The symbol of the Academy Awards, of course, is the Oscar statue. And the acclaimed actors who have won the coveted prize over the years would probably say the trophy is priceless, but how much is the iconic trophy really worth? The value of the 24-karat gold-plated statue is tied with the price of gold, which is currently about $1,600 per ounce. According to The Hollywood Reporter, that means that each of this year’s 50 statuettes from manufacturer R.S. Owens is worth about $900. That’s a whopping total of $45,000 in Oscar gold for 2013.

Check out the vid to see how the value of the Oscar has changed since the first Academy Awards took place in 1929!

Nick Carter and Lauren Kitt (Instagram)Congratulations are in order for Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, who announced his engagement to girlfriend Lauren Kitt through a post on his Instagram page on Friday.

“Big Question…great answer,” he posted along with a photo of him and his fiancée.

Shia LaBeouf (Getty Images)The fallout continues from the “creative differences” caper surrounding Alec Baldwin’s latest Broadway show. Shia LaBeouf dropped out of the Broadway show “Orphans” earlier this week and then took to Twitter to share some rather strange emails between himself, director Daniel Sullivan, and Baldwin.

Now, Baldwin is responding to the drama, saying he is "very disappointed" in the way LaBeouf has handled the situation.

Johnny Depp is a jack of all trades when it comes to acting. But when it came to doing his own horseback-riding stunts on the set of his new flick, things got a little tricky.

The “Pirates” actor stopped by “The Late Show With David Letterman” on Thursday and dished about how he narrowly avoided being smashed in the face by a horse on the set of the upcoming “The Lone Ranger” – in which he plays Tonto, a Native American spirit warrior. So where were his stunt men? That answer, Johnny says, still remains a mystery.

Check out this vid to hear what the actor had to do to avoid being “horrifically mangled.”

Rihanna, Dec. 25, 2012 (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)An intruder was taken into custody by police outside of a home near Rihanna’s in Los Angeles’ swanky Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Thursday night. The problem is, the guy didn’t even have the right house!

“It was not her home,” an LAPD spokesperson confirms to omg!. “It was a home in close proximity to hers. It appears that the individual thought he was at the singer’s home, when indeed it was another residence. The individual is now in custody.”

Wiz Khalifa (Twitter)Behold … “The Bash”!

Hours after giving birth to her first child, Amber Rose shared a photo of the bundled up little fella – Sebastian “The Bash” Taylor Thomaz – being cradled lovingly in his father Wiz Khalifa’s arms.

Clint Eastwood, Feb. 18, 2013 (Getty Images)Some unfortunate fool tried to make Dirty Harry’s day!

The celebrity swatting trend picked back up this week, with none other than chair-talking aficionado Clint Eastwood as the latest target.

The LAPD tells omg! that, "On Monday, February 18, at around 11 a.m., our officers were called from our West LA division for reports of assault with a deadly weapon, to the home of Mr. Eastwood. Our officers arrived, looked at the premise, and left after realizing that everything was locked and secure."

Taylor Swift has two words for her exes: Bring it! (Splash News)Taylor Swift sees nothing wrong with calling out her exes in song – and perhaps she’ll soon have another to add to her list?

In a new interview with the U.K. edition of InStyle, the country singer is unapologetic about dishing relationship secrets – and bashing former flames – in her hit songs, saying that they can do the same if they so desire.