February 06, 2007

Having no problem at all with her first pregnancy, Katie Holmes revealed in an interview with Harper's Bazaar she does want to have more children.

During an interview for the magazine's March 2007 issue, the actress and mother of one gushes, "I felt so proud to be having a baby and so excited. And I felt closer to other women, to my sisters, to my mom. I felt empowered, like, 'I've given birth. I did it! There's nothing I can't handle.'"

This time set to make it real, Paramount Pictures is about to develop "The Devil in the White City", a project previously coveted by producing partners Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, Variety has learned.

An adaptation of Erik Larson's bestselling novel of the same title, the picture again comes to the surface following Paramount's reacquisition of the film rights to the book last month, thanks to the approach made by producers Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, whose Double Feature Films has a new first-look deal with the studio.

Kiefer Sutherland does know how to spend his hiatus from "24." The actor has given positive sign to topline "Mirrors", a supernatural thriller set up at New Regency with the 20th Century Fox to distribute.

The London-born actor will portray an ex-cop who tries to discover the origin of the evil upon finding something awry in the mirrors of a department store where he works at. Sutherland became available for the part when plans to carry his Jack Bauer character into the big screen version of the FOX hit TV series were postponed because the script was not ready yet.

The film has yet to be made, but a release date has already been set. According to Box Office Mojo, Paramount Pictures has marked Thursday, May 22, 2008 as the day to launch "Indiana Jones 4" in theaters.

With the announcement, the project thus maintains the Memorial Day weekend release strategy of the last two "Indiana Jones" movies while mirroring the last two "Star Wars" movies and "The Matrix Reloaded" with its Thursday launch. Also set to be released during the same weekend will be Warner Bros.' "Speed Racer."

Ringo Starr has been tapped to be the guest presenter of the Brit Awards, during which the former Beatle will present pop-rockers Oasis with the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Music Award.

The Brit's Awards is slated to take place February 14th at London's Earls Court. With Starr in hand replacing Johnny Depp who backed out at the last minute because of scheduling conflicts, the award event will become the first time ever that Oasis, a big fan of The Beatles, gets the chance to meet one of their heroes.

A superhero flick filled with Academy Award-recognized stars, that's "Iron Man." Following the inclusion of Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, and Gwyneth Paltrow, the project has satisfyingly signed another Oscar-nominated actor Jeff Bridges to the cast lineup, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Here Bridges will play a close business associate of Iron Man's alter ego Tony Stark, played by Downey, who also plays a major role in shaping the younger man's life. Meanwhile, Howard has already been billed as Jim Rhodes, a pilot and friend of Stark, and Paltrow as Stark's personal secretary Virginia "Pepper" Potts.

In the wake of their highest-grossing concert tour in 2006, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are planning to head back out on the road this summer.

The husband-and-wife country stars expect to launch their "Soul2Soul 2007" tour in June and wrap up in August.

Making up a solid cast of Oscar-recognized talents, Rian Johnson has successfully added both Adrien Brody and Rinko Kikuchi to the cast of his directing vehicle "The Brothers Bloom", The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Joining Rachel Weisz in the list, Brody will portray the younger one of the title characters who falls for a mysterious millionaire played by Weisz. Meanwhile, Kikuchi, fresh from her performance in "Babel", will become the brothers' sexy and secretive accomplice.

Looking forward to once again work under Shawn Levy after "Night at the Museum", Ben Stiller is making negotiations with Tom Cruise to have a starring slot in the filmmaker and megastar's new project "The Hardy Men", TMZ.com has revealed.

An updated version of popular detective/adventure book series "The Hardy Boys", the flick is said to see the boys as adults instead yet are still up to their old tricks once more. No exact production date set for the flick up to this time, but filming is expected to begin in October this year under the 20th Century Fox banner.

Just like the title of her song, Beyonce Knowles really is "Irreplaceable". The R&B singer has the single debuted at the very top spot of the Billboard Hot 100, marking its ninth week to score the top position of the US singles chart. Following close at the 2nd spot is Fall Out Boy's "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race".

Next is Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" which remains firm at the 3rd spot, just one place ahead of DAUGHTRY's "It's Not Over" which jumps two places from last week position to No. 4. Rounding out the Top 5 in the meantime is Akon's "I Wanna Love You" featuring Snoop Dogg.

Already become a household name in horror genre, thanks to the "Saw" movies, Tobin Bell has been picked up to play a lead role in Ghost House Pictures' "Boogeyman 2", Fangoria has reported.

A sequel to the 2005 movie "Boogeyman", the project has also included names like Danielle Savre, David Gallagher, Mae Whitman, Matthew Cohen, and Chrissy Griffith in the cast. Filming is currently under way in Los Angeles to meet a 2008 release.

Prior to his "Unholy Union", Bam Margera does the opposite, the holy, first. The star who rose to fame on Jackass and Viva La Bam, has married childhood friend Missy Rothstein Saturday Feb 3rd in downtown Philadelphia.

The happy couple exchanged vows in front of 350 friends and family members, and an MTV crew as well. The wedding celebration was liven up by performances from the likes of Iggy Pop, fellow skateboarder Tony Hawk, and The Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha.

Seems acting offers are still rolling well for Justin Timberlake. After nabbing a role in "True Players", the pop singer now is reported by Sky News to engage in talks for a starring role "The Graduate", a remake of the 1967 picture of the same title.

If everything goes smooth, Timberlake will likely be billed to portray young college graduate Benjamin Braddock, made famous by Dustin Hoffman in the original version. Along with him, Demi Moore is also said to be in negotiations to play the licentious Mrs. Robinson.

Mike Piazza, famous for becoming Oakland A's catcher, is now a dad. The star and his wife Alicia Rickter happily welcomed their first child, a baby girl, Saturday Feb 3rd.

The baby, named Nicoletta Veronica Piazza, was born in a New York hospital. "Both baby and mother are doing fine," Piazza's representative told People magazine.

He talks. Ryan Phillippe breaks his silence on his marriage break-up with estranged wife Reese Witherspoon.

In an interview with TV's Extra, which is about to be aired this week, the actor says, "Everyday it's up and down; it is the most difficult time in my life. The focus really has to be on our kids; we both love them so much, and they're doing amazingly well, better than I am probably. But it's difficult, life ain't easy."

Need not worry on the continuity of "The Flash", folks for Warner Bros. Pictures has quickly tapped someone else to replace writer/director David Goyer following the man's recent departure from the project after being involved in for about two years.

The lucky man turns out to be Shawn Levy, whose latest directorial work "Night at the Museum" has successfully collected $225 million domestically so far. Said to aim for a lighter version in making the movie, Levy will oversee the writing of the new draft with a possibility to use Goyer's script in the development process.

Arctic Monkeys is in full spirit that they quickly release a new album in the wake of the success of their latest LP, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not". The UK rock act has planned an April 23 international release date for its second album, "Favourite Worst Nightmare."

The album's first single, "Brianstorm," is scheduled to hit the store by April 16. "It's quite a bit heavier in some places -- there's also some really nice songs on there," Billboard.com quoted producer James Ford as saying. "Some of the songs maybe (have) more depth to them. (It's) maybe not quite as instant as the first one."

What a quick move that has been made to "Barbarella." Just days after producer Dino De Laurentiis' announcement of the flick, Peter Webber is reported to have signed on to helm the project, a new version of the 1968 flick featuring Jane Fonda in the title role.

Described by De Laurentiis as "Female James Bond -- in outer space", the picture is intended to be "a completely new 'Barbarella'" which will have "love, sex, adventure" as the heroine commences her journey. Filming will be carried out later this year at Morocco's CLA studios.

Jessica Simpson reveals all on her personal things. The singer-actress tells almost all to the new issue of Elle.

On her former husband Nick Lachey, Jess revealed it hurt her to see Nick back into dating after their high-profile breakup. "Oh, it hurt me," she said. "Two or three weeks later? Yeah, I'd say it kind of hurt me." Being asked if she still keeps in touch with Nick, she said "Mm-hmmm. He's so much a part of my life, how could I not be? Any guy that's going to be with me from this day forward has to understand that."

After remaining as a mystery for some time, Disney has finally unveiled the identity of the mysterious actor to play the titular role in "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian", and it turns out to be English hunk Ben Barnes, known for his role as Dakin in the National Theatre's revival of the Tony award-winning play "The History Boys."

"Ben is a very accomplished young man, he's been getting a lot of good reviews lately for a play that he has on the West End," director Andrew Adamson commented. "He came to us very late in the game and he just blew us away. He's going to be a great addition to the cast. I think he'll really fit in well with the other kids."

Set to work together in front of the camera, Robert Duvall and Ving Rhames have both been included in the cast of ensemble comedy "Glad All Over", Production Weekly has revealed.

Directed by "The Death and Life of Bobby Z" helmer John Herzfeld, the flick concerns a group of people who get connected to an infamous self-help book written by a reclusive ex-football coach. On the other side, it marks the reunion between Herzfeld and Rhames after their collaboration in Emmy-winning TV-movie "Don King: Only in America."

You should have come to her movie premiere Sunday February 4th at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. That is the case if you want to get enough evidence on the public speculation on Jennifer Aniston's nose job.

The former "Friends" star was having her short film "Room 10" premiered during the festival. That was her first directorial debut ever. The story is about a nurse who has to deal with a dying patient and martial problems at the same time. During her struggles handling both of these problems, she begins to look at thing in a different perspective.

As Katie Holmes has given up her role as Rachel Dawes in "The Dark Knight", the one who will replace her surely becomes a hot topic to talk about among the moviegoers as well as Batman fans, and now all eyes seem to get fixed on Rachel McAdams.

The "Red Eye" star is said to become the favorite actress to assume the role after Emily Blunt previously was rumored to get considered for the part. Insider website batman-on-film.com even claimed that the red-haired beauty is currently in talks to play the character, depicted as the superhero's love interest.

Those who curious to know all about the upcoming "TMNT" should turn on their computers by now as Warner Bros. Pictures has finally launched the official website of the CG animated flick on http://tmnt.warnerbros.com/.

At the site, visitors are able to watch the trailer for the film as well as to read the synopsis and view new photos of the four heroes. In the meantime, they can also get downloads such as wallpapers, AIM icons, and a screen saver.

Taking a leap to stand behind the camera, Ryan Gosling is about to direct an indie drama feature titled "The Lord's Resistance Army" of which script he wrote while raising the fund needed for production.

Focusing on child soldiers in Africa, the project is intended by the actor to feature cast consisting of non-pros and child soldiers, whom he has helped find in East Africa. Production schedule has not yet been revealed though.

Seems progress on "Marc Pease Experience" goes quite well so far. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the comedy flick finally will be distributed under Paramount Vantage banner while being set up at Michael London's Groundswell Productions.

Starring Jason Schwartzman, the picture sees the "Marie Antoinette" star portray the titular character, a man ten years out of high school and still living in the past when he was the star in his high school's musicals. Ben Stiller is reportedly still in talks to also star.