November 05, 2007

Two shining stars are about to join forces to illuminate a new big screen project from Red Wagon Entertainment and Persistent Entertainment. Report brought by The Hollywood Reporter claims Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal are both attached to topline "Nailed", a risque political satire set to be directed by "Three Kings" maker David O. Russell.

Biel is said to play a socially awkward small-town receptionist named Sammy Joyce who accidentally gets a nail shot into her head by a clumsy workman, leading her to go on a crusade to Washington to fight for the rights of the bizarrely injured. As for Gyllenhaal, the actor will portray an immoral congressman who takes advantage of her sex drive and capitalizes on her crusade as she heads into her own career in politics.

This time, it will be a remake for Sylvester Stallone instead of another sequel. Variety has reported that the action star now is engaged in talks to both direct and topline "Death Wish", an MGM redo of its 1974 crime drama starring Charles Bronson.

"We are looking at our library to determine which potential franchise properties make the most sense for us to produce, and 'Death Wish' was clearly one of that jumped out," MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands remarked. "We hope to get a deal done with Sylvester Stallone to direct and star, and like the 'Rocky' and 'Rambo' films, we see this as another potential franchise for him."

The Killers have debuted the music video of their special collaboration with Lou Reed. The clip of 'Tranquilize' was premiered in U.K. the end of last month and has now received its world premiere.

The video features frontman Brandon Flowers wandering around in a seemingly deserted house where Reed was sitting at a piano.

Time to witness never-before-seen footage from "Iron Man", folks. An international teaser trailer for the flick has been found out to have already circulated on the net by now, which sure gives you another look on the highly-anticipated superhero movie.

Running almost one minute on YouTube, the teaser opens grandly with explosive shots before shifting to the abducted Tony Stark forging his armor to rescue himself. What's special here is that we can get more glimpses of Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia 'Pepper' Potts, Stark's executive secretary.

A new reality show is coming up on CMT, a cable channel specializing on country music. 'Can You Duet?' will search two talented artists that will keep the legacy of such legends as Johnny Cash and June Carter.

The one-hour show will be comprised in 11 episodes where contestants will be paired with different person each night. One by one, a contestant will be sent home based on the judgment from the panel of jury which will be determined soon.

Becoming the queen for her people, it is Queen Elizabeth II's first foray into the entertainment world with her being included on Vogue Magazine's list of Today's Glamorous Women for its December 2007 issue, praised for being "as glamorous in her brogues and headscarf in Balmoral as she is wearing the crown jewels."

Defined the word glamor as "about how you wear something, not about what you wear," the Fashion bible places The Queen alongside a host of hugely popular names on its 50-strong "Definitive List of Today's Glamorous Women," which among others include veteran actress Helen Mirren and British socialite Jemima Khan, who's also known as Hugh Grant's former girlfriend.

The joy of Christmas already hit Hollywood on Saturday, November 3, 2007 as the celebration of the world premiere for "Fred Claus" took place at the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theater.

Snow was falling down on the red carpet while a white Christmas three was erected near the film poster, all greeting the flick's cast members and guests upon their arrivals on the scene.

Apparently battling his foes is way much easier for Batman than plunging into Hong Kong harbor's water.

Report from South China Morning Post has just informed that producers of "The Dark Knight" were forced to cancel a scene involving the superhero jumping from a plane into the city's famed Victoria harbor due to water pollution. Those studio execs seemingly considered the water quality there was horribly poor and so, could pose a potential health risk for the one conducting the stunt.

Celine Dion took a prestigious honor at 2007 World Music Awards that was held yesterday (November 4) in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The singer was handed Legendary Award, for her voice "soothes the world's hearts and creates smiles of love across the face of the world".

Dion addressed her family in her acceptance speech saying, "Every time I go on stage, it's all of them going on stage with me." She also performed the first single and title track of her album 'Taking Chances' which will be released on November 13.

Already has her own line of hair and beauty products and has endorsed the Proactiv Solution, not to mention her many other commercials, Jessica Simpson has on Saturday November 3rd launched her new line of perfume and in companion also debuted her new line of handbags and shoes.

Wearing a baggy blue dress with deep V-neckline and caramel leather boots, Jess appeared at Macy's flagship store in New York, signing autographs and promoting her new 'Jessica Simpson' fashion line. Her range among others include shoes, boots, coats and handbags. They are all available to buy online at Macy's.

Arguably considered by many as one of the world's most powerful women, Oprah Winfrey who has already had a very success career in the US television with her famous talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is now taking over the YouTube world.

In an announcement made by the online video sharing site and Harpo Productions Inc. Friday November 2nd, both parties made the debut of the Oprah channel on YouTube official.

Good reviews and packed theaters are obviously two desired goal every big screen title aims for when it comes to the surface, and it appears that true-life crime saga "American Gangster" has achieved them both to secure the No. 1 spot on the weekend box office running November 2-4, 2007.

Surpassing the expectations of its distributor, the Universal Pictures release successfully sold $43.6 million worth of tickets during its three-day debut, a remarkable number its fellow newcomer and closest competitor "Bee Movie" failed to beat. Despite the heavy marketing, the family cartoon sadly fared less with $38 million, but it was powerful enough to push last-week champ "Saw IV" to number three as the horror pic scored way lower at $10.3 million.

Chance finally has come upon us to take our early look on the star-studded "Pride and Glory." New Line Cinema as the studio behind the flick has finally launched online the first trailer for the crime drama, starring Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Ehle, and Jon Voight.

Having duration of two and a half minutes, the trailer can now be reached through AceShowbiz's Pride and Glory Trailer section, or simply take a look at it below. It mostly centers on the character Norton plays, Ray Tierney, giving us a peek on his family of cops and his investigation on a corruption scandal that involves his own brother and brother-in-law.

On what seemingly a third Britpop invasion, Boyzone is returning to the music scene with a one-off gig. All the five members - Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Mickey Graham, Shane Lynch, and Keith Duffy - will be reunited on one stage for 'Children in Need'.

The Irish boy band will perform on the BBC annual charity special that is aired November 16, Keating's official site has revealed. No information yet on what song they will perform. Last year, Keating appeared on the show as a solo artist.

Making her first foray into the annual New York City Marathon Sunday November 4th, Katie Holmes completed her stint at the 26.2 mile challenge in 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds, cited as not bad for someone who reportedly trained for three months.

Wearing a dark FDNY baseball cap and purple tank top, Holmes sported the number F127.

It's a known fact that nowadays celebrities are spending more time getting booked than working on their career in the industry. After all the many stars getting into trouble with the law, Shia LaBeouf is the next. The actor has become the latest Hollywood entertainment figure to be put behind bars.

Shia, who's well known as the cast of the action adventure science fiction flick "Transformers," was arrested in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning November 4th outside a Walgreens, after refusing to leave the store because he appeared intoxicated.

Kylie Minogue seems to go with the doctor's advise not to push herself into a world tour that may put her health in jeopardy. The 39-year-old who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 is not touring to support 'X', at least in near future.

As much as she wants it, disappointed Kylie revealed to Daily Mail, "The tour is not going to happen, it is far too soon. I can't do it next year. It kind of breaks my heart because that is what I'm in this business for. Not being able to go ahead with my plans is a real downer."

The "European Oscar" is about to roll once again now that the European Film Academy officially announced contenders for its European Film Awards this year on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at the Seville Film Festival.

Selecting a number of acclaimed titles and names, the Academy gives special attention to British royal family drama "The Queen" by granting it six nods in total, thereby putting the flick on top of the list. Nominations given included those of best picture, best actress for Helen Mirren, and best director for Stephen Frears.

While words are mounting already on Christina Aguilera's pregnancy confirmation, here we bring you more details on her revelation to Glamour Magazine.

Aguilera, who's been media darling since quite sometimes with her being pregnant, is keen enough to share in an interview with Glamour on how is it going with her impending motherhood. Has finally confirmed the already widely-reported observation that she is expecting a baby, the singer told the publication she would "enter into mommyhood" at the start of next year.

Amid the debate on his controversial album title, Nas has released a music video for 'Surviving the Times', one of the only two new materials from his Greatest Hits compilation that is released this week. The song itself was debatable when it leaked in recent weeks.

Deemed 'new', 'Surviving the Times' was reportedly stolen from an underground MC named Wordsmith. In a written statement to HipHopDX.com early last month, Wordsmith said the the beat happened to resemble his 2006 single 'As the Art Fades Away'. He added that there was no intention to "attack" Nas with the letter but he would let "everyone judges this fairly" by comparison of the two.

It's baby booming. With Cate Blanchett and Christina Aguilera just come out of the closet with their impending motherhood revelation and Jennifer Lopez to come next, Milla Jovovich is now a mother. The actress has just given birth to her first child with film writer and director fiance Paul W. S. Anderson.

Milla gave birth to a baby girl Saturday November 3rd, the couple's representative tells People. The newly born, named Ever Gabo Anderson, was born at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and weighed in at 7 lbs., 8 oz.

Mary J. Blige's album 'Growing Pains' gets a one week push back according to Rap-up.com. The eight studio album will be released on December 18 instead of December 11 as previously scheduled.

The delays have started since November when the album was expected to be released on the 20th but was changed to one week further. MeadiaTakeOut.com then reported that it was further pushed to December 11 to avoid a chart battle with Beyonce Knowles' live album and DVD combo.

Oh yes she is. The pregnancy speculation is true, Cate Blanchett is pregnant, much to her joy.

The movie beauty has, during a red carpet appearance in Sydney for the premiere of her new movie, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," officially confirmed that she and playwright husband Andrew Upton are expecting their third child together.