tonight, michael phelps' shark race controversy. was it all a scam? >> the shark and i were not side by side. >> the computer generated great white that left viewers annoyed and rob lowe had his own run in with the same thing. >> j-lo and a-rod celebrate the birthday together. her secret to looking so young at 48. >> wow. that's how old i am? >> her step by step beauty routine, and what she swears by that's totally free. >> plus why justin bieber suddenly canceled the rest of his world tour. brad pitt's surprise serenade, and big stars, big movie news. >> you talking to me? we're bringing stars together behind-the-scenes at comic con.

>> i don't know this guy. >> ryan gosling. >> take it, ryan. now for july 24, 2017, this is "entertainment tonight." >> jennifer lopez turns 48 today and looks like that. thank you so much for joining us, everybody. we're going to get j-lo's beauty secrets in just a minute. >> we have to begin tonight with the story that everybody is talking about. viewers were furious after the much-publicized stunt that had michael phelps racing a shark, turned out to be a great white ripoff. >> michael phelps has all the pieces in place to attempt to outswim one of the ocean's greatest predators. >> we don't want him to be feeling unsafe. >> millions watched the kick off to shark week. the win hour special was promoted for more than a month. nearly 57 minutes in last night, something fishy happened. >> clearly, we can't put michael in one lane and the shark on the far lane. we have to do a simulation. >> a simulated great white swam

next to phelps to reflect the real one that beat michael by two seconds. twitter exploded with comments from viewers angry for taking the bait. quote, it was just a simulation? i'm mad. more like shark weak. or how about this? biggest scam of 2017, and #phelps, #jumpedtheshark, career over. >> it was like sharknado. >> discovery tells "e.t." today, quote, all the promotion interviews and the program itself made clear that the challenge wasn't a side by side race. here's what phelps told us. >> the shark and i were not side by side. we weren't in the water at the same time. >> michael phelps, he is great. come on. >> rob lowe got into the great white hype with us today. he had his own actual shark encounter this month while paddleboarding with his son. >> bro, i was in way more harm's way. that makes phelps a lot smarter than me. >> i think -- >> probably. >> 23-year-old matthew lowe instagrammed this video off the

coast of santa barbara and his 53-year-old dad was scared. >> when they look at you, and you are standing right above them, that gets your attention. you have goose flesh and realize, oh, that's a killing machine. it was my midlife crisis. i'm done. i don't need to do it again. >> i would agree. >> yeah. but a lot more with rob and his sons coming up, and their mysterious new reality show. but right now, can we just talk about justin bieber. he's called off his tour. >> justin bieber was snapped leaving a 7/11 in beverly hills. he was holding a slurpy and seemed annoyed at the paparazzi. about 36 hours later justin canceled over a dozen remainling dates of his world tour. in a statement his rep said due to unforeseen circumstances

justin will cancel the remainder of the concert. he loves his fans and hates to disappoint them. >> what's behind the move? >> a source tells "e.t." the singer is tired and needs a break. just last week bieber was banned from performing in china for being too controversial. still his music has been dominating. he's featured on two songs of the summer chart. tickets will be refunded for the canceled concerts. but right now, can we just talk about the mystery of jennifer lopez? she turned 48 today, and she looks 28. >> absolutely stunning. doesn't she? every woman in the world wants to know her secret, and she gave us serious birthday goals as she got the celebration started early this weekend.

♪ you can turn me on. do it. do it. ♪ >> okay. so we just can't stop looking at j-lo and those abs, specifically that line right there. the mom of two put her flawless body on full display in that sheer back dress, and dancing with a-rod showcased her sexy moves. >> hey! >> yep. we're jealous. especially after j-lo dropped a bunch of pics on instagram this morning at the birthday party. he turns 42 on thursday, and we love this one captioned, in a crowded room, but it's just the two of you. this mama is all about empowerment. >> i refuse to be put in a box. why? because i'm over 40? i can't be sexy? or because i'm a mom? moms aren't allowed to be sexy. people try to put women to sleep at a certain age. it's not fair. ♪ gonna be it on the floor >> one of j-lo's secrets? working out. >> happy birthday, j-lo.

did you get some nice presents? >> she spent her birthday party going to yoga with a-rod, but that happened after secret number two. >> sleep is very important. i get my seven to eight hours of sleep no matter what. >> she lives clean. no smoking, alcohol or caffeine, and she embraces motherhood. >> my twins, they keep you very young, and running around, and i still get to dance and life is short. and i have to live. i have to live. i have to do me. ♪ >> and she does her very well. there was another star birthday celebration this weekend. selena gomez turned 25, and her boyfriend, the weeknd, flew in to paris to be with her. meanwhile next month, will mark a sad anniversary. it has been 20 years since princess diana died, hard to believe, and to us, she was the people's princess. to william and harry, she was simply the best mum in the world. >> when everybody said to me, you know, she was fun. give us an example. all i can hear is her laugh in

my head. and that sort of crazy laugh of where there was just pure happiness shown on her face. >> in just-released photos in a new documentary, princes william and harry are sharing their favorite childhood memories of their mother. they released these private photos from their album, and that's the boys dressed as policemen. over the weekend, more never-before-seen images. that is diana with william while she was pregnant with harry, and william says one of his favorite memories was a supermodel surprise. >> she organized for cindy crawford waiting there. for me when i came home from school. i was probably a 12 or 13-year-old boy, and it didn't always pay, and i fumbled, and i think she fell down the stairs all the way up. it was lovely, and i was awestruck. >> they talk about their regrets over their last phone call with diana.

she was in paris, and they were enjoying play time in scotland. william said, quote, i think harry and i were in a desperate rush to say good-bye, you know, see you later. we're going to go off. if i had known what was going to happen, i wouldn't have been so blase. the documentary, diana her life and legacy which premiere tonight on hbo also features elton john. he sang at diana's funeral and told harry how she inspired everyone around her. ♪ >> i haven't experienced many people in my life who have that ability, but she could walk into a room of people and make them feel everything was great. >> well, that version of "candle in the wind," and he donated all the proceeds to diana's charities. >> there was a big music festival in l.a. that drew a superstar crowd.

brad pitt became part of the performance when he was broadcast on the big screen, and beyonce took a break from the twins to join her sister, and look who else was with missy? janet jackson and kity perry who couldn't stop dancing. coming up next rob lowe looks for dead people. his new show which features his two sons. >> i can't get them to watch anything i'm in. >> then "e.t." has your vip pass to comicon. ryan gosling, harrison ford, gal gadot and cate >> in new york, sofia vergara looked amazing with her recently cut hair and little back dress. she voices who else, but the dancing flamenco emoji. >> i got inspired in the dress that the emoji is wearing.

the time had coast to coast premieres. in l.a. it was premiere dates with their kids. >> >> i guess he loves attention

i feel like we can do surgery here. >> that's christie brinkley in the hamptons with her daughter and son. celebrating mom's cover for "social life" magazine. here's my question: is it weird when they see their mom pose like this? >> i don't know. she is all covered up. it's a by leaf. >> it's still your mom. >> that's true. she is 6337 how amazing? >> just amazing. >> we talked to rob lowe with his two sons. they love their dad, of course, but are they big fans of his work? >> i can't get them to watch anything i have been in. i have a kid at stanford, a kid at law school, and none of them

have seen "the west wing". >> what do you mean? i watched every season. >> first time i hear about it. >> his sons are pretty tight knit, but they are taking family bonding to a new level with their new series, investigating eerie, unsolved mysteries. >> i had to create an adventure tv show just so i could spend time with my guys. is this where the kitchen is? >> we get to the kitchen and the voice says pie. >> i've always been the scarey story camp fire. >> i mean, i can remember when we were, we went hunting for sasquatch. >> we're going on a hunt for sasquatch. >> that is a real footprint. >> while they were shooting their nine-episode series, rob's wife of 26 years was at home, worrying. >> she could give a crap about my safety. she is way more concerned about these guys' safety. i mean, she didn't care if we had a run-in with a bigfoot or a

poltergeist, but she was really afraid of ticks. >> the lowe files debut next month on a and e. one thing they would like to do is contact the other side. >> if we talked to jfk, he would say, you were horrible when you played me on that show. >> so bad. so bad. >> i haven't done the accent in years. >> i know. i'm happy an it. >> the accent was good enough to get him an award, so if jfk does come back, i'm sure he'll congratulate rob. still ahead, we're taking you behind-the-scenes for all the fun with the biggest stars at comic con. gal and ben's sweet moments with fans as ben addresses rumors that he's saying good-bye to playing batman. why are the tough guys of thor mooing on a plane? what lupita told us about doing a movie with rihanna. >> enough said. and ryan gosling reacts to harry styles' man crush. >> he might have a heart condition. we're all laughing about it, but

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blonde wig? >> not a shot, but i'll tell you that picture is part of a wild, star-studded weekend at comic con, and we were in the middle of it all, literally. "bladerunner 2049" was one of the most talked about movies, and this time around, ryan gosling, yes. he has joined the party. >> i don't know this guy. >> he's ryan gosling. >> ryan gosling? >> yes. >> harrison and ryan team up in the future world of "bladerunner 2049." >> we were being hunted. >> by who? >> it's a sequel 35 years in the making. >> what took so damn long to make this second movie? >> well, we just took a rare turn. we decided to have a good script before we started shooting. how's that? it took a while. it took a while. >> they know you are here. >> how was it working together? what was it like? >> horrible. horrible. >> is he always like that? >> he is always like that. >> is he? >> yeah, kind of the best.

>> also the best, ryan's reaction when i asked him about this harry styles moment. >> have you seen the harry styles thing when he got locked up to a heart monitor, and his heart rate began to race? >> he must be very handsome. >> heart rate's rising. >> no, it's not. >> i'm worried about him. he might have a heart condition. >> any message for him? >> see a doctor quickly, and make sure he is all right. >> harry's going to be okay, ryan. i promise you. "bladerunner 2049" hit theaters on october 6th, and the new thor is out on october 4th. chris hemsworth is back with mark ruffalo and cate blanchett and marvel's first ever female villain. >> are you the toughest person in your household? >> always have been. >> cate tears it up. she's going after chris in thor. >> the god december has "insideinvaded

us. >> do you get huge, cool points for now being in thor at home? >> yeah, definitely. my boys and my daughter, too, have experienced being onset with me, and she thinks that's what i do all the time. she thinks acting is man any festing weapons out of your hands and killing people. >> so while cate's opening up a can of you know what, tom hiddleston snapped this photo of mark ruffalo chris hemsworth were spooning on this jet. >> there's no shortage of love in this cast. what there is a shortage of is space on a plane. >> you have 24-hour days and traveling the world, you get it where you can -- sleep that is. >> sleep and the cuddles. >> are you the cuddler or the cuddlee? >> i don't mind. the world needs more cuddlers. >> what do the guys think of adding cate to the cast? >> like her so much. >> totally brings our game up by being in the same room with her. >> i agree with that, and thor was a big crowd favorite as were the other superhero franchises and the crowd was losing their mind with these two in the "justice league."

gal gadot and ben affleck. wonder woman and batman. >> outside comic con, ben was mobbed by fans. inside the fan enthusiasm was just as high, especially when ben was joined by "justice league" co-star, gal gadot. >> check out what happened when this little girl dressed as wonder woman met her idol. she couldn't hold back the tears. then ben had his moment. all the more reason for the batman versus superman to address the story in the "hollywood reporter" that he wouldn't be playing the cape crusader much longer. >> i'm so thrilled to do it. i'm not going to direct the movie, but i have been asked about, but it's going to be [ bleep ] amazing. >> and fans were cheering after an embarrassed gal decided she had tape on her backside. but the biggest fanboy had to be ben as gal discovered.

>> how are you? >> the better move perhaps enhanced by the official announcement that a wonder woman sequel is now a go. >> this is freaking awesome. >> without a doubt, wonder woman was the most popular costume at this year's comic con. one of the most buzzworthy movies, "black panther." i talked to lupita nyong'o, about their unique workouts for the film. >> the world is changing. >> how ripped did you have to get for this movie, and how hard did you work? >> i worked pretty hard for this one. >> fight training, lifting weights. running. anything you can think of, yeah. >> they are ripped in this movie. they bring their sexy to this movie. >> we all do. we would work out to live drumming so that brought in the african flavor. >> at black panther is set in a

mystical land an lupita is his former love interest and michael b. jordan his rival. >> how are you handling that thing? >> my family's keeping me grounded. everybody keeps me grounded. >> lupita may be stepping into a new role with rihanna. ♪ reports have them in a netflix heist film. >> that movie with me and rihanna, people want to see something like themselves and something different. something they are not being offered yet, and i'm honored to be apart of that conversation. enough said. bye. >> but that was good. thank you. >> thank you, lupita. another big moment, the announcement that michelle pfeiffer will join the "ant-man" cast for "ant-man and the wasp." when we come back, "game of thrones" star, sophie turner was blushing about her boyfriend, joe jonas.

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"game of thrones" fever is in epidemic proportions. >> here east some info from comicon. >> sophie turner showed up without her boyfriend, joe jonas, but a little while back, she brought him to the premiere, and i want you to watch what happened when she was asked about him. >> is joe rooting for sansa to end up on the iron throne? >> i don't know. i don't know. we don't talk about it. >> we love love. are you blushing? >> oh, god. yeah. or i'm sweaty. i can't tell.

>> "the insider" tracking the biggest stories making news today. >> number one ben affleck and gal gadot's super hero weekend

at comicon as his justice league crew brings girls to tears. >> then ryan gosling and harrison ford makes the fans swoon at comicon. it was the stranger things two trailer that had social media losing its mind. >> and number three bachelorette rachel lindsay breaks down her final trio. which one is the man of her dreams? >> it was a very hard decision for me. >> plus your "insider" bonus remembering princess diana on the 20th anniversary of her death. >> be as naughty as you want. just don't get caught. >> princes william and harry reveal three things we never knew. >> and girl power continues to take over the box office. why women are kicking so much butt