Photos: Hollywood Headlines: A week in review

The hip-hop group won its lawsuit against Monster Energy Co. over a promotional video that featured its music without authorization.(Pictured: “Ad-Rock” of the Beastie Boys and his wife leave federal court.)  (Andrew Gombert / EPA)

Hill, who used a derogatory term for gay people while telling off a paparazzo, apologized on “The Howard Stern Show” and “The Tonight Show.” “I am not at all defending my choice of words, but I am happy to be the poster boy for thinking about what you say,” he told Stern.  (Joel Ryan / Invision / Associated Press)

“Two Oscars ago, I couldn’t find anybody to do a dress for me,” the actress told Redbook. “I asked five or six designers — very high-level ones who make lots of dresses for people — and they all said no.” McCarthy collaborated with Daniella Pearl in 2011 to start her own collection.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

An Elle UK magazine cover of Pharrell wearing an American Indian headdress stirred backlash on Twitter. Just hours after the controversy, the star issued an apology: “I respect and honor every kind of race, background and culture ... I am genuinely sorry.”  (Francois Mori / Associated Press)

The actor released a statement about what occurred with red carpet prankster Vitalii Sediuk at the “Maleficent” premiere. “I looked down and the nutter was trying to bury his face in my crotch, so I cracked him twice in the back of the head,” he said. Sediuk said he was trying to hug Pitt.  (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

Lopez and former dancer Smart had been dating for 2 1/2 years.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images for GLAAD)

An adaptation of an award-winning novel, “Americanah” centers on the romance of two young Nigerians. “Page after page I was struck by Ifemelu and Obinze’s stories, whose experiences as African immigrants are so specific and also so imminently relatable,” Nyong’o said.  (Andrew Goodman / Getty Images for the Maui Film Festival at Wailea)