Mike Greenberg, the SportsCenter anchor and co-host of Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio, is embroiled in controversy after referring to Martin Luther King, Jr. as "Martin Luther Coon" on his radio show this morning. It is difficult to be sure from the below clip, but it sounds like Greenberg jumbled the words "King" and "Junior," leading to the unfortunate slur.

Greenberg issued the following statement this evening:

I just came home from the Knicks game and found out about the mess that was created by my garbling a sentence on our show this morning; I apologize for not addressing it sooner.

And I'm sorry that my talking too fast - and slurring my words - might have given people who don't know our show the wrong impression about us, and about me.

I feel horrible about that, because nothing could be further away from who I am and what our show is about.

I would never say anything like that, not in public, or in private, or in the silence of my own mind, and neither would anyone associated with our show, and I'm very sorry that my stumble this morning gave so many people the opposite impression.

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Emma Bunton has confirmed that the Spice Girls are working on a new project together.

In an interview with Fabulous, the singer said that she is not yet able to announce what the iconic girl group have in store for the future.

Bunton commented: "We are always creative when we get together and come up with ideas. Sometimes they surface, sometimes they don't. We're not at a point where we can say what."

Asked directly whether anything is currently in the pipeline, the star replied: "Absolutely, a new venture of some sort."

The band have previously been tipped to reunite for a special World Cup project later this year. Meanwhile, other reports have suggested that they are planning a stage musical based on their rise to fame.

'True Blood' Exclusive: Sam to get frisky with Bill!

How erotic? Ball wouldn’t say. But at least he was more forthcoming with regard to another upcoming same-sex couple-to-be: Lafayette and his new love interest Jesus (played by Southland’s Kevin Alejandro). Bon Temps’ resident V peddler “is very guarded, and Jesus is a guy who is willing to knock down some of those guards,” he says. “[Though] it’s not an easy relationship, they have a lot in common. They’re both shamans of sorts, healers, so there’s a reason they get brought together.

“But,” he emphasizes again, “it’s not going to be easy.”
 

Also, Amelle Berrabah has promised that there will be no further changes to the band’s lineup. Speaking to The People about Sugababes’ future, Berrabah has now declared:

“Nobody will be leaving and we won’t be getting anyone new. We’ve got the perfect lineup. I couldn’t ask for a better group of girls.

Jade Ewen and I went on holiday together and we had the best time. We’re like sisters.”

‘Sweet 7’ is expected to be released in March.

“I grew up watching James Bond films and loving those and watching spy movies with their globetrotting sensibility,” said Nolan. “We get to do that here, not just geographically but also in time and dimensions of reality as well. We get to make a movie that’s expansive, I suppose you’d say, in four dimensions.”
 

After the worldwide success of The Dark Knight, developing a project of this magnitude seemed a logical step.  But Producer Emma Thomas, Nolan’s wife, revealed that this was not necessarily the case with Inception. “It’s something that we had been talking about on and off for seven or eight years,” Emma explained.  ”Coming off of the The Dark Knight, the only thing we really knew is that we wanted to do something more personal. It seemed like the right time to do this. The fact that it’s really just an enormous movie — that wasn’t ever really a factor in the decision. This story lends itself to a movie of this size.”
 

With The Dark Knight, Nolan aimed to create a film larger in scale than he had done before, a trend that continues with Inception.  “We’re trying to tell a story on a massive scale, a true blockbuster scale – the biggest I’ve ever been involved with. We tried to make a very large-scale film with The Dark Knight and with this one we wanted to push that even further.”
 

In six months we’ll be able to see if all of Nolan’s efforts paid off to deliver a blockbuster film that truly feels personal. Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine.  It opens in both standard and IMAX theaters July 16th.

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I'm really excited to see this movie.

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Julia Roberts' promotional deal with French luxury beauty brand Lancôme will earn her a whopping $20 million

In late 2009, Lancôme announced Roberts' appointment as their 2010 global brand ambassador. The deal was Julia's first as a beauty company brand ambassador.
 

Julia, 42, will feature in Lancôme Spring 2010 advertising campaign and is set to jet off to Paris for its photo shoot. Her husband, Danny Moder, will accompany her on the week long trip that will mix business with pleasure. 
 

The couple will leave their three children - seven year old fraternal twins, daughter Hazel Patricia and son Phinnaeus "Finn" Walter; and 2-year-old son Henry Daniel Moder - in LA with family.
 

Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen have endorsed specific Lancôme products, but Roberts is Lancôme's first spokesmodel for the entire brand.

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Johnny Depp goes shirtless for the February 2010 cover of GQ, which lists out this year’s 25 Most Stylish Men in the World.

NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker said Monday the company has made the right business decision in bringing former Tonight Show host Jay Leno back to his former 11: 35 timeslot, even as the move paves the way out for longtime NBC late-night personality Conan O'Brien.

"We think that Jay — who was the ratings champ in late night for almost 15 years — will go back to 11:35 and be successful," Zucker said on Charlie Rose. "What Conan decides to do obviously is up to Conan. We don't wish him any ill will at all."

Leno: Don't blame Conan (or me)

Close to two weeks ago, NBC first proposed that The Jay Leno Show move from prime time to 11:35 and that The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon move back half-hour each, to 12:05 and 1:05, respectively. Unfortunately, O'Brien did not approve of the change of the show and released a lengthy and emotional statement expressing such last week. Since then, O'Brien and NBC have begun discussing a possible settlement that would allow O'Brien to leave the network and launch a new show somewhere else.
 

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