Lunchtime Lowdown: Simon Monjack Died of “Broken Heart”; SATC 2 Gets Poor Reviews

• Simon Monjack died of a “broken heart,” according to his rep. (PopEater)
• N.Y. Jets QB Mark Sanchez and N’SYNC-er Lance Bass get down to Bon Jovi! (TMZ)
• Kate Gosselin is a “nightmare” at DWTS finale? (PopEater)
• Sex and The City 2 not as good as the first film. (New York Daily News)
• Simon Cowell’s most memorable Idol quotes! (Extra)
• Columbia University’s valedictorian steals comedian Patton Oswalt’s material in a commencement speech. (PopEater)

Khloé Kardashian Odom Reveals Laker’s No. 1 Fan

Khloé Kardashian Odom has been very busy rooting on hubby Lamar Odom and the rest of the L.A. Lakers in the NBA Western Conference Finals against the Phoenix Suns. Last night, she watched from the comfort of her home with the rest of the Kardashian Krew and took the time to share a pic on her blog of the Laker’s No. 1 fan! Any guesses?

Her nephew Mason Dash Disick!

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“Last night Kourt, Kim, Mason and I all watched the game together and Mason was rocking his Lakers PJs,” Khloé wrote on her official blog. “He looked so freaking adorable, I was literally melting! LOL. And I love his face in this picture — it’s a mix of both anger and confusion. I think he looks so much like Rob…maybe we should put Rob in matching Lakers PJs for tomorrow’s game and they can be twins haha!!!”

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Last night, Kobe Bryant led his team with 38 points and 10 assists, but unfortunately the Lakers dropped Game 4 115-106 to the Suns in Phoenix to tie the series at 2-2.

The teams battle it out again on Thursday in L.A.

Sandra Red Carpet Watch: Actress to Accept “MTV Generation Award”

MTV announced today that Sandra Bullock will be the recipient of the MTV Generation Award at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards on June 6.

Entertainment Tonight has also confirmed that the Oscar-winning actress will be present at the award show, marking her first public appearance since the news of her soon-to-be ex husband’s, Jesse James, infidelity hit the mainstream media.

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“Sandra is one of those rare individuals who is adored by our audience as both an actress and a role model,” Stephen Friedman, General Manager of MTV, said in a statement. “Recognizing her remarkable talent, amazing range of films and her visceral connection to our audience around the globe, we are honored to present her with our MTV Generation Award.”

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Sandra will be the first female recipient to be honored with the Generation Award, the MTV Movie Awards highest honor, “acknowledging an actor who has engaged the MTV audience throughout their career.”

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Past recipients include Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey.

According to the statement released by MTV Sandra “has made legions of moviegoers both laugh and cry through heartfelt and wide-ranging roles that continue to break the mold and box-office records.”

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“Since her breakout role in the 1994 hit action film Speed, Bullock has captivated audiences by starring in blockbuster motion pictures that include While You Were Sleeping, A Time To Kill, Crash, Miss Congeniality, The Proposal and The Blind Side.”

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As previously announced, movie megastars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, the cast of the new comedy The Grown Ups including Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider are just few of the A-listers who will be presenting golden popcorn statues.

Christina Aguilera will return to the Movie Awards stage for a highly-anticipated performance from her new album Bionic (hitting stores early June) and Katy Perry will perform her hit summer anthem “California Gurls,” the first single from her forthcoming album Teenage Dream (available August 24).

OK! NEWS: ROBERT, KRISTEN & TAYLOR PRESENTING NEW ECLIPSE SCENE AT MTV MOVIE AWARDS!

A new exclusive clip from the upcoming third installment of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will also be featured!

‘American Idol’: What Wasn’t on TV for Casey’s Elimination

Casey James was eliminated from American Idol on Wednesday night, sending Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze to next week’s finale of the hit Fox reality show.

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Most expected after Tuesday night’s performance show that Casey, 27, would bite the dust, so the results were no surprise at the CBS Studios taping. However, the audience was still energized, showing a lot of enthusiasm for the two left standing as the final battle looks like it will be a close one.

“It seemed like everyone in the crowd thought it would be Casey’s final night on the Idol stage,” an eyewitness at the show said. Many believed he underachieved all season, often following up a strong performance with a snooze-worthy one. And on Monday night, both his versions of the songs, “OK, It’s Alright With Me” and “Daughters” fell flat. Judge Simon Cowell was even seen giggling as Kara DioGuardi praised his last performance—it was clear he felt Casey had done a poor job.

“Did viewers agree? Apparently so, because when host Ryan Seacrest announced that Casey was going home and Lee and Crystal had gone through, the fans at the taping were cheering the finalists more than mourning Casey.”

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When the night began, the nine Idols who had already been eliminated from the top 12 this season joined the top three onstage to help present Fox reality chief Mike Darnell with a birthday cake. “Big Mike Lynche, who was just eliminated last week after making it to the top four, wheeled out the cake and Mike Darnell blew out the candles. Ryan told the audience, “he hired all of us!’ as judges Randy Jackson, Ellen DeGeneres, and Kara mingled onstage with Darnell, the Idols, and other show producers and crew members,” the eyewitness said.

“The crowd was thrilled to see the eliminated Idols all take seats in the audience to learn who would make it to the finals. The Idols did a lot of socializing, with Didi Benami chatting with Ryan, Big Mike waving to the crowd, and Paige Miles and Siobhan Magnus hugging each other.

“Lee had a long chat onstage with Ellen before the show started, while Randy talked to Crystal and Casey. Ellen did a little of her trademark dancing just minutes before air time to get loose as the crowd laughed. The packed audience showed the most energy it has all season.”

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In hometown visits broadcast on the show, all three remaining Idols got emotional about making it so far. Casey returned to Fort Worth, Texas and visited the hospital where doctors had saved his life after an awful motorcycle accident six years ago. Casey’s mom Debra recalled for TV viewers how she put his guitar next to him in the hospital bed to inspire him to recover.

Just days before the final three, Debra had exclusively told OK! more of her son’s story. She said, “It took him a year to learn how to walk. He was in a wheel chair for about six months. It was a very, very long recovery. And he hurts still. He doesn’t ever say it, and he won’t say it, but he hurts everyday. He’s got way limited motion on his left wrist. I don’t know if he even wants me saying this, but he just pushes through it. He just doesn’t complain.”

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Before Casey learned his fate, the usual show filler ate up time. Justin Bieber sang, and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton sat in the audience to support his discovery, singer Travis Garland, who performed his hit, “Believe” on the show. “The Idol judges spent a long time during a commercial break talking to Perez, and when Simon shook his hand, Perez pulled Simon toward him into a hug,” the eyewitness said. Perez, of course, has made no secret of the fact he’d like to replace Simon as an Idol judge next season.

Meanwhile, Simon, who has just one week to go on Idol before he leaves to work on his next oxX show, The X Factor, was “much more involved in the crowd than usual on Wednesday night. He and Kara greeted a child in a wheelchair in the audience and Simon kindly tweaked the boy’s nose. Later, Simon signed a bunch of autographs for audience members, which he hardly ever does during tapings.”

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But the contestants were still front and center. “Crystal got very emotional watching her hometown visit segment to Toledo, Ohio, and was still wiping tears away when cameras stopped rolling,” the eyewitness said. “But Lee got the biggest hand after his hometown visit to Chicago, in which he sang Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” to a stadium full of fans and his folks sang along with him with tears in their eyes.

“When Lee was the first one to be told he was going to the finals, the audience erupted! Then, when Crystal was named a finalist over Casey, Lee picked her up and swung her around the stage. Simon seemed most happy about Lee’s success, giving him a pat on the neck after the show for a job well done. It’s no secret Simon has championed Lee all season.

“After the show went off the air, the warm up comedian shouted, ‘give it up for Casey James’ and fans gave him a last cheer, but all eyes were on the final two. Casey, typically laid back, left the stage quietly as Crystal and Lee did a coin toss to determine in which order the singers would perform next Tuesday. ‘This is awesome, by the way,’ Lee smiled to the crowd to more cheers. ’Ryan doesn’t know how to toss a coin!’ stage manager Debbie Williams cracked. The host agreed, ‘I’m really not good at this,’ but did his duty, Crystal won the toss, and chose to perform second, telling Lee, ‘promise not to hate me.’ Crystal put herself in the strongest position by choosing to sing last and making the final impression with fans next week,” the eyewitness explained.

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But for Casey, it was not to be, as the golden haired hunk who got through his first audition by taking his shirt off for Kara was too lackluster in the final stretch and missed his shot at Idol glory.

Still, he has made his mom proud. As Debra James recently told OK! “Win or lose, Casey will play music. He just wants to do what he loves to do and what he was born to do, and that’s it. And he’ll do that whether he’s playing to five people in a coffee shop, or he’ll do it playing to 50 thousand. It makes no difference to him. He just wants to be able to make a living doing what he loves.”

Report: Kellan Lutz & Ashley Greene Sign on for ‘Breaking Dawn’

We no longer have to worry about the fate of the Cullen family! According to reports, Kellan Lutz and Ashley Green have signed on for Breaking Dawn.

OK! GALLERY: ASHLEY GREENE GRABS A CUP OF GLAM TO GO

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Kellan and Ashley settled last night on a salary after a week of tense negotiations with Summit Entertainment for $1.25 million.

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While reports said the Cullens were initially asking for $2 to $4 million, Kellan and Ashley will still reportedly be making more than they did in the first three movies.

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However, the question still remains whether Breaking Dawn will be split into two films.

The good news is, we won’t be seeing Kellan and Ashley replaced!

OK! Interview: ‘Idol’ Castoff Michael “Big Mike” Lynche!

Michael “Big Mike” Lynche may have been initially voted off at Top 9, but thanks to the judges’ save, the 26-year-old from St. Petersburg, Fla., made it all the way to the top 4 with his R&B stylings. Big Mike paid a visit to the OK! offices to talk about everything from how funny Lee DeWyze really is, to his favorite Idol, to the reality show that he would love to star on with his wife!

Were you expecting to be voted off?
No, a winner wants to win and always expects to win and should. I did know that just being an R&B singer in the American Idol world, it doesn’t always fare as well. You feel like, maybe at some point, but I definitely felt like I had the goods to take it all. The goal is to have a career after. I think I worked hard enough and got to stay on the show long enough to show enough of myself that I will get the opportunity to work. For me, top 4 was probably the farthest out that I would have been okay with. It’s not so so bad.

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What was it like when you were voted off before you got saved?
I just stayed very focused on the task at hand. I get very intensely focused on whatever it is I’m doing. At that moment it was about singing lights out and leaving no doubt that I should still be in the competition. I thought going into the whole season that I liked the idea of singing for your life. Being given the idea to sing for my life and sing for my family and my family’s future, that I could stand tall in that moment. You want to do your work on Tuesday night so that you don’t get in that predicament. I thought I did really well on the Tuesday night and I woke up the next morning with that feeling to be prepared. It was the first time all season that I went over my save song. I thought about if all three girls are safe, because we’d been losing a girl every week, it just bodes well for the guys if another girl is in the bottom. But the first thing Ryan did was make all three girls safe. So then I thought if Tim Urban stays, it doesn’t look good for me. The teenyboppers were really having their voice be heard. And then Tim Urban was safe. I was like, “Good thing I prepared.”

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At that point, it was down to me and Andrew Garcia and I wanted it to be me. I felt in that moment that I could stand tall. I never wanted anybody to go home any week. It was cool that we could all still be a family, the 9 for two weeks. I didn’t want to see my buddy Andrew to have to go through that. The song that he had picked he didn’t get great feedback on. It would have been better for me to do it. And I did and succeeded, and we got to stay the 9 for another week.

And you lasted longer with the save than Matt Giraud did last season?
Yeah, it’s interesting to me the fans out there who don’t like the save. You get to see that group for another week. Nobody has to be sad. It’s not like the competition drastically changes. Everyone gets to stay. I think the save is great, the judges saying that we believe in you and we want America to see that again and give you another chance. That’s an amazing thing and really speaks to how you approach the competition. I approach it like a very long job interview. The end result is to work after the competition.

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What made you try out for Idol? Did you watch a lot?
Of course, watched it every year! I liked Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, both last year. I liked Allison Iraheta. Last year was a good season. I liked Matt Giraud. I liked Danny Gokey. I was rooting more for Matt Giraud. He never had a chance to have a huge moment. But he was kind of my guy, I liked that style of singing. It was nice when he came back to the show. That was before I got saved so we didn’t know we had that bond at that point.

What was it like when other past Idols came back this season?
Adam was amazing. David Cook was super cool. Adam and Cook probably had the best reputations around the staff who takes care of us. Everyone always talked about how wonderfully prepared Adam was all the time. Preparation was a big part of my game so that you don’t have to worry when it comes crunch time. People always talked about how Adam always looked so great and not nervous on stage. That was one thing I wanted to make sure was tight in my game. And David Archuleta was really cool when he came back and he’s such a nice kid, kind of a jitter bug. They were just like enjoy it, it’s very different when you’re out of that Idol bubble. They treat us good, extremely good. Not enough people talk about how well they treat us.

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Who were you closest to on the show?
Extremely close to Andrew and Lee, kind of the three amigos. When Andrew left it kind of turned into me, Lee and Siobhan Magnus. But I’m kind of the big brother of the group so I’ve got a special place for everybody.

Did you feel competition with each other?
No, we’re too different. Everyone wants to be the No. 1. You shouldn’t be there if you’re not trying to be that. Most weeks, people were just trying to do as well as they could. There were only a few of us who had designs on the big prize from the get-go. When my baby was born, it kind of changed everything. It wasn’t like, “I hope I do good” anymore, “I had to do well.”

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You don’t regret missing the baby’s birth?
No regret, you can’t live in a regret mind-frame. Does it hurt me? Yes. It hurts me very much still and it will. Only time will heal those wounds. Do I think I did well for my family? Yes. I really wanted to give us the chance to be special. Worth it in the long run, but I’ve still got work to do.

What would you have sung if you were there this week?
My song choice was going to be “Whenever Wherever Whatever” by Maxwell. Kind of going back to a song that really means a lot to me and that I know very very well could bring something special.

What kind of music do you want to do?
Soul, R&B. Anything that touches your soul, makes you want to get up and do something, that inspires you. I really see myself in the mold of Maxwell, John Legend. Just real musicians who put on a good show but the music is real for them.

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Would you do things outside of music?
Of course! I want to do everything. I am a songwriter as well. It was one of the things I was doing in New York before I went on the show. Writing for commercials and I got a song in a movie last year, Madea Goes to Jail. I did a Maybelline commercial, wrote a song and sang on that which was really cool. I just want to continue to do everything with music and I want to get involved with Broadway and TV. I think it would be really fun for my wife and I to have a reality show, seeing our little girl grow up. She’s already been growing up on TV. That would just be so much fun. Of course all they would do is see us watching TV and ordering delivery in our apartment.

What are your favorite shows?
We really like Glee. Glee is outstanding and 24. We watch Fox a lot, we do [laughs]. 24 used to be my all-time favorite. I love Jack Bauer. I don’t watch much these days, I’m a little busy. But when I have time, I watch ESPN just to catch up on sports.

Have you enjoyed doing Twitter and reading replies?
It’s interesting to read because not everybody writes friendly things which is a shame that you would take the time to find my page. It makes no sense to me. To take the time to find me and tell me something negative or to tell me how much you like someone else. Just tell them how much you like them! Why bother? That part of it is interesting to me. I am a man of the people. I love to be around the people and see the people. And we got to be connected that much more to them first time ever. That’s quite outstanding.

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Are you excited for the tour?
The tour is going to be great. It’s going to be nice to have the ten of us back together again. It’s such a fun group. We all fit really well into the group. We have fun, we laugh, laugh, laugh. Nobody knows how funny Lee DeWyze is. And Andrew Garcia, and even Aaron Kelly. We just all pick on each other and have so much fun.

Lee comes off so quiet!
Yeah! Quiet and nervous! I’m like, Lee come on, be yourself! Show these people! He’s got an unbelievable outstanding personality. He seems very introverted on TV, but he’s so funny! Funniest one in the group, hands-down by far! You wouldn’t even believe it. I just laugh. My cheeks hurts so much from laughing. When him and Andrew, and Siobhan is like crazy funny, too. When all of us get together, it’s just going to be a laugh fest.

What will you sing on the tour?
“This Women’s Work” is going to be one of my main songs. I’m probably going to get down on “Ready for Love.” I want to do something else fun and new which will be kind of a surprise. Me and Casey James will probably do the duet we did last week and then I guess we’ll have some group songs. It’s going to be a super fun time. Andrew was texting me on the way here and I was just getting excited about going back and seeing everybody.

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Have you been recognized a lot?
[Laughs] A little. The people have been good to me. Everywhere we have been, they are good to me and my family. I love the people. I love to take pictures. People never have to apologize for that with me. That’s what makes this show. The thing that I love about this show is the people pick their champion, whoever that ends up being. The people are such a big part of American Idol. For any of us to ever refuse a picture or autograph is just ludicrous. It’s the people who give you the chance.

Who do you think will win?
I’m not sure, I think it’s really important to stick to your game at this point. It’s really not about you, as much as it is about your fans. You want them to show up strong and in strong numbers so you want to do the things that make them love you. This competition is not about who is the best singer or who has done the best for the night. It’s about the fans. If you’ve got fans who will stay on the phone for two hours for you, you’ve got to give them what they want. A lot of times the fans vote to save a person. Like if you didn’t do so well, they’ve got to vote to keep you in. Rather than if you did well, then they don’t vote as hard.

That sometimes happens. Look what happened to Chris Daughtry. He came in fourth.
That’s why the save is the Chris Daughtry rule. We’ll do all right. It doesn’t have to do as much with place as it does with work ethic. If you’re willing to work for it, you can achieve.

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Is it true you can bench press 500 pounds?
505!

Could you really bench press someone?
[Laughs] I did curl someone in the studio. It was a very small space though. I love being in a gym. My gym here is a very good gym. Equinox Gym, outstanding.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Returns to Rehab

After reports came out that Jonathan Rhys Meyers was banned from flying United Airlines after a drunken incident, the Tudors star has checked himself back into rehab in London.

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E! News reports that Jonathan’s rep has confirmed he’s decided to seek help, but did not specify what for or where.

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The Irish actor is no stranger to rehab.

In 2007, seven months after a trip to rehab for alcohol abuse, he was arrested in a Dublin airport for being drunk and in breach of peace.

But then in 2009, he was arrested at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport for allegedly punching an airport bar waiter.

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Hopefully this time he’ll find the help he’s seeking.