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NBC says "The Voice" is getting four new advisers, with Cher among them. The network said Monday that coach Blake Shelton picked Cher to work with in the upcoming fifth season. As an adviser, the pop star will help Shelton groom his chosen contestants as they try to advance in the singing contest. The other coach-adviser pairings include Christina Aguilera and Ed Sheeran; Adam Levine and Ryan Tedder, and CeeLo Green and Miguel. "The Voice," hosted by Carson Daly, returns Sept. 23 on NBC.
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Hollywood actor Harrison Ford interviewed Indonesia's president on Tuesday about environmental degradation for a TV documentary on climate change.
Ford, known for his starring roles in the “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” films, is also an environmental activist and a director of Conservation International. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono explained Indonesia’s commitment to preserving its oceans and forests, spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said.
Ford is in Indonesia for the production of a documentary series on climate change titled “Years of Living Dangerously.”
He has visited several national forests and parks and interviewed activists, businesspeople and government officials, including Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan.
Hasan was reportedly angered over Ford’s criticism of environmental damage to the country’s forests. Fires widely used to clear forested land are blamed for regional haze and worsening climate change. He said Ford told him that Indonesian forests and parks had been severely damaged and were poorly protected.
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Former "Jersey Shore" cast member Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino realized he had an addiction problem on a trip to Australia in February 2012.
He ran out of a prescription to treat an injury suffered during a 2010 stint on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” “All I had to do was get dressed for a family function and I couldn’t do that,” Sorrentino said Monday. “The shirt was laid out, the belt, the pants, everything. The shower was on. I couldn’t even get out of bed,” he said. Then he thought, “If I can’t do that how am I going to continue?”
There were rumors at the time that he was battling an addiction to drugs or alcohol but Sorrentino maintains that wasn’t the case and says “those rumors were definitely false. I didn’t mix anything.” Soon after he checked into rehab where doctors prescribed him with a medication to treat opioid addiction. Sorrentino still takes it daily and says that, combined with counseling, is what works best for him.
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