September 28, 2007

A computer containing the screenplay for Francis Ford Coppola's new project "Tetro" got stolen by armed bandits when they raided the famed filmmaker's Argentine headquarters on Wednesday night (Sept 26).

An independent news agency, Noticias Argentinas, reported at least five people broke into the offices of Zoetrope Argentina, tying up employees then taking computers, cameras, and other valuables. One of the computers taken turned out to store a script for the movie, which is set to start shooting next year.

The admired, popular mausoleum will finally have its own story, with two big names starring in for sure. Yes, Ben Kingsley has revealed to the Times of India that he is set to act opposite Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai in a film feature about Taj Mahal.

"The movie is on the building of the Taj Mahal," the Oscar winner remarked, adding "I had spoken to Aishwarya last year while we were working on The Last Legion and she very generously agreed to do the movie with me."

The initial refusal previously experienced by "Valkyrie" makers in filming at Berlin's Bendlerblock now is also happening to Nicole Kidman-starred "The Reader." Variety reports that the project has been denied permission to take scenes at historical Sachsenhausen concentration camp, which is located north of Berlin, Germany.

Spokesman for the curators at the site, Horst Seferens, said the filmmakers had asked for an approval to use the location for a key scene in the movie, but the request was ultimately turned down. The man further explained that only documentary filmmakers are allowed to shoot the place, which is now used to commemorate millions of Jews in the Holocaust.

It is a no way that Helena Christensen romancing Heath Ledger.

The Danish supermodel has dismissed the reports that she is dating the father-of-one, telling People at a premiere for acclaimed photographer Anton Corbijn's new movie "Control," "It is so annoying, I can't even tell you. The funny thing is that they write, 'just out of a relationship with Josh Hartnett and now with Heath (ledger).' Josh is one of my dearest friends… And in several different tabloids, they wrote that we were biting each other's faces off or something like that."

Apparently vampire has become such an interesting creature to explore for David S. Goyer. Directing "Blade: Trinity" in 2004, the man now is back for another pic of the blood-thirsty creatures in "Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire."

Produced under New Regency banner, pic is a big screen adaptation of Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden's illustrated novel which was just published by Bantam. Story is about the awakening of supreme evil on Earth and concerns a man named Lord Henry Baltimore who gets bitten by a demonic vampire bat on a WWI battlefield. When the plague destroys his family, Baltimore creates a team to hunt and fight the Red King, the embodiment of all evil.

Mariah Carey has been cleared from copyright infringement case that she has been accused with. Federal judge has ruled out that Carey's 'It's Like That' is copying materials from singer Rachele Chafir's 'Sexy'.

U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood decided that the case is not strong enough to proof that Carey and her team have used Chafir's song which is claimed hardly resembling Mariah's hit. "It was the right decision," Carey's lawyer Ilene Farkas told MTV. "The record was clear in this case."

Rihanna is now a supermodel. Temporary.

The R&B beauty made her catwalk debut Thursday September 27th, strutted her stuff down the catwalk for the Dsquared2 Spring/Summer 2008 collection presented in Milan, Italy.

Thanks to 50 Cent and Kanye West for setting a trend of chart battle, Timbaland is now planning to do the same against "daddy" Dr. Dre. The uber producer may want to challenge Dre, an equally renown producer, by releasing a new album on the same date early next year.

Telling MTV Timbaland said, "I gotta go against my daddy. I call Dre my daddy. To make it be some talk, I gotta go against my big brother. He's my big brother. Dre is my mentor. That would be big."

Mary J. Blige has decided to pull 'Just Fine' as the first single from her upcoming album 'Growing Pains', due November 27. The uptempo track is produced by Jazze Pha and Christopher 'Tricky' Stewart, the latter being responsible for Rihanna's smash hit 'Umbrella'.

Mary's album was due to release on November 20, but it has been pushed back a week later. Little is known about the CD currently, but it has been known that renown producers like Brian Michael Cox, Sean Garrett and Rodney Jekins will contribute to the album. Cox and Mary won a Grammy this year for the track 'Be Without You'.

Bono is adding one more award into his collection. Not for his music work, but for his social work. The rocker and activist accepted the Liberty Medal on Thursday night September 27th for his humanitarian work in Africa, exhorted Americans to keep working to solve the world's problems and spoke of those who are without freedom.

Bono and Debt AIDS Trade Africa organization received the award from former Liberty Medal recipient Pres. George H.W. Bush at the National Constitution Center. In addition to the award, there's also a $100,000 prize, which Bono said will be donated to the organization. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former finance minister of Nigeria who sits on the group's policy advisory board, accepted the award for the Washington-based group.

The next work of Pixar Animation Studios, "Wall-E" , has now got its initial poster, it seems.

The one-sheet, as seen on the left, was first posted by Thomas Huxley of UpcomingPixar.blogspot.com who has claimed to obtain it directly from Buena Vista International, known as the company distributing all features produced by Pixar.

Justin Timberlake has decided to remix his fifth single from 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' with Beyonce Knowles. Remix of 'Until the End of Time' was released on U.S. radio on Wednesday, September 26.

Rumor has it that the official remix will be made the first single if the album is decided to be re-released the end of this year. Another brand new track that didn't appear in the standard version will also be included in the re-released version along with a DVD containing music videos.

Melissa Joan Hart is pregnant with child No. 2, it has been confirmed.

The actress, best known for playing the title roles in the successful television series "Clarissa Explains It All" and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," is four months along, her representative said.

Britney Spears' 'Gimme More' has been released on iTunes on Tuesday, September 25 and is picking up its U.S. iTunes chart victory very quickly. It jumped from #97 up to #16 within hours and immediately soars to #2 as in yesterday (September 27), only seconded by Soulja Boy's 'Crank That'.

The song also earns the same position in France and New Zealand but has even better luck in both Canada and Australia by sitting at the first rank. It is also climbing at a rapid rate in U.S. Singles chart where its position will be determined next week.

Eva Mendes is pregnant. Well, could be.

The sexy movie beauty has fueled speculation she's carrying a bun in the oven after she was spotted showing off her baby bump. Theskinnywebsite.com has some pictures of her proudly showing off her already bigger belly than usual, available for view after this news.

Following the launch of gruesome "Autopsy" clip two weeks ago, two new images from "Saw IV" have now been put online by Moviesonline.ca which are likely to bring more curiosity on fans of the horror franchise.

Taking a look on both pictures, the first one undoubtedly alerts us to a new Glass Box Trap while the second surprisingly features an alive and seemingly healthy Jigsaw. As the twisted serial killer was killed in "Saw III" while producer Mark Burg previously stated that the character would be neither a ghost nor confined to flashbacks, his appearance could probably indicate that the movie may simply be not linear with the other "Saw" films.

Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie now have something else in common besides Brad Pitt. Wanna know what? It is Guinness Book of World Records award. The movie beauties have been awarded the Guinness world record for Most Powerful Actress, Guinness announced Wednesday September 26th.

Both Aniston and Jolie have already shared the headlines with their relationship with Pitt. And while Jolie has been predicted as a possible Oscar nominee for her performance in "A Mighty Heart," Aniston has also hit headlines with her rocky love life. And after assessing the earnings and PR coverage of actresses across the globe in the last 12 months, researchers for the 2007 edition of the records compendium awarded them the joint title.

Good friends Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards are considering a quite big project, posing nude for Playboy. Rumors are abuzz that Playboy magazine has made a $1 million offer for both females to pose nude together in its upcoming issue.

A source told Globe magazine that Playboy boss Hugh Hefner wants the actresses to team up for a spread in its January 2008 issue. Nevertheless, "Neither Pam nor Denise has committed yet, but they're seriously considering it," the source was quoted as saying.

Vivica A. Fox has on Thursday September 27th pleaded not guilty to a drunken driving charge stemmed from her arrest on a Los Angeles freeway back in March.

Lawyer Richard Hutton appeared in a Van Nuys, California, courthouse to enter a not guilty plea on behalf of the actress for two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content just above California's legal limit of .08.

Bollywood movie star Shilpa Shetty was detained and questioned at Mumbai airport Wednesday September 26th over a kiss she received from Richard Gere five months ago.

Shetty was on her way to Berlin where she is set to star in the musical "Miss Bollywood" when immigration officials stopped her. "She called me in the middle of the night and was in tears," her publicist Dale Bhagwagar said Thursday September 27th.