The crime fighting duo is back! Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander return for season three of their detective drama, Rizzoli & Isles. We’re excited to see all of the new cases they’ll crack open in the show about Jane Rizzoli, the tough as nails Boston detective, and Maura Isles, the intelligent and stylish medical examiner. Tensions will mount between the pair as they take on a heavy caseload filled with new suspects as well as friends and enemies from their pasts return.

Tune into the season three premiere of Rizzoli & Isles at 9:00 PM/8:00 on TNT.

The superhero team sunk Battleship in the fight for the top of the box office to land at number one for the third week in a row. See where the sea adventure and other movies landed on the list:
1. Marvel’s The Avengers $55.1 M
2. Battleship $25.3 M
3. The Dictator $17.4 M
4. Dark Shadows $12.8 M
5. What to Expect When You’re Expecting $10.5 M
6. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel $3.2 M
7. The Hunger Games $3 M
8. Think Like a Man $2.7 M
9. The Lucky One $1.8 M
10. The Pirates! Band of Misfits $1.5 M

The veritable Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, lost her battle with cancer yesterday at the age of 63. The songbird lit up the dance floor with tunes like “Bad Girls,” “Last Dance, “ and “She Works Hard for the Money” to total 19 number one dance hits, beginning with her breakout single and erotic disco anthem “Love to Love You Baby.” Summer also had a rock edge that helped her reinvent herself after the death of disco with guitar-heavy tracks like “Hot Stuff” that would garner her a total of five Grammys in four different genres throughout her career. Her influence remained steadfast even after her reign ended, being sampled by the likes of LL Cool J and Beyonce. She continued to tour and made appearances on shows like Bravo’s “Platinum Hit” before she began her 10-month battle with lung cancer. She will be remembered for defining a genre and a pioneer for women in pop music.
Her family released a statement to “The Hollywood Reporter” confirming her death, sharing their love and all that she gave. “While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy.”

Marvel’s team of superheroes banded together to keep the top spot at the box office, beating out Tim Burton’s spin on a vampire soap opera. See what other movies made it big this weekend:
1. Marvel’s The Avengers $103.2 M
2. Dark Shadows $28.8 M
3. Think Like a Man $6.3 M
4. The Hunger Games $4.4 M
5. The Lucky One $4.1 M
6. The Pirates! Band of Misfits $3.2 M
7. The Five-Year Engagement $3.1 M
8. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel $2.7 M
9. Chimpanzee $1.6 M
10. Girl in Progress $1.4 M

This week the stars aligned to celebrate the New York debut of Bacardi’s cognac venture, D’USSE, a smooth VSOP produced at the celebrated Chateau de Cognac in France. The exclusive launch, at the equally-exclusive Top of the Standard space in the city’s Meatpacking district, featured three D’USSE cognac signatures: a neat Perfect Pour, the Benedictine and Grenadine spritzed Lorraine 75, and an apricot brandy-blended Crusaders Cross, all concocted by famed mixologist Justin Noel.Also in attendance to endorse the Hennessy rival were Solange and Tina Knowles (sans Beyoncé and baby Blue); producers and N.E.R.D. dream team Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo; society fixture Genevieve Jones; “The Tanning of America” author Steve Stoute; Hot 97 personality Angie Martinez; former Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon; a scruffy, incognito Jake Gyllenhaal; and Roc Nation DJ Jus Ske, who set the tone with a Jay-Z-laden soundtrack.

And to think, all it took was a sultry little cognac bearing a gold Cross of Lorraine to pad that type of guest list. Perhaps, D’USSE, can bring us some A-list company for our next swanky nightcap.Available in June at fine wine and liquor retailers nationwide for $44.99.

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Last week Havianas got the jump on the Mother’s Day celebrations at the launch of its Mommy & Me Collection. The flip-flop authority partnered with Baby Buggy as well as celeb moms like Courtney Cox, Nina Garcia, Rebecca Romijn, and Tori Spelling to customize prints for moms to match with their little ones. Brooke Burke, Busy Philipps, Garcelle Beauvais, Elisabeth Rohm, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Ana Ortiz were among the many who brought their families to check out the matching shoe styles and try out some arts and crafts. Ten percent of the proceeds from each pair benefit the non-profit to help provide baby equipment, products, clothing, and educational services to at-risk families in major cities throughout the U.S.
The Baby Buggy flip-flops are available at Havaianas.com for $26.

Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Black Widow, Hawkeye, and the Hulk smashed box office records this weekend! The comic book blockbuster blew away last year’s record-breaking opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II of $169 million. Check out what other movies made big bucks this weekend:
1. Marvel’s The Avenger’s $200.3 M
2. Think Like a Man $8 M
3. The Hunger Games $5.7 M
4. The Lucky One $5.5 M
5. The Pirates! Band of Misfits $5.4 M
6. The Five-Year Engagement $5.1 M
7. The Raven $2.5 M
8. Safe $2.5 M
9. Chimpanzee $2.4 M
10. The Three Stooges $1.8 M

January Jones, Oceana ambassador joined Susan & David Rockefeller and Christie’s CEO Steve Murphy last night at the Paris Theatre to host the exclusive screening of “La Revolution Bleu,” a documentary that followed the life and work of nouveau realism artist Yves Klein, which was sponsored by La Mer. His most important painting, FC1, is set to break the world record for the artist at auction when it is featured in Christie’s upcoming Post War & Contemporary sale for more than $30 million. A portion of the painting’s sale will benefit Oceana, an international organization devoted to protecting the ocean and its creatures. Jones recently became a huge fan of the legendary artist whose monochromatic work shook up the post war art world.

“I thought both of the films were great,” she said. “I’ve recently become a huge fan of Yves Klein, and I think his work was fascinating. I also hadn’t seen that footage from Oceana, and it was really beautiful. I got goose bumps. I’ve gotten to be part of that, and it’s been really rewarding.”

Guests like Georgina Bloomberg, Adam Lindeman, Ahn Duong, Bettina Alonso, Lauren Remington Fenet, Victoria Silverstedt, La Mer’s Sandra Main, and Stavros Niarchos were treated to cinema soiree complete with champagne, gourmet popcorn, and boxes of candy handed out by attendants donned in Zara dresses. After the screening of the documentary and a short film created by Oceana, Jones spoke about her passion for her work with the organization to protect sharks and other sea creatures.

“I’ve always been passionate about sharks since I was a little girl,” she explained. “And when I learned that they were endangered through the finning process, it became something very emotional to me. So when I got to a point in my career that I was able to give back and have a voice, I wanted to make that a priority. I contacted Oceana and found they didn’t have a shark spokesperson, and it seemed like a great fit. We’ve been able to, in a few short year, accomplish a lot of great things.”

The audience headed of to the Casa Lever for the after party where gusts sipped Blue Cosmo cocktails and danced late into the night to the sounds of DJ Luka Tacon before leaving with gift bags from La Mer.

For more information, please visit Christies.com.

Cardmember Susan Brennan was the lucky winner whose pitch was picked up by actor, writer, and director Edward Burns. He turned her 60-second idea in a 14-minute short with a little bit of romance, a dash of drama, and a whole lot of laughs. Following the funny short, Brennan and Burns answered audience questions and gave a mini course in filmmaking 101.

Susan Brennan: Right, because confidence is definitely something that helps you go forward… And, you say you have actors in mind. I think having people in mind helps. Even if it’s someone from your life that you want to write about, that definitely helps.

EB: My brother is a screenwriter as well, and he’ll sometimes write with a specific actor in mind. Like, say, Owen Wilson. He’ll kind of zero in on that voice, even if it’ll never go to Owen Wilson, that’ll just help him get through the first draft.Do you think it’s easier to produce a film now than it was earlier in your careers?

EB: As far as making the film? Yeah!

SB: Yes. Like how you made “Newlyweds.” How people can just pick up a camera and not have a studio say yes or no. You can just do it.

EB: For young filmmakers, there’s no excuse now not to go buy one of those inexpensive cameras and go out there and shoot. [To Brennan] You plan on directing?

SB: There’s a short I wrote, actually, about one year I had to wrap presents in  a mall for Christmas, and I’m thinking, ‘that I can handle,’ because it’s like the same scene — like a vignette. I think I’m going to do it.How different is the process of writing and directing for a full-length feature than it is from the short form?

SB: You have though, in the script, all these builds—

EB: Well, the fact that it wasn’t my own idea — I knew there were certain things, based on your pitch, that I had to do — sort of helped me know where it was going to end… I had to remind myself of what the pitch was in order to bring it back down to 15 pages.

Those 15 pages worked out like a charm. You can catch a look at “The Making of ‘Doggy Bags’” below, or screen the short in its entirety here, along with these other offerings from the Tribeca (Online) Film Festival.

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