Mel Gibson’s upcoming film has been met with protests in Mexico over plans to transfer prisoners ahead of shooting.

Gibson will begin filming the action-drama How I Spent My Summer Vacation at the Ignacio Allende prison in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz next month and some inmates will be be relocated to make way for production, the BBC reported this week.

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Mariah Carey and Vanessa Hudgens have been tapped to play a crooning mother and daughter duo in a new motion picture comedy about televison talent shows.

“Mariah is eager to capitalize on her acclaimed performance in Precious with another movie,” says a Hollywood producer, who asked to remain anonymous. “There is one project where she would play one half of a mother and daughter singing duo who audition for a TV talent show.”

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Erik Gates, who guest-starred as an Amateur Rocket Expert on the popular Discovery Channel show MythBusters, died in a freak accident Dec. 20. He was 47.

Gates was doing electrical work on a roof at a building in Newbury Park, California when he fell 30 feet from a skylight. Gates was an owner of Gateco Electric, which was employed at the site.

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The debut album from pop newcomer Ke$ha has been circulating the Interwebs for a couple days now — and for good reason — Ke$ha currently holds the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with her record-breaking first single “Tik Tok.”

“Tik Tok” sold 440,000 downloads over the Christmas holiday — a 175% increase of the week before — setting a new record on the Billboard charts for the “Most Ever Digital Single Sales for a Female Artist.” The smash hit has sold a massive 610,000 downloads since its iTunes debut earlier this month.

Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart are expecting a baby girl according to PEOPLE. Despite stepping out with an obvious baby bump in September, “The Noxzema Girl” and “Dr. McSteamy” had not formally announced the pregnancy until now. The couple has been married since 2004.