November 21, 2007

A senior and talented actress who has to juggle her acting career with her becoming a mother of three, Julia Roberts sticks to be a professional in her field by doing everything in the biggest way possible. Doing her best on screen, the movie beauty is attempting a career reinvention by turning bracelet designer for social issue.

Noted Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani announced Tuesday November 20th that he has teamed up with the "Pretty Woman" star, who often wore his gowns to movie ceremonies and is his long-term friend, to design a bracelet to sell for World AIDS Day, only to mark his first time to have ever worked with another name on a project.

Off her media frenzy personal life, Whitney Houston has announced a comeback to music. The singer who has separated from husband Bobby Brown will perform in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 1.

Whitney announced this gig through a video that last less than 10 seconds. The concert is part of Live & Loud Music Festival, a 10-day music event brought by the local organizers. The chief festival director, Reymee Mohamed Hussein explained that each artist will do long sets instead of bits and pieces.

A darkly comic tale of two hitmen whose views on life and death get skewed when they come to the titular city, "In Bruges" has been selected to kick off next year's Sundance Film Festival, slated to be held on January 17, the organizers have announced.

"In many ways 'In Bruges' is a quintessential Sundance film - it's brutal, philosophical, funny and totally original," Festival director Geoffrey Gilmore remarked.

Serena Williams is off the market. The tennis stud reportedly has had a new man in her life who happens to be hip-hop star Common.

The duo, who come from a very different mainstream of interests, were spotted holding hands and getting "very close" at a party hosted for her sister Venus Williams at popular New York nightclub Tenjune last week, thus prompted speculation they are dating.

Considering itself to have full copyrights on "The Golden Compass", New Line Cinema has taken a legal action against filmmakers of a home video documentary entitled "Beyond the Golden Compass: The Magic of Philip Pullman" upon finding out that the feature is timed to coincide with the theatrical release of the fantasy adventure.

Filed the week of November 12, 2007 in New York District Court, the lawsuit alleges Koch Entertainment, the company making the documentary, for violating New Line's copyrights while asking U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Tomlinson to enjoin Koch from releasing the video. "Compass", based on the first of Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, has been expected to be a potential franchise starter for the giant studio, which has spent millions on the rights and marketing of the flick.

Is young, talented, and gorgeous are the characters that make it worth for Hayden Panettiere to be named by GQ Magazine as the Obsession of the Year. With her being labeled such predicate, the beautiful actress is featured in some photos inside the magazine's December 2007 issue to which she also shares her thoughts on several issues, ranging from the rumors on the street to whom she would like to date.

On the possibility of her becoming a bad girl, the hard-working actress said "Never, never. Cross our fingers...You can't schedule rehab for me. And I don't think you can schedule any DUIs. I think I'm going to be one of those boring girls."

Kanye West has finally admitted that his chart battle with 50 Cent back in September was mere publicity stunt. West came up with the idea, 50 nodded his head and the latter added a little spice.

50 first came with a shocking statement that he will retire if his album 'Curtis' was to lost from West's 'Graduation'. Upon both albums release on September 11, West's beat his by more than 250,000 copies. West has just revealed that there was no personal beef, it was all made up to boost the sale.

Relativity Media is prepping a new sci-fi thriller horror feature for the big screen. According to Variety, the project is titled "Executive Order: Six" and will be directed by "Four Brothers" maker John Singleton.

Scripted by Philip Eisner based on a story he wrote alongside Robbie Consing, the flick focuses on the residents of a small, snowbound town who band together to fight a mysterious horror that turns out to be an alien being unleashed by a plane crash.

A brand new single from Mary J. Blige has been used in an iTunes commercial. The song which is titled 'Work That' and the ad are part of the promotion for Blige's upcoming album 'Growing Pains'.

With the partnership, the album which is slated to be released on December 18, is available for pre-order on iTunes. Meanwhile, 'Work That' is also made available for a single, although the lead single from the album is 'Just Fine'.

Throwing another peek for "Rambo" online, Lionsgate Films has come up with a new featurette for the film in which writer, director and star Sylvester Stallone discusses what he wanted to accomplish by returning to the iconic character.

The behind-the-scene piece also includes other interviews with actors Graham McTavish and Reynaldo Gallegos plus associate producer Christopher Petzer while presenting some new footage from the actioner. Catch it for real on Rambo Trailer section at AceShowbiz, or take a look at it down below.

It's back. Oprah Winfrey is at it again. Having the Thanksgiving and Christmas spirit in her heart blooming, the talk show host is in her best giving mood these days and it appears to be true when she surprised the audience members of her show on Tuesday afternoon November 20th, showering them with her "Favorite Things."

Oprah Winfrey's "Favorite Things" is one of her most popular annual features during which audience members get one of everything that makes the cut of Oprah's the year favorite items, worth thousands of dollars.

With Oscar season coming out around the corner, more and more acts are being tipped to be one of the nominees. Radiohead's guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, is one of them.

The British musician is in close possibility to bring home an Academy Award for his contribution in Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, 'There Will Be Blood'. He is credited in the musical score that is described by a movie industry insider as "menacing and difficult to listen" but being loved by Hollywood.

While everyone is enjoying the spirit of Christmas, that's not the case for Madonna and her family. The pop superstar who aside from her high-rising singing career is famous as the devoted follower of Kabbalah faith, has banned her children from celebrating the annual Christian holiday.

Madonna's husband Guy Ritchie told People during the London's premiere of "Fred Claus" at Leicester Square Monday night November 19th the family has since few years ago omitted Christmas celebration. "We canceled Christmas a few years ago," so the movie director told People. "Stopped all the presents. And ever since [we] stopped the presents, we're are actually enjoying it."

Previously spotted together in one poster, now the serial killer and his accomplice are featured separately this time. Yes, two new character posters of the upcoming "Sweeney Todd" have just been made available on the net, featuring the title character himself and Mrs. Lovett, played respectively by Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

The twosome's names, however, are not mentioned as they are only referred as the barber and the baker. In the poster, Depp's Todd is caught holding a blood-stained razor while Carter's Mrs. Lovett carries a plate full of meat pies with some human body parts like fingers and ear eerily popping out of them.

Rumors are high that Led Zeppelin is going to extend their reunion to a full tour in 2008. The words may not come from the legendary band themselves but a possible supporting act, The Cult.

Ian Atsbury, vocalist of the 1980s heavy metal band, spilled during one of their gigs last week that they will come back next year, supporting a huge band. "We'll be back next year, Atsbury said. "Because we're opening for a band you may have heard of ... the name starts with an 'L' and has a 'Z' in it."

The funeral may have been completed, but the case is still on going, and so does the investigation. Hours after a funeral service for Dr. Donda West was performed, Jan Adams, the Los Angeles plastic surgeon who operated on her one day before her sudden death, took the seat at CNN's "Larry King Live" for a scheduled interview only to tell the talk show host he's walking off because Kanye West's family asked him not to appear on the show.

Dr. Jan, who initially agreed to speak with King to set the record straight on what he claimed as inaccurate reports about him in the news media concerning Donda's death, abruptly walked off the show, argued "I have a tremendous amount of love and respect for the West family and they have asked me not to go on. And I've said from the very beginning, I don't have a side in this. They are my side and so I'm going to respect their wishes."

Bringing up an initial peek to its upcoming "Fool's Gold", Warner Bros. Pictures has already launched the first trailer for the comedy, allowing us to see how the on-screen collaboration between Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey works.

While the content mostly centers on the two actors in their roles as an estranged marriage couple, it also features a number of footage made in and on the beautiful sea. Go check AceShowbiz's Fool's Gold Trailer page to see the piece, or just take a look at it below.

After only revealing bits and pieces of his Magic Tour, Bruce Springsteen finally announced the full schedule of his 2008 itinerary. The 'Boss' will start a full-force tour on February 28 with support of his long-time collaborator, E-Street Band.

The announcement came after the singer and the band wrapped up the first leg of the tour on Monday, November 19. The new schedule is now comprised of 30 dates and will stretch through April 30, but first they will be on the road starting from November 25 up till December 19 for European leg.

The good news turns to bad. Dennis Quaid is facing the toughest role off screen when his fatherly instinct is tested with the hospitalization of his newborn twins, his children with wife Kimberly Buffington, reportedly due to accidental medication overdose.

The twin babies, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Sunday November 18th, fighting for their lives after being inadvertently overdosed, TMZ.com reported.

Anyone seeing the new trailer for "Cloverfield" should find some footage was shown rather quickly, not to mention the shaky shots from the hand-held camcorder, that it was hard to take glimpses on the monster in the flick.

But cheer up now, folks, one segment from the piece featuring the creature has been turned into a slow-motion video which reveals parts of the beast for sure. Still, apart from what look like to be lower two legs and enormous torso, there's nothing more spotted from it.

That Timbaland is going to be a father, that's not right. No he isn't, he's a father already.

The chart topping record producer turned artist has become a father for the first time couple of days ago. His fiancee simply identified as Monique Idlett, 33, gave birth to a baby girl, their first child together.

She's passed away and been remembered by friends, family, and colleague. And on Tuesday morning November 20th the funeral was held. Kanye West, surrounded by family and friends, attended his mother Donda West's funeral held at the True Vine Ministry church in her native Oklahoma City.

Accompanied by his model fiancee Alexis Phifer, Kanye was seen greeting some people attending the funeral. Glad to see a smile on his face following the tragic and shocking death of his mom. Fellow singers Beyonce Knowles and fiance Jay-Z were seen attending the private service to lend support to him, with John Legend and Anita Baker reportedly performed .

Ne-Yo is yanked out of R.Kelly's 'Double Up' tour. A rep from Kelly's camp said that it was between both artists' managements and none is to be misunderstood as personal friction. Ne-Yo apparently disagrees with this.

Ne-Yo, who is dropped as Kelly's supporting act after only two performances, received the news through his rep on Monday (November 19) night. "I am disappointed that I won't be able to perform for my fans," he said in a statement from Def Jam.

Although no specific date has been laid out, Snoop Dogg has confirmed that his ninth studio album, 'Ego Trippin'', will arrive in March 2008. The first single is ready to be released, so does its music video.

Snoop previously leaked the first single under the title 'Sexual Eruption' on his MySpace, but it has apparently been changed to 'Sensual Seduction'. It is an up-tempo ode to the early eighties where 'talk box' effect is added. "'Sensual Seduction' is like a throwback feel-good song," Snoop Dogg said in a statement. "I wanted to have fun with this one ... and the video is crazy."