Stars Ring In 2014 Across The Country

Whether they were in New York, Los Angeles on Las Vegas, celebs went all out for New Year's Eve!

Mariah Carey performed on the NBC New Year's Eve special hosted by Carson Daly, and she squeezed her curves into a sexy white dress and struck a pose with hubby Nick Canon. Nick couldn't even be bothered with looking at the camera, as he seemed rather captivated by his wife's cleavage! Mariah wrote, "Happy New Year!!!! 'You like this and you know it.'"

Taylor Swift threw a girls' night at her LA home, and BFF Selena Gomez wasn't there, but Modern Family cutie Sarah Hyland attended the bash and posed for a pic with the hostess.

Meanwhile, Paris and Nicky Hilton went big in Las Vegas, with Miss P DJing at Hyde Bellagio. She tweeted, "Can't wait to rage with you all Tonight at @HydeBellagio! It's going to be an insane night! #YES!" She may have had to work for a little bit, but a source close to P recently told TMZ that she makes between $100,000 and $350,000 per HOUR when she plays a set. Totally worth being on the clock on NYE, if you ask us!

Iron Man 3 Is Highest-Grossing Movie of 2013 With $1.2 Billion

 

Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow's superhero flick Iron Man 3 is officially the highest-grossing movie of 2013. So just how much dough did the third installment in the Iron Man franchise rake in?

Domestically, Iron Man 3, which hit theaters May 3, brought in just over $409 million at the box office (according to Digital Spy). And internationally, the flick raked in a whopping $806 million! That means that Iron Man 3 grossed $1.2 billion globally!

Despicable Me 2 came in second on the list of highest-grossing films of 2013 with a staggering $918,573,535, followed by Fast & Furious 6 with $788,679,850 in profits. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire earned $771,484,011, Monsters University grossed $743,559,607 and Man of Steel banked $662,845,518, coming in sixth.

Here's what other movies made the top 20 list:

7. Gravity: $652,394,288
8. Thor: The Dark World: $627,858,622
9. The Croods: $587,204,668
10. World War Z: $540,007,876
11. Oz the Great and Powerful: $493,311,825
12. Star Trek Into Darkness: $467,365,246
13. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: $426,244,000
14. The Wolverine: $414,828,246
15. Pacific Rim: $407,602,906
16. GI Joe: Retaliation: $375,740,705
17. Frozen: $363,012,773
18. Now You See Me: $351,723,989
19. The Hangover Part III: $351,000,072
20. The Great Gatsby: $348,840,419

Keira Knightley BUYS $6.2 Million Townhouse In London

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Keira Knightley dropped $6.2 million (3.775 million pounds) for this stunning London townhouse earlier this month, and she's managed to keep it a secret -- until now! The actress put her previous East London home up for sale this year, so it looks like this love nest is a big upgrade for Knightley and her rocker husband James Righton.

The four-story home has 2,775-square-feet of living space, with five bedrooms and three and a half baths, along with a double reception room on the raised ground floor.

The master suite is on the first floor, along with an additional bedroom and the second floor has two more bedrooms and a shared bathroom.

Taylor Swift Neighbors Pissed: You're Screwing With Our Coastline!

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Taylor Swift is screwing with the coastline in a small Rhode Island community ... and pissing off neighbors in the process ... but Taylor's people say what she's doing is perfectly legal.

Swift is building a massive perimeter wall around her castle in Westerly, Rhode Island, moving tons of coastline rocks in the process. 

One neighbor says, "It was bad enough when she moved in, but to ruin a part of the town for all of us ... this is a whole new level of hate."

Surfers in the area say... the wall under construction around Taylor's 11,000 square foot mansion is messing with the wave break in Westerly. 

And some residents are grousing ... the wall she's building is taking away public access that they have enjoyed for years.

We're getting multiple, conflicting stories from government workers and residents ... but from Taylor's point of view ... her people say government officials actually asked her to move some of the rocks that had drifted into the ocean back to her property line and that's what residents are seeing.  They also claim the wall she's building is in the same spot as the original wall that was constructed decades ago but eroded over time.

It appears the prior owners built a wall closer to the mansion, but it was destroyed  last year during Hurricane Sandy and now Taylor is building where the original wall had been.  Problem is -- the residents are used to having the beach they will no longer enjoy.

Also ... officials say Taylor obtained all necessary permits.

Robin Roberts Officially Comes Out As Gay In Facebook Post

Robin Roberts, anchor of ABC’s morning show “Good Morning America,” has come out as gay in an end-of-the-year post on her Facebook page.

Roberts’ sexuality had been known to her family, friends and co-workers for some time, but her mention of longtime girlfriend Amber Laign was her first public acknowledgement.

“I am grateful for my entire family, my long time girlfriend, Amber, and friends as we prepare to celebrate a glorious new year together,” she wrote in the post, which was a thank-you for those who had supported her following her bone marrow transplant last year.

Roberts was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and took a leave from “GMA” to undergo the transplant in October of 2012. She returned to the show in February 20, 2013.

Be the Match Registry, a nonprofit organization run by the National Marrow Donor Program, said that it experienced a huge spike in donors the day Roberts went public with her illness.

Box Office: ‘Hobbit’ Holds Off ‘Frozen’ As Nail-Biter Caps Record 2013 At Box Office

 

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” beat out “Frozen” in a battle as tight as the last lap of a NASCAR race to win its third straight weekend and cap a record year at the 2013 box office.

Peter Jackson’s second movie in his “Hobbit” trilogy, a prequel to the “Lord of the Rings,” will take in $29.8 million over the three days, and has rung up nearly $50 million since Christmas Day.

It’s rolled up $190 million domestically and added another $98.3 million from abroad this weekend, to up its worldwide total to $614 million since opening on Dec. 13 for Warner Bros., New Line and MGM.

Justin Bieber: Make Up Your Mind Already

Justin Bieber is getting a little desperate for attention ... hes now trying to explain how the words "I'm retiring" are unclear.

Justin's people are now saying the singer didn't make himself clear when he tweeted he was retiring ... and that Justin is not hanging it up just yet.

Here's the problem ... this is the second time he's pulled this stunt and he knew exactly what he was doing.

It seems that Bieber is trying in an uncool way to do what Miley Cyrus has been able to pull off -- shock value with some authenticity.

Oscar Nominations Voting Begins

 

Voting begins Dec. 27 for 2014′s Academy Awards nominees. Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are invited to cast secret ballots for their favorite film work from the past year until Jan. 8, 2014.

The academy is offering electronic voting for the second consecutive year. It announced last week that 289 feature films are eligible for best-picture consideration.

Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards will be announced Jan. 16.

Ellen DeGeneres will host the ceremony when the Oscars are presented on March 2.