Baldwin: I'd rather pay up than apologize over arrest

NEW YORK — Actor Alec Baldwin is not apologizing over an incident that led to a disorderly conduct arrest in May.

Baldwin told a Manhattan judge Thursday he'd rather pay a fine than apologize over the encounter that started when police stopped him for riding a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.

Judge John Delury asked the actor, "Can you stay out of trouble, Alexander?"

Baldwin said, "Sure, sure." The judge gave him an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal.

Earlier the judge told Baldwin: "Looks like you have a short fuse."

Zoe Saldana relieved to head a rock and roll outfit of anti-heroes in Guardians of the Galaxy

Science fiction has been good to Zoe Saldana. In Guardians Of The Galaxy – out next Thursday – she stars as a martial arts assassin.

Then comes the job of reprising her role as Neytiri in the three Avatar sequels, which will be shot back to back and released in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Born in Passaic, New Jersey, 36-year-old former dancer Zoe made her film debut in Centre Stage in 2000.
What made Guardians of the Galaxy stand out for you?

It’s a very innovative and unique take on the sci-fi and superhero genres.

New photo of Ben Affleck as Batman released

Warner Bros. Pictures released a new image of Ben Affleck in his Batman attire today, in anticipation of the film Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

The film is due to be released in 2016 and stars Affleck as Batman alongside Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman.

'Weird Al' Yankovic still trying to wrap head around No. 1 album

THE past week for "Weird Al" Yankovic (pix) has been a little weird by the standards of the curly-haired, accordion-playing, oddball master of pop music parody.

The 54-year-old singer of such songs as "Eat It," a culinary spoof on Michael Jackson's 1983 hit "Beat It" and "Amish Paradise," the send-up of rapper Coolio's 1995 sensation "Gangsta's Paradise," scored his first No. 1 album on the U.S. Billboard chart with "Mandatory Fun", following a week-long rollout of music videos.

"It's still hard for me to wrap my head around that," Yankovic said in an interview.

"It means a lot to me."

Scarlett Johansson's 'Lucy' leaves us hanging

The Earth is flat, the sun rotates around it and humans only use 10 percent of their brain’s capacity. Lovely theories — all of them wrong.

So when a film’s premise is based on the “10 percent brain myth,” well it feels like we’re getting off on the wrong foot here, but I’ll play along for the sake of the story, such as it is.

Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), of the new movie of the same name, is duped into delivering a locked case to a mob boss in Taiwan. She has no idea what’s in the case, but she’s given the combination while the mobsters take cover on the odd chance it may not contain what they’re expecting.