September 14, 2007

Hollywood's celebrated couple Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are planning to pack their things to cross the ocean for filming a big screen feature.

"I'm looking forward to going to India," Zeta-Jones told The Times of India Thursday, September 13, 2007. "Michael and I are developing a script that will be set up in India. We will take our kids and all of us will come there, set up camp in India and shoot a film."

Lil' Kim is standing on the same side with 50 Cent to face a lawsuit filed by a record producer who seeks his share of royalties. Carlos Evans is demanding the rest of the promised money for a song called 'Magic Stick', especially after it sells well back in 2003.

Evans said in the legal papers that he was responsible for producing, engineering and mixing the track that reached #2 in Billboard Hot 100 and has since sold over 2 million copies. It was initially intended for 50's breakthrough album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'' but was eventually used for Kim's 'La Bella Mafia'.

A record producer and rapper, writer is a new additional profession for Jermaine Dupri as he's having his book, titled "Young, Rich and Dangerous: My Life in Music," hits stores October later this year.

The 309-page book is chronicling the music mogul's journey in the music industry and the establishment of his record label, So So Def Recordings.

A clip for "Saw IV" previously banned from this year's 2007 San Diego Comic-Con has finally made its way to appear online, which no doubt will mend the disappointment fans felt upon not being able to see it at the event.

Be warned though, as the piece, referred as "Autopsy" clip, obviously is not for the faint of heart due to its gory and extremely graphic content. As the clip's name suggests, it's all about the process of autopsy, performed on Jigsaw's corpse.

Fabolous has released the music video of his single 'Baby Don't Go' on BET's 106&Park on September 12. Strange enough, the video only features Jermaine Dupri and has excluded T-Pain.

'Baby Don't Go' is a song that features T-Pain as credited in the album and Dupri as the producer. However, the video employs Dupri's version where he fills T-Pain's part. Both version, however, are released on the radio and have been picking up nicely.

Is in her giving spirit, Trina is offering the disadvantaged youths in her hometown Miami the chance to win a shopping spree with her as part of her Checkers Drive In restaurants' "guest days," which takes place from Oct. 1 - 6.

The rapper already teamed up with her Diamond Dolls Foundation, a nonprofit organization that is committed towards inspiring, educating and uplifting young girls who are not exposed to the proper way of living, to bring the project into life.

On contrary to the reports on Tommy Lee quitting his band Motley Crue, the drummer issued a statement saying that he remains intact. Tommy is hoping to settle this problem with his band mates - Mick Mars, Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx.

Tommy's latest statement was, "I am a founding member of Motley Crue. I have tried to meet with my band-mates repeatedly without success but have informed them that I'm not walking away from my band of 25 years."

Seems big collaboration between two big Hollywood names is going to be something that we will often watch in the future. After the teaming up of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in "Righteous Kill", reports are now circulating heavily that Leonardo DiCaprio and Vinnie Jones will join forces in a historical epic feature entitled "Freedom Within the Heart."

In the project, set 1,000 years ago, DiCaprio reportedly has been billed as Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland, while Jones his nemesis, Ivor of Limerick. Story is said to put focus on the king, who united the country in battle against a Viking threat.

Balancing her high rising acting career and the family life is not an easy job. But Cate Blanchett is good at it. Maybe that's one reason why she has become one of Hollywood's most wanted women. And she's kind enough to reveal the secrets on how to earn the predicate, shares some details to W magazine.

Graces the cover of the magazine's October 2007 issue, the actress addressed on some issues surrounding her life, including that of her taking part in the highly anticipated Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There" and her two sons, Dashiell John and Roman Robert.

The music video for LeAnn Rimes' new single 'Nothing Better to Do' has been premiered. The singer is portrayed as a prisoner in a tightly secured jail, sharing fate with her fellow inmates.

Rimes got her hands on the direction of the video alongside David McClister. For this one, she pictures a woman named Annie Jewel, back in the 'Chicago' era who is jailed for a wrong doing.

Apparently Eminem didn't prepare 'Encore' as literally the last album in his music career. The rapper has spoken in his own words that he is "always in the studio".

Eminem called in during the 50 Cent interview with Hot 97 on September 13. Talking about his project he said, "I'm always working - I'm always in the studio. It feels good right now, the energy of the label. For a while, I didn't want to go back to the studio ... I went through some personal things. I'm coming out of those personal things (and) it feels good."

Having the good look and famous name in entertainment industry does make it easy for Heath Ledger to find a new love soon after he broke up with longtime fiancee Michelle Williams. The movie star reportedly has been romancing supermodel Helena Christensen.

Not without reason, but rumors on the romance are in all probabilities inspired by the fact that the two has been spotted "making out throughout dinner" at Chinese restaurant Wakiya on Tuesday September 11th, reports Page Six.

While moviegoers in the U.S. will get chance to see Ben Affleck's feature directorial debut effort "Gone Baby Gone" in theaters nearby on October 19, 2007, those in the U.K. sadly have to wait for an indefinite time to see the flick grace the big screen in their country.

Buena Vista International U.K. has came to a conclusion to postpone the theatrical release of the mystery drama indefinitely due to the similarities found between the story presented in the flick and the recent real-life case of Madeline McCann, the British girl who disappeared from her Portuguese holiday apartment in early May.

Alyssa Milano has landed her other dream job besides that of acting and fashion designer. The beauty has been hired to serve as an official online correspondent for America's summer sport, covering baseball online for TBS Hot Corner on MLB.com.

TBS Hot Corner is a new broadband channel from Turner Broadcasting's TBS, which will be broadcasting the major league division series and the National League Championship Series for the first time this season.

In celebration of his charting album, Talib Kweli is holding a contest for 5 colleges. The hip-hop artist will visit the college across U.S. that demand him the most, for free!

The basic rule is to visit eventful.com, find out your college and click the "join" button. One person is allowed only one submission per college. The competition has been opened since August 21 and will be closed on Wednesday, October 17 at 2 p.m.

The official trailer for Ashley Tishdale's three new videos is online. The less than 2 minutes clip contains parts of her three singles 'He Said, She Said', 'Not Like That' and 'Suddenly' that are linked to form a story.

The short movie-like footage is dubbed 'Headstrong Mini Musical' that will be included as a DVD in the re-release of her debut solo album 'Headstrong'. The CD plus DVD pack is called 'There's Something About Ashley' and is scheduled to be released in U.S this November.

Vanessa Hudgens won't meet Jay Leno. The starlet has canceled her scheduled appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" due to the so-called "scheduling conflict."

The "High School Musical" star was to appear on Thursday's September 13th show with Terry Bradshaw and Michael Buble. Nevertheless her representative has confirmed, "Vanessa is no longer appearing on Thursday's 'Tonight Show' due to a scheduling conflict. She will be rescheduling her appearance at a later date."

With the impending Writers Guild, Directors Guild, and Screen Actors Guild strike next year, many are wondering which movies the film studios put priority over before the strike hits in June 2008. Lucky for us, a full list of titles selected has already been put online by ComingSoon.net, which also contains handfuls of interesting info about some of them and the directors attached.

Along with the revelation, the site, however, does warn that some of the helmers mentioned may not have actually signed on or agreed to make the flick their next projects. Meanwhile, here are some points worth to take notice of from the list:

Nominees of this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards is led by T.I. who earns as many as nine nods including Best Collaboration, Lyricist of the Year and Track of the Year. Meanwhile, Kanye West may be disappointed with MTV Video Music Awards result but he may still win this one. The rapper is up for six nominations.

Lil Wayne equally scoring 6 nominations while Common is running for 5 categories. West's 'Stronger' video will go head to head with 50 Cent's 'I Get Money', Chamillionaire feat. Slick Rick's 'Hip-Hop Police,' Common's 'The People,' Ludacris feat. Mary J. Blige's 'Runaway Love,' UGK feat. Outkast's 'International Players Anthem.'

No, Shakira is not getting married. Not in the near future at least. Contrary to heavy media coverage stating that she and longtime boyfriend Antonio de la Rúa are heading for the altar, the Colombian pop star is back to school, enrolled at the UCLA to study Western Civilization.

A source close to Shakira laughed off the wedding rumors claimed them as "absolutely false," while set the record straight by telling Peopleenespanol.com that the songbird is studying at UCLA, the University of California, Los Angeles.

The video premiere of Fall Out Boy's fourth single 'I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me + You)' has come out. The clip was played on TRL episode September 12 and is now available for full view on AOL.com.

The boys shot the clip in Africa as promised. They are seen performing in the middle of a field where the locals do their daily routine. Every member is given short time exposure on the clip, particularly because it is aimed to deliver a message of how thousands of children soldiers are still apart from their families.

Preparing to display their on screen charisma together in one frame, Josh Lucas and Adam Brody have both given their agreement to take part in a new drama feature entitled "Death in Love" that has already had Jacqueline Bisset and Lukas Haas in the cast lineup.

Pic is said to present a pair of story lines that revolve around two brothers, played by Lucas and Haas. While Haas' character has to deal with his mother, portrayed by Bisset, his brother is lost in life until he is befriended by a scam artist, played by Brody.

Tommy Lee and Kid Rock are heading for the Madhouse. Possibly. The two rockers have received a huge offer of US$1 million prize from Las Vegas entertainer Jeff Beacher should they agree to settle their differences in a ring.

"We all know that they are fighting over Pam Anderson and what better way to settle their differences then to slug it out in the ring!" Page Six quoted Beacher as saying. "I thought it was the perfect opportunity to put the two of these Rock N Roll Icons together in the ring. This feud has been going on for years. Right now I am in the process of reaching out to their management teams to begin to negotiate the fight. The winner will receive 1 million dollars. Winner takes all."

He says, she says, and now Kid Rock says his version. The rock star broke his silence to San Diego, California's Rock 105.3 radio station on Thursday September 13th, about the MTV VMAs brawl that involved him and Tommy Lee.

Set the record straight on the incident, Rock claimed it was not Pamela Anderson but Tommy's mouth that caused the fight. "... he's doing what he does best, he's talking. I mean this is what stars all seem to be doing. And I really can't say a lot about it, my attorneys told me not to obviously, but I think there's enough eyewitnesses there to say what happened and of course he has a different story which makes perfect sense," so Rock said.

With things all fixed for "Sex and the City" to enter production soon, looks like it's the right time for New Line Cinema to unveil the day the flick is going to take off.

Yes, MTV has obtained information stating that the studio and HBO Films will launch the film to theaters nationwide next year on May 30 to be exact. Pic thereby will face quite tough competition on the box office as the Judd Apatow-produced "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and Eddie Murphy comedy "Starship Dave" are also slated to come up on the same date.

Stuart Townsend and Charlize Theron are husband and wife. Well, sort of. The Hollywood sweethearts have called each other husband and wife despite the fact that they are not yet make their union legal.

"I'm married," People quoted Townsend as saying. "I didn't do a church wedding or anything, but we're married. We're husband and wife. We love each other and we want to spend our lives together. We didn't have a ceremony. I don't need a certificate or the state or the church to say otherwise. So no there's no big official story on a wedding, but we are married. ... I consider her my wife and she considers me her husband."

That Paris Hilton has lots of money, no one would doubt it. But that she has so many pets, maybe not all people now that. In fact, the socialite does have numbers of pets that she, due to her hectic schedules, could not look after by herself. And she thus employs a helper, which she calls "zoo keeper."

Having such animals, as dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits and monkeys, does "make me really happy. I just love my pets," so Paris told Elle magazine. "The monkeys and ferrets are at my ranch, but the dogs and cats and bunnies run around my house. I have this guy, Eric, who's like a zoo keeper, and he's with them all the time. He loves them, and I love them, too. But since I work a lot I'm not always home."