Blog Posts by Meriah Doty

Rain at Cannes (Photo: Venturelli/WireImage)The first sign things weren't going right at the Cannes Film Festival in France this year – a high-dollar jewelry heist.

From then on, the annual French Riviera fete that usually oozes glamour, riches, bikinis, and (oh yeah) cinema, has endured a growing list of unprecedented and even shocking setbacks.

Guns have been drawn, dresses drenched, and body parts have been exposed.

Those aren't shadows on Julianne Moore's dress, they're wet spots. Fan Bingbing, left (FilmMagic/Getty)

5. Horrible Weather

Stars have been taking shelter and hiding under umbrellas during what's usually a lot of high-end fun in the sun. "The Great Gatsby" seemed to catch the brunt of the gray, wet weather as Leonardo DiCaprio,

Benedict Cumberbatch poses with fans at the UK Premiere of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' (Photo: Getty)
You may be aware that "Star Trek Into Darkness" antihero Benedict Cumberbatch has a growing legion of fans. What you may not know is his devotees are distinctly fragmented between self-respecting Cumberfans and a group that has labeled themselves "Cumberb----es."

The latter group has a relatively popular Twitter account on which they have been defending their name following recent controversy.

Cumberbatch himself has recently piped up about the Cumber-"B"-word faction after having made light of their existence to other press outlets (including our own).

Guess which one is Benedict Cumberbatch's natural hair color (Photo: WireImage)He has successfully stolen the spotlight from his ensemble cast mates and blushingly touts his growing fan base of so-called Cumberpeople.

With the enormous amount of buzz that has been bestowed upon the star villain in "Star Trek Into Darkness," along with a four more films coming out this year, Benedict Cumberbatch is truly the man of the moment.

The 36-year-old actor first grabbed the attention of "Star Trek" reboot director J.J. Abrams as the leading man on the hit BBC show "Sherlock." And while he seems relatively fresh on the scene in the U.S., Cumberbatch has been entertaining British audiences since he was a boy in London performing Shakespeare plays in school.

Will Tyrese survive this 'Fast & Furious 6' leap? All Ludacris cares about is his deodorant. (Universal)

During a recent television press day in London for the upcoming action-packed (and then some) "Fast & Furious 6," Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris got, well, pretty ludicrous.

Warning: Male anatomy humor ensues...

We don't really know whether both men actually use Secret brand deodorant– strong enough for a man but made for a woman–

Alice Eve and Chris Pine in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' (Photo: Paramount Pictures)If you're letting 1982's "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" be your guide to "Star Trek Into Darkness," you may be anticipating some hanky-panky between Dr. Carol Marcus (Alice Eve) and Captain Kirk (Chris Pine). Eve appears in her skivvies, after all.

Aside from Pine and Eve's shared – and sordid – character history from "Star Trek" antiquity, they have another thing in common: Both have parents who were, like, totally recognizable actors from '80s television.

Robert Pine in a 'CHiPs' publicity photo (Photo: Everett Collection)Robert Pine played Sgt. Joseph Getraer in NBC's long-running cop drama "CHiPs." And on the other side of the pond in Britain, Sharon Maughan (Eve's mum) was the star of a popular '80s coffee commercial that eventually made its way to the U.S.

Chris Pine's dad played the sergeant in charge of the California Highway Patrol's Central Los Angeles Division from 1977 to 1983. On "CHiPs," Sgt. Getraer stuck close to the police station, but would go out on patrol every once in a while. At one point in the series, Robert Pine's character was

Paris Hilton's house is seen here in 'The Bling Ring' (Photo: A24/Inset: Getty Images)

Have you ever wanted to take a look inside Paris Hilton's mansion? All you have to do is watch "The Bling Ring," debuting today at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

The 32-year-old hotel heiress is now speaking out about being the victim of the so-called Bling Ring burglaries that took place four years ago in her Hollywood Hills home – a home wherein she allowed Sofia Coppola to film a movie about the events.

Hilton let Coppola shoot several scenes inside her unique home. "Sofia came to my birthday party last year," Hilton told The Hollywood Reporter. "She loved my house and said it couldn't be re-created in a set."

Paris Hilton's real shoe closet is seen here in a scene in 'The Bling Ring' (Photo: Screengrab/A24)

Maybe that's because Hilton's design aesthetic is truly matchless and

Nearly half a century after it was devised, the Vulcan salute endures (Photo: Getty/Inset: Everett)When Spock started exploring the final frontier that is space with the rest of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew in 1966, his pointy ears and eyebrows signified he was another species. But a year passed on "Star Trek" before we got to see him in his element on his home planet of Vulcan, throwing up that famed hand gesture.

The Vulcan salute was Spock actor Leonard Nimoy's idea and Nimoy's idea alone. The well-known gesture first appeared in the second-season premiere episode of "Star Trek" titled "Amok Time."

Taken from Melissa Joan Hart's Kickstarter campaign video (Photo from Melissa Joan Hart)In an apparent attempt to break away from her typical television movie fare, Melissa Joan Hart took to Kickstarter to fund a Rom-Com with which she simply "fell in love!" … And Kickstarter kicked back.