August 15th, 2011
06:00 PM ET
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August 15th, 2011
05:37 PM ET
Top tweeters: Kim K has 9 million followersReality star Kim Kardashian has just gained over 9 million followers on Twitter. After amassing that staggering number, Kim, 30, tweeted her reaction: “OMGGGGG I just saw I reached 9 MILLION followers!!!!!! I am so speechless! YOU truly are my world and mean everything to me! I LOVE YOU!” The secret to her popularity? Apparently it’s scintillating revelations like “I hate cilantro with a passion!” and, “Do u brush your teeth before u take the red eye flight? I always do in the bathroom. Otherwise its like falling alseep w-out brushing! Yuck.” 
August 15th, 2011
05:35 PM ET
Disney halts production on Depp’s ‘Lone Ranger’A retelling of the classic western "The Lone Ranger" was supposed to start filming this fall, but Disney has pulled the plug on the anticipated Johnny Depp project. A Disney rep tells CNN, “Yes, that production ['The Lone Ranger'] has been shut down and everyone involved in the production is meeting to figure out next steps.” According to the Hollywood Reporter, budget clashes between Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski are what brought the project down.
August 15th, 2011
05:32 PM ET
Weekend reviews in 140 or lessAlthough we're welcoming "The Help," "30 Minutes or Less" and "Final Destination 5" to this edition of weekend reviews in 140 or less, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" still gets top billing in critic and fan reviews - not to mention winning the box office for the second week in a row. "Apes" is currently 82 percent fresh over on Rotten Tomatoes, while "The Help" trails behind with 73 percent of critics giving positive reviews. But Twitter user Maggalicious calls it one of the best adaptations she's seen done on a book she's read, and iReporter Vera Richardson calls it essential viewing for Americans. 
August 15th, 2011
03:53 PM ET
New Lily joins 'Modern Family'"Modern Family's" Lily has had quite the growth spurt between seasons. As we reported earlier, there was a casting call out for a new daughter for the ABC show's couple Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), seeking an "Asian, 3- to 4-year-old" girl since the character was supposed to start taking on a larger storyline. As Tyler Ferguson previously explained to E!, "Lily will definitely be more prominent in season three...She'll be almost 3, so you have to have her as an integral part of the storyline. You know, she'll be going to preschool and socializing more and all that stuff, so it will be fun." 
August 15th, 2011
03:52 PM ET
Report: Homeless man living in Ann Curry's homeA homeless man has been residing in Ann Curry's $2.9 million Upper West Side house, unbeknownst to the "Today" show host, reports the New York Post. Curry and husband Brian Ross have been renovating the four-story NYC townhouse for the past eight years, and during that time the Post reports it has become a stomping ground for various vagrants. On Saturday, police arrested a drifter who has lived in the brownstone “for about a year.” The Post spoke to the ousted squatter, who yelled, "Ann Curry means crap to me!" |
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