January 19, 2008

Though sued by many, evidently "Borat" once again wins the judges' heart as on Friday, January 18, the nine-member Alabama Supreme Court overruled a lawsuit filed by Kathie Martin. The justices who sided with Sacha Baron Cohen said that the etiquette teacher cannot sue Cohen and the production companies of the comedy movie because Martin has signed an agreement stating only courts in New York could hear any disputes that arose from her appearance.

On dismissal of the lawsuit, Justice Mike Bolin wrote "It is sufficient to say that an eventful meal ensued during which the alleged reporter engaged in behavior that would generally be considered boorish and offensive." Following the ruling, neither Martin nor The 20th Century Fox gave out comment.

Serj Tankian is set to take the road without his band System of a Down, in promotion of his solo debut album 'Elect the Dead'. The rocker will jump on a headlining tour in U.S. and join Foo Fighters for a number of dates before commencing with the solo leg.

The first date of his U.S. headlining tour is February 11 in Atlanta, G.A. He will perform in other four dates alone before supporting Foo Fighters whom he also toured with during 2007 U.K. jaunt, for 12 dates. His solo headlining dates are continued on March 8 in Francisco, C.A.

Hot on the heels of the opening of the annual Sundance Film Festival Thursday, January 17, 50 Cent has reportedly been tapped to interview Paris Hilton this coming Sunday, January 20 during the event took place in Park City, Utah.

Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival that is considered as the largest independent cinema festival in the U.S. The festival is the premier showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers.

One more member of Sonic Youth has joined a film project. While his band mate Kim Gordon is making a transition to become an actress, guitarist Thurston Moore prefers to stay behind a film score.

Moore is lending his songwriting talent to an adult movie called 'Extra Action (And Extra Hardcore)' which DVD is due to be out in U.S. on March 18. Richard Kern who has directed many of Sonic Youth's music videos have sat as the director of the MVD movie which "documents 60 amateur women (unpretentious, unadorned and undressed) set to an original musical score by Thurston Moore."

With their romance is no longer a secret, Hayden Panettiere has revealed her willingness to move in together with actor boyfriend Milo Ventimiglia.

The actress, who's been staying with BFF Kristen Bell "as a way to get some space," is said to have started shopping for a new home, where she can live in together with Milo.

Motley Crue have prepared themselves to set sail on 'Motley Cruise' that promises "four days of rock n roll on the high sea - filled with music fun and sun - and of course plenty of Girls Girls Girls!". The band will be joined by a number of rock acts such as Skid Row, EndeverafteR, Ratt and a couple of others.

The bands will do 'on-deck' performances and allow fans to have meet and greet sessions with them. The ship will embark from Miami on January 24, visit Key West, FL before officially stopping in Calica, Mexico on January 28. Other acts participating in the cruise are Slaughter and Lynam.

The trailer of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" will have its first appearance on Valentine's Day. According to CHUD.com, the video footage of the much expected action film will first be broadcast by Entertainment Tonight on February 14.

On the same day, the trailer will be launched in theaters as well. Following the television and theatrical releases, it is said that it will hit the web the next day, February 15. Initially, its writer, George Lucas, wanted to reveal the film's title in the trailer, but its actor Shia LaBeouf has outed the info at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards on September 9, 2007.

There hasn't any official confirmation just yet concerning Gwyneth Paltrow's recent hospitalization and meanwhile speculation is mounting that she's pregnant with another baby. Despite all, Gwyneth's chef pal Mario Batali, with whom she shoots her own cooking show, has let slip that she was taken to hospital for "a little gastrointestinal situation."

Mario told US Weekly at the grand opening of The Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas Thursday, January 17 that Gwyneth was taken to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday, January 14 for "a little gastrointestinal situation," but "It's now been straightened out. She's [doing] great."

Words are circulating that Christina Milian has joined a new label which is a joint venture of MySpace and Interscope. The singer who left Def Jam in 2006 reportedly will release her fourth album under the brand new label.

The follow up to 'So Amazin'' is scheduled to be dropped either in late Spring or early Summer this year. It was revealed that she has worked with producers Cool & Dre, Danja, Ryan Tedder, Lil Jon, and J.R. Rotem among others.

While "Shrek Goes Fourth", the fourth installment of DreamWorks' hit animated film series, is said to be underway, it was announced that the original "Shrek" will move from a land not so far, far away to Broadway. On Thursday, January 17, DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd announced that the successful comedy animation will begin its musical journey in an exclusive world premiere engagement at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, August 14 to September 21.

Entitled "Shrek the Musical", the musical version of the animated film is based on the story and characters from William Steig's book "Shrek!" as well as the DreamWorks Animation first film "Shrek" which hit the theaters in summer 2001. It will have Jason Moore, who staged the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, "Avenue Q", as its director and other awards-winning crews, while casting and additional members of the creative team will be announced shortly.

Has received numerous honor for his acting career, not to mention that of People's Sexiest Man Alive predicate, George Clooney has just been honored for his humanitarian work, being appointed as United Nations "messenger of peace."

Clooney's designation as U.N. Messenger of Peace was announced Friday, January 18 by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. The movie hunk thus joins the likes of Michael Douglas and musician Yo-Yo Ma as previous celebrity U.N. honorees.

Amid the doubt of this year's Grammy Awards ceremony, plans are going ahead on the commemoration of the event that will enter its 50th year. Singer John Legend is slated to get on board an in-flight plane and perform a concert for a number of lucky sweepstakes winners.

As many as 50 to 60 people who win a series of sweepstakes on the websites of participating CBS stations and affiliates, will be treated with a 30-minute acoustic set from the soul singer. The Delta Air Lines' Boeing 757 plane which is branded with Grammy will take off from New York on February 7 and land in Los Angeles.

Having filmed successful action film "Mr and Mrs Smith" together, it was reported that the Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt hope to be able to once again star in another movie together. Allegedly, the hope is expressed by Jolie saying "We liked filming together and we have got our eyes open if it comes our way."

"Mr and Mrs Smith" is the pair's first film together and it was said to be the movie that brought them together as at the time, Pitt was married to another Hollywood big name actress Jennifer Aniston. Following his divorce finalization in August 2005, the couple then announced that they were dating. With the Academy Award-winning actress, Pitt now has three adopted kids, six-year-old Maddox, three-year-old Pax, and two-year-old Zahara. The pair also have their own child, 20-month-old Shiloh.

Consequence, known best as Kanye West's frequent collaborator and his work on A Tribe Called Quest's 'Beats, Rhymes and Life', has premiered a black and white music video of his single 'The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

The song is featuring West again and first included in West's mixtape 'Freshman Adjustment' that was released in 2005 before than made into Consequence's 2007 debut album, 'Don't Quit You Day Job!'.

Began performing her community service on November 12, 2007 volunteering for the American Red Cross in Pomona, Calif, which was part of her 10-days community service in a DUI plea bargain, Lindsay Lohan's next stop will be the morgue.

Lindsay is slated to report to a morgue for two days, two-hours a day, as part of a court-ordered program to show DUI offenders the real-life consequences of drinking and driving, her attorney Blair Berk said after a hearing Thursday, January 17 to report to a judge on Lindsay's progress toward fulfilling the terms of her plea bargain. In addition to that, Lindsay reportedly must also spend two days, two hours a day, working in a hospital emergency room.

Johnny Depp revealed that he wants to bring the troubled King of Pop to the big screen. According to reports, the famous Jack Sparrow of blockbuster series "Pirates of the Caribbean" is hoping that he could play Michael Jackson in a movie about the singer's life.

The Academy Award-nominated actor's dream was revealed as he clarified rumor about him modeled his eccentric character Willy Wonka from 2005's children fantasy film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" on the "Thriller" hitmaker. Contactmusic.com has quoted him saying, "I have heard that I based Willy Wonka on Michael Jackson before, but no, that was not my plan, I wish I had thought of that though."

Mariah Carey's new album is taking shape with the announcement of its title, release date, track list and collaborators. As previously reported, the eleventh studio album will be named 'That Chick' after one song that made the cut and it will be released on April 1 via Def Jam.

Producers in the album includes Jermaine Dupri, will.i.am, and Rodney Jerkins. Meanwhile, T-Pain is confirmed to be the featured artists on the track 'Migrate' which was previewed at TAO club when Carey rang for the New Year's Eve. Damian Marley, son of legendary Bob Marley, is also contributing in the album.

Has recently been rushed to the hospital due to complications from pneumonia, Eminem reportedly has a very serious heart condition and is said to be weighing in at 200 pounds. In an attempt to provide a solution for the rap icon to lose his weight, weight-loss product company Slim-Fast has offered him a deal to become their spokesman.

"Slim-Fast is a program that can really work for someone like Eminem; it's a do-able and flexible approach," a Slim Fast representative said in a statement. "Slim-Fast would love to offer Eminem product and assistance to help him become a potential Slim Fast success story."

Mexican actor Diego Luna has reportedly been signed to join the cast of "Milk". According to Entertainment Weekly, the actor in Salma Hayek's "Frida" gets the part of Jack Lira, the supporter and lover of Sean Penn's character, Harvey Milk.

The biopic tells the story of Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America. He was voted to be in the city supervisors' board of San Francisco in 1977, but assassinated the following year along with Mayor George Moscone by another city supervisor, Dan White.

Korn have found the replacement for guitarist James "Munky"Shaffer who announced his time out from the band earlier this week. According to HardDrive Radio, the nu metal band that have just started their European tour, hired Rob Patterson as their guitarist and opted Ray Luzier as their drummer, sitting for David Silveria who took an indefinite hiatus in 2006.

"Yeah, I'm the new drummer for Korn now," Luzier told Ultimate-Guitar.com. "We start in Dublin, Ireland on the 13th of this month and we have a big world tour coming up right now. We're going everywhere, all over the U.K. and we're going to go to Dubai, South Africa, Russia. It's a crazy tour." Patterson was the band's supporting guitarist during Family Value Tour 2006 while Luzier was formerly in Army of Anyone. Their status is limited to being the touring members, not the official ones. After all there is still possibility that Munky will return to the band.

The former James Bond star, Pierce Brosnan, dished out about his next project on his official website. The 54-year-old actor revealed that he will star in Terry Loane directed-film "Vanilla Gorilla" before he is going into the production of "The Thomas Crown Affair" sequel.

In his site, the "The Tailor of Panama" star stated that he is heading off to South Africa to make the family genre film which starts taking the principal photography in mid-February. He noted down, "Before I set sail with the second installment of TC2..... I'm off to South Africa to make 'Vanilla Gorilla,'..."

Has been pointed to be the other woman in Sean Penn's marriage to his now-estranged wife Robin Wright Penn, Sienna Miller branded the report as "outrageously untrue" and insisted she and the actor are just friends.

The New York Daily News' columnists Rush and Molloy run a story under the headline "Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn split up after (Sienna) Miller time", reported in it that Sienna was seen having a late night out with Sean during which she was spotted sitting on his lap with her arm around his neck while dressed sexily.

Danity Kane are back on the track and ready to launch their first single from their sophomore effort. Bad Boy/Atlantic Records have allowed fans to get a say between two songs which are posted on their official site.

Despite the leaked '2 of You' earlier this month, Atlantic have put 'Damaged' and 'Pretty Boy' as the options. 'Damaged' is an uptempo dance track which can easily be a club banger while the smoother 'Pretty Boy' is reportedly produced by Timbaland's protege, Danja.

Following the screening of "Cloverfield" on Wednesday, January 16, the teaser trailer of "Star Trek" attached to the J.J.Abrams-produced movie is playing in theaters. However, the good news came from IESB.net stating that the bootleg version of the sci-fi film's teaser has been leaked online.

In a considerably short video footage, the teaser has been exactly like what it has been described earlier. Though showing the Starfleet logo and ended with words stating, "Under Construction".

Nicole Richie has become a first-time mother by January 11 when she gave birth to her first child with boyfriend Joel Madden, but it was not until a week later that photos of their newborn daughter made their way all over the net.

It was MediaTakeOut who first made public the photos claimed to be that of Harlow Winter Kate Madden. "MediaTakeOut.com got its hands on what we are told are photos of Nicole and Joel's baby Harlow Winter Kate Madden shortly after birth," so the site wrote.

Paramount Vantage have shared the first look into their war drama movie "Defiance" through the release of its teaser trailer. The two minutes video footage opens with the appearing of solemn white words on black screen referring to the evils of German most feared man Adolf Hitler.

The trailer gives out glimpses of the war resolving around the three Jewish brothers living in Nazi-occupied Poland and fighting their way out from the country through the Belarussian forest where they join Russian resistance fighters in battling the Nazis. Along the way, they save the lives of more than 1,200 Jews. The teaser gives a mix of struggle, determination and action and it is said that it was a story no one ever heard of.