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Day in Pop Report for 05/16/2012


Terminator Star Reported Missing
(TMZ) Nick Stahl -- the actor who played John Connor in "Terminator 3" -- is missing ... this according to his wife.

Law enforcement officials confirm ... Stahl's wife filed a missing person's report with the L.A.P.D. on Monday ... saying she last saw the 32-year-old actor on May 9.

Sources tell TMZ ... it is believed Stahl had been frequenting the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles recently ... and there are concerns he may have gotten himself involved in some bad stuff.

Back in February, Nick's wife had filed court papers, expressing serious concerns that Nick may be using drugs ... and sources say she fears drugs may have something to do with his disappearance.

Stahl's rep declined to comment on the situation. more on this story

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OneRepublic Drummer Arrested After Destructive Rage
(TMZ) The drummer for the band OneRepublic was arrested in Denver, CO Tuesday morning ... after cops say he flipped out in a destructive rage.

TMZ has learned ... Edward Ray Fisher was booked for destruction of private property, disturbing the peace and assault. The details surrounding his arrest are unclear.

According to his booking sheet, the 38-year-old rocker -- who lives in Denver -- is 5'8" and weighs 155 pounds.

Fisher is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court this afternoon.

FYI -- OneRepublic was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for their smash hit, "Apologize." TMZ has his mug shot here.

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Carrie Underwood Focus of Oprah Special
Carrie Underwood and her husband, NHL player Mike Fisher, will give their first televised interview together on Oprah's Next Chapter.

The episode will air on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on Sunday, May 20 (9-10 p.m. ET/PT). Here is the synopsis:

Oprah Winfrey travels to Nashville, Tennessee where she speaks with music superstar Carrie Underwood who is joined by her NHL husband Mike Fisher, marking the first time cameras have ever been invited inside their cabin retreat for an intimate, in-depth interview. more on this story

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Nicki Minaj Expands Pink Friday Tour
Nicki Minaj has expanded her upcoming North American Pink Friday Tour with three additional shows.

Originally, a 15 stop tour, now an 18 stop tour, will begin July 16th in Chicago and wrap up August 12th in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Additional stops include Constitutional Hall on July 21st in Washington DC, Lakefront Arena on July 27th in New Orleans, LA and the Nokia Theatre on August 5th in Los Angeles, CA. more on this story

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Norah Jones TV
Norah Jones has lined up a number of upcoming TV appearances as well as announced that she will take part in this year's iTunes Festival.

Norah will appearing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (June 13) and The Today Show (June 15) before kicking off her 2012 North American tour on June 20 in Indianapolis.

Jones also recently taped an episode of VH1 Storytellers that will air on June 8, as well as an episode of PBS Live From The Artists Den that will air late summer. Her performance of "Happy Pills" will also air this Friday, May 18 on The Rachael Ray Show. more on this story

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Return To Forever 3-Disc Set Coming Next Month
Eagle Rock have set a June 19th release date for Return To Forever's new 3-disc set, The Mothership Returns. Here is the background:

In 2011, keyboardist/pianist Chick Corea, acoustic and electric bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White welcomed legendary acoustic and electric violinist Jean Luc-Ponty and acoustic and electric guitarist Frank Gambale into the band that took what Miles Davis taught to jump-start the jazz/rock fusion genre in 1973 (along with Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report) with their album, Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy. The Mothership Returns marks this new lineup's recording debut and it is one major league blockbuster.

Eagle Rock Entertainment will release The Mothership Returns as a mammoth three-disc set in an 8-panel digipak format housing two CDs, one DVD and a substantial booklet. With over 100 minutes between both CDs (recorded in 2011) and 113 Dolby 5.1 Surround-Sound DVD minutes, it's a Return To Forever fan's delight. more on this story

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American Idol's Michael Lynche Releases First Single
(Stache) American Idol finalist Michael Lynche has delivered his debut single "Who's Gonna Love You More".

Lynche co-wrote "Who's Gonna Love You More" with Jason Pennock (Babyface, Far East Movement, Natasha Bedingfield) and Jamie Jones (Michelle Williams, The Pussycat Dolls) who also produced the track.

Known as "Big Mike" to America and deemed "a versatile stand-out" on season nine of Idol by Blog Critics, Michael became the front-runner after bringing one of the judges to tears during his performance of "This Woman's Work. more on this story

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LP Releasing Studio Version of Into The Wild
LP has set a May 29th digital release date for a studio version of "Into The Wild," which was produced by Rob Cavallo and PJ Bianco.

The song is best known from being featured in Citibank's "rock-climber" commercial and is the title track from LP's debut EP for Warner Bros. Records, a CD + DVD package titled Into The Wild: Live At EastWest Studios, which was released on April 24th.

The EP, which was produced by Cavallo and co-produced by Mike Elizondo and Julian Raymond, contains audio and video of LP performing five songs live at Hollywood's EastWest recording studio, which was transformed into an intimate club setting for the occasion.

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Azealia Banks Sets New EP Release
Azealia Banks will release her 1991 EP digitally on May 29 and the physical version will follow on June 12.

Banks, the 20-year-old rapper/singer from Harlem, topped NME's Cool List and ranked in the Top 3 of the BBC Sounds of 2012 poll.

Banks' video for "212 (featuring Lazy Jay)" already has more than 15 million views. You can check it out here.

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The Staves To Deliver The Motherlode Next Week
The Staves have set a May 22nd digital release date for their new EP, "The Motherlode EP".

The EP features the trio's new single - the Glyn and Ethan Johns co-production "The Motherlode" - a companion video for which can be viewed now at The Staves' official YouTube channel here.

"The Motherlode EP" will be followed by the group's debut album, set for release later this year. In the meantime, The Staves will be hitting the road in North America with a major tour. more on this story

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Gillian Welch Added To The Calgary Folk Music Festival
Gillian Welch has been tapped to replace Sinead O'Connor at The Calgary Folk Music Festival.

Welch will perform Saturday July 28, in the timeslot left vacant by Sinead O'Connor's sudden cancellation of her North American tour.

This year's festival will take place on July 26, 27, 28 and 29 at Prince's Island Park and will feature 68 artists from 14 countries on 7 stages. more on this story

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Late Swamp People Star's Co-Star To Finish His Dream Project
(TMZ) "Swamp People" star Mitchell Guist was testing out a new houseboat he was building at the time of his death ... a dream project he had worked on for months ... and now one of his co-stars has vowed to finish the job as a last tribute to the fallen reality star.

The man behind the promise is Glenn Guist -- Mitchell's bearded brother and best friend -- who is often featured hunting critters with Mitchell on "Swamp People."

Glenn's manager tells TMZ ... he's pretty broken up about the sudden unexpected death of his brother ... but he's doing better then they all expected, considering how close they were.

We're told Glenn knew how passionate Mitchell was about the houseboat project ... and believes completing the project will be the best way to honor his brother's memory.

As we previously reported, Mitchell passed away Monday after apparently suffering a seizure while on the bayou in Louisiana.

A funeral service is set for this week at a local church -- and Glenn's rep say he will begin work on the boat "after everything is taken care of with Mitchell." more on this story

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Kim and Kanye's Romance Won't Be On Reality TV
(TMZ) Kanye West will be seen with Kim Kardashian on the next of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" -- but sources close to the couple tell TMZ ... none of their relationship will be featured on the show.

After the Kris Humphries debacle, Kim had said she would never put her relationships on screen again ... but then gave an interview saying Kanye would be a part of her show.

But according to our sources, Kanye's personal interactions with Kim will not be aired. We're told if Kanye happens to be at an event with Kim ... and the cameras are rolling ... then so be it. In other words ... this won't be a "Khloe and Lamar" type situation. more on this story

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Tupac Family Source Dismisses Gay Accusation
(TMZ) Tupac Shakur's family members believe Suge Knight is dead wrong -- the rapper couldn't have been a homophobe ... because he was GREAT friends with Gianni Versace.

Suge has been on a media blitz recently ... telling multiple radio stations 2pac ended his professional relationship with a famous hip hop star because Suge believed the rapper was a gay man.

But sources close to the Tupac estate tell TMZ .... the Shakur family feels very strongly that Suge's claims are "totally false" ... and point to his friendship with the famous designer Gianni Versace, who was an openly gay man.

In fact, Tupac reportedly participated in a Versace fashion show in Italy back in 1996 ... and even rocked a Versace suit on the catwalk. more on this story

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Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson Nose Mystery Explained
(TMZ) Josh Hutcherson's nose was BROKEN IN A CRAZY BAR FIGHT ... would have been a much cooler explanation than the one he gave us.

The "Hunger Games" star was out in Beverly Hills ... sans nose bandages ... when we asked about the mystery surrounding his messed up honker.

In case you haven't been following ... earlier this month, Josh said he underwent surgery for a "broken nose" -- but he wouldn't explain how it happened.

His rep later insisted the nose wasn't broken ... and the surgery was merely to correct a deviated septum. more on this story

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The Last Dragon's Bruce Leroy Training UFC's Demian Maia
(TMZ) UFC middleweight fighter Demian Maia's new trainer is none other than Bruce Leroy from the 80s cult classic "The Last Dragon."

Leroy -- real name Taimak -- tells TMZ, he met Maia during a recent training session in New York ... and they immediately hit it off.

According to Taimak -- an accomplished martial artist in his own right -- Maia approached him in the gym, claiming he was a big "Last Dragon" fan (who isn't?) and the two kept in touch.

Now, Taimak says he and Maia have started to train together -- prepping Maia for his upcoming UFC 148 bout against Korean badass Kim Dong-Hyun, who's lost only ONE fight in his pro career.

As for training details -- Taimak was tight-lipped, not wanting to tip off Maia's Korean competition. more on this story

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Octomom's Bankruptcy Rejected
(TMZ) You can't get un-pregnant, but apparently you can go un-bankrupt -- because TMZ has learned Octomom's bankruptcy papers were not filed properly and have been rejected by the judge ... leaving her creditors free to come after her in full force.

As TMZ first reported, Octo filed for Chapter 7 on April 30 ... the most serious form of bankruptcy.

But according to docs filed today, Nadya didn't file all the necessary paperwork in time -- and never asked the court for an extension -- so her bankruptcy case was dismissed.

Without the protection of bankruptcy, all her creditors can come calling again ... a list TMZ previously reported was a mile long. more on this story

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Lance Armstrong Will No Longer Address Allegations
(TMZ) Lance Armstrong is through defending himself against allegations he cheated to win his Tour de France titles ... because he says he's already given 500-600 samples that were ALL negative.

Armstrong, speaking on Gavin Newsom's new late night talk show, says he's not even arguing with people anymore who think he cheated -- "I'm not wasting any more of my time talking about it and you shouldn't waste your time talking about it. Let's move on."

Armstrong is currently competing in triathlons, and says he believes most people already made up their minds about whether he was juicing during his string of 7 consecutive Tour de France victories. more on this story

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Ryan Seacrest Buys Ellen DeGeneres' $49 Million Estate
(TMZ) Ryan Seacrest has snagged Ellen DeGeneres' amazing Beverly Hills estate, which was listed for a cool $49 million, and we've learned he paid close to the asking price.

Seacrest, who is reportedly worth $125 million and rakes in $45 million a year (these reports are sometimes off -- he probably makes more) ... will be the proud owner of the 9,200 square foot main house, 3 guest houses, and a couple of cement ponds. The estate sits on 2.87 acres -- for Bev Hills, that's huge. It basically covers an entire block.

Our sources say Ryan is paying within a couple of million dollars of the asking price. The deal is in escrow and it will close this week. more on this story

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