July 25, 2008

Apparently, "Speed" star Keanu Reeves won't be stretching any part of his body anytime in the future. Responding to the recent speculation on him being the elastic superhero in the Wachowski brothers' "Plastic Man", the 43-year-old didn't need a long time to put off the flaming rumor.

When asked by MTV about the truth of the speculation at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con, the co-star of Sandra Bullock in "The Lake House" revealed, "[it's] not true for me." Adding further, he stated, "It might be true for other people but I haven't heard anything about it." Though nixing his involvement, Reeves noted that he is keen on working with the Wachowskis once again.

Promoting his upcoming LP, "Paper Trail" T.I. prepares to drop a new music video for the new album's latest single "Whatever You Like". The rapper reportedly will shoot the video on Friday, July 25 and Saturday, July 26 under the direction of Dave Meyers.

Although the track isn't the first outing from "Paper Trail", it is reportedly being set as the first official single from the upcoming album. Before "Whatever You Like", T.I. has already released two songs "No Matter What" and "Swing You Rag" which were the promotional tracks for the new record.

Another classic sci-fi television series is going to be brought into the big screen. Following the footsteps of "Star Trek" and "The X-Files", the anthology series of "The Twilight Zone" is most likely to have a new feature film of the same name. This time, it is said to be the project of Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Words are the two are currently in the early stages of seeking material for the movie project. It is further explained that the film may take on one or more episode of the TV series. Unlike "Zone" first big screen version which was made as an episodic movie, the new film is expected to have one continuing storyline based on several episodes.

Bad news arrives from Nu Metal act, Slipknot's camp stating that they maybe on their way of losing one of their members, percussionist Shawn Crahan. The reports surfaced after Shawn himself hinted to the press that he wants to leave the band so he can spend more time with his family.

Revealing his plan to depart from the metal act, Shawn said that at the moment he is confused and would love to do anything outside of the band. "I'm in a really weird place in my life right now. I'm at a point where I wouldn't say I'm having a mid-life crisis but... I'd love to be doing anything other than Slipknot right now," he said.

Marriage is no longer on the list for Lisa Origliasso and Dean Geyer. The pair called off their engagement, which they announced in late April, blaming their work commitments.

The Veronicas singer and the former "American Idol" contestant issued a joint statement Thursday, July 24 announcing their decision to go separate ways. "Our careers demand we be in different parts of the world now and in the future, and the pressures associated with this have forced us to make this very difficult decision," the statement read. "We remain committed and caring friends, with love, admiration and support for one another. We would appreciate respect for our privacy at this time."

The new and official music video from The Game for his latest single "Dope Boys" has streamed. The new video, which was directed by Matt Alonzo, was leaked by Skee TV and it is the uncensored version of the official video.

Just like the song on the video the rapper also featured renown drummer Travis Barker, who was seen playing the drum parts in a building. It seems that the video is being set to give a vivid description of the song's title as it sees the rapper and his friends smoking weed and collecting drugs.

Contrary to the previous rumor, the "I, Robot" director Alex Proya is not attached to "Silver Surfer", the possible spin-off of "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer". The denial has been offered by the 44-year-old filmmaker himself when he is attending the presentation of Summit Entertainment's "Knowing".

On the occasion held at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con, the Australian film director insisted that the earlier report is just a mere rumor. "Unfortunately that is just a rumor. I don't know where that came from," he explained. "I do like Silver Surfer, but I'm not going to be doing it."

Things must be serious between Cameron Diaz and her model boyfriend Paul Sculfor. In the wake of reports that they're living together at her Hollywood Hills home, she's said to be flying to Essex to meet his parents.

The Sunday Mirror reported that the Hollywood actress is due to fly into the country this week to be introduced to George and Jean Sculfor who both live in Upminster, Essex. Paul, according to his friend is "walking round like the cat that's got the cream. He's normally quite protective of his love life - we never met Jennifer Aniston - so it must mean things are going well with Cameron."

Lionsgate Films have brought special treat for "Punisher" fans. At the end of their presentation for their forthcoming action thriller "Punisher: War Zone" at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con on July 24, the studio screened a new restricted footage. Giving others a chance to also enjoy the gory-looking video, IGN has presented it on the Internet.

Providing many new unseen footages from the movie, the compilation of clips is focused on one action sequences after another. Through the video, viewers can see more of the blood splatter which won't be able to be exposed in normal trailer. There, it can be seen people shot in the head, punched in the face with full force causing the bone structure to cave in and many other violent acts.

Australian pop sensation Delta Goodrem has finally marked her arrival in the U.S. with the release of her album "Delta", dropped on July 15. The new LP itself has already attracted the attention of the U.S. music public and managed to top this week's Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.

Delta's new album's success is also followed by her music video for "In This Life" that managed to climb to #11 position at the Top 20 Video Countdown last week. The track is also keep moving strong on the AC airplay chart as many people are still requesting to spin the track.

The criminal charges are triple for Gucci Mane when he was arrested early Wednesday morning, July 23 in Atlanta. The rapper was busted for driving under the influence (DUI) following a routine traffic stop during which police found a small amount of marijuana and a gun in his vehicle.

He was taken to the Henry County Jail in McDonough, Georgia at approximately 6:00 A.M. He was booked under charges of driving under the influence of drugs, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

In their first film, they have arrived at the White Castle and in the second, they have escaped from the Guantanamo Bay. Now, it looks like the two hilarious stoners, Harold and Kumar, are ready to fall into a new adventure with a third film, "Harold and Kumar 3", being picked up by Mandate Pictures.

Coming back for the third installment of the R-rated feature film project are Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg who serve as screenwriters of "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" and "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" as well as director of the latter. For this new project, the pair has been touted to once again write the script and helm the movie.

Having already premiered two parts of the behind the scene video for "Summertime", New Kids On The Block have finally launched the third and final clip for the making of their new video. The pop group premiered the third part video via their official Imeem page.

On the final part video, fans will be taken to see the shooting process for the group's special scenes on the "Summertime" video. Some of the scenes stored on the new video are New Kids' groove actions at the Tiki Bar, their doo woop segment in Malibu and also the heartfelt finale.

Sean Penn who? Petra Nemcova already has a new man in her life. The beauty who was once rumored to be dating Penn following his split from wife apparently has found a new love as she's been spotted kissing a man at a club.

Petra was wearing a mini, v-neck black dress when she was photographed with a group of males in the VIP Room club in St Tropez, France on Wednesday night, July 23. She was snapped dancing with a mystery man on a balcony overlooking the dance floor and both of them seemed to be enjoying the music very much.

Experiencing a broken down romantic relationship with his latest girlfriend Drew Barrymore apparently has some effect on Justin Long's professional work. Recently splitting from the "Charlie's Angel" star, the 30-year-old has been reported to be dropping out of his involvement in Barrymore's directorial debut project, "Whip It!".

Allegedly, the Bruce Willis' co-star in "Live Free or Die Hard" chose to draw out from the project because he is still stressed out about the split. "He couldn't stand working with her and not being with her," an insider shared the report to E! News. "He's too upset.She dumped him. She was hot and cold. One minute she was in love with him and the next she wanted to break up with him. He is so distraught over the split that he dropped out of the movie."

Following in the footsteps of his fellow musicians, many of whom are branching out their career beyond the music business, Chris Brown is invading the reality show world. The R&B performer is teaming up with TV producers Mark Burnett and J. D. Roth to create a new dance competition series which will be emphasized on hip-hop/street dance.

The dance show will see contestants go up against one another in a variety of dance-offs, with Chris choosing the winner of each round. "Dancing is more than just a way of moving, it's a different expression of music," he said. "That's what I want to focus on with this show."

Giving another look into the forthcoming "My Best Friend's Girl", Lionsgate Films have released the red band trailer of their latest romantic comedy movie starring Dane Cook, Kate Hudson and Jason Biggs. The new video footage brings viewers closer to understand one of the main characters, Tank.

Unlike the first trailer which gives introduction to all three main characters, Dustin, Alexis and Tank, this restricted video focus on Tank and his job of making a girl's ex-boyfriend appears to be a better choice. Through this compilation of clips, viewers can see the scene where Tank takes a girl on her worst date ever. This trailer also brings forward several funny scenes with Alex Baldwin.

Not only busy working on other artists' albums, Timbaland is also preparing to drop his new LP titled "Timbaland Presents Shock Value 2" soon. The producer/rapper confirmed the plan to MTV stating that although he hasn't set a release date yet, he already recorded some songs for the new LP.

Timbaland also said that on the new album he will be working with lots of musicians from different kinds of genres and it will be like a compilation set more than anything. "Shock Value is really like the Now [That's What I Call Music!] compilation, That's my goal for this- not [to showcase] me as an artist, " he said.

A new claim has just come from US Weekly magazine that Angelina Jolie conceived her newborn twins; Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, through in vitro fertilization. In its new issue, the publication reports that the actress and her partner Brad Pitt were desperate to have more kids soon and so came to the option.

"They both desperately wanted more babies soon," US Weekly quoted what it called as 'a well-placed source within their camp' as saying. "They conceived through in vitro fertilization".

Although they are still busy with their tour, pop group Backstreet Boys seem keen to release a new album soon. The latest reports said that the group have already started to work on the follow up to "Unbreakable", that was dropped on October 30, 2007.

Speaking to Billboard.com Backstreet's Howie Dorough revealed that the group have already recorded some new tracks during their European tour. Howie also stated that the group will finish the work for their sixth studio album after their North American tour dates ends on September 6.

Highly anticipated by most of its fans and others, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" has yet to share any confirmed details about the story plot giving fans nothing but speculations about the sequel. Still, in the effort to provide a tiny ray of light to the general idea of the story without sharing any spoiler, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman came out to discuss several most talked about subjects.

Talking to MTV, the scribblers addressed the new theme for this second "Transformers" film. If the first film puts the focus of the story on a boy and his car, "Revenge of the Fallen" will deal with the responsibilities one is facing when being away from home. "It's about being away from home," explained Orci. "It's a few years later and Sam is going to finally go to college and he's going to face being away from home just as the Autobots are having to deal with being away from Cybertron."

Amy Adams has confirmed that she's engaged to actor boyfriend Darren LeGallo, whom she's been dating for six years. The newly engaged couple, as her representative already confirmed, are planning to wed sometime next year.

Darren reportedly presented Amy with a diamond ring by Jean Dousset of Beverly Hills when he popped the question. It's unclear when the engagement actually took place.

It seems that boyband New Kids On The Block are trying to set the record straight about the recent news claiming they are eying lots of mega stars to collaborate with them on their new LP. The group revealed on their official website that they are not recording tracks with Michael Jackson or Madonna.

The statement was shouted by the group's Donnie Wahlberg while he was taking a break from the New Kids' rehearsal. "We are NOT recording with Michael Jackson and/or Madonna. We never claimed to be either. Good fun reading about though! Sorry to let ya down.... Or not," Donnie wrote.

Less than three months into the theatrical release of "Saw V", Lionsgate Films start to tease off fans and future audience with a glimpse into the latest installment of their horror thriller. Releasing the first teaser trailer of the David Hackl-directed movie, the studio provide viewers with a less than a minute video footage.

Though it doesn't help in getting to know what the movie is all about, the teaser may still give viewers a chill with a haunting song as the background of the video. Opened up with the appearing of glowing words stating, "His message is righteous...His love is everlasting...His gift is life", the video displays one thing, a man whose head is trapped in a glass cube. When the last word, "life", fades away, the man suddenly wakes up and struggles to let go of his trapped head.

Fans of "Desperate Housewives" could expect more from Teri Hatcher's Susan Delfino in the next season of the hit comedy-drama series. ET has the confirmation from the actress that in the upcoming season 5 of the series she may take her clothes off for a new guy in the neighborhood.

"It is ABC. I can't be completely naked," Hatcher jokingly told ET's Mark Steines. "[My Character] is five years in the future and there are circumstances that have led her to have a more pulled-together personality. There is a new guy on the show. He is great."

After being alleged of sampling a song without an approval by a rock chick Karma-Ann Swanepoel, sometime in May, now the same problem arrives for Lil Wayne. According to the latest reports this time the rapper is being accused of stealing a song from legendary rockers The Rolling Stones.

The news surfaces after a musical publishing company, Abkco Music Inc, that own the rights over the Stones' track titled "Play With Fire", filed in a lawsuit against Wayne, his artistic collaborators and his recording company. The company filed the lawsuit on Thursday, July 24 to the federal court in Manhattan, but their demand is still unspecified.

Is an actress with a number of movie credits, Jennifer Connelly can now add brand spokeswoman to her career resume. She is tapped as the new face of Revlon, the cosmetics giant has confirmed.

On her tapping as the brand's celebrity endorser, Revlon's President and CEO David Kennedy said, "Jennifer Connelly is a modern, dynamic and intelligent woman. She is an accomplished wife, mother and actress and her successes complement the spirit of the Revlon brand." He then added, "We are elated to have Jennifer join the Revlon family."

For the past couple of weeks, many speculations about the release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" full teaser trailer had been offered, but they never met an assurance. Yet, on Thursday, July 24, Warner Bros.(WB) Pictures have come out with a great news providing fans with detailed information about the exact time the teaser will be debuted.

Through a press release, the studio announced that the first real video footage exposing the upcoming J. K. Rowling's adaptation will go up live on satellite feed for two days in a row, on Tuesday, July 29 from 9:00 P.M. to 9:15 P.M. EST, and on Wednesday, July 30 from 6:00 A.M. to 6:15 A.M. EST. The coordinates for the feed can be obtained through WB Press Release. With this announcement from WB, it means that fans can see the teaser even before it hits the theaters attached to "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor".

There's no truth to rumors that say Jessica Simpson and her former husband Nick Lachey have sex tape which will soon be leaked. Earlier speculation on the existence of the footage has been dismissed by her representative.

Earlier this week, talk was heating up that a sex tape featuring Simpson and Lachey engaged in a number of sex acts was being shopped around. The tape was claimed to have been obtained by the people who leaked Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's famous sex video.