January 15, 2008

The second single from Kid Rock's 'Rock N Roll Jesus' album has got its music video premiered. The track 'Amen', self-proclaimed to be one of the best pieces he had written, concerns humanity subjects such as war, politics, poverty and even hypocrite inside religions.

The video thus is made in line to the subjects with scenes of African people, funeral after war, strike on race issues and many more. Photographer David Tunnley who had won a Pulitzer Prize reportedly sat as the director of the clip.

On the announcement of the 19th PGA Awards' nominations made on Monday, January 14, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" becomes the only foreign language film to be nominated for the Producers Guild of America's top feature film awards. The film produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Kilik receives nod for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures.

Under the category, the French-American film will be facing strong contenders, the crime tale "No Country for Old Men" and the historical epic "There Will Be Blood". Aside from the two film critics' favorites, it also has to be up against the teen-pregnancy comedy "Juno" and the legal drama "Michael Clayton".

DAUGHTRY are still spawning singles from their highly-successful debut album. The rock band have just premiered the music video for ballad 'Feels Like Tonight', the sixth from the self-titled album.

The music video that was debuted by Amazon.com on Monday, January 14 was directed by Martin Weisz that previously helmed the film 'The Hills Have Eyes II'. Beside sitting for films, Weisz had also directed many music videos such as P. Diddy's 'PE2000', Korn's 'Somebody Someone' and Meat Loaf's 'Did I Say That'.

Following his father's footstep of being an actor, Will Smith's 9-year-old son, Jaden Smith has landed himself a part in the 20th Century Fox's "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Though the speculation of him starring in the sci-fi thriller remake has broken out earlier, Hollywood Reporter has just given out the confirmation.

According to the site, the young star in "The Pursuit of Happyness", in which he played opposite his father, will be playing Jacob, the rebellious 8-year-old son of scientist Helen Benson who first makes contact with a humanoid alien Klaatu. Smith will also be joining the star studded cast consisting of Jennifer Connelly, Keanu Reeves, Kathy Bates and the Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm.

Eagles will soon begin their world tour to support 'Long Road Out of Eden' at O2. The rock band have announced a residency at the London stadium for four nights.

The first date would be March 20, followed by 22, 23, and 26. Tickets for these four shows will go on-sale on Friday, January 18 with price ranging from 70 to 110 pounds via Ticketmaster. The world tour will also take them to U.S., Australia and other U.K. territories with dates expected to be announced soon.

The pregnant teenager in "Juno", Ellen Page, reportedly is being cast in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut project "Whip It!". The rumor broke out following FilmSchoolRejects' e-mail interview with Shauna Cross, the author of the novel 'Derby Girl' that is adapted into the film.

When asked about the casting, the author/screenwriter hinted that the Kitty Pryde in "X-Men: The Last Stand" is one of the actresses to play in the film. FilmSchoolRejects noted her answer writing, "Rumor is the lead could be played by an actress whose name rhymes with 'Shmellen Shmage.' (Translates to: Ellen Page?) But what do I know? I'm just the writer."

First starred in Calvin Klein advertisements back in 1992, Kate Bosworth has just been revealed as the new face of the denim giant for its Spring/Summer 2008 collection.

The movie beauty, became well known with a leading role in the 2002 flick "Blue Crush" and has since then appeared in several notable films, is featured in black and white ad campaigns that see her dons a metallic trench coat and white jeans from the famous range. She was photographed by David Sims, the man behind the shots of the current Fall CK Jeans ads with British musician Jamie Burke and model Lara Stone.

Rumored of being left by its director Bryan Singer, the sequel of "Superman Returns" is hit with another speculation. Movie Web reported that "Superman: The Man of Steel" is likely to be put on hold for an indefinite time possibly due to the WGA strike and disappointing returns of "Returns".

Further, according to Variety, the action adventure film was losing its writers as the screenwriters for "Returns", Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, have chosen not to be involved in the franchise film. Allegedly, all of the problems accumulated to the pushing back of release date from 2009 to 2010.

The subject is still cloudy but one definite thing is that Jennifer Lopez has parted ways with her manager, Irving Azoff. It is still unclear on who decides to take the action first.

Azoff, who also managed Seal, Van Halen and Eagles allegedly called it quit when he had a heated argument over the phone with Lopez. It was claimed that Azoff said Lopez is hard to manage and "unprofessional" before decided to leave her. There were also reports that Azoff issued a letter that contains "blunt terms" on why the deal between him and Lopez was off.

New Line Cinema is reportedly in need of a monster creature for the cast of their new supernatural thriller "The New Daughter". According to Bloody-disgusting, The studio have put out a casting call for a 'creature performer' to bring their terrifying monster to life.

It is stated that the studio are looking for a person that has physical ability to animate the character. They added that the applicants ought to be ultra-thin. They must also be comfortable wearing full facial make-up appliances with limited vision and do not mind the full body makeup application process.

Charlize Theron got small role in "The Road", an adaptation movie of Cormac McCarthy's bestselling novel. According to Variety, the Academy Award-winning actress for "Monster" has signed on to play the wife of Viggo Mortensen's character in the upcoming thriller that will mostly be seen in flashback.

Allegedly, though getting a minor role, the "North Country" star still joins the project because she is a big fan of the book. It was also said that she is looking forward to once again work with producer Nick Wechsler since in 2000, she has worked with Wechsler to make a drama thriller "The Yards" starring also Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix.

The dates of Kenny Chesney's 'Poets & Pirates' tour have been mapped out. It will begin April 26 in Columbia, S.C. and visit other 13 venues which are mostly stadiums.

The tour will support his album 'Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates' that was released in September 2007 and debuted at #3 on Billboard Hot 200. He will be supported by LeAnn Rimes and several other notable country musicians such as Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Gary Allan, Big & Rich, Luke Bryan and Sammy Hagar.

Is a first-time father, Joel Madden just blogged an entry on his DCMA Collective Website, shared among other things about his newborn daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden and his new life as a father.

Under the heading "It's a Girl!!!!", the Good Charlotte frontman wrote "Well, I am finally home with my beautiful girlfriend and our brand new little daughter. Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born on January 11th, 2008 at 3:13pm. She weighed in at 6 pounds and 7 ounces. She is 19 inches long and growing everyday already! She really is a wonderful addition to the GC/DCMA/DEADEXEC family. We are so blessed to have this beautiful little baby in our lives."

The Golden Globe-nominated actress Scarlett Johansson is said to be embarking for a new role in the entertainment business. PageSix.com reported that the 23-year-old starlet has sign on to make her directorial debut with a drama romantic film "New York, I Love You".

She will join the lineup of the film's 12 directors in making five-minute films each. The Charlotte in "Lost in Translation" is going to make one of the love stories that is set in New York with other directors, including Woody Allen, Anthony Minghella, Brett Ratner, Zach Braff and Mira Nair.

Laying out the launch of her seventh album one at a time, Alanis Morissette has outed the first video of the album which will be titled 'Flavors of Entanglement'. Although the video has been premiered for public view, the song is not yet confirmed as the lead single from the album.

The song was first made a contestant at 2007 Elevate Music Festival that was held at Los Angeles' Kodak Theater on September 15. Since the festival's purpose is to create music videos, documentaries and others, Morissette created the music video within reportedly, two days.

The Weinstein Company's 2006 film project that has yet hit the theaters "Fanboys" is being reported to be undergoing serious changes. According to Ain't It Cool News, the comedy movie has been re-cut and re-shot.

Reportedly, the film has been picked up by Judd Appatow's production company. Following that, he and his co-producer Shauna Robertson are making many changes and were re-shooting the film about 2-3 weeks ago. It was also said that the main plot point is changed.

Won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 2008 Golden Globe Award for his portrayal as the murderous barber in "Sweeney Todd" apparently puts Johnny Depp in his best giving mood ever that he willingly makes a huge money donation to children's hospital.

The actor was reported to have paid a secret visit to London's Great Ormond Street Children's hospital on Sunday, January 13 and donated $2 million of his own money to thank staff for saving the life of his young daughter, Lily-Rose Melody Depp.

Previously only in snippets, a full version of Ashanti's new song has been leaked. The piano-driven 'The Way That I Love You' is allegedly to be included in her much-delayed album, 'The Declaration', and possibly will make it as the next single off the album.

The song had been showcased by the R'n'B singer during her concerts last year and it soon leaked on the Internet in December 2007. It is produced by L.T. Hutton who reportedly confirmed that the song will be the lead single from the album.

Has been in relationship with Helena Bonham Carter since the year of 2001, it was not until recently that Tim Burton revealed that he's finally ready to marry her.

"Helena and I feel so married we never got around to doing it, but I'm thinking about it," Tim told Britain's Radio Times magazine, adding that "I'm a late bloomer."

The stand-up comedian turned actor, Dane Cook, is said to be preparing for depicting an action hero. According to MTV Movie Blog, the co-star of Jessica Alba in "Good Luck Chuck" has revealed his interest to star in an action film "Dead Already".

To the blog, the 35-year-old actor confessed that his next game plan is to explore the action genre. About the film, he said, "It's got a really interesting take-off from the typical buddy cop movie which has been done in so many ways. This definitely had an element that was like, 'Wow, I've never seen that before'."

In the celebration of her giving birth to a healthy baby boy named Max on Saturday, January 12, Christina Aguilera has posted a never-before -seen music video titled 'Save Me From Myself' that contains a real footage of her wedding to Jordan Bratman.

Along with the video, the pop singer also posted on her official site a message to clarify how "dear" the video is for her. The post read: "In honor of our love for each other and our growing family, I have put together a special video for the song "Save Me From Myself" off my Back to Basics album. This video is very dear to me as it includes actual footage from our personal wedding video!"

The fact that they come from two very different worlds, however, doesn't prevent Snoop Dogg and David Beckham to become best friends. Has a secret fetish for slippers, the twosome reportedly planning to launch their own line of fashionable footwear.

On their planned collaboration for the footwear range, Snoop revealed that he sent the soccer stud a pair of his own Sensual Seduction slippers for Christmas and it was the stuff that prompted the idea for their own fashion line.

"High School Musical 3: Senior Year", the third installment of the successful Disney's Original Picture "High School Musical" is definitely heading to the big screen. According to Variety, the TV film franchise has been scheduled to hit theaters on October 24, 2008.

At the same time, it has been revealed that the original cast members of the drama musical movie will be back for the third series of the Disney's project. The young ensemble includes Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman.

BRIT Awards, the so-called Grammys for British music scene have unearthed the names who will potentially win a trophy or two for their work in previous years. In the lead for the British category are Take That, Mika and Leona Lewis. Meanwhile, the International school is dominated by bands like Eagles and Arcade Fire as well as a solo act, Kylie Minogue.

Each of the three British acts receive four nods. Take That whose 2006 comeback album, 'Beautiful World' only comes to full eligibility this year, are competing for British Band, British album for 'Beautiful World', British Live Act and British Single for 'Shine'.

Was initially scheduled to attend another hearing, set for Monday, January 14, in her ongoing custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over their two young sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, Britney Spears did arrive for the afternoon session of the proceedings, yet abruptly left the courthouse without going in after paparazzi surrounded her.

Skipped the morning session of the custody hearing, the pop star showed up for the afternoon session instead, appeared at the Los Angeles County Courthouse around 1:30 P.M. and was mobbed by photographers as she stepped from a sport utility vehicle outside the downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

On Monday, January 14, 2008 ShoWest's organizers announced that Abigail Breslin will be honored with the title of Female Star of Tommorow. The 11-year-old young actress will be presented with the award at an awards gala held to close the cinema exhibition and distribution event.

On the choosing of Breslin for the honor, the co-managing director of ShoWest, Mitch Neuhauser, said, "Since making her big-screen debut at the tender age of 5, Abigail Breslin has impressed critics and movie fans across the world with her versatile, enchanting and charismatic performances."