Congratulations are in order for Diego Boneta!

The 21-year-old Mexican actor will receive CinemaCon’s Rising Star of 2012 Award at the upcoming convention of theater owners in Las Vegas, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Boneta, who is best known for his roles on hit teen shows like ABC Family’s “Pretty Little Liars” and the CW’s “90210”, got his start in Spanish-language television, playing the role of Rocco in the hit Mexican telenovela, “Rebelde.”

Up next, the talented actor-singer can be seen playing the lead role of aspiring rocker Drew Boley in “Hairspray” director Adam Shankman’s star-studded movie musical “Rock of Ages” (in theaters June 15th).

"How exciting to think that Diego Boneta's first film role will see him share the screen with the likes of Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Alec Baldwin," CinemaCon general managing director Mitch Neuhauser said of announcing the award, which will be presented at the final night gala dinner.

Boneta has also been cast in MTV's upcoming new series “Underemployed.”

Anyone who thought Karen (Katharine McPhee) on "Smash" was too girl next door is in for a surprise.

A preview of "The Coup," next week's episode of "Smash," (airing Mon., March 26 at 10 p.m. ET) has hit the Internet and it features Karen (Katharine McPhee) in quite the seductive state.

In her performance of "Touch Me" -- written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, according to The Hollywood Reporter -- Karen appears wrapped in a white sheet, singing and thrashing while surrounded by masked men. By the end of the song, she's completely caged in and looks a bit like a "scared bird," as Derek (Jack Davenport) would say.

"The Coup" promises the aftermath of the dramatic workshop, with Karen and Derek conspiring to steal "Marilyn The Musical" from writers Tom and Julia (Christian Borle and Debra Messing), while Ivy (Megan Hilty)'s lead role remains on the rocks. Meanwhile, Eileen (Anjelica Houston) gets a surprise visit from her daughter Katie, played by Meryl Streep's daughter, Grace Gummer. Ryan Tedder is also set to make a guest appearance in the episode.

"Smash" airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.

Does one star of "CSI: Miami" may already have a foot out the door?

With the CBS series on the bubble, Eva LaRue has joined ABC's untitled Mandy Moore comedy pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Though LaRue will be a guest star in the pilot, she has an option to become a series regular should the ABC comedy move to series.

The story of the untitled pilot will be told through the perspective of Annie (Moore) and Ben, a young newlywed couple who get the opportunity to run a new restaurant in Annie's hometown, bringing her closer to her needy and high-maintenance family, including mom (Stockard Channing) and dad (Kurt Fuller).

LaRue currently plays Detective Natalia Boa Vista on the long-running "CSI" spinoff and will appear as one of Annie's sisters, Veronica, in the pilot.

Time will tell what will happen with "CSI: Miami," which, it was recently announced will see its tenth season end after 19 episodes to make room for the Robert De Niro-produced rookie cop midseason drama, "NYC 22."

In other casting news...

"The Good Wife" actress Mamie Gummer is headed to "The Big C." Gummer will appear in the third season of Showtime's dark comedy series about Cathy Jamison (Laura Linney), a suburban wife, mother, and teacher who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. [THR]

Maria Bello is getting a taste of "Touch." The former "Prime Suspect" star has been cast in Fox's series and will play the mother of a girl who shares a gift similar to Jake, the son of Kiefer Sutherland's character, Martin. [TVLine]

"SNL" alum Jenny Slate joins CBS' "Super Fun Friday Night." Slate is set to play a nerdy girl named Helen-Alice in the CBS comedy centered on four best friends who are constantly on a mission to have a "super fun" Friday night. [THR]

Ben Shankman has joined "Royal Pains." Shankman is replacing Dr. Hank on the USA medical drama as HankMed's newest hire, the socially awkward but brilliant Dr. Jeremiah Sacani. [TV Guide]

Nathan Gamble joins NBC's western drama pilot, "The Frontier." The 14-year-old actor, who appeared in "The Dark Knight" will play one of the lead roles, Samuel Hale, who heads West from Missouri with his family on a dangerous trip in the 1840s, but takes off on his own when he's haunted by dreams of a lost loved one. [THR]

Whitney Houston's mother, Cissy, speaks out about the drug abuse reports that the L.A. coroner says caused the iconic singer's tragic death.

Seann William Scott may be recognized as Steve Stifler for the rest of his career, but "American Reunion" isn't the only movie he has coming out this spring.

Scott stars in "Goon," in which he plays an ex-bouncer who leads a team of under-performing, misfit hockey players by becoming a lethal enforcer. Basically, he beats the daylight out of the opposition.

The 35-year-old actor -- who recently got engaged -- spoke to The Huffington Post about "Goon," bringing back Stifler in "American Reunion" and why he didn't win an Oscar for "Dukes of Hazzard."

Were you into hockey growing up?
I grew up in Minnesota, so obviously it was everywhere, but I actually played basketball during the wintertime. The experience I had was basically watching my buddies play.

Could you at least skate?
I could move around the ice. I took lessons. I got good enough to do what I needed to do for the film. Let’s put it this way, I was never able to stop on my own. I’d skate into somebody or the courts.

Was it fun beating up people in "Goon"?
It was kind of like a little boy’s dream to be the tough guy, almost like a super hero. I was thinking, "There’s no way I’m going to get cast as a superhero" and this was my best chance. Physically, it was demanding and exhausting. When I saw the movie, I thought it was so worth it. The fights were so realistic.

Are you there? I’m literally going to walk into my apartment and I know my dog is going to jump on me and he’s got a cone on his head, so just stay on the line. His name is Dude, by the way. [Talking to his dog.] "Dude, dude, hey, I’m just doing an interview."

Why has he got a cone?
He’s a Conehead right now. He got an eye infection and he’s super annoying with this. He knows he’s annoying when he pushes it against you.

Don’t you think other dogs laugh at dogs who wear cones because they look so goofy?
Let me tell my girlfriend that. [Tells her]. Yeah, we think you’re right. We have another dog and she definitely makes fun of him. I think the dogs that wear the cones know they look like idiots too. Here’s the other thing: I’m embarrassed to take him outside because he looks like an idiot. Wow, what if he was my kid? I probably wouldn’t take him out either. He looks like a fricking idiot.

Have you had a day in your life since "American Pie" that you haven't had someone call you Stifler?
When the movie came out, they called me that and I was flattered because they remembered a character’s name that I had played. Then I started thinking, "I wonder if they realize that he’s not a real person, that it’s a movie character."

We were just in Canada and a lot of people were calling me Stifler, and what was more fascinating was I started responding, because what else can I say? "Well my real name is Seann; don’t you know Stifler is a character?" The easiest thing is just to answer.

A guy on a plane was like, "Stifler, can I have a photo?" and I was like, "Sure," and he got really close to me. I could feel his stubble on my cheek. People really feel like they know me because they know this Stifler character. When they see me it's like, "Hey! It’s that asshole from ‘American Pie.’"

You know when you’re 70, you’ll still be Stifler.
It is weird because I don’t go, "Hey Travis Bickle!" I’m also strangely comparing myself to Robert De Niro right now. I know when I decided to do "American Pie Reunion," it was like, "OK, let’s come to terms with the fact that I’m going to be forever known as this guy." You have to embrace it.

Were you hard up for money when you did "Dukes of Hazzard?"
(Laughs) We like to call that the "Dicks of Hazzard." You know what I have to say about that? With the Academy Awards just on, it’s very hard for me to watch the ceremony, because it just reminds me of the time I got snubbed for an Oscar for "Dukes". I did some Oscar-worthy acting in that.

No, I wasn’t hard up for cash. I just didn’t think it was going to be that bad. We had a great time shooting it but, my goodness, I think some of my family members still won’t talk to me after making that movie.

"Goon" opens in the U.S. March 30 in a limited release. "American Reunion" hits theaters April 6.

Check out then-and-now photos of the "American Reunion" cast below:

"Risky Business" actor Bronson Pinchot has worked with some of the biggest stars in the world but has given up on Hollywood to work on an even bigger project -- restoring houses.

"I have six houses that I am restoring with a group of people who would eat you for breakfast and spit you out," Bronson told me when he stopped by my HDNet talk show, "Naughty But Nice Rob." "No, but we are restoring houses in the country and I actually like this better than acting because you don’t have to bathe. It’s not flipping. I don’t flip them, the flipping is crap. I just fix them and let friends sit in them. I love my little world."

But for Bronson, cutting ties with Hollywood also means cutting ties with Tinseltown's A-listers themselves. Bronson hasn’t spoken with his "Risky Business" buddy Tom Cruise since he called him a homophobe, Bette Midler who he once called a bitch or Denzel Washington who he called cruel.

"I am very gullible and I was minding my own business and I was relaxing in the mountains and 'The Onion' called me and they asked me [my] impression of so-and-so, but they only included a little bit of the sentence,” Bronson says explaining the infamous interview. “That’s why I do houses now. It’s so easy to take things out of context.”

"Naughty But Nice with Rob" airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on HDNet.

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Christian Slater is psyched for "Breaking In" Season 2. After all, the new season almost didn't happen. In an interview with "Good Day NY," (weekdays, 9 a.m. ET on Fox) Slater could barely contain his excitement about Meghan Mullally joining the cast, his character Oz's Star Trek chair, and well, the joys of seeing himself on TV.

Slater beamed about comedienne Mullally, who joined "Breaking In" this season as Veronica, a character who originally posed as a temp secretary, but was actually the head of a company looking into acquiring Contra Security. Slater had nothing but good things to say about his new TV boss. "Megan Mullally from 'Will and Grace ... great actress, full of energy, and she likes to throw money around, as you can see," he said.

Slater also discussed his own character, who's the ring leader of the information security firm at the center of the show. "This character Oz is a lot of fun. My favorite thing about this guy is that he gets to sit in the Captain Kirk chair from the original ["Star Trek"] series ... this guy is definitely the captain of this particular ship, which I enjoy," Slater beamed. Later, he told more stories about the chair. "I was naked in the Kirk chair, covered in roses."

But then Slater got distracted ... by himself. Looking around the studio, he commented, "There's all these monitors and things, and I'm a phenomenal narcissist! I see myself in every frame, it's crazy. I'm in heaven!"

"Breaking In" continues its second season on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. EST on Fox.

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Spoiler Alert: This piece discusses key plot points of both the novel and the movie "The Hunger Games."

Katniss Everdeen is deep in the woods, surrounded by greenery that in any other circumstance would be considered beautiful, but in the novel and new film "The Hunger Games" is only menacing. She's just watched her only ally die and has subsequently shot an arrow straight through the killer's chest. She sits on the ground in a pile of leaves, holds her head in her hands and sobs. It's a devastating moment, but as I sat in the theater screening the film, which premieres March 23rd, all I could think was: "This isn't the Katniss I know."

From the minute I flipped open the novel "The Hunger Games," the first installment in Suzanne Collins best selling three-book young adult series, I was absorbed into its post-apocalyptic world. The setting is the totalitarian state of Panem (what was once North America), where 24 boys and girls compete to the death on national television each year, and between the poverty-stricken Districts, the anxiety-filled battle scenes, the stirrings of adolescent love -- it's not surprising that the book was hard to put down. But more than the dystopian landscape or any of the plot points, what hooked me was the series' protagonist, Katniss Everdeen.

Reading "The Hunger Games" I kept wishing it had been around when I was 12. Katniss is someone I hope I would have admired and related to, a diversion from the almost uniformly bubbly, bland female characters I encountered in "The Babysitters Club," "Sweet Valley High" and "The Saddle Club." Katniss Everdeen is an imperfect heroine, which makes her all the more compelling to me now. She's conflicted and often selfish; she loves but resents her mother; she has reservations about marriage and children due to the harsh reality of the world around her; she has complicated feelings for the men in her life; she makes rash decisions and sometimes they're the wrong ones. In short, she's a human being. And thus, as Katie Roiphe put it in her review of the novel in The New York Times, this character who is "both murderer and victim, somehow representing female strength and female vulnerability all mingled and entwined," is "mesmerizing" and "sweepingly sympathetic."

While Gary Ross' film was a highly enjoyable distillation of detail-packed source material -- and one that I believe won't disappoint even the most hardcore fans -- some of Katniss' complexity gets lost here. She's warmer, more overtly emotional, even a bit maternal -- all in all more conventionally likeable, but it made me like her less. I kept wishing that she would be a little more manipulative, a little more callous with others' feelings, a little more unsure of what the right and "good" decisions were. In the novels, you're forced to wonder -- along with Katniss herself -- what her motivations are for an act of apparent compassion in the end, and for a split second you wonder whether she'll go through with it. The film doesn't raise those questions.

When I was discussing the movie with a colleague, she mentioned that at the end of the film, you feel that Katniss won the games because of her innate goodness;in the book, she won because her will to live in the face of systemic terror and cruelty had pushed her to become a ruthless warrior. Though Jennifer Lawrence still delivers on the promise of an on-screen woman who trades on her skills more than her looks, ranks romance below other concerns in her life, and pushes the boundaries of traditional femininity, she falls short of really challenging the audience. This isn't her fault -- she didn't write the screenplay and did a generally fabulous job in the role -- but rather a byproduct of turning a beloved series into a mega-franchise, which requires a lead character the masses will love.

Questionably likeable on-screen protagonists are few and far between in Hollywood -- especially if they're female. Three recent examples that spring to mind are Charlize Theron's character in 2011's "Young Adult," the women of Leslye Headland's upcoming "Bachelorette," and Lisbeth Salander of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." Neither "Bachelorette" nor "Young Adult" were intended to have the widespread appeal that "The Hunger Games" trilogy does, while "Dragon Tattoo" was a financial disappointment. This film is expected to make over $100 million at the box office in one weekend, potentially outpacing "Twilight: Breaking Dawn." And to do that, Katniss has to be universally palatable -- you don't take chances with a 100 million-dollar payday. After all, she's following in the footsteps of Hermione Granger, who's annoying know-it-all personality and conventionally unattractive buck teeth were considerably toned down in Emma Watson's on-screen embodiment of the character.

Leslye Headland directly addressed the issue of female likeability in feature films in an interview with IndieWire in January:

In my experience in the studio work for the very first time, I was really surprised about how intense they were about likeable female characters. I never thought of my characters as unlikeable. Ever. I thought I was writing women and that was that, you know? And then it just became this thing where they would say, "It makes her unlikeable if she does blank." I don't understand that.

It's this narrow definition of what makes a woman "appealing" and "likeable" that limits the range of women we see in Hollywood films, and that's unfortunate. As an audience, we're not always innately good or kind or selfless, so why should our heroines be?

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As a native Texan, I have always enjoyed country music. I was thrilled to hear my fellow Texan and country music crooner, Ronnie Dunn, was a collector. Not only did he teach me how to "Boot, Scoot, Boogie" but he would soon give me a little education on his collecting passion: Russian Art.

Several years ago, we began seeing a surge in buyers for Russian art. The major auction houses were achieving record prices with each sale. Even as the economy was crumbling around us, the art market, in large, stayed strong. In December 2011 as the European crisis unfolded, Russian art sales remained strong. Sotheby's top lot was a work by Petr Konchalovsky. This 1916 painting titled "Tatar Still Life" brought $1.4 million dollars, which was high above its estimate of $780,000 -- 1.1 million.

So what was it that intrigued Dunn about Russian art? I planned to find out...

RH: I grew up in Texas, and to this day, I have never seen much Russian art in the area. How were you introduced to this genre of collecting?

DUNN: When I first started making money, I didn't know how to manage it, so I depended on business advisors to tell me what to do. They had me put one-third in savings, one-third in bonds and one-third in stocks. The tech bubble burst and it really soured the stock market. I suddenly realized they didn't know any more than anyone else. One day, I pulled up to my record label, Arista, and the head of the label was getting in his car and we started talking about the market. I asked him what he was doing with his money. He told me he met a guy named Ray Johnson from Minneapolis who has been very successful in many business endeavors. I called Ray, and he came to Nashville to meet me. I listened to Ray talk for two years about how he had traveled to Russia in the 1980s and was buying up all these fabulous paintings. I knew nothing about it, but I spent time looking at a lot of things he had acquired. Everything I had interest in buying from him was not for sale. We slowly started working together. I provided monies to purchase more collections and was then able to acquire some of the better paintings from the artwork we purchased. Eventually, we established The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis.

(Note: Ray owns the largest collection of Russian art outside the Soviet Union.)

RH: Do you have a favorite Russian artist?

DUNN: Geli Mikhailovich Korzhev is my favorite. He would sneak things into his paintings. Things that symbolized what was happening in Russia at the time.

RH: Can you tell me a story about the one that got away?

DUNN: I don't really have any stories about the ones that got away as much as I have stories of the ones I couldn't afford. Now, it's more about being in a position to get your hands on things. Scooping up the collection before being bought by someone else. I have to rely on Ray to help with that. He had the connections I did not have.

(A Wanderer, by Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov - Photo Credit: Ronnie Dunn)

RH: Is there anything special you have always wanted for your collection, but never located?

DUNN: I have a house in Santa Fe decorated in a Native American theme. The first artist I started collecting a long time ago was TC (Tommy Wayne) Cannon. He was a very important Native American artist of the 20th Century. His work is very hard to come by. At one point, I was told someone had purchased all of his works. Luckily for me, I was able to acquire TC Cannon's self portrait. It's currently in the barn at my home in Santa Fe. That is the fun stuff!

RH: You went to 13 schools in twelve years. I went to eight schools in 12 years and never left the big city of Houston. Did you ever think of collecting things from each of the cities you lived in?

DUNN: I did just the opposite, I left everything behind. I didn't keep up with friends and I didn't collect anything. This is where music came into play. It was the only thing consistent in my life. During college I realized I had a music predisposition and really got involved in it. I started playing bass guitar. That was how I began to fit in.

And fit in he did. After topping the charts with Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn) and selling 30 million records, he decided to venture on his own. His self titled solo album has already been well received.

Check out his latest single "Let The Cowboy Rock" at: www.ronniedunn.com
Friend him on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RonnieDunnMusic
Follow him on Twitter: twitter.com/singainaband

Thanks Ronnie for your time! I'm counting on seeing you next year at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo!

About 18 months ago if someone mentioned STEM in public, you would wonder if it was about flower stems, stem cell research or some other topic. I've made it my mission to make sure that practically everyone now understands that STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Last year I teamed up with one of STEM's coolest inventors, Dean Kamen and his FIRST Robotics Championship, to make sure that STEM became a household word through wider news coverage and the i.am FIRST: Science is Rock and Roll primetime TV special. Working together with Dean and other allied industry members, STEM is now better known, but we still have a long way to go to get more U.S. students engaged and interesedt in STEM at a young age.

We are distressed that American culture celebrates athletes and pop stars because they are cool, exciting and glamorous. No disrespect to my fellow musicians and pro athlete friends, but the sobering reality is that only one in a million, or smaller odds, may make it as a pro athlete or become a world famous musician. As a nation, everyone should be celebrating kids who are smart, have found their spark and have a thirst for knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Instead of a one-in-a-million longshot, students who embrace STEM in school have 98 percent odds of making it, and finding a fulfilling and stable career, vs. just a "job."

Every single day, everyone in America uses appliances, products and services that are all STEM-based. When you ride a bicycle, cook with a microwave oven, use a clothes dryer, ride in a car, fly in an airplane, listen to music on a portable player, use a mobile phone or a computer, or receive medical care you should think of scientists, engineers or mathematicians -- all very creative people who made these technologies happen. The hard part is, most of these people behind great products and services are anonymous, and not acknowledged and celebrated like pop stars and pro athletes.

Will you join us to help change this?

Do you recognize these names, and can you associate what these people are best known for? If you can't, you should do some research, and thank these people in life and in death for their contributions to the world across science, technology, engineering and math. Albert Einstein, Nicolas Tesla, Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, Isaac Newton, Joseph Lister, Marie Curie, Steve Jobs, Orville and Wilbur Wright.

Dean founded FIRST Robotics to show what can happen when kids take science and math outside the classroom. FIRST kids and mentors are tomorrow's stars of STEM. FIRST is like the Super Bowl of smarts and knowledge for high school students. Once your FIRST team competes here, colleges, universities and future employers open their doors for you.

We are very curious -- why is it that some kids are less likely than others to opt in to science and math -- particularly minorities and girls? That means these youth are more likely to be shut out of career fields and industries with good growth potential when they graduate from college. And it stands in the way of our goal of truly changing the culture among those that need it most. How to shift how our culture views STEM starts at a young age, and spans across popular culture. Introducing kids to STEM in an interesting and hands-on way is the mission. Encouraging kids to think big, and to dream without shutting down their ideas and experimentation, is vital.

Bringing STEM to life in the classroom, after school and at home are all good ways to get kids more interested. You might have a young Larry Page, Sergei Bryn, Michael Dell, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Leland Melvin or Mark Zuckerberg in the family, but they need some nurturing to be discovered. Just like a budding pop star or pro athlete is identified and nurtured, the kids who become tomorrow's innovators and creators of scientific breakthroughs all have to start somewhere.

In addition to getting a young person you know involved in STEM via a FIRST team, there are plenty of other options. We applaud initiatives like Connect A Million Minds, Time Warner Cable's $100 million commitment to help nurture STEM spirit among young people. Intel Corporation and Google both host science fairs. The White House also hosts a Science Fair to recognize our most promising young students and American companies that support STEM education. Many leading companies award college scholarship funds to promising students, and then nurture and recruit the most talented young people. These organizations are all part of what it will take to help America get its STEM and innovation mojo back.

Students in America ages 10-15 are also now eligible to submit their great ideas and innovations to solve every day, or future problems to Wouldn't It Be Cool If..., a new effort from Time Warner Cable as part of its larger $100 million philanthropic commitment, Connect a Million Minds, and co-presented by my own i.am FIRST, with Dean Kamen's FIRST as a key partner.

Wouldn't It Be Cool If... challenges kids to dream up the coolest idea to make their lives more awesome, and then figure out ways that science and math subjects like nanotechnology, biology or communications technology could help make it happen.

We've gotten the support of the whole FIRST community, and Wouldn't It Be Cool If... is also working with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to make sure we can reach as many kids as possible.

We've also enlisted the help of some pretty high profile "special guests," from CEOs to a NASCAR Crew Chief, the Administrator of NASA to "Science Cheerleaders" to visit the site and leave comments on kids' ideas.

The finalists will have their inventive concepts and ideas reviewed by Dean Kamen and myself during the FIRST Championships in St. Louis on April 25^th. Even better, the winner will have the opportunity to team up with Fahrenheit 212, an innovation firm to bring their idea to life, just like they would do for one of their Fortune 500 clients.

The hundreds of ideas already submitted at www.wouldntitbecoolif.com go way beyond cool -- from a sidewalk that harnesses energy to a portable food allergen detector. This effort shows that when given the chance to combine their own creativity and imagination with science and math, kids can definitely come up with some pretty incredible stuff.

Everyone in America has a role to play in changing the way kids view math and science, and how they answer the age-old question "what do you want to be when you grow up?"

Much ado was made post-Oscars about Angelina Jolie's bare leg emerging from her inky black Versace gown, spawning one of the Internet's silliest memes: Jolie-ing. The leg (right, if you must know) subsequently generated its own Twitter handle and was even superimposed onto great artworks like Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man," all to hilarious effect.

But what does the actress have to say about it? Turns out, not much. In an interview with The Huffington Post, Jolie says good-humoredly:

I honestly didn't pay attention to it. You know what I mean? I don't watch those TV shows and if I go online and see something about myself, I don't click on it. And the people I surround myself with don't really talk about that kind of stuff. [Laughs]. I heard something, but I didn't pay any attention. It's as simple as being a woman picking a dress you like and having a night, and not really thinking about anything else.

Check out the infamous pose below.

By Jennifer Raiser, SF Wire

When Oscar Wilde visited San Francisco in 1882, his three-day presence caused a local sensation, with throngs of admirers mobbing him at every turn.

Al Pacino, in town for the premiere of his Oscar Wilde-themed documentary "Wilde Salome" found his portrayal of the notorious author-performer to be similarly compelling -- how else to explain the throngs which surrounded him from the Castro Theater to the Fairmont Hotel?

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San Francisco gets a little starstruck when new notables appear; those red carpets seem to compel the teensiest bit of green envy of our Angeleno brethren, or our New York cousins, or our Parisian pals. It's just all so paparazzi-perfect, so flashbulb fantastic. So our little City was literally a-Twitter when the Pacino premiere also included designer Jean Paul Gaultier with burlesque idol Dita Von Teese, and appearances by local matinee idols Peter Coyote and Joan Chen.

With lines of admirers snaking onto Market Street five deep, the high visibility arrivals caused a palpable frenzy San Franciscans normally reserve for French Laundry reservations or Burning Man tickets. As the suave Serpico was swept into the theater on the wave of an unexpected push of Pacinophiles, his publicist explained it to him as the local Sally Field treatment, "Wow, they REALLY like you."

Once safely onstage in front of a house packed to the gilded rafters, Pacino could muse about his 1992 performance as King Herod which sparked his curiosity about Wilde, a fascination which grew into the self-described "obsession" which propels the documentary forward. Wilde's 1891 tragedy "Salome," based on the biblical story of the woman who requests the head of John the Baptist in exchange for performing the Dance of the Seven Veils, was embroiled in controversy from the start.

This film explores themes of attraction and compulsion, including Wilde's doomed relationship to his lover Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas, as the stage play, film of the play, and "making of" documentary all unfold. Pacino's multiple roles as actor, director, investigator and provocateur reveal and refract, offering a glimpse into his character even as he considers the nature and downfall of the brilliant, self-destructive Wilde.

Take a look at images of the premiere below, courtesy of Drew Altizer Photography:

The season premiere of "Mad Men" airs on Sun, Mar. 25, meaning Don Draper (Jon Hamm) will be donning his suit, Roger Sterling's (John Slattery) gray locks will be glistening and Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks) will be slipping into her curve-hugging dresses.

While fans wait with bated breath to see what twists and turns Season 5 of the AMC drama will bring, Snakkle.com has uncovered photos of some of the actors and actresses of "Mad Men" before they were famous.

A college photo of John Slattery shows him bearing an impressive mustache before he became a silver fox, while a black-and-white high school shot of Christina Hendricks looks like the woman behind Joan once had goth edge to her.

Check out the photos of Slattery and Hendricks below, and see the entire gallery of "Mad Men" stars at Snakkle.com.

"Mad Men" premieres on Sun., Mar. 25 at 9 p.m. ET on AMC.

Now that winter has begun to thaw, models are unpacking their tiniest bikinis and heading to the beach.

Any complaints? We didn't think so.

Anne V. and her fellow Sports Illustrated swimsuit girl, Irina Shayk, headed to Miami on Friday to celebrate Anne's 26th birthday, splashing in the waves and hanging out with girlfriends at Soho House. "We are booty shaking with miss Shaykie herself!" Anne tweeted exuberantly.

They also showed off their sexy swimsuits: Anne wore what looks like a Missoni knit bikini, and Irina paired a leopard bandeau top with neon green bottoms.

Also in Miami on Friday, Victoria's Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes hit the shores in a teensy black two-piece with her husband, DJ Sunnery James, and their one-year-old son Phyllon. (Although Doutzen and the other girls unfortunately didn't seem to cross paths.)

And for what it's worth, Bar Refaeli seems to be enjoying some waterfront vacation time, too.

Who will be the next model to suit up for a spring vacation? Don't worry, we'll do the hard work of keeping an eye on all of them for you.

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— Anne V (@AnneV) March 23, 2012

Elizabeth Banks, no doubt, left fans hungry for me at a post-"Hunger Games" release event in Los Angeles, wearing a fiery red dress with plunging neckline.

Banks, who plays Effie Trinket in the series, which opened nationwide on Friday, looked casual chic in her belted crimson number, a welcome change from her character's laborious costume routine.

Banks took to Ellen Degeneres' show to explain that even using the restroom was a chore when she was in full costume, thanks to Effie's long, bejeweled nails.

"I had, like, ladies in waiting that would [accompany me to the bathroom]," Banks told Degeneres. "I would stop drinking water I felt so bad ... They’re really cool [nails], but completely impractical."

But were Banks' awkward bathroom trips worth it? We'd say so. "The Hunger Games" raked in $19.7 million in it's first full night of showings.

Check out Banks' red carpet look below. How does she stack up in our battle of celebrity cleavage?

TV presenter Konnie Huq has given birth to a boy, it was announced today.

Huq, 36, and husband Charlie Brooker, the comedy writer, are "chuffed to bits" following the birth of Covey Brooker Huq at 10pm on Friday night at an undisclosed central London hospital.

The boy weighed in at 6lb 2oz, Huq's agent Jonathan Shalit said.

Huq said: "A real cutie. We are chuffed to bits, he is absolutely gorgeous!!"

Huq and Brooker, 41, married in Las Vegas in 2010 after dating for nine months.

Sources close to Kim tell TMZ she does not feel the woman who threw the flour at her should get away with it and that she should be her accountable for her actions. According to our sources, Kim didn't press charges that night because she didn't want to take herself away from the event, which was for charity.

I said in yesterday's Weekend TV preview that the moment Susan Boyle walked onto stage for her Britain's Got Talent audition, opened her mouth and blew away a nation's preconceptions was one of those magical television moments that it's impossible for the show to replicate, only one day match if it's lucky.

Well, 24 hours later, and it seems that day may have arrived - in the form of Jonathan Antoine, a shy 17-year-old who has suffered years of bullying in the school yard on account of his weight. At his side was Charlotte, his loyal friend who has made it her business to defend him whenever she can.

It was Charlotte who told the panel of Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David Walliams how their singing teacher had suggested they come on the show. Jonathan seemed too shy to speak, and Cowell had one of those let's-just-get-through-this-quickly faces on - head down, chin on hand. He was even spotted whispering to Dixon, "just when you thought it couldn't get any worse"...

And then Jonathan and Charlotte started to sing.

The Prayer (originally a hit for Charlotte Church, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion and others) is nominally a duet, but let's make no mistake, it was Jonathan who captured the audience's imagination, belting out the song and becoming increasingly confident and powerful, with an operatically-trained tenor voice of richness and maturity that belied his teenage years.

It brought Cowell and Co to their feet. But it also brought a dilemma, as it was clear that Jonathan was a far more striking performer than Charlotte, something Cowell wasted no time in pointing out, telling Jonathan - "in my head, I'd say you should dump her."

Jonathan was having none of it, paying back the years of support at the school gate, standing his ground and saying "We started as a duo, we'll stay a duo." Which only brought more applause.

The judges unanimously voted 'the duo' through to the next round, which raises the thorny issue of how far 'the duo' can progress, or whether the producers will find some way of accommodating Charlotte's standard pop voice alongside Jonathan's astonishing sound.

Charlotte herself seems aware of this. When asked afterwards if this was a life-changing moment for them, Jonathan smiled and said "yes", while she looked at him with a sad smile and said, "yes, I think for you..."

Can you imagine a "Jersey Shore" without Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi or Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino? Well, you better get used to it. According to TMZ, sources are saying that 495 Productions is looking to cast new house members to replace the show's biggest breakout stars.

Although 495 had no official comment, show insiders are reportedly concerned that due to Snooki's pregnancy and The Situation's current rehab stint, the MTV staple will "lose its sex-crazed alcohol-fueled edge."

Snooki confirmed her pregnancy on the cover of Us Weekly magazine in early March, though she knew she was expecting since January.

The Situation landed himself on 495's ditch list when he entered rehab several weeks ago to battle substance abuse issues.

"I want to set the record straigh," Sorrentino told website SitchNews.com. "I have voluntarily taken steps to get control of a prescription medication problem I had due to exhaustion. I have spent the past several weeks getting treatment for this problem and recuperating from my work and appearance schedule. I appreciate my fans support and love you guys."

Although the entire cast -- including Situation and Snooki -- will appear on Season 6 of the hit series, TMZ reports that the pair will receive less screen-time than their housemates in attempts to phase them out of the show. MTV announced Monday that the sixth season will begin filming this summer.

For more details on Snooki and The Situation's fate, head over to TMZ.

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