February 08, 2008

Sony Pictures Classics has released the trailer of romantic drama "Married Life". The two-minutes video footage gives out idea what the film that was previewed at the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival back in September 2007 is about.

Set in the 1940's, the film tells the story about Harry Allen, a middle age man who decided to kill his wife because he didn't want to humiliate her by divorcing her. The film sees Chris Cooper as Harry Allen and Patricia Clarkson as Pat Allen.

Yung Joc will release "Ima G" as the third single from his sophomore set "Hustlenomics". The rapper had shot the music video and just premiered it on his MySpace page, featuring kids at school in the opening.

"Ima G" that features Young Dro and Bun B is the follow up to "Coffee Shop" and "Bottle Poppin'", the two singles that have been pulled from the charting album. "Hustlenomics" debuted at #3 on Billboard Hot 200 when it was released in August 2007, selling 69,000 copies.

Katherine Heigl and her husband Josh Kelley got robbed.

The newlyweds were left shock when they found out someone had broken into their car outside their Hollywood Hills home on Tuesday, February 5.

The co-star of Lindsay Lohan in "Mean Girls", Amanda Seyfried, has been cast in dark comedy film "Jennifer's Body". According to Hollywood Reporter, the 22-year-old actress will star opposite the "Transformers" hottie Megan Fox. In the Karyn Kusama-directed film, Seyfried is set to portray Needy, Jennifer's brainiac best friend who tries to safe the high school boys' from Jennifer.

"Body", which script was written by the writer of "Juno" Diablo Cody, tells the story about Jennifer, a cheerleader possessed by Demon. Following the possessing, the young girl became obsessed to seduce high school boys to eat them. The film is scheduled to start filming sometime in March in Vancouver.

Brittany Murphy has sparked rumors of cosmetic surgery with her being spotted with what looked to be freshly plumped lips.

The actress, best known for her portrayal as Tai Fraiser in "Clueless" (1995), was spotted on Wednesday, February 6 with what appeared to be an augmented upper lip, in stark contrast to her previous look.

Having jumped to the acting pool, P. Diddy is all but addicted. The rapper who had pocketed several multi platinum albums said that he is taking a break from music to concentrate on his new interest which was triggered by his performance in Broadway production of "A Raisin in the Sun"

"Right now I'm transitioning from a recording artist to acting," Diddy said. "Having an opportunity to play this role, it really changed my life. I had an opportunity to open up as an artist, and I learned so much. Every role I get, I feel I'm getting better."

Good news came from "Australia". ComingSoon reported that the epic movie starring Nicole Kidman will be released on November 14, 2008 by the 20th Century Fox.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the drama film centers on an English aristocrat who was forced to work together with a rough-hewn cattle driver when English cattle barons plan to take over her inherited land. Their journey in driving 2,000 cattle across the country is faced with the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces.

Words are spreading that sexy starlet Scarlett Johansson will have a "steamy sex scene" in Woddy Allen's upcoming drama comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". According to the New York Post's Page Six, the 23-year-old actress has been set to have lesbian sex scene with her co-star Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz.

To the newspaper's gossip column, an insider described the scene saying, "It is also extremely erotic. People will be blown away and even shocked. Penelope and Scarlett go at it in a red-tinted photography dark room, and it will leave the audience gasping." Further, it was also rumored that aside from the lesbian scene, Johansson can also be seen in a threesome raunchy action with Cruz and Javier Bardem, who played the former husband of Cruz's character.

Shakira is auctioning off numbers of her clothes for charity, it has been reported.

The Columbian pop star is offering up more than 40 stage costumes she wore on her 2007 Oral Fixation tour to raise funds for her "Bare Feet Foundation," which is a leading project to build a school for impoverished kids in her native Colombia.

She has last taken her clothes off for the new petroleum jelly gig for Vaseline, and now Sarah Michelle Gellar is auctioning off naked photos of herself for charity.

The movie beauty, who's best known for her role as the fictional character Buffy Summers in the acclaimed television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," posed for revealing new photos in a little black dress, which was later removed from the photos to make the star appear totally nude.

"Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman is set to star in family drama "Eloise in Paris". Variety reported that in the film adaptation of the children's novel series written by Kay Thompson, the 37-year-old Academy Award-nominated actress will be portraying Nanny, the governess of the titular character in the series, Eloise.

Scripted by Charles Shyer, Hallie Meyers-Shyer and Larry Spencer, the movie will be directed by Shyer. It will follow the journey of Eloise who goes to Paris for Fashion Week. Along the way she finds herself chasing after stolen dress with one of Europe's top designers.

On Thursday, February 7, night, the 58th Annual Berlin International Film Festival was officially opened with the appearance of The Rolling Stones which literally shut the traffic in downtown Berlin down. On this opening night, the festival screened a special world premiere of Martin Scorsese's "Shine a Light" featuring the band's concert documentary.

Being the first documentary film to open the festival, the previewing of "Light" was flooded with celebrities. Among the A-listers to attend the event were Patti Smith, Goldie Hawn, Diane Kruger, Sam Riley and Brian De Palma. The Stones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood, who promised to give special appearances also attended the event to introduce the film alongside Scorsese.

Is nine months pregnant with her husband Marc Anthony's child and ready to knock out twins any day now, in fact, couldn't stop Jennifer Lopez from hitting the block. Is determined to stay fashionable, the mother-to-be hit the Marchesa Fall 2008 fashion show on Wednesday, February 6 in New York City, looking ultra chic.

Wore a stunning teal Marchesa dress during the New York Fashion Week, Lopez was seen sporting the latest Gucci heels. Was enthused about the fashion she sported for the event, the actress-singer commented, "We found one that fit!" added that the designer "knew kind of how big I was. I was like, 'I want to come to the presentation.' She was like, 'OK,' and sends a dress over."

"Heroes" beauty Hayden Panettiere is set to play in new teenage comedy project "Daydream Nation". According to Hollywood Reporter, the 18-year-old actress is going to portray a bitter teenager in a movie described as an intellectual comedy in the style of "Juno" and "Election" by the producers.

On the movie's matter, it was said that the comedy is written and will be directed by newcomer Michael Goldbach. Additionally, "Igby Goes Down" star Kieran Culkin is reported to be in talks to play the oblivious boyfriend of Panettiere's character. The schedule of the filming hasn't been confirmed yet, but it is expected to be started in the second or third quarter of 2008 depending on Panettiere's schedule on "Heroes".

Lance Bass and Ben Thigpen's romance is on the rocks. The same-sex couple reportedly are having some relationship woes after the NSYNC singer was said to be spotted kissing another man right in front of Ben.

The Star who was the first to break the report was quoted as writing, "Lance Bass is in deep water with his hairstylist beau, Ben Thigpen. On Jan. 27, the day before they were to fly to LA and move in together, the two had a huge fight."

The big green ogre tale series "Shrek the Third" has led the nominations of 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards as the Dream Works' animation comedy nailed 4 nods at the slimiest event of the year. On Thursday, February 7, the animation set in the land of Far, Far Away gathered a count for Favorite Animated Movie as well as three gongs in Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie category for Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy.

Aside from "Shrek", there are four other movies which landed multiple nominations at the Nickelodeon cable network's event, they are "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End", "Are We Done Yet?", "Bee Movie" and "Spider-Man 3". "Pirates" nabbed three counts, whereas the rest gained double nominations each.

Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie receives the most nods in the music field of Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2008. The singer who last year was nominated along with her group, Black Eyed Peas, is now claiming two kudos for her solo works.

Beside nominated for Female Singer, Fergie is also vying for the Song category through her hit single "Big Girls Don't Cry". In the former category, she will have to face Beyonce Knowles, who won the title last year, Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys. Meanwhile for the latter, her song is competing against Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls", Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" and Akon's "Don't Matter".

Nominees for the forthcoming 21st annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards are in already. As for the TV categories, the first big nominee is the sitcom "Drake & Josh" which earns three nods all at once; Favorite TV Show and two Favorite Television Actor for Drake Bell and Josh Peck.

Everyone's favorite, "Hannah Montana," is the second big nominee. Besides being nominated for the category of Favorite TV Show, the children's TV series also scores the Favorite Television Actress nod for actress Miley Cyrus. The following is the list of Nickelodeon TV nominees:

Several selections and delays after, Mariah Carey's first single from her "That Chick" album will finally take impact on radios next week. "Touch My Body" which has been voted as the lead single, will be released to Top 40/Mainstream and Top 40/Rhythmic-Crossover radio outlets on February 12.

A countdown for the highly-anticipated song has been put on AllAccess.com, suggesting that it would be played on Tuesday, February 12 at 6:30 P.M. ET when the timer winds down. The physical single meanwhile, will be dropped on February 19 via Island Def Jam.

Britney Spears is back on the road. The troubled pop songstress was discharged from the psychiatric ward at UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday, February 6 over the recommendation of her treating psychiatrist, yet against the wishes of both her parents.

Britney was admitted to the Resnick Neuropsychiatric wing of the Los Angeles hospital Thursday morning, January 31, being taken from her Beverly Hills home by ambulance and escorted by more than a dozen police officers as two helicopters followed overhead. Was initially placed on a 72-hour hold, the mother of two was, on Sunday, February 3, required to stay hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center for another 14 days.

"SexyBack" singer Justin Timberlake is going to make another attempt in the big screen. According to Variety, the four-time Grammy Award-winning singer has been signed to star in drama comedy "The Open Road" along with Jeff Bridges and Mary Steenburgen.

Details about which character Timberlake will be playing hasn't been revealed yet. Still, it was explained that the Perfect Weekend's film, which will be directed by Michael Meredith, centers around a young man who is trying to reconnect with his legendary athlete father in order to bring his father home to meet his dying mother. The principal photography is scheduled to be started later this month in Louisiana and other Southern states.

Questions on whether Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" will ever see the light may have gone quite stale but a recent reports indicated that the album will definitely be out should a term is fulfilled. The supposed sixth studio album from the rock band is finished but Axl Rose wants more money for its release.

Rose, notorious for perfection and irrational behavior, allegedly is negotiating with Geffen to get more money before the album is put on the streets, The Pulse of Radio reported. The frontman reported is holding the completed masters and will only hand it if the deal is reached.

It took them around four years to move from "Meteora" to "Minutes to Midnight" with a Jay-Z-collaborative album in between, but Linkin Park have predicted that they will move faster on the new one. Frontman Chester Bennington revealed that he has "a good feeling" that the fourth album will come out quicker.

"We sparked a new kind of life into what we do during the writing of ('Midnight')," Bennington told Billboard.com. "We want to keep that going. I think we're in the mode, and I have a good feeling we're going to put another record out really quickly."

In the wake of the release of the official results of the toxicology test of Heath Ledger, there comes a new report that suggests the late actor's family are planning to hold a final farewell to Heath at a spot he cherished.

The West Australian newspaper reported Thursday, February 7 that Heath's family were hoping to hold a wake Saturday at a Colonial-style waterfront restaurant at Cottesloe Beach, a resort village south of Heath's hometown of Perth that was a favorite spot of the actor.

Words on the street are rive on the planned comeback of Whitney Houston this month. The singer who had been handed an invitation at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party, reportedly will make her first Stateside performance since completing her rehab stint in 2006, at the Saturday night party.

She allegedly has arrived in Los Angeles yesterday, February 7 to rehearse and rumor has it that she will showcase one of the new materials that she has been working on with Davis for her seventh studio album. Whitney reportedly have recorded 15 tracks for the new album and will release the first single in March.

Eva Mendes leaves rehab, temporarily.

The actress who's been receiving treatment at Utah's Cirque Lodge, the same rehab center that Lindsay Lohan was treated last year for her drinking problem, was spotted out and about in the Hollywood Hills.

Jay-Z who curiously only set a short tour for his latest effort, "American Gangster", last year apparently is saving the dates for the longer one with Mary J. Blige. Both Hip-Hop icons have teamed up to jump on the potentially biggest tour this year.

Dubbed "Heart of the City", the jaunt will kick off March 22 in Miami. The first ten dates have been unveiled but more are reportedly expected to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Tickets for the announced shows will go on sale on February 15.

The results of Heath Ledger's toxicology test to find out the cause(s) of his death are in already. Following an inconclusive initial test and a previous delay, it was ruled on Wednesday, February 6 that the Aussie heartthrob died of an accidental "abuse of prescription medications."

A statement issued by the New York Chief Medical Examiner's Office read, "Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine. We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications."

Amy Winehouse's attempt to get her U.S. visa has been crushed with the decision from U.S. Embassy in London to deny it. With the failure to get the entry permit, Winehouse will not be able to pop up her face at the 50th Grammy Awards this weekend, but will show up via telecast.

Winehouse, nominated for six nods at the Los Angeles event, will perform a material from her acclaimed album "Back to Black", a Grammys insider told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity on Thursday, February 7. Rumor has it that she had previously prepared to perform "Rehab" and "You Know I'm No Good" with her backing band The Dap-Kings.

Kirsten Dunst has checked into rehab, a source close to the actress has confirmed to People. The movie beauty who starred in the hit "Spider-Man" movies, was reported to have checked herself into the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Park City, Utah, where fellow actress Eva Mendes is currently being treated.

"She's not doing well," the source told People. "People were pushing her to go in there but there was no intervention ... She has been partying hard for a while and I'm sure the Heath Ledger thing put people over the edge."