November 28, 2009

Paramount Pictures has released a new featurette for drama comedy film "Up in the Air". Making its way out via Apple, the snippet presents a commentary from director Jason Reitman about George Clooney's Ryan Bingham as well as shows the making of the film.

Additionally, in the sneak peek video, several actresses also talked about working on the upcoming movie. The snippet, moreover, gives a look at the life of Bingham, who does not have a personal life and he numbs himself with sex, booze and drugs.

Sophia Bush has no hesitation to share with OK! Magazine on whom she looks up to when it comes to standing out. In an interview with the publication's Last Word, she reveals, "Penelope Cruz is so sensual and beautiful without ever being vulgar. She's stunning to me. I think she's our modern-day Sophia Loren."

Additionally, the "One Tree Hill" star also admires Cate Blanchett, claiming the movie beauty as "the best thing since sliced bread" to her. "She amazes me with her choices in her career and in fashion. I really think she's amazing. I also really admire wonderful, kind of quirky beauties like Zooey Deschanel, who always owns her own little thing," she gushes.

Lil Wayne's first rock-themed album "Rebirth" has got an official tracklisting which is obtained via Amazon U.K. site. Twelve songs appear on the list with Eminem, Kevin Rudolf, Nicki Minaj and Shanell set to lend their vocal.

The album is slated to be released across United States on December 21. It will be made available for purchase as a single disc, not paired with Young Money's compilation album "We Are Young Money" as it was previously claimed.

"Ugly Betty" is looking forward to have some fun in the Bahamas next week with Shakira as the guest star. In the steamy Bahamas, the love triangle between Betty, Matt and Amanda explodes, and romantic pairings abound. Things should be dreamy at the Atlantis resort, where even Shakira is staying.

Shakira has been on the show's wish list for sometime but it only happens this season. "We've mentioned her several times over the course of the series and have always wanted to work with her. She's an enormous Latina icon, as is Betty, and we thought it was a perfect fit," showrunner Silvio Horta said.

Though it is still about a month away until "Sherlock Holmes" hits theaters, two sequels have been planned. In an interview with Empire magazine, actor Robert Downey Jr. revealed that he and several filmmakers have had ideas about how storyline for the next movies will be.

"Between Guy [Ritchie-director] and me, the missus (producer Susan Levin) and Joel Silver (producer), we definitely know what we would like to do for the next two sequels," Downey Jr. said. He then added, "But I want to add a massive disclaimer - I'm just generally a confident person. I've no idea where anything is going to go."

One day after Thanksgiving, Lady GaGa made her way to sing on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". She opened the show with "Bad Romance" performance, playing the piano before then joining her backing dancers for up-beat dance routine. She also brought "Speechless" to close the November 27 talk-show.

Aside from having live performances, Lady GaGa also sat down with Ellen DeGeneres for an interview segment. Among other topics she talked about with the host were her younger years and outrageous outfits. When praised by Ellen for singing live, she said, "Aren't we supposed to sing? It's part of the gig isn't it?"

Staying completely mum on the leak of her nude pics just months after she was assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown, Rihanna finally addresses the matter, claiming the incident was "humiliating and embarrassing". "I just felt like my whole privacy was taken before that and then, when that came out, I thought, 'oh great, so now there's nothing they don't know about me and my private life'," she told U.S. radio station Hot 97 in an interview.

Making the matter worse, it took place just two days before Mother's Day which then made her feeling nervous of her mother's reaction. "I sent her flowers first before I called and then she texted me," recalled the "Umbrella" hit maker. Fortunately, her mother had positive attitude toward the photos and gave her support to get through it. "When the world is against me she's always there supporting," she gushed.

It has been over two weeks since the public voting of new Victoria's Secret model was opened. Two girls have come out as the finalists and they are both blond and coming from California. Either Kylie Bisutti from Simi Valley or Jamie Lee Darley from Brentwood will walk down the sexy runway on December 1 to join the other angels.

"Ironically Kylie and I, we were the closest girls in the house," Jamie comments on them advancing to the next round. Now that they are competing against each other, Jamie admits that they "haven't stayed as close." Kylie herself is more than excited to be a contender. She says, "It's been my absolute dream to be a Victoria's Secret model. I was born to walk that runway, I have the longest legs."

Jeremy Renner has recently sat down with Empire magazine to talk about his possibility of playing one of the superheroes in upcoming movie "The Avengers". When asked if he may fill the vacant position for Captain America, "The Hurt Locker" actor said he has not been offered for that part, but admitting that he is interested to play another character, Hawkeye.

"I don't know if I'd be right for Captain America. I met with the Marvel guys, actually, but we didn't talk about Captain America," Renner stated. He then immediately added, "But one of the writers, Zak Penn, we've become friends over time and he was thinking maybe Hawkeye could be interesting. He sounds like an interesting character."

An underground dance battle is featured in Snoop Dogg's music video for his new single "I Wanna Rock". Its cameos include actor/singer Jamie Foxx, "America's Best Dance Crew" season 3 winner Quest Crew and professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy.

"I Wanna Rock" is one of the singles set to appear in Snoop's forthcoming tenth studio project "Malice N Wonderland". The album is due to arrive in U.S. on December 8 and features the likes of Jazmine Sullivan, The-Dream, R. Kelly, Soulja Boy, Brandy, Pharrell Williams and more.

In the wake of reports that Tiger Woods was involved in a single car accident on Friday, November 27, more details have been exposed on the avid golfer's alleged affair with Rachel Uchitel. Star Magazine claims to have been informed by Uchitel's friend Ashley Sampson that Uchitel first met Woods when she was still working as an event planner and the director of VIP Operations for the Big Apple hotspot Griffin.

It was Woods who initiated the affair by offering to show Uchitel a "good golf grip," Sampson reveals further. She goes on stating, "In June, she told me, 'Tiger Woods is blowing up my phone messages!' Tiger thinks Rachel is staying quiet about their affair, but she told everyone. She told me, 'I'm having an affair with Tiger Woods. We're in love!' "

The end of "Glee" this year will be marked with the club going to sectionals. Photos from the Fall season finale have been released to reveal the team's effort to win the competition. In one picture, Kurt, Puck and Jacob are seen sitting together to discuss a strategy.

Sectionals is finally here for the Glee Club, but when Quinn's secret unravels, the club may not be able to recover in time to compete. Meanwhile, Sue's scheming hits an all-time high, and with Emma and Ken's marriage looming, Will makes a decision that could change his life forever.

Mariah Carey may not release her next studio album under Island Def Jam. Having been signed to the label since 2002, the wife of Nick Cannon reportedly has a rift with its boss L.A. Reid and is ready to sign a deal with another company.

According to That Grape Juice, the feud between Carey and Reid happens due to lukewarm sale of her latest studio installment "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel". The record could only debut at No. 3 on Billboard Hot 200 with 168,000 units, a noticeable drop from her previous album's opening week of 463,000 copies.

"Smallville" shares a good first look at two members of Justice Society of America (JSA) who will appear in the two-hour event next year. Brent Stait and Britt Irvin dressed up in costume to portray Doctor Fate and Stargirl respectively in episode "Absolute Justice", airing February 5.

Doctor Fate, in the comic version, possesses mystical powers which can be associated to sorcery. With the Helmet of Nabu, he is resistant to injury and has super power strength. Meanwhile, Stargirl is a trained gymnastic and thus she has the agility needed to fight. She also has a Cosmic Converter Belt which can shoot stars.

The 20th Century Fox has at least one good reason to be thankful during Thanksgiving. Its film "The Blind Side" topped the holiday box office with $9.5 million, Variety reported. Thus, it tackled the winner of last weekend box office, "The Twilight Saga's New Moon", which collected $9.2 million on Thursday, November 26.

The Sandra Bullock's football drama movie jumped up one position after sitting on the second place with $34.1 million intake on its debut weekend. At that time, the Summit Entertainment's vampire drama film topped the box office chart with $142.8 million grossed domestically. Industry estimates, however, expect this "Twilight" sequel to return to the first place throughout the weekend.

An extended version of Timbaland's "Morning After Dark" music video which features not only SoShy but also Nelly Furtado has arrived. Having similar scenes to the previous video, this new one adds captures of Nelly singing her verses in the kitchen of a nightclub.

"Morning After Dark" is the lead single from Timbaland's "Shock Value 2". The powerhouse producer recently spilled the beans on crafting a sequel to the song saying "I have part two to the single too, so it's like a whole little story line to it."

After keeping mum on the mounting rumors of her breaking up from boyfriend Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel finally breaks her silence on the issue, telling U.K. newspaper The Independent in an interview she finds the split reports "weird and sort of bizarre to deal with". She goes on stating, "But you have to have a sense of humor about the whole thing. Honestly, I look at a magazine and they know more than I do."

The 27-year-old actress, moreover, shares the best way to deal with the press. "You do really have to just get into a place where you feel Zen (at peace) about it - take a deep breath and know that somebody is going to be taking your picture while you're going to the laundry and picking up your dry cleaning," so she enthuses.

Nearly two months after giving birth to daughter Lou Sulola Samuel, Heidi Klum introduces the infant to the world by posting several pictures of the little girl on her official website. Beside the mother-daughter duo, the supermodel's singer husband Seal is also featured in one shot. Additionally, there are the pair's sons; Henry Gunther Ademola Dashtu Samuel and Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel, as well as Klum's daughter, Leni, from previous relationship, on other photos.

Heidi Klum gave birth to Lou Sulola Samuel on date 9 last month. At that time, Seal released the following statement to share the news with the press, "It's difficult to imagine loving another child as much as you love your existing children. Anyone who has a family will tell you this. Where will one find that extra love? If you love your existing children with all of your heart, how then can one possibly find more heart with which to love another?"

Television world may lose Oprah Winfrey for daytime but it may gain Snoop Dogg. The rapper has projected an interest in having his own talk show premiered after Oprah steps down from her throne in 2011.

"I'm trying to proposition the networks right now. If you're wanting to hire a nice black exciting young male who wants to turn the TV world right up - get at me," Snoop gushed. "I heard Oprah Winfrey is leaving and there ain't nobody do what Oprah did but ahem - hello! Hello!"

After kicking off principal photography in Queensland, Australia on July 27, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" has finally lowered its anchor. A day after Thanksgiving, the crew and cast for the film were back to work to complete production of the movie.

"Today, November 27th, 2009, in Australia, is the last day of shooting 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'," so read a statement posted on Chronicles of Narnia facebook page. After this, the Fox Walden's movie project will enter one year of post production before the film is released in the U.S. on December 10, 2010.

Britney Spears is ready to return to the studio and craft new music for a new album. According to gimmeBRITNEY, the pop singer will hit the recording booth soon after finishing the Australian leg of her on-going tour. She reportedly will release the effort in June next year.

The album is yet to be titled, but several names have been attached to make contribution. They are Fernando Garibay, Danja, Sean Garrett and David Guetta. Also, Darkchild recently tweeted about making music for her. "In the studio creating a smash for Britney right now!!!" the powerhouse producer wrote on the micro-blogging site. "Got the call this morning!!! January we start!!!"

With his album coming out on December 8, Chris Brown is making his presence more apparent by agreeing to appear in several talk shows, even if it means he has to talk about the infamous incident with Rihanna. The latest show he is going to visit will be ABC's "20/20".

The singer had done a pre-taped interview with co-anchor Robin Roberts last weekend, discussing his assault of the former girlfriend. According to Associated Press, it is an "in-depth" talk which will air on December 11. ABC spokesman Jeffrey Schneider has confirmed that Brown will not perform live and clips from the interview will air on "Good Morning America".

Tiger Woods was involved in a single car accident on Friday, November 27 in front of his Florida home, but is said to be doing well after being treated at a hospital. His wife Elin Nordegren reportedly helped getting him free from his crashed SUV.

Orlando Sentinel which breaks report on the accident claims Woods was pulling out of his driveway and making his way out from his home on Deacon Circle in his 2009 Cadillac SUV at about 2:25 A.M. when he struck a fire hydrant, and then drove into a tree at his neighbor's property. He was alone at that time. His wife Nordegren heard the crash from inside the house and quickly rushed outside.

After being teased through three pictures, Cheryl Cole's "3 Words" music video has finally been brought forward. Directed by Vincent Haycock, it sees the member of Girls Aloud sharing screen with her collaborator Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am.

"3 Words" is the second single from Cheryl's first solo album of the same name. "[It's] my favorite track on the album," said Cheryl when launching the album earlier last month. "It's totally different to anything I've done or liked before."