August 15, 2006

Joined with AOL Music for the premiere of her debut self-titled album, Paris Hilton has her full album stream played. As part of the Full CD Listening Party, "Paris" will be available for fans to listen for two weeks beginning Monday, August 14.

"I'm really proud of my record and the work I put into it," said Paris Hilton. "I'm excited AOL Music is debuting PARIS online, so people can finally hear my entire album for themselves."

Bradley Cooper, previously known for his portrayal in such films as "Failure to Launch", "Kitchen Confidential" and "Alias," is now taking part in the horror thriller "Case 39". The actor is joining fellow movie stars Renee Zellweger and Ian McShane.

"Case 39" centers on an idealistic social worker, Zellweger's role, who saves an abused 10-year-old girl from her parents only to discover that things are not as they appear. Cooper is slated to play a detective who is the love interest of Zellweger's character.

Rachel Weisz is about to mark her return to comedy. The actress is currently involved in negotiations to have a starring role in "Definitely, Maybe", an Adam Brooks' directorial also writing work for Working Title and Universal Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.

If a deal is reached, she then will play a woman who dates Ryan Reynolds' character, a man dumped by his college sweetheart. Apart from Reynolds, other fixed cast members include glowing stars like Derek Luke and Isla Fisher.

Getting serious to bring out the third installment of the comedy hit franchise "Ace Ventura" to the surface, Morgan Creek has positively assigned Jeff Sank along with brothers Jason and Justin Heimberg to pen the script of the project titled "Ace Ventura Jr.."

Though details of the film's plot has not yet been revealed, the picture is expected to take center on Ace Ventura's son who follows the trails of his father and takes over the family business. Meanwhile, it is still unclear whether Jim Carrey, who played Ventura in the two previous installments, is back to fill in the role once again.

Finally finds a female actor after garnering male thespians in its cast, "Fred Claus" has smoothly added Elizabeth Banks in the line-up. Plotted to play opposite Vince Vaughn, the beauty is billed to portray the funnyman's love interest, a hyper-organized member of Santa's Little Helpers. Vaughn himself will be the loser brother of Santa Claus who returns to North Pole after living in New York for years.

A Warner Bros. production, "Fred Claus" also features Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, and John Michael Higgins as the cast members with David Dobkin at helm. Dobkin is also producing alongside Jessie Nelson who pens the script with Dan Fogelman.

First Elton John came up with "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy." Now it's time for the singer to bring to the surface "The Captain and the Kid", the follow up to the 1975's set.

"It was Merck Mercuriadis' (Sanctuary Group CEO) idea, because he said, 'You're always saying how Bernie (Taupin) has become the Brown Dirt Cowboy' -- he lives on a ranch in Santa Ynez (Calif.) -- and I'm this guy who plays concert after concert, buying art, buying photographs, living a very lavish lifestyle," John told Billboard. "I've become Captain Fantastic."

Academy Award winning actor and director Clint Eastwood tastes the fruit of his hard-work Saturday August 12th when he was presented with a special award from the Motion Picture & Television Fund for his contributions to the Western genre.

Eastwood was presented the Founder's Award during the group's 24th annual Golden Boot Awards held Saturday. The ceremony recognizes actors, stunt people, producers and directors who have furthered the tradition of the Western in film and television.

A terrible incident occurred Saturday, August 12 on the set of Universal's "The Kingdom." An assistant propmaster named Nick Papac experienced a car crash while driving a motorized cart along a closed section of the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway in Mesa, Arizona, resulting in the death of the 25-year-old man.

Based on the reports about the tragedy, the crash happened when Papac's vehicle accidentally collided with an SUV carrying director Peter Berg, and so caused the guy being thrown from his vehicle and experienced severe head injuries. He then was immediately airlifted to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead a few hours later.

The X-Men's story still continues, really. LA Daily News has delightfully reported that the franchise's producer, Lauren Shuler Donner, is in development to bring out "X-Men 4" to the big screen and is currently focusing on compiling the cast for the project.

Though this sure will be such great news for superhero-flick fans, there is actually a big problem that lurks behind as Donner has indicated that contract renegotiations are the biggest stumbling blocks in order for the film to become a reality. "The newer cast members are signed, and the older cast members are not," so she has said.

NBC's "Today" host Matt Lauer and his wife Annette Roque, are expecting their third child together.

Lauer confirmed the news in an interview with Sunday's New York Times magazine in a story about his soon-to-be co-host, Meredith Vieira.

P. Diddy won't stop creating headlines. The hip hop mogul created another buzz in entertainment industry as he reportedly is expecting his second child with girlfriend Kim Porter.

Sources for Page Six claim Porter has been behaving in suspicious ways lately, leading her friends to think that another baby is on the way. Still according to the same publication, Kim has been passing on alcohol and going to bed early recently. She was also seen sporting "loose shirts" during the photo shoot for Diddy's "Unforgivable" cologne in Monte Carlo.

The Rolling Stones was forced to cancel their concert, supposed to be held Monday August 14th in the northern city of Valladolid, after lead singer Mick Jagger was diagnosed with laryngitis over the weekend and was ordered by his doctors to rest his voice.

Carmen Carnero, a spokeswoman for the show's promoter, said that the British rock band had sold 37,000 tickets for the scheduled concert at the city's Zorilla soccer stadium. So far, there has yet any replacement date announced which may indicate the Stones would not make up the show. Though so, the band has announced plans to issue full refunds on all tickets purchased for the sold-out show.

Following the trails of Paul Rudd, Jason Biggs of "American Pie" fame has reached an agreement to play a role in "How I Met My Boyfriend's Dead Fiancee", a new project coming from Gold Circle Films which also features Eva Longoria and Lake Bell in the cast.

The stint therefore adds the list of comedic acts Biggs has been billed to carry out as he's already been attached to other movies of the genre like "The Pleasure of Your Company", "First Turkey", and "Picasso at the Lapin Agile."

New rumors surface by the hour that Kate Moss is about to marry her on-off boyfriend Pete Doherty in within this week. The rumors spread soon as the supermodel was spotted wearing an engagement ring.

British newspaper, the Sun, published photos of Kate wearing a blinding diamond ring on her left hand while partying in North London over the weekend. A source said "Pete was telling everyone he loves Kate and is desperate to marry her. He looked healthier than I've seen him for a long while - he looked well over [his drug addiction]. He had a new implant fitted last week to help him dry out and went straight to Kate's house. They've been inseparable."

The divorce battle between the once-couple Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen finally is over as they both have reached an amicable resolution in the case. "Both parties have amicably resolved any outstanding issues on an interim basis," Sheen's attorney, Lance Spiegel, said Monday August 14th outside a Los Angeles courthouse with Richards's lawyer, Neal Hersh, by his side.

Those "issues" among others include the restraining order obtained by Richards in April that had been keeping Sheen at least 300 yards away from her and their two daughters Sam and Lola. It is said that the restraining order has been dropped. Neither Richards' attorney nor Sheen's lawyer would comment on the details of the resolution reached Monday during a private hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Kate Hudson and her rocker hubby Chris Robinson are splitting up after nearly six years of marriage, the actress' publicist, Brad Cafarelli said in a statement.

"Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson have confirmed that they are separated," Cafarelli told The Associated Press on Monday August 14th.