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'Wall Street 2' and 'Smurfs' Pushed Back, 'Alvin and the Chipmunks 3D' Sets Release Date

Several studios have just made adjustments to the release schedule for the some of their movies. According to Box Office Mojo, 20th Century Fox has decided that "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" starring Shia LaBeouf and Michael Douglas is pushed back from its original slot of April 23 to September 24.

Fox additionally has announced that the production for "Alvin and the Chipmunks 3D" has started and release date for the film has been determined. This follow-up to "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" is planned to open wide in U.S. theaters on December 16, 2011.

Full Music Winners List of 41st NAACP Image Awards

One of the musicians coming home victorious the 2010 NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Image Awards was Mary J. Blige. The singer walked home with two coveted prizes, leading winners list in the music field.

Mary won Outstanding Female Artist, beating Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Rihanna and Whitney Houston. She received her second trophy for Outstanding Album, thanks to her latest effort "Stronger With Each Tear". In this category, the singer who was absent from the February 26 gala ceremony pushed aside Jay-Z, Mariah Carey as well as Maxwell and once again blocked Alicia from taking home an award.

Movie Nominees of 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards

The nominees of the 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards have been unveiled. Leading the pack in movie category is "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" which gets three nominations, one of which is Favorite Movie.

To get the coveted award, the follow-up to 2007 "Transformers" will compete with "The Twilight Saga's New Moon", "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Beside the best movie nom, "Transformers 2" also aids its lead stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox to land nomination for Best Favorite Movie Actor and Favorite Movie Actress respectively.

Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli to Hook Up at Grammys for Haiti

Another fund-raising event to support the victims of Haitian earthquake has been staged. This time, organizers for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards have booked Mary J. Blige to make a duet performance with Andrea Bocelli and sing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for the cause.

Their performance will then be made available for download following the telecast with all proceeds going to American Red Cross. In addition to benefiting the relief effort, it also marks the 40th anniversary of Simon & Garfunkel's classic song receiving Grammy trophies for Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year.

'Avatar' Comes Unchallenged at Box Office's Top

A strong Christmas Day at the U.S. Box Office didn't give "Sherlock Holmes" the push it needed to dethrone James Cameron's sci-fi love story "Avatar" over the weekend (25-27 Dec 09).

The humans vs. aliens movie, starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana, scored a second week at the top of the chart with a stunning $75 million three-day take. The weekend estimate gives the film a 10-day total of $212.3 million in America alone. The film made a worldwide splash last week when it scored a $232.2 million opening weekend.

Holiday Movie Guide: The December Movies to Check Out (Part 2/2)

Continuing the 2009 holiday movies list, here AceShowbiz presents the second part of the two-part holiday movie guide. Similar to Part I, it offers two categories of movies. This time around, the remaining feature films coming out in December 2009 are divided into "Pure Entertainment" and "Limited Releases".

The majority of the films compiled in the "Pure Entertainment" can be enjoyed with the family. In fact, some of them are designed for kids to enjoy. The "Limited Releases", in the meantime, lists charming movies which will be screened in limited theaters across the U.S. this holiday season. Among Part II's selection are side-splitting "It's Complicated" and heart-touching "Hachiko: A Dog's Story".

Daft Punk to Have a Cameo in 'Tron Legacy'

Daft Punk will contribute more than scoring the original music for "Tron Legacy" as their cameo appearance in the movie has been recently revealed. Bringing up the news to the surface was Olivia Wilde, who will be seen as Kevin's loyal confidant named Cora in the "Tron" sequel. To MTV News, she simply said, "They were in the movie."

Although revealing the cameo appearance, the depicter of Thirteen in "House M.D." didn't offer further details, especially on what role the duo known for their robot personas will take on. She did note, however, that Disney plans to feature them in future promotional efforts. She said, "There's some ideas in the works about how to incorporate them into a Comic-Con event."

Winners List of 2009 MOBO Awards, Beyonce Knowles Gets Two Gongs

2009 MOBO Awards which was held on September 30 at the SECC in Glasgow has been wrapped, and those walking home with trophies were revealed. Beyonce Knowles, N-Dubz and JLS were the ones who dominated the event, grabbing two prizes each.

Beyonce won over Akon, Ciara, Drake, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Keri Hilson, Lady GaGa and Mariah Carey in Best International Act. She got her other award in Best Video category, pushing aside Dizzee Rascal, Alesha Dixon, Chipmunk and Mr. Hudson.

Winners List of 51st Annual Grammy Awards

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss walked out of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards with another nod. Through their collaborative album "Raising Sand", the two musicians got the coveted Album of the Year title.

The duet effort has successfully put aside Coldplay's "Viva La Vida", Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III", Ne-Yo's "Year of the Gentleman" and Radiohead's "In Rainbows". Previously, the record was also announced as Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.

'Watchmen' Soundtrack and Original Score to Be Released in March

"Watchmen" will have its soundtrack album and original score compilation released three days before it makes its debut in the U.S. theaters. On Thursday, January 22, Warner Sunset/Reprise Records announced that both of the movie's soundtrack and original score have been set to hit U.S. stores on March 3.

Through a press release, the recording company also let out that the soundtrack will include a cover version of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row" by My Chemical Romance, recorded exclusively for the movie. Other than My Chemical Romance, other musicians featured in the album include Billie Holiday, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, KC & The Sunshine Band and Nat King Cole.

Full Winners List of 2008 American Music Awards

More from the stage of the 36th annual American Music Awards, Jonas Brothers have been named as "T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist". They win over such contenders as Colbie Caillat, Flo Rida, Paramore, and The-Dream.

Meanwhile Kanye West, and Alicia Keys have added another AMAs' trophy to their pockets. Kanye receives a prize for "Favorite Male Artist" in Rap/Hip-Hop Music and Alicia puts her 2007 third studio effort "As I Am" on top as her LP wins "Favorite Album" in Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music.

'Alvin and the Chipmunks' Sequel Coming Out Sooner

Getting a title, "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel", the sequel to "Alvin and the Chipmunks", has also been given a new release date schedule. The latest report from Variety claimed that the 20th Century Fox have pushed the sequel forward, putting it on a 2009 slate.

Revealing further on the new schedule, the news site reported that the animation movie about the harmony singing chipmunks will be opened in the theaters starting on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009, instead of its initial date on March 19, 2010. With the new date, the sequel will have to be up against another animation movie from Walt Disney Pictures, "The Princess and the Frog".

'Alvin and the Chipmunks' Sequel Coming Up 2010

The harmony singing chipmunks will be back serenading moviegoers in the silver screen. Bringing good news to the 'Alvin' lovers, the 20th Century Fox came out with the release date of the sequel to their successful CGI animated family movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks".

Aiming to generate another big surprise at the box office, "Alvin and the Chipmunks 2" will be officially singing their way to the theaters on March 19, 2010. The sequel reportedly will be focused on the female counterparts of the Chipmunks, the Chipettes which consists of Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor Miller.

T.I. Among the Many Artists Designing Custom Line T-Shirts for Playboy

In addition to working on his next LP, to be titled "Paper Trail", T.I. is branching out his singing career by designing custom line of T-shirts for Playboy. The rap icon is one among the many other artists giving hand to participate in the second annual Rock the Rabbit Program.

Having seen a number of other famous music figures, including the likes of Duran Duran, Daft Punk, Ghostland Observatory, Hot Chip, Iggy Pop, and Jamie T, place their own personal design around Playboy's famous Rabbit Head, T.I. has his limited edition Rock the Rabbit custom designed T-shirts emblazoned with the words "T.I. vs. T.I.P." with the famous bunny logo and a crown are used as the dots on the "I"s. "T.I. vs. T.I.P." actually is directed from the title of T.I.'s latest effort of the same name.

Twelve Animated Titles Shortlisted for 2008 Oscar

Marking early announcement on the possible contenders for 2008 Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) revealed Thursday, November 8, 2007 that twelve pictures have been put in consideration to compete for Academy Awards' Best Animated Feature title. Three will then be selected as the final contenders by the time all categories get unveiled on January 22, 2008.

The list includes such crowd-pleaser titles such as Disney/Pixar's "Ratatouille", Sony Pictures Animation's "Surf's Up", and 20th Century Fox's "The Simpsons Movie" as well as DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek the Third" and "Bee Movie." The rest seven are "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters", "Meet the Robinsons", "Tekkonkinkreet", "TMNT", "Alvin and the Chipmunks", "Beowulf", and "Persepolis."

Video of will.i.am's 'I Got It From My Mama' Unreleased Remix Leaks

Although or due to the relatively mild chart position that 'I Got It From My Mama' earned, will.i.am has remixed the first single that is taken from his recently released album 'Songs About Girls'. The remix has taken samples from Daft Punk's materials, but it was later on disapproved.

The remix version is now not eligible for release, so does its music video. However, words have spread and both the audio and music clip have leaked online.

2007 Lollapalooza Three Days Report

2007 Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park has taken center stage in music buzz last weekend. The annual festival that celebrates the greatest alternative acts kicked off Friday, August 3 on a hot but pleasant weather, mainly due to the worthy performances in all its three days.

LCD Sound system only gave the best opening on day 1 by delivering beats that audience have been dying for. The group raved through their sets mostly containing materials from latest CD "Sound of Silver" before moving on with the Grammy-winning hit "Daft Punk is Playing at My House". The subject mentioned in the title served their part moments later highlighting the event with extended version of "One More Time" and their debut album's hit "Around the World".

Kanye West's "Graduation" Comes Sooner

Still around Kanye West's "Graduation", the highly anticipated album has brought two more news ahead of its release. First of all, the album won't arrive in September as scheduled and secondly, an adaptation of Daft Punk can be expected in one of the tracks.

Previously announcing that he will 'graduate' on September 18, Kanye comes up with the album sooner than expected. The singer's record will arrive in late August according to its label, Def Jam. This announcement was in line with the revelation of his sample of Daft Punk's 2001 hit "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". Kanye borrows a piece of the score from the electronic duo to be remixed into the song "Stronger". Words have it that Daft Punk's members Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo will appear alongside him in the song's video.

Garbage to Have First Come Back Video

The song "Tell Me Where It Hurts" which video has roamed in Teleport Music TV station is confirmed to be part of Garbage's "Absolute Garbage" and will be the first single from the greatest hit compilation. The track "It's All Over But The Crying", meanwhile is waiting to be confirmed as the band's second single.

"Tell Me Where It Hurts", which video was directed by Sophie Muller, marks the band's come back since two years hiatus. Its single will come out one week earlier than the album on July 9 and added with a B-side track titled "Bad Boyfriend (Sting Like a Bee Remix)" and "All the Good in This Life". The video meanwhile, will start airing on U.K.'s Channel 4 on May 27.

Poison Reveals Cover Album Tracks

An important detail is coming up from glam metal band Poison's newest album "Poison'd!". The album that offers a selection of classic rock tune covers has revealed its heavily anticipated tracklisting. The 13 tracks are ranging from David Bowie's "Suffragete City" up to Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band".

On January 3, the band posted on their official My Space page that they need the help from fans to pick songs for the album. Some suggested the band covering Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird," Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz," and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long". None of the songs was included in the record along with the obvious suggestion of Alice Cooper's "Poison." The band however kept Sweet and Alice Cooper in mind and decided to do their other songs.

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