MONDAY, JANUARY 27

SHOWBIZ NEWS:

34 COUPLES WED DURING GRAMMY BROADCAST

Thirty-Four couples tied the knot last night during the Grammy Awards. The mass wedding was officiated by Queen Latifah, and took place during Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ performance of “Same Love,” which featured an appearance by Madonna. According to the New York Times, the newlyweds were “"gay, straight, old, young, of many races and colors.”

THE LATEST ON JUSTIN BIEBER

– Just hours after being released from jail last Thursday on a DUI charge, Justin Bieber was spotted with his father at a rental house in Miami, surrounded by what appeared to be booze bottles.

– On Friday, Bieber’s dad Jeremy showed his support for his son on Twitter. “I can protect my kids, but I can’t protect them from you and your lies. Believe in the truth not in the lies of the enemy. #reallife,” he tweeted.

– Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun also spoke out on Twitter regarding the incident. “@JustinBieber love you and I will act in the manner of someone who truly cares. That is all I have to say. Thanks for all those concerned,” he wrote.

– Bieber himself took to social media on Friday. He Instagrammed a black-and-white photo of himself being driven from jail in Miami while sitting on top of a car and waving, next to a similar photo of the late Michael Jackson. “What more can they say,” he wrote as the caption.

 – Bieber later posted a message on Twitter, writing, “YOU ARE ALL WORTHY NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS >> BE STRONG GOD IS WITH US ALL> MY BELIEBERS CHANGED MY LIFE> I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL.”

– On Saturday Bieber  was spotted in Panama  and MZ reports that Usher, who first signed Bieber to his label, met him there with plans to talk some sense into him about his behavior.

– Bieber’s neighbor, former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson, is finally escaping the popstar nuisance. TMZ reports that Keyshawn has sold his 6-bedroom home, which is just blocks away from Bieber, to Kourtney Kardashian. Sources say Keyshawn isn’t moving because of Bieber, but he has complained publicly about Justin’s behavior in the past. 

LENO SAID HE WAS BLINDSIDED BY CONAN REPLACEMENT

Jay Leno admitted in a 60 Minutes interview yesterday that he was not happy when he was forced to hand over The Tonight Show to Conan O’Brien in 2009. “I was blindsided,” he said, adding that being replaced felt like being rejected by a girlfriend. “You know, you have a girl [who] says, ‘I don’t want to see you anymore.’ Why? You know, she doesn’t want to see you anymore, okay?” But Leno seems to be more satisfied with the Jimmy Fallon handover, although he admits he really doesn’t want to leave, saying he “probably would have stayed a little longer,” but adds that bringing in Fallon, who he calls “a young Johnny (Carson),” makes “perfect sense.”

PHAEDRA PARKS’ HUSBAND CHARGED WITH IDENTITY THEFT

Apollo Nida, the husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Phaedra Parks, was charged with the federal crimes of identity theft and bank fraud last week. According to reports, Nida created fake companies to access databases that had information, which then allowed him to find people to defraud. He then opened fake bank accounts under those names and “funneled stolen U.S. Treasury checks and auto loan proceeds into those accounts.” This isn’t the first time Nida has been arrested for such a crime. In 2004 he was sentenced to five years in prison for “breaking federal racketeering laws related to auto title fraud.”

SHARON OSBOURNE STARTS FOOD FIGHT AT GRAMMY PARTY

Sharon Osbourne got into a fight with Jonah Hill’s brother Jordan Feldstein at Clive Davis’annual pre-Grammy party Saturday night. Gossip Cop reports Feldstein was sitting with his clientSara Bareilles, as well as Taylor Swift and Kelly Osbourne when he and Kelly began arguing over a comment Jordan allegedly made about Jack Osborne and his wife. Not long after, Sharon came over and “got into it with him,” and started throwing food. When Feldstein took off his food-covered jacket, Sharon then “picked up a glass of water and threw it on his shirt.”

JOSH LUCAS’ MARRIAGE IS OVER

Josh Lucas and wife Jessica Ciencin Henriquez are calling it quits after close to two years of marriage. Jessica filed for divorce earlier this month, although no reason for the split was given. The couple, who married in March 2012, has and 19-month-old son Noah.

TRESSPASSER ARRESTED AT SELENA’S HOME

An trespasser was arrested on Selena Gomez’s property Saturday morning. Cops were called to Selena’s California home when a family member called 911 after spotting someone lurking outside. A 19-year-old man, who said he was there to see Selena, was arrested for trespassing. There’s no word on whether Selena was home at the time.

VAN DER BEEK & WIFE WELCOMES THIRD BABY

James Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly welcomed their third child over the weekend, a baby girl. “Outnumbered by kids, outnumbered by girls, outlandishly grateful and thrilled. Watch out world, VDB baby #3 made her debut last night,” the former Dawson’s Creek star tweeted Sunday. The couple is already parents to son Joshua, 22 months, and daughter Olivia, 3,

KIM WANTS TO LOSE MORE WEIGHT/KHLOE NEVER HAD FERTILITY ISSUES

Kim Kardashian has been shedding the pounds since giving birth to daughter North in June, but it’s still not enough for the voluptuous reality star. According to new reports from In Touch, Kim wants to get down to a size 0 before her wedding to Kanye West in the summer. Kim, who’s lost almost 70 pounds so far, is still following a strict Atkins diet and reportedly works out three hours a day. “She admitted she’s barely eaten a carb for nearly four months,” a source told In Touch. Last Thursday, Kim appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to discuss wedding plans. She confirmed she and Kanye will be married in Paris, a city she calls their “second home.” Also on the show, Kim revealed that sister Khloe was never trying to have a baby with Lamar Odom. According to Kim, Khloe led her family to believe she had fertility issues, when really she was just hiding the struggles in her marriage.

ELIZABETH VARGAS ADMITS SHE’S AN ALCOHOLIC

Elizabeth Vargas appeared on Good Morning America last week and admitted she’s an alcoholic. The 20/20anchor recently finished a stint in rehab to treat her addiction. “I am an alcoholic,” Vargas told George Stephanopoulos. “It’s a staggering burden to walk around with, and you become so isolated with the secret, and so lonely.” The 51-year-old said she spent most of her childhood having panic attacks and as she got older, she turned to alcohol to cope with her anxiety. The married mom of two realized she needed help when she showed up for a 20/20 shoot one day and realized she was "in no shape to do that interview.” Now, she says, when she gets stressed “alcohol is not an option.”

DEAN MCDERMOTT’S EX SPEAKS OUT

Dean McDermott’s ex-wife weighed in last week on McDermott’s announcement that he has checked into rehab. Mary Jo Eustace split with the actor in 2005 after he fell for Tori Spelling on the set of the Lifetime TV movie Mind Over Murder. But the 51-year-old said she has no hard feelings and wishes McDermott well. “I wish Dean only the best in his struggle to overcome the demons he has been wrestling with for many years, so he can become the father and the man I know he wants to be,” she said. McDermott, 47, has a son with Eustace, 15-year-old Jack. He also has four young kids with Spelling, 40.

LEVI JOHNSTON NOT SPLITTING CUSTODY WITH BRISTOL

Levi Johnston will not be getting joint custody of his son with Bristol Palin. An Alaskan judge has denied Johnston’s request to have equal custody of 4-year-old son Tripp. Johnston, who has not had much of a role in Tripp’s life, reportedly filed the custody claim in October. But Palin fired back, saying he was $67,000 behind in child support payments. The judge ruled that Johnston will only see his son for temporary periods of time, which is the same program that has been in place since the couple split. Johnston is now married and has another child with wife Sunny Oglesby.

ANGELINA WANTS TO GET RID OF BULGING VEINS

We take this story with a grain of salt. The National Enquirer is reporting that Angelina Jolie wants to get her bulging veins zapped before she marries Brad Pitt this summer. “Angie has always had a complex about how her veins jut out, but she never had an incentive to do anything about it until now,” a source said. “She’s chosen a sleeveless gown for her wedding day, and the last thing she wants is to be looking like a freak in the photographs.” She apparently wants endovenous laser treatment to get rid of the protruding veins on her arms and hands.

TV TIDBITS!

Girl Meets World, the Boy Meets World spin-off series, has received a full season pick-up from the Disney Channel.

MISC. MOVIE NEWS!

Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, has been pulled from the release schedule. The film was originally set for a Nov. 27, 2013, release, but in late September, it was pushed to March 14. Now, it’s been shelved indefinitely. The Hollywood Reporter suggested that the movie was pulled because it hasn’t been delivered to The Weinstein Company yet, leaving them without enough time to ready marketing materials.

Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron picked up the prize for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film Saturday. This was the first-ever nomination for Cuaron, who also picked up the Golden Globe earlier this month.

NATIONAL HEADLINES:

POLICE IDENTIFY MARYLAND MALL SHOOTER

Police identified yesterday the gunman who opened fire inside Maryland mall Saturday, killing two people before taking his own life. Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, was named as the shooter. Officials believe Aguilar armed himself with a shotgun and “a large amount of ammunition” and started shooting at a Zumiez store inside the mall in Columbia. He killed two store employees, 21-year-old Brianna Benlolo and 25-year-oldTyler Johnson. Aguilar then turned the gun on himself. Police were trying to determine whether Aguilar knew the victims.

BRAIN-DEAD PREGNANT WOMAN TAKEN OFF LIFE-SUPPORT IN TEXAS

A brain-dead pregnant woman in Texas was removed from life-support yesterday after the hospital caring for her agreed to comply with a judge’s orders. The family of 33-year-old Marlise Munoz has been battling with the hospital over her care since November. They said Munoz, who was found unconscious Nov. 26 due to a possible blood clot, did not wish to be kept alive on machines. But John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worthwas keeping her on life support in attempt to save the fetus, in accordance with a Texas law that says life-support cannot be withdrawn from a pregnant person. Last week before the judge's ruling, lawyers for the Munoz family said that medical tests showed the fetus was "distinctly abnormal" and not developing properly.

RUSSIAN TEEN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF WMD

A Russian teenager was arrested in Pennsylvania late Friday on charges of possessing a weapon of mass destruction. Police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Vladislav Miftakhov, a student a Penn State University Altoona. Officers had been investigating a possible marijuana growing operation when they discovered the alleged bomb in a suitcase along with other bomb-making materials. The bomb was dismantled by experts and Miftakhov was taken into custody. He also faces charges of risking a catastrophe, possessing instruments of crime, prohibited offensive weapons, incendiary devices, recklessly endangering another person, and several drug-related charges. Police did not give details on a possible motive or potential targets.

MORE THAN 300 SICKENED ON ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE SHIP

More than 300 passengers and crew members aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship have been sickened by a possible outbreak of norovirus. U.S. health officials were expected to board the Explorer of the Seas ship in the Virgin Islands yesterday to investigate the cause of the illness. The ship was forced to stop part way through a 10-day excursion from Cape Liberty, New Jersey to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten after multiple reports of vomiting and diarrhea. About 281 passengers and 22 crew members showed symptoms of the high-contagious infection.

THOUSANDS MOURN SLAIN UKRAINIAN PROTESTER

Thousands of Ukrainians yesterday mourned a protester who was killed in last week’s clashes with police. Crowds chanted “Hero!” and sang the national anthem as a coffin carrying 25-year-old Mikhail Zhiznevskywas carried through the streets of Kiev. Zhiznevsky was one of three protesters who died Wednesday. The opposition claims he and another demonstrator were shot by police, but the government claims the two were killed with hunting rifles, which they say police do not carry. Authorities would not say how the third protester died. Meanwhile, protests against President Viktor Yanukovych were beginning to spread to central and eastern Ukraine.

THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE FROM BOX OFFICE MOJO:

ROCK NEWS:

AND THE GRAMMY GOES TO…

The 56^th annual Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, and as always there were surprise winners and stunned losers. Some of the night’s biggest winners were: Record of the Year – Daft Punk – “Get Lucky;” Album of the Year – Daft Punk – Random Access Memories; Song of the Year – Lorde – “Royals;” Best Dance/Electronica Album – Daft Punk – Random Access Memories; Best Rock Performance – Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive;” Best Metal Performance – Black Sabbath – “God is Dead?;” Best Rock Song – Paul McCartney/Dave Grohl/Pat Smear/Krist Novoselic – “Cut Me Some Slack;” Best Rock Album – Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day; Best Alternative Music Album –Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City. 

REZNOR HINTS AT NEXT NIN RECORD

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor hinted at what’s ahead for the band in a new interview with Rolling Stone. First up the rockers will be headed to Australia with Queens of the Stone Age next month and then, “we’ve got dates booked through the end of the summer. A lot of touring ahead.” As for a new NIN album, all Trent would say was that he, “just started on a new product. Can’t tell you what it is yet. It will take place while touring. New music maybe this fall.”

FOSTER THE PEOPLE PROMOTE NEW DISC WITH MURAL

Foster the People are taking an artistic approach to promoting their upcoming new album, Supermodel. The rockers commissioned a giant mural of the album’s cover art in downtown Los Angeles! The mural was created by Dutch artist Young & Sick, who also did the art for Foster the People’s debut, Torches. FrontmanMark Foster says the art is “a counterbalance” to the album’s title. He went on to say, “Music is an intangible thing – it travels through the air. But there's something powerful about something you can look at and touch. This was a chance to make something that's going to stand independent of the music that we make.”Supermodel drops March 18.

LOVE WINS TWITTER LIBEL CASE

Courtney Love was victorious in her Twitter libel trial. A judge in California ruled that the Holefrontman should not be held liable for a tweet in which she claimed her former attorney Rhonda Holmes had been “bought off.” The judge ruled that Holmes was a limited-person public figure because of her connection to Love, so she needed to show the rocker acted with malice. Last week Lovetestified she was computer illiterate and thought she was actually sending a personal message, immediately deleting it when she realized it had gone public. Love had retained Holmes in an attempt to pursue a fraud case against the executors of her late husband Kurt Cobain’sestate.

KURT COBAIN DAY SCHEDULED

The annual Kurt Cobain Day, celebrating the birth of the late Nirvana frontman, will take place February 20^th in his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. "Aberdeen residents may justifiably take pride in the role our community played in the life of Kurt Cobain," said Mayor Bill Simpson, "and the international recognition our community has gained from its connections with Kurt Cobain and his artistic achievements."

PEARL JAM BASSIST BREAKS FAN’S NOSE

A Pearl Jam fan found out the hard way just how series bassist Jeff Ament takes basketball.Sherif Hassan joined a pickup game in New Zealand earlier this month with Jeff and Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, when the Seattle rocker accidentally broke his nose. "He's aggressive, I'll tell you that much," Hassan told an Australian radio station. "He broke my nose. All I heard was Win going off about how the rules are rubbish down here, and throwing balls around and chucking a bit of a hissy fit." Possibly feeling bad about the injury, Ament gave Hassan a pair of tickets and backstage passes to the Big Day Out festival in Auckland, where he got to watch the Pearl Jam up close. “It was worth it,” said Hassan. “We got to the front of stage for Pearl Jam, and [frontman]Eddie Vedder gave me a shout out."

MOTORHEAD CANCEL EUORPEAN TOUR

Motorhead has been forced to cancel another set of tour dates due to frontman Lemmy’s poor health. The heavy metal rockers were due to tour Europe next month. "Many concerted, diligent and focused efforts were made by founding member, and international icon, Lemmy Kilmister to deal with a range of health issues relating to diabetes,” read a statement from the band. “While there has been undoubted progress, Lemmy and the band were advised by doctors that it was still too soon to resume full touring activities, and so for the good of the future, the band and Lemmy reluctantly agreed to cancel.” The band had previously called off a summer tour, and a tour of Europe that was supposed to begin in November.