The Weekly News Roundup - week of March 14 - 18

Biebieber

- Justin Bieber dropped by the London Madame Tussauds for the unveiling of his wax doppelganger, and if you want to see a really creepy picture, click here. (JSYK)

- The long-awaited collaboration between JB and Rascal Flatts has finally been released. Check out the video for "That Should Be Me." (JSYK)

- The Fab One was forced out of his hotel in Liverpool, England, after two fans dressed as maids snuck into his room and photos of his stuff using their cell phones (or "mobiles" as they call them there). This was, of course, after a mob of screaming girls had assembled outside the hotel, and the police had warned Bieber that if he made an appearance on his balcony, he would be arrested for inciting a riot. (Cambio)

Movies

- Taylor Swift has signed on to the cast of The Lorax (scheduled to release in March 2012), joining Zac Efron, Betty White, Ed Helms, Danny DeVito, Rob Riggle, and others. (JSYK)

- Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence will star as Katniss in the movie version of The Hunger Games (aka the next Twilight series). Now we can go back to speculating which other Inception cast-member will be in the next announced villain in the new Batman movie. (JSYK)

- There's a new teaser out for HP7.2! Check it out. (Cambio)

- Kevin Costner will play Superman's adoptive dad in the new Zach Snyder movie. He joins the already-cast Henry Cavill and Diane Lane. (Cambio)

- A decade after the first movie bombed, "Daredevil" is getting a reboot. Ben Affleck is not expected to have anything to do with the new version. Somehow I still don't think it'll work. (Cambio)

Music

- Rebecca Black's "Friday" is being hailed by critics and fans alike as being the hands-down absolute worst song of all time bar none. Can't say I disagree. (JSYK)

- Lady Gaga is being honored... but not for her music. She is this year's recipient of the CFDA Style Icon award. Her stylists and designers sure did earn it! (Cambio)

- Billy Ray Cyrus has decided not to get divorced, and instead to patch things up with his family. Best of luck to you, BRC. (Cambio)

- The Maine will be going on tour with friends of the show Augustana, starting May 12th in Dallas, and wrapping up in Phoenix on June18th. (Cambio)

TV

- Christina Applegate has signed on to an untitled NBC sitcom about a working mom, her stay-at-home husband, and her inevitably opinionated parents. (Cambio)

- And David Henrie has been cast as the lead in the CBS pilot "Assistants", which is about... assistants. To celebrities. Someone strained a few brain cells coming up with that one. (JJJ)

- Matthew Morrison will direct a few of the upcoming episodes of Glee. I hope that turns out to be better in practice than in theory. (Cambio)

Blatant Gossip

- OH NOES! Ashley Greene and Joe Jonas split up! And mere months short of their one-year anniversary! (JSYK)

Technology

- Finally satisfying the demands of the nation, there is now an app called "90210 - The Game", where the whole point is to be popular. Huzzah! (JSYK)

- Eminem is officially the most popular person on Facebook, having overtaken Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga. Guess he's Not Afraid of meaningless victory! (Cambio)

Innovation

- A 13-year-old kid in Ohio created a line of "man candles" as a counterpoint to the "girly"-scented candles made by his sister. The Man Candles come in several different varieties of scents that men like, including bacon, pizza, and sawdust. (JSYK)

Doing Good

- UNICEF has a contest right now where for $5 you can enter to win a Celebrity Tap Pack, which is a case of water poured from celebrities' home faucets (Selena Gomez, Rihanna, Robin Williams, Adrian Grenier, and Taylor Swift are among the participating celebs). I seriously hope their tap water tastes better than the rest of the tap water in LA. (JSYK)

- Meanwhile, stars like Katy Perry and Lady Gaga have been encouraging fans to donate to Japan disaster relief. The Lady even designed "We Pray for Japan" bracelets that fans can buy for $5, with all proceeds going to tsunami relief. (JSYK)

- Sandra Bullock, meanwhile, cut out the middleman by donating $1,000,000 to the Red Cross for disaster relief. Even after the Red Cross takes their cut, that's a heck of a donation! (Cambio)

- After learning that thieves had stolen computers from a high school in his hometown of Philadelphia (in West Philadelphia he was born and raised), Will Smith donated 29 brand-new computers to the school. What a prince! (Cambio)

Movies Opening This Weekend (imdb)

Paul

Limitless

The Lincoln Lawyer

Win Win

Bill Cunningham New York (NYC)

Cracks (NYC)

Winter in Wartime (NYC/LA)

The Music Never Stopped (limited)

Top 10 in the Box Office Last Weekend (imsb)

1. Battle: Los Angeles

2. Rango

3. Red Riding Hood

4. The Adjustment Bureau

5. Mars Needs Moms

6. Beastly

7. Hall Pass

8. Just Go With It

9. Gnomeo & Juliet

10. The King's Speech

The Weekly News Roundup - week of March 7 - 11

Bieber

- Young Master Bieber finally convinced his BFF Jaden Smith to join Twitter on Wednesday. Finally! As of 4:30 this afternoon, Jaden already has over 250,000 followers, but that ain't nothin - the Bieb has over 8 million and counting. (JSYK4TNZ)

- Miley spoofed Bieber on SNL last weekend. (JJJ)

- JB tweeted that he's going to grow a mustache by not shaving for 30 days. I have my doubts. (Teen)

- "Never Say Never" never quite hit #1 in the box office, but as of this week it's the #3 highest-grossing documentary on record, so that's something. (DisneyDreaming)

TV

- Greyson Chance returned to the Ellen show this week, performing "Dancing Crazy" withMiranda Cosgrove. (JSYK)

- Rapper/actor/dancer Romeo got pulled over on Wednesday just so the cop could wish him good luck on Dancing With The Stars. It takes all kinds, I tell you what. (Cambio)

- On Monday night, Conan used a giant live-action version of Angry Birds to destroy Kim Kardashian's "song" "Jam." (JSYK)

- Addressing the public for the first time since checking into rehab last fall, Demi Lovatoreleased a video on Cambio on Monday crediting the support of her fans for getting her through her toughest time. (Cambio)

- Not that our viewers watch The Walking Dead, but new reports say that the zombie extras have their own meal time, because their grotesque makeup and prosthetics were making crew members queasy. Awesome. Season 2 is going to be amazing! (Cambio)

- "How I Met Your Mother" has been picked up for another two seasons, which means WE WILL NEVER EVER EVER FIND OUT WHO THE MOTHER IS! GAAAAH! (Cambio)

Movies

- Oh George Lucas, when will the madness end? Not yet, apparently! He's re-releasing theStar Wars movies in 3-D. The first one, The Phantom Menace, will be out in 3D on February 10, 2012. (NYTimes)

- Emma Watson is taking a semester or two off from Brown University to promote the final Harry Potter, film "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and work with her environmentally-responsible fashion line. She does insist she will return to school, but few can resist the siren song of a Hollywood paycheck. (JSYK)

- The Tomb Raider franchise is rebooting, but Angelina Jolie has declined to reprise her role as Lara Croft. Unnamed sources that may or may not just be me were quoted as saying "Angie just didn't think this sounded like a good idea." (Cambio)

- And speaking of turning down roles, Rihanna said no to the remake of "The Bodyguard" and friend of the show Jason Derulo decided not to play Jimi Hendrix in an upcoming biopic. Since when have singers realized they're not actors?? (Cambio)

Music

- I know what you've been thinking - Willow Smith released her song "21st Century Girl" last week, so how much longer do we have to wait before there's an overly-cinematic music video for it that involves a shaman, a pack of wolves, and the building of civilization?? Well fret no more: that video has arrived. (JSYK)

- Greyson Chance and Cody Simpson are hitting the road together for the "Waiting 4 U" tour. The tour starts April 11th in Denver, and finished May 18th in Portland. (Cambio)

- Katy Perry did a cover of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." No word yet whether the Lady saw a video of the performance or whether she'll invite Katy to join her on stage in Toronto. (Cambio)

- Conan might want to keep that Angry Birds set standing by - Gwyneth Paltrow signed arecord deal with Atlantic. (Cambio)

- Mumford & Sons are going to tour the States, and because they're kinda hipsters, they're touring by train. (Cambio)

Tech

- Oh, so another cool thing about the Nintendo 3DS other than the 3D screen that doesn't require glasses? It's also wifi-enabled and can stream movies from Netflix. No word yet whether you can also stream 3D movies in 3D. (JSYK)

- Like the latest Hollywood starlet, the thinner, faster, lighter, prettier iPad 2 launched on Tuesday. It is scheduled to develop a drinking problem by June, end up in court by July, and be replaced by a new sensation in August. (Cambio)

Blatant Gossip

- Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have broken up, so could you guys finally give him my number? (Cambio)

- Miley might have a new boyfriend - she was seen out with Jared Followill (of Kings of Leon fame). (JJJ)

- Kanye West was turned away from several high-profile fashion shows at Paris Fashion Week after he showed up uninvited. The official story is that he simply wasn't on the list, but I suspect they were worried he might jump up on the runway and say "Yo Versace, I'm really happy for you and imma let you finish, but Yves Saint Laurent's Fall '96 was one of the best runway show of all time! OF ALL TIME!" (Cambio)

- Justin Barta (of The Hangover fame) and Ashley Olson (of Mary Kate And fame) have broken up. Not sure if this affects anyone. (Cambio)

- Julie Taymor and Spider-Man also broke up this week. They cited irreconcilable differences and the largest number of preview performances of all time. (Cambio)

Doing Good

- After today's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, celebrities like Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, and others tweeted their support. Here's hoping they also texted REDCROSS to 90999. (JSYK)

- Wisconsin high school students planned a state-wide school walk-out for 2pm today in solidarity with the recently-silenced unions. They also encouraged students in other states to join. What high school student would pass that up? (JSYK)

- President Obama has joined the fight against bullying! He and Michelle have launched StopBullying.gov, and are working with both the Department of Education and the Department of Health & Human Services to work on preventing bullying in schools across the country. I wonder if it's encouraging or discouraging for kids to hear that even the President has to deal with bullies. (JSYK)

- Not sure if this counts as good, but Lady Gaga broke off her album deal with Target over their political donation practices. And here we thought she'd made the deal in the first place because they'd stopped donating to jerks. (Cambio)

WTF?

- An ice cream shop in London's Covent Garden area has thwarted Lady Gaga's legal attempts to stop production of its "Baby Gaga" ice cream... which is made with human breast milk. Not cow. Human. The owners of the shop are considering counter-suing for defamation, but honestly, how can you beat this kind of publicity? (Cambio)

Magazines

- Nina Dobrev is on the cover of Teen Vogue (TeenVogue)

- Victoria Justice is on the cover of Seventeen even though she's 18 (Cambio)

- The boys of Glee are in Teen Vogue this month, showing off formal wear in the magazine's prom photo spread. (TeenVogue)

Movies Opening This Weekend

Battle: Los Angeles

Jane Eyre

Red Riding Hood

Mars Needs Moms

Certified Copy (NYC)

Black Death (NYC)

Kill the Irishman (limited)

Top 10 in the Box Office Last Weekend (imdb)

1. Rango

2. The Adjustment Bureau

3. Beastly

4. Hall Pass

5. Gnomeo & Juliet

6. Unknown

7. Just Go With It

8. The King's Speech

9. I Am Number Four

10. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

The Weekly News Roundup - week of February 28 - March 4

Bieber

- JB turned 17 on Tuesday! You guys all had parties too, right? Right?? He celebrated with his "totally-not-girlfriend" Selena Gomez, hanging out and shopping and stuff. (JJJ)

- As a birthday present, Bieber asked fans to donate $17 to Charity: Water, a non-profit that provides clean drinking water to communities in developing nations. His fundraising goal was $17,000 and at last count, he'd raised nearly $30k. (Cambio)

- Here are 17 random facts about the Bieb. (AOL Music)

- Remember how Bieber gave those chopped-off locks of his hair to charities so they could auction them? Well one of those locks of hair just went for $40,668. Ellen DeGeneres set up the eBay auction, and the funds will go to The Gentle Barn, an animal rescue center here in California. (JSYK)

TV

- Miley Cyrus is hosting SNL this weekend. Brace yourselves. And now would be a good time to make sure your earthquake kit is fully stocked. (JSYK)

- Charlie Sheen has tiger blood and Adonis DNA, and is also on a drug called Charlie Sheen. True story.

Movies

- Ohyeah the Oscars happened last weekend! Seems like longer ago than that. Full list of winners here. (imdb)

- Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures decided to cast Diane Lane as the dowdy Martha Kent, AKA Superman's adopted mom. Seems like an odd fit. (Cambio)

- But WB also made a very good decision - they bought Leavesden Studios, the stages where the Harry Potter movies were filmed, and are turning them into a tourist attraction! Starting in 2012, muggles will be able to take a 3-hour tour (a 3-hour tour) and see sets from the films. You can pre-book your tour later this year. (JSYK)

- "Blade Runner" is getting remade and will become a franchise, with who knows how many sequels to follow. By my count there are now only 7 movies left from the 80s that have not been remade. (Cambio)

- Of course they're making a sequel to Avatar. Of course they are. And how are they going to go a step beyond the original's visuals? By going under water. Of course they are. (Cambio)

Music

- 10-year-old Maria Aragon (of YouTube fame) sang "Born This Way" with Lady Gaga at her Toronto concert on Thursday, and reportedly stole the show. The Mounties are now investigating the theft. (CNN)

- The wait is over: Kim Kardashian's first single, "Jam" has finally been released into the wild. The song premiered on Ryan Seacrest's radio show. Here's hoping Seacrest survived. (JSYK)

- Palate cleanser! New Willow Smith, called "21st Century Girl." (JSYK)

- And if you haven't seen the new Gaga video, "Born This Way," well then you're just behind the times, aren't you. (Cambio)

- Taylor Swift rebounds like a pro! She was seen out at a Kings game with none other thanChord Overstreet last week. Can't wait to hear the song she'll inevitably write about him! (Cambio)

Technology

- Watson has been defeated! Long live humans! Congressman Rush Holt from New Jersey beat Watson on Monday's Jeopardy. This sets the robot revolution back at least a year. (Tween Tribune)

- The iPad 2 will be in stores March 11, thereby rendering the original iPad totally obsolete, mere months after it was first introduced. (JSYK)

Broken Records

- At a spelling bee in Flagstaff, AZ, last weekend, two 8th graders battled for three hours and95 rounds of the bee, before one of them finally spelled "affidavits" incorrectly, and the other spelled "accolade" and "taciturn" correctly for the win. The previous record (also held by these two students) was only 39 rounds. (TweenTribune)

- Charlie Sheen joined Twitter this week and got over 1,000,000 followers so fast he landed a Guinness World Record. (CNN)

Doing Good

- Confusing the hell out of anyone who's been following the news, Miley Cyrus traveled to Haitiwith the Starkey Hearing Foundation, where she helped deliver custom-built hearing aids to hearing-impaired children. (JSYK)

- Did you notice that Angelina Jolie wasn't at the Oscars? Me neither. But it turns out she wasn't there because she was in Afghanistan, checking up on the girls' school she founded, and talking with refugees who were displaced by war and the Taliban. Probably a better use of her time and resources, all things considered. (Cambio)

Movies Opening This Weekend

Rango

The Adjustment Bureau

Take Me Home Tonight

Beastly

Red State (NYC)

Happythankyoumoreplease (limited)

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives (LA/SF)

I Saw the Devil (LA/NY)

Abel (limited)

Top 10 in the Box Office Last Weekend

1. Hall Pass

2. Gnomeo & Juliet

3. Unknown

4. I Am Number Four (finally at the correct number)

5. Just Go With It

6. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

7. Big Mommas

8. The King's Speech

9. Drive Angry 3D

10. True Grit