Stephen Colbert isn’t hiding his excitement about the possible strike down of President Obama’s healthcare mandate. In fact, the “Colbert Report” host is thrilled at the possibility of the Supreme Court repealing Obamacare – a strong sentiment echoed by the Republican Party.

“You lose Mr. President!” Colbert exclaimed, “Take Obamacare and stick it where the sun don’t shine! Then have it removed by a doctor that you have to pay yourself because he’s not in network.” Over the past three days, the Supreme Court has posed challenging, critical questions to the Obama administration about its massive bill, and Colbert was glad to see the administration struggle to present its case.

“It was a train wreck that slammed into the Hindenburg, landed on the deck of the Titanic, and then sailed it to see John Carter,” Colbert said. That last reference alluding to the recent catastrophic flop at the box-office.

This mandate isn’t the good kind of “man date,” he goes on to explain, where two buddies play racquetball together and recharge with a couple of burgers, brews and absolutely no sexual tension… instead this mandate requires that all Americans buy health insurance.

And if the administration can force us all to buy health insurance, then it can certainly force us to eat broccoli – Colbert explains. By his logic, the country is in dire straits because if we don’t fight this evil mandate now, it could lead to more outrageous demands. “They’re going to make us eat other vegetables … including lima beans!” Colbert exclaims, “Take naps when we’re not tired, and kiss our grandmothers even though she smells like old Tupperware!”

And he’s simply not going to do it. Colbert refuses to have his health care decisions made by “Baroccoli Obama.”

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Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown is on his way to restoring his bad-boy reputation.

E! News can confirm that the R&B singer has been charged from his DUI arrest on Monday afternoon.

A rep for the Los Angeles City Attorney's office tells E! News that prosecutors filed three misdemeanor charges against Brown: driving under the influence, driving with a blood alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent and driving on a suspended license.

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If convicted, the maximum for all counts is one year in jail.

The erstwhile New Jack Swinger got into this latest mess after he was pulled over by California Highway Patrol who witnessed him talking on his cell phone. After approaching Brown, officers suspected he had been drinking. He was subsequently taken into custody after flunking a field sobriety test and booked at the Van Nuys jail.

Brown's attorney, Tiffany Feder, was unavailable for comment. But yesterday she issued a statement to E! News professing the entertainer's innocence and saying he was only speaking on his cell phone.

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This isn't the first time Brown's been in trouble with the law. He has a previous drunken-driving conviction under his belt , was arrested for battery in 2003 and jailed for a parole violation in 2004.

-- Reporting by Baker Machado

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Dave Mustaine

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine revealed his "birther" opinions on a Canadian talk show recently, saying he doubts President Barack Obama was born in the United States and voicing admiration for Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum.

Mustaine sat down with George Stroumboulopoulos, host of "The Hour," and explained that he has "a lot of questions about him (President Obama), but certainly not where he was born. I know he was born somewhere else than America." Stroumboulopoulos then asked him if he was a birther, to which Mustaine demurred, but Stroumboulopoulos pushed the point: "Well, then you’re a birther," he replied to Mustaine's statement.

During the interview, the metal star also asked rhetorically what would be "the point" of questioning Obama's birthplace and continued to endorse former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who is currently vying with Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. "He could be a really cool president, kinda like a JFK type of guy," he mused. Of Romney, he added, "George Soros came out and said Mitt Romney is just like Obama. So what do you got there? You’ve got Obama's mentor saying that Mitt Romney’s just like him, and he’s leading the polls now."

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After a tough performance last week, Heejun Han received a standing ovation for his act Wednesday.

You have to give this much to the nine remaining finalists on “American Idol” – they aren’t making it easy to vote them off. Singing songs from their own personal idols seemed to inspire everyone to greater heights this week.

Granted, that’s partially because the judges were in an especially generous mood on Wednesday night, giving no fewer than five standing ovations on the night. None, however, was more surprising than the first.

Heejun Han had been getting increasing criticism for the perception that he wasn’t taking the competition seriously. After being in the bottom two a week ago, he played it straight and sang Donny Hathway's “A Song For You” well enough that he even won over Steve Tyler. No small feat, considering last week the judge looked like he was ready to leap up and wipe that smirk of Han’s face himself, old school.

“He-Man, you did it. You did it, man. You turned it around,” Steven said. “When you have a voice as good as yours ... you make it come alive.”

Very surprising. And very well-timed. Another joking performance and he’d have been the obvious choice to go home, but now it’s anyone’s guess who the unlucky singer will be.

Making it especially interesting was that two other singers who have been in trouble this season -- DeAndre Brackensick and Elise Testone -- likewise won high praise. The judges love themselves that Brackensick falsetto, and he got every opportunity to use it while singing Eric Benet’s “Sometimes I Cry.” Then again, the judges have always loved Brackensick, and the voters have typically shrugged and said, “Not so much.”

Testone closed the show, and did so with an energetic cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” People who love Testone really, really love her. Trust us – we see all of the tweets. But it also bears repeating that she’s already been in danger a couple of times and a singer like her has never won “Idol,” or even come close to doing so.

The other two honored with the standing ovations were Joshua Ledet and Phillip Phillips. Phillips was a little surprising in that he sounded pretty much like he sounds every week. Not that that’s bad. He’s always going to sound good doing a Jonny Lang number. It wasn’t anything different from what we’ve already heard.

Ledet covered the Mariah Carey version of “Without You” and ... well, the judges liked it more than we did. He didn’t oversing, and Randy Jackson always appreciates any opportunity to remind everyone that he knows Mariah Carey and has her cellphone number, but it was a big song that he didn’t quite pull off. Unless you’re listening with J.Lo’s ears. She called him “an absolute angel from Heaven.”

Jessica Sanchez and Skylar Laine did not get the standing ovations, but deserved them. Sanchez has already shown she can belt out the high notes, and showed Wednesday that she could give an understated performance as well with a slowed down version of Beyonce-as-Sasha-Fierce’s “Sweet Dreams.” Laine sang Miranda Lambert’s “Gunpowder and Lead,” and is a good bet to stay around as long as people continue to like country rock. Though really ... Miranda Lambert is Laine’s idol? She's the one? Doesn't that seem hard to believe?

That leaves Colton Dixon and Hollie Cavanagh. Dixon makes no secret of the role his faith plays in his life, and he picked Lifehouse’s “Everything” because it’s his favorite worship song. He did it well, but we’ll see how the voters respond. Cavanagh went with ex-"Idol" Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” and did fine, but was the worst of the remaining women and at some point, the judges are going to have to demand more from her than they have thus far.

The finalists also took the stage a second time as three trios singling medleys. The less said about that, the better. If we’re going to talk about time-wasting filler, how about the pictures of a young Jimmy Iovine rocking out with guest mentor Stevie Nicks three decades ago? Believe it or not, at one point in his life, Iovine had long hair! Also, we can’t believe for a minute that people have asked Jason Derulo if that giant neck brace is an accessory. Even Tommy Hilfiger wouldn’t have suggested that look for a singer.

At the end, no judge was willing to cite either favorites or those in trouble. “I think tonight was a magical mystery tour of over-the-top talent and emotion,” Steven said.

That’s going to make for a very interesting results show. With everyone doing well, will the same singers who were in trouble a week ago be back on the bottom again? That would be bad news for Han and Brackensick, as well as Testone since she’s been among the lowest vote-getters before. It could also be bad for Dixon, who sang first, or for Cavanagh. We’ll find out Thursday which of the singers who moved the judges so much didn’t inspire the viewers to get out of their seats to vote.

Who do you think should be eliminated on Thursday? Share your pick on our Facebook page!

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Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in "Anchorman."

Will Ferrell donned his Ron Burgundy persona on Wednesday night, hitting the set of “Conan” to reveal an “Anchorman” sequel is on the way.

Playing a flute and dressed in his classic cardinal “Anchorman” jacket, Will walked on stage to loud cheers from the studio audience, before revealing the news.

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“I want to announce this to everyone here in the Americas, to my friends in Spain, Turkey and the UK, including England, that as of 0900 Mountain time, Paramount Pictures and myself, Ronald Joseph Burgundy, have come to terms on a sequel to ‘Anchor Man,’” he said.

“It is official,” Will – as Ron – added, “There will be a sequel to ‘Anchorman.’ There will be a sequel!”

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But he also offered a bit of advice to Conan.

“I’ve got one small criticism, and it’s probably something only a professional like me would notice, but Conan, you look awful,” he said, adding, “Just go under the knife.”

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Earl Scruggs performs on day one of the 2009 Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 25, 2009, in Indio, Calif.

Banjo innovator and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died on Wednesday at a Nashville hospital at age 88.

He had been in failing health for some time, according to his son, Gary Scruggs, who played bass guitar with his father. Talking about his father's death, he said with a cracking voice: "He‘s 88 and it's a slow process."

A four-time Grammy winner, Scruggs was perhaps best known in popular culture for "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," the theme song for "The Beverly Hillbillies" television program, and for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," a Flatt & Scruggs classic which was used in the 1967 classic film, "Bonnie and Clyde."

While he dabbled in all forms of music, and was at home in the company of all creative musicians, he was among the first to popularize what his former boss, Bill Monroe, referred to as bluegrass music.

After breaking with Monroe, Scruggs and his guitar-playing friend, Lester Flatt, formed Flatt & Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys.

Scruggs' style of banjo playing set him apart. Rather than flailing at the banjo strings, as most of his contemporaries did, he delicately hit the strings with three right fingers, coaxing the instrument to produce precise melodies.

His style influenced the likes of The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and others who took up the banjo because of the playing of Scruggs, a native of Shelby, North Carolina.

The "Scruggs picking style" was saluted in a statement released after his death by Recording Academy President and Chief Executive Neil Portnow, who said that he "helped popularize the banjo and helped change country music."

Those who played with the banjo wizard mourned his loss.

"I will miss my friend," Mac Wiseman, an original flattop guitarist with the Foggy Mountain Boys, said from his Nashville home. Wiseman, 86, said his own maladies will keep him from Sunday's funeral at the Ryman Auditorium, the former home of the Grand Ole Opry in downtown Nashville.

"I'm not getting around too well," said Wiseman. "I'll remember him as he was when we were together."

Marty Stuart, who broke into bluegrass music as a child prodigy with Flatt, was performing on Wednesday and could not be reached for comment. But his wife, classic country singer Connie Smith, said Scruggs will be missed.

"It leaves a hole in your heart," she said. "He's just a part of our life." She said her husband would perform at the funeral.

Dixie Hall, a longtime friend of the Scruggs family and wife of Tom T. Hall, the great storyteller and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, said Scruggs "was a dear friend and Louise was too."

Louise Scruggs, who helped guide her husband's career, died in 2006. "It's good to know they are together," said Dixie Hall.

Tom T. Hall teamed with Scruggs on what many consider among the best bluegrass albums, "The Storyteller and the Banjoman" in 1982.

"You know there's a lot of people out there, a lot of others. There's one Earl," Hall said.

Scruggs is survived also by a second son, Randy.

Which of his songs was your favorite? Tell us on our Facebook page.

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Lindsay Lohan leaves court after a probation hearing in Los Angeles on Feb. 22.

Lindsay Lohan is so close to being a free woman! Barring any last minute setbacks, the "Mean Girls" starlet is less than 24 hours away from being released from any formal probation for the first time in over four years.

"When she arrives in court tomorrow, she will have completed all of her obligations," the actress' rep, Steve Honig, tells E! News.

So what does this mean?

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Lohan has completed her 14 days of morgue duty and her five therapy sessions which permanently stays her jail sentence of 150 days. If all goes according to plan, Judge Stephanie Sautner will end her 2007 DUI case and switch her to informal probation for her 2011 shoplifting conviction.

"Our lawyers still need to review the probation report to determine whether or not to recommend that her probation be modified to informal probation," L.A. City Attorney's office spokesman Frank Mateljan tells us.

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Lohan will be on informal probation until May 2014, and to get off she must obey all laws and not get in any trouble for the next 2 1/2 years. The plus side of this? Unlike formal probation, informal probation won't require Lohan to report to a probation officer or a judge.

"After March 29, all you have to do is obey all laws, stay out of trouble and move on with your life," Judge Stephanie Sautner said during last month's hearing. "Good luck."

"Lindsay is not celebrating," her rep says. "But rather ending one chapter and starting the next. She is very eager to get back on set and dive into her next few projects."

Honig says the actress "has been a champ and she is very eager to put all of this behind her."

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After Thursday's final hearing -- which we'll be livestreaming on E! Online -- Lohan will prepare for her role in an upcoming episode of "Glee" before jetting off to Vancouver in May to start filming the Lifetime TV movie "Liz and Dick," in which she will play Elizabeth Taylor.

Honig says the actress is "extremely" excited to put all the legal drama behind her.

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Contestant Jeremy Rosado wearing the white bracelet given to him by "Idol Pastor" Leesa Bellesi.

Fashion advice from Tommy Hilfiger. Musical guidance from both record-label honcho Jimmy Iovine and a major recording artist each week. A mansion to live in. "American Idol" provides all this for its contestants.

But as it turns out, another perk of being on the show is "spiritual financial aid" for the hopefuls and their families, though not from the show itself. And just for those more spiritually inclined singers -- some of whom are approached, and some  who seek it out.

Proud Christian Colton Dixon is the latest “Idol” singer to hook up with a Southern California ministry that provides that extra bit of help.

“Colton is the Tim Tebow of ‘American Idol,’ ” said Leesa Bellesi, who founded the Kingdom Assignment ministry in Orange County with her husband, preacher Denny Bellesi.  “I have had some really unique opportunities to pray over (Colton) and give input where I can.”

Fox did not reply to a request for comment.

Kingdom Assignmentstarted at Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso Viejo and has become known among the show’s inner circle simply as the “American Idol Ministry.”

The Bellesis have been known to literally pass the hat throughout their congregation, collecting donations that are used to help “Idol” families fund their trips to Los Angeles while their loved ones compete. Previous "Idol" contestants -- including Katherine McPhee, Chris Sligh and Charity Vance -- have all attended services and supported the Bellesis' cause by performing at church-sanctioned events.

So just how did the Bellesis get connected with the show? Leesa Bellesi snuck backstage during season five and presented a silver bracelet engraved with “Jeremiah 29:11” to eventual runner-up Katherine, who had once come to hear her husband’s sermon.

The contestant wasn't the only one to receive a bracelet from Bellesi. This season, she passed out white rubber bracelets with the message "God has good plans 4 me" to many of the Top 24 hopefuls, including Shannon Magrane and Heejun Han.

“The night that Jeremy Rosado (received the wild card) and became very emotional, the camera zoomed in on him and you could see he was wearing one,” Leesa told us.

As for Colton, he first met the pair in 2010. After his early elimination last season (he was cut just shy of the Top 24), Colton performed for their congregation at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.

“I love Leesa,” Colton told TODAY.com. “She is known as ‘The Idol Pastor.’  She is so caring and so giving. She just wants to love on the contestants and their families. And provide a home for them if they need it.”

While current contestants are generally sequestered from the public during the competition, “I connect with him on Twitter and stuff like that,” Leesa said.

Meanwhile, Colton’s parents have been part-time guests of the Bellesis’, who have also opened their Orange County home to the families of dozens of “Idol” hopefuls, including Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado, since season five.

Leesa Bellesi told TODAY.com that despite warnings from producers that Colton's faith talk could alienate some potential voters, she “applauds” the singer for publicly representing his beliefs.

“Them telling him that was brilliant -- because it is true,” she said. “If you get into sharing your politics or your faith, there are people who are going to have feelings against that. But Colton is not going to deny what he believes in. Even with his branding, on his Facebook page, they kept it consistent: Love God, Love Music, Love People.”

What do you think about some of the singers getting "spiritual financial aid"? Share your thoughts on our Facebook page.

Sean Daly runs the blog SingersAndCritics.com, which covers reality singing-competition shows.

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20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox movie studio on Tuesday said it is removing posters and a promotional trailer for its summer comedy "Neighborhood Watch" from theaters in Florida following the death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

"We are very sensitive to the Trayvon Martin case," Fox said in a statement, "but our film is a broad alien-invasion comedy and bears absolutely no relation to the tragic events in Florida."

The poster for the movie starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill shows a picture of a shadowy figure with a line across it and the movie's title underneath. The film, which is scheduled for release on July 27, tells of a group of people hunting aliens in their neighborhood.

Fox said the poster and trailer - promotional clips taken from the movie that run in advance of the scheduled feature film - were made well before the killing of 17-year-old Martin on February 26 by a neighborhood volunteer in Sanford, Florida.

"The teaser materials were part of an early phase of our marketing and were never planned for long-term use. Above all else, our thoughts go out to the families touched by this terrible event," Fox said.

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Stanley Tucci, left, with Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games," defended his co-star's weight, calling criticism "ridiculous."

While Jennifer Lawrence's acting performance in "The Hunger Games" was generally praised, some critics are saying she was too large to play Katniss Everdeen, a teen from a starving futuristic land, who must hunt every day to keep her family fed.

In her March 22 New York Times review,  Manohla Dargis wrote, “A few years ago Ms. Lawrence might have looked hungry enough to play Katniss, but now, at 21, her seductive, womanly figure makes a bad fit for a dystopian fantasy about a people starved into submission."

Lawrence's weight comes in for some mention in other reviews as well, though none as harsh as the Times' writeup. Todd McCarthy's review for The Hollywood Reporter praises Lawrence's acting but points out her "lingering baby fat." And on Hollywood Elsewhere, Jeffrey Wells focuses on Lawrence's size as compared to co-star Josh Hutcherson, calling her  “a fairly tall, big-boned lady,” and writing that "male romantic figures have to be at least be as tall as their female partners." 

Given that the movie's plot involves a starved nation, some see a point to the comments.

A Buzzfeed reader going by Pacer points out specific references from "The Hunger Games" book, saying, “Jennifer Lawrence is stunning and in no way, shape or form should she be considered fat, but I do understand the criticism. I know that Katniss was hunting to feed herself in District 12 so she wasn't exactly starving, and that the tributes were fattened up before they went into the arena, but in the actual Hunger Games all the tributes are starving and lose a lot of weight.” 

Lawrence herself is quoted in New York Magazine as telling British Glamour she purposely did not diet for the film in order to make Katniss a more fearsome competitor. "Katniss is meant to be a hunter; she’s meant to be scary," she said." "Kate Moss running at you with a bow and arrow isn’t scary."

 Some critics note that Lawrence's male co-stars don't come in for the same pound-by-pound scrutiny.

“If critics are going to pick on a 21-year-old woman for not being skinny enough for a fantasy film, why haven’t they been more consistent in their critiques of actors’ bodies?" writes LV Anderson at Slate.com. "I haven’t seen much concern about Liam Hemsworth’s muscular frame, even though his character in 'The Hunger Games' occupies the same food-strapped world as Katniss.” 

Lawrence’s co-star, Stanley Tucci told Buzzfeed, "Big-boned? (Those critics) should go make their own movie … that's ridiculous."

"I like her," celebrity style expert Robert Verdi told Hollywood.com. "I would argue that if they're working folks, they're going to be a little bit more robust and beefy. I think [you] can actually be working class and be stocky."

Even Sports Illustrated model Anne Vyalitsyna jumped in to the fray, telling Hollywood.com, "It doesn't matter what people think. She's such a confident girl in general [and] that kind of shows on the screen and it inspires people. She's sending a really great message. At the end of the day, she's not big at all, so I don't know what people are talking about. She's playing a role that's very fit."

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Chaka Khan, with the help of a handful of musicians and actors, has put together a remake of her track "Super Life" in honor of Trayvon Martin.

Khan premiered the video Monday night on "Piers Morgan Tonight," where she told the host, "We are sick and tired in America of seeing little children lost and children gone missing and they never make the 9 o'clock or the 5 o'clock news."

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The "Super Life" video includes appearances from Eric Benet, Kelly Price, Kenny Lattimore, Angela Bassett, Terry Crews and Boris Kodjoe, all of whom are clad in hoodies, the same article of clothing Martin was wearing when he was killed by community watch captain George Zimmerman. "Super Life" originally appeared on Khan's 2007's album "Funk This." The tribute version includes a new refrain: "Fear kills, love heals."

On her website Khan wrote, "The death of Trayvon Martin was a shot heard around the world. Celebrities are privileged beyond belief to have a public following... As purveyors of content and media, we need to use our voices to stop injustice at the site of its origin."

She urged people to use the Twitter hashtag #fearkillsloveheals to show their support.

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Like millions of other Americans this past weekend, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took his grandchildren to see "The Hunger Games." Quizzed by Wolf Blitzer about the film's violence, he admitted that PG-13 was the right rating for the film, joking "but I'm over 13 now."

On Tuesday's "Daily Show," host Jon Stewart wasn't sure why anyone would need to go see a post-apocalyptic movie when they could watch candidate Rick Santorum's new campaign ad, which featured a bleakly depressing, horror-movie-like future that shows a man putting a gas nozzle to his head in a suicide stance.

Apparently, this mythical small town in America where all these terrible things would happen -- Obamaville -- is comprised of "100 percent unhappy white people," said Stewart. "Oh my God, Rick Santorum thinks if Barack Obama gets re-elected, all of America's black people get raptured! Huh! You'd think white folks would be happier for them."

Stewart also dove into Santorum vs. Romney vs. the "gotcha media." He replayed the clip of Santorum becoming upset and swearing after a reporter asked him about calling Romney "the worst Republican" in a speech.

"Rick Santorum, social conservative, swearing at a reporter -- I think this is how he should talk from now on," said Stewart, offering up suggestions for other places where Santorum could toss out a few vulgarities.

Over on “The Tonight Show,” Romney sat down with host Jay Leno, where the front-running candidate admitted he hadn't yet put together a  list of possible vice-presidential candidates and joked that he would choose David Letterman for veep.

Leno had a list of his own, and prodded the candidate on his thoughts about popular Republican figures:

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: "Indomitable.... a man of strong will.... I'll try for smaller words next time."

Florida Senator Marco Rubio: "The American Dream."

Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan: "Creative."

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley: "Energetic."

Donald Trump: "Huge." That drew considerable applause and chuckles.

Rick Santorum: "Press secretary."

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KISS, who will tour with Motley Crue this summer, has pledged to hire a veteran to work as a roadie.

KISS needs a roadie — and they want to hire a veteran to help out.

The band, who are touring with Motley Crue this summer, have been long-time supporters of the U.S. military, donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Wounded Warrior Project. Watch their troop salute here. 

They're participating in Hiring our Heroes to give a job to a touring set carpenter who will travel with the band from July 14 through Sept. 25.

The lucky veteran who gets the gig will be part of the team that assembles the KISS stage set, helps run effects during the show and takes down the set afterwards. Applicants do not need to be a trained carpenter, but will work long hours. 

To apply for this job, send an email to hiringourheroes@uschamber.com with your resume and contact details.

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For more on Hiring our Heroes, an initiative from NBC News and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that aims to get veterans back into the workforce, click here. Learn more about job fairs for veterans here.

Tuesday morning, Christie Brinkley spoke to TODAY's Matt Lauer and memorably choked up while discussing the ongoing battles she has had with ex-husband Peter Cook. On Wednesday, Cook stirred the pot further, sitting down with TODAY's Savannah Guthrie to defend himself.

Cook said his former wife of 12 years lied about "virtually everything" she said on the show Tuesday. "The entire content of her interview was a lie where she claims that I am harassing and bullying her on a daily basis," he said, adding that they haven't had a conversation in four years or emailed in two years. "So this perception that I am harassing and bullying her is -- is nonsense."

He called Brinkley's welling up toward the end of her interview "crocodile tears" and said ever since they separated, she's been "on a campaign to smear me. There is no Peter Cook press machine. I have no interest in the press. I'm not a celebrity. You don't hear about Peter Cook until Christie Brinkley dredges something up from the past to make herself relevant in the media again."

That said, there is something they can come together on: Each calls the other "narcissistic."

Cook doesn't deny that he is one, and says it makes him a great dad. "Narcissism makes you focus attention on something," he said. "You can either be focused entirely on yourself ... and you can also focus your energies on your child and say, 'I'm always thinking, I'm thinking ahead of what they're going to need.'"

That said, he believes all of this public battling is "terrible for my children." (And the kids are reacting: 16-year-old Jack has refused to see Cook, though he told Guthrie he has a good relationship with 13-year-old Sailor.) And he admits he's no role model.

"If I were a role model, I would just sit back and keep taking the beatings and bruisings," he said, then echoed her statements: "I want peace. I want peace for my family. I want peace for myself. I want to be able to do my job, see my kids and live without the Christie Brinkley shadow over me. That's all I ask."

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Jeremy Britt shows off his Zumba moves on "Biggest Loser."

The vacation was over for the contestants of "The Biggest Loser" on Tuesday night. After a week filled with sun and fun in Hawaii, they arrived back on the ranch ready to disprove another common weight-loss excuse in the season of no excuses: "Exercise is boring."

As such, with a whole lot of help from trainers Bob Harper and Dolvett Quince, the gang took on a variety of anything-but-boring workouts.

For instance, Dolvett's former red team of Mark, Buddy, Jeremy and Kim hit a packed Zumba class to show just how exciting a dance-filled fitness routine can be. The group suffered from nerves at first, but Buddy soon showed them the ropes.

"(I figured I) might as well just go for it and try to Zumba from the depths of my soul," he said before doing just that with some hilarious moves. "I even took my glasses off. That's like serious Buddy. We're here, and it's about to get Zumba-licious."

Team Buddy! After all of the negativity from certain players this season -- cough-Conda-cough -- we need more goofy, upbeat antics from Buddy.

As for Bob's bunch, they, too, were far from bored, but they were also far from a fun dance floor. Instead, Bob took Megan, Chris and Conda for an uphill bike ride.

Actually, while Chris and Conda were along for the ride, Bob focused almost exclusively on Megan. With her mom, Kimmy, now out of the game, the veteran "Loser" trainer decided to make Megan his pet project.

Other than the biking, Bob insisted she keep a video diary of all of her solo workouts to ensure she was really doing all of the assigned exercises. He also employed some tough-love motivation during the rest of her workouts -- really tough.

"I better see vomit at the end of this," he shouted before one particularly grueling session. "I swear to God, Megan, I will cut your hair off and kill you if you don't do this."

Um. Some might find that more frightening than anything else, but at least Megan found it motivating -- just not motivating enough.

Despite Bob's best (and worst) efforts and Megan's hard work, she fell short at the weigh-in.

The "Biggest Loser" of the week was Kim, who dropped 7 pounds after acing an earlier challenge that awarded the sort of motivation a trainer just can't offer -- $1,000 for each pound shed. On the other end of the scale was Mark, who didn't lose anything.

With 4 pounds down, Megan fell just above Mark in the stats and just below the yellow line.

The rest of the contestants voted to send her home, but it wasn't really a loss for the ousted player. An update revealed that Megan has since lost even more weight, and she's gained a fiancé.

Do you think Mark should have been voted out for his 0-pound loss, or was Megan the right pick? And what do you think of the new, tougher Bob? Share your thoughts on our Facebook page.

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The judges couldn't find much to praise about Martina's jive on Monday.

“Sorry, buddy.”

Those were “Dancing With the Stars” host Tom Bergeron’s words to pro Tony Dovolani as the hoofer and his celeb partner, tennis legend Martina Navratilova, became the first pair eliminated from season 14 of the ballroom bash.

Sorry indeed. For once again, the likable pro was paired with a star who couldn’t take him farther in the competition. (But hey, at least Martina was very pleasant, unlike past partners who left the pro angry and frustrated.)

For her premiere dance, Martina delivered a flawed, 20-point foxtrot head judge Len Goodman called “too careful.” Her week two performance, the jive, lacked attack and wasn’t much better. In fact, the judges gave her a paltry score of 17. Judge Bruno Tonioli even told her, “I think that serve went into the net. You couldn’t keep up with the dance.” And Carrie Ann Inaba couldn’t find much to praise about it. “That was sad,” the judge said before adding, “I loved your attitude!” Ouch.

And the tennis great knew she had screwed up. “I blew it like I haven’t blown it!” she said after her performance. “I can’t believe I did that.”

Not surprisingly, her subpar performances landed her at the bottom of the leaderboard both weeks, with a total score of 37 out of 60.

Though her dance moves lacked the grace and precision that she delivered on the tennis courts, Martina had poise to spare and didn’t play the blame game when she said her goodbyes. “It was an amazing experience,” she said of her short stint on “Dancing.” “I just wish it had lasted longer. I gave it everything I had, but I blew it yesterday.”

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On the subject of “blowing it,” fans of the show might also note that the judges screwed up the first two weeks of this season by appearing to grade certain pairs by different standards. (Just check out the comments on our Facebook page!) Yes, we’re talking about Melissa Gilbert and pro partner Maks Chmerkovskiy, who were criticized for their ambitious and not-all-that-bad dances, while others who made more obvious goofs (including missed steps) scored higher and received encouragement from the panel.

But it was the actress and the ballroom bad boy who were triumphant for this first elimination round. The two were the first pair Tom announced as safe for the week. With that revelation, Maks broke into a huge grin and excitedly pumped his fist into the air. It was perhaps the happiest we’ve seen the pro since the judges started nitpicking his partner in week one.

He wasn’t the only one to be uber excited to advance to the third week. When “View” co-host Sherri Shepherd learned her fate, she busted out with a wild celebratory dance that left the others in awe of her energy.

And speaking of energy, expect the ballroom to sizzle next week! Cuban actor William Levy, who earned many new fans when he debuted on “Dancing” with one of the sexiest performances ever seen on the show, revealed he’ll be dancing the salsa for personal stories week. Muy caliente!

Are you surprised that Gavin DeGraw and Roshon Fegan joined Martina under the spotlights of shame? Whose dance are you most excited to see next week? Share your thoughts on our Facebook page! Also, don't forget to join me next Monday at 8 p.m. ET for a live chat with fellow fans during the performances!

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"Downton Abbey" spoof "Downton Arby's."

"Downton Abbey" parodies show no signs of stopping -- and the latest scenario for the PBS series' intertwined aristocracy and servant class is at a fast food chain.

Sketchy, the new series of viral shorts from Yahoo! Screen's comedy channel, released "Downton Arby's" this week, and as the familiar group of actors might have you believe, it's one of the slicker spoofs to come out of the popular British soap.

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"Luck's" Richard Kind, Matt Walsh (Veep) and comedians Erin Gibson and Jennie Pierson topline the spoof which finds the Crawleys looking for an heir in all the wrong places.

Some aspects are really no different at all -- Thomas has it in for Bates and nobody likes Edith -- but Kind plays Lord Grantham a little on the loopy side. He asks one customer if he'll take Lady Mary's hand, which only prompts a request for more horsey sauce.

Watch the full clip below:

What did you think of this spoof? Which is your favorite one so far? Tell us on our Facebook page!

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"Alcatraz" and "The River" have just marked their season finales. The question is: Have they marked their series finales, too?

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A scene from ABC's "The River," starring Bruce Greenwood.

A new look at what the latest Nielsen ratings are saying about the survival chances of some struggling freshman shows (and which ones are doing just fine):

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"Alcatraz" (4.7 million estimated viewers): Monday night's season-one closer was down from last week, which is not a good sign. The show was down all the way to a 1.5 rating in the 18-to 49-year-old demographic, which is a worse sign. And -- spoiler alert -- a certain main character (Sarah Jones) was killed, which is a either sign of a show going for broke, or going out guns blazing.

"The River" (4.1 million viewers): Its season-one finale ticked upward -- good news! It ticked all the way up to a 1.4 demo rating -- oh, dear.

"Missing" (8.8 million viewers): This is going to be a tough call for ABC. The Ashley Judd thriller continues to draw a crowd, just not the kind coveted by networks. Its demo rating was down to a 1.6.

"Bent" (2.6 million viewers for back-to-back episodes): For the proud and few fans of the NBC sitcom, the good news from the premiere of this Amanda Peet show is that its sub-1.0 demo rating makes "Whitney" (4.2 million viewers) look like a keeper.

"I Hate My Teenage Daughter" (2.9 million viewers): It got beat, and got beat bad in its Wednesday time slot by the generally weak "Cougar Town" (4.4 million viewers). And with the recent news that "Teenage Daughter" star Jaime Pressley just got cast in an NBC comedy pilot called "Bad Girls," well, we're assuming the "Hate" is over.

"Fashion Star" (4.7 million viewers): One to keep an eye on. It was up from its premiere, and its demo rating (1.8) was on the high side for NBC.

"Terra Nova": With its season and run on Fox already over, it doesn't have any new numbers -- only some new bad news. Netflix won't be saving the dinosaur drama from extinction.

Here's a look at the TV week's other ratings winners and losers:

"Touch" (11.8 million viewers): Kiefer Sutherland's new series is doing anything but struggling. It finished in the top 10 with a 3.3 demo rating.

"Community" (3.9 million viewers): With "The Office" getting the night off, and "30 Rock" continuing to flatline, this was NBC's top-rated Thursday show.

Sandra Bullock: An ABC Family airing of "The Blind Side" was cable's most-watched show (4.7 million viewers) -- take that, "Mad Men" (3.5 million viewers).

"Pretty Little Liars" (3.7 million viewers): Its much-tweeted season-two closer was cable's second-most watched drama series after "In Plain Sight" (3.8 million viewers).

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Here's a complete look at the top 10 most-watched broadcast shows, per the latest Nielsen rankings: "NCIS," 19.1 million viewers; "Dancing With the Stars," 18.8 million viewers; "American Idol" (Wednesday), 17.2 million viewers; "NCIS: Los Angeles," 16.2 million viewers; "American Idol" (Thursday), 15.6 million viewers; "Criminal Minds," 12.1 million viewers; "The Voice," 12 million viewers: "Touch," 11.8 million viewers; "Castle," 11.5 million viewers; "Two and a Half Men," 11.5 million viewers.

Are there any shows here you would miss if they didn't survive? Discuss the good and bad over on Facebook.

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Alicia Silverstone and son Bear Blu in 2011.

Many parents post videos of themselves feeding their young children. But actress Alicia Silverstone went one step further. A video, posted to YouTube on March 20, shows her feeding her now 11-month-old son, Bear Blu, by chewing food and passing it directly into his mouth from hers.

The "Clueless" star also posted the video on her site, "The Kind Life," which is an offshoot of her bestselling vegan cookbook, "The Kind Diet."

"I just had a delicious breakfast of miso soup, collards and radish steamed and drizzled with flax oil, cast iron mochi with nori wrapped outside, and some grated daikon," Silverstone wrote. "I fed Bear the mochi and a tiny bit of veggies from the soup ... from my mouth to his. It’s his favorite ... and mine. He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I’m eating. This video was taken about a month or 2 ago when he was a bit wobbly. Now he is grabbing my mouth to get the food!"

Not everyone reacted positively to Silverstone's method of feeding her son.

"She's an adorable mother, with a cute kid but this video is still weird as hell," said one comment on YouTube.

But on Silverstone's site, reader Kate Kelly posted, "Alicia, I had never thought of this before but it's the cutest way of feeding your baby! I have a 7 month old and I think I will try this method ... she is always trying to lick my mouth anyways might as well give her a reward!"

Fox News asked medical and nutritional experts what they thought of the feeding method. "It doesn't seem like a hygienic practice," one doctor told the site.

What do you think of Silverstone's way of feeding her son? Take our poll below and tell us on Facebook. 

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Actress Jane Fonda arrives at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 26.

LOS ANGELES -- The right wing is going to love this: Jane Fonda, whose outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War continues to enrage conservatives, will play former first lady Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels' "The Butler."

"The Butler" is a sprawling historical drama that centers on Eugene Allen, a black man who worked as butler in the White House under eight presidents.

Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland") is slated to play Allen. Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman and Liam Neeson are among the other big names who are circling roles in the project.

Daniels earned an Oscar nomination for directing "Precious" and is currently directing "The Paperboy" with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron.

Fonda's performance would be a supporting one, because the film spans decades, chronicling Allen's years in the White House from 1952 all the way up to 1986, when the Reagans inhabited the White House.

After winning Oscars for films "Klute" and "Coming Home," Fonda retired from acting in 1990. After more than a decade spent largely out of the spotlight, she has slowly eased back into movies, starring in "Georgia Rule" (2007) and "Monster-in-Law"(2005).

She also stars in Bruce Beresford's upcoming family drama "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding."

Variety first reported that Fonda was in negotiations for "The Butler."

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Whitney Houston in 1996.

The case surrounding Whitney Houston’s death has taken another bizarre turn. Now a celebrity entertainment consultant, Raffles van Exel, says he was at the Beverly Hilton Hotel when Houston died there Feb. 11, and that he removed things from the room.

His name has also been mentioned in connection with the photo of Houston in her casket that was published by the National Enquirer in February.

The website Celebuzz has translated an interview van Exel gave to Dutch publication The Telegraph. “The room had to be emptied," the translation quotes van Exel as saying. "Someone had to do it."

He provided few other details, and would not reveal what he specifically removed from the room.

TODAY.com reached out to van Exel through his production company and will report on any comment provided.

While no illegal substances were found in the singer’s room at the time of her death, the L.A. County Coroner’s office announced on March 22 that Houston’s autopsy report indicated cocaine use had contributed to her death, and that not only did she take the drug "immediately prior to her collapse," but the amount traced in her system suggested “chronic usage.”

This isn’t the first time van Exel’s name has been mentioned in connection with Houston’s passing. On March 14, Forbes published a report that an employee at the Whigham Funeral Home saw van Exel take the photo of Houston in her casket that later appeared in the National Enquirer.

Houston's funeral was held at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J., on Feb. 18.

Forbes contacted van Exel for comment, and while he responded asking what they wanted, he then didn't respond to questions.

In an earlier article, Forbes reported that van Exel may have also been responsible for earlier photos published on TMZ.com, including shots taken inside the bathroom where Houston died, and a photograph of a figure under a white sheet on a gurney that was later reported to be Houston's teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Brown, now 19, briefly was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Hospital after her mother's death where she reportedly was treated for anxiety.

Forbes' article also says that van Exel traveled with Houston's family on the private plane they took from Los Angeles to the New Jersey funeral services.

On van Exel's LinkedIn page, he describes himself as “a highly respected entertainment consultant/producer having guided some of the world's most acclaimed executives and celebrities.” He lists Houston, Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle and Ray Charles as clients.

This isn't the first time van Exel's name has been connected with celebrity mysteries. In 2007, ABC News reported he collaborated with O.J. Simpson’s daughter, Arnelle, on the idea for Simpson’s book, "If I Did It," an unpublished hypothetical account of how the former football player may have killed his ex-wife.

And in 2011, van Exel joined La Toya Jackson in an attempt to halt NBC from airing a documentary about Michael Jackson’s relationship with his former doctor, Conrad Murray, who has since been convicted of involuntary manslaughter for his role in Michael’s death.

The L.A. Times reports that the Los Angeles coroner's office has listed the singer's cause of death as an accident, and plans to close their report once the full autopsy report has been released in two weeks.

What do you think of the latest developments? Tell us on Facebook.

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He may have just come back to "The Colbert Report" after a little vacation, but Stephen Colbert isn't finished playing with his toys. Especially his Etch A Sketch, which he noted became wildly popular in his absence, thanks to Eric Fehrnstrom.

The Mitt Romney aide noted in an interview that after the nomination, the whole election process gets shaken up and zeroed out like an Etch A Sketch. The media, and Romney's fellow campaigners, went wild.

Suddenly, noted Colbert, all of the Republican presidential candidates were wielding thetoy, which was originally placed on the market in 1960. As Rick Santorum noted, "My public policy isn't written on an Etch A Sketch. It's written on my heart.

Aww. The problem, said Colbert, is that "the only way to read what's written on Rick Santorum's heart is with a trans-vaginal ultrasound."

But for all of the waving around of toys, everyone knew what Fehrnstrom really meant, said Colbert. "He’s just saying that a candidate will say anything to get the nomination, then say anything to get elected, then say anything to get a second term, then stand on principle. For six months, until he’s a lame duck. You know, courage!”

And in the end, the Etch A Sketch comment has done one thing Romney has been promising: It has boosted business and brought back the economy ... at the Etch A Sketch factory, where sales of the toy are apparently booming.

Santorum was the subject of discussion over at "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" But the host was pointing to something a little less child-friendly in relation to the candidate: His newly-revealed potty-mouth.

After a recent speech in which Santorum noted that Mitt Romney was the worst Republican in the country to put up against President Obama, a reporter asked him about it -- and an uncharacteristically feisty, slightly sweaty Santorum bit back: "Will you guys quit distorting what I say? ... If I see it, it's bull----. Come on, man. What are you doing?"

Kimmel joked, "Juice makes him grumpy," then brought on Santorum's "brother," L. Brent, who defended his sibling: "The lamestream media loves a good story, even when that story is a fairytale," he said. "My brother has not and would not ever use profanity. It's against the Holy Bible and the Santorum family code."

So what did L. Brent actually think his "brother" said?

Check out the video above to find out.

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A fake tweet attributed to Will Smith that connected the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin to the flour bombing of Kim Kardashian has gone viral on Twitter.

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The alleged tweet says "WE live in America where a girl that threw flour on Kim Kardashian was arrested on site. But the man who KILLED Trayvon Martin is still free."

A screenshot of the tweet has also circulated attributing it to the account of @RealWillSmith and including a picture of the actor.  The account @RealWillSmith actually belongs to a white man from Nashville, TN.

The real Will Smith does not have a publicly known Twitter and there is no record of him saying the quote.  Among the people who have retweeted the fake Smith quote are Spike Lee, Rosie O'Donnell and Omarosa.

This is not the first fake tweet associated with the killing of Trayvon Martin. The @RealFerrelWill twitter account tweeted "R.I.P. Trayvon Martin," they wrote. "For every R-T this tweet gets, $1 will be donated to the #TrayvonMartin Foundation, which helps counteract racism." Hundreds of people retweeted the offer, including Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari, before they realized it was a fake.

Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot by George Zimmerman a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida, on February 26. Zimmerman reported to police that Martin looked suspicious. Police advised him to stay back but he approached Martin. A confrontation ensued and Zimmerman shot Martin. The teen was unarmed and simply returning from a quick trip to a nearby convenience store.

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Zimmerman claimed he shot Martin in self-defense and though he contradicted police orders to stay back was not charged for murder or even manslaughter under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows a threatened person to use force to defend themselves.

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After civil rights leaders called attention to the case, it became a national controversy, with President Obama saying, "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."

In the wake of the national attention, Florida officials reopened the investigation into Zimmerman and appointed a new prosecutor. The FBI and federal Justice Department also announced investigations.

VIDEO: Kim Kardashian 'flour bombed' at True Reflection perfume launch 

Separately, Kim Kardashian was “flour bombed” at an event at the London West Hollywood Hotel where she was promoting her new fragrance, True Reflection.

A woman dumped a bag of flour on Kardashian in the hotel lobby. The woman’s motivation was unclear though it appeared to be a prank.  The woman was detained at the scene by West Hollywood police and released. Kardashian has said she is considering pressing charges against her.

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