After staying out of the paparazzi eye while growing up, Michael Jackson's oldest son is stepping out in a very public role. 

"Entertainment Tonight" has hired Prince Michael Jackson as a special correspondent for the show.

Jackson's son is only 16. 

His first assignment shows him interviewing the "Oz: The Great and Powerful" cast members James Franco, Zach Braff, and director Sam Raimi for the film's March 8 release.

Here's a preview from his interview: 

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After the palace released a statement saying they were "disappointed" in an Italian publication that chose to run photos of pregnant Kate Middleton in a bikini while on private holiday, the Duchess is debuting her baby bump  for the first time in public -- this time on her own terms.

In her second official public appearance since announcing her pregnancy, the 31-year-old royal showed off her still barely-there baby bump in London as she visited with women in recovery at Hope House Action on Addiction on Tuesday.

Wearing a gray and white MaxMara wrap dress, Middleton showed off the bump from a few angles ...

Front:

Side:

Sitting:

And come July, she'll be looking at her very own little boy or girl:

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Kelly Clarkson is not impressed with Clive Davis. Yesterday, the record producer's memoir, "The Soundtrack of My Life," came out and Clarkson posted a lengthy personal note to her fans on WhoSay claiming it's filled with lies about the 30-year-old "Since U Been Gone" singer. It begins: "I refuse to be bullied and I just have to clear up his memory lapses and misinformation for myself and for my fans."Read the entire letter here. 

Mumford & Sons, Nas, Paul McCartney, and The Lumineers are headlining Bonnaroo this year. Check out the full lineup.

Happy 25th birthday to Rihanna! To celebrate, the singer has landed a deal with MAC Cosmetics. 

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jennifer Hudson will return as their "Chicago" and "Dreamgirls" characters at the Oscars to celebrate the musicals of the past decade.  

Mandy Moore's coming to television. She's set to star in ABC's comedy pilot "Pulling," based on the 2006 British series. 

Speaking of upcoming television shows, the 30-minute "Zombieland" series has cast Kirk Ward as its Tallahassee. The show will be based off the TK comedy adventure. 

Ke$ha's getting her own MTV documentary—"Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life." Watch a preview of the doc that will air April 23 at 11 p.m. below:

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During last night's Brit Awards, Taylor Swift came out on stage in a very bulky white wedding dress while ex-boyfriend Harry Styles was in the audience. She tossed it aside mid-number for a racier lacy number and knee-high boots.

Sony finally announced its PlayStation 4 in NYC yesterday, but didn't show any hardware. Bummer. It's expected to hit stores this holiday season.

We haven't heard anything on the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film front in a while. However, Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson says the movie could hit theaters as early as next summer.

Rihanna and Chris Brown are still together. The "We Found Love" singer shared a photo of the two sharing Rihanna's 25th birthday together on Instagram.

Spice Girls' Mel B will replace Sharon Osbourne as a judge on "America's Got Talent."

BBC has already ordered an Oscar Pistorius documentary.

Bill O'Reilly will followup his best-selling books on the killing of presidents Kennedy and Lincoln with "Killing Jesus: A History." The book will be released September 24.

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A Julia Louis-Dreyfus TV ad has been pulled in Israel after offending some women after inadvertently taking a jab at overweight women.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the commercial produced for local satellite television provider Yes, was pulled after a letter of complaint from the country's YEDID Association for Community Empowerment called the spot an insult to a majority of people.

The commercial shows Louis-Dreyfus mistakenly congratulating a woman on being pregnant by rubbing her stomach.

The actress than makes the awkward scenario into a larger ordeal by purposefully making even clumsier mistakes from referring to a colleague by the incorrect name to insulting the original woman again at the end of the spot.

The letter from YEDID stated: 

“There are a lot of weight-challenged individuals in Israel who are treated in an irreverent and hurtful manner. There is no justification to illustrate a stigma which suggests a larger woman is either pregnant or simply too fat for anyone to consider going out with.”

Yes apologized for the commercial in a statement claiming the spot was meant to inform non-subscribers they can fix their "mistake" and switch to the provider.

“The playful commercial was based on Julia Louis-Dreyfus' past characters, and the message is how one may handle making a mistake. If anyone is being ridiculed throughout the spot it is Julia herself who is the one making these mistakes.”

The ad has since been pulled from YouTube. If we find the clip we'll add it below.

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Rihanna celebrated her 25th birthday yesterday by having a blowout bash with her friends and family in Hawaii.

After jet skiing with Chris Brown during the day, the singer partied with friends and family that night.

From photos of the cake to PDA-heavy shots of Rihanna and Brown, take a peek inside Rihanna's 25th birthday celebrations -- all posted by the singer to her Instagram account.

The Hawaii trip started yesterday with this photo of Rihanna sitting on Chris Brown's lap. It has a whopping 536K likes on Instagram.

The singer then posted this photo of the on-again couple. It has 200K likes and counting.

After jet skiing during the day, Rihanna celebrated her 25th birthday with a party at night.

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Come Sunday, while the stars are celebrating the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby theater, you won't see four-time Oscar winner Woody Allen there in suit and tie.

The director is notorious for turning down his Oscar invite every year.

The only year he attended was in 2002 following 9/11 when he thanked Hollywood for its support of his hometown.

Rumors abound on Allen's whereabouts on Hollywood's biggest night.

Some say the director stayed home one year to watch basketball while others say he plays a gig with his own band in New York City. 

While Allen does schedule performances Monday nights at Michael's Pub on the East Side in his hometown, that's not why he stays away from the West Coast.

Rather, biographer Eric Lax told NPR last year Allen avoids the Oscars for one simple reason: He doesn't believe in it.

"It's really almost impossible, as he puts it, to judge art, that it's so subjective, you can't really say, well, this performance is better than that or that writing is better than this and that, if you get caught in that trap of relying on other people, however great they are, to tell you whether you're any good, you're either going to consciously or subconsciously start playing to that group."

After Allen's 1973 film "Sleeper" wasn't nominated, ABC News quoted him voicing that same sentiment.

"The whole concept of awards is silly," said Allen. "I cannot abide by the judgment of other people, because if you accept it when they say you deserve an award, then you have to accept it when they say you don't."

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This year's Academy Awards nominees weren't always red carpet stars.

Before they were chasing Oscar gold, Naomi Watts starred in '80s commercials, Bradley Cooper appeared on a hit HBO series, and Christoph Waltz strongly resembled Ryan Gosling while starring in German television shows and films.

From "Law and Order" to "Fruit of the Looms" commercials, see where this year's top stars in Hollywood started out.

Before Bradley Cooper was playing a mental outpatient in "Silver Linings Playbook" ...

... his first role was on a season 2 episode of "Sex in the City" at 24.

Before Jessica Chastain was hunting down Osama bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty" ...

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• Janet Jackson secretly got married to her boyfriend Wissam Al Mana -- last year! The two announced a joint statement revealing the news: “The rumors regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony. Our wedding gifts to one another were contributions to our respective favourite children’s charities."
• The Coen brothers have been tapped to rewrite "Unbroken," about the true story of World War II hero Lou Zamperini based on Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 book being directed by Angelina Jolie for Universal.
• "Arrested Development" is NOT getting a second Netflix season. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told investors Monday "'Arrested' is a unique property, we don’t anticipate being able to do season five, six and seven. We have less of a stake in it. It is really a fantastic one-off, which is coming together incredibly. I think it will be amazing for us, but think of it as a nonrepeatable amazing."
• The Senate has dropped the "Zero Dark Thirty" probe into Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's connection with the CIA after the film was shutout at the Oscars.
• "Saturday Night Live" star Andy Samberg is engaged to his longtime singer-songwriter girlfriend, Joanna Newsom.
• Justin Bieber sported an odd accessory in London on Monday — a gas mask.
• A day after winning the Best Actress Oscar, Jennifer Lawrencedyed her hair jet black for "Hunger Games" re-shoots.
• Pinkshowed off her super-fit physique on the beach in Miami.

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Sunday night, Adele took home her first Oscar for Best Original Song.  

The award brings the "Skyfall" singer one step closer to achieving what is considered the Triple Crown of acting awards: an EGOT. 

This occurs when an individual acquires wins from each of the big competitive Awards shows: the Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tonys. 

With her first Oscar and numerous Grammys, Adele is well on her way to achieving the title since releasing her first album "19" in 2008. 

Here is just how successful she is:

9 Grammys

Through 12 nominations, Adele won one Grammy in 2009, 2010, and 2013 and took home six last year including song and record of the year.

4 American Music Awards

Adele took home awards for favorite artist and album "21" between 2011 and 2012.

12 Billboard Music Awards 

From a total of 20 nominations, she's taken home: 
Top Artist of the Year
Top Female Artist of the Year
Top Billboard 200 Artist of the Year
Top Digital Songs Artist of the Year
Top Radio Songs Artist of the Year
Top Hot 100 Artist of the Year
Top Digital Media Artist of the Year
Top Pop Artist of the Year
Top Streaming Song of the Year (Audio), "Rolling in the Deep"
Top Alternative Song of the Year, "Rolling in the Deep"
Top Billboard 200 Album of the Year, "21"
Top Pop Album of the Year, "21"

4 Brit Awards

Her wins from nine nominations span from 2008 to 2013.

A Golden Globe for "Skyfall"

And, now, she has her first Oscar.

Now, here's the kicker. 

Adele's managed to do all of this at the age of …

................. 

...

Not 30.

.......... 

...

 Not 27.

.......... 

...

Not even 25.

................. 

...

Adele is 24 years old with an Oscar and nine Grammys. 

She also had her first child, a baby boy, in October.  

Adele told reporters after the Oscars she has some ideas for how she can go about earning the other two awards to gain her EGOT. 

"Maybe I'll do an HBO special like Beyoncé did." she said. "And a Tony, I'm not so sure. Maybe someday I'll do a musical." 

There are 14 people who have received all four awards ranging from Audrey Hepburn and Barbra Streisand to Liza Minnelli and Whoopi Goldberg.  

Streisand completed her EGOT in a record seven years. 

Adele still has a few years if she wants to be the youngest EGOT holder.

SEE ALSO: 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence forgot to thank her "Silver Linings" producer and director during her Oscar speech >

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• Despite doing an awesome job hosting the Golden Globes earlier this year, Tina Fey says she will never host the Oscars. "I just feel like that gig is so hard. Especially for, like, a woman — the amount of months that would be spent trying on dresses alone ... no way." Pressed as to whether there's "at least a one in a million chance," Fey assured there's not. "I wish I could tell you there was."
• Bobby Brown has been sentenced to 55 days in jail after getting his third DUI.
• Two couples have reportedly split and we're kind of sad about it: Michelle Williams and Jason Segel and Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen.
• HBO vet Ron Livingstonreturns to the network on "Boardwalk Empire," where "He will play Roy Phillips, a wealthy out-of-town businessman who catches the eye of Gillian Darmody (Gretchen Mol)."
• And Ben Stiller is returning to "Arrested Development" as illusionist Tony Wonder.
• Weinstein Co. settled the $50 million "Escape from Planet Earth" lawsuit after writer-director Tony Leech and film producer Brian Inerfeld alleged their work was botched.
• Taylor Swift's ex Harry Styles got hit in the groin with a shoe while on-stage. Watch below:

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After Pippa Middleton's entertaining book "Celebrate" was panned by critics last October, the younger sister of Kate Middleton has been downgraded to penning a monthly column for Waitrose Kitchen — the in-house magazine of British supermarket chain, Waitrose. 

The magazine's editor announced the news, saying, "Pippa will be an excellent contributor to the magazine, bringing with her a wealth of experience of entertaining, gained in part from working at her family's party business."

The column, which debuts March 28, will be called "Pippa’s Friday Night Feasts" and will feature her "own passion and enthusiasm for food and entertaining."

While Pippa stated, "I'm delighted to be writing for Waitrose Kitchen, a magazine that's always been a source of inspiration to me, for its extensive spectrum of food and beautiful style,"The Daily Beast's royals expert Tom Sykes calls it"One of the most bizarre cases of royal selling-out ever seen."

But Sykes sympathizes, adding "Her association with the royal family has made her virtually unemployable in any normal job ... Pippa was banned by the palace from promoting her recent book on entertaining, and forced to decline an opportunity to be an NBC special correspondent."

Meanwhile, Pippa and Kate Middleton's younger brother, James, has reportedly been forced to turn to family for financial help after his cake business fell £17,000 into debt.

"James Middleton's family have secured an overdraft after the loss made by his company Nice Group, which sells bread, cakes, flour and sugar confectionery," reports the Daily Mail. "He owes creditors £32,575."

James Middleton, who dropped out the University of Edinburgh in 2006 after a year to start his own business, explained to MailOnline:

Nice Group is a start-up company and as you can imagine there are overheads needed to start a company. I made the decision to finance the business myself along with a loan rather than go to investors. This has its pros and cons, it does mean things don’t move as quickly as I would like but it does mean I keep complete ownership and control over my company. Further down the line I may look to open the doors for investors but I will see how things go.

While the Middleton parents, Carole and Michael, run the hugely successful Party Pieces website, it seems their offspring have yet to master the family business.

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The daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes appears to have a luxury afforded by only the biggest megastars: a body double.

The controversy started when the New York Daily Newsreported that paparazzi were often thrown by the Suri Cruise doppelganger, who was seen as recently as last week. 

"She had the same black leggings and Ugg-type tan boots with pink soles as Suri," the Daily News wrote. "And while she tried to hide her face, her auburn hair was long and brown like Suri’s....only she wasn’t Suri."

The real Suri arrived minutes later in another black SUV.

Katie Holmes denied the reports, calling them "ridiculous." 

But we're not buying it, based on how similar the girls are in appearance and dress. 

Here's a picture of the alleged body double, taken from Splash News' YouTube channel.

Here's another shot. The alleged body double is on the left, Suri is on the right: 

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Official Comedy's latest YouTube video features five-year-old children acting out all of this year's Best Picture nominees.

The video already has 131,000 clicks and counting. From "Argo" to "Lincoln," watch these cute kids in action:

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• Steven Spielberg has been chosen to head up the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Festival organizers said late Wednesday night that the Oscar-winning director will serve as jury president at the event's 66th edition, which runs May 15-26.
• FX's "Archer"has been renewed for a 5th season. Several weeks into the show's fourth season, the network ordered another 13-episode season of the animated comedy series.
• Cablevision's Q4 revenues and subscriptions were hurt by Hurricane Sandy.
• Actor Chris Cooper has been cast to play the Green Goblin in "Amazing Spider-Man 2."
• Five reasons to be sad about Michelle Williams and Jason Segel's break up.
• Fresh off her Oscar win, a newly brunette Jennifer Lawrence is took some time off to relax in Hawaii where she is currently shooting "The Hunger Games" sequel, "Catching Fire."
• Rihanna, also in Hawaii, showed off her bikini body while sipping a Corona.
• Kristen Bell is seriously baby bumpin'.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is sticking up for Seth MacFarlane and citing artistic freedom against charges that the comedians stint as Oscar host was sexist.

In the wake of the awards telecast many commentators, such asVulture's Margaret Lyons and Slate's Dana Stevens, branded MacFarlane's opening song "We Saw Your Boobs" and his quips about Chris Brown's abusive relationship with Rihanna, as misogynist. On Tuesday, those charges intensified after two California legislators, Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal and Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, sent a letter to Academy President Hawk Koch condemning the host's performance and asking the group to be more careful in the future. 

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"From topical jabs about domestic violence to singing about 'boobs' during a film's rape scene, Seth MacFarlane crossed the line from humor to misogyny," the legislators wrote.

"In a world where women have historically faced challenges and obstacles when it comes to their portrayal in popular culture, Sunday evening was a setback for women fighting hard to gain appropriate respect as contributors in this industry and society and general," they added.

But the Academy did not agree with their assessment.

“If the Oscars are about anything, they’re about creative freedom," an Academy spokeswoman said in a statement to TheWrap. "We think the show's producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, and host Seth MacFarlane did a great job and we hope our worldwide audience found the show entertaining.”

MacFarlane, who is the creator of "Ted" and "Family Guy," is known for pushing the envelope when it comes to jokes about race and sexism in his shows and movies. He was brought in by the Academy in an effort to broaden the show's appeal to younger viewers.

Lowenthal and Jackson are both Democrats and co-chair the California State Legislative Women’s Caucus. Their offices did not immediately respond to request for comment about the Academy's response.

As for MacFarlane, don't look for him to return as Oscar emcee again.

On Twitter, the host responded to questions about whether he would host for a second time by writing, "No way. Lotta fun to have done it, though."

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Miss Delaware Teen USA Melissa King has resigned her crown after allegedly starring in an amateur porn sex tape.

In a clip that has surfaced on porn sites online, the 18-year-old brunette first sits on a bed for an interview in which she answers questions about her age, occupation and why she wants to shoot the video.

The woman, who never gives her name, tells the camera she turned 18 in March. And according to the Miss Delaware Teen USA website, King's birthday is also in March.

“I thought it be fun and I needed the money,” the woman continues. “So I just decided to do it.”

When the interviewer asks about her pageant past, the woman responds, "I’ve done them, yes.”

The interviewer then asks her if she has told anyone about doing the porn video they were about to film, to which the woman replies, “It’s not a big secret. But I didn’t tell anybody specifically what I was doing.”

While King won the Miss Delaware Teen USA title in November, at the time the alleged porn video was shot she was the reigning Miss Teen Delaware International.

When King was later asked about the video in question on Monday, she denied it was her, saying "Absolutely not."

But by Tuesday, a pageant spokeswoman released a statement saying the teen queen had given up her crown: "I would like to confirm to you that the Miss Delaware Teen USA pageant has received a resignation letter from Miss King’s attorney."

A sad ending for the teen — a former foster child — who had "exceptionally high SAT scores, GPA, and AP scores," has "been a successful competitive gymnast since the age of 9," and "hopes to work for a prestigious fashion magazine in New York City or maybe on the sidelines of an NFL game as a sports journalist," according to her official bio.

Watch the safe-for-work portion of the interview below:

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Dave Chappelle may finally be ready to return to comedy.  

The comedian's been in New York City performing new material at the Comedy Celler for the past few evenings. 

Wednesday night, he performed with Chris Rock for a reported hour on stage while Kevin Hart and Sherrod Small were in attendance.  

According to the comedy site Comic's Comic, the two began discussing a possible future tour on stage.  

"After next Tuesday, I'm free for like 11 years," said Chappelle.  

Rock suggested although he has filming in the works this spring, he's open to the idea.  

"I've got time between now and the movie," said Rock. "By Halloween, I could do dates."  

This summer, Rock, will appear in the sequel to Adam Sandler's comedy "Grown Ups."

Chappelle even suggested a name for the show: "Fireside chats with Chris Rock." 

Chappelle's last mainstream appearance was 2011 during an impromptu radio interview with San Francisco's WiLD 94.9.  

Before then, the popular "Chappelle's Show" host abruptly walked away from the third season of his hit Comedy Central show in 2005.     

In an interview with TIME, the comedian reportedly headed to South Africa in 2005 on a spiritual retreat to get away from the pressures of fame and keep his routine fresh. 

Though Entertainment Weekly reported Chappelle as heading to a mental facility, he told TIME that wasn't the case.  

"I'm not crazy," Chappelle told TIME. "I'm not smoking crack. I'm definitely stressed out."

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During Sunday's Oscar's red carpet, “Access Hollywood” reporter Billy Bush showed Jennifer Lawrence photos from her just-published Miss Dior campaign.

The actress was taken aback, exclaiming “Oh my God, I haven’t seen these. That doesn’t look like me at all!"

She then added, "I love Photoshop more than anything in the world.”

When Bush responded with “I don’t think that’s Photoshop, that’s you,” the actress replied, “Of course it’s Photoshop. People don’t look like that.”

Watch the interview below and judge for yourself:

Now watch the behind-the-scenes video of Lawrence shooting the Miss Dior campaign:

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• The final "Hobbit" film's release date has been pushed from July 18, 2014 to December 17, 2014.
• Meanwhile, Martin Scorsese's star studded "Wolf of Wall Street"gets a November 15 release date.
• The "Home Improvement"creative team is suing Disney for syndication money. This is the second suit against Disney over the 90s sitcom starring Tim Allen.
• Jennifer Lopez's ex-Marc Anthony, 44, has gone public with his new girlfriend —21-year-old Topshop heiress Chloe Green. Does that make J.Lo's 24-year-old back-up dancer boyfriend old?
• Ben Affleckshowed off his freshly-shaved face for the first time after Argo's Oscar win as he arrived for a TED conference in Long Beach.
• The CW's "90120" has been cancelled after five seasons. The final show will air May 13.
• Justin Biebercelebrated his 19th birthday by walking through the streets of London half-naked. The clothed part of his body was clad in leather.
• Gwyneth Paltrow finally admits she should have worn a bra to the 2002 Oscars.
• While appearing on the "Late Show with David Letterman," Joan Rivers told the late-night host she wants Anne Hathaway to just "calm down" already. "I just think she's very, very happy to be Anne Hathaway ... Just the way she says, 'I can't wait to have a delicious plate of vanilla vegan ice cream.' Am I going to puke right here?" Rivers also blasted Adele for her weight.

    Watch her entire Oscars recap below:

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