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Mariah Carey Talks Nicki Minaj Feud And 'American Idol'

January 9th, 2013 9:38am EST
Mariah Carey singing at the Christmas tree lighting in Rockefell
When Fox presented a panel on American Idol to the Television Critics Association, many reporters wanted some dirt about the reported feud between new judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. The singers assured reporters they had mended fences, and didn’t want to go into detail. Carey herself preferred to focus on the Idol contestants.

“The whole thing is convoluted,” Carey said. “It’s a distraction from the show and from the contestants and I think it’s unfair to them. It shouldn’t be about any of us sitting up here.”

Carey has collaborated with Minaj in the music world as well. “Nicki and ...
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Jillian Michaels On Returning For 'Biggest Loser' And Nikki's Departure

January 7th, 2013 3:00pm EST
Jillian Michaels
The Biggest Loser premiered its 14th season last night with some new twists, and familiar changes. Jillian Michaels returned to train this season’s contestants, and there are some children joining in the weight loss challenges. One contestant, Nikki, already quit, and Michaels was able to comment on her for the Television Critics Association on Sunday.

The reality is that there are people that are not ready for the process,” Michaels said after a TCA session for The Biggest Loser. “I tend to find that when they are not ready, it’s far more damaging than positive when you push them. So I ne...
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Kristen Stewart On Her Edgy 'Twilight' Follow-Up 'On The Road'

December 23rd, 2012 2:00pm EST
Kristen Stewart On The Road
Kristen Stewart’s new movie is also based on a book that was highly influential on a generation. This is not Twilight though. On the Road is based on the Jack Kerouac book from 1957. The film version is rated R, for scenes of sex and drug use, in both of which Stewart’s character partakes. It’s all in the book though, which Stewart read in her early teens.

“I think the actual law is if you are with a parent you can go and see an R-rated movie, if you're over the age of 13,” Stewart said. “I guess it depends on who your parents are, who you are. I read On the Road when I was 14, so I don't...
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Barbra Streisand Praises Live Singing In 'Les Miserables' Film

December 19th, 2012 4:30pm EST
The Guilt Trip
Barbra Streisand is back on the big screen this week in the comedy The Guilt Trip. We don’t get to sing because she’s playing a regular mom who’s not the world’s greatest multi-talent superstar. However, while discussing her film at a press conference in Los Angeles, Streisand complimented the upcoming musical film Les Miserables for letting its actors sing live. She said that’s how she did it in her classic movie musicals.

"By the way, A Star is Born was done live,” Streisand said. “Sometimes with an audience. I sang live. I sang live in Funny Girl,” at the end of Funny Girl, because th...
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'Zero Dark Thirty' Director Kathryn Bigelow On Portraying Osama Bin Laden's Death

December 18th, 2012 12:20pm EST
Kathryn Bigelow
Zero Dark Thirty is director Kathryn Bigelow’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to her Oscar winning film The Hurt Locker. It is also the eagerly anticipated portrayal of the SEAL Team Six mission that killed Osama bin Laden last year. With all that attention on her, Bigelow had to decide just how to show bin Laden in the film. We do catch glimpses of his body after the raid, but never a clear close-up of his face.

Thinking was this is about the people, the men and women on the ground in the workforce, who found this house and then therefore found this man,” Bigelow said. “Ultimately, it’s no...
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Sara Rue Says Pregnancy Won't Change Her 'Malibu Country' Character

November 29th, 2012 2:15pm EST
Sara Rue
Sara Rue’s real life pregnancy has worked its way into the plot of Malibu Country. Last week, her character Kim revealed that she was in fact pregnant. Astute viewers might have noticed she was already showing, but hiding it behind hats and purses. The writers decided Kim would be pregnant along with Rue, but she said it won’t change who Kim is.

“It’s just who is this person now that she’s pregnant,” Rue said. “So the writers are focusing a little on that but they’ve announced the pregnancy.”

There’s only one storyline that Kim cannot be involved in now. Look for a medical marijuana episo...
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Robert Pattinson On Fame, Success And Abusive Fans

November 14th, 2012 8:00pm EST
Pattinson at the Breaking Dawn Part 2 press conference
As fans receive closure with the final installment of the Twilight film saga, and deal with saying goodbye to Edward Cullen, star Robert Pattinson is far better off than when he started. Five years ago, he took the role of a lifetime, won over skeptical fans, and has even weathered real life relationship tumult during the course of the films. At his final American press conference for the series, Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Pattinson reflected on his fame and success.

The fame part, at least, comes and goes, especially back home in the UK. “I used to be able to be in England and just be fine,...
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Kristen Stewart On 'Breaking Dawn - Part 2': 'It's So Crazy!'

November 14th, 2012 12:45pm EST
Kristen Stewart at the
The final Twilight movie is finally upon us. Fans will finally get to see it Friday, or Thursday at midnight if they wait up for it. The press got to see it a few weeks ago and Kristen Stewart herself got to see it even earlier. Her review is in.

I actually saw it a while ago and I wish I had a better way of saying this: it’s crazy,” Stewart said. “It’s so crazy! I saw it again recently and I just saw the final cut, and nope, it was a really good thing that no one was around.”

If it made Stewart emotional, and she starred in it, imagine what fans are in for. Bella (Stewart) and Edward (Ro...
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Daniel Craig: 'Skyfall Was Like Making Four Movies At The Same Time'

November 9th, 2012 2:05pm EST
Daniel Craig at the Paris premiere of
We know being James Bond is hard work. That’s why we appreciate it so much when he saves the world with a great sacrifice to his personal relationships (how many of those Bond girls stick around? Even the ones that survive leave.) Daniel Craig has a good sense of humor about it though, as he described making the latest film Skyfall.

“It’s seven months of filming so it’s like making four movies at the same time,” Craig said. “There’s a second unit going on, there’s the main unit. We’re shooting action sequences, we’re shooting dialogue sequences, underwater sequences. There’s nothing like i...
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Hale Berry Shared Fun 'Cloud Atlas' Set Experiences With Daughter

October 27th, 2012 1:00pm EDT
Cloud Atlas
This weekend’s major movie release, Cloud Atlas, is making a lot of waves because each of its stars plays six characters in the film. That includes Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant and Halle Berry. One of Berry’s characters was a Korean man in the future, Dr. Ovid. She brought her daughter to set the day she played Ovid.

“I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun on a movie,” Berry said. “There was one day my daughter came up, when I was dressed as Dr. Ovid. She loved coming to see all the different characters, and she liked most of them, but this day I just said, ‘You’re going...
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