December 18, 2007

Dramatic flick "My Sister's Keeper" has another Hollywood's household name in its cast lineup. Variety has brought a report informing "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin is boarding the project, which celebrity sisters Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning are toplining.

Here the Oscar-nominated actor will portray an attorney representing Elle Fanning's character after she decides to sue her parents for emancipation. The suit was based on the grounds that she was bred as a genetic match who could prolong the life of her cancer-ridden sister, played by Dakota Fanning.

Milo Ventimiglia is involved in the production of Gerard Butler's new movie as well as Ryan Reynolds' romantic comedy movie. According to Entertainment Weekly, the 'Heroes' star has revealed that he is to star in "Game" and "Chaos Theory".

To EW.com, Ventimiglia talked about his new project saying, "I'm doing two features before Christmas. One is called Game, and that's with Gerard Butler and Amber Valletta. It's written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the same guys who did Pathology, the movie I have coming out in the spring...And then I'm doing an independent film called Chaos Theory about a guy who leads a very organized life, and someone comes into that life and just sets a downward spiral in motion."

Many speculations may have been laid out regarding Destiny's Child reunion but none is as close to this. Member Kelly Rowland has revealed her desire to reform with ex-bandmates Beyonce Knowles and Michelle Williams (II) and will talk about it over Christmas dinner.

One of the reasons that prompted Rowland to want a reunion with the group is Spice Girls. "This current spate of reunions has given us ideas," Rowland said. "Despite what people say we are all still really close." Spice Girls released a Greatest hits in November and launched a reunion tour that kicked off December 2.

Rounding out acting talents to fill in the cast of their new thriller "The Boy in the Box", A2 Entertainment Group and Code Entertainment have picked up Hollywood names like Rhona Mitra, Josh Lucas, and James Van Der Beek to lead the lineup, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Joined the threesome are Jon Hamm, Jimmy Bennett, Jessica Chastain, and Marcus Thomas, the latest most recently appeared in John Dahl's comedy "You Kill Me." All have been confirmed to come under the direction of first-time helmer Anders Anderson.

Elton John is set to reunite with director Baz Luhrmann in the latter's movie 'Australia' which will wrap up after 9 months of production this Friday. The British singer may take over the project of penning the soundtrack for the pic.

The pair had been laid on the same sheet when John lent his 1970 single, 'Your Song' for Luhrmann's Oscar-winning film, 'Moulin Rouge!' (2001).

It was no longer a surprise that "No Country for Old Men" is the movie critics' favorite. After being awarded four kudos by the SEFCA, the movie written by the Coen brothers once again received three prizes from Critics on Monday, December 17.

This time, "No Country" was hailed as the 2007 Best Picture by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Its directors, Joel and Ethan Coen, and particular cast member, Javier Bardem, each won Best Director and Best Supporting Actors awards.

Casey Calvert of the band Hawthorne Heights died of accidental mixture of medications, it has been confirmed.

The guitarist, according to the results of an autopsy released Monday, December 17 by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington DC, died due to the "acute combined effects of opiate, citalopram and clonazepam intoxication."

Set to stand out in critical recognition, ghost tale "The Orphanage" has been revealed to be the top nominee of the Spanish Film Academy's 2008 Goya Awards, the Spanish equivalent to Academy Awards.

The Spain's submission for the foreign-language film slot at the 80th Oscar, pic remarkably scoops up a total fourteen nods, including Best Picture (Mejor pelicula) and Best New Director (Mejor director novel) for Juan Antonio Bayona.

Rapper Jim Jones has announced that he will team up with fellow New Yorker, Styles P, for an album that is coming out via Koch Records. In an interview with radio host Tim Westwood on BBC's 1Xtra, Jones revealed the they got "some fire".

"Good music, good NYC music, something they haven't heard in a minute," Jones said. "Music is everywhere nowadays but New York set the precedent and we gotta get back to that. Its gonna be a good event, me and P."

Winners of the 12th annual Satellite Awards have been unveiled. With teen pregnancy drama "Juno" earned the most honors in the Motion Picture category, Showtime Networks' "Dexter" was the biggest winner for the TV category.

The popular drama series nabbed three awards all at once, they were Television Series, Drama; Actor in a Series Drama which went to Michael C. Hall; and Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for David Zayas.

The only remaining cast member of "Dallas" seems to have also taken his leave from the project, if tidbit by New York Post's Page Six proves legit.

The gossip column claimed that John Travolta is no longer attached to the movie after being promoted as its anchor for more than two years. According to the insiders telling Page Six, the "Grease" star reportedly has been dropped from his role as J.R. Ewing and had the part given to Ben Stiller instead.

Snoop Dogg is considering to include a cover of Johnny Cash song in his upcoming album, 'Ego Trippin'. The rapper believes that Cash's 1969 song 'A Boy Named Sue' is "gangster" enough for his record.

"I'm still trying to find a Johnny Cash (song) I can have fun with," Snoop said. "To me, Johnny Cash is a rapper. His s**t was dope, a lot of rappers don't know that. 'A Boy Named Sue' sounds gangster."

Amidst report she'll be questioned by police in relation to charges against her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, who is set to enter a plea January next year for perverting the course of justice, Amy Winehouse sparks another concern due to her suicide pact with Blake.

Rumors on the street say the "Rehab" singer has vowed to kill herself should she is parted from Blake by a lengthy jail sentence.

Fat Joe has premiered his video for the second single from his upcoming album, 'The Elephant in the Room'. The clip for track 'I Won't Tell' as promised, features star-studded artists cameos.

Apart from J. Holiday, whom he is doing the track with, Fat Joe also tapped Bow Wow, Christina Milian, Pitbull, Flo Rida, LL Cool J, P. Diddy, Junior Reid and Mario Winans in the video, all starring as the guests of a party. It was directed by renown producer, Gil Green (Akon, DJ Khaled).

Reports said that Robbie Williams will leave his label of 5 years, EMI, to follow the footsteps of Paul McCartney and Radiohead. His manager Tim Clark suggested that "all options" will be open once the contract is off.

"I would be very wary about signing him to any major label at the moment," Clark told the Daily Telegraph.

"No Country for Old Men" once more proved that it is one of Film Critics' 2007 favorite movies as it became huge awards winner. On Monday, December 17, the adventure drama movie has been announced by the Southeastern Film Critics Association to be the four kudos winner.

It took the number one spot in the category of Best Picture beating out another nine other top ten films, including the top five movies "There Will Be Blood", "Atonement", "Juno" and "Michael Clayton". Additionally, the top ten movie list was made by the panel of over 40 film journalists representing the Southeastern's print media of USA.

Matthew McConaughey got hurt during fight training for his forthcoming film "The Grackle."

The movie hunk was on training for his role as a fighter in the New Line Cinema's comedy flick when he accidentally cut his face and ended up getting stitches.

Visual and outspoken artist, M.I.A., has slammed MTV for taking a major part in streaming the censored version of her latest video, 'Paper Planes'. The British rapper is left fumed after finding out that the gunshots sound from her video has been replaced by the sound of cash register.

She wrote on her MySpace that the video has been sabotaged and that she's "disappointed" for the violation to her "dying art". The post read: "I made the Paper Planes video. I made it how they wanted. No violence. Ambiguous. MTV-friendly. Now today, I check YouTube and see the leaked MTV Paper Planes video up for the first time. I clicked on it and out comes this f**ked up mess with double-tracked bulls**t mess."

Possibly taking advantage from the commercial success of Will Smith's recently-released vehicle "I Am Legend", Columbia Pictures has launched online a teaser trailer for its upcoming flick "Hancock", which the actor is also toplining.

Coming in at just a little over one and a half minutes, the teaser does insert some shots that seemingly indicate the movie to be rather a comedy than action feature. In the meantime, it also includes footage which boasts special effects used in the movie as the titular character shows off his super power.

In a matter of weeks, Plies has released another music video from his debut album 'The Real Testament'. The clip, which will be the fourth lifted from the album, is for song 'I Am the Club'.

Although the video is made, there is still no confirmation whether it will be released as a single. Track 'You' was first reported to be the third single from the album but the rapper dropped a music video of 'Runnin' My Momma Crazy' first earlier this month.

Actress Ali Larter got engaged to her longterm boyfriend Hayes MacArthur over the weekend, it has been reported.

"It's true," a representative for Larter told People, adding that the couple are "thrilled."

The anticipation is running high for Madonna's next studio album that one by one, rumored singles have been leaked. The latest one is previewed rather than leaked by one of the album's producers, Timbaland.

Tim was performing at Jingle Ball Christmas concert in Philadelphia on Sunday, December 16 when he played a song called '4 Minutes to Save the World' which is rumored to be the first single from Madonna's new album. The song is featuring Justin Timberlake and a fan happened to record it although the audio quality is poor.

Finally picking up the best out of a slew of lauded titles and names, the International Press Academy (IPA) listed out on Sunday evening (Dec. 16) recipients of this year's Satellite Awards, giving away most honors to teen pregnancy drama "Juno."

The Fox Searchlight release gloriously scooped up three major kudos in total, notably that of the Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical. Two others went to Ellen Page as the Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical and Diablo Cody as the recipient of best original screenplay.

Pamela Anderson calls it quit on marriage. The TV actress has filed for divorce from third husband Rick Solomon after just two months of marriage.

According to the court papers, which were first obtained by CelebTV.com, it is stated that Anderson filed for divorce Friday, December 14 in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences. The papers said they separated the day before, December 13.

Sheryl Crow apparently only tasted the water with 'Shine Over Babylon', for her official first single from her 'Detours' album is confirmed to be 'Love is Free', instead of the former which has been released on iTunes and made its music video.

We have put up an exclusive clip of the new song which can be downloaded below and also posted two webisodes from the studio work of the album. In the videos, Crow takes fans behind-the-scene of her studio sessions with producer Bill Bottrell and writing partner Jeff Trott as well as revealing how this work is different from the rest.

Is engaged and really proud of her figure, Jennifer Love Hewitt is not pregnant anyway.

Rumors were going around yesterday that the movie beauty was pregnant with fiance Ross McCall's baby. She's said due to give birth by June next year.

Another Britney Spears' drama continues to escalate. Was a no show at the court appointed deposition last Wednesday, December 12 called in sick at the last minute but was spotted driving around until 2 o'clock in the morning, the singer is now said to be considering another Vegas wedding and the lucky groom is her best pal Sam Lutfi.

Star Magazine runs a story under the headline "Britney ELOPES", reporting that the mother of two already told her lawyers and former husband Kevin Federline that she intends to marry bad boy Lutfi and will not consider a pre-nuptial.