May 22, 2006

Marks her comeback to world's music industry with her six-times-platinum album "The Emancipation of Mimi," Mariah Carey plans to hit hard with her forthcoming U.S. tour.

Dubbed "The Adventures of Mimi," the trek is the singer's first ever U.S. tour since 2003. Slated to kick off Aug. 5 in Miami, Carey will next tour around 30 cities in US.

Famous actresses Sophia Loren and Jessica Lange have both teamed up to raise people's awareness of children who are HIV-positive in Russia.

Loren and Lange, who are of UNICEF ambassadors, spoke during the Heart of Gold ceremony in Russian capital Moscow as an attempt to raise money to fund heart and brain operations for kids.

Blessing in disguise. All the protests and bad reviews addressed to "The Da Vinci Code" apparently could not prevent the flick from garnering a $77 million domestic opening, while raking in a huge $224 million worldwide, to become on the very top position on the North America box office.

The 2nd biggest opening film is "Over the Hedge" which taking in $37.2 million in ticket sales, followed after by "Mission: Impossible 3" with $11 million at No.3. At No. 4 is "Poseidon", earning $9.2 million, then come "R.V." at No. 5 scoring $5.1 million in ticket sales, and "See No Evil" at No. 6 with $4.3 million.

The love relationship of Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan reportedly is in trouble. The 32-years-old beauty told friends she is finding it increasingly difficult to cope with their long-distance relationship.

While Jemima is in London looking after her two children, Hugh is filming in New York - a situation that has caused a series of rows. That's for everybody to know.

Nicolas Cage buys Bohemian island, again. The actor who first bought his first Bahamian island in 2000 and has a house on Paradise Island near Nassau, reportedly has just purchased a more than 40-acre undeveloped island for $3 million, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Would not comment on whether he plans to develop the island southeast of Nassau, rumors on the street say that Cage plans to turn the undeveloped private atoll into a romantic getaway for himself and his wife, Alice Kim, and their infant son, Kal-el Coppola Cage.