October 13, 2008

Third season of "30 Rock" is coming on the way with a bang, and NBC have come up with a longer promo for it. The video compiles scenes of guest appearances presented in the episodes to come, like those coming from Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Aniston and Steve Martin.

The season opener on October 30 will be opened with a cameo from Megan Mullally who acts as a social worker who evaluates whether Liz Lemon is qualified to adopt a child or not. There are also sneak peeks from the 3.02 episode of Oprah on a flight with Liz, trying to cope up with the eccentricity of Liz.

Kevin Rudolf got his start in the music industry after meeting top-notched producer Timbaland in 2004. He then helped working on numerous Timbaland-produced hits, including Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right", Timbaland's "Release", and Black Eyed Peas' "My Style".

In early 2007, Rudolf decided to release his own project after getting a "real vision of what I could contribute as a producer, musician, and songwriter and tapping into my own voice." While working on his debut album, Rudolf met Cash Money Records' Slim Williams and after playing some of his songs for him, he was signed by the executive.

The owner and general manager of Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones and The Salvation Army's Lieutenant-Colonel David Jeffrey announce that Jonas Brothers will make a live appearance at "Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day" game in a nationally televised halftime show. "There are no other artists more in touch with America's youth than Jonas Brothers," Jerry says. "So, this is a great chance for us to get the word out about The Salvation Army's vital work to a whole new generation of donors."

The show is confirmed to be aired on FOX television network on November 27 at 3:15 P.M. CST. Beside meant to open the match between the Dallas Cowboys against Seattle Seahawks, the performance is also aimed to kick off the 2008 Salvation Army Red Kettle Christmas campaign, which runs nationally through Christmas Eve on December 24.

Hot on the heels of Star magazine's report of Lisa Marie Presley giving birth to twin girls, a representative for her issued a confirmation Saturday, October 11, spilling more details about the infants and their celebrity mother. Not mentioning the names of the babies, representative Cindy Guagenti set the record straight on their birth date, telling People, contrary to the circulating reports which mentioned they were born on October 10, Lisa actually gave birth to them on October 7.

Revealing more details about the new additions to the Presley's family, Cindy revealed the babies were delivered at 2:46 P.M. via C-section and weighed in at 5 lbs., 15 oz. and at 5 lbs., 2 oz. Their names were not made public. Though so, Cindy said Lisa and the babies "are happy and healthy and resting at home."

Another trailer to Overture Films' "Sunshine Cleaning" has arrived. Focusing on the two sisters, Rose and Norah Lorkorswki, the brand new trailer gives out a background story to how Rose can come up with the Sunshine Cleaning idea, and how the crime scene cleaning business makes the two grow closer to each other.

Rose Lorkorswki is a single mother who has an eccentric eight-year-old son and cleans houses as her job, while Norah Lorkorswki is a slacker who has no job and still lives under one roof with her father, who always plots get-rich-quick schemes. Having to put her son into a better school and learning that cleaning crime scenes gives quick cash, Rose persuades Norah to be her partner in a crime scene cleaning business, putting themselves in a condition that they never think they would achieve.

New promotional video of "True Blood" has been released by HBO, showing the praise from critics on the relatively new show. The video is also attached with the network's other acclaimed shows such as "Entourage", "House of Saddam", and "Little Britain USA".

Coming from "Six Feet Under" creator, "True Blood" is a modern vampire saga that unites two different worlds of human and vampire after a Japanese scientist invented a synthetic blood called "TruBlood". Sookie is the main character who has the ability to read people's mind and has interest in a vampire named Bill.

In anticipation of "The Incredible Hulk" DVD and Blu-ray release later in October, two of the bonus features from the DVD version have been outed. These two special features each present fans with a deeper look into the Louis Leterrier-directed superhero flick. One is a scene that didn't make it into the big screen, while the other displays the making of the movie.

The deleted scene reveals the time Bruce Banner sits down with Dr. Lennord Samson, Betty's new lover. Reassuring Samson that he doesn't come back for Betty, instead for something else, Banner is pushed to the point that he has to carefully explain about his condition. Parts of this scene has been outed in the first trailer. Meanwhile, the other video highlights on Tim Roth and the shooting of one particular scene he has to undergo.

A brand new song from Grammy Awards winning singer Justin Timberlake has been leaked out. Called "Steppin' Out Tonight", the new up-tempo jam will reportedly appear in his upcoming album, which hasn't been titled yet.

In related news, alongside girlfriend Jessica Biel, the "SexyBack" hit maker showed his support for Barack Obama by attending "Last Chance for Change" rally held at Las Vegas' Clark County Amphitheater on Saturday, October 11. "This is not my usual stage ... and I'm a little nervous. This is the first time in my life that I am endorsing a political candidate," the pop/R&B singer told the crowd of the event. "I'm not here as a musician or an actor or that guy that writes songs. I'm not here as a Democrat or a Republican. I'm here as an American."

John McCain has rescheduled his appointment to appear on "Late Show with David Letterman". As reported on October 12, McCain will get an opportunity to repair his relationship with David Letterman by keeping his promise to appear in the talk show TV series on Thursday, October 16, the day after the final presidential debate with Democratic rival Barack Obama takes place at Hofstra University in Long Island.

Regarding McCain's 'comeback', Letterman only says, "In an attempt to save his campaign, they're talking about coming back. So we said, sure, we'd love you to come back ... but they're being squirrely. Politicians can be squirrely. ... I just don't know if we can trust him."

Giving an update to his fans about his latest condition, Travis Barker is reaching out to them through his MySpace blog, thanking them for their outpouring support during the difficult time. He, moreover, also posts several pictures of him, which were taken during his hospital stay.

"Like the doctors said from the beginning, its [sic] been a slow recovery process. I am coming up on the 7th of my surgeries Monday," so the drummer wrote Saturday, October 11. "Today I finally was able to move all my fingers on my right hand. Every step seems huge at this point, and I'm doing EVERYTHING I can possibly do to get back to my kids. Yes, I did start eating meat again, but if it helps me to be home holding my little humans sooner, than its all worth it."

After Robert Downey Jr. was caught on camera portraying the titular part in "Sherlock Holmes", another actor also involved in the flick Jude Law is now seen on the set while stepping in his role as Dr. John Watson. His first appearance as Holmes' friend has been unveiled though a slew of photos put out by Just Jared.

In the pics, the 35-year-old can be seen wearing a white shirt and black trousers with a thin black suspenders. He also grows a thin mustache for the character. Some of the images catch only Law on-the-set, some others see his interaction with his co-star Downey Jr., discussing something and having a laugh.

Hollywood celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony renewed their wedding vows early Sunday morning, October 12 in Las Vegas. The secret ceremony took place at Caesars Palace's Forum Tower Penthouse at 3:15 A.M. after a night at Pure Nightclub. A representative for the hotel confirmed to People the service was officiated by Rev. Steven Smith and witnessed by two friends of the couple.

A source told the weekly publication, "It was totally a spur of the moment thing. They decided around 12:30 in the morning that they wanted to do it and started calling for ministers." The previous evening, prior to the renewal ceremony, Lopez and Anthony were seen dining together in a private room at Bradley Ogden at Caesars Palace. Then they played craps in the main room. Afterwards both of them headed to The Pussycat Dolls show, followed by a visit to Pure Nightclub.

George Michael has been axed from next year's Brit Awards, as reported by Mirror. "George was frontrunner to get the lifetime achievement award. But Brits bosses felt it would be better not to be associated with him for the time being since the Brits is a shop window for our music," a source from the music industry says.

In a further statement, the source explains that the two-time Grammy Awards winning musician was scrapped as the candidate of "Outstanding Contribution to Music" category after he had been arrested in Hampstead Heath area of north London with crack cocaine in September. Bosses from the prestigious event are said to be searching for another candidate to be honored.

Before "Gossip Girl" is back on screen tonight (October 13) after a week of delay, a new clip from the episode called "New Haven Can Wait" is available for preview. This time it takes the part when Blair enters the Dean of Yale's office right after Serena and finds out that Serena has been talking some things about her with the Dean.

The clip is also on the part when Chuck calls out to Serena who said that she doesn't have time to explain because she is invited to the Dean's house. And Chuck starts to make fun of that, sending some sense to Serena's head that she may be in for the shortlist of Yale if she does come, while in fact he knows that Serena only wants to get back at Blair.

For the second time in a row since its release on October 3, Walt Disney Pictures' talking dog tale "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" has led the weekend box office chart. Staying firm at the #1 position, the Raja Gosnell-directed comedy adventure brings to the table an estimated $17.5 million to add to the total of $52.5 million over the past ten days of screening.

On the success of "Chihuahua" maintaining the top slot, it is suggested that one of the possible factors for the flick's triumph may come from the fact that the movie in which Drew Barrymore lends her voice is the only light comedy amidst the vast release of drama films.

Beyonce Knowles has finally debuted a music video in support of her new single "If I Were a Boy". The video begins with a scene which has Beyonce and her in-video husband preparing for their morning breakfast.

"It's kind of like 'Freaky Friday'. In the beginning of the video, my husband makes me breakfast and he's excited about it, and I kind of don't have time to eat," the singer says. "As a police officer, I have a male partner and the video goes through our days. My husband's at work and has attractive girls flirting with him but he declines their advances. I have a guy flirting with me, and I flirt back."