CULTURE

Seems like former Golden Girls actress Betty White really does have the Midas touch.

A Muslim militant has urged American followers to assassinate talk show host David Letterman, saying his tongue deserved to be cut out, a U.S. intelligence monitoring group said on Wednesday.

Anderson Cooper lost it on his Wednesday night show when he could not stop giggling as he retold the story of French actor Gerard Depardieu peeing on a CityJet flight.

Retail store Abercrombie & Fitch is offering to pay Mike The Situation Sorrentino and the Jersey Shore cast not to wear their products on the show. Apparently, MTV's most popular show has done some significant damage to the A&F image. The on-air endorsement was addressed in CEO Mike Jefferies A&F earning call. Is no one going to ask about the Situation? Jefferies said during the company's meeting.

The actress is the magazine's September cover girl.

Kate Middleton, a girl born in an ordinary English family, not only won the heart of Prince William, but also conquered the whole world with her charm and grace.

According to most critics, the album has its impressive moments. In spite of their large egos, Jay-Z and Kanye West are talented artists and bring great tracks to the table. But considering the hype surrounding their names, the album falls short. The rappers almost make it seem they are god-like themselves in the nearly blasphemous and impious track "No Church in the Wild."

Matthew McConaughey has a new excuse to never put on a shirt as he is slated to join a cast of Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Matt Bomer in an upcoming movie about male strippers entitled 'Magic Mike.'

Fans were treated to a new poster of the upcoming film on Wednesday.

Upon first viewing the cover of W where "Breaking Dawn"'s Kristen Stewart is dolled up in a Gucci silk chiffon gown and pounds of make-up, you find it hard to believe that it is even her. She is in a 60's glam-themed look. Her hair is teased and blown out into a bouffant. Her eyes are winged in black and her lips are nude with dark eyebrows. Kristen Stewart is often criticized for her lazy, often under-dressed look. Some fans like her casual nature, while others hate it. Perhaps this...

For a celebritiy wedding, Kim and the Kardashian clan have been ultra-vocal about the plans and preparations for the big day. Her wedding will even air on television as "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event," an E! Special, in October. "Every single aspect of her life is on TV. I don't know what is private. We've seen her doing everything," says US Weekly's Melanie Bromley.

Another act has been added to Lady Gaga's jaw-dropping antics. She is seen removing her bra in the promos of her new music video. Gaga, who is all set to perform at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, has released her upcoming performance with three short promos.

French actor and film-maker Gerard Depardieu outraged the passengers of the Paris to Dublin flight by urinating on the cabin carpet.

The estranged husband of "Real Housewives of Beverley Hills" star Taylor Armstrong, who was found dead Monday, had apparently begged a friend for anxiety drugs days before his death, reports TMZ.

A heated debate between Republican Christine O'Donnell and Piers Morgan over the gay marriage question led to the walk-out of O'Donnell from the sets of "Piers Morgan Tonight" show.

The trailer of Daniel Radcliffe's new movie, "The Woman in Black," promises a spine-chilling story laden with an eerie atmosphere.

London has overtaken New York as the world's fashion capital for 2011, fuelled by media interest in late British designer Alexander McQueen and Kate Middleton, according to a survey by the Global Language Monitor.

Richard Gere may be best known for his acting career but he is also an accomplished musician who has amassed an extensive guitar collection that will be sold at auction in October, Christie's said on Wednesday.

The former Senate candidate walked out from the set of "Piers Morgan Tonight" show after the interviewer sought her views on abstinence and gay marriage.

Rosamund Pike, a Bond girl in "Die Another Day," is stepping into a suit as a defense lawyer in Tom Cruise's upcoming "One Shot," TheWrap has confirmed.

The Mexican government is releasing state-held secrets about the end of the Mayan calendar to the makers of a documentary, "Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond," TheWrap has learned.

Alexander Payne's eagerly awaited comedy "The Descendants" will serve as the closing-night attraction at the New York Film Festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center announced on Wednesday. The film, featuring George Clooney as a father whose life is shaken when his wife is injured in a boating accident, is Payne's first since the Oscar winner "Sideways."

A popular boy wizard, comic-book heroes and some foul-mouthed women are leading Hollywood toward a record-breaking summer despite the sour economy and high unemployment resulting in tightened consumer spending.

Michael Gracey, until recently a commercial and music video director, has nabbed another big attachment -- Fox's "The Greatest Showman on Earth," TheWrap has concerned.

Vague approximation of a guy meets sketchy notion of an intelligent woman, and then they spend two decades circling each other for no apparent reason. It's not exactly "boy meets girl," but that's the best that the new romance "One Day," based on a best-selling novel that I have not read, has to offer.

Jennifer Lopez has signed up for a second season as a judge on "American Idol", Fox television officials said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation about her return.

Sony Pictures Classics is putting one more push behind Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris."

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is attached to direct Warner Bros.' "The Revenant," a revenge story set in the 1800s, an individual close to project confirmed to TheWrap.

London has overtaken New York as the world's fashion capital for 2011, fueled by media interest in late British designer Alexander McQueen and Kate Middleton, according to a survey by the Global Language Monitor.