Melissa McCarthy, whose standout performance in "Bridesmaids" catapulted her to stardom, is taking on a new management role as co-director of the film, "Tammy," with her husband Ben Falcone.

McCarthy's skills as a leader were put to the test when she allegedly fired an extra for abusing a child.

According to TMZ, the 42-year-old actress noticed that an extra was unable to keep her child quiet during the shoot. After the mother's scolding proved to be a distraction on set, a source says that McCartney saw her "jerk" her child up in the air by the wrist.

"The director IMMEDIATELY had PAs bounce the woman ... saying she wouldn't tolerate abuse on her set ... and that was that," TMZ reported.

There's no word yet from McCarthy's camp.

"Tammy," a comedy about a woman on a road trip with her alcoholic grandmother, stars McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney, Dan Aykroyd and Kathy Bates. It's due in theaters in the summer of 2014.

Television personality and entertainment presenter Giuliana Rancic has already hosted Miss USA -- the pageant co-owned by Donald Trump -- twice. But Nick Jonas will join her as a co-host for the first time this June, NBC announced Tuesday.

"We are excited to announce a veteran and a newcomer as hosts for this year's MISS USA Competition," the Miss Universe Organization said in a statement, according to E! Online. "The diverse backgrounds of Rancic and Jonas in the entertainment industry will bring a new and exciting energy to the stage."

According to Idolator, the 20-year-old musician's two brothers will also join him on the Miss USA stage for a performance that should include material from their new album.

"My brothers and I have been working on an album for the last about seven, eight months now and we have just finished," Joe Jonas told Parade magazine in March.

"We’ve been able to incorporate a lot more instruments, and even Nick, used some of the electronic drums and what his computer can do. It's pretty phenomenal," he said.

Rancic, Nick Jonas and the Jonas Brothers all shared the news with their Twitter followers:

We're performing at the 2013 #MissUSA pageant on 6/16 LIVE on @nbc at 9pm ET!

— Jonas Brothers (@JonasBrothers) May 21, 2013

Excited that I will be hosting the 2013 #MissUSA pageant on 6/16 LIVE on @nbc at 9pm ET w/ @giulianarancic

— Nick Jonas(@nickjonas) May 21, 2013

Exciting announcement... tinyurl.com/obj86m6

— Giuliana Rancic (@GiulianaRancic) May 21, 2013

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer laughed off an awkward moment with an Oklahoma tornado victim named Rebecca on Tuesday. When Blitzer asked if Rebecca "thanked the Lord" for her family's survival, she admitted, "I'm actually an atheist."

The two laughed off Blitzer's assumption and Rebecca added, "We are here, and you know, I don't blame anyone for thanking the Lord."

A member of the Westboro Baptist Chuch, an extremist religious clan notorious for picketing the funerals of servicemen, Roger Ebert, and most recently, Boston Marathon victims, has linked the deadly Oklahoma tornado to Jason Collins' decision to come out. The 34-year-old NBA player recently made headlines by becoming the first openly gay athlete in a major American team sport.

Fred Phelps Jr., the son of Westboro's leader Fred Phelps, tweeted Monday that God "smashed" Oklahoma when Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant said he supported Collins.

"OK Thunder's Durant flips God by praising f** Collins. God smashes OK. You do the math," Phelps Jr., said.

"God's wonderful wrath in Oklahoma reminds me: #GodCursesUForF**Marriage #GodIsYourTerrorist #GodWillRepay #GodAvengesHisPeople #GodH8sU," he continued later.

This isn't the first time anyone has blamed severe weather on homosexuality. Christian chaplain John McTernan said in 2012 that Hurricane Sandy was caused by the "homosexual agendas" of both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

The "700 Club's" Pat Robertson made similarly controversial declarations about tornadoes last year. He said tornadoes occurred because Americans weren't praying enough.

"God didn't send the tornadoes," the televangelist said. "God set up a world in which certain currents interfere and interact with other currents. If enough people were praying, He would intervene. You could pray. Jesus stilled the storm. You could still storms.”

Christie Prody recently told "Inside Edition" that her ex-boyfriend O.J. Simpson was "very charming," but he often threatened her and compared her to Nicole Brown Simpson after he was famously acquitted of his ex-wife's murder.

Prody was 21 when she started dating the 46-year-old Simpson. The ex-NFL star had just been acquitted of Brown's murder, but often compared his new girlfriend to his ex-wife.

“I was young and so he could try to shape me, mold me, into what he wanted," Prody, now 38, alleged in the interview. She also said Simpson wanted her to dye her hair blonde to look more like Nicole.

“It was very hard to deal with that everyday, comparing me to Nicole. ‘Nicole did this, Nicole did that. You should do this, that’s what she did,'” Prody said, according to the The New York Post.

Prody, now 38, also claimed that Simpson threatened her.

“He would say things to me like, ‘You better watch out so something bad doesn’t happen to you like Nicole,'" she said.

Prody and Simpson ended their 12-year relationship in 2008, shortly after he was arrested for armed robbery in Las Vegas. He is now serving a 33-year prison sentence.

Maria Shriver filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2011, after she discovered that the former governor of California had fathered a son with one of his household employees, Mildred Baena, and had had affairs with other women.

Though the separated couple have finalized the terms of the divorce, TMZ said Tuesday that neither Schwarzenegger nor Shriver are in a rush to make it official.

Some sources told the gossip site that that the two haven't divorced yet because it has no immediate impact on their lives. But other sources say that they're both holding out for a reconciliation.

Media outlets caught them kissing at a Beverly Hills event last month.

Schwarzenegger and Shriver managed to put aside their differences for the graduation of their daughter, Christina, over the weekend.

(Facebook via TMZ)

In a new interview with Esquire magazine, the "World War Z" star provided another unflattering portrait of what he has described as an unsatisfying marriage to Jennifer Aniston.

"For a long time I thought I did too much damage -- drug damage," Brad Pitt, 49, said of a time in his life, "about a decade ago," when he felt unhappy and unfulfilled. The timing coincides with his marriage to Aniston -- they divorced in 2005.

"It was a feeling of, 'Get up.' Because otherwise, what's the point?" he continued.

Pitt also publicly criticized his marriage to Aniston in a 2011 interview with Parade magazine, in which he insinuated that she made his life boring.

Though surgery to remove a cyst in Tony Romo's back will keep him out of organized team activities for the next three weeks, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback said the hindrance will have "no effect on training camp."

“That’s why I did it now," Romo told the Dallas Morning News of his surgery.

"This will have no effect on training camp. No way will it have an impact. And I still think there’s a good chance I’m on the field for mini-camp," he said.

“It was something I felt like was nagging me just enough,’’ Romo said of the cyst, which he first noticed . “I wanted to make sure to get it done now. I wanted to take care of it earlier rather than later.’’

Despite questions about whether the team knew of Romo's cyst before they signed him to a $108 million contract extending in March, the quarterback said he didn't feel any sign of the problem until April.

"It was just kind of like, 'What is this? Let's go take care of this,' " Romo told a reporter for the Cowboys' official website. "There was no 'Woah, that's the biggest thing I've ever seen.' It was just a little cyst, so we just took it out and they said 'OK, you're good.' "

Romo signed his six-year, $108 million extension contract with the Cowboys back in March, in a deal that made him the highest paid player in the history of the franchise.

Several media outlets reported last week that Beyonce had become pregnant with her second child. The speculation was fueled by news that the 31-year-old superstar had fallen ill before a Belgium concert, and her own comments about wanting more children.

But the program director of New York's Hot 97 radio station said Jay-Z flatly denied the rumors in an email.

"I emailed on some congratulations, send my love to the family, blah, blah, blah," Ebro Darden, known as Old Man Ebro, said Monday. "He emailed me back and said it's not true."

Ebro quoted the 43-year-old hip-hop mogul as saying: "It's not true. The news is worse than blogs."

Pregnancy or no, Beyonce doesn't seem to be slowing down. She'll finish up the global stops on her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour June 1 and start performing stateside June 28.

Darius Rucker performed "Wagon Wheel," a unfinished Bob Dylan song popularly covered by Old Crow Medicine Show in 2004, at the Grand Ole Opry last month. The 47-year-old former frontman of Hootie and the Blowfish also included the famous tune on his latest solo album, "True Believers."

Rucker just couldn't ignore one country music fan's response to his song choice over the weekend, firing back at a fan who tweeted: "Leave country to the white folk."

"WOW. Is this 2013 or 1913," Rucker hit back.

"I'll take my grand ole Opry membership and leave your racism," the country music star said.

“@pqkullman: @dariusrucker Leave country to the white folk”. Ill take my grand ole Opry membership and leave your racism. Wow

— Darius Rucker (@dariusrucker) May 19, 2013

“@pqkullman: @dariusrucker Leave country to the white folk”. WOW. Is this 2013 or 1913

— Darius Rucker (@dariusrucker) May 19, 2013

He also addressed the online controversy in a Tuesday interview with Rolling Stone.

"I was absolutely shocked," he said.

Here's Rucker's rendition of the classic tune: