November 08, 2007

Broken heart and remain single is an old story for Lance Bass. The former boy-bander, who recently publicly stated that he once married a girlfriend after having a wild night with her in Sin City with the intention to get free drinks all night, is off the market. And this time on, referring to his being gay, found himself a new boyfriend.

Previously dated "Amazing Race" winner Reichen Lehmkuhl and has since their split being romantically linked to model Pedro Andrade, Bass' new fling, Ben Thigpen, comes from not-far-away from Hollywood entertainment profession. He's a hairdresser.

Though currently busy filming "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army", Guillermo del Toro apparently is still able to lay eyes on another film project. According to Variety, the Mexican filmmaker is about to write, direct, and produce "Champions", a sci-fi action feature from United Artists.

Project, a big screen version of the 1968-69 British TV series of the same name, thereby will mark a departure for del Toro, who is known for his work in comic-book adaptations such as "Hellboy" and "Blade II" or horror fare "The Devil's Backbone" and fantasies like "Pan's Labyrinth."

Recently ditching his helming duties on "Pompeii", Roman Polanski turns out to have taken a new big screen title as his next directing gig. Report from Variety has stated that the Paris-born filmmaker is set to work on a political thriller feature titled "The Ghost."

Based on Robert Harris' recently-published novel of the same name, project concerns a ghostwriter who is hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister and uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy. The author is said to also come on board helping Polanski adapting the book to a screenplay.

Having seen such famous actors, as Jennifer Garner and Claire Danes, making their Broadway debut, its' just a matter of time to finally see our adorable movie beauty Jessica Alba doing her part on stage. The sexy actress is being courted to star in a Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" in the spring, it has been reported.

Most recognized for her movie career but is having zero experience in case of stage play, in fact, doesn't prevent Broadway from wanting Alba.

Finally we can get our first look at Jessica Simpson in motion as a pampered film star who desperately signs on to be an army officer. Yes, Millennium Films as one of the studio behind her latest vehicle "Major Movie Star" has already brought up a promo trailer for the comedy online by now.

You can watch the trailer in either Quicktime or Windows Media Player format through links on the Major Movie Star Trailer page at AceShowbiz. The piece is clear enough in giving us understanding about the flick's basic plot while mostly showing moments spent by Simpson's character Megan Parker at the army training.

Remains single since breaking up from her latest boyfriend DJ AM in March, Mandy Moore keeps herself away from both public and media attention. She's rarely seen hanging out in the places common to Hollywood celebrities. And just now, the singer-actress sent shock to public worldwide with her being reported dating actor Matthew Perry.

Both stars, according to Page Six, were seen on a date last week in New York.

Eagles have intended their latest album 'Long Road Out of Eden' to be a one time only. The reunited band will not make anymore albums after that although 'Eden' scored #1 in both U.K. and U.S.

"This is the final statement," drummer Don Henley told NME.com. "We got back together and went around the world twice on tour but then there was nothing left to do without new music. Now we have this album that fits in with our body of work. There won't be another Eagles album after this."

The last piece of the puzzle has finally been found. Completing the main lineup of "Star Trek" cast, Paramount Pictures has locked Bruce Greenwood for the role of Starship Enterprise's first captain Christopher Pike, which Tom Cruise was previously speculated to be up for.

The character was first featured in the original pilot of the series, created by Gene Roddenberry, but was failed to grace the audience as the pilot was rejected by CBS then NBC. He, however, was later weaved back into "Star Trek" lore and showed up in a two-part episode.

Just now we presented you with more pictures of Jennifer Lopez showing off her growing baby bump. And here it comes the official conformation right straight from the diva's mouth. Unlike fellow expectant celebs Christina Aguilera and Cate Blanchett who made their pregnancy official in an interview, the Bronx singer shared the good news to fans first.

Lopez was performing one of several concerts in Miami Wednesday night November 7th along with her husband Marc Anthony when she unexpectedly told South Florida concertgoers that she and husband are having a baby on the way. "Marc and I are expecting," Lopez told the crowd of fans in Miami who erupted with screams and applause.

Amy Winehouse who was denied a visa to U.S. last month, is now given a green light to enter the country. This has led to speculation that she will end making up for the cancelled performance at mtvU Woodies Awards which will be held tonight (November 8).

One thing for sure, Rilo Kiley and Lupe Fiasco have been confirmed to take the event's stage in New York City as the performers. Both will join the already announced Tokyo Police Club, The Academy Is... and Spank Rock.

Nick Hogan's freedom stops just now. The son of wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan was cited on numbers of serious criminal charges, one most obvious is third-degree felony reckless driving involving serious bodily injury, stemmed from an August car crash that left his passenger in critical condition.

Nick was arrested early Wednesday morning November 7th by police in Clearwater, Florida, for his involvement in the street-racing crash back on August 26th that left his best friend John Graziano remains hospitalized, reportedly in a coma.

It turns out that Michael Bay won't be the one taking care of Walt Disney Pictures' "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" despite the previous heavy publication. Variety has just revealed that an offer to assume the directing duties has been made to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" helmer Mike Newell.

The site went on saying the man met Disney execs to discuss the project this week with negotiations being expected to begin shortly. The studio recently was learned to not race to get the flick into production until labor issues are resolved.

Jay-Z's 'American Gangster' is the predicted top seller next week on Billboard Hot 200 chart. Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart that was released yesterday (November 7) reported that 179,000 copies have been sold on the first day.

His number is followed by Chris Brown's 'Exclusive' (107,000), this week's chart reigner Eagles' 'Long Road Out of Eden' (89,000) and Garth Brooks' 'The Ultimate Hits' (61,000).

Relatively new singer J. Holiday has lifted 'Suffocate' as the third single from October 2 released 'Back of My Lac'. The single is also written by The-Dream who penned his charting single 'Bed'.

BET has premiered the video for it. It was directed by Jonathan Mannion who also directed him in the clip of 'Bed'.

Once Celine Dion has freed herself from the contract with Las Vegas' Colosseum at Caesars Palace, she will concentrate on supporting 'Taking Chances'. The new album will be promoted in 45 dates all across North America and Canada, but not so soon.

The Las Vegas contract will wind down December 15 but Dion is taking her time for the first date in Stateside. It is only begun in Boston on August 12 next year and will run up to January 20, 2009 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Before that she will first serve some dates in Europe, Asia and Africa that will start February 14 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Is having a very full plate on her nowadays' acting agenda, self-proclaimed gamer Kristen Bell is taking time out from her hectic filming schedules to have a bit fun doing something related to her gaming hobby. The screen beauty adds one more credit into her career resume with her invading the video game world, lending her likeness to the highly anticipated "Assasin's Creed."

Computer and video game publisher and developer Ubisoft announced Tuesday November 6th the tapping of Bell to play a key character in its historical-fantasy game, "Assassin's Creed" which will be available on Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 by November 13th.

Jamaican pop singer Sean Kingston has pulled the third single from his self-titled debut album. The track he had chosen to follow up charting hits 'Beautiful Girls' and 'Me Love' is the J.R. Rotem-produced 'Take You There'.

The music video for this single has just been premiered on MTV's TRL. It was shot in hometown Miami earlier last month, particularly at three spots, Pelican Harbor Marina, South Beach and the streets of Little Haiti.

A big update has been made on the official site for Lionsgate Films' "The Spirit", making it more than a mere splash page now.

There you can view a video greeting from director-writer Frank Miller, in which he praises the original comic strip creator Will Eisner while encouraging fans to keep an eye on the site for future updates about the project.

With his divorce saga with estranged wife Heather Mills is still in the on-going stage, Paul McCartney has become media darling with the divorce settlement issue, mainly focused on the custody of daughter Beatrice and spousal support payment, which has yet come to an end by now. Hot on the heels of the former couple's splitting up business, there comes a new report that suggests Macca has found new love in American millionaires divorcee, Nancy Shevell.

McCartney and Nancy are reported to have been photographed kissing. The shot of the former Beatle kissing the divorcee in the front seat of his truck was published first by The Sun of London, but quickly made its way across the pond to the Daily News, the New York Post and Newsday.

Production on "The Incredible Hulk" has already moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, so it is obviously a great delight to find out that some photos from the set have been brought up to the surface, thanks to madeinbrazil.typepad.com, ego.globo.com, and oglobo.globo.com.

Most of the pics taken appear to focus on the flick's lead actor Edward Norton though there is a snapshot of his co-star Tim Roth as well. Wearing a cap and red shirt, Norton was also spotted to be involved in discussion with director Louis Leterrier in Tavares Bastos.

Carrie Underwood claimed her second trophy at Country Music Association Awards this year when she was announced as the winner of Female Vocalist of the Year. The singer who beamed in her yellow dress previously won 'Single of the Year' for 'Before He Cheats'.

Brad Paisley who is nominated for five categories at the event has just been named 'Male Vocalist of the Year'. He had pocketed Video of the Year for 'Online' earlier that evening.

It is sad for us to inform that "Lost" lovers, Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan, have lost their love for each other. The couple is reported to have broken up.

Monaghan, an English actor who received international attention from the success of playing Merry in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is said to be spotted crying in a woman's arms, not Lilly, at El Coyote restaurant in L.A. on Saturday November 3rd.

Have had their union as husband-and-wife officially dissolved back in August apparently won't prevent Christina Applegate and Johnathon Schaech to act "friendly" to one another. The former couple was seen hooking up just last week, thus prompted rumors they are back on again. Are they?

Confirmation on Applegate and Schaech have rekindled their romance sounds make sense and acceptable by the fact that they've been reported to be getting cozy together at L.A. hot spot Les Deux on Friday night November 2nd. People, who first to bring the matter to public, quoted a witness as saying, "They just made out all of a sudden. They didn't really look around to see who was looking, it just happened, but it wasn't that weird after. They just went along talking to friends and separated soon after and both kept partying."

Back then we already took our grab on initial pictures from Al Pacino and Robert De Niro-starrer "Righteous Kill", and now the first batch of official stills of the project has delightfully hit the net for you to see.

Sent by studios backing up the flick to Empire Online, there are four photos posted capturing the images of Pacino and De Niro as Detective David Fisk and Detective Thomas Cowan, respectively. One of them finds the twosome going face-to-face, as you can see above left, while the other three show them doing what looks like to be a shooting exercise.

The award giving at this year's Country Music Association Awards continues with more names called up to the stage. Some winners including Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and the event's big nominee George Strait have been previously announced.

After Rascal Flatts was named 'Vocal Group of the Year', it's time for Sugarland to earn their 'Vocal Duo of the Year'. Member Kristian Bush bid a 'thank you' to fellow duo performer, Brooks & Dunn on the acceptance speech. Strait then took his second winning at the event, 'Album of the Year', for 'It Just Comes Natural'.

A fourth child is just around the corner for Brooke Burke and actor fiance David Charvet.

Words are mounting that the television personality and model, known for hosting "Wild On!" (1999-2002) and "Rock Star" (2005-2006), is pregnant again.

Pictures speak lauder than words. She herself remains silent on the pregnancy reports surrounding her, whereas her husband insists no baby in the oven. Just last week her high profile fashion designer Roberto Cavalli confirmed that Jennifer Lopez is waiting for the baby, and just now the remain silent star has revealed her growing baby bump. And it's big you know? Could it be true that she and husband Marc Anthony are expecting twins?

Notwithstanding with speculation on double babies for J.Lo, the singer has made it obvious to everyone of us that there's indeed a bun in the oven when photos appeared of her showing off her growing bump at a charity baseball game Monday November 5th.

Early winners of Country Music Association Awards have been announced. Among those warming up for the event is Carrie Underwood who snapped 'Single of the Year' through, undoubtedly, 'Before He Cheats'.

Underwood's winning is accompanied by two categories that were announced later on, 'Vocal Group of the Year' and 'Song of the Year'. The former went to Rascal Flatts who just had their latest effort topping the Billboard chart and the latter went to George Strait through his hit 'Give It Away'.