Liam Hemsworth Says He’s ‘Much Happier’ Post-Miley Cyrus

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–Liam Hemsworth kinda sorta addressed rumours that he cheated on Miley Cyrus, saying “I know what the truth is and that’s all that matters. I know I’m a good person.” He also added, “I’m much happier.”

–Britney Spears is really sweet (and lucid!) in this Ellen video with Sophia Grace and Rosie.

–David Letterman‘s recent interview with Jennifer Lawrence involved blanket snuggling, hair stroking and more.

-She was also hilarious on last night’s Daily Show, mocking Jon Stewart’s interview style. “You are so weird!”

–Scarlett Johansson is all sleepy-eyed and sultry on the cover of Vogue Mexico.

–Aaron Paul is set to reunite with his Big Love costar Amanda Seyfried, playing her love interest in Russell Crowe‘s upcoming family drama Fathers And Daughters.

–Jimmy Kimmel pranked John Krasinski and Emily Blunt by wrapping their entire house in Christmas decorations and paper, complete with a fake snow machine. I dunno; that looks kind of awesome.

-Meanwhile, John was one of the stars to participate in Kimmel’s latest mean tweets video, along with Larry David, Amy Poehler, Aaron Paul and more.

–Alec Baldwin tried to ease the backlash over his gay slur in the most awkward way possible.

-I’m glad Macaulay Culkin is looking happy and healthy.

-A judge ordered Dina Lohan to have a full psych evaluation as part of her DUI trial. How has this never happened before?!

-I really don’t need to see sexy photo shoots with Abigail Breslin.

–Victoria Beckham auctioned off a whole bunch of clothes and donated all the proceeds to the British Red Cross for Philippines relief. Kim Kardashian did the same, but only plans to donate 10%.

–Zach Braff has really mastered the photobomb.

-I really like this Kings of Leon song, so I’m glad they chose it for their next single (and that they cast Garrett Hedlund to star in the video).

–Here’s a promo for ABC’s special Thanksgiving-night Lady Gaga and the Muppets show.

–Pharrell Williams is only about halfway through his 24-hour music video, and it’s still going strong. Is that Steve Carell at 5:08pm?

-Here’s the new trailer for Vampire Academy.

-Speaking of trailers, the first one for Nymphomaniac is out and it’s super NSFW.

-Who else plans to hate-watch NBC’s Sound of Music?

-The Anchorman live reading sounded amazing.

-If the Thursday night box office receipts are any indication, Catching Fire is going to crush everything this weekend.

-The promo for the next season of Girls actually looks pretty great. Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in!

Miley Cyrus Breaks Off Engagement…Finally

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–Miley Cyrus has officially ended her engagement to Liam Hemsworth, reportedly after he was “less than faithful to her.” He was  spotted moving out of her house earlier today.

-Meanwhile, Miley says she’s “an adult acting like a kid.” I think she’s got it the wrong way around.

-It didn’t take long for Liam to get photographed cozying up to a mystery woman.

-Here’s a better look at Brad Pitt‘s shorter, much improved hair.

–Anna Kendrick was all over London Fashion Week, looking as adorable as ever.

–Carrie Underwood is playing Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music? No no no no!

–Hayden Christensen just debuted his new clothing line for RW&Co, which is the best thinkg he’s done in years.

-How cool was Lebron James‘ wedding? Well, for starters Beyoncé sang at the reception.

-Meanwhile, this GIF of Beyoncé being briefly kidnapped while on stage is EVERYTHING!

-Last night’s Breaking Bad was insane. And it’s insanity was well rewarded: it broke all previous ratings records, scoring an astounding 6.4 million viewers.

-Also, the entire cast will appear on Conan next Monday (likely fresh from multiple Emmy wins the night before).

-AMC is developing a Walking Dead spinoff. I’ll only care if it’s centred around Daryl Dixon.

-It’s been a rough month for funnyman Billy Connolly; he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in underwent surgery for prostate cancer.

–Chloë Grace Moretz would like you to know that reports of her death were greatly exaggerated.

–Sky Ferreira and her boyfriend were arrested for drug possession this weekend.

-When Superman met Super Grover: Henry Cavill paid a visit to Sesame Street.

–Anthony Bourdain has been supporting Nigella Lawson through her nasty divorce because Anthony Bourdain is a goddamn rock star. He also commented on Paula Deen‘s big comeback in the classiest way possible.

-I kind of sort of agree with this opinion about Cory Monteith‘s Emmy tribute, though I feel better knowing that James Gandolfini and Jean Stapelton are also being honoured.

-The first trailer for Grace Of Monaco has dropped. Did BFFs Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts lose a bet and are doomed to star in made-for-TV-looking movies about dead royalty this year?

Dina Lohan Arrested for DUI

-Looking at Dina Lohan’s mugshot is like peering into Lindsay‘s future.

–Nicole Kidman was knocked to the ground by a paparazzo on a bike. She’s considering pressing charges.

-Julianne Moore will play President Alma Coin in the next two Hunger Games movie. I really like this casting.

-Also great; Colin Firth is going to play Paddington Bear, which makes me happy.

–Sara Gilbert says she realized she was gay while dating Roseanne costar Johnny Galecki, and he was awesomely supportive of her.

-Remember those reports of Russell Brand being kicked out of the GQ Men of the Year Awards for his Nazi comments about Hugo Boss? Now there’s video of his speech — and it’s amazing.

–Selma Blair is not thrilled that Charlie Sheen fired her for criticizing his work ethic.

-Parks and Rec’s Adam Scott and Retta have lots of thoughts about last week’s Breaking Bad.

-Speaking of the Parks and Rec cast, Amy Poehler calls herself a twerking mother.

-I like the EWwy winners much more than I’m sure I’ll like the Emmy winners.

–Aaron Paul is all kinds of adorable in this video interview with Vanity Fair. I’m digging the facial hair.

–Miley Cyrus is a brunette now.

-The always-amazing Emma Thompson throws shade at actors who think they are ‘above’ promoting their work, and shows ’em how it’s done at TIFF.

-Speaking of TIFF, Liam Hemsworth may have made out with a mysterious brunette when he was here supporting his brother. I didn’t hear that one, but I did hear that he was randomly introducing women to his mother.

-Thanks for Sharing debuted at TIFF a year ago, and it’s just coming out now. I remember hearing really good things about the Pink/Josh Gad subplot. Here’s a clip.

–Aisha Tyler gave me lots of feels when she talked about her fertility issues.

-Is The View trying to add some credibility following its Jenny McCarthy addition but courting Katie Couric?

-Here’s the first trailer for Homefront, a movie that was written by Sylvester Stallone and pits Jason Statham against James Franco. I’m so confused by all of those words.

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–Prince Harry’s current arm candy Cressida Bonas graces the new cover of Tattler.

-In other royal news, critics aren’t exactly being bowled over by Naomi Watts‘ portrayal of Diana.

–Angelina Jolie is getting an Oscar!

–Someone stole Victoria Beckham’s bicycle. All together now: Victoria Beckham rides a bicycle?!

-This is going to dominate a lot of TIFF party conversation: NIkki Finke is indeed trying to take back Deadline from Jay Penske.

-Even though both were rumoured to be skipping it, Brad Pitt is coming to TIFF after all, and George Clooney reportedly checked into the Ritz.  Huzzah!

–Robert Pattinson just lined up his next movie: a film about James Dean. Sparkles not required.

–Evan Rachel Wood looks almost normalish for someone who just gave birth (by Hollywood standards, at least).

–Lamar Odom has left rehab after only one day. Khloe reportedly has no idea where he is.

-Sad news: Jack Osbourne and his wife just announced that they experienced a late-term miscarriage.

-I’m not sure about the styling on Jennifer Lawrence‘s new Dior ads. She looks a little alien-y.

-The Hanson Brothers will not take any lip from “drunk bitches” at their concerts, mmm-kay?

–Sarah Polley is fighting her fear of the press to rally support for the Canadians jailed in Egypt.

–Robin Thicke’s publicist is working overtime this week.

–Mel Gibson flipped out on a cop again because he’s Mel Gibson and that’s what he does.

–Liam Hemsworth is reportedly still mortified by Miley’s VMA performance.

–Miley Cyrus doesn’t seem to mind. She back to back-arching to pimp out her new album.

-I love and adore Joel Kinnaman (which is why I watched The Killing wayyyy longer than I should have). But I’m not sure if I can support a new RoboCop, even with him, Jay Baruchel and Gary Oldman.

Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy Feel “The Heat”

-Does anyone else think The Heat stars Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy both look really weird on the cover of Parade?

-More details are emerging about Paris Jackson‘s alleged suicide attempt. Sources say she wasn’t serious, and may have been lashing out because she wasn’t allowed to go to a Marilyn Manson concert, or possibly because she feared having to testify in her late father’s wrongful death lawsuit. There’s also some talk this wasn’t her first attempt.

–Liam Hemsworth (or at least his publicist) has joined Twitter (no doubt because he was itching to respond to Amanda Bynes‘ flirt-Tweets – after all, they have a cozy past).

-Meanwhile, Liam shares some steamy scenes with Amber Heard in the new trailer for Paranoia.

–Vince Gilligan says he cried while writing the finale episode of Breaking Bad. Something tells me I’m going to experience some serious PTSD when this show ends.

-Speaking of Breaking Bad, as part of his charity monologue series, Samuel L. Jackson performed Walter White‘s “I am the one who knocks” speech.

–Angelina Jolie wore a Brad Pitt-designed bracelet, proving to the world that Brad Pitt should stop designing bracelets.

-Good on Jennifer Lawrence: she’s not only going to star in the upcoming adaptation of The Rules of Inheritance, she’ll also produce it.

–Richard Branson claims Justin Bieber has already booked a trip to space on the Virgin Galactic. Can he just stay there for a while?

-I like this article, in which Lena Dunham analyzes three episodes of Girls. Her response to the Patrick Wilson casting controversy is great: “Really? Can you not imagine a world in which a girl who’s sexually down for anything and oddly gregarious pulls a guy out of his shell for two days?”

-Of course the guy who plays Jamie Lannister on Game of Thrones says his weirdest fan encounter happened in Toronto. Of course.

-Meanwhile, George RR Martin really enjoyed watching the fan reactions to the last episode on Conan.

-In other late night talk show fun, I loved Fallon‘s ragtime version of “I Wanna Sex You Up.”

-You know that really old Lassegg video that went viral a few years ago? Idris Elba just recreated it, wig and all.

-Speaking of recreations, Adam Scott talks about teaming up with Amy Poehler for his latest TV theme song re-enactment.

–Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger can’t even keep their hands off each other at the grocery store.

-If you want to keep liking Jonah Hill, you’re probably going to want to skip Rolling Stone‘s interview with the cast of This Is the End, because he comes off like a humourless pill.

-The great thing about Joss Whedon‘s Much Ado About Nothing being released soon is that we’re seeing tons of interviews with him. Here he talks about his new movie’s similarities with Buffy, and here he pretty much says that he won’t do The Avengers 2 without Robert Downey Jr.

–Russell Brand talks about his divorce in the new issue of Esquire, saying his marriage to Katy Perry failed because they both had “lots of options.” Hmmm.

-Magazine buyers would rather buy issues featuring TV actresses on the cover than movie stars.

-Speaking of TV actresses, Jessica Pare is amused by everyone’s Mad Men theories surrounding her fate.

–Nicole Richie is calling out a paparazzo for allegedly dropping his own daughter in order to snap a photo of her. Yikes!

–Nicole Kidman posed with ex-boyfriend Lenny Kravitz at the CMT Music Awards last night.

–George Clooney is shilling for his new tequila company. Still hot, though.

-Here’s the red-band trailer for The To Do List, starring Audbrey Plaza, Bill Hader, Rachel Bilson and Andy Samberg. I’m cautiously optimistic about this one.

Miley Cyrus Still Trying to Make It Work With Liam Hemsworth

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-Sources tell People that Miley Cyrus is still “clinging to hope” that she and Liam Hemsworth will reconcile. A friend says they’re talking while he’s in Australia, and taht he was the one who “needed a beat.”

-Amid the split reports, Liam has cancelled plans to return to the US to attend the world premiere of his new movie, Empire State.

–Justin Timberlake usually does a pretty great job of not cracking up during the more ridiculous moments of SNL, but even he couldn’t keep it together when Steve Carell made a priceless Lance Bass joke during a skit on Fallon.

–Justin Bieber had another meltdown on Instagram. And this time, he managed to bring Lindsay Lohan into it! (He later apologized to her.)

-I think it’s effing rad that Paul Wesley is publicly advocating that his Vampire Diaries character hook up with a dude.

-Well hello there, Zach Morris!

–Penelope Cruz is showing off her baby bump in a string bikini.

–M.I.A. took to Twitter to vent about her vicious custody battle over her 4-year-old son.

-In case Smash fans (all three of you) are still holding out hope about the show’s future,  sorry to burst your bubb but it just got moved to Saturdays.

-I’m kinda surprised that Lena Dunham did an interview with Playboy (even if she did talk about why she’s thankful she’s not “the babest person” with a “big rack.”)

–Matthew McConaughey is starting to look like himself again after that scary weight loss for a new role.

-It’s kind of adorable that Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner went on a friend date to the batting cages.

-This is why the Internet rocks: the Veronica Mars Kickstarter has already surpassed its $2 million goal and is quickly approaching the $3 million mark! It broke Kickstarter records and, as Vulture states, instantly transformed the site into “a viable power-to-the-people tool that could wrest decisions and creative dilution from micromanaging Hollywood executives.” Amen!

-Also, I really liked this article about why you shouldn’t be embarrassed about donating.

–AnOther magazine has issued a statement defending that “redface” image of Michelle Williams.

-In other magazine photo shoot news, Nicki Minaj proves that she’s actually pretty hot once you scrap off all those makeup layers in the new issue of Elle.

-Um, Mayim Bialik actually wore an outfit that I don’t hate. What?

–Geri Halliwell took the subway (sorry, “tube’) for the first time in 17 years — and she live-tweeted the whole thing. Wait, cellphones work in the London subway system?!

–Eva Mendes visited high-end lingerie boutique Kiki Montparnasse and ended up buying a life-sized skull.  (Sidenote: remember that Gossip Girl episode that featured a lingerie fashion show and the characters were all “Kiki Montparnasse this” and “Kiki Montparnasse that”?)

-Also, Eva Mendes should throw out this dress.

-Best Director winner Ang Lee‘s next project is kind of surprising; he’ll be directing a pilot for FX.

–Louis CK just offered a master class on how to deal with a heckler.

-I don’t usually think of Christopher Meloni as a barrel-of-laughs kind of actor (mostly because I still have nightmares about that neck-snapping scene in Oz), but he just signed on to a new sitcom.

-As I mentioned yesterday, there’s already so much to ridicule about Gwyneth Paltrow that we don’t have to start making shit up, ok?

–Nick Offerman did an AMA on Reddit yesterday.

–Alison Brie and Danny Pudi are all kinds of cute in this video discussing the new season of Community.

-Here’s a new trailer for To The Wonder (aka the latest Terrence Malick film that I’ll attempt to understand but inevitably end up napping through…)