culture without James Franco fetching it, but back in the early aughts — following the cancellation of the beloved "Freaks and Geeks" — Franco wasn't nearly so ubiquitous. Yet he still managed to star in two films opening May 3, 2002: "Spider-Man" and "Deuces Wild." We probably don't need to tell you which one snagged all the dollars at the box office that weekend.

Christian Kane
Big-name stars aren't the only ones holding a pair. You may recognize Christian Kane from the TNT heist series "Leverage," or you may know him from a duo of 2004 film roles. On October 8 of that year, he appeared in the film version of "Friday Night Lights" and the Queen Latifah/ Jimmy Fallon comedy "Taxi."

Dakota Fanning
No one saw Dakota Fanning in two films opening February 6, 2009, technically speaking, but that's only because one was animated. The pint-size actress flexed her supernatural skills in the action flick "Push," while letting her vocals do all the work as the titular heroine of "Coraline."

David Koechner
Another actor dabbling in both animation and live-action on a single release date is David Koechner. The "Anchorman" actor hit the pit crew in Will Ferrell's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" and channeled his inner-animal as the voice of a coyote in the animated "Barnyard," all on August 4, 2006.

Samuel L. Jackson
The most recent two-for-one special comes courtesy of the prolific Samuel L. Jackson, whose "Avengers" continues to hammer the competition. But did you know his crime drama "Meeting Evil" (based on the novel by Thomas Berger) also opened May 4? Yeah, we didn't think so.

Channing Tatum
Maybe it's a sign of the apocalypse (or, at the very least, a trend) that four actors had or will have two movies opening on the same day in 2012. Like Decker, Tatum is hitting nearly every demographic with his titillating twofer. On June 29, the 32-year-old will suit up as Duke for "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" and strip down as an exotic dancer for "Magic Mike."

Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio's Christmas present to America this year is himself. Twice over. The actor stars in two films opening December 25: "The Great Gatsby" and "Django Unchained." Which one will egg-nog-fueled audiences choose to unwrap? Only Santa knows for sure.

Check out everything we've got on "Battleship" and "What to Expect When You're Expecting."

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Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder in "The Vampire Diaries"
Photo: CW

The nominations for the 2012 Teen Choice Awards have been announced, and the CW's hit drama "The Vampire Diaries" snagged a leading six nominations, with "American Idol" and Justin Bieber following close behind with five each.

"Diaries" earned nominations for Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi nods for both Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, and Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi nominations for Nina Dobrev and Kat Graham. Somerhalder is also vying for Choice Male Hottie against Bieber, multi-nominee Ryan Gosling, Liam Hemsworth and Robert Pattinson.

The Choice Female Hottie contest pit pals Katy Perry and Rihanna against Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and model Kate Upton.

Among the other top TV nominees are "Pretty Little Liars," "Gossip Girl," "Supernatural" and, oddly, "Bones," and HBO's racy "True Blood," which is up for Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi and Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi for Anna Paquin.

All of the usual candidates are among the top film nominees, with "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" scoring nominations for Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for both Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner (who is also up for Choice Movie Actor: Action for "Abduction"), and Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for Kristen Stewart.

They face stiff competition in the Sci-Fi categories against "The Hunger Games," which landed nominations for Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy and acting nominations for leads Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, and "The Avengers," which along with its Choice Movie nominations scored individual acting nods for Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson.

Among the other top film nominees are "The Help" (Choice Movie: Drama and Choice Actress: Drama nominations for Emma Stone and Viola Davis), "The Vow" (Choice Movie: Drama, Choice Actress: Drama for Rachel McAdams and Choice Actor: Drama for Channing Tatum, who is also up for his comedic performance in the much-nominated "21 Jump Street") and, inexplicably, the released-today comedy "What to Expect When You're Expecting," which earned four nods, for Choice Movie: Comedy, Choice Actor: Comedy for Chris Rock, and Choice Actress: Comedy nods for both Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez.

On the music side, the Choice Single by a Female Artist nominees are "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele, "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson, "Dance Again" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull, "Part of Me" by Perry and "Eyes Open" by Taylor Swift. On the guys' side are Bieber ("Boyfriend"), Drake ("Take Care"), Flo Rida ("Good Feeling"), Bruno Mars ("It Will Rain") and Pitbull ("Give Me Everything [Tonight]").

Many of the same artists will vie for Choice Male Artist (Bieber, Drake, Mars, Pitbull and Blake Shelton) and Choice Female Artist (Adele, Lopez, Perry, Rihanna and Swift).

The genre-by-genre breakdown of the nominations mean there are a lot of Teen Choice Award contenders. For a full rundown of the nominees, visit the Teen Choice Awards website, where you can also vote for your favorites.

The Teen Choice Awards air live on Sunday, July 22, at 8 p.m. ET.

Stuart Lynn Dunn is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Los Angeles on two stalking-related felony charges. He is being held on $190,000 bail.

The 27-year-old has been arrested twice this year for trying to contact and meet the "That `70s Show" and "Black Swan" star.

In February, a judge ordered Dunn to stay away from Kunis after he was found living in a vacant condo unit owned by the star. He had repeatedly tried to contact her before that arrest, and he was arrested earlier this month outside her gym.

Attempts to find a current attorney for Dunn were not successful.

Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder in "The Vampire Diaries"
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The "American Idol" and Justin Bieber following close behind with five each.

"Diaries" earned nominations for Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi nods for both Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, and Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi nominations for Nina Dobrev and Kat Graham. Somerhalder is also vying for Choice Male Hottie against Bieber, multi-nominee Ryan Gosling, Liam Hemsworth and Robert Pattinson.

The Choice Female Hottie contest pit pals Katy Perry and Rihanna against Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and model Kate Upton.

Among the other top TV nominees are "Pretty Little Liars," "Gossip Girl," "Supernatural" and, oddly, "Bones," and HBO's racy "True Blood," which is up for Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi and Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi for Anna Paquin.

All of the usual candidates are among the top film nominees, with "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" scoring nominations for Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for both Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner (who is also up for Choice Movie Actor: Action for "Abduction"), and Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for Kristen Stewart.

They face stiff competition in the Sci-Fi categories against "The Hunger Games," which landed nominations for Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy and acting nominations for leads Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, and "The Avengers," which along with its Choice Movie nominations scored individual acting nods for Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson.

Among the other top film nominees are "The Help" (Choice Movie: Drama and Choice Actress: Drama nominations for Emma Stone and Viola Davis), "The Vow" (Choice Movie: Drama, Choice Actress: Drama for Rachel McAdams and Choice Actor: Drama for Channing Tatum, who is also up for his comedic performance in the much-nominated "21 Jump Street") and, inexplicably, the released-today comedy "What to Expect When You're Expecting," which earned four nods, for Choice Movie: Comedy, Choice Actor: Comedy for Chris Rock, and Choice Actress: Comedy nods for both Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez.

On the music side, the Choice Single by a Female Artist nominees are "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele, "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson, "Dance Again" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull, "Part of Me" by Perry and "Eyes Open" by Taylor Swift. On the guys' side are Bieber ("Boyfriend"), Drake ("Take Care"), Flo Rida ("Good Feeling"), Bruno Mars ("It Will Rain") and Pitbull ("Give Me Everything [Tonight]").

Many of the same artists will vie for Choice Male Artist (Bieber, Drake, Mars, Pitbull and Blake Shelton) and Choice Female Artist (Adele, Lopez, Perry, Rihanna and Swift).

The genre-by-genre breakdown of the nominations mean there are a lot of Teen Choice Award contenders. For a full rundown of the nominees, visit the Teen Choice Awards website, where you can also vote for your favorites.

However, unlike most expecting moms Kandice wasn't going to let maternity get in the way of her lifestyle choices like smoking and drinking booze.

The former prostitute was also a self-confessed shoplifter and vowed that if she had to, "I would go and prostitute my body for $5 to feed the kids."

The adoptive parents that Kandice had chosen for her unborn baby boy apparently knew about her questionable habits. "I told my adoptive family that I smoked," she said, "'cuz that’s something they need to know. I even told them I had a drink the other night. I'm not gonna lie."

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Eva Simons
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For his song "This Is Love," will.i.am enlisted Dutch singer Eva Simons to add some powerhouse vocals to the raging party track. The searing dance production is highlighted by Simons' diva-tude as her voice soars over will's creation, full of big chants, bumping beats and dirty synths.

Simons had already proved she had hook potential appearing on Afrojack's 2010 dance-floor anthem "Take Over Control," and given will's history of enlisting female pop singers to add a bit of sexy flair to his songs, Simons was a perfect muse to help shape his latest dance-pop track.

"He is super creative, and we kind of have the same energy: We can't sit still. We were in the studio, and he had this track," Simons recalled to MTV News about working with the Black Eyed Peas mastermind. "And he's like, 'Yo, Eva, would you like to do this song with me?' And we had been recording a couple tracks before, so he knows what I'm capable of and he trusts me, and we don't really know each other for that long, but he trusts me.

"I recorded it," she continued. "And he mixes it straight away from his laptop ... and it's done. That's so beautiful — not only is he super creative and knows what he wants, but he also sees when other people are creative as well. He's not afraid to collaborate."

This particular collaboration also included Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello. "It's really a club-banger," Simons said, adding that will included "some piano intro in there and violins. ... He's always creative. It doesn't [just] work for the clubs, it works for the radio, it'll also work on a big festival, like him on the piano, some strings, some live drums."

will and Simons recently shot a video for the track, and she had this tease for fans when asked to give some hints: "Fireworks. Just like, 'What world is this? Like, where are we?' and 'What season is this?' " she said. "It's mad. It's pretty awesome."

Much of that awesomeness, she adds, stems from will directing the clip himself. "I'm just surprised. I'm not surprised, actually, 'cause that's him," she said. "He is also a super-geek. I'm a super-geek. I love technology, and he was like, he was directing the video and he was doing the motion-control of the camera and everything. He knows his stuff. It was pretty awesome to see."

Simons continued that it was refreshing to see that even with all his years in the industry, he still loves to do it. "I just admire him," she said. "After all those years he still has that fire, and that's just beautiful. But I feel like — 'cause I was big fan of the Black Eyed Peas, and I still am — and he seems like he's the same guy still that I see before."

Their song is expected to appear on will's long-teased solo album, #willpower, which also features Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Mick Jagger and Nicole Scherzinger. No release date has been set for the album.

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• Will.I.Am

But then Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) managed to enlist damage control help from an unexpected source.

As the Vice-president's chief of staff was about to publicly reveal a recording of the president’s affair with the intern, the First Lady (Bellamy Young) coolly said, "we also figured out who the woman on the tape is. ... It was me."

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Viewers had been left hanging at the end of the penultimate episode after the doctors' plane crashed and bodies were left strewn on the ground.

The Season Finale revealed that the doctor who didn't make it out alive was ... Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh).

As she lay on the ground, crushed by the fusillage, Mark (Eric Dane) held her hand and confessed his true feelings. "I love you," he said. "I’ve always been in love with you. I will always be in love with you."

However, there was room for some levity in the episode as Cristina (Sandra Oh) remarked on Seattle Grace staff's remarkably high body count.

"Grey's Anatomy" Season 9 is due to premiere in September 2012 on ABC.

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The Brit singer graced the cover of fashion bible Vogue last October but the magazine's editor has revealed it was one of the publication's worst ever sellers.

Speaking to Vogue.co.uk, Alexandra Shulman revealed that despite Adele becoming one of the most famous women in the world, she was a turn off for readers.

"Music stars haven't sold at all well. Adele is the most popular woman in the world, but one of the worst sellers we've ever had.

"I find there has to be a relationship with the person on the cover that goes beyond how they look. Our most successful cover was the millennium issue - which didn't have anyone on it, but acted like a mirror so you could see your own reflection!"

She also confirmed that the Duchess of Cambridge had been approached to appear on the cover of the fashion mag but has yet to accept the offer.

Princess Diana appeared on four Vogue covers before her death in 1997.

Raven-Symone
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Raven-Symoné has taken to Twitter to address a National Enquirer report that she is gay. The tabloid published a story this week that the "Sister Act" star is currently dating "America's Next Top Model" contestant, AzMarie Livingston, and that they are living together in New York City.

According to sources, "Raven has lost almost 30 pounds, has done a whole image makeover, and now she is the star of 'Sister Act' on Broadway. She's at a point now where she doesn't care what her family thinks, and she's in love with AzMarie. She's a lesbian and wants to live that way."

The tabloid further reports that the 26-year-old's family does not approve of her lifestyle, however, "she told her parents she loves them, but her home -- especially her bedroom -- is nobody's business, and she was not going to back down, so they needed to accept it, period."

While Raven-Symoné neither confirmed nor denied the speculation on Friday, when she took to Twitter to open up about the rumor, she did make it clear that whatever she does in her personal life is her business.

"I'm living my PERSONAL life the way I'm happiest," she tweeted. "I'm not one, in my 25 year career to disclose who I'm dating. and I shall not start now. My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm datings to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life."

She continued that "however that is my right as a HUMAN BEing whether straight or gay. To tell or not to tell. As long as I'm not harming anyone. I am a light being made from love. And my career is the only thing I would like to put on display, not my personal life. Kisses!"

Unfortunately -- or maybe it was staged for the show -- the place she was looking to rent from showed her one of the filthiest and most disgusting porta-pottys one could imagine. So Kim quickly decided that the classic green box was not going to be the solution for her wedding after all.

So she upgraded. Boy did she upgrade. She settled on massive trailers with hardwood floors, plumbing and even an attendant in the bathroom. Zap2It is looking forward to when Kim finds a way to work rhinestones into those bathrooms. And they're wondering if Kim and her mother will work out their differences before the big day.

Find out as "Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding" continues Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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Mark Zuckerberg
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Wearing his signature hoodie and jeans, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang the bell to open the Nasdaq Stock Market from the company's Menlo Park, California, headquarters Friday morning (May 18) as his company went public with the biggest ever initial public offering by a tech company. Going for $38 per share, the offering raised $16 billion for the social networking website, which is inarguably one of, if not the most important and impactful tech company for the millennial generation.

Zuckerberg has always been a natural at balancing the demands of running the world's biggest social network, which boasts more than 900 million users around the world, while himself being an example of his generation's focus on being open and forward-thinking without the pretense and show of past business leaders.

The self-made billionaire is the ultimate everyman, albeit one with a genius intellect, and it's a side of himself he showed off in earnest last year when MTV visited Facebook HQ for its special, "The Diary of Facebook."

"Facebook is a very open company. If you think about what we do, we're trying to give all these people who use our products the ability to share things with their friends and their family," Zuckerberg told MTV News. "The mission is to make the world more open and connected. So we believe that if that's what we're trying to do in the world then that's how we should run the company too."

Zuckerberg went on to describe the philosophy with which he runs Facebook, now one of the most financially valuable in the world, and it stands in diametric opposition to how we view the modern corporate executive. There are no sequestered corner offices at Facebook HQ, no CEOs sporting expensive designer suits.

"We have this really open floor plan. People are all sitting out near each other. It's easy for everyone to turn to their neighbor and start talking," the Facebook boss continued. "I have a desk out there just like everyone else. ... That kind of collaborative and connected culture is what produces the best products for the people who are going to use them."

His philosophy on how to run a modern company may ultimately change the face of business moving forward. Friday's massive IPO did many things, but one of the biggest, coming in the midst of an ongoing financial crisis created by men in suits, was to prove that the future doesn't smoke cigars in executive lounges, it wears a hoodie and sits with the engineers who make it all happen.

You can see it all for yourself as MTV re-airs "The Diary of Facebook" Saturday (May 19) at 9 a.m. the doc is also available online at MTV.com.

• The Diary Of Facebook

So rather than fret about why NBC was doing it, they could just sit back and enjoy three unique and different trips to Greendale. The night opened with one of those ambitious "Community" episodes like the claymation Christmas. This time the Greendale Seven stepped into an 8-bit video game to help Pierce try to earn his father's inheritance.

The second episode focused on the ongoing saga of Change's takeover of the college and expulsion of the Dean. Troy sacrificed himself to the air conditioning shool to help the gang save the real Dean and re-establish order. Then, in the season finale, Troy managed to "fix" the repairmen at the a/c school, and make his way back to his friends, while Abed reverted to his dark timeline self.

Jeff represented Shirley versus Pierce over the ownership rights of her sandwich shop -- which was approved by the Dean to take the spot Subway once held. In doing so, Jeff learned the importance of putting the happiness of others in front of one's own selfish desires.

"Community" returns to its new night and time in Fall 2012 on NBC, settling in at 8:30 p.m. ET on Fridays.

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U2's Bono
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U2 singer Bono was already an obscenely wealthy man before Friday's (May 18) Facebook IPO
. But thanks to the 2.3 percent stake in the social networking site held by his Elevation Partners investment group (it is unknown how much of the Facebook take is directly held by Bono) it was reported that his nest egg could grow exponentially when Friday's first day of trading on the company's stock is over.

The total haul? More than $1.5 billion
, which is not bad for a day's work.

If those figures are true, he may become the richest rock star on Earth, sitting on a massive pile of green that could allow a man who already had the world at his fingertips to push into a rarified stratosphere that's the envy of the many one-percenters he already counts as friends. According to Rolling Stone the singer, who cannot sell all his shares at once, has pledged to use much of the money raised from his investments to aid charity work in Africa.

Bono addressed the rumors of his (alleged) impending money bomb while speaking to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Friday morning. "Contrary to reports, I'm not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle -- and not just in the sense of money, by the way; the Beatles are untouchable -- those billionaire reports are a joke," he said. "In Elevation, we invest other people's money -- endowments, pension funds. We do get paid, of course. But, you know, I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed. I got interested in technology because I'm an artist, I'm interested in the forces that shape the world, politics, religion, the stuff we've been talking about today. Technology is huge, I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that. Facebook are an amazing team, a brilliant team. It's a technology that brings people together."

But if one person were to obtain that windfall, what could $1.5 billion buy you? We broke it down, by-the-numbers:

6.9 million Famous for his signature Bulgari shades, if Bono were to get his hands on the full stash, he could hit the Amazon.com marketplace and get nearly seven million pair for cheap at $215.77 a piece.

12.5 The giant claw stage that U2 schlepped around the world for their record-setting 360 Tour was insanely expensive. With each of the three structures they built coming in at $40 million a piece, Bono could build nine more with the Facebook loot.

300,000 Speaking U2 tours, on their famous 1992 Zoo TV outing, one of the highlights were the blinged-out Trabant cars that were hung from the lighting rigs. The famously low-budget East German cars were never expensive, but if Bono were ever thinking of expanding his car collection, he could snatch up more than 300,000 1989 models for the money.

39.4 million: In the recent documentary, "From the Sky Down," U2 basically admitted that they'd gotten a bit full of themselves by the time their 1988 ode to Americana, Rattle and Hum, was released. If Bono is feeling especially embarrassed about all the cowboy hats and blues discovery of that era, he could try to wipe out some trace of it by buying nearly 40 million Blu-Ray copies of the DVD from Amazon.

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Far East Movement
Photo: MTV News

Ever wondered what it would sound like if the Far East Movement enlisted Tokio Hotel's glammy, gothy lead singer Bill Kaulitz for a track? Well, wonder no more, because now we have "If I Die Tomorrow."

The collaboration, which dropped Friday (May 18), leans more on FM's love for partying than Kaulitz's love for rocking. While FM rap all about bumping trunks, killing bottles and going crazy in the club, Kaulitz, in full auto-tuned, falsetto mode, proclaims, "If I die tomorrow, that means we had the night of our lives/ If tomorrow never comes, then tonight we lose control."

"If I Die Tomorrow" is off FM's new album, Dirty Bass, out May 22. When MTV News caught up with Far East Movement recently, Kev Nish told us that fans will see plenty of "unexpected collaborations" like this on the upcoming album.

"When we first signed to Cherrytree [Records], we went on the website and see who's on the roster ... and we saw Tokio Hotel, and we were like 'Yo, this band is wild,' " Nish said of working with the Musical March Madness winner and Tokio Hotel's leading man. "We were on a bus watching them on the MTV Europe Awards, winning, and we were like, 'We need to do a song with those dudes.'

"So we got in with Bill Kaulitz and we just wanted to do a song about losing yourself, about possibly losing your mind, because you might die the next day," he added.

The album also features Justin Bieber on the song "Live My Life." The same day the album drops, the group also kicks off their tour with the kings of party rocking, LMFAO.

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
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Kanye West may seem like he's already one of the Kardashians, but turns out it took him a minute to warm up to them. According to her sister Khloé, Kim's beau initially experienced some shell shock when hanging with reality TV's first family.

"He said, 'I'm an only child; there's, like, so many of you,' " Khloé recalled in a chat with Ryan Seacrest on Friday (May 18).

Fans will get to see Kanye warming up to the Kardashian crew themselves when E!'s "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" returns for another season on Sunday. But Khloé told Seacrest her husband, Lamar Odom, had similar trouble getting used to her very large family.

"I remember Lamar, at first it took him a minute to get used to us, but now Lamar loves it," she said. "With Kanye I was like, 'Why are you hiding in our pantry in my mom's kitchen?' And he's like, 'There's just so many of you guys, and you guys are all so loud and friendly and talk." And I'm like, 'Get used to it buddy, because I like it.' It's just a lot at one time."

Being an only child like Yeezy is added to his initial discomfort, but he isn't the lone only child the Kardashians have welcomed.

"[My boyfriend] Scott [Disick] and Lamar are only children too," Kourtney shared. "I think we attract only children. I don't think [Kanye] knows what's going on [when he hangs out with us]. Like, what we're talking about, are we being serious? Is this a joke?"

The initial shock of the Kardashians seems to have worn off, though. Usmagazine.com spotted Kanye hanging out with Kim and her family at Kourtney's May 12 baby shower. In one snapshot, a smiling Kanye sits next to Kim, who's playing with her nephew and Kourtney's son, Mason.

Khloé's hubby, Lamar, has also apparently bonded with Yeezy. The pro baller even seems to have his sights set on the music industry. "Lamar raps to [Kanye] all the time. Kim is like, 'You're going to freak this guy out,' " Khloé said. "But it's funny."

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As such, it's reasonable to expect the network will pick it up in that role again. Especially with the series only 13 episodes away from that magic 100-episode syndication mark. That means there's every chance that fans will get to see Audrey have her baby.

In this season finale, she learned the sex of that baby. Learning she was having a girl helped improve her spirits after the disastrous and accidentally last-minute baby shower Jennifer and Adam threw for her. It was at least better than Adam mixing up the "Guess the Weight" game by guessing Audrey's weight.

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Jack had slept with Avery's mother, while Avery had had a kind of weird tapping romance with a fellow prisoner while away in Korea. Even Kim Jong Il showed up for the ceremony, but in the end none of them stepped up to stop the proceedings. It absolutely disgusted the couple that no one tried to stop them, helping them to realize they needed to stop themselves. So they had Liz divorce them instead.

As for Liz, she's clearly grown quite a bit. She was ready to go to prison for Criss, and seems to have completely accepted him for who he is. Could this love be real? It would make sense, as "30 Rock" heads into its final season next year.

"30 Rock" has been renewed for a seventh and final 13-episode season, returning to NBC's Thursday night line-up in Fall 2012.

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50 Cent
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Nine gun shots wasn't enough to take out 50 Cent, but a bad hamburger could have been the undoing of rap's #1 bad guy. The G-Unit general was hospitalized this week with stomach pains, but a phone call from his homey Eminem surely lightened the mood.

"I'm in a dead serious moment like, 'Damn, I don't believe this is happenin' right now,' " Fif said recalling the moments before Slim Shady phoned him. "He goes, 'Yo Fif, you were shot nine times man if you die over a burger, this sh-- ain't gonna go right. People ain't gonna be feelin' this.' "

On Wednesday, Fif tweeted a picture of himself in a hospital bed and sent a public message to his boxing friend Floyd Mayweather that read: "I don't want to go into surgery."

Lucky for him, he didn't have to. When MTV News checked up on 50 at his NYC G-Unit office on Thursday, just hours after he was released from the hospital, he said he was able to avoid going into surgery to remove blockage in his small intestine.

"I'm feelin' better; I'm in good spirits," Fif added.

DJ Drama, who is in New York to promote his upcoming mixtape with 50, The Lost Tape, told MTV News he was worried about his boy. To lift the gangsta rapper's spirits Drama sent three stuffed animals to 50: a giraffe, an elephant and a lion.

They say it's the thought that counts, but Drama's get-well gifts didn't go over so well. "That wasn't cool. That's all you get," 50 told Drama jokingly while our cameras rolled. "You get 15 tracks, you damn near have to die to do a Gangsta Grillz and this is the thanks I get?"

Stay tuned to MTV News' Mixtape Daily for more on 50 Cent and DJ Drama's The Lost Tape, which will be released on May 22.

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"The longer we sit here, the more uncomfortable it'll make Jay," were the first words out of Dave's mouth after sharing an awkward yet knowing silent moment with Conan.

"You know Jay's watching right now," Conan joked. "He's getting a live feed in a satellite truck right now." Despite prodding from Letterman, Conan would not bring himself to say anything explicit to slam Leno throughout their interview, but did imply that the relationship between the two has been damaged permanently.

The majority of the first segment of O'Brien's interview was devoted to discussing the events that led to Conan's dismissal at "The Tonight Show," and Letterman's joy as he watched them go down. During the couple of weeks in January 2010 that negotiations at NBC were up in the air, many felt that Letterman's Leno-mocking play-by-play was the most entertaining he had been in years.

Calling the NBC about-face as the "Golden Age of Television," Letterman erupted in a fit of laughter as Conan told him he was glad someone got some enjoyment out of the period.

This marked the first time O'Brien has appeared on Letterman's show in 13 years, but the two mens' careers have been inextricably linked. When Letterman jettisoned "Late Night" in 1993 after NBC named Letterman's pal Leno as Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" successor instead of himself, the previously unknown O'Brien stepped in as the new host of the 12:30 show. Letterman's guest appearances on the struggling show indicated a public vote of confidence to the new program from Dave, and 16 years later, Conan reserved his final thanks on his last episode of "Late Night" for his television forebear Letterman.

In 2009, O'Brien was given "The Tonight Show," until NBC pulled the plug on the show after only seven months when O'Brien refused to push his show back half an hour to make room for the poorly-performing "Jay Leno Show." Leno was reinstated as the "Tonight Show" host, where he remains to this day, although the late night market is substantially certainly more crowded now -- "Jimmy Kimmel Live" beat "The Tonight Show" in the 18-49 demo last week for the first time ever.

Below, watch a video of Conan's first appearance on Letterman's show. They've come a long way since Conan was rejected as a staff writer on Letterman's show after graduating from Harvard.

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Spoiler alert: Do not read any further if you haven't yet watched "Scandal" Season 1, Episode 7, titled "Grant: For the People."

We saw the bloody aftermath of Gideon's (Brendan Hines) scissor stabbing by the VP's chief of staff Billy Chambers (Matt Letscher), and the reveal of who actually hired Huck's old hitman pal-turned-torture-victim to kill Amanda Tanner. There was a shift in Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) relationship with the president (Tony Goldwyn), his right-hand man Cyrus (Jeff Perry) and the first lady (Bellamy Young), but we also saw how Olivia's associates could rally for one of their own -- even if it meant destroying key evidence.

But the biggest question of the season remains: Who is Quinn Perkins (Katie Lowes)? Any why does her identity need to stay so incredibly secret?

Washington assured me that we're not the only ones left wondering -- the cast still has no idea, and she's not even sure if creator Shonda Rhimes knows just yet. (But that didn't stop Rhimes from smartly dangling that nugget to network execs to ensure a second season!)

I know you won't tell me what it is, but do you know Quinn's secret already?
I will tell you that the head of the network, when they saw the final cut of Episode 7, called Shonda and was like, "I need to know." And Shonda was like, "Then give me a Season 2." [Laughs.] Which I think is awesome. We were all like, "That's great! But really -- we want to know now, too." Shonda knows ... well, I think Shonda knows. I don't even know if Shonda knows!

There was one period when we were shooting that Liza Weil [who played Amanda Tanner] and I realized that we were actually being given different information ... we were being really guarded at first, because you want to protect this information that you're getting from your bosses. But all of a sudden we were like, "Wait a second -- we're in this together. What do you know?" [Laughs.] And we had this big exchange. It really mirrored what our characters were going through, in terms of withholding and giving information.

Has there been a cast theory about who Quinn really is?
You know what's even more fun? I always think that when the crew is invested, that's the biggest compliment. It's our job as actors to be invested in characters and storylines, and crews are so jaded -- they see so much work everyday, and they've seen so much bad work. But I will say that one of the things that made me so happy was that the crew was coming to me with theories at the end of the season. The head of the grip department, the wardrobe designer, even craft services ... people were coming up with theories. I actually thought that I was in trouble because the head of our grips was like, "I need to talk to you for a second." I was like, Oh gosh, what did I do? And he pulled me in this corner and was like, "This is what I think!" I was like, "Are you kidding me?" People are invested and inspired in ways that you don't always get to be in this business.

Tell us: Do you have theories about Quinn's real identity? And what do you think will happen with Olivia and Fitz next season?

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400,000 Nuba civilians have been trapped in the mountainous regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan since June 2011, on the brink of a government-orchestrated famine. The Khartoum regime has intentionally cut them off from their fields by persistent and indiscriminant bombing and denied access to any international aid. But they're still alive.

All of that will change sometime in the next few weeks.

Any day now, the rains will start, making this already remote region entirely inaccessible. Any hopes of breaking through negotiations with Khartoum to win access to these civilians will be moot. They will starve and -- like their 500,000 Nuba brethren who were annihilated in this same way during Khartoum's second genocide in the 1990s -- they will die.

Let's be clear: This is Khartoum's fourth genocide since the Omar al-Bashir regime took power in 1989. Bashir -- who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on 10 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide -- has presided over the murder of close to three million innocent civilians, civilians he is obliged to protect.

In 2005, I traveled to Darfur along with a congressional delegation. The experience changed my life -- after seeing the crimes committed against innocent civilians there, it was impossible to return to my comfortable life and do nothing.

But even after years of activism -- and even with the fervent, increasingly urgent advocacy of the last few months as the siege against the Nuba people has escalated -- we have failed to protect these civilians. I fear that in the next few weeks, we're going to watch the slow death of an entire population, and that the international community will sit in silence.

This Sunday, May 20, I'm walking in Jewish World Watch's Los Angeles Walk to End Genocide. I'm walking and agreed to be the honorary walk chair because I refuse to stand idly by and watch as the Khartoum regime continues to slaughter its own people.

Our political leaders have calculated that the American people are not interested in foreign policy in this election year -- unless it's about disengagement from major issues around the globe. By walking, we're announcing to our leaders loudly and clearly: They are wrong. The American public prioritizes stopping genocide and mass atrocities, and leaders ignore those priorities at their own peril. We're telling our leaders that they have the strong support of the American public to take the bold action necessary to stop genocide and mass atrocities.

I hope you'll join us.

Life for 31-year-old Nadia G., born Nadia Giosia, couldn't be better. A native of Montreal, her show Bitchin Kitchen has helped change stereotypes of those who love spending time in the kitchen. She's often referred to as the Julia Child of the Net generation. It all began almost a decade ago when she was running her own boutique 2.0 design/branding studio and felt something was missing. It occurred to her that what she needed was some food. In 2007 Bitchin' Kitchen debuted on the Internet and gained the attention of broadcast media. Three years later the show premiered on the Food Network in Canada and the Cooking Channel in America.

Nadia G. says her secret ingredients in her kitchen are fearlessness, patience, creativity, and love. But don't let her tattoos, her abs of steel, or her enthusiasm for playing with knives fool you. Nadia G. is a woman who carries her family with her in all she does and loves to laugh.

What did winning the NewNow Next Award for Most Addictive Reality Star mean to you?

It was a huge honor. I was certain I was going to lose to Willam [RuPaul's Drag Race], who is so fantastic. I was truly surprised when I won. I'm really happy that the LGBT community is so into Bitchin' Kitchen, because the show is all about expressing oneself in and out of the kitchen and not being afraid to be who you are -- and looking fabulous while you're doing it. It really warms my heart that they love me as much as I love them.

Besides food, what are you addicted to?

Hmm... I'm, like, going through the Rolodex and going, "Acceptable? Not acceptable?"

We love unacceptable!

OK. I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock music in my car. I'm addicted to beautiful clothes and shoes. I just love gorgeous stuff and work hard to acquire pretty things, shiny things. I'm addicted to shiny things!

What song do you bust out when you do karaoke?

I love singing "What's Going On" from 4 Non Blondes.

Why do you think the LGBT community has gravitated to you?

On Bitchin' Kitchen -- pardon the cheesy pun -- we lay it all out on the table. We talk about real things and have a couple of laughs about it. There's also a lot of fun and fantastic fashion in the show. We have a great time with that. The LGBT community is definitely... well, it's hard to generalize like this, but they love fashion. Between the shoes, the great food, and the off-kilter sense of humor, it just works.

A segment on your show is called "Nadvice." We need a little. What dish would you recommend for a gay wedding?

Oooh, there are so many wonderful things. One could make -- gay or not gay -- burrata. It's an amazing cheese. You could make that with some caramelized onion and fig jam.

That sounds like one fattening meal for a wedding!

Well, that would be an appetizer. You wouldn't want to eat a bunch of burrata! That would really kill the party.

OK, for a main dish?

I'm a big fan of steak. You could make a gorgeous steak with a maple balsamic reduction. You've got the sweetness from the maple syrup and the tanginess from the balsamic.

You said you studied at the school of Hard Wooden Spoons Whacks. Tell us about that place.

Not too many people went to that school. I grew up in a food-obsessed Italian family, so I learned to cook from my mom and my grandma. They also taught me a lot more than just cooking. The kitchen was where everything went down.

Since your show is all about attitude and being fabulous, what advice would you give to others on how to live a wonderful life?

First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most important thing. When you're after truth, happiness always comes.

Speaking of the truth, how much of who we see on camera is the real you?

A lot of it. I write the show, so I distill my thoughts in the writing process. Bitchin' Kitchen is my stage, so there is definitely performance going on, but a lot of me is in the show. I guess what isn't in the show is me sitting around in joggers writing this stuff.

You mentioned your grandmother earlier. Tell us about her.

She was an interesting woman. She was a soft-spoken lady. Food was the way she expressed herself. She would have us over every Sunday for fettuccine and meatballs. She didn't really talk much, but food was the way she expressed herself.

You love The Golden Girls.

Huge fan!

Which Golden Girl are you?

Oh, man, that's a tough one! I say I'm most like Sophia.

Because she cooks?

No, because she's a little bit like an angry old lady. I, too, have an angry old lady inside me in some ways. I'm inspired by Sophia.

You got your first tattoo when you were 13. How many do you currently have?

I have 10 now. The latest one I got was the word "hungry" on left forearm. It's like a really deep metaphor. [Laughs.] The fun thing, though, is when I wear a three-quarter sleeve, it says "hung." That was a surprise to me! I love this new tattoo. I think it's very descriptive of my personality. It feels like it should've always been there.

In a man you love manly hands and a fearless personality. Are you currently in love?

Oh, man. Am I in love? I'm in love with chocolate.

Oh, OK. You can be coy. Let's talk about Martha Stewart. You once said, "She legitimized homemaking for a generation, but when it comes to the next generation, they're not really looking to fold napkins into swans or color-code their linen closets." What are your thoughts on the "next generation"?

We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again. I think this generation is less about the frills and more about the flavor of things. Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck à l'orange.

You just seem to keep going. What is your philosophy for life?

It comes back to the tattoo. I'm a very hungry person, and I think if you have enough hunger, you'll figure out how to get full.

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Over the years, my instincts to connect with others have brought me out of this shell, time and time again -- not just in performance, but in everyday life. I live in New York City, a place I love for the infinite chances one has to talk to strangers. I'm known amongst my friends as the person who can -- and will -- talk to anyone, standing in a gym café, strolling along the Hudson River, riding an elevator for just a few floors. Most people I know laugh when I tell them I'm shy -- and for good reason.

But what they don't understand is that my outgoing-side has been a long time in the making. Back in 2006, for example, no one could have mistaken me for being gregarious. Depressed, I lived like a disinterested bystander in my own life, isolating from my friends, one by one. Despite working at a national non-profit dedicated to cardiovascular disease prevention, I'd become a chain-smoker. Once, when on a donor visit, one of my coworkers said that employees who got caught smoking could be fired. I'd screeched, "WHAT?!!?? -- essentially outing my habit. But worse than this, in my quietest moments, on aimless walks through the East Village, I remember thinking, I will never make another friend as long as I live -- a sentiment that, to me, may as well equate to death. What is life without connection?

That November, I had a particularly rough week. In the middle of a presentation at work, I'd completely blanked on an extraordinarily mindless piece of information. (I think I was telling people where to sign their names on a sheet of paper. Yes, that mindless.) Though still I don't know why I panicked, I have no doubts about how it made me feel: rattled, irrationally so. I felt so exposed. Maybe it's because I knew I was in the wrong place doing the wrong thing. Whatever the reason, I couldn't find my way home.

The same week, my friend Jen emailed me and said, "I have tickets to see Donna Summer. Want to come?" Amy, a mutual friend, had been doing some pro bono design work for a school benefit. Donna Summer was the headliner for the event, which was to be held at the Beacon Theater.

Now, I've loved Donna since I was a young child. In one of my earliest memories, I was in the grocery store, when "Bad Girls" started playing on the speaker. I started singing and doing the choreographed dance moves my older sister had taught me. (I still remember my mother's face when she rounded the corner and saw me. Her eyes popped out of her head. If there were a thought bubble above her head, it may have said, "Um... what are you doing?") My passion for her music never subsided through the years, not even during a relationship with a self-professed music snob who begrudgingly let me wear out Donna's greatest hits album in the cassette player of his beat up Audi. In 1999, I'd walked into a used record shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, looking for vintage Donna. The guy behind the counter said, "A good Dorchester girl!" before pulling out her greatest hits.

Years later, when I was in grad school, I was late to a lecture because when I'd pulled into the parking lot, Donna was being interviewed on Fresh Air, explaining the origins of "On the Radio." (In case you were wondering, it is based on a true story, though I don't remember whether or not the letter did fall out of a hole in his old brown overcoat.) During the period I was an avid karaoke goer, "On the Radio" was my go-to song.

So when Jen invited me, I said, "YES!" instantly. I wasted no time in inviting Cameron, my friend and frequent karaoke partner, to join me.

When I showed up at the Beacon, another friend was waiting with tickets for Cameron and me. Apparently, he and I wouldn't be able to sit with the group. "I'm sorry these are the last of the tickets, so they're not the greatest seats," my friend said apologetically.

"I don't care! I'd sit in a closet. I'm just happy to be here," I said.

When Cameron and I went inside, though, we learned that we were not in a closet, but in the third row. I turned to him and said, "Gosh, if these are the bad seats, where do you think they are sitting?"

I fidgeted my way through Jon Legend's lovely opening performance. On any other occasion, I would have been thrilled. But now, I was impatient.

Soon, the velvet curtains parted, and Donna, clad in a black leather floor length gown, emerged. I was in heaven. I loved the way she stood, tapping her long nails on the base of the microphone. More importantly, her voice did not disappoint. Her power vocals were so mesmerizing that I almost missed it when she stepped toward the edge of the stage and asked for volunteers.

Cameron looked at me. "Do it!!!" he yelled.

Even the suggestion made me sick. "I can't," I whispered, thinking about how upset I'd been after that presentation. I'd wanted to crawl into a hole. "I'm having a shy week!"

"You must," he said.

I couldn't put my hand up. Donna was right there. She could see me, but I was not so sure I could handle being seen. I wanted to tell Cameron about how I'd botched the low-stakes presentation, how it killed me to have forgotten how to say, "Here's the sign-up sheet," how I'd cringed when I saw the thought bubbles above my colleagues heads, Poor thing.

I repeated, "You don't understand. This is a shy week!"

Instead of wasting time asking me what the hell a "shy week" was, Cameron got aggressive. "Suzie," he said. "I have seen you sing her at karaoke a million times. 'On the Radio.' 'Heaven Knows.' If you don't do it, you're going to regret this for the rest of your life."

It's funny, because Cameron was not a close friend. In fact, I don't think I've seen him since. I'd had plans with a different friend that night, but that friend, a music lover, politely cancelled when I said the words "Donna Summer." I'm lucky Cameron was there, because if he hadn't been, chances are, I never would have thought, He's right. I would regret this for the rest of my life.

The last time I'd felt a surge of energy so potent was years before, at a gala for the Marines Corps. I'd been so moved by the commandant's call to serving America that I momentarily lost my rebel mind and considered, ever so briefly, enlisting.

Before I could feel self-conscious, my hand shot in the air. Donna called me up to the stage immediately. I climbed three steps and froze behind the mike, knees locked, until I saw that "On the Radio" was cued on the monitor. I'd hit the jackpot. I couldn't stop thinking, I am on stage with Donna Summer.

From this point on, the whole experience is a wash of bliss. I do know that there were two other women there, singing back up with me. I sang loudly and danced across the stage during the instrumental break. I squinted into the lights, looking out for my other friends who had the better seats. I couldn't find them and thought, "Where are my people?"

The best part, though, was a sudden sense of dual consciousness. My adult self thought this was hilarious. That part of me was laughing, a lot. This was the most absurd thing that my shy-self had ever done.

Simultaneously, though, the 5-year-old inside of me was thrilled. Inside, I was throwing my head back and shouting, "Yes!" as a heady rush of ecstasy filled every cell in my body. There's no arguing with what you love.

On stage, while looking out to a sea of strange faces, I realized that not only had I dreamed of this exact moment as a little girl, but I had also all but forgotten about it, until now.  Onstage, everything was aglow: the faces in the audience, Donna's pretty eyes, the familiar music vibrating through my chest. In that moment, there was no ill-fitting job, no depression, no dimmed hopes -- just disco, Donna, and surrender.

When the song ended, I was the last to leave the stage. Donna gave me a hug, and I squeezed her shoulders, whispering, "Donna, you have no idea!" I stayed so long, I'm sure she started thinking about calling out, "Security!"

I'd uncovered my most childlike self, and I did not plan on sitting through the rest of the concert trying to keep it under wraps. I took out my phone and started texting everyone I knew, sending multiple texts to my sister, my cousin and a friend who from my karaoke days just how deep this love ran. Every time I looked up, I could see Cameron grinning out of the corner of my eye.

After the concert was over, Cameron and I met up with Amy, Jen and some other friends outside. The first things I asked was, "So where were you?" No one missed my subtext, which was: Why hadn't I seen them cheering me on?

As luck would have it, there was a ticket mix-up. They ended up sitting in the seats we were meant to sit in, located in the very last row of the theater. When I heard that, I froze. I thought about all the hours Amy had spent working on this benefit, and here I was, accidentally taking her third row seats. "Oh, no. I'm so sorry," I said.

She laughed it off. Apparently, it had taken them a few moments to figure out I was on stage. Then, when they saw me get off the stage and hop into my third row seat, they all said, "Wait a second -- how did Suzie get way up there?"

It's a good thing I accepted Donna's invitation. That was the only consolation my friend had. Later she said generously, "No one else I know would have gotten up there, so obviously it was meant to be."

The next morning, I quit smoking for good. I joked that I had to save my pipes, just in case Donna called me back. (I also started asking around, "So does anyone know anyone who knows Pat Benetar?") In reality, though, I quit smoking because the experience had taught me something valuable. If I could court that kind of vulnerability, even in unsteady bursts, I could kick this terrible habit. As far as cigarettes, I haven't looked back since.

I wish I could say that night cured my shyness. It didn't entirely. But it was a great moment of being vulnerable, not in the external act, but in what I allowed myself to feel. In the time since, I've attempted that kind of surrender, in other contexts, to varying degrees of success. As hard as it can sometimes be, I've never regretted the impulse, not once.

Today, when news of Donna's death broke, I received more than a few condolence calls. "I'm sorry," said my friend Wah-Ming, when she called to break the news. Hours later, after rushing through a busy day -- appointments, lunch with a friend -- I finally had a moment to digest this sad news on Crosby Street, one of the streets I walked down during that lonely time in 2006. I'd been humming "On the Radio" all day long, half-expecting others to join in. The late day sun filtered down onto the cobblestones, and I could feel tears, an unmistakable mix of joy and sadness, springing to my eyes.

Donna had given me the opportunity of a lifetime -- and I don't mean the part where I warbled onstage behind a mike. In that moment on stage, in the unexpected merging of childhood fantasy and present-day reality, I'd uncovered a long-forgotten dream, a development so unexpected that I could help but ask, And what else? What else is there to uncover?

All thanks to the power of Donna's warm, bold voice, six years later, it's a question I've never stopped asking.

At The CW upfronts presentation in New York on Thursday, "Supernatural" star Jensen Ackles teased the Season 7 finale, which will see the Winchester brothers (Ackles' Dean and Jared Padalecki's Sam) attempt to take down the Leviathans -- and Dick Roman -- for good.

"We will find Dean in a situation at the end of the season that he's never been in," Ackles told HuffPost TV.

"Two of the fan favorites find themselves in a massive predicament," the actor added. "There's a big attempt to handle the Leviathan situation once and for all. Whether that works or not is yet to be seen. It definitely gives us somewhere to go in Season 8. There's a lot of loose ends that could get tied up."

But, some things will remain untied, which is a difficult balance Ackles said "Supernatural" has mastered. "That's a very delicate process, but I think it's something that we've been able to accomplish in the past and I have no doubt that we'll pull it off this time, as well," the star said about resolving storylines and throwing in some cliffhangers.

As for the series' new timeslot (Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET in the fall), Ackles gave the passionate "Supernatural" audience all the credit, and admitted that he thinks it will do the show good.

"It's a great pat on the back that they moved us out of Friday -- which, you know, we were doing fine, it's just a really tough time slot. And a lot of times, it can be considered the night that shows go to die. So not only did we not die, we survived and we grew and I think that that's a big testament to the fans and how supportive they are and how loud they can be about our show," Ackles said. "So now, we're moved back to mid-week and we're paired with another comic in 'Arrow' -- I think we really found our legs when we were paired with 'Smallville,' and even though 'Supernatural' wasn't originally a comic, we now have a comic ... So the fact that we're going back and getting paired with something of that genre, I think is only going to do good."

The Season 7 finale of "Supernatural" airs Friday, May 18 at 9 p.m. ET. "Supernatural" will return with Season 8 on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET in the fall.

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My name is Patrick O'Neal, and my father is Ryan O'Neal and I'm here to stick up for my old man. I love him. I always have and I always will.

Tatum wrote a book. I wish she hadn't. Keep it in the locker-room I say. Griffin has gone on TV talk shows for decades demonizing our father, and has sold countless stories to the tabloids trashing Ryan so that he could profit. To partially quote Michael Corleone from The Godfather, I would tell them, "Tate, Griff, you are my older sister and brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever."

Is our family different than most? Sure. Have there been documented problems with Ryan's children? Yes. But not all of his kids have made the list. Nope, there is one of em that's doing okay. He has a cool job, a dream job actually, and pays his bills and loves his daughters. That's me. This guy right here. Am I interesting copy because I haven't been arrested? Hell no, that doesn't sell, and how does that support the fact that Ryan (according to everyone) has ruined all his kids lives?

Usually Ryan only has three children, but when I do get mentioned there's the thought, "Well, Patrick must not have ever spent any time with his Dad, he had to have been only raised by his mother, and that's the reason he hasn't gotten into trouble, says everyone." Cue WRONG buzzer sound effect please. Yes I went to summer camps and three years of boarding school in high school. Sure, I had countless positive influences in my life from my mother Leigh Taylor-Young, the nicest woman in the world, and a great actress to boot, to my grand-parents Don and Pauline and Patsy and Blacky, Aunt Dey and Uncle Lance, and teachers, coaches and counselors. But my dad was my hero.

My parents split up when I was three, but my dad was there to pick me up every weekend. And I couldn't wait for him to pull up in the Rolls and honk his horn. The coolest man ever. And he was my Dad. Talk about a lucky son. He was one of the biggest movie stars in the world. It was unreal how famous he was. He was the Golden Boy! The MAN! This is Rodney Harrington from Peyton Place, Oliver Barrett from Love Story, Howard Bannister from What's up, Doc?, Moses Pray from Paper Moon, Redmond Barry from Barry Lyndon, and The Driver!

That's his legacy! Those movies will last forever. And when people look back 50 years from now, when my kids tell their kids, that's what they'll remember. Not Barbara Walters interrogating him on The View. "Why are you such a lethal father?" asks BaBa Wawa. Please lady, get a clue. You don't know a thing about the type of parent my dad was. What, because he makes jokes with you and others in his interviews? That's how my dad has done interviews since 1965. Everything is a quip or a one-liner, and it always has been. In interviews or at parties or just with his friends, my dad is always making jokes. He makes light of everything, even in the darkest of moments. He likes to make people laugh. Some hit, some don't. Hey, my dad dominated TV and movies for two decades. He supported his family, everyone, from the time he was twenty-one. This is the most generous man in the world. Way too generous in my opinion.

When I was fifteen I moved in with him and Farrah, this would be in 1984 and Tatum and Griffin had already moved out, so I was the only kid in the house until little Redmond was born in 1985. I spent some important formative years with just my father as my caretaker, since my Mom had moved to New York. So there goes the theory that I wasn't around.

Oh, I was around. If you add up the number of sporting events my dad and I watched together on TV over the years, we are talking tens of thousands of hours. If you add up the number of Frisbee throws back and forth on the beach, it would be over a million. Add up the number of racket ball games we played, it's well over a thousand. And my dad won more than half, probably 75%, so he has the bragging rights. Plus he used to spot me ten points in the early years. But towards the end of our battles on the court, I closed the gap. I'm partly responsible for his two replaced knees, because I had a secret pleasure running him side to side and up and back.

It was fun and competitive. Very competitive, and there's nothing wrong with a little competition. My dad got me in shape and stressed exercise. I'm glad he made me do those fifty sit-ups on the slant board every day. I'm glad he pushed me to run the five miles to the pier and back on that soft sand. I was good at sports because of him. I have an awesome job as a sportscaster because of what he taught me. I am a loving parent because of him. When the three of us were little we used to wrestle him for hours. We would attack him from all angles. We would spend days in the pool, and he would throw us from side to side, over and over and over. It was so much fun, the most fun I ever had. I've heard there are some kids that didn't get to toss the ball around with their Dad and I feel sorry they missed out on that love, because I cherish the memories.

Shame on Vanity Fair for the article after Farrah died. What, they couldn't write a tribute to one of the biggest stars ever? Farrah was just an amazing person, and so darn beautiful inside and out. She was one of a kind. For being so famous, she never acted like she was. She was nice to everyone. Especially me. But Vanity Fair writes just a trashy article, not about Farrah, but more about my dad and anything negative this writer could think up. "Beautiful People, Ugly Choices" was the headline. What a disgrace that piece was. I had thought Vanity Fair was a quality magazine, but it's more like a trashy tabloid actually.

My whole life I have avoided getting involved in the public disputes, but The Today Show changed that for me. My dad did an interview with Matt Lauer to promote his book Both of Us about his life with Farrah, and when Matt asked if he was a bad parent, Ryan answered "I guess so, look at my work." Matt asked the questions people wanted him to ask. Just doing his job. But the next day The Today Show torched Ryan during their "Professionals" segment.

The subject was "Ryan O'Neal's Family Drama"; only Ryan O'Neal wasn't there to defend himself. It was Dr. Nancy Snyderman saying "there is a window into the dysfunctionality and sad parenting and frankly what seemed like a very traumatic childhoods for these kids. And also I don't know why you come on television with a band-aid on your nose."

Wait there's more, "these kids may have been genetically programmed for some level of drug use." Okay, he had a band-aid on his nose because he had melanoma surgery. And is there actual proof that drug addiction is genetic? I didn't know that. There are a lot of people that do drugs in this world, and I'm not sure any of us really know the answers as to why they start or continue to use. I suppose it could be lots of reasons, addiction being the main one. It's irresponsible for a doctor to make that statement.

Then there's Donny Deutsch. Here's what he said: "Clearly these kids are so messed up, and that is clearly a guy that should not have had the license to have kids." He wasn't done there, "as a father he made me want to puke; as a man I don't have any respect for him." So here's a guy from New York named Donny taking a cheap shot at my dad. Well, Donny, I sure am glad he had a license to have kids, because I'm here and my amazing daughters Sophia and Veronica are here, and thank God for that. I would like to revoke Donny's license for saying ignorant and damaging things on TV.

And I'll tell you something about my siblings. Tatum O'Neal is incredible. When I was six she was winning an Academy Award, and she was a freaking movie star. She is funny, athletic and a great actress. And she loves her three kids. I adored her growing up, and who wouldn't? I was very popular at school because of Tatum, let me tell you. Every kid wanted to know what she was like and if she really was throwing that curve in Bad News Bears. Yep, it was Tate. She was always very kind and generous to me. We had some fun times together. Tatum rocks.

I couldn't wait to play with Griffin on those weekends. We did everything together. Griffin is a musical genius. Self-taught. He was the best surfer on the beach. We were always in the ocean. We got into some trouble together. Griff was always looking for trouble. He was a tough one for my dad to handle. Ryan did his best. Griff was very close to starring with my dad in The Champ. My dad dropped out when Griff didn't get it at the last minute. Griffin would've been great in that movie. I remember them running their lines for the auditions. They were good, let me tell you. And then as a young teen he starred in a couple of movies. Too bad he wasn't able to fly straight. He was one talented guy. I hope Griff does good time, and get's out and takes care of himself and his family.

And Redmond was my little buddy. I love him and I'm sorry it's been so hard for him to get clean and stay clean. I pray that he can make it happen, because he has a wonderful chance to make a difference in this world. He has the financial means to help others, to travel, and enjoy the rest of his life. I love you Red, I know you can do it!

For the record, my dad did not "hit" on Tatum at Farrah's funeral; I was there, so just erase that from your mind. I know it's hard to let it go, because it just seems so juicy, but you can do it.

I haven't been a perfect son or brother. I have been busy trying to be a good father to my girls, and do the best job I can as a broadcaster. I haven't always been there for my dad or my brothers, sister, nieces and nephews. For that I'm sorry. I believe in family, and I believe in our family. That's why I wrote this, it's about FAMILY. I love you all. And Dad, thanks for everything you have done for me over the years. I'm sorry I disappeared from time to time. I was trying to make my way in this world -- not always easy. I made mistakes, and hurt your feelings along the way, and I'm sorry for that. I'm sorry you are going through a tough time right now. I know you miss Farrah and you're dealing with some physical and emotional pain. Please hang in there because we still make a good paddle tennis team, even if I have to carry us. Team O'Neal forever!

The "Alien" star headlines USA's new D.C. series as Elaine Barrish Hammond, the ex-wife of a former US president and current secretary of state, and you can take a look at Weaver's new role in the trailer below.

Hailing from Greg Berlanti and co-starring Ellen Burstyn, Dylan Baker, Roger Bart, James Wolk and Carla Gugino, "Political Animals" tells the story of Elaine's friendship with a journalist who knows the family all too well.

"I took this job as secretary of state because I feel I can make a difference," Weaver says in character in the new trailer. "Eleanor Roosevelt, Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, that's the kind of company I want to keep."

Check out the trailer of "Political Animals," debuting July 2012, below.

"You know what? Of course, being on TV, there's good and bad," Giudice replied, before awkwardly trying to segue back to her new cookbook, "Fabulicious Fast & Fit."

Giudice also defended her husband Joe from allegations that he's been too aggressive and combative with the other people on the show this season, particularly the Gorga family. "He's sticking up for me, the poor guy. Usually he always stayed out of it, but now, it's like, it's bothering him. Especially because it's out there in America," she said.

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The magazine has called itself a few different names over the past years, but the current version has been around since 2008. Come June 3, the magazine will send out its final issue.

On behalf of the magazine, LA Times PR guru Nancy Sullivan sent HuffPost the below statement:

The Times’ commitment to our members is to remain Southern California’s #1 source for news and information, and to provide distinctive lifestyle coverage, compelling storytelling and unparalleled photography. All of that will continue to be offered in our print editions, at latimes.com and in a growing variety of digital and mobile formats.

The magazine's editor Nancy Clare told Fishbowl LA, "I think it’s fair to say there were revenue issues. It’s still a tough economic climate, especially for print. I don’t think they got rid of us because they don’t like us.”

Neither do we. To honor the publication, we here at HuffPost LA have put together a collection of some of our favorite covers to say goodbye and good luck to the intimate staff that called this magazine home.

PHOTOS: PERUSE OUR FAVORITE LA TIMES MAGAZINE COVERS

1). She's The Most Powerful Celeb In The World: Forbes just announced its annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities and wouldn't you know it—our girl J.Lo made the list at number one. Lopez beat out Oprah, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Kim Kardashian for the top slot. Even more impressive than her number one ranking is the fact that last year, Forbes ranked Lopez 50th on the same list. Way to go, J.Lo!

2). She's 'Expecting' More Good News: For the first time in years, one of J.Lo's movies has everyone talking. Promotions for "What To Expect When You're Expecting," which premieres in theaters nationwide tomorrow, are everywhere . (The ad avalanche may help the film do quite well at the box office). Plus, Jennifer looked all kinds of fierce at the film's premiere earlier this week!

3). She Looks Great In A Swimsuit: This week, Vogue released a new fashion spread featuring Lopez, 42, in five sexy designer swimsuits. One word: WOW!

4). They Like her...They "REALLY" Like Her: Amid reports that Jennifer will not be returning to "American Idol" next season, Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe told TMZ he really wants Lopez to return to the show. "We want her back. I want her back," he said.

5). She's Sexy And She Knows It: On Thursday, J.Lo performed her new song "Dance Again," on "American Idol," and it was hot, hot, hot! Check it out here!

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TMZ reports that Allred is now representing John Doe #2, the second of two anonymous masseurs to charge Travolta with sexual battery and assault, but notes "it's unclear exactly what Allred is doing with him."

The news comes one day after Allred confirmed she'd taken on the case of John Doe #1, who is described in court documents simply as a Texas-based masseur. Late last week, John Doe #1 was dropped by his legal counsel, Los Angeles-based attorney Okorie Okorocha, after the alleged victim revealed he'd gotten the date of his supposed encounter with the "Pulp Fiction" star wrong when filing suit.

As TMZ reported earlier, John Doe #2 -- said to be a masseur at an undisclosed Atlanta-based resort -- followed suit by firing Okorocha, and announcing plans to dismiss the original case. Okorocha, who previously suggested that there were other alleged victims seeking to bring cases against Travolta, is quoted by the site as saying he didn't know why his second client called it quits.

"We believe that the lawsuit should be filed in another court and, therefore, the lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice," Allred is quoted by TMZ as saying. "We will be conferring with our client regarding what will happen next in this case."

Both John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 had reportedly been seeking $2 million in damages.

Unfortunately for Travolta, the Allred news arrives the same day as a National Enquirer report, which claims the actor once tried to perform oral sex on a sleeping Jeff Conaway, his co-star in the 1978 classic "Grease," who died in 2011. (That report is not available online, but has been excerpted by The New York Post).

"Jeff told me that John and Kelly’s marriage was an arrangement," Conaway's former fiancée, Vikki Lizzi, is quoted by the Post as saying. "Jeff said that Kelly knows that John is gay, and that’s why she’s OK with it."

The Enquirer also apparently cites another massage therapist, Luis Gonzalez, who claims to have willingly had sex with Travolta at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Laguna Niguel, Calif. after giving the actor a massage in 1997. "He’s a great kisser,” Gonzalez gushed to the publication. "Travolta may not identify himself as a gay man, but it doesn’t dismiss the fact that he likes sex with men... and he’s experienced at it. I know because I had sex with him, and he loved it."

Meanwhile, Travolta's attorney Marty Singer blasted the fresh round of allegations. "This spate of recklessly published tabloid stories is just part of a malicious tabloid agenda to boost lagging sales by running outrageous defamatory stories about my client sourced by people seeking notoriety or a payday," he told to E! Online.

Allred, of course, is no stranger to high-profile clients. Among those who've sought her legal advice are transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova, who was initially disqualified from the Miss Universe pageant, Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown, Britney Spears' former bodyguard and Scott Peterson's mistress Ambey Frey.

Take a look at some of Allred's best-known cases below:

Summer set the worlds of dance and pop ablaze in the 70s and 80s -- at one time having three consecutive LPs hit number one and she was the first female pop artist with four number one singles in a 13 month period.

The early to mid 70s saw the birth of disco, which has since morphed into several categories of dance music -- dance dominates the Top 40 even today. We may take that for granted now, but in the mid 70s we lived in a Rock and Roll world. Disco wedged its way in through the cracks of wall to wall rock and the fading embers of Motown and soul. The country was in transition from the Nixon-Ford/Watergate/Vietnam years to the hyper-inflationary era of Jimmy Carter "malaise," and disco seemed like a beacon of light through the endless miasma of the 70s.

Summer was second only to Madonna in dance hits and output -- scoring 19 number one dance hits and was one of the two "divas" that defined the era -- paving the way for the likes of Whitney Houston (who also tragically died this year) and Mariah Carey. Summer's songs peppered the soundtracks of iconic films of the time such as Flashdance and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. She was honored with five Grammy awards and another 12 nominations.

She broke on the scene with "Love to Love You Baby" in 1975, the long version of which practically invented the single-song LP. Other big hits included "I Feel Love," "Last Dance," her dance cover of "MacArthur Park" "Heaven Knows," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)," "On the Radio," "She Works Hard for the Money" and even "Unconditional Love" (with Musical Youth). This is just a smattering of her output over a fecund and prolific 35-year career.

Her brightest lights in the music firmament were the eight years between 1975 and 1982 after which her time and prime seemed to be usurped by The Material Girl but regardless of hit production, her songs dominated the dance floors from discos to bar mitzvahs well into the new millennium and her tracks were all "on the radio" without interruption.

It's hard to imagine that Summer was a mother of three and a grandmother of four as the image of her by most people is perpetually as the hot young disco diva surrounded by the swirl of endless particles of light reflected and refracted off that whirling ball suspended from the ceiling.

For people now in their 50s, Summer was a meme of onetime youth -- one which is slipping inexorably away as we now find ourselves attending not our friends' weddings but rather, those of their children. The march of time waits for and spares no one. Money, power and fame are no guarantors of a long life. Just ask Steve Jobs, Davey Jones or the aforementioned Whitney Houston. Waistlines expand, hair recedes, knees ache a bit and dancing is now confined to private moments in one's bedroom or den, just as it was when we were teenagers.

Donna Summer worked hard for the money and overall she was treated right. But heaven knows it's not the way it should be -- she should have lived a much longer life but no one can say that she frittered away or squandered her time here. All she asked "is that you dance with me," and dance we did. Donna Summer, the voice of an era, gone at 63.

Check out the video above for a look at Ryan's Bel Air home, which has undergone a museum-quality renovation, and Joel's "over-the-top" mansion in Miami Beach.

If you could write a personal slogan that you live by, what would it be?

If you focus on the worst case scenario—and it happens—then you’ve lived it twice.

If you hadn’t become what you are now, what would your fallback profession have been?

I like to think I’d be a high school teacher. English and/or drama

What profession or job would you never want to do?

Mortician

How would you describe yourself in high school?

Five feet tall with my head in the clouds

Who or what always makes you laugh?

Esmé, our youngest

What is your greatest fear?

Being separated from my family at a moment of crisis

What gives you goosebumps?

A perfect acting performance—Meryl Streep in "Sophie’s Choice"—Jack Nicholson in "Chinatown"

What's the most useless piece of advice you've ever received?

Golf instructors have told me repeatedly "stay still over the ball".

What is always by your bedside?

One novel and one non-fiction book

What gets you out of bed in the morning?

Seeing Tracy, the kids and the dogs

Name three films you love.
"Local Hero"
"Chinatown"
"Breaking Away"

What are you obsessed with?

"Staying still over the ball"

Which of the seven deadly sins is your favorite?

Have to be LUST

What is always in your refrigerator?

HP (English brown sauce)

What makes you want to throw the remote at your TV set?

Fox news

What do you find sexy? What turns you on?

My wife on the beach…and not on the beach

What is the sexiest thing about you?

I don’t know…my chi?

What do you remember most about your first kiss?

In the woods by the school, fifth grade, S.M., long silky black hair—terrifying

What’s the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?

Sitting next to Princess Diana at the Royal Premiere of Back to the Future—and having to pee the whole time

If you were a stripper, what would you choose for your stage name?

Mike Fox.

What specific food will you never, ever, develop a taste for?

Watermelon.

What would really surprise people to know about you?

I’m an introvert

What is your secret dream?

To visit the 7 wonders of the world

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At The CW upfronts presentation in New York on Thursday, "Nikita" stars Maggie Q and Shane West teased the finale, which will see "Team Nikita" banding together to take down Division, the oppressive black ops agency that trained them, and its ruthless director of operations, Percy, once and for all.

"There are gonna be a couple deaths and they're necessary to move forward," Q, who plays the title role, told HuffPost TV. "It's like death and rebirth. Nikita can't be reborn until she has some loss, so there's got to be some loss."

West, who plays Nikita's on-screen, on-again-off-again boyfriend Michael, joked to HuffPost TV, "I'm really trying to whet everyone's appetites as well, so maybe it's four deaths ... Maybe it's three. Maybe it's five. Maybe we all die."

The "Nikita" star teased the double death earlier this week, but can't say much more.

"I just don't want to say how close the characters are; if they're separated, if it's a hero and a villain, two heroes, two villains, or whatever it might be," West added. "I might get into exclusive trouble if I continue."

Still West did tell HuffPost TV that the Season 2 finale is even more exciting than last year's "wow"-worthy outing. "I think our Season 2 ender is not necessarily plot-wise the same as the ending of Season 1, but it is because we're closing a lot of doors and opening a lot of doors. And I think, with this ending, if we didn't get picked up and that was it, some of the fans would have been satisfied at least with the way that we ended the season because it could let you know what might happen to the characters in the future -- you may have to think of that on your own, you might have to imagine those things, but here's a good way to kind of finish it off. But if it's not -- and thankfully, it's not -- then it's a great opener. I'm actually a little more excited for Season 3 than I had been ever on the show -- because of this ending."

Despite his zipped lips, West did have a bit to say about what to expect. "With what's actually happening at the end of this year, it's 'Team Nikita' now -- it's these five or six people together and more of like how are they going to interact in the next year. I'm very excited to see what happens with Michael and Nikita as well, with their estranged relationship. It seems like they're back on, but I'm sure they'll be back off again next year."

So what exactly is West looking forward to in Season 3? "It's hard to say what I'm really excited for because it's pretty much the ending of Season 2 and it would give away too much," West said. "But it would be: What is their future going to be like, in the current situation that they're at? And I can't say exactly what that situation is yet, but there are plenty of awesome ways to go from it."

As for Nikita and her longtime nemesis, Percy, Q told HuffPost TV, expect a showdown. "I mean, there's gotta be. Those two have been at each other for two seasons. She is so sick of fighting him. She is so sick of running from him. So she genuinely is done with it."

What's to come for Nikita in Season 3? "People will see the finale and understand that she's kind of come full circle this season, which is nice, in a way," Q explained. "There's fear about the future for sure, regarding the very big decision she makes at the end of the finale. But at the same time, I'm excited for her to just be on a new journey. But she's going to be from what she's done in the first and second season."

Though it was a bit of a longshot for the series to even see a Season 3, Q knows there are many people to thank for the pick up, including the fans. "I've never experienced anything like this in my life. I've never been on television. This is my first show. I was shocked that I even got my own show," Q said with a laugh. "You just work on these relationships so hard. With the writers and everything, we're just trying to create something that will affect people and when it does, it's all kind of magic. You throw everything in a pot and you hope. You can have the best actors and the best storyline and the chemistry may not work. There's lots of factors involved. So somehow, this all kind of came together."

The season finale of "Nikita" airs Friday, May 18 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.

There were some other celebs who we feared would make a huge wardrobe blunder this week. Check out the slideshow to see our picks for who came closest to a nip slip, a sheer dress fail and other blushworthy outfit foibles!

TMZ reported that Summer was private about her illness, and that there may have been a connection between debris from 9/11 and her lung cancer:

TMZ has learned ... Donna died from lung cancer. Several sources are telling us Donna believed she contracted it by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City.

However, there are very few details about Summer's cancer, or if there were any complications that were involved with her death.

The family of the "She Works Hard for the Money" singer issued a statement, AFP reported, which said: "While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly can't express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time."

Lung cancer is the No. 1 cause of cancer death for both men and women in the United States, according to the Mayo Clinic. The National Cancer Institute reports that there have been 226,160 new cases of lung cancer so far this year, and 160,340 deaths from the disease.

The cancer occurs when tumors form in lung tissue, most commonly in the cells that line the air passages, according to the National Cancer Institute. There are two main types: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer tends to be more aggressive than non-small cell lung cancer, according to Cedars Sinai.

Risk for the disease is highest among smokers, according to the Mayo Clinic, though lung cancer can also occur in never-smokers, too.

In fact, there is some research to suggest that lung cancer in smokers may actually be a separate disease from lung cancer in never-smokers; a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research conference last year suggested that there are DNA differences in the tumors from lung cancer in smokers and lung cancer in nonsmokers, LiveScience reported.

Researchers said at the World Conference on Lung Cancer that it can also be caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, radon gas and other carcinogens, as well as air pollution, the American Cancer Society reported. Family history may also play a role.

Older people are more likely to develop lung cancer than young people, with 80 percent of lung cancers occurring in those ages 60 and older, according to MacMillan Cancer Support.

That's supported by a chart on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website that reveals an increase in lung cancer prevalence as we age. The chart on its site calculates lung cancer risk based on current age. For example, 2.29 percent of men -- around two or three for every 100 men -- who are currently age 60 will go on to develop lung cancer in the next 10 years. However, that increases to 7.6 percent of men -- around seven or eight for every 100 men -- when looking ahead to the next 30 years.

Recently, "Big Love" actor Luke Askew and former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno also died of lung cancer.

Lucci discussed her character, who "grew up in Washington, and grew up as a daughter of a two-star general. She's politically connected and she's going to tell you how to live your life," Lucci said.

The role has reunited Lucci with her former "AMC" co-star Kim Delaney, although ironically, they never actually shot any scenes together on the soap. "Kim and I have never worked together. Even though she was on 'All My Children,' we never had any scenes," Lucci explained.

Despite the new project, Lucci couldn't help but reminisce about her soap opera days. “I will always miss Erica Kane. I loved playing Erica. I just adored her. I adored all my 'All My Children' family, so I miss all of it.”

"Army Wives" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on Lifetime.

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“I met Whitney when she was 8-years-old and I was pregnant with my last child," Darlene tells me on the set of "New York Live." "I was working with Dionne Warwick and Cissy Houston, and I was staying at Cissy's house and Whitney would just take care of me. 'What do you want, auntie?' Whitney would always call me auntie. And I said, I’m going to make you my goddaughter and that’s how it started and it stuck."

Darlene said she has not seen Whitney’s daughter, Bobbi, since the funeral and only found out about the family's forthcoming reality show from the media.

“Everyone is doing good. I saw Cissy on Saturday, she’s doing good," Darlene says. "I heard that they are going to do a reality show and Cissy hasn’t said anything to me about them doing it, so I just kind of wait. I told Cissy I know Whitney had a 12-carat diamond ring she wore on her hand and one day, I saw a picture of Krissie [Bobbi Kristina] with it on her finger coming out of Starbucks and I went 'That’s not good.' They tell me Tyler Perry is taking her under his wing, so I’m just praying and hoping she stays on the right track.”

In honor of her roast from the Friars Club, "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro was commissioned to make a cake of "The Golden Girls" star. The five-foot, two-inch cake was made of vanilla cake with buttercream, covered in chocolate. It was also accompanied by an edible silver fox, which was added because of White's long-time animal advocacy and to go along with the roast's theme.

The Betty White cake will be seen later this year on "Cake Boss." Season 5 of the TLC reality series kicks off Mon., May 28, 9 p.m. ET.

This isn't the first nontraditional honor White, who turned 90 in January 2012, has received this year. Earlier in 2012, the Los Angeles zoo named a baby orangutan after White's "Hot In Cleveland" character.

Check out Buddy and the Betty White cake below.

Meanwhile, a federal grand jury just indicted a Brooklyn pimp for a string of horrifying crimes. Jeremy Naughton is charged with kidnapping young women, some of whom he found in online postings. Prosecutors say Naughton held women against their will, using violence to force them to sell themselves. At one point he's said to have intimidated a prostitute by snapping her dog's neck.

The allegations against Naughton sound familiar to those of us increasingly concerned about human trafficking. The crimes committed against his victims are typical of the daily exploitation of vulnerable girls, young women and others.

Even given stories like these, the disturbing entertainment industry trend to glamorize "sex workers" continues. Lifetime's Client List portrays newly single mom Riley Parks, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, finding work at a massage parlor. But Riley discovers the parlor also provides illegal services to "special clientele."

Riley first refuses to degrade herself. But legal massage customers, shown as crotchety old women and overweight, hairy-backed men, take a toll. After a change of heart, Riley receives a new class of customers: handsome, appreciative young men. Hewitt's character proclaims, "I may not have been able to save my marriage but I'm going to save my family."

This portrayal of prostitution as rewarding and honorable is a stark departure from a reality in which prostitutes overwhelmingly don't find their work glamorous. Minors involved in the business are often runaways. A majority of adult prostitutes experienced sexual abuse as children.

"I have been fortunate to survive having my ear cut off, my face rebuilt, my bones broken, being hit and run over by a car -- all my teeth knocked out," says Kathryn Griffin Townsend, founder of an organization to assist women who have been rescued from prostitution.

Research shows Townsend's traumatic experiences aren't unique for those in the sex trade. In a 1998 study funded by Kaiser Permanente, 92 percent of prostitutes said they wanted to leave the business. That may be because, according to another study, a majority say they are assaulted by customers. That's in addition to the abuse, demonstrated in the Naughton case, many face at the hands of pimps.

Had she researched her role, Hewitt (also credited as the show's executive producer) might have learned these alarming facts. But in response to a question from a Huffington Post writer about interviewing actual prostitutes in preparation for the role, Hewitt said, "I was like, 'Nah, that's okay. Some things can just be acting.'"

We've been sold a false bill of goods by some in the entertainment industry that there is something romantic about prostitution. Unless we do something about it, it's a lie that will likely lead to more young people becoming caught up in an illegal business that's difficult to escape.

What may be done? The answer lies in public opinion. Over the years, views about drunken driving and domestic violence shifted for the better. Speak with your children about the reality, versus the Hollywood-spun fantasy, of human trafficking. We must also demand that websites such as Backpage.com cease the advertising of human beings. State attorneys general are leading the fight, pressing Backpage.com to abandon so-called "adult services" ads. But you can help. Participate in any of the letter-writing campaigns and boycotts aimed at Backpage.com owner Village Voice. Businesses, both large and small, should resist associating with a company profiting from human exploitation.

Human trafficking victims do not enjoy the liberties central to our republic. We don't serve those victims by glamorizing their struggles and making it easier, through the Internet, for pimps and johns to find new victims.

Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna is president of the National Association of Attorneys General.

“The kids are taking it a lot easier than I am,” Dina said of her new show. “I’m actually having a harder time with the adjustment than they are. They are like, 'Bring it on, it's all good.'"

But Dina, who is an executive producer on the show, said she does have concerns about how much of her husband's life will be included.

“I kind of feel like I’m gatekeeping Clint’s image without showing too much about him," Dina says of her husband, who said "Go ahead, sweetheart," when she asked him if she should do the show. "I give people a taste of Clint through the family."

Dina sold the reality show to the network that put the Kardashians on the map without any promises regarding Clint's screen-time.

“It was never about Clint,” Dina said. “He has agreed to be in a couple of episodes and we have left it at that. Then sometimes I want him to be in more and he won’t, and with him, no means no.”

"Mrs. Eastwood & Company" premiers Sunday at 10:00 p.m. on E!.

She also had good taste and good sense in collaborators. She met Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte when the three were working on a Three Dog Night Album. She became a significant artist in parts of Europe (where she lived at the time, having traveled there from New York in a company production of the musical "Hair") with her song "The Hostage," but it was the 1975 song "Love To Love You Baby" -- especially the epic, side-long, 18-minute, remix Moroder did for the album of the same name -- that made her an international sensation. The song, one of the most artistic renderings of the sex act on record, exploded at clubs worldwide, topped the Billboard Dance Music and Disco charts, and hitting #2 and #3 on the Pop and R&B charts respectively.

The song and the album still used the disco conventions of heavy orchestration and production, as did several subsequent songs, which topped the disco charts, but didn't fare as well on the radio. In 1977, Summer, Moroder and Bellotte broke with tradition. They stripped down the track for "I Feel Love" to the relatively new combination of synthesizers and sequencers. It became the first totally electronic dance hit, a forerunner to modern electronica. Like her previous records, it topped the dance charts. However it also broke the pop and R&B top 10, one of the first non-novelty, all-electronic records to this.

After another spate of club hits, Summer started concentrating on the pop market, moving out of the still proudly underground dance music scene. The song "Last Dance," resplendent with the strings and heavy orchestration of disco, but with an un-mixable slow opening, broke the pop and R&B top Ten, followed by an unlikely version of "McArthur Park" that topped the charts.

Moving fully into pop, Summer, Moroder, and Bellotte tapped into the burgeoning new wave with the album Bad Girls, with the title track and "Hot Stuff" topping the pop charts (the latter topped the club charts as well). The former would win a Grammy award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1978, while the latter went on to win a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocalist the following year. The album also produced the top ten hit "Dim All the Lights."

While she would not really innovate again, Summer became a hit-making juggernaut through the 80s collaborating with unknowns like Brooklyn Dreams on "Heaven Knows" and Barbra Streisand on "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)." She would land over a dozen more pop hits through the 20th century. She would later go back to her roots, recording several gospel records, winning Best Gospel Other: Incl. Sacred, Religious or Inspirational Recording, Musical or Non-Musical Grammy awards in 1983 and 1984.

By the mid-90s, Summer began to fade from the pop charts, but continued to be a strong performer on the club scene through the Oughties. In 1997, she won a final Grammy award for Best Dance Recording, but continued to place chart topping singles on the club charts through 2008. While she may have slipped from the pop charts, she remained The Queen of Disco through the rest of her life.

Which is why you might have been shocked when Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) dropped the Virginity Bomb at the end of episode two. Encountering a 20-something of that persuasion in New York City is akin to seeing a unicorn prance up Fifth Avenue (with President Obama on its back, shooting rainbows from his hands).

After Shoshanna's wrenching encounter with fellow Camp Ramah alum Matt in episode four (come on, dude -- she's, like, the "least virgin-y virgin ever"), HuffPost TV got to thinking: Is Shoshanna giving a voice to late-in-life virgins -– a portion of the population that, for the most part, hasn’t been depicted?

To answer that question and many more, HuffPost spoke with Amy Rosenberg, sex therapist and associate director of Human Sexuality at NYU Langone Medical School

When Shoshanna tells Matt she wants to lose her virginity to him, he declines her by saying, "It's just like virgins get attached. Or they bleed. You get attached when you bleed." Is that a pretty typical sentiment from men?
I haven't heard it quite like that. But there are certainly other psychological implications of a first time, sometimes. For some women, and for some men.

Is virginity late in life (that's not for moral or religious reasons) a pretty unusual thing in America these days?
Well, it's pretty rare now. If we're talking about 25-to-29 year-olds, seven percent of unmarried women have not had sex. And only five percent of women 30-34. And four-point-three percent ages 35-39. So you gotta figure, in that grouping, there are probably a few that are saving themselves for moral or religious reasons.

So what are the psychological implications of that? For Shoshanna in “Girls,” there's a lot of shame involved -- it's something she keeps secret. Is that the norm for late in life virgins?
I think there are reasons that women -- or men, also -- have not had intercourse. Sometimes they miss an opportunity. It's just easier to do in high school or college when there's the appropriate time of not knowing what you're doing. And if you miss that window and you're 25 or you're 30, people have started to think, "What's wrong with this person?" This man who I saw in a treatment this morning -- he's 25 years old -- said, "My sister wants to fix me up with this girl, she's 28, but I heard she's a virgin." And I said, "So what are your thoughts about that?" And he said, "Well, the negative is we probably won't be having sex. But it's nice to know that she's not a complete slut." Also, for him, he was talking about the bar not being set all that high. So he didn't have any questions about his performance. There's also that idea of territorialism, wondering who's been there before.

Why do you think some women wait, and then box themselves into a corner once they’ve hit their mid-20’s?
Sometimes it's pure shyness –- not knowing how to do it. I don't mean sex, but how to maneuver those social situations. There can be body image questions and issues, fear of it physically hurting. Fear that they're going to get too attached, which is what the character in “Girls” was saying. Then, if they're too attached, there's a fear of being left. And some women who have been hurt. If they've been physically or emotionally hurt, they've been scarred with some of those past experiences. And they're scared.

Is there a difference between a virgin becoming attached after sex and a non-virgin becoming attached after sex? Because, in a woman's biology -– regardless of promiscuity -– she's hard-wired to become attached.
For some women. I can't make the generalization. Some women ask a male friend to help them out. Or they just get drunk and do it. They sometimes -- later in life -- make a plan and say, "Tonight's the night." In a way, just to get it behind them. But I've heard that from younger women also.

That sounds like what I've heard time and time again -- the societal pressure to, "Just get it over with." Where does that come from? Why is virginity such a dirty word now?
It's interesting that you say it that way, because it used to be this badge of honor. And at a certain age, it's not. Because also, what this man was saying to me today, he said, "Well I wonder what's psychologically wrong with her. And I wonder what's wrong with her, physically." It was almost like he wasn't going to go there -- he wasn't going to be the first. Unlike this idea of deflowering a young virgin, it's not the same idea of getting there first with an older woman.

That's what fascinates me so much about what “Girls” brings up: the idea that taking a woman's virginity, for men, can evolve from being a conquest to being a burden. It just depends on how old the virgin is.
A burden, and damaged. And also, these women are feeling damaged. I think it's this idea -- maybe not so much peer pressure that you're talking about, but this idea that they're not feeling normal and they're feeling isolated and frankly they feel like they're missing out on part of life. And they are. And very often it keeps them out of relationships. They fear having to talk about it. It's conflicted -- they want to get involved, but they also fear getting involved because they know it will have to come out. And they're feeling like a freak already because they have not gone through the normal developmental stages in life.

So what advice would you give Shoshanna? Would you tell her to just lie to her next sex partner so she can do the deed? Would you tell her to have sex with a friend? Or to wait until she has a serious boyfriend?
I think I would still normalize it and understand with her why she is waiting, what she's waiting for. And I think I'd explore the psychological blocks to intimacy –- emotional and physical intimacy. I don't tell people what to do, I try to understand why it is they're at this point in their lives and what they want to do about it. And playing out the scenarios with them, letting them come up with ideas of the options.

What do you see most of your late-in-life virgin patients doing to take action and lose their virginity? Do they just lie to their partner?
Sometimes they do, but I'm thinking of this woman in her 30s who was scared of it, and she'd be in a relationship and she'd end it before it got to that point. They knew she was a virgin, and when it got closer to actually doing it she'd end the relationship. And she found a wonderful man, and that's when she really felt comfortable enough with herself to actually go through with it in a way that felt loving. And it's interesting that that's the option we haven't talked about yet. Of actually working through all of one's fears and dating and meeting someone that she was actually falling in love with, and that's where she felt safe enough. It's the idea of safe for many women, too.

In that vein, it's as if virginity is just another issue on the long list of issues that any person brings to a relationship.
It's another thing. And it's kind of a symptom of something else. Of whatever the fears are. Whatever the concerns are about their bodies. Whatever their ideas are. Often there's an issue of abandonment, and they don't want it to happen again. So in therapy…it’s not just, "These are the steps to take just to go do it." I love when it happens in that taking one's time, loving way – even when you're feeling stigmatized by it. And I think these women are feeling stigmatized with their girlfriends, also. They'll have girl’s night out or be at a party or dinner, and the talk turns to sex, and very often she hasn't disclosed to her friends that she's a virgin. So she just withdraws from the conversation.

The way you're describing it, is it safe to assume that late-in-life virgin women have similar behavior patterns to late-in-life virgin men? Especially when it comes to being ashamed and keeping it a secret from friends?
It is kind of the same. But for women, it's a little bit more OK not to know what they're doing sexually. Just a little bit. Where men are supposed to know what they're doing. And there's also a much higher degree of sexual dysfunction among men who have waited longer. It all comes from their minds -– it comes from the anxiety. It's a version of performance anxiety.

As a sex therapist who works with late in life virgins, how do you feel about the fact that their plight is finally being addressed in a talked-about show?
It’s great -– people want to see people like themselves! I have a lot of gay patients who talk about how wonderful it is to see gay relationships on TV. Or black patients who talk about wanting to be able to connect to a storyline. That they're not alone -- it takes away that isolation.

"Girls" airs Sunday nights on HBO.

Check out Twitter reactions to "Girls" below.

To be fair to Cohen, it's hard to get a rise out of people after you've already shoved your bare ass into Eminem's face at the MTV Movie Awards or arrived at your own Toronto Film Festival movie premiere in a carriage pulled by a group of women. He has, after all, set the shock bar pretty high.

So the question is, if Cohen has lost the ability to shock people, does that negate his entire appeal? Most of the fun of watching Ali G and, later, Borat and Bruno, was wondering what outrageous stunt Cohen would pull next. If audiences don't think Cohen could possibly top his previous antics, does that take the fun out of the whole thing?

His latest movie, The Dictator, does offer a few hilariously shocking scenes, but it lacks the 'Omigod, I can't believe what I'm seeing' factor that Cohen's previous films had plenty of. Like when Paula Abdul sat on the help in Bruno, or when Borat and Hazmat let it all hang out in Borat's over-the-top nude fight scene.

A big part of what made Cohen's earlier work so fun to watch was seeing his characters interact with real people. Remember Bruno's incredibly awkward chat with Pastor Quinn, the "gay converter"? Or when Borat emerged from the bathroom with a bag of his own feces at an Alabama dinner party?

Unfortunately, now that more people are familiar with how Cohen operates (not to mention the lawsuits filed by the real folks who were "duped" into appearing in the flicks), it wasn't feasible for The Dictator to incorporate any real world interactions. The movie is entirely scripted, which definitely dampens the potential for shocking moments (especially since many of the actors are so easily recognizable, it's difficult to suspend your disbelief and imagine these are "real" people The Dictator is engaging with).

The Dictator's plot follows supreme leader Aladeen (of the fictional country Wadiya) as he heads to New York to speak at the United Nations. When his not-so-trusty number two, played by Sir Ben Kingsley, double-crosses him, Aladeen finds himself stranded in New York without any money, power or connections. He meets an earnest hippy chick (Anna Faris), who gives him a job at her earthy organic food shop.

The concept of a foreign dictator stranded in America is quite amusing, and lends itself well to a number of funny moments. Most of the movie's best scenes are at the beginning, when we see The Dictator at home and grossly abusing his power (like when he shoots his competitors during Wadiya's version of the Olympics).

There are plenty of outrageous scenes peppered throughout the rest of the flick, but none come close to outdoing Borat or Bruno.

I've learned that maybe this is the way to go when you're off to see a big summer blockbuster -- set the bar really, really low, and you can't help but be pleased with whatever you see on screen. The beauty of having an overactive imagination is this: your mind will make whatever you've heard negative things about seem far worse, even leagues worse than the reality of it.

Brace yourself, folks. Battleship is not as bad as you've heard. It's not cerebral, the plot is nonsensical at times, and yes, the basic laws of physics are violated in almost every frame, but it's a summer blockbuster, tried and true. (Think Armageddon.) There are things that occur in Battleship that I can guarantee you've never seen/heard before, on screen at least, and make the movie worth seeing, if only for a laugh.

BEWARE: SOME MINOR SPOILERS!

1. Rihanna Shoots A Machine Gun -- Multiple Times
We're not talking a dinky one, either. We're talking a two-handed, on-the-deck-of-a-ship machine gun. Now, if she would only take off that silly-looking Navy hat (which, for some strange reason, she wears for the duration of the film, even while in the water).

2. The Soundtrack Is Full of Loud, Oddly Chosen Rock Songs
I felt like I was back at my high school dance with the number of blaring rock anthems in this movie. Meant to stir up patriotism and get you behind the cause, tunes like AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' rattle your teeth as more things explode in front of your eyes. (The Stone Temple Pilots' 'Interstate Love Song' -- which we all haven't heard since the late '90s -- is also played. Tear.)

3. Credit Is Given to a Board Game/Toy Company
When was the last time you saw this happen? It's one thing to thank a comic book or original novel for source material, but this is completely different. Right on, Hasbro. While we're at it, I'd really like to thank you for Trivial Pursuit.

4. They Actually Play Battleship On Screen
I won't reveal how or why or when, but you'll know it when you see it. This part of the movie was very clever.

5. There's a Crime Involving a Chicken Burrito
As ridiculous as this opening scene is, for some reason Kitsch is appealing in a slapstick way. Never thought I'd say that! Allegedly, the filmmakers were inspired by this real-life burglary mishap.

6. We Don't Have to See Another "Typical" Alien
Getting sick of those typical aliens with the huge eyes, three fingers and skinny bodies? Well, you don't need to worry about that with the Battleship aliens. They're like humans mixed with Muppets mixed with Bioshock splicers.

7. War Veterans Get Some Serious Payback
Those old guys (vets from the Korean War, mostly) certainly knew how to kick ass, and that doesn't fade with age. Just because their bodies deteriorate physically, doesn't mean their zest for revenge goes along with it. There's something so fulfilling about an elderly man shouting, "Motherf---er!"

8. Hooray! Both Men and Women Are Exploited!
At first I thought it was just going to be Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard with their shirts off, wet in the water. I was right and wrong. Yes, they're both shirtless for a scene or two, but we also get to see Brooklyn Decker shamelessly showing off her -- ahem -- physique at nearly every turn. Ah, summertime.

9. A Guy With Two Fake Legs Fights an Alien
You read that right. I won't get into who wins the fight, but man, is it ever entertaining. It's this type of thing that saves Battleship -- it's not afraid to have fun, often at its own expense.

According to the World Health Organization, global obesity has more than doubled since 1980 and more than tripled in children. Across the world more than 1.5 BILLION adults are overweight and of those 200 million men and 300 million women are obese. We are in big trouble.

Despite these grim statistics, and general shouting about the problem across the world, no one -- not government, schools or doctors -- have worked out a plan to give our children the tools to live longer, healthier, happier and more productive lives. Our kids are the first generation predicted to live shorter lives than their parents. As a father this is unacceptable to me -- and should be unacceptable to you.

Food Revolution Day is an opportunity for everyone around the world to do something. The Food Revolution and Food Revolution Day is about empowering people through education or, frankly, just inspiring people to be more street-wise about food, where it comes from and how it affects their bodies. If you know how to cook you can save yourself money, feel better and live longer, and the chances are, your kids will follow suit. After all, we all kind of become our parents in the end.

I started learning about food at the age of five in the kitchen at my Dad's pub. It was 1980, and about one in every 15 people in the UK was obese. Just 30 years later, and it's almost one in every four people. It's the same story throughout the world and, in some places, even worse. The truth is that our priorities have completely changed during that time. That's okay -- with progress they change every 50 years or so anyway -- but we have lost touch with real food and the time has come to re-adjust.

Everyone paying taxes, whether they're a parent yet or not, should feel confident that when they send their children to school they will be fed right, educated about food and taught the skills they need to set them up for life.

Many people in the last three generations weren't taught to cook at home or at school, and that has certainly contributed to the crisis. For 10 years I've seen the positive impact that learning about food can have on our communities, our lives, our happiness, health and self-confidence, so why aren't the governments or schools mandating food education?

It's not that difficult. In Australia, I'm working closely with a big business that has donated millions to help communities -- millions that have been match-funded by government and resulted in a whole raft of clever, strategic initiatives that will help to make good food and food education available to all.

On May 19, thousands of people around the world will come together -- businesses, schools, sports stars and celebrities -- to hold events, dinners and cooking classes, with the aim of putting good food back on the agenda. We want to change the way people eat by educating every child about food, giving families the skills to cook from scratch again, and motivating people to stand up for their right to better food.

Please go to http://foodrevolutionday.com and show your support.

Thank you.

And though Kimye will likely play a blip of a role in Season 7, curious fans should fear not: Kim and Kanye have reportedly been "very touchy-feely" for the cameras. E! just ordered the series' next three seasons for a cool $40 million, making it the most profitable reality television deal in history.

On Wednesday, while on the "Today" show with Matt Lauer, Jenner kept relatively mum about her daughter's relationship with the Watch the Throne rapper, saying only: "I stopped commenting about the details in my kids' friendships and relationships, because I get nothing but in trouble. He's great and she seems happy."

Season 7 of "Keep Up With The Kardashians" premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.

Jane Lynch said she got emotional filming her last scene with Dianna Agron, whose character Quinn is Yale-bound, because "it was like saying goodbye" to the actress. Amber Riley tweeted that she had just closed a chapter in her life, "the only thing I've known for three years. I'm going to miss the whole Glee family ... " Meanwhile, Mark Salling's Puck wants to clean pools in California and Naya Rivera's Santana looks headed for Kentucky on a cheerleading scholarship — and yet, we already know the show will take place in New York and Lima, Ohio.

Are all McKinley seniors not named Rachel, Kurt, or Finn off the show? Series boss Ryan Murphy says absolutely not.

"He was asleep on the plane and he gets very grumpy. And so I took my breast out and put it on his shoulder. We took a picture, and just as the flash went, it woke him up, and he was like, 'What?!'"

Osbourne revealed that "AGT" host Nick Cannon still has the picture on his phone, and joked that she would love it to be released to the public.

Osbourne also praised new "AGT" judge Howard Stern for his unique ability to spot unconventional talent where others might not see it. "He'll see something in a ventriloquist or a dog act and go, 'Oh, that's outrageous! I love that.'" Like the 80-year-old rapping Granny G, for example.

"America's Got Talent" airs Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Rob: How long have you guys known each other?

Ed: I would say we met the first week of our freshman year at Yale, in the fall of 1987.

Abby: It's 25 years, wow!

Ed: It seems impossible that it is 25 years, given how young we are. (smiles)

Abby: He lived below me in the dorm as a freshman.

Ed: She took pity on me because I had four roommates who were each in one way or another...

Abby: Wonderful and unique...

Ed: Wonderful and unique, and difficult to sleep around. So I would go upstairs to Abby's room to sleep on her couch.

Rob: So the basic need of shelter.

Ed: Yeah, exactly.

Rob: Well, that's the main topic of this interview, so it is fitting that you two met this way.

Ed: Exactly. I couldn't find a fit and affordable place to lay my head. And so, I would go up to Abby's room and that was sort of our theme.

Rob: So, how do you think we pick our friends? As a matter of fact, there were many rooms in the dorm, but you picked each other, so how do you think we actually pick our friends?

Abby: I think you go through a lot of people, right? And you filter. Over time, it's you probably pick people with shared values and interests the most.

Ed: Yeah. Although I do think we got very lucky in the sense that there was a tight-knit group of friends who all had wild lives and everything, but Abby and I had a core group who just happened to be in that freshman dorm and who have remained remarkably tight. I think it has a lot to do with two seemingly disparate elements: one is being really engaged in life and the other is a sense of humor.

Abby: Sense of humor and also exploration of wanting to try new things. So, I think we're all pretty adventuresome.

Ed: I've always thought Abby was really optimistic, which draws me to people... There's that fine line between what I call a "confident optimism" and "arrogance." And I think people who think like the old Hemingway line -- "The world is worth fighting for" -- are appealing.

Rob: And what do you think, Abby? What are the values that you see in Ed, that you see in yourself?

Abby: Well, I think Ed's touched on it in terms of engagement, but I also think that there's a zest for life, and trying to think about things deeply and being interested in things, like taking a Japanese class at 8 a.m.

Ed: Yeah, there was a betting pool amongst my friends of how quickly I would drop that class, given how rarely I saw 8:00 in the morning. I also think that, not to put a political value around it (because I don't think this should be a political word), but being "progressive" is a value judgment to some degree. It's the belief that things can get better through rational progressive thought. The idea that we can continue to learn from our mistakes and that we can refine our understanding of what makes the world function better. That is an underlying conviction you have to have.

Abby: Yes. So you have to be learning and constantly improving yourself.

Rob: Ed, is there a question that you've always wanted to ask Abby that she's never answered?

Ed: Yes, what's your definition of success?

Abby: To me, it's pretty clear. Success would be every person in safe and affordable housing. It's one of the reasons I focus on community development. For me personally, I'm really interested in how you actually deploy capital to create communities. I've been trying to focus on how we put that up higher on the agenda. The latest thing everyone wants to do is "impact investing."

Rob: What's "impact investing"?

Abby: Impact investing is aligning your investment strategy with a positive social change. This is great, and more people and corporations should do it, but at the end of the day, to address affordable housing you need philanthropic giving; you need to figure out how to layer that capital. So, my idea of success is being the go-to-person for how we take different capital sources and layer them strategically to really strengthen communities and provide housing for people.

Rob: So, Abby, what is a question that you've always wanted to ask Ed about his life?

Ed: Other than, "When are you having kids?" She asks me this pretty regularly.

Abby: Yeah...

Ed: She tends to say things like, "Where are you getting married, so I can plan my vacation?"

Abby: Yes, yes.

Rob: Okay, so it seems that you are a planner, Abby?

Abby: I am a planner. Well, first of all, we just went through the 30-year history of Enterprise and I've been telling the Enterprise story at a lot of events. Invariably, someone comes up to me and says, "Jim Rouse really touched me."

Abby: So my question is: what was it like having Jim Rouse as your granddad?

Ed: He was a really funny individual, which is strange for some people when I say it, because so many people consider him such a giant in his field. I will run into Dick Parsons, the former chairman of Citigroup, or Mayor Bloomberg, or whomever, and someone will make that connection and you can see these real captains of industry really go, "Your granddad was a real idol of mine." I met Warren Buffett one time and he said, "Your grandfather set a standard for a lot of us in terms of responsible business practice."

However, my relationship to him was that he was this very kooky guy who wore Madras pants with perhaps a Kelly green shirt and a yellow jacket and a fishing hat. He was very resistant to wearing suits. In a lot of ways, he was a very eccentric and proletariat kind of a guy since he came from really humble roots. He had a wry skepticism of people who tried make themselves seem overly important. When I got older, I realized that he actually had this religious sense of mission. He really, really worried about time and his life running out before he had accomplished something that would move the needle to improve the lives of other people.

Rob: My grandfather had a big impact on my life. He always said to me, "Don't be a follower." Did your grandfather ever impart a basic understanding of life?

Ed: Yeah, definitely. I remember when I got out of college; I went to see him, because I had this notion that I wanted to be an artist. My grandfather paid for my college and I went to see him because I felt this sense of responsibility to do something with my life and I felt like I needed his blessing if I was going to do something kind of...

Abby: Risky.

Ed: Yeah, risky. I wondered if he would say being an actor or a filmmaker was frivolous given my education. Many of my friends were taking jobs in Morgan Stanley or going to...

Abby: Well, I wasn't!

Ed: Abby was not, but I remember I went to see him and I remember, this is like 1991... And I remember him saying, "I will pay you not to take one of those jobs! You can serve other people in any field. " I think about that a lot because there is a lot of narcissism in my business and I think people get disconnected in our celebrity culture from the idea that even making films and telling stories, you should be theoretically doing this for other people. He was a very lighthearted and funny person, but he really did have a powerful commitment to service.

Rob: Abby, did you have somebody in your life like Ed's grandfather?

Abby: Of course Jim Rouse stands out. He gave everybody the "okay" to pursue his or her dreams. So, whether you're a low-income resident, it's okay to pursue your dreams. Or whether it's his grandson like Ed, "Go ahead, be an actor." For me, my parents had a huge impact. My mother is a sociologist, my father is a public finance attorney and during table conversations we're very robust around people and places. So, I think they were an incredibly guiding force.

Rob: We talked about this before Ed showed up. Did something happen when you were kid that changed your view on helping people?

Abby: What interests me is when I was about 12 or 13, I moved from the suburbs of New Jersey to New York City and that was a shock. It's really amazing how people live really differently from place to place. I went to a lovely private school in the Bronx, but we'd go past many neighborhoods that were just very bad. The contrast was a huge factor for me. The contrasts are still there, although the physical differences are less than they were 25 years ago.

Rob: This will bring us to you talking about the story of James Rouse, when he went to the Bronx and saw burned out housing and that gave him the idea to create Enterprise. So how did he start Enterprise?

Ed: It's funny because my grandfather did not have an Ivy League education. He grew up in the Depression. He was orphaned in the Depression.

Rob: He was an orphan?

Ed: Yeah, he was orphaned when he was age 15.

Rob: Wow!

Ed: He spent his adolescent and young adult life very much on his own. During the depression he made his own way, trying to find his way through schooling opportunities and things like that. He and his brother were the youngest two of eight children. But the others were all grown and they were young when their parents died. It has a certain Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn feel; they wandered on the Eastern shore of Maryland, around the Chesapeake Bay, a very rootless existence. However, the thing that's interesting is that he was very informed by his experience of the Depression.

I think just living in the period that he lived in, the world history, the Depression and then the war, he had a very acute sense that it's very dangerous for a society not to pay attention to people being left out of the upside of that social equation. He recognized that if you don't pay attention to what's happening at the bottom, you're risking everything. I actually think about that a lot these days because when you look at the Occupy movement, for instance, and the speed with which people dismiss it. They sort of dismiss it as an unformed protest. However, I think about my granddad a lot because I think he would say that it's a very poor reading of history not to take it very seriously when people, especially young people, are angry enough to be in the streets. Even if that hasn't articulated itself in its first moment, the level of discontent is an indicator of things that historically have lead to some very potent upheavals. He came from very humble roots, he experienced some very brutal times and he really believed that the social contract and the idea of the social safety net and the inclusiveness of opportunity for everybody was not a charitable mission. He thought it was a really important part of engineering a stable society.

Rob: So, he built all these planned communities. I mean, he did Columbia, Maryland and the South Street Seaport and all these amazing things. But then, he gets involved with Enterprise. What's its mission? Then also, I will ask you both, where do you think we are today in the social graph and people being poor? And how does this organization help that?

Abby: The mission of Enterprise is to provide opportunities for people to live in affordable housing in thriving communities. It is based on this belief that to succeed in life, to do well in life, you really need to have a stable home in a safe environment.

Ed: Enterprise is one of the largest (if not the largest) nonprofit developers of affordable housing in the country. Enterprise has invested now over $11 billion.

Abby: Yeah, we're approaching $12 billion. We directly financed or touched nearly 300,000 units over the past 30 years. If you actually take into account the role we have played in policy, then you get into millions of units quickly.

Ed: Just for a sense of scale, Enterprise will have invested over $200 million and developed over almost 10,000 units in the Gulf Coast since Katrina by the end of this year. It's one of the largest social service investments in the Gulf Coast.

Ed: Enterprise and my grandfather were very central to creating what was one of the original impact investment mechanisms, which is called the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. It was basically a federal tax credit incentive that encouraged or incentivized banks and investors to invest their money and get a good return. Now 90 percent of the affordable housing gets built through these tax credits, it's about a $6 to $9 billion market a year. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve all the problems and challenges given the crisis around housing and community development today. There still are a lot of people in need!

Rob: What are the statistics on people below the poverty line in our country?

Abby: One in six Americans lives in poverty.

Rob: So, one in six Americans. ...

Ed: I think according to the statistics done in the last decade, we've moved from 40 million people in poverty in the United States to now over 44 million.

Rob: 44 million?

Abby: Yeah, from one in five to one in six.

Ed: People have become a little bit blasé about the idea that so many Americans actually live in poverty. I think the danger is that people come to accept that a certain number of very poor people are an endemic part of capitalist culture. It stops being looked at as a problem. It starts being looked at as an intrinsic part of the way we live.

Rob: There was something you said before; I'll just point it out, for the readers. Maslow's hierarchy needs says food, shelter, and clothing are basic needs. Do you think that shelter is as important as, let's say, food for people to feel good about themselves?

Ed: Yes. I think one of the core principles of the Enterprise is that a functioning member of society relies on the platform of a decent home to live in. It's hard to achieve or be productive as a citizen if you don't have a place to live that you can afford.

Abby: Yeah. Think about, if you're a kid in school and you don't have a place to call home, it will be hard to do well in school and get a great education. There are studies that prove that the cost of educating a kid who doesn't have a stable home is huge.

Rob: So it does have an impact?

Abby: It has an economic impact and then, of course, it has a psychological and sociological impact as well. I think some people are asking us why we focus on housing. To me, it's like, you can't focus on anything else until a person gets housing.

Rob: So, in closing, is there a parable or some story that you tell sometimes to people that sort of sums up life for you, or life in general, or something important?

Ed: Well, I don't have a story, but every time I go to one of the Enterprise dinners, one of the things I really end up feeling is that Abby and this whole host of other people that she's now currently leading here in New York, are people who could have been making millions of dollars working for any Wall Street firm. It gives me a lot of optimism that friends of mine are foregoing the easy path and contributing to this larger sense of helping others.

Rob: And Abby? Is there a story you'd like to tell?

Abby: I think one story that really made a big impression on me is one of my first jobs. I was working at Hudson River Park for this visionary who had lots of great and crazy ideas. One of his crazy ideas was to take one of the piers and start a summer program fixing it up. When I first walked out onto Pier 62 myself, I walked out the end of it and came upon two unexpected things: The first is that it was 20 degrees cooler and the second was the view of the city. Going out on that pier changed my perspective and created a greater set of possibilities for me. Its very similar to the idea that if you can give people a home, they can start to see greater possibilities in their life that they just wouldn't otherwise be able to see. If we give people the opportunity to change how they live, I'm confident that people will move forward to do incredible things. That's the lesson I learned and it made me a huge impression on me.

Rob: That's a great story. Thank you both for sharing your friendship and ideas with us. Keep on helping others!

The shaken-not-stirred picture features Bond himself, Daniel Craig, surrounded by the well-known 007 bullseye. (Check out the full poster below.)

Yet that's not the only common trope displayed in the "Skyfall" poster. There's also Craig's steely-eyed gaze. He loves that thing! From "The Invasion" to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" to "Skyfall," Craig has never met a poster he didn't want to stare into oblivion.

Check out the "Skyfall" poster -- as well as some of Craig's other Zoolander-y looks -- below.

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Though "Glee" stars Lea Michele, 25, and Cory Monteith, 30, have tried to keep their real-life romance on the down-low, they weren't shy about sneaking a smooch at a New York Rangers game Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

The couple, who are in the Big Apple for Fox's upfront presentation, were also spotted walking hand-in-hand earlier in the day, and looked as happy as can be.

Their public outings together follow months of are-they-or-aren't-they dating rumors. Michele and Monteith were spotted on a romantic Mexican getaway in April, with Michele rocking a teeny bikini in the hottub, and she even slyly referred to Monteith in a tweet while at Coachella.

"Think I just saw a really hot 6'3 Canadian with a tribal arm band hanging by the pool.. So happy:)," Michele wrote.

Check out Michele and Monteith's hockey game PDA below:

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The 36-year-old comedian appeared on "Ellen" Thursday and revealed his feelings about the popstar.

"I still love her as a human being," Brand said, "But sometimes when you're in a relationship, I suppose it doesn't work out, does it? But that doesn't mean I regret it or anything."

"I was very happy to be married with her," Brand said of his 14-month marriage to the singer. "She's such a beautiful human being and I just have only love and positivity for her"

But should we believe him? After all, the last time Brand talked about Perry with DeGenres, he said that he was "really happily married," noting, "perpetually, until death do us part, was the pledge."

Later that month, the funny man filed for divorce.

Still, the former pair's split, which was finalized in February, was reportedly amicable -- Perry signed the divorce docs with a smiley face and Brand requested no money from his former wife, though he may have been entitled to half of what the 27-year-old singer had earned during their marriage because the pair had no prenup. The British comedian also reportedly gave Perry rights to the $6.5 million home they bought while married.

But what Perry gained in real estate, she lost on Twitter -- Brand finally decided to unfollow his ex on the social media site last week.

Watch the video above to hear what else Brand had to say about Perry, then click through the slides to see scenes from the former couple's marriage.

Donna Summer
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Donna Summer, the powerhouse singer known as the "Queen of Disco," died on Thursday (May 17) in Florida after a battle with cancer, according to The Associated Press.

The five-time Grammy winner who set dance floors ablaze in the 1970s with such anthems as "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff" and her most iconic hit, "I Feel Love," was 63 years old. In a genre that was filled with many one-hit wonders and fly-by-night studio acts that were unable to keep the disco inferno stoked after scoring hits, Summer was a lifer, consistently charting even after the dance craze faded in the late 1970s.

For photos of Donna Summer through the years, click here.

Unlike many of her contemporaries, Summer set herself apart with strong vocals backed by her songwriting skills, as well as some creative luck in hooking up with producers/songwriters Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. The pair helped her pump out hit after hit and provided her with a sensual, almost ethereal sound on tracks such as "I Feel Love," which seduced both on and off the dance floor.

Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts to a butcher father and schoolteacher mother, Summer showed promise as a singer from an early age. She made her public debut at age 10 at her church when the scheduled singer didn't show up and she filled in. After appearing in a number of musicals and plays in high school and singing with the psychedelic rock band The Crow, she joined the cast of German production of the musical "Hair" in 1967 at age 18.

She stayed in Munich after the show's run ended and recorded her debut solo album there in 1974, Lady of the Night. Though it spawned a hit overseas with "The Hostage," she didn't crack the U.S. market until a year later with the song that would make her an international superstar, the seductive disco anthem, "Love to Love You Baby." The tune she created with Moroder and Bellotte was a #2 hit in the U.S. and landed her an American record deal with the it label of the era, Casablanca Records.

The 17-minute club remix of the single, which featured such real-sounding ecstatic moans that some radio stations refused to play it, became a huge hit and set a new standard for sophisticated arrangements in a genre often marked by cheesy sounding instrumentation and lazy songwriting.

She released two albums in 1976, A Love Trilogy, which featured the nearly 18-minute epic "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" and the winter/spring/summer/autumn-themed Four Seasons of Love. In a singles genre where the one good song was the thing, Summer continued to put out consistently artistic albums, including 1977's I Remember Yesterday, which featured the tune that would secure Summer's place at the top of the disco diva pecking order, "I Feel Love." That hypnotizing track was also the first one recorded with music made up entirely of synthesized sounds.

This being the era of excess, her second 1977 album, Once Upon A Time, was another concept disc, this one retelling the Cinderella story in the disco era on tracks like "Once Upon a Time," "Fairy Tale High," "Working the Midnight Shift" and "Queen for a Day."

She transitioned into acting in 1978 in the disco comedy "Thank God It's Friday," which earned her a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal for the hit "Last Dance." By 1979's two-album Bad Girls she was indisputably a star, logging six weeks at #1 and scoring hits with the sexy "Bad Girls" and more rock-oriented "Hot Stuff." When Summer released a double-album greatest hits disc later that year she became the first artists to ever score three #1 albums in a row with double-disc releases.

She went on to record a hit Barbra Streisand duet and moved over to the then-new Geffen Records, where her success began to wane. By 1983, she'd moved past the disco beat and into a synth-heavy R&B/new wave sound with the female empowerment anthem "She Works Hard For the Money." That song, though, would effectively mark the end of her hit-making days. Summer continued to release albums through the late 1980's, but was never again able to capture her disco peak. In fact, by the end of the decade she spoke out against the "sinful" nature of her disco hits and turned her back on her earlier material and focused on painting.

After a 17-year break, she released her first studio album of original material, Crayons, in 2008.

• Donna Summer: The Queen Of Disco

• Donna Summer

"The Carrie Diaries," the prequel to "Sex and the City" about Carrie Bradshaw as a high schooler, will join The CW Mondays in January 2013. New drama "Cult" will also bow midseason. Click over here for the full CW schedule.

Check out the trailers and official descriptions for The CW's new shows below:

"Arrow"
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he's become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow - a vigilante - to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be - flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle - while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver's own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on - and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

"Emily Owens, M.D."
At long last, Emily Owens feels like she is an actual grown-up. She can finally put her high school days as the geeky-girl-with-flop-sweats behind her; she's graduated from medical school and is now a first-year intern at Denver Memorial Hospital, where she'll have the chance to work with world-famous cardiologist Dr. Gina Beckett - and where, not-so-coincidentally, her med-school crush Will Rider is also an intern. So why does everyone keep warning her that the hospital is just like high school? Emily soon finds out the hard way - her high school nemesis, the gorgeous, popular Cassandra Kopelson, is also just starting out at Denver Memorial, and it seems like they're rivals all over again - not only as surgical interns, but for Will's attention. Fellow intern Tyra Granger warns Emily that the cliques at Denver Memorial are all too familiar: the jocks have become orthopedic surgeons; the mean girls are in plastics; the rebels are in the ER, and Tyra has her own awkward place as the principal's kid - her father is the chief resident. Emily's the new kid all over again, and it's just as awkward as high school. Only this time around, Emily will have to balance the personal and emotional turmoil of social politics with the high-stakes world of life-and-death medical decisions. At least she has fellow intern Tyra and nerdy-but-cute resident Micah, to count on as friends. Emily is growing to realize that although she may be a geek, she may also grow to be a great doctor, flop sweats and all.

"Beauty and the Beast"
Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. Several years earlier, Catherine witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen. Catherine would have been killed too, but someone - or something - saved her. No one has ever believed her, but she knows it wasn't an animal that attacked the assassins...it was human. Years have passed, and Catherine is a strong, confident, capable police officer, working alongside her equally talented partner, Tess. While investigating a murder, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to a handsome doctor named Vincent Keller, who was reportedly killed by enemy fire while serving in Afghanistan in 2002. Catherine learns that Vincent is actually still alive and that it was he who saved her many years before. For mysterious reasons that have forced him to live outside of traditional society, Vincent has been in hiding for the past 10 years to guard his secret - when he is enraged, he becomes a terrifying beast, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses. Catherine agrees to protect his identity in return for any insight he may have into her mother's murder. Thus begins a complex relationship between Catherine and Vincent, who are powerfully drawn to each other yet understand that their connection is extremely dangerous for both of them.

MIDSEASON SHOWS (trailers not yet available)
"The Carrie Diaries"
It's 1984, and life isn't easy for 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw. Since their mother passed away, Carrie's younger sister Dorritt is more rebellious than ever, and their father Tom is overwhelmed with the responsibility of suddenly having to care for two teenage girls on his own. Carrie's friends - sweet, geeky Mouse, sarcastic and self-assured Maggie and sensitive Walt - make life bearable, but a suburban life in Connecticut isn't doing much to take her mind off her troubles. And even though the arrival of a sexy new transfer student named Sebastian brings some excitement to Carrie's world, she is struggling to move on from her grief. So when Tom offers Carrie the chance to intern at a law firm in Manhattan, she leaps at the chance. Carrie's eyes are opened wide at the glamour and grit of New York City - and when she meets Larissa, the style editor for Interview magazine, she's inspired by the club culture and unique individuals that make up Larissa's world. Carrie's friends and family may have a big place in her heart, but she's fallen in love for the first time with the most important man in her life - Manhattan.

"Cult"
Investigative journalist Jeff Sefton has learned to laugh off his brother Nate's relentless string of obsessions, especially his latest rant that a hit TV show intends to harm him. However, when his brother mysteriously disappears, Jeff takes Nate's paranoia seriously, and in the process uncovers the dark underworld of the TV show "Cult" and its rabid fans. The only person who seems willing to help Jeff with his investigation is Skye, a young research assistant for "Cult," who has also started to grow suspicious of the increasingly dark happenings surrounding the show. The fictitious show, centered on the cat-and-mouse game between charismatic cult leader Billy Grimm and LAPD detective Kelly Collins, has become an obsession for its viewers - and now some of its devotees seem to be taking their fixation to deadly extremes in the real world. As Jeff and Skye dig deeper into the fan world, they discover that the gruesome plot twists on television are much more than fantasy for some very unfortunate people. The hardcore fans of "Cult" would kill to see what happens next... The series stars Matt Davis ("The Vampire Diaries") as Jeff Sefton, Jessica Lucas ("Melrose Place," "Cloverfield") as Skye Yarrow, Alona Tal ("Supernatural," "The Killing") as Kelly Collins and Robert Knepper ("Prison Break," "Shameless") as Billy Grimm. CULT is from Fake Empire and Rockne S. O'Bannon Television in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, with executive producers Rockne S. O'Bannon ("Farscape," "V"), Josh Schwartz ("Chuck," "Gossip Girl"), Stephanie Savage ("Hart of Dixie," "Gossip Girl"), Len Goldstein ("Hart of Dixie") and Jason Ensler ("Franklin & Bash," "Hart of Dixie"). The pilot was directed by Jason Ensler and written by Rockne S. O'Bannon.

What do you think of the new shows? Which ones are you most excited for?

The Associated Press reported that Brown had been in the hospital since April 18 and died yesterday, May 16, at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that sources said Brown initially went to the hospital because of arthritis problems, and there, doctors found a blood clot. Brown had an operation to have the clot removed, but he then developed pneumonia, the Washington Post reported.

Pneumonia occurs when there is some sort of infection -- whether it be bacterial or viral, or caused by fungi or parasites -- that leads to inflammation of the lungs. The most common bacterium that causes pneumonia is Streptococcus pneumonia, when acquired outside of the hospital.

In 2009, 1.1 million hospital discharges were for pneumonia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Statistics. There were 50,774 deaths in the U.S. from the condition -- which comes out to 16.5 deaths for every 100,000 people.

Pneumonia and influenza are, together, considered the No. 8 leading cause of death in America, according to the American Lung Association, with more deaths from pneumonia than from influenza.

Pneumonia does not usually result in complications for younger people if they take the right medicines (like antibiotics if the pneumonia was caused by a bacteria), according to the Mayo Clinic. But pneumonia can lead to dangerous complications, particularly for people older than age 65, as well as people who have lung disease or heart failure, or people who smoke.

One complication is when fluid accumulates in the membranes that surround the lungs, which can lead to infection. Another is bacteria in the bloodstream, which can lead to shock, organ failure and possibly even death, the Mayo Clinic reported.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- which is when it's hard to breathe and for your body to receive oxygen -- and lung abscesses -- when a pus-filled cavity grows in the part of the body where the pneumonia is -- are also complications of the condition, according to the Mayo Clinic.

The condition can develop when the causes of pneumonia -- like bacteria and viruses -- go into the lungs from their normal living spaces, such as your sinuses or mouth, according to the National Institutes of Health. It's also possible to breathe these pathogens into the lungs. Another form is aspiration pneumonia, which occurs when you inhale food, liquid or some other fluid into the lungs.

Pneumonia can also be acquired while in the hospital, and is more common in patients who are on a respirator, according to the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. Hospital-acquired pneumonia is usually considered to be quite dangerous. Patients who have a lowered immune system, have some sort of chronic lung disease, are older, are alcoholic, who have just had surgery, or who may have problems swallowing are also at a higher risk of acquiring pneumonia in the hospital.

Symptoms of pneumonia include fatigue, cough, fever, chills and sweating, chest and muscle pain, headache and shaking chills, according to the Mayo Clinic. The condition is diagnosed with chest X-rays (where doctors can see where in the body the infection is located), a physical exam and/or a blood or mucus test.

But RAM was not just a sentimental affair -- the album topped the UK charts and peaked at No. 2 in the US. It also spawned Paul's first solo US No. 1 hit single, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey."

Fresh off a widely lauded music video featuring Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman, McCartney's camp has reissuing a remastered version of the album across a variety of platforms on May 22, but you can listen to the remastered album in full, for free, exclusively on HuffPost Entertainment and AOL Music.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is an album from a long, long time ago, when the world was different," McCartney said. "This is an album that is part of my history -– it goes back to the wee hills of Scotland where it was formed. It’s an album called RAM. It reminds me of my hippie days and the free attitude with which was created. I hope you’re going to like it, because I do!"

The album will, of course, be available digitally, but also on CD (as part of either a Standard or Special Edition pack), vinyl (fully remastered and a limited edition mono version), and as hi-res files.

For those wanting the full McCartney treatment, a Deluxe Edition Box Set is available, featuring four CDs, a DVD, a remastered mono album, a 112 page booklet, facsimiles of the original, handwritten lyrics and much more.

1. Too Many People

2. Three Legs

3. Ram On

4. Dear Boy

5. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

6. Smile Away

7. Heart Of The Country

8. Monkberry Moon Delight

9. Eat At Home

10. Long Haired Lady

11. Ram On

12. The Back Seat Of My Car

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Summer’s illustrious catalog of music inspired legions of fans, and as news continues to spread across the world, many celebrities are sharing their thoughts and condolences for the legendary “Bad Girls” singer via Twitter.

Take a look at a roundup of celebrity Tweets in the slideshow below.

TMZ reports that the five-time Grammy winner was in Florida and putting the finishing touches on a new album at the time of her death. Though details are scarce, sources told the site that "the singer was trying to keep the extent of her illness under wraps."

The report adds, "We spoke to someone who was with Summer a couple of weeks ago ... who says she didn't seem too bad."

A barrage of tributes to the star quickly flooded Twitter and Facebook:

In honor of Summer -- whose signature classics include "Last Dance," "I Feel Love," "Bad Girls" and "She Works Hard for the Money" -- take a look at some of the diva's best musical moments below:

The Daily News reports the 40-year old Canadian actress sent Baldwin an email on April 2, the day news of his engagement to yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas became public, in which she expressed the news was "painful for me and so destructive" and that she "just died" at the announcement.

Perhaps even more disturbingly, an earlier email stemming from March revealed a plan to befriend Thomas in order to get closer to the actor. She wrote:

I will change my name and take yoga classes you know where and I’ll become HLT best friend, faster then (sic) you know. I’ll use her ego.”

Early April, Sabourin was arrested for allegedly stalking Baldwin outside his Manhattan apartment. The weekend prior to her arrest, Sabourin even turned up unannounced at Baldwin's home in the Hamptons, the same weekend he proposed to Thomas.

The struggling actress has since denied any wrongdoing and said, "I'm confident that my lawyers are going to solve this."

Taylor Swift
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Taylor Swift has a reputation for being a good girl with a big heart, and when you pair that with her sizable bank account, you get one very large charitable donation that will benefit music education for both children and senior citizens.

The six-time Grammy winner has donated $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville to fund what will now be known as the Taylor Swift Education Center, an exhibit and classroom space scheduled to open in 2014.

"In terms of what it will allow us to do, we do education very well now," museum director Kyle Young told the Associated Press (via Billboard). "It will allow us to do what we do better, serve more people, develop new programs, and I'm happy to say that as we talked through this opportunity with Taylor, she very much wants to be involved in an advisory capacity in what we do. Is there a better person out there who's in touch with a young audience? I think not. I was joking we should be paying her to do that. I was only joking."

Swift's donation is the second largest ever gifted to the museum and is the largest given by a musician. The country-pop megastar has a long history with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. She signed her record contract there and gave one of her first public performances on the building's plaza.

In the past, she has also volunteered her time to the museum's "All for the Hall" fundraisers.

The Taylor Swift Education Center is part of a larger $75 million expansion of the Hall of Fame that will more than double the size of the museum and include a new concert theater and more space for exhibits and archives.

The planned education center will be more than 7,500 square feet spread over two stories. It will have its own exterior entrance that will lead to three classrooms and exhibit space. The expansion will allow the museum to dramatically increase its youth education programs, with plans for it to house a "musical petting zoo" and an art classroom where children can make concert posters and other art projects.

The center will also give the museum the opportunity to add new programs and workshops for teens and senior citizens.

"For Taylor to want to engage herself in the life of this place in such an appropriate way," Young continued, "every way you slice it and dice it, it's great."

• MTV First: Taylor Swift

• Taylor Swift

"He does this sometimes … He'll be back," the source told E! News. The insider (two of them, in fact) continued to describe Stahl as he appeared to them on May 10 -- casually dressed in a white T-shirt and transporting boxes outside of a West Hollywood apartment complex -- and said that Stahl left the premises on Friday or Saturday.

FROM AP:
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police say "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" actor Nick Stahl has been reported missing by his wife.

Police Officer Cleon Joseph confirmed on Thursday that the missing persons report was filed this week and the 32-year-old actor hasn't been found. The Los Angeles Times reports Stahl's wife last saw the actor on May 9.

Foul play isn't suspected.

People magazine reports the couple has been embroiled in a child custody fight.

Stahl was a child star who first got attention of his performance in the 1993 film "The Man Without a Face."

As an adult, he appeared in the 2003-2005 HBO series "Carnivale'" and in 2003's "Terminator 3" as John Connor. He also starred in "Mirrors 2" in 2010.

We can't make this stuff up. Kim and Kourtney have teamed with the e-commerce site's Fashion Vault, which hosts weekly flash sales with all sorts of designer goodies. The latest sale is titled "Kardashians' Closet" and is filled with Kim and Kourtney's pricey castoffs -- think Christian Louboutin, Fendi, Burberry, Gucci and a surprising amount of Alexander Wang.

With an insatiable appetite for designer gear and a schedule full of red carpet appearances, why would Kim want to empty out her closet (and on eBay, no less)? For charity, of course: "a portion of the proceeds" from Kim's sale will go to Life Change Community Church, the reality family's house of worship (yes, Kim Kardashian goes to church).

Another reason Kim may be jettisoning a portion of her closet, some speculate, may be her new BF, Mr. Kanye West. Many have noticed (and Fashionista even illustrated) that since beginning her "relationship" with Kanye, Kim's colorful outfits have all but disappeared, replaced by black, white and gray numbers. Black leggings and a white jacket for date night, an LBD at the Lakers game, a black and white halter dress for a Chanel dinner -- as one half of KimYe, Kim is all monochrome, all the time.

So where has all the leopard print gone? On eBay -- although to be fair, there's plenty of black, white and gray Kimmy clothes being sold online, too.

Peruse Kim's online flash sale (we've rounded up most of the pieces below). You may be surprised to find how much you like some of the items, from classy black pumps to slouchy Alexander Wang dresses. Luckily it's all on sale for the next three days, so that Cavalli animal-print jumpsuit can still be yours. Go to fashionvault.ebay.com/kardashian to shop it all.

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Donna Summer
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While Donna Summer was the Queen of Disco, performers and entertainers from all genres reacted to the news of her death Thursday (May 17) with great sadness, noting how much she had impacted the music world as a whole before she died from cancer at age 63.

Music mogul and onetime Summer producer Quincy Jones, who worked with the singer during her Donna Summer era, remembered her on Twitter: ‏"Rest in Peace dear Donna Summer. Your voice was the heartbeat and soundtrack of a decade."

Frequent Summer collaborator, producer and musician Nile Rodgers, remembered his pal, writing, ‏"This may help you understand why i'm still crying. So much love and RESPECT for Donna Summer RIP."

RIP Donna Summers!!!!!!!!!😔. You were truly a game changer!!!

— Mary J. Blige (@maryjblige) May 17, 2012

R&B diva Mary J. Blige paid homage to her soul sister on Twitter, posting, "RIP Donna Summers!!!!!!!!! You were truly a game changer!!!"

Former Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams was also floored by the unexpected and tragic passing of the dance-floor icon. "Shocked and saddened at the news of Donna Summer passing away! "she wrote. "Wow!"

Her fellow DC sister, Kelly Rowland, added, "Donna Summer. Icon! Legend! Her voice! Her spirit! Rest In peace, you truly inspired me! I love you!"

Rihanna seemed so surprised by the news, she simply tweeted, "Donna Summer??"

For photos of Donna Summer through the years, click here.

"Donna Summer RIP I FEEL LOVE FOR YOU," Swedish pop princess Robyn tweeted. Mirroring that sentiment, Adam Lambert wrote, "RIP Donna Summer. glorious disco Goddess."

British pop songstress Kylie Minogue, whose own flashy, dance-heavy career can be traced back to Summer's influence, wrote,‏ "One of my earliest musical inspirations, RIP Donna Summer #BadGirlsForEver."

Beyoncé's sister, Solange Knowles, who is known for her throwback style in music and fashion, shared, "Donna Summer- You have inspired me in so many ways....."

this cant be tru tmz.com/2012/05/17/don... i cant believe this RIP Donna Summer. at a lost 4words

— Timbaland (@Timbaland) May 17, 2012

Hip-hop producer Timbaland added, "This cant be tru. i cant believe this RIP Donna Summer. at a lost 4words."

Q-Tip to the number of icons who have died already in 2012. "I'm getting tired of these 3 keys...RIP this time to Donna summer an amazing trailblazer!"

Boyz II Men also had a similar reaction on their Twitter: "It's unfortunate that we have to say goodbye to another amazing talent. Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, our condolences to her family!"

"I remember sitting in the front seat of my mom's toyota while she sang Donna Summer's 'she works hard for the money,' " Ryan Seacrest recalled. "Songs were just classic."

Fellow TV personality Carson Daly sent his condolences to her family. "We lost the Queen of Disco today, Donna Summer, 63- another victim of that bastard, cancer. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family."

"In Living Color" actor Tommy Davidson sent MTV News a statement about the singer's passing: "Donna Summer used disco to bring the most unlikely people together -- blacks, whites & everyone in between. Donna was a role model, the consummate professional. Her guidance and inspiration will forever help me reach new heights as a performer. I cherish the days I toured with her. Love to love you, baby."

Other Hollywood folks remembered Summer, including Kevin Smith. "Damn... donna summer dies at 63. An unforgettable voice from my childhood, beloved by my Mom & brother," he tweeted. "Let's dance the last dance for her."

Share your condolences for Donna Summer's friends, family and fans in the comments or on Facebook.

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Russell Brand and Katy Perry
Photo: Charley Gallay/ WireImage

Russell Brand has only the kindest words for his pop-star ex, Katy Perry. The actor chatted with Ellen DeGeneres on an episode of her talk show airing Thursday (May 17), and when asked about the split, Brand said that while they are no longer together, he still loves and respects her.

"I still love her as a human being," the comedian said. "But sometimes when you're in a relationship, I suppose it doesn't work out, does it? But that doesn't mean I regret it or anything. I was very happy to be married with her. She's such a beautiful human being and I just have only love and positivity for her.

"You can't absolutely make everything the way you want it to be in life," he added. "Sometimes things are just different and then you have to just move with that and try and remain in contact with what is beautiful about yourself and with each other with any situation."

Brand and Perry announced their split in December 2011, after a year of marriage. During the interview, he added that she's "a person I still consider to be beautiful. ... I have nothing but positivity for her. She is [an amazing person]."

The actor/comedian is now poised for a busy June. Brand is set to host the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, which will air live from the Gibson Amphitheatre on Sunday, June 3, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This marks the third time he's hosted an MTV awards show, having hosted the Video Music Awards in 2008 and 2009.

And it seems that his signature cheeky humor will be in full force at the show. "MTV Movie Awards incorporates two of my favorite things: movies and awards. If somehow group sex could be involved, it would be the greatest night of my life," Brand said.

In addition to his MTV Movie Awards hosting gig, his new flick, the big-screen adaptation of "Rock of Ages," opens June 15.

Head over to MovieAwards.MTV.com to vote for your favorite flicks now! The 21st annual MTV Movie Awards air live Sunday, June 3, at 9 p.m. ET.

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• Katy Perry

The "Hot Stuff" crooner became an icon in the 1970s and went on to win five Grammy Awards. She had massive commercial success, with albums such as 1978's Bad Girls peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Bad Girls alone has sold over 2 million copies.

Her last full-length album, Crayons, was released in 2008 and marked a return to form after a 17 year absence from the studio. The album was a triumphant comeback and cracked the Billboard Top 20.

Take a listen to some of Summer's biggest hits in the gallery below and share any memories of the singer in the comments.

Lovingly named the "Queen of Disco," the 63-year-old was in Florida at the time of her death, according to TMZ. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, the 5-time Grammy award winner rose to fame in the '70s with hits like "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and "Love to Love You Baby."

Following the news of Summer's passing, the singer's family released a statement saying that they "are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy."

TMZ also reports that Summer was working on a forthcoming album at the time of her death.

"RIP #DonnaSummer - dined with her a few months ago, and she sang Amazing Grace to guests with stunning power. Great lady, wonderful talent," Piers Morgan tweeted about the late singer.

Summer is survived by her husband, Brooklyn Dreams co-founder Bruce Sudano, their two children -- Brooklyn and Amanda -- and her daughter, Mimi, from a previous marriage.

Click over to TMZ for more details.

T.I. on "RapFix Live"
Photo: Natasha Chandel/ MTV News

After the success of Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne, fans are excited at the thought of two favorite MCs working in tandem. There's been talk of a Lil Wayne and Drake LP, a Rick Ross and Drake mixtape, and whispers of a T.I. and Young Jeezy full-length collaboration. We haven't received any updates from Wayne, Drake or Rozay in a minute, but Tip says he and the Snowman already have songs in the stash.

"I got a few albums that I'm workin' on: the Man and the Martian project with B.o.B; me and Jeezy been talkin' about doin' this project for a minute," T.I. told Sway when he held court on "RapFix Live" on Wednesday. "It wouldn't take us long to do. We got records already in the can and it don't take us no time to put it together. It's just a matter of when they would be released."

Right now Tip is focused on Trouble Man, his eighth solo album, which is slated for a September 4 release. Then there is the tag-team LP with B.o.B — considering that Bobby Ray is signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle label, the pair's Man and the Martian album is more than a fantasy project.

When it comes to a project with Jeezy, the King of the South says that the studio work isn't the problem: Getting the album out in stores is the tricky part. "It's not the recording, the recording is easy. It's a matter of when we would have time to market and promote 'em and release 'em," T.I. said. "We got maybe 30 or 40 [percent done]. Between the two of us, we probably got five or six records."

How interested are you in a T.I. and Young Jeezy project? Let us know in the comments!

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Have you ever wondered how films transport the moviegoer to another place in time? No graphic enhancements needed, just a great prop master.

What is a prop master you ask? Someone who's job is to find all of the items that make you believe the film actually takes place during a certain time or location.

From vintage clothes, to antique cars and all the way down to the most minute details such as the pack of cigarettes the actor is smoking to the napkins on the table. It is that attention to detail that really makes us believe!

I was fortunate enough to catch up with Ellen Freund, prop master extrordinaire. She has worked on just a few small projects such as Twilight, Night at the Museum, Vanilla Sky, and is currently working on the hit TV series, Mad Men. Let's just say her work has not gone unnoticed.

What a fun job! Essentially, she shops for elite clients for a living. I wanted to know more, so I called her.

RH: Tell me how you became a prop master?

I was studying at the Art Center College of Design and wanted to be a painter. I was looking for a way to make a living, and a friend offered me a chance to work on a short film; an experience like none I'd had before, the camaraderie, the crazy demands and hours, I was 19 and completely hooked!

I found my niche in the Art Department, first at Roger Corman -- (where on the small films, every department was a department of one) working various positions until I found Property Master. The Property Master skills fit my obsession with the little things that define story perfectly. In addition, I am always at the heart of the process of filmmaking, when the camera rolls, my team and I are the eyes of the entire Art Department.

RH: Were you ever a collector and if so, of what?

I collect everything, often inspired by whatever project I am working on. I might get an Aladdin teapot for a character and search for one in every color for myself. On A River Runs Through It I was lucky enough to meet many elderly fly tiers who had known Norman Maclean; I do not fly fish, but I have an amazing collection of flys. I have hundreds of floaty pens, which I started gathering as a child. I have antique glass ornaments unearthed when working on Snow White in Prague. Los Angeles Chicano art and furniture an actor on After Dark, My Sweet introduced me to. As a child I collected cows, I had hundreds.

RH: What resources do you use in order to determine what kinds of items you need for a set? Meaning, do you look at period photography, catalogs?

For period film and television, any visual from the era, from family photos to magazines and newspapers, is helpful. Every morning in prep I have my whole crew look through magazines of the era. It really helps get their heads in the minutiae which we consider the heart of the story. For present day it really helps to just get out in the world and see what people are really using and carrying. For New Moon we went to high schools and shopping malls to see how the school kids accessorized.

RH: What would be the most interesting series/film you have worked on, and why?

The one I am on is always the most interesting! Each project has an opportunity to research and learn something I have never experienced before. All the King's Men was a particular challenge, the depth of period paperwork and the intricacies of Louisiana politics were fascinating. The wealth of shopping sources in New Orleans also made everyday an adventure of discovery. A true city of collectors.

RH: What was the most challenging and why?

Definitely Mad Men is the biggest challenge of my career. It is my first time on a television series and the combination of compressed time frame, limited budget and relentless schedules are very demanding. Mad Men requires massive amounts of research to attain the level of accuracy that creator Matthew Weiner seeks and the entire crew strives for every day. The period is fascinating and visually stimulating, making it a real pleasure to work on.

I think that has to be one of the most exciting jobs one could have. I've had friends with antique shops that have sold and/or rented items to set designers and love spotting vintage items in commercials, and on shows. Now I'm going to have to go back at watch New Moon to see what era of items she used!

Thanks Ellen!
Mad Men airs every Sunday night at 10/9c on AMC.