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Did you hear that Mariah Carey is reportedly engaged to her boyfriend, Australian billionaire James Packer. Crikey! I really hope it's for love and not money.
Hey, the third time's the charm. Right, Mariah? Sorry, Ms. Carey.
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Steve
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Tom Cruise to star in 'The Mummy' remake
Tom Cruise will star in Universal's upcoming remake of The Mummy.
The 53-year-old actor will star alongside Algerian-French actress Sofia Boutella, who was first linked to the movie in December. Universal confirmed Cruise's involvement when announcing the film's release date of June 9, 2017 this week.
Prometheus co-writer Jon Spaihts will write the script, with Star Trek Into Darkness producer Alex Kurtzman as director. Sean Daniel, who produced The Mummy trilogy starring Brendan Fraser, will co-produce with Kurtzman and Chris Morgan.
Boutella will reportedly play the titular monster in the reboot, which is expected to take place in the present day. The movie is intended to kick off a franchise featuring other Universal monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein and the Invisible Man.
"The minute it's modern day, the rules change," Kurtzman told Slash Film of the film's setting in September. "What's really exciting for me is how do you take this ancient creature and make an audience believe that they exist in modern day?"
The original Mummy starring Boris Karloff opened in 1932, and was followed by nine more films in the following decades. The Stephen Sommers-directed Mummy trilogy with Fraser debuted in 1999, and earned $1.4 billion at the box office.
Cruise last starred in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, and will reprise Ethan Hunt in M:I 6 - Mission Impossible. He is also slated for sequels Top Gun 2 and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, in addition to Mena with Domhnall Gleeson.
Rapper and actor LL Cool J gets his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Rapper and NCIS: Los Angeles actor LL Cool J got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday, marking a long, successful career in pop culture.
LL Cool J received the 2,571st star on the WOF, in the Recording category for his pioneering work in rap. He was the rapper to have 10 consecutive platinum-plus albums in sales. His star will sit in front of the Hard Rock Cafe on Hollywood Boulevard.
Born on Long Island, New York in 1968, James Todd Smith grew up in Queens, where he took the stage name that stands for Ladies Love Cool James. He's a two-time Grammy winner, NAACP Image Award winner and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee in a career that has lasted three decades.
"I'm grateful," he said. "This is pretty big for me."
LL Cool J will host the Grammys next month for the fifth consecutive year.
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"Apparently I won #Powerball last night. Thanks social media. #chino4eva"
--Ben McKenzie, referencing his O.C. character Ryan Atwood's hometown, on Twitter
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Which actor was named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year?
Mariah Carey, James Packer are engaged
Mariah Carey, and her boyfriend, Australian billionaire James Packer are reportedly engaged.
According to E! News who broke the story, Packer popped the question while the couple were staying in her hometown of New York City. The new diamond ring the network describes reportedly comes in at around 35 carats.
CNN also confirmed the news stating from a source, "A close friend of Mr. Packer confirmed the couple were engaged and said they were over the moon that James has found such happiness with Mariah."
Carey and her new fiancé began dating less then a year ago after hitting it off in Aspen during the film premiere of Hercules.
"We were talking and laughing and people were getting mad at us and stuff like that. So we hit it off," the pop star mentioned to Steve Harvey in November about first meeting Packer. When Harvey noted how Packer was a "lucky" guy, Carey responded, "I'm lucky too."
Back in September, the two lovebirds made their red carpet debut during the New York premiere of The Intern. Carey and Packer turned heads that evening sharing kisses and getting intimate while posing for the cameras.
This will be the third marriage for Carey who previously married to Nick Cannon and music executive Tommy Mottola. Carey shares 4-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan with Cannon, while Packer, who also been married twice, shares three young children with his ex-wife Erica Baxter.
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Which actor was named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year?
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Emmy-winning actor, director and producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the recipient of its 2016 Man of the Year Award.
The title is bestowed upon performers who have made "lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment," Harvard University's famed acting troupe said. Past recipients include Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake, James Franco, Neil Patrick Harris and Chris Pratt.
Gordon-Levitt, who starred in 2015's The Walk, will be the focus of a Harvard Square ceremony, roast and press conference Feb. 5.
"No emoji can express how excited we are about having Joseph Gordon-Levitt as our 50th Man of the Year," Bobby Fitzpatrick, president of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, said in a statement Thursday. "We anxiously await Mr. Gordon-Levitt's arrival, as he begins his slow journey to the Hasty Pudding Theatricals on a small rope from Los Angeles to Cambridge."
"Perusing the impressive list of past Hasty Pudding Men of the Year, I'm simultaneously struck with intense delusions of grandeur and mild waves of humility," added Gordon-Levitt, who is 34.