November 06, 2008

Supermodel and American television personality, Tyra Banks, will have another reality show on television sooner, entitled "True Beauty". Banks does her first collaboration with Ashton Kutcher to make a 'beauty pageant' competition show which is confirmed to air in January 2009.

Banks, "America's Next Top Model" creator, has made "True Beauty" as a brand new reality show that differs with many other shows, regarding its theme of viewing the inner beauty from a group of people. ABC as the network which broadcast the show gives a statement, read "a beauty pageant unlike any you've ever seen."

Being in the same scene with film and TV actress Kristen Stewart in the highly anticipated thriller "Twilight", Robert Pattinson admits he has a crush on her. The actor has no hesitation to share the fact to Seventeen magazine in a recent interview.

Playing on-screen lovers with Kristen, Robert moreover also claims he has no problems with the kissing scenes. "I re-shot when I kiss Bella. Yeah, so I was like, 'Alright'", he states. Beside his celebrity crush, Seventeen magazine also asks Robert 16 other questions, like his dream job, worst habit, his most liked fast food and many more.

"Watchmen" has shared out another take into the filming of Zack Snyder's adventure fantasy film via its brand new featurette. Serving as an introduction to Laurie Juspeczyk, the character played by Malin Akerman, the behind-the-scenes video footage is filled with commentary from Snyder as well as from Akerman. In it, it can be seen for the first time Akerman sharing scene with Carla Gugino, who plays Sally Jupiter.

Adapted from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' comic book series of the same title, "Watchmen" follows superhero-turned-vigilante Rorschach as he investigates the murder of his former colleague and discovers much more than a simple homicide case. As he goes on with his investigation, he uncovers the plot to kill and discredit all other superheroes as well as a far more intricate conspiracy involving his colleagues' past which could completely change the course of history.

There will be an accident on the next episode of "Dirty Sexy Money". Letitia Darling hits a young pretty bicyclist with her car in "The Injured Party".

Jeremy Darling will quit his job as a head valet and ask Lisa George one more time for an advice. Tripp Darling does several good things by inviting Wrenn to recuperate at the family's mansion. The new comer will be the center of attention which makes people amazed and wondered. Tripp is also as the one who reunites Patrick Darling and Carmelita in Adirondacks.

A new show starring Alyssa Milano has been pulled by ABC and ABC Studios even before it hits the screen. "Single with Parents" that was due for midseason 2009 premiere faces an obstruction which according to Variety is a form of creative differences. The studio said that the creative direction cannot be agreed upon and thus they have to pull the plug.

"Single with Parents" is a comedy that puts Milano as the main character named Lou. She is a thirtysomething woman who was trying to juggle her life while dealing with her dysfunctional family. The show is written by Kristin Newman who previously enrolled in "That '70s Show" and "How I Met Your Mother". Other cast in the show includes Annie Potts ("Men in Trees"), Beau Bridges ("My Name Is Earl"), and Vanessa Hudgens' younger sister, Stella Hudgens ("According to Jim").

While many people involved in the production of "Iron Man 2" remain mum on the sudden replacement of Terrence Howard with Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr. apparently has something to be said on the buzzed-about topic. Playing it coy about his reaction to the replacement, the 43-year-old insisted to MTV News, "I had nothing to do with that decision."

"I love Terrence very very much. That's all I'll say because I haven't talked to him yet," Downey Jr. further added. Making sure that he doesn't play favorites between the two actors, the "Charlie Bartlett" actor also praised Cheadle saying, "I've always admired Don [Cheadle]."

A music video aimed to promote Enrique Iglesias' new single entitled "Away" has been debuted. The music video is directed by Anthony Mandler, the same guy who helped making Rihanna's "Rehab" music video.

"Away" is the lead single coming off Iglesias' first English "Greatest Hits" album. The song features Atlanta-born singer Sean Garrett and was written by Iglesias himself collaborating with Garrett and Fernando Garibay.

Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers turned 21 years old Wednesday, November 5 and he was seen treating himself for a spin in a $225,000 white Lamborghini. In the afternoon, Kevin, according to Just Jared, was seen wearing blue Wayfarer while he drove around the neighborhood in Los Angeles with younger brother Joe Jonas in the passenger seat. They, after that, took time meeting some friends and meeting Nick Jonas at a nearby studio.

It is not known if Kevin got the luxurious vehicle as present or bought it for himself. Back in mid September this year, he was caught on camera taking a white Lamborghini on a test drive in Los Angeles.

Another "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" live-action character has been exposed. Bringing forward what is claimed to be the first look of Storm Shadow's uncle, Latino Review posted a picture of Gerald Okamura in his Hard Master costume. The photo is said to be taken outside the actor's trailer when the movie was taking its principal photography in the Downey area.

Okamura's character, Hard Master, is known as the ninja master of the Arashikage clan. He is the one who trains both Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes, and is believed to have something to do with the rivalry between the two. In the comic book, his death leads to Snake Eyes leaving the clan, while Storm Shadow joining Cobra.

ABC have announced that they have signed "Hairspray" star Nikki Blonsky to star in an episode of "Ugly Betty". Her role will be as an assistant at Elle magazine named Teri who "develops a friendship" with Betty "but who may have an agenda of her own."

The camera has begun rolling on Friday, October 31 for her episode which will air on December 4. No other details have been shared regarding her scenes. According to WENN, Blonsky has only signed on for one episode, but producers insist there could be more.

"I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry has been announced as one of the performers at NBC's special event with Carson Daly in celebration of new year's eve. Other musicians expected to perform are 50 Cent and Ludacris.

The show will be kicked off in Time Square on new year's eve beginning at 10 P.M. Speaking of the upcoming show, Daly said, "The network gave us a huge vote of confidence by asking us to expand into primetime. We've got great music with 50 Cent, Katy Perry, Ludacris. It's gonna be a huge show, bigger than the Beijing Olympics and if it's not, I apologize."

Blake Fielder-Civil, the husband of troubled singer Amy Winehouse, has been released from Edmunds Hill Prison in Suffolk, eastern England, on Wednesday, November 5. The British star was nowhere to be seen when Blake made his way out of the building, wearing a red-and-white striped t-shirt and his trademark trilby hat.

Blake was seen offering a huge smile for the paparazzi who were surrounding him outside the prison. Soon following his release, Blake reportedly will immediately head for rehab in Surrey to treat his drugs addiction. Checking into rehab center, according to reports, is one of the conditions the authorities granted him as a consequence of his early release.

Shedding off his panda image from hit "Kung Fu Panda", Jack Black has taken a giant role in "Gulliver's Travels". The 39-year-old comedian is joining the 20th Century Fox's effort on bringing Jonathan Swift's classic tale into life by starring as the titular character Lemuel Gulliver in the studio's adaptation project.

As Gulliver, Black will portray a free-spirited travel writer who gets an assignment that sends him to the Bermuda Triangle. Somewhere along his journey, he suddenly finds himself stranded on the hidden island of Lilliput, making him a giant among the industrious, yet tiny, inhabitants. Still, before Black is seen in this movie, he will star as Zed in the June 2009 release comedy "Year One".

Rose and Sage Baker were having a kind of confrontation regarding their future career as entertainers in the previous episode of "Privileged". But in the next episode, both ladies will have such a great opportunity to begin their career.

In "All About Insecurities", Rose and Sage get their first publication by making a gig debut at the opening of a hot Miami nightclub, where they meet Perez Hilton, a blogger. Sage will play guitar and Rose will be the one who sings. It will be the the first step for them to enroll in entertainment industry.

Christina Aguilera's newest single titled "Dynamite" has finally got its full-length audio stream after it was leaked through a 40-second snippet. The up-beat jam will appear on her upcoming compilation album, "Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits".

Speaking of the album itself, Aguilera said that the new tracks on the LP will feature "futuristic sounds with beats driven more toward dance music." She explained in a further statement, " ... With this new album, I wanted to go in a completely opposite direction - a very futuristic, robotic sound and computer-sounding vocals. I'm experimenting with my voice in ways I've never done before ..."

It won't be until December next year that Ali Lohan will turn 16 years old, but she can't hide her joy about the day, telling Life&Style Weekly, "I'm so excited (about turning 16)." Greater than that, she even has set her sights on a brand new car, declaring "I want a BMW truck!"

Not yet having the rights to apply for a driving license, however, couldn't lessen Ali's desire to get behind the wheel. "I always ask my mom, 'Can I drive your car in the parking lot?' And she's like, 'No,'" she confesses.

The U.S. general election has come to an end, and so has Tina Fey's impersonation of Republican senator Sarah Palin. The comedienne has confirmed that she will hang up her stint on "Saturday Night Live" as the fake Palin and hand out the baton to the show's regular, Kristen Wiig.

Fey, bearing a close resemblance to the politician, made a rating history for "SNL" when she performed a hilarious imitation of Palin alongside Amy Poehler as Hilary Clinton on September 13. She appeared in a couple more after that in the events leading to the November 4 election. She has previously said that after the fateful day, she would no longer play the role to concentrate on her day-time job, "30 Rock".

"30 Days of Night" will indeed get its sequel made. In recent report, Bloody-Disgusting has confirmed that Mandate Pictures is working on a second "30 Days" film, "Untitled 30 Days of Night Sequel", for 2010 possible release schedule. Co-writer Steve Niles will return to the project to team up with Ben Ketai for the script.

Not much is shared about the proposed project, but the sequel is said to be focusing on Stella Oleson. This time around, the character who is played by Melissa George in the first film reportedly will seek for revenge on the blood-thirsty vampires who destroyed her sleepy Alaskan town. Though plot resolves around Stella, it is still unclear whether Melissa will return to reprise her role.

Notwithstanding Hollywood glamor, Miley Cyrus admitted her first job before landing a career in entertainment business was as a toilets cleaner, telling Tyra Banks, "I can clean toilet bowls." Recalling her past experience cleaning toilets, Miley told Tyra, "I worked at this place called Sparkles Cleaning Service and I cleaned houses, I was like 11." She continued stating, "I had one normal job and I actually liked it."

Miley, who celebrated her 16th birthday at California's Disneyland on October 5, was surprised by Tyra during the star-studded bash. And in addition to her first job ever, the Disney actress-singer also shared with the talk show host about her dream car, revealing, "I want it [Mercedes] black and then just the little Mercedes signs to be pink ... and I would like the stitching and steering wheel to be pink."

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake will be performing onstage on Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour. Breaking the big news to public is "American Idol"'s host, Ryan Seacrest on 102.7 KIIS-FM.

The two singers, used to be a couple, will make a live appearance on Thursday night, November 6 at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium. "If Justin and Britney end up on that stage with her...I don't know if I've ever seen anything quite like that before," Ryan told DJ Boy Toy Jesse.

Addison gets the three words on the new episode of "Private Practice". In "Serving Two Masters", she is also faced with a unique case when a man is having two wives ready to deliver his babies.

When Addison asks the man whether the two women know about each other, the man leaves her with a secret. Prompted by her superego, Addison plans to tell the women but Pete prevents her from that. Meanwhile, while in a bar, Cooper encourages Sam to talk to some girls but a visit from an Alzheimer's patient and her loving husband forces Sam and Naomi to look at their own relationship.

After Cloris Leachman, another veteran actress Susan Lucci has been eliminated from ABC's popular dancing competition, "Dancing with the Stars". November 4 announcement has resulted in the lowest score for Lucci and her professional partner, Tony Dovolani.

Through the November 3 cha-cha performance, the "All My Children" star only received 24 out of 30 score from the judges. Combined with the viewers' vote, the total score can't save the pair to stay on the "Dancing" floor.

As challenging as it is to write the follow-up movie to "Wanted (2008)", screenwriter Chris Morgan apparently has had ideas in mind for "Wanted 2". Confirming to MTV about his return to the sequel, the writer of "Fast and Furious" hints on where the story will be brought, seeing that most of the characters in the first film are dead.

"That is the challenge here," Morgan points out the difficulty in making the second "Wanted" film before continuing to share his insight saying, "but the point is to continue the journey that Wes started in the first film. Wherever he ended up at the end of the film, now it's time to move him forward." Furthermore, he suggests that the sequel will be "opened up to be more global".

Nicole Scherzinger has fueled speculation that she is engaged to boyfriend Lewis Hamilton after she was spotted sporting a ring on her engagement finger. The singer and the race car driver were leaving a hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early this week when photographers snapped their pic that showed her flashing the ring as she put her left hand on his waist.

There have yet words from the lovers regarding the report. Nicole herself has been acting very open when asked about her romance with Lewis, whom she began dating in May this year.

Acoustic folk rock singer James Blunt brings out a music video for his new song "Love, Love, Love". Directed by Kinga Burza, the video shows him playing guitar and singing along to the song, whilst surrounded by a bunch of 1970s-style performers who wear bright-colored wardrobes, old-schooled glasses and carry musical instruments in their hands.

"Love, Love, Love" is Blunt's self-penned song appearing on the deluxe edition of his second studio album "All the Lost Souls". Slated for release on November 25 in the U.S., the record will include his live performances in Paris, Sydney, Ibiza, and in other venues. A documentary called "Return to Kosovo" and a special interview will also be added on the forthcoming LP.

While the sense of change is still thick in the air following the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, a brand new clip of drama biopic "Milk" has been sent out by Focus Features. Highlighting the fact written in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal, Harvey Milk rallied for support from his fellow Americans to break down barriers and bring positive changes to the nation.

Chronicling the last eight years on the life of the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America, "Milk" comes from Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant and focuses on the later life, political career, and assassination of the San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights activist. It is filmed using the original screenplay by Dustin Lance Black.

Best known for his starring role as Chuck Bass on the American television series "Gossip Girl", Ed Westwick is embarking on a modeling career and has signed on as the new celebrity model for footwear company K-Swiss. According to E! Online, he will star in the upcoming K-Swiss' TV and print ad campaign, modeling its Classic Shoe.

Ed has been spotted in New York City shooting the ad campaign for the brand. The ad will feature him holding tennis balls, rackets and guitars, E! Online reports. "It's going to be very Brit cool, blending tennis and music," a source tells E!'s Marc Malkin, adding that the ad will be launched February next year. For his TV spots, Ed reportedly will be singing the tune "Come Flash All You Ladies" from the British rock band that he fronts, The Filthy Youth.

The CW have been generous at sneak peeking to the next chapter of "Gossip Girl", by releasing five clips for the episode called "Bonfire of Vanity". Most the clips chronicle Blair's effort in dealing with her mother's new lover, Cyrus Rose.

The first one is on Dan coming to Bart Bass' office where the two find out that they share mutual interest in each other. This later on causes a rift between Chuck and Dan. The second clip is on Jenny and Agnes' effort in getting themselves a representative for their new clothing line. Coming to a manager's office, the two fashionitas who have lived together have disagreements over some details of their business.

Rapper will.i.am will release another pro-Barack Obama song after the Democratic candidate won the November-4 U.S. presidential election. Called "It's A New Day", the single will hit the internet on video-sharing website Dipdive. He will also shoot a music video to support the song.

In addition, the Black Eyed Peas' member will create a web page as a place for people to leave comments and testimonials about how proud they are to be making a change. "This was inspired by America. It's about Obama winning, and really paying tribute to those people who are responsible for that happening, and that's the American people," he said during the election night.

In support of "Yes Man" upcoming release, Warner Bros. Pictures have finally released the full length trailer as well as two new television promos of the comedy movie. Bringing many never-before-seen footage, the trailer presents viewers with more of the extreme adventures Jim Carrey's character, Carl Allen experience, like bungee jumping off a bridge and finding a wife through Internet.

While the trailer chronicles how Allen turns from a "No" man to a "Yes" man, one of the TV spots lets out how far Allen would say yes to open up to the infinite possibilities in his life. One scene puts him in a situation where no one usually say yes to. In it, a homeless man is approaching Allen to ask whether Allen could drive him to the park, use Allen's phone and borrow some money. All of the new videos can be seen below.

The on-off romance of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams is off again. The celebrity couple reportedly breaks up after just a few months reconciling their broken love relationship.

Ryan and Rachel were co-stars in the 2004 drama flick "The Notebook". Playing on-screen lovers in the big screen movie, they quickly embarked on an off-screen romance. Unfortunately, the two split back in 2007, giving no single clue on why they decided to go separate ways.

Jaime Pressly and her DJ fiance Eric Cubiche are no longer together. The actress confirms their separation to Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell.

"We are taking a break from our relationship but we are together everyday with Dezi and still love each other very much," Jaime tells Nancy about her and Eric's broken engagement, and their son. "As you know we have been friends for over 10 years and will remain close friends as we both adore our son and want to make sure he knows we both love him more than life."

Miley Cyrus and David Archuleta have been confirmed to perform at 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Other musicians to play at the annual show include Kristin Chenoweth, James Taylor, The Cheetah Girls, Darius Rucker, and Trace Adkins among others.

The star-studded show will be held on November 27 in the Big Apple and broadcast on NBC starting from 9 A.M. ET. The forthcoming event will be hosted by "The Today Show"s crew Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, and Al Roker.

Never officially confirming that she and Joe Jonas had ever dated, Taylor Swift finally broke her silence about the extent of their relationship by poking fun at him in a new video posted on her MySpace blog. "See, this one even comes with a phone. So he can break up with other dolls," she said at the 4:20 mark in the video while pointing to a Joe's doll that she held on her hand. A few scenes later, she held up a doll of herself and said, "Stay away from him, ok?"

Taylor, moreover, also talked to E! Online about her and Joe's love relationship, admitting they once were an item, but he ended their romance last month through the phone. "Yeah, it's not fun-it was a 27-second phone call, yeah!" she stated.

As the holiday season is fast approaching in, Universal Pictures have brought another trailer for their forthcoming animated mouse tale, "The Tale of Despereaux". Taking viewers to where it all started, the fresh video footage provides a background story to why soup is banned and mice are declared enemies in the Kingdom of Dor, and how it will all be changed for the better by the birth of one special mouse.

Apart from the new trailer, a slew of "Despereaux" stills has been unraveled. The newly-released pictures display the brave little mouse in various situations as well as the cut-off adventures to be seen in the movies. Several of the new photos of this animation movie can be seen below.

A music video aimed to support Seal's single "I've Been Loving You Too Long" has been debuted. It starts with a capture of the soul singer/songwriter lighting a match and walking into a dark basement. All alone in the corner of the room, he sings the ballad song.

"I've Been Loving You Too Long" is a 1965 hit single performed by Otis Redding and subsequently appeared on his third album, "Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul". The song has been covered by such musicians as The Rolling Stones, Etta James, as well as duo Ike Turner and Tina Turner.