Beyoncé, James Taylor and Kelly Clarkson will perform patriotic songs at the second inauguration of President Obama on Jan. 21.
Beyoncé will sing the national anthem.
James Taylor will sing "America the Beautiful".
And Kelly Clarkson will sing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee". (At the first Obama inaugural ceremony in 2009, soul diva Aretha Franklin sang it while wearing a memorable hat.)
More announcements about entertainment at the inauguration are expected in coming days.
All this will take place during the public swearing-in ceremonies on the Capitol steps, when President Obama delivers his second inaugural address.
Obama will officially take the oath of office at the White House on Jan. 20, as per the Constitution, but the repeat swearing-in ceremony, the inaugural parade, the lunch with Congress and the inaugural balls will take place on Monday.
Charlie Sheen says he spent a “wild night” partying with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Villaraigosa, a possible future candidate for Calif. governor, and/or president of the United States, tells a different story.
The Mayor claimed the two had a simple three-minute meeting after Sheen tweeted a photo of them arm-in-arm in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Sheen wrote, the mayor “knows how to party.”
But Sheen says they hung out for the better part of two hours, discussing several things.
The actor added “and he can drink with the best of 'em: Me.”
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have bought a home together.
The parents-to-be purchased an $11 million home in a gated community in Bel Air, California.
The original house is 10,000 square feet but they plan to tear it down to build a 14,000 square-foot Italian-style villa featuring a gym, movie theater, hair and makeup salon, bowling alley, basketball court and indoor and outdoor pools.
Their neighbors will include Jennifer Aniston and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Kate Upton tweeted a shot at ex Mark Sanchez during the BCS title game on Monday night.
The model tweeted: "Its okay Notre Dame this happened to the Jets every week."
Notre Dame got crushed by Alabama 42-14.
Sanchez is the quarterback for the Jets and led the team to a 6-10 season.
Ali Landry says she isn't scarred by the memory of her brief marriage to Mario Lopez.
The 39-year-old model and actress says that Lopez's new gig as a co-host on the reality show has turned her off from the show for good.
Landry and Lopez were married for two weeks in April 2004 after six years of dating. The marriage was annulled when Landry found out about Lopez’s cheating ways.
Comedian (and wanted man) Katt Williams was arrested last night in L.A. after skipping a court date in Sacramento.
A Sacramento judge had issued a bench warrant for his arrest yesterday when the comedian missed his arraignment stemming from his wild 3-wheeled police chase back in November. He's been charged with evading a police officer while driving recklessly, a felony.
Katt was being held on $100,500 bail.
Thieves in Atlanta hit the set of "Anchorman 2" and stole $300,000 worth of computers and wires.
The thieves broke into the warehouse that’s being used for the set of the Will Ferrell movie late last month and stole the items.
Police are looking for the thieves.
~~Kate Middleton (wife of Britain's Prince William) is 31
~~Actress, Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) is 24
~~Actress, Melissa Morgan (The Young and the Restless) is 49
~~Actress, Joely Richardson is 48 (Nip/Tuck; The Patriot)
~~Actress, Joey Lauren Adams (Big Daddy) is 45 (Chasing Amy; Dazed and Confused)
~~Actor, J. K. Simmons is 58 (Law and Order; Spider-Man movie's Jonah Jameson; The Closer)
~~Former NFL star, Chad Johnson, formerly Chad Ochocinco, is 35
~~NFL legend, Bart Starr is 79
~~Sports play-by-play guy, Dick Enberg is 78
~~race car driver, Mark Martin is 54
MUSICALLY:
~~Guitarist Jimmy Page (of Led Zeppelin; The Firm) is 69.
~~Singer Dave Matthews (of the Dave Matthews Band) is 46
~~Singer A.J. McLean (of the Backstreet Boys) is 35
~~Guitarist Drew Brown (of OneRepublic) is 29
~~Singer Buster Poindexter (David Johansen) is 63.
~~Singer Steve Harwell (of Smash Mouth) is 46.
~~Guitarist Carl Bell (of Fuel) is 46
~~singer/one-hit wonder, Haddaway is 48 (What Is Love)
~~Singer Paolo Nutini is 26.
~~Guitarist Eric Erlandson (Hole) is 50.
~~Singer, Joan Baez is 72
~~Country Singer, Crystal Gayle is 62
~~Phil Lewis (LA Guns) is 56
Former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong will sit down for his first no-holds-barred interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The interview will take place at his home in Austin, Texas, and it will air on OWN on January 17th during a special 90-minute episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter.”
Armstrong will address the alleged doping scandal and charges of lying about the use of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his cycling career.
Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France winner, was stripped of his titles and dropped from millions of dollars in endorsement deals.
“American Idol” execs shot down claims the feud between new judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj is fake.
Executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, says, “Whatever feuds there have been — and this isn’t just between Nicki and Mariah but Keith (Urban) and Randy (Jackson) as well — are genuine.”
He added, “Whenever you’re in this sort of passionate situation, these things happen.”
Another exec also insisted that no one planned for the video of Mariah’s blow-up with Nicki Minaj to go viral and said, “there is passion in this group. They disagree about the talent, and the ways to approach the talent.”
They also denied that the series is coming close to an end, with 12 seasons under its belt.
They feel that the ratings are still great, even though they’ve gone down in recent years and that the show will stay fresh, thanks to the new judges.
The “In Living Color” reboot is dead.
The classic comedy's creator Keenen Ivory Wayans told the NY Post:
“The bar for ‘In Living Color’ is so high that, if I didn’t feel like we could sustain that, then I did not want to move forward.
“I just feel like we’re in a different time.
“The talent pool is different, and I don’t think that type of show works nowadays. The level of talent required doesn’t exist.
“Not that this generation isn’t talented, but they’re just talented in a different way.”
“The stars just didn’t align,” Kevin Reilly, Fox’s president of entertainment, said. “I think the pilot [made last year] was pretty funny, but it just didn’t feel like we had the players.
** The main problem was the network’s desire to create a new cast for the show even though members of the original cast — including Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx — were set to contribute.
Wayans explained, “They were all aboard if I wanted them to do something on the show,” said Wayans.
“And the [new] cast was really good. They were young and hungry . . . But the decision not to move forward was really about me saying, ‘Okay, but can we sustain?’
CBS sold some 30 second ads for the Super Bowl for a record $4 million.
CBS is airing the big game on February 3rd and they say all of the commercial spots are basically sold-out.
Some 30-second ad units sold for more than $4 million each... the highest ever for a Super Bowl.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Show Late Show with David Letterman—Josh Brolin, Kathryn Bigelow, Ray Wylie Hubbard
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon— William H. Macy, Ginnifer Goodwin, Rachael Ray
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson— Steven Wright, Genesis Rodriguez
Last Call with Carson Daly-- (re-run 10/3/12) Adam Carolla, Murs, fun.
ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'— Ryan Gosling, Brad Paisley
Today Show— Martha Stewart; Cesar Millan; Naomi Judd.
Good Morning America— Josh Brolin; Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri; Common and Michael Rainey Jr.; Crystal Renn.
CBS This Morning— TBA
Live With Kelly and Michael— David Duchovny, Marlon Wayans, Dr. Melina Jampolis
The View— Jeff Bridges, Lisa Lillien
The Talk— Kaley Cuoco, Dr. Michelle Callahan
The Ellen DeGeneres Show— Bethenny Frankel, Ricky Gervais, Kevin Nealon
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, Comedy Central—Jeff Bridges
THE COLBERT REPORT, Comedy Central—Neil Shubin
Chelsea Lately — The Saturdays, James Davis, Heather McDonald, Kurt Braunohler
CONAN, TBS — Ricky Gervais, Deepak Chopra, Imagine Dragons
The beef between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj got heated after the two of them started arguing in front of a live audience of television journalists at yesterday's "American Idol" panel at the TCA winter press tour.
It all started after they were asked to say something nice about each other.
They even fought about their feud, with Mariah saying, "It was all one-sided," and Nicki cutting her off with, "No it wasn't."
The entire fight was told through the live-tweeting of the members of the Television Critics Association.
Did Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj kiss and make up yet? Not quite. The new judges were forced to address their issues during the 2013 Winter TCA tour yesterday and it got heated.
When asked how it got better between them, Nicki Minaj said: "I put on my sex tape."
Mariah followed the comment by saying: "And there it is. The whole thing is convoluted. It's a distraction from the show and a distraction from the contestants."
Nicki added: "And we watched my tape. We're professionals. Have you ever had an argument with someone you work with?"
OneRepublic will drop their third studio album on March 26th, It's called "Native". The lead single is called "If I Lose Myself".
Frontman Ryan Tedder said: "We're stoked to actually have this thing come out because we haven't put out an album in three years now and frankly I don't really want to do that again. I think the world's changed, musically and that's like the worst thing you can do as an artist today is to just disappear for three years. To just go away."
Rihanna called a fan a "weak bitch" on Instagram.
She responded to a comment on a picture she posted two weeks ago showing her in a dressing gown, possibly smoking marijuana.
Rihanna captioned the pic: "Friday night getting a lil fuzzy."
But a fan posted a message suggesting that Rihanna was damaging her health.
It said: "And she is going to end like Whitney if she keep doing drugs like she's doing right now."
Rihanna replied by writing: "Yea cuz Whitney overdosed on a joint!! F**k outta here u weak bitch!"
No comment from Rih Rih or her camp.
One Direction have signed an interesting new contract that will penalize them all if one of them quits.
Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik have all agreed to the three-year contract and they won’t get their money unless all five members complete it.
A source said: “It’s a really clever contract that the boys have signed up to. It means they have a real incentive to tough it out and stick together. The formal length is for 36 months and an album a year – but the clever part is they get the big pay day after the three years. If one of them walks away before then, then all five miss out on the money. They don’t miss out on a few quid either, we are talking millions. They all get on really well, but it would be the kind of deal that would see them through the worst aggro possible.”
Chris Brown wants to perform with Rihanna at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony.
A source told RadarOnline.com, "Chris wants to perform with Rihanna at the Grammys to show the whole world they are back together. Chris doesn't care what the haters say, and wants to give the viewers an over the top performance with Rihanna."
"He wants the fans to know this is the real deal, and he is a changed man. If Rihanna can forgive him, the rest of the world should move on from what happened four years ago."
Producers of the Grammys haven't signed off on having Chris and Rihanna perform together.
A new investigation into the death of Amy Winehouse found that she died of accidental alcohol poisoning. The conclusion was the same as an earlier investigation that had to be thrown out because the coroner didn't have the right qualifications.
Amy battled alcohol and drug abuse for years. She was found dead at her home in London in 2011. She was 27.
A pathologist didn’t find any traces of pills in her stomach and her organs were to be normal.
