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Rob Lowe to play JFKFor his next role, Rob Lowe's headed for the White House. The 49-year-old actor, fresh off a stint playing Liberace's plastic surgeon in HBO Films' "Behind the Candelabra," has lined up a gig playing President John F. Kennedy. Adam Levine: Obviously, I don't really hate America"The Voice's " Adam Levine is fighting off a backlash. The Maroon 5 frontman and "Voice" coach has been fielding angry viewers on Twitter Wednesday after he let an unpatriotic comment slip during "The Voice's" Tuesday broadcast. As Levine was watching two of his contenders in the NBC competition get eliminated, he muttered, "I hate this country." Neil Patrick Harris to host Emmy AwardsThe producers of the 2013 Emmys are our new favorite set of folks, since they heard our plea to just let Neil Patrick Harris emcee everything, already. The "How I Met Your Mother" star and host of this year's Tony awards has also been asked to lead the Emmys ceremony in September. It'll be his second time hosting, as the actor previously had the same gig at 2009's show. “I couldn't be more honored and excited to be hosting this year's Emmy Awards,” Harris said in a statement. “And what perfect timing – I'll just do the exact same script I'm about to use for the Tonys. ‘And the Emmy for Best Revival of a Musical goes to ‘Breaking Bad!’ See, told you it works.” We can look forward to more of his quips when the Emmys airs on September 22 on CBS. ![]() James Lipton had a colorful career in the Paris of the 1950s before becoming host of Bravo's "Inside the Actors Studio." 'Inside the Actors Studio' host talks pimp pastThe tables were turned on inquisitive talk-show host James Lipton recently, and he found himself reminiscing about his days as a pimp. As it turns out, before becoming famous on Bravo's "Inside the Actors Studio," Lipton "represented" Parisian ladies of the night in the '50s. Daft Punk lands first No. 1Daft Punk's "first proper album in eight years" is also the group's first No. 1. The record, "Random Access Memories," has debuted in the top spot on the Billboard 200, with 339,000 copies sold. |
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