LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – UFC 127 Weigh-in results for Penn vs Fitch were announced tonight. There were no surprises coming into tomorrow’s live event from Acer Arena. However, one tense moment heated up the news conference when Michael Bisping and Jorge Rivera got into it.

UFC 127 will have seven preliminary fights followed by five matches on the main card. Overall the fight card is very strong for UFC 127. On Saturday, a few fights can be watched online via UFC’s Facebook page (8 PM EST / 5 pm PT), then remaining undercard fights can be watched on ION television starting at 9 pm EST / 6 PM PT).

Here is your fightcard lineup for Saturday.

First two undercard fights will be presented: Mark Hunt vs. Chris Tuchscherer and Maciej Jewtuszko vs. Curt Warburton. Then on Facebook, fans will be able walk via a live stream two matches Anthony Perosh vs. Tom Blackledge and Zhang Tie Quan vs. Jason Reinhardt.

ION Television will present viewers three additional preliminary matches. They are Ross Pearson vs. Spencer Fisher, Alexander Gustafsson vs. James Te-Huna, and Nick Ring vs. Riki Fukuda.

Finally, PPV will present five main card matches.

Jon Fitch told news tonight “I’m pumped to be fighting B.J. Penn. He’s a legend, and I respect him, but I’ve got to beat him. He has what I want.”

First fans will get Kyle Noke vs. Chris Camozzi and Chris Lytle vs. Brian Ebersole. Then the excitement heats up with George Sotiropoulos vs. Dennis Siver. Finally it’s Michael Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera followed by the title fight, BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – American Idol Top 24 results this week eliminated Chris Medina. But Chris Medina’s What Are Words (video below) was released hours after his exit from Idol. On Wednesday night, Chris Medina’s elimination brought Jennifer Lopez to tears. But this weekend, Lopez should have all smiles with Chris Medina’s What Are Words heating up news and music charts.

In a news statement released to LALATE, Medina says “To go from a mass audition in Milwaukee to the ‘American Idol’ stage in Hollywood and then to record an original song by and for Rodney Jerkins has been an amazing journey not just for me but for Juliana”. Medina adds. “To be able to work in the studio with someone of his stature was a dream come true.”

Rodney Jerkins was brought in by 19 Recording and Interscope for the hit song. Rodney Jerkins in a statement to LALATE says “When I heard the story of Chris and Juliana, the words and music just flowed. Sometimes a song is more than a song and that’s really true with ‘What Are Words.’”

Jerkins has previously worked with Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, and Mary J. Blige.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Melissa Molinaro has been replaced with Debi Nova for “SuperEstrella”, a Latin re-shot version of “Super Cute” for Old Navy. Debi Nova doesn’t appear in the Old Navy commercial looking like any notable reality TV (or telenovela) star, in the U.S. or Latin American TV markets. Rather, Nova appears as herself, far in contrast to how Old Navy treated the English version of their new ad spot.

When Latin American viewers turn their dial to see “Super Cute”, they will find out this month that Old Navy has renamed the hit song to “SuperEstrella”. The translation jump is unexplained. And while the choreography is unchanged, the casting and music video’s appeal has changed.

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This week, Old Navy and Molinaro through their Twitter and Facebook posts marketed the English language “Super Cute” as referencing Kim Kardashian. Molinaro, who doesn’t normally look like Kardashian, was styled with makeup and hairstyles Kardashian-esq.

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When it came time to take the music video to Latin markets, Old Navy didn’t continue its look-alike marketing approach. Rather they simply went with Warners recording star Debi Nova. The Costa Rican native of Polish and Jewish decent last year appeared on Dancing with the Stars.

Her 2004 track One Rhythm went to number one the Billboard Hot Dance charts. Her song Drummer Boy went to number five on the charts last year as well.

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NEW YORK (LALATE) – Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson made news with their infamous wife swap in the 1970s. Now Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson’s story are making news forty years later with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon seeking to bring the story to the big screen.

But the swapping couples are not so happy.

In 1972, Yankees stars Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson were best friends, on the field, and off the field. But during that year, they decided to play the field. They ended up swapping wives. They reportedly swapped entire lives, even down to the family pet. By spring 1973, the news hit New York. Now Affleck confirms he and brother Casey are working on bringing the project to screen with Matt Damon to direct.

But there is opposition.

Marilyn Peterson lived with Kekich during the switch while Susanne Kekich and Fritz tried it out. When the swap was over, Susanne Kekich and Fritz stayed together while Kekich Marilyn fell apart; Kekich eventually got remarried. The New York Post reports the creative team is getting opposition from Kekich.

Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz and Rebecca Hall have been considered for the film.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Kathy Griffin and the Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa are reportedly serious, so claims a Griffin “source”. Kathy Griffin and Isaiah Mustafa have been reportedly dating since September 2010, claims US Magazine today.

Griffin is 50 years old, Isaiah Mustafa is 37  years. In September she told news that she thought Mustafa was “super hot” and the objection of her attraction.

But now news claims from a Griffin “source” that the couple have been “indeed an item” for several months. Griffin has been reportedly been seen on set of Glee with the Old Spice Guy, at a Hollywood industry function on Tuesday, and other notable event.

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Griffin previously claimed to dating Levi Johnston. In December Griffin battled criticize after she said that Bristol Palin is “the only contestant in the history of the show [Dancing with the Stars] to actually gain weight.”

Palin responded by saying “The audience’s reaction to this ‘comedian’ spoke volumes, and the decent people I know would probably have booed her, too. I hope people didn’t have to pay money to hear her negativity and criticisms.”

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