MTV VMAs: Kanye West and Jay-Z Take the Stage for 'Otis' Performance

After quietly being added to the performers lineup at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards just days before the ceremony took place, Kanye West and Jay-Z took the stage for the second performance of the night.our editor recommendsBeyonce Pregnant With First Child MTV VMAs: Lady Gaga's Performance: Twitter Reactions After coming back from a commerical break, Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" began playing, the song featured on the duo's "Otis," from their album Watch the Throne. Fire surrounded the stage during the pair's performance, with a steady stream of fireworks. STORY: MTV VMAs: Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj Among Early Winners Jay-Z, whose wife Beyonce announced on the red carpet that she was expecting the couple's first child, wore a black baseball cap and a white T-shirt with West wearing a funky shirt. In the middle of the performance, a large American flag unfurled behind Jay-Z and West. PHOTOS: MTV Video Music Awards 2011: The Nominees The performance -- complete with smoke machines -- was highly anticipated due to the people involved, though MTV did not advertise the team-up for the awards ceremony. A pan-over into the celebrity-filled audience included a close-up of Justin Bieber, who brought his pet snake with him to the VMAs. The performance was brief, lasting several minutes, with the VMAs going right into another category afterwards. Later on in the ceremony, West won a best collaboration moonman for the song "E.T." with Katy Perry, who joked about West interrupting her speech. Related Topics Jay-Z Kanye West MTV Video Music Awards

Aykroyd Sees Ghostbusters 3 Shooting In 2012 But Somebody Better Tell The Studio

Sony Pictures’ Ghostbusters 3 has been in developmental limbo for years, held up in large part by the studio’s inability to get leading man Bill Murray to commit, or for that matter even read a script. Today, franchise co-star Dan Aykroyd said the film will shoot next year, even if Murray’s not in. “That is our hope. We have an excellent script,” he said on radio’s The Dennis Miller Show.”What we have to remember is that Ghostbusters is bigger than any one component, although Billy was absolutely the lead and contributedto it in a massive way, as was the director and Harold (Ramis), myself and Sigourney (Weaver). The concept is much larger than any individual role and the promise of Ghostbusters 3 is that we get to hand the equipment and the franchise down to new blood.”Somebody better tell the execs at Sony,where it’s still no Murray, movie. Andfor that matter, Murray.

Bravo 'Deeply Saddened' by RHOBH Russell Armstrong's Dying

The executives at Bravo are "deeply saddened" to listen to concerning the dying of Real Average women of Beverly Hillsides' cast member Russell Remedy.our editor recommends'Real Average women of Beverly Hills'' Russell Remedy at L.A. County Coroner's Office'Real Average women of Beverly Hills'' Husband Commits Suicide "Most of us at Bravo are deeply saddened with this tragic news. Our sympathy and ideas are using the Remedy family only at that hard time,Inch a Bravo representative informs The Hollywood Reporter inside a statement. Russell's body was discovered hanging within the bed room of his Mulholland Drive apartment on Monday evening. He didn't leave a suicide note. His estranged wife Taylor declared divorce recently, alleging that Russell physically mistreated her. She was informed by government bodies of his dying Monday evening. "The examination through the physician continues to be pending," John Cades, the captain from the La County of Coroner office, informs THR. "Following a preliminary analysis, it's receiving treatment like a suicide." Bravo's Real Average women on Monday introduced a 3-city tour to start this fall. Season 2 of RHOBH premieres Sept. 5 with added castmates Brandi Glanville (actor Eddie Cibrian's ex-wife) and Remedy friend Dana Wilkey. Related Subjects The Actual Average women of Beverly Hillsides

Report: Track Palin and Wife Welcome a Baby Girl

Track Palin and Britta Palin Sarah Palin is a grandma again.The former Alaska governor's son, Track, and his wife, Britta Hanson, welcomed a daughter named Kyla Grace Palin on Sunday, People reports. The baby is the first child for the couple and the second grandchild for Sarah Palin, whose grandson, Tripp, by daughter Bristol, turns 3 in December.Track Palin and wife expecting babyThe Palins never confirmed the pregnancy, but photos of a pregnant Hanson surrounded by baby gifts were posted on Facebook last month.Track Palin, 22, and Hanson were high school sweethearts and wed in May. She's a nursing student at the University of Alaska, where her husband plans to enroll after the commercial fishing season.

Denis Leary confirmed for Spider-Guy sequels

The Astonishing Spider-Guy news is constantly on the come thick and fast. A few days ago saw The new sony confirm the official release date for that Amazing Spider-Guy 2, and cast people happen to be starting to pipe up concerning the lengthy-term way forward for the franchise.Denis Leary continues to be the first one to get chatty concerning the approaching Spidey sequels, verifying he will reprise his role as Captain Stacy, father of Emma Stone's Gwen."I suppose they formally introduced it yesterday," stated Leary to Collider, prior to going all coy on his character's looks. "I'm not sure if I am permitted to express. Each time you say something relating to this fucking movie, they're going crazy!"However, that did not stop him shedding a couple of nuggets concerning the first film, with Leary enthusing about co-stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone."I loved Andrew," he stated, "I truly did. He's terrific within the role. He was trained like a gymnast when he was becoming an adult in England, which arrived handy. The majority of the stunts within the movie are carried out live, while watching cameras. He's only a terrific actor, and that i really loved dealing with him.""Same factor with Emma," he ongoing. "They are really more aged than I'm, to ensure that states a great deal. They are really incredibly gifted and extremely professional. She's 22 years of age! I'd rather not let you know things i was doing after i was 22 years of age.InchEven though Leary isn't a Spidey fan themself, he's clearly been speaking to many people who're.InchI am much more of a Batman guy, but I've got a close friend, Shaun Garlin, who's a Spider-Guy freak, and that he stated in my experience, 'The very first time I met you, I figured you had been George Stacy!' Which was 3 decades ago. He'd a classic comic frame on his computer and that he demonstrated it in my experience, and that i was like, 'You're sick!' and that he was like, 'No, I am a Spider-Guy freak.' People go very seriously."Source: Collider

TCA: Dan Rather Won't Be Returning To CBS News Anytime Soon

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's coverage of TCA. At a CBS News TCA session this morning that introduced Scott Pelley, who replaced Katie Couric as anchor and managing editor on The CBS Evening News six weeks ago, CBS News chairman and 60 Minutes exec producer Jeff Fager left no doubt that Couric's predecessor Dan Rather wouldn't have a role at CBS News anytime soon. Or ever. Fager responded to a question about how tragically things had ended for Rather at the network by acknowledging, "Things ended so badly that it's difficult to see how it could be reconciled." Pelley, a longtime correspondent at the network who worked with Rather, added, "He was a great mentor of mine and has an enduring place in the history of CBS News." The affable Pelley's month and a half in his new job has done little to move the evening news ratings meter, with his early numbers consistent with, but not much different from, those of Couric or even fill-in Bob Schieffer. Yet Pelley trumpeted that the newscast's audience "has been growing dramatically the past several weeks we've been on." Several questions also focused on the purported vanishing resources at CBS News, including the closing of several foreign bureaus that has caused much lamenting from, among others, Ted Koppel. "I think the fact we don't have adequate resources is a misnomer," CBS News President David Rhodes stressed. "I don't see that we don't have what we need to do a really capable job every night." He later added in response to a question about the closing of CBS News bureaus, "You don't need physical offices (in foreign outposts) to put on a credible broadcast each night with the new technologies available to us today." Added Pelley: "I've experienced no shortage of resources at all." And on the practice of paying money to sources such as Casey Anthony for access, video or information, all on the panel were clear that it isn't anything CBS News ever would do. "We think it's a terrible practice," Fager said. "We won't do it." Echoed Pelley: "That's not who we are."

Rep: Amy Winehouse Did Not Plan To Adopt

FIRST PUBLISHED: August 1, 2011 3:19 PM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A rep for Amy Winehouse told Access Hollywood that despite a report the late singer was not planning to adopt a child from St Lucia. There is no truth to reports she was in the process of adopting a 10-year-old girl from St. Lucia, a rep for Winehouse told Access on Monday. Britains The Mirror newspaper claimed that before the singer died she was in the process of adopting 10-year-old Dannika Augustine. The singer spent a great deal of time on the Caribbean island over the last two years and reportedly grew close to the child. Winehouse and Augustine were photographed together on multiple occasions during her stay on the island. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.