Kelly Rowland’s sneaky personal assistant and right-hand-gal, Susan Hee-Yoon Cho, filmed Kelly belting out the popular and oh-so-dramatic ‘Part of Your World’ from the beloved Disney animated classic ‘The Little Mermaid,’ while in the shower!

It looks like the former Destiny’s Child member really wanted to take it back to her childhood. The short video clip — no nude Kelly, just a steamy shower door — caught a candid Kelly flexing her powerhouse pipes as if performing on a Broadway stage.

After the grand finale, Kelly’s assistant bursts out laughing and Kelly calls herself a “black mermaid.” Check out the video below!

Lars Von Trier

Lars Von Trier just can’t help himself when it comes to the Nazi talk. This time around, though, he’s bringing a whole lot more nuance to the conversation.

The controversial director, whose deadpan admission to Nazism and sympathy for Hitler scored him a lifetime ban from the Cannes Film Festival last spring, spoke at a public Q&A at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday and tried to defend his statements.

“There was a point to this whole thing,” he said (via The Hollywood Reporter). “I think history shows that we are all Nazis somewhere, and there are a lot of things that can be suddenly set free, and the mechanics behind this setting-free is something we really should really investigate, and the way we do not investigate it is to make it a taboo to talk about it.”

Presumably, he was talking about the roaming scourge of bigotry and hatred that has settled throughout a multitude of countries throughout history. And so, it’s conceivable that, in his own bumbling way, he was looking to start a dialog about such things. And a recent interview with the UK’s Independent certainly gives credence to his insistence that he really was kidding with his comments, which included him saying of Hitler, “He’s not what you would call a good guy, but yeah, I understand much about him and I sympathize with him a little bit.”

As it turns out, he told the paper, von Trier had a non-relationship with his biological father, and instead was raised by a man he thought was his actual father, Ulf Trier. He spoke glowingly of him, and in doing so claimed a Jewish heritage.

“After all this nonsense in Cannes, I am claiming that since he was Jewish and gave me a cultural Jewish upbringing, I am as good a Jew as any,” he said. “Maybe he didn’t give the sperm but he gave me a family and a background.”

That jibes with what von Trier said at Cannes.

“The only thing I can tell you is that I thought I was a Jew for a long time and was very happy being a Jew…” he said. “But it turned out that I was not a Jew. If I’d been a Jew, then I would be a second-wave Jew, a kind of a new-wave Jew, but anyway, I really wanted to be a Jew and then I found out that I was really a Nazi. Because my family was German.”

Whether or not this helps his upcoming film, “Melancholia,” a visually stunning portrait of a wedding amidst the end of the world, remains to be seen. But it at least helps the public understand a complicated artist.

Tommy Wiseau

On a recent humid night, a woman stopped outside the Ziegfeld Theater in Manhattan to ask someone what he and hundreds of others outside the theater were waiting for. “The worst movie of all time is about to play in there,” the boy said, pointing to the Ziegfeld’s closed doors. “And the director is coming.”

Fifteen minutes later a limo appeared. A roar went up. “That is not Tommy Wiseau!” came a voice through a megaphone. It belonged to Adrian Spencer, a former D.C. theater manager who used to screen Wiseau’s “The Room” until he became Wiseau’s right-hand man. “Yes it is!” someone shouted back. The limo turned the corner — for suspense, Spencer later told me — and emerged again. A pale man with long inky hair stepped out. As the crowd chanted his name — Tommy, Tommy, Tommy — he jogged awkwardly down the line, slapping hands and quoting lines on command with the strained obedience of a large dog that might snap.

This was Tommy Wiseau, writer, director, producer and star of “The Room.” In the accidental cult hit, Wiseau plays a virtuous man named Johnny who loses faith in life after his fiancee Lisa sleeps with his best friend. It is a slow and surreally-flawed production, with cancer diagnoses and actors lost halfway through.

On one side stand the movie’s fans, thousands who’ve gathered in Chicago, London et al armed with the necessary tools to mock it – plastic spoons to throw when framed pictures of silverware appear onscreen, tuxedos to reference a vestigial wedding-picture-day scene, footballs to parody an ongoing device in which Johnny and his friends throw a football back and forth about five feet (two characters are inexplicably injured during a “game,” including my personal favorite, the “me underwears” guy). These fans have the twisted affection of a bully for a repeat victim; like Wiseau, who has a mysterious accent and a naturally sinister laugh, the movie’s an easy target. Alone on the other side is Wiseau, a noted fan of Welles and Brando who believes no matter what the crowd says or does, “The Room” is popular because it is fundamentally very, very good.

For a novelty item released eight years ago, it is, if nothing else, weirdly potent. Wiseau says so far more than a million people have “experienced” “The Room” (there are no box office or DVD stats; it’s not a “real” movie as such). This was its second showing in six years at the Ziegfeld, the city’s last single-room theater. The regular movie in rotation at the time was “The Help,” for which ticket sales on a good night hit around 80. “The Room,” by contrast, had pre-sold 500 tickets, with 200 more expected at the box office (the first time around, it sold 1000). One concierge told me though the Ziegfeld isn’t exactly chummy with Wiseau — who’s apparently the only personality besides Oliver Stone to insist on visiting in advance (Stone wanted to check the sound; Wiseau wanted to set up a table to sell posters) — they aren’t about to excise a cash cow.

This fall Wiseau and Spencer are hoping to further milk “The Room,” with dreams of a 2012 run on Broadway and a pitch for a reality show about casting it. The movie’s already live in a modest way, showing as a play later this month at the American FIlm Institute in D.C., where the movie version’s been screened since 2010, and scheduled to run through December in cities like Chicago and Portland (no strangers to ironic live shows). Greg Sestero (“Sestosterone”), the actor who plays Johnny’s treacherous best friend, is signed on.

I spoke to Wiseau after the Ziegfeld screening, hoping to understand how he reconciles the franchise with a creation he thinks is great. I knew not to expect too much. Though critics tend to like him these days, in line with early legitimizers like Tim and Eric (Wiseau directed a 2009 “Awesome Show” episode called “Pig Man”), he’s a notoriously tough nut to crack. Read on for this strange star’s take on his strange success story, and why he says people are finally starting to “get it.”

At these midnight screenings, do you stick around to watch people watching your movie?
Sometimes I’m watching, sometimes I’m not.

What do you think about the crowd’s reaction?
I like everything. Express yourself, don’t hurt yourself. Move on next question.

The movie was clearly a personal venture for you, given that you wrote, directed and starred in it. What inspired the plot?
I inspire myself.

Have you experienced infidelity?
I been in similar relationships. Not hundred percent but we all experience experiences with people.

Do you think people understand what you were trying to do?
Aha! Great question. I give you A- for that question. Minus because you were not sure. You were hesitating. Yes, for the past two years I noticed that the public much more appreciate “The Room” and they really really want to do what I was saying, to have fun with it. Mainstream media they’re much more kind to “The Room,” as well as theater owners, some of the producers, etcetera etcetera. They didn’t grasp at the beginning.

If it’s actually a serious movie, then why do you think it’s been interpreted the way it has?
The true story is we..I don’t know why I did certain things, but some things happen and that way you open the bad door and the good door at the same time. Like we had some conflict with crew. That’s why we had to replace Peter as Steven. People ask like, why did you replace Peter. But he is a different character. He does not take the place of Peter. So you may argue that it worked out. It is what it is. I suggest you see it few times because you do have subliminal messages. I got complimentary statements about “The Room” when I went to Harvard University last October.

Why were you at Harvard?
It was a question and answer session. They showed it and then people asked me questions about it and they really gave very good answers that show they’re starting to get it.

Can you give an example of one of the questions they asked?
Oh you know, they asked about the character’s life. Who they are? Are they real people actually living in the planet Earth? I have a Q&A in L.A. as well and people ask some really challenging questions. Somebody ask for example what happened to Peter. He went to the hospital because he couldn’t catch the football. People do not understand layers of the subliminal messages but also words behind the words. Is it OK to be with two person, three person if you go into relationship? You think we are very far away from Egyptians. I would say no. Relationships it was the same thousands years ago. It was about jealousy. Compare Cleopatra and Lisa for example.

You think they’re similar?
Yes. Okay, move on next question.

When you were young, what did you dream you’d be?
When I was little kid I used to want to be a rock star. I actually have 800 pages book that will eventually be published.

What’s the book about?
I don’t want to talk about that now!

Are you happy with where you’re at now, in your life?
I am very happy. Like I say. I’m going to do more movies and travel. I want to actually show the people that actually we can put “The Room” on Broadway.

Do you have investors lined up?
Why? Do you have money? Let me know! (laughs) Let’s put it this way, we’re happy where we are.

WATCH the official trailer for ‘The Room,’ featuring the ex post facto “black comedy” tagline:

Steve Martin, Jack Black And Owen Wilson

Steve Martin does well in a trio. He show off his comedy genius in the beloved “Three Amigos” and now he’s teaming up with Owen Wilson and Jack Black to see if they can recreate the magic.

In “The Big Year,” the three funny fellows–one a successful businessman, another a recovering divorcee, the other a jobless slob–are growing increasingly wary of their lives and decide to drop everything and go on an exotic bird-seeking adventure.

Here the stars try to rediscover the meaning in their own lives but, in the process, get into a whole lot of whacky situations.

“The Big Year” hits theaters October 14.

Elizabeth Hurley

For probably the first time ever, “Gossip Girl” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” are following a similar theme: coast-hopping.

The New York-based “Gossip Girl” is heading to LA for their fifth season and, from the looks of the newly released promo, La La land has had quite the affect on the Upper East Siders.

Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) seems to be – in the wise-cracking style of Woody Allen – true to her New York roots.

“Los Angeles is a plastic surgery layover, not somewhere you live,” the character said. “Everyone has dinner there at six.”

Though, the group does get to explore a whole lot of character arcs including the sultry Elizabeth Hurley, who gets hot and heavy with Nate Archibald (Chance Crawford).

The new season of Gossip Girl premieres September 26, on The CW.

Chaz Bono

After all the criticism Chaz Bono has received since it was announced he was joining the cast of “Dancing With The Stars,” the shy guy has decided to fight back not with words, but with his feet.

“At first Chaz said yes to doing the show to have some fun but now he’s in it to win it. Not just for himself but for anyone else who has felt like they didn’t fit in,” a friend of Cher’s son tells me. “He isn’t a trash talker. He isn’t the sort of person who fights back with name-calling. He will leave that to his mom! Instead Chaz knows the way to make a difference is to practice harder than anyone else and win.”

Chaz and “Dancing” partner Lacey Schwimmer received their music Friday and are already working on their opening week routine. Bono is also going to the gym to build up strength and is determined to eat better by having Freshology’s food program delivered every single day.

“This kid has more to prove than anyone else in the history of the show,” an ABC insider tells me. “The people that have been warning their kids not to watch have awoken a giant. He is not [only] feeling physically great but mentally he couldn’t be stronger.”

And just in case he does need that little extra bit of support, friends tell me to expect Cher sitting in front row when Bono takes the dance floor — “She couldn’t be prouder of her son.”

Leonardo DiCaprio

In the extravagant nature of Jay Gatsby himself, Baz Luhrmann’s 3D film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is once again upping the level of grandeur and star power to an even higher level. Even if you don’t quite realize it yet.

Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures announced the beginning of production on Luhrmann’s Australia-based adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” touting stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays Gatsby; Tobey Maguire, who plays Nick Carraway; Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton, who play Daisy and Tom Buchannan; and Isla Fisher, as well. That’s a lot of Hollywood experience, indeed, but all their films put together can’t come close to touching the filmography of their latest co-star.

Buried deep in the studios’ press release was the news that Amitabh Bachchan was added to the cast, to play Meyer Wolfsheim, shadowy gambler and troublemaker. It’s a small role, but a significant development. Bachchan is one of the most revered actors in Indian history, a king of Bollywood with unparalleled success. He’s received countless Filmfare Award nominations — India’s equivalent to the Academy Awards — and has taken home 11 of those trophies.

Bachchan’s filmography boasts over 175 films since he began his career in the late 1960s, and he even was elected to public office for a number of years in the mid-1980s. At the age of 70, this will be his first Hollywood movie, and should significantly expand the international audience for the $125 million production.

As for the rest of the cast, Edgerton recently told The Huffington Post that they’ve been undergoing some serious education to get ready for to take on the all-time classic novel, which is set in the 1920s.

“I’ve got research materials on every angle of the movie, from the crime of the era to… books on the Yale football club, because Tom is the star quarterback,” Edgerton said. “I’ve been playing polo, we’ve got reams of music from the era and pictures and all sorts of documentaries and stuff. Baz likes to surround you 360 degrees in the world of the movie.”

Here’s the full press release from Warners and Village Roadshow:

BURBANK, Calif.–Principal photography began this week on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “The Great Gatsby,” the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel from the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann. The filmmaker will create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the title role.

“The Great Gatsby” follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

Academy Award® nominee DiCaprio (“Blood Diamond,” “Aviator”) plays Jay Gatsby, with Tobey Maguire starring as Nick Carraway; Joel Edgerton and Oscar® nominee Carey Mulligan (“An Education”) as Tom and Daisy Buchanan; Isla Fisher and Jason Clarke as Myrtle and George Wilson; and newcomer Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker. Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan will play the role of Meyer Wolfsheim.

Oscar® nominee Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) directs the film in 3D from a screenplay co-written with frequent collaborator Craig Pearce, based on Fitzgerald’s book. Luhrmann produces, along with Catherine Martin, Catherine Knapman, Lucy Fisher and Academy Award® winner Douglas Wick (“Gladiator”). The executive producers are Barrie M. Osborne and Bruce Berman.

Two-time Academy Award®-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin (“Moulin Rouge!”) also designs with the director. The editors are Jason Ballantine, Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, and the director of photography is Simon Duggan.

Luhrmann said, “Fitzgerald loved the movies and was a passionate believer in the power of cinema. “The Great Gatsby” has been adapted for the screen no less than four times. Fitzgerald’s story defies time and geography. The vision and the goal of our remarkable cast and creatives is to do justice to the deftness of Fitzgerald’s telling, and illuminate its big ideas and humanity. This is our challenge and our adventure.”

“The Great Gatsby” is being shot in Luhrmann’s native Australia. The filmmaker stated, “The opportunity to make the film in Australia with the Bazmark creative team is very important to us; the assistance from Screen Australia and the NSW Government has made that possible.”

The film will be distributed in 3D and 2D by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.

Celine Dion

By Associated Press

MONTREAL — A 36-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly broke into singer Celine Dion’s home near Montreal, raided the fridge and even took the time to pour himself a bath, police said Tuesday.

He was nabbed by police in the Montreal suburb of Laval on Monday afternoon after the alarm system went off.

The international pop superstar and her husband, Rene Angelil, were not at home at the time. Dion and Angelil usually live in Florida but use the Laval residence when they come home to Quebec.

Laval police spokesman Franco Di Genova said the suspect was getting ready to take a nice hot bath when police arrived with a canine unit.

“He opened the water faucets, was pouring a nice warmish bath (and) he even managed to eat some pastry that was in the fridge,” Di Genova said.

Di Genova said police worked their way through the house, starting with the basement and finally confronted the man on the main floor.

“The suspect was coming down the big staircase and was asking: `Hey, guys what are you doing here?’” Di Genova said.

“So the officers replied: `What are you doing here?’ and they proceeded to put him under arrest.”

Di Genova said the man had jumped a fence to get on the property and used a garage door opener that he found in an unlocked vehicle to gain access to the luxury residence.

Daniel Bedard, a Laval resident, was arraigned Tuesday on charges including breaking and entering, auto theft and causing property damage.

Di Genova said there was another incident at Dion’s mansion in 2009 when another man jumped the fence, but was stopped by the security firm that was keeping an eye on the property before he could enter the home.

Joan Rivers & Kim Kardashian

Joan Rivers is coming to Kim Kardashian’s defense, saying it’s not right for the Hollywood Walk of Fame to prohibit the handprints of reality stars from gracing its famous sidewalk.

“They should include Kim,” Rivers told me while she was placing her hands in cement outside Theatre 80 in New York City. “If they don’t want her hands, they should do her butt.”

Rivers’ famous hands will be joining the likes of Joan Crawford’s famous paw prints outside the theater and the big event was captured by the cameras of her We TV Show, “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?” which is filming its second season.

“I can’t commit a crime now,” Rivers laughed, telling me a woman’s hands always reveal her real age. “I’m the only person outside this theater in cement who is alive. Did my doctor call you before I arrived?”

Thanks to the celebrated chick comedy “Bridesmaids,” Wilson Phillips is ready to fully launch their millennial comeback

The Grammy-nominated 80s girl group–famous for hit “Hold On”–are getting their very own reality series on the TV Guide Network, titled “The Wilson Phillips Project.”

The show will profile and follow singing sisters Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson and their childhood best friend Chynna Phillips as they try to reach the top of the charts once again. Think of it as a comeback 20 years in the making.

Chynna Phllips is already set to appear on the upcoming season of “Dancing With The Stars,” while Carnie Wilson landed a judging role on ABC’s “Karaoke Battle USA.” So it looks like there will be plenty of Wilson Phillips on television screens this year–who says a new album is even necessary?

The pilot will premiere later this year.