April 30, 2008

She has proven that she could sing a tune in "Moulin Rouge" and she has been praised for her portrayal of author Virginia Wolf in "The Hours". Now, the academy award-winning actress Nicole Kidman reportedly is slated to combine the two in a new feature film role in a developed biopic about English famed pop singer Dusty Springfield.

The reports on the casting has been outed by New York Magazine which got the scoop directly from the drama musical scribbler Michael Cunningham. Allegedly, when attending the 2008 PEN gala at the Museum of Natural History on April 28, the scribbler of "The Hours" revealed that the wife of country singer Keith Urban has been set to portray the troubled singer famous at the time of British invasion.

One of the Spice Girls' Geri Halliwell recently has stated a big announcement regarding her musical career. The singer plans to quit the music scene and concentrate on a new career as an author for children's books.

Geri confirms the news to the press claiming that she is finished as a singer. "I feel like I've hung up my hot pants now. I'll always try and be honest about myself. I've finished as a solo artist. Right now I just feel really comfortable writing books," Geri said.

Rapper Nas is making a huge decision that may disappoint his fans by deciding to stop playing some on his hit songs in concerts. The rapper plans to pull out the tracks that disses other artists from his gig's song list.

Nas' reason to stop playing those songs because he has made peace with the artists he once mock on the tracks. Confirming the news he said, "After the first year, there was no need to be out there yelling people's names and cursing them out... You're out there saying people's names that you've since reconciled."

Though previously it has been promised that the new trailer of the much awaited "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" will be making its premiere when "Iron Man" hits the big screen, fans can watch the new footage earlier as the bootleg trailer version comes out sooner than expected. The pirated video runs for nearly two minutes and has a rather good quality than other usual bootleg videos.

Started with a shot of pouring waterfall followed with white river rapid, the new trailer gives out much more action and adventure than the first one. Unlike the first trailer which concentrated on the returns of Indiana Jones, the new footage focuses more on the mythology behind the Crystal Skulls. It also brings out more action sequences, especially from the jungle car chase scene as well as in depth look into Cate Blanchett's character.

Vanilla Ice is a free man now that prosecutors have dropped the domestic battery charges brought against him by wife Laura Van Winkle. Laura, as stated in the court order, recanted her original allegations, insisted any physical confrontation was accidental.

Vanilla Ice was busted on April 10 outside of his home on Trianon Place in Wellington for an alleged altercation with his wife Laura who allegedly called 911, claimed her rapper hubby "struck" and "kicked" her during a heated argument. To authorities she said that Vanilla Ice "started yelling at me for going out to buy a bedroom set. In front of my daughter."

In less than two weeks, a car racing action film "Speed Racer" is going to be screened in many theaters across America. However, the film coming from the "Matrix" series filmmakers, the Wachowski's brothers, can be considered to be relatively put under the shadow of other summer blockbuster movies, like "Iron Man", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "The Dark Knight" and "The Incredible Hulk" as it will be delivered on the big screen amidst the releases of those much anticipated films. Hence, the question left is whether the live-action film has what it takes to compete with all those potential blockbuster tidbits.

In spite of many doubts thrown to the great result of this movie at first, many movie critics eventually come out with rave reviews. Pointing out that the Warner Bros' cartoon adaptation is surely a film aimed for family enjoyment, most praise it to be far much better than what they expected in the beginning. Russell Clark from Den of Geek noted that the Wachowskis have made a live action cartoon that can be a potential unbearable film to be an "undeniably fun and entertaining" movie. Further, Benjamin Svetkey of Entertainment Weekly commented that it managed to bring up "trippy special effects" that is mesmerizing even for adults.

Is currently following an extensive fitness regime to get in shape for what is said to be a highly-anticipated comeback into the music industry, Britney Spears shocked fellow gym-goers in Los Angeles after wandering into the exercise room wearing nothing but a towel. Fortunately, the used-to-be troubled singer wasn't having another chaotic episode.

Britney was working out at Bally's Fitness Centre in Studio City, Los Angeles Monday, April 28 when she was caught with just a towel wrapped around her body as she had just completed a workout and headed to the changing room to shower. Realizing that she had forgotten her bottle of water, the mother of two decided to stay in her towel from the changing rooms to pick up the stuff.

After recently managed to put his single "Lollipop" at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Lil Wayne is set to continue the buzz with new projects. That projects are: to release an official remix version of "Lollipop", shoot a video for his new track "A Millie" and launching his new album "Tha Carter III".

Revealing about the upcoming "Lollipop" remix, Wayne ensures that previous remix released by Young Jeezy was an unofficial one . "That's not the official remix, but Jeezy is real crazy. I love that one, but it's not the official remix. We gonna put out the official remix two weeks before the album comes out," said Wayne.

Although recently there have been many protests and boycotts thread for China, the Black Eyed Peas refuse to follow the current. One of their members will.i.am, confirms that they will still play a concert or tour in China.

Despite acknowledging that the incident in China was a mess, to the press will stated that it's not right to put the blame on all of the Chinese people. "They have all this Chinese boycott stuff - they want to boycott the games, but do the people get punished when they have nothing to do with what's going on?" will said.

It looks like Good Charlotte's guitarist Benji Madden is really in love with his girlfriend Paris Hilton. Benji showed his affection by making and recording a new song titled "Shine Your Light" for her.

The news was revealed by Paris herself to the press claiming that it was the sweetest thing that anyone has ever done for her. "He actually wrote me a beautiful song, and actually recorded it in the studio. He surprised me with it. It's called, 'Shine Your Light.' It's this really beautiful love song about me. It was the sweetest thing that anyone has ever done for me," Paris said.

Has been enjoying a single life following her failed love relationships with Jason Wahler and Brody Jenner, Lauren Conrad apparently is back on the dating scene again. The TV actress and fashion designer is reported to have found new love in a guy identified as Doug Reinhardt.

Doug, according to various reports, is a 22-year-old O.C. native who plays baseball in the Baltimore Orioles' minor league system. Despite the not-yet confirmed romance rumors, the twosome have been spotted getting up close and personal on several occasions.

Jason Lee is set to become a father for the second time. His girlfriend Ceren Alkac is pregnant with their first child together, People reports as being told by a representative for the actor.

Ceren is due to give birth fall later this year. No further details being made public though.

More details on T.I.'s new single from his upcoming album "Paper Trail" has just been revealed on April 29. That day, the new single titled "No Matter What" got its first release to public at his website StreetCred.com

On the lyrics T.I. spoke about his life and the problems he is having. Some of it was heard, "Never have you seen in your lifetime, a more divine Southern rapper with a swag like mine. Facing all kinds of time but smile like I'm fine ... pain is a small thing to a giant ... Ali said even the greatest gotta suffer sometime. I ain't dead, done, I ain't scared, I ain't run/ Still I stand/ No matter what, people, here I am."

The 20th Century Fox's romantic comedy movie about two strangers accidentally got married after a night of drunken party in Las Vegas, "What Happens in Vegas...", has five new clips to be watched online. Though the running time of the clips exposing the Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher are varied from 44 seconds to few seconds over a minute, the snippets still let out what the movie would look like.

In the first clip, the resentful couple act out a forced kindness to one another to be taped by their friends. The set up display of affection is started by Joy when she gives Jack a pack of beer stating that it is her gift as she tries to be a good wife. Baffled by Joy's pretentious act, Jack pays back by giving Joy a long smack on her lips and then carries shocked Joy into the apartment. The second one let out their meeting with a marriage counselor which ends up terribly.

Is becoming talk of the town due to her provocative pictures in the June 2008 issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Miley Cyrus prompts both pros and cons from Hollywood fellow celebrities. Unlike tour mate Joe Jonas of Jonas Brothers who openly showed his defense to the singer-actress concerning her latest racy pics which were leaked online, Hilary Duff who just like Miley also got her start at Disney prefers to stay abstain regarding the uproar.

Was asked about the whole Miley scandal, Hilary told People she doesn't pass judgment on others yet doesn't ever expect herself to do such things. "Everyone goes through things and takes their own path," Duff said at a press event to promote her new movie "War, Inc." Monday, April 28. "Who am I to judge decisions that she made?"

For those who are still yearning for a chance to appear in the so-often-talked-about "The Incredible Hulk", a good news is coming out from the Universal Pictures' action fantasy movie. Reportedly, Marvel Studios, the studio handling the production of the sci-fi tidbit, is looking for a male body builder to appear briefly in the film.

On the matter, IESB noted that Marvel is seeking for a "gigantic muscle bound black body builder" of all ages to be featured during the opening title sequence. Allegedly, his scene will be similar to Hulk's popular scene in which his clothing will be ripping over his muscles. Those who are interested should submit their data on Tuesday, April 29. More details information about the casting can be read at IESB.

Being famous at a young age doesn't make Soulja Boy forgets about school. The rapper proves it by naming his new album "Back to School". Soulja revealed the news to MTV saying, "My new album is called 'Back to School'. Basically, it is really me taking it back to the basics. It's time to start studying again. Make it happen, man."

Although already confirming his upcoming album's title, Soulja hasn't revealed the official release date. He only said that it will be on the time when the school starts. "The time I drop the album, everybody is gonna be going back to school," Soulja stated, adding that he will focus the new album for teenagers, "My fans are 21 and under. That's what I'm focusing on."

The Samantha Jones' fans who cannot wait to see their favorite promiscuous character in the highly anticipated "Sex and the City" are up for a treat as a featurette dedicated to the character portrayed by Kim Cattrall has been put out online. The video footage that runs more than two minutes.

Coming in theater this coming May 30, the movie version of the hit romantic comedy television series with the same name will pick up a story four years after the end of the series. The New Line Cinema's movie will once again see Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Cattrall as the four main characters. Supported also with old names, Chris Noth and Evan Handler among others, as well as new one, Jennifer Hudson, the Michael Patrick King-directed movie is said to be bringing a new style and new twist to the life of the four New Yorkers.

Is a father of three aside from his football career, David Beckham is really into it when it comes to teaching kids. The soccer god reportedly has signed on to join the cast of U.S. children's show "Sesame Street" and already shot his cameo last week.

Is said to have been always a huge fan of the show, David is following in the footsteps of Robert De Niro, Jamie Foxx and James Blunt who have also appeared in the hit show alongside Big Bird, Elmo and Bert and Ernie. Chose to explain the word "persistence" for the cameo, David "was more than happy to go on. He had a great time filming. A real laugh," The Sun quoted a source as saying.

Fall Out Boy's cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" has got its music video premiered at MTV's TRL on April 29. The video was made because the single's radio release received a good appreciation as it debuted at #19 on Billboard Hot 100. 'Beat It' video was directed by Shane Drake and features cameos by Tony Hale, Hal Sparks and Donald Faison.

Fall Out has already played the song in 2007 during their performance at the MTV Video Music Awards before deciding to record it. For the studio version the band's asked John Mayer to fill in the solo guitar part which on the original track was played by Eddie Van Halen.

"Jimi Hendrix the Sex Tape" is on sale. Los Angeles-based adult entertainment company Vivid Entertainment announced it has acquired from a memorabilia collector a sex tape featuring the late guitar god and already released it for sale on the Internet on Tuesday, April 29.

The 11-minutes footage, allegedly showed a man resembling Hendrix having sex with two unidentified women, is packaged in a 45-minute DVD, titled "Jimi Hendrix the Sex Tape", by Vivid. The footage, according to a statement from Vivid, was filmed in a hotel room in the late 1960s.

The highly-awaited music video that collaborates rapper Busta Rhymes and rock band Linkin Park has been premiered a day early on College Hill. The clip is for Busta's new single "We Made It" that will appear on his eight studio album "I'm Blessed", due June 17 via Flipmode/Aftermath/Interscope.

The video was shot back on April 15 in Los Angeles with renown music video director Chris Robinson. Although the song credited Linkin Park as the collaborator, the only members appearing in the video are vocalist Chester Bennington and the band's DJ, Mike Shinoda. The song itself is a joint production between Shinoda and production duo Cool & Dre.

Set to have its theatrical release on September 19, the psychological thriller "Blindness" will be having a special early screening as it has been chosen to be the opener of the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival. The choosing of the Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo-starrer film as the opening movie was let out by the festival organizers on Tuesday, April 29.

Directed by "The Constant Gardener" helmer Fernando Meirelles, the novel adaptation from Nobel laureate Jose Saramago is set to kick off the festival on Wednesday, May 14. Variety noted that the movie about an epidemic attacking a city and leaving its inhabitants to lose their visions without explanation is also included in the competition line-up for Palme d'Or alongside two other new additions, Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow-starrer "Two Lovers" and Laurent Cantet's "Entre les murs" ("Between the Walls").

The new music video for Lloyd's latest single "How We Do It (Around My Way)" has finally been premiered on April 28. The video which was shot in 2008 is made to accompany the radio release of his single in March 2008.

Before the single gets its official radio release, it was already leaked on the net in February 2008. The single, which is set to be the first single of his new album "Lesson in Love", also features collaboration with Ludacris.

Scarlett Johansson is not an extra in a music video anymore. The actress who bridges herself to become a singer has premiered the first music video from her debut album that sees her as the main character. "Falling Down" was serviced to Yahoo! Music on Tuesday, April 29.

The video presents Scarlett who is famed for her sexy and good girl aura being followed by a camera that sorts of capture a diary of her. From being stripped without make-up, the video chronicles how she is transformed to be the personality in front of the camera, including how her tattoo needs to be covered with make-up to make her 'flawless'.

Basking in the success of his commercial hit "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", which is one of the songs taken from his debut album "SouljaBoytellem.com," Soulja Boy is prepping his sophomore LP. The rap artist even has chosen name for the upcoming effort, which is "Back to School". Greater than the album, he will also expand his name as a business, with plans to launch a line of sunglasses, sneakers, clothing, and also future plans for a cartoon based on his life.

Venturing into the fashion world, Soulja Boy will be releasing his own line of sunglasses which is based on the signature pairs he wears in public appearances and videos. As for the clothing line, it will be named after his record label S.O.D.s (Stacks On Deck) whereas the footwear will hit the market under the name called Yums. The cartoon which is about to be titled "Bad Little Homies" will tell about him and his friends.