“The Bible” producers have decided to cut the controversial Satan scenes for its movie release, “Son of God“. The deleted footage features the devil portrayed by an actor that looked like President Barack Obama. It caused a buzz after airing last year on the History miniseries.

“It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting-room floor. This is now a movie about Jesus, the son of God, and the devil gets no more screen time,” Roma Downey, who produced the movie with her husband Mark Burnett, said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni played the Satan in the miniseries which is about 10 hours long. For the big screen, it is cut down to only two hours long. The removal is announced just days before the movie version gets a U.S. release on February 28 to avoid similar debates a year ago.

A Justin Bieber wax figure at Madame Tussauds museum in New York’s Times Square has been taken down, Page Six reports. The figure was removed from display because it was ruined by over-excited fans. The figure had no barrier or rope around it, so it was repeatedly touched and groped by many fans.

The museum additionally stated that they reluctantly removed it because “it no longer does justice either to the star or to the attraction” despite the regular maintenance.

The museum’s general manager Bret Pidgeon said, “This is disappointing, but hopefully we can welcome a new ‘grown-up’ Justin back to the attraction in the near future.” The figure made its debut in 2011.

A New York man armed with a rifle, boxes of ammunition and a machete was arrested Friday after allegedly threatening to kill former President George W. Bush, according to a federal court complaint.

Benjamin Smith, a resident of upstate New York, threatened to “kill, kidnap and inflict bodily harm” on Bush, the complaint said.

Smith also professed a love interest in Barbara, one of the former president’s twin daughters, according to the complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

The U.S. Secret Service was alerted to the threat after Smith’s mother found a note in the home they share in which he allegedly wrote that he’s “going to work for George W. Bush and the Pentagon,” the complaint said.

Smith also allegedly wrote: “I have to slay a dragon and then Barbara Bush is mine… America is finished. Obama, Etc.”

On Friday, agents found Smith sitting in his car in Manhattan, with a loaded .38-caliber rifle, two boxes of ammunition, a container of gasoline and a machete, according to authorities.

During questioning, Smith told Secret Service agents, “I’m divorced and not currently seeing anyone, but I am working on a relationship with Barbara Bush,” the complaint said.

Threats against presidents of the United States are a federal crime.

Scarlett Johansson has ended her relationship with a humanitarian group after being criticised over her support for an Israeli soda maker company that operates in the West Bank.

A statement released by Johansson’s spokesman on Wednesday said the 29-year-old actress has ‘a fundamental difference of opinion’ with Oxfam International because the humanitarian group opposes all trade from Israeli settlements, saying they are illegal and deny Palestinian rights.

Earlier this month, The Avengers and Her actress signed on as the first global brand ambassador of SodaStream International Ltd., and she’s set to appear in an ad for the at-home soda maker during the Super Bowl on Sunday.

SodaStream has come under fire from pro-Palestinian activists for maintaining a large factory in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, a territory captured by Israel in 1967 and claimed by the Palestinians.

Johansson had served as a global ambassador for Oxfam since 2007, raising funds and promoting awareness about global poverty.

Neighbors had been complaining for a while about the dreadful smell coming from William Buchman’s house in Santa Ana, California.

And when authorities raided Buchman’s two-story house Wednesday, they discovered the cause of the putrid odor.

Vast numbers of snakes — some alive, most of them dead and decaying.

In some cases, only the skins remained. Mice and rats were also in abundance.

Acting on a search warrant, police and animal services officers wearing protective suits and masks searched the house, finding dirty rooms full of stacks of plastic bins containing pythons.

Police said “several hundred snakes” were believed to be in Buchman’s home.

In just one room, they found more than 50 dead pythons and seven live ones, KCAL/KCBS reported.

Police said Buchman, a 53-year-old teacher, has been arrested and booked on suspicion of animal cruelty. He has not yet appeared in court or been formally charged.

It wasn’t immediately clear why he had kept so many snakes in his house.

A necklace from Jackie Kennedy’s personal collection has just gone under the hammer for a starting bid of $5,000.

The Christian Dior piece, which features six gradated strands of faux coral beads on a gold-plated square-linked chain, was a different look for the former First Lady, who was known for her penchant for pearl necklaces.

Made in Germany in 1973, the necklace is open for bidding on the Nate D Sanders website until Thursday at 5pm Pacific time.

It came to the auction house via the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis estate sale at Sotheby’s in Los Angeles in April 1996.

Several other pieces from her jewelry collection were put under the hammer during this auction, including a pair of matte gold leaf-shaped earring studs designed by Kenneth Jay Lane.

Children’s favourite sweet treat the Jelly Bean has been released in a new beer flavour – but it is already leaving a bitter taste in some parents’ mouths.

There are already more than 100 mouthwatering and unusual flavours like pina colada, toasted marshmallow and the recent Tabasco and chocolate.

But the “clean, crisp and wheaty taste” of the German Hefeweizen ale in the sweet, which does not contain any alcohol, has been designed for adults only.

Some have bombarded the Facebook page of the California-based candy company Jelly Belly with complaints.

An angry user called The Blue Aero claimed: “Jelly Belly is no longer kid friendly and wants to introduce alcohol taste to children so they will want to experiment with the real thing.

“Shame on Jelly Belly.”

But others are bemused by the controversy the beer flavoured jelly bean has caused, because their are other alcohol-based flavours already on sale.

Since 1977, flavours like Blackberry Brandy, Strawberry Daiquiri, Margarita and Mai Tai have become incredibly popular.

Jelly Belly responded to complaints by saying the beer flavoured bean is not available in multi-packs and the beer flavour “is for adults”.

Keyshia, 22, said: “I love it, it just tastes amazing.

“It has to have pee in it, the heavier ones that have more pee smell better.

“You know when you’re walking into a room and you smell a strong smell like food and you kind of taste it? That’s what it’s like.”

Keyshia, of Queens, New York, is featured in My Strange Addiction on satellite channel TLC.

A 12-year-old boy entered his middle school gym, pulled a shotgun out of a bag and opened fire on students waiting for school to start Tuesday, wounding two, authorities in Roswell, New Mexico, said.

A girl, 13, was in stable condition Tuesday night following surgery, authorities said. A boy, 11, was in critical condition after surgery.

The horror might have been much worse if not for one staff member. “(He) walked right up to him and asked him to put down the firearm,” said New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez.

Authorities detained a seventh-grader who is “responsible for this,” said State Police Chief Pete Kassetas.

Investigators didn’t yet have a motive for the shooting, Kassetas added.

State police planned to interview more than 100 students and faculty Tuesday. “We’re going to be here for quite some time,” the police chief told reporters Tuesday afternoon.

Investigators will examine “social media outlets and the forms of communication that students use,” Kassetas said.