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WATCH: 'Glee' Does 'Gangnam Style'

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"Glee" is taking on "Gangnam Style." The Fox dramedy will tackle the viral hit song and dance in a late November episode.

In the video below, Darren Criss, Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz introduce behind-the-scenes footage of the "Gangnam Style" rehearsal and footage of the actual performance. It looks like New Directions will perform the number for Sectionals.

"Glee" will also tackle popular songs by fun. and Scissor Sisters in upcoming episodes.

Take a look at the "Gangnam Style" video below.


Happy Divorce-versary?

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What's scarier than Kim Kardashian's blond-wigged halloween costume? The fact that her divorce proceedings have now lasted five times longer than her marriage to NBA star Kris Humphries. It's enough to make even the most seasoned divorcee shudder with fright!

Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of Kardashian's divorce filing from Humphries after 72 days of marriage. What's taking so long?

Rather than filing his own divorce docs after the split, Humphries responded by filing for both an annulment on the basis of fraud and a legal separation in November 2011. Why two filings? If the judge does not grant the annulment -- which would require Humphries to provide "clear and convincing evidence" that Kardashian defrauded him into marrying her -- then he would proceed with the separation instead -- not a divorce.

In a Feburary 2012 interview with "Access Hollywood," Humphries hinted at his doubts about Kardashian's motives for marrying him. When correspondent Jill Martin asked him about rumors that their TV nuptials were a ratings ploy, he responded with a subtle dig at Kardashian: “To me it was real. I would never go through something or do something that wasn’t real or I didn’t believe in, so I can really only speak for myself in terms of that.”

In June, Kardashian's legal team took Humphries' deposition. When asked about his allegations that Kardashian may have married him in order to boost ratings and publicity for her E! reality show, Humphries reportedly kept mum and refused to offer any specifics.

But is the delay really Humphries' fault? Both Kardashian's and Humphries' attorneys have accused one another of deliberately slowing down the divorce proceedings. In August 2012, Humphries' lawyer claimed that Kardashian's team had been uncooperative and delayed the discovery process.

In a hearing that same month, the judge and attorneys involved in the case stated that it was unlikely that a divorce or an annulment would be granted this year.

Click through the slideshow below to see photos of the couple in happier times:

PHOTOS: Kanye Makes Up With Paparazzo

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Kanye West made nice on Wednesday with the female paparazzo with whom he got into a nasty scuffle two weeks ago. The videographer, Logan Fazio, allegedly egged the singer and girlfriend Kim Kardashian on after the two coincidentally dined at the same Miami restaurant where Kardashian's ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush was eating.

"Kim, did you know Reggie is here [in Miami] having dinner? Did you wanna go congratulate him on his pregnancy?" Fazio reportedly asked West. The incendiary statement resulted in West's hand aggressively blocking Fazio's camera. Judging from these new photos today, however, it looks like West is congratulating nobody but himself -- for his newfound restraint.

Kardashian, 32, and West, 35, have been dating since at least April. For a timeline of their relationship, click here.

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Surprise! 'Ghostbusters 3' Hits Snag

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In unsurprising "Ghostbusters 3" news: According to THR, filming on the sequel has been delayed until fall of 2013, at the earliest.

Per THR, "Ghostbusters 3" -- which would have original director Ivan Reitman behind the camera -- was supposed to start shooting next summer, but was pushed off to the end of the fiscal year (March 31, 2013) due to income troubles at Sony, the studio behind the film.

As the Los Angeles Times notes, Sony's troubles will mean a slightly curtailed film slate: The studio normally releases up to 22 films a year, but could dip down to 18 in 2014 and beyond. That means there's even a chance "Ghostbusters 3" won't go forward, despite having a script from Etan Cohen and Reitman installed as director. In a recent interview with Collider, Reitman said that the classic film could use a restart, though whether "Ghostbusters 3" is a reboot or sequel is unclear.

"Well, I’d like to go forward and make new things," Reitman said. "I think 'Ghostbusters' probably should be remade, if we can get it all right. We’re working on it, so we’ll see."

"Ghostbusters 3" has long been in development; plans for the film were discussed as early as early as 1996. Dan Aykroyd has been a champion of the film, but while he would likely be involved, it's doubtful original star Bill Murray would join him.

Murray had allegedly shredded a copy of the "Ghostbusters 3" script, and wrote a note to Aykroyd saying, "No one wants to pay money to see fat, old men chasing ghosts." Aykroyd, however, denied that incident ever happened. For what it's worth, that version of the film had been thrown out in favor of the new script by Cohen.

For more on Sony, head over to THR.

[via THR]

Javier Bardem Will Leave His Mark On Hollywood Boulevard

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With beach blonde hair, a deceitful smile, and manic confidence, Javier Bardem strides into the latest Bond installment as Raoul Silva -- a classic villain for Daniel Craig’s 007, in Sam Mendes’ “Skyfall.”

But on November 8, a day before the movie’s national release, the 43-year-old Spanish actor will stride down the Hollywood Walk of Fame to unveil his very own star on the coveted boulevard, according to a Hollywood Chamber of Commerce press release.

“We are very happy to welcome Javier Bardem to our Walk of Fame family,” Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Leron Gubler said in the press release. “We pride ourselves on the fact that the Walk of Fame features some of our most popular international figures that work on films near and far. It shows the diversity that this world-famous sidewalk has to offer.”

Bardem is known for his Oscar-winning performance as the blood-chilling Anton Chigurh in Ethan Coen’s “No Country for Old Men” (2007) as well as lighter roles in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (2008) and “Eat Pray Love” (2010). His twisted character in the 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise has been praised by critics and fans alike.

"The moments that elevate 'Skyfall' from the efficient to the inspired can be attributed to one man: Javier Bardem, the hulking, 43-year-old Spanish actor whose delicious performance as Raoul Silva, sniggering cyber-terrorist, makes him a convincing contender for best Bond villain of all time," Ryan Gilbey wrote for The Observer.

The Spanish actor is aware of the magnitude of the film franchise and credits his ability to shine in the movie to the flexibility in the moviemaking process.

"I've never done a movie as big as James Bond, so I didn't how a big monster like this would affect my work on set," Bardem told the Associated Press. "It was a great gift of finding myself in a very, very creative process."

The ceremony will take place in front of the El Capitan Theater at 11:30 AM. The actor's wife, Spanish actress Penélope Cruz, received her own star on April 2011 but will not be present at Bardem's ceremony. In June, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced the newest 24 Walk of Famers which included Bardem and Mexican pop star Thalía.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article expressed that Bardem's wife, Spanish actress Penélope Cruz, would be expected at the ceremony. A representative has since informed The Huffington Post that Cruz will not be attending the ceremony.

Angelina Jolie Wedding Dress Designer Revealed

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Hypothesizing about celebrity wedding dresses has become a sort of competitive sport these days. Nailing down the designer, fit and now even the color of the famous bride-to-be's gown is a strangely rewarding process (for us, at least). So when a little birdy told Grazia a few sartorial details about the forthcoming Brangelina nuptials, we were pretty excited.

According to the latest issue of the mag, Angelina Jolie will wed in a custom L'Wren Scott dress -- no doubt the boldest bridal designer choice since Natalie Portman opted for her Rodarte number. "Angelina wanted to go with someone who is not so obvious for designing wedding gowns," a source told Grazia. "She’s been courted by some of the hottest designers on the planet, but having a big name isn’t important to Angelina. She wanted someone she could trust and she most definitely trusts L’Wren."

And why shouldn't she? Angie has worn L'Wren's designs plenty of times before, and the simplicity of her cuts seem perfect for the usually pared-down mother. L'Wren, of course, is no stranger to the limelight either -- the former model is Mick Jagger's statuesque girlfriend. The couple even live right next door to Brad and Angelina in Richmond. How's that for convenience? The proximity must have come in handy, since Angelina and L'Wren are said to have had "several meetings" about the dress already.

Brad and Angie have been engaged for about six months now, yet hardly any details have slipped through the cracks. Hopefully, this latest news will give the couple some momentum to give the public something they can chew on. Of course, none of these details are confirmed, but it seems like a pretty good fit to us -- so it must be true, right?

Now all we have to do is iron out the details of dress itself. Are we thinking a strapless mermaid gown or something a little more princess-y? More importantly, will Angie hop on the colored-dress trend à la Jessica Biel and Anne Hathaway's non-white dresses? Stay tuned!

And since we expect nothing less than an unconventional wedding from Brangelina, check out some non-white wedding dresses worn by other celebs. Do you think Angie will follow suit?

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Michael Moore: 90 Million Are Planning Not to Vote - Your Mission: Take Just One of Them to the Polls

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I have a personal favor I'd like to ask each of you. We all know the election next Tuesday is going to be very close. But I've got an idea that could help put President Obama over the top.

I want you -- yes, YOU, the person reading this right now -- to get ONE of your fellow Americans who would not otherwise vote to show up at the polls and support Obama.

Here's the math: there are upwards of five million of you seeing this, via email, on my website, here on the Huffington Post and all over the internet. There are 1.2 million following me on Twitter. I've got almost 700,000 Facebook friends.

I want just one million of you to convince just ONE person each -- one person who's planning NOT to vote -- to go to the polls and vote for Barack Obama. That's it. And those million extra votes could make all the difference in what will be a very tight election -- and it will save us from a tragic return to the Bush years.

Do you realize that there are 90 million people who are planning to NOT vote next Tuesday? That's according to a poll conducted by USA Today. 90,000,000!! It's a shocking number, isn't it? In the old days we'd just label these people as apathetic or stupid. Not anymore. They don't need our admonition -- they need our empathy.

The non-voter today knows exactly what's going on, and he or she wants no part of it. They are discouraged, disillusioned, and have almost lost hope that things will change. Many are jobless or working for peanuts. They're angry, and we should tell them they have every right to be.

But here's something else about them: despite everything, they haven't utterly given up on politics. When USA Today asked the non-voters who they'd choose if they HAD to vote for someone in this election, 18 percent said they would vote for Romney -- and 43 percent said they'd vote for Obama! That means there are nearly 40 million people who prefer Obama -- AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE.

The other question they were asked was, what would it take to get you to vote? Eighty-five percent of the pro-Obama non-voters said they would go vote IF they thought the election was going to be really close and that their vote would actually make the difference.

This is, for all its frustrating logic, incredibly good news. So our job for the next six days is clear: We -- you and me -- have to bring a little over one percent of the 90 million non-voters to the polls. If we do we'll send Romney packing back to New Hampshire/Massachusetts/California or wherever he's going to build car elevators next.

The time to convince undecideds to vote for Obama is over. All it's about now is whose supporters simply show up. The side that does the best job of literally dragging people out of their homes between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM on Tuesday, November 6th is the side that wins.

Each of us knows Obama-supporting non-voters. They're your cousin, your coworker, your friend from the choir at church. Identify just one of them (best of all if they're in a swing state) and pledge to get them to the polls. You can try to convince them with all the good arguments as to why they should vote for the O (click here), but I think the best way to do this is to ask them personally, just this once, to do this for you. Not for the country. For you.

Then, once they've committed to vote, make a commitment to them: that you are not going to be silent after Tuesday, that you are going to keep fighting like hell (including, when need be, fighting Obama) every single day after the election for them, for you and for all of us.

So, that is your mission -- YOURS, the person reading this right this second. Bring just one non-voter to the polls. Easy! Do it and be known as part of the group that defeated Mitt "Bush #3" Romney and gave Barack Obama another term -- and another chance to do what we sent him there to do.

What's The Word On 'Flight'?

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If "Flight" weren't so exceptionally crafted and acted, this tale of self-destruction and eventual redemption might feel like the sort of feel-good fare you'd see on the Lifetime Movie Network, or even a 12-step-program promotion.

Instead, director Robert Zemeckis' first live-action film since 2000's "Cast Away" is by turns thrilling, engrossing and even darkly funny, anchored by a tremendous performance from Denzel Washington. This is one of those Washington roles, like his Oscar-winning work in "Training Day," in which he exudes a potent mix of damage and bravado, control and danger, but he's so incredibly charismatic even as he does bad deeds that you can't help but root for him. Here, Zemeckis and screenwriter John Gatins have given him a deeply flawed character and placed him in a complicated situation, and allowed him to put the best of what he can do on display.

Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a veteran airline pilot and serious alcoholic. When we first see him, he's waking up wasted and naked in a hotel outside the Orlando airport alongside an equally wasted and naked (and very sexy) flight attendant. A sip of beer, a hit off a joint, a line of coke and he's ready for his 9 a.m. flight – swaggering, commanding, even charming. Clearly, he's done this before.

But then a major mechanical failure en route to Atlanta forces him to pull off a daring crash landing in the middle of a field in a breathtakingly spectacular extended action sequence. (If you thought the plane crash in "Cast Away" was a doozy, this one's just as harrowing.) While the head flight attendant (Tamara Tunie) calmly, competently follows Whip's instructions, the deeply religious, judgmental co-pilot (Brian Geraghty) is useless as he panics and prays.

Afterward, Whip is rightly hailed as a hero for saving so many lives. But the subsequent federal investigation also reveals his rampant substance abuse, which only fortifies his denial. It's a murky area that allows a lot of room for us to debate within ourselves: Yes, the plane malfunctioned, but Whip didn't exactly belong in the cockpit in that state. Then again, no sober pilot could have achieved what he did, as if his looseness somehow kept him even-keeled.

While there are no easy answers, increasingly difficult questions keep cropping up. Bruce Greenwood, Don Cheadle and John Goodman all give strong supporting performances as the people around Whip who keep him functioning in various ways as the investigation (and hungry media hordes) close in around him. Greenwood exudes an easy Southern warmth as the union representative assigned to work with Whip, Cheadle is the all-business voice of reason as the hotshot lawyer flown in from Chicago to fend off criminal charges and Goodman is, unsurprisingly, a hilarious force of nature as Whip's pusher/enabler/friend.

Kelly Reilly, meanwhile, might be the weakest link in terms of character as the junkie who meets the divorced Whip in the hospital after an overdose. She sneaks a cigarette with him in the stairwell and moves in with him soon afterward in a romance that doesn't feel entirely believable. But the British actress, doing a solid Southern accent, finds a jittery fragility in the role that creates a tense dynamic opposite Washington's volatile bluster. And the scene in which they meet is a stunner, as they're joined by a cancer patient (a funny and moving James Badge Dale) who shares the wisdom he's achieved as he nears death.

Zemeckis finds just the right tone there, but frequently lays it on in a heavy-handed fashion that frustratingly keeps "Flightfrom being a truly great film. This includes a distractingly Scorsese-esque, painfully literal use of rock songs to correspond with the action. (Goodman's character enters to the familiar opening lines of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," for example.)

And the uplifting coda needlessly spells out the hard-earned lessons that would have been more powerful had they been implied. Still, for the most part, "Flight" manages to achieve the tricky balance of functioning as a serious, adult drama that's also crowd-pleasing.

"Flight," a Paramount Pictures release, is rated R for drug and alcohol abuse, language, sexuality/nudity and an intense action sequence. Running time: 135 minutes. Three stars out of four.

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Motion Picture Association of America rating definition for R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.


Hollywood Reacts To The Return Of 'Star Wars'

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Some of the biggest Star Wars fans in the world are the Hollywood writers, directors, and producers who bought a ticket for a Jedi movie in the 1970s and 1980s. On Monday, as headlines announced a new hope for a return to Star Wars glory, those Tinseltown loyalists were hit by the Force all over again.

“All I can say is my heart literally started racing when I heard,” said Damon Lindleof, screenwriter for Prometheus. George Nolfi, writer-director of The Adjustment Bureau, said the horizon will need to be bigger to handle the colossal project taking shape there. “I can’t imagine,” Nolfi said Monday night, “a larger event-film for our generation than a sequel to Return of the Jedi.”

'Glee' Star Is Headed To 'The League'

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So long, innocent Emma: Jayma Mays is on her way to FX!

According to TVLine, the "Glee" actress has booked a multi-episode arc on "The League." Few details are known about her character.

In addition to "Glee," Mays' other TV appearances include "Heroes" and "Ugly Betty."

In other casting news...

Leland Orser and Patrick St. Esprit are headed to "Revolution." "Taken" actor Orser will play a weapon-loving scientist named John Sanborn, while "Sons Of Anarchy" actor Esprit will play rebel leader Wayne Ramsey. [EW]

Felicia Day is "Supernatural"-bound.
Day is headed back for episode 11 of the CW series as the geeky Charlie Bradbury. [TVLine]

Adam Gregory is headed back to "90210." Gregory is taking another spin around Beverly Hills as bad boy Ty Collins. In Gregory's episode, we'll find out how things would have turned out for Ty if Annie (Shenae Grimes) hadn't moved to town. [TV Guide]

Andrew Dunbar is stopping by "Arrow." Dunbar will portray DC comics character Firefly on the CW series. [EW]

Stephen Collins is headed to "Scandal."
The "7th Heaven" alum will guest star as a reporter on a Season 2 episode of the ABC drama. [TVLine]


There Are Already 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Rumors

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The announcement of "Star Wars: Episode VII" is barely one day old, but the internet is already filled with enough rumors and speculation about its plot to fill the pages of an old "Starlog" magazine.

TheWrap spoke to Dale Pollock, the author of an unauthorized biography of George Lucas, who said he was given permission to read the "Episode VII," "Episode VIII" and "Episode IX" story treatments back in the 1980s.

"It was originally a 12-part saga," Pollock told TheWrap. "The three most exciting stories were 7, 8 and 9. They had propulsive action, really interesting new worlds, new characters. I remember thinking, 'I want to see these 3 movies.'"

As TheWrap notes, despite interviewing Lucas over 80 times, Pollock and the director no longer have a relationship, and Lucas wasn't pleased with the book. (Hence why it's unauthorized.)

How things have developed over the 29 years since Pollack read those treatments remains to be seen, but in a statement to E!, a Lucasfilm representative said the storyline for the new "Star Wars" trilogy would be new.

"It's an original story," the source said.

That comment shoots down one popular fan theory: that "Episode VII" would follow the "Thrawn Trilogy," a series of books picking up after the end of "Return of the Jedi," with Luke Skywalker and Han Solo playing major roles.

As HuffPost Entertainment's resident "Star Wars" expert Mike Ryan wrote, however, it's more than likely that the original story would include new characters altogether, leaving the beloved favorites behind.

If a direct sequel to Return of the Jedi is made in 2015, and the main character is named Blitz Colon (or something) and it's set 200 years after 'Jedi,' well, that's a shame. But, from Disney's standpoint, if they truly want to re-launch a franchise, it's probably their most likely option.

Meanwhile, THR noted that the new "Star Wars" could be done in the style of "Marvel's The Avengers," with not just three new episodes, "but offshoot movies focusing on individual characters."

Not that anyone should be surprised by all the rumors. "Star Wars" has long lent itself to conjecture and speculation, dating all the way back to the late '70s and early '80s. At one point, it was even rumored that Mick Jagger would write the score for "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back."

[via TheWrap]

WATCH: The Bay's Two Biggest Bands Collide In Epic Tribute

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Metallica and Green Day may be international rock gods but that doesn't mean they forget where they came from.

After Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong was forced to cancel all upcoming shows to address a problem with substance abuse, fellow Bay Area rockers Metallica not only filled in for the band at a concert, but paid tribute to Green Day, as well.

Metallica headlined the 2012 Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans in Green Day's place over the weekend.

According to MSN, Metallica guitarist James Hetfield joked with the crowd, chanting "We! Are! Green Day! Except a little bit taller!" as the band took the stage. But later, the nine-time Grammy Award-winner spoke seriously about the situation.

"This one's for Billie," he said, before launching into his hit song, "Battery."

During the encore, the band again honored Armstrong, playing the opening riffs of Green Day's "American Idiot," while the crowd sang along.

"He's there getting help," said Hetfield, per Live 105. "Getting it sorted out. We're here stepping up for him, hoping he gets it together, 'cause the world needs him."

Check out Metallica covering "American Idiot" in Loudwire's clip below:


PHOTO: Kardashian Sisters Go On Double Date

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A sight for sore eyes: Kourtney and Kim Kardashian took on Miami indeed on Wednesday with boyfriends Scott Disick and Kanye West in tow as they headed out to lunch. The sisters, along with sister Khloe, have been spending much time in Miami as of late; they are set to appear in "Kourtney & Kim Take Miami," premiering on E! in January 2013. (You can watch the promo for the new series here.)

It looks like West is warming up to Miami as well. Earlier in the day, West was photographed embracing the same female paparazzo with whom he had scuffled two weeks ago, after she allegedly made incendiary remarks about Kim's ex-boyfriend, Reggie Bush.

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EXCLUSIVE: First Look at Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter In 'Les Miserables'

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"Les Miserables" fans can stop dreaming a dream about what Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter look like in in the new film. The two stars play the Thenardiers in the anticipated adaptation of the famed musical, and they appear together for the first time on the latest character poster for Tom Hooper's epic, debuting exclusively here at The Huffington Post.

Additionally, HuffPost has a new character poster featuring Cosette and Marius (Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne).

Previous character posters for "Les Miserables" have included Hugh Jackman (as Jean Valjean), Russell Crowe (as Javert), Anne Hathaway (as Fantine) and Seyfried by herself. As fans of the musical (and/or Victor Hugo novel) might remember, the Thenardiers are duplicitous parents of Eponine (played by newcomer Samantha Barks) and factor heavily in the film's tragic last act.

"Les Miserables" is one of the year's biggest presumed Oscar contenders. Hooper, who won an Academy Award for "The King's Speech," had his performers sing live-to-tape during filming, a process that isn't normally done on movie musicals. For more on "Les Miserables," watch the behind-the-scenes feature at the bottom of this post.

For more, head over to the "Les Miserables" site.

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WATCH: Mr. Burns Makes His Presidential Endorsement

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Mr. Burns -- you know the very, very rich owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant on "The Simpsons" -- has made his presidential pick. Unsurprisingly, C. Montgomery Burns is in favor of Mitt Romney.

In the video below, Mr. Burns brings out Seamus the dog -- you may recall Romney's now-infamous incident with Seamus and the roof of his car -- and asks him to pick the president. Will he pick a man in a Romney mask holding a steak or a man in a President Obama mask holding "one of his wife's delicious healthy snacks"?


Kendall Jenner Tweets Alarming Photo

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Kendall Jenner has parlayed her reality show stardom into a burgeoning career as a teen model, but are the pressures of the industry getting to be too much?

Jenner, who turns 17 on Nov. 3, tweeted a rather alarming photo that shows off her shrinking body. The 5'10 beauty posted a photo of herself wearing wide-leg white pants and a midriff-baring patterned top on Nov. 1, and wrote:

"arriving in Sydney earlier."

Earlier this week the model tweeted that she was headed to Australia to work with photographer Russell James, and today she announced that she was shooting the cover of Vogue magazine. Kendall's modeling career is certainly taking off, but is it taking a toll on her health?

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'Cake Boss' Shop OK After Sandy Hits Hoboken

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All is well at Carlo's Bake Shop, the Hoboken, New Jersey bakery that has served as the set of Buddy Valastro's TLC reality shows "Cake Boss" and "The Next Great Baker." Valastro released a statement Thursday sending his best wishes to the flooded city of Hoboken and reassuring his fans and customers that although Carlo's has not yet re-opened after Hurricane Sandy, it did not sustain serious damage in the storm.

"Hoboken is in my heart, and I'm devastated to see the city suffer like this -- but know we'll all come back stronger than ever," Valastro said. "Me, my family, and the entire Carlo's Bakery crew extend our thoughts and prayers to everyone impacted by the hurricane. The bakery team is accounted for and safe, and are working together to help each other out. Also, the store did not suffer any serious damage, and we look forward to serving the community again soon."

Valastro also announced details for the upcoming third season of TLC's "The Next Great Baker." The 10-episode season, which premieres Monday, November 26 at 9 p.m. ET on TLC, pits 13 up-and-coming pastry chefs against each other in a series of baking challenges. Celebrity guests for this season will include Mario Lopez, Joey Fatone, Lou Ferrigno, and more.

Another New Jersey reality show mainstay, the "Jersey Shore" house, also made it out of the storm unscathed. However, the same cannot be said for the Seaside Heights community where the MTV reality show took place. Click here for more.

The First Video-Game Nostalgia Piece?

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LOS ANGELES -- In Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" opening Friday, the title character is the bad guy from a fictional 1980s video game. Despite faithfully doing his job well for 30 years, he gets no respect at work, so he escapes through the wires of Litwak's Family Fun Center searching for another game where he might prove his worth.

Along the way, Ralph takes viewers on a nostalgic trip through the history of video games, from the blocky, eight-bit look of the `80s through the swirly, colorful, Nintendo 64-inspired games of the `90s to the gritty, ultra-detailed first-person shooters of today.

For director Rich Moore and the 450 artists and animators behind the Walt Disney Animation Studios production, video games are as integral a part of childhood as the green army men and pull-string cowboys celebrated in Pixar's "Toy Story" films.

"There's a lot of history in video gaming – serious nostalgia," Moore said. "The worlds of video games are so fertile. They cover everything, and so many different genres. You can kind of make up whatever you want and it can feel like a game."

Besides the scores of fictional game characters featured in the film, there's also familiar arcade favorites such as Q(asterisk)Bert, Clyde (the orange ghost from Pac-Man), Sonic the Hedgehog and Zangief from "Street Fighter."

"It's pretty awesome to animate game characters that you knew as a child," said animation supervisor Renato dos Anjos. "It's like living in a dream world. All your favorite heroes and villains are in your hands."

"Wreck-It Ralph" centers on Ralph (John C. Reilly), the 9-foot, 643-pound bad guy from the `80s video game "Fix-It Felix Jr." Ralph's job is to wreck the apartments of Niceland so Felix (Jack McBrayer) can fix them. But while Felix is lauded and loved for his efforts, Ralph is ostracized to a trash heap on the edge of town. Fed up and bummed out – especially when he realizes he wasn't invited to a 30th anniversary party for "Fix-It Felix Jr." – Ralph goes rogue, tripping through the wires of the arcade into games where he doesn't belong.

He's drawn to "Hero's Duty," a contemporary shooting game led by tough-as-battle-armor Sergeant Calhoun (Jane Lynch), in which soldiers who destroy the invading CyBugs win a glittery medal – tangible proof of their heroic efforts. With such a trophy, Ralph figures the Nicelanders would have to appreciate him. But he isn't programmed to handle such ultra-violent play, and when things go awry, Ralph finds himself trapped in the pink-hued, candy-filled world of Sugar Rush. Here he meets another video-game misfit, Vanellope Von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman), whose pixelated programming glitch makes her an outcast.

Reilly, McBrayer and Silverman all grew up as gamers, and say bringing life to their animated characters called upon the same imagination and determination gaming did when they were kids.

"If you were born any time after 1965, when I was born, video games made a huge impression," Reilly said, adding that when "Space Invaders" first came out, "it was like a spaceship landed in the bowling alley."

"People can't fully appreciate what an insane change that was," he continued. "Because there were no computers; there were no cellphones. I didn't even have a VCR at that point. There was no way to manipulate something on a screen. And all of a sudden, this thing lands in the arcade."

McBrayer grew up with an Atari 2600 system, "but we kept that over at grandma's house so we wouldn't get too attached to it."

He remembers taking his report card to Super Scooper, the ice-cream parlor/arcade near his Georgia home, where good grades were rewarded with video-game tokens. He preferred the "cutesy, non-threatening games" and the escape they provided.

"So many kids won't even recognize half of these (game references in the film)," McBray said, "but I hope they have fun just realizing that there's this whole world of video-game characters and environments that make up the history of the video games they're playing now."

Silverman, whose early arcade favorites included "Asteroids," "Missile Command" and "Space Invaders," notes that video games have been around for 30 years, "but in technology years, that's like 200 years old."

The actors said they don't play video games much these days, but the film's director does, whipping out his iPhone during a recent interview to prove the point.

"I feel really, really fortunate to have been someone who got to grow up with them," said Moore, whose previous directing credits include "The Simpsons" and "Futurama." So it's an honor and a privilege to be the guy that gets to pull from one end of the timeline to this end of the timeline ... to put them in a movie and put them in a story that pays tribute to all of them."

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Barry Levinson's Favorite Horror Movies

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LOS ANGELES -- Barry Levinson, director of such modern American classics as "Diner," "The Natural" and "Rain Man," makes a surprising venture into the horror realm this week with "The Bay," an unnerving fright fest about a coastal July 4 celebration that goes horribly wrong.

Except for the fact that "The Bay" takes place in his beloved home state of Maryland, you'd never know this was a Levinson film. He has embraced the found-footage conceit that's become so popular within the genre in recent years, but he's done so more consistently and effectively than the vast majority of these films. He uses the stillness of mundane moments to build real tension, which makes the intensely graphic gore that much more startling. But it's all in the service of a substantial fundamental message: "The Bay" is a powerful indictment of bureaucratic ineptitude and corporate greed.

Since this is such a departure for Levinson, we were curious to find out what his five favorite horror movies were. He was nice enough to take the time to answer in his own words:

_ "The Exorcist" (1973): "The Exorcist" has some gutsy filmmaking. If you go back and watch it, pretty much nothing scary happens for the first 45 minutes. It s just slowly building tension. Then the daughter comes downstairs in the middle of her mother's Georgetown cocktail party and urinates on the carpet in front of all the guests. It s an incredible moment and the movie just goes from there. It s not trying to have fun with the horror like a lot of the films of today. It suggests that this very well could have happened.

_ "Frankenstein" (1931): Don't think you can overlook the original "Frankenstein." Great design for a monster. Classical form. And one of the great understated scenes of tension when the monster comes upon a very young girl. She accepts him without question. And we just wait for something terrible to happen.

_ "Diabolique" (1955): The 1950s French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. As far as I know, no one was doing horror/thriller with as much originality as this film. The story takes place at a boarding school in the French countryside where a schoolmaster s wife and his mistress conspire to kill him. When they do, the body disappears and a series of strange and disturbing events occur. This film has some fantastic imagery and incredible psychological tension.

_ "Psycho" (1960): Again, all the great horror movies remain great because they did something outside the box. Killing a movie star as big as Janet Leigh was unheard of. Nobody did that. And to do it in the shower like that. It s now become an iconic moment (I actually made a good deal of fun of it in "High Anxiety"), but I remember my mouth kind of dropping when I saw it. I heard Hitchcock tried to grab the rights to "Diabolique" and lost out to Henri-Georges Clouzot. In turn, he made "Psycho" a few years later and used some of the great imagery "Diabolique" used with water, bathrooms, death.

_ "Let the Right One In" (2008): I don t know if I would label this one strictly horror, but it certainly is terrifying. And touching. Tomas Alfredson is one of the many talented directors coming out of Sweden right now and this one works so well because it's as interested in character as it is in horrifying moments and imagery. Shot against a cold, icy landscape, it's as much a love story between the two children as it is vampire film.

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Marc Webb On Jamie Foxx Possibly Playing Electro In 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2': 'He's Electrifying'

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On Thursday, Variety reported that Jamie Foxx is in talks with Sony to star in "The Amazing Spider Man 2" as Electro, the film's villain. Shortly after, Foxx himself tweeted the not-at-all cryptic joke, "Dressed up as Electro for Halloween last night. Costume fit well." Then, shortly after that, we spoke to the director of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," Marc Webb, and asked him for his thoughts on this story. (You can read the full conversation on Friday.) Obviously, Webb has to remain mum, but that didn't stop him from making a joke of his own and expressing how much he likes Foxx.

Did you see Jamie Foxx's tweet?
[Laughs] I did see Jamie Foxx's tweet.

What's your opinion of Jamie Foxx's tweet?
I think Jamie Foxx ... I think he's electrifying.

OK, that's not a bad joke.
I just said that.

Yep, you did.
I'm sorry.

Totally understandable. Is this official or still preliminary?
I mean, I can't go into it in too much detail, except to say that I think Jamie Foxx is one of our great living actors. He's a star, but he's a brilliant character actor. I mean, all of the way back to the days of "In Living Color," I think he's done some pretty exceptional work.

And he's an Oscar winner.
And an Oscar winner. He's great -- forget about it.

Mike Ryan is senior writer for Huffington Post Entertainment. You can contact him directly on Twitter.

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