January 02, 2008

Coming up with a unique idea in promoting his latest directorial effort "Be Kind Rewind", Michel Gondry will open a "Sweeding movie studio" at New York City's art gallery Deitch Projects and run it from January 24 to March 1, 2008 , the filmmaker has revealed to the LA Times.

"Groups of people walk in and will have access to a workshop," he told the paper. "There is a very simple protocol: You shoot in camera, edit while you shoot - which means you stop the camera when you want to go to the next scene, you don't edit. Story lines last five to 10 minutes. And most of the exhibition will be a mini back lot with 15 little sets. In two hours, you can walk in, create a story, shoot a movie, watch it in the screening movie. Then you leave and take a copy."

Widely known as a popular R&B singer, Rihanna is giving hand at designing fashion. The Barbadian songbird who made her catwalk debut back on September 27, strutted her stuff down the catwalk for the Dsquared2 Spring/Summer 2008 collection presented in Milan, Italy, is partnering with H&M and Designers Against AIDS (DAA) for the so-called "Fashion Against AIDS."

Some other musicians who offer their design services for free including Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Timbaland, Ziggy Marley, and Jade Jagger.

Rumor mill is now grinding on another possible female cast for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", 20th Century Fox's spin-off of its "X-Men" hit trilogy slated for a May 1, 2009 release date.

Australia's Herald Sun has brought up a scoop claiming that Natalie Imbruglia has auditioned for a role in the superhero project by undergoing a secret screen test around mid December 2007 in Sydney. No tidbit yet on what part in the movie the "Torn" singer is up for, though.

Cast addition for the highly-anticipated "Star Trek" seems to have included another well-known name that turns out to be Tyler Perry, if tidbit from UGO proves legit.

According to sources for the site, the actor/director is being billed as the head of Starfleet Academy and has already filmed his scenes, of which one of them was claimed to be a big sequence about young Kirk facing expulsion from Starfleet.

Lindsay Lohan is back to her old habit. Has publicly declared she's a sober person now following a series of embarrassing drunken incidents and rehab stint, the actress-singer has set a new record by kissing three different men in within 24 hours and made love with one of them.

LiLo had just arrived on the Italian island of Capri with new BFF Hayden Panettiere to attend a film festival last weekend when she first met waiter Alessandro Di Nunzio and exchanged phone numbers with him. Shortly afterwards, Lindsay left Hayden to meet up and lock lips with Di Nunzio. The pair then, according to the Daily Mail, enjoyed a meal and got cozy on a hotel sofa together.

As countdown has already begun on J.J. Abrams-produced anticipated flick "Cloverfield" to hit theaters nationwide, four new TV spots for the monster movie have been smoothly brought up onto the net, presenting few fresh shots for fans of the genre to have a glimpse on.

Most of the new shots are found in spots #5 and #6 despite the display of plenty of recycled footage in the foursome. Meanwhile, the giant creature's presence, however, still has not yet featured in, leading to an assumption that it will continuously be kept secret until the film's release on January 18.

The wedding has been held. Following rumor after rumor, Eddie Murphy and fiancee Tracey Edmonds finally tied the knot on a private island in French Polynesia on Tuesday, January 1.

The pair exchanged vows in a sunset ceremony took place off Bora Bora, a Pacific island about 140 miles (230 km) northwest of Tahiti in front of just 25 friends and family members.

While rumors on Led Zeppelin's extended reunion is running up and down since their one-off performance at London's O2 last month, it only comes close enough when an insider revealed that Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters will sit in as the band's touring drummer.

The source told Daily Star, "He was in the running to take over from John Bonham a few years ago and he's still gagging to get on stage with the Zep. While he loves playing with Foo Fighters, Dave would drop anything to be part of Zep's shows."

Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese have been enjoying their single status in the eyes of the law since their divorce was made official last week.

A judge has on Thursday, December 27 in Los Angeles Superior Court signed off the former couple's divorce papers thus officially ended their marriage, restored each of them "to the status of single person."

The leading actor of "Harry Potter" movies, Daniel Radcliffe, has been signed to play in "Journey". According to Observer.guardian.co.uk, the 18-year-old has nailed the part of slain photo journalist, Dan Eldon, beating out other major actors in Hollywood, including Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Ryan Phillippe and Joaquin Phoenix.

His success of getting the part was reportedly helped by Eldon's family as Kathy, Eldon's mother, revealed that she has rejected numerous bids for film rights to the story before meeting the "Equus" stage star and his parents at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. The journalist, producer and activist explained why she chose Radcliffe instead of the other notable actors eager to play the part stating, "We resisted a lot of older actors because Dan was a boy emerging into manhood."

Beside taking the role as BRIT Awards 2008 host with his wife Sharon, Ozzy Osbourne will also highlight the event with a special performance. The rocker will team up with Paul McCartney to perform a duet which he had been dreamed of.

A self-confessed McCartney fan, Ozzy admitted that the ex-Beatles member's latest album 'Memory Almost Full' was his favorite in 2007. "McCartney's a genius. The Beatles were the greatest band ever," Ozzy gushed.

Has been keeping his romance with high-profile socialite Kim Kardashian away from public, Reggie Bush is hit with engagement report. Rumors on the street say he and Kim have been engaged.

While neither of them confirmed nor denied the engagement report, sources close to Kim told OK! Magazine that the 27-years-old "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star is now engaged to boyfriend, 22-years-old football player Reggie.

More details from "Bond 22" has reportedly been outed. In an interview with Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung, the action film's director, Marc Forster, has confirmed that the shooting of the new James Bond movie will start on Thursday on January 3, 2008. The shooting schedule is put a day ahead from the initial day revealed earlier by its star, Daniel Craig.

In the interview, the helmer of "The Kite Runner" also explained that the film will be more of a journey into 007's inner-being than a globe-hopping trip around the world. He said as quoted, "When Bond began in the Connery days, travel was a luxury not everyone could afford. Today, the world has become smaller. If Bond goes to a beach with palm trees it's almost banal now. The only interesting trip remains the journey inwards, deep in to the psyche".

After coming out with the announcement of her new studio album, Sarah Brightman sets a date to give her fans a sneak peek of it. 'Symphony' which will be released on January 29 will be featured on NBC Sunday special, 'Progressive Fashion on Ice'.

Brightman will sing several songs from the album while professional skaters glide on ice wearing designers outfits. The show will be premiered on January 20 at 4 P.M. ET, and broadcast twice more on Style Network on Sunday, February 3 at 10 A.M. and Friday, February 8 at 5 P.M.

Has been dating Eric Winter for two years, Roselyn Sanchez is now engaged to the actor.

Roselyn and Eric got engaged during a trip to the resort island of Vieques, just east of mainland Puerto Rico, her representative told People on Tuesday, January 1. No wedding date and location have been set though.

Penelope Cruz's younger brother Eduardo Cruz has launched a music career, which, gets a lot of help from his sisters' act. Penelope and Monica assisted him by appearing in a raunchy music video for his song 'Cosas que contar'.

In the video, Penelope and Monica played translators for a lesbian porn movie and got in the mood themselves. They were then engaged in a passionate scene where at one point Penelope seductively bite the lower lip of Monica.

Nicolas Cage's fortune seekers film, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" has once more found golds in the theaters as it maintained the first spot on its second weekend box office ended December 30. Though seeing a declining of 20% from its first weekend preview, the adventure movie celebrated the end of 2007 and was still pushing its competitors aside by earning $ 35.7 million in only three days.

Additionally, in the five days weekend ended on the first day of 2008, the Jon Turteltaub's film also topped the chart with $ 54.5 million from 3,823 theaters. Hence, in total, the film has earned $ 142.9 million from the first day it was premiered. Apart from the domestic earning, the sequel film garnered significant coin in the international box office as well with $ 21 million at 3,000 theaters in 25 country for a two-week cume of $ 60 million.

The alleged romance Hayden Panettiere is embarking with her "Heroes" co-star Milo Ventimiglia is heating up as she reportedly has introduced him to the entire Panettiere family.

Both actors, who previously denied the persistence romance rumors, are said to have come clean about their relationship and that their love life is getting even more serious. "Hayden's mom adores Milo. She thinks he's so cute," a family friend was quoted by People as saying. "She tells her friends that he's her boyfriend. She's very proud."

Jimmy Fallon is off the single market. He has married his movie producer fiancee Nancy Juvonen on Saturday, December 22.

Fallon, who's an actor-comedian, and Nancy exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony on Necker Island in the Caribbean "with close family and friends in attendance," his publicist Ina Treciokas confirmed.

R.E.M.'s new album, due April 1, is taking shape with the announcement of the title. Continuing their new tradition in 'Around the Sun' (2004) of taking a track as the title of the album, the band decided to name it 'Accelerate'.

The announcement to England's Q Magazine, came one day before the band launched their special website that will promote the new album. NinetyNights.com was officially opened on January 1, giving the first video that will be followed daily by others until the album's release date. In the site, fans can view the 30-90 seconds clips that are produced by Vincent Moon, and download it in HQ.

It appears that Kevin Federline knows best how to have fun in the middle of tough custody battle with his ex-wife Britney Spears. The father of two, according to several news media, was spotted cozying up to hotel heiress Paris Hilton.

K-Fed and Paris, who were in town to host separate New Year's Eve parties; hers at LAX and his at Tangerine, were photographed talking intimately at Los Angeles club LAX on Saturday night, December 29.

Radiohead frontman is not pleased with the claim that the band left EMI because the label refused to pay them 10 million pounds to re-sign. Beside denying it, Thom Yorke said that it was simply a "bullsh*t".

The rock band that left EMI to independently release their latest album, 'In Rainbows', was offered a 3 million pounds advance deal to re-sign but they rejected it, which according to a rep from EMI, was due to the amount.

A week after announcing that he had retired his comic character Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast in Dream Work's new project, "The Trial of the Chicago 7". According to reports, the actor famous for his role as Ali G in in television series "Da Ali G Show" will star as Abbie Hoffman, an anti-Vietnam War activists arrested at the 1968 Democratic Convention.

In the drama film, Cohen will join the acclaimed director Steven Spielberg who is said set to also produce the picture alongside Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. The movie that is slanted for release in 2010 is based on the violent protests of the 1968 Democratic Party Convention in the US in which Hoffman found fame by playing pranks to campaign against the Vietnam War conflict.

Billie Piper is a married woman, again. The English actress married actor Laurence Fox, son of James Fox, at the Parish Church of St Mary's in Easebourne, West Sussex, near their home in Midhurst Monday, December 31.

Kept her wedding ceremony traditional, Piper was seen wearing a low-cut ivory formal wedding dress with a black coat draped over her shoulders and was accompanied by four bridesmaids in short purple dresses. She was five minutes early for the wedding.