March 24, 2006

When it comes to "Musical", John August is the perfect choice for Touchstone Pictures. That's is why the studio quickly tapped him to rewrite the comedy "Bob the Musical".

In companion with August, Mark Waters also is attached to direct. The story follows a mild-mannered man who suddenly hears the "inner song" of people's hearts after being struck in the head.

Karen Moncrieff is doing the preparation to resurrect "The Dead Girl". It is a drama mystery flick which actually is the follow up to her "Blue Car".

And in an attempt to bring the project into life, Moncrieff has set the likes of Josh Brolin, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, James Franco, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Beth Hurt, Brittany Murphy, Giovanni Ribisi, Mary Steenburgen and Kerry Washington to star in.

Everyone surely is willing to come into the "Dream House". Thus, Universal Pictures intended to make the dream comes true, tapped Belgian helmer Erik Van Looy to direct the drama mystery thriller.

The studio, moreover, has also set Daniel Bobker and Ehren Kruger to produce the flick through their Bobker/Kruger production company, with Stokely Chaffin as the executive producer.

While the US pop album chart surprisingly is topped by a new winner, the Billboard Hot 100 also does so. The singles chart is reigned by reggae star Sean Paul whose album "Temperature" goes up one place to the top spot, ended Ne-Yo's two-week reign on the chart as his "So Sick" falls to No. 3. Meanwhile, Canadian singer/songwriter Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" successfully lands on the 2nd place after rising three places from last week's position.

James Blunt's former chart-topper "You're Beautiful" and Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You" each slips one to No. 4 and No. 5 in a row. Elsewhere, English pop singer Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" rises one to No. 6, ahead of Dem Franchize Boyz' "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" at No. 7 and T-Pain's "I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper)" at No. 8. Rounding out the Top 10 is Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" which rises one to No. 9 and Beyonce Knowles' "Check On It" which falls two to No. 10.

Colombian pop superstar Shakira revealed Thursday March 23rd, 2006 that she's going to begin her world tour in Spain.

The tour reportedly will include nine Spanish cities before then moving to the rest of Europe, Latin America and the United States. It is, moreover, due to last from June until the end of the year.

After generated strong buzz for his performances in the Oscar-winning "Crash" and "Hustle & Flow", rapper-actor Ludacris is now turning to TV. He, reportedly, is about to guest star on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," episode "Venom" (Tuesday, March 28th at 10 PM ET/PT).

There in the series he is set to play rapper-actor Ice T's nephew. "When I was approached to work on SVU and read the script, there was no way that I could turn down this amazing opportunity," Ludacris said. "The character was so rich and the storyline so complex, that I knew it was something I had to do."

Britney Spears proves wrong all the reports saying her marriage to husband Kevin Federline is on rock. At least that was what the couple showed Tuesday March 21st, 2006 when they were spotted together at the restaurant Tao Las Vegas at the Venetian. That day was Federline's 28th birthday and the husband-and-wife seemed to have enjoyed the private party they held there.

Arrived just after 8:30 p.m., Spears and Federline slipped in through the back door and joined their 10 guests in a private dining room. Enjoyed the menu, the companion then headed to Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace soon after Federline finished opening his presents. "They didn't leave each other's side all night," so said an onlooker in the club.

British rock singer Pete Doherty has on Thursday March 23rd, 2006 created sensation after another. Was more than an hour late for his appearance at Thames Magistrates' Court in central London, the troubled rocker lashed out at reporters covering his court appearance and kicked one in the arm moments after pleaded guilty to seven drug charges.

Trudi Barber, a reporter for the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Radio One station, was kicked amid scenes of what she described as "total chaos." The incident occurred when Doherty left the court that he allegedly kicked Barber in the elbow and knocked her microphone on the ground. "It was total chaos here outside the court both when he arrived and when he left," Barber said on Radio One.