March 02, 2007

The duo Brooks & Dunn with their contemporary country music will hold up several concerts all around America. To top it off, the band invited Alan Jackson in to perform a number of compilations as well as doing solos on the same stage.

They have announced that their 30 coast-to-coast tours will embark from Virginia Beach, Va. on May 10 and then continue up to October 21 in Orlando. Several regions in between that they will also visit include Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego and also Washington, D.C.

Back to investigate the pathos of adolescence, Todd Graff has come onboard to both re-write and direct an coming-of-age drama comedy entitled "Will (2009)" for Walden Media, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Originally penned by Josh Kagan, the flick revolves around a high school outcast and a popular girl who form an unlikely bond through their shared love of music, later even joining the bands competition at their school after forming a rock group consisting a like-minded crew of misfits. No words yet on either cast lineup or production schedule so far.

Though it is very unlikely for Arnold Schwarzenegger to return to show business, there appears to be a possibility to see the Governor of California on the big screen again, even just a glimpse of him.

Boston Herald reported that MGM Chairman and CEO Harry Sloan has given a hint that Schwarzenegger could possibly make an appearance in the company's "Terminator 4", the fourth installment of the hit series of which previous three billed the actor as the lead each.

After a two years vacuum, the awaited album of The White Stripes is finally coming out somewhere this year under the title "Icky Thump", though no date has been specified yet. It is the sixth album of the Grammy Award winner rock duo after "Get Behind Me Satan" in 2005. Taking a three weeks process of recording in Blackbird Studio, Nashville to finish this album, it is a period of time which is longest in the band's recording history.

As quoted in the band's official site, Meg White the drummer and vocalist of the band, has faintly mentioned the words "good", "musical in nature" and also "finished" to describe the status of the album. Meanwhile the guitarist and vocalist Jack White who had been busied performing with his other band The Raconteurs in the past two years claimed their feeling towards this album as "almost into it".

Trust me this one is hot, the hottest you have ever heard. Orlando Bloom and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz were seen kissing at Prince's Oscars party.

There are no official confirmation that they are dating by the time the news is made public. But fear not for we'll keep you posted with more on the hot twosome.

An acclaimed piece of film feature that really deserves the title of Oscar's Best Foreign Language Film of the Year it took last month, "The Lives of Others" soon will get a remake treatment from U.S. filmmakers.

Variety reported yesterday, March 1 that The Weinstein Company exec Bob and Harvey Weinstein have struck deal to develop an English-language version to the flick with Mirage Productions' Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, who hold the rights to the remake from writer/director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Talk is heating up that Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams' relationship is in trouble. Is that true? Is it end already between the couple even before it begins?

All signs are pointing to the couple not being together anymore as the actor has been spotted spending Valentine's Day surrounded by women at Los Angeles nightclub Teddy's while Michelle was in New York attending fashion week. They weren't together to celebrate the day, can you imagine?!

New rumors surface by the hour that Billie Piper is about to walk down the aisle. The English actress reportedly is getting married to her West End co-star Lawrence Fox after dating of just a couple of months, ignites speculation she might be pregnant.

A source close to Lawrence's family told the Sun the pair will announce their engagement "any day now". "The Fox family is buzzing with the news that an engagement announcement is imminent. It seems a little sudden but everyone who's seen them together knows how incredibly in love they are," the source was quoted as saying.

On the way to once again exhibit his dramatic acting skills, Ethan Hawke is about to topline an indie drama project entitled "Staten Island", which will be the feature directorial debut for New York-born screenwriter James DeMonaco.

Marking the reunion between Hawke and DeMonaco after 2005's "Assault on Precinct 13", the picture is a collection of intersecting stories of three residents of the borough and how they struggle to get ahead. DeMonaco is also on duty to pen the script with an eye to begin filming late April 2007 in New York.

Held in Hammersmith Palais, London-UK on Friday, March 1, Arctic Monkeys' music remains a favorite in the 2007 NME Awards. After last year's triumph, this year the British band took home 2 awards, Best Album for "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not" and also Best Music DVD for "Scrummy Man".

The event also honors Muse as the Best British Band while giving My Chemical Romance the title Best International Band. Three newcomers in the music industry, Klaxons, Jamie. T, and The View have also won their awards. Klaxons who had just released its first album "Myths of the Near Future" in January 2007 grabs the Best New Band Award. The Scotish band The View brings home Best Track for its song "Wasted Little DJs" while Jamie T. holds the trophy of Best Solo Artist. Claiming his excitement Jamie is somewhat skeptical, "It's my first big award. It'll probably be my last."

Well, it's no doubt Sony Pictures is getting generous in providing sneak peek of "Spider-Man 3" for the superhero fans.

Following its announcement to air the flick's new exclusive trailer on the March 5 episode of NBC's "Heroes" plus a six-minute clip on NBC.com on the same day, the studio will bring the trailer, of 1 minute 38 seconds long, to the theaters in front of "300" as the epic saga opens on March 9.

Snatching his next acting stint after "The Death and Life of Bobby Z", Paul Walker is poised to topline an independently financed thriller titled "The Heaven Project" which reunites him with producing names behind "Eight Below", David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman.

A love story set in the framework of a psychological thriller, the flick sees Walker portray a man, stripped of everything he loves, who must overcome great obstacles to get his life back together. Names attached to also star have not yet been revealed, though.

Justin Timberlake is good not only in music, but also taste. The pop singer is expanding his restaurant empire with another new eatery in New York which will be his second in town.

The latest venture, to be called "Southern Hospitality," will be opened next month on Second Avenue at 79th Street. JT is doing it with business partner Eytan Sugarman.

Back to romantic comedy after his last take on period piece "Casanova", Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom has been tapped to helm a big screen feature simply titled "Sammy" for Columbia Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Penned by Delia Ephron, the picture presents a look on what will happen when a woman who can sense what animals are thinking meets a man who claims to have the same relationship with dead people. Here the scribe will also produce alongside Laurence Mark and Leslie Holleran.

Coming to horror genre, Joshua Jackson has landed deals to star opposite Rachael Taylor in "Shutter", a remake of the 2004 Thai film of the same name coming from Regency Enterprises.

Written by Luke Dawson, the project finds Jackson and Taylor as a young American couple on their honeymoon in Tokyo, who begins seeing ghostly images in their photos as well as around them. Also receiving billings in it are TV stars David Denman, James Kyson Lee, and John Hensley, among others.

It's been three weeks after her death, and the cause still remains mysterious. Yet, it is confirmed already that Anna Nicole Smith's body will be buried beside her son, Daniel Smith, Friday March 2nd in Bahamas.

While Smith's body will be flown to the Bahamas by private plane early Friday, people are already arriving in the Bahamas, and preparations are under way for the burial, set to take place at the Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Milstein with the memorial service to be held at Mount Horeb Baptist Church in Nassau. Both the funeral and burial will surely be closed to the public. Craig Butler's family funeral home, which helped bury smith's son, is expected to handle the funeral.

On Thursday, March 1, New York rapper MIMS has topped Billboard 100 with the song "This Is Why I'm Hot" after leaping as great as 31 positions straight ahead to no.1. The leap is recorded as the third biggest in the chart's history as well as scoring the first #1 single for its label, the Capitol Records. The song has also created quite a stir in numerous radio stations with a total spins up to 1000 per week and absorbed a growing 59 million listeners.

With the sudden shoot up, he knocked out Justin Timberlake's single "What Goes Around...Comes Around" out of its seat and put it in the third place. Meanwhile the song "Don't Matter" by Akon is trailing behind MIMS at no. 2 before tying his spot at no. 5 a week before. The third topper last week Nelly Furtado with "Say It Right" slides down to no. 6 this week while Ludacris' "Runaway Love" featuring Mary J. Blige falls a little bit steeper at no. 9.

Charlotte Church is pregnant and she's "delighted" at the news. The singer, who has performed for Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II, announced Thursday March 1st that she is pregnant.

Broke the news on her Website, Church's managers said, "In an ideal world, we would not have made this announcement so early in the pregnancy. However, due to recent speculation and persistent questions from the media about this most private of matters, Charlotte felt she had no choice other than to go public and she was keen to ensure that her fans had the opportunity to read the truth here first."