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Kayne West Debuts New Music, Rants About Paparazzi At Adult Swim's Upfront

May 16th, 2013 1:07pm EDT
Kanye West
Kanye West, while standing in the middle of a giant pyramid and performing new music for Adult Swim's upfront, once again reminded us he isn't a celebrity.

Adult Swim had a "secret" concert last night at New York's Roseland Ballroom to reveal its shows for upcoming season to advertisers. The late night entertainment block is part of Cartoon Network. For the concert, Adult Swim hired Kanye West to perform old and new tunes - but they got a lot more.

After performing "Runaway" and some samples of new music, West went into a lengthy rant about paparazzi and celebrity. Recently, West injure...
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Jaden Smith Refutes Emancipation Rumors: 'I'm Not Going Anywhere'

May 15th, 2013 5:07pm EDT
Jaden Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Jaden Smith, son of stars Will and Jada Pinkett, was reported yesterday to be considering emancipation from his parents. However, he now says it's not going to happen.

Will Smith told The Sun in an interview that Jaden talked to his parents about being granted emancipation from them for his 15th birthday. Will and Jada recently explained that they give their kids quite a bit of freedom and don't punish them. Will said, "He says, 'Dad, I want to be emancipated. I know if we do this, he can be an emancipated minor, because he really wants to have his own place, like ooh.

"That's the backlas...
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Shakira Leaving 'The Voice,' Christina Aguilera Returning

May 15th, 2013 4:07pm EDT
Shakira
Shakira will be leaving music talent competition The Voice after one year at the judges' table to take care of her 4-month-old son, Milan Pique Mebarak - and a familiar face could be replacing her.

"I was so happy to do 'The Voice' but at the same time, I was really struggling with the fact I had to leave my nest with my little baby," Shakira told Access Hollywood.

Shakira joined The Voice this season along with Usher, to replace departing judges Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera. The departing judges cited ongoing projects taking up too much time to be a part of the show. Producer Mark...
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'As I Lay Dying' Trailer: James Franco Attempts To Film The Un-Filmable

May 15th, 2013 3:37pm EDT
James Franco
The first trailer for James Franco's adaptation of William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" has arrived, and the swirling, punctuated scenes may explain why it has taken 80 years for someone to attempt to adapt the classic story.

Faulkner's story follows the death of Addie Bundren and her family's odyssey to honor her wish of burying her in the town of Jefferson, Mississippi. The difficulty in telling this story on screen is that Faulkner wrote it through the view of 15 different characters over 59 chapters, using his "stream of consciousness" technique: each character appears to be jotting dow...
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Eazy-E And Ol' Dirty Bastard To Perform At Rock The Bells As Holograms

May 15th, 2013 3:07pm EDT
Wu Tang Clan
Eazy-E and Ol' Dirty Bastard are the next rappers to get the Tupac treatment and hit the stage as holograms.

Last year, late rapper Tupac graced the stage at Coachella with Snoop Lion thanks to new hologram technology. Since then, several deceased stars were rumored to get the hologram treatment next.

AllHipHop reports that Eazy-E will perform with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Ol' Dirty Bastard will rap with his former group Wu-Tang Clan.

Eazy-E is considered "The Godfather Of Gangsta Rap." He died in 1995 at the age of 31, only a month after he was diagnosed with AIDS.

Ol' Dirty Bastard wa...
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Melissa Joan Hart Cancels Kickstarter After Raising Only $51,000 Of $2 Million Goal

May 15th, 2013 2:37pm EDT
Melissa Joan Hart
Former child star Melissa Joan Hart ended her Kickstarter online funding campaign Monday after only receiving a paltry sum.

Hart, known in her family friendly roles in Clarissa Explains it All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, attempted to rid herself of her clean-cut image by starting a Kickstarter campaign for a "sexy and adult" film.

Fans of the star didn't exactly open their wallets to fund the project entitled "Darci's Walk of Shame," which was set to a $2 million goal with a deadline of May 26. Hart closed the Kickstarter Monday after it failed to take off and only raised $51,000.

Se...
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'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Extended Trailer Shows Agent Coulson's Return, Hints At Superhero Cameos

May 15th, 2013 12:07pm EDT
Agents of SHIELD
The funny thing about comic book characters is that they rarely stay dead for long.

Agent Phil Coulson, despite getting stabbed in the back in The Avengers and dying in the arms of Nick Fury, has returned to the world of the living and will play a huge role in the upcoming TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

At first it was believed the series would take place before the events of The Avengers, but it becomes clear that this is post-New York invasion when an interviewed agent describes himself as "Clearance Level 6" and explains that he knows Coulson was killed.

That's when Coulson...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger In Talks To Star In 'Toxic Avenger' Remake

May 14th, 2013 8:13pm EDT
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger could be getting another acting gig, this time in a remake of a b-movie classic.

According to Variety, Arnold is in talks to star in a remake of the Troma classic Toxic Avenger, about a janitor weakling who falls into a vat of toxic waste and becomes a deformed superhuman.

Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink is heading up the remake. It is currently rumored that Arnold will not star as the titular character. The Wrap reports he will instead play a retired special ops soldier that mentors the disfigured anti-hero. His role is currently titled "The Exterminator," ...
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Portia De Rossi Shares 'Arrested Development' Clip, Banana Stand Makes Viral Waves

May 14th, 2013 7:07pm EDT
Alan Danzis and Bluth Banana Stand
Portia de Rossi was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, where an Arrested Development clip was shared that finally revealed a guest star. Also, we take a look at the banana stands sprouting up across the world.

In the clip, Lindsay (de Rossi) and her husband Tobias (David Cross) try to get a deal from a real estate agent played by returning guest star Ed Helms. If you recall, Ed played the same character back in 2004, when Lindsay misinterpreted his sales tactics as romantic advances.

Nine years later, not much has changed. Lindsay once again mistakes his question about her havi...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Over $30 Million For Charity At Art Auction

May 14th, 2013 5:07pm EDT
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Great Gatsby star Leonardo DiCaprio raised $31.7 million for charity Monday by auctioning off an art collection - $14 million over the collection's estimate.

The auction event was entitled the 11th Hour, and the proceeds will go to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a conservation charity. DiCaprio told the art dealers and celebrities to "bid as if the fate of the planet depends on us."

The collection included works from Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel and Banksy, as well as a DiCaprio portrait by Elizabeth Peyton. The portrait sold for $1.05 million, despite the high estimate of the piece ...
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