While you were working...
January 10th, 2012
06:46 PM ET

While you were working...

Today's news you might've missed:

  • We want to believe Jon Hamm wouldn't lie to us, so we just may have a return date for the delayed fifth season of "Mad Men": March 25. [EW]
  • Van Halen is back with David Lee Roth, and along with a tour and an album, the group has released a new single with the frontman called "Tattoo":

  • Blue Ivy is on the move - mom and pop Beyonce and Jay-Z have reportedly checked out of the hospital and have taken their newborn daughter home. [E!]
  • If you're not watching "Downton Abbey," you're just about the only holdout. The second season premiere of the critical fave doubled PBS' usual Monday night ratings thanks to the 4.2 million watching. [LAT]
  • Katie Holmes is almost topless in these jewelry ads so you can focus on the necklace she's selling, obviously. [Daily Mail]
  • The trailer for Miley Cyrus's "LOL," in which she plays a teen getting in touch with her "free-spirited" side while texting a lot (that's what we gathered of the plot from the clip, anyway), has arrived:


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Katy Perry's dad apologizes for anti-Semitic remarks
Katy Perry attends the 2010 American Music Awards with then-husband Russell Brand, right, and father Keith Hudson, left.
January 10th, 2012
05:56 PM ET

Katy Perry's dad apologizes for anti-Semitic remarks

Katy Perry’s father, Pastor Keith Hudson, has apologized after being criticized by two prominent Jewish groups for giving a sermon that included anti-Semitic remarks.

The evangelical preacher drew ire from the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday because of remarks he made about Jews during a recent speaking engagement at the Church on the Rise in Westlake, Ohio.

“You know how to make the Jew jealous? Have some money, honey,” Hudson allegedly said. “You go to L.A. and they own all the Rolex and diamond places. Walk down a part of L.A. where we live and it is so rich it smells. You ever smell rich? They are all Jews, hallelujah! Amen.”

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David Cross talks 'Todd Margaret'
January 10th, 2012
05:00 PM ET

David Cross talks 'Todd Margaret'

The best show you're not watching is back!

The second season of "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret" debuted Friday night on IFC, picking up right where the first season left off.

Created, produced, written by and starring David Cross ("Arrested Development," "Mr. Show") and Will Arnett, "Todd Margaret" focuses on Cross's Portland, Oregon office temp Todd. He's recruited by his boss Brent Wilts (Arnett) to head the London sales division of Thunder Muscle - an exciting new energy drink (Like drinking ten lightnings!) that just happens to be toxic.

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Drew Barrymore is 'super happy' with Will Kopelman
January 10th, 2012
04:57 PM ET

Drew Barrymore is 'super happy' with Will Kopelman

It looks like the third time down the aisle just may be the charm for Drew Barrymore.

The 36-year-old actress announced that she's engaged to art consultant Will Kopelman earlier this month, and Barrymore tells InStyle that she's over the moon.

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Kopelman is "lovely," she says in the magazine's February issue. "He's very, very nice. It's really positive. I'm super happy."

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'The Artist' director defends use of Hitchcock score
January 10th, 2012
04:13 PM ET

'The Artist' director defends use of Hitchcock score

Actress Kim Novak has ripped into the critically acclaimed movie "The Artist," claiming that the film's use of "Vertigo's" score was out of line.

Novak, who starred in the classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film, says in a Variety magazine ad that she feels "as if my body - or, at least my body of work - has been violated by the movie 'The Artist'...This film should've been able to stand on its own without depending on Bernard Herrmann's score from Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' to provide more drama."

To Novak, the way "Artist" director Michel Hazanavicius incorporated the music, even with what she viewed as a "small credit to Herrmann" at the end, was "cheating."

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Dolly Parton: Kristin Chenoweth could play me on Broadway
January 10th, 2012
02:55 PM ET

Dolly Parton: Kristin Chenoweth could play me on Broadway

Dolly Parton's hoping to make a "Joyful Noise" on Broadway one of these days with a musical about her life.

She tells CNN that she's currently working to make that happen - and she already has an idea on who could play her on the Great White Way.

"I'm working on a musical about my life and I would love for it to get to Broadway," Parton, 65, told CNN. "It's certain to get on stage somewhere. I thought it would be a great way to tell my life story because you can get so many more things in a song. You can tell so many more stories [that way] than [with] just dialogue."

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'Pretty Little Liars': The black hoodie strikes again
January 10th, 2012
01:06 PM ET

'Pretty Little Liars': The black hoodie strikes again

After countless empty leads - from beaded bracelets to medical records - “Pretty Little Liars” finally gave viewers a substantial clue about the possible mastermind(s) behind A on Monday night.

In possession of what could be A’s cell phone, the girls consider reaching out to Caleb for help. Hanna wasn’t too keen on involving her boy toy, suggesting they call technical support instead.

But after some convincing from Emily – “These are not highlights, Hanna. This is glass in my hair” – she conceded.

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January 10th, 2012
12:08 PM ET

'SYTYCD' kicks off season 9 auditions

When "So You Think You Can Dance" held auditions in Atlanta last January, the show not only set a record for the most dancers sent to the Las Vegas callbacks, but it was also the place where season 8 champ Melanie Moore was discovered.

So it made perfect sense for the show to officially begin its ninth season by hosting auditions back in the ATL.

On a chilly Thursday morning last week, many dancers were practicing their skills - not so much to be ready to face the judges, but to keep warm.

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'The Bachelor' goes back home
January 10th, 2012
11:30 AM ET

'The Bachelor' goes back home

Last night's episode of "The Bachelor" began in Ben's hometown of Sonoma, California, where our hero met up with the 18 remaining women. (I was surprised that the ladies left the manor this early in the season, but perhaps the home needed a flea bath after what happened on "Bachelor Pad.")

The ladies were happy to see Ben, saying he looked "amazing" as the "Sonoma-fied" version of himself. We don't know what that means, so we're going to guess that he smelled like a vineyard.

This week's show featured a pair of one-on-one dates, as well as a group date involving 12 women.

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Coachella 2012 lines up Black Keys, Radiohead, Dre and Snoop
January 10th, 2012
11:00 AM ET

Coachella 2012 lines up Black Keys, Radiohead, Dre and Snoop

Coachella has announced its full 2012 lineup, and festival goers can expect to see The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg headline when the music fest kicks off in Indio, California in April.

Last spring, Coachella announced that this year's fest will last for two separate weekends. The first will be held April 13-15, and the second will be April 20-22.

The Black Keys will play on Friday, April 13, and Friday, April 20, and will be joined by Swedish House Mafia, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Afrojack, Cat Power, Jimmy Cliff and Frank Ocean, among others.

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