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CELEB-AUTHOR EDITION

GOOD WEEK/BAD WEEK

Mindy Kaling

The actress inked another book deal, to write about the highs and lows of showbiz

Gwyneth Paltrow

Critics panned her second cookbook, It’s All Good, which bans coffee and corn

SNACKS

A Sweet Surprise

Toy-filled chocolate eggs–popular in Europe but outlawed in the States since 1938–are finally legal in the U.S. thanks to a new design from New Jersey company Candy Treasure. Its secret: breaking the chocolate covering into two halves, so the plastic toy casing is clearly visible underneath. Yum?

QUICK TALK

Carson Daly

Between his radio show, late-night program and The Voice, returning March 25, Carson Daly might be the hardest-working host in showbiz (whose name isn’t Ryan Seacrest). Here, the former MTV VJ, 39, talks with TIME.

–NOLAN FEENEY

Shakira and Usher join The Voice as judges this season. Do you guys hang out?

We have a little compound. All of our trailers are together. We bring our families, our wives.

That sounds like it could be its own reality show.

It’s funny that you mention that. You’ll see a lot more behind-the-scenes stuff this season.

What about a crazy plot twist? The show is produced by [Survivor creator] Mark Burnett.

Yeah. We should starve the contestants 30 days prior to their blind auditions.

If the judges were contestants, who would win?

That’s hard to say. They’ve all got great voices.

My money’s on Shakira.

Yes, maybe. But you know, if Adam Levine sang “She Will Be Loved” acoustic, what chair wouldn’t turn for that?

You’ve interviewed hundreds of celebrities. Who was the worst?

Prince. When I interviewed him at MTV, I said I thought it was wonderful how, in an age of disposable music, his has been timeless. But I think he thought I called his music disposable, so that caused kind of a tiff.

Sounds awkward.

He also doesn’t believe in time. He doesn’t wear a watch. He showed up late, and we were live. That was pretty odd.

KICKSTARTED

$3.6 MILLION

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

Sculptor Ron Mueck, seen here in his studio, creates human figures so detailed, they might seem real–were it not for their surreal sizes (some big, some small). Nine of his creations will be on view at the Fondation Cartier in Paris beginning April 16.

TRENDING

Gaga’s Wheelchair

Now that Lady Gaga is recovering from hip surgery in a 24-karat-gold-plated wheelchair she calls Emma, fans are tweeting from parody accounts like @GagaWheelchairE: “Rolling for the Fame!”

TECH

Boy Scouts of (Future) America

At Austin’s annual SXSW festival, the Scouts unveiled a merit badge for Game Design, which encourages members to create their own mobile and computer games. But that badge–the group’s 131st since its founding in 1910–is just the latest in a series designed to prepare American youth for life in the 21st century. Below are a few of its reported successors, as imagined visually by TIME.

SUSTAINABILITY

Expected July 2013

PROGRAMMING

Expected July 2013

MULTIMEDIA

Expected 2014

ANIMATION

Expected 2014

ADVANCED COMPUTING

Expected 2014 or later

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

All over the world, people adopt the plumage and skins of wild beasts to observe religious and seasonal festivals of fertility, birth and death. In 2010, French photographer Charles Fréger set out to document those rituals, traveling through 18 European nations. The highlights–including Cerbul din Corlata (left), which shows a stag costume from Romania–are on view at the Gallery at Hermès in Manhattan as part of his “Wilder Mann” series, on exhibit through June 8.

NONTROVERSY

Obama = Devil?

After Glenn Beck tweeted that the Satan figure in the History Channel’s new miniseries The Bible (played by Mehdi Ouazanni) looks “exactly like” President Obama, bloggers speculated that the resemblance was intentional. Producers shot back, calling the claims “foolish” and “utter nonsense.”

3 THINGS YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS WEEK

1. The new Pope keeping the status quo.

Francis is already making big changes–at least below his ankles–by wearing black shoes instead of the traditional red loafers.

2. Tiger Woods’ ability to find new love.

The scandal-plagued golfer has linked up with Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn.

3. The power of a mutant bromance.

They play enemies in the X-Men movies, but Sir Ian McKellen will officiate at Patrick Stewart’s upcoming wedding. Marvel tov!

FOR REVIEWS OF THE CROODS, THE SAPPHIRES AND ADMISSION, VISIT time.com/movies