Jesse Eisenberg felt the need to break out of some of the sad-sacks he’s been inhabiting for a while.

Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 74. Singer Stevie Nicks is 65. Actor Philip Michael Thomas (“Miami Vice”) is 64. Actress Pam Grier is 64. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 64. Actress Margaret Colin is 56. Actress Genie Francis is 51. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 51. Singer Lenny Kravitz is 49. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 47. Actor Joseph Fiennes (“Shakespeare in Love”) is 43. Singer Joey Kibble of Take 6 is 42. “South Park” co-creator Matt Stone is 42. Actress Elisabeth Harnois (“CSI”) is 34. Actor Hrach Titizian (“Homeland”) is 34.

The third time on American Idol was really, truly the charm for Candice Glover. The South Carolina singer took home the big win last week and already has an album (Music Speaks) and is headed out on tour. Though the 23-year-old can’t be called an overnight success, she is more than ready for her ride.

Actor Ian McKellen is 74. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 70. Actress Karen Valentine is 66. Actress Patti D’Arbanville (“New York Undercover”) is 62. Actress Connie Sellecca is 58. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 50. Actress Anne Heche is 44. Actresses Sidney and Lindsay Greenbush (“Little House on the Prairie”) are 43. Actor Jamie Kennedy (“Scream”) is 43. Actress Octavia Spencer is 43. Actor Justin Henry (“Kramer Vs. Kramer”) is 42. Singer Lauryn Hill is 38. Actor Ethan Suplee (“My Name Is Earl”) is 37.

Stevie Wonder celebrated his 63rd birthday a week after the big day (May 13) with a private concert for almost 700 high rollers, VIP guests and media types Tuesday night at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The legendary Wonder performed for well over two hours, singing covers by The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Bob Marley as well as his own greatest hits. Wonder also invited some of the audience, this writer included, to audition for him on his hit, Part Time Lover. While he told us we were better than the previous, uh, contestant, we’ll be keeping the full time day job.

In Epic, opening Friday, Miami’s own Pitbull plays a character that always makes money, no matter the situation.

The term “hot mess” doesn’t come close to describing Amanda Bynes. The troubled actress appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment. She was also charged with attempted tampering with evidence and unlawful possession of marijuana, all misdemeanors.

When Alison Thompson has a headache or other bodily pain, it’s not from a stressful day at the office.

Actor-comedian Tommy Chong is 75. Musician Bob Dylan is 72. Actor Gary Burghoff (“M-A-S-H”) is 70. Singer Patti LaBelle is 69. Actress Priscilla Presley is 68. Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 66. Actor Jim Broadbent is 64. Actor Alfred Molina is 60. Singer Rosanne Cash is 58. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 53. Actor John C. Reilly is 48. Actor Eric Close (“Without a Trace”) is 46. Actor Billy L. Sullivan (“Something So Right”) is 33. Actor-rapper Big Tyme is 32.

Joe Francis isn’t denying he had an “appalling” interview with The Hollywood Reporter, but at least he’s sorry that he went off at the mouth.

Actress Barbara Barrie is 82. Actress Joan Collins is 80. Actor Charles Kimbrough (“Murphy Brown”) is 77. Actress Lauren Chapin (“Father Knows Best”) is 68. Comedian Drew Carey is 55. Actor Linden Ashby (“Melrose Place”) is 53. Actress-model Karen Duffy is 52. Drummer Matt Flynn of Maroon 5 is 43. Singer Lorenzo is 41. Country singer Brian McComas is 41. Singer Maxwell is 40. Singer Jewel is 39.

Derek Hough may have won the 16th edition of Dancing With the Stars Tuesday, but the victory almost didn’t happen: Hough almost didn’t return to the ABC show this season.

Four years ago, Bradley Cooper had built a solid reputation as a scene-stealing supporting player. Ed Helms was best known for his sweet but buffoonish Andy on The Office. And few, besides comedy-club bookers and his own family members, could wrap their mouths around the last name of Zach Galifianakis.

Academy Award winner Michael Douglas got teary at the Cannes Film Festival while thanking director Steven Soderbergh for casting him as Liberace in Behind The Candelabra.

Romantics, whet your appetites for reality matchmaking at its finest. The Bachelorette is back in action 9 p.m. Monday on ABC. The lucky (some would say) lady is Desiree Hartsock, a fan favorite from Bachelor Sean Lowe’s past season.

Internal Affairs officers on Saturday were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was charged with heaving a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

Cross-dressers, half-naked revelers, a famed fashion designer, entertainment icons and a former U.S. president shared the spotlight in the Austrian capital for the Life Ball, a night of hedonistic revelry for a good cause - the funding of AIDS research.

James Gray's sincere melodrama "The Immigrant" has divided the Cannes Film Festival not for its politics or its audaciousness, but for its sentimentality.

Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women and that the leveling of the sexes is "idiotic"

The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip.

Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn't quite overcome with emotion now that he's back at the Cannes Film Festival.

Tilda Swinton injects her own brand of otherworldly-cool into Jim Jarmusch's latest movie "Only Lovers Left Alive," an unusual comedy that puts a spin on the age-old vampire genre.

A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead: