Hollywood headlines: a crazy week in review
Taylor Swift has been in the love business lately. The Grammy-winning songstress, 22, reportedly bought a mansion to be closer to her boyfriend, Conor Kennedy. The $4.9-million, 4,400-square-foot oceanfront property in Cape Cod, Mass., is near the 6-acre Kennedy compound, where her 18-year-old beau resides. The rumored real estate purchase comes as Swift’s new single, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” is generating considerable speculation on whom the target of the tune might be after Swift said during a Web chat that the breakup song was inspired by a real-life relationship.
Full story: Taylor Swift buys $4.9-million mansion near Kennedy love | Taylor Swift releases new breakup song from fourth album, ‘Red’ (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
In a visit to “The Tonight Show” Thursday, fresh off filming a cameo on “90210,” gold medal-winning swimmer and not-exactly-reluctant heartthrob Ryan Lochte addressed the rumored possibility he could become the first celebrity “Bachelor.” He’d do the show if he was invited, he said, but only if his family approved. But he was wide open to “Dancing With the Stars.” “In college I took a dancing class,” he told Jay Leno. “I got [an] A, so I think I’d be pretty good at it.”
Full story: Ryan Lochte says he’s considering ‘DWTS’ | Ryan Lochte will do ‘Bachelor’ only if family approves (Martin Bureau / AFP / Getty Images)
Robert Downey Jr., the hammy captain of the massive “Avengers,” hurt his ankle midstunt on the set of “Iron Man 3” in Wilmington, N.C. The injury is not serious, but the film ¿ slated for a May 3 release ¿ will be temporarily delayed while Downey recuperates.
Photos: Peril on the set: Celebrity injuries
Full story: Robert Downey Jr. injured on ‘Iron Man 3’ set (Matt Sayles / Invision / AP)
Rihanna still has a soft spot for Chris Brown ¿ or at least gets a little weepy over the hole he left in her life after he beat her in the face the night before the Grammys in February 2009. “I lost my best friend,” she told Oprah Winfrey tearfully in an interview to air Sunday night on OWN. “Everything I knew switched in a night, and I couldn’t control that.”
Full story: Video: Rihanna cries over Chris Brown: ‘I lost my best friend’ | Chris Brown reacts to Rihanna’s Oprah interview (George Burns / AP)
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After being found guilty of hooliganism “driven by religious hatred” Friday morning, the three young members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot were each sentenced to two years in prison by a Moscow judge. The women ¿ Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich ¿ were charged with hooliganism after performing an unapproved, impromptu set at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow in February. The women had argued that they were taking a stand against the Russian Orthodox Church’s support for Vladimir Putin and were not seeking to offend religious believers. Their plight has galvanized a diverse list of pop stars, human rights advocates and political leaders from around the world who view the imprisonment of the band as a shocking example of Kremlin repression.
Photos: Russian punk rockers on trial
Full story: Russian punk band members sentenced to two years in prison (Maxim Shipenkov / EPA)
While Miley Cyrus cropped her hair short and took out the color, Christina Aguilera left her locks long and added streaks of purple. Cyrus has gone for a platinum blond power-pixie cut. Aguilera showed off her new look Sunday at a media event for “The Voice.”
Full story: Christina Aguilera’s hair: Bring on the color purple | Miley Cyrus’ hair: It’s platinum blond, and mostly gone! (@MileyCyrus. Christopher Polk / Getty Images)
Mayim Bialik, the “Blossom” star most recently recurring as Sheldon’s friend on “The Big Bang Theory,” is in one piece after a bad car accident in Hollywood that resulted in a serious hand injury. Noting that it was her husband typing, Bialik said Wednesday on Twitter that she was “in pain but will keep all my fingers,” proceeding in good-enough spirits to plug a pre-taped TV appearance that night.
Full story: Mayim Bialik has all her fingers after Hollywood car accident (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Kristin Chenoweth, who was hit in the head last month by a piece of lighting equipment while filming CBS’ “The Good Wife,” said she is leaving her recurring role as a political reporter because of the injury.
Photos: Peril on the set: Celebrity injuries
Full story: Kristin Chenoweth leaves ‘The Good Wife’ after head injury (Chris Pizzello / AP)
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Accepting a ring from boyfriend Justin Theroux, Jennifer Aniston, 43, is giving her fans a thrilling new chapter: the potential end of the wrenching Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie triangle that’s been lining tabloid pockets since 2005. Aniston and Theroux got close on the set of the 2011 comedy “Wanderlust.” After 15 months as a couple, Theroux put a ring on it.
Photos: Hollywood love triangles
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Full story: Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux: a love timeline (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press; Gabriel Bouys / Getty Images)
Bobby Brown has checked himself into rehab as part of the plea deal that made his March DUI arrest go away, his rep said Thursday. The R&B singer, 43, checked into a “confidential rehabilitation center” last week. The plea agreement required 90 days of alcohol treatment, his rep said. Brown was pulled over in March for talking on his cellphone, then failed a field sobriety test, police said.
Full story: Bobby Brown in rehab as part of DUI plea deal | Whitney Houston: Photos, video and more (Joe Giblin / Associated Press)
