UCLA applicants will get a lot of bang for their buck if they are so lucky to receive "The Big Bang Theory" scholarship that the creator and cast of the hit sitcom have just endowed to the university. Television., the university announced Thursday. "We have all been given a gift with 'The Big Bang Theory,' a show that's not only based in the scientific community, but also enthusiastically supported by that same community -- this is our opportunity to give back," said Lorre.

Misty Copeland, the African-American ballet dancer who rose from poverty and learned the art at the untypically late age of 13, was named Tuesday as the first female black principal dancer of the American Ballet Theater in its 75-year history. Ahead of the official announcement, Copeland remarked at a cocktail reception June 24 on her opening night as the lead in ABT's "Swan Lake," that she "never dreamed" she would become a principal dancer.

Jerry Seinfeld says political correctness is destroying comedy. The comedian talked to ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd while promoting the latest season of his Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," and remarked that comics are up against a mighty generation of culturally sensitive people who can't seem to take a joke.

"San Andreas," director Brad Peyton's earthquake action-adventure set in a crumbling California, seems to have reviewers taking cover as it hits theaters Friday. Glenn Kenny from RogerEbert.com focused on the movie's good graphics: "The direction by Brad Peyton is particularly effective during the brisk scenes of disaster, from the felling of Hoover Dam to the snapping of the Golden Gate Bridge.

"Entourage" will flash into theaters Wednesday and passé or not, the posse and its well-worn gimmicks are ever more abundant and indulgent for series creator Doug Ellin's movie adaptation, according to critics. The four years since HBO's cheeky saga "Entourage" ended in 2011 after eight high-flying seasons has seemingly been compressed into just a few weeks for its big-screen event.

A Georgia motorist is suing Bobbi Kristina Brown for severe injuries stemming from a car wreck in January, four days before the daughter of the late-Whitney Houston was discovered unconscious in a bathtub on Jan. 31. Russell J. Eckerman from Marietta, Georgia, is claiming medical bills and damages exceeding $730,000 from an accident involving Brown on Jan. 27, just days before she entered the hospital.

Singer Enrique Iglesias is being charged with obstruction and driving with a suspended license in Florida following an under-the-radar arrest that occurred in Miami-Dade County in May. According to Florida Highway Patrol officials, Iglesias, 40, was driving a white Cadillac Escalade north on Interstate 95 in the closed express lanes on May 6.

"Inside Out" might turn box-offices upside down. Reviewers are singing the praises of the Pixar animated film by "Up" and "Monsters, Inc." director Pete Docter as one of the studio's best ever. "Inside Out" is already garnering critical acclaim for its adult-appeal despite its PG rating, and its scores of 100 percent from Rotten Tomatoes, and 91 percent from Metacritic seem likely to hold past its wide release on June 19.

Chris Pratt + Jennifer Lawrence = Hollywood's new powerhouse! Though Pratt has a lot on his agenda with sequels to both "Jurassic World" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" the new prince of the theaters is making time to co-star with Jennifer Lawrence in "Passengers." According to The Hollywood Reporter, the white-hot stars are teaming up for the big-budget, romantic sci-fi movie set to start filming in September.

If you high-tail it right now you might make it to the last few days of Bonnaroo (June 11 - 14) in Manchester, Tennessee, to catch Mumford & Sons and Billy Joel. But if you can't, do not fret -- there are still many big music festivals left for summer 2015. Check out our quick guide to the best of the rest across the country for a sonic getaway.

Although "Ted 2" is scoring shortly on Rotten Tomatoes with 45%, many reviewers are nevertheless touting the sequel to Seth MacFarlane's 2012 surprise hit as a bowl of laughs -- as in toilet bowl. Though sufficiently well acted and packed with cameos, the sum of vulgar jokes about black-male genitalia and human rights themes is a polarizing piece of work that is delighting some and disgusting others.