September 19, 2008

Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen is planning to make a donation by selling her personal collection of sparkling jewels, which she got from her ex-boyfriend, at an auction. She will be selling a 3.35 carat colored Sabbadini diamond ring as well as a 6 carat diamond pendant necklace, rumored to be gifts from a famous ex-lover, as part of "Jewels: The New York Sale" auction at Christie's.

It has been claimed that the ring is expected to sold between $15,000 to $20,000, while the necklace worth between $120,000 to $150,000. The jewelries are scheduled to hit the auction block on October 15 later this year.

On September 24 at 8/7c, the contestants of the "America's Next Top Model" will be challenged to walk on the runway with their eyes in a blind-fold. Most of the contestants say that they are freaked out with the unexpected challenge.

Titled "Fierce Eyes", the upcoming episode for The CW's reality TV program will show off the contestants wearing the finest clothes from famous designers and walking on the runway. At the same time, they also have to compete with each other to survive from the elimination that will be announced at the end of the show.

Anna Faris won't be seen as a porn star any time soon. To Moviehole on Thursday, September 18, the actress revealed that she has dropped her involvement in a biopic flick entitled "Inferno". Stating that she will still stick to comedies, she further confessed that the role as iconic porn actress Linda Lovelace is too dramatic and heavy for her at this stage.

Lovelace whose real name is Linda Boreman claimed her fame in the '70s after she starred in 1972 hardcore porn film called "Deep Throat". Later on, she became a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement. In 2002, she died from massive trauma and internal injuries she sustained after a car crash in Colorado.

Having a very full plate on her agenda, Miley Cyrus would take a break from her hectic schedule to attend the highly anticipated "Dancing with the Stars" to show some support for her actor friend Cody Linley. "Miley and a bunch of my friends are going to come and support me," the TV star told E! News during a break from rehearsing for his upcoming stint on the competition.

Feeling "really, really excited" about having Miley and his other friends supporting him, Cody admitted to have been practicing his dance moves with the Disney sensation. He, moreover, also got some advice from her singer father Billy Ray Cyrus, who was a former contestant on the series.

"The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond", the next episode in Fox's "Bones" has been given a preview. The episode will be aired on Wednesday, September 24 at 8:00 P.M., presenting a case when a body is found but missing its head.

The team discover a dismembered body lying in a pool of purple water but no head is found nearby. It was found out later that the body belongs to a person named Jared Addison whose occupation is a fiction writer with several mental problems. Assisted by Dr. Sweets, they name some suspects and hunt them down but can't find a clear path until the head is found. That is when Zack comes as a help.

During her live "Rock Witchu" concert at Los Angeles' Staples Center on September 17, Janet Jackson delighted fans with her onstage raunchy performance. The concert goers went wild when she pulled a man from the audience, tying him to a wooden frame and caressed him in private places.

At one point, the singer was also seen lowering on top of the man while he was slowly laid down on the stage. The audience was left open mouthed when on the concert's LCD screens, the man was seen whispering, "I Love You, Janet."

Walt Disney Pictures have thrown a unique celebration for the world premiere of "Beverly Hills Chihuahua". On Thursday, September 18, the mouse house have rolled out their red carpet in front of El Capitan Theater in Hollywood to welcome celebrity guests as well as the two stars of the night, Chihuahuas Angel and Rusco.

Making special appearances at the special evening, the pair of canines posed on the red carpet with their human co-stars, Jamie Lee Curtis, the actress portraying Chloe's owner, and George Lopez, the actor voicing Papi. Angel who plays the lead character Chloe was held in Curtis' arm, while Rusco, the canine cast for Papi, was carried by Lopez.

Already having her own clothing line and becoming the celebrity model of several products, Melanie Brown is having another project in the work, a fitness video. The DVD, which is a three-disc set, is titled "Totally Fit".

As of its content, the fitness video reportedly features a 28-day plan of aerobic and resistance workouts set to up-tempo and dance music, plus Brown's advice and tips on nutrition, recipes and snacks. "For anyone with jubbily bits, I'm going to tighten you up, make you laugh and enjoy your workout no matter what level of fitness you are," the Scary Spice boasted about her upcoming DVD.

Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas helped to celebrate brother Nick Jonas' 16th birthday in style, renting the Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles to play baseball with some friends. "[Kevin, Joe and Nick] rented out the stadium last night to play a baseball game with some friends," a source told E!

It appears that the celebration came a bit late for Nick, who turned 16 on Tuesday, September 16. On the big day, he was simply seen walking his dog Elvis around his neighborhood in Toluca Lake, California instead of having a birthday bash. Then, on Wednesday afternoon, September 17, he, Kevin and Joe were all seen picking up several pairs of sneakers and other sporting goods at the Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Beverly Hills.

Jude Law might possibly be Guy Ritchie's Dr. Watson. Recently, EW's Hollywood Insider reported that the 35-year-old is in talks to star as Sherlock Holmes' trusted friend in the new version of "Sherlock Holmes". To put more stress on it, several other publications indicated that he is close to sign the deal.

Though it is still unclear whether the actor will in the end take the part, the casting news has put off the speculation on Russell Crowe lining up for the role. Previously, Ritchie who serves to be the project's director has denied the Crowe rumor saying, "I don't have a Watson...and I'm still looking for my Watson."

Dave Grohl recently announces that Foo Fighters plot to put their roadshow on pause and take a temporary break from the music industry. "We've never really taken a long break," Dave tells BBC. "I think it's time."

When asked about the trigger of the break, Dave says that they have lost their excitement to make music. "If you start feeling stagnant, like you're doing the same thing over and over again," he states. "It just loses that excitement or that charm, you know. You don't want to feel like you're doing the same thing over and over and over again."

ABC have released two promo videos for their "National Stay at Home Week" program. Opening a whole new season for many of their TV shows, the network encourage viewers to stay at home within date 21 this month through October 1.

The marathon will be opened with the highly-anticipated 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 21 which will be preceded with a special episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" at 7:00 P.M.. On Monday, there will be the seventh season of "Dancing with the Stars" as well as the fourth season of "Boston Legal" starting from 8:00 P.M.. The next day, ABC offer a brand new reality show "Opportunity Knocks" where host JD Roth comes knocking on random American family's door and test their bond as a family through trivia questions.

Hollywood actress Jada Pinkett Smith is heading back to television with a starring role in TNT's drama pilot "Time Heals". On Jada's involvement, senior vice president in charge of the Content Creation Group for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies Michael Wright said, "John Masius has created a beautifully drawn character, and we couldn't have wished for a better choice to play her than Jada. We are thrilled to have this wonderful actress on board for this very special drama."

In this television series, the wife of movie star Will Smith will be portraying Nancy Hawthorne, director of nursing at Charlotte Mercy Hospital in North Carolina. Wright described the character to be "incredibly dynamic, a nurse whose energy, self-sacrifice and heroism changes lives on a daily basis". Aside from taking the lead character, Jada has also signed up to be the project's executive producer along with Masius and Jamie Tarses.

Already considered as an early favorite on "Dancing with the Stars", Lance Bass finds it hard to deal with the pain of wearing heels for his stint on the series. "It's not that fun. My feet are swollen sausages every day!" so he told People magazine at the Lollipop Theatre Networks cocktail party Tuesday, September 16.

Revealing more of the pain he has experienced while prepping for "Dancing with the Stars," the former NSYNC singer admitted that spending countless of hours for four weeks exercising for his upcoming performance on the series' season 7 premiere has made him "feeling his age." He testified that at 29 "it doesn't feel the same at all" adding "the first thing you notice is your knees, then your lower back goes out, your arms start hurting-and the feet!"

In-between their tight schedule on the road for some live appearances, Jonas Brothers are now busy working on a music video in an attempt to support their second "A Little Bit Longer" single called "Lovebug". The threesome are recently spotted entering a huge trailer with a bunch of crew surrounding them.

Nick Jonas and his two older brothers are covered with umbrellas and blankets as they traveled from the trailer to the music video set. The scene then makes some saying that the crew either want to avoid public commotion or keep the music video as a top secret until its release date.

A sneak peek to "Gossip Girl" next week's episode has been given. To be aired on Monday, September 22, the "The Ex-Files" clip sees Nate catching up to talk to Vanessa who discovers a secret about Catherine.

Vanessa finds out a scandalous secret about Catherine who is also a love interest for Nate, and seeks Blair for help. Meanwhile, Serena is suffering from her strained relationship with Dan whom she sees cozying up with a new girl named Amanda. Serena and Blair attempt to sabotage the relationship. On other developments, Lily finds herself attracted to her ex-boyfriend Rufus once again.

The third annual After Dark Horrorfest '8 Films to Die For' event has been postponed. Reported firstly by Shock Till You Drop, the horror film festival featuring eight independent horror movies from After Dark Films is now scheduled to be kicked off on January 9, 2009 and wrapped up on January 15, 2009. The new dates put the special event to be started a week after its original plan on January 2 to 9.

Putting the revised dates aside, the organizers of the event have revealed where Horrorfest takes place, letting out the 30 cities which have been selected for the event. The list include Atlanta, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Diego, Washington, DC and New York. The rest of the city listing can be read at Horrorfest's official site.

Noel Gallagher is upset when producers of "Quantum of Solace" hire American artists Jack White and Alicia Keys to record the soundtrack for the movie, which will hit the theater on November 14. The Oasis member reveals his outrage when saying, "It's a pisstake that the greatest British agent of all time has to be soundtracked by a bunch of f***** Americans."

Furthermore, the guitarist says that he is even more disappointed because he has actually crafted some great tunes for the forthcoming film. "I've written a couple of theme tunes ... The latest one that I wrote, I listened back to it thinking, ... That'd make a f***** great Bond theme," he adds.

Grammy-winning singers Madonna and Amy Winehouse are among a number of celebrities who have been immortalized as miniature Lego characters. The special edition figures of celebrities have been created to mark the 30th anniversary of Lego, which was first created in 1978.

Madonna's Lego character features her wearing what looked like a stage outfit with the symbol "M" on its center. It , moreover, also has her trademark blonde hair. The Lego holds a microphone on its left hand. That of Amy, on the other hand, features her trademark hair style and tattoos.

Giving a nod to the possibility of "War Heroes" getting a big screen adaptation, Mark Millar announced in his official site, MillarWorld.tv, that his latest comic book series has been making its way around Hollywood. He wrote, "I was in London working (and hanging out with some MW buds) over the last couple of days, but War Heroes officially went out to the studios yesterday after a few weeks of informal chats."

Sharing further, the artist behind "Wanted (2008)" original comic book suggested that with the rights are now being pitched out, the movie project is most likely to move on. "Pretty much all the big guys in town are going in for this and things should really start moving in the next couple of days," he noted. "After weeks of informal chats (we wanted to wait until issue two was actually in print and they had either script or full plot for the remaining issues) we're really going to MOVE now."

In anticipation of the imminent Primetime Emmy Awards, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" has brought in all the five hosts of the 60th annual event to the show, which results in a tiny scuffle. Ryan Seacrest ("American Idol"), Tom Bergeron ("Dancing with the Stars"), Heidi Klum ("Project Runway"), Howie Mandel ("Deal or No Deal") and Jeff Probst ("Survivor") all had a little discussion about paycheck.

The five-piece who will all share hosting duties this weekend, sat in front of Kimmel as part of his show's episode called "Big Night of Stars" which is aimed to promote the Emmy Awards. Kimmel dropped the bomb when asking about how much each of them is paid for their MC duties. After a heated argument between the men, Seacrest lunged into Probst and got into a fight. Klum, meanwhile, steered off the scene.

Katy Perry has apparently lost the opportunity to join force with boyfriend Travis McCoy as the Gym Class Heroes' frontman refuses to mix business and pleasure. "We are Travis and Katy not Sonny and Cher. We give each other's music constructive criticism, but that's it," Travis explains in a statement.

Meanwhile, speaking of Katy's controversial hit single "I Kissed a Girl", Travis admits that she once considered to drop the tune. "As soon as Katy played I Kissed A Girl I said, 'Baby, this is a smash'. I totally knew from the word go but she wasn't sure," he says.

It's official, Oprah Winfrey's much reported guest stint on NBC's "30 Rock" will come to fruition as the network has confirmed on Thursday, September 18 that she will make a guest starring role on an upcoming episode. She even has filmed her scenes for the comedy series last Saturday, September 13 at the Silvercup Studios in Queens, N.Y.

Earlier this month, report emerged that Oprah has been in final negotiation to make a guest starring role on "30 Rock". She was claimed to be close to signing a deal to appear on the hit TV series and will be billed to play herself in scenes opposite the series' regular, actress Tina Fey.

Rumor has it Brett Ratner may be directing the newest version of "Conan". According to Dread Central, production company Nu Image Films have been offering the "X-Men: The Last Stand" helmer a position behind the lens for this reboot project. Nevertheless, there is yet any confirmation over the speculation.

Prior to Ratner's directing rumor, a list of filmmaker names has been put out for the possible helmer position. Those who have been lined up for the role included "Die Hard" helmer John McTiernan, "Hitman" helmer Xavier Gens, "Grindhouse" co-director Robert Rodriguez as well as "Halloween" remake helmer Rob Zombie.

Luke Perry has said "no" to returning as Dylan McKay in "90210". The excitement of his character as the father of Kelly Taylor's son is toned down after he said that he won't appear in the spin-off show.

It was revealed on the Tuesday (September 16) episode of "90210" that Dylan had hooked up with Kelly after "Beverly Hills, 90210" ended and that they have one son together named Sammy. They, however separated four years before the spin-off took off, although Kelly is still very much in love with him. Fans have since expected Perry to have actual cameo in "90210" especially after Jennie Garth, the actress who portrays Kelly, said that there may be more surprises in store.

Mischa Barton has suffered a wardrobe malfunction Wednesday night, September 17, flashing a breast while leaving a fashion show in London. The actress' breast apparently slipped off her dress while she was hopping into a taxi.

Always one to take chances with her wardrobe, Mischa attended the Fashion For Relief fundraiser, held at the BFC tent at the Natural History Museum in downtown London. During the event she was seen wearing a red-and-gold satin evening gown. She even beautified her look by wearing silver bangle bracelets and leather heels.

Britney Spears is reportedly approached by "The X Factor"'s judge, Simon Cowel, to perform her new single, "Womanizer", on the hit ITV1 show in December. An insider from the reality TV show says, "Everyone is thrilled. To have Britney involved is a massive coup."

The insider, furthermore, reveals that people expect Britney to send the rating high in the air with her highly-anticipated music comeback. "They expect ratings to go through the roof when her performance airs," the insider adds in a statement.

"Indiana Jones V" is more likely far from being developed. While promoting for the DVD/Blu-ray release of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" on September 17, Karen Allen slammed down the idea that another "Indiana Jones" film has been officially discussed.

Quoted by Sci Fi Wire, the actress who portrays Indy's love interest Marion Ravenwood gushed, "Not really. No. I mean, except for fans and, you know, I've had a lot of people say, 'Is there going to be another one?' But no, not officially." She then threw back the question to the press asking, "Do you know something I don't?"