Hollywood Headlines: A week in review
A cheery Jolie showed up in the arms of husband Brad Pitt at the premiere for his newest movie, “World War Z,” on Monday. This marks the actress’ first venture into the public eye after three months of procedures to remove both breasts. Jolie disclosed her decision and revealed a family history of breast cancer in a New York Times op-ed. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Angelina Jolie steps into the spotlight for the first time after her double masectomy. Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy was forever immortalized with a nude sculpture. Michael Douglas posits connections between oral sex and cancer... and much more.
According to reports, Jackson was hospitalized Wednesday after attempting to take her own life with a kitchen knife and 20 ibuprofen pills. “i wonder why tears are salty ?” the Princess of Pop tweeted the day before the incident. Jackson is said to be recovering and “physically fine.” (Matt Sayles / AP)
The actor left jaws hanging when he implied that sexual relations caused him to contract the disease, not his history of smoking and drinking. “[W]ithout wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV [human papillomavirus], which actually comes about from cunnilingus,” the 68-year-old told the Guardian.
While some rush to link the cause to a face (Catherine Zeta-Jones? Ex-wife Diandra Douglas?), we’re questioning Douglas’ knowledge of the term “specific.” (Valery Hache / AFP / Getty Images)
Kanye West’s girlfriend discovered Sunday that she’ll be giving birth to a little girl sometime this June. Without delay, the glowing mama swapped her patient’s gown for a floor-length Lanvin one at her baby shower the same day. Later that week, artist Daniel Edwards unveiled a nude sculpture of the pregnant Kardashian. No word yet on whether she likes voluminous look-a-like.
Hollywood has kept storks busy — while both Jennifer Love Hewitt and Kate Winslet nurse their baby bumps, singer Tamar Braxton welcomes a baby boy to the family and Channing Tatum’s wife Jenna a baby girl. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images)
Film action star, reserve deputy sheriff, 7th-degree black belt holder in Aikido and... besties with Putin? Apparently Steven Seagal shares deep ties with Russian Parliament. This week, Seagal coordinated meetings between U.S. congressmen and some of Russia’s bigwigs to discuss arms and national security in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / Associated Press)
The singer awaits possible charges after his flying leap at the Billboard Music Awards fell short. Landing into the crowd instead of another part of the stage, he allegedly kicked a happy fan in the back of the head on his way down. Now the injured girl’s lawyer suspects neurological damage. Third time is not the charm — according to reports, Miguel practiced the dramatic stunt twice successfully before the actual show. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
“I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.” — Ron Burgundy
Yes, you are, Burgundy, and the Newseum in Washington, D.C., thinks so too. Museum officials decided to debut “Anchorman: The Exhibit” after funnyman Will Ferrell’s popular film. The exhibit, which premieres a little over a month before the film’s sequel, teases out the truths in Ferrell’s comedic portrayal of news anchors. (Frank Masi / Associated Press)
John Travolta went viral Wednesday when people found out he popped into a Georgia couple’s wedding unannounced. According to reports, the actor ran into the husband-and-wife-to-be at a bar the night before, and obliged to their request that he attend the ceremony. While this doesn’t exactly make him a wedding crasher, it’s not the first time he’s used star power as a wedding invite. In 1977, Travolta and Robin Williams crashed a Santa Barbara wedding as they were winding down from a shoot. (Alain Grosclaude / AFP / Getty Images)
We’ve seen Bieber exitfuturistic space pods, but that’s as outlandish as he could get before signing up for a Virgin Galactic suborbital flight. The pop star’s listed among several other Hollywood notables for a $250,000 trip on this special plane, which reaches altitudes that graze the edge of space. He’ll definitely be safe from NFL neighbor Keyshawn Johnson up there. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / Associated Press)
