December 20, 2006

A rare treatment has been given by mayor of Rome to Doug Liman's latest big screen project "Jumper." The New York Times reported that the time-traveling thriller flick amazingly gained unprecedented three days of access to film scenes in the Colosseum, including its underground chambers that are rarely visited by tourists.

The permission turns out to be the part of a newly open attitude toward film from mayor Walter Veltroni who is also a film buff and one of the founders of the RomaCinemaFest. It has long been known that the city's bureaucrats are extremely protective when it comes to the building, which is recognized as the most imposing of Rome's ancient landmarks.

Former lovers, Hilary Duff and Joel Madden, have on Monday Dec 18th dropped their temporary restraining orders against, David Joseph Klein, one of two of their alleged stalkers.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard E. Rico dismissed the case against 50-year-old celebrity photographer Joseph Klein.

Numbers of influential rock bands, including Grateful Dead and The Doors, have been tapped to receive Lifetime Achievement awards at next year's Grammys.

"This year's group of accomplished honorees are as diverse as they are influential as creators of the most renowned and prominent recordings in the world," said Recording Academy President Neil Portnow. "Their contributions exemplify the highest artistic and technical standards that have positively affected the music industry and music fans."

Nelly Furtado exploring music with her third language, Spanish. The singer has revealed to MTV that she is currently writing and recording a song in Spanish.

"I'm in the midst of recording a Latin album," Furtado revealed to MTV. "It's like, 'Wow, I'm writing a song in Spanish.' It's really bizarre, but really great."

Once again, "The Queen" shines brightly atop the throne. Repeating the achievement it scored at NYFCO Awards held earlier this month, the British royal drama feature triumphantly swept most honors from The Toronto Film Critics Association as the organization handed on its TFCA Awards yesterday, December 19, 2006.

The Miramax release won five categories altogether for those of Best Picture, Best Performance - Female for Helen Mirren, Best Screenplay for Peter Morgan, Best Supporting Performance - Male for Michael Sheen, and Best Director for Stephen Frears, who shared the honor with "L'Enfant" helmers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne.

Need tips to lose weight? Meet and ask Ruben Studdard. The former American Idol winner is about to star in Alabama diet campaign.

Since committing to a weight-loss program this summer, Studdard has lost nearly 100 pounds, started eating healthier and begun exercising, according to a news release announcing the program. So it seems the singer knows best how to lose weight and why we should.

Sharon Stone and Christian Slater are dating, it has been confirmed. The actor and actress, who are planning to spend Christmas together, have been romancing one another since meeting on the set of new movie "Bobby."

Sharon and Slater sparked romance rumors when they attended a string of events together, including the recent Dolce and Gabbana party at Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont Hotel at which they arrived arm-in-arm, but refused to admit they were an item.

It's been less than a year that Pink and her motocross husband Carey Hart exchanged vows, but now rumors are swirling that their marriage is on the rocks.

It is their professional commitments that send them into trouble. While Pink is busy promoting her album "I'm Not Dead", Hart runs a body tattoo parlor in Las Vegas and is planning to set up a body art shop in Mexico.

New couple alert, Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Federline. Talk is heating up that the two are getting cozy.

Such fact obviously sent shock to people, despite the fact that there has yet confirmation that they are dating.

Pink owns a brave heart. The outspoken American female rocker makes use the occasion of her concert in Paris Tuesday evening Dec 19th to screen a shocking PETA video expose of the Australian wool industry and call for an international boycott of Australian wool until the industry's mutilation of lambs and cruel live sheep exports end.

Expressing her protest against wool industry, Pink moreover has called for consumers around the world to check labels on clothing before purchasing the item. If the label lists "merino wool" or "made in Australia", the pop star asks that the consumer not buy it because of Australia's treatment of sheep.

Finding a vehicle to spark an acting career in Hollywood, Victoria Adams is reportedly set to star in "The Thetan", a film project based on the religion of Scientology which Tom Cruise is developing on his own.

Said to be "thrilled" about getting her big Hollywood break, the former Spice Girls member has been plotted to portray the bride of an alien leader called a thetan, which Scientologists claim is an immortal spiritual being that is present in all humans.

Care for more "Tomb Raider" on the big screen? Do cheer up then as Ian Livingstone of Eidos Interactive, the U.K-based game publisher which produces "Tomb Raider" series, recently told Eurogamer that a third installment of the franchise will likely to come up to the surface.

"There's a possibility - we've been talking to Paramount, who've agreed to assign a scriptwriter," so he said to EGTV. "That's nowhere near the green-light process but it's a very healthy start to have a scriptwriter which they're going to pay serious amounts of money to write the first script."

Life is about preference, and it is sad to say that Britney Spears prefers the bad instead of the good ones. The pop singer's life turns from good to bad from the point she married estranged hubby Kevin Federline and then gets worse when she filed for divorce even worst when she decided to get along with Paris Hilton. As a result of those bad things in her life, Spears has been named the Most Annoying People of 2006.

In a poll conducted by Star magazine on the 50 Most Annoying People of 2006, Spears captures the crown. "Brit was quite the headline maker this year! But Brit doesn't top our list because of her dubious child-care techniques or her uber annoying Matt Lauer interview. Nope. The icing on the cake was her post K-Fed decision to make Paris Hilton her BFF and party without panties with such a vengeance that even Lindsay was jealous!", the publication write on Spears.

A shocking report has come from Disney watcher Jim Hill Media concerning Walt Disney Feature Animation's new project of "American Dog (aka Bolt)." The site reveals that the studio's execs John Lasseter and Ed Catmull have both fixed their mind to pull director Chris Sanders off of the flick, which was slated for a summer 2008 release.

The reason behind the decision is said to be due to the pair's conclusion to bring WDFA back to its roots as a "traditional" animation company exclusively which was against Sanders' intention to develop "Dog" as a CG animated film. Hill observed that even though the twosome's plan has not yet been "entirely embraced" by Disney CEO Robert Iger, Sanders' version of the flick has positively been put to sleep as a consequence.

If there's person who can do anything she wants, then it must be Halle Berry. Acting comes first, and now the actress is making her debut as a recording artist, planning to have her debut album, "Halle", released on Feb 6th next year.

Halle is said to have confirmed that she has finished working on the album in the December issue of Ebony magazine, saying "I've always loved to sing and this album will show people that I can do more than act."

It's over between Eminem and wife Kimberley Mathers. The couple has their divorce finalized Tuesday Dec 19th, less than a year after they remarried.

Em and Kim reportedly agreed to divide property under terms of a private settlement and to share custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade Scott.