Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari has been tapped host the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, The Los Angeles Times revealed on Monday.
It’s a big year for the up-and-coming funnyman: Ansari will be co-starring in the upcoming Jonah Hill/Russell Brand comedy Get Him To The Greek and his new stand-up comedy tour, “Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious Tour,” kicks off this summer
The 2010 MTV Movie Awards will air live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City June 6.
Lindsay Lohan is furious after bouncers outside a posh Los Angeles nightclub refused the actress entry into the establishment.
The Mean Girls actress had to stand outside the Trousdale Hollywood for 15 minutes before security guards turned her away.
Officials at the club claim the facility was closed to the public for a private event, but that explanation has done little to quell the protests of Lohan, who took to her Twitter page to rip the club after last Thursday night’s fiasco: “I’ve never been treated so poorly in my life, this is why I never come to L.A. – isn’t security, after I respect them and their work and tip – aren’t they supposed to protect us? Rather than man-handle and scare us (girls)? Not to mention, I was heading to bed & got attacked by paps & randoms at a place (the club) where I was simply going to say hi 2 my friend from NYC. That was scary, mean, arrogant, and unnecessarily aggressive. I pick New York just like Jay-Z… Wouldn’t you?”
Miley Cyrus will appear as a guest mentor to the remaining 11 finalists on tomorrow night’s American Idol. The 17-year-old Hannah Montana star will help the contestants prepare to perform songs that have hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart Hot 100.
Past mentors have included Jennifer Lopez, Andrea Bocelli, and Miley’s godmother Dolly Parton.
On Wednesday’s show, Miley will perform her song “When I Look At You.” She isn’t the only Disney star making an appearance on this week’s Idol. Lovebirds Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato will perform their duet, “Make a Wave,” on the March 24 Idol Results Show.
The contestants were originally expected to compete in a teen idol themed week, but the song list was changed to a more generic Billboard hits selection, FOX said Monday.
Cyrus is currently promoting her upcoming new movie The Last Song – a romantic drama written by “The Notebook” author Nicholas Sparks — which also stars the teen’s current boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth.
The release of Mariah Carey’s upcoming album Angels Advocate has been scrapped, a report posted on fan news site MariahJournal.com revealed last weekend.
The award-winning singer was set to unleash the remixed dance edition of her 2009 effort, Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel, on March 30, but according to Mariah’s management, the LP has been shelved: “We are looking to go possibly to another studio album or Christmas album. The decision hasn’t been totally made yet. It’s a creative process that cannot be rushed. It won’t go to waste,’ we were assured.”
No reason has been given for the album cancellation.
Brittany Murphy’s widower is furious over allegations that he is sleeping with his dead wife’s mother.
Simon Monjack — a slick British-born producer who wed the tragic star in 2006 — insists detractors concocted a rumor that he is sleeping with his mother-in-law, Sharon Murphy, because he’s been sharing a house with the woman since the actress died last winter.
Monjack told The Sun Monday: “We don’t have sex, number one. Number two, she is a woman that has toxic neuropathy, which means she can barely walk. I live downstairs, she lives upstairs.”
The Clueless actress collapsed and died after a battle with pneumonia last December. Monjack told the paper that he and Sharon are considering moving to New York City to escape the pain of Brittany’s death….Of course, they’ll renting separate apartments.
How about some Octo-Porn?
Nadya Suleman may be without a home if she cannot come up with more than $450,000 in mortgage payments, but Steven Hirsch — head of porn purveyor Vivid Entertainment — has come to the rescue: Hirsch is offering to cover Suleman’s home’s debt if she agrees to appear in an X-rated film for the company.
After news of the mother of 14’s housing troubles broke last Thursday, Hirsch — whose adult film manufacturing firm has released sex tapes from Kim Kardashian, Shauna Sand, and former Miss USA Kelli McCarty — sent a letter to Suleman offering to pay off the outstanding balance in exchange for some freaky camera work.
Nadya has yet to respond.
Jesse James’ ex-wife, former porn star Janine Lindermulder, will fight for custody of her six-year-old daughter with the biker after it was revealed last week that he cheated on wife Sandra Bullock with tattooed temptress Michelle “Bombshell” McGee.
Lindermulder — who is now married to a skinhead — has filed legal papers in hopes of getting her daughter back, TMZ.com reported Monday. According to court papers obtained by TMZ, Janine believes Sandra will divorce Jesse over the cheating claims. Lindemulder’s past includes an arrest for attacking her ex-husband and a conviction for tax evasion. Not surprisingly, James was awarded custody in their divorce while Lindemulder was serving time in prison. After her release, the twice-divorced James won the custody battle, claiming his ex was an unfit parent.
Reading Rainbow — the Emmy Award-winning children’s television classic that taught a generation of kids to love reading — is making a return to the small screen.
The show’s longtime host LeVar Burton Tweeted the news Friday — to the glee of fans.
The popular PBS series ran from 1983 to 2006 and featured kids and celebrities reading books in segments that encouraged literacy and strong reading skills. Public television networks across the country stopped airing repeats in 2009.
On Monday, Ben Affleck launched a new initiative to raise money and awareness about the sexual atrocities committed against woman — and a plethora of other social ills — in the war-ravaged Eastern Congo.
The 37-year-old has been traveling to eastern Congo since 2007 and previously directed a short film called Gimme Shelter about the African nation. Affleck spent five days in the country last week, where he met with former child sex slaves and prisoners convicted of rape. The Oscar-winning father of two hopes to bring attention to the crisis in Congo.
The new foundation — titled the Eastern Congo Initiative — will provide support to community-based, Congolese groups, as well as help survivors of rape and sexual violence and aid former child soldiers reintegrating into society. The initiative also aims to increase access to health care and education, promote economic opportunities, and create community programs.
“The situation in eastern Congo has been neglected for far too long — it is one of the worst humanitarian tragedies in the world,” Affleck said today. “I brought together this unique collection of partners in order to bring their experience in humanitarian relief and sustainable development to bear as we focus like never before on local solutions to challenges in this region. Right now, the attention paid to this crisis doesn’t match the needs of those affected by it. We will raise that attention level, and work with the extraordinary Congolese people who are making a positive difference in their own communities.”
If you’ve been following highlights about the historic health care reform bill that passed in the House of Representatives last night, you may have heard that an unidentified, pro-life Republican shouted “Baby Killer” at Rep. Bart Stupek during Sunday night’s health care debate in Washington.
The Democrat was assaulted with the jab while addressing the sharply-divided House on the bill — which The Obama Administration promises will not use federal funds to finance abortion.
Zoe “I Effin’ Love Sex” Saldana was snapped by celebrity photog Matthew Frost for the April 2010 issue of Nylon Magazine. Saldana — the stunning star of cinema’s highest-grossing film ever, Avatar — shares her thoughts on growing up in the Big Apple and Dominican Republic, dancing, and meeting director James Cameron.
Zoe On Moving from NYC to the Dominican Republic at age 9: “We went from this urban life to running around barefoot in the countryside and being taught how to gut fish. We were learning how to climb coconut trees – let me tell you, they are fucking dangerous!… I would do my homework in guava and mango trees.”
Zoe On Learning Dance As A Child: “That was the beginning of a beautiful fucking romance. That was my Xanax, let me tell you… it put all my demons in order.”
On Colorism In Hollywood: “When they say ‘We want to go white,’ they have a very smooth way of saying it, and the recent one is the word traditional. [I’ve heard] ‘Oh, you know, you’re just not what we were looking for, your skin is a little darker.’ Compared to what?! My skin is just my skin. It’s dark if you compare it to someone who’s lighter.”
On Meeting James Cameron: “I’m thinking he probably imagined some Amazonian girl [for Neytiri] – I had really long hair at the time – wearing really little shit with like, a bow and arrow. I had no idea she was blue and nine feet tall. But for some reason, he was like, ‘You look so much like her!’”
The hit — and sometimes controversial — series Nurse Jackie returns to Showtime on Monday night and Emmy-winning star Edie Falco is spilling some the tea about the second season and her place in a recent poll of the top five TV families of all time.
So what in store for the pill-popping Florence Nightingale this season? Well, in addition to being romantically involved with two men, Jackie’s coworker Dr. Cooper (Peter Facinelli) apparently develops a crush on her.
Jane Fonda -– who made fans “feel the burn” with a series of fitness videos in the 1980s –- will host the first-ever World Fitness Day in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome May 1.
The 72-year-old Hollywood vet has teamed up with the State of Georgia to host the event to encourage senior citizens to embrace “the fun and value of exercise. It can be a determining factor in the quality of your life and it’s never too late to start.”
Jane calls the event “a nationwide call for fun and fitness.”
Up to 3,000 people will have the opportunity to work out with Fonda and fellow fitness/dance gurus Richard Simmons, Billy Blanks, and The Pointer Sisters.
World Fitness Day will raise money and awareness for the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, which the screen legend founded in 1995.
To register for World Fitness Day, CLICK HERE!
If the Fashion Industry had its own flag, it would be waving at half-staff this Monday. Today marks the final shooting of ABC’s award-winning dramedy Ugly Betty.
After debuting to rave reviews and critical acclaim in Sept. 2006, a series of schedule changes and low ratings ultimately marked the beginning of the end of the show about a plucky girl from Queens working as an assistant in the Concrete Jungle of Manhattan’s fashion world.
In January, ABC announced that the current fourth season of Betty will be its last.
“It’s hard for me to imagine what my life is going to be like after that last day,” said series star America Ferrera, discussing the final day of shooting at press screening for her Dreamworks film, How to Train Your Dragon.
“I’ve been doing (Betty) for the last four years, five days a week, 10 months out of the year,” Ferrera explained, careful to remain mum on the details of the upcoming series finale. “I can’t tell you how it will finish, then you wouldn’t watch it,” she remarked coyly.
The final episode of Ugly Betty will air next month.
Kelsey Grammer’s wife and Paris Hilton’s aunt have joined the cast of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills.
E! News reports that Camille Donatacci Grammer, who has been married to the Frasier star for 13 years, is one of five socialites who will be featured on the fifth edition of Bravo’s popular reality franchise.
The Grammers have two kids, 9-year-old daughter, Mason, and a 6-year-old son, Jude.
Socialites Kim and Kyle Richards — the sisters of Kathy Hilton — also appear in the show alongside Adrienne Maloof-Nassif, whose husband starred in Dr. 90210. Lisa Vanderpump-Todd, who owns two restaurants with her husband, will also join the cast.
Husbands sometimes take some part in the Real Housewives shows — so fans could see Kelsey show up on the screen at some point.
NBC has renewed its long-running daytime drama Days of our Lives for a 45th season.
Pretty impressive in an era when networks have been pulling the plug on soaps left and right.
According to Deadline Hollywood, Days has shown a year-to-year increase in key female demographics, leading the network to pick it up for the 2010-2011 season. Days of our Lives is currently one of the most-watched soap opera by women in the 18-49 and 18-34 demographics, and is the second most-watched soap on the tube; nipping at the heels of CBS’ The Young & The Restless.
The show averages 3.3 million viewers.
Days of our Lives premiered in 1965 as a half-hour program and grew to an hour-long series after a decade.
Check out the trailer for Megamind, a new animated comedy featuring the voiceover talents of Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Will Ferrell, and Tina Fey.
On Sunday, The House Democrats passed President Obama’s health care overhaul legislation by a slim 217-212 margin. So what does the new health care reform bill mean for your family? Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spoke to The Early Show’s Maggie Rodriguez Monday about the bill in the house and clears up some public confusion.
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Actor Shia LaBeouf was among the 25,000 men and women who gathered at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles to take part in the annual LA Marathon.
LaBeouf ran the Los Angeles Marathon in less than five hours on Sunday — – finishing in four hours, 35 minutes. The Transformers actor ran the 26.2 mile trek to raise money for charity US VETS – which provides help and support to war veterans of all ages.
Shia was joined by a bevy of fellow celebrity runners, including TV chef Gordon Ramsay, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Astin, and The Hills’ star Audrina Partridge
Phil Spector’s mouth is making life tough for his face behind bars. The incarcerated former record producer/songwriter took a vicious beating from a fellow inmate at the state prison in Corcoran, California last week.
Spector, 70 — who was sentenced to 19 year-to-life in 2009 for the shooting death of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson — wound up with a bruised nose, black eye, and the loss of a couple of teeth when he mouthed off to “the wrong inmate in the yard,” Spector pal Steven Escobar revealed to The NY Daily News Monday.
“Phil has quite a mouth on him. Not everyone understands his humour. He said the wrong thing to the wrong inmate in the yard. At first, Phil said he fell down a flight of stairs. Later, he told family and friends what really happened.”