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By Whitney Milam
HollywoodNews.com: He may play a smirking, hedonistic vampire with questionable morals on the CW’s Vampire Diaries, but in real life Ian Somerhalder is as sweet as he is sexy.
After tweeting for months about his disgust over the lack of an appropriate response to the Gulf Coast oil disaster, begging for homes for abandoned animals, and urging his fans to be environmentally conscious, Somerhalder–who is originally from Louisiana–has announced that the Vampire Diaries cast and crew will be doing their part to help the environment on their Atlanta set when they switch from the “dirty gas” generators used in most film and television productions to brand new solar, wind, or biodiesel-fueled green generators developed by the Go Green Mobile company this year.
“It takes a lot of power to run a movie set. We go through a lot of fuel,” Somerhalder explains. “It’s harmful, and we can start changing that a little bit. We can get rid of these noisy, stinky, disgusting gas generators… Greening the ‘Vampire Diaries’ set is a priority for me, which we’re going to be doing this year.” With any luck, others in the industry will follow his example.
Somerhalder and the rest of the cast begin filming for the second season of Vampire Diaries later this summer in time for its return in the fall. Until then, we can all get our vampire fix with True Blood and Eclipse this summer.
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HollywoodNews.com: This past week has been filled with more Michael Jackson tributes than we can count to celebrate the one year anniversary of his death. However, Chris Brown finally got his chance to pay homage to the “King of Pop” during a tribute melody at the BET Awards.
His standing ovation performance ran through the songs “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Billie Jean,” and then ended with “Man in the Mirror.” Brown swooned his way through Jackson’s signature moves and gave it his all on stage. During the last track, Brown choked up and started bursting into tears so much that he had a hard time finishing the track.
Considering the Awards didn’t have enough time to do a tribute last year, it’s safe to say that Brown pulled through and made everyone proud.
What did you think of his performance?
In case you missed it, watch it below:
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HollywoodNews.com: Kendra Wilkinson has had quite a year. Not only did she get married to husband Hank Baskett, turn 25, and have a baby, but she also got caught up in a sex tape dilemma that only surged her popularity.
Today, Kendra and Hank are celebrating their one year anniversary of their marriage and Kendra reflected on the moment telling US Magazine, “I can’t believe its already been a year! It’s been one of the best years of my life and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.”
At the end of the day, it’s all about the fans for Kendra. On her birthday she wrote to her Facebook fans, “I really want to thank all of you for all the love and support you’ve shown me over the past few weeks!!! I love you all so much!”
Congratulations to Kendra and Hank on making it through the first year!
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HollywoodNews.com: Kanye West lost a lot of fans when he jumped on stage and grabbed the microphone from Taylor Swift as she was giving her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. However, in his first performance since the event, he has proved that despite his personality, he does have talent.
He opened the BET Awards with his new single, “Power,” from his upcoming untitled album. He took the stage alone on top of a mountain and finished without any words, which was probably a wise choice. The song boasted powerful lyrics stating, “I just needed time alone with my own thoughts. Got treasures in my mind/ But couldn’t open up my vaults/ … Reality is catching up with me/ Taking my inner child/ I’m fighting for custody.” It was obvious this performance was all about Kanye, his thoughts, and the music.
It looks like Kanye just needed some time off to find himself again.
Watch Kanye’s performance below:
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HollywoodNews.com: Justin Bieber started the conversations when he was nominated for a BET Award. However, the newcomer didn’t let that hold him back. He has just launched his first headlining tour this week and has let his fans know that although he is honored to be nominated, he will not be attending the show.
He tweeted to his fans the following message, “rolled into Milwaukee for the show today…gonna be huge…22,000 people sold out i heard. Missing everybody out in LA for the BET awards.” He then added, “just wanted to say I would have been at the awards but this show was booked before the nominees came out, and i dont cancel shows…I would never cancel a show and let down the fans unless i had to…but i do wish i was there too, because I am honored to just be nominated.”
He then goes on to explain further details stating, “Why did we not plan for the BET Awards?? Well b honest people, not many of u thought the white boy from Canada was gonna b nominated. but…just goes to show that Music is COLOR BLIND!! It is the Universal Language and good music brings us all together…the way it should be.”
You can bet the BET Awards is going to miss him to help boost the ratings.
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By Whitney Milam
HollywoodNews.com: Anyone planning on taking a Portkey to Florida for a visit to Hogwarts this summer should make sure their Gringotts vault is overflowing with Galleons first, because the just-opened Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park isn’t just filled with hours-long lines: there’s enough amazing Harry Potter merchandise available for purchase that fans will be wishing for a magical little beaded bag like Hermione’s to hold it all.
We’ve already heard everyone raving about the frothy iced Butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks and self-selecting birthday wands at Ollivander’s, but did you know you can also get yourself a $65 deluxe Marauders’ Map, a $15 Sneakoscope, $7 replicas of Luna’s Spectaspecs, or a $15 golden snitch? Wizard robes, uniforms, and character replica wands are priced anywhere from $25 to $100, and a souvenir pint of ale at the Hog’s Head is less than $10. Lines to get into the Zonko’s, Honeydukes, and Dervish and Banges shops are reportedly even longer than those for the actual attractions, so savvy wizards and witches will head there early on in the day’s adventures.
The park also presents three new rides: the Dragon Challenge roller coaster (according to Daniel Radcliffe, this was his favorite attraction when he visited), the Flight of the Hippogriff roller coaster, and the interactive, simulated Forbidden Journey ride, whose queue takes you on a tour throughout Hogwarts castle before you go on a wild four-minute trip outside, involving the Whomping Willow, an army of Dementors, a Quidditch match, and more. Young children may be terrified, and larger Muggles may have some issues with going on this particular journey, however, if the recent controversial reports of riders over a certain height/weight range being unable to fit into the seats are any indication. Still, the overwhelming number of park reviews have been extremely positive.
According to fan reports, the general time period of the park seems to be around winter of Harry’s third year at Hogwarts, or Prisoner of Azkaban era (the time of Harry’s own first visit to Hogsmeade), and you can see moving wanted posters for Sirius Black hung throughout the village. While you may appear to be walking snowy English streets, however, the blistering Florida summer heat has already resulted in several faintings and heat-related injuries, so be sure to Apparate with your sunscreen and water bottles in hand!
We’ll be bringing you first-hand coverage of the theme park later this [...]

By Whitney Milam
HollywoodNews.com: Even more vamp drama is coming up on HBO’s “True Blood,” as the already increasingly complicated trio of Bill/Sookie/Eric gets a new competitor for steamiest love triangle on the show.
“Major #TrueBlood spoiler so I’ll keep it vague. Later this season a shifter begins dating a vampire, causing a HUGE love triangle. Guesses?”, tweets the entertainment feed of The New York Post.
Fans of Sam/Bill after their brief but ‘dreamy’ encounter two weeks ago can hope those two are the players, but a more likely theory may be Sam’s brother, Tommy, and Bill’s protegeé, Jessica. Or will Pam dip her well-manicured toes into the inter-species dating pool? Sound off on all the possibilities in the comments, and don’t miss the all-new True Blood episode airing tonight!
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By Whitney Milam
HollywoodNews.com: M. Night Shyamalan, director of the upcoming film adaptation of popular Nickelodeon TV show “Avatar: The Last Airbender”, has directly spoken out against accusations of racism in the film’s casting.
Shyamalan responds to repeated criticisms about dark-skinned characters in the television series being light-skinned in the movie, and vice versa, with a simple explanation: the main actors (the film stars Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, and Jackson Rathbone) were simply the best fit for each of their roles, and the other representatives of each of the four ‘nations’ (representing the elements of Air, Water, Earth, and Fire) were then chosen based on the race or appearance of those principle characters, with M. Night making a conscious effort to include all races and ethnicities.
He states, “The whole point of the movie is that there isn’t any bad or good. The irony is that I’m playing on the exact prejudices that the people who are claiming I’m racist are doing,” and goes on to further defend The Last Airbender as “the most culturally diverse movie series of all time.”
Whether audiences will agree remains to be seen until the film is released on July 1, but in the meantime, you can catch a glimpse of the film versions of all four of the main characters–Aang, Zuko, Katara, and Sokka–in just-released new clip from the movie.

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By Whitney Milam
HollywoodNews.com: Looks like the Upper East Side is getting a taste (an expensive one, of course) of Los Angeles on Gossip Girl next season, as Entertainment Weekly’s Micheal Ausiello reports that Katie Cassidy–who until recently starred as the sharp-tongued and impeccably-dressed Ella Sims on The CW’s now canceled Melrose Place reboot– has been cast in a juicy recurring role as a new love interest for Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) on Gossip Girl‘s fourth season.
So what do you think, Upper East Siders? With Blair Waldorf and Georgina Sparks around, will Katie’s character (a college student at Columbia who is “not what she appears”) be able to scheme with the best of them? Or will this California girl warrant a spectacularly dramatic take-down? Discuss!
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By Whitney Milam
HollywoodNews.com: Lady Gaga debuted an all-new song she called “You and I” at Elton John’s 12th Annual White Tie and Tiara ball this week, and it’s a melodic, soft-rock ballad speculated to be about her recent ex. Lady Gaga herself states, only somewhat ironically, “It’s a rock-n-roll song, which probably means it’s never going to be released as one of my singles,” but you can check out a live recording of the impromptu performance here–what do you think, little monsters?
In related news, a few choice quotes from Gaga’s current Rolling Stone cover interview are making the rounds online, and fans should be especially interested in talk of her newest upcoming (as yet untitled) album, which she seems to imply will have a gay rights theme. Several analysts of the recently released Alejandro video have found it to be making a condemning statement on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, a theory apparently supported by a few of Gaga’s own recent tweets, and if her latest statements are anything to go by, that particular theme won’t be going away anytime soon.
“Why are we still talking about ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’?” she asks in the Rolling Stone interview. “It makes me crazy. And I have been for three years baking cakes—and now I’m going to bake a cake that has a bitter jelly. The message of the new music is now more bitter than it was before.”
Is the world ready for a more serious, politically-flavored album full of Lady Gaga’s newest confections? She may call that bitter, but we say sweet.
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