JUST MARRIED: Blake Lively of "Gossip Girl" fame and Ryan Reynolds have wed. It happened on Sunday during a private ceremony in South Carolina. How can anyone go from Scarlett Johanson to Blake Lively? Am I a snob? Too much of a traditionalist who can't let go of the past? Really. Help me. Read more via UsMagazine.com.BEYONCE ON HAVING BABY BLUE: "[Having a daughter] just gives you purpose and all of the things that my self-esteem was associated with, it's all completely different," Beyonce told Anderson Cooper during her Monday appearance on "Anderson Live." "I realized why I was born and more than anything all of the things I want to pass onto my child, and the best way of doing that is not by preaching or telling her but showing her by example, which is one of the reasons I'm here," she explained. Read more via The HuffPo.
MAN WHO SHOT SHARK FOOTAGE FOR 'JAWS' DIES: Ron Taylor, a beloved Australian marine conservationist who helped film some of the terrifying underwater footage used in the classic shark thriller "Jaws," has died after a long battle with cancer, a close family friend said Monday. He was 78. Taylor, who had suffered from leukemia for two years, died on Sunday at a hospital in Sydney, said Andrew Fox, who worked with Taylor on shark conservation efforts for decades. Read more via The AP on HamptonRoads.com.
'SNL' ADDS NEW CAST MEMBERS: "Saturday Night Live" is adding three new performers for the upcoming season after the departures of Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg. The sketch comedy show announced Monday that Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant and Tim Robinson will be joining "SNL" for its 38th season. Strong comes from the touring company of the Chicago improv theater Second City. She will be a cast member. Read more via The AP on PilotOnline.com.
EMMA WATSON'S FIRST NON-POTTER ROLE: For her first major film role outside of the Potter realm, Emma Watson chose "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," in which she plays an American teen who's part of a clique of hip outsiders at a Pittsburgh school. The 22-year-old British actress said it gave her a taste of a whole different life considering her upbringing on the set of the Potter franchise, in which she was cast as bookish young hero Hermione Granger at age 9. Think we'll see her as anyone else but Hermione? Good luck, Emma. Read more via The AP on HamptonRoads.com.
CELEBS TAKE ON CYBERBULLIES: Cyberbullying continues to be a major element of Twitter, and all social media generally. Online expressions of hatred show no signs of subsiding, even toward -- or especially toward -- celebrities, who can often seem untouchable. It's call dissociative behavior. Read how LeAnn Rimes is dealing with it - not that her behavior was all that awesome, but come on, people. Let it go. Read more viathe HuffPo.
SEX SELLS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPRING LINE: "We've gone so far away from overt sexiness, but the reality is, sex sells. At some point the shopper wants to be sexy," said Hal Rubenstein, fashion director of InStyle magazine. "Illusion fabric on a shoulder or a little skin showing on a midriff gives you a hint without giving it all away." Hal is speaking about the abundance of skin being shown in the spring previews. Read more The AP on HamptonRoads.com.
PARAOLYMPICS CLOSE: Farewell, London. Good luck matching that, Rio. Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-Z rocked the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night to give the biggest-ever Paralympic Games a rousing send-off, wrapping up an unforgettable summer of sports in Britain. The three-hour party at the packed 80,000-seat arena in east London gave the world a chance to celebrate 11 days of Paralympic competition that have shifted perceptions and shattered stereotypes about the disabled. Read more via The AP on HamptonRoads.com.
'TWILIGHT,' 'HUNGER GAMES' HEROINES MEET: Two of a kind actresses who play much beloved fantasy heroines meet and geek out on one another. Really. Kristen Stewart of the "Twilight" series and Jennifer Lawrence of "The Hunger Games" met for the first time in Toronto on Saturday. Despite rumors of a feud, the two are actually big fans of one another. How cute. Read more via UsMagazine.com.
BOX-OFFICE TOPS: "The Possession" occupied the top spot at a nearly comatose box office. The fright flick with Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Dean Morgan playing the parents of a girl possessed by a demon earned $9.5 million in its second outing, the lowest grossing weekend for the box office this year and one of the worst weekends at the box office in a decade. It marked the first time since 2008 that no film managed to crack the $10 million mark. Guess we won't have many theaters in the future. Here's the top five from the weekend.
1. "The Possession," $9.5 million ($3.5 million international).
2. "Lawless," $6 million ($1.4 million international).
3. "The Words," $5 million.
4. "The Expendables 2," $4.7 million ($14 million international).
5. "The Bourne Legacy," $4 million ($13 million international).
Read more via The AP on HamptonRoads.com.
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