September 25, 2007

The 55th annual San Sebastian Film Festival played tribute to Richard Gere on Sunday, September 23 as the actor finally received the 2007 Donostia Award on a ceremony held at Kursaal Palace in San Sebastian, Spain.

Arrived at the occasion alongside his wife, former model and actress Carey Lowell, the "American Gigolo" star was presented the honor by Spanish-Italian actress Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, known to U.S. audience for her performance in Keanu Reeves starrer "A Walk in the Clouds."

When she's off singing in the opera, Emmy Rossum is humming pop tunes in her new album. The singer slash actress has debuted a fresh music video for her first single 'Slow Me Down'.

A contrast to her subtle popular 'Phantom of the Opera' role, Emmy displayed a sexy side in the new video. In her own words, Emmy described the clip's concept as "different speeds because the song's about the pace of life and to create the blur of the world and how overwhelming that can be."

A fashion lover, Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen sure know what is best to wear. And most of all they do know what collection is best for your pocket. Sensible to market demand, the twins are offering their "affordable" clothing line, the "Elizabeth & James" collection.

"It's a sophisticated woman with a playful side and is still chic. It's someone who understands fashion and understands details and expects that as well. It's [for] someone who understands the design aspects of fashion [and] the designer product, but also doesn't want to pay designer prices," Ashley tells WomenWear Daily about her new collection.

Last noticed to give positive respond on the idea of him being in "Shazam!", The Rock turns out to have already got into discussions for not only one but two main roles in the movie.

The wrestler-turned-actor, whose real name is Dwayne Johnson, recently revealed to MTV News that he is in talks to play either Captain Marvel or the villainous Black Adam and so, is calling on fans of the characters to help him choose which one he should take.

In what seemingly a favorite track to cover, Rihanna's 'Umbrella' has been remade in Plain White T's version. The pop rock band that shot to fame through 'Hey There Delilah' recently covered the full version of the arguably biggest hit this year.

R&B song 'Umbrella' has been covered by many musicians often not in the same genre. Up and coming singer Marie Digby posted her acoustic version on YouTube and received praise while Mandy Moore's ballad version also gained high airplay.

With their rising popularity, thanks to their starring role in the hit MTV series "The Hills," Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge have both been booked to model for Maxim.

As of "The Hills", it is an MTV reality show documenting the life of Conrad and several of her affluent friends in Los Angeles, California after leaving home in Laguna Beach, California and spend their days balancing school and work while maintaining a steady social life.

Nominees of MTV Europe Music Awards has been announced with the people on the list not far from its Stateside version. Justin Timberlake once again rules in terms of numbers, followed by Nelly Furtado, Fall Out Boy and Amy Winehouse among others.

Timberlake has four possibilities to win in the event after nominated for Ultimate Urban, Solo, Headliner and Video Star for 'What Goes Around ... Comes Around'.

The latest film project Morgan Freeman is currently setting up apparently has attracted big names and a major studio to also join in. Variety has learned that Clint Eastwood is eyeing the director's chair in "The Human Factor" with Matt Damon and Warner Bros. Pictures being in talks to star in and finance, respectively.

An adaptation of John Carlin's book "The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Changed the World", the movie centers on the 1995 Rugby World Cup held in South Africa which Mandela used as a means to end decades of mistrust and hatred between whites and blacks. Damon reportedly is negotiating to play the captain of the Springboks, the South Africa national rugby union team.

Mo'Nique is ugly, literally. The actress-comedian is joining the cast of "Ugly Betty."

TV Guide is reporting that Mo'Nique has just been cast on the TV comedy-drama series as a weekend receptionist at "Mode."

Nicole Scherzinger has completed the music video of her new single 'Baby Love'. It was premiered by MuchOnDemand yesterday (September 24) featuring The Pussycat Doll singer spending quality time with her love interest.

In the clip, Nicole tapes moments with her 'man' during what was seen as a holiday on the beach. will.i.am, the song's producer and featured artist, then appeared on the screen only in the second half to the end of the video.

Start anticipating "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" from now on, folks, for Paramount Pictures has already set June 26, 2009 as the release date of the project, finally.

Sure, the revelation thereby confirms that the studio is really moving ahead with its plan to develop a sequel to its "Transformers" despite the heavy reports on the impending Hollywood strike in June 2008. Nonetheless, this can only mean that filming on the movie therefore must be finished by the end of May 2008 in order to meet the picked date.

Marcia Cross is splendid. Yes, she is.

The "Desperate Housewives" star is the latest model for a company called Splendid. She thus is being featured in an Austrian TV commercial promoting the product.

In February 2008, Lenny Kravitz will release 'It Is Time for a Love Revolution', one part of his album that will be released that year. He will then embark on a tour that hinders huge publicity so that he can "get close to the people and have fun".

The follow up of 2004's 'Baptism', the new album has been baked in four different studios -Bahamas, Paris, New York and Miami - and results in a more experimental sound from the Grammy-winning singer.

New act ready to make a breakthrough, Lucy Walsh has just engaged in an interview with Stu Stone in the DJ's TSM Radio show. During the talk that is co-hosted by Andy Milonakis, the singer revealed how her famous father affects her musically and what would her album 'Lost in the Lights' be like.

Lucy has digitally released a single called 'So Uncool' from the debut album on August 21 and she is currently in process of completing a music video for the song which will be released in near future.

Rumors on Victoria Adams joining The Pussycat Dolls on tour later this year have been all over the net. While there just yet any official confirmation concerning the speculation, we can expect that to be true.

Posh Spice, according the Daily Mail, has been approached by the all-girl group who definitely is a big fan of her. "They've been blown away by Victoria since she arrived in LA. They love her style and think she has the perfect figure for the group. They are all huge Spice Girls fans and can't wait to have her on stage with them," a source close to the Dolls was quoted as saying.

With his 30th birthday about to come and a clothing line ready to be launched, Young Jeezy is planning a big celebration. The rapper is planning to celebrate the launch of his very successful clothing line, Eight732, this week while is keen to celebrate his birthday with a 1940's themed party at a private location.

Jeezy, who said his venturing into fashion business has been just as successful as his music career that he may quit rap for the project, told allhiphop.com "I'm doing a whole week in Atlanta and Miami. That's like the birth of my line, Eight732. The birth is going to be on my birthday [September 28], so it's going to be crazy."

Rihanna is featured sexier and maturer in her new video. The 'Umbrella' singer crawled on bed sporting only bra and classic short pants for the music video of her new single 'Hate That I Love You'.

The clip, that makes her fourth from album 'Good Girl Gone Bad', was premiered on her official website yesterday (September 24). The track is produced by Ne-Yo who also appears in the video playing a guy Rihanna 'accidentally' met in the elevator.

Kicked off his early career as a stage actor before then being cast in numbers of big screen projects, Kevin Spacey is ready to invade the small screen with his being signed to star in HBO's upcoming made for TV movie "Recount" which chronicles the contested presidential election of 2000.

A political drama, "Recount" will focus its story on the ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary events surrounding the fateful vote. It begins with the November 7th elections, follows the slew of controversial court challenges and recounts and culminates with the December 12th Supreme Court ruling that effectively handed George W. Bush the presidency.

Here come more goodies from "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" following the launch of its first movie poster last week. Ain't It Cool News has delightfully obtained and posted online several of the initial conceptual artwork for the project, which recently wrapped its principal photography.

Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures, the artwork, developed by creature supervisor Howard Berger, feature concept images of the creatures from the fantasy adventures, namely hag, satyr, and werewolf. All of the drawings nonetheless give us indication that the Narnia world presented in the film will presumably be darker and more menacing than the first one.

Yes, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is at it again. The organization is unveiling a racy new ad promoting their animal birth control (ABC) campaign, featuring model and burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese.

The ad campaign, which is said to tackle "the issue of companion animal overpopulation and urges people to do their part by taking simple steps to help end this crisis," shows Dita standing in front of a blackboard, cinched in by a powder-pink corset, wearing stilettos and fishnet stockings and a seated bookish-looking older man stares up at her.

The first piece of casting tidbit on the frequently-talked "Justice League of America" has finally come up, and guess who's in the line for one of the coveted roles there. Yes, it's Jessica Biel for sure!

Report from Variety has claimed that the beauty now is in talks to fill in the role of Wonder Woman in this ambitious project of Warner Bros. Pictures. Judging from her schedule, it seems there will be a room for the actress to do her part in the flick as her next starring vehicle of "Powder Blue" is slated to wrap in October while the other, "A Woman of No Importance", is currently in preproduction.

Newly single Lily Allen is single no more. The British pop singer apparently has found a new love soon after breaking up with former boyfriend Seb Chew. Rumors are mounting that she's dating Ed Simons of music duo The Chemical Brothers.

According to The Sun, Lily and Ed have been spotted out together several times in recent weeks. Lily, who's 15 years younger than Ed, was also seen watching him perform at a concert in London's Trafalgar Square from the VIP area earlier this month.

George Clooney is staying clean. The movie hunk, as confirmed by the authorities, is facing no charges in the motorcycle accident happened to him last week.

The Weehawken (New Jersey) Township Police Department told E! News Monday September 24th that "Due to conflicting statements of drivers and the lack of evidence to support either driver's version, no moving violation summonses have been issued to either party at this time. The incident remains under investigation."

Charlotte Church is going public with the name of her newly born daughter. The singer and her rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson have reportedly named their daughter Ruby Megan Henson.

In a statement published on Church's Website on Monday September 24th, it is stated that "Ruby was born at 10.35pm last Thursday (Sep 20th) and weighed in at six pounds 12 ounces, exactly the same weight that Charlotte was when she was born."