Watch Johnny Depp’s Curse-Laden Speech from the Hollywood Film Awards

CBS had to bleep the intro by the Into the Woods actor

When Johnny Depp took the stage at the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards, he immediately warned the crowd, “I'm not really good at this kind of thing.” After setting the bar low, Depp went on to make the censors work overtime bleeping out the stammering, curse-laden speech he delivered live on primetime television.

‘Gone Girl’ Wins Big at Hollywood Awards

The mystery-thriller “Gone Girl” took home the top prize at the 2014 Hollywood Film Awards on Friday night in Los Angeles. But while an array of Hollywood A-listers, including Angelina Jolie, Ben Affleck and Johnny Depp, showed up for the event’s first televised ceremony, audiences at home did not. The program, which was hosted by Queen Latifah and carried by CBS, attracted about four million viewers at its peak, according to the websiteTVbythenumbers.com.

Gossip column: Ronaldo, Di Maria, Gerrard, Reus, Cabaye

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Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta, who is eligible for re-election in 2016, has suggested the possibility of recruiting Real Madrid's 29-year-old forward Cristiano Ronaldo. (Le Figaro - in French) 

Tottenham scouts flew to Argentina last week to watch Colombian River Plate striker Teo Gutierrez, 29. (Daily Mirror) 

Gossip column: Gerrard, Koke, Hummels, Pique, Destro, Rodgers

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New Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini is lining up a January move for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, 34. (Mail on Sunday) 

 Manchester United have been told Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, 25, will cost them £47m. (Sun on Sunday - subscription required)

Formula 1 gossip: Hamilton, Chilton, Raikkonen, Wolff

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton says he is feeling relaxed, confident and ready to win ahead of the Formula 1 title decider in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. (Crash.net) 

Championship leader Hamilton tweeted a picture of himself  at the poppy installation at London Bridge, which he said he passed during a run over the weekend.

Trump Entertainment, Creditors Say Trump Taj Mahal to Close

Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc.’s last remaining Atlantic City boardwalk casino, the Trump Taj Mahal, is almost certainly going to close, lawyers said Friday.

”We intend to close the facility at the Taj Mahal on Dec. 12,” Trump Entertainment lawyer Kris Hansen told a bankruptcy judge. A meeting has been set for Monday with New Jersey officials who have so far turned a cold shoulder to the gambling company’s pleas for a $175 million bailout package.

Creditor representatives are unhappy but resigned to the likelihood another casino on the distressed Atlantic City Boardwalk will go dark.

Reliance Entertainment aims to buy US, European game studios

India's Reliance Entertainment plans to begin acquiring North American and European mobile game studios starting in early 2015, in hopes of becoming a significant global player in the fast-growing mobile games industry.

The company, which is the biggest stakeholder in DreamWorks Studios, is in talks with bankers to identify and acquire up-and-coming mobile game studios in North America and Europe to boost sales, chief executive Manish Agarwal told Reuters in a phone interview.

Spackman Entertainment to Acquire Korea’s Novus Media

HONG KONG — Media investor Spackman Entertainment Group is to buy Novus Media, a Korean film investor and ancillary distributor.

Spackman, which is listed in Singapore and is connected to Toronto-based Spackman Equities, said that it had signed a memorandum to acquire 51% or more of Novus. But it did not disclose the value of the transaction.

Box Office Results: The Dumbest Comedy Sequel Ever Wins the Weekend

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.

As the holiday movie season picks up steam from the slower fall months, we went from a weekend with two movies grossing $100 million between them to one where three movies made that amount (and next weekend, one movie should be able to do well above that amount on its own.)

Comedy night will benefit Taylor Mill nurse

Friends and family rally to help Schwarte who’s been sidelined since June surgery.

A Comedy Night Benefit for Paula Schwarte, R.N., will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at Moose Lodge, 5247 Taylor Mill Road.

The lodge is a mile south of the Taylor Mill Road and I-275 exit 79. Cost is $25 in advance or $30 at the door.

Is Kiwi comedy really that sexist?

Michele A'Court's been hounded about what it's like to be a funny woman once too often. She turns down an interview, pointing to her final thoughts on the subject in The Guardian, where she wrote earlier this year: "It forces me to think of myself as 'a woman who does comedy' rather than as a 'comedian'."

Despite the question haunting her decade-long career of wisecracking, it's 2014, and 24-year-old Louise Beuvink still gets introduced as "the one with tits and a vagina".

Rose Matafeo, 22, is horrified that at her gig last week in Hamilton, a man congratulated all the male comedians by their names, then merely said to her: "Well done Mrs Skirt" ("I wasn't even wearing a skirt!").