Yet another twist in the production of "Innocence of Muslims," the anti-Islam film that has led to riots around the world. Gawker reports that the movie's director is Alan Roberts, a man known best for creating softcore porn films.

Robert's earlier work includes titles like "The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood," "Young Lady Chatterly" and "The Sexpert."

So what was the alleged director doing on the set of a film that would go on to inflame the masses? A number of Gawker's sources suggest Roberts had no idea that the movie would be so political in nature. As previously reported, many members of the cast and crew were duped into thinking they were making a historical film, as much of the dialogue was dubbed over after production ended.

Roberts has apparently been in hiding since the controversy erupted. VICE Magazine obtained documents which appear to link the pseudonym Alan Roberts to Robert Brownell, who was involved with pre-production purchases for "Desert Warrior" -- the working title of "Innocence of Muslims."

Earlier reports pegged Nakoula Basseley Nakoula to the film. Nakoula was thought to have used the pseudonym Sam Bacile, and has an extensive criminal record. He pleaded no contest to bank fraud charges in 2010 and sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined $790,000. Sources in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office also pegged Nakoula to a conviction on a drug case. Nakoula was found guilty of intent to manufacture methamphetamine charges. He violated probation multiple times.

As more details about the movie's production became available, more surprising information came to light. "Innocen
ce of Muslims" appears to have been filmed on a Hollywood set, and the permit for the project is tied to a Christian charity.

On Friday, Google rejected the White House's request to remove a clip of the movie from YouTube. The video was censored in India and Indonesia and blocked in Egypt and Libya.

Britain's royal family says it is suing the French magazine that published topless photos of Kate Middleton sunbathing.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have begun "legal proceedings for breach of privacy" against the magazine's publishers, the St. James Palace said in a statement Friday, after calling the publication of the photos "a grotesque and totally unjustifiable" invasion of the young couple's privacy.

The French magazine, Closer, published a spread of photos of what appears to be the Duchess of Cambridge, 30, on vacation, sunbathing, under the headline "Oh My God!" The magazine went on newsstands in France today.

The magazine defended the decision to publish the photos, saying in a statement on its website that the photos would only appear in the French, not the British edition, and were not degrading.


The pictures were reportedly taken while Middleton and Prince William, who celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary in April, enjoyed a mini four-day vacation together last week at a secluded chateau in the south of France before beginning a tour of the Far East and South Pacific to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.


The royal couple was reportedly told about the photos as they ate breakfast Friday before visiting a mosque in Malaysia. A palace source tells ABC News that at first the couple simply felt saddened, but as the day wore on the sadness turned to shock and anger and ultimately resulted in a decision to take legal action against the magazine.

"Their Royal Highnesses have been hugely saddened to learn that a French publication and a photographer have invaded their privacy in such a grotesque and totally unjustifiable manner. The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, and all the more upsetting to The Duke and Duchess for being so," the St. James Palace said an earlier statement Friday.

The revelation came just one day after Middleton marked an important first as a royal, delivering her first official speech overseas. The well-received speech was delivered to staff and patients at the Hospis Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur and focused on the importance of specialized medical care for seriously ill children. Middleton is a Royal Patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices in England.

The couple, who also visited Singapore and will end their trip this weekend in the island nation of Tuvalu, has been met by cheering crowds at each spot so far on their tour. Thursday's event at the hospice was no different, with a barrier collapsing from the weight of fans reaching out to see them. Young children from a nearby school greeted Kate and William, who joined her for the visit, outside the hospice with Malaysian flags and a welcome banner. Once inside, the couple met with young patients and drew with them on clay bricks, according to reports.

Despite the topless photo revelation, today the royal couple carried on in public as if nothing had happened. At the visit to the mosque, Middleton politely removed her heels and wore a stylish scarf in accordance with Muslim tradition.

Just after William and Middleton were engaged, the prince expressed his concerns about the paparazzi and said he had given Middleton the chance to get out of the relationship if she thought the attention would overwhelm her.

"I wanted to give her a chance to see in and to back out if she needed to before it all got too much. I'm trying to learn from lessons done in the past and I just wanted to give her the best chance to settle in and to see what happens on the other side," the prince said.

Last month, nude photographs of Prince William's younger brother, Prince Harry, partying in a Las Vegas hotel surfaced online and made headlines around the world. In that case, the palace contacted the Press Complaints Commission, which advised British newspapers to not publish the pictures.

She's only months away from giving birth but Imogen Thomas isn't about to give up her tight fitting clothes any time soon.

The glamour model stepped out his morning (Friday) to pick up some dry-cleaning, wearing skin-tight, stone wash leggings and a tight grey tank top.

Clinging to her curves: Imogen collects some dry cleaning from her boyfriend's after last night's Comfort Prima High Street Fashion Awards

The TV star seemed to be wearing a pair of high-waisted maternity leggings which pulled in her growing stomach although she didn't seem to be too worried about her ample chest as she went bra-free.

Heavily pregnant Imogen put together a more demure look as she attended the Comfort Prima High Street Fashion Awards last night.

The brunette reality star might have more to consider when it comes to dress for the red carpet but she made sure that she stood out for all the right reasons.

Skin tight: Imogen's not afraid to show off her changing figure as she wears skinny jeans and a clinging tank top to run some errands

Imogen went for a more conservative look, covering up her considerable assets in a tight-fitting high-necked dress. A look that certainly suited her.

The party-loving star looked striking in the aqua marine dress with a frilly black trim about the neck.

The stretchy calf-length dress clung to the 29-year-old in all the right places, and accentuated the growth of her bump.

Aqua marine queen: Imogen covers up in demure green dress for the awards ceremony

Red carpet ready: Imogen Thomas smiles for the cameras at the Comfort Prima High Street Awards at Battersea Evolution

Although the classy dress was a more demure look than usual for the topless model, Imogen went to town on her make-up, pairing bright red lips with heavy eye liner and sparkling bronzer.

While slightly more cautious pregnant women may have opted for a flat or lower shoe, Imogen is a dab hand at walking in skyscrapers and donned a pair of studded black shoes for the award ceremony.

The Welsh TV star wore a pair of black high-heeled boots when she stepped out last month but has been sticking to trainers and flat shoes for the last few weeks.

She may have bade farewell to Hermione, but Emma Watson can still cast quite a spell.

The beguiling Brit's latest victim is chat show host and comedian, Jimmy Fallon, who danced up a storm with the Harry Potter star on his show last night.

This included jazz hands from Singin' in the Rain, the carnival sequence from Grease and the Dirty Dancing lift.

Later she tweeted: 'Danced with [Jimmy Fallon] tonight. #anotherboxticked.'

The Perks of a Wallflower is a coming-of-age story based on the bestselling novel by Stephen Chbosky, and sees Emma star alongside Logan and Ezra of We Need to Talk About Kevin fame in the story of an introvert freshman who is taken under the wings of two seniors.

Emma plays the role of Sam, Patrick's (played by Miller) free-spirited step-sister, whom Charlie (played by Lerman) falls for.

What a hoot: The stars obviously enjoyed performing with one anotherTalking about the movie recently, Emma said she is hoping it allows her fans to see a different side to her, rather than her Harry Potter alter-ego Hermione.

She said: 'I hope what Harry Potter fans can see is that I am able to transform, that there are other sides of me that perhaps they haven't seen yet, and that they might allow me a little bit of room.

'Just doing American really is different. People have said to me that they keep forgetting it's me when they see the movie, which for me is more than enough. That's a success in itself for me, really.'

She had every right to be grim faced after a French magazine published topless pictures of her on holiday.

But in a show of unbelievable strength the Duchess of Cambridge managed to smile and laugh her way through a Diamond Jubilee tea party at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.

Kate, wearing an elegant ice blue lace dress by Alice Temperley, her hair pulled back in a bun and held in place with pearl-headed pins, sipped tea and chatted to several guests including shoe designer Jimmy Choo.

The couple announced this afternoon they had launched legal proceedings against the publisher of the French magazine.

Earlier, Kate appeared determined not to let the strain of the morning’s revelations show, smiling, laughing and chatting to Mr Choo without an apparent care in the world – although William at times did appear to have the weight of the world on his shoulders.

Mr Choo, who no longer has links with the company he created but says he still designs as ‘it is in his blood’ said: ‘I am very proud and delighted to have been invited.

'She is an absolutely beautiful person both inside and out. Very much like Prince’s William’s mother.’

Mr Choo worked with Diana, Princess of Wales for seven years and said Kate very much reminded him of her.

‘They are both elegant and wear fashion well but most importantly are very caring people inside which is why they appear so beautiful in public,’ he said.

Surprisingly the pair did not discuss shoes at length when they met but talked about the importance of education for young people, an issue Mr Choo is campaigning about on an international level and the duchess takes a keen interest in.

But he admitted that he would love to create for her. ‘Who wouldn’t? She is the style icon of her generation,’ he said.

‘She also told me how much she was loving visiting my country which made me very proud indeed.’

The Duke and the Duchess also watched a traditional Malay tea pouring ceremony before heading to the next leg of their south east Asia tour.

Away from the tea party the young Royals showed the strain of the day's revelations and appeared downcast as they left for the airport.

There's no reason to rehash the sordid story that left us with the first event to ever be canceled in UFC history. All we need to know is that when the full history of the UFC is written, there will be an asterisk next to UFC 151, noting that the event never took place.

All the fights on that ill-fated fight card have found a new home, which is a positive. The negative is that the main event between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson is not going to take place, due to a knee injury Henderson suffered while training.  Instead, Jones will defend his title against Vitor Belfort in the main event of UFC 152.

The full lineup for the September 22 fight card, which will take place at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, looks like this:

Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort

Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrious Johnson

Michael Bisping vs. Brian Stann

Matt Hamill vs. Vladimir Matyushenko

Charles Oliveira vs. Cub Swanson

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Igor Pokraja

Evan Dunham vs. T.J. Grant

Lance Benoist vs. Sean Pierson

Marcus Brimage vs. Jim Hettes

Seth Baczynski vs. Simeon Thoresen

Mitch Gagnon vs. Walel Watson

Charlie Brenneman vs. Kyle Noke

What follows are questions we have heading into UFC 152.

There's a lot to admire about Stephan Bonnar. He's a competent television announcer and a good storyteller who helps fans understand what it takes to compete inside the cage. He was a pretty solid fighter, too, combining with Forrest Griffin in the finale of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter to let the world in on a little secret—MMA is awesome.

I've seen Bonnar described over and over again as "tough as nails." That captures his essence, for good or ill. He will never back down, that much is true. But unfortunately for the journeyman light heavyweight, it's mostly a nice way of saying Bonnar's good at getting punched in the face.


A fighter who all but announced his retirement after his last bout—that's what Bonnar is. What he isn't, however, is more germane to this discussion.

He isn't going to suddenly become a major player at the box office.

And he isn't worthy of a fight with the greatest of all time, middleweight champion Anderson Silva who will step up a weight class to take on Bonnar in Brazil.


This fight is a lose-lose proposition for the UFC. Despite the addition of Silva, I don't think this card will perform well on pay-per-view. At the box office, it's already a lost cause. Fans expect Silva to decimate Bonnar, which is likely what will happen.

It's not the worst thing that could happen if you're the UFC, though. There remains an even more devastating option.

Bonnar, who opened as a +5,500 underdog courtesy of comedians on Twitter (meaning you'd win $5,500 on a $100 Bonnar bet), could conceivably do the impossible. With four-ounce gloves, anything can happen in the Octagon.

What if Bonnar manages to clip  Silva? What if he slices him open the way fellow underdog Vitor Belfort once took the light heavyweight belt from Randy Couture on a fluke cut?

It's not likely, but the sport is designed for the unlikely to happen. A Silva loss would be nothing short of catastrophic for the UFC. The legacy he's built over the years? It won't disappear, but it will be tarnished if he loses to a never-was such as Bonnar.

Passing the torch to the next champion is one thing. Losing to a guy who never made it to the top of the sport? Ask Fedor Emelianenko how that works out for your place in history.

Supporting this awful main event is a light heavyweight fight between the relatively unknown Glover Teixeira (18-2) and Fabio Maldonado (18-5). Maldonado steps in for Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who departed stage right due to an injury.

I love this fight in many ways. It should be a compelling scrap between two really tough guys. But Maldonado has actually lost his last two fights and sports a UFC record of just 1-2. Teixeira only has one fight in the UFC. One!

Simon Cowell And Britney Spears Talk About The Rebooted 'X Factor' On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

Britney Spears and Simon Cowell sat down with "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to talk about the premiere of the new season of "The X Factor." With a major overhaul of the judging panel and the still-to-be-decided host situation, the show is notably different than it was during its debut season.

When Kimmel said he found it surprising that Cowell would choose Demi Lovato to join the panel because she was kind of loony, Cowell retorted, "I like working with loony people."

"Oh God, I'm great then," Spears quipped.

Of Spears, Cowell said, "She’s been a revelation on the show. She’s been superb."

Certainly, it seemed to be all about Britney, HuffPost TV pointed out, writing, "The host-free opening montage dedicated a fair amount of airtime to roaming through the crowd … cutting to hordes of fans who screamed and cried like they were witnessing the second coming of Elvis when Britney entered the arena."

Critics seem to be on board the Spears train as well, with EW praising her for not overdoing it, and saying "she looked comfortable." Could she and Lovato be the shot in the arm the show needs to get viewers excited?

Keep tuning in to "The X Factor" to find out, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Catch "Jimmy Kimmel Live" weeknights at 12 a.m. ET on ABC.

Tonight, Sons of Anarchy returns with an explosive, emotional fifth season premiere (FX, 10 p.m. ET). Since we’ve already given diehards plenty of intel on season 5, let’s talk to the people who’ve heard how great this EWwy-nominated show is (Ken Tucker gives it an an A- in the current issue of EW) but haven’t had a chance to catch up. Here are five things you need to know in order to jump in tonight.

1. The show is influenced by Hamlet. The kingdom is SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original), and Clay (Ron Perlman) became president of it by killing John Teller, the father of Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and husband to Gemma (Katey Sagal) who thought the club had lost its way. Clay married Gemma, and they were the King and Queen of Charming, Calif., making Jax the prince. Last season, Jax’s surgeon fiancée Tara (Maggie Siff) had possession of letters John Teller had written that could have implicated Clay and Gemma in his murder. Tara shared them with Piney (William Lucking), who founded SAMCRO with John, and Clay killed Piney to silence him. Clay then put a hit out on Tara — she survived, but was left with nerve damage to her hand and the feeling that she was now trapped in this life that she and Jax had both planned to escape. When Gemma confronted Clay about the hit (which was attempted when Tara was with Jax and Gemma’s two young grandchildren), he beat her. Full disclosure, Gemma had fired a gun at him. Deciding Clay couldn’t be saved, Gemma told Jax about Clay’s involvement in his father’s death and the attempt on Tara and asked him to kill him. Jax wanted to but couldn’t…

2. Clay must live — for now. Clay, wanting to bank big money before his arthritic hands give out and he can no longer ride, got the gun-dealing club involved with the Galindo Cartel muling cocaine. When the club was about to be busted by the ADA (more on that below), we found out that the cartel’s muscle men (Danny Trejo and Benito Martinez) are actually working with the CIA, which is subsidizing Galindo. They need the cartel to get into business with the Sons’ IRA contacts — and the Irish Kings will only do that if Clay is still at the table. The CIA will keep the Sons clear of RICO charges as long as that Galindo-Irish deal happens, but Jax can’t tell anyone about the CIA’s involvement.

3. Jax is president of SAMCRO, and Clay is literally on oxygen. Having learned from former police chief Unser (Dayton Callie) — who’s more loyal to Gemma than to Clay now — that Clay had killed his father, Piney’s son Opie (Ryan Hurst) shot Clay twice in the chest. Clay survived but Jax stripped him of his president’s patch and spit in his face in the hospital. As creator Kurt Sutter has told us, “I think we’ll see a broken Clay at the beginning of the season and, interestingly enough, as difficult as this might be for some people to wrap their head around, I think you’re gonna see a very contrite Clay…. I think you’ll see a much more humbled, and obviously more physically and emotionally vulnerable Clay.” As of now, Opie wants nothing to do with Jax or the club, which believes Piney was killed by a rival cartel.

Kathy Bates revealed earlier this year that she battled cancer several years ago, and now the former "Harry's Law" star confirmed to People that she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy.

    "After much consideration, I underwent a double mastectomy," the Academy Award-winning actress reveals. "Luckily, I don't have to undergo radiation or chemo. My family calls me Kat because I always land on my feet and thankfully this is no exception."

Unfortunately, cancer is something Bates has faced before. She was diagnosed -- and beat --ovarian cancer just nine years ago, but only shared the news publicly in March.

"Nobody else really knows what you're going through except another cancer patient," she told Anderson Cooper on his show, "Anderson." "Even though your family's supportive and surrounds you, I just got to the point where I would go to chemo by myself and just really go through it on my own."