August 22, 2007

Long left in development hell, "Logan's Run" finally gets back to the track as Warner Bros. Pictures now has a new helmer to handle the project in commercial director Joseph Kosinski, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.

For Kosinski, the sci-fi thriller thereby will be his feature directorial debut which he is poised to carry out from the script penned by Tim Sexton. The man reportedly came into Warner Bros. with a presentation that included graphic art and animated previsualization that set the look, color, tone and style of the film he wanted to make.

Just few days after the announcement of Van Halen's reunion tour, tickets were snapped in light speed. In anticipation, organizer Live Nation has added a fresh batch of dates to the already crammed tour schedule.

The new dates are October 3 at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center, October 20 at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena and November 11 at Washington DC's Verizon Center. Tickets to the first two dates will go on sale this Saturday, August 25 while the Washington leg will be sold one day prior.

Building up anticipation for the November arrival of "Beowulf" in theaters nationwide, Paramount Pictures has submitted another image for the animated fantasy feature on the net, which sure will prolong the amazement from moviegoers on the digitally enhanced technique the project applies.

In the meantime, the studio has also updated synopsis for the flick as:
"In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother. Their epic clash forges the timeless legend of Beowulf."

Hot momma Geri Halliwell does know how to score herself a hot new boytoy. The singer has reportedly fallen for Russian billionaire Evgeny Lebedev, who's nine years her junior.

Reports on their dating started circulating after Geri and Evgeny were spotted together at a summer party at London's Serpentine Gallery recently though they insisted they were just friends. In fact, earlier this week the twosome was spotted cozying up while on holiday near St Tropez.

In the wait for "The Kingdom" to hit theaters next month, Universal Pictures has delightfully brought up some new features on the official site for the action thriller as well as new stills for all fans to feast their eyes on.

Apart from those usually found in most sites, like buddy icons and screensavers plus pictures and trailers, the features include:

Moderate popularity seems to be a better option this time for James Blunt as his claim to fame hit 'You're Beautiful' tops another infamous chart. The single that went #1 on most countries' chart has been listed at #1 for songs that used to be enjoyed but now makes people want to hurt others.

A poll was gathered by RollingStones.com's Rock List column and Blunt's hit beat Black Eyed Peas' 'My Hump' and Smash Mouth's 'All Star'. The songs that are considerably new are followed in the fourth and fifth post with old pieces 'Don't Worry be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin and 'YMCA' by Village People respectively.

Well, it's obvious now that Batman's crusade will still continue after "The Dark Knight."

Actor playing the superhero Christian Bale has delightfully confirmed during the press junket for his other vehicle "3:10 to Yuma" that there would indeed be a third installment of the revitalized Batman franchise, making up a complete trilogy of the series that started with the release of "Batman Begins" back in 2005.

Contrary to tabloid reports, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden won't tie the knot anytime soon.

The pregnant socialite is said to have told friends she won't walk down the aisle a pregnant bride. "She said she doesn't want the baby to one day grow up and think she and Joel rushed to get married just because she got pregnant," a source close to Nicole tells E!

Going from one comic-book adaptation to another, "Ghost Rider" star Eva Mendes has secured a starring role in "The Spirit", Lionsgate Films' big screen version of the fictional American masked crime-fighter created by writer-artist Will Eisner.

Becoming the second female name after Scarlett Johansson to board the project, it is still unclear, however, what role Mendes is billed to play, but production has been confirmed to start October this year at Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico. Frank Miller will direct from his own script with Deborah Del Prete, Gigi Pritzker, and Michael Uslan all producing.

Elton John's 60th birthday that was marked with huge concert last March will be chronicled into a DVD. Titled 'Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden', the double disc will feature all 33 sets that the singer played during the show plus around 30 other performances that he had done in past 40 years of his career.

Among the piece that Elton played during the shows are all-time hits 'Madman Across the Water', 'Something About the Way You Look Tonight' and of course, 'Rocket Man'. There are also songs from his albums that were not released after he claimed fame like 'Take Me to the Pilot' and 'All the Girls Love Alice'.

Beyonce Knowles has become talk of the town since videos of her accidentally exposed her breasts during a concert last week made their way to the internet, making her the other Hollywood celeb that has wardrobe malfunction.

Beyonce was performing on stage at a launch party for her clothing line, "Dereon," in Toronto, Canada, when her shirt unexpectedly flew up as she was dancing, giving fans an eye full of her bare breasts.

Already absent in most of her bills, Amy Winehouse will make her U.S. fans wait until next year for her tour. The singer who is currently in rehab has rescheduled the tour in North America that supposes to begin this Sept. It will be re-arranged for early 2008.

A rep from Amy's label Universal said, "Due to the rigors involved in touring, Amy Winehouse has been advised to postpone her upcoming September U.S. and Canadian tour dates." With the scrapped dates, Amy will have time to "address her health". Purchased Tickets will be available for refunds at point of purchase.

Getting pissed off following Paramount/DreamWorks Pictures' announcement to become exclusive to HD DVD in releasing movies instead of launching them on both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, Michael Bay had expressed his disappointment by claiming he will not do a sequel to his summer blockbuster "Transformers."

"I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For them to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks!" so he wrote as posted on ShootfortheEdit.com. "They were progressive by having two formats. No Transformers 2 for me!"

Launching her own line of fashion, perfume, and producing film, P. Diddy is now about to star in a TV movie. The hip hop mogul is joining the cast of the long-awaited adaptation of the Broadway revival of "A Raisin in the Sun."

Starring in alongside the likes of Phylicia Rashad, John Stamos, Sean Patrick Thomas, David Oyelowo, Bill Nunn and Cephas Jones, Diddy is slated to portray the role of Walter Lee Jr. The film, a three-hour production, was shot December last year and tells the story of a family's struggles in Chicago's South Side in the 1950s.

Alicia Keys wrote in her latest blog entry that she will pull the track 'Noone' as the first single off 'As I Am', now due November 6. This would be the single that will determine her mild transition to rock-funk-driven vibe that she described previously.

On the new song, Keys promises or rather hopes that "It's a bit unexpected and something that completely surrounds you, engulfs you and sweeps you away. I hope it makes you feel good and strong and passionate and makes you scream the words at the top of your lungs. I hope it does things to you!!!!"

Just married, Kurupt and his longtime girlfriend Gail Gotti.

The gangsta rapper, a member of the rap group Tha Dogg Pound, and Gail, also a rapper, exchanged vows in front of 170 of their closest family and friends in a private ceremony held at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday August 18th.

After much 'featured' appearances, it's time for Nelly to get his solo spotlight. The rapper is prepping the release of his new album called 'Brass Knuckles' that is due October 16, and in the mean time, first official radio single 'Wadsyaname' is slated to give first impact.

The song that is produced by Bryan Michael Cox, samples on the piano line of K-Ci & Jojo's 'All My Life'. It is scheduled to hit the radio on Tuesday, August 28, although the track has actually leaked online on August 18.

Beware of your tongue for it might get you into troubles. Darren Hayes is the victim of his own sharp tongue. The Australian singer-songwriter was arrested back on July 22nd after allegedly made a racist remark to a London waiter.

The former front man of pop group Savage Garden was questioned by police on Friday August 17th after allegedly abused a male member of staff at Busaba Eathai Thai restaurant. He was released on bail and has since refused to comment.

Seems the follow-up to 2004's "Alien vs. Predator" has got itself a new, longer title from now on. Previously had a working title of "Alien vs. Predator: AVP2", the project has been learned to have its name changed to "Aliens vs. Predator Requiem" instead.

The new title was noticed to be mentioned in the latest edition of Entertainment Weekly of which site also listed the name in its Fall Movies Preview's Release Calendar section. Moreover, it is further learned that 20 th Century Fox as the studio producing the flick has already registered domain name of AliensvsPredatorRequiem.com that has yet to be activated.

Mika has returned for more slender piece of his 'Big Girl You Are Beautiful'. The flamboyant singer assists the second season of U.S. series 'Ugly Betty' with a promo song theme called 'Hey Betty (You're Beautiful)'.

No significant part of the original song is changed other than the lyrics which now says "Hey Betty, Your're Beautiful". It's expected that this song will be released on the U.S. version of its single. The physical CD for this song was released in U.K. on July 23 and hit #9 in the Singles chart.

It's just "too little too late." Pete Doherty walked free from court on Tuesday August 21st after prosecutors abandoned their case against him for breaching his bail conditions in relation to previous drugs charges which could result on his being banned from living in London.

The Babyshambles rocker was arrested at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Monday August 20th on suspicion of drugs possession after the car he was riding in was pulled over by London authorities in the city's Tower Hamlets district.

There it is, after days of chatter and speculation, Pink's husband Carey Hart comes to his self defense, breaking his silence over speculation he has cheated on the singer, shot down reports their marriage is on the rocks.

Motocross legend Hart told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday August 21st, the cheating rumors are "just a bunch of trash talk. It's just a nasty rumor. Everything's fine." He, furthermore, stated he's even leaving for Europe next week to join his pop-star wife on tour.

Finally commences the quest to attain its goal in getting an all-star cast for musical project "Nine", The Weinstein Company reportedly is holding talks with the likes of Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, and Marion Cotillard to get them boarded the cast.

Bardem is learned to have just received offer for the lead role of director Guido Contini while Cruz and Cotillard are in the line to play Contini's mistress Carla and his wife Louisa, respectively.

Lindsay Lohan is one step closer to taste her freedom. The troubled starlet might escape prison time after the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is disinclined to charge her with three drug-related felonies, two of which stemmed from her recent arrests for drunken driving back in May and July.

Celebrity news outlet TMZ.com has reported "there is a 'strong possibility' the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office will NOT file felony charges against Lindsay Lohan in connection with her two DUI arrests."

Constructing a promising lineup of cast, filmmakers of "Push" have successfully signed bright talents of Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, and Djimon Hounsou to all take starring parts in the movie, Variety has reported.

Story follows a group of young American ex-pats who possess telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities as they hide from a U.S. government agency in Hong Kong and band together to try to escape the control of the division.

Janet Jackson has secretly married her longtime boyfriend Jermaine Dupri, it has been reported. According to internet reports the couple wed in a secret ceremony over the weekend.

The songbird and the hip hop mogul are reported to have exchanged vows in a secret ceremony in front of friends and family in an undisclosed location on Saturday afternoon August 18th. No comment just yet from the couple concerning the marriage report.

It appears that Anne Heche and James Tupper are taking their relationship into the next level. The lovers are reportedly moving in together in a house in Vancouver, Canada which he has just bought.

The actor let slip their getting together under one roof to the Vancouver Sun, telling the local newspaper "it feels a little bit like heaven."