Matthew Perry talks about his drugs and alcohol addictions while filming "Friends."

Matthew Perry on addiction during 'Friends,' still no reunion

Matthew Perry is opening up about his struggle with addiction while playing sarcastic goofball Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom "Friends" and how he's now working to assist men with similar battles.

Now that he's sober, the actor has focused his energy on helping people who can commiserate. He teamed up with addiction specialist Earl Hightower to open Perry House, a revamped version of his former Malibu mansion that now serves as a sober living home for one-time addicts to transition from rehab back to real life.

The White House honored Perry and Hightower's efforts by giving them the Champion of Recovery award in early May from the Obama administration's Office of National Drug Control Policy.

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It was "a very surreal thing," Perry said, jokingly adding, "We're award-winning alcoholics."

The actor, whose latest TV run on "Go On" was canceled by NBC, sat down for an interview with ABC News, where he discussed his very public battle with alcohol and...

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"White House Down" star Channing Tatum talks marriage and being a celebrity in the July issue of Cosmopolitan.

'White House Down's' Channing Tatum's secret to a happy marriage

Channing Tatum is taking names in his upcoming action flick "White House Down," but off-screen he's talking about how he and wife Jenna Dewan Tatum hold things down at their house and the secret to a happy marriage.

"You have to want it," the 33-year-old says in Cosmopolitan's July issue. "Jenna's and my thing is checking in with each other all the time, like 'On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you love me right now?' And you gotta be honest, and you've got to want an honest answer."

People's Sexiest Man Alive of 2012 met Dewan in 2006 when they appeared in the dance flick "Step Up." Tatum, who started his career as an exotic dancer, went on to step up his own career and happened to get a little beefcake movie called "Magic Mike" made about his life.

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The Tatums tied the knot in March 2009 but have been together for nearly eight years. They're expecting their first baby together while living in Londonas Tatum shoots the Wachowskis sci-fi flick "Jupiter...
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Kim Kardashian's dress snafu channels Marilyn Monroe moment

Kim Kardashian had a near-wardrobe malfunction Wednesday when a gust of wind blew up her maternity dress and garnered the reality TV star her very own Marilyn Monroe moment.

Kardashian, pregnant with rapper Kanye West's baby, was out in Beverly Hills wearing a dress and black blazer paired with a handbag and flat sandals. As she was walking, a gust of wind inflated the short frock and nearly revealed her growing baby belly and potentially much more -- a la Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch."

Photos show the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star pushing down on the billowing garment to save herself from what could have been a very embarrassing photo op. We knew she was a fan of old Hollywood glam, but this is a whole 'nother animal.

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The 32-year-old, who was recently "babymooning" in Paris with her mom before she would have to stop flying in her final months of pregnancy,is expecting her first child in June. Kid Kardashian is believed to...

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"The Vampire Diaries" actress Candice Accola is engaged to the Fray's Joe King.

'Vampire Diaries'' Candice Accola engaged to the Fray's Joe King

"The Vampire Diaries" actress Candice Accola is engaged to the Fray's Joe King.

Accola, who plays high-strung vampire Caroline Forbes in the hit CW series, shared her happy news on Instagram Wednesday.

"Cheers from the future Mr.&Mrs. Joseph Aaron King," the 26-year-old wrote, posting a pic of them embracing in some gorgeous light and flashing a spectacular sparkler on her ring finger.

"Happy.... " she added with another photo of them laughing.

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The Fray guitarist, 33, made sure his fans saw the announcement by also posting a close-up of his future bride and her newly adorned ring finger.

"I'm a lucky man," he wrote. Also adding a photo of a bunch of specialty cheeses with the caption "She said yes."

Pardon us, but that's so cheesy...

A rep for Accola also confirmed the engagement to The Times but could not provide any additional details.

The two appeared to be vacationing in Italy, taking in sights in Florence and the Banfi vineyard in the...

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Henry Cavill in Details magazine

Henry Cavill: 'Man of Steel,' Superman legacy, being 'Fat Cavill'

Henry Cavill is flying into theaters next month as Superman in Zach Snyder's "Man of Steel," the latest big-screen adaptation of the comic book superhero.

The actor, 30, who hails from the self-governing island of Jersey in the English Channel, hasn't forgotten his humble beginnings and is surprisingly self-conscious about his potential breakout role. Cavill has appeared in "The Tudors" and in "Immortals," but playing the latest version of the titular character is likely to make or break his career, possibly catapulting him to super-stardom.

"This character matters so much to so many people," Cavill says in the June/July issue of Details magazine. "I want to get that right. I want to do it justice. I want people to believe in the character and have faith in the character and kids to grow up wanting to be Superman."

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But the newly minted hear-throb has a pretty realistic perception of what it means to be an actor since he's had a hard time establishing...

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Henry Cavill of "Man of Steel" is the June/July 2013 cover star of Details magazine.

Henry Cavill in Details magazine

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David Arquette and Courteney Cox, who finalized their divorce, arrive at the Golden Globe Awards together in 2010.

Courteney Cox's divorce from David Arquette finalized

Courteney Cox's divorce from David Arquette has been finalized.

The "Cougar Town" star and "Scream" actor finally ended their marriage Wednesday when a L.A. County Superior Court judge entered a final judgment for the divorce, according to TMZ, which ended their 12-year marriage just shy of what would have been their 14-year wedding anniversary.

Arquette, who had been separated from wife since 2010, filed for divorce the same day as Cox in June 2012. The two met on the set of the horror flick "Scream" in 1996 and were married in June 1999.

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Both Cox, 48, and Arquette, 41, requested joint legal and physical custody of their 8-year-old daughter Coco.

The pair said they planned to stay friends after the divorce and made good on it. They also said they were committed to raising Coco together. Arquette and the "Friends" alum since shared the screen in the fourth installment of the "Scream" franchise, "Scream 4," in 2011 and have been quite genial about one...

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Singer George Michael has been released from a London hospital following his May 16 car accident.

George Michael accident: Singer leaves hospital after two weeks

George Michael has been released from the hospital where he was being treated for injuries sustained in a car accident in England nearly two weeks ago.

The former Wham! frontman, whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou, was being treated for various injuries after his Range Rover, in which he was a passenger, crashed on May 16 and he was airlifted to a hospital trauma center in London.

"We can confirm that George Michael has been discharged from hospital and continues to rest and recuperate," a statement on the singer's website said Tuesday. "He is well and thanks everyone for all the messages of support."

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A rep for Michael, 49, originally said he suffered "superficial cuts and bruises but is fine." He added that no other vehicles or third parties were involved in the accident during rush hour on the M1 motorway just outside London.

"He had a deep cut above his left eyebrow which was really bleeding down his face into his teeth," receptionist Katherine...
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Kate Upton furious Victoria's Secret used her photos for catalog

Kate Upton is said to be furious at Victoria's Secret for using images of her in the latest catalog.

The model, who shot to fame by landing on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice and being in viral videos, appears on the company's back cover wearing the mega-lingerie brand's black Body bra, but reports say the photos were used without her permission.

"Kate is not thrilled Victoria's Secret is using these photos. She is not contracted to work with Victoria's Secret and was not notified before the images, taken in 2011, were used," a source told the Daily Mail.

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"The pictures are from 2011," another source told Page Six. "Kate's not currently contracted to work with Victoria's Secret, and they didn't contact her before they used these images."

It all sounds a little bit odd, especially since the company blasted the curvaceous 20-year-old last year when VS booker Sophia Neophitou told the New York Times they would "never" use Upton for a...

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Former wrestler Hulk Hogan burned his hand and posted the graphic images on Twitter. He later apologized for the gruesome nature of the images.

Hulk Hogan burns hand, apologizes for posting graphic photos

Hulk Hogan badly burned his hand on Sunday and he has the gory photos to prove it.

The former wrestler, 59, whose real name is Terry Gene Bollea, severely burned his hand after a radiator exploded in it, then promptly shared the photographic evidence of the grisly skin damage. Be warned, the images are extremely graphic.

"Doule OUCH," he wrote, after he badly hurt his hand, showing the blistery burns all over, later adding "Triple OUCH!" showing how the blister began to balloon as it filled with fluid.

Perhaps he's taken a page out of the Jesse James guide to talking about graphic injuries?

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"Just had a radiator explode on my hand, OUCH. HH " he explained, then went on to post more pics of doctors working on repairing the skin.

"Would you like it rare?" he added, continuing to share more stomach-churning photos of the damaged digits while being treated in the emergency room at Tampa General Hospital in Florida, where he lives.

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Mayim Bialik's divorce from Michael Stone is finalized.

'Big Bang's' Mayim Bialik's divorce from Michael Stone finalized

"The Big Bang Theory's" Mayim Bialik has finalized her divorce with now ex-husband Michael Stone, according to reports.

The "Blossom" star, 37, who plays neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on the hit CBS sitcom, originally filed for divorce from her husband of nine years last November. They married in 2003.

"After much consideration and soul-searching, Michael and I have arrived at the decision to divorce due to 'Irreconcilable Differences,'" she wrote on her blog at the time.

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The former couple finalized the divorce late last week and agreed to split their real estate evenly, according to TMZ, with Bialik keeping their 1,400-square-foot, 1-bedroom home in Studio City and Stone getting their 1,300-square-foot, 3-bedroom home in Sherman Oaks.

The couple have two sons, 7-year-old Miles and 4-year-old Frederick, for whom the actress sought joint custody. 

Bialik, who has a real-life PhD in neuroscience and is an author, muses about things like her son...

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Fan slaps Beyonce on behind in Copenhagen, and she's not happy

A fan slapped Beyonce on the behind at a Denmark concert this weekend.

And Queen B, currently on her Mrs. Carter Show world tour, wasn't too happy about it, giving him a small dose of what it's like to anger her alter-ego, Sasha Fierce.

During her Monday performance of "Irreplaceable" at Copenhagen's Forum venue, the pop diva, wearing a bedazzle bodysuit, walked to the edge of the stage to greet fans and share the mic so they could sing along. As she shook hands with a few concert-goers, one eager male fan gave her a small love tap on the derriere as she walked away. But Bey wasn't having it.

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"I will have you escorted out right now, all right?" she scolded the guy, as seen and heard in footage on YouTube. Then she sashayed away and continued singing.

The 31-year-old may be "Bootylicious" but that "jelly" isn't for anyone besides husband Jay-Z to appreciate in a tactile manner.

Watch the video above.

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