Shauna Sand Arrested & Other Celeb News

Bubble-lipped reality star Shauna Sand was cuffed along with her hubby this week after neighbors heard a loud raucous coming from their Beverly Hills home. Once police arrived, Sand was taken in after they noticed visible signs of abuse on her husband, Laurent. He was also arrested and will likely be charged with spousal battery and making criminal threats. Crazy couple, eh? In an update posted today, we learned from sources that they had a heated argument after Shauna told him she wanted a divorce. She apparently locked her self in the bedroom, but ?ole Laurent kicked in the door. TMZ tells you what happened after that. It ain?t pretty. In other news: Too Fab tells us how we almost lost beloved reality star Deena Cortese of The Jersey Shore. Celebuzz gets us all hyped up for the coming premiere of Teen Wolf. PopEater shows us the ?gangsta? side of Penelope Cruz. Celebrity Dirty Laundry gives us the scoop on the upcoming divorce battle between Arnold and Maria. I Need My Fix shows us how Gaga made it on the Forbes Top 100 list this year. Hollywood Hiccups gives us a laugh with the story of an American Idol contestant [...]

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Maria Shriver Hires Laura Wasser for Possible Divorce

Things haven?t been hunky-dory in the Schwarzenegger-Shriver house for some time, and now Maria Shriver has hired famed Hollywood divorce lawyer Laura Wasser.

According to reports, Shriver still hasn?t made the final decision to divorce Arnie, but retaining Wasser?s services sure seems like a bad sign for their marriage.

After news broke that Schwarzenegger fathered a love child with their former housekeeper/assistant Mildred Baena, Maria started thinking seriously about divorcing Arnold.

Wasser has an impressive portfolio of clients, including Angelina Jolie, Ryan Reynolds, Christina Aguilera, and Britney Spears.

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Sarah Jessica Parker Admires Lady Gaga's Style At Cannes

'I think she's in a league of her own,' Parker says while making her own splash on the red carpet.
By Christina Garibaldi, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


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CANNES, France — Sarah Jessica Parker is one of the most recognizable women in the world of fashion. Even with no "Sex and the City" on the big or small screen this year, she's still a trendsetter wherever she appears. And at the Weinstein Company cocktail party for the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival, it was no surprise that the actress owned the red carpet in a white Dolce & Gabbana maxi-dress with embroidered details, complete with layers of pearl strands.

Unfortunately, Parker had just missed seeing another fashionista who made her way through Cannes, Lady Gaga. That didn't stop us from asking what she thought of the pop star's always-changing style.

"I think she's in a league of her own," Parker said of Gaga. "I admire her aesthetic choices."

Parker, who was at the festival to promote her new comedy "I Don't Know How She Does It," recognized that even though both she and Gaga are on top of their fashion game, their styles couldn't be more different.

"I think we have very different silhouettes that we choose," Parker said. "I don't mean that in a judgmental way. I mean that she is an extraordinary, and singular and unique person, and I have more of a pedestrian feel."

As a red-carpet veteran, Parker knows how to dress for any event, but since this was her first trip to the French Riviera, she said she didn't feel like an expert on Cannes fashion.

 "Who knows how successful I've been at it," Parker said of her wardrobe choice. "This is my first time — I may have made grave errors. I don't think I'm in a position to give any advice."

What did you think of Sarah Jessica Parker's Cannes look? Let us know in the comments below.

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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen: First Look!

Shooting for the film hasn't even started yet, but fans of "The Hunger Games" are already getting sneak peek at Jennifer Lawrence as the film version of the saga's heroine.

Hype for the adaption of the Suzanne Collin's novel has led Lionsgate to release the image of Jennifer-fronted character, Katniss Everdeen.

The shot reveals the usually blonde-haired blue-eyed Lawrence as a brunette with olive skin-tone and considerably darker eyes.

The highly-anticipated picture will cover this week's Entertainment Weekly, which is set to hit newsstands this Friday (May 18).

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Usher To Donate Gadhafi Money To Charity

'I will be donating all of my personal proceeds...to various human rights organizations,' singer says of concert linked to Libyan dictator.
By Shawn Adler


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R&B superstar Usher announced Friday (March 4) that he was donating to various charities proceeds from appearing at a private event at St. Barts linked to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, according to a statement made to the Associated Press.

The Grammy award winner's renouncement comes after similar announcements from singers Mariah Carey, Nelly Furtado, and Beyoncé, all of whom were revealed to have performed at private concerts linked to the Middle Eastern leader, who has faced open revolt and major political uprisings since February.

"I am sincerely troubled to learn about the circumstances surrounding the Nikki Beach St. Bart's event that took place on New Year's Eve 2009," Usher said of the concert, at which he appeared alongside Beyoncé but did not perform. "I will be donating all of my personal proceeds from that event to various human rights organizations."

Usher has already begun the process, having made a donation to Amnesty International, the AP reports. The exact size of the donation is not known.

The New Year's Eve gig was reportedly for Moammar's fourth son Muastassim, who an unnamed music industry source told MTV News has a history of throwing lavish parties "jammed" with supermodels.

Beyoncé, who sang at the event, donated all proceeds from her performance to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, established in the wake of the Haitian earthquake.

"All monies paid to Beyoncé for her performance at a private party at Nikki Beach St. Barts on New Year's Eve 2009, including the commissions paid to her booking agency, were donated to the earthquake relief efforts for Haiti over a year ago," the "Halo" singer's publicist said in a statement to The Huffington Post. "Once it became known that the third-party promoter was linked to the Qaddafi family, the decision was made to put that payment to a good cause."

Singer Nelly Furtado tweeted February 28 that she plans to make similar amends.

"In 2007, I received 1million$ from the Gadhafi clan to perform a 45 min. show for guests at a hotel in Italy," she tweeted. "I am going to donate the $."

The leader of Libya since a successful military coup in 1969, Gadhafi has reportedly lost control of much of his country as a result of widespread uprisings. The United Nations voted unanimously to refer the dictator to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

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Sheryl Crow on Parade.com ? Her Sons Teach Her What Life Is All Abou

Grammy-winning artist Sheryl Crow recently talked to Parade.com about her laid-back life in Nashville, why she loves having her two sons, Wyatt, 3, and Levi, 1, out on tour with her and more. Here are some highlights: How she keeps her two sons away from the limelight… ?It doesn?t really exist in Nashville, so that [...]

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Dimmu Borgir Release Live DVD; Plus Led Zeppelin, Brujeria, & More News That Rules, In Metal File

'It shows the intense live side of the band, as opposed to the perfection and the cleanness of how we sound on our albums,' guitarist says.
By Chris Harris


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On October 14, Dimmu Borgir — who just happen to be Demi Lovato's favorite black-metal band — will release a a three-disc DVD/CD set called "The Invaluable Darkness," the band's first visual offering since 2002's "World Misanthropy." Boasting live footage shot last year, during gigs in Norway, Germany and England, "The Invaluable Darkness" demonstrates the unbridled furor of seeing Dimmu live, guitarist Silenoz said.

"It shows the honest rawness and atmospheric darkness of our concerts," the Norwegian told Metal File last week, after dismissing recent online rumors that his band's next LP would be coming out through Roadrunner Records. "Basically, it shows the intense live side of the band, as opposed to the perfection and the cleanness of how we sound on our albums. It's just a different side to the band, basically."

Dimmu Borgir began thinking about "The Invaluable Darkness" two years ago, but didn't start capturing footage until last summer, Silenoz explained, adding that the band will use its current stint on the Blackest of the Black Tour — which got underway Thursday night in Miami Beach, Florida, and also features the tour's founder, Danzig, along with Moonspell, Winds of Plague and Skeletonwitch — to promote the DVD. Dimmu Borgir will not, however, use the tour to write material for their next LP.

"It's our first time on Blackest, but Glenn [Danzig] had wanted to bring us out before [on the tour], but we weren't available until now," Silenoz said. "We've done Ozzfest before, but we're looking forward to this tour more. We did the main stage on Ozzfest, playing in f--_ing broad daylight. This tour will let us play in bigger places, but at the same time showcase more of what the band's about, visually. We are going to concentrate on the tour for now. Some years ago, we tried putting [material] together on the road, but once we got home, we listened back to it, and were like, 'What the f--- is this?' So, we just scrapped it all. We find it's so much better to totally focus on one thing at a time, and then, when that's over, you move on to the next [thing]. We don't really feel like we need to rush things, anyway, so we'll just take our time, and it's going to be what it's going to be."

Dimmu Borgir hope to reconvene in late December to begin writing the follow-up to 2007's diabolically titled In Sorte Diaboli. "We have some ideas floating around already, but we haven't arranged any material yet," he said. "We'll start doing that once the touring for this DVD is over." The band's frontman, Shagrath, is also due to marry soon — he's engaged to actor Nicolas Cage's ex-girlfriend, Christina Fulton, so that may have an effect on when Dimmu finish their next album, which Silenoz said could be out this coming spring.

"I'm sure [Shagrath] won't let anything get in the way [of] the band — I think, I hope," the guitarist said. "We don't need a Yoko [Ono] situation."

While Dimmu have been at it going on 15 years now, Silenoz said he doesn't think their forthcoming material will be much of a departure from their previous black-metal offerings.

"And we have always been about more than just that term, 'black metal,' " he said. "Luckily for us, the older you get, the less concerned you get with the categorization and putting labels on your music. Things start getting more and more limitless with us, and we know that we operate within certain frames. But we try not to analyze things too much, because it's just going to be working against you in the end. When we write new stuff, we don't think about what we should write — we just get together, and put material together, and if we like it, we keep it. That's the formula, if we even have a formula."

Dimmu Borgir are definitely getting older — guitarist Galder will be missing Blackest because of a recent addition to his family, and Susperia's Cyrus will be filling in for him; while former Vader drummer Dariusz Brzozowski takes over for Hellhammer, who had to leave the band in 2007 after sustaining a neck injury that's now limited the use of his right arm. As Dimmu has gotten on in years, Silenoz admits they have failed to keep pace with some of the more extreme black-metal acts that have followed in their wake.

"We helped open doors for the more extreme bands out there," Silenoz said. "I'm sure we helped open doors for bands like Watain, [insomuch as] people that had maybe started listening to us first then went on to the more extreme stuff. Let's face it — we're not as extreme as Watain and other bands like that, but we're fine with that."

The Blackest of the Black Tour continues through November 10 in San Francisco.

The rest of the week's metal news:

Dimmu's tourmates on Blackest, Winds of Plague, have announced ex-Azusa drummer Art Cruz has joined their ranks — he replaced Jeff Tenney. According to the band's blog, "Art has already added a new spark to the band and has provided us with a solid backbone that will allow us to continue our rampage stronger than ever." ...

What the world really needs is another Led Zeppelin box set, so, on November 4, Rhino Records will issue the Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection Mini LP Replica CD box set. For just $200, you'll get 1969's Led Zeppelin, 1969's Led Zeppelin II, 1970's Led Zeppelin III, 1971's Led Zeppelin IV, 1973's Houses of the Holy, 1975's Physical Graffiti, 1976's Presence, 1976's The Song Remains the Same, 1979's In Through the Out Door and 1982's Coda, as mini-LP replicas, with artwork from the original U.K. LP sleeves. Now, you know what you can get your dad for Christmas. ...

Former Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach and current Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz have teamed up for a new project they're calling Times of Grace, and they've already started working on material for their debut album. According to Leach, "We have two songs to go and we will be finished with all of the vocals. Adam has taken lead vocals in three songs as of yet and he is doing a great job. We also worked on a track yesterday that is so epic — we trade vocals and do two different melodies at the same time. This album went from a melodic metal album to an epic mix of metal/rock/pop/shoegaze and punk. So all of your metal expectations will be incorrect — we are pushing genre boundaries." To quote "Meet the Parents," we'll look forward to that, Greg. ...

The Funeral Pyre and Early Graves will be hitting the road together next month, starting November 7 in South Lake Tahoe, California. Dates are booked through November 21 in Hollywood. ...

The latest incarnation of Brujeria, which features Carcass frontman Jeff Walker and Napalm Death's Shane Embury, have lined up several U.S. dates for this winter. The band will begin its brief trek November 28 in Denver, and wrap things up in Dallas on December 7. ... Demiricous will be touring with the Gates of Slumber starting November 9 in Denver, for a jaunt that's scheduled to run through December 6 in Indianapolis. ...

Nearly three years after Roadrunner Records' Roadrunner United concert, which took over the Nokia Theater in New York's Times Square, the label is now releasing footage from that special night as "Roadrunner United: The Concert." The DVD, which hits stores December 9, will boast two discs and 24 live tracks, including Life of Agony's "River Runs Red," King Diamond's "Abigail," Killswitch's "My Last Serenade," Type O Negative's "Black No. 1" and Sepultura's "Refuse/Resist." ...

According to Blabbermouth, Verrot, bassist for Swedish black-metal outfit Elimi, committed suicide on October 3. In a statement, the band said, "Verrot was a very good friend, brother, an excellent bass player/musician and an important part of Elimi; we respect his decision and hope he'll find his way with the dark gods of Chaos. Let your black flame be a part of what brings forth the day of wrath."

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Lady Gaga Reaches 10 Million Twitter Follower Landmark

'I'm speechless, we did it!' tweeted Gaga, who beat Justin Bieber to the milestone.
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Another record has been crushed under Lady Gaga's monstrous stilettos. The "Hair" singer became the first Twitter user to reach 10 million followers over the weekend, beating Justin Bieber to the mark.

Mother Monster reached the 10 million plateau around midnight on Sunday. She celebrated by tweeting a message to fans that included a twitpic of herself in London, in which she is seen in living color exiting a limo while the crush of paparazzi around her are depicted in black and white.

"10 MillionMonsters!" she wrote. "I'm speechless, we did it! It's an illness how I love you. Leaving London smiling."

By Monday morning, Gaga had increased her lead over Bieber, racking up 10,052,820 followers while the teen sensation remained just shy of the mark at 9,662,147 as he continued a swing through Japan on his "Never Say Never" tour.

The Mediabistro.com has been charting the Gaga/Bieber Twitter battle and noted that while the Biebs is currently lagging behind, he's on schedule to take over the #1 spot later this year in what looks to be a continued see-saw skirmish between the two very different pop icons to rule the social media world.

Gaga's eyebrow-raising appearance on "American Idol" last week, where she mentored the top four contestants, no doubt helped drive up her Twitter numbers. Sporting a Cruella de Vil look that included a giant fake birthmark on her face, Gaga encouraged the various singers to get "psycho," treat the microphone like a girlfriend, not to worry about being evil and shake their hips to look sexy.

Who do you follow more frequently on Twitter, Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber? Tell us in the comments.

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