'Godzilla' trailer: Bryan Cranston panics, destruction rains down - Los Angeles Times

Official trailer for the film "Godzilla."

By Oliver Gettell

February 25, 2014, 2:08 p.m.

Bryan Cranston is not a happy camper in the newly released trailer for the upcoming "Godzilla" reboot, and given the widespread destruction all around him, it's easy to see why.

As the video surveys downed planes, terrified crowds, smoldering wreckage and hovering military helicopters, a desperate Cranston, playing scientist Joe Brody, seethes. "You are not fooling anybody when you say that what happened was a natural disaster," he says. "You're lying. It was not an earthquake, it wasn't a typhoon. Because what's really happening is that you're hiding something out there — and it is going to send us back to the Stone Age!"

That something, of course, is Godzilla himself, the King of All Monsters, of whom the trailer gradually offers glimpses — first obscured by water and veiled by plumes of smoke, then seemingly too large to even fit in frame — as a scaly source of annihilation.

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The trailer, which you can watch above, also hints at how the new "Godzilla" film, directed by Gareth Edwards, will connect to the mythology of the 1954 Japanese original. The U.S. military's nuclear tests in the Pacific in the 1950s weren't actually tests, we learn.

"They were trying to kill it," says Ken Watanabe's character, who is rumored to have the same name as the protagonist of the original film, Daisuke Serizawa.

"Godzilla" also stars Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. The movie marks Edwards' second outing in the kaiju genre, after his 2010 independent film "Monsters," which earned praise for its deft mix of eye-catching effects and arty atmospherics.

"Godzilla" is scheduled for release May 16 from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.

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Kid Cudi: Did He Diss Kanye West In His New Song? - Hollywood Life

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We love Kid Cudi’s just-released track ‘Too Bad I Have to Destroy You Now’ — but did the former G.O.O.D Music artist take a jab at ex-mentor Kanye West in the new song?

Kid Cudi has publicly declared that he’s cool with Kanye West and he still wants to work with him, even after leaving Yeezy’s G.O.O.D Music in April, 2013. But in Kid’s new song, “Too Bad I Have To Destroy You Now,” he seems to take a jab at Yeezy! Could this be the beginning of a new rap feud?

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Kid Cudi, 30, seems to be opening up about his past experiences with Kanye, 36, in his new song, and it certainly sounds like he’s got some animosity towards his former mentor. Check out these suggestive lyrics from ”Too Bad I Have To Destroy You Now”:

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“Things changed, for the good
He watched my back until the world started knowin’ my name
This should be in the Bible, middle finger up to the people who don’t like you
Who have no valid reason to say they never liked you.”

Whoa — it sounds like Kid Cudi is implying that Kanye isn’t happy about his protege’s success!

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Well, if there’s any bad blood left between Kid Cudi and Kanye, it looks like Kid got the last laugh. The hip hop artist has everyone taking about his new album Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon, and from what we can tell it’s on fire! The new album features KC’s trademark sounds with a bit of a modern twist.

“I just know that people are really gonna love this music [because] it’s perfect and brings them right back to the Man on the Moon theme,” Kid Cudi said in an interview MTV. “It starts where Indicud left off perfectly, and takes you right into MOTM III. It’s like a TV show that ends with that cliffhanger.

“The album ends that way, where you get that one song and before you know it, the song is over and the album is over, but there’s a ‘to be continued…’ There’s more to the story,” Kid added.

So what do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Is Kid Cudi dissing Kanye in his new song? Let us know!

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Liam Neeson puts up a good fight as 'Non-Stop' action hero - USA TODAY

Bill (Liam Neeson) attempts to restore order to the plane and provide the wounded pilot with medical attention.

Scott Bowles, USA TODAY 3:53 p.m. EST February 25, 2014

Liam Neeson is embracing his evolution into a middle-aged action star with his latest thriller, 'Non-Stop.'(Photo: Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY)

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• The star has bloomed as an unlikely action hero
• Neeson's latest film, 'Non-Stop,' is set aboard a commercial jet
• The actor trains with ex-military members for his roles

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LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's biggest action star concedes that he's no match for a good spot of tea.

Liam Neeson's weakness for Yorkshire tea — decaf — runs so deep that the actor carries the 75-cent bags wherever he travels because "Americans really don't know how to make tea." If the Brit is reading a script and caves to brewing a cup by page 15, "I know there's something wrong with the story."

Sure, whiskey or a martini (shaken, not stirred) may be the preferred beverage of other Hollywood heroes. But Neeson relishes the unexpected, "maybe because I'm unlikely as an action figure."

Indeed, at 61, the Oscar-nominated star of Schindler's List has become one of the industry's most bankable stars when it comes to toughs with a very particular set of skills. The anchor of the Taken franchise next hops aboard Non-Stop (opening Friday nationwide), a thriller set almost entirely aboard a commercial airliner.

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Neeson, whose other recent films include Unknown and The A-Team, says he hasn't been in a fistfight since he gave up amateur boxing as an Irish teenager. But he trains for roles with current and ex-military members, and he's learned how to handle himself in brawls, street fights and rooftop shootouts — at least on-screen. Among his tips for kicking rear and taking names:

• Know your opponents' weak spots. "Real fighting is nasty, dirty stuff," he says. "If the guy is a little big in the middle, hit him in the solar plexus to wind him. If not, a knee to the (groin) works. All men have that weak spot."

• Pay attention to household items. "If you're surrounded by five guys, notice everything around you: knives, forks, a hot coffeepot. You have to be able to use anything as a weapon.''

• Don't square up for a fistfight. "Turn to the side and crouch a bit," he says. "It gives them less of a target."

• Notice your exits. "I know it doesn't sound like action-hero stuff, but the first thing you do when the beer bottles start flying is to leave. You don't know who is armed. If there's no way out, then you go into action."

• Remember, you're a star. Neeson admits he "gets a little uneasy with heights — unless I'm on a plane." So what about when he sprints along all those European rooftops? "Well, I do have a stunt double," he says, grinning. "He runs the path first to make sure it's safe."

Not that Hollywood intends to let Neeson down anytime soon. The actor signed on for Taken 3, and while the film doesn't have a release date, Neeson hints at a different approach to action.

"I said I'd do a third, only if no one gets taken," he says. "People would be expecting that."

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Meet El Chapo's Beauty Queen Wife; Patton and Thicke Breakup Stuns Fans - ABC News

Beautiful women and wealthy gangsters seem to go hand-in-hand, so it might not come as a surprise that Emma Coronel, the wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is a former beauty queen.

The now-arrested alleged drug lord married Coronel, who is believed to be in her 20s, after he saw her in a beauty pageant, according to reports.

Coronel, a dual US-Mexican citizen, made headlines in 2011 when she traveled to California to give birth to twin daughters, according to the Los Angeles Times. She then reportedly returned with her daughters to Mexico.

The beauty queen was alongside her husband when authorities caught up with them in Mazatlan this weekend.

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Nancy Kerrigan opened up for the first time about the Whack Heard 'Round the World Sunday on NBC's documentary Nancy & Tonya. And befitting someone who has avoided the spotlight the past 20 years, she doesn't waste many words describing the scandal that ushered in the age of salacious celebrity headlines.

It's sad," Kerrigan said. "The bizarre craziness that all transpired — it's all sad."

NBC revisits Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding scandal in "fascinating character study"

Kerrigan was infamously clubbed in the knee at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in an attack hatched by Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and clumsily executed by Shane Stant, who jumped through a Plexi-glass door to flee. Though many people, including Harding's former coach, entertained the possibility that Harding was somehow linked to it, Kerrigan revealed that she initially never thought her archrival could be part of the attack.

"I had people asking me, 'Do you think she had anything to do with it?'" she said. "My reaction was, 'That's ridiculous.' To me, this had to have been some random act." Even after Gillooly, Stant and another associate, Shawn Eckhardt, were arrested, Kerrigan said she still gave the benefit of the doubt to Harding, who pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution, claiming she learned of the scheme after the assault. "I can remember saying even to the FBI, 'Well, maybe Tonya really didn't know. Maybe they did it for her.' And they're like, 'Nancy, we can't prove it, but we think she was the mastermind of the whole thing.'"

Harding — whose establishing shot was a surreal scene of her singing karaoke to "Through the Eyes of Love" in an empty bar — staunchly insisted, as she always had, that she was not involved. She also said that the two used to be friends and that she has apologized numerous times to Kerrigan, including for the final time face-to-face in 1998 on a staged apology show. Kerrigan, however, stated they were not friends and that Harding has never admitted any wrongdoing. "I have apologized so many times that it's not worth — I'm sorry, she is not worth my time anymore," Harding said.

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While Harding's defiant demeanor is nothing new, Kerrigan, who said she has always been "painfully" shy, defended herself for the first time against the criticism and inaccurate labels that have been placed on her. In the ensuing media frenzy and scrutiny, the press and public turned on Kerrigan, mocking her anguished "Why? Why?" cry as the wail of an ungrateful, privileged ice princess, when in fact she grew up in a working-class, blue-collar family with a father who worked two jobs.

"Some people said it was whiny. 'Oh, the ice princess is whining.' Whining?! I wasn't whining. I had just been hit with a metal baton by a big, strong person," she said. "If you've never been attacked, you have no idea what you would do."

Two other incidents caused Kerrigan to fall out of sympathy after she recovered to win the silver medal at the Lillehammer Olympics six weeks later. She was branded a sore loser when she was caught snipping that gold medalist Oksana Baiul, whom Kerrigan was told was getting a makeup touch-up for the medal ceremony, would just cry again, and she was later filmed calling a Disney World parade she was in "corny."

"I wasn't finding fault in any way," Kerrigan said of the Baiul comment. "I'm like, 'Yeah, let's go! Let's get that cry on. C'mon, people are leaving. They're going to miss it.' There was literally no harm in my intentions behind that."

The Disney World remarks, she explained, were about wearing her medal in the parade, as she had been taught by her childhood coach not to do so in public. "It was always not OK to do something like that. That's bragging," she said. "Someone took that as I was talking negatively about Mickey Mouse, which didn't make any sense."

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Kerrigan, now a full-time mom of three, said she doesn't dwell on the past, but wistfully expressed sadness at the detour her life took. "I would have chosen a different path if I could," she said. "I would've liked to have just done what I worked so hard for and not have to be linked like that. I could be linked as 'we're teammates' as opposed to this horrific act."

For her part, Harding, who has a 3-year-old son and does landscaping with her husband, wants to move on from the scandal after spending years capitalizing on her name.

"You guys, this '20-year thing' ... whatever. It's like, I'm done," she said. "Nobody wants to hear this crap anymore. And you know what? I don't give a damn."

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Paula Patton & Robin Thicke Split: 5 Reasons It Was A Long Time Coming - Hollywood Life

After 22 years as a couple and nine years of marriage, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton have officially called it quits. While their separation comes as a shock to some, we think it was a long time coming. Read below to see the five reasons why we here at HollywoodLife.com think Paula and Robin were bound for a split!

Robin Thicke, 36, and Paula Patton, 38, have said goodbye to nine years of marriage, officially calling it quits on Feb. 24. It’s sad, but a long time coming — we at HollywoodLife.com have come up with five reasons why we think that the high school sweethearts have thrown in the towel. Read below to find out all the juicy details!

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1. Naked Girls In Robin Thicke’s Music Video

Having multiple naked girls in your music videos is probably not the best way to keep your marriage in a blissful state. Even though Paula laughed off the scantily clad video vixens in Robin’s “Blurred Lines” video, you have to wonder if maybe Paula didn’t start to question what it was that her husband of nine years was doing behind the scenes.

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2. Robin Twerks On Miley Cyrus During MTV’s Video Music Awards

Nothing says happily married husband like twerking on Miley Cyrus! Robin’s extremely raunchy performance at the 2013, Aug. 25 VMA Awards with Miley seemed like a big slap in the face to poor Paula.

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3. The ‘Mystery Girl Butt Grabbing’ Scandal

If grinding and twerking on Miley wasn’t enough, how about the now famous “mystery girl butt grab photo” taken at a VMA after party? The image shows Robin hugged up with a fan, and in a reflecting mirror you can clearly see him grabbing this mysterious woman’s butt!

Paula was said to have laughed the picture off, but we can’t help but wonder whether or not that could have been the first nail in the coffin for their marriage.

4. Hot Nights In Paris Dance Clubs With Other Women

Back in January, Robin was photographed at the hip Paris club Club 79. Supposedly he was there partying with Kanye West, but the damning photo shows Robin dancing a little too close with a random Parisian beauty. Not a good look for your marriage, dawg.

5. He Has Not Been Photographed With Paula Recently

On Feb. 23 Robin took the couple’s 3-year-old son Julian to Disney World, after abruptly canceling his performance on Feb. 22 at Universal Orlando due to losing his voice. Strangely, Paula was nowhere to be found. In fact, Robin and Paula have not been photographed together since Jan. 27 — which is almost a month of not being seen with the women Robin once referred to as “My rock.”

If Robin and Paula were each other’s rocks, then clearly those two rocks have collided in some way — and have since crumbled.

What do you think about their split, HollywoodLifers? Do you agree that the rocks have crumbled?

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Piers Morgan To End CNN Show “Probably In - Deadline.com

CNN will kill the ailing Piers Morgan Live by next month, The New York Times‘ David Carr reported , a move later confirmed by CNN in a statement. Ratings struggles haven’t let up on the Piers Morgan news show, which scored its second-lowest numbers to date last week. The network will look for a replacement for its 9PM ET slot, and Morgan says he is likely to continue his relationship with CNN after March’s cancellation. Among the candidates is recent hire Bill Weir. CNN renamed the show Piers Morgan Live last spring following two years on the air as Piers Morgan Tonight — shortly after it notched a yearly low in the ratings.

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Having had a rocky ratings ride ever since its January 2011 launch taking over from Larry King, the former America’s Got Talent judge’s show hit lows for CNN in its time slot. Morgan’s talk show started to take on serious water last fall with Fox News’ revamp of its long-standing primetime. Replacing Sean Hannity in the 9PM slot in October , FNC’s The Kelly File improved on its predecessor’s already impressive results and shot to top of the cable news pile. The Kelly File has pretty much stayed in the top 3 cable news shows ever since. With a less-than-strong lead-in from AC360, Morgan’s show never gained any traction from FNC’s transition. The demise of Piers Morgan Live and the recent axing of Anderson Cooper‘s intermittent 10PM show now leaves most of CNN’s primetime seeking new shows, potential new faces and Jeff Zucker praying for better ratings. With the exceptions of Blackfish and Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, CNN’s been unable to turn its ratings around since the former Today producer took over in late January 2012. Now Zucker will have to figure things out with 9PM and 10PM replacement before the all-important upfronts in April.

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