November 23, 2006

Are Jesse Metcalfe and Nadine Coyle on again? All signs are pointing to them to give their romance another go.

Metcalfe and the Girls Aloud singer were spotted enjoying a romantic reunion in Los Angeles Tuesday Nov 21st. The pair was seen embracing happily at Los Angeles airport.

The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) honored Jann Arden Wednesday night Nov 22nd with a National Achievement Award and Pop Music Award for radio airplay in 2005.

A pop star, Arden has already had six hits that have reached the 100,000-airplay mark on Canadian radio last year. Her hits, including "Could I Be Your Girl" and "Will You Remember Me", are among the 11 English-language songs being honored in Toronto for reaching the impressive benchmark.

Sad to say, but fulfilling today's unsurprising news quota is Lindsay Lohan, who, according to the National Enquirer, was found unconscious in a hotel room after overdosing on a deadly cocktail of cocaine and painkillers.

In its new issue, the publication claims the young starlet was rescued by a doctor after a friend of her found her unconscious in a "drug-filled" room at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood on November 12th.

While John Mayer denied dating Jessica Simpson, talk is heating up that the blonde beauty could be dating the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Tony Romo.

Sports Illustrated magazine reported the actress-singer is secretly dating the man. It is said that Romo has had a crush on the pop star, and she says she's always been a huge fan of his ribs.

Forced to make choice between starring in "The Dark Knight" and "Dirt Music", Heath Ledger ultimately made a decision to walk out the latter project, director Phillip Noyce has confirmed to Moviehole.

With Ledger's departure, the film therefore only has Rachel Weisz in the supposedly high profile cast lineup. So far, there is no word yet on who may fill in the seat left by the Australian actor.

Abbie Cornish breaks her silence. The Aussie actress has spoken for the first time about the Ryan Phillippe - Reese Witherspoon split, insisting she is not the other woman.

She told America's Star magazine: "We were very good friends and we did spend a lot of time together, yeah. But we're friends and that's it".

It costs you million of dollars to see Elton John performs. Rumor has it that the singer has agreed to play a private gig for Andrew Reynolds, after the businessman offered him $1 million (£550,000) to take to the stage.

Reynolds, also one of England's top philanthropists, is a big fan of John and he's planning a private 50th birthday blowout bash, to be held at London's Hampton Court Palace on November 23rd with 150 guests only.

Thanks to recent computer graphic technology, bringing back the late Bruce Lee is not impossible to be done in "Rage & Fury."

Yes, director Rob Cohen has confirmed in an interview with Latino Review that the martial arts actor will be featured in an entirely photo-realistic image with new, advanced digital technology. It is still not clear, however, whether the F/X artists for the film will use the same method applied in creating the title character of Peter Jackson's "King Kong" or else.

Minnie Driver joined numbers of celebrities and politicians serving Thanksgiving meals to the homeless on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday Nov 22nd.

The likes of Tony Danza, Kirk Douglas, Kevin Nealon, Sally Kirkland, Jason Ritter, Judy Tenuta and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were all teaming up for the annual event at the Los Angeles Mission on East Fifth Street.

Action movie star Angelina Jolie paid a visit to Cambodia Tuesday Nov 21st. The actress visit to the home country of son Maddox is, in fact, an unannounced one.

Jolie reportedly briefly visited officials in Pailin, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in northwestern Cambodia. She was there to meet with officials to discuss a forest conservation project for which she has promised some $1.3 million over five years.

It's now clear that Will Ferrell has no interest at all in sequels. After turning down the lavish offer to reprise his role for the follow-up of "Elf", the funnyman has recently revealed that he won't return for "Old School Dos" either, which is quite a surprise remembering that he previously expressed his enthusiasm to be shown the project's script.

"Oh, I wouldn't do another Old School," he confirmed upon being asked once again of his involvement in the flick. "They put these rumours out there, these studio people, but I would never be behind that one."

Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters is about to make her US acting debut, making a guest appearance on the popular soap "Passions".

The soap centers on the inhabitants of fictional town of Harmony in Maine. As of Matronic, the singer is set to star in a scene revolving around character Tabitha, played by Juliet Mills.

Tirelessly striving for another film role despite being already attached to at least seven big screen projects, Nicolas Cage has signed on to take the lead part in "Crazy Dog", an action thriller flick of Yari Film Group production, Production Weekly revealed.

Here Cage will portray a New York City cop who goes on a self-destructive spree upon causing the death of his friend in a moment of cowardice. The movie itself is currently in pre-production before starting shooting sometime next year with Joe Ruben at helm and Henry Bean plus Nick Kazan penning the script.

Jewish star Sacha Baron Cohen is getting ready to tie the knot with his actress fiancee Isla Fisher.

Yet, the comic actor has to wait for Fisher to finish her conversion to Judaism. According to US Weekly magazine, Isla has "studied Hebrew and learned to cook traditional Jewish recipes" in preparation for her conversion and impending marriage.

No stranger to controversy, Naomi Campbell stole the show this week when she looked her best on the catwalk, showcasing glamorous creations by young Polish designers, Agniesz Maciejak and Wojtek Dziedzic.

The one of the world's most sought-after models made her return to the catwalk at the third Lexus Fashion night in the Polish city of Warsaw. A source is quoted as saying in the Sun newspaper: "All eyes were on Naomi. She looked amazing. I'm glad to see her back doing what she does best."

P. Diddy is celebrating his soon-to-come twin girls with a pinky celebration. The hip-hop mogul held a lavish "Little Miss Diddys' Pretty in Pink" baby shower for longtime girlfriend Kim Porter, who is due in the middle of December later this year, in New York City on Sunday Nov 19th.

A-list guests attending the ceremony including rapper LL Cool J and socialite Denise Rich. Attendances were all treated with shrimp, pink cocktails, specially made pink M&Ms and Perrier Jouet champagne in pink floral bottles.

Answering people's curiosity about the title of his new epic project starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann finally comes out with a decision to simply name it "Australia", The Age has reported.

The title was selected over few other names like "Great Southern Land" and "Faraway Downs", which is the name of the homestead in the flick.

The Game leads the pack in busy album release week. The California rapper occupies the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with his sophomore effort "Doctor's Advocate" moved 358,000 copies in the United States in the week ended Sunday Nov 19th, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A significant drop off from the 587,000-unit first week of the Game's "The Documentary", the new album's total however was more than enough to debut the LP at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

Meanwhile, hip-hop singer Akon debuts at 2nd spot with his sophomore album "Konvicted" sold 284,000 copies. The multi-artist hits compilation "NOW 23" falls to No. 3 after its No. 1 start last week, selling 194,000. Josh Groban's "Awake" slips two to No. 4 with 150,000, ahead of the soundtrack to Disney's former chart-topper "Hannah Montana" which remains at the 5th spot for a second week with another 114,000 copies. Keith Urban's Capitol Nashville release "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing" drops from No. 3 to No. 6 with 103,000.

Holidays are coming and Madonna has something special to celebrate. The singer turns children's author is collaborating with the Home Shopping Network (HSN), scheduled to make her TV shopping debut on HSN to promote a set of books from "The English Roses," her children's book series.

"Launching The English Roses book series and my new title, The English Roses: Too Good to Be True, through this broadcast is a great chance to reach millions of homes," Madonna said. All of the proceeds from the book sales will benefit the pop star's Raising Malawi foundation, while HSN will donate a portion of the network's proceeds from the broadcast to the organization.