June 21, 2006

Another factory is lining up for the silver screen, and it is Lionsgate's turn to build. Based on Larry Brown's ultimate piece of work, "The Rabbit Factory", Ithaka Entertainment is pointed to produce the big screen version of the novel.

Several names have been attached to share the credit titles. Vondie Curtis-Hall directs the movie, who previously helmed the action-thriller, "Waist Deep". Meanwhile, the adaptation to the big screen version is done by Thom Jones, a finalist on National Book Award, who is also a short story writer.

Another new buzz on Natalie Portman follows the recent news upon her possibility in playing a role in Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-winning book, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay". The actress is revealed to join the actor playing as Bruce Benner in "Hulk", Eric Bana.

Both of them will play the leading roles in a screenplay by Sony Pictures, "The Other Boleyn Girl", a historical novel-based movie. Portman as Anne will strive inside and out, in the heart and the bed against her sister, Mary, for Bana, who plays as King Henry VIII.

It's a happy day for Heidi Klum and her husband Seal as they are waiting for the coming of the new addition to their family. The German supermodel and her singer-songwriter husband are expecting another baby, that's the point.

"It gives me great joy to announce that Heidi, Leni, Henry and I are expecting a new addition to our ever increasing family," Seal said in a statement to People magazine. "We all feel both excited and fortunate to be able to share this experience once again."

Walt Disney's voiceless animated character, "Tinker Bell" will soon get her chance to exhale the real character in her for the very first time through her own voice.

The sassy, feisty and independent fairy is the next Disney Toon Studios and Walt Disney Home Entertainment movie plan to launch in the autumn of 2007. It is Ashton Kutcher's former lover, Brittany Murphy who receives the honorary to voice over the spunky, magical fairy.

The so-called best British rock band Arctic Monkeys confirmed in a statement posted Monday June 19th, 2006 on their Website that bass player Andy Nicholson has left the group after pulling out of a North American tour last month.

"We are sad to tell everyone that Andy is no longer with the band," so the statement on www.arcticmonkeys.com read. "We have been mates with Andy for a long time and have been through some amazing things together that no one can take away. We all wish Andy the very best."

Following her dazzling performance as Padme in the legendary "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", the Golden Globe winner, Natalie Portman is attached into a Pulitzer-winner book-adapted screenplay.

The world-class award-winner book, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" is going to have Stephen Daldry in the director credit. So far, there hasn't been any further detail on the one to write the script for the big screen adaptation. The story goes around two comic creators, Josef Kavalier and Sammy Clayman, who appear to be cousins. They created a comic entitled "The Escapist", and further had to encounter adventures they had to escape from.

OutKast takes off in 2006 with two new projects all at once, the first of which happens to be a new album and the other one is a movie project. The Atlanta hip hop-duo set to hit hard the industry with the release of their highly anticipated set, titled "Idlewild", which will hit store shelves on Aug. 22.

The long-anticipated release will serve as the soundtrack for the Universal/HBO Films release of the same name, open August 25, as well. Also starring in the big-screen musical are Ving Rhames, Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, Patti LaBelle and Macy Gray.

History repeats itself. That works for such great person as world's great musician Luther Vandross. His death nearly one year ago, apparently, won't prevent you, especially his fanatics, to keep listening to his great vocal.

A trio of record labels, J, Epic and Legacy Records, are teaming up together to issue some previously unreleased songs by the singer. The set, dubbed "The Ultimate Luther Vandross", which was previously released in 2001, will consists of 18 songs, naming some are "Shine" and "Got You Home" among others.

The involvement of Roselyn Sanchez in the family comedy, "The Game Plan" has to meet temporarily postponement. The hiatus has to take place after the leading role, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, got injured on a football practice as his preparation to play the cast as a professional quarter back in the movie.

Johnson got his Achilles tendon discordant, a common one to occur in the sport game, leaving him with an operation schedule with a world-class orthopedic surgeon Dr. John W. Uribe. The operation itself is set this Friday in Miami. He stated that trainings for pro athletes do "hard and get hurt", a total contrary to what he might have imagined.

What would happen if two American rock bands perform together on stage? Find the answer at the 27-date Route of All Evil Tour, during which Motley Crue and Aerosmith have committed to perform together.

Both bands have on Tuesday June 20th, 2006 released announcement on the plan of their Evil run, scheduled to kick off September 14 in Holmdel, New Jersey. Some stops will include outdoor amphitheatres in Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Dallas, before grinding to a halt in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 24.

After named as the Most Powerful Celebrity by Forbes magazine, the sensational Tom Cruise is seeking chances to be powerful enough to take Tokyo's hectic traffic at night. Cruise, on a news conference during the "Mission: Impossible 3" premiere in Japan, is targeting the night traffic for one whole week as a part in the "would forever remember" movie scene for his new untitled movie project.

The "Last Samurai" star and producer has even met Japan's Transport Minister, Kazuo Kitagawa, who supports his plan and acknowledges it as a way of promoting the country. It seems Cruise has been very much determined indeed, especially after his chartering the 1,300 seat famous shinkansen, Japanese bullet train last Wednesday to take his 150 fans for a Tokyo-Osaka trip as a form of the movie publication. Mission: Impossible 3 will be released in Japan on July 8, 2006.

When it comes to a duet for Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson, Jermaine Dupri does mean it. The record producer and rapper takes the project seriously as he's now developing an idea for the two divas to duet on a new song.

"It's gonna happen on this record," Dupri hinted on the possibility for Mariah and Janet collaboration. "Please believe that. I got a mean idea, so look for it. We definitely gonna do a repackage on [Janet's "20 Years Old"] once it comes out. Hopefully it's successful and people buy into it, then I'm going back in the studio," he added.

This summer of 2006 appears to be the time for some feast of love for Radha Mitchell, Golden Globe winner, Morgan Freeman, and the new daddy Greg Kinnear. They are confirmed to take part in the new drama produced by the Lakeshore Entertainment, "Feast of Love".

The movie itself is another novel-based, this time by Charles Baxter, telling the story of a group of friends in Oregon with their life-lesson journey in love. Kinnear plays as the partner of a tricky real estate agent, played by Mitchell, in their love affair.

While her wedding to Keith Urban is set to take place any day now, Nicole Kidman has become the center of public, and even more shutterbugs, attention. She and her country singer fiance have become talk of the town in the past few days.

As talk is heating up about she is rushing into marriage with Urban because they are expecting a baby, the Aussie actress denies the quick nuptials have anything to do with pregnancy. Her spokeswoman Catherine Olim tells the New York Daily News, "She's not pregnant."

Speeding up in the recently released "Cars", Owen Wilson is prompt indeed to be an affordable bodyguard in the next comedy by Paramount Pictures to hit the screen, "Drillbit Taylor".

The bodyguard is supposed to protect two high school freshmen from any threat of bullying action since their first day at school. The fact that the big soldier guy keeps on failing in doing the job becomes where the story rolls.

In this 4th episode of MTV's "The Hills", Jason makes a visit and Lauren must decide where the relationship will go. Will Lauren give him a second chance ?

Check out the trailer for week 4 of the series on YouTube and don't miss it, MTV's "The Hills", this Wednesday at 10pm et/pt.

The new Walt Disney Pictures' film project depicting the life of a spy-mom is rolling on the way.

Entitled "Mother of Invention", the movie goes under the genre of family-comedy, directed by Joe D'Ambrosia and Tom Teves. On the other side, Andrew Gunn shares the credit as the producer under Gunn Films with Stacey Attanasio-Gonsalves.

It seems the pop star is intended to make a total comeback to the industry. Christina Aguilera is all out for her coming-back music project, working on the very best for her next album.

The singer, who had premiered her new song, "Ain't No Other Man" with a sizzling performance on the MTV Movie Awards, will in the near future have the music video of the set hit the small screen.

This early August is the set time for John Chuldenko to start directing a new indie movie "The Listening Party". Sean Blythe is taking part as the screenplay writer.

The story tells about a musician, named Doyle Bucklin, who faces the ups and downs in the showbiz, gets trapped in the endless circle of drugs and liquor scandals although commercially, he climbs and reaches the top.