April 19, 2008

Solo rock outfit, Ryan Cabrera has released a brand new video for song "Say". The clip that was premiered on Yahoo! features him boarding a train, roaming around the station and taking walk around the city. There are also shots of him being chased by security and performing live at a club.

"Say" is the first single from Cabrera's third album "The Moon Under Water" which is due May 13 and will be released independently. Cabrera noted on his MySpace that fans can hear "new but similar" sound from him. "I wanted the album to be a rollercoaster of genres and experiences," he wrote. "I wanted to surprise people and confuse people. I wanted a high energy, emotional, real album..one that only hearing one song, wouldn't be enough!"

Long reported to be facing one problem after another, "Justice League Mortal" apparently can't get rid of the cancellation's speculation as the Warner Bros. Pictures' superhero flick is once again said to be shelved. The current circulating words about the movie suggested that the film has been postponed.

The delaying of the George Miller-directed film allegedly has been announced by producer Joel Silver who noted to CHUD.com that "Justice League" has been "tabled". By saying "tabled", the producer didn't immediately mean that the film is canceled, instead the production of it will be held up. In Chud's article, it is further speculated that if the movie is brought up again, it will possibly get a new cast line-up.

Is having her upcoming comedy flick "The House Bunny" hits the theaters by August 22 later this year, Anna Faris is about to mark the moment in style. The actress reportedly is set to pose for the cover of Playboy magazine to coincide with the release of the film.

Faris, however, won't strip off completely for the men's magazine taking into account that "The House Bunny" movie targets young fans. The report has yet been officially confirmed though.

In a bid to promote her album in U.S., British singer Natasha Bedingfield will headline Verizon VIP tour along with The Veronicas and Kate Voegele. Bedingfield will support her January-released album "Pocketful of Sunshine" while Veronicas and Voegele are touring for their releases, "Hook Me Up" and "Don't Look Away" respectively.

The first date will be May 21 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. at House of Blues while the latest scheduled date is July 10 in San Francisco, C.A. Tickets have been on sale since Wednesday, April, pricing at $25.

Four new "Baby Mama" TV spots have come out on the interwebs. Exposing the comedic situation faced by Kate Holbrook as she deals with Angie Ostrowiski, her baby-to-be's surrogate mother, the four compilation clips showcase pretty much the same content with slight differences with a varied running time from 15 seconds to 26 seconds.

Focusing on showing off the contrasting characters of the two leading roles, the footages let out glimpses of the clashing between the two women as serious Holbrook and slacker Ostrowiski have to live under one roof and deal with their differences, especially about the baby. TV spots #1 and #2 start with the same clip which previews Holbrook sitting on a bathroom sink with pregnancy test kit on her hand followed by doctor's explanation that she couldn't have baby. The third spot opens with Holbrook trying to touch the baby in front of her in a stuffed elevator, whereas the last spot is merely a jumble of the first two spots' opening.

Tokio Hotel fans may expect to be drenched with lots of features from the band these two months on MTV. Beside being a regular on TRL's countdown, having their music for free download on Discover and Download as well as being made MTV's buzzworthy this month, the German rock act has been booked to play live on TRL next month.

Hotel's camp announced that the band will perform live on the popular show on Tuesday, May 6, singing their already renown song "Ready, Set, Go!". The performance is set in coincidence to the release of their first U.S. album, "Scream" which is dropped in stores on the same day.

Elizabeth Hurley found herself in another extensive media attention yet again when she's reported to be pregnant with husband Arun Nayar's child. Speculation of a pregnancy soon sparked like a wildfire after the beauty was seen trying to hide "a little bump" at a Breast Cancer Research Foundation event in New York last week.

Attending the Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Party on April 8, Liz had her celebrity best friend Elton John rubbed her belly and soon raised his eyebrows as if he could feel a baby bump. The claim was first made public by Life&Style magazine.

His new tracks have been regularly leaked in the past two months, and his new album "Year of the Gentleman" is coming quicker than expected. Ne-Yo explains to Billboard.com why the set that follows the 2007 "Because of You" is coming sooner than expected.

"I wanted the third album to be something a little different from the first and second as far as the essence and the sound of what I was doing," Ne-Yo explained. "So I was going to chill for a minute and really take some time to figure out what I wanted that to be. Fortunately, it didn't take me that long, which is why the album's coming out now."

Moviegoers should wait no longer to look into the upcoming "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D" as Fox & Walden Media have put out a brand new domestic trailer of the adventure fantasy film starring Brendan Fraser. The compilation of clips for the modern version of the Jules Verne's famous novel runs for about two and a half minutes.

Opened with an aerial shot from outer space straight to the barren land below accompanied with the explanation from the narrator about the "world deep within our own", the trailer quickly moves on to show a woman taking a book out of a shelf then giving it to Fraser's character who continues to explain about the legend. As he flips the pages, the footage shifts to the shot of deserted landscape and Fraser with his nephew came across a place that may reveal the legend. To uncover the mystery, they then go to Iceland and unknown to them that their journey will lead them to a place under the Earth's surface and encounter many thrilling and new discoveries.

While most artists prefer to be tight-lipped and keep the surprise until the end, Lily Allen would like to alert her fans at the early hours. The British singer deliberately leaked two new songs that will give her fans rough idea of what direction she's heading in the new effort which would be her second.

In a post on her official site, Allen wrote that she has been working hard at the studio and has decided to let fans have a preview of the result. Two demos titled "I Don't Know" and I Could Say" are posted for listening. "They are just at a demo stage so don't be too hard on them," Allen warned. "I'll probably swap some others around and play you stuff as I do it in the studio, like I did last time round. And there'll also be a new mixtape soon, I hope you enjoy this shizzle."

Longtime lovers Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova are going on different directions when it comes to marriage. While the singer wants a marriage, the tennis ace on the other hand rules it out.

Spoke to reporters Friday, April 18 after arriving in the Dominican Republic for the first of his nine concerts planned across Latin America, Enrique said he has repeatedly tried to convince Anna to marry him but she was always ignorant of it. "I always try, but she pays me no attention," so he said.

As "Harold and Kumar" fans are waiting for the theatrical release of their two favorite slackers' adventure film, the cast and crew of "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" are celebrating the sequel film's premiere. On Thursday, April 17, night, they walked on the red carpet for the film's Los Angeles premiere which is held at ArcLight Cinerama Dome, Hollywood, California.

The special event was attended by most of the cast ensemble, including John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Danneel Harris, David Krumholtz and Ed Helms as well as the two filmmakers behind the Warner Bros. Pictures' comedy film, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Though the red carpet didn't sport any uniqueness unlike some other films, such as "Cloverfield" which erected the headless Liberty statue, it still attracted many Hollywood celebrities, including Brandon Routh, Tatyana Ali, Jason Biggs, Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Winter, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jenny Mollen and Monica Keena.

Australian rocker sisters Jessica Origliasso and Lisa Origliasso who are molded as one under the moniker The Veronicas, take turns in answering our questions regarding their upcoming release. After grooming a success in their home country, they are set to release their sophomore effort, "Hook Me Up" Stateside this May. Everything from the album, the people behind it up till the video that they recently premiered are disclosed and peeled here.

ASB: Are you guys ready to conquer the States with your new effort, 'Hook Me Up'?

Are they or aren't they? Amber Tamblyn and David Cross have sparked dating speculation after they were seen making out at an after-party. Both movie stars were seen "hot and heavy" at the after-party for Morgan Spurlock's new documentary, "Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?" at Pink Elephant on Tuesday night, April 15.

It's been claimed that Tamblyn and Cross attended the event together. The New York Post's Page Six even quoted a witness as saying, the twosome "were definitely together, making out and barely came up for air the whole night."

Singing, writing, and now Snoop Dogg is giving acting a first try. The rap bad boy has signed on to star in ABC's soap opera "One Life to Live", about to appear in its two episodes next month. The episodes which Snoop will star in will see the rap artist attends a bachelorette party and performs two singles; "Sensual Seduction" and "Life of Da Party", from his LP "Ego Trippin'".

On his upcoming appearance on the soap opera, Snoop gushed "I've been a fan of 'One Life To Live' since I was a baby" adding, "My momma always had it on the tube in the crib growing up." In addition to starring in and singing, Snoop has also been tapped to rework the theme song to the TV show. The new tune he creates will replace the original theme on the episodes in which he features.

Alanis Morissette will shoot a special performance for Yahoo! Music next Thursday, April 24 and the generous singer will admit some of her fans to witness the moment. The first 200 people who send an e-mail will get the chance to see Alanis taping the performance live.

The line has been opened and those who register will get to bring a friend along. Simply e-mail your name and location to Invite@YahooLiveSets.com and those who get picked will be contacted afterwards. Contestants must be above 13 years old and those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Transportation and accommodations are self-service for the organizers won't provide one.

When details of a movie is kept a mystery, it is bound to be that people will get a way to unlock the mystery. Recent reports coming from the highly anticipated sci-fi film "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" suggested that the plot details of the film starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have been leaked on the web. Allegedly, the storyline revealed through the back cover preview of the movie's novelization.

Written by Max Allan Collins, the alleged story line revealed that "I Want to Believe" will pick up a story that resolves around the mysterious disappearance of a band of women in rural Virginia followed by the bizarre founding of human remains. As the investigation of the officials led to nothing, FBI gives away the case to the paranormal phenomena investigator team, Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully.

The busiest producer in town, Jermaine Dupri has spilled out that Jay-Z is going to do a remix of Mariah Carey's new single, "Bye Bye". The song has been selected by Mariah's team to be the second single from her "E=MC²" album that was released on Tuesday, April 15.

Dupri said that he spent some studio time with Jay-Z to rework on "Bye Bye". While the original is about Mariah losing family members, Dupri said that the remix version will be in happier tone aka more upbeat. "The remix for the Mariah record is crazy," Dupri told MTV on Friday, April 18. "Young Hov and Mariah crank it up, and myself, JD - a.k.a. Barry Bonds - cleans up."

A number of photographers and fans as well as family members all gathered outside of New York's Rikers Island on Friday, April 18 to greet Foxy Brown who was released from the prison after serving eight months of a yearlong sentence for a series of probation violations. Made her way out of the pokey at about 12:05 P.M., the female rap star was escorted by police into her waiting white Rolls Royce Phantom.

Brown's mother, Judith Marchand, New York City councilman Charles Barron and a hair and makeup artist were seen among the well-wishers who had come to cheer the singer on. Some of the fans were even spotted bearing signs reading "Welcome home" and T-shirts stating "Free Foxy Brown."

With the release date coming closer, Usher has previewed the cover art of his new album. The R 'n' B singer will on May 27 drop his new CD, "Here I Stand" which is much-anticipated but frequently-delayed as well. The cover art reveals Usher literally "standing" and walking away from a car.

The album has spawned one hit, "Love In This Club" that earlier this month has shot to #1 position on Billboard Hot 100 chart. Usher spilled that Jay-Z and his rumored wife Beyonce Knowles will be featured together in one of the tracks. Last week, a footage of Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Anthony Hamilton and Jay-Z in the studio together erupted on-line.

MTV are giving their fans a chance to win their own MTV Movie Awards. In the wave of the upcoming award event, MTV announced that they have teamed up with Mark Burnett Productions in creating a special contest for anyone interested as they launched the "2008 MTV Movie Spoof Contest" through which any aspiring filmmakers as well as amateur comedians may get the opportunity to attend the event and even win a Golden Popcorn statuette.

To be eligible for the spoof contest, a contestant only has to create a three-minutes long movie spoof that does not contain any copyrighted music or video. The short parody scenes can be inspired from the films released over the last year. The video then should be submitted before May 11, 2008 at 11:59 P.M. ET via one of MTV's partner sites. The sites included are Break, Buzznet, Daily Motion, Funny Or Die, Heavy, MySpace or Photobucket . It should be noticed though that contestants should upload their video to one of the sites only.

Let the gossips keep guessing. Ashlee Simpson is still remaining mum about her widely reported pregnancy. Made an appearance on "The Today Show" Friday, April 18, the singer continued to shrug off questions about the issue when host Matt Lauer quizzed her about "expanding the family."

Stopped by the NBC studios at Rockefeller Center, Ashlee at first talked about her engagement bling, designed by fiance Pete Wentz, saying "I feel like a really lucky lady." After that she took time, singing a song from her new LP "Bittersweet World" which is about to be released Tuesday, April 22.