August 05, 2008

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their newborn twins make their other magazine debut yet again with British Hello! magazine making public its exclusive cover featuring the foursome Monday, August 4. Just like People magazine, the publication features the parents and babies in matching white outfits, but in different pose.

The latest cover of Hello! which is its 1033 has the headline that reads "THE BIGGEST EXCLUSIVE OF THE YEAR. FABOLOUS FIRST PICTURES OF ALL THE FAMILIES AS BRAD AND ANGELINA INTRODUCE TWINS KNOX LEON AND VIVIENNE MARCHELINE." In addition to the cover, Hello! also has 17 pages of 'intimate family photos' of the celebrity parents and their six children.

Celebrating the special screening of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", most of the comedy drama film's stars came out to the L.A. premiere of the film. Dressed to impress, the cast ensemble, which consisted of Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Cruz and Chris Messina, grazed Mann Village Theater's red carpet on Monday, August 4, evening.

Turning the formality up a notch were Johansson and Cruz who both wore dazzling evening wear. Scarlett who portrayed one of the titular character Cristina was dressed in red full-length gown with a multi-pendant necklace and old-school ringlet curls to accompany, while Cruz looked stylish with her midnight blue gown.

English pop trio Sugababes are set to release their sixth album in October. Despite taking things slowly, the group, consisting of Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, and Amelle Berrabah have been busy, recording the upcoming album in London and Miami studios.

In this forthcoming album, the girls have teamed up with Orson's lead singer Jason Pebworth as a co-writer in single "Easy". In addition, they will also collaborate with Nigerian singer Taio Cruz.

Throughout his filming career Jackie Chan has been combining his acrobatic fighting style and comic timing for his kung fu and action films resulting him to be among Hollywood movie stars and a cultural icon. Following the success of his two latest film, "The Forbidden Kingdom" and "Kung Fu Panda", the 54-year-old is going to exchange fists and tickle moviegoers once again through "The Spy Next Door".

According to reports, Chan has been touted to star in the action comedy movie acting as a man who is hired to baby-sit his neighbor's children but ends up fighting off secret agents after one of the kids accidentally downloads a secret code. For this project, he will be teaming up with producers Robert Simonds and Ryan Kavanaugh and 2005 "Are We There Yet?" helmer Brian Levant.

The rumors on Jackson Five reuniting have been circulating for sometime but not until this coming month that a definite appearance of the legendary band is announced. They will receive the honor from BMI on September 4 at Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills and four out of the five members have been confirmed to be in attendance.

Jackie, Tito, Marlon and Jermaine reportedly have reserved their seats at the event that will see them being handed the BMI Icons award in celebration of the 8th annual BMI Urban Awards. According to Associated Press, only Michael Jackson has not yet confirmed his participation.

Amidst endless rumors of him dating "Gossip Girl" co-star Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick has been spotted spending some quality time with Allison Mosshart of The Kills only to start speculation of a romance. OK! magazine is reporting that Ed may have a new love interest in the rock star.

The two were first seen hanging at Lollapalooza over the weekend. They reportedly spent the entire weekend together before Ed jetted over to the annual Teen Choice Awards in L.A. on Sunday, August 3.

American country singer Carrie Underwood has released a music video for single "Just A Dream". The single is taken from her 2007 second solo album "Carnival Ride" and composed by Gordie Sampson, Steven McEwan and Hillary Lindsey.

This video sets Carrie as a young woman who is about to get married. She is then broken hearted when finding that her husband-to-be has been killed in combat.

Nearly two weeks after the release of "Saw V" teaser trailer, Lionsgate Films put out two official photos of the fifth horror film. One of them exposes Scott Patterson as Agent Peter Strahm, while the other highlights on Costas Mandylor's character, Hoffman.

Posted in the news' photo, the image with Patterson trapped in the glass cube apparently is a part of the scene which has been let out in the teaser earlier. Meanwhile, the one with Mandylor shows his character surveying what seems to be a model for a possible trap. The latter can be seen below.

Rapper Juelz Santana has been sold by his Dipset group leader Cam'ron to Def Jam Records for 2 million dollars. This agreement has been made following ongoing dispute among Dipset members which results on holding back Juelz's third upcoming album "Born to Lose, Built to Win (The Reagan Era)" from its release schedule in summer 2008.

Despite the internal battle, Juelz said that even though he is no longer in Dipset, he will continue representing the group in his future project. "Yeah, I'm free and ready to do me but its still Dip Set 4 life! It's just going to be a new chapter. I have no hard feelings for Cam, after all, he did give me a chance. But I will say this, I was loyal to him and he took advantage," Juelz said in a statement.

Getting married in July 2007, Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell announced late last month that they're expecting twins. And the actor is keen enough to share more details about his actress wife's pregnancy with their first babies, telling Access Hollywood about her craving among the other things.

First of all revealing his feeling about his impending fatherhood role, Jerry admitted during the annual Teen Choice Awards Sunday, August 3, "It's very exciting. It really is." After that going on revealing about Romijn's pregnancy craving, he said the former supermodel craves "lot of ice cream."

In the second teaser of "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa", fans and viewers can see that the lost-in-the-jungle friends are celebrating their departure to New York by dancing to the groove of "I Like to Move It" track. Giving more of their dancing styles, DreamWorks have released five animated posters of each character.

The first four posters which are posted below display the four main characters, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria, in respective order. Meanwhile, the last one exposes King Julien the Lemur with pom-pons in hands shaking his body.

Having been working in the industry for years, it was not until Monday, August 4 that Brooks & Dunn received their stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The country music duo received the 2,367th star on Hollywood Boulevard in a ceremony attended by talk show host Phil McGraw and his wife, Robin, who described themselves as avid fans of the singers.

"I've had the pleasure of knowing these guys really well for a number of years now," McGraw said when referring to the recording artists. "It is truly an honor for me to be a part of this."

Striking an ace through the Akon-collaborative single "What You Got", up and about R'n'B singer Colby O'Donis moves on with "Don't Turn Back" that will be the second single pulled from his debut album, "Colby O". A music video for the latest single has just been premiered.

In a recent interview with Eclipse magazine, Colby talked about the meaning of the song itself. "Pretty much it's about this beautiful girl that's working a nine to five job," he explained, "and her boss treats her like crap and I'm pretty much telling her to quit the nine to five, let me take care of all the financial needs, take care of all the money issues and let her chase her dream and enjoy life because I don't think someone as beautiful as her should be breaking her back working."

Liv Tyler is desperate to grab a musical role in Broadway. She plans on launching her music career in the New York show.

"I would love to do a musical-like on Broadway. That's like the dream of my whole life," said Liv. "I always wanted to be a singer. Or get to sing. I haven't been able to do that, and I would love to do that."

Having played many memorable characters in various movies from Eliot Ness in "The Untouchables" to Billy Chapel in "For Love of the Game", Kevin Costner never once starred in a sequel to his movies. Nevertheless, it seems that the fact won't last any longer, especially with the buzz on "The Bodyguard" sequel hypening up.

In the latest news related to the actor and his 1992 hit action drama movie, it is reported that the 53-year-old has expressed his interest on reprising his Frank Farmer role in the sequel. Though nothing about the sequel is certain yet, he admitted that he has idea for the story if the studio bosses are up for the project.

Adding the long list of celebs who get caught in steamy pictures scandals, Eva Mendes is the latest victim. Having been recruited as the new face of Calvin Klein fragrance brings more trouble for the actress as the ad she does to promote its latest scent, Secret Obsession, from Coty Inc. has been banned from U.S. broadcast networks.

The controversial ad apparently features nude Mendes exposing a little too much flesh for the U.S. censors. She's shown in the 30-second TV spot for Secret Obsession caressing herself, rolling around in a rumpled bed and flashing a nipple.

Amy Winehouse is recently working on her upcoming album which hasn't been named yet. The third album will have her song-writing credit, in which she mainly talks about her happy childhood as a Jewish girl.

Furthermore, Amy considers this forthcoming album as a follow-up to "Back to Black" album which largely revealed about her irritating relationship with husband Blake Fielder-Civil. Therefore, she will broadly expand autobiographical lyrics for the album.

American rock band Poison set a release date for upcoming live recording album "Seven Days Live". The album which will be released under Armoury Records, is due out on August 26.

This album is a live compilation recorded before former guitarist Richie Kotzen left the band. It includes such classic tracks as "Ride the Wind", "Something to Believe in", and "Stand".

The 2005 video game adaptation "Doom" did not only fail miserably on its ticket selling with the total of only around $56 million worldwide but also poorly reviewed cultivating on it receiving a 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards' nomination for The Rock. Still, the fact apparently doesn't put off the idea of another "Doom" movie.

According to Kotaku, id Software, the video game's developer, is still very much interested in developing a second film which is said to possibly be based on the fourth in-production "Doom" game. Revealing about their intention, id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead confessed, "Personally I'd like to do another Doom movie - I thought working with it was a blast. There are some lessons we learned. The best way to do things better is to get the experience."

Knowing the fact that pictures speak louder than words, Rihanna and Chris Brown just let photos of their public display of affection (PDA) do the talking about their hush hush romance. The alleged celebrity couple have been playing secrecy about their love relationship. They refuse to discuss their romance with the press, insisting they're just friends. Beyond that though photos of their PDA have been published on several news media and online. The latest pics of their PDA are those of them getting cozy in a hot tub.

In addition to an early picture that showed the Barbadian singer allegedly popping his pimple while they were in a hot tub, some more photos of them enjoying a quality time in their hotel's hot tub have emerged on the web.

To promote their debut LP, "Madeline", newly-emerging rock act Tickle Me Pink have released a music video for their popular first single, "Typical". The clip was officially premiered on MTV2 Unleashed on Monday, August 4.

The video that sees the band playing inside a motel was directed by Christopher Sims, the same person who delivered videos for From First to Last and Jimmy Eat World. It also becomes the music video that captures bassist Johnny Schou who tragically died on July 1, the day the album was released.

American pop singer Cassie has given her fans a sneak peek for the video of single "Official Girl" featuring rapper "Lil Wayne". The single is taken from her upcoming solo album which hasn't been titled yet. The upcoming video was directed by Chris Robinson with Lil Wayne making a cameo.

Speaking about the video plot, Cassie described it as a series of things, in which she plays as a young girl who is stressed out with her love relationship. She said, "It's about the fly chick, she's going into the hotel, feeling out her situation, talking to the guy who she thinks is there, but it's really not. You have to see it. It's hard to explain."

The upcoming rock musical thriller "Repo! The Genetic Opera" has provided fans with a look inside the movie through teaser and trailer. It has also displayed the extended clip wherein Paris Hilton can be seen practicing her singing talent. Now, the Darren Lynn Bousman-directed film presents a behind-the-scene look into the making of "Mark It Up" scene.

Focused on the musical number "Mark it Up" on both the filming of the scene and the recording of the music as well, the video serves as the introduction of the Largo children explaining the characteristic of Luigi and Pavi Largo. It shows the on-set footages in which the actors are performing the song as well as rehearsing for the number. The video also sees composers/writers Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith and director Bousman giving comment on the track.

Rock band Metallica deny that their soon-to-be-released video for single "The Day That Never Comes" from upcoming album "Death Magnetic" is attempting to convey political statement about American's ongoing war with Iraq or Afghanistan. Drummer Lars Ulrich said that what they are trying to do is bringing back the common thread of resentment between politics and religion that have separated people from each other. He said, "It's a story about human beings who don't know each other, in a particularly tense situation. It could be a contemporary war setting, but it's really about forgiveness and redemption and understanding what goes on in people's minds. We really feel that this was such a beautiful and epic way to treat the song in something that was really radically different than the specificity of the lyrics."

People have come up with such rumor following the video preview displaying a U.S. army across dusty dessert with a huge blast which wounds one of the soldiers. Another soldier rushes to help the wounded with a medical equipment in his hand. Minutes later, a helicopter approaches and the bloody soldier is flown into the capable hands of a military medical team.

Notwithstanding the success of his latest big screen project "The Dark Knight" on the market, Morgan Freeman has just had an unfortunate experience on his life. The Oscar-winning actor was seriously injured in a car accident late Sunday night, August 3 in Mississippi.

The 71-year-old movie star was driving a 1997 Nissan Maxima, belonging to his female passenger, identified as Demaris Meyer of Memphis, when the accident happened at about 11:30 P.M. Sunday. He was heading eastbound on Mississippi Highway 32 when suddenly lost control of the vehicle he was driving, causing it to go off the edge of the road and roll over for several times before coming to a stop.

Before "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" made its way to the theaters last Friday, August 1, it has long been rumored that the filmmakers have thought off of bringing to big screen two more sequels. Though the development of those sequels still depend on the result of "Dragon Emperor", director Rob Cohen apparently has prepared a twist for "The Mummy 4".

Giving out spoiler to those who have not watched the third "Mummy" movie, the 59-year-old filmmaker revealed that he has provided an open door for the fourth installment in the end of "Dragon Emperor". He noted that Brendan Fraser's character Rick O'Connell is now immortal due to the exposure to the pool of eternal life and his brother-in-law, Jonathan, has obtained a powerful artifact.

William James Adams, Jr. best known by his stage name will.i.am, has just released a music video for his third single "One More Chance" from his solo album "Songs About Girls". It was premiered in late July.

The song was co-written by Fernando Garibay. It mainly talks about a hope for second chance in a relationship. The video features the star walking the streets with a town display behind him. He is rapping in a cell phone with a girl who plays as his ex-lover, pleading for a second chance from the woman.

With all the uncertainty circulating around the robots to be featured in "Transformers" sequel, it's no wonder that many try to dig up more on the possible villains for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". Following report on Fallen as the main baddie, words are surfacing that Decepticon's leader, Megatron, will be brought back to life.

Though generally the coming back of Megatron is not a new story on the sequel's speculation, CHUD came out with far more interesting facts on the reborn villain. The site wrote that unlike in the first hit installment which he guised as a jet plane, Megatron will have an alter mode as a tank in the follow-up movie. Additionally, he may perhaps be resurrected by his foes, the Autobots, to help them defeating their new thread, Fallen.