November 18, 2006

Justin Timberlake is doing pretty good in resurrecting her singing career in the world's music industry. The pop singer has his two singles, namely "My Love" and "Sexy Back", reign the Billboard Hot 100 Singles charts for the week ended Thursday November 16th.

The track "My Love" featuring T.I. is on the very top spot of the charts, marking its third week on the same position. Meanwhile, "Sexy Back" falls three from last week's position to No. 10. Come second on the charts is Akon's "Smack That", followed after by Stacy Ferguson's "Fergalicious" at the 3rd spot. Beyonce Knowles, meanwhile, bounces four places to No. 4 with her single "Irreplaceable". Finishing the Top 5 is rock band Hinder's "Lips of An Angel".

Kimberly Stewart, more notable as the daughter of legendary singer Rod Stewart, is suffering from serious liver disease, presumably caused by her excessive alcohol consumption.

A model herself, Kimberly is a regular on the London and Los Angeles party scene. Sad to say, the wild lifestyle has taken its toll on her health.

Amidst all the negative response and reactions directed toward "Borat" in recent week, a good publication has delightfully come to the surface from a leading newspaper in the real Kazakhstan which is known to be liberal but usually loyal to the country's leadership.

The paper, a weekly tabloid named Karavan, was reported to have dubbed the mockumentary the "best film of the year" yesterday, November 17, stepping into the fray after sending a correspondent in Vienna to watch the movie.

The "Desperate Housewives", at least the two of them, have apparently had identical taste in men. Co-stars Teri Hatcher and Eva Longoria have Stephen Kay in common.

Hatcher makes it official in a story "Extra" is set to air Friday November 24th that she's dating the director, who had been involved with Longoria back in 2004.

Gearing things up for its drama project "Dover", Paramount Pictures has assigned "The Painted Veil" writer Ron Nyswaner to pen the movie's script, The Hollywood Reporter revealed.

The fourth film set in Nyswaner's home state of Pennsylavania, the flick will be made based on the landmark 2005 trial that stopped a Pennsylvania school board from teaching 'intelligent design,' creationism, and over evolution. Names of director and cast members have not yet been revealed.

While talk is heating up on her divorce with hubby Paul McCartney, Heather Mills has agreed to give her first TV interview since she first announced her plans to divorce McCartney.

But wait, don't be pleased first, 'coz the beauty won't talk on her divorce somehow. Phil Hall, Mills' London-based publicist, said his client had flown to New York to give an interview to the TV entertainment show "Extra" that was being recorded Friday November 17th and would be broadcast next week.

Cheer up, Potter fans! Warner Bros. Pictures has officially announced that the teaser trailer for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" will go online for the first time on Monday, November 20th on the official "Happy Feet" site at HappyFeetmovie.com at 12:00 p.m. PST/ 3:00 p.m. EST.

In support, the studio has also published ten brand-new high-resolution movie stills, which can be viewed via various movie sites on the web after previously released the picture's teaser poster online. The film itself will open on July 13, 2007 in both conventional and IMAX theaters.

George Clooney does hot and everyone agrees on that. Approvingly, the hunk has appeared on the very top spot of People magazine's list of "Sexiest Man Alive" for 2006. While George earns such predicate, it is bad for Mel Gibson that he's no longer on the line, and was instead chosen as the first "least-powerful, least-inspiring, least-intriguing people in all of Tinseltown."

The action-hero actor, who's been chosen as People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for two decades, tops Film Threat's annual "Frigid 50: The Coldest People in Hollywood." This none other is due to the anti-Semitic remarks he made during his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Second on the cold list is Jennifer Aniston who the Web site claims has made "a string of disappointing box-office performances as she attempts to make the jump from the television sit-com "Friends" to the big screen."

No longer playing superspy agent James Bond apparently does not mean that Pierce Brosnan is shut off completely from the spy world. The actor turns out to have signed on to play as a handsome, debonair spy in comedy feature "Spy vs. Stu", The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

A New Line Cinema production, the picture takes focus to a commitment-phobe named Stu who intends to propose to his girlfriend during their vacation on an island. However, the plan gets scrapped as Brosnan's character emerges, forcing him to compete with the spy in order to win the heart of his true love.

Less than a month after announcing that he has begun divorce proceedings against his wife, Chris Rock raised another more provocative speculation. The comedian and wife Malaak Compton were spotted together at the Living Legends Foundation 13th Annual Dinner Thursday November 16th.

The couple went attending the event arm-in-arm, looked as if there's nothing wrong with their marriage. What's more, sources close to the couple also tell TMZ that "papers were never actually filed and it looks like the Rocks have iced their issues."

The outer-space creature finally makes its return after more than two decades. Yes, Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment are set to work hand in hand to develop "The Thing", a horror film remake of John Carpenter's picture of the same title.

Intended to be more "a companion piece" to the Carpenter film than a note-for-note remake, the project has already had "Battlestar Galactica" writer Ronald D. Moore onboard to pen the script. Meanwhile Marc Abraham and Eric Newman will both serve as producers with original film producer David Foster executive producing.

Taking an unexpected turn, DreamWorks will develop a children horror flick entitled "Camp Creepy Time" from an upcoming kids' book of the same title written by actress Gina Gershon and her brother, Dann Gershon.

Also set to be produced by Nickelodeon Films, the picture centers on a young boy sent to a summer camp who finds out that the haunt is little more than an alien-run smuggling operation.

Guess what? Jessica Alba is the number one celebrity that people would like to have as their substitute teacher. Can you believe it?

In a National Education Association online poll, the actress comes first as the celebrity that people would most want to see substitute teach for a day with 46 percent of the vote.

A good deal has been reached between Warner Bros. Pictures and Broken Lizard. The giant company has obtained rights to a spec script from the comedic troupe's members Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme to bring it up as a big screen feature.

Entitled "Funny Fat Guy", the project follows an obese guy as he decides to transform himself after getting sick of being everyone's mascot. Heffernan will also star as well as produce alongside Lemme as part of their first-look deal with Warner.

This just in. Chris Robinson filed for divorce from Kate Hudson, his wife of almost six years.

The rocker filed the legal papers Friday November 17th in L.A. Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. According to the court documents, Chris is seeking joint custody of their child, Ryder Russell Robinson and is not seeking spousal support.

Extending its collaboration with writer/director/actor Tyler Perry, Lionsgate Films is set to produce not only one, but two flicks of the man's writing works entitled "Why Did I Get Married?" and "Jazz Man's Blues."

Both urban-themed features, the former one will be made based on Perry's stage play of the same title which deals with the trials of marriage while the latter, set in the south in post-WWII, centers on a struggling singer who becomes a Ku Klux Klan's target after having an affair with the wife of a racist man.

Back into film directing field after her last work in "Agnes Browne", Angelina Huston will go behind the camera to helm comic drama flick "Give Us a Kiss", an adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's novel of the same title, Variety has revealed.

A production of Focus Features, the project is set in the Ozarks and revolves around a crime novelist, his underachieving brother, plus a pot deal gone awry. "Junebug" writer Angus MacLachlan has been hired to work on the script with Houston also executive producing via her Gray Angel Productions.