September 10, 2007

Good tidings came from Casey Affleck and wife Summer Phoenix as spokeswoman for the actor, Rebecca Feferman, announced Saturday, September 8 that the couple are now expecting their second child together.

"They're very happy and excited about the new addition to their family," Feferman said to The Associated Press.

Apparently Sara Evans' divorce with husband Craig Schelske is getting more complicated. Schelske is now asking Evans to provide a testimony or confession whether she has "an affair/sexual relationship/romantic involvement" with some men.

Among the accused 'affairs' are fellow country star Kenny Chesney, Richard Marx, members of group band 3 Doors Down, and Evan's 'Dancing with the Stars' partner Tony Dolovani. The questions are compiled in a 118-page document that was filed this week in Williamson Country.

Big excitement filled the front part of Toronto's Roy Thompson Hall on Friday, September 7 when several Hollywood notable names came down to strut along the red carpet at the premiere for "Rendition" at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Stealing most attention no doubt was the flick's female lead Reese Witherspoon who preferred to wear a strapless tight black velvet dress for the occasion. Co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Omar Metwally were also spotted to be present despite the apparent absence of other noted cast members, Meryl Streep and Alan Arkin.

Before winning big at 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Justin Timberlake has enjoyed the pleasure of being named 'Best Original Music and Lyrics' at 59th Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The award was presented to the singer for his work in the song 'D**k in a Box'.

The honor was shared with comic Adam Samberg who accepted the statuette on behalf of both of them. Samberg said on the acceptance speech, "I think it's safe to say that when we first set out to make this song, we were all thinking 'Emmy!' The other thing we were thinking was, 'Hey!' Here's this young up and comer, Justin Timberlake, who is clearly very talented and could use a break.' So Justin, if you're out there, congrats to you, kid."

Presenting a riveting depiction on how violence contaminates otherwise ordinary lives, Karen Moncrieff-directed four-chapter tale "The Dead Girl" was announced to be the winner of the Grand Prize at the 33rd edition of the annually-held Deauville American Film Festival on Sunday, September 9, 2007.

Expressing her deep gratitude for the honor, a semi-stunned Moncrieff in a touching nod to slain filmmaker Adrienne Shelly said, "My film is about violence, and one of the filmmakers is not with us because she was a victim of violence." Shelly's final work "Waitress" was well received in the competition, being previously subjected to glowing critical reviews at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Christina Aguilera may remain tight-lipped about her visible pregnancy before friend Paris Hilton decided to 'help' her. Paris judged that it was time to say something about the baby bump and take the mic at a Las Vegas nightclub to announce the pregnancy.

"Congratulations to the most beautiful pregnant woman in the world. You're gorgeous," Paris said at the packed Aguilera-hosted party at LAX Nightclub in the Luxor. This announcement came after she was seen putting her hand on Aguilera's belly and giggled.

Finally, now we know how to properly address the fourth installment of "Indiana Jones" franchise, previously known as "Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods", many thanks to Shia LaBeouf.

Coming on stage to present Female Artist of the Year prize at MTV's Video Music Awards held on Sunday, September 9, 2007, the rising star openly informed the folks in attendance as well as at-home viewers that the project from now on is called "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

This year's MTV Video Music Awards surprise may not only come from Britney Spears' criticized performance but also two of Pamela Anderson former lovers who have fought at the ceremony. Tommy Lee is believed to have initiated a fight with Kid Rock that the latter decided to anticipate.

MTV VJ Sway recalled the moment, "Tommy Lee was sitting by Diddy. (Kid Rock) just walked up and decked him!" However, another eyewitness, producer Rich Nice who only sat two tables away, speculated that the starter may actually be Tommy. "It looked like Tommy Lee initiated it because Kid Rock was ignoring him," he said. "And Tommy Lee kind of antagonized him. And then when Tommy Lee stood up, it looked a little weird, like 'Yo, what?'"

Double treat is given from "Diary of the Dead" filmmakers to horror fans across the globe as they have smoothly brought up a new behind-the-scenes video plus handfuls of new pictures from the flick on the net.

Available at Splatterfilms.com, the video presents some never-before-seen footage from the production of the zombie movie besides interviews with its cast and crew as well as director George Romero. Meanwhile, the images mostly feature film stills apart from few on-set photos.

Still on Vanessa Hudgens' nude photo scandal, it was spilled that according to THEM Weekly more exposed photos and a sex video are out there waiting to be discovered. The photos are allegedly the stills of the video.

A source said that the footage and the photos were sent to Vanessa's one-time co-star Drake Bell way before she was famous. Bell's representative Jill Fritzo released a statement that Bell "says he never received those photos".

Being one of the principal characters in the popular sci-fi franchise, it’s no wonder that Montgomery "Scotty" Scott has become such a hot topic to talk about following the plan to develop "Star Trek" for the big screen.

After heavy speculations on James McAvoy as the U.S.S. Enterprise chief engineer, now come new words stating that two other names have been considered for the part, played by late Canadian actor James Doohan in the original series. According to Scotland's The Daily Record, they turn out to be "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" star Martin Compston, 23, and Scottish comedian Greg Hemphill, 37.

Ending the celebration of the 64th edition of Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2007, organizers of the prestigious event finally came to the announcement of the honorees for the festival's principal awards on a ceremony held that day in the Palazzo del Cinema.

Big surprise marked the occasion as sexually explicit spy thriller "Lust, Caution" was bestowed top prize the Golden Lion for Best Film, which was handed to director Ang Lee, who took the same kudos two years ago through his "Brokeback Mountain."

The inarguably biggest category at MTV Video Music Awards has been announced. 'Video of the Year' was given to Rihanna's 'Umbrella' feat. Jay-Z.

With the winning, Rihanna has pocketed two statuettes through 'Umbrella'. Earlier that evening, she gained 'Monster Single of the Year'.

Gym Class Heroes beat the expected winner Amy Winehouse as this year's 'Best New Artist' at MTV Video Music Awards. Jennifer Garner was there to hand the award to the group that excelled this year through single 'Cupid's Chokehold'.

Mary J. Blige was up next, introducing and honoring producer and rapper Dr. Dre.

Said to be a tough sell these days, Western genre apparently proves otherwise through the great performance "3:10 to Yuma" in theaters during weekend running September 7-9, 2007.

A remake of the 1957 classic, the Lionsgate Films release amazingly surpassed studio's expectation by taking in quite an impressive number of $14.1 million on a historically slow weekend to replace the fright fest "Halloween" as the No.1 movie on the box office.

Rihanna, Beyonce Knowles and Justin Timberlake are the early names to win at 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. Monster Single of the Year, promptly goes to Rihanna's 'Umbrella' while Earth Shattering Collaboration aims for sexiness by picking Beyonce's duet with Shakira in 'Beautiful Liar'.

Justin who jumped at being called the winner of 'Quadruple Threat' said on the acceptance speech, "I want to challenge MTV right now to play more videos." Approximately half an hour later, he was named 'Male Artist of the Year'.

As promised, Britney Spears did kick off this year's MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas. Singing 'Gimme More', she sports black glittery bra, short pants and a knee-high boots.

The performance will definitely be one of the most talked about issues this year, arguably because it's not as gritty as expected. Britney delivered the the lethargic version of her new hit while looking quite distracted and very much out of shape, a poor comparison to her previous VMA stage acts.