Hollywood Headlines: The week in review
We’re not surprised by the torrent that comes after a media mogul says she was a victim of racism. Oprah Winfrey was, however, and she apologized that her story — about a saleswoman who refused to let her look at a $38,000 handbag abroad — ballooned to dramatic proportions. “I’m sorry that I said it was Switzerland. I was just referencing it as an example of being in a place where people don’t expect that you would be able to be there,” she said. (Mike Windle / Getty Images)
Oprah Winfrey says sorry, Donald Trump gets ruffled over Time Warner Cable, images of an almost-nude Justin Bieber surface and much more.
Netting $46 million over the last year, Harris reigns comfortably as the world’s highest-paid spinner. He beats other DJs on the list (including Tiesto and David Guetta) by at least $14 million, thanks to hit singles with artists including Rihanna, his popular album “18 Months” and nightly DJ gigs with a price tag of $200,000 or more. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Simmons answered immediate criticisms of the spoof, which shows the abolitionist tricking her slave master into making a sex tape for blackmail purposes, by apologizing and deleting it from his YouTube channel All Def Digital.
“I’m a very liberal person with thick skin,” he said in a statement. “My first impression of the Harriet Tubman piece was that it was about what one of the actors said in the video, that 162 years later, there’s still tremendous injustice .... Silly me. I can now understand why so many people are upset.” (Jordan Strauss / Invision/AP)
“I got love for you all but I’m tryna murder you,” the self-pronounced “King of New York” growled in a newly released track, rattling off a roll call of rappers he deemed inferior. Only days after the challenge, MCs replied, some with equally vitriolic verses to spit. (Steve Mitchell / Invision/AP)
After being hit with a paternity suit from a male model who claimed to be her baby daddy, Kardashian announced that she has finally had enough of the allegations that boyfriend Scott Disick is not the father of her 3-year-old boy, Mason. “After three-and-a-half years of rumors and lies being spread by an individual I met briefly at a photo shoot, I am setting the record straight,” she said, armed with a DNA test showing Disick to be the dad. (Arun Nevader / Getty Images)
An indignant Trump took his wrath to Twitter after the Time Warner Cable-CBS dispute left PGA Golf off the air. “Time Warner, I am going to be switching many of my buildings to another service — this is ridiculous,” he harped. (Jonathan Hayward / Associated Press)
The R&B singer suffered a non-epileptic seizure after high amounts of “emotional stress” and “nonstop negativity,” one of his reps said. Brown reportedly refused treatment at a recording studio in the early morning when the L.A. Fire Department arrived at the scene. Also, Brown saw a misdemeanor hit-and-run case dismissed several days later. (Imeh Akpanudosen / Getty Images)
Lea Michele dedicates a Teen Choice award to Cory Monteith. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
