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‘The Wolf on Wall Street’ Trailer Shows Leonardo DiCaprio Rolling in Mega-Wealth Debauchery

The newly-released trailer for “The Wolf of Wall Street,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, gives a first glimpse at Martin Scorsese’s new crime thriller about the wealth of Wall Street moguls in the 1990s.

 

“The Wolf of Wall Street” is based on the memoir of former stockbroker Jordan Belfort, who spent 22 months in federal prison after being found guilty of securities fraud and money laundering in 1998.

Fresh off his “Great Gatsby” success, DiCaprio, who plays Belfort, again is painted as a party king of monstrous wealth – except this time his backdrop is Wall Street during the booming ’90s.

The trailer, set to Kanye West’s thumping “Black Skinhead” track, shows DiCaprio in expensive suits, crumpling up $100 bills and throwing them into the trash, carrying a chimpanzee through an office, throwing wild pool parties, playfully tossing money at FBI agents who come aboard his yacht – and yes, the champagne flows.

The film, which will be in theaters on Nov. 15, marks DiCaprio’s fifth collaboration with Scorsese. Alongside DiCaprio are Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey and Jon Favreau, among others.

Source: Abcnews

Miss USA 2013: Miss Connecticut Erin Brady wins the crown

Miss Connecticut Erin Brady named Miss USA 2013

America has a new leading lady! Miss Connecticut Erin Brady was named Miss USA at the annual Miss USA 2013 pageant at Planet Hollywood Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 16, 2013. The 25-year-old East Hampton native, whose charm, wit and all-American good looks helped her beat out 50 other gorgeous contestants to snag the coveted crown and title, will go on to represent the US in this year’s Miss Universe pageant. Get to meet the new Miss USA, and check out other stand-out moments from the night’s competition …

CMT Awards 2013: Expect the unexpected

Country music has been good to the rapper Nelly, and he’s back in Music City because of it.

Nelly will perform the crossover hit “Cruise” with country duo Florida Georgia Line during the CMT Music Awards. The imaginary, but once impenetrable, lines between American music genres are blurring more each day, and Nelly’s happy to serve as an eraser.

“Obviously our views today aren’t the same as our grandparents’, so when you look at the way the youth migrates and the way everything intertwines, the Internet has brought so many people together around the world in the same place at the same time,” said Nelly, who’s also scored a hit with Tim McGraw.

“Music was only in line to be integrated like that. It’s a beautiful thing because you want your kids to be multifaceted. You want your kids to experience a lot more than you did as a child,” he said. “So I welcome it. My kids are Taylor Swift fans. They love Florida Georgia Line. But they also love Lil Wayne.”

More than any of the legion of country music honors shows, the CMT Awards have helped push boundaries. Nelly’s not the first rapper to appear, and rockers like Lenny Kravitz, who will perform with co-host Jason Aldean, are common as well.

The fan-voted awards show will air live at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Aldean hosts with actress Kristen Bell.

Miranda Lambert, Eric Church and Luke Bryan lead with four nominations apiece. They’re among 10 nominees for top honor video of the year. Six finalists will be announced for the award at the top of the show and fans will vote for a winner at the network’s website during the broadcast. Voting in other categories has closed.

Aldean and Kenny Chesney are among the acts with three nominations.

The awards usually are overshadowed by performances, off-brand celebrity appearances and the occasional weird mashup.

Take Wednesday night’s announced kickoff segment. It will feature country heavyweights Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan and…Dr. Drew Pinsky, Kelsey Grammer, Lorraine Bracco and Vince Vaughn.

The network doesn’t describe what this unlikely group of eight will be doing together.

Underwood will pay tribute to the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes during the show. And Swift, Bryan, Keith Urban and Hunter Hayes and Lady Antebellum with Darius Rucker also will perform. Presenters include Sheryl Crow, Ed Sheeran, “Dancing with the Stars” winner Kellie Pickler, brothers Kevin and Michael Bacon and Lisa Marie Presley.

Tell us: Do you plan to watch the CMT Awards?

Source: Cbsnews

Watch: Taylor Swift and the Rolling Stones perform “As Tears Go By”

Taylor Swift got a taste of some classic rock and roll this week.

The country/pop darling joined none other than The Rolling Stones onstage during the band’s stop in Chicago on Monday. And the Rolling Stones just unveiled a video of it. Swift hit the stage during the Stones’ performance of the 1965 song, “As Tears Gone By,” written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It was also a hit for Marianne Faithful — so perhaps the Stones though Swift be a good fit to take it on in concert.

After the appearance Swift said backstage, “You know that’s not something I thought was going to happen in my life!”

Swift isn’t first star to pop up at the Stones’ “50 and Counting” tour. Other guests have included Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Tom Waits and Dave Grohl.

Source: Cbsnews

Paris Jackson now in all-too-familiar spotlight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Until he died in 2009, Michael Jackson was fiercely protective of his children (save for that one balcony-dangling incident). He covered their faces when they went out with him so they might enjoy the kind of normal childhood he missed out on as a member of the Jackson 5.

But Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson stepped onto a world stage without masks when they appeared at the King of Pop’s public memorial. Paris, then just 11, delivered the most poignant words of the star-studded service when she tentatively took the microphone and said, “Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine.”

Since Jackson’s death, Paris has become the most visible of his children, granting interviews to Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, appearing in magazine articles and amassing more than a million followers on Twitter. She has also expressed interest in starting a singing career and has plans to star in a movie. But on Wednesday, Paris became a trending tabloid topic all too familiar for the Jackson family after she was rushed to a hospital for unspecified reasons.

All fire and sheriff’s officials would say is that they transported someone from a home on Paris’ suburban Calabasas street in the middle of the night for a possible overdose. They did not release any identifying information or additional details.

The Jackson family would say even less about what happened.

“Being a sensitive 15 year old is difficult no matter who you are,” Jackson’s mother’s attorney, Perry Sanders Jr., said in a statement Wednesday. “It is especially difficult when you lose the person closest to you. Paris is physically fine and is getting appropriate medical attention. Please respect her privacy and the family’s privacy.”

Sanders declined further comment on the teenager’s condition or the circumstances that led to her hospitalization.

Yet on Tuesday, Paris hinted at her state of mind on Twitter, posting, “I wonder why tears are salty?” followed by lyrics from the Beatles’ song “Yesterday”: “yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away now it looks as though they’re here to stay.”

A 20-minute video of the teen applying makeup was posted to YouTube last week. It shows Jackson in what she describes as her bedroom playfully demonstrating how she does her eye makeup. She receives and replies to several texts on her phone while offering cosmetics instruction. She also reveals that she watches the film “Tangled” three times a week and, as a child, fantasized about marrying a cowboy.

She also makes goofy faces and says, “I need serious help. I’m crazy!”

Paris wrote on Twitter that she doesn’t know how the video, in which she repeatedly asserts, “I am so weird,” ended up on YouTube.

“I hope you guys liked it tho and didn’t think i’m too crazy,” she wrote. “i get weird when i’m not around people lol.”

Katherine Jackson shares guardianship of her son’s three children with the singer’s nephew, TJ Jackson.

Messages left for TJ Jackson’s attorney were not returned.

“We appreciate everyone’s thoughts for Paris at this time and their respect for the family’s privacy,” said a statement from Eric George, an attorney for Debbie Rowe, Paris’ biological mother.

In recent months, she has reconnected with Rowe, with whom she has had little contact for most of her life.

Paris’ uncles Tito, Marlon and Jackie echoed that sentiment in their statement Wednesday: “Thank you for the outpouring of concern and support for Paris — she is safe and doing fine. We truly appreciate you respecting our family’s privacy at this time.”

The children are listed as plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by their grandmother against concert giant AEG Live LLC, who she claims is responsible for her son’s death. Katherine Jackson’s lawsuit claims AEG failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted of causing the singer’s death, and pushed the superstar to rehearse and perform a planned series of 50 comeback shows titled “This Is It.”

Paris and Prince are listed as potential witnesses in the case, which is in its sixth week of trial.

Marvin S. Putnam, a defense attorney for AEG Live, said Paris and Prince Jackson were deposed in the case because they are named plaintiffs and may be called to testify. He said Paris Jackson’s testimony was not a “grilling” but urged privacy for her and her family.

“There’s a real person involved here,” Putnam said. “There’s a 15-year-old girl and something incredibly tragic has happened that none of us know why and I think it would really be in everyone’s best interest and particularly in her best interest if rather than blowing this up into something else, that they were given a little bit of privacy to deal with something that has to be a tragic, tragic moment for all of them.”

“She’s 15,” he said. “Someone should give her a break.”

Source: News.yahoo

Viewers’ Hysterical Reactions To Sunday’s Killer ‘Game Of Thrones’ Episode

Yesterday, we wrote about viewers freaking out on social media about the events of the most recent “Game of Thrones” episode.

Many also recorded their reactions on YouTube.

If you haven’t seen the episode, there were a few major deaths this past Sunday (you can read up on that here). Fans freaked out on their couches and floors … and even cried in reaction to the episode.

Someone compiled six minutes worth of reaction videos.

The video has been watched more than a million times already on YouTube.

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‘America’s Got Talent’: Mel B Previews the Good (and Bad) Auditions, New Judges’ Panel

The Spice Girl tells THR what viewers can expect from season eight of NBC’s talent competition, premiering Tuesday night.

America’s Got Talent viewers will get their first real look at the two new — but familiar — faces on the judging panel when the NBC talent competition returns Tuesday night.

Mel B and Heidi Klum join returning judges Howie Mandel and Howard Stern on season eight of the reality show, which also will relocate from Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center to New York’s Radio City Music Hall when the live episodes begin July 23.

Ahead of Tuesday’s premiere, Spice Girl Mel B, who also has served as a judge on the Australian and U.K. versions of singing competition The X Factor, talked to The Hollywood Reporter about what viewers can expect, how the judges are meshing and who are some of the most memorable talent — both good and bad — so far.

The Hollywood Reporter: How did you become involved with America’s Got Talent?

Mel B: I got the phone call and got offered the job and was like, “Yeah!” I love this show, and of course the fact that it’s now in New York at Radio City Music Hall — that’s a legendary place that makes the show even more exciting. It’s a great family show, and people love watching it. I’ve watched for many years; I sit down with my kids and watch it. It’s nice to be a part of it.

THR: How has your experience as a judge been so far?

Mel B: I was actually a judge on The X Factor in the U.K. and Australia, but this is different because I have no idea what to expect next. Someone comes on the stage and all of a sudden there’s a snake around their neck or they’re putting a sword down their throat. Then there’s also singing and dancing. It’s truly a proper variety show, and anything can happen. It’s like experiencing a roller-coaster ride, everyone is so different, but thoroughly enjoyable.

THR: What can you tell us about the auditions?

Mel B: They’re all over now. We’ve been going up and down America from San Antonio to New Orleans, from Los Angeles to New York — literally everywhere. We’ve seen so many interesting acts — good ones and bad ones. There was one guy and his girlfriend piercing each other wire, through his nose and then through his wife’s nose, and then his cheek and his wife’s, backward and forward, zigzagging their bodies with this piece of wire. I found it repulsive. They were bleeding, literally. Then someone went up an 80-foot-pole with no safety net and did a handstand. There were normal acts too — cloggers, dancers. It’s been an interesting journey so far. The talent definitely upped the ante over last year. Now they are combining things, riding a unicycle while jugging and balancing a dog on their face. One guy shoved 27 swords down his throat and brought out an X-ray machine to show the swords going down in his stomach. Howard and Howie loved it; Heidi and I were like, “No.”

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THR: What’s the chemistry like among the four judges?

Mel B: I’ve known Heidi for quite some time, and we get along like a house on fire. We give off a girl-power vibe. Howard and Howie are absolutely hilarious. We all come from entirely different backgrounds, but we all have something valid to say because of our experiences in life.

THR: How would you describe your style of judging?

Mel B: I don’t think I have a style of judging. I’m just very, very honest. That’s it. When you watch the show, you can judge my judging for yourself, but I’m just honest. At the end of the day, whether it’s a magic act or a dancing act or a singing act, if I want to buy tickets to come see your show, I’m going to like it. As long as you’re professional and entertaining, I appreciate that.

THR: Do you think the Radio City Music Hall setting will bring a new energy to the show?

Mel B: I think it will make everybody feel a little more nervous because legends perform on this stage. It’s one of the stamp marks of America.

New Superman Movie Will Have The Most Commercialization Ever: 100 Marketing Tie-Ins

If you like product placement in your movies, then you’re going to love “Man of Steel,” the new Superman movie. Ad Age reports that 100 companies have paid a combined $160 million for the rights to do promotional tie-ins.

It’s possibly the biggest ever number of marketers attached to a single movie. Ad Age says:

With 100 partners, “Man of Steel” appears to have topped Universal Studios’ animated film “The Lorax,” released in March 2012. It had a reported 70 promotional partners.

The bar for ludicrous numbers of product placements was set back in 2002, when MGM loaded up the James Bond movie “Die Another Day” with 20 marketing partners, who spent $100 million to be in the movie or to run promotions around it.

Here’s a partial list of marketers involved in the “Man of Steel”:

• Warby Parker (Clark Kent’s glasses)
• Carl’s Jr. (“Super Bacon Cheeseburger”)
• Chrysler (two different Superman cars)
• Gillette
• Walmart
• Hershey’s
• Sears
• Army National Guard
• Kellogg
• Nokia
• Hardee’s
• Nokia / Lumia

Source: Businessinsider