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American Idol after Lionel Richie as Judge #2

"American Idol" has its sights set on judge #2 for the reboot ... and we're told it's Lionel Richie. 'A.I.' sources tell TMZ ... producers think Richie's legendary music career makes him a perfect pick ... credibility and a knack for honing in on what will become popular. Richie is also extremely outgoing, which makes for good TV. We don't know if the 'A.I.' folks have formally reached out to Richie. We contacted Richie's people, but so far they're mum. The question ... how much can ...

Leo DiCaprio adds Orlando Bloom to his squad

Once word was out that Orlando Bloom schtup a girl so good she doesn't even care that her boss fired her, it was just a matter of time till Leo rings offering a tryouts to be in his boysquad. The two were seen strolling Manhattan with Toby McGuire, Leo's longtime best friend and first lieutenant.  But Toby doesn't seem worried O will steal his spot. The babe yacht has room for as many modelizers as needed. The actors donned casual wear for their bonding session in Manhattan's East Village - with Orlando even bringing his puppy Mighty along. [gallery ids="169814,169815,169816,169817,169818"]   />Once word was out that Orlando Bloom schtup a girl so good she doesn't even care that her boss fired her, it was just a matter of time till Leo rings offering a tryouts to be in his boysquad. The two were seen strolling Manhattan with Toby McGuire, Leo's longtime best friend and first lieutenant.  But Toby doesn't seem worried O will steal his spot. The babe yacht has room for as many modelizers as needed. The actors donned casual wear for their bonding session in Manhattan's East Village ...

Bon Jovi Selling NYC duplex with amazing balcony

on Bon Jovi is on the move in Manhattan having listed his comfortably sophisticated duplex digs in a top-notch West Village apartment complex with an asking price of $17.25 million. The 4,031 square foot has a giant private outdoor space that even has real grass and a planting box for a vegetable garden.  Wrapping two corners at the amenity driven 150 Charles Street Condominium in the West Village, this 3/4 bedroom and 4.5 bath duplex home is flooded with light on three sides. An elegant entry gallery with handsome staircase and wall of windows leads to the 32 X 17 "Great Room" with fireplace on the Hudson River and direct access to the south/west facing expansive terrace. The lushly landscaped terrace overlooking the Hudson River is sun-drenched during the day and offers memorizing sunsets in the evening. on Bon Jovi is on the move in Manhattan having listed his comfortably sophisticated duplex digs in a top-notch West Village apartment complex with an asking price of $17.25 million. The 4,031 square foot has a giant private outdoor space that even has real grass and a planting box for a vegetable garden.  Wrapping two corners at the amenity driven 150 Charles Street Condominium in the West Village, this 3/4 bedroom and 4.5 bath duplex home is flooded with light on three sides. An elegant entry...

Alex Jones Secretly Recorded Megyn Kelly Interview

Alex Jones plans to release audio on Thursday night of his entire interview with Megyn Kelly — saying he secretly recorded the controversial sit-down because he “knew it was all crap.” The Infowars host posted a video online, along with a teaser clip, around 8:45 p.m. and claimed he would be posting the full tape on the conspiracy website later in the evening. “I’ve never done this in 22 years, I’ve never recorded another journalist, but I knew it was a fraud, that it was a lie,” Jones said in...

Blimp Crash at US Open Caught on Film

A blimp taking aerial photographs at golfs famed US OPEN has caught fire and crashed, according to images sent out on twitter and news mags. Spectators say they could see the pilots parachute out of the craft as it was falling. It's pretty strange looking because it's no longer remotely blimp shaped, as seen in the photo to the right and video below. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported the blimp caught fire before hitting the ground near a highway outside the course. “It started d...

Patton Oswalt Steps Out With New Gal Pal

  Patton Oswalt has found love again and I couldn't be happier for him. The comedian, who lost his wife last year, held hands with actress Meredith Salenger at the Los Angeles premiere of “Baby Driver” on Wednesday.  Patton Oswalt has found love again and I couldn't be happier for him. The comedian, who lost his wife last year, held hands with actress Meredith Salenger at the Los Angeles premiere of “Baby Driver” on Wednesday. Salenger, 47, is a Harvard grad with numerous bit parts credited to her name, including multiple voice-over roles in the animated series “Star Wars Rebels.” On June 12, Salenger posted an Instagram photo holding hands with someone fans deducted was Oswalt, captioning...

Cosby jury announces it’s deadlocked

A smile broke out over Bill Cosby’s face as jurors told a judge on Thursday that they are deadlocked in the disgraced funnyman’s sex assault trial. The jury of seven men and five women passed a note to Montgomery County Judge Steve O’Neill at 11:06 a.m. saying they were unable to reach a verdict after about 32 hours of deliberations over the past four days.A smile broke out over Bill Cosby’s face as jurors told a judge on Thursday that they are deadlocked in the disgraced funnyman’s sex assault trial. The jury of seven men and five women passed a note to Montgomery County Judge Steve O’Neill at 11:06 a.m. saying they were unable to reach a verdict after about 32 hours of deliberations over the past four days. “We cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any of the counts,” the note said – as Cosby smirked in the courtroom. Meanwhile, acc...

Religion ‘freaks’ Selena Gomez out

Selena Gomez has a difficult time discussing religion. “It’s hard because I don’t know if it’s necessarily that I believe in religion as much as I believe in faith and a relationship with God,” the 24-year-old actress/singer recently admitted on the “Zach Sang Show” during an interview published on Tuesday.Selena Gomez has a difficult time discussing religion. “It’s hard because I don’t know if it’s necessarily that I believe in religion as much as I believe in faith and a relationship with God,” the 24-year-old actress/singer recently admitted on the “Zach Sang Show” during an interview published on Tuesday. “I’ve never been the person that’s like, ‘this is what it should be,’” she added. “I’ve just experienced things in my life where there are holes in things ...

Bella Thorne Talks about her time with Scott

Bella Thorne is coming clean about her adventures in Cannes with Scott Disick — and how his partying ways were a bit much for her liking. In May, photos surfaced of the pair getting close aboard a luxury private villa during the film festival, after sparking romance rumors the week before when they stepped out for a dinner date in Los Angeles and then jetted out to Cannes together. “I throw a lot of house parties, and that’s how I meet these people. They come to my house party and they’r...

Was Oliver Stone Getting Anti-Semitic on Colbert Last Night?

You may have seen word today that Oliver Stone went a little bat shit in his Stephen Colbert interview last night. But there might/likely is a big part left out. As many have seen by now, Oliver Stone went on Stephen Colbert's CBS show Tuesday to promote his documentary on Vladimir Putin entitled "The Putin Interviews".  He made several statements that caused the audience to laugh and or gasp that implied a sympathy for the brutal dictator. Stone said of Putin, “I think he’s devot...

2 Live Crew, Luther Campbell biopic in the works

Lionsgate is moving quickly on “The Book Of Luke,” a drama about the provocative hip hop group 2 Live Crew and its leader Luther Campbell, whose parody version of the Roy Orbison hit song “Oh Pretty Woman” went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court before a landmark ruling favored Campbell and paved the way for fair use sampling for music judged to be parody.  Lionsgate is moving quickly on “The Book Of Luke,” a drama about the provocative hip hop group 2 Live Crew and its leader Luther Campbell, whose parody version of the Roy Orbison hit song “Oh Pretty Woman” went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court before a landmark ruling favored Campbell and paved the way for fair use sampling for music judged to be parody.   Craig A. Williams is writing the script, which will be developed for up-and-coming actor RJ Cyler to play Campbell in the film. Cyler played Earl in “Me and Earl ...

Lindsay Lohan Joins Sky’s ‘Sick Note’ For Season 2

So Lohan is still getting work, go figure.   Alongside legit people, too. A British comedy called Sick Note hasn't even aired episode 1, but it's been picked up for season 2 and will add Lindsay Lohan to the roster. The six-part Season 1 follows Daniel Glass (Rupert Grint), a compulsive liar stuck in a failing relationship and dead-end insurance job, who is under the thumb of an irrepressible boss (Don Johnson). Just when things couldn’t get any worse, Daniel is wrongly diagnosed with a...