August 19, 2005

To Slipknot's personnel, Burger King may not be delicious anymore as they threatened to place a trademark-infringement lawsuit over a series of its advertisement if the fast-food company refused to pull all related ads from TV and the Internet. It was because of Burger King's feature of a band bearing a remarkable resemblance to Slipknot's outfit.

"It is obvious that the television advertising and Website are designed to conjure up the image and persona of a live performance of Slipknot," stated Howard Weitzman, Slipknot's attorney in his Aug. 4 letter. The lawyer also said that the resemblance "is no coincidence," making the fans already confused the fake band with the real Slipknot.

Guess who plays the evil temptress in Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf"? Yes, it's definitely Angelina Jolie. The actress is the latest A-list talent to join the adaptation of the epic medieval tale project, following the other notable actors, such as Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Brendan Gleeson, Robin Wright Penn and Crispin Glover.

In related news, Jolie is about to be in Manhattan to film "The Good Shepherd" which is directed by Robert De Niro and also starred by Matt Damon.

After taking a cancellation on his European tour, Eminem now is taking treatment for his dependency on sleep medication. Interscope Records spokesman, Dennis Dennehy, has already given a statement on Thursday, confirming that the Grammy-winning artist at this moment is in the hospital under doctors' care. Get well soon, Eminem.

A rapper is positively added to VMA's list of performers as 50 Cent has confirmed to take part at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Meanwhile, British alternative band, Coldplay, also accompanies him to be the latest artist to join the award show's performance lineup.

As Disney finally comes up with a spin-off movie version of its popular animated series, "The Proud Family," Omarion will appear as a guest star in this high-spirited flick, alongside Arsenio Hall.

In related news, this R&B singer will continue to perform in Scream IV tour on September 2 at St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. Of course still with Bow Wow plus Marques Houston, Bobby Valentino, Pretty Ricky and B5.