December 15, 2007

Celebrating the premiere of "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" in New York, some starry cast members from the upcoming action adventure cheerfully got together once again to brighten the occasion, held on Thursday, October 13, 2007 at the city's famous Ziegfeld Theater.

Spotted to attend the glittering event were male lead Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Justin Bartha, Ed Harris, Ty Burrell, and Diane Kruger, who opted to wear a red flowing dress for the occasion. Helmer Jon Turteltaub and producer Jerry Bruckheimer also showed up, both flashing wide smiles as photographers' camera captured their images.

Jennifer Hudson is back with her childhood sweetheart, James Peyton.

The American Idol star has revived her relationship with Peyton a month after she traded him in for football player Kerry Rhodes.

Generous rap star Young Jeezy is taking part in the Christmas celebration, set to play everyone's favorite Santa Claus. Teaming up with his Corporate Thugz Entertainment (CTE) family, Atlanta Falcon's star DeAngelo Hall and clothing line 8732, Jeezy is having a toy giveaway in Atlanta for 1,000 children.

The week-long event, branded 1,000 Toys For 1,000 Kids, will take place from December 17 to 24.

Looking for fresh new talent, director Kevin Smith is offering aspiring actors out there to get the chance to take part in his next helming effort of "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."

Participants should list out their ages and contact info while enclosing their head-shots and fully-clothed body shots before sending them to Nancy Mosser Casting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more info, go to Smith's blog at Silent Bob Speaks.

At 74, Willie Nelson still got more to offer for his fans. The country singer will release a new album called 'Moment of Forever' that was recorded in Nashville on January 29 via Lost Highway Records.

The record will be one which Kenny Chesney co-produced along with Nelson's long-time producer, Buddy Cannon. Chesney also co-wrote one of the songs titled 'I'm Alive' and did a duet with Nelson on the track 'Worry B. Gone'.

Trouble keeps afflicting New Line Cinema regarding its "Lords of the Rings" franchise. Saul Zaentz, a producer backing the trilogy, is reported to have placed a legal suit against the studio, urging it to disclose its accounting details for the hit epic series.

Filed on Thursday in Los Angeles, the lawsuit alleged New Line for contract breaching by refusing to cooperate with an audit by Zaentz's company and so, asks a judge to force the film company to cooperate with the audit and to pay damages. A spokeswoman for New Line, however, refused to give any comments concerning the case.

In another dose of Hollywood's nude pictures scandal, Marcia Cross is the latest victim. The "Desperate Housewives" star is having her nude pictures, "mistakenly thrown out" with the trash back in 2006, leaked into the Internet.

The steamy pictures, taken by hubby Tom Mahoney as the actress showered outdoors, were found by a firm hired to remove garbage from her Los Angeles home in early November 2006. The couple quickly took legal action to prevent the personal photos being published, insisted they had a copyright of them.

For once and for all, the four members of Take That have made it clear that Robbie Williams will never join them in the reunion. They may have offered him the chance in the past, but the door has been closed for the last time.

Speaking to The Big Issue, Gary Barlow said, "I think, when it comes down to it, he's just not going to be in the band again. I just don't think there's a place for him now here." Other member Mark Owen added that there were talks to include him in the reunion but "he had other commitments - he had to walk his dog that day".

Rumors are heating up that Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn have rekindled their on-off romance.

Aniston and Vaughn, who're doing a pretty good job keeping the gossip guessing on their love life, have never been photographed together so far, but multiple sources are giving details on the fact that they are back on.

Tori Amos made a scene out of her own show when she stopped her piano playing and evicted two audience out of her San Diego concert. The Grammy-nominated singer told two fans who were sitting at the front row to "get the f**k out of my show".

The two women reportedly kept leaving their seats to go to the foyer of the Copley Symphony Hall during the show which was caught by Amos on the corner of her eye. Fed up with them, Amos pointed to the objects of her distraction and said, "Hold on! Get the f**k out of my show! Get the f**k out! It's a privilege to sit in the front row. These are my seats, and I give them to people who like music."

Andy Serkis has signed to star in DreamWorks' new trilogy movie "Tintin". According to reports, the actor that is a Golden Globe nominee for his role in television series "Longford" will once again team up with renowned director Peter Jackson for the adaptation movie.

Further, Hollywood reporter reported that the man behind 'Gollum' in "Lord of the Rings" and 'King Kong' in Jackson's remake of "King Kong" might be portraying a temperamental sea captain, Captain Haddock. However, they also noted that DreamWorks hasn't given out the confirmation about the role, but it was said that the studio has noted that he won't be playing the lead character, Tintin.

Becoming one of the big nominees for the highly anticipated 50th annual Grammy Awards, with 6 nods all at once, has led Amy Winehouse to such realization that heroin, alcohol, and cigarette are bad for her health. Intending a sober appearance on the prestigious award show, the troubled singer has vowed to check into rehab.

Reportedly wants to be fit enough for the Grammy Awards, to be held at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 10 next year, Amy has been planning to embark on a one-week rehab and detox course in Israel next month.

Lindsay Lohan won a pair of tickets to Miley Cyrus' concert after she called in a Las Vegas radio that conducted a competition on Friday, December 14. Her competitors that day: guitarist Slash and former Six Million Dollar Man, Lee Majors.

Two tickets were offered during DJs Mark and Mercedes show on Mix 94.1, with a rule that the winner will be that who is able to get the most famous celebrity online. Slash and Majors called in but it was eventually Lohan who was deemed the 'most famous' and rightfully won the tickets.

The trailer of Batman's new movie, "The Dark Knight", has leaked to the Internet following the screening of its first trailer on the theatrical premiere of "I Am Legend". Most of the scenes from the trailer showed the dazzling effects and the action scenes of the movie.

The trailer also showcases Batman riding his Batpod through the streets of Gotham and smirking Joker in custody. Additionally, it shows Heath Ledger for the first time as the psychopathic clown. At the same time, it also gave out first glimpses of Rachel Dawes, Alfred Pennyworth, Lieutenant James Gordon and Lucius Fox's characters played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman respectively.

Is preparing for the birth of his first child has, indeed, tickled Joel Madden to add another work experience to his resume. Taking advantage of his highly anticipated new status, the rocker is teaming up with twin brother Benji Madden to create a line of baby clothes.

Joel and Benji, who are members of band Good Charlotte, have introduced baby clothes, including hoodies and T-shirts, to their DCMA Collective line.

While his mind is still full of new ideas, Mario is planning to work on his third album and release it next summer. The R'n'B singer revealed to Billboard.com that he will hit the studio at the end of January and work with producers that is no more than four.

His creative juice has produced 70 songs that altogether were narrowed down to 12 for his recently released album 'GO'. "You can imagine how many different concepts and things I had," Mario said. "But there's really even more than that, 'cause I'm gonna start recording, like, (at) the end of January."

Share the honor of being recent Oscar nominees, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams apparently sharing a bit more than that. The two movie stars spark dating rumors after they were seen having dinner together Tuesday, December 11 at New York restaurant Piadina and caught by onlookers sharing a cozy cigarette outside the West 10th Street eatery.

Gosling and Williams reportedly also spotted walking along Bleecker Street in New York's Greenwich Village and even stopped for some photos with fans near Sullivan Street.

The new Bond girl has allegedly been cast. According to reports from several British newspapers, Gemma Arterton, the actress of "St. Trinian's", has beat out 1,500 other hopefuls to nail the part opposite Daniel Craig in the Bond's new movie, "Bond 22".

To one of the newspapers, an insider at Eon Production leaked the information saying, "Gemma has the modern look and fits perfectly with the new vulnerable image of Bond." Adding to the rumor, another reported that the 22-year-old actress, who was said to have been sworn to secrecy for the role, sent a text message to her mother noting down, "I got Bond!".

The full version of Britney Spears' 'Piece of Me' video has received its exclusive premiere on MTV.com. The clip that was previously only a preview will keep running on the web site for 48 hours beginning Friday, December 14 at 11 P.M. ET.

The file sharing media has also been quick in leaking the video. The clip that runs slightly over 3 minutes can be found on YouTube. It was directed by Wayne Isham and uses body doubles to create a camouflage for fake Britneys.

A different version of Britney Spears' 'Piece of Me' music video has been made for an international release. A snippet of it has been leaked on-line as can be seen below.

The international version is not far a difference to the U.S. one that was previewed yesterday, the only difference is that Britney uses blonde bob wig in the former. The U.S. version where her hair is longer meanwhile, will get its full premiere on MTV.com starting December 14 at 11 P.M. ET for 48 straight hours.

Tila Tequila's next big push towards fame beside that of her popular MTV's show "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila" will be ringing in 2008 with the ultimate New Year's Eve masquerade party. The model, entertainer, and singer has been tapped to host MTV's New Year's Eve Show.

The show, dubbed "Tila Tequila's New Years Eve Masquerade 2008", will air on the network on December 31. Tila will be hosting it alongside MTV VJs Damien Fahey and Lyndsey Rodrigues.