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Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow is back in excellent form for his fourth adventure in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," which is more serious in the hands of a new director, Rob Marshall, and thanks to Penelope Cruz it's also a good deal sexier. Best known for musicals such as "Nine" and the Academy Award-winning "Chicago," Marshall shows terrific flair with all the usual chases and sword fights, and he handles the 3D well. He also adds a dash of pepper with lively sexual ten...

Actress Lindsay Lohan was sentenced on Wednesday to four months in jail after changing her plea and effectively admitting stealing a $2,500 gold necklace from a Los Angeles store. But Lohan, who was not in court on Wednesday, will likely serve just 16-17 days of her sentence -- most likely under house arrest, officials said. "I am glad to be able to put this past me and move on with my life and my career," Lohan said in a statement. "I support the judge's decision and hold myself accountab...

Who else wants to make Tom Felton a two-time Best Villian winner at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Yep, us too! The 23-year-old actor chatted with MTV after he heard the announcement (which JustJared.com exclusively revealed) and shared, “All I can send is my endless appreciation to everyone who is online and campaigning. I really appreciate it. It’s an endless, sweet gesture, after 10 years, that Draco gets a lot of love. It’s ironic, in a way, but I love it and appreciate it very much.” ...

Pop star Justin Bieber on Tuesday scored his first Webby Award, which celebrates the best of the Internet. Comedian and "The Hangover" star Zach Galifianakis was the person with most wins thanks to his hugely popular web series "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis." Website Funny or Die, founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, walked away with eight wins. The Webby Awards present two honors -- The Webby Award, chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the P...

Former "High School Musical" starlet Vanessa Hudgens is set to play a pregnant, homeless teen "Gimme Shelter," an indie drama that will also star Brendan Fraser as her father. Hudgens' character flees her abusive mother and seeks out her biological father. He first takes her in but then throws her out when she refuses to abort her child. Fraser's character fathered her as a result of a youthful fling. Ron Krauss is writing and directing the picture, which is eyeing an end of May start in C...

Justin Bieber may want to invest in some protective headgear for his next performance. The 17-year-old superstar seems to draw a crowd with a penchant for throwing things at his concerts. Back in 2009, it was a water bottle, and this past weekend in Sydney, Australia, it was eggs. Biebs was in the middle of performing when a reported six eggs were lobbed onto the stage. In the video below, a few of them can be seen falling onto the stage from above, creating a yolky mess right at his feet....

David Henrie will headline United Way Rocks for Education, a fun-filled evening with entertainment, music, and comedy to raise awareness and support for quality earlyeducation. The Wizards of Waverly Place stud will be accompanied by some celebrity friends including Drake & Josh’s Drake Bell and his band. The event will take place Saturday, May 7, 2011, 6-8pm, at University of Miami’s Bank United Center, 1245 Dauer Drive in Coral Gables. Earlier in the day, David will make a special a...

Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler says he signed on as a judge of "American Idol," a show he had never watched, to defy his estranged bandmates. The colorful 63-year-old singer, on the promotional trail for his new autobiography, "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?," had to fight off a legal threat to toss him out of the band he co-founded 40 years ago so that he could join America's top-rated TV show this season. "Did I take this job to show the band? F---, yeah," he said in a cover story ...

Flashing her cleavage in a low-cut top, actress Lindsay Lohan said she felt "kind of numb" after being sentenced to 120 days behind bars for probation violation. "It was definitely shocking," Lohan told talk-show host Jay Leno in a taped interview that aired on Tuesday, her first public comments since she was briefly locked up on Friday. "I was kind of numb." Lohan, 24, greeted by a standing ovation from at least one segment of the excitable "Tonight Show" studio audience, talked with Leno...

Audiences swarmed theaters for tropical bird comedy "Rio," which nestled into its perch at the top of the box office for a second week, industry data showed Sunday. The 3-D cartoon about pet macaw Blu voiced by "Social Network" star Jesse Eisenberg, which bolts from chilly climes to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, made $26.8 million in the Friday-to-Sunday period, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. After last week scoring the best debut weekend of the year, the film has ma...

Lindsay Lohan was briefly jailed again on Friday after a rollercoaster day in which a judge downgraded her jewelry theft charge, but sentenced the actress to four months behind bars for violating her probation. Looking confused and distressed, Lohan -- who was locked up for two weeks last summer -- was taken immediately to jail from court after a day-long preliminary hearing on charges that she stole a $2,500 gold necklace from a store in January. The "Mean Girls" actress was ordered to st...

Lindsay Lohan is back in a proposed film about the Gotti crime family after she personally persuaded its reluctant producer to give her a shot, he said on Wednesday. The actress, whose promising career has been derailed by drug and criminal problems, had been in negotiations for a role in "Gotti: Three Generations," starring John Travolta as mob boss John Gotti, Sr. She even showed up at a news conference announcing the project last week. But producer Marc Fiore said earlier Wednesday that...

Teen star Demi Lovato is leaving her Disney Channel hit show "Sonny With a Chance", saying that returning after treatment for bulimia and cutting herself would not be healthy for her recovery. Lovato, 18, who already has two hit albums, told People magazine she would focus on her music in the future. "It made sense for me to go ahead and leave the show to focus on my music," the actress told People on Tuesday. "It's kind of sad for me that a chapter of my life has ended but there couldn't...

French actress Marion Cotillard will join Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the cast of "The Dark Knight Rises," the finale to the recent Batman film series, according to Warner Brothers. The film reunites the actors with Christopher Nolan, who recently directed them in the the popular film "Inception." "When you collaborate with people as talented as Marion and Joe, it comes as no surprise that you would want to repeat the experience," Nolan said on Tuesday. Cotillard, an Oscar winner, will appe...

"American Idol" producers said on Wednesday they are considering tweaking the voting system on the top-rated TV contest to correct a bias toward male contestants by the show's largely female audience. But any changes are unlikely to take effect this season, which has already seen the early exit of four female finalists, including presumed front-runner Pia Toscano. "We are aware very much that the voting could quite possibly be skewed toward the boys," executive producer Ken Warwick told r...