LOS ANGELES – Just because Robert Downey Jr. is not suited up as Iron Man doesn't mean he can't invoke an emergency Avengers Assemble meeting. "Thor, Cap, Hulk," Downey calls out, waving his fellow superheroes in with outstretched arms. "Bring it in."

With that, Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America) and Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk) huddle with Downey, their arms locked around each other. It's the sheer power of this united foursome that has audiences clamoring to see The Avengers, which has already collected a phenomenal $281 million in 39 countries, and which looks to flex serious box-office muscle in the USA as it opens today.
"These guys are known as the core four," says Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige, the mastermind behind the plan to bring the ultimate superhero collection to the big screen (hatched even before 2008's Iron Man).

"Getting Thor, Captain America, the Hulk and Iron Man in one room — that's why we made this movie," says Feige. "Whether they are fighting each other, or the bad guy, seeing these guys clash was the appeal."

Sure there are other stars in the film. But as Downey notes while taking a seat at the table, even the specially-made 3-D Avengers glasses are all about fearsome foursome : "You don't see any Black Widow glasses out there, do ya?"

While the group displays some serious compatibility issues onscreen in The Avengers, no punches are thrown during a spirited superhero roundtable with USA TODAY. In fact, they are downright deliriously happy the day after the star-studded Hollywood premiere, the first time each had seen the movie. It was such a success that the private after-party celebration was a bit too much for Evans, who refuses to take a mystery drink that Hemsworth whispers is "hair of the dog."

"I have too much in me still from last night," sighs Evans.

But any post-celabratory fuzziness aside, Team Avengers are game to discuss everything from nightmare outfits endured through the four-month shoot (including Ruffalo's one-piece Lycra tracking outfit, which impressively transformed him into the Hulk through the magic of computer graphics) to dream additions to the crime-fighting team.



Q: Between Lycra outfits and Iron Man suits, those are some serious duds. Who had it worst?
Evans: I don't know about misery. You try to keep a healthy amount of perspective on these shoots. It wasn't the most comfortable thing in the world.
Downey: By the way, we shot in Albuquerque and it was hot. If there was a night shoot, Hemsworth was there. Every fight he got in was at night and outside.
Ruffalo: And it was like 120 degrees at night.
Downey: Ruffalo has got his Capezios on. And Ruffalo and I — give us tech stuff to say and either one of us could have a meltdown. Yet, we like talking fast. So it was kind of like living in oblivion sometimes. Saying something like "Gamma rays are detected in the immediate area" could take six hours. (Looks at Evans) And you're mildly claustrophobic, aren't you?
Evans: Yeah, a little bit.

Q: The Captain America suit makes you claustrophobic?
Evans: You just know you can't get out of it.
Ruffalo: It's his helmet. They strap it on. It takes 20 minutes to put it on and 45 to take off.
Hemsworth: Well, try wearing a long blond (expletive) wig. Talk about claustrophobic. My God.
Downey: (To Hemsworth) By the way, for all the wig meetings we had and I was looking, I never noticed a moment, not one, where I thought, "That's not a good hair moment for you."
Hemsworth: I did.
Ruffalo: Wait, that was a wig? Come on!
Hemsworth: In the movie. Sure.
Ruffalo: Really?
Hemsworth: Well, that's good that you didn't know.
Downey: And every 12th day or so they would see me wrenched into a completely uncompromising (Iron Man) suit made for someone 6-foot-5 — the stunt guy.
Hemsworth: As impressive as the suits look on screen, if you fall over, you cannot get back up, let alone fight an army of aliens.

Q:But we're agreed Hulk had it worst?
Ruffalo: Walking on set with my little leotard was particularly humiliating.
Hemsworth: One of the funniest things — I don't know if this will be an outtake — but there is a scene where we all turn to Ruffalo and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) says, "Now might be the time to get angry." Normally he Hulks out and kills a bad guy. But in one take, Mark yelled (an expletive), ran the whole length of the set and dove into a car.
Ruffalo: It was a big beast coming.
Hemsworth: He was in the leotard. That was the funniest thing. It will be the opening of the DVD extras.
Ruffalo: The first day of the leotard I said, OK (expletive), get a good laugh. Let's just get it out in the open. There was a lot of snickering and off-color jokes about the leo part of my tard. I don't think that needs explaining.



Q: There's a big death in The Avengers. It does bring the question, how do you want to go?
Hemsworth: (Thinking) Hmm.
Ruffalo: I can take a beating.
Evans: Wait, Thor's immortal, isn't he?
Hemsworth: No, he's a demigod. (To Downey) By the way, it was when you said it in the movie that I realized that I was not a god.
(Avengers guffaw)
Hemsworth: Seriously, I was going around saying, "Yeah, Thor's a god." And you're like, "demigod." I had to go ask someone.
Downey: I don't know how we want to die. We just don't want to be recast.
Ruffalo: Please, no more Hulk recasting.
Hemsworth: No, you're safe, man.
Downey: To be recast is to die in the Marvel universe.

Q: Did you ever dream of being a superhero?
Hemsworth: I dream about trying to pull (the outfit) off.
Evans: I dream about failing at it. Oh, God, that it doesn't work out. It's more nightmares. Of course I have them.
Hemsworth: We all do, don't we?
Downey: Actually, all of our superhero dreams have come true.

Q: Did you ever stay awake thinking this Avengers idea just might not work?
Hemsworth: As far as the costumes go, films are about larger-than-life and fantastical characters. Being on set here, I felt like I fit in somehow. Normally you walk on the set and you're the only one in a ridiculous costume. But here it was like this is a Halloween party and I wore the right thing. I was with my peeps. (Downey guffaws.) If I had worn jeans and a T-shirt it would have been awkward.
Ruffalo: That's what I felt during the whole movie.
Hemsworth: You had a leotard.
Ruffalo: You guys were all looking so great and I was either in my rumpled David Banner suit or paper shoes.

Q: With all the star power on set, do you keep the egos in check? Was there a team-unity pep talk needed?
Evans: There doesn't need to be a pep talk. My opinion is fact. These movies wouldn't have happened if Iron Man hadn't been a big success. This guy (Downey) was like the dad. His attitude was so fantastic on the set. So there was this instant unity.
Downey: This was a very controlled shoot because it was a complicated pregnancy. It needed to be managed so that we made sure the mom was OK, and that we got the kid to the incubator. Me and these guys, we could have brought it to another level? Yeah, we could have the baby in the tub. And almond milk. And it would have been a disaster.
It's that thing where how can the highest good be done? It's to make compromises that are really uncomfortable in the short term. And have faith. Which sucks. Because day to day on these schedules you just want to get your ya-yas out where you go home and say, "Dude, we nailed it." But often on Avengers we went home and said, "I think we kinda got it." So last night seeing the jokes land made it all worthwhile.
(Looks at Evans) I really wished you'd stayed. You see he got red-carpet fever and didn't stay to watch the movie. Because all of his stuff on screen, the audience howled.

Q: What was it like to see it all last night after shooting disjointed scenes?
Ruffalo: Damn satisfying.
Hemsworth: There's one big shot where they did a 360 circle around all the Avengers. At the time, that was all green screen. I was thinking, "Wait a second, why didn't we shoot this in the middle of New York? This is the shot." But last night it got the biggest applause. It worked. Whether you doubted it at the time, (director Joss Whedon) pulled it off.
Downey: As long as the defects are not glaring. And the movie is not without defects. I still cannot exactly tell you what the bad-guy plot is. During the course of the journey, as long as you don't leave me with these lingering questions, so that I feel like you are being sloppy. But with the difficulty and complexity of it all, I don't like to say this, but I was humbled by it.

Q: If you could draft one new member to the Avengers, who would it be?
Hemsworth: (Jean-Claude) Van Damme from Bloodsport. A big kick to the alien head.
Evans: I'm thinking Salma Hayek.
Hemsworth: Why's that, Chris?
Evans: She can carry my shield.
Hemsworth: You might have to carry hers.
Ruffalo: I think Wolverine would be cool.
Hemsworth: I know different studios own all the stuff, but wouldn't it be cool to have Spider-Man and Wolverine come in? Split the takings.
Evans: That would be awesome.

Q: Do you make friendly wagers about your upcoming solo projects like Thor 2, Captain America 2 or Iron Man 3?
Hemsworth: I have that going on with my brother (The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth). I don't need it with the team. It's gonna depend on how this film does. There's no official wager. It's an underlying competitive brotherly thing, which is, of course, all built in love. So far he's done pretty damn well.
Downey: No offense to Liam, but Chris is the original gangsta.

Q: Now that the Avengers have assembled, can we go back to individual stories like Iron Man 3, Thor 2?
Evans: If they can bring us together they can break us down. The real obstacle was making this happen. Going back to the individual stories — a piece of cake.
Downey: We've got it all figured out. Trust that there is a plan. And that it all makes sense.

Q: What excuse would you have not to come to your fellow Avenger's side?
Evans: There could be dozens of reasons of why you couldn't be around.
Hemsworth: Doctors, dental appointments. Family issues.
Evans: Vacations.
Ruffalo: Fighting your own battles somewhere.
Hemsworth: Lucky that's not my responsibility. But I'm sure they will come up with some sort of clever way to have this all happen.

Q: In the meantime, will you have moments to call out 'Avengers Assemble?'
Downey: Probably at a kid's birthday party when they didn't expect it. That would be fun. I wouldn't call it out unless I had set it up in advance to have the Avengers actually there.

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More than 50,000 of Indonesia's "Little Monsters" have lost their chance to see Lady Gaga perform in Jakarta after the National Police declined to issue the concert a permit on Tuesday.

"The National Police said verbally that [the concert] would not be permitted," Jakarta police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said. "The letter will be made later."

The decision was made after the Jakarta Police recommended canceling the June 3 concert earlier this week.

“Many parties opposed it,” Rikwanto said.

Indonesia's hard-line Islamist organizations have mobilized against the sold-out concert, claiming that the singer, known for her revealing outfits and suggestive dance moves, will corrupt the nation's youth. The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) called Lady Gaga a "dangerous" influence and threatened to use force to prevent the pop star from stepping off her plane. Others, like the Muslim Defenders Team, claimed the pop star teaches fans to worship Satan.

More than 52,000 tickets have been sold for Lady Gaga's concert at Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. Concert promoter Big Daddy just released an additional 2,000 tickets on Monday.

The concert's promoter was not available for immediate comment.

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Broken hearts, sex tapes and a whole lot of texting — it must be finale time on Gossip Girl. But while some relationships came to an end in Monday’s Season 5 capper, an old one started to rekindle when Blair finally admitted that her heart belongs to Chuck. So will the couple get their happy ending? Are things really over with Dan? And will Serena spiral? Executive producer Stephanie Savage weighs in on all of those questions and previews the upcoming sixth and final season.

THE FINAL GAME PLAN | “Getting ready for Season 6, everybody rewatched the pilot,” says Savage. “We talked about what our favorite episodes were, some of our favorite dynamics. … We’re leaving it all on the floor. We really want [the last episodes] to count and to be really special.” Priority No. 1: Focusing on the core characters. “The gang that you saw in that final act [of the Season 5 finale will be] the main players when we come back.” And yes, that includes Georgina, who Dan summoned to help him eviscerate the Upper East Side after getting dumped by Blair and used by Serena. So just how nasty will his quest get? “When you call in Georgina Sparks, you’re not looking to [play nice],” hints Savage.

BLAIR’S HEART | The former princess may have chosen the Dark Knight, but Chuck— tired of putting her first and losing everything — was having none of it. Still, Blair showed up at a Parisan casino where Chuck was gambling to earn back his fortune. “It was Blair coming to declare that she was in it to win it with Chuck and leaving that [relationship's future] as the question of Season 6,” previews Savage. And for the Dair ‘shippers out there, we’re afraid we have bad news. “We crafted the last act of the episode to set us in a certain direction next year,” says Savage, all but confirming the death of Dair.

SERENA’S DOWNFALL | In a deliberate echo to the pilot, Serena took off on a train and retreated to her old, bad habits, using drugs and hooking up with strangers. “Feeling like she’s lost Blair, lost Dan, she’s all by herself again,” explains Savage. “It’s going to put her in a pretty precarious situation.” Meanwhile, that sex tape she made of herself and Dan may rear its ugly head again. “Well, if somebody had a sex tape on their cell phone, and they said they deleted it, but you never really saw that it was deleted…” the EP trails off. Yeah, we can do the math on that one.

NATE: YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME | Nate will “be tracking down” that mysterious hooded figure who may or may not be Gossip Girl. But unraveling the indenity of the infamous blogger “is something that has larger implications to the franchise beyond just our series,” explains the EP. “That reveal requires conversations at the highest level.” While Nate may have gotten a major clue in the war against Gossip Girl, he won’t be so lucky in the romance department next season. Ella Rae Peck, who plays Lola, is starring in NBC’s new drama series Infamous, so “it seems like she’s not going to be available to do the show next year.” Poor Nate, will he ever find lasting love? “That’s something that’s a big part of his series arc, and something that we’re going to be exploring next year.”


Gossip Girl closed out its fifth season with the veteran CW drama answering several key questions for the Upper East Siders.

1. Who does Blair (Leighton Meester) choose? The decision was relatively simple for the Waldorf when given the choice between Dan (Penn Badgley) or Chuck (Ed Westwick). In the end, it was all about the one that got away: Chuck Bass. But the journey to get to that place wasn't easy, as both suitors saw one of Blair's diary entries that seemed to point in Chuck's favor. "With Chuck, I'm vulnerable," Blair says while rehashing the pros and cons between the two men in her life. Even though she chooses Chuck, he rejects Blair on the outset.

For the writers, there was never any doubt as to whether Chuck and Blair would reunite. "I don't know if it was ever a question in the season," executive producer Stephanie Savage told reporters Monday evening. "It was a matter of arcing out their relationship." The last scene sees Blair going all in with her relationship with Chuck, but is he ultimately going to take the bait? "We crafted the last act to set us in a certain direction next year," Savage teased. Poor Lonely Boy, but is he really lonely? (See below.)

2. Are Dan and Serena (Blake Lively) really back together -- and what does it mean? Not really. That one-time fling, harkening back to season one with Nate (Chace Crawford) and Serena, is just a hook-up -- and nothing more. So much so that once Dan realizes he wouldn't be winning Blair back any time soon, he enlists the help of one Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) to exact his revenge on the Upper East Side.

Serena, meanwhile, reverts to her old habits (i.e. taking drugs and and that signature train shot, one that's been featured at pivotal moments during the series, comes back at the end of the episode.) "It's a signature of the show to do echoes of previous episodes," Savage says. Serena's "lost Blair, she's lost Dan, she's all by herself again [and it] will put herself in a precarious situation."

3. Did Lily (Kelly Rutherford) go back to Bart (Robert John Burke) or stick with Rufus (Matthew Settle)? In a surprising move, Lily opts to give it another go with the newly resurrected Bart, kicking husband Rufus to the curb in the form of an annulment -- since she had to, you know, pick which marriage to honor. Kind of a horrible thing to do, wouldn't you say?

"That's something that's exciting for season six is to see how that's going to shape up," Savage says of the Rufus-Lily-Bart triangle. "[The Rufus-Lily relationship] has been relatively stable [up until recently and] certain aspects of her personality that we're all aware of" are coming to light.

4. Is it a happy Bass family now that Bart's back? Again, not so much. Bart may have won back the heart of Lily but he Bass-blocked his son and Jack (Desmond Harrington) from being a firmly ingrained in Bart Industries. (Shocker!) Bart's reasoning for publicly banishing his son from his duties with the company: Because Chuck's decisions were/are so deeply rooted in his love and desire to chase after Blair. "You've never grown up, maybe you can start now," Bart says rather matter-of-factly.

5. Did we just see Gossip Girl? Proving forever useful even while she's away, Diana Payne (Elizabeth Hurley) sends a big clue that reveals a person on a tape that could eventually be the all-knowing Gossip Girl. It seems a too good to be true, but Nate's new breakthrough may be key in the unveiling of the person responsible for the gossip site. Savage was coy when asked whether the identity will be revealed by the end of the series, referencing the Gossip Girl franchise as a whole, which includes a book series: There would have to be conversations with a slew of people.

6. How many episodes will the sixth and final season entail? Though she wouldn't confirm, Savage says: "Right now, they're saying 10 episodes and a retrospective." But nothing has been made official.

7. No more Lola in season six? It doesn't look like aspiring actress Lola will be sticking around next season as a continuing love interest for Nate as actress Ella Rae Peck was cast in NBC's new series Infamous. She "may not be available for next season," Savage says.

When the new season kicks off, more attention will be paid to the main characters that were featured in the last moments of the finale -- and the writers, who returned to work about a week and a half ago are already breaking down stories for the final chapters.

"We're definitely focusing on our core characters," Savage says. "The gang that you see in the final act will be our main players."

As to whether the writers are aware of how everything will wrap up, the producer was coy but did tease this: "We know a lot of things."

Gossip Girl returns for season six later this year.

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Lea T. took to the runway in São Paulo Saturday night in celebration of Elle Brazil’s 24th anniversary–but her turn on the catwalk marked an important personal landmark in the model’s career as well: According to Made in Brazil blog’s Juliano Corbetta, this is Lea T’s first modeling job after undergoing sexual reassignment surgery. The model opened up about her plans to have surgery when she went on Oprah in February of last year, telling Oprah, “Of course physically, this operation is a big operation…But at the same time, I think it’s mental too. To think like, ‘Wow, I cut part of my body.’”

Of course, being pre-op never stopped Lea T from tearing up runways and booking major editorials and covers.
She modeled swimwear in an ad campaign for Brazilian swim label Blue Man last fall.

Once again sporting designs by Blue Man, Lea looked gorgeous and tan walking alongside fellow Brazilian stunners Caroline Ribeiro and Isabeli Fontana (who looked suspiciously lighter than in those dermatologist-detested H&M snaps). And according to Made in Brazil, we can look forward to seeing a lot more of Lea this season, as she’s just been confirmed to be walking in several shows during Fashion Rio and Sau Paulo Fashion Week in the coming months.

The fashion world has long embraced Lea T. as a transgender icon–The past several years have seen her walk in countless shows for names like Givenchy, appearing in Vogue Paris spreads, and appearing on magazine covers alongside the likes of Kate Moss. We’re so excited to see Lea walking in Sau Paulo and find out what the future holds for her career now that’s she’s finally undergone her long-awaited procedure. Congratulations Lea T!

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Smartphones have long been a must-have accessory, but sex toys are quickly becoming one of the world’s most popular gadgets. Experts believe the willingness of stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Jane Fonda to divulge their bedroom secrets is behind a recent surge in the sales of “pleasure goods”.

Global sales of erotic accessories are to set to rise to 400 million.

UK Channel 4 has just screened a documentary More Sex Please, We’re British, focusing on its biggest online sex toy retailer, lovehoney.co.uk. Slateford, a former record producer for Kylie Minogue, stated that celebrities opening up about their sex lives had been a key sales driver.



He said: “A famous celebrity will give a big interview about their sex life or their love of sex toys and we will see a flurry of sales afterwards.

Global sales of vibrators and other sex toys soared to £5.5bn a year and are to set to rise to £40bn by 2020 – matching those of smartphones.

Slateford added: “It’s great that celebrities are being more honest about their sex lives. There has been such a huge change in people’s attitudes over the last 10 years.”

While sales of sex toys had been held back in the past due to an association with the sleazy, male-dominated pornography industry, women were becoming far less shy about sexual aids.

A report by retail analysts Hewson confirmed there had been a revolution in the past 30 years, driven by the fact that women have a more powerful position in the home and work place.

“Celebrity endorsement of sex toys by star such as Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria and Halle Berry act as validators for brands and women alike,” researchers said.

Meanwhile, the X Factor star Tulisa blushed when her rabbit vibrator accidentally went off in her suitcase when she was picking up her baggage at Miami airport.

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Following in the tradition of a series of “Late Late Show” episodes that were filmed in Paris last year, Mr. Ferguson traveled to Scotland in March, bringing along his robot sidekick, Geoff Peterson, a team of celebrity pals like Mila Kunis, Rashida Jones, Michael Clarke Duncan and David Sedaris, and, wisest of all, some cameras to film his journeys there.

At the CBS Television City studios here, Mr. Ferguson, whose weeklong Scottish adventures will be broadcast beginning Monday, spoke with ArtsBeat about the trip and the memories of broken fingers that it brought back. These are edited excerpts from that conversation.

How much preparation do you need to pull off a stunt like this?

This takes a bit of planning, and we were planning it for about six months. If I didn’t stay on [at CBS], this was going to be the end. The last hurrah. Or if I did stay on, then it was going to be a week of shows in Scotland and then we do something else.

Was that ever a possibility, that you wouldn’t stay on at “Late Late Show”?

Not in my mind, but show business is show business. I always expect someone to say, “Well, thanks very much but we’re moving on. We love you but we found somebody else we love more.” No one said that. They were fine – they were like, “Re-up, everything’s great.” But I don’t live in a world inside my head where everything’s going to be fine.

And now this office is yours until at least 2014.

Right. But I’m sure a smart lawyer could get me out of here in half an hour. And CBS has got great lawyers. So I’m not sure. I’m grateful for it now.

How long have you wanted to bring the show to Scotland?

I wanted to do it when I got the show. But it takes a while to get your confidence. I like to think that in the years I’ve been doing this, there’s been a creeping sedition and we’ve been breaking down the genre piece by piece. Although there’s been some very notable failures. I wanted to deconstruct the idea of the sidekick by having a robot sidekick who became a great sidekick [laughs] and the guy who does it is so good. So it’s a huge failure – it completely endorses the idea of the sidekick.

But it takes a while to get the confidence to deconstruct it sufficiently that you can go to another city. We don’t have the money on this show to go to a city and rent a theater. So we had to be brave enough to go and just set up a card table in the street. So we did that in Paris last year. And once we got to Paris and we made a bunch of mistakes there, then we thought we’ll give Scotland a crack.

What mistakes do you think you made in Paris?

Well, first of all, we didn’t have the crew that we should have had. We turned up in town with, like, 50 bucks and a dream. Americans have gotten into trouble before in Paris with that attitude. So I think we had a rather romantic notion about how helpful they were going to be. The stuff that went on the air was O.K. It was hit or miss. I’m much more excited about this one because we added a couple of days shooting, we got a great production company in Scotland. Also, I had some contacts and some history there, and that helped.

Is it important that you have some personal connections to the cities where you travel?

In order to make it more fun, I think there has to be an authenticity to it. I had history in Paris, I got in trouble in Paris, I had done some things in Paris. Scotland? [rolls eyes, murmurs guiltily] So the next one I’ve been pitching to them is New York City. Because I got into trouble in New York City. We’ll see where that one goes, but let’s get this one out of the way first.

What locations from your past did you visit in Scotland?

We had to go to the house that I was a child in. I left when I was 5 years old, but there’s a lady who lives in it, so we went and we talked to her. It’s in a town called Cumbernauld,  outside Glasgow. We went to my old high school, which was also an odd experience. I remember it as being this horrible place where everyone was very brutal. And it was. But I went back and of course it’s changed – they don’t do that anymore. They don’t have corporal punishment anymore. They don’t beat children up. The teachers were lovely and the kids were happy. It was horrifying. [laughs]

Anything else?

We went to a bar where I got my [rear] kicked. This guy who was like the local heavy came in and his girlfriend was sitting on my knee. This happened 30 years ago. So we went back to the exact same bar, exact same table, and we re-enacted it using kid actors. It happened to me when I was 19, but we used kids who were 12 and we put mustaches on them. See my finger broken there [shows broken middle finger], how it’s broken and bent like that? The weird thing is, my first-born son has that same break in his finger. He hit me so hard that my first-born son also had a broken finger.

What do you think you gained from revisiting some of these not-so-pleasant places and experiences?

The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising. Scotland is a much lighter and more fun place than I thought it was. I was miserable when I was there. But it wasn’t Scotland’s fault. It was my circumstances.  I was – I hate to say the word humbled – but that’s what it felt like. I was wrong about this place. This is a great place full of very fun people.

For a lot of Americans, our vision of Scotland is formed either by “Brigadoon” or by “Trainspotting.”

And my experience was “Trainspotting.” And I went back and found a lot more “Brigadoon.” I don’t know if that’s my age or I’ve developed a certain American optimism or what.

Are you regarded as a celebrity in your home country?

We were shooting in Greyfriars churchyard in Edinburgh, I was standing under an umbrella and the film unit was all around, and it was a public thing. Two Scottish people walked by and somebody said [in a Scottish accent even stronger than Ferguson's], “Who is it that’s filming here?” And the other said, “Craig Ferguson.” “Who’s that?” “He’s famous, but only in America.” So it was like, you’re right. I’m not famous there.

What will you do back here in the States while these episodes are being shown?

We’re probably going to take the week off. That would be nice. It’s actually my 50th birthday that week. A very freaky number. There’s a story Billy Connolly told me, that on his 50th birthday, he got his nipples pierced. He went to some place in the Valley and he got his nipples pierced. He said, “I had to do something.” The great thing was, when the guy was doing it – piercing his first nipple – he said, “One less of them, one more of us.” So I have to, in some spiritual way, pierce my nipples. I would like to find a less horrendous equivalent. Maybe that was the trip to Scotland.

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She burst onto the scene with her portrayal of traumatised hacker Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

But actress Noomi Rapace, who is starring in Ridley Scott’s new sci-fi blockbuster Prometheus, has revealed that playing the character almost sent her mad.

She said: “I gave Lisbeth my life for one-and-a-half years, and it messed me up. I was glad to let her go. I felt, ‘Just leave me now, I need to come back to life.’

“I was probably a pain in the arse to be with at that time. I don’t like to pretend, I don’t like to fake ... I slowly melt together with my characters.”

She told Dazed & Confused magazine: “It’s a decision to commit myself 100 per cent. See how far out it is possible to go without losing myself — because then you’ve lost the game.

"Then it becomes madness, you step over the edge and you can’t work.”

Rapace is joined in Scott’s epic prequel to the Alien series by Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender.

The full interview is in June’s Dazed & Confused, out on Thursday.



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Rick flirts with Caroline and Amber is not happy!




The Bold & the Beautiful



With Hope's marriage to Liam set to go forward will an unexpected guest come to town? Will Hope's real Dad Deacon make it to the wedding? Ridge isn't happy about this marriage to begin with and knowing Liam has been playing footsy with Steffy in Aspen and tore up the papers makes Ridge an angry man. The word was that Deacon was coming to town and Sean Kanan was going on contract for a while. But someone had a hissy fit and put a stop to that and now 'Deacon' will be on only 8 episodes. Seems one person put their foot down and refused to work with Kanan and made a big stink to TPTB. Deacon was due to return and champion his daughter against certain characters who had had interaction with. Apparently these actors were not going for it and they are a big part of the show. So instead of becoming a bigger part of Bold, Sean is only going to be on for a few episodes and he's not happy, he was promised a bigger role and he was shot down by daytimes biggest cry babies. Rumors ran amuck that Brooke and Deacon would pick up where they left off but apparently that is not going to happen. Too bad these two had amazing chemistry together, so it's back to the drawing board.

Meanwhile, your screens are going to sizzle with Crystal and Joanna as they do share a very loving and somewhat passionate kiss for the first time in Bold history. Is the gay storyline going to last long? If the ratings go up, you can count on it.

Will Hope and Liam tie the knot in Italy, or will something happen with Steffy that makes Liam question his decision. When Hope finds out, she uses it as a weapon against Steffy and the girls once again come to a physical encounter. Steffy once again will bear the brunt of it and when Bill finds out, all hell breaks loose and this just may be the one thing that brings Katie out of her bedroom to battle Steffy for Bill's attention.

Look for someone to start blossoming in the belly department as a few pregnancy pads have been ordered by the wardrobe department.

Thomas and Caroline make a commitment to each other but another man decides that it's not going to happen that easy due to his surprising feelings for Caroline.




The Young & the Restless





Loving Adam's brush off of Sharon and giving it to daddy dearest in his own way. Are we seeing a new Adam? He seems to be enjoying his time with Chelsea, but don't be fooled while they appear to be into one another, the fact that Chelsea loves money regardless if she turned Victor down may not be what it seems. There is a motive to their madness and Billy and Victoria are shocked by Chelsea’s decision about her future….

Will Nikki find out the truth about Victor and Sharon's relationship? What does Ricky find out about Phyllis's past that leads him to Danny Romalotti?. Will Christine give Cane an impossible choice? And will Cane's choice involve Genevieve? And how is Christine involved in this situation? Will Sofia makes a decision about her marriage to Neil?



Days of our Lives



Strong buzz says that Days is wooing Eileen Davidson to return to the show. Will finally comes out to his parents.

Rafe and Carrie plan their future together but it's not going to go as they'd hoped, clearly since Carrie (and Austin) are being written off the show - and could Carrie be pregnant?

Jason Cook (ex-Shawn) also has fans clamoring after announcing his exit from GH but a return to Days doesn't seem to be in the works at the moment since the actor has a number of other irons in the fire.

Rumor has it that the show may be bringing back Blake Berris (ex-Nick Fallon).



General Hospital





Things may not be what they seem over at Prospect, a little birdie heard walking down the halls that a certain actor is NOT happy at all with the show and the way their character is being written. They have been heard saying that for the first time ever they feel like they are on a soap opera. Seems they have just about had it and are ready to move on and spend quality time with their family. Apparently this person has no problems leaving and as for their future, financial they are very well off.

Let the war games begin as Sonny and Todd go to battle, but not in the way you think. Both men know how to break the rules and if you know Todd Manning you know he will be the one to break all the rules as this is what he does best and goes after Sonny. Traps will be set by powerful enemies on both sides of the law.

Seems fans are not welcoming Starr as many had hoped and pairing her with Michael may have been the wrong move. As one reader put it, Kristen and Chad are both so damn depressing. At least when Michael was with Abby, she was an positive character and gave him some balance, all these two do together is complain. TPTB love Ms. Alderson and whether you like her or not she is here to stay!

With two characters pregnant this summer's is going to be very sticky when both babies comes into the world. I am hearing Tea and Sam both give birth on the same day. It is being said this is a setup for a kidnapping of one and a "presumed" death of the another, and also a possibly switch.

In a recent interview, former "General Hospital" star Genie Francis let it slip that Jack Wagner is returning to Port Charles. "I know they are bringing Jack (Wagner) back," she said. Other than that, she had no details on when it might happen.

What other secrets is Steven hiding? Will Heather be forced to make a choice between her love of money and family?

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Actor Matthew Gray Gubler, left, star of "Criminal Minds," poses with sculptor Steve Liguori, right, at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The Miss Atomic Bomb statue by Liguori, a re-creation of an iconic photo taken by Las Vegas News Bureau photographer Don English on May 24, 1957, was unveiled during a luncheon honoring the 65th anniversary of the LVNB. The LVNB was formed to promote Las Vegas through photos.


Gubler with Dr. Lonnie Hammargren




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Ben Feldman talks Mad Men:



Last night’s episode of Mad Men brought to the foreground the generational culture clash between iconic mid-century superman Don Draper and Michael Ginsberg, the up-and-coming Jewish copywriter played by Ben Feldman. We caught up with Feldman today to ask a simple question: How does it feel to be trying to out-Draper Draper? “It’s imposing,” the actor laughs, “especially when you stand in the elevator next to Jon Hamm, and he’s 35 feet taller than you.”

Given creator Matthew Weiner’s reputation for secrecy, Feldman is unsurprisingly loathe to talk about how Ginsberg’s conflict with Draper will play out over the season’s remaining four episodes. “That’s for someone with a higher pay grade than me to tell you,” he jokes.

i would be more than okay with ginsberg going full-out fatal attraction on don and wouldn't be surprised if he does tbh

But he does offer some interesting analysis of how Ginsberg’s relationship with the man who was once his inspiration has turned sour. “What you saw in [last night’s] episode was Ginsberg starting to realize that his ideas have value,” says Feldman, who notes that the character, for all his fast-talking bluster, was relatively naïve when he first arrived in the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce offices. (For what it’s worth, I asked Feldman about the apparent chemistry between Ginsberg and Peggy, and he simple noted: “I’d be surprised if anyone who acted with Elizabeth Moss didn’t have chemistry with her.)

i will be beyond pressed if ginsberg/peggy happens. not here for that, show!

Feldman compares Ginsberg’s role on the show to his own place as a newcomer on the Mad Men ensemble. Let’s get down to the real question, then: Since Mad Men has a history of inspiring new style trends, does Feldman think we’re going to see an explosion in Ginsberg-ian plaid jackets? “Maybe people will dress up as Ginsberg for Halloween,” he says.

Last night’s episode also saw Ginsberg doing some extracurricular work for Roger, attempting to rebrand Manischewitz wine. In an intriguing real-world twist,

lol not really

Feldman himself has his own wine label, Angelica Cellars. When asked what the Ginsberg pitch would be for Angelica Cellars, Feldman genially demures: “The [Mad Men] writers give Ginsberg the most brilliant pitches. We don’t even really do that much advertising. Although I did design the picture on the label.” No doubt Jon Hamm is currently working on a different picture, probably with a smiling devil or something.




predictions for next week's episode:
-lane climbs out of the basement that pete's apparently chained him up in (four whole lane-free episodes??? s m h)
-ginsberg shows up to work with a haircut, suit, and accent identical to don's
-in other news, don's mail, used tissues, and toenail clippings mysteriously go missing
-abe walks in on peggy and stan high and brainstorming in the nude at the office christmas party, goes home to dry his tears with many turtlenecks
-ken cosgrove accounts becomes the oldest ever member of american bandstand
-pete seethes with jealousy; forces trudy to practice their charleston every night so they can audition, too




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After nearly taking off and leaving Alabama for good, Zoe made the decision to stay on last week’s episode of “Hart of Dixie” — and it ended up playing directly into what we saw on the show this time around.


Let’s just say that Rachel Bilson’s doctor Zoe Hart was the center of attention for more than one man this episode. After being given an opportunity by Lavon to actually get away from George and Lemon’s wedding by going to Mobile (which George was intent on having at first no matter what — even though a massive storm was coming), she ended up being trapped in a barn with Wade after trying to rescue him from being stranded on the side of the road. When two people with mutual attraction get stuck in a barn, you know what is going to happen… Zoe and Wade kissed for the first time and it was electric.
One thing did lead to another, and Wade and Zoe finally ended up sleeping together after they were “rescued” and taken back to town. The problem? Right after they enjoyed some time together (to put it lightly), there was a knock on her door — and it was George ready to give his feelings for Zoe an honest to goodness chance. He had told Lemon that he couldn’t marry her, and it’s because he wanted to be with Zoe which resulted in George getting punched in the face by Lemon. George kissed Zoe, but it didn’t exactly end in the same way that things did with Wade (possibly because he was in the other room).
We don’t know just who Zoe is going to choose — but it’s safe to say that now, she is going to be forced to make a choice. In addition to that, we have a feeling that Lemon is going to be none too pleased about her playing the role of homewrecker (even though she herself took on this role previously with Lavon).
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What did you think about the finale, and do you think it sets the tone for season 2 well?

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SOOOO GOOD. It's amazing how GW bring out the worst in each other and Zoe/Wade both are 80x more likable together.