November 27, 2007

It's no big secret that British singer Lily Allen wants to retire young. However, it become unexpected that the 22-year-old singer wish to quit in three years time when she reaches the 25 milestone.

"I don't get it. I just want to make some money," she told London Times. "Maybe I could retire at 25. I'm only going to do one more album. It's a great job, but it doesn't leave time for what's important. Like having a family."

The Hives have just premiered a short video for their 'The Black and White Album' bonus track, 'Fall is Just Something Grown Ups Invented'.

Since the song is utilized as Cartoon Network's fall theme song, the 30 second clip is combining their performance and animations. The song accompanies a new set of the network's promos which are directed by Shilo.

Alt-country singer Ryan Adams will embark on a short tour next year with support of his band The Cardinals.

The concert dates will begin January 16 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and run through the end of the month. Tickets for some of the dates will go on sale on Saturday, December 1 via TicketMaster.com.

Another game is on for fans of the upcoming "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" after that of "The World's Biggest Treasure Hunt."

Walt Disney Pictures has brought up a video puzzle on the official YouTube channel for the action adventure. Watch the featured clips there to answer all of the five questions correctly and discover a secret video afterwards.

Alanis Morissette is the latest Canadian to be inducted to the country's Music Hall of Fame board. The singer will receive a lifetime achievement award at Canadian Radio Music Awards.

The induction ceremony which will be held on March 7, is in line with Canadian Music Week. Toronto will host the show this year, naming the venue at the Royal York Hotel.

Handfuls of new production stills from the upcoming "Rambo" have made their way to come online, presenting other shots besides those on the titular character.

Included in the batch is a picture of what seemingly to be the group of mercenaries Rambo takes along with to find the missing missionaries. There are also several images of the local villagers and the Vietnam War veteran with someone else.

Terror Squad crew have changed their line-up, leader Fat Joe revealed. With the exit of Remy Ma, Armageddon, and Prospect, after their second album, 'True Story', was released in 2004, the rap group added O.Z. from Miami, H-Mob and The Leader.

Apart from the three new members, DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre are retained as regular crew along with Tony Sunshine. "That's it. That's the crew," Joe revealed to MTV's Mixtape Monday.

Johnny Depp shows off his romantic side by presenting longtime partner and mother to his children, Vanessa Paradis, a very distinct present. Instead of giving her flowers, chocolates or even jewelery, the actor prefers to present her a vineyard as congratulations for her months of hard work recording a new album.

The vineyard the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star purchased is located in Plan de la Tour, France, close to the villa he shares with Paradis and their children, son John "Jack" Christopher Depp III and daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp.

An international version of the trailer for Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson-starrer "The Other Boleyn Girl" has been launched online following the recent release of the domestic one.

Going a little over two minutes in its run, the trailer goes deeper in displaying the complex relationship among the Boleyn sisters and King Henry VIII. In the movie, based on the Philippa Gregory historical novel, both Anne (Portman) and Mary (Johansson) Boleyn are competing for the love of the king (Eric Bana), driven by their family's blind ambition.

When Ashlee Simpson was caught in technical fault at a Saturday Night Live performance in 2004, she has since become a target of constant jokes including that by a rock band named Neurosonic. Simpsons's rocker boyfriend, Pete Wentz, is handling this matter legally.

Wentz has issued a written request to the Canadian band to stop mocking Simpson with their song 'So Many People'. The Fall Out Boy bassist has asked them to stop performing the song live, New York Daily News gossip column PageSix reported.

Is feeling grateful to be a mother for the first time, Salma Hayek has released the first picture of daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault.

The actress has through her representative released the very first photo of her daughter with fiance Francois-Henri Pinault early Monday November 26th.

Sheryl Crow has premiered the video for 'Shine Over Babylon', the first single off of her upcoming album, 'Detours'. Politic apparently is still Crow's choice for her videos.

In the clip, singing Crow is accompanied by newspaper headlines that focus on problems faced by the States. As Crow has stated before, she plans this album to be "the most honest record" she has ever made. "It's about being forced to wake up," Crow said.

George Clooney is reaping all the good predicates an actor like him deserves. Has just been picked as one of Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 Entertainers of 2007, named among the Valedictorians, the actor is nabbing another honor yet again, this time on for his good deeds in bringing peace to Africa's war-torn Darfur region.

He and fellow actor Don Cheadle are about to be presented with the 2007 Peace Summit Award by the 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates at its annual meeting held in Rome on December 13th. Former Russian president and Nobel laureate Mikhail Gorbachev, whose foundation cohosts the annual event, will present the award along with Walter Veltroni, the mayor of Rome.

Can we say finally? Jessica Simpson is reported to be dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.

It appears that the actress-singer has at least one major thing to be thankful for during the Thanksgiving, a hot new boyfriend. Even greater than the dating rumor, which is confirmed by a source close to Jess, the blonde beauty is said to have already brought the hunk to meet the family for the holiday.

There's no doubt that director Zack Snyder is very determined in bringing his "Watchmen" to life if looking from few new pictures on the completed back lot set for the project, built in Vancouver, Canada.

Posted on the movie's production blog, the photos grandly show the work Snyder has done in recreating New York City to stay true to the wide time period of the flick. Check out the notorious newsstand with a poster for an upcoming issue of "Tales of the Black Freighter" pinned on its side and the exterior of Gunga Diner, which Rorschach frequently visits, among them.

Created a buzz by controversially naming his ninth studio album 'Nigger', Nas would like to make a greater impact of its release. The album won't come in December as planned, but will be dropped in coincidence to Black History Month in February 2008.

Nas also told MTV News that material called 'What It Is' that leaked earlier this month didn't belong to him. "I never rhymed to that beat," he said. Instead, he confirmed that it won't be included in the album and that the official first single will appear in January.

Yes it's true and has been confirmed that Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea has lost his home because of the weekend's wildfires. Just yesterday rumors are circulating on that matter with some news media reporting that his home wasn't destroyed and some others claimed it was. And here comes a conformation from Flea's spokeswoman who revealed his home "had burnt to a crisp" in the Malibu fires Saturday morning November 24th.

Set the record straight on the unfortunate, the spokeswoman explained that Flea had purchased a home for more than $10 million in Malibu last year, but the house that burned was another he owned in the hills west of Corral Canyon. That French country-style home is listed for sale for $4.8 million on the website of real estate firm Pritchett-Rapf & Associates.

An incident has struck the set for Adam Sandler's latest starring vehicle "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" and had two stuntmen working for the project suffered burns, officials stated Monday, November 26, 2007.

The injuries reportedly occurred when the twosome were filming a scene for the comedy on the Universal Studios back lot. Fire officials said they received the call at 3:47 PM and found one person getting burned on the hands and legs while another on his back upon arriving on location.

Too Short is still determined to retain his legacy. The former teen rapper will release his 17th studio album this year under the title 'Get Off the Stage', his official site has revealed.

The first single from the album will be 'This My One' that features his long-time collaborator, E-40. The track can be heard on his MySpace page.

The White Stripes have just premiered the promised music video of their third single from 'Icky Thump'. The hilarious clip for 'Conquest', a cover of Pattie Page's 1950's song, was premiered on MTV yesterday (November 26).

The music video took the theme of bullfighting where frontman Jack White becomes the pro and cocky matador who does his job with style. Drummer Meg White meanwhile, appears to be Jack's assistant who won't bother with what he was doing.

Taking about a month to come up with another moving shots on its upcoming "The Eye", Lionsgate Films has launched an initial full trailer for the horror drama on the net which surely reveals more about the flick, set to hit theaters on February 1, 2008.

Presenting lots of new footage to be seen, the piece is more like an elaborated version of the previous teaser trailer. It begins and ends with the same shot while bringing us deeper to what Sydney Wells, played by Jessica Alba, has to go through after her eyes surgery.

Hot on the heels of report on her seeking divorce from estranged husband Hulk Hogan makes its way all over news media, here comes a new report that suggests Linda Hogan is seeking alimony, shares of property and child support from him.

Citing the divorce petition Linda filed in Florida's Pinellas Pasco Circuit Court, the St. Petersburg Times says Linda is seeking half of the couple's more than $9.5 million in assets, including a share of the value of their Bel Air mansion. She, moreover, also wants to share parental responsibility for their son Nick Hogan with whom she hopes to live, with Hulk has "liberal" visitation rights. As of the couple's eldest child, daughter Brooke Hogan, the 19-year-old is not legally subject to child support requirements.

Due to high anticipation or any other reason, on Usher's fifth studio album, tracks have been leaked in the past few months, including this new one that goes under the title 'Make Love in This Club'.

The new piece is allegedly one of the materials which will be included in the new album, along with 'Dat Girl Right There', a track that was also leaked earlier this month. Rumor has it that it is one of the Polow Da Don-produced songs.

Changes have been made to Mike Jones' sophomore set. If previously the album was named 'The American Dream', it will now be released under the title 'The Voice of the Streets'.

Apparently, the old title was saved for the EP that was released in place of the album. 'The American Dream' EP was released on November 20, with 6 songs in the track list, including two materials from the first album, 'Still Tippin'' and 'Back Then'.

Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert passed away Friday November 23rd while on the band's tour bus in Washington, D.C. He was in mid 20s.

The cause of death has yet to be announced, although early reports suggest it may be related to acute asthma.

Soon we are about to finally have what looks like to be our first look at the full-body image of "The Dark Knight" super-villain the Joker in outfit, played by Oscar nominee Heath Ledger.

Yes, Empireonline.com has launched a page under the name of HeIsComing which covers an image underneath nine playing cards. On the top of the page, words stating "All will be revealed" are read.

Pop sensation Mika is back with his sixth U.K. single, 'Lollipop', which music video has just been released. True to the song's playful nature and Mika's eccentric style, the clip is presented in his 'cartoon motion life' image.

The animated video presents a character named Lollipop girl who is taking adventure in the cartoon world which is thick theme of Mika's album 'Life in Cartoon Motion'. The singer previously said that the song was created for his sister and that it became his favorite in the album.

Foxy Brown is a prisoner no more. The rapper has been let out of "punitive segregation" early for "good behavior."

Brown has been in jail since August 22nd for violating her probation multiple times. She was later on placed in solitary confinement late last month after being disciplined for a scuffle, verbal assault toward prison officials and her refusal to take a drug test.

After much speculation, Jackson Five is finally confirmed for a reunion tour in 2008. Even better, Jermaine Jackson spoke to BBC that his famous brother Michael Jackson finally gave a thumbs up to join the plan.

"Michael will be involved," Jermaine confirmed. "He has to be. He is a Jackson. He was at the meetings. Michael will be involved. We want to tour. We want to touch the lives of everybody who's bought our records and supported us."

Amidst the widespread report on Britney Spears going to adopt Chinese twins, which has yet to be confirmed nor denied by the pop star herself, one good news just comes up. It has been reported that during the Monday November 26th custody hearing it has been ruled out that the singer has been granted custody of sons Sean Preston and Jayden James on Christmas, taking into account that the boys have spent the Thanksgiving with daddy Kevin Federline.

Spears was initially granted two times monitored visits a week; from noon to 7 p.m. and one overnight visit; from noon to 10 a.m. the next morning. During Thanksgiving, the singer took the boys to the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills for a brunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She then dropped them at K-Fed's home later that afternoon.