November 22, 2006

After being put on hold earlier this month, "Revenge of the Nerds" sadly has come to its end this time. Variety learned that Fox Atomic has officially concluded to stop the production on the project originally plotted for a summer release next year.

The reason behind this decision is said to be due to the dissatisfaction felt by the president of Fox Atomic, Peter Rice, concerning the dailies and his assumption that the movie has a smaller scale than the kind of film he is planning to release under the studio banner. The picture itself previously faced a refusal from officials at Atlanta's Emory University dealing with the on-campus shooting permit.

Trouble has found Lindsay Lohan, again. The Hollywood star narrowly escaped injury when her Range Rover collided with a police car in London on Sunday November 19th.

The actress was partying with fellow socialite Calum Best, the son of late soccer legend George Best, when her vehicle crashed into the police car, which had jumped a red light.

Rap definitely has nothing to do with race car. But, the two have attracted the interest of Kanye West to involve himself in. The six-time Grammy award winning producer/rapper has signed a deal to sponsor a race car in the Formula BMW World Finals being held this November in Valencia, Spain. TAOW Productions brought the news to the surface Monday Nov 20th.

The second annual event, which takes place Nov. 24 through 26 in Valencia, Spain, is a competition involving 38 of the best drivers from 18 countries in the world's regional Formula BMW series.

Apparently Lindsay Lohan has another intention than just covering a Stevie Nicks song like she did in her latest album, "A Little More Personal (Raw)." Life & Style Weekly has reported that the beauty is eyeing a chance to turn the famed singer's life into the big screen and currently is trying to obtain the rights to film her story.

"[Lindsay] says that movies like Ray and Walk the Line are good examples of the kinds of projects she'd like to do," an insider said to the magazine. "She feels like she's found a dream role in a story about Stevie Nicks at the height of Fleetwood Mac's fame. Lindsay loves the music of that era, and [people] have told her she has the same distinctive gravelly voice as Stevie's."

Let the frenzy begins as Hollywood heartthrob Josh Hartnett has been spotted holidaying in Australia with a mystery woman.

The hunk was recently spotted enjoying a weekend in Sydney with a mystery brunette, adding fuel to rumors that his relationship with Scarlett Johansson is on the rocks.

Musicians from all genres celebrated the 34th annual American Music Awards on Tuesday Nov 21st. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the awards show saw the winning of the Black Eyed Peas, who earned triple, mainly for the categories of Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group, Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Band/Duo/Group, and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album thanks to their LP "Monkey Business".

Awards came in pairs for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige and Rascal Flatts. The Red Hot Chili Peppers won the awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Alternative Artist. Clarkson nabbed trophies for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist. Blige captured the awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album for "The Breakthrough".

Known to be a liberal country, France, through its minister of culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, has surprisingly issued on yesterday, November 21 a rare statement deciding anyone under 18 years old to be barred from watching "Saw III", which opens this week in the country.

"The violence and incessant and unbearable sadism of scenes explicitly linked to physical and moral torture fully justified the decision to ban the film (for minors)," the statement said.

Orlando Bloom has a love blooming for Kirsten Dunst. The two actors, co-stars in the drama comedy romance "Elizabethtown", have reportedly been seeing each other for over a month now after becoming close on the set of the film.

While there have yet any official statements concerning that matter, both Bloom and Dunst were spotted "kissing and cuddling in the corner of the lobby bar" in Los Angeles at the Chateau Marmont recently.

It's official: "Two Weeks" will come out from MGM's pit for sure as the studio has successfully acquired the worldwide rights to the flick, The Hollywood Reporter reported.

Slated for a December 1 release, pic is a bittersweet comedy which centers on four siblings who rush home to say goodbye to their sick mother only to see her trap them together for two weeks. It marks the feature directorial debut of commercials veteran Steve Stockman who also wrote and produced alongside John Marias.

Jake Gyllenhaal is a single man since he and former girlfriend Kirsten Dunst broke up back in 2004. And while the actress has been romantically linked to Orlando Bloom, still the hunk stays single.

But, Jake is single no more as he's been reported dating Argentinean actress Mia Maestro, best known for her portrayal in TV's "Alias".

Taking a real action concerning the lawsuit placed by two college guys who alleged to be duped to utter improper remarks in "Borat" and sued to have the hit comedy pulled from theaters, Twentieth Century Fox as the flick's production company has filed a counter suit against the pair's which it described as a "fatuous" attempt to thwart free speech.

"Plaintiffs may claim that they were tricked 'into making fools out of themselves' and becoming 'unsuspecting players' in the movie 'Borat,"' the studio said. "They never contend ... that bigoted and misogynistic statements were put into their mouths."

My Chemical Romance has been tapped as one of the performers at the 2007 annual Bamboozle Festival.

Thus the Newark-based band will headline the first day of the event, takes place on May 5th at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford.

Extending its initial success, animated picture "Happy Feet" has delightfully set a new record at IMAX for being the strongest opening ever for an animated title showed in the theaters. Debuted in 79 IMAX screens, the flick strived to score a three-day per-screen average of approximately $30,000 during November 17-19, 2006 to amazingly make up a $2.4 million tally altogether.

"We are thrilled with the opening weekend success of 'Happy Feet' in both conventional theatres and IMAX theatres," said Warner Bros. Pictures' President of Domestic Distribution Dan Fellman remarked. "The IMAX version has been well received by moviegoers of all ages, continuing IMAX's tradition of turning exciting films into events for the entire family."

Are Jessica Simpson and John Mayer giving their relationship another chance? They do so.

All signs are pointing to the twosome as lovers. Though they first denied there was a romance between them, still they couldn't hide their affection for each other anymore.

Though tabloid reports suggest otherwise, both Britney Spears and her estranged husband Kevin Federline insist they never made any single sex tape. In an attempt to put the rumors to rest, the former couple reportedly agreed to jointly issue a statement, hoping to put an end to the false stories.

Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan issued a statement Tuesday Nov 22nd in response to "reports rampant in the press and media regarding rumors of alleged attempts by Kevin Federline" to sell a purported sex video. "There is not a sex video of Kevin and Britney in existence," says the statement.

Finally Mark Burnett has found the studio to partner with on his project of "The Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel." Variety revealed that New Line Cinema has come onboard to back up the producer developing the movie with a hope to bring up a six-picture franchise afterwards.

Based on Irish writer Michael Scott's first book of his fantasy series "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel", the flick will revolve around teenage twins named Sophie and Josh Newman who get involved in the adventure of a lifetime when Flamel loses a magical book containing spells that could destroy the world.

Numbers of music performers are celebrating the 2006 American Music Awards, held Tuesday night Nov 21st.

Listed among the event's performers, Beyonce Knowles opened the awards show, singing her single "Irreplaceable".