May 30, 2006

Felling happy upon welcoming the new addition to their family, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie celebrated the birth of their daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, by donating $300,000 to local hospitals in Namibia. The amount of donation will be used to help other babies in this impoverished southern African country, according to a government statement Monday May 29th, 2006.

In addition to the $300,000 donation, which was given to two state-run hospitals, the celebrity couple also pledged $15,000 for a school and a community center in Swakopmund, which they once visited during their stay in the country.

Having a child? Yes. Getting married? No. That's for actress Halle Berry who is willing to have a child but has no intention of getting married.

Revealing on her willingness to have a child, the actress told interviewers that she is planning to adopt or conceive a child soon.

What's new from movie industry is Forest Whitaker's addition to the lineup of the forthcoming drama thriller "Vantage Point". The actor reportedly has signed on to co-star in the Pete Travis-directed flick, joining Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox and William Hurt.

Written by Barry Levy, "Vantage Point" will be produced by Neal Moritz through his Sony-based Original Film. As of the story, it chronicles an attempt to assassinate the U.S. president in Madrid and is told from five points of view, unfolding in 15-minute increments.

Going from one sensation to another that what Britney Spears is doing these days. The pop singer has on Saturday May 20th, 2006 posted a poignant poem which many people believe referring to her rocky relationship with Kevin Federline.

Spears apparently posted a poem on her official web site, which alludes to her unhappiness in her marriage with Federline, according to MSNBC.com.

Working in entertainment industry, Paris Hilton has done almost everything. Though so, still the hotel heiress wants for more. The socialite apparently wants to record an album, which she has already completed actually.

And speaking on her music project, Paris said her upcoming album will be a mix of reggae, pop and hip-hop, with the first single being a reggae song called "Stars Are Blind." She, moreover, will also do a remake of the Rod Stewart song "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

The attendance at the annual Monaco Grand Prix Ball, held on Saturday May 27th, 2006, were all thrilled when Bono surprisingly popped in, joining the event's ball host Wyclef Jean before then sang duet of "Redemption Song." Arrived unannounced, Bono walked in tow with rapper Jay-Z.

The Grand Prix Ball raised more than $1 million for Jean's charity, Yele Haiti, which promotes development in Jean's native country. That's for everybody to know.

Rumors on the street say that Axl Rose involves in an unlikely romance with British model Sophie Anderton.

Both of them reportedly met at Anderton's 29th birthday party in London's Boujis club and since then on started talking and got on extremely well.

Controversy comes after fame. That's something normal. James Blunt is one concrete example of it. He is experiencing opposition from people who are sick of hearing his songs on the radio as a result of which a U.K. radio station has banned him from its play-list.

Things began when Blunt defended his music at an awards ceremony last week by telling his critics to turn the radio off if they didn't like his songs. And by now on Essex FM banned Blunt's songs after listeners complained they were tired of hearing his hit singles "Goodbye My Lover" and "You're Beautiful."

"X-Men: The Last Stand," the final film in the Marvel comic-book trilogy, successfully taking in $120.1 million in ticket sales in only four days after being released May 26, such amount that brings the highly anticipated flick right to the top position in the North America box office. As a consequence, last week's champ "The Da Vinci Code" slips just one place to be at 2nd position with $43 million.

The DreamWorks Animation film "Over the Hedge", taking in another $35.3 million, is at 3rd position, ahead of "Mission: Impossible 3" at No. 4 with $8.6 million and "Poseidon" at No. 5 with $7 million.