December 05, 2006

First it was "Ugly Betty". And now Salma Hayek wants to do another for Fox. And so the actress is working on a medical-school drama for 20th Century Fox Television.

The project reportedly will follow the personal and professional lives of students at an Ivy League med school. The drama will begin their first day on campus.

Rumor has it that Madonna and hubby Guy Ritchie are seeing a marriage counselor in a bid to save their six-year union.

The pop diva and her film director husband have allegedly been seeing top marital therapist Tricia Barnes after their relationship weakened under pressure as a result of their controversial adoption of David Banda from Malawi.

It happens by accident. Brenda Strong, one of the "Desperate Housewives", has let slip cast mate Eva Longoria's 2007 wedding date details.

Brenda accidentally revealed that Eva and fiance Tony Parker are planning to walk down the aisle summer next year in his native France.

Replacing Vin Diesel, "Deadwood" star Timothy Olyphant has been picked up by 20th Century Fox to assume the title role in "Hitman", Ain't It Cool News has reported.

An adaptation of Eidos' popular video game of the same title, the project already had its script, which is written by Skip Woods, obtained the green light from the studio. The story itself will focus on an assassin known as Agent 47 who is hired by a group dubbed "The Agency" to kill targets for cash.

Singer-actress Beyonce Knowles has agreed to make an appearance on the cover of US gay magazine Instinct. Not without reason, but the beauty wants to do it as a way to promote her film "Dreamgirls".

In an interview with the mag, Beyonce said she lost a gay uncle to AIDS only two years ago. "I never mixed Christianity with how I felt (about him). I am about faith and spirituality more so than religion," she told the publication.

Signing a pay-or-play deal with Columbia Pictures, Patrick Dempsey is about to topline the studio's new project of "Made of Honor", Variety has learned.

A male-driven romantic comedy, the flick sees Dempsey become a maid of honor of his dream girl in an attempt to win her heart. Adam Sztykiel originally penned the script before it gets a rewrite by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont with Aaron Kaplan, Tania Landau, Neal H. Moritz, and Sean Perrone producing.

This just in. Eddie Murphy is dating Tracey Edmonds.

Tracey, a film producer and the ex-wife of singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, confirms the report Monday Dec 4th during the New York premiere of "Dreamgirls".

Landing a seemingly challenging role, "Nip/Tuck" star Kelly Carlson has reached a deal to have a starring role as a femme fatale in illegal-gambling drama "Player 5150", The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.

The actress will portray the assistant also lover of a dangerous bookie, played by Christopher McDonald, who tries to prevent her seeing the violent side of the gambling business as he is out to collect on the rising gambling debt of his client. Other cast members include Kathleen Robertson, Ethan Embry, Bob Gunton, and Elaine Hendrix.

Gwen Stefani has all the details in mind. The singer, who will have her latest effort "The Sweet Escape" touches the market Tuesday Dec 5th, has just announced plans to embark on a two-month arena tour.

The tour, held to jack up the album sales, will be kicked off in late April next year, beginning on the West Coast, moving East, then North, then back out West by late June. Tour dates for worldwide shows in Australia, Asia, Europe, Central and South America will be made public soon.

Good news comes from Sarah Chalke. The actress, widely popular for her action as Dr. Elliot Reid on NBC's "Scrubs", is engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Jamie Afifi.

Afifi, who is an entertainment lawyer, popped the question during a Hawaiian vacation last week.

Bringing another big screen project into its lair, MGM has obtained the distribution rights to "A Dog's Breakfast", a dark comedy feature made by the crew and cast of "Stargate Atlantis" and "Stargate SG-1" during production hiatus on both series.

Shot for about $1 million in January at a house adjoining Deer Lake in Vancouver, Canada, the movie centers on a guy named Patrick who attempts to drive a wedge between his sister and her TV star fiance, Ryan. Cast includes Kate Hewlett, Amanda Byram, and David Hewlett who also wrote and directed the flick.

Do you think you know all about Tori Spelling? Well, I don't. The "Beverly Hills 90210" alumna has just announced plans to write a memoir that will chronicle some of the most notable experiences of her 33 years.

On her forthcoming project, Tori has yet told her family about it but is planning to tell her brother Randy Spelling over the weekend.

They are no longer together, Lance Bass and his gay couple Reichen Lehmkuhl have called it quit.

The no-longer couple confirmed their split to People, saying "We remain the best of friends. Please respect our privacy as we try to work things out during this difficult time."

Rounding out the young cast of "Hostel: Part II", "Cabin Fever" star Jordan Ladd has signed on to take part in the follow-up of this year's sleeper hit "Hostel" which is currently filming in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic.

Joining the likes of Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, and Bijou Phillips among others, Ladd is reportedly billed to play the girlfriend of Jay Hernandez's character. The movie itself picks up where the first film left off and follows three female students as they get invited by their classmate them to a place where they are assured to be able to relax and rejuvenate.

It is reported earlier on our site that Mary J. Blige wins the R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year honor at this year annual Billboard Music Awards. It has been confirmed just now that the R&B star earns nine awards totally, thanks to her comeback album, "The Breakthrough," that brings her some other awards for Female R&B Artist Of The Year and R&B/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year just to name a few.

Also bring multiple honors is rapper T.I. who brings home the awards for Rap Artist Of The Year, Rap Album Artist Of The Year, Rap Songs Artist Of The Year, and Rap Album Of The Year for "King." R&B star Chris Brown wins the award for Artist Of The Year, while at the same time also is named New Artist Of The Year and Male Artist Of The Year.

Max, George Clooney's pet pig, died Friday Dec 1st, it has been confirmed.

Made public the report was the actor's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, who on Monday Dec 4th said Max died "peacefully" of natural causes. "Max, like any pet, became a member of the family," Rosenfield said. "He was a big pig, as pigs go. I can't tell you how much he weighed."

Remained golden overseas, "Casino Royale" for the third time in a row gloriously dominates the international market after drawing in a tremendous income of $44.7 million at 6,770 theaters in 54 markets, Variety has reported.

Thanks to rave response in European countries, especially the U.K where it is able to cash in $10.4 million on 992 screens, the picture takes in more than the combined grosses of the next four Hollywood flicks namely "Flushed Away", "The Departed", "Borat", and "Happy Feet."

It is all because of many things happen in her life in recent times that Britney Spears is again on the very top spot of Yahoo's annual list of Popular Search Terms. Taking into account her pregnancy, divorce, partying habit, and being photographed without panty, the singer really gains celebrity notoriety, and so it is not surprising then to find her name on top of the list.

Being the most popular Yahoo search in the world, it is Brit's fifth time in six years. What a record?! Following her at 2nd spot is the World Wrestling Entertainment which earns its popularity due to its wrestler star, John Cena, who stars in the action drama thriller "The Marine." Latin singer Shakira makes the list at the 3rd spot, followed after by Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton who take the 4th and 5th spot in a row.

Best friends Paris Hilton and Britney Spears were both no show at the 2006 annual Billboard Awards, held Monday night Dec 4th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but the show went on somehow. R&B diva Mary J. Blige and country star Kenny Chesney were the early winners at the awards show.

Blige, who was nominated for five major-category awards, nabbed the R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year award, with Chesney won the Male Country Artist of the Year honor.

The racing to be the best has already begun for animated features as International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood announced Monday, December 4 the nominees of its 34th annual Annie Awards set to take place at the Alex Theater in Glendale, California on February 11, 2007.

Leading the nominations were DreamWorks Animation's "Flushed Away" and Disney/Pixar's "Cars" which each earned nine nods; the former landed those for writing, storyboarding, and voice acting for Ian McKellen to name few while the latter scored in Best Animated Feature and Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production Categories among others.

Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are lesbian lovers. Can you believe it? New rumors surface by the hour that the singer is having lesbian sex with the hotel heiress. Speculation on that matter comes to the surface after the new best pals reportedly locked themselves in a hotel toilet for 20 minutes.

Sources told News of the World UK, "Paris loves the fact that Britney gets turned on by going commando. She even demanded that Britney took her panties off in front of her. Britney just obeyed."

Hollywood's big celebrities, including Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, and Beyonce Knowles, won big at the "VH1 Big In '06 Awards", Sunday Dec 3rd in Culver City, California.

As of Justin, the pop singer took home the year's Big Music Artist award, while Paris claimed the Big Outlaw prize for gaining the most celebrity notoriety. Beyonce, along with boyfriend, Jay-Z, earned the Big Power Couple honor.

Country singer Keith Urban has completed his stint at a rehabilitation facility and has reunited with his wife of five months, Nicole Kidman.

The happy couple was seen having brunch on Sunday Dec 3rd at celebrity hang-out, the Polo Lounge in Los Angeles.

Seemingly enjoying his status as an actor, rapper Snoop Dogg has earned himself a lead role in a big screen feature titled "A Woman's Touch" which he said to make people realize that he actually has a great respect to women.

"That film's going to change how people see me," so he remarked while claiming that every woman who watches the flick will fall in love with him and forget about his previous reputation. "This is the film where y'all get to see how much I love women, it's some sensitive acting."