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This isn't another false alarm ? LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian are really, finally engaged! LeAnn and Eddie, who met on the set of the Lifetime original movie Northern Lights in 2008, decided to make it official on Christmas Eve with an enormous antique style ring from Polacheck's Jewelers in Calabasas, Calif. The couple was later spotted showing off their affections ? and the 5-carat sparkler ? in Malibu. After confirming the news and thanking well-wishers, LeAnn tweeted, ?The ring is beautiful, man is better!?

LeAnn, whose divorce from her first husband, Eric Sheremet, was made final in June, will become stepmother to Eddie?s kids, Mason, 7, and Jake, 3, from his previous marriage to model Brandi Glanville.

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New Led Zeppelin On The Way? Jason Bonham Hints At 'Jam' Sessions With Jimmy Page -- But Not Robert Plant

Drummer admits he doesn't know what will come of 'new material.'
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On Friday morning, mere hours before he was due to take the stage with classic rockers Foreigner at Detroit's GM Renaissance Center, drummer Jason Bonham — the son of late Led Zeppelin kitman John Bonham — told Jim Johnson and Lynne Woodison of local rock station 94.7 WCSX that he'd be an ex-member of Foreigner as of September 1. But that's not the only thing he said.

Much to the delight of Led Zeppelin fans everywhere, Bonham revealed that he's been meeting up with Led Zep guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones in recent months and that they've been "trying to do some new material and writing."

It was the first time since Led Zeppelin announced they would re-form for a single performance (which happened late last year at London's O2 Arena, in honor of the late Ahmet Ertegün, who signed the band to Atlantic Records in 1969) that anyone connected to the band has confirmed publicly that new music could be on the horizon for the iconic rockers. While the bandmembers have stopped short of definitively ruling out such a reunion, singer Robert Plant insisted in the wake of last year's show that he intended to focus on promoting and touring behind his critically lauded album with bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, Raising Sand.

Not that Bonham knows what — if anything — will happen with the new material he's been working on with Page (who collaborated with pop singer Leona Lewis on an uneven version of Zep's "Whole Lotta Love" at the Olympic closing ceremonies in Beijing on Sunday night) and Jones. He said he just shows up and takes his seat behind the kit.

"I've been over [to England] a couple of times," Bonham said. "I've been working with Jimmy and John Paul and trying to do ... some new material and some writing. I don't know what it will be, but it will be something. At the moment, all I know is I have the great pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and start work on some material. When I get there, I never ask any questions. If I get a phone call to go and play, I enjoy every moment of it. Whatever it ends up as, to ever get a chance to jam with two people like that, it is a phenomenal thing for me. It's my life. It's what I've dreamed about doing."

He said it's still too early to tell what will become of these "jam" sessions, but admitted that the "possibility of doing something is in the cards. I really felt it was in the cards from the moment we walked offstage at the O2." Bonham also explained that, before there could be a Led Zep LP, "lots of politics [would need to] get ironed out," but added that recording with Zep is "something I've always wanted to do."

Bonham noticeably didn't mention frontman Plant's name during the discussion. A spokesperson for Page's management had no comment on the matter, and a spokesperson for Jones' management could not be reached by press time.

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Is East Coast Blizzard To Blame For Scrooge-Like Christmas Box Office?

Snow isn't the only thing that kept 'Little Fockers' and other films from raking in the bucks.
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Holiday weekends often equate to big bucks at the box office. And while Christmas weekend doesn't always pack the punch of a Labor Day, Memorial Day or Fourth of July, it has been known to generate its fair share of cash. There are an abundance of revenue-friendly family flicks, Christmas Day movie marathons have become a popular tradition and mall-goers often take a break from hitting up post-holiday sales to catch a film.

But what happens to those Christmas-weekend box-office numbers when almost the entire East Coast, from North Carolina through Maine, is pummeled by a blizzard on December 26? Safe money would bet that B.O. revenues drop as precipitously as 2 feet of snow. And though those numbers probably chilled Hollywood execs to the bone, they weren't just due to the blizzard.

The lackluster $30.8 million take of "Little Fockers" topped the charts for a weekend that was down a whopping 48 percent from last year's Christmas-weekend receipts of $270 million (an all-time record for any weekend, by the way). But a quick look at the numbers suggests that while snowy weather certainly didn't help matters, it was not to blame for the Scrooge-like turnout at the box office.

For starters, Christmas Eve, a notoriously slow movie-going day, fell on a Friday this year, eating into a big slice of the weekend box office. "Fockers" was the day's top-grossing flick with a paltry $4.95 million. By comparison, the movie earned about $7.2 million on both Wednesday (when it opened) and Thursday, and took in $14.6 million and $11.3 million on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. More to the point, "Fockers" saw its box-office haul drop just 23 percent from Christmas Day (Saturday) to Sunday, when the snow hit. That number is in line with normal Saturday to Sunday decreases. Meanwhile, "True Grit" saw its earnings fall a mere 6.5 percent from Saturday to Sunday, while "Tron Legacy" and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" dropped only around 1 percent, and "Yogi Bear" and "Tangled" saw their revenues increase over the same two-day period.

Numbers aside, one can't ignore the possibility that the movies in theaters this Christmas simply weren't as appealing to moviegoers as those in previous years. Last year's record-setting weekend was spearheaded by the one-two-three punch of "Avatar," which raked in $75.6 million in its second week of release, "Sherlock Holmes" ($62.4 million) and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($48.9 mil).

Though "Little Fockers" had a built-in audience, its 2004 predecessor "Meet the Fockers," which led the B.O. the last time Christmas fell on a Friday, wasn't as well-received as the franchise's first entry, 2000's "Meet the Parents." Combine that with the fact that "Little Fockers" didn't exactly wow critics (it scored only an 11 percent rating on review aggregator RottenTomatoes.com), and it's not hard to see why the threequel failed to snag blockbuster numbers. And, while the Coen brothers' Western "True Grit" rode a wave of critical praise to a second-place finish and an impressive $24.9 million gross (the biggest opening for a Western ever), that wasn't enough to make up for a shallow field of holiday-weekend contenders.

In other words, Mother Nature is off the hook for this one.

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Wearing a grey beach cover over a black swimsuit, the "Love the Way You Lie" singer romped along the shoreline with family and friends after celebrating the Christmas holiday the previous evening.

As previously reported by GossipCenter, Rihanna made the trip to Barbados a few days back - excitedly tweeting about spending the holidays in her island home country.

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'Twilight Saga' Star Jackson Rathbone Launching Record Label

Rathbone's label may release the upcoming album from his own band, 100 Monkeys, in addition to other artists' music.
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Because filming a blockbuster film, working on a new album and going on tour apparently aren't keeping him busy enough, Jackson Rathbone has decided to set up his own record label, too. In an interview with Zooey magazine, Rathbone revealed that he'll soon be known for the artists he helps develop, as well as for his acting and his own music.

The multitasking star best known for portraying of Jasper Hale in "The Twilight Saga" is currently filming "Breaking Dawn" in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and also is working on finishing his next album with his rock group, 100 Monkeys. His fellow bandmates went with him to the movie set so that they could complete the album and kick off a 10-day tour starting after Christmas. 100 Monkeys member Jerad Anderson confirmed to MTV News that Rathbone would indeed be starting a record label, through which he'll release material by other artists.

"We might be putting the [100 Monkeys] record out on this label," Anderson reported. "We haven't collectively decided as a band yet."

The group also scored "Girlfriend," an indie flick featuring Rathbone and Anderson that made its premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival. They haven't received official confirmation whether the movie will play at the 2011 South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, but considering 100 Monkeys will be performing during that festival, Anderson said, "It's very likely." He added, "The movie has momentum coming from a successful debut [in] Toronto. "

When the band embarks on their tour after the holiday, MTV cameras will be on the bus documenting the behind the scenes of 100 Monkeys' daily adventures. "Should be interesting..." Anderson said. MTV has already gotten an inside look into the life of the group thanks to some Web diaries that Rathbone recorded. Rathbone also has been hard at work on the set of McG's new Web series, "Aim High."

And, of course, filming continues on "Breaking Dawn," as the final two installments of "The Twilight Saga" inch closer to completion. The first official picture from the film hit the Internet in November, and some paparazzi photos have been released of and the Volturi in costume.

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Starring "Beastly" hunk Alex Pettyfer and "Glee" actress Dianna Agron, the trailer depicts the pair in plenty of high-throttle beachfront action for viewers' pleasure.

As for the storyline, a synopsis of the upcoming picture via Walt Disney tells: "Extraordinary teen John Smith (Pettyfer) is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events-his first love (Agron), powerful new abilities and a connection to the others who share his incredible destiny."

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'Tron Legacy' Claims Friday Box Office Crown

Disney sci-fi sequel opens with $18 million.
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"Tron Legacy" is on track to turn the Disney sci-fi series into a money-making franchise.

The sequel to the innovative 1982 video-game fantasy flick snagged the top spot at the Friday box office. Jeff Bridges returns as a gifted programmer whose unexplained disappearance prompts his son, played by Garrett Hedlund, to venture into the computer world to search for him. The film ventured into theaters on opening day with $18 million.

Another visual effects extravaganza, "Yogi Bear," debuted in the top five as well, scoring the second-place slot. The CGI-enhanced revamp of the beloved animated Hanna-Barbera series, which features Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake voicing the picnic-basket-snatching duo or Yogi and Boo Boo, grabbed $4.6 million on Friday.

Debuting nationwide in third place is the pugilism drama "The Fighter." Mark Wahlberg's portrayal of scrappy Massachusetts-born welterweight boxer Micky Ward, which is backed by performances from Christian Bale and Amy Adams, nabbed $3.9 million on Friday.

"Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" headed into the weekend closely behind "The Fighter" with $3.5 million. The glossy onscreen adaptation of the classic literature series has pulled in an estimated $33.9 million since hitting theaters last week.

Rounding out the top five is the star-studded romantic comedy "How Do You Know." Boasting a top-flight lineup that includes Jack Nicholson and focuses on Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd who are caught up in an increasingly messy love triangle, the flick picked up $2.5 million as it headed into the weekend.

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Matt Damon Gets Tongue-Tied By 'True Grit,' Bieber Fever

The Oscar-winning actor gamely shows off his character's interesting manner of speech for MTV News.
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Matt Damon. Actor, writer, Oscar winner. Generally perceived in and around Hollywood to be a really nice guy. As such, when MTV News caught up with Damon as he promoted "True Grit," we hoped he would respond positively to our request for him to conduct the interview either talking in the voice of his "Grit" character, Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, or using his dead-on Matthew McConaughey impression.

"I would do [LaBoeuf's accent] if anyone had a ponytail [holder]," he said, and then asked the behind-the-scenes ladies in the room if he could borrow one. Amazingly enough, someone did have one at the time and quickly handed it to Damon, who tied it around his tongue.

Not to spoil the film, but in "True Grit," Damon's character suffers a particular misfortune along the way that leads to him losing part of his tongue, adding a lisp to his Texas twang.

"Ask me anything you like," he said with a distinct lisp, after affixing the band to his tongue.

Then it was our turn to try to maintain a straight face long enough to ask Damon why he wanted to be in this particular film.

"Well, I'd been looking to work with [directors] Joel and Ethan [Cohen] for a long time," he said, trying not to laugh himself. Film-related questions aside for a moment, we had to ask him, does that hurt?

"Yeah," Damon admitted, at which point we told him he should take off the band. "No, no, I'm going to do the whole interview like this," he insisted.

We then brought up "Grit" star Hailee Steinfeld, who's been getting rave reviews and plenty of awards consideration for her breakthrough performance, and asked what it felt like to be out-witted by a young girl.

"I have four girls in my house, I get out-witted by them every day," Damon quipped — still talking with the band.

Has his home been affected by Bieber fever yet?

"No," Damon said. "We've mercifully avoided Bieber fever."

There's still time: His daughters are ages 11, 4, 2 and 3 months.

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New Led Zeppelin On The Way? Jason Bonham Hints At 'Jam' Sessions With Jimmy Page -- But Not Robert Plant

Drummer admits he doesn't know what will come of 'new material.'
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On Friday morning, mere hours before he was due to take the stage with classic rockers Foreigner at Detroit's GM Renaissance Center, drummer Jason Bonham — the son of late Led Zeppelin kitman John Bonham — told Jim Johnson and Lynne Woodison of local rock station 94.7 WCSX that he'd be an ex-member of Foreigner as of September 1. But that's not the only thing he said.

Much to the delight of Led Zeppelin fans everywhere, Bonham revealed that he's been meeting up with Led Zep guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones in recent months and that they've been "trying to do some new material and writing."

It was the first time since Led Zeppelin announced they would re-form for a single performance (which happened late last year at London's O2 Arena, in honor of the late Ahmet Ertegün, who signed the band to Atlantic Records in 1969) that anyone connected to the band has confirmed publicly that new music could be on the horizon for the iconic rockers. While the bandmembers have stopped short of definitively ruling out such a reunion, singer Robert Plant insisted in the wake of last year's show that he intended to focus on promoting and touring behind his critically lauded album with bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, Raising Sand.

Not that Bonham knows what — if anything — will happen with the new material he's been working on with Page (who collaborated with pop singer Leona Lewis on an uneven version of Zep's "Whole Lotta Love" at the Olympic closing ceremonies in Beijing on Sunday night) and Jones. He said he just shows up and takes his seat behind the kit.

"I've been over [to England] a couple of times," Bonham said. "I've been working with Jimmy and John Paul and trying to do ... some new material and some writing. I don't know what it will be, but it will be something. At the moment, all I know is I have the great pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and start work on some material. When I get there, I never ask any questions. If I get a phone call to go and play, I enjoy every moment of it. Whatever it ends up as, to ever get a chance to jam with two people like that, it is a phenomenal thing for me. It's my life. It's what I've dreamed about doing."

He said it's still too early to tell what will become of these "jam" sessions, but admitted that the "possibility of doing something is in the cards. I really felt it was in the cards from the moment we walked offstage at the O2." Bonham also explained that, before there could be a Led Zep LP, "lots of politics [would need to] get ironed out," but added that recording with Zep is "something I've always wanted to do."

Bonham noticeably didn't mention frontman Plant's name during the discussion. A spokesperson for Page's management had no comment on the matter, and a spokesperson for Jones' management could not be reached by press time.

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'I would definitely consider going back,' Joseph Kosinski says of possible third film.
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After "Tron Legacy" was crowned box-office king with a $43.6 million haul on its opening weekend, naturally the "Tron" talk shifts toward the sequel question. There's already a script in the works, so when MTV News had the chance to chat with one of the power players in the discussion — director Joseph Kosinski — we asked if he's thought about a sequel.

"Yeah, and I think we've created a world that has a lot of possibilities in it," he said. "It was important to me that we created those connections back to the original film. If audiences are interested in this movie and decide they want to go back, and we can find the right story and a way to push the envelope again, I would definitely consider going back."

In addition to bringing back stars Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, one character that seemed as though he could have a part in the continuation of the story is the briefly appearing Edward Dillinger (played by Cillian Murphy), a rising star at ENCOM, the ominous tech company at the center of "Tron" mythos.

"I'm a big fan of his," Kosinski said when asked how Murphy joined the project. "I'd been talking to him about a way to get involved in the movie from the beginning, and this opportunity came up, so I asked him to be a part of it, and he was excited to do it," Kosinski explained. "So I'm thrilled to have him in there."

Wilde echoed Kosinski's sentiments regarding Murphy's brief performance.

"Cillian Murphy — we were so lucky to have in this film," Wilde said. "His part in 'Tron Legacy' is so mysterious and cool. His role really fits into the mythology of 'Tron,' the corrupt environment of ENCOM. It just shows you that this fight is far from over."

Wilde has also said that she'd be game for another "Tron" movie, particularly exploring how her character, Quorra, would adapt to the human world.

"I'm so thrilled to play with Quorra in the human world. It would be sort of like 'Splash,' " she said, referring to the '80s comedy starring Daryl Hannah as a mermaid unleashed in Manhattan. "I want to see her whispering to laptops and hugging toasters. ... There's a whole other chapter ahead."

Do you want to see a sequel to "Tron Legacy"? Do you want to see more of Cillian Murphy's character? Tell us in the comments!

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New Treatment Center Encourages Clients to Rock Out on Premesis

Roll over Betty Ford and tell Promises the news. A new rehab center in South Central, Pennsylvania called Clarity Way is providing its clients the use of an in-house recording studio and a music therapist. So now drug-addled artists can try to get clean and be productive at the same time.
The studio, which is equipped [...]

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Is Scarlett Johansson Single?.or Not?

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds announced they were splitting up last week because they just couldn?t coordinate their schedules. Maybe they should have given it another week. They were seen out for dinner in New York City on Saturday night, laughing it up like they didn?t just break our hearts. No really, it?s fine. But [...]

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David Schwimmer is expecting a little Friend!

[Story ID: 47800] (photo from WireImage) David Schwimmer and his wife Zoe Buckman, are expecting their first child according to Entertainment Weekly. The couple secretly wed in June and should be parents by their first anniversary. Schwimmer is the fourth one of the Friends to become a parent!

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The 10 Best Movies of 2010

Like any other year, 2010 has had its share of good and bad -- in general and when it comes to movies. For every piece of filmmaking gold we discovered, there was a steaming cinematic turd to scrape from beneath our shoe. But since the holidays are upon us and I'm feeling generous, I'm going [...]

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Miley?s friends parody her salvia smoking drama

This is kind of sad.. the party people who apparently were at the scene of the salvia video return to the same exact room where they filmed a parody of Miley Cyrus‘ little salvia incident. We’re really surprised someone would have enough ...

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David Schwimmer and Zoe Buckman: Baby On the Way!

After their surprise nuptials back in June, David Schwimmer and new wife Zoe Buckman aren't wasting any time when it comes to starting a family.

The former "Friends" star proudly announced that his lady is expecting a baby, as his rep told People magazine that the newlyweds "couldn't be more thrilled."

The pair first met one another in London back in 2007, while they announced their engagement a few years back in March 2010.

Seemingly ready to take on the fatherly role at this point, Schwimmer said a few years back, "I think it's gonna have to wait until I settle down and have a family. It will happen when it feels right. Maybe part of me is waiting for myself to slow down a little and be ready to stay put. I'm confident it's gonna happen."

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Molly Shannon: I ?really look up to? Cameron Diaz

Fans may be focusing on Cameron Diaz? red-hot romance with baseball player Alex Rodriguez, but her Bad Teacher co-star, Molly Shannon, can?t say enough about her pal?s on-screen skills. ?She?s a real pro, and I really look up to her. She?s going to kill it in this movie, and she?s the perfect person to play the bad teacher,? Molly, who is partnering with Centrum to find America?s Most Amazingly Energized Woman this holiday season, tells In Touch. The actresses bonded on the LA set of the comedy, also starring Cameron?s ex Justin Timberlake, earlier this year. ?She has a great sense of humor, she?s just a blast! We hung out and talked a lot and laughed. She?s a real girl?s girl,? Molly adds. The Saturday Night Live alum is currently working with another blonde, theater darling Kristin Chenoweth, on Broadway in Promises, Promises. ?I?m having the time of my life!? she says. To find out how Molly balances work and motherhood, and to nominate a friend for the Centrum campaign, visit lovefeelinghealthy.com.

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'Avatar' Director Has 'Great Ideas' For Sequel, Sam Worthington Says

Actor behind Jake Sully tells MTV News he talks to James Cameron 'all the time,' and expects more details in 2011.
By Kara Warner

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At this time last year, most movie talk revolved around "Avatar" and its record-shattering box-office numbers on its way to being anointed the most successful film of all time. This year, however, all the discussion has revolved around the inevitable "Avatar" sequels

Fox has announced there will be two and that director James Cameron will shoot at least one of them partially underwater. When MTV News caught up with star Sam Worthington on the set of his new thriller "Man on a Ledge," the in-demand actor (seriously, check out his IMDb lineup for proof) said he's been in close contact with Cameron about follow-ups but that specifics will start to take shape next year.

"I talk to [Cameron] all the time," Worthington said. "I talked to him last week. I think at the moment he's still doing the ['Avatar'] bible, the book, and I think the book will then inspire where he wants to take it," the "Clash of the Titans" star explained. "He's got great ideas; what he told me about, where he wants to set it, things he wants to explore. We'll probably talk next year, and then he can fill us in on where, personally, he wants to take it, where emotionally he wants to take it."

Regarding the sequel's underwater setting, Worthington said only some of the action will take place in the water.

"[Cameron] is going to explore that [underwater] world," he said. "It won't fully take place underwater but he's definitely going to explore — same as the mountains, he can explore more, outer space [as well] — it's up to him," Worthington added. "He created the world."

And finally, we asked Worthington about the future of Jake Sully, specifically whether audiences will ever see his human form onscreen again. Worthington said he had "no idea."

What do you want to see in the "Avatar" sequels? Tell us in the comments!

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Zac Efron Love His Strippers

High School Musical star Zac Efron has confirmed he did recently visit a strip bar.
The 22-year-old actor was rumoured to have gone to a strip club while in New York but he has reassured the world during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live that he asked his girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens
‘ permission first.
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Lindsay Lohan, Spider-Man And 3-D TV's For Christmas In Today's Twitter-Wood

The Spider-Man musical punchlines have not yet subsided, and I doubt they will before 2010 ends at this rate. "Break a leg" references and Green Goblin involvement behind the scenes have been the most popular choices today.
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Gwyneth Paltrow Turned To Robert Downey Jr. For 'Country Strong' Insight

Paltrow asked her 'Iron Man' co-star for help understanding her drug-addicted character.
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

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For her role in "Country Strong" (in theaters this week), Gwyneth Paltrow didn't just face the challenge of singing and recording country music. In order to embody her character — fallen Nashville star Kelly Canter — she also tapped into some dark elements that are unfortunately tied to the pitfalls of being a celebrity: addiction and drug use.

When MTV News caught up with the Oscar winner, we asked her how she was able to harness a dark side for the film.

"I'm a very dark person," she joked. "Don't let me fool you.

"I think we all have darkness, don't we?" she said, seriously. "I certainly do. I've been through a lot. I know people who have been through a lot, and there's always a lot to draw from. You see things, I think, when you're an actor. You notice behavior and you notice stuff. It all kind of goes into the computer."

Interestingly enough, Paltrow ended up reaching out to her "Iron Man" co-star and friend Robert Downey Jr. — who has been through his share of career ups and downs — for his insight into what leads a person into that addictive, self-destructive behavior.

"[I reached out to him] because I understood addiction, I used to be very addicted to cigarettes," Paltrow revealed. "I understood that, 'This is bad for me. My father has throat cancer, but I'm going to smoke this,' but I couldn't understand in terms of wrecking other people's lives in your wake and just being so altered and so drunk or on pills that you embarrass yourself and you wreck people's lives and you cheat on people. All that stuff ... it was a whole other level.

"He really helped me understand how you get there," she said of Downey. "He wrote me this amazing e-mail. I was like, 'OK, I get it now.' "

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Rebecca Budig slays on Skating With the Stars

After five weeks of competition, three major injuries (one not ice-related) and more bruises than anyone cares to count, it came down to front-runner Rebecca Budig and underdog Bethenny Frankel battling it out for the golden skate trophy on last night?s Skating With the Stars finale. And despite receiving some of his highest scores to date during Monday?s show, Jonny Moseley was eliminated in the show?s most shocking moment.

With the entire cast returning to skate again ? with the exception of Brandon Mychal Smith, who was still battling the stomach bug that caused him to withdraw from the competition ? the two finalists gave their all on the ice, each re-performing their favorite routine of the season. Bethenny (and partner Ethan Burgess) decided to revisit their first routine in an effort to highlight her improvement. It worked, as they were awarded a total of 51 (28 for artistic impression and 23 for technical merit), which was a vast improvement from the 29 out of 60 they received the first time around. Rebecca (and partner Fred Palascak) chose their routine from week three, which was also the week she badly injured her wrist. Following a near flawless performance, the couple received outstanding comments from the judges and scores to match ? 30 for artistic impression and 30 for technical merit, overshadowing the 50 out of 60 awarded the first time, and getting the first perfect score of the season.

Sadly for Bethenny, her vast improvement was not enough to take the title. After viewer votes from Monday were combined with their final scores, it was announced Rebecca and Fred were taking home the gold. ?I was surprised,? Rebecca tells In Touch with regard to Jonny not skating against her in the finals. ?But Bethenny has a lot of fans and a great personality.?

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'Yogi Bear': The Reviews Are In!

Is the 3-D cartoon just for kids and woodland creatures? The critics have differing opinions.
By Eric Ditzian

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In 2010, we have seen standout animated fare like "Toy Story 3" and "How to Train Your Dragon" dominate the box office. Now the year greets its final CGI-assisted children's tale in "Yogi Bear."

The adaptation of Hanna-Barbera's classic cartoon about picnic-basket-obsessed talking bears won't come close to the opening grosses of those earlier Pixar and DreamWorks films. Nor has "Yogi Bear" garnered its predecessors' rave reviews. Yet Warner Bros.' "Yogi," coming weeks after "Tangled" and at the same time as the rather intense PG-rated "Tron Legacy," could end up faring better than its rather tepid B.O. tracking predicts.

Is "Yogi Bear" the right pick for you this weekend? Find out what the critics are saying and then plan accordingly.

The Story
"The film's plot has Yogi (Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (Justin Timberlake) helping Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) defend Jellystone from a rapacious mayor (the funny Andrew Daly), who wants to sell off the park's logging rights to bail out the city budget. The ranger doesn't want to hear about Yogi's schemes, of course. He just wants Yogi to act like a bear — rather than water-ski, steal vending machines and build a contrabulous fabtraption of a flying machine for high-tech picnic-grabbing. (The Baskit Nabber 2000, as it's called, has no seat belts, and its safety information card is just a hand-drawn picture of passengers screaming.)" — Dan Kois, The Washington Post

The Comparison to the Cartoon
"Those of us who grew up on Yogi Bear cartoons can breathe easy: In his new movie — featuring a 3-D computer-animated Yogi (voiced by Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (voiced by Justin Timberlake) alongside live action actors — our beloved pic-a-nic thief isn't asked to whore himself by rapping, farting, or dropping pop culture references the way some of his animated brethren have in recent years. ... There's nothing particularly inventive in the plot or grade-school humor, but the movie skates by on the timeless, undemanding charm of watching a tie-wearing bear try to steal people's lunches." — Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly

The Dissenters
"Neither smarter nor dumber than the average family-friendly comedy, 'Yogi Bear' is a bland and innocuous small-fry outing that retains a measure of the original Hanna-Barbera cartoon's charm, though scarcely enough to justify the time, expense and visual-effects trickery it must have taken to inflate an endearing 2D cartoon into a dopey 3D extravaganza. Still, as Fox's 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' pics made abundantly clear, there's a sizable audience for incongruous pairings of live-action humans and patently computer-generated critters, suggesting a steady stream of guests at Warners' picnic table through the holidays, and heavy minivan DVD-player rotation." — Justin Chang, Variety

The Dissenters, Part II
"The director, Eric Brevig ('Journey to the Center of the Earth'), probably did everything he could with the simple-minded screenplay, the dumb jokes, and the general tedium. Studio heads probably instructed him to overdo the 3D gimmicks, too. Who knows, maybe they even told him to prevent Anna Faris from being funny, which I wouldn't have thought was possible. In a way, though, the film is faithful to the old cartoons, in that it's grating and tiresome and not suitable for anyone over the age of 4. The animation is better, though." — Eric D. Snider, Cinematical

The Bottom Line
"This is a cute movie, a kid's movie, and a rather good one. The computer-generated bears are adorable — it's come to this: Computer creations can be adorable — and the movie packs a lot of amusing incidents into a nice, trim 79-minute package. ... For single adults, there's no reason to see it, unless you're a Yogi Bear completist. But adults with children, who are used to getting bored out of their skulls with children's fare, may find in this a refreshing and politically charged change of pace." — Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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Fan Bingbing's bizarre skin-care methods, and other secrets from the star of 'Sacrifice'

A week ago, ?Sacrifice,? the Chen Kaige-directed blockbuster starring China?s biggest names in cinema including Ge You, Fan Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming, was released across cinemas in Shanghai.

The movie raked in RMB 2.9 million in box office sales on its opening day and set the box office record in Shanghai that day.

Actress Fan Bingbing (who plays Princess Zhuang Ji in the movie) was on the Shanghai leg of the cast?s promotional tour when she gave her this candid interview.

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Susan Sarandon on daughter's fianc�: "He's really lovely!"

Susan Sarandon's daughter, Eva Amurri, recently announced her engagement to Kyle Martino ? and the mother of the bride could not be happier with her future son-in-law. "He's just a very sane, really lovely guy. His family is fabulous. He adores her. You couldn't ask for anything more!" Susan told In Touch about actress Eva's former soccer player beau at the Change Begins Within benefit Presented by The David Lynch Foundation in New York. Susan, who split from longtime partner Tim Robbins last year, added that the groom asked her for Eva's hand in marriage ? but wouldn't spill the beans on the proposal. "You have to talk to her about it. It's a really great way it happened," she said.

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Chris Brown finishes domestic violence class

Almost two years after he shocked fans by viciously assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna, Chris Brown is one step closer to putting the past behind him. The singer announced that he completed his court-ordered domestic violence class on his Twitter page. ?I have enough self-respect and decency to be proud of accomplishing this DV class. Boyz run from mistakes. Men learn from them!!!? he wrote. Following the February 2009 beating that left Rihanna bruised and battered, Chris was sentenced to five years of probation, six months of community labor, and a one-year domestic violence course. In a recent progress report hearing for his probation, the judge commended Chris, saying, ?No one has ever done a better or more consistent job than you have.?

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