October 18, 2007

It's a rare chance and you got it first here. Gwyneth Paltrow opened the doors to her $5.4 million Long Island home to House & Garden magazine for its November 2007 issue.

Gwyneth and her rocker hubby Chris Martin purchased their trendy East End home back in 2006 and guest what, the Oscar-winning actress was intimately involved in the interior design, about which she said she has "become an encyclopedia of design for my friends."

Nelly has debuted the music video of 'Wadsyaname', the first single from his upcoming album titled 'Brass Knuckles'. The clip shows him trying to pursue many different gorgeous girls in different places only to discover that it was all a dream.

The rapper made the video a story like complete with the "presenting" and "the end" texts. It was directed by the renown Chris Robinson who has taken on videos by Usher, Joss Stone and many others.

Slated to make his way back into the big screen, Corbin Bleu is about to topline a new film feature entitled "Metal Birding" for Rigel Entertainment, Variety has reported.

A motocross action flick, project will find Bleu playing a motocross racer who aspires to win the Amateur National Championships, but has to juggle his passion for the sport while struggling to support his family. Shooting is targeted to begin next month in Vancouver, Canada with Jeff Woolnough helming from script by Jeffrey Nicholson and Joshua Leibner.

Surprise, surprise, the official site for "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" has surfaced online with a pack of fun stuff.

It's an unusual move a studio rarely does in launching a film site, but nevertheless will delight fans of the franchise for sure. Containing many sections to be explored, the site features an interesting slot called "OnSite" where you can read director Guillermo del Toro's first Blog entry from the flick's Budapest set.

Girls Aloud has premiered their purple-themed video on Wednesday, October 17. The clip is for their track 'Call the Shots' that is the second single pulled from the upcoming album 'Tangled Up'.

The video was shot in Malibu, California and partly took the scene on the beach at night. It was shot by director Sean de Sparengo who recently worked on Take That's 'I'd Wait for Life'.

Laila Ali is the next public figure, after all the many celebs, to do the "Got Milk?" ad.

The new Got Milk? ad featuring the professional boxer will be debuted on October 22nd. The photo shot for the ad, taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz in LA back in June, is accompanied with the tagline that read "Take it from me, milk really packs a punch. I'm always striving to be as healthy as I possibly can, I'm always striving to be as healthy as I possibly can, and you always think of milk doing a body good."

Christmas is still two months long, but the spirit already touches our beloved supermodel Kate Moss. The mother of one celebrated the upcoming holiday season early with the launching of her new fashion collection for Topshop, specially designed for the holiday season.

The Christmas collection, which is Moss' fourth range for the high street chain, features floor-length gowns and suits alongside shimmering mini-dresses. The new collections will go on sale on October 25th.

Gearing up for the "X-Men" spin-off about the claw-wielding mutant Wolverine, 20th Century Fox has announced the new title for the project plus the scheduled date of its release in theaters nationwide.

From now on, the Gavin Hood-directed is officially referred as "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and has a slated May 1, 2009 release date, which will put it against Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature of "G-Force." Production is set to begin later this year in Australia before moving to New Zealand and New Orleans.

Debra Messing is back to the small screen, renewing her vows as "The Starter Wife."

The actress, nominated for a 2007 Emmy for Lead Actress in a Miniseries for her work on "The Starter Wife," will reprise her role as Molly Kagan, a woman who after years of marriage to a Hollywood film mogul, is forced to redefine herself and her role in society when he leaves her for a younger woman.

Amid the botox-using rumors, Ashlee Simpson has been slacking on the release of her third album. The not-yet-titled LP has been pushed again, but this time, it's not only for one or two months ahead, but as far as next year.

According to MTV.com, the album will be dropped in the first quarter of 2008. It was originally scheduled for November before being pushed to December. No reason regarding the delay has been released. Ashlee's official site now puts the sign 'coming soon' for the album information.

Bringing back its annually held Horrorfest, After Dark Films has picked up six horror pictures to be featured as part of its 8 Films to Die For. Titles announced are "Borderland", "The Deaths of Ian Stone", "Unearthed", "Frontiers", "Nightmare Man", and "Mulberry Street."

All movies will grace over 350 theaters across the States starting from November 9 up to November 18, 2007. In celebrating the event, After Dark offers All Access Passes and even chance to pre-order tickets as well as to grab the Goodie Bags on the festival's official site, an option they did not present last year.

Constantly making surprises, Jamie Foxx is keen on appearing at the Country Music Association Awards this year with Rascal Flatts. The R&B singer would like to try on his country music skill when the event takes place next month.

The plan is to sing their joint piece 'She Goes All the Way' that appears on the band's new album 'Still Feels Good'. The band will also open the show with the title track of the album, according to CMT.com.

Hollywood's most kept secret is no longer an unconfirmed speculation, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams have called it quit.

The actor has, in an interview with men magazine GQ for its November 2007 issue, officially confirmed that he and McAdams have split several months ago, much to the dismal of their fans. "The only thing I remember is we both went down swingin' and we called it a draw," he told the publication of the break up.

A huge success in many European countries, AYO is set to conquer the States. The singer who brought back the essence of folk music into the mainstream through hit 'Down on My Knees' has garnered a deal with Interscope that will release her debut album in U.S.

'Joyful' is an album containing a selection of masterpieces, blending the rare folk sound with Sade like soul vibe and a twist of reggae. Her album has reached the platinum status in Europe thanks to the already popular first single 'Down on My Knees'.

This month sure has become one delightful period to remember by the Trekkies, none other because it marks the casting made on principal characters for the highly-anticipated "Star Trek." Now the project delightfully gets a new one in the lineup: Karl Urban as Dr. Leonard McCoy aka Bones.

StarTrek.com, the official site of the sci-fi franchise, has confirmed that the New Zealander has been signed on to play the young version of the USS Enterprise chief surgeon/chief medical officer, known for his catch phrase of "He's dead, Jim." The role, featured in the original Star Trek series, and the first six Star Trek films, was originated by actor DeForest Kelley, a native of Atlanta, Georgia who passed away in June 1999 due to stomach cancer.

Already signed numerous endorsement deals with companies including General Motors, Titleist, General Mills, American Express, Accenture and Nike among others, Tiger Woods is having his own brand of sports drink on works.

The professional golfer has signed a deal with PepsiCo Inc.'s Gatorade unit to develop "Tiger-inspired" sports performance beverages for athletes at all levels. The deal reportedly could be worth $100 million.

Linkin Park's new music video for 'Shadow of the Day' was released simultaneously with the single. The clip hit the net on Monday, October 15 while its physical CD arrived in stores the day after.

'Shadow of the Day' is the third single from 'Minutes to Midnight' which music video has the closest idea to the album's title. In the clip, there's only member Chester Bennington who woke up at 11:55 (5 minutes to midnight) and discovered that the world outside has turned to a nasty war place.

Left unhurt in the minor car accident occurred last week, Orlando Bloom isn't far from problem anyway. The movie star is to be investigated by Los Angeles police as they are still looking at the possibilities whether he committed hit and run.

Bloom was driving alone on Fountain Avenue early Friday morning October 12th when another vehicle cut him off and he hit a parked car. Fashion stylist Cher Coulter, who was one of the passengers in the car, suffered a fractured neck.

Though pushed back its original release date from this month to November 2007, 20th Century Fox apparently still puts "Hitman" as one of its film priorities. The studio has just launched a new official site for the thriller action, which also contains a number of new production stills from the flick.

The site does have several interesting features apart from usual goodies like the film synopsis, videos, and downloads. There you can read about the "Anatomy of a Hit", which provides description of the titular character, even things he regularly carries in conducting his operation. Also take time to play online game "The Killer App" or watch "Origins Webisodes".

It's still less than a month, but Paris Hilton can't run away from the fact that she gets bored very quickly with new boyfriend Alex Vaggo and that's why she gave him the boot.

The socialite is said to have dumped the former pizza delivery boy because he was just too quiet and shy for her. "She loved his good looks, but she gets bored very quickly, and he was just too shy and quiet for her," a source told The Sun, adding that Paris "likes bad boys."

Something unusual marked the world premiere of "30 Days of Night" in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 16, 2007. Taking place at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, the occasion surprisingly got a black carpet spread instead of the common red one, but this thankfully didn't seem to reduce the merry atmosphere on the spot, brighten up by the presence of famous names in Hollywood.

Major portion of spotlights certainly went to the some of the horror thriller's cast members who made their way to come celebrating the event. Male lead Josh Hartnett was spotted in semi-formal attire while his on-screen wife Melissa George turned many heads with her animal-print ensemble. Others included Danny Huston, Mark Rendall, Ben Foster, and Megan Franich.

What is it about Lindsay Lohan that's so hot? It's her being reported to have stolen new boyfriend, Riley Giles, from his fiancee.

While rumors are mounting on that matter, UsMagazine.com reported that Giles was engaged to girlfriend Bree Tierney before he met the actress. And it was not until reports on them dating began circulating all over the media that the snowboarder "just stopped calling Bree and never told her about Lindsay," the publication quoted Bree's mom, Tess, as saying.

Almost two weeks after the wedding of Pamela Anderson and her new hubby Rick Solomon, OK! magazine has made public the couple's first ever wedding picture. The photo, snapped by photographer Damon Kidwell who got into it with Orlando Bloom in his car last week before the actor was involved in a car accident, shows the husband-and-wife all smile.

Speaking on her new status, the former "Baywatch" star told OK!, "I am finally fulfilled in my life in every area. I'm having the best time in my life."