November 30, 2007

Turns out there is another picture of the Joker from "The Dark Knight" besides the one Empire Magazine recently revealed for its January 2008 cover.

Providing the image is Wizard Magazine which has put the photo as the cover of its latest issue, slated to hit comic stores on December 5 and newsstands on December 18, 2007. Head to Wizarduniverse.com to take a peek at the image.

Country singer Toby Keith has been cleared off copyright infringement case. Singer/songwriter Michael McCloud's lawsuit against him was dismissed, according to reports.

In 2006, McCloud aka Michael Snyder claimed that Keith's 2003 song 'I Love This Bar' was too similar to his own 'Tourist Town Bar' song. Keith was determined to prove his innocence by defending himself that his piece was written with Scotty Emerick.

Taking a departure from the traditional one-man host in the past four years, 2008 BRIT Awards will have two celebrities bringing the hype to the stage. The 2007 host Russell Brand will hand the baton to eccentric rocker, Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon.

"Ozzy and I have been asked to host many awards shows in the past but this is by far the most prestigious and meaningful, especially for Ozzy as it's about the music," Sharon said. "Ozzy and I are proud to be Brits and are both incredibly honoured to have been asked to help celebrate the best in music."

Having their giving spirit reaching its best level at their heart, Hollywood A-listers are turning to designers, not fashion nor lunchbox designers, but kite designers to lend a helping hand to other people in need. Famous celebs ranging from Angelina Jolie, Madonna, to Cher have all teamed up, designing kites for charity.

The celebs-designed kites, to be auctioned off on eBay by December 5, will help raise money for the Afghanistan Relief Organization (AFO), which will be used to train new teachers and establish libraries in Afghanistan.

The first official production still from Columbia Pictures' "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" has arrived on the net, featuring none other than its leading star Adam Sandler.

As pictured on the above left, Sandler is captured with a beard while being on top of a moving car in the middle of a busy road. In the comedy, the funnyman plays a Mossad agent who fakes his death so he can move to New York and become a hairstylist.

Getting ready to release her eight studio album "Growing Pains," which is pushed back from December 11th to 18th release date on Geffen Records, in between times Mary J. Blige is working on something else that is a YouTube Channel.

The R&B, soul, and hip hop soul singer, has just launched maryjtv, on November 20th to be exact.

Warner Bros. Pictures continues to pamper us regarding its upcoming "Sweeney Todd." The studio now has delightfully brought online six more TV spots for the Tim Burton-directed flick in our anticipation for its release on December 21 this year.

Take a look at all of the pieces through Sweeney Todd Trailer section at AceShowbiz under the names of TV Spot 2 to TV Spot 7. All are available to see in either Med-Res or Hi-Res QuickTime format.

A producer, singer, rapper and songwriter, Pharrell Williams is expanding his galaxy, invading the world of fashion by establishing a boutique.

Marking his venture into the business, the music mogul is teaming up with Japanese fashion designer Nigo, the designer responsible for the brand A Bathing Ape, to open the two-storey Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream store in New York City.

Numerous pictures in foreign languages were released and noticed this year, but only sixty-one of them that are able to attract the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

Yes, the organizers has announced through its president Jorge Camara that that's the exact number of titles it is currently considering for the Best Foreign Language Film slot of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards. Included in the roster are "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", "The Kite Runner", and "Lust, Caution", which ironically was removed by Taiwan as its best foreign film Oscar entry.

Britney Spears is opting a second version of her music video, 'Piece of Me', by asking fans to direct a mash up video for it. MTV, Jive Records and the pop singer herself will pick the winning video which will be premiered on TRL.

The basic rule of the 'Britney Spears Wants a Piece of You' contest is to submit a footage that should be up to 3:34 or less. MTV Video Remixer will provide the materials such as Britney's photos, interviews, red-carpet moments, performances and other footages which then can be taken to make the new video.

It's the Girls again. The newly reunited all-girl group Spice Girls are having their second Tesco Holiday Ad out.

Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Melanie C, Geri Halliwell, and Emma Bunton who have all signed up as the new faces of supermarket chain Tesco are featured in the new commercial having an argument over what to serve for Christmas. Unlike the rest of her friends, Posh wants lobster, much to the foursome's shock.

Events leading up to the annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2008 will be warmed up with 'My Night at the Grammys', a new special program that will celebrate the event in its 50th anniversary.

Among those tapped to host the show are the event's previous winners like Faith Hill, Alicia Keys and Melissa Etheridge. They will be joined by a number of other renown celebrities such as Bono, Beyonce Knowles, Celine Dion, Elton John, Usher, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Elvis Costello and Billie Joe Armstrong.

Paul Rogers-fronted Queen have assisted Nelson Mandela's 46664 campaign by contributing their single in line with World AIDS day that occurs on December 1. The song which is called 'Say It's Not True', will be available for free download on the band's official website.

Drummer Roger Taylor originally wrote the piece in 2003 and performed it live for the first time at the 46664 concert in Cape Town, South Africa. According to their site, the song carries the message that "HIV AIDS is something that can affect any one of us no matter our sexual or racial status."

Having a quite long career in show business, it appears that Pamela Anderson feels tired already. The buxom blonde has revealed to USA Today she plans to quit her showbusiness career within five years and heading back to her native Canada. Shocking.

The actress, who's been thrilling audiences in her skimpy, sparkling stage costumes alongside magician Hans Klok in Vegas, told USA Today "Five more years of [T&A], and I'll go back to Canada. I've got some land. It'll be time."

In its follow-up to the announcement of the movies-in-competition lineup for the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute revealed Thursday, November 29 the full list of pictures screening in the out-of-competition sections of the ten-day event.

Lineup consists of 57 titles which are divided into four programs namely Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, and Park City at Midnight. The first one features 24 films in total with the second now being split between dramatic section and documentary spotlight.

People, especially male viewers, get ready to see the world's most gorgeous supermodels on your TV because CBS is going to broadcast this year's most spectacular show, the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, in High-Definition TV.

A spokeswoman for the network, has confirmed Thursday November 29th that the show will be in high-def and air Tuesday night December 4th at 10 p.m. ET.

The award that is dubbed the biggest media event in Germany, Bamby Awards, invited international act Bon Jovi to receive their music appreciation prize this year.

Bon Jovi, as announced earlier this month, was given the 'Music International' category because of "their first class songwriting on their current album 'Lost Highway'." The rock band took the honor after giving live performance of their hit 'Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore'.

Beyonce Knowles' little sister Solange Knowles is gearing the work of her second album that has been worked on since last year. If previously the LP was going to be called 'Solange & The Hadley Street Dreams', it has been changed to simply 'Just What I Want', MTV revealed.

Apart from the already announced collaborators such as Bilal, Marsha Ambrosius and Q-Tip, there will be the addition of Cee-Lo and Lil Wayne. Solange will also use a song from Scottish electric duo Boards of Canada as a sample.

Has had a long living acting career in the business with numerous big screen hits in his resume, Brad Pitt has had more than enough of experience that turns him into a more mature and wiser guy. Attempting to get better with age, the hunk has vowed never to go nude again in all his future films.

Pitt, who was shot to Hollywood stardom after he bared all in the 1991 film "Thelma and Louise," also has some other nude scenes like in "Troy" (2003) as well as some steamy scenes with future partner Angelina Jolie in the 2005 "Mr and Mrs Smith."

Adding another trophy into his shelf, "Top Gun" actor Tom Cruise received a special honor at the 59th annual Bambi Media Prize Awards ceremony taking place in the northern city of Duesseldorf, Germany on Thursday, November 29, 2007.

The three-time Oscar nominee was bestowed the Courage prize for his willingness to take risks in his movies. Prize committee remarked that the star has pursued brave projects that otherwise would not have been made, including the latest one "Valkyrie", in which he plays a German army officer hatching a plot to assassinate Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

While her album 'As I Am' has been knocked off from the Billboard Hot 200 top spot, Alicia Keys' first single from the album is still holding strong to its first position in the singles chart. 'No One' begins its second week atop the chart as well as retaining its seventh #1 week on Hot R'n'B Songs chart.

At the same week, Timbaland's 'Apologize' feat. OneRepublic flip flops with former chart reigner Chris Brown's 'Kiss Kiss' feat. T-Pain at #2 and #3 respectively. Meanwhile, newcomer Flo Rida grabs tightly on his last week's position at #4 with 'Low'. The single currently gains heavy airplay in radio stations.

This is what we call awards season. After all the many award events, there it comes the annual Bambi Awards. The 59th Annual Bambi Awards has been held Thursday November 29th in Duesseldorf, Germany, with Hollywood celebrities ranging from TV actress Eva Longoria to Barbadian singer Rihanna among the attendances.

As of Longoria, the tiny actress was one among the other award winners, being presented with a Bambi gold statue for International TV Series. The award regular, seen sporting a wine-colored strapless dress and some seriously blinging earrings, had her Bambi engraved with her married name, Eva Longoria Parker.

Giving a great opportunity for moviegoers to get an early look at its forthcoming big-budgeted flick "The Golden Compass", New Line Cinema is going to present special sneak previews of the fantasy adventure prior to its worldwide debut on Friday, December 7, 2007.

Announcement was made Thursday, November 29 by the studio's President of Domestic Distribution David Tuckerman, informing the previews will be held on Saturday night (Dec.1) in 800 theaters around the States. Pic, based on the first book in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, recently scored four-star reviews in U.K.'s Guardian, the Daily Mail, and the Sun following its London premiere.

MTV.com has revealed that some unreleased materials from top Hip-Hop musicians such as Fabolous, Nas, Rihanna, Method Man, Bobby V, Redman and Ne-Yo will be molded into one CD called 'Def Jam Sessions Vol. 1'.

The tracks come from songs that didn't make the cut to their recent albums. For Rihanna she spared the tracks 'Haunted' and 'Cry' from her 2007 album 'Good Girl Gone Bad' and as for Nas, he contributes 'The N...' and 'Where Y'All At', taken from 'Hip Hop Is Dead' sessions.

Akon eats the bitter fruit of becoming an entertainer. The authorities have at last decided to bring several charges against the R&B icon for tossing a teenager off the stage onto another spectator who said she suffered a concussion as a result.

Police in Fishkill say they've charged Akon with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment. Both charges stemmed from an incident that saw the star caught on tape tossing a young fan into the crowd during a concert at radio station WSPK's KFEST in Fishkill, N.Y. back on June 3rd.