October 22, 2008

There is a rumor that "Friends" actress, Jennifer Aniston, will have another appearance on NBC's series "30 Rock" as Claire Harper. This news is hinted by one of the series' cast, Jane Krakowski, who believes that there is a possibility Jennifer will play the same role again in the series as the studio executive Jack Donaghy's stalker.

In her statement to OK! at the Whitney Museum of American Art's Gala party in New York on October 20, Jane said, "She possibly could come back and we'd love to have her." Jane who plays as a self-obsessed actress Jenna Maroney in the series added, "Jennifer was such a great spirit, she was so fun and so stunningly gorgeous. She was very game, because we do a lot of flashbacks to the nineties."

Rapper 50 Cent is getting his hands on new reality show "The Money & The Power" which will be aired on MTV next month. The show is designed pretty much like Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" where those who can't keep up with 50's demand will be 'fired'.

According to reports, the rapper is out to find "the next person who can change nothing into something and be the new game changer". Similar to "Apprentice", the reality show will have contestants competing against each other in a series of challenges and 50 will reward the winner with a sum of money for their idea.

Three days before "Saw V" hits the U.S. big screen, Lionsgate Films have thrown down a Los Angeles premiere for the fifth "Saw" movie. The special screening event took place at the Mann's Chinese Six in Hollywood on Tuesday, October 21.

Though the event missed out on the signature red carpet, it was highlighted by the erecting of a giant bust which features a man wearing a mask from Jigsaw's face, and by the attendance of the horror thriller's cast. Among the cast ensemble seen coming to the event were Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Tobin Bell, Meagan Good, Betsy Russell and Mark Rolston.

The team who works behind Britney Spears' official website has confirmed the circulating reports claiming the pop singer is about to be featured on the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine. The so-called Team Britney confirmed in a blog post Monday evening, October 20 that the star has done photo shoot for the magazine.

"It's been a while since Britney's graced the covers of the glossies," Access Hollywood cited the team as writing. "But soon that will all change ... Britney shot her Rolling Stone cover yesterday." The team didn't give evidence of the shoot, but did reveal Britney "looked absolutely stunning." Rolling Stone magazine has not yet given comment on the report.

Usher has detailed his upcoming concerts for "One Night Stand Tour 2008", which will provide entrance for female fans only. Hitting 14 cities across America, the gigs will be kicked off on November 2 at The Borgata Event Center in Sun Atlantic City, New Jersey.

"I feel like I've had such a connection with my audience," Usher answers when asked why he wants to hold a ladies-only tour. "I felt like my current album was definitely the type of one that was more intimate. So, what better way to get up close and personal with my fans than to make it all women? It will be the best 'One Night Stand' they've ever had!"

A sneak peek into "The Hills" spin-off, "The City", that will follow Whitney Port in her journey to start a new life in Manhattan has been released. The trailer provides highlights on Whitney's life at work, new people that she meets, her love life and the situations that she has to deal with during the adjustment.

The video starts with tearful Lauren Conrad of "Hills" sending Whitney a goodbye. In the new city, Whitney is greeted by a cheerful friend who said, "I have like an invisible tattoo on my forehead that says 'Make out with me!' and only guys who live on futons can read it."

R&B singer, Toni Braxton, has been eliminated from ABC's popular dancing competition, "Dancing with the Stars", after the total score announcement on Tuesday, October 21. With her professional partner, Alec Mazo, they received the lowest total score both by the judges and the audience voters.

On Monday appearance, the pair were dancing West Coast swing with a little moonwalk variation which did not get any impressions from the judges who only gave them a score of 22 out of 30. Although the judges score has been added to viewers' votes, it could not survive the pair from walking out of the stage.

A more revealing "Watchmen" promotional video has been aired at the Spike TV's third annual Scream Awards on Tuesday, October 21 and the bootleg version of it has been unraveled. Previewing many never-before-seen footage from the comic book adaptation, the footage displays some of the heroes' powers, the romance between them, and the action sequences to be expected.

Before the footage was screened, director Zack Snyder, Malin Ackerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Carla Gugino went up to the Scream Awards' stage and promoted the movie. On the occasion, Dean Morgan promises that "Watchmen" will "blow your mind". In the player below, the footage starts on the 1:19 minute mark.

In anticipation of "Saw V" U.S. release this coming Friday, October 24, another clip and a brand new red band featurette from the horror thriller have been brought forward. The clip lasting around one minute is entitled "Drowning" and it shows how Agent Strahm, starred by Scott Patterson, struggles to get out from the glass cube that is slowly filled with water before the water drowns him alive.

In the meantime, the featurette presents more glimpses into the film accompanied by explanation from actress Meagan Good who plays Luba. In the featurette, she talks about the deathly trap she and several others are put in and how the trap embodies the survival of the fittest theme. She also explains that the ladies should compensate more to escape since the men are stronger than them.

An official statement saying that Scissor Sisters have split with their current drummer, Paddy Boom, has been posted by the band on their official website. "We would like our fans and friends to know that we have amicably parted ways with the original Scissor drummer Paddy Boom," they announce.

"He will no longer be on stage with us but he will always be our sister," the Grammy Awards-nominated band explain further about the future of their relationship with Boom after the break-up. "Don't worry, we are hard at work on our new record and we can't wait to see you all soon," they add.

Dropping by MTV's popular show "Total Request Live" in New York on Tuesday, October 21, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron had fun by performing a classic waltz dance, much to the delight of the viewers who were attending the show. The on-and-off-screen couple stepped up arm-in-arm on the stage, cheerfully dancing their way to the classic waltz together.

Vanessa and Zac showed up for a taping of "TRL" to promote their forthcoming movie "High School Musical 3: Senior Year", which nationwide debut is this coming Friday, October 24. They were joined by co-stars Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman.

A longer preview of "Gossip Girl" episode 2.08 called "Pret-A-Poor-J" has been made available. The clip shows more scenes where Jenny is lured into the dark side by new Waldorf model Agnes, and Jenny in confrontation with Elanor.

The official synopsis from The CW is read: Jenny befriends a young model, Agnes, who encourages Jenny to not only explore her wild side, but also confront her boss, Eleanor Waldorf, who is attempting to "borrow" Jenny's designs. Serena and Dan agree to attend an art opening at Rufus' gallery as friends, but the outing gets a little uncomfortable after Serena meets an artist, Aaron Rose, and realizes they have an instant chemistry. Blair attempts to seduce Chuck , but it proves tougher than she ever imagined.

While many are still buzzing around the future Marvel adaptations, such as "The Incredible Hulk" sequel and "Iron Man 2", another superhero in the Marvel Universe, "Dr. Strange", is being considered for big screen adaptation. The report was broken out by Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige to MTV News when discussing about the studio's future projects after "The Avengers".

Talking about the "Dr. Strange" project, Feige hinted on the possibility stating, "I'd say in the next year, year and a half, as we start putting together our film slate for 2012 and 2013, I would not be shocked if we saw Dr. Strange on those lists." He further added, sharing his enthusiasm on the proposed project, "I love the idea of taping into the magical realm of the Marvel Universe, which is fairly significant and hasn't yet seen life on screen. It's something I'm very, very interested in."

The "Twilight" footage that has been exclusively premiered at the third annual Spike TV's Scream Awards on Tuesday, October 21, has come out. In this bootleg video, it can be seen that Bella has been captured by James. Trying to escape, she sprays James, who is holding a camcorder, with what seems to be a pepper spray, and dashes away from the angry vampire. However, the 17-year-old cannot get further from James as he leaps forward, grabs her by her neck and throws her aside.

Adapted from Stephenie Meyer's bestselling novel of the same name, "Twilight" is a modern day love story between a vampire and a human. It resolves around seventeen-year-old Isabella 'Bella' Swan, her mysterious vampire classmate, Edward Cullen, and their unlikely romantic relationship. Finding acceptance from one another, their romance blossoms. However, it puts Bella's life in grave danger as Cullen's nemesis, James, comes to the town and sets his eyes on Bella.

A music video in support of Seal's brand new song "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" has been debuted. The new song is penned by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome and will appear on Seal's seventh major studio album "Soul".

Slated to come out on November 11 in the U.S., the David Foster-produced album features eleven classic soul songs each of which evoke their own drama, emotion, and romance. "Someone once said ... the album will sound like the time you had making it. Never before has it been as true as in the process of recording this record," the singer explains.

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" will pick up Linkin Park's single "Leave Out All the Rest" as the episode title and theme song for its November 6 edition. This consequently makes the rock band, the first music act after The Who that has been featured prominently in the show's franchise.

The song, which is taken from the band's latest studio album "Minutes to Midnight", will be played at the beginning and the end of the episode plus becoming the underlying score throughout the episode. It will be the basic melody for Grissom's unresolved love to Sara who is back for the new season after quitting the crime lab in previous season.

Showtime's TV series, "Dexter", will be produced for two more seasons. The network has confirmed to pick up the serial killer series for two more additional seasons, the fourth and fifth seasons which contain of 12 episodes each. The fourth season's filming will begin next spring in Los Angeles and will be premiered in 2009.

The series has the highest rating of all Showtime's programs, with its September 28 episode getting three million viewers. The series received a 2008 Peabody Award and had been nominated for five Emmy Awards earlier this year, including best drama series and best lead actor in a drama.

During the airing of Scream 2008 awards on Tuesday, October 21, an exclusive footage of "Friday the 13th" has been uncovered and now the footage that has been branded as the film's teaser has been put out. The video presents two presumably young councilors finding the abandoned camp crystal lake's cabin that was once Jason Voorhees' cabin. Exploring the cabin, the pair soon discovers horror is lurking in the dark place when they are suddenly attacked by something from below the cabin.

Due to open in theaters on February 13, 2009, "Friday the 13th" is directed by Marcus Nispel and the script is provided by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The slasher movie, which is a remake to Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 horror movie of the same name, features the likes of Derek Mears, Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo and Willa Ford, and chronicles the slaughtering of teenage camp counselors at camp crystal lake as they are work on reopening a camp for special need kids.

Brad Paisley was arrested early Sunday morning, October 19 in Nashville for what the 'authorities' cited as "serious crimes." The arrest wasn't real though. It was part of a series of other pranks that his tourmates Jewel Kilcher and Chuck Wicks put him on.

The arrest, as reported by Great American Country, occurred at 3:15 A.M. when Brad's private plane had just landed at the airport soon after he completed his last tour date with Jewel and Chuck in San Antonio, Texas. Shortly after the plane landed, Brad and his crew were greeted by two police officers, one of whom asked him to get out of the plane so they could speak.

On October 16 at 11 A.M., David Cook arrived at L.A. Valley College to shoot a music video for his new song "Light On". Accompanied by his newly assembled band, Cook pounded his way through the song for more than a dozen takes.

"We did the first run-through, and I felt real timid because, obviously, I don't have any experience. It's not like I grew up shooting music videos," he told MTV about what he felt during the video shoot. "It's weird, man. Little things keep happening along the way that drive the point home that I'm doing something that's both insane and really fulfilling, and this is one of those things. To be able to shoot a music video is kind of rad - especially something on this scale. So, you know, I hope I don't blow it."

Prepping for the nationwide debut of their movie "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" this Friday, October 24, Zac Efron and Ashley Tisdale sit down for an interview as part of MySpace's exclusive Artist-on-Artist interview. During the chat, the co-stars exchange questions, ranging from their experiences filming the highly anticipated film to their favorite colors.

Asking each other candid questions, Zac and Ashley look relaxed as they sit on director's chairs. They even share a laugh when talking about the red lockers behind their seats.

The NCIS team will be faced by a serial killer who uses the Internet to play a mouse and cat game with them in "Murder 2.0". The October 28 episode of "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" chronicles the events leading to Halloween, where a psychopath starts murdering people.

In hinting the identity of his next victim, he uses the Internet to leave clues, sending the team in a race against time before someone gets murdered. He also takes videos of his victims and send it to the team. Meanwhile, the Director Vance shakes hand of a young female NCIS special agent, who has just received a citation.

Less than three weeks after the outing of its teaser trailer, "Dragonball Evolution" is said to be heading back in front of the camera for some reshoots. On the matter, DbtheMovie has uncovered that Actors Access has posted an October 17 casting notice for the live-action adaptation movie, seeking for Tibetan and Nepalese actors.

It is still unclear whether the reshoots scheduled on October 30 will be used for additional scenes and/or retakes. But in the casting notice displayed by DbtheMovie, it can be seen that the casting director is looking for actors between the ages of 20 to 70 and are fluent in Nepalese or Tibetan. The 20th Century Fox have yet to release any confirmation or denial related to the reshoots report.

American drama TV series, "Brothers & Sisters", has landed two new casts on board. One is an actor well known for his role as Lionel Luthor (Lex's father) in "Smallville", John Glover. In the series, Glover will play a role as Andrew, Saul Holden's love interest, for at least three episodes. The exact air date is unknown, but a source reported to EW that Andrew and Saul will realize that they have many things in common on their first meeting.

Plus, the series finally gets the cast for Ryan Lafferty's character. Also according to Michael Ausiello from EW, the decision comes to an end where finally they choose Luke Grimes as the actor who will make an appearance for the role in early 2009.

Rapper V.I.C. has premiered a music video in support of his latest single "By Faith". Started with a speech from Martin Luther King Jr. saying, "We are the people will get to the promised land," the music video continues with captures of violence which can be seen from a scene where a man chokes a woman to another scene showing a bank robbery and a cruel murder on a war battle.

"By Faith" is the third single taken from V.I.C.'s debut album "Beast". The record is co-produced by V.I.C. himself with Soulja Boy and Pollow Da Don among other powerhouse producers. Bun B, Unk, Jermaine Dupri, and E-40 are some big names who have made guest appearances on the album, which has been released since August 26 in the U.S.

In the next "House M.D." episode which is simply titled "Joy", House's life is about to change through his romance with Cuddy. House finds out that Cuddy wants to adopt a baby from a birth mother who is about to deliver the baby in two weeks but develops a mysterious disease. As a doctor and potential mother, Cuddy seeks help from House in the case.

Another medical mystery is found when a man sweats blood that causes him to have recurring blackouts and time lapses. They soon find out that the man's 12-year-old daughter has been experiencing sleepwalking spells. The man's condition deteriorates and his daughter also begins to experience more symptoms.

If there is a 23rd James Bond film in the future, director Marc Forster can possibly be counted out from it. In an interview with First Showing, the man behind "Quantum of Solace" hints that he has declined the offer to do another Bond movie saying, "They offered me the next one, but at this point the pressure is so intense - it's a year of not having a life."

Insisting that he wants to have a balance life, the 38-year-old filmmaker goes on by explaining his hesitation. "And I don't know if I want to do that again," said the helmer of Academy Award-nominated "The Kite Runner". "It's literally not having a life, and I mean that, it's not exaggerated. I feel like life is short, you have to find a balance."

Staying single since splitting from her jailed ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri in June, Anne Hathaway is moving on from the bitter separation and has already had a new crush, telling People she has her eyes on a Hollywood-based mystery man. Having the man in mind, she told People at the London premiere for her newest movie, "Rachel Getting Married," which was part of the BFI 52nd London Film Festival on Monday, October 20, "This guy I know in L.A. is kind of doing it for me right now."

"When I think of sexy, I think of him," Anne revealed when telling the magazine of what she thinks of the man. "You know when sometimes you don't know someone very well - you'll probably never see them again - but you just meet them and you're like 'WOW, you really have it going on'?" she explained, quickly adding "I'm totally single right now."

A preview of T.I.'s music video for his Rihanna-featuring song "Live Your Life" has come out. The snippet shows T.I. with a swollen-after-beaten face and ragged clothes wandering aimlessly through the street of a town.

The music video for T.I.'s new song is directed by Anthony Mandler, the same guy who worked on Lady GaGa's "Poker Face" music video and helped Rihanna making music videos for "Take A Bow", "Disturbia", and "Rehab". Guest-starring Rihanna, the "Live Your Life" music video is scheduled to be premiered on October 28 in the U.S.

Michael's health is going from bad to worse on "Prison Break" 4.09. Entitled "Greatness Achieved", the episode sees Michael finding it difficult to assemble a device while his head is hurt. Sucre, the one who witnesses Michael going down, is panic.

Meanwhile, Wyatt gets a taste of his own medicine, and Mahone finds some resolution. T-Bag scrambles when the police investigate his missing co-worker while Gretchen gets cozy with a Company man.

"17 Again", the comedy movie about a second chance in life, has just got its first trailer. Giving a background story to the miserable life of 37-year-old Mike, the video shares glimpses into the event that turns Mike's life to the extent that he never imagines could be happening. Most of the footage outed in the trailer focuses on the time Mike has turned back into his 17-year-old self again.

As a 17-year-old, Mike O'Donnell seems to have it all. He is a star athlete in his high school and gets a college scholarship. Still, rather than going to the college, he chooses to marry his high school sweetheart, Scarlett. After twenty years though, Mike realizes that his life doesn't turn out the way he imagines. He separated from his wife, his kids ignore him, and his career is going nowhere. However, he is about to take an unimaginable twist of fate.

Britney Spears' 27th birthday will be marked by the release of her sixth major studio album "Circus" and a performance on ABC's "Good Morning America". On a half-minute commercial promo, the "Womanizer" singer says, "Well, of course, on 'Good Morning America'" when asked where she is going to celebrate her forthcoming birthday.

Promising it to be "the biggest birthday bash to hit morning TV", Spears will be performing tracks from her upcoming album at the Big Apple's Bryant Park for the TV show on December 2. Holding a birthday cake on her hands, the Jive Records' artist gives message to her fans saying, "C'mon blow the candle with me."

A brand new photo from "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" has come out. Brought forward by Slash Film, the picture posted in the news photo displays Heath Ledger as his mysterious outsider role, Tony. It can also be seen that the late actor kneels in front of what seems to be the magic mirror through which Tony travels parallel worlds.

A fantastical morality tale, "Doctor Parnassus" follows the story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary traveling troupe called "Imaginarium". Making deals with the devil long time ago which gives him immortality, he is cursed with a dark secret that jeopardizes his daughter's freedom. Desperate to protect his daughter from her impending fate, he must now find a man that will help him undo the mistakes of his past once and for all.

Kim Kardashian turns 28 years old Tuesday, October 21, but instead of having a star-studded bash she spends the day in the hospital to be at her boyfriend Reggie Bush's side as he is recovering from surgery. Reggie, who plays for the New Orleans Saints, is recovering at an Alabama medical center after having surgery due to an injured left knee which he suffered during a game against the Carolina Panthers Sunday, October 19.

Blogging about her boyfriend's latest condition, Kim also posts her pictures wearing hospital gown during hospital visit. "Hey guys! Today is my birthday! I am 28 years old!" so the celebrity-socialite writes in a message.

English actress and pop singer Billie Piper has given birth to her first child, a baby boy, at private Portland Hospital in London at 1 A.M. on Tuesday, October 21. Her actor husband Laurence Fox reportedly was by her side when she delivered the infant via emergency Caesarean section.

The baby boy is named Winston James Fox. He weighed in at 6 lbs., 11 oz. at time of birth.