October 02, 2008

Several on-set photos from the filming of Chris Brown's latest music video are leaked. The pictures, largely displaying Brown and the song's collaborator, Keri Hilson, are taken from the video for "Superhuman".

The video is reportedly directed by Erik White, making it Brown's seventh collaboration with the director. The music video was shot back-to-back with Ludacris' "What Them Girls Like" and Brown's song for USA Olympic Team "Dreamer" music videos in September.

Willing to get support from fellow Disney star Miley Cyrus for his upcoming performance on "Dancing with the Stars," Cody Linley said he has got a "yes" from her. He said that despite her hectic schedule, she has promised to come and support him.

To US Weekly Cody said Tuesday, September 30, "I talked to Miley the other day and said, 'Hey, homey, I'm going to your birthday party, so you need to come see me on Dancing with the Stars!'" He continued, "she is super busy, but she is definitely planning on coming to see me!"

Following its season premiere on Wednesday, October 1, the forthcoming episode of "Private Practice" has been made available. Presenting a sneak preview to the second episode of the new season, the snippet displays the time when this team of private doctors are faced with intricate choice between what's best for the practice or what's best for the patient.

To be aired October 8 at 9 P.M. on ABC, the episode titled "Equal and Opposite" will tell the story when Addison and Sam form a hostile takeover to bring the practice out of bankruptcy while all of the doctors seeks for additional clients and new income streams. Amidst the hectic situation, Violet's friendship with Cooper crumbles even more, putting it on the brink of extinction. Meanwhile, one married couple fight to get an unethical fertility treatment at Oceanside Wellness Centre.

Getting back on track following her public breakdown, Britney Spears has been keeping herself busy doing massive comeback effort, making donation to John Philip Sousa Middle School 142 in New York's Bronx on Wednesday, October 1. Dropping by the school as part of her trip to the Big Apple, she presented a $10,000 check to be used as an endowment for the school's year-old music program.

Wearing a navy blue v-neckline dress with brown high heels, Britney took time posing for photographs with the police and signing autographs for the kids. Students of the school weren't in class because it was Jewish holiday.

The second full length trailer from Baz Luhrmann's "Australia" has been presented. Taking viewers to grasp deeper into the period film, the video first introduces the two main characters, Lady Sarah Ashley and the Australian drover, as two completely opposite people from two different world. But, as the trailer picks up its pace, it moves on to show how the two bond with each other, falls in love and faces the bombing of the city of Darwin.

Coming from the man behind "Moulin Rouge!" and "Romeo + Juliet", "Australia" is set in the outback during the World War II and follows the adventures faced by an aristocratic English woman and a rugged cattle drover when they join forces to drive 2,000 cattle across hundreds of miles of the harsh terrain only to meet the bombing of the city of Darwin. Starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, the 20th Century Fox romantic drama will hit the big screen on November 26.

Beyonce Knowles can't keep up with the pace to finish her album in time. A source told NY Daily News the R'n'B singer would not be able to hand out the CD on Wednesday morning which is the deadline set by her label if she wants to stick to the November 18 release schedule.

"It's not going to be completed," a source close to the executives told the publication. "She's got to get it out early in the fourth quarter, when there's so much competition among artists."

Selected press have been given the chance to watch about 25 minutes of "Watchmen" on Wednesday, October 1 at Warner Bros. studio lot in West Hollywood and they are sharing out what they have seen. Introduced by director Zack Snyder, the footage opened with opening credit sequence where the footage moves from the classic smiley face button-pinned to a man selling newspapers on the street.

Then, viewers were brought into Edward Blake's apartment in which Blake, a.k.a. Comedian, can be seen sitting at home alone in the final moments of his life. After he changes a press show to a film that plays the song "Unforgettable", a masked assailant breaks in and fights Blake in a number of slow-motion shots. In the end of the fight, losing Blake crashes through the window and falls to his death on the pavement below followed with the opening credit.

Wedding bell might ring soon for Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo as they've been spotted ring shopping at a Neiman Marcus store in Dallas recently. Rumor has it, they are planning to hold a wedding this winter after the NFL season or the Super Bowl if Dallas Cowboys make it to the game.

The Chicago Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker broke the news, claiming Jess and Tony were on the hunt for "big sparklers" on Tuesday, September 30. And while Bill hears whispers that the celebrity couple are talking about a winter wedding, no exact date and venue have been disclosed.

Usher has premiered the music video for "Trading Places", the third single lifted from the May-released album "Here I Stand". In the clip which is directed by Chris Robinson and shot in Venice, C.A., Usher simply cuddles with his girlfriend on a couch and plays around with her.

The song basically tells how a couple can switch roles. The woman paying for the date and taking control of everything while the man making up bed and breakfast. "The story is, like, wishful thinking for all men to have a woman who takes control and compliments us the way we compliment them," Usher explains, adding that he and Robinson "wanted to do something very forward-thinking."

Gracing the cover of Parade magazine's October 2008 issue, Leonardo DiCaprio says in an interview with the publication's Dotson Rader he does believe in marriage and has been thinking about it lately. Admitting he definitely feels the need to make his life more than just his acting career, he said "I want to get married and have children."

"Just last night I was thinking to myself how little of my life has been lived normally and not spent on some far-off movie location. I want to get married and have children," the movie hunk stated. In further interview he even revealed to be considering family as one of the things that are really important.

FOX have presented a preview to the next episode of "Fringe". The video highlights on a new fringe science case in which a rather simple man has the ability to harness electricity and causes deadly consequences to those around him. And while the trio investigate the matter, Olivia's world is rocked by a ghost from her past.

Called "Power Hungry", episode 1.05 of the science fiction series will be aired at 9 P.M. on Tuesday, October 14, two weeks after the showing of episode 1.04. It will see once again John Noble, Joshua Jackson and Anna Torv as the three leading investigators of paranormal crimes, Walter, Peter and Olivia.

Katy Perry has premiered a brand new music video for her latest single "Hot and Cold". In this video, Perry plays a bride who chases her groom after he is too chicken to say 'I do'. When the groom storms out of the church, Perry literally runs after him and shouts on how cold feet he is. The ending of the video takes a surprising upturn.

"This music video is a big production," Perry gives her comment on the video. "There's lots of different scene changes and obviously I look crazy. This is one of those videos where I'm okay looking a little insane." The video is directed by Alan Ferguson and shot in Los Angeles.

A contestant from reality show "America's Got Talent" has been crowned a winner on the Wednesday third season finale. Opera singer Neal E. Boyd becomes a favorite and finishes first after standing side by side to other finalist singer/pianist Eli Mattson as the last two standing.

Host Jerry Springer announced on the seconds leading to the revelation that there was less than one half of one percent between the final votes. When Boyd's name was called, the ex-salesman cried the tears of joy and said, "I love you, Mom. I love you, Sikeston. I love you, Missouri." He is consequently entitled to the $1 million prize.

It's nearly a week after Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds' top secret wedding and People magazine has some details of the ceremony, all of which are on its latest issue which will hit the newsstands Friday, October 3. Besides the wedding details, the weekly magazine also reports on the couple's pre-wedding day candlelight dinner.

Scarlett and Ryan, according to People, avoided the prying eyes of the paparazzi, sending just 40 guests text message invitations and then staging the ceremony at the "rugged, but luxurious" Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, on a nature reserve in British Columbia, Canada on Saturday, September 27. Guests could reach the venue by sea plane or a 30-minute boat ride.

An active campaigner for the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Jessica Alba has a sequel for her previous "Declare Yourself" public service announcement (PSA), posing in Hannibal Lecter-type mask for her second ad. Having her mouth tightly closed behind metal nails, she is pictured wearing no make-up and having tears running down her cheeks. Adding a messy look into her face, Alba lets her hair sloppy.

The PSA, shot by celebrity photographer Mark Liddell, has a tagline that read, "Only you can silence yourself. Make them hear you. Register to vote now." The ad, which also attaches on it Declare Yourself's official web address, is meant to encourage young people to register and vote.

While at the "Watchmen" press preview in Hollywood on Wednesday, October 1, director Zack Snyder talks to IESB about the forthcoming "300" prequel/sequel. Stating that the follow-up movie will be both prequel and sequel, the filmmaker then let out that the second film will take place between the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea.

In the final monologue by Dilios at the end of "300", it was explained that there is a whole year between the two great battle. Hence, that is what will be explored on the second movie. Giving out more on the dishes of the prequel/sequel film, Snyder noted that the movie will be based on the graphic novel which will be written and drawn by Frank Miller, meaning that before the book is completed, the script won't be penned.

Being freed from DUI charges after he was involved in a car crash that happened in July 2008, Shia LaBeouf unfortunately couldn't escape another injury, suffering a cut below his eyebrow while working on "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" on Tuesday, September 30. The injury required him to receive stitches, but that didn't stop the actor from getting back on set soon thereafter.

TMZ was the first to report the incident. It claimed Shia got some stitches on set. Representative for him had no comment on the star's latest injury.

The CW have announced their plans on developing "The Graysons". According to Variety, the brand new television series will be focused on Batman's sidekick before he becomes the iconic Robin. Set in modern day, it will chronicle the life of Dick "DJ" Grayson before he dons his superhero identity and teams up with Batman as he navigates through family dramas, first loves and rivals.

Words are "Graysons" has been observed to be a potential replacement for "Smallville" if the series about the early life of Clark Kent ends its run this season. The hourlong series has "Smallville" executive producers, Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson, as well as "Supernatural" executive producer McG on board the project.

Jay-Z will help Barack Obama raising the bar, by conducting two charity shows to aid the Presidential candidate's campaign. The rapper announced that he will conduct two free shows in Detroit's Cobo Arena and Miami's Bayfront Park Amphitheatre on Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 respectively.

The concerts are intended to encourage people to register to vote before the deadlines. Michigan and Florida which happen to be the two key battleground states, will close the registration on Monday, October 6. Jay-Z's effort is also to urge people to pick Obama on the actual D-day on November 4.

Annie and Ethan will work together in a class project where they are assigned to take care of a baby in the new episode of "90210". The promo to the episode which will be aired on October 7 and titled "Hollywood Forever" is available for view below, taking the tag "the richer they are, the harder they fall."

The experience makes Annie and Ethan see each other differently. Silver and Dixon continue to get closer and during her half-birthday party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary, she opens him up to an entirely new experience in public. Harry and Debbie are forced to deal with his past when Tracy informs Harry that she hired a private investigator to search for their son, who was given up for adoption many years ago.

Taking participation in a live web chat with The Los Angeles Times' readers on Wednesday, October 1, director Jon Favreau opened up about few "Iron Man 2" details. Addressing on how early in stage the sequel is in, Favreau explained that the filmmakers are still working on the potential villain.

"We're playing with who the villain should be and what we should incorporate from the comic book," he noted. "And how it will lead into The Avengers." He then added that he is currently working with Justin Theroux, the co-writer of "Tropic Thunder" who is tackling the script's first draft, and a storyboard artist. He is also dealing with the designing of the the good guys and bad guys ' costumes.

The fruit of Paramore's work on the soundtrack of Vampire movie "Twilight" is now available for streaming. "Decode" is one of the two songs that the rock band specially made for the movie. It will also be the first single outed from the OST album which is now due for a release on November 4.

The song is available for listening in full on StephenieMeyer.com, the website owned by the author of the books the movie is based on. It has also been revealed via MTV that Paramore will shoot a music video for the song "sometime around October 13".

Now that same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in California, Melissa Etheridge has made public her plans to wed longtime lesbian partner Tammy Lynn Michaels. In a recent interview with celebrity television show "Extra", she said wedding is in pre-planning stages for her and Tammy.

"We're trying to find the right time now actually to go down and do it -- is where we're at," Etheridge told "Extra" lifechanger and surgical breast specialist Dr. Kristi Funk during a chit chat about breast cancer which she's been diagnosed with four years ago. Etheridge and Tammy have been together for years and they are among the most high-profile celebrities to live openly as lesbians.

The U.S. presidential election is less than five weeks away and Hollywood celebs have been very vocal encouraging Americans to start registering in order to be able to vote, starring in a public service announcement (PSA) video, called "5 Friends." Among them who are taking part in the cause include Halle Berry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sarah Silverman, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Ashton Kutcher, will.i.am and many more.

In the more-than-four minutes video the celebrities try to emphasize the importance of voting. They can be seen in the footage urging people repeatedly to register and vote and pursue their five friends or more to get involved in the highly anticipated presidential election.

Kick starting from "American Idol", David Archuleta lands himself in the acting world. The runner-up for season seven of the singing talent show will make his acting debut on Nickelodeon's "iCarly", People reports.

He will be featured in an episode titled "iRicked the Vote", playing himself. His role is not far from his real life story for he will be a contestant of an Idol-style show named "America Sings". He will garner a huge vote, thanks to Carly Shay (Miranda Crossgrove) who helps him with her iCarly webcast.

A sequel to hit animation film "Kung Fu Panda" is indeed on the work and eyes 2011 release. On Wednesday, October 1, DreamWorks Animation SKG have revealed their plans on the follow-up movie announcing that they have set "Pandamonium" to hit the big screen on June 3, 2011 and are expecting it to be released worldwide in both conventional and IMAX theaters.

The sequel will be produced using stereoscopic 3D technology and will have "Kung Fu Panda" head of story Jennifer Yuh Nelson serving as the director. It is going to have Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and other original cast members once again to voice the characters, and will see Melissa Cobb as the producer, while Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who wrote and co-produced the original film, are to reprise their roles.

Bill Kaulitz, the lead singer of rock band Tokio Hotel, has his figure immortalized in wax by the artists at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Berlin, Germany. His wax figure was released for public viewing on Tuesday, September 30.

Bill's wax is seen "rocking a cropped leather jacket, a chain-link-and-leather choker and black fingernails." A number of fans who turned up for the launch struck some poses with the wax, with several of them even posing intimately with it.

The All-American Rejects are back with their third studio album and as the first single the band "Gives You Hell". The song has been made available for download on iTunes since yesterday (September 30) and its music video has also been shot with the teaser to watch below.

The teaser includes the chorus of the track plus behind the scenes footage from the studio sessions that the band did for the record. "Gives You Hell" will lead the album "When the World Comes Down" which will hit the stores on November 18. Log on to Amazon.com to purchase "Gives You Hell".

Before the real deal is coming out on October 17, a bootleg version of "Dragonball Evolution" promo teaser has been put out. Shot on the showfloor at the Brand Licensing Europe Expo in London, the very short video seems to be sort of an introduction to the characters. It also serves as a sneak peek into several action sequences and explosive fighting scenes between Goku and other characters, including with Lord Piccolo. Some of the clips shown have been outed earlier through the leaked screenshots.

Based on the phenomenally popular Akira Toriyama's Japanese manga, "Dragonball" is directed and co-scripted by James Wong. It is also produced by Stephen Chow. It will follow Goku's journey to fulfill his dying grandfather's wish, which is for him to train with Master Roshi to prepare him to protect the seven mystical dragonballs from an endless stream of rogues who strives to dominate the Earth.

Becoming one of the Disney starlets, Demi Lovato shares her past experience of being bullied that led her to leave school a few years ago in favor of home-schooling. In an interview on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Wednesday, October 1, she opened up about being bullied as a seventh grader that she then wants to help other young girls who are harassed by their peers.

Demi told Ellen DeGeneres, "I never really understood why it was at the moment until looking back" when making reference to the painful bullying she has experienced during her school years. "I had a different lifestyle than everyone else. Whether it was because of my hair color or what ever the reason was, I pinned it on myself."