August 04, 2007

Those expecting Emmy Rossum, who played Christine Daae in 2004's 'The Phantom of the Opera', to record a classical album may just be disappointed. The Golden Globe-nominated actress is choosing to release her debut LP in mainstream pop.

“It’s pop music, but not Britney Spears bubblegum pop," Emmy revealed. "I want it to have a David Gray or Annie Lennox feel. I’ve been spending up to 12 hours a day in the studio.”

She has yet had her adoption of a Malawian boy finalized. Unfortunately a new problem comes approaching her, threatened to harm her chances to acquire the adoption permanently. Madonna is battling to stop the spread of her naked photos as she is trying to make her latest adoption of son David Banda permanent.

Lawyers for the pop superstar are fighting to stop private love letters and nude photos of her from being sold as she's set to be inspected by the head of Malawi's child welfare services to see if she could obtain permanent adoption of son David.

Video game material apparently still becomes the main focus of Roger Avary after his writing stint in last year's "Silent Hill", TriStar Pictures' adaptation of the popular Konami survival horror video game series.

Variety has brought in report informing the Canadian filmmaker is attached to both write and direct "Return to Castle Wolfenstein", which obviously will be the big screen version of Activision's first person shooter computer game of the same name. Set to be produced by Samuel Hadida, project marks a reunion between the man and Avary since "Hill", which he produced alongside Don Carmody.

Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes are best friends with David Beckham and wife Victoria Adams. The family friends seem to have something in common, from popularity to taste. And when it comes to steamy photo shoot, TomKat would like to do it just like the Beckhams.

The Hollywood couple is said to have been planning to take their clothes off for a naked photo shoot just like those of the Beckhams' for W magazine. "They have already started planning some of the photos," a friend of the couple told Australia's New Weekly magazine.

Led Zeppelin has topped the Q Magazine list of Greatest Guitar Tracks of All Time. Of all 20 songs listed, two of the rock band's hits "Black Dog" and "Dazed and Confused" are placed at no 1 and 2 respectively.

The list was chosen by the rock experts: Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones, The Police's Andy Summers, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Zeppelin's very own guitarist Jimmy Page.

Seems the burgeoning list of movies to be presented at this year's Toronto International Film Festival continues to grow bigger day by day. Following those of high-profile titles already put into the lineup, two more have delightfully been added by the event's organizers as parts of Gala Presentations section.

Of the two, one turns out to be London-set crimer "Cassandra's Dream" which Woody Allen directed for The Weinstein Co. to distribute with the other being revealed as "Across the Universe", Julie Taymor-directed musical feature. The former is learned to encounter its North American premiere at the fest while the latter will have its world preem instead.

Mena Suvari changed the way she looks, drastically. The movie beauty is having her hair chopped off just like fellow celeb Britney Spears did before she checked into rehab.

The "American Beauty" went under the radar with her new look when she lunched with friends in a Beverly Hills restaurant.

k.d. lang has been honored to open the first Caribbean cruise by Olivia, a community set up for lesbians. The country singer will perform on board one day before the ship sets sail on Jan 26, 2008.

Olivia will provide cruisers with lang's music via in-cabin music videos and free CDs. In coincidence to the cruise launching, Olivia will celebrate its 35th anniversary next year. "We are thrilled about entering our 35th year with k.d. lang as the featured entertainer. We have an amazing line up of entertainers joining us on this trip and will be announcing new acts every few weeks until the ship sails," said Judy Dlugacz, Founder and President of Olivia.

Catwalk, fashion, and now the time has come to invade a new world. Kate Moss who already has her own line of clothing and haircare is jumping on the fragrance bandwagon, partnering with perfume company Coty Inc. to launch her first fragrance, called "Kate by Kate Moss."

"It's something I've thought of doing for a long time, but it just never felt right," Women's Wear Daily quoted the supermodel as saying. "It felt natural to take the next step."

Rumors on Jay-Z leaving Def Jam have been shut down by the rapper himself. In a recent interview Jay stated that his three year contract is getting due but he's looking forward to renew it before seeking other possibilities.

As why he's rumored to shift to Columbia where buddy Rick Rubin is now, Jay-Z reasoned, "I guess Rick Rubin is (at Columbia) and we've got a relationship. But I haven't talked to Rick since he started at Columbia. I called him to say congratulations."

Early companions to Shia LaBeouf for his next vehicle "Eagle Eye" finally are picked up.

Pic's director D.J. Caruso, who recently directed LaBeouf in hit movie "Disturbia", has exclusively told MTV News that Rosario Dawson and Michelle Monaghan are both set to join the rising actor in the project with representatives of the latter one confirming the statement.

A concert conducted in summer, for free and presenting various music genre never fails to attract mass of music lovers. Samsung/AT&T is back with its concert series Summer Krush and a new line-up.

Queens of the Stone Age, Plain White T's, Ludacris, Big & Rich, The All-American Rejects, The Bravery, and Kinky are all on the bill to perform at the series of concert promoting AT&T new download service and Samsung's new music features.

Various prestigious prizes had been bestowed on her, and in the coming weeks, she will have taken one more accolade to be placed alongside those at her home.

That's correct, Sophie Marceau is about to be presented an honor of Special Grand Prix of the Americas for lifetime achievement at 31st annual Montreal World Film Festival, set to run August 23-September 3 this year in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Along with the kudos, her directing and starring vehicle "La Disparue de Deauville" is reported to also have its world premiere at the event, which the French actress will attend alongside co-star Christopher Lambert.

Lindsay Lohan's public humiliation continues with the release of her DUI talk with the ladies fashion magazine Elle, took place just 36 hours before she was arrested for driving under the influence for the second time in two months over Memorial Day weekend.

Being asked about the paparazzi that keep stalking her, her answer would later lead to DUI talk. Told the magazine she would never drive drunk, the train wreck made the statement in the revealing cover story, due to hit stands August 14th. "I wouldn't violate...I'm much more responsible than that," so Lindsay told the magazine's September issue. "I would not do that."

Spice Girls is no longer heading to Baghdad, the capital city of war-zone Iraq after Toronto, Canada won the tally the group conducted. Baghdad came close to winning a Spice Girls reunion concert a few days ago but fans in Toronto were more eager to have the girls in their city.

"We are delighted to be going to Toronto. We have such incredible fans there and we are amazed at such a positive reaction," the Spice Girls said in a statement.

It takes a while for Eddie Murphy to finally come out with his acknowledgment that he is the father of Melanie Brown's daughter, Angel Iris Murphy Brown. And when he finally does it, he does it in the biggest way possible.

After months of chatter and speculation, the actor-comedian has on Friday August 3rd publicly acknowledged he's fathering a daughter with Scary Spice, less than 48 hours after the former Spice Girl filed a paternity suit against him.

Successful in becoming an accomplished actress, Katherine Heigl now is preparing to spark a new profession as film producer.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the beauty has established her own production company with her manager mother Nancy Heigl and is currently setting up an untitled action comedy which she will also star in.

Already recognized as one of only a handful of rappers who have garnered critical approval for their acting work, Mos Def has found himself a starring role in an indie feature titled "Bury Me Standing", a comedic drama about life, death, and the madness that follows when two people meet, BlackFilm.com has reported.

Also starring Kerry Washington and Alfre Woodward, project examines a young woman's reflections on death, a memorial, and a "family" that is forced to face its greatest fears when a young man suddenly dies. Washington will portray a character named Mod who makes a deal with Gloria, a mother who is mourning her son played by Woodward, to give away her unborn baby in exchange for her house.

He said, she said. Not long after daddy Lionel Richie addressed her DUI sentence and pregnancy, Nicole Richie comes out with her denial on the persistent eating disorder rumors, claiming she never had one yet is taking her diet very seriously, especially after she found out she's expecting a child.

In an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer, aired Friday August 3rd on "20/20" at 10 p.m. EDT, the used-to-be tiny socialite insisted, "No, I do not have an eating disorder. I've never had an eating disorder, ever. It's anxiety, it's stress, it's just, it's just not being careful." Meanwhile, she also apologized for not aware early on that her being skinny could send negative message to young girls. "I'm really sorry for not accepting that earlier. It just, it took me a while."

Black Eyed Peas aside, member will.i.am is practicing his yet another solo project which would be his third. Titled "Song About Girls", the album has pulled out its lead single "I Got It From My Mama" as well as its music video for the song.

Interestingly, like many musicians gearing solo project after being a group, Will also had his time. "I was like, 'How and why should I put out a solo project?' I could just do another Black Eyed Peas record," he said. But all in all, he was on to get the spotlight while revealing that there's no Black Eyed Peas record coming out in near future.

Prepare to see the different side of Channing Tatum in the future as the hot star will soon go full-force in showing his physical strength and fighting ability onscreen.

Yes, the striking actor has been cast as the lead in an untitled fight movie coming from Rogue Pictures, which will reunite him with director Dito Montiel after their collaboration in last year’s "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints." Project finds him as a young man scraping a living scalping tickets in New York City who becomes involved in the underground sport after a chance encounter with a street-fighting coach.

DUI sentence and pregnancy. Poppa Lionel Richie is breaking his silence over the many issues surrounding his daughter Nicole Richie. In the first ever comment he made since the reality TV star was sentenced to four days in jail and publicly announced her pregnancy, the R&B and soul singer simply says that his 25-years-old daughter has "made some mistakes in her life," but that he raised her to take responsibility for her behavior.

"She has not blamed others for her problems and is growing up very quickly, albeit in the heat of the media spotlight," the 58-year-old man told Usmagazine.com. "My father taught me to stand straight and take whatever punishment or hardships were the result of my own actions, and I am proud that I was able to hand that philosophy down to my daughter."