'True Blood' Star Joe Manganiello: 'I Want To Look Like An Animal When The Shirt Comes Off'

June 19th, 2013 10:00pm EDT
Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello is known for his buff physique and his role as werewolf Alcide Herveaux in HBO's "True Blood." The actor, 36, who also stripped off for "Magic Mike," recently opened up to Men's Health magazine about his career  and how he maintains his muscly look.

Manganiello, a Pittsburgh native, landed his first big-screen role in 2002's "Spider-Man," but it didn't exactly pay off.  He explained, "About 6 months after the shoot ended, I got thrown out of my apartment for not paying rent. Lost my car. Lost all my clothes. Furniture. The sheriff gave me 5 minutes to collect my things in a...
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A Band Stronger Than Death: A Conversation With Thomas Flowers Of Oleander

June 19th, 2013 9:39pm EDT
Oleander
Oleander is a band hell bent on succeeding. They survived a self-imposed four year hiatus and going a decade in-between releases to return to the music scene as relevant as ever, and not to mention stronger than ever, armed with their best album to date in Something Beautiful.

They’ve worked with WWE and the UFC, recording a song with one of the latter’s top bantamweight fighters and have had their music included in a very popular video game. Oh, they also have a new home on Cobalt Music Group. So yeah, there’s a lot going on with Oleander.

Frontman Tom Flowers took some time out of the b...
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Linda Cardellini planning to wed first crush

June 19th, 2013 8:42pm EDT
Linda Cardellini
Mad Men star Linda Cardellini's is set to wed her first crush.

The actress reveals she fell for fiance Steven Rodriguez, who is the father of her daughter Lilah-Rise, when she was just 10.

She tells People.com, "He was 11. He was the new kid at my school. He could do amazing bike tricks and I was impressed. Not afraid to say it."

The couple reconnected three years ago and now, a child later, Cardellini and her childhood sweetheart are planning to wed.

She adds, "We've been friends for years and years and... we got together and realised that we should've been doing that all along... It d...
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Lucy Hale dating Revolution's Graham Rogers - report

June 19th, 2013 8:42pm EDT
Lucy Hale
Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale has embarked on a romance with actor Graham Rogers, according to a U.S. report.

The TV beauty has been quietly dating the 22-year-old Revolution star since they met through mutual pals, and the new couple was spotted out together at the Hollywood Palladium on 30 May (13), when they attended a concert by Imagine Dragons.

A source tells Star magazine, "Lucy and Graham decided to be more open about their relationship now. They were all over each other (at the gig) and didn't care that they were surrounded by tons of people."

Hale, 24, appears to have a thi...
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Dumb and Dumber sequel lands new home at Universal

June 19th, 2013 8:42pm EDT
Dumb And Dumber
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels' Dumb And Dumber sequel has been given a new lease of life after bosses at Universal Pictures snapped up the distribution rights days after the project was dropped by Warner Bros. executives.

Both actors had signed up to reprise their roles as bumbling duo Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in the follow-up and reteam with Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the writers and directors of the original 1994 cult comedy.

The film, which had been in the works for years at Warner Bros. subsidiary New Line Cinema, hit a stumbling block last week (ends14Jun13) when it was wiped fro...
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Kirstie Alley ordered to modify labels on diet products

June 19th, 2013 8:42pm EDT
Kirstie Alley
Actress Kirstie Alley has been ordered to modify her diet plan's advertising campaign after a U.S. judge ruled ads were misleading.

Marina Abramyan filed a lawsuit against the former Cheers star's Organic Liaison company last year (12) over allegations she purchased weightloss items which did little to help her shed the pounds, as promised.

The unhappy customer also accused Alley of misleading the public by claiming she whipped her body into shape with the pricey products, even though much of her slim down has been credited to her stint on U.S. reality show Dancing With the Stars.

Both p...
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James Franco upset with the speed of new Spider-Man franchise

June 19th, 2013 8:42pm EDT
James Franco
Actor James Franco has taken aim at Sony Pictures executives for rushing the Spider-Man prequel series.

The 127 Hours star, who played Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, believes film bosses should have waited a while before introducing Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.

As part of a review of the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, in Vice magazine, Franco writes, "I too have been in comic-book films - the Spider-Man trilogy directed by Sam Raimi. I mention the director because this distinction is now necessary in the wake of the new Spider-Man series that arose even before ther...
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Leading Hollywood 'Bling Ring' member publicly apologises to celebrity victims

June 19th, 2013 8:42pm EDT
Rachel Bilson
The man singled out as the ringleader of the so-called Hollywood 'Bling Ring' has publicly apologised to his celebrity victims Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox and Rachel Bilson after stealing $3 million (£1.94 million)-worth of goods from their homes during a 10-month crime spree.

Nick Prugo was part of the gang that targeted the stars' exclusive Hollywood Hills neighbourhood over the course of 2008 and 2009, nabbing designer clothing, jewellery and cash from the celebrities.

Prugo was convicted of felony first degree residential burglary and was sentenced to a year behind bars, while he also un...
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Sam Taylor-Wood to direct 50 Shades of Grey film

June 19th, 2013 8:41pm EDT
Anna Karenina
British moviemaker Sam Taylor-Johnson has been chosen to direct the Hollywood adaptation of erotic bestseller 50 Shades Of Grey.

The Nowhere Boy filmmaker, formerly known as Sam Taylor-Wood, will adapt the E.L. James book for Focus Features, whose bosses have acquired the rights to the raunchy read.

A statement released by producer Michael De Luca reads: "Sam's unique ability to gracefully showcase complex relationships dealing with love, emotion and sexual chemistry make her the ideal director to bring Christian and Anastasia's relationship to life.

"E.L. James' characters and vivid sto...
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Kathryn Fiore facing long road to recovery after almost dying during child birth

June 19th, 2013 8:41pm EDT
Actress Kathryn Fiore is facing months of intensive medical treatment after almost losing her life while giving birth to her first child, Alice, last month (May13).

The Mission: Impossible III actress suffered a uterine haemorrhage a lost a huge amount of blood, before suffering organ failure after going into septic shock following an emergency Caesarean section on 28 May (13).

The 33 year old required emergency dialysis and is now stable after 12 days under doctors' care, but she is facing months of physical therapy to learn how to walk and use her hands again. Alice suffered breathing d...
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