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Foster, who both directs and stars opposite Gibson in the upcoming drama The Beaver, chose not to comment on Gibson's recent controversies, which stem from his court case with ex-partner Oksana Grigorieva.
"Here's a guy that seems troubled," Letterman said to Foster, regarding her co-star. "The trouble was happening while he made the movie with you is that right?"
"Mostly after we wrapped," Foster responded, before quickly trying to change the subject and laughing nervously.
As Letterman continued to question her on her feelings about Gibson's actions, Foster said that she had been given "no inkling" of his problems during the entire time they spent filming The Beaver.
Foster later declined an open opportunity to defend Gibson, despite previously professing her love for the actor to the press.
The Beaver is due for release in cinemas on May 20 in the US and June 17 in the UK.
Paris Hilton apologises to Lindsay Lohan
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In a preview of her new reality show The World According to Paris, Hilton was mistaken for Lohan when giving earrings to a homeless woman.
The socialite quipped: "If I were Lindsay, I would be stealing earrings... not giving them away."
Lohan is currently involved in an ongoing court case after being accused of stealing a necklace from LA boutique Kamofie & Company.
According to TMZ Lohan told friends: "[Paris] is mean. You don't have to make fun of serious matters in people's lives to be funny."
Hilton has since released an apology to the website, saying: "I apologise to Lindsay for the comment that I made. I was joking around but it was thoughtless and unnecessary.
"I am reaching out to Lindsay so I can tell her myself."
The World According To Paris premieres on June 1 on the Oxygen Network.
Jennifer Lopez honoured by RedOne GaGa tracks
The 'I'm Into You' singer, who recently released her new album Love, told MTV News that she feels honoured to work with RedOne as he values an artist's individuality while still creating a recognisable sound.
"I think RedOne's sound is very specific, but he also can be very individual for each artist that he works with, which I like, but there's still kind of a commonality in it. But it's him. He makes a record sound so big and important," she explained.
"When he would play me different tracks and even the beginnings of ideas and when he told me, 'Actually I worked with GaGa on this', and I was like, 'Really? That's awesome. Is it okay?' and he [was] like, 'Yeah, yeah'. You know they write and produce together a lot. So it was exciting. I kind of just lucked out on that one."
Lopez went on to say that the album's theme was an easy one to choose, adding: "Love is a very complex topic and I've been singing about it since my first album, and this was kind of the culmination of
Lady GaGa: I'm here to cause a ruckus'
The video for 'Judas' premiered last night, and depicts GaGa as biblical character Mary Magdalene stuck in a love triangle with both Jesus and Judas, who are portrayed by Rick Gonzalez and Norman Reedus respectively.
"I believe I was put on this earth to cause a ruckus," GaGa told E! News when asked about the heavily criticised video.
"At the beginning when I came out with 'Just Dance' I couldn't get an interview, I couldn't get on the radio," GaGa explained. "I just want to keep making stuff that's great and thought-provoking."
GaGa downplayed claims that the video is religiously offensive, insisting that it was just a way for her to express her interest in religious art.
"In my opinion, the only controversial thing about this video is that I'm wearing Christian Lacroix and Chanel in the same frame," GaGa joked. "The video is not meant to be an attack on religion, I respect and love everyone's beliefs."
Warner Music 'sold for $3.3 billion'
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According to media reports, people with knowledge of the situation have confirmed that Blavatnik will pay $8.25 a share for Warner Music, a 4.4% premium on the company's closing share price today of $7.90.
Access Industries will also assume all of Warner Music's debt, estimated at around $2bn. An official announcement of the sale has not yet been made by either party, but it is widely expected to follow shortly.
Warner Music, one of the four major record labels, has been up for sale since January, with Blavatnik joined by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and Tom & Alec Gores, who run their own private equity operation, in expressing an interest.
However, Blavatnik emerged as frontrunner to complete the deal due to his close links with Warner Music, as he previously sat on the company's board.
The deal would add another asset to the growing Access portfolio of investments, alongside stakes in Russian oil giant TNK-BNP and online sports rights company Perform.
Speculation is mounting that Blavatnik could follow up the Warner Music acquisition by combining the label with fellow major EMI, which is now owned by Citigroup after foreclosing on previous owner Terra Firma.
Blavatnik's biggest challenge will be finding the right business model to cope with the still floundering music industry, with CD sales continuing to fall, yet legitimate digital download revenues not increasing quickly enough to fill the gap.
Jared Harris talks 'Sherlock Holmes 2'
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We're going to see you as Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows later this year. What's your take on Moriarty and Holmes's rivalry?
"Well I can't really give too much away because they want to keep all the plot details a secret so I can't say anything about that. I will say we've had long talks about how to achieve something that... he's a very famous character and he actually only appears in two stories of Sherlock Holmes, but he's talked about a lot. Since then he's a character or type of character that's been imitated so much. He was the first literary supervillain and supervillains are so well-known now that Mike Myers can do a comedy spoof about them. It's very easy to drift into parody."
What do you hope you bring to the role?
"My thing was, I just never wanted to explain myself. There's always that scene where the villain has to tell you what he's doing and why he's doing it. Guy luckily agreed with me and so did Robert. Why? Why do we need that? You're not going to explain yourself or what you're doing. There's a sort of arrogance about the character that's similar to Sherlock Holmes. They're both incredibly intelligent people, they're chess masters thinking many moves down the line. They don't know all of their opponents moves but they've got a lot of them. They're 20 moves ahead on their own plan. I just always wanted to create a sense that he had something else up his sleeve. As you unfold the story there's another step involved."
Is it a challenge to make him seem believable?
"You want him to seem believable but there's a certain element of villainey, he isn't just a bad school teacher. He's an evil villainous person otherwise he's not worth stopping. As soon as you know what the villain is doing you lose interest in the character and as soon as they state their purpose the tension goes out of the character. So often in these movies the bad guy appears as a theatrical villain, he ends up telling you what he's done or what he's going to do. Like a play you can't move the scenery around so you're describing events you're never going to see."
Why do you think that happens so much?
"That happens in movies because they aren't going to spend the screen time or production dollars on showing you something about this character. That's why they come across as being 'stagey'. They talk more and in films the person who talks less tends to be the stronger character. I watched Mission: Impossible with Philip Seymour Hoffman and he really never tells you what he's doing in that story and I just thought it was a very smart way of doing it."
Is the door open for you to appear in more Sherlock Holmes movies?
"I can't tell you that! I'm sure they're going to make more Sherlock Holmes films, though. I've no idea if I'll be in them."
The Ward is released on DVD and Blu-ray in October. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opens on December 16.
Arnold Schwarzenegger considers 'Twins' sequel
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The actor, who is working with director Justin Lin on a return to the Terminator franchise, is believed to be keen to once again team up with De Vito and Twins director Ivan Reitman.
"Twins 2. Arnold, Danny De Vito and Ivan Reitman are all still in touch and want to work together again," a source told What's Playing. "Universal came to them about [a Twins sequel]."
The source added: "It's a germ of an idea that could spread fast."
Schwarzenegger announced his return to acting earlier this year after his term as Governor of California came to an end.
The action star is to make his comeback in the Brad Furman-directed drama Cry Macho, and is said to be considering a number of other acting roles at present.
Twins starred Schwarzenegger opposite De Vito as two unlikely twin brothers separated at birth, who are reunited as adults and attempt to track down their mother.
Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' adaptation in doubt
Universal Pictures had planned to release a trilogy of films, separated by two television miniseries, in an effort to fully adapt King's seven-novel series.
However, studio executives are said to have started rethinking their plans, and may decide to put the project into turnaround.
Variety reports that Universal may put the project on hold to allow producers Imagine Entertainment to source another studio to help with financing, or may even cancel the project altogether.
The studio recently pulled out of producing Guillermo del Toro's proposed adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness over similar concerns stemming from the film's expected $150 million budget.
Last month it was reported that Javier Bardem was close to signing on to the project as lead character Roland Deschain.
The Dark Tower had been due to begin production this September for a launch in 2013.
'Star Trek 2 production starts soon,' says Abrams
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Abrams revealed that work on the film was finally beginning to get under way, and that although a script is yet to be finalised, the team are definitely "working on it".
"The truth is that my focus has been so much on finishing Super 8 that it's been something I'm looking forward to getting to, but with an incredibly compressed post schedule, there hasn't been a whole lot of time for me to be working with the writers," Abrams explained to MTV News.
"Now that Super 8 is drawing to a close in terms of this post schedule, I'm looking forward to jumping in and hopefully getting that ready as soon as possible."
Abrams praised the film's writing team, which consists of Star Trek writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman as well as Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, for helping to keep the sequel on track.
"These are not just great friends of mine, but they're great writers," Abrams added. "I'm thrilled and very optimistic that it's going to get where it needs to get to."
It is currently unknown whether Abrams will direct the film as he did with 2009's Star Trek, or simply serve as producer on the project.
Star Trek 2 is scheduled to reach cinemas on June 29, 2012.
Ricky Gervais signs on for 'Spy Kids 4'
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The British comedian has been cast as the voice of spy dog Argonaut in Rodriguez's latest sequel Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World.
"Not only am I lending my voice to Spy Kids, but they can keep it. I'm sick of it," Gervais revealed to EW.
The fourth entry in the longrunning film franchise sees Sin City star Jessica Alba joining the cast, along with both Joel McHale and Jeremy Piven.
Original Spy Kids stars Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara and Danny Trejo are also back for the new film, although Carmen and Juni will play more of a supporting role to two new secret agent children.
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World is set to hit cinemas in 3D on August 19.
Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper for new film?
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According to Variety, Cianfrance has now found a backer for his new project, The Place Beyond the Pines, in the form of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, and is looking to finalise casting details.
Blue Valentine lead Gosling is already attached to star as a motorbike rider forced to begin a career as a bank robber to support his child.
The studio is also believed to have offered The Hangover Part II star Cooper the film's other lead role, that of a rookie police officer tasked with tracking down Gosling's character.
Gosling's production slate is looking increasingly busy, having already been linked to a remake of Logan's Run, as well as George Clooney's The Ides of March, and Gangster Squad opposite Sean Penn.
Cooper is similarly busy, currently pursuing the starring role in a remake of cult classic The Crow, and a supporting role as Lucifer in a film adaptation of Milton's Paradise Lost.
Principal photography on The Place Beyond the Pines is due to begin this summer with a script written by both Cianfrance and Ben
'American Idol' auditions to begin in June
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Ryan Seacrest confirmed on this week's results show that auditions for the eleventh run of the Fox competition will begin on Tuesday, June 28 in St. Louis, MO.
Auditions will also be held on Saturday, July 2 in Portland, OR, and Charleston, SC, on Friday, July 22. Additional cities and details will be announced at a later date.
This week's American Idol saw more than 60 million votes cast as America chose their Top 4 following a 'Now and Then'-themed performance night on Wednesday, which saw the contestants performing one track from the 1960s and one current song.
Next week, the remaining singers will be mentored by Lady GaGa, who will help them prepare their performances for the Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber-themed episode.
Jordin Sparks will also perform on the results show, while judge Steven Tyler will introduce the world premiere of the video for his first US solo single '(It) Feels So Good'.
American Idol airs Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8/7c on Fox.
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'Dexter' season six to explore Dexter, Deb
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Speaking to TV Line, Nevins suggested that the relationship between Dexter (Michael C Hall) and his sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) will be explored in more depth when the show returns.
"There will be a microscope on the Deb [and] Dexter relationship this season," he said. "Over time you're going to see that relationship evolve and change, no questions about it."
Nevins also revealed that the show will be going back to its "roots", saying: "Dexter this season will be in some ways a return to the Dexter that you've seen in the early seasons. There's a really interesting story and journey that he's going to be on this year. There's going to be some degree of getting back to his roots."
He added that Dexter will not be pitted against one "big bad" in the sixth season.
"There's one interesting story that will move through the season, and it will be cast very interestingly, but it's not exactly that one person," he teased.
Dexter, which was renewed for a sixth season last December, is scheduled to return later this year.
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