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Mariska Hargitay Gets Support From Look-Alike Son and Husband at Joyful Revolution Gala. Tuesday night was family night for Mariska Hargitay as she stepped out for one of her most important events of the year. Before taking the stage at the Joyful Revolution Gala in New York City, the Law & Order: SVU star walked the red carpet with her extended family. Photographers snapped away as Mariska posed in a floral print gown next to husband Peter Hermann and their son August. "Thank you, thank you, thank you," the actress shared on Instagram while posing for a picture inside with her husband. "#JoyfulRevolution #WeReGonnaFixIt." Mariska would also receive support from her famous friends including Kelli Giddish, Ali Wentworth and husband George Stephanopoulos, Stephanie March and more. Perhaps the biggest guest of honor was the one and only Vice President of the United States. Yes, Joe Biden was on-hand as the foundation recognized his contributions to the cause. For several years, the politician has worked alongside Mariska to help heal, educate and empower survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. "I became convinced that if we pulled back the mask on domestic violence, we could change the culture and change lives," the Vice President told the crowd when accepting his honor. "If we stay with it, we can change the culture." "My heart is full of joy and gratitude for @thejhf's invaluable ally, my friend, and my hero in this work, @VP Biden, whom we honored at the 2016 #JoyfulRevolution Gala last night," Mariska added on Instagram after the event. "#LookingToTheFuture with renewed #Hope, #Inspiration, #Gratitude, and #Aspiration. #ThankYou. I KNOW that #WeReGonnaFixIt." The Joyful Heart Foundation was founded in 2004 to help survivors heal and reclaim joy in their lives. Learn more about the cause by visiting the foundation's website. (Eonline)

Ryan Gosling Says Life With Eva Mendes, Esmeralda and Amada "Is Like Walking Through a Field of Flowers Every Day." Getting Ryan Gosling to talk about his private life is no easy feat, but Good Morning America's Amy Robach was up for the challenge. Ryan appeared on the ABC show Thursday to promote his new movie, The Nice Guys, co-starring Russell Crowe. Right away, Amy asked about Ryan and Eva Mendes' 2-week-old daughter, Amada Gosling, who joins big sister Esmeralda Gosling, 20 months. "I understand the girl-to-boy ratio in your house is now 3-to-1," Amy said. "How's that going?" Ryan decided to have a little fun with his answer, telling the news anchor, "It's heaven. It's like walking through a field of flowers every day. I live with angels." Taking the piss out of his co-star, he said, "It's a ray of sunshine in a dark time, because with Russell, really, it's sad. It's sad that we've turned out this way." Coincidentally, Ryan plays a father in The Nice Guys. He stars as private detective Holland March, while Angourie Rice plays his daughter, Holly March. "She's incredible. It's one of her first films," Ryan said. "She was definitely the most mature person on set." As for his onscreen chemistry with Russell, the 35-year-old actor joked that it's all an illusion. "It's a filter that they added in [post-production] later on. The same people that designed Gollum for Lord of the Rings went in and gave us chemistry. It's good. It works, right?" Ryan told Amy. "It feels real." The Nice Guys is in theaters Friday. (Eonline)

Chloe Grace Moretz Likes Having Her Older Brothers to Intimidate Boyfriend Brooklyn Beckham. This starlet doesn't mind a little intimidation for her new beau. Chloe Grace Moretz is the little sister to four older brothers who don't have a problem with giving her boyfriend, Brooklyn Beckham, a bit of trouble. While many younger sisters would consider the situation a full-blown nightmare, Moretz is kind of into it. "They're super protective, but I kind of like it," the 19-year-old Neighbors 2 star told James Corden on The Late Late Show. "I kind of like when a guy shows up at the door and then I have like four very macho men to be like, 'Hey, what are you doing,'" she joked. "They're pretty like, 'Don't mess with my sister.'" As of late, the main man to arrive at her door is the 17-year-old son of fashionista Victoria Beckham. "He is a cutie," she said of her leading man. Fortunately for the British teen, the Moretz brothers are a fan. "They like him, so they're nice to him now," she explained. However, Chloe is certain there was a time when her siblings secretly had a sit-down with Beckham. "Now, they just correspond secretively," she said of her brothers and boyfriend. "We were all at dinner the other night and I caught my boyfriend texting my brother...maybe it's like they're intimidating each other on text message. I don't know." (Eonline)

Aubrey O'Day and Pauly D Are Back Together. A romance rekindled! E! News has learned Pauly D and Aubrey O'Day are back together after briefly splitting last week, and from the looks of it, they're already happier than ever. A source tells us, "They are back together," adding that despite the days-long split, "They still really care for each other." In fact, both stars took to their separate Instagram accounts to share photos from bed together. Aubrey shared the pic above, kissing her man and simply writing, "goodnight." Pauly D also shared a photo cuddling his lady in bed with the same caption. The former Danity Kane songstress originally confirmed to E! News in February that she and the former Jersey Shore star had been together for a couple of months after meeting on E!'s upcoming reality show, Famously Single. At the time, Aubrey told us, "We connect in a really interesting way. I mean, it's definitely something you're gonna want to tune in and watch we have a very funny relationship," she gushed, dishing on her favorite characteristic about her beau, "Pauly's wit. He's incredibly funny and smart and very talented." However, the two ended up splitting a few months later on May 4. Aubrey told E! News last week, "I'm the first girl Pauly has ever loved as he admits on the show-never loving before me. He brought me into his life with his daughter and mother, who I respect dearly. Nothing about our relationship was not serious. Neither of our busy schedules have anything to do with why this didn't work. At the end of the day, we tried our best." We're glad to see they were able to work things out! (Eonline)

Kylie Jenner and Tyga Break Up Again. Kylie Jenner and Tyga are going their separate ways again. The pair, who has dated on and off since 2014, has broken up. Jenner, 18, and the 26-year-old rapper called it quits before the 2016 Met Gala in early May, TMZ first reported. The first-time gala attendees walked the red carpet separately. "It was a long time coming," a source told E! News after confirming the breakup. All of their relationship's drama "takes its toll," the insider added. "Their relationship is complicated," a second source shared with E! News. The reality star began dating the "Rack City" rapper in October 2014, though it has been a rocky romantic road for the duo. On Tyga's 26th birthday in November 2015, the pair surprisingly split. According to a source, Jenner's former beau was "devastated." "They are on a break," an insider told E! News at the time. "They were just a week or so ago talking about 'ever after' and things got messy this past week. Kylie wants time to just be by herself and do her. Tyga is not giving up as that's his one and only lady." However, just five days later, the reality star appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to confirm they were back together. "No, honestly people have it all wrong," Jenner told the daytime talk show host. "No. We're not broken up." "We're just like...I don't know. Hanging out. Living life," she added. When DeGeneres was confused by the explanation, Jenner declared, "We're still together." Fast forward into February and Tyga was back to publicly declaring his affection for the makeup mogul. "I love that girl," he said during a radio interview with Real 92.3 in February. Now, with the news of their second split, sister Khloe Kardashian's remarks to E! ring truer than ever. "I ask Kylie...'I think you were just somewhere for New Year's with him' and then like one day, they're not together," Khloe told E! News' Catt Sadler exclusively in January. "That's the life of an 18-year-old...So I stopped asking her, because it's confusing and I hate telling people, 'Oh, they broke up' and then all of a sudden, someone pulls in my driveway and I'm like, 'Oh, s--t, I thought we were done with this one.'" "I'm just as confused!" Khloe said, joking, "I need like a 'Note to self -- who is everybody dating in this family.'" (Eonline)

Jennifer Lawrence Made a Fool of Herself in Front of Harrison Ford and She's Still Cringing. Cringe! Jennifer Lawrence has experienced her fair share of embarrassing moments. She has fallen at the Oscars, she has become star struck in front of Jack Nicholson and now, she confesses, she has made a fool of herself in front of Harrison Ford. The X-Men: Apocalypse star appears on The Graham Norton Show Friday where she confesses what went down with the legendary Star Wars actor. "I probably humiliated myself more than ever before. I never assume anyone knows who I am, but when I spotted Harrison Ford and J.J. Abrams I was like, 'It'll be fine, we're all co-workers, right!'" she tells host Graham Norton. At the time she had been out with British comedian Jack Whitehall, who witnessed the whole ordeal go down. "So I went up to them and started dancing like an idiot and the whole table just went quiet and stared at me," she continues. "I realized while I am dancing that they had absolutely no idea who I was so I just turned around and walked back to Jack dying of embarrassment." She didn't talk to the star for the rest of the night, but the moment would come back to haunt her when he finally realized whom she was. "Later (Ford) wrote to me because someone with a 12-year-old must have told him who I was!" she adds. Adding to insult to injury, however, was the fact that Ford recognized Whitehall because they had recently filmed a show together. "Jen had just been blanked and I was like, 'Hey, it's alright, I'll go and say hi to Harrison,' and everyone was like, 'Jack, don't do this. It will be humiliating,'" he recalled. "I get up and walk over thinking, 'Oh God, maybe he won't remember me and I'm going to be humiliated too.' And literally as I walked over he stood up and shouted, 'Hey, Jack!' It was so funny." J. Law has misjudged a moment before. Recently her X-Men costar, Sophie Turner, recalled a hilarious story where Lawrence misheard her and ended up punching her in the vagina -- yes, you read that properly. "Evan [Peters] and I were having a fake fight and I said something like, 'I'll c--t punch you' or 'I'll punch you in the crotch,' and then Jen thought that I said, 'Please c--t punch me Jen.'" Hard of hearing apparently, she went right ahead and did so. "She punched me in the vagina and I was like, 'Awesome.' It was pretty funny," Turner laughed. (Eonline)

Katy Perry Shares Cryptic Message About Disappointment Following Those Cozy Orlando Bloom & Selena Gomez Pics! Yikes. It seems Katy Perry has seen those pics of rumored boyfriend Orlando Bloom getting cozy with Selena Gomez. Because late Wednesday night, the pop songstress finally took to Twitter, sharing a lyric from Peggy Lee's single Is That All There Is? -- a song all about disappointment. Check out her tweet: Is that all there is? https://t.co/54Q72MfXND -- KATY PERRY (@katyperry) May 12, 2016 ICYMI: The Lord of the Rings star was photographed with the 23-year-old in Vegas over the weekend, and the two reportedly even left the club in a "separate car together." And Katy's cryptic tweet seemingly came out of nowhere since she hasn't posted to social media since May 7! So while the 31-year-old could be feeling disappointed about any number of things, signs do point to Orly. (Perez Hilton)

The Selena Gomez-Orlando Bloom cuddlefest didn't end in the club ... because now TMZ has obtained video of the duo leaving together in the same car. In the video, you can see the pair making a beeline for a waiting car last Friday night as they left LIGHT nightclub inside Mandalay Bay. Selena couldn't hide in that silver dress, while Orlando tried to slip out low key ... head down with a hat. The video has all the makings of a sure thing -- but our Selena sources say she's adamant there were other people in the car with them ... and they all made a late night fast food run together. After that though, Selena's insisting she and Orlando went to separate corners (hotel rooms). As TMZ first reported, the pair got super handsy at an after-party for Selena's concert. (TMZ)

In 2008, Corinne Bailey Rae was on top of the world. But on March 22 of that same year, barely a month after she took home her first Grammy, the English R&B star's whole world fell apart when her husband died of an accidental overdose. "I felt like I lost everything, like I'd lost my whole life," Rae, 37, says in the new issue of PEOPLE, remembering the anguish she endured when her saxophonist first husband died after mixing alcohol and methadone that was prescribed to a friend. "I was in so much pain. I was numb. I had family putting food in front of me and just literally looking after me on a day-to-day basis," adds the "Put Your Records On" singer, who will release her third LP, The Heart Speaks in Whispers on Friday. Despite the devastating heartbreak that followed her love's death, over time, Rae opened herself up to experiencing joy again. "You feel like the pain will last forever, like, 'What's the point of any of it?'" she says. "The awful thing never gets smaller, but your life gets bigger to support it." Years after the tragedy, her life got bigger when she let herself love again. Having been friends and collaborators for years, Rae found a deeper relationship with producer Steve Brown, and the couple wed in 2013. "We both love music and are passionate about it," says Rae. "It's great we can share that." Indeed, the pair co-produced her latest record, which was inspired by "losing the weight of grief" and the "preciousness of life." "I used to plan a lot. But I've realized the vanity in that," she says, citing the thought process behind her new live-in-the-moment track "Stop Where You Are." "Life is full of things that you can't predict. Don't spend time wishing your life away, waiting for things to be perfect. You're here right now. Enjoying the ride is very important to me." (People)

Miley Cyrus Learned an Important Life Lesson from Bleaching Her Hair - And Now She Wants to Cut It All Off. From buzzcuts, to chunky highlights to waist-length dreads, there's no hairstyle Miley Cyrus hasn't tried. But just because she's willing to give all these looks a follicular test run, doesn't mean she necessarily likes them or the havoc they wreak on her natural mane. In fact, her most recent bleach blonde look has the singer doing some major social media soul-searching and contemplating buzzing it all off. In a lengthy Instagram caption attached to a selfie of the pop star lying in bed, Miley wrote: "Learned a valuable lesson in this meaningless process. Bleached my f -- ing natural healthy a$$ hair rebelling out of boredom while dealing with a consecutive amount of time off on the Woody project (2 months ago)! Sitting in a random apartment with nothing to do but smoke weed (which I should've just appreciated) and f–k with my hair obvi, something inside told me I'd regret it... That hair color comes in a box (well maybe mine) therefore it's available to purchase and what grows from my scalp naturally is mine and only mine!!! Not to mention I felt like a self-obsessed psycho while real issues are out there in the world needing to be dealt with I was sitting in front of a mirror going thru strand by strand like my hair and what it looks like actually f -- ing matters! lol and now I'm out here looking like every Suzy Q & Sally B there is... Either this shit needs to grow out at super speed or I'm about to go in for a f -- in haircut realllllll quick!!! ???????????? #imisstheoldme but I guess even writing this hunk of bull s–t means I am thinking about my hair which is equally as lame and self-obsessed as all of the above because really this f -- ing mop will make no difference to that fact Donald Trump is running for president (successfully) and climate change is extremely real and scary. So please fellow humans next time you feel that tickle in your belly while making a decision listen to what it says and know the true you can never be replicated or replaced you are the one and only you! So bad assssss!" If you already thought the singer was having some serious buddhist revelations over the state of her tresses, she then added some even more zen after-thoughts, writing: "Ps if you ever start overthinking s–t especially something as silly as hair... go outside, smell a flower, center your thoughts and find something productive to do with your time... I wish I would've taken a toke of my own medicine... Everything is a learning experience... Even hair LOL PPS this isn't to discredit haircuts/color as a tool and creative way to express yourself!!!! So if a change is something that feels right to you-f -- ing DO IT! Don't over think it because in the end it is f -- ing hair and nothing you do is detrimental and will just be a new chapter for you ?? my life is done chronologically in hair styles lol !!!! ????????" While we couldn't agree more that no hairdo is worth totally losing your cool over, we do hope this post helps the majority of aspiring at-home colorists out there realize that hair dye might be one of those things in life better left to a pro. (People)

Ozzy Osbourne's alleged affair with stylist Michelle Pugh wasn't his only fling, we're told. Family insiders say the rock icon -- whose wife Sharon Osbourne threw him out of the house last week when she discovered his indiscretions with Pugh -- also hooked up with others in the last year, including a woman he met in AA and a member of his tour staff. We're told the most recent revelation was "the last straw" for Sharon, who's also been her hubby's manager since the 1970s and whom he's credited with saving his life from addiction. "She's looking the best she's ever looked and she's ruling the world right now -- she doesn't need this," added a source. "She's devoted her whole life to this guy." The split was also caused because the relationship with Pugh was more than just a casual dalliance, sources told us. Page Six previously reported that Sharon, a co-host of CBS's "The Talk," was devastated because she felt Ozzy was living a "double life." "All of this isn't happening over Ozzy hooking up with some 'random' on a Friday night. He's a rocker, and a 'slip-up' is a lot different [from] what they found here," the source told us of Ozzy's alleged relationship with Pugh. Sharon revealed on her show: "I don't know where I'm going, who I'm going with, and I just need time to think about myself .?.?. about what do I really want for the rest of my life." (Page Six)

Kelly Ripa Sends More Subliminal Messages on Michael Strahan's Second to Last Day on Live! Kelly Ripa continues to make jabs at Michael Strahan ahead of his departure from Live! With Kelly and Michael. In fact, on Thursday -- the day before Michael's final day on the show -- Kelly stepped out of her New York City apartment wearing what appeared to be another subliminal message directed at her soon-to-be former co-host: a jacket with the word "freedom" printed across the back. Then, things got even more uncomfortable right from the start of Thursday's show. When the pair walked in together -- along to the Sia's "Alive," of all songs -- they noticed a fan wearing a cap and gown in the audience. The woman explained that she had gotten her degree in Journalism and Media Studies, to which Kelly responded, "Perfect! Just in the nick of time!" At that moment, Michael couldn't help but look down, smile and shake his head. "Don't let this show scare you away from your dreams," he said, before Kelly added, "Don't be afraid. It's fine. You can still go into journalism and do this. I promise." This is just one of the many messages Kelly has been sending ever since Michael first announced his departure in early April. Shortly after the news, she stepped out holding Malcolm Gladwell's book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, which "uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty, the powerful and the dispossessed." She's also mentioned Michael's two divorces several times, much to his surprise, causing an awkward tension the audience could have probably cut with a knife. Perhaps the "freedom" jacket is her final way of saying, come Friday, she'll be free from the drama surrounding his decision to leave the show and ready to move forward. (Eonline)

Woody Allen Not Offended by Rape Joke at Cannes Film Festival's Opening Ceremony, but Blake Lively Was. The 2016 Cannes Film Festival began with bang Wednesday. Laurent Lafitte, a French comedian and the opening night's master of ceremonies, made a joke about the sexual assault allegations leveled against Woody Allen. "You've shot so many of your films here in Europe and yet in the U.S. you haven't even been convicted of rape," Laurent said. The audience, which included Blake Lively and Kristen Stewart, gasped. "Thank you for coming tonight, sir," Laurent continued. "Although it's the least you could do. Your film isn't even in competition. What's the worst that could happen?...Or that it's not as good as Manhattan?" Laurent's joke seemingly made reference to Roman Polanski, who was arrested in the U.S. in 1977 and charged with raping a 13-year-old girl; the director fled to Europe to avoid prison after accepting a plea bargain on a lesser charge. At a lunch for his film Cafe Society Thursday, Woody addressed the joke. "I am completely in favor of comedians making any jokes they want," he told Variety's Ramin Setoodeh. "I am a non-judgmental or [non]-censorship person on jokes. I'm a comic myself and I feel they should be free to make whatever jokes they want." In fact, he added, "It would take a lot to offend me. What bothered me most last night was the length of the show before the movie. I'm sitting there. I know I have a movie that's an hour and a half, I would like the introduction ceremony to be 20 minutes, half hour at the most. I don't want you to spend an hour on the show. By the time my movie comes around at the end, you're antsy in your seat. To me, that is the mistake of the show. It goes on for too long. Cut that down." Blake, meanwhile, said Laurent's controversial jokes weren't just aimed at Woody. "He made three homophobic comments in a row. A Hitler joke. And a rape joke. It was all within 30 seconds...What on Earth was happening?" the actress asked. "It was really confusing." Moreover, the actress told Variety, "I think any jokes about rape, homophobia or Hitler is not a joke. I think that was a hard thing [to] swallow in 30 seconds. Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals of film and artists and to have that, it felt like it wouldn't have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can't imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn't funny." Laurent's rape joke came hours after Woody's estranged son, Ronan Farrow, published an essay in The Hollywood Reporter that attacked the media for failing to challenge his director father over sister Dylan Farrow's allegations of sexual abuse. On Wednesday, New York's Jada Yuan asked Woody if he had read Ronan's widely circulated essay; the director said he had not. Like Woody, Blake has not read Ronan's essay. "I came home and went to bed at whatever time we finished. I haven't been in it, so I don't want to speak on something I haven't read," she told Vulture's Kyle Buchannan Thursday. "I think that's dangerous. It's definitely something that being at the festival, the media these days, you come to a film festival about film and people talk about all different types of things. You know? That can be definitely tricky to navigate, I'm sure. I don't want to speak about something I haven't read." Earlier this week, Kristen said she was aware of the sexual abuse allegations Dylan made against Woody in the 1990s; after an investigation, police did not pursue accusations that Woody had abused Dylan, who was 7 at the time. In her open letter to The New York Times in 2014, though, Dylan condemned stars including Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone for supporting his work. After she was cast, Stewart talked to actor Jesse Eisenberg about the situation. "I was like, 'What do you think? We don't know any of these people involved. I can personalize situations, which would be very wrong.' At the end of the day, Jesse and I talked about this," she told Variety. "If we were persecuted for the amount of s--t that's been said about us that's not true, our lives would be over. The experience of making the movie was so outside of that, it was fruitful for the two of us to go on with it." Eisenberg, for his part, said he doesn't recall the conversation. (Eonline)

Over a lunch for Woody Allen's latest movie "Cafe Society," Blake Lively criticized the Cannes Film Festival for allowing a controversial rape joke about Allen to be part of the opening night ceremony. "I think any jokes about rape, homophobia or Hitler is not a joke," Lively said on Thursday when asked about the incident by a Variety reporter. "I think that was a hard thing to swallow in 30 seconds. Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals of film and artists and to have that, it felt like it wouldn't have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can't imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn't funny." At Wednesday's opening night screening of "Cafe Society," master of ceremonies Laurent Lafitte shocked the audience when he said: "It's very nice that you've been shooting so many movies in Europe, even if you are not being convicted for rape in the US." The joke, which drew gasps from the Palais audience, was taken as a knock on Allen and possibly on director Roman Polanski as well. "But it wasn't just Woody," Lively said of the material. "He made three homophobic comments in a row. A Hitler joke. And a rape joke. It was all within 30 seconds ... What on Earth was happening? It was really confusing." When asked by Vulture's Kyle Buchanan about the Ronan Farrow essay published Wednesday in the Hollywood Reporter about how the media hadn't responded appropriately to rape allegations brought by his sister Dylan Farrow against their father Woody Allen, Lively said she hadn't read the piece yet. "I came home and went to bed at whatever time we finished," Lively said. "I haven't been in it, so I don't want to speak on something I haven't read. I think that's dangerous. It's definitely something that being at the festival, the media these days, you come to a film festival about film and people talk about all different types of things. You know? That can be definitely tricky to navigate, I'm sure. I don't want to speak about something I haven't read." (Page Six)

Serena Williams Ate Gourmet Dog Food and Instantly Regretted It. Learn from Serena Williams' mistakes -- no matter how good your pet's food looks, don't take a bite. The tennis pro is currently in Rome ahead of a match, and while lounging in her hotel room, decided to take a little nibble from her Yorkie's gourmet dish, but quickly suffered the consequences. "The best thing about Snap is I don't have to hear anybody hating or trolling, 'cause I think this is something you definitely wanna hate or troll on," Williams began to say on Snapchat before sharing her somewhat embarrassing tale. "So they have this menu for my dog, because Chip left his food, can you imagine?" Serena continued to explain that the night before she ordered her pup some beef with chicken and vegetables, and it looked delicious! "And I promise you, I was like, 'That looks so good.' It was fresh greens and boiled chicken and beef and it was seared tenderly. It was just perfection. That looks like the best food. Better than my food." She went on, "So today, I was like, I might wanna taste his food, so I order him the salmon and rice because I eat salmon and rice. Before you judge me, look at it. It's kinda all mixed together. C'mon, it looks good...I put some in his bowl. I'm like, what the heck, I'm gonna try a piece. So I ate a spoonful. Don't judge me, I ate a spoonful!" So what happened? Well, let's just say a spoonful of dog food makes a lot of you-know-what goes down. "Let's fast forward two hours. I just ran to the toilet like... I thought I was gonna pass out. It did taste weird. I force-swallowed it." She laughed, "I don't think it's consumable for humans. They should've wrote that! So now I feel really sick. It was just a spoonful. I really don't feel so good...I guess tomorrow when I step on the court I'm gonna look svelte." That's what we love about you Serena, always finding the positive in the negative. (Eonline)

Music producer Dr. Luke is demanding Kesha's medical records to disprove the singer's claim that he raped her -- a move that could have a chilling effect on sexual-assault victims seeking treatment, the singer's lawyers say. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, says in a new Manhattan court filing that the singer "unambiguously waived" any therapist-patient privilege when she tried to break her recording contract citing "physical, emotional and sexual trauma inflicted by Mr. Gottwald." But Kesha counters the May 10 filing, claiming the privilege is in place to protect "a person's innermost thoughts and feelings." She also said if her rec -- ords are released, other rape victims' private therapy sessions could also be disclosed. The two sides are asking a Manhattan judge to rule on the matter. (Page Six)

Prince's Ex-Wives Manuela Testolini and Mayte Garcia Hold Star-Studded, Private Memorial for Late Legend. Prince's ex-wives Manuela Testolini and Mayte Garcia have put together a special memorial for the late legend. A source tells E! News that "they wanted to have a somber memorial since they weren't allowed at the other one" and that the top-secret event was attended by only those closest to the "Purple Rain" singer. Attendees included Herbie Hancock, Tavis Smiley and Dita Von Teese, just to name a few. Hours before the event, Spike Lee posted an Instagram previewing parts of his outfit, writing, "Purple beret and purple Kobe's for Prince memorial tonight in El Lay." TMZ reports that "one of Prince's family members says they didn't hear about" the gathering this evening." Last week, Prince's family released an official statement regarding any future plans they have for a memorial service. "We would like everyone to know that, contrary to previous and current reports, there has been no memorial, funeral or tribute service for Prince that was organized or authorized by the family or Paisley Park representatives. Together, the family is planning an official memorial service and public event to take place in the near future." Their statement continued: "Prince and his music influenced so many people that we feel inspired to celebrate his life and legacy in just the right way. We appreciate the public's patience and have been comforted by your outpouring of love, support and condolences. We look forward to sharing with the world this celebration of, and farewell to, our Prince." Prince was found dead at his Paisley Park home on April 21, less than one week after his plane made an emergency stop in Moline, Ill. shortly after a live show in Atlanta. A law enforcement official told The Associated Press (via Chicago Tribune) that investigators are looking into whether Prince died from a drug overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death. (Eonline)

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Pregnant Behati Prinsloo and Adam Levine Join Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani for One Adorable Couples Selfie. Shout-out to the double-date squad! The Voice coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani joined Adam's pregnant ladylove Behati Prinsloo for an adorable selfie, which was posted on Stefani's Instagram and instantly gave us some major #relationshipgoals vibes. The famous foursome got together to snap the picture during this week's episode of the NBC series. There's no word if these lovebirds were heading out on a double date or just taking a second out of their busy schedules to sneak a pic, but either way, they seemed to be having the time of their lives, judging by those gigantic smiles. Or maybe it's the response to a special performance that occurred that night? Blake and Gwen teamed up for a very special performance of the duet they wrote together, "Go Ahead and Break My Heart," which appears on Shelton's upcoming album (which Shelton has called his most personal album ever). The couple, who have been dating since last year, met while both serving as coaches on NBC's reality hit. And when they debuted the song, their chemistry took center stage. The love was felt throughout their duet and these two didn't break eye contact one another for pretty much the entire song! After gazing into each others' eyes through their performance, the pair shared a sweet hug as the crowd and coaches applauded. (Eonline)

Michael Strahan and his wild girlfriend, Kayla Quick, are back at it again. Strahan, 44, and Quick, 27, were photographed Wednesday night heading to dinner in New York City -- two days before his last episode of "Live! with Kelly and Michael." Quick, whose rap sheet includes grand theft and disorderly conduct, was spotted holding a $64 bottle of Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey as she hung close to her muscular boyfriend. The new "Good Morning America" co-host didn't look thrilled to see paparazzi capturing their every move, either. It's unclear what the couple was celebrating -- perhaps Strahan's transition after a tumultuous, or just a regular Wednesday night in the Big Apple. (Page Six)

Kendall Jenner Thought She Was Going to Be a Veterinarian. Kendall Jenner may be strutting the runways, but there was a time when she thought her life would involve more of a gallop. "I've always loved animals," she said in the June/July issue of Harper's Bazaar. "I rode horses for 10 and a half years, so I thought I was going to be a professional horseback rider and then a vet." In fact, before she was posing for Karl Lagerfeld, the 20-year-old was so interested in the future profession, she practiced in her spare time. "I used to play these vet video games," she revealed. In addition to the surprisingly normal aspiration, the Estee Lauder spokeswoman says her upbringing as a part of the famous reality show family wasn't as strange as some would expect thanks to her mom and dad. "I feel like a lot of people say that kids who grow up in that kind of world go crazy. But it has everything to do with how your parents raise you," she admitted. "I was raised so normally, or as normally as I could have been." In fact, much like any other kid, Jenner knew which parent she could get her way with. "My mom was the pushover, and my dad was the strict one," Jenner revealed. While she's blossomed into one of the most in-demand supermodels in the fashion industry, the brunette beauty still lives an unexpectedly tame life. "I fall asleep at 6 P.M. with the jet lag. I hang out with my friends, get food, and drive my car," she described. "It's the little things I miss the most. Like I love being stuck in L.A. traffic. I miss it!" To further prove the point that Jenner is just a normal gal, she's also a Belieber. When she's not busy walking the 2016 Met Gala red carpet in custom Versace, she steals away to one of his shows. "I went to Justin Bieber's concert the other night," she admitted with a laugh. "Of course I have the fever! He's a really good friend of the family's, so we all went to support him. Kanye [West] went two nights in a row. He's a huge fan -- I was shocked." (Eonline)

11 Squabble Lane -- could there be a more appropriate Southampton address for acerbic tennis pro John McEnroe? Street name aside, the outspoken tennis great has decided to list his beach estate for $14.5 million. The house features deeded access to a stretch of white sand and the beauty of scarlet sunsets, a Har-Tru tennis court and such high-wattage Southampton neighbors as Howard Stern, who lives down the street, Calvin Klein, and Brooke Shields. McEnroe, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champ, is often called the greatest tennis player of all time. But tennis fans remember the young McEnroe as the bad boy of tennis who squabbled with umpires when calls didn't go his way. McEnroe, who still plays on the ATP Champions tour of former tennis pros, is married to singer-songwriter Patty Smyth. He was previously married to actress Tatum O'Neal. The Squabble Lane estate, formerly owned by Standard Oil baron Henry Rogers, features eight bedrooms and seven full bathrooms on over 2 acres of rolling lawns and gardens. The master suite boasts two full bathrooms and balcony, and the living room is topped by a vaulted ceiling and leads to casual and formal dining areas, library, office and sunroom. Virtual Globetrotting says McEnroe bought the property in 1999 for $4.2 million, a savvy purchase. And despite McEnroe's familiarity with being top-ranked, the price tag on his lovely Hamptons retreat doesn't crack the current top 10 for single-family home prices in the 11968 ZIP code. (Page Six)

Shabby Saudi Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd spent a fortune renting out the entire Lucky Strike bowling alley on 42nd Street till 3 a.m. on Tuesday night, throwing a wild party rife with wall-to-wall models, bottle service -- and Leo DiCaprio. The prince -- who popped up on The Post's front page last month heading into a Chelsea nightclub in dad jeans, sandals, and carrying a cane and large Slurpee cup with a bendy straw -- paid for a lavish private party with 200 of his "closest friends," including Naomi Campbell, Kardashian pal Jonathan Cheban and Fox Sports analyst and former Giant David Diehl. The prince, whose fortune is said to be more than $10 billion, filled the venue with young models, who rocked out to a DJ and enjoyed top-shelf bottle service all night on his tab. But the only person who appeared not to be having a wild time was the wretchedly robed royal himself, who "moped around," sipping from another Slurpee cup. A source told us, "The prince was wearing sandals, jeans. He had a large 7-Eleven Slurpee cup he was sipping away at. He moped around to each lane with a blank stare." The prince turned up around 1 a.m., and "the whole place was [full of] models and hot girls. The door was strict with a lot of security, and there was free bottle service all night, paid for by the prince. This isn't the first time he'd done this." Another attendee added, "The party was insane. He took over the whole bowling alley and there were hundreds of girls. It was better than any club, and the prince walked around saying 'hello' to people with a Slurpee cup. He must love the models, as there were lots of them there. Leo and Naomi were there, and she had a cast on." The royal comes to New York regularly and spends millions renting private venues for parties and clubbing with his entourage of guys. He's often seen sipping from a soda cup. A source tells us, "There have been attempts on his life, so he's paranoid. He'll only drink from that cup." Alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia, so its contents remain an international mystery. (Page Six)

Chris Brown is no Ice Cube ... because when he says "f*** the police" they take it real personal. Brown was going crazy Wednesday at around 6 PM on an ATV in his Tarzana neighborhood. He and a buddy were doing doughnuts, ending up on a lawn or 2 ... then racing up and down the street. The neighbors were pissed for several reasons. The ATVs were making ear-shattering noise ... also kids were playing in the street. Someone confronted Brown and threatened to call the cops if he didn't stop. We're told Brown responded, "F*** you and f*** the cops." The neighbor was true to his word and called police, who came knocking at Chris' door and asked to speak with him. The person who answered said Chris would not come to the door and if they had a problem they should call his lawyer. The police were not amused. We're told they will go to the L.A. City Attorney and recommend prosecution for the crime of disturbing the peace. Law enforcement tells us Brown has become hated in the neighborhood. Residents have been complaining of non-stop nocturnal noise and they say gangbangers have been coming in and out of his house. (TMZ)

Scott Disick did sushi Wednesday with Kim Kardashian ... but nothin's fishy, because she's still his kids' aunt. Scott and Kim chose the sushi restaurant with the most paparazzi -- Katsuya in Hollywood, but they were both mum on the way out. Gotta keep those story lines comin'. (TMZ)

Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett Goes on Vulgar Twitter Rant Attacking Holly Madison. Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett is back to bashing Holly Madison, and this time she's not holding back on throwing any type of shade. The reality star took to Twitter today for an extra vulgar rant in which she called out her former Girls Next Door co-star for lying to People magazine, accusing Holly of some rather dirty deeds. "Now Holly is on cover of People mag sayin she lived in fear at the mansion," Kendra began tweeting. "She wasn't in fear with that dick in her ass for a paycheck." She added, "That b--ch is in fear now knowing so many of us saw her doing some nasty shit. She's embarrassed and in shame. She was the cleanup girl." And things only got worse as Kendra continued, finishing up her rant with one last dig: "Hollys job was to get Hef hard again and clean him up with her mouth." The feud all began last July when Holly released her tell-all book, Down the Rabbit Hole, in which she made some shocking accusations against Hugh Hefner and even called Kendra the "fakest person" she had ever met. Both Kendra and Holly went back and forth on their dislike for another over the last year. Interestingly enough, however, Holly told People in her latest interview that she's moved on from the drama. "I wish her the best, but I'm done with that portion of my life," Madison said. "I've moved on. I'm happier now." She added, "I don't think there would be anything positive about us meeting up. It's not a real friendship and it's not part of my life anymore." Looks like Kendra isn't exactly on the wavelength... (Eonline)

Holly Madison Responds to Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett's Vulgar Tweets: You Should Try Therapy. Holly Madison has decided to take the high road. In People's May 23 issue (on newsstands Friday), Madison detailed her years in the Playboy Mansion and explained why she's dislikes Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett, who was also one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. "I wish her the best, but I'm done with that portion of my life. I've moved on. I'm happier now," Madison said. "I don't think there would be anything positive about us meeting up. It's not a real friendship and it's not part of my life anymore." On Thursday, Wilkinson-Baskett caught wind of the interview and proceeded to trash Madison on Twitter. "Now Holly is on cover of People mag sayin she lived in fear at the mansion. She wasn't in fear with that d--k in her ass for a paycheck. That b--ch is in fear now knowing so many of us saw her doing some nasty shit. She's embarrassed and in shame," she tweeted. "She was the clean up girl. Hollys job was to get Hef hard again and clean him up with her mouth." Hefner has not commented on Wilkinson-Baskett's rant. In response to the former Playboy model's tweets, Madison issued a statement to E! News. "I've written a book, The Vegas Diaries, that's about letting go and moving on. About resolving the past so you can live a future. I've dealt with my demons and I've come out ahead. I can hold my head high and work hard to be the classy and kind person I aspire to be. I want no part of a one-sided argument or feud where one woman lives to demoralize and degrade another woman," Madison said. "For those with unresolved issues, therapy works. You should try it." The former stars of E!'s The Girls Next Door have been in a war of words since last summer, after Madison published her first memoir, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny. As recently as March, Wilkinson-Baskett said she found some of Madison's claims "unbelievable," telling The Kyle and Jackie O Show, "You got the feeling that she wanted to have babies, get married, and love him. Trust me it was like that in real life. All of a sudden years later, 'Oh I really didn't want to be there.' It's like, what? Who are you trying to fool? At the end of the day she made a lot of things about me up in her book." The women agreed on one thing, though: they weren't ever close. "She said 'Oh, I didn't want to be friends with her,' which was true because we were never friends from the start. The worst thing is having to be fake friends for fame, for this industry and I hate that feeling," Wilkinson-Baskett said. "I'm not a fake person. I love real friends. I love real family. I love real. So the worst part, the worst thing, is just being forced to be friends with somebody because of TV." (Eonline)

To Share or Not to Share: Sharon Osbourne and Kelly Ripa Are Comfortable Putting It Out There, but Others Are Not... and It's All Good. When it comes to the celebrity world, lately it seems more than ever that, among the many proverbial lines crisscrossing the landscape, a big fat line has been drawn between those who choose to share and those who do not. And we don't mean privacy vs. publicity, because even the celebrities who are most active on social media or who are the kings and queens of TMI or, yes, have reality shows, still deserve to have privacy when they need it. That's just a fact -- no matter who wants to quibble that, by virtue of being famous, a person has given up his or her right to be left the heck alone sometimes. Rather, celebs are increasingly being asked to "open up," or "break their silence" or "fire back" in response to...well, it's hardly fair to the word controversy to call it controversy, but in response to a rumor, or questionable photos, or another celebrity's tweet, or just any drama in general. Plenty do, because they might as well. But just as many don't, because...they might as well not. And why should they? More fuel may be what the people want, but the celebs don't owe the world a piece of their souls. Or do they? Before anyone gets too angry, the answer is no, of course they don't. But as the lines continue to blur between what's real, what's for show and what's strictly business, it's easy to confuse a public figure's persona with the private person hunkered down inside with the blinds closed. Artists such as Beyonce and Taylor Swift have broken new ground in the world of being private in public, brilliantly melding personal trials and tribulations, image and business in a way that makes you feel like you know them -- but you don't know them too much, or else you wouldn't be able to blithely worship them from afar. (Other than your family or best friends in the world, who would you go to the ends of the earth to stick up for the way that perfect strangers defend Beyonce?) While we don't know much about Meryl Streep other than the CV basics and that she's utterly delightful in interviews, that doesn't make us love her any less. But an entertainer's relationship with his or her fans reigns supreme nowadays, and it's becoming increasingly impossible for celebs to become truly beloved in this newfangled Twitteverse way without bringing more to the table than their craft. And that's not for everybody, no matter how much a person appreciates his or her fans. There are still those who actually feel that acting or making music or writing books or walking runways is all they're required to offer in exchange for being allowed to continue to work. Anyone can write a treatise about his or her life on Facebook, but in real life don't you enjoy more the friends who don't do that? However, if you've been on TV for years, playing yourself, you have a head start when it comes to getting to the point where you might actually feel comfortable sharing your life story. And, better yet, you have people who want to hear it. It might sound quaint in this fickle time of Snapchat, Vine and Instagram -- but it is still possible to develop a close relationship with your audience, especially a TV audience that sees you every day. (Just ask the YouTube stars!) Which is why we understand why Kelly Ripa took a breather and then chose her home away from home -- Live! With Kelly and Michael -- to first air her grievances about being blindsided behind the scenes of the show she's co-hosted for 15 years. And the same goes for Sharon Osbourne, who took Monday off and then returned to The Talk on Tuesday ready to give Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Aisha Tyler, Sheryl Underwood and millions of other people an update on her marital troubles. And of course Osbourne did it with Beyonce-brand lemonade in hand, the refreshing summer beverage now the universal symbol for taking your power back. Who runs the narrative (girls). Not that being a morning TV host means you also signed a full-exposure contract, but having a successful talk show can require a certain amount of exposed humanity, and that includes leveling with your audience when need be. There also really is no other way to seize back as much control as is humanly possible over a ravenous news cycle than to share. Stories certainly don't need input from the actual celebrities themselves to make headlines, and plenty was written about both Ripa and Osbourne before either ventured to share her side of the story. And yet no one could have reasonably blamed either woman for not sharing either. They could have just as easily (personally at least, if not without causing much consternation for producers and networks) taken two weeks off from their shows and fans would have still been excited for their respective returns. But braving the fray and figuring, "If I can't talk to the people who've tuned in to watch me every day for years, who can I tell?" was the logical choice for them. Meanwhile, the very mention of a celebrity fearlessly sharing always brings to mind Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones, huge stars who opted to share deeply personal stories about health issues via media outlets they trusted. Their decisions came presumably after they had asked themselves the question: Do I want to open this door at all? And only after much soul-searching did they feel that speaking out would help others more than it would hurt them. But regardless of whether a star has a story to tell that could actually affect someone else's life or will serve purely to entertain the masses, it's still an entirely personal choice whether to air grievances or reveal what's going on behind closed doors to people who they do not know and will never meet. People whose opinions are lovely to hear when they're supportive and kind, but are to be shrugged off and ignored if negative and nasty. Which brings us to the fact that celebrities are being asked to share in a time of instantaneous reactions, where all anyone needs is an internet connection to add their 2 cents to the conversation. If a celeb ventures to speak out, the intention may be to clear the air or put an end to a rumor, but that usually only results in the start of a new conversation. The window of uncertainty may close, but then the door opens and the critical comments start flooding in via social media. And some celebs are more into that (or at least more prepared for it or reluctantly accepting of it) than others. They know that if they bother to tweet or post on Facebook, or even go old-school and release a statement via their publicists, people who have nothing to do with anything are going to have something to say about it. So amid all that noise, the choice for a prominent figure to not contribute to the dialogue is a perfectly valid one as well, particularly when the big, burning question is about who's dating whom, or who's getting back together, or who's pregnant, or who's feuding. The party's going to rage around Selena Gomez (or Eva Mendes, Jennifer Lawrence or Jennifer Garner, et al.) whether they show up or not. Not that Gomez doesn't use Instagram as the occasional forum, or that Garner didn't willingly go "there" with Vanity Fair. But there are usually too many stories swirling to address them all, and one of the few things a celeb can do to protect herself from all the virtual noise is either tune out entirely or pick her battles most carefully. Respond to what she wants, when she wants, if she wants...and ignore the rest. Because there will always be another headline to deal with tomorrow. Though if they were morning show hosts, we certainly hope that they'd report for work ready to talk. (Eonline)

The auction for the gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin has been taken down ... and TMZ has learned it wasn't because Trayvon's family requested it. Sources close to the Martin family tell TMZ their legal team reached out to GunBroker.Com Thursday asking for general info about the sale. We're told they also asked for the contact info of auction officials. However, our sources say Martin's team never demanded the auction be canceled. It's still unclear why the auction was yanked, but we've been told it's not because someone purchased it already. Zimmerman put the gun up for sale with a starting bid of $5k, and the auction was supposed to run all day Thursday -- a mortifying thought for Trayvon's family. Their attorney tells us ... "It is insulting to this family that he would decide that he would sell the gun that he killed their child with. Think about what that means: This is a gun that took a child's life and now he wants to make money off of it." (TMZ)

Music

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Set to Perform "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" Duet at 2016 Billboard Music Awards. This off-screen pair is taking their romance center stage for the biggest award show of the spring. With six career Billboard Music Award nominations and two wins between them, it seems only fitting that Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton take the stage at this year's ceremony to unveil their first duet together, "Go Ahead and Break My Heart." "This is one of my favorite songs I've ever written or recorded," Shelton previously said. "It came from a time and place when Gwen and I were beginning our journey together and both experiencing a hard time letting our guards down with each other. The song couldn't possibly be more honest. I'm honored to have written and to perform this song with the great Gwen Stefani." This occasion marks the first time the country crooner and pop star will perform together on an awards show and it is also the award show premiere of the chart-topping hit. The twosome first performed their song together live on The Voice, where the chemistry was oozing out onto the stage. While little else is known about their upcoming performance, one thing is certain -- the sparks will be flying all over the arena. In addition to the highly anticipated duet, Ariana Grande, a two-time Billboard Music Award nominee this year, will also grace the stage at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, according to an announcement released. The 22-year-old songstress is slated to serenade the crowd with selections from her newest album, Dangerous Woman. The 2016 Billboard Music Awards is shaping up to be one of the most star-studded events of the year. Along with Shelton, Stefani and Grande, Celine Dion will also give her first award show performance after the tragic death of her husband, Rene Angelil, while Madonna will pay special tribute to the late Prince. It definitely sounds like a show we won't want to miss. (Eonline)

Jessica Simpson Returns to the Recording Studio 6 Years After Her Last Album. Now this will be irresistible! Jessica Simpson gave fans the ultimate tease late Wednesday when she shared black-and-white photos in the recording studio. Six years after her last album, Happy Christmas, which was released in November 2010, Simpson seems to be indicating that she'll give her fans a big treat sometime soon: new music. The mom-of-two took several years off from the music industry to create a fashion empire -- no big deal. She has an incredibly successful shoe line, clothing line, swimsuit line and even a handbag line. No wonder she hasn't had time to sneak back into the studio! In one picture Simpson is sitting next to legendary Linda Perry. In another photo Simpson rocks bare feet while curling up in a chair. "Studio vibin'," she captioned the pic. She recently spoke to the Huffington Post about her big return. "I'm back in the studio -- I've been in the studio all week," she admitted. "It's been a very exciting time to rediscover music and I definitely have so much inspiration. I've been in the music business for so long, and it's interesting to see what I come up with as a mom and the perspective I have after all the records I have made and all the life situations I've been through. There's a lot to talk about. There's a lot to sing about. There's a lot I feel like people will relate to." In September 2015, Simpson appeared on the Today show and opened up to Savannah Guthrie about her plans to reboot her music career after she finished renovating her home. "That project is almost wrapped up. I maybe have, like, 3 more weeks until it's done and I'm down in my basement recording. I'm sure my kids will completely take over," the blond stunner revealed. Although Simpson was best known at one point for her singing, she confessed that her children, Maxwell and Drew, haven't seen that side of her. "Even Eric [Johnson], my husband, I recorded a Christmas album with him but he's never really seen me on stage and do my thing that actually got me here now." "Is that something you hope to do again?" Guthrie asked, "Release an album and go on tour and play the crowds?" "Yeah, absolutely," Simpson replied. "That's how I started and that's always one of my biggest passions in the world. I love to use my voice." (Eonline)

Azealia Banks dropped from Born & Bred Festival after Twitter rant. Born & Bred Festival has dropped Azealia Banks from its lineup after her racist and homophobic Twitter tirade aimed at Zayn Malik. The festival, which specializes in grime and hip-hop music, made the announcement Wednesday in a tweet. They made their reasons clear, stating "we celebrate inclusivity and equality". The drama started Wednesday when Azealia Banks unleashed a Twitter attack on Zayn Malik after she accused him of copying some of her ideas in his new music video for Like I Would - released Wednesday - saying it resembled her video for Yung Rapunxel. (British Glamour)

Classic Misfits Lineup Reuniting For First Time Since 1983. The classic lineup of horror core rockers The Misfits are reuniting for the first time since 1983 to headline the Riot Fests in Denver and Chicago in September. Original singer Glenn Danzig and bassist Jerry Only (who was briefly preceded by a different bassist in the band, though he's the first bassist to record with Misfits) will join longtime guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein? as The Original Misfits to headline the Riot Fest & Rodeo in Denver (Sept. 2-4) and the Riot Fest & Carnival in Chicago (Sept. 16-18) Danzig and Only essentially invented the goth punk genre after forming in New Jersey in 1977, releasing the iconic albums as Walk Among Us and Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood before breaking up in 1983. Only and his brother, guitarist Doyle, secured the rights to the name in 1995 and formed a new version of the band, which has toured and released a series of albums in the years since. Danzig has continued to pursue his vision of metal and punk with his bands Danzig and Samhain, giving longtime fans a jolt of hope for a reunion last May when he donned his iconic skull face ("Crimson Ghost") makeup for the first time since leaving the band. (Billboard)

Taylor Swift Rock Out To The Darkness In Latest Apple Music Ad. She's tripped and slipped to Drake, gotten her inner emo on to Jimmy Eat World and in her latest Apple Music ad, Swift gets seriously metal to an iconic hit from English rockers The Darkness. Cueing up her "Friday Night Rocks" playlist, Swift rocks out to the band's bombastic 2003 breakthrough hit, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love." Wearing black jeans and a blazer over a red crop top, Swift jokes, "ah, I love a quite night at home" before the song's classic rock guitar and drums drop in and she proceeds to do an over-the-top lip synch showcase, dramatically dropping to her knees, banging her head and generally losing her mind to the pop metal classic. (Billboard)

Stone Roses Are About To Release Their First New Single in 21 Years. The Stone Roses are ready for their third act. The Manchester rockers with a notoriously thin catalog will break a two-decade silence on Thursday (May 12) when they release a new single. According to their label, the song, whose title has not been released, will be unleashed at 3 p.m. ET, marking the first time since 1995 that we've heard new music from the group that once served as the standard bearers for the dance-influenced "Madchester" rock scene that included such contemporaries as the Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets and the Charlatans. In March, singer Ian Brown confirmed that the band were recording songs for their first new album since 1994's disappointing sophomore effort, Second Coming. They have been working at Adele producer Paul Epworth's North London studio, the Church, and Brown told NME that the new music is "glorious." The group also includes guitarist John Squire, bassist Gary "Mani" Mounfield and drummer Alan "Reni" Wren. The Roses reunited in 2012 and have a string of major gigs lined up for this summer, their first live dates since 2013. Fan speculation about the new music reached a fever pitch on Wednesday, when a giant posters of the band's iconic lemon symbol was unfurled in Newcastle and Manchester, England. Similar posters have also gone up in New York's Times Square and in other spots around the city. (Billboard)

Father John Misty Provides a 'Whiskey Injection' In His 'Official' Lyrics To 'House of Cards' Theme. Father John Misty likes to do things not because he has to, but because he wants to. So, like that time he sang Taylor Swift songs in the style of Lou Reed (and then deleted them), on Wednesday night he took his House of Cards fandom to new heights. You see, for four years the popular Netflix series has had a very dramatic, but sadly lyrics-free theme song by Jeff Beal, helpfully titled "House of Cards (Main Title Theme)." But FJM thought it could use a little more spice, so he took it upon himself to write some appropriately dramatic lyrics for Frank Underwood and the gang. "This hand I've been dealt/ From beneath the deck/ Is it the ace or jack/ It's the dealers bet," begin the unasked-for, but kind of amazing lyrics. (Billboard)

Ciara Signs With IMG Models: Ciara has signed with IMG Models, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. She already is represented by sister agency WME for music and other areas. The singer is a fashion fixture, most recently sporting on-theme silver hair and a custom metallic H&M gown at the Met Gala this month. Pret-a-Reporter called her Roberto Cavalli campaign one of 2015's best celeb-fronted fashion endorsements, and she also serves as Topshop's first U.S. brand ambassador. Ciara is a longtime muse for Givenchy, and she enjoys close ties with Coach and Ralph Lauren. "I'm super thrilled about partnering with IMG Models," said Ciara in a statement. "I have always had a strong love for fashion and I'm grateful to be surrounded by so many great friends that are the best at what they do in this industry. This partnership will give me an opportunity to grow and experiment as an artist. I truly look forward to all the amazing things we have planned ahead." As a recording artist, Ciara has sold more than 23 million records and shared a Grammy with Missy Elliott for the rapper's "Lose Control" music video. She's appeared in multiple films and television shows, most recently the first season of NBC's celebrity variety show I Can Do That!. She's set to co-host the Billboard Music Awards with Ludacris on May 22. (Billboard)

Movies

Assassin's Creed Trailer: Michael Fassbender in Action as Callum Lynch and Aguilar. At long last, fans have their first look at Assassin's Creed. The first trailer for Ubisoft's long-awaited video game adaptation debuted on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday, giving fans their first glimpse at Michael Fassbender playing the dual role of Callum Lynch and Aguilar -- blood relatives separated by a few hundred years and connected via sci-fi technology. "Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain," according to the 20th Century Fox film's synopsis. "Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day." Directed by Justin Kurzel, the film also stars Marion Cotillard as Sophia Rikkin, Brendan Gleeson as Callum Lynch's father, Jeremy Irons as Alan Rikkin, Ariane Labed as Maria and Michael K. Williams as Moussa. The trailer uses Kanye West's "I Am a God" as its soundtrack. The action-adventure video game series, which began in 2007, has transported gamers to various points throughout history. But Fassbender was somewhat unfamiliar with the franchise when he signed on to star in the film. "I just thought that there was a great cinematic story in the ethos behind the game, this idea of Assassins and Templars. It's not like your Star Wars franchise where you have the light and the dark side," he told Empire. "This is a very muddled-up moral ground." (Ironically, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits theaters a week before Assassin's Creed.) Fassbender was also impressed with Kurzel's vision for the film. "There's very little green screen in this, which is highly unusual in these films. We have stunt guys jumping across buildings in Valletta," he said. British freerunner Damien Walters and others brought their derring-do and parkour skills to set. "Damien did a 120-foot leap of faith, without any rope, into a bag, so it's pretty incredible to see," said Fassbender, who did a few of his own stunts, too. "I learned how to roly-poly, tumble turn," he laughed. "Basic fight choreography." Fassbender drew inspiration from other films to prepare. "I've always thought about The Matrix when we've approached this. This idea of DNA memory elevates it from a basic fantasy genre [piece], because you have something an audience can actually believe in," he explained. "Then the journey becomes so much more elevated, because you're on board in a different way." Assassin's Creed is in theaters Dec. 21. (Eonline)

Julia Roberts Remembers the First Time She Crushed on a 'Handsome' George Clooney on TV. Even a mulleted George Clooney is something to behold. Or so says Money Monster costar and longtime friend Julia Roberts, who first fell for Clooney when he appeared on the NBC drama Sisters as Detective James Falconer. "You were so handsome," Roberts says during a sit-down interview with PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly editorial director Jess Cagle in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. Although Roberts contends she first took notice of him when he played Sela Ward's boyfriend on show, Clooney wasn't buying it. "She's so lying. She watched The Facts of Life," he retorts. Although Roberts, 48, admits her very first time seeing Clooney was actually on the NBC sitcom, she says she really took note of the hunky star the second time around. "I did, but I didn't clock you," she says. "On Sisters... " Clooney, however, recalled something a bit different about his time on the '90s drama. "I had a mullet then," he said, laughing. Money Monster, directed by Jodie Foster, hits theaters Friday. (People)

Here's What Happened When Johnny Depp Disguised Himself as The Mad Hatter at Disneyland. The Happiest Place on Earth really is full of surprises. Just a few weeks before Johnny Depp reprises his role as the Mad Hatter in Alice Through the Looking Glass, the actor decided to shock a few unsuspecting fans. As guests approached the gates into the Disneyland Resort, an ordinary billboard stood firm on the ground with an image of Johnny's iconic character. While some park goers were quick to snap a photo or comment on how much they love the character, Johnny had a few tricks up his sleeve. As he hung out "somewhere in Wonderland," the actor was able to see each and every guest passing by the billboard. But instead of staying quiet, Johnny decided to get involved and interact with a few unsuspecting guests. Whether smiling to a young girl dressed as Minnie Mouse or asking to measure a child's head -- after all, she had a "wonderful cranium" -- Johnny couldn't help but bring more than a few oohs and awws from the crowd. If you're still not impressed, you have to watch what happens when the actor sneezes in front of the crowd. We warned you that Disney is full of surprises. "I would like die right now if it was Johnny Depp," one fan shared. Wish granted! After spending five years following in her father's footsteps and sailing the seas, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) returns to London in Alice Through the Looking Glass before landing back in the whimsical world of Underland. She reunites with the White Rabbit (voiced by Michael Sheen), Absolem (voiced by Alan Rickman) and the Cheshire Cat (voiced by Stephen Fry), as well as the Mad Hatter who has lost his Muchness. The film, based on author Lewis Carroll's second Alice novel, 1871's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There hits theatres May 27. (Eonline)

Courtney Love to Star in 'The Possibility of Fireflies' With Joey King. Courtney Love and Joey King will star as a mother-daughter pair in the coming-of-age story The Possibility of Fireflies. Deborah Chow (The High Cost of Living) will direct from a script by Dominique Paul, who adapted her own YA novel of the same name. Set in the summer of 1989 in suburban Maryland, The Possibility of Fireflies centers on Ellie Roma (King), a teen who dreams of becoming a writer and must deal with herself destructive mother Susanna (Love) and her volatile metal-head sister. When Ellie falls in love with her older neighbor, an aspiring singer, she finds herself caught in the alluring undertow of a reckless rock n' roll freedom. "We're so thrilled to secure such an incredibly talented duo in Joey King and Courtney Love to lead this cast," says a statement from Chow. "Joey has proven herself to be one of the most talented young actresses working today, and as an iconic rock musician, who is also a versatile and fearless actress, Courtney is the perfect fit for this music-infused story," Canadian musicians Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk will team up with Grammy Nominated artist, music producer and composer BT, to spearhead the 80's-themed soundtrack for the film. Amy Green, Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida of ARC49 Entertainment are producing. Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson, CEO and Co-Founder of Epic Pictures, are selling the film internationally and UTA Independent Film Group will represent domestically. Production is slated for summer 2016 in Canada. Love is known for her music career, but has acted in several TV shows including recent stints on Empire and Revenge. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work in The People Vs. Larry Flynt, and her other film credits include Sid and Nancy and Man on the Moon. She's repped by UTA. King is a rising star who starred in Ramona and Beezus, White House Down and Wish You Were Here. She will next be seen in sequel Independence Day: Resurgence, opening this summer. She's repped by UTA and Industry Entertainment. (Billboard)

Cannes: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland Jump Aboard 'The Leisure Seeker. The road movie about a retired couple heading off on an adventure in a Winnebago is being offered to the Cannes market. Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are understood to be playing married 70-somethingsin The Leisure Seeker, which is bowing in Cannes' Marche du Film. The road movie, based on the novel by Michael Zadoorian that was billed as "Easy Rider meets The Notebook," follows the Boston couple as they defy the warnings of their doctors and grown-up children to jump aboard a vintage Winnebago Leisure Seeker. The two cross the country to the Key West home of their hero Ernest Hemingway. Italian filmmaker Paulo Virzi is directing the film. His latest feature, Like Crazy, is making its first appearance in Cannes' Directors' Fortnight sidebar. Paris-based Bac Films is introducing the movie to buyers in Cannes. (Hollywood Reporter)

First Trailer for Ang Lee's 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' Debuts Online. Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel and Steve Martin star in the Oscar-winning director's first film in four years. The trailer for Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's first film since 2012's Life of Pi is here. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk stars newcomer Joe Alwyn as Billy, a young soldier who is home on leave for a victory tour after a harrowing battle against Iraqi forces. Through flashbacks, the audience gets a clearer picture of the events of the fight. The trailer begins with a voiceover: "It's sort of weird being honored for the worst day of your life." Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker and Garrett Hedlund also star in the Sony movie, as well as Vin Diesel and Steve Martin. Lee, always one for technological advancement in his filmmaking, shot Billy Lynn at 120 frames per second (the standard being 24). The increased frame rate has been described to THR as if the audience was "looking through a window." Billy Lynn will hit theaters on Nov 11. (Hollywood Reporter)

TV

Gilmore Girls Revival Wraps Filming -- Celebrate With a Luke and Lorelai Selfie. And just like that, it's time for Lauren Graham, Scott Patterson, Alexis Bledel and the rest of the Gilmore Girls gang to move out of Stars Hollow. The Netflix revival has wrapped production after three months. Patterson, Luke Danes to loyal Gilmore Girls fans, tweeted to mark the occasion. "That's a wrap! Just hand @thelaurengraham the Emmy now! #GilmoreGirls #Netflix #WarnerBrosTV #whatagreatride," he tweeted with the selfie. Netflix's revival of the beloved WB/CW series takes the shape of four 90-minute movies, each set during a different season. No premiere date has been announced, but fans should keep an eye out for a return trip to Stars Hollow for later this year. Along for the ride with Graham, Patterson and Bledel are original series stars Kelly Bishop, Keiko Agena, Sean Gunn, Yanic Truesdale, Liza Weil, Matt Czuchry, Jared Padalecki, Milo Ventimiglia and Melissa McCarthy. Yes, Sookie St. James will be there after much back and forth. "I went back for a set visit and to see all the sets and everybody back in those shoes again -- I got really sentimental. It was nice," McCarthy told E! News at the Time 100 gala. "I think [fans] are going to be really happy. I think they're going to be thrilled." New additions to the cast include Dan Bucatinsky, Christian Borle and Sutton Foster. (Eonline)

CBS newsman and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer is retiring after more than 50 years. The longest-serving 60 Minutes correspondent will formally retire this week, CBS announced on Wednesday, May 11, and the reporter, who began his career as a CBS regular in 1970, told Us Weekly via a statement that he's incredibly grateful for his amazing career. "After more than 50 years of broadcasting on CBS News and 60 Minutes I have decided to retire," the 84-year-old said. "It's been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air," he added. "But most of all I thank the millions of people who have been loyal to our broadcast." Safer's unparalleled work will be celebrated in an hour-long special, Morley Safer: A Reporter's Life, which will air following the Sunday, May 15, regular edition of 60 Minutes. "Morley has had a brilliant career as a reporter and as one of the most significant figures in CBS News history, on our broadcast and in many of our lives," Jeff Fager, executive producer of 60 Minutes, said. "Morley's curiosity, his sense of adventure and his superb writing all made for exceptional work done by a remarkable man. The best of Morley Safer will be on display in our special broadcast this Sunday." The show will trace Safer's life, from his birth in Toronto through his rise in the 1950s and '60s as a distinguished war reporter to his time as a 60 Minutes correspondent. (US Weekly)

Michael Strahan doesn't want fanfare Friday as he exits 'Live' for 'GMA' ... we've learned the show will be a look back at the last 4 years, minus some hard feelings by his co-host over the last 2 weeks. Sources on the show tell us ... Friday's 'Live' will be laced with clips from shows past, highlighting Michael's ascendancy ... ironically the very thing that caused Kelly Ripa to intensely dislike him. We're told there will be 2 guests ... Carmelo Anthony and Matt Bomer. Michael will likely end the show thanking the staff and his fans for their support. His exit isn't coming a day too soon. We're told Kelly barely says a word to him off camera. He has a habit of knocking on her door when it's time to go out onstage, and she now walks out without even acknowledging him. As we reported, her makeup door used to be open and he'd say hi. It's now shut. And our sources say there's a lot of acrimony on the staff, because when Kelly came back after her boycott she talked about how they were all family, and how important it was to keep the lines of communications open. We're told the day she came back she hardly said a word to anyone on the staff or to Michael ... she only spoke to her husband and her agent. There's also lots of support for Michael, because many on the staff say he did nothing wrong. All he did was agree to be a good soldier and go to another show on the same network ... per bosses orders. (TMZ)

No Way Empire Really Just Shot and Killed Off Its Best Character, Right?! Oh no they didn't... did they?! Empire is one of the juiciest nighttime soaps around -- so we're going to take with a grain of salt the fact that the last we saw of the best character on the show in Wednesday night's penultimate episode of season two, he was bleeding out on a red carpet after being freakin' SHOT. And Jamal took the bullet for his homophobic, possibly sociopathic father, who had only a few scenes earlier said he hoped his middle son died from AIDS. Those are totally the words of a human garbage fire, not a father whose son should sacrifice his life for him. Actually, to be honest, it seemed like Jamal tried to stop Freda from shooting Lucious (because he cares about her and didn't want her to make such a destructive decision) rather than trying to stop Lucious from being shot. The whole reason Freda stormed toward the Lyon family was because she found out that Lucious is the one who killed her dad, Frank -- imagine how upset she'll be when she finds out that Cookie is the one who snitched on Frank in the first place. Before the shooting, Jamal had decided to sever ties with his family and shelf his album, but now the whole Lyon family is sitting in the hospital waiting for word about his fate. And, uh, so are we -- and it looks like we'll have to wait for next week's season finale to find out what it'll be. The teaser for the season two ender also featured a confrontation between Rhonda and Anika (now that Rhonda has realized Anika is the one who pushed her down the stairs), Anika seemingly jumping off a balcony (!!) and Lucious and Cookie tying the knot again. This show is nothing if not eventful! And, by the way, Jamal seems to be the only one who recognizes how insane his family is right now, meaning he's the only tolerable Lyon at the moment. (Cookie's still amazing, but she's just as cray as Lucious. You of course want to be around her for all the fabulousness to rub off, but Jamal's the Lyon you'd probably want to be friends with.) Empire airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Fox. (Eonline)

"Little People, Big World" stars Amy and Matt Roloff's divorce was a VERY even split ... right down to the family pics they collected over 27 years of marriage. The Roloffs' divorce was finalized in late April. Neither is getting spousal support and their 4 kids are all grown -- so no issue with child support. Each gets to keep half a stake in their Oregon family farm and the pumpkin salsa company -- which are featured on the show. There's a special section in the docs about family photos ... it's a 50/50 split and they have to make copies of all the originals and share 'em with one another. Matt also made off with his 2 classic VW Bugs. The new season of 'LPBW' premiered Tuesday night, and so far it's been the most civil onscreen breakup ... we'll see if it continues that way. (TMZ)

DC Comics Comedy 'Powerless,' Legal Spoof 'Trial & Error' Picked Up to Series at NBC. The two series, both from Warner Bros. Television, bring NBC's new comedy offerings to three for the 2016-17 broadcast season. NBC got the ball rolling with its new series pickups Wednesday, adding DC Comics' first half-hour comedy Powerless as well as legal spoof Trial & Error to its 2016-17 schedule. With Mike Schur entry The Good Place, starring Ted Danson and Kristen Bell, already ordered straight-to-series, the network is looking to make a return to the comedy space next season with the pickups for two of the more buzzier titles. Both hail from Warner Bros. Television, giving the indie studio two key series orders. Set in the DC Comics universe full of superheroes, villains and people just like us, Powerless is described as an office comedy about the exceedingly average employees at an insurance company and their quest to find their own power. The show marks DC's first half-hour comedy series and stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi and Christina Kirk. The series reunites NBC with A to Z alum Ben Queen. With the pickup, DC now has at least seven series on the 2016-17 schedule, with a verdict still to be determined on Supergirl (sources say talks are real for the CBS drama to move to younger-skewing corporate sibling The CW for a second season). Powerless also puts NBC back in the superhero game after a season in which the network became the only one of the broadcast nets without one after passing on Constantine a year ago. Trial and Error is a half-hour legal spoof described as a serialized comedy following a young big-city lawyer (Nick D'Agosto) and his oddball defense team during a high-profile murder trial in a small Southern town. John Lithgow, Sherri Shepherd, Steven Boyer, Jayma Mays and Krysta Rodriguez co-star in the Warner Bros. Television single-camera comedy. Forever's Matt Miller and Jeff Astrof penned the script, which hails from Barge Productions and Good Session Productions. The pickups bring NBC's 2016-17 new comedy offerings to three. (Hollywood Reporter)

The 'Good' Bye: Making the Most Out of a Series Finale. Go out with a slap ('The Good Wife') and not a whimper ('American Idol'), as network series, when played right, can turn their last few 30-second commercial spots into an oversized ATM. Turning the lights out on a successful TV show can be a financial bummer for a network, but the last flicker often brings one final advertising boon. Series finales, especially those that service a particularly engaged or well-to-do audience (i.e., CBS' The Good Wife) remain one of the few DVR-proof draws in the era of withering linear viewing. The Good Wife ended its seven-season run May 8 with roughly three months of lead time; CBS announced the wrap-up to its Emmy-winning drama during a Super Bowl commercial. The relatively short heads-up meant that many ads already had been sold during the 2015 upfront market, though some spots still were available at a premium, less than $250,000, say sources, but well north of the season's $100,000 average, according to Kantar Media. Spots that aired during the telecast included luxury auto (Jaguar), talent tie-ins (a Chase ad voiced by Good Wife star Julianna Margulies) and several film trailers (DreamWorks' The Girl on the Train). "You need to have the dynamic of ending on a high note," says Horizon Media ratings analyst David Campanelli of The Good Wife's season-high 10.5 million viewer haul. "You saw something like American Idol, which was as big of a show as there was in the past 10 years, and it went out with a whimper because it overstayed its welcome by a year or two. You can have the cultural-significance potential -- but if a show has outlived its time by a couple years, it's going to underwhelm on a finale." AMC held out on selling 'Mad Men' finale ads until closer to the airdate, capitalizing on buzz and securing commitments near $1 million. CBS has a solid track record for building finale buzz. The 2014 finish of How I Met Your Mother might be the post-DVR-saturation benchmark of how to do it. Thanks to more than 14 months' notice and an elaborate presentation by the cast during the 2013 upfront spectacle for buyers, CBS secured placements between $300,000 and $350,000 well before the one-hour series ender. Leaving a few spots open to capitalize on growing interest in the months immediately prior, 30-second hits went for as high as $500,000 before selling out. And advertisers got their money's worth: The divisive episode, a hot topic in the media for many who never even watched the series, saw ratings spike to a 5.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic and 13.1 million viewers -- both records for the comedy. "You can sell [on a finale] in the upfront, but you don't have to," says Turner ad sales president Donna Speciale, who scored a premium on the 2012 close to The Closer and trots out a final run of Rizzoli & Isles this summer. "We are talking to clients day in and day out, 365 days a year. If we know what's going on ahead of time, we can bring an idea to them way before a marketplace even hits. It has a lot to do with the demand and the fan base." One network that recently took a unique (and aggressive) route is AMC. Flagship drama Mad Men ended in 2015, still pulling the most affluent-skewing audience in TV after nearly a decade on the air. Despite a lead time of years before the series' swan song, AMC passed on selling the episode at its upfront in favor of offering spots in the scatter a few months out -- with no audience guarantees. The network packaged Mad Men spots with other AMC shows, including The Walking Dead, for as much as $1 million. The finale, which reached 3.3 million viewers on premiere night, sold out more than a month in advance. CBS started selling ads for the 2014 'How I Met Your Mother' finale more than a year out. The history of finales paints even loftier highs. ABC secured upward of $900,000 for a 30-second spot during the 2010 finale of Lost. And, before delayed viewing even was an option, the climaxes of Seinfeld (1998) and Friends (2004) brought NBC reported respective highs of $1.8 million and $2.3 million during the most coveted pods. (For a quick comparison, 30-second spots during the 2016 Super Bowl, also on CBS, maxed out at $5 million.) "Watercooler TV almost doesn't exist anymore, but it's still a powerful part of what makes TV great for advertisers," says Campanelli, noting the lack of high-profile finishes on the horizon. "Every finale has some level of a premium, but that type of cultural significance where everyone gathered around their TV to watch the last episode of Seinfeld or Friends. ... I don't think you're ever going to see that again." (Hollywood Reporter)