November 21, 2009

After Megan Fox has been confirmed to reprise her role as Mikaela Banes in "Transformers 3", there was a speculation that her character would be dead in the first few frames of the upcoming movie. In a recent interview with USA Today, however, director Michael Bay did not only dismiss the rumor but also promised a "great part" for the actress.

"She's got a great part in 'Transformers 3'," the helmer said on Fox, who considered him as Hitler when he was doing his duty. Asked if he plan to kill her off in the third "Transformers" movie, Bay who is currently working on the script said, "No, no, no. She gets enough of that already."

This Sunday, November 22, "The Simpsons" presents the guest voice by Jonah Hill. In "Pranks and Greens" the "Superbad" actor is filling the voice of Andy Hamilton, Springfield's prankster who never grows out of his naughty years.

Fed up with Bart's constant pranks, Principal Skinner tells Bart that there is a former Springfield Elementary student hailed as the best prankster ever - even better than Bart - but he won't divulge the legendary student's name. Bart finally gets Groundskeeper Willie to reveal the prankster's identity: Andy.

Alexa Vega is engaged to be married. Breaking the news of her engagement to film producer boyfriend Sean Covel is HotSpringsStar.com, to which the pair shares details when he proposed to her. The site, moreover, reports a wedding is planned for next year.

Covel says via phone interview from his office in Hollywood that he planned to propose to Vega after he picked up a custom-designed engagement ring from his jeweler friend in Beverly Hills. "I planned to propose in a grove of Christmas trees in Los Angeles," he reveals further. "But when I realized we would be back home doing a screening in Hot Springs, I knew this was the perfect opportunity, so I scrapped the old plan and whipped up a new one."

Lionsgate Films has released a new trailer for supernatural thriller "Season of the Witch". While the previous teaser only managed to introduce some characters of the film, the full theatrical trailer debuted by Fandago gives a look at the journey of a group of knights in transporting an accused witch as well as the obstacles that come in their way.

A 14th century Crusader, Lavey, returns with his comrade Felson to their homeland just to find that it is left devastated by the Black Plague. As church blames sorcery as the cause of the plague, the two knights are ordered to transport an accused witch called The Girl to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

There will be a new singing competition which presents everything raw. NBC is mulling a new TV show called "The Sing-Off" where contestants have to rely on their voice to get through the next round. Nick Lachey, the ex member of boyband 98 Degrees, has been tapped to host and he explained the rules.

"There is nowhere to hide when you're doing an a cappella song," Lachey told People. "There's no band behind you and dubbing. It's just you. It's just them naked on stage and what they have done to prepare is what will show through in that moment."

"I Like" music video from Keri Hilson has been debuted, featuring scenes from Til Schweiger-starring German movie "Zweiohrkuken" in which the song serves as its soundtrack. The footage from the film is sometimes intercepted with captures of Keri's performance.

Keri Hilson won two trophies at 2009 Soul Train Awards earlier this month, leading the winners list along with Beyonce Knowles. She took home Best New Artist and her duet with Kanye West and Ne-Yo on song "Knock You Down" was named Best Collaboration.

17-year-old actor Taylor Lautner tells Seventeen magazine in an interview that he had his first kiss when he was still a junior high student. "It was sometime in junior high. I don't remember what year, but it was definitely in junior high," he opens up. "I think it was just with a random girl from school. I mean, it's not like I walked up to her and was like 'You're just a random girl and I'm going to kiss you,' but just a girl from school, and we had a little thing in junior high."

Speaking of girls, the Jacob Black of "Twilight" admits that though he has become famous, he still finds it hard to talk with people from the opposite sex. "I definitely wouldn't say I overcame that. I guess it just depends on the girl. Sometimes I'll feel free to completely open up, and I wish I could do that more often because that's what I look for in a girl. Someone that can open up and be herself, but no, I definitely haven't overcome it completely," so he confesses.

It looks like Jimmy Fallon has no intention to stop taking a jab at the popularity of Robert Pattinson. The talk show host has just released the latest viral video "Rob is Bothered" which is part of his "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon".

This time, Fallon makes use of the "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" hype to pose as Robert and say that the sequel to "Twilight" bothers him. "Robert is Bothered by New Moon" sees the fake Robert annoyed by the title of the movie and about how much the movie is focusing on werewolves and shirtless guys instead of vampires.

After teasing through several trailers, "The Wolfman" takes the audience behind the scenes of the film in new featurette. Debuted on Friday, November 20, the footage offers a glimpse at the making of the film and provides some never-before-seen scenes. The video, additionally, features commentaries by some cast and crew, including actors Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins as well as producer Scott Stuber.

A remake of the 1941 classic of the same name, "The Wolfman" follows Lawrence Talbot whose childhood ended the night his mother died. One day, he is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Learning that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, he begins an investigation.

Notwithstanding Robert Pattinson's worldwide fame, his "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" co-star Justine Wachsberger doesn't think he is the cutest guy on the film's set. In an interview with OK! Magazine, she says "The guy I find the cutest is not Rob. It would be Charlie Bewley, who plays Demetri. He's part of the Volturi. He's just cute. He's this little British boy, who is in the same style as Rob, but I believe cuter."

Physical appearance aside, Justine in fact only has good words for the "Twilight" leading actor when it comes to his personality. "Rob is really nice. He really got into his character. Edward (Cullen) is part of him now, but he's really a gentleman, he's really sweet, he has great manners, he's funny, but he's shy," so she enthuses. "You would think that with the notoriety that he's gotten that he's pretty outgoing, but he's actually really shy but really nice and low-key."

Neil Patrick Harris' dream comes true quite fast as it is announced that Amanda Peet will indeed guest star on "How I Met Your Mother". There is no clue yet what kind of role Peet will play but TV Guide said her cameo will be in a January episode.

On Thursday, November 19, Harris who plays Barney in the sitcom said that he has Peet in mind for a guest star. "You know, she's never guest-starred on any shows before and plus, she's already worked with Jason Segel once on 'Gulliver's Travels'," he told E! Online. Segel is Marshall in "HIMYM".

Justin Bieber's scheduled meet and greet gathering in New York has been canceled. However, his fans refused to leave the venue, still hoping that the young singer will show up. After learning that matter, Justin wrote on Twitter, "The event at roosevelt mall is canceled. please go home. the police have already arrested one person from my camp. I dont want anyone hurt."

"Im sorry to everyone who was in Long Island at the Mall 2day," the pop singing sensation followed up his message with another post. "I was just trying to come meet fans and never meant to disappoint anyone."

A sneak peek at "Beastly" has been made available for viewing pleasure through the first teaser trailer. Making its way out via MySpace, the relatively short video gives a glimpse at Kyle Kingson who transforms into his beastly form.

Kyle is a handsome rich kid with a mean streak, who is cursed into a grotesque monster after ditching a date. Enraged by his horrible and unrecognizable appearance, he later learns that the only solution to the curse is to find someone that will love him, a task which he considers impossible. Repulsed by his appearance, Kyle's father sends him to Brooklyn, where he lives with a sympathetic housekeeper and blind tutor.

The secret to his tousled hair and his plans of going to college are some of the things that TIME's readers would like to know from Zac Efron. Jennifer Cheng from Freehold, N.J. asks him about how he keeps his hair looking so great all the time. To that question, the actor has this to say, "I've never told anyone this before. This is a hair scoop. Shower before you go to bed, and then sleep on your wet hair. Towel-dry it. In the morning, it's all messed up naturally. If you have that messed-up thing going when you wake up, it's more willing to stay that way."

And when it comes to going to college, a question given by Emily Hansen from Sands Point, N.Y., Zac reveals "I can't say for certain right now." He however is quick to add, "I know at some point I will go back and study, but at this point I'm definitely focusing on working as hard as I can on film."

Toni Braxton takes it to "The Wendy Williams Show" to premiere a music video for her new single "Yesterday". The video was filmed on October 8 in Los Angeles and is directed by Billie Woodruff, witnessing Toni sharing steamy scenes with Trey Songz. Other cameos include L.A. Lakers Ron Artest and Shannon Brown as well as fellow singer Brooke Hogan.

"Yesterday" is the lead single off Toni Braxton's upcoming studio installment "Pulse". The track was debuted in September and becomes her first release since going on a hiatus in 2005.

"Smallville" will take a two-month break starting this week and when it returns on January 22, it will bring along the Justice Society of America (JSA). The episode called "Disciple" sees Clark getting the help he needs much to save the world from the grasp of General Zod.

JSA is comprised of several superheroes such as Hawkman, Stargirl, Doctor Fate, Atom and Spectre but only three out of them have had their actors announced. Brent Stait is playing Dr. Fate, while Britt Irvin is in the shoes of Stargirl. Meanwhile, the actor to play Hawkman, whose first look has been shared, will be Michael Shanks.

Less than a month before "Avatar" world premiere on December 10, "around thirty minutes of the movie remain incomplete", producer John Landau said. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, the filmmaker claimed the scenes need work ranging from sound mixing through color timing along with visual effects. Moreover, Landau argued that there is "little meaningful difference between principal photography and special effects."

If there is a thing that can relieve the problem, digital visual effects company Weta has completed their work on the film, MarketSaw reported. Beside the New Zealand based company, there are six other FX houses involved in the making of the James Cameron's sci-fi movie project. However, it is not known whether or not those companies have wrapped their parts of the film.

All is well with Nicole Richie following announcement made by her publicist earlier this week that the celebrity socialite was hospitalized with pneumonia. Giving up-date on her latest condition is her musician husband Joel Madden who confirms through a post on his band Good Charlotte's official site that his wife has returned home and is recovering.

"So I stepped off the plane after a month out of the country, and basically went straight to the hospital for the week," Joel states in the message. "But don't worry all is well and we are home with no problems. I was supposed to go into the studio a finish the last few vocals for the record, but that had to wait. Family first."

Oprah Winfrey brought it to her show on Friday, November 20 to announce that she is ending the two decades run of "The Oprah Winfrey Show". What started off as a firm statement became an emotional and personal outpour from Oprah who fought back tears.

"I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to know when it's time to say goodbye," she said. "Twenty-five years feels right in my bones, and it feels right in my spirit. It's the perfect number, the exact right time."

Miley Cyrus will still continue her Wonder World traveling show despite the tour bus crash which killed its driver Bill Douglas. A representative for the Disney songstress confirms that matter to Gossip Cop, telling that her next concert, which will be held on November 22 in Greensboro, North Carolina, will go ahead as scheduled.

"We are deeply saddened by the loss of Bill 'Uncle Bill' Douglas," Miley released a statement soon after learning about the accident. "Members of our tour are like members of our family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family in the midst of this tragedy. He will truly be missed."

After releasing an international trailer, "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" has provided another sneak peek to the movie by debuting a new trailer. Beside giving a look at more never-before-seen scenes of the film, the video also highlights Percy Jackson who gets help from his friends in his adventure.

Percy is a normal 12-year-old student who discovers that he is the demigod son of the Greek god, Poseidon. He later learns that the legendary beings of Greek mythology still exist in Mount Olympus which is located on the mythical 600th floor of the Empire State Building.

It's official, Heidi Klum is now Heidi Samuel. The supermodel has her request to legally adopt her husband Seal's last name being approved by a Los Angeles court commissioner on Friday, November 20.

Notwithstanding the approval, Heidi is yet to make public announcement whether or not she intends to be known professionally as Heidi Samuel. Statement also hasn't been made by her people.

"The Twilight Saga's New Moon" paves its way smoothly with the midnight earning at the box office. The number submitted by Summit Entertainment shows that the sequel to "Twilight" has taken approximately $26.3 million from 3,514 theaters on the eve of Friday, November 20.

It is a box office record for midnight screening this year because "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" topped it off with $22.2 million this summer. Even "The Dark Knight" which eventually took a high weekend gross from the box office only had $18.5 million from the midnight sale.

Miley Cyrus and her family are quick to respond to breaking news regarding the accident happened to one of her four tour buses that killed its driver Bill Douglas. In a statement posted on the actress-singer's website, they share their heartfelt support and prayers for the family of the so-called "Uncle Bill".

Bill, whose real name is William G. Douglas, 53, of Austin, Texas, died at the scene when the bus he was driving ran off the left side of Interstate 85 in Virginia, struck an embankment and overturned. The accident occurred at around 8:15 A.M. Friday, November 20 in Dinwiddie County, about 40 miles south of Richmond. Speed and weather weren't considered factors.

Jennifer Lopez finally brings forward a music video in support of her new song "Fresh Out the Oven". Directed by Jonas Akerlund, the video features male and female dancers bouncing to the Pitbull-featuring track which serves as a promotional song for her new album "Love?".

Previously, the lead single for the effort has hit the web. Titled "Louboutins", it reportedly is produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and written by The-Dream. It was meant to be recorded for Brandy's forthcoming release, but following Brandy's exit from Epic Records, it was handed over to J-Lo.