September 06, 2006

New rumors surface by the hour that Ashlee Simpson has broken up with guitarist boyfriend Braxton Olita and fallen for Pete Wentz, who none other than Fall Out Boy bassist.

The singer's representative confirmed to American publication Us Weekly that Ashlee and Braxton do split, stating "(They) broke up about a week ago. They decided to take a break."

Country singer Keith Urban has great plan on his new album. The Australian star is planning to preview music from his upcoming set during performances at Atlanta's Fox Theatre, takes place on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 later this year.

Current members of Monkeyville, Urban's online fan club, can get the tickets to the concert exclusively through Ticketmaster beginning on Saturday Sept. 9, whereas new members on Sept. 11.

Pop singer Cher makes good with her wardrobe collections. The star will be auctioning off more than 1 million dollars of her see-through dresses, jewelry and neo-gothic objects by next month.

Outfits, which went on display in London's Sotheby's auction house September 4th before they go under the hammer at Los Angeles' Beverly Hilton hotel on October 3-4 later this year, include the sparkling black net gown Cher wore for her spotlight performance of her American number one hit "Dark Lady" on the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in 1974.

It is sad to say that drummer's illness has forced My Chemical Romance to cancel two live shows over the weekend. The rock band has to unfortunately postpone shows scheduled in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Saturday and Syracuse, New York, on Sunday, after drummer Bob Bryar was hospitalized because of complications from an injury he sustained last month while filming a music video.

Bryar was admitted to hospital shortly after the group's VMAs performance late on Thursday night. He was kept in hospital over the weekend for tests and further treatment. "We got some really bad news in the past 48 hours. As a result of complications with a previous injury, Bob ended up in the hospital with a staph infection," a statement posted by the band on its Web site read.

A new move has been made by Snoot Entertainment. Known for producing low-cost animated movies, the company is set to develop its first live-action feature entitled "Identity Theft" following its successful attempt to obtain the rights to the project, so Variety has revealed.

Taking a sci-fi genre, pic is based on Robert J. Sawyer's novel of the same title which centers on a private eye working on Mars who is hired to find the husband of a beautiful woman. No words yet on film crew, cast, and production schedule.

On-again-off-again couple Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth are off again. Their four years being together apparently couldn't prevent the lovers from going separate ways.

The decision to split up was taken when the actor was filming his new movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End", in Southern California.

There won't be a 3-D version of "Happy Feet" in IMAX. Warner Bros. Pictures as the film's production company has changed its original plan to release the animated musical comedy in IMAX 3D and will play the flick in IMAX 2D instead on November 17, the same day it opens in conventional theaters, Comingsoon.net has learned.

Reason behind the change is still unknown, but one thing for sure is that the conversion process of the movie will cost quite a large sum for Warner which can reach up to $10 million. The company itself recently released the IMAX 3D of "The Ant Bully" after previously gained success with that of Robert Zemeckis' "The Polar Express" back in 2004.

One more Hollywood famous figure dealing with law and it is now time for Geri Halliwell. The former Spice Girls has filed a complaint with London's Metropolitan Police on August 18th, complaining that her former nanny has physically abused her three-month-old daughter Bluebell Madonna.

It is said that the incident happened when Geri left baby Bluebell in the care of a temporary member of staff when she went for a walk with two friends during a stay at the Liphook Golf Club, in Hampshire. And when the singer returned her baby was shrieking and she found bruising on her arms.

Failing to gather a proper cast of his latest big screen directorial project, "Open Hearts (Remake)", Zach Braff has decided to halt the development of the flick for a year, Digital Spy has learned.

"I was going to do it this summer, but since I couldn't get my top people I'm waiting until next summer," he said. The movie itself is actually an Americanized version of a 2002 Danish film made by Susanne Bier and has been intended to be the follow-up of Braff's 2004 work of "Garden State."

There are no official declaration that they are a couple. Yet, new rumor surface by the hour that Heather Locklear and David Spade call it quit.

The friends turned lovers, in fact, were certainly spotted and photographed all over Los Angles and up in Malibu enough to generate a buzz. Unfortunately, "They had a lot of blowups and fights," says a friend. "They decided that they weren't a good fit romantically," an insider tells Life & Style Weekly.

Two thumbs up for Arctic Monkeys who on Tuesday Sept 5th won the Nationwide Mercury Prize for the Best British Album of the Year, thanks to their debut album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not", which has been sold over 363,700 copies in its first week.

The Sheffield-based band surely created surprise with the winning, for which they beat the other heavy nominees vie for the £20,000 coveted prize, including the likes of Sway and Radiohead's frontman Thom Yorke.

For those who are curious about the future of "The A-Team", the big screen adaptation of the '80s TV series of the same name, here comes the update of the project. In a recent interview with Empire, producer Stephen J. Cannell delightfully has provided few tidbits of the movie, which presumably will not hit theaters until at least 2008.

Assuring the series fans that the flick is slowly taking shape, Cannell has revealed that a new script is being penned by an unnamed writer to replace the draft written by Bruce Feristein back in 2004 as well as the half-dozen others which have been written to date.

Greater than ever, P. Diddy and his longtime girlfriend, model Kim Porter, are expecting twins. A spokeswoman for the hip-hop mogul gave confirmation on that matter to The Associated Press on Tuesday Sept 5th.

In an "emergency announcement" video posted Monday on his Myspace.com page, Diddy broke the news. There the man said, "The doctor told me and Kim, and I'm telling you right now, no press announcement, I'm just telling people in my family, that I'm having twins. It is official."

The long awaiting finally is paid off. Suri Cruise, the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, who has become the subject of the world's most anticipated baby photo, made her broadcast debut Tuesday Sept 5th when Katie Couric showed pictures of the 4-month-old girl during her first night as anchor of the CBS "Evening News With Katie Couric".

The broadcast, indeed, marked the first time images of Suri have been made public since her birth in Los Angeles on April 18, ending months of speculation about the celebrity baby existence.

Hollywood young actress-singer Lindsay Lohan provokes engagement rumors as she was spotted wearing a solitaire diamond on her ring finger during the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival.

Report on her engagement to boyfriend Harry Morton even becomes hot news among public worldwide as Lohan again was seen wearing the same ring on her middle finger earlier the day.

Teaming up together for the first time, Matthew Broderick and Sophie Okonedo are set to share the scenes in "Wonderful World", Production Weekly has reported.

Currently in pre-production, the movie is a character drama which follows a cynical divorcee who embarks on a romantic relationship with an African woman. Joshua Goldin has been tapped to both direct and pen the script.

Correction, Victoria Adams is not pregnant. Despite the latest reports mention the Posh Spice and her husband David Beckham are expecting their fourth child together, a representative for the couple tells People, "She's not pregnant. It's as simple as that."

As reported previously this week, the 31-year-old former English soccer captain allegedly confirmed to a Spanish video paparazzo that his wife was pregnant again. Nevertheless, the sports' star is now saying he misunderstood the question that the Spanish-speaking female paparazzo was asking.

Finally, the couple and the people close to them could take a deep breath as financial settlement has been reached. Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, whose divorce became official on June 30, 2006, have reportedly settled their finances.

Per TMZ it is reported that Jessica refused to sign a prenuptial agreement, which under California law means the assets, estimated at $36 million, are to be divided equally with Jessica and Nick should each get $18 million. However, as it was reported earlier, Jessica's father Joe Simpson has offered Nick $1.5 million to walk away from the marriage which the hunk refused.