September 13, 2007

Bringing out something new about its upcoming motion-capture flick "Beowulf", Paramount Pictures has smoothly posted online another movie still from the picture which just shows how amazing the film is going to be visually.

As displayed above left, the image, exclusively given to MTV, presents a great close-up look of the titular character, which superbly points out the fine motion capture made for the CGI feature. Without careful look, one could probably mistake it for the real face of Ray Winstone himself, who does lend his facial appearance and voice for the movie.

Jennifer Lopez won't stop creating something new. The multi talented star is having her new "Just Sweet" collection for Spring 2008 launched during the New York Fashion Week Tuesday September 11th.

Dedicated her new collection for the young at heart, Lopez insisted her new fashion range is something "every woman can wear," claiming "Girls who are young who are going to wear it are going to feel sophisticated in it because it does have a chic kind of feeling to it. But people who are older who wear it are going to feel young, flirty and fun. It really has a nice mix."

Not hesitant to reveal the new big screen stint he's up for, Viggo Mortensen has eagerly told MTV that he is close to land a starring slot in "The Road", the film adaptation of the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy.

"...The people making [it] have expressed interest [in me]," the actor informed. "Visually, it's going to be a very beautiful movie. It's a very good story."

That Julianne Moore can act very well, no one would doubt it. But what if the actress gives hand at penning book?

Yes, the movie siren is writing a book for children which is based on her own childhood experience. The book, titled "Freckleface Strawberry," tells the story of a girl who is teased about her appearance that she later on decided to wear a ski mask to school, before eventually realizing that it's okay to be different, because everyone is.

Hot on the heels of the shocking public statement she made to Elle UK in recent interview for its October 2007 issue that she's ready to spawn, Paris Hilton created media abuzz yet again with her being reported to adopt four blond girls all at once.

The heiress is said to be keen to travel the world to find disadvantaged children she can give a home to. Britain's Closer magazine quoted a source as saying, "Paris has been saying, 'You don't need a husband to have babies.' There are babies in orphanages around the world, and she's hoping to find four girls with blonde hair and pretty eyes to whom to give the Hilton name."

Sure will add the degree of laughs for the movie with her knack in comedy, Jenna Elfman has signed on to take starring part in "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay", a joint film project of Holly Wiersma Productions and Ring Productions.

The former "Dharma & Greg" star thereby becomes the latest Hollywood name to join the flick, set to be directed by Howard Gould from his own script. Others already picked up for the cast include Elisha Cuthbert, Paz Vega, Andie MacDowell, Kelli Garner, and Tim Allen, who gets billed to play the title role.

A boy, then girl, and the forthcoming is going to be a girl again. Mark Ruffalo has made it public that he and wife, Sunrise Coigney, are expecting a daughter, again.

The actor has on Tuesday night September 11th during the InStyle party in Toronto, made it public the sex of his forthcoming child, telling People it's a girl.

Hit the mark high in its theatrical debut last July to then collect a worldwide gross of about $484.4 million so far, sure hopes are high for "The Simpsons Movie" to have a follow-up. Sad to say, however, that this won't happen, at least not soon.

Producer for the animated flick Al Jean has been caught to give indication that there are currently no plans for a sequel to the film despite its hugely successful performance on the box office.

Ending the ongoing rumors of Led Zeppelin's reunion is the announcement of the band's one-off gig at London's O2. The legendary band will join The Who's Pete Townshend, fBill Wyman, Foreigner and Paolo Nutini of what promoter Harvey Goldsmith said to be "the largest demand for one show in history."

The concert which is held November 26 are meant in honor of the late Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Etergun who died last December. "During the Zeppelin years, Ahmet Ertegun was a major foundation of solidarity and accord," Zeppelin's vocalist Robert Plant said. "For us he was Atlantic Records and remained a close friend and conspirator."

It appears that Jeff Gordon is really proud of her newly born daughter, Ella Sofia Gordon. The NASCAR driver and wife Ingrid Vandebosch have proudly posted some new photos of their baby daughter on his official Website.

"Jeff and Ingrid proudly present Baby Ella," so the couple wrote as the intro to the nine-photo gallery of pictures of Ella Sofia.

There's more to glimpse at "Resident Evil: Extinction" apparently though the flick's theatrical release is only about a week away.

That's right, Screen Gems as the studio distributing the sci-fi action horror has smoothly brought up new TV spots and clips for the movie on the net by now. All can be accessed through Resident Evil: Extinction Trailer section at AceShowBiz.

As previously reported, The Cheetah Girls' Sabrina Bryan has joined the cast of U.S. TV series Dancing with the Stars. She will be partnered with Mark Ballas Jr. who is also new to the show.

The fifth season of the dancing competition will begin September 24th and 25th on ABC. The challenge in the first week is designed to be Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Quickstep, and Mambo.

People magazine has made public its list of The Best Dressed Stars of 2007. Among the many famous celebrities included in the list are Cameron Diaz who is credited to have the Best Legs, Beyonce Knowles who is named the Showtopper, and Katie Holmes who is dubbed the Classic.

People magazine senior editor Galina Espinoza praised the mother of one as "one of the most remarkable style evolutions. She's always very simple, very elegant and her clothes fit her perfectly."

Done with Video Music Awards, MTV is gearing another award in appreciation of Latin music. Nominees of Los Premios MTV 2007 was announced yesterday (September 12), putting Mexican star Belinda on the lead.

The 18 years-old singer and actress gains 5 nods including Best Solo Artist, Video of the Year and Artist of the Year. Just one count less than her are Alejandro Sanz and Argentinian rock band Babasonicos. Meanwhile, scoring three each are Paulina Rubio, Julieta Venegas and several more.

Finally finds way to go back into the big screen, Burr Steers has reached deals to direct high school comedy "Seventeen" which Zac Efron is set to topline, Variety reported.

Written by Jason Filardi, the story concerns a middle-aged father who wakes up to find he becomes seventeen again. Being so, he then enrolls in the same high school as his two kids to be close to them.

Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland are among numbers of music figures who give back to Houston. The two songbirds have teamed up building an apartment for at risk populations in Houston.

Beyonce and Rowland, joined by Matthew Knowles, Tina Knowles, and pastors Rudy Rasmus and Juanita Rasmus, made millions of dollar donation Wednesday September 12th to build the so-called the Knowles-Rowland Temenos Place Apartments, which purpose is to provide permanent living accommodations for men and women who are trying to improve their lives after the trauma of personal and natural disasters.

Grammy-nominated R&B artist Tamia will release a Christmas album called 'A Gift Between Friends'. The CD will be more into an EP rather than a full length studio album for the latter is slated to hit the stores only next year.

The EP will contain five to seven songs, two of which are reportedly seasonal tracks. The follow up of 2006's 'Between Friends' will be dropped October 2. A longer version of the EP is aimed for a 2008 release with some new materials included.

Welcome to the "State of Play" for Edward Norton who has just signed on to star in the highly anticipated drama thriller, joining fellow actor Brad Pitt, his co-star in the 1999 "Fight Club" which is based on the Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel of the same name.

"State of Play," a political thriller based on the BBC miniseries of the same name, will see Norton portraying the role of a congress man whose speedy political rise is threatened by an investigation into the death of his mistress. The role was previously made famous by David Morrissey in Paul Abbott's original series.

The video of Kat DeLuna and Omarion's duet in 'Cut Off Time' has been completed. Apt to their young performers image, both singers incorporate a lot of dance scenes for this one.

'Cut Off Time' is confirmed to be the lead single for the movie 'Feel the Noise' which puts Omarion as the main character. The song was produced by Timbaland and is expected to be released along with other soundtracks for the movie.

P. Diddy gets censored, literally. The rapper is being ordered to edit a commercial for his latest fragrance "Unforgivable" which according to censors is too hot for TV.

It is reported that the advertisement "shows Combs 'going at it' with Jessica Gomez in a stairwell and a hotel room. But after MTV screened the ads, execs sent a list of edits Combs will need to make before censors will allow it to air. The offending footage includes Diddy 'hiking up' Gomez's skirt, putting his hands under her dress, and a scene with another woman holding Gomez's breast and pulling down her underwear."

Still on the arguably biggest buzz this year, Britney Spears has tentatively named her comeback album 'Piece of Me' after a track which may as well be the second single. A number of her unmastered tracks have been sent to several online sites for them to review.

Chuck Arnold of People.com sees an overall '80s vibe in her album which is due November 13. Title track 'Piece of Me' features "Spears' heavily processed voice" that is produced by Bloodshy and Avant.

After days of filming, finally the first image from the set of "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" has surfaced online which sure will delight fans of the "Mummy" franchise who cannot wait to learn more about the project.

Posted by director Rob Cohen on his official blog, the photo, as seen above left, was taken from the mausoleum set for the flick by still photographer Jasin Boland. So artistic is the picture that Cohen even suggested it could make for "a cool wallpaper background on your computer."

The commotion and delights on seeing the presence of Hollywood's names continued on Tuesday, September 11 as core cast members of Woody Allen's "Cassandra's Dream" eagerly came down for the North American Premiere of the drama at the 32nd annual Toronto Film Festival.

Enhancing public excitement surrounding the occasion, pic's two male leads Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell made their way together to Roy Thomson Hall where the screening was held as part of the festival's Gala Presentation program.

Much apart from media speculation, Pamela Anderson is washing her hands clean of the brawl that occurred between her ex-husbands Tommy Lee and Kid Rock at the Sunday MTV Video Music Awards.

"I'm staying out of it," so the busty blonde told the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" during an interview on Wednesday September 12th. Claimed she didn't witness the fight, she went on saying "I actually left. As soon as I left, meow! They all went after each other."

Hayden Panettiere and Stephen Colletti are the other celebrity couple that has gone their separate ways.

The "Heroes" actress and former "Laguna Beach" star reportedly have broken up after more than one year of dating. "Their breakup has been a long time coming," Us Weekly quoted a source as saying.

In continuation of the recently-posted pictures from "Hancock" set on Hollywood Boulevard, another image has come up online showing a very spoilerific shot of female lead Charlize Theron.

As seen on the left side, it turns out that the character she plays certainly is not just an ordinary alluring housewife. The wife of a publicist, the woman is described to embark an affair with a hard-living superhero whom her husband represents.

Hot on the heels of Kim Porter's tell all interview with the October issue of Essence magazine, P. Diddy's other baby momma breaks her silence in yet another tell all interview. Sarah Chapman, the Atlanta mother of Diddy' one-year-old daughter told Sandra Rose the affair behind their love triangle.

In a shocking revelation, Chapman said both Kim and her met the hip hop mogul at the same time and that Kim knew about her pregnancy prior to her getting pregnant also by the star. "She definitely knows who I am," the woman said in a statement. "Yes, it's true, we've had words. [Kim] knew about my pregnancy prior to her getting pregnant. In fact, Kim and I met [Sean] at the same time."

That Foxy Brown pregnant, that is just not true.

Contrary to her lawyer's courtroom claim that she was carrying a bun in the oven, Brown's manager Chaz Williams has officially stated the rapper actually "is not pregnant."