June 05, 2008

Most people know that the science fiction movie about the adventure faced by the crew of USS Enterprise crew members "Star Trek" won't be coming out until May 8, 2009. Still, it seems that the fact doesn't stop Paramount Pictures from planning a sequel. Recently, it is unearthed that the studio have expressed their interest on securing the writers to do the follow-up.

Revealing the matter to TrekMovie, "Star Trek" co-scripter Roberto Orci confessed that he and fellow writer Alex Kurtzman have been approached by the studio. "...I can give you a spoiler about the Studio's state of mind (not about the movie itself)," noted the co-scribbler of "Transformers". "The spoiler is that they already want to lock us down to write the sequel. Take that as you will." Still, Orci stated that detailed discussions about it have yet to be made.

Warner Bros. Pictures have brought great news for the chick flick lovers. The studio will bring out the teenage drama comedy sequel, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" earlier than its previous schedule. Setting the movie to be released on August 8, they have decided to move it forward for August 6 theatrical debut.

Though the two days difference may appear to be insignificant, it actually will help "Traveling Pants 2" to get a head start on the box office runs from its competitors, Columbia Pictures' "Pineapple Express" and Lionsgate Films' "The Perfect Game" which still maintain its August 8 release date schedule. "It gives us a couple days of extra summer play time," explained Dan Fellman, the Warner Bros' distribution president. "So it just looked like a smart thing to do."

In order to re-flourish her music career, Spice Girls' Melanie Brown is preparing a mega collaboration with pop star Janet Jackson and female rapper Missy Elliott. Mel B stated the news in a recent interview with the press, ensuring that her upcoming duet with Janet would be amazing.

Speaking to the press about her upcoming project, Mel B said, "I am doing something with Janet Jackson which should be amazing. I am also going to hook up with Missy again." Moreover, the British singer also stated that despite her latest solo effort was a flop, she is not afraid to work on the new LP. "I am not scared of having another try. I am working with the best producers ever. I am now ten tracks in to my new record."

Throughout his career, Adam Sandler has delivered performances like none others. He has played a slacker going back to school to convince his father that he is his rightful successor in "Billy Madison", portrayed an aggressive golfer with a powerful slapshot in "Happy Gilmore" and turned from a irresponsible slob to a man with new mission in life in "Big Daddy". Now, he is about to present moviegoers with another distinct character, a Mossad agent turned hairstylist, through his upcoming comedy "You Don't Mess With the Zohan". The question that remains is whether he could achieve the similar box office success with "Zohan" like what he did with "Big Daddy" or even top it.

With the teaming up of Sandler and established filmmaker Judd Apatow, it is apparent that "Zohan" is aiming to deliver the best comedy film of 2008. However, it seems that critics are divided in two giving out mixed reviews for the Columbia Pictures' movie.

Alternative rock band Weezer are set to give a special and rare treatment for their fans on their upcoming tour. Speaking to MTV, the band reveal that they will ask their devotees to jam with them live on stage at the band's Hootenanny Tour.

Confirming the news, the rockers frontman Rivers Cuomo said, "We're going to go on a tour. It's called the Hootenanny Tour, and it's coming to your town in June. We're gonna bring ourselves and invite a bunch of Weezer fans down to bring their instruments and, uh, jam with us. I don't know, 100, 200 people, whatever. Everyone come down and bring an instrument - whatever you can play - and we'll jam out on our songs." Meanwhile, the tour itself is being held to promote Weezer's new album "Weezer (Red Album)", which has been outed on June 3.

On Tuesday, June 3 it was reported that Houston rapper Lil' Flip has been involved in a car crash in his hometown. Although details are still scarce, it is revealed that Flip whose real name is Wesley Eric Weston, Jr. was injured in the accident.

The unfortunate event occurred on Southwest side of Houston, Texas according to a press release issued by Flip's spokesperson. The car which type is unidentified was totaled and Flip was quickly rushed to hospital where he was treated for neck and wrist injuries.

The highly anticipated new video from R 'n' B singer Lloyd has finally streamed on BET, just before its premiere on Yahoo! Music on June 9. The clip was shot to accompany the singer's latest single titled "Girls Around the World".

The new video which was shot in Miami, Florida and being directed by Hype Williams, also features Lil Wayne. Just like the title, the clip also sees lots of female models on it and also a futuristic background.

M.I.A., the outspoken British/Sri Lankan rapper is giving back to the community with the paycheck that she earned for performing. The star will make use of her $100,000 salary that she earned as the guest singer of MTV Movie Awards after-party on Sunday, June 1 to build schools in Liberia.

"They're giving me $100,000. Not bad, eh? I'm going to use it to build schools in Liberia," M.I.A. who climbed on a photo booth told the crowd. "It costs $52,000 to build a school for 1,000." After two civil wars that ended in 1996 and 2003 respectively, Liberia has been in a state of flux that cost many lives and crushed the country's economy.

The long awaited music video for Solange Knowles' "I Decided" has just got its official world premiere via BET on June 4, 2008 at 8:30 P.M. ET. The clip was directed by Melina, who previously has worked with other famous musicians such as Beyonce Knowles, Eve and Kylie Minogue.

The new video is very unique as it captured the evolution of the pop culture starting from the '60s to the future. On the clip Solange was seen singing in different types of setting, starting from an American Bandstand, then went on to the Civil Rights Movement, to New Wave era and finally ended on a Cosmic Journey future.

Universal Pictures have given football fans and movie-lovers a chance to catch a sneak peek into the biopic drama "The Express" through the release of the movie's first trailer. Through this video footage, viewers can learn more about the background of the story and the reason why Ernie Davis becomes such a hero.

Highlighting the rise to stardom of Ernie Davis, at the era of civil rights movement, the trailer opens by showing an old tape of a football game accompanied with historical description about the greatest college football's running back of 1956, Jim Brown. As the narrator explained further, it becomes apparent that the opening is made to show the greatness of Davis in the football field. The trailer then continues by showing the racism that is still a part of the daily life in the country as well as the great game the main character is delivering.

Lily Allen turned heads not only when she arrived at the annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards on Tuesday, June 3 but also on her departure. The London event witnessed the pop singer coming in bright pink hair and elegant soft pink dress but going out too drunk to even walk on her own. Allen has since addressed the incident and apologized for the behavior.

The "Smile" singer insisted that she felt "awful" about the embarrassing situation and suggested that other kids should not do the same. In her MySpace blog Allen wrote, "Last time I wrote here, I was defending my honor and dignity, explaining my innocence and also outrage at the press for insinuating my behavior (sunbathing topless while on holiday) was embarrassing." She then added, "This time I'm putting my hands up, I got very drunk last night, too drunk. It's not cool getting that drunk, I feel awful..."

Back in early April, the controversial drama thriller "Valkyrie" has undergone schedule changes with the moving back of its release date. Since then, any reports from the movie starring Tom Cruise was unheard of. But, recently there is a new report bursting out. It suggested that the flick is going back to resume its production to do several re-shooting of major scenes.

First to come out with the news was Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart. He wrote in his blog that Cruise will fly to North Africa to film three vital scenes of the tidbit. The article containing possible spoiler read, "Cruise will be shooting three scenes in North Africa within the next three weeks. In one, his character, Col. Claus Von Stauffenberg, is badly injured but survives, a key moment in the film's first act."

Controversial Russian pop duo t.A.T.u have just officially premiered their new music video on June 4 via their official YouTube channel. The new clip was made for the singers' second single "220" from their upcoming album "Waste Management", set to drop later this year.

Unlike the earlier video for their first single "White Robe", which has a serious storyline, the new clip is being kept simple as it only sees the duo singing accompanied by their band in a stage, with Yulia Volkova singing most of the tunes. It is also a very colorful video as it gets brighter and brighter at the end.

Daddy factor apparently has something to do with the breakup of Jessica Simpson and American quarterback Tony Romo. A report on US Weekly insinuated that the singer's father slash manager Joe has been interfering with their love life that ended in their split last month. However, Joe was quick to deny the allegation.

In attempt to push out the truth, Joe told the publication, "It's unfair to criticize me for what every manager does for his or her clients. And in this business, where people can quickly turn on you, who better than a parent to be working for his children?" Joe has been managing Jessica and her younger sister, Ashlee Simpson's careers for years. He added, "A parent will always be there for his kids and never give up on them. I work hard seven days a week for my girls because I love them. Why in the world would I ever want to do anything that would hurt my children?"

As if the making of "Hannah Montana: The Movie" is not enough to excite many young fans of Miley Cyrus, the comedy musical film will be having a special appearance from a Grammy Award-winning country group. On Wednesday, June 4, it has been confirmed that "Take Me There" hitmaker Rascal Flatts are going to take a part in the teenage flick.

On the matter, a spokeswoman for the group's Lyric Street Records announced that the band composed of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney will appear as well as perform in the Walt Disney Pictures' movie. Additionally, Flatts' Nashville-based record label is a part of the Disney Music Group through which Cyrus and her father Billy Ray Cyrus also record their albums. Other than those information, further details about the "Bless the Broken Road" singers' appearance aren't put out.

After previously stating that she will pick "Love Story" as her third single, new reports claimed that Mariah Carey has now changed it and picked another song instead. According to MariahDaily.com, the pop diva has now chosen "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" as the third song from her "E=MC²".

Mariah announced that decision at a press conference for her new album's promotion at The Peninsula Tokyo, Japan on June 2. Moreover, not only deciding her third single, the pop singer also revealed about the music video for it. In an interview with the Chinese media at the press conference, the singer said that the clip for "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" will be shot in Hawaii.

The mystery behind George Clooney-Sarah Larson split may have just been unearthed. E! News reported that a source told them that Larson is just one of those girlfriends who use his celebrity status to advance her own career. This put off the circulating rumors that Clooney has found someone else for him.

Clooney, who is famous for his no-settle-down status reportedly broke off the romance last month because he was getting worried that Larson was giving too much information of their relationship to the public. "George is very protective of his private life," the source told E! "He started feeling like she had spoken too much about the relationship. She wanted the fame."

It seems that Hollywood still couldn't get enough of Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective Sherlock Holmes. Though there are over 200 movies had been made based on this well-known fictional character, another feature film adaptation of Holmes is about to be developed.

To make the newest Holmes movie, Warner Bros. Pictures has attained acclaimed British filmmaker Guy Ritchie to tackle the project. The husband of music legend Madonna has been set to direct the flick taking the place of Neil Marshall who was earlier attached to direct. Other than directing the film, Ritchie is also tapped to rewrite and polish the script from Michael Johnson.

Preparing the release of her new album "Breakout", Miley Cyrus has now started to shoot the clip for her first single "7 Things". The upcoming music video was directed by renown Hollywood director Brett Ratner and was shot in L.A. starting from May 30.

From the pictures of the video shoot that have been released on June 2, it can be seen that the new clip will set Miley rocking and singing the tunes with her band. Moreover, from one of the photos the teen pop star was also seen smashing a guitar, but not a real one as it turns out to be a Wii Guitar Hero controller. The complete pictures from the set can be viewed on MileyOnline.fr.

Having her supposed-private photos leaked to the net has been like a weekly routine for Miley Cyrus lately. After several scandalous pictures of her sexy poses, a couple more emerge this week, showing her kissing a boy on the cheek and hugging him.

The 15-year-old star apparently took her own pictures with the boy whom she posed with intimately. Gossip blog PerezHilton managed to acquire a photo where Miley is seen drawing her pouting lips to the boy's cheek and later on another one which is less intimate. The second picture features her hugging with him to pose for the camera.

Though the fate of actors strike is still marked with a big question mark, the possibility of its occurrence is enough to scare off many Hollywood filmmakers in gearing up the production of their movies in this waiting period. To avoid any problem resulting from the strike, most filmmakers decided to push back their films' production date until after the June 30 expiration date of the SAG contract and that is exactly what happens with "Mary Queen of Scots".

Recently, news coming from the drama movie starring Hollywood beauty Scarlett Johansson suggested that the production of the tidbit has come to a hold. On Saturday, May 31, the production company behind the flick has confirmed the postponing of the filming that was scheduled to be taken in Ireland sometime in June amid fears of the impending strike, especially with Johansson being one of the SAG members. On the delaying, Element Pictures' spokesperson explained, "With strike action involving the Screen Actors Guild looming we are waiting to see what happens. We are hoping that things get resolved in the next few weeks."

Gillian Anderson had it all planned in time. The actress who rose to prominence with her acting skill as agent Scully in "The X-Files" series is now pregnant with her third child, just months away after wrapping up the big screen version of the TV series.

A representative for Anderson confirmed the good news to E! although missed out on detailing the due date. This would be the second pregnancy for Anderson with businessman boyfriend Mark Griffiths. The couple have had one son named Oscar who was born on November 1, 2006. In addition, Anderson has a 13-year-old daughter named Piper from her first marriage to Clyde Klotz, "The X-File"s series assistant art director.

Just as it was predicted by the media, Usher's highly anticipated album "Here I Stand" has managed to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 after it was sold about 433,000 copies on its first week. The number is only being topped by Mariah Carey's "E=MC²" as the biggest selling albums this year.

The R 'n' B singer's new set replaces last week's chart topper, 3 Doors Down's self-titled effort which slips two places to #3 this week. Following Usher, at #2 is another debut record, the soundtrack of the "Sex and the City" movie.

British singing sensation Lily Allen apparently won't settle with recognitions from the music industry only. The 23-year-old singer is said to be branching out to the movie biz with a minor but bold movie role in an upcoming horror comedy tidbit "Lesbian Vampire Killers".

According to The Sun, the "Smile" songstress has been signed to make a cameo appearance in Phil Claydon-directed movie. In her feature film debut, the singer who has her own fashion line and hosts her own television talk show "Lily Allen and Friends" is reportedly going to portray one of the lesbian vampires.