October 05, 2007

A surprising news has been brought up by IESB.net regarding the one to direct "Escape from New York." The site revealed that Brett Ratner has stepped in to take over the helming duties for the project previously assigned to "Live Free or Die Hard" director Len Wiseman, giving a guarantee that the scoop is one hundred percent fact.

Admitted to have contacted a source at New Line Cinema, the studio producing the flick, IESB further informed that though Wiseman is still attached to "Gears of War", chance seems little for him to handle the task. The same source told that New Line apparently has concerns over the swelling budget of the movie and will most likely not move forward with it at all.

Filming on "The Incredible Hulk" apparently has moved from Toronto to the neighborhood city of Hamilton, Ontario, and a number of new photos from the set, reportedly taken on October 4/5, 2007, have delightfully made their way to pop up on the net.

Courtesy of Superhero Hype!, the images shown seem to have similarity with those from Yonge Street where cars were spotted to get severely smashed down. An explosion was also clearly presented in one of the pictures as well as a police car, indicating that the scenes shot were for another action sequence in the movie.

Quick move appears to have been made on "Greta" as Hilary Duff recently was spotted to already shoot a scene for the project on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, as seen on the left.

Shots were reportedly taken from the old Asbury Park power station. Pic itself has been learned to be filmed primarily in Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, and Neptune, New Jersey.

Sure it will be such a big treat for moviegoers who are counting the day to watch "Lars and the Real Girl" in theaters. MGM has joyously posted online not only one but seven clips from the comedy which you can see here right at AceShowbiz.

All undoubtedly revealing more about the movie, the clips mostly center on the titular character, played by Ryan Gosling, who landed Oscar's best actor nomination this year for "Half Nelson." Take your time to check them all one by one.

Rumors have been up and down that Radiohead is closing deal with a label to release their new album physically. The band that has been unsigned for more than a year, have several potential labels on their list including old time partner, EMI.

The band's managers have previously confirmed that 'In Rainbows' will be released in CD format sometime in 2008. It is currently being distributed digitally through their official site that was crashed due to the huge demand.

Lots of goodies from Will Smith-starrer "I Am Legend" can be checked out now as Warner Bros. Pictures has delightfully launched the official website for the post-apocalyptic movie, set to hit theaters December 14, 2007.

The most interesting feature in it could probably be the daylight meter which you can examine by submitting various U.S. postal codes. Others include photo gallery, teaser trailer, synopsis, and a news feed. In addition, there are also cool wallpapers and buddy icons as well as a screen-saver and poster that you can download for free.

Free Foxy Brown. No, it's not a petition nor movement. It's the new Website the imprisoned rapper has just launched in an attempt to keep herself in touch with her fans from behind bars.

Announced on Thursday October 4th, the new site FreeFoxyBrown.com, will feature up-to-the-minute updates on the rapper who is said to have personally involved in creating its content.

Two videos down, Chris Brown is working on the third one from 'Exclusive'. The track chosen to be made its clip is believed to be 'With You'.

A fan happen to catch the R&B singer shooting the video in downtown L.A. and made the tape. Details are still scarce but it's known that a director named Erik White takes in the project.

Jamie Foxx is mad about 40. The actor who's going to turn 40 December 13th later this year has revealed he is planning to hold a worldwide party with everything being themed '40'.

Revealed on the planned birthday party, Foxx told Ellen DeGeneres on her on Wednesday's show, he and actor-rapper pal Ludacris, who turned 30 on September 11th, "going to go all over the globe. We're coming door to [your] door. We're going to get a bus. I'm coming to you."

Finally moviegoers can now grab footage from Johnny Depp's latest starring vehicle "Sweeney Todd." Yes, the first trailer for the anticipated movie has already been made available on the net, still presenting the typically dark, dank, world of director Tim Burton.

Put on Yahoo! Movies, the trailer seemingly contains all the great stuff that Burton has showcased in most of his works. Though so, it apparently tends to hide the fact that the flick is actually a musical feature, only including one singing scene by Depp.

Her personal life may get the spotlight at the moment, but soon Britney Spears' music career will take over. A rep confirmed to People.com that her music video for 'Gimme More' will air on Monday (October 8) on MTV's TRL at 3:30 p.m. ET.

People has also gained a sneak peek of the video, saying that Britney will play dual roles: "sexy brunette pole dancer, and a curious blonde watching her." The brunette aka the 'Bad Britney' will dance around the pole in sexy costume while the innocent blonde watches her from the bar.

Thierry Henry is the next athlete to launch his own line of clothing.

The French footballer has teamed up with high-profile fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger on the range with all proceeds going to his charity foundation, the One 4 All Foundation, which is set up to fight against racism and social inequality.

What a wonderful job talents behind "Iron Man" have managed to carry out. Previously amazed us with the teaser trailer for the project, they now are unleashing a cool new teaser poster online as you can see on the left.

Just like its predecessors, the poster still features the titular character himself, only this time the hero flashes burning energy blue eyes against the black background. Simple enough, but captivating indeed, so to say.

Following his hospitalization on Tuesday night October 2nd, Isaac Hanson underwent "life-saving" surgery Thursday October 4th and is expected to make full recovery anytime soon that he could perform with band Hanson by next week.

"The life-saving surgery was performed by Dr. Bradley Grimsley, who was extremely satisfied with the results and expects Isaac to make a full and swift recovery," the band's rep, Ken Phillips, tells People.

Soleil Moon Frye, best known for her childhood role as the title character in TV sitcom "Punky Brewster," is pregnant with her second child.

According to People, Frye is due in the spring of 2008.

The Desperate Housewives are sorry.

ABC Studios and the producers of American comedy series "Desperate Housewives" have apologized for a slur against Filipino medical workers occurred in Sunday night's season premiere of the show.