Nine Inch Nails fans had the best day ever today as the band revealed their next album release date, plus tour dates for upcoming gigs in North America. Not to mention, the band also dropped a new single, "Came Back Haunted." [Billboard]
Speaking of album release dates, Mariah Carey's upcoming disc - the one that'll contain her single with Miguel, "Beautiful" - will arrive on July 23. The countdown's on, Lambs! [Mariah Carey's Twitter]
There exists in Los Angeles a life-size statue of a naked, pregnant Kim Kardashian. What a world. [LAMag]
And while we're on the topic of pregnancy, the supposedly pregnant Beyoncé has shared a photo on her Tumblr page that depicts the star thoroughly enjoying a glass of wine. Not something one would do if one's carrying a wee one, no? [Beyoncé's Tumblr]
Guess who else has gotten into the social media game? Liam Hemsworth. The soon-to-be Mrs. Miley Cyrus (if everything goes according to plan) is now on Twitter. [Liam Hemsworth's Twitter]
People of Earth: You never know when Brad Pitt is going to pop up in your town for a screening of his new film "World War Z" and hand out a few t-shirts like he did today in Atlanta. Are we a tad bit salty he didn't stop by CNN Headquarters? No comment. [AJC]
Does Kim Zolciak have a fifth kid on the way? Photos of the Atlanta-based reality star hitting the beach in a two-piece are fueling rumors that she's expecting another baby with husband Kroy Biermann. [In Touch Weekly]
It doesn't look like the exodus from "American Idol" is quite done yet. Sources are whispering that two founding executive producers, Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, are leaving the show - although nothing formal has happened. [THR]
You'll soon be able to get up close and personal with Ron Burgundy's jazz flute. The "Anchorman" character's instrument will just be one of the items on display at the upcoming "Anchorman" exhibit at Washington D.C.'s Newseum. The exhibit launches November 14. [Washington Post]
"Mad Men's" Jared Harris will soon be a married man. The actor's engaged to his longtime girlfriend (and fellow actor) Allegra Riggio. [Us Weekly]
First Lindsay Lohan, and now Helena Bonham Carter is reviving the life of Elizabeth Taylor for a TV movie. This one's commissioned by BBC America - you can see the first photo of Carter as Taylor at the link. [BBC America]
Beyoncé hasn't done much promotion for the newly released animated movie she's in, "Epic," but the star got around to acknowledging its existence with the release of the new single "Rise Up" from the film's soundtrack:
For Angelina Jolie's 38th birthday today, Brad Pitt surprised her with a celebratory dinner - in Paris. Apparently, after imbibing both red and white wines, the couple went over to a nearby "disco," Silencio. [E!]
The big question of the day - aside from what Kim and Kanye will name their baby girl - is whether the reality star will eat her placenta. If she does, we're betting we'd get closeups on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," complete with kolorful kommentary. [HuffPost]
Sorry fans of "The Wire," but "The Sopranos" ranks No. 1 according to The Writers Guild of America who awarded the latter HBO show the top slot on their “101 Best Written TV Series of All Time” list. The show edged out "Seinfeld" which, for it being "a show about nothing," came in at No. 2. [Variety]
What makes Lindsey Vonn's relationship with Tiger Woods work? They're "similar," she says. We'll let you imagine in what ways. [People]
Jennifer Aniston's soon-to-be-husband has landed a new job. Justin Theroux's slated to star in the pilot for Damon Lindelof's HBO adaptation of the Tom Perrotta novel, "The Leftovers." [NYMag's Vulture]
After Katy Perry and Carrie Underwood had turns joining the Rolling Stones on stage for a jam sesh, Taylor Swift stepped up to the plate at the band's Chicago tour stop, where she helped them perform "As Tears Go By":
Miley Cyrus is still partying in the U.S.A., but this time she's introduced Molly and some strip club rump-shaking into the mix on her new single "We Can't Stop":
In case that whole "Mistresses" thing doesn't work out, Alyssa Milano already has something else she can fall back on. The actress will host the third "All-Stars" season of "Project Runway." [THR]
It's officially official: Dan Harmon's returning to "Community." [Dan Harmon's Twitter]
"Girls" is getting gangster: Michael Zegen, known for portraying Bugsy Siegel on HBO's drama "Boardwalk Empire," has also joined the cast of the HBO comedy, which has been down one 20-something male after Christopher Abbott left earlier this year. [Deadline]
Will Arnett still believes in marriage - but the actor is in no rush to start dating again after splitting up from Amy Poehler. He's finding happiness in his kids - and cigarettes, apparently. [Details]
Sophia Grace, the young Brit discovered by Ellen DeGeneres and who will most certainly come to rule us all - or at least the Internet - now has her own music video:
Is there anything cuter than a boy band cuddling with giant pandas? The members of the Backstreet Boys got to hold them while visiting China's Giant Panda Breeding Research Institute in Chengdu. They should really be more careful the next time they decide to hang out with adorable animals - they might melt the Internet!
How's this for a fun Rihanna fact: Out of the singer's seven studio releases, only one didn't sell more than a million. The 25-year-old just notched her sixth platinum album this week with her latest release, "Unapologetic." [Billboard]
Justin Timberlake entered a spelling bee too once upon a time - but the word "wharf" took him down. [Page Six]
Whatever is going on between Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, Cyrus has made one thing very clear: She's still rocking her ring. [People]
Jeff Probst on that one time he went on his first and last date with Katie Couric: "What I remember most about the date is how nervous I was and how little I offered to the conversation. It was like I forgot how to go on a date." Ouch! [Us Weekly]
It seems Johnny Depp requires top dollar, and a Whitey Bulger biopic that the actor was supposed to star in reportedly couldn't swing it. Depp's said to have dropped out of the project over the salary dispute. [THR]
But at least the star still has the "Pirates of the Caribbean" to pad his bank account with, right? The fifth installment in the franchise has found a pair of directors to lead the charge: "Kon-Tiki's" Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. [Deadline]
Bon Jovi has added a new heap of tour dates to their "Because We Can" tour because ... well, they can. [BonJovi.com]
When Channing Tatum grows up, he wants to be a 22-year-old woman filled with awesome. "I wouldn't mind being the male Jennifer Lawrence," he tells Cosmopolitan in an upcoming issue. "I think she's incredibly cool." [Cosmo]
Miley Cyrus has evidently studied at the Queen Beyoncé School of PR. While the Internet debates her relationship status with Liam Hemsworth, Cyrus has dropped a new music video with Snoop Lion - a classic distraction technique. Well played, young Cyrus.