Russell Brand has opened up about his brief, four-month relationship with his 2008 "Bedtime Stories" co-star Teresa Palmer.

The actor said he tried to keep himself from falling in love with the actress, even going as far as hiring his hypnotist friend Paul McKenna help make him believe the Australian star wasn't as attractive as he thought she was.
 
His plan failed, so Brand let things happen naturally.
 
On Tuesday, he told Conan O'Brien, "She was so beautiful and so radiant that when I looked at the beauty I thought, 'If I have that beauty in my life, everything else will not matter...'...

It's almost time for Minion madness again as super-villain Gru (Steve Carell) and his three adopted daughters get set to embark on a whole new adventure in Despicable Me 2.

"Gru's back in the game with cool cars, gadgets and weapons!" Gru exclaims in the new trailer, released Tuesday.

This time around Gru is recruited by the 'Anti-Villain League' to use his expertise as a villain to help stop a new bad guy (Al Pacino) from taking over the world.

"Despicable Me 2" hits theaters July 3. Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig, Ken Jeong, Steve Coogan, Moises Arias, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher and Russ...

Amy Winehouse's father has joined forces with British comedian Russell Brand to tackle the "woefully underfunded" drugs and alcohol education schemes in U.K. schools.

Mitch Winehouse is launching the Amy Winehouse Foundation Resilience Programme across fifty London schools on Tuesday to help fill a "worrying knowledge gap" about youth substance misuse.

Winehouse tells British newspaper the 'Daily Star,'

 "Everyone wants their kids to make informed choices when it comes to drugs and alcohol. But it's such a complicated subject to understand, especially when you look at all the new legal...

Russell Brand has brushed off reports suggesting he is Demi Moore's latest toy boy, insisting he only knows the actress through yoga class.

Brand, 37, was linked to the Ghost star, 50, last month, but he is adamant there is no romance between them.

He tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "Demi Moore, as far as anything more physical goes - she's just at yoga. I really like her, she's really lovely. I just see her at yoga. She's an older lady, she's incredibly beautiful but that's that."

The British comedian admits he is a big fan of yoga, and even invited his classmates into his house i...

Comedian Russell Brand showed off his charitable side by taking a homeless man to his apartment in Los Angeles for a bath and a hot meal.

The Get Him to the Greek star was photographed leaving a yoga session in L.A. when he noticed the topless man sitting on a sidewalk and offered to help him out.

The man, identified only as 'Thomas', told Brand he wanted a burger, but the funnyman insisted on taking him home to cook him a more nutritious meal.

An onlooker tells British newspaper The Sun, "This guy Thomas was in a bad way. He'd been lying on the floor and talking to himself. On leavin...

Russell Brand has sparked rumors he is romancing former Spice Girls star Geri Halliwell after they were spotted enjoying a day out together in London.

The funnyman met up with Halliwell backstage at the 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony in the U.K. capital earlier this month and they were subsequently snapped enjoying an outing with the singer's daughter Bluebell at Hampton Court Palace over the weekend.

A source tells British newspaper The Sun that the pair is dating, but neither Brand nor Halliwell had commented on the report as WENN went to press.

Brand divorced Katy Perry earlie...

British comic Russell Brand saw the funny side of a death hoax which swept the web over the weekend.

The star was the latest in a long line of celebrities to be the target of Internet pranksters, who claimed he had died in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland.

However, the Brit managed to take the lies lightly, mocking the rumors on his Twitter.com page. He wrote, "Bloody hell. I better cancel the milk," along with a link to the fake death post.

Brad Pitt, Jeff Goldblum and Denzel Washington have all previously been victims of death hoaxes.

With the VMAs scheduled for Sept. 6, we’re haunted with memories of ghosts from hosts past. These MTV award shows are a massive production, so picking the perfect host is imperative. MTV has hit it out of the host park some years, and completely struck out other years. Here’s a recap of hosts who flopped:

Chelsea Handler

We love Chelsea, but there wasn’t a lot of Chelsea love to be had after she hosted the 2010 VMAs. The New York Times panned Chelsea as “among the worst hosts in the show’s history.” Yikes. Other critics felt Chelsea’s jokes didn’t hit the mark and described her as “crass....

Russell Brand would rather be a drug addict than a famous comedian and actor.

The Get Him To The Greek star, who previously battled drug addiction, made the shocking confession while filming BBC Three documentary Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery, due to air in the U.K. this month.

In a clip obtained by Britain's The Sun newspaper, Brand watches a recording of himself smoking heroin in a small apartment in London's Hackney and, despite being clean from drugs for 10 years, the star admits he still has cravings and sometimes wishes he could give up his current life in favor of how...

Comedian Russell Brand felt an unexpected surge of British pride while watching the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games on Friday after previously dismissing the big Olympics event as "propaganda".

The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star was one of an estimated four billion people around the world who tuned in to watch the launch of the sporting spectacular, which saw appearances from stars like Kenneth Branagh, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and comedian Rowan Atkinson, and a James Bond-themed sketch featuring Queen Elizabeth II with 007 hunk Daniel Craig.

Filmmaker Danny Boyle, who s...

Russell Brand opened up about his marriage to Katy Perry during an interview with Howard Stern. The couple tied the knot in India in October 2010. The actor says distance and busy schedules led to their divorce, which was finalized on Monday.

He explained, "(Before) we got married, I just thought, 'I've got to marry her, I just love her so much.' And then we got married and I thought, 'OK, this isn't really working out.'

"I was really, really in love with her, but it was difficult to see each other... We were together when it was right to be together, and when it wasn't we worked it out.....

Actor Russell Brand has no hard feelings towards ex-wife Katy Perry for using their break-up as inspiration for new track "Wide Awake," calling it a "nice song."

Perry debuted the single at the Billboard Music Awards in May, just months after separating from the comedian.

Many fans immediately assumed the tune was all about her split from Brand with lyrics like, "I wish I knew then/ What I know now/ Wouldn't dive in/ Wouldn't bow down."

The 37 year old funnyman was 'treated' to a sample of the lyrics during an appearance on shock jock Howard Stern's radio show on Wednesday - as the host ...

Katy Perry and Russell Brand's divorce was officially finalized today, according to E! News. The British actor filed divorce papers in December after just 14 months of marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences."

Although the divorce was sanctioned by officials in February, the couple had to wait six months for the process to be completed.

In "Katy Perry: Part Of Me," the pop star revealed she was desperate to save the marriage; howver, the couple's busy schedules made the relationship too difficult.

She said, "I'm a romantic and I believe in the whole fairy tale. Love is a dream but t...

Since Russell Brand came to America, he has been a controversial comedian from his jokes as MTV Movie Awards host to his short-lived marriage to Katy Perry. That’s nothing. In the UK, he’s pulled stunts as outrageous as dressing as Osama Bin Laden on September 12, 2001. He’s always been open about his addictions and struggles in his personal memoirs and stand-up act. Now he has a talk show on FX, where he can speak his mind every week.

Introducing Brand X to the Television Critics Association, he said that all media coverage is a distraction from what’s really important. Of course he said ...

Kristen Bell has risked ruining Russell Brand's womanizing reputation by branding him the biggest "softie" she's ever worked with.

The pair teamed up on Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in which the outlandish Brit played a rock star version of himself.

They had to act out several raunchy sex scenes in the hit comedy, but rather than take advantage of catching his co-star half-naked, Bell insists Brand was the perfect gentleman.

She tells Britain's You magazine, "Russell Brand is such a softie. His public persona is just an act. I think that person exists in him, but I don't think that pers...

Funnyman Russell Brand flew into a rage during a U.K. TV interview after he was quizzed about his split from Katy Perry.

The British comedian was promoting his new movie musical Rock Of Ages on The Graham Norton Show when the Irish host asked him about his failed marriage.

Brand looked into the audience at his mom Barbara in the front row, then turned to Norton and accused him of making her tear up.

He ranted, "My mum is here. She got upset when you dragged up my marriage. I saw her cry, Graham. That's the reality because it's real people, Graham, that's my real mum. I have come here ...

The star studded cast of Rock of Ages took to the red carpet yesterday for the world premiere of the movie. The event was chuck full of A-listers including the likes of Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, and many others.

We must say the guys attending seemed to dress on the casual side, some sporting jeans and scruffy beards. The gals on the other hand looked stunningly sexy. Malin Akerman, Julianne Hough, Catherine Zeta-Jones, as well as 80's pop star Debbie Gibson turned some heads. Check out out the photo gallery of the event and let us know ...

Comedian Russell Brand, who will host tonight's MTV Movie Awards, is planning to re-introduce himself to Charlize Theron after his first meeting with the Oscar winner ended in humiliation.

The Rock Of Ages star met the South African beauty at a party once and didn't recognize her, missing an opportunity to make an impression because he was acting "like an idiot."

"[Theron]'s amazing, isn't she? "I met her and it was embarrassing," he says, "I messed it up bad. I met her and didn't recognize her. I was at a party and I was looking at birds (women). She came over and said something untoward...

Russell Brand has requested that his ex-wife Katy Perry takes out any and all footage of himself from her upcoming documentary Part of Me - because he's afraid that the film will make him look bad.

A source told The Sun, "When she first decided to make the movie in 2010, Russell agreed to be filmed on the condition he got to see the final edit.

"Being a fly-on-the-wall documentary, he knew full well that it was going to be warts and all - and wasn't best comfortable with that. But Katy persuaded him to do it.

"Now they have broken up, she can keep whatever she wants in the film."

Accord...

Russell Brand has opened up about his feelings for his soon-to-be ex-wife Katy Perry, insisting he has nothing but love for the pop star despite their split.

The funnyman filed for divorce from Perry at the end of last year, but refuses to speak ill of his former partner because he had a great time during their short marriage.

In a pre-taped interview with Ellen DeGeneres, which will air on Thursday, Brand says, "I still love her as a human being, but, sometimes when you're in a relationship, I suppose it doesn't work out.

"That doesn't mean I regret it or anything. I was very happy t...

MTV has once again tapped Russell Brand to host the MTV Movie Awards. The controversial standup comedian is known to reveal a lot about his personal life and take digs and popular culture, but he tells reporters his only goal is to make people happy. He spoke to the Television Critics Association in January about his FX late night show Strangely Uplifting, and offered perhaps a key into his point of view as a performer.

“I don't see myself or my role as a malevolent jester attacking people who are already being attacked,” Brand said. “The role I think of the comedian or the trickster is to...

Russell Brand will be bringing his unique brand of comedy to the MTV Movie Awards when he hosts them June 3. It will be the third time has hosted the awards ceremony.

"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," said Brand to MTV.com.

Brand's previous hosting gigs were not without controversy. He called Britney Spears the "female version of Christ" in 2008 when her career was "reborn." He also implored the crowd to vote for Barack Obama in the upcoming election and referred t...

Russell Brand unleashed a string of insults at a man who heckled him at a stand-up gig in New Jersey on Saturday after taunting him about his ex-wife, Katy Perry.

The star, who filed for divorce from the singer in late December, was performing a show at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City as part of a live tour.

But his set was continually interrupted by a member of the audience shouting out "Katy Perry", and Brand decided to take revenge on the assailant by turning the spotlight on the male and hurling a number of disparaging remarks at him.

Halting his comedy show, he said, "I wanna se...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has sparked rumors he is fishing for a cameo role in the next The Hangover sequel after he was spotted meeting with director Todd Phillips.

The rapper has been pursuing an acting career over the last few years, landing a two-episode role in CSI: Miami, a slot on Hawaii Five-0 and a part opposite Russell Brand in 2010 comedy Get Him to the Greek.

He also won his first Oscar in February after working as an executive producer on sports documentary Undefeated, which was named Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards.

Combs is now said to be going after a role in t...

Katy Perry has sparked speculation of a new romance after she was snapped hand-in-hand with Florence And The Machine guitarist Robert Ackroyd at California's Coachella festival.

The I Kissed a Girl hit-maker split from husband Russell Brand in late 2011 and was rumored to be dating French model Baptiste Giabiconi after they were pictured looking close on several occasions earlier this year.

Perry hinted to fans last month she is unattached, posting a cryptic tweet which ended "singleandsatisfied" - but she's now been linked to rocker Ackroyd.

The pair was spotted in the crowd at the I...

Katy Perry has credited pop queen Madonna with inspiring her upcoming 3D concert movie.

Perry invited a camera crew to film her California Dreams Tour for Part Of Me, which will feature live footage and touch on personal issues including her failed marriage to Russell Brand.

The singer admits plans for the forthcoming documentary were inspired by the Material Girl and her 1991 film Madonna: Truth or Dare, which chronicled the pop icon's Blond Ambition World Tour.

She tells Teen Vogue, "Madonna is everything to me, and that movie is amazing, because it caught her at a time when she was...

The new trailer for this summer's sure-to-be-hit musical Rock Of Ages, starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin and Mary J. Blige was released Tuesday, and if you look close enough (near the end) you can catch Cruise, as aging rocker Stacee Jaxx, belting out a few lines of Bon Jovi's classic "Wanted Dead Or Alive".

The film features the music of numerous 80s hair bands, including Def Leppard, Journey, Poison, and Warrant.

Check out the trailer below!

Will you be going to see Rock Of Ages at the movies this summer? Let us know below in the com...

Katy Perry is preparing to stage her first performance in India - two years after marrying Russell Brand in the country.

In October 2010, the pop star exchanged vows with Brand in a lavish Hindu ceremony in Rajasthan, the same location where the Brit proposed, but the couple has since filed for divorce.

Now, Perry is returning to India for a different type of celebration - she's agreed to sing at the opening ceremony of cricket's Indian Premier League in Chennai on April 3rd.

And the California Gurls hitmaker admits she's thrilled to finally be able to perform for her Indian fans.

S...

Can a film really sustain feature length about...the Easter bunny? We’re gonna find out with our Blu-ray review of the new flick "Hop," out now from Universal Home Entertainment. Follow the colored review eggs below!

Title: "Hop"

Grade: 3 1/2

Cast: James Marsden, Russell Brand, Gary Cole

Director: Tim Hill

Rating: PG

Runtime: 96 minutes

Release Company: Universal Home Entertainment

Website: www.HopMovie.com

The Flick: "Hop" definitely seems designed for kids, but I was surprised at how engaging it still was for adults. On the tot side there’s a ton of memorable anima...

Russell Brand's new girlfriend has broken her silence about her blossoming romance with the British comedian, branding the star "amazing."

The funnyman recently sparked rumours of a new woman in his life after he was spotted on several occasions with Hungarian model Nikolett Barabas.

Brand introduced the brunette beauty to his mother last Sunday as he celebrated the U.K.'s Mother's Day with a lunch date and now Barabas has opened up about their relationship to Life & Style magazine.

Gushing about the actor, she says, "He's amazing, so funny; he's beautiful. I like being with him; he's am...