November 12, 2008

Star magazine has broken the report that celebrity lovers Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have engaged and already talked about getting married. While there has yet official confirmation from either parties or their representatives, Internet reports have been abuzz that the actor has proposed to the supermodel.

"They are talking about settling down and getting married in a year. They have had a bit of a crazy year, but they do love each other and she wants to be his wife," a source tells Star. No record just yet on when and where the couple will hold their wedding ceremony.

During a press event in London, J.J. Abrams has screened his four finished "Star Trek" clips and now the details of the clips have been shared. Providing major spoilers to the forthcoming sci-fi movie, Empire Online jotted down the detailed story seen in each of the clips shown at the Vue West End in Leicester Square on Tuesday, November 11.

Starting with the first clip, Empire described that the first snippet displays the scene where young and drunk Kirk is involved in a bar fight with a group of cadets while he is having a conversation with Uhura. The fight is stopped when Captain Pike comes into the bar. Sitting down with the young lad, he then tells Kirk not to waste his life and suggests him to join the Starfleet Academy.

A guest star will make a contribution on the fifth season of Bravo's cooking competition show, "Top Chef". It has been informed by EW's Hollywood Insider that Grammy Award-winning rock band, Foo Fighters, will make an appearance as guest judge on the cooking show.

Giving additional information, EW states that the Foo Fighters' guest-starring episode will be titled "Foo Fighters' Thanksgiving" and has been arranged to air on November 26. The episode will be taking place in restaurateur Grant Achatz, at a tour stop in Rochester, New York.

Country music singer Taylor Swift opens up to Just Jared about the three things that people might not know about her. She, moreover, also talks about some other issues ranging from her favorite prank played while she was on tour with Brad Paisley to the last three ring tones on her cell phone.

On the first matter, three things about her that people do not know, Taylor says, "I think three things people don't know about me are that one - I have really bad eyesight." She goes on explaining, "So I have these huge glasses that I wear that are the ugliest pair of glasses you'll ever see in your life. But they were the ones in the glasses store that no one was going to buy. They were in the corner, they're all dusty. I'm like, 'no one is going to buy those, and they're so ugly'. So I had to buy them."

Singer and mother of one daughter, Geri Halliwell, is reported to have dumped her boyfriend, dancer Ivan "Flipz" Velez, over the phone. Per Britain's Closer magazine, she ended their romance three weeks ago after only six months of dating.

"She called 'Flipz' when she returned to the UK from Los Angeles and confessed that things just weren't working for her," a source close to Geri tells the publication. "Geri said she'd hoped it would be an amazing love-of-her-life romance, but that the spark just wasn't there. She couldn't deal with the distance between them and thought it was best to end it before he got even more hurt."

Lil Wayne is plotting an eight-week roadshow with T-Pain, a spokesperson for the latter confirmed. Also joining them are Keyshia Cole and Gym Class Heroes. The concert will be kicked off on December 18 and include a performance at Joe Louis Arena on December 26.

In addition to Lil Wayne's newly-revealed roadshow plan, a tracklisting for his upcoming mixtape titled "Dedication 3" has also been uncovered. The upcoming record is produced by DJ Drama and features beat sounds from OutKast's "Art of Storytelling 4", T.I.'s "Whatever You Like", Too Short's "Couldn't Be a Better Player", Soulja Boy's "Shootout", and V.I.C.'s "Get Silly".

The theatrical release of "Twilight" is just around the corner and MTV has conducted an interview with the vampire drama's lead actress, Kristen Stewart. In a sitting down session with the entertainment network during the tapping of MTV's "Spoilers" TV show, the 18-year-old discusses various topics from getting a chance to kiss Robert Pattinson to imaginary dating Eric Yorkie.

Asked about the top five reasons why it's good to be Bella, the "Into the Wild" actress comes up with interesting answer. "Well, it's not that easy to be Bella; that's the thing," she explains. "It's really fun to examine the characters from an outside perspective, but to play the parts, they're very wrought. She's found something that she feels she can't live without, and that's very scary. [As for reasons,] well, I get to kiss Edward Cullen, and...ah, I don't know."

In the next "Fringe", a child music prodigy is abducted by a serial kidnapper. It is then discovered that a sequence of flashing lights appeared at the abduction, which Walter links back to his bunkmate at St. Claire's Hospital. Much to Peter's dismay, Olivia encourages a return visitation for Walter, and Walter's determination to help ends up having chilling ramifications.

The November 18 episode is called "The Equation". On this particular chapter, Olivia depicter, Anna Torv said, "I thought 'The Equation' was a really beautiful script. A little boy is abducted while on a drive with his father. His father stops to help this woman whose car's broken down and sees some lights and then all of sudden his son and the woman in the car have disappeared and he doesn't quite know what's going on and we find out that this same kind of story has been told before, but most of the people that have told it have inevitably gone mad or had quite frightening psychotic outbreaks."

A new preview for episode 1.11 of '90210' has been released. Entitled "That Which We Destroy", the episode will revolve around a problem between Kelly Taylor and Brenda Walsh, which causes the gap between the ladies' friendship to get wider.

Meanwhile, Sean, who is guest starred by Josh Henderson, will move to Wilson's family house after his first visit, and meet a warm welcome from Harry and Debbie Wilson. Elsewhere, there will be a cheerleader who pays a little too much attention to Dixon Wilson, causing Erin Silver to be jealous. Also, Naomi Clark will begin to hang out with a new group of girls.

Jonas Brothers were on the so-called Jonas Headquarters Mailroom to read the fan mails they've received in the past months when they decided to sing one of their fans, named Natalie, "Happy Birthday." Besides, they also took time answering fans' questions in addition to sing the songs their fans have penned for them.

They videotaped the moment and then posted the footage on YouTube. At the end of the video, the brothers pointed to a couple of boxes full of fan mails that they promised to read. In a post accompanying the video, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas wrote, "Thank you guys so much! We love you all, and for those of you who've asked, here is the address to send all of your fan mail! We can't wait to read it!! Jonas Brothers C/O Ultrastar Entertainment 45 Main St. Brooklyn, NY 11201. Thanks again."

A top secret war game leads to a very real consequences for one team member. In the new episode of "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service", a shocking revelation comes to light after the team is forced into playing a dangerous war game. Also, the team investigates a body placed in a cooler box.

Th episode is called "Cloak" and will be broadcast on November 18. Liza Lapira is back as a recurring cast Agent Michelle Lee.

A movie based on the popular board game by Parker Brothers, "Monopoly", is moving forward. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie has now found its screenwriter in Pamela Pettler. The scribbler who has worked on the script of Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" and Gil Kenan's "Monster House" has come aboard to pen the film's screenplay.

Beside picking up its writer, the movie has also put Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ridley Scott on the director chair. Previously, the man behind "American Gangster" has been attached to the project as the producer. As the producer, he will collaborate with Giannina Facio and Hasbro's Brian Goldner.

OutKast's member Big Boi revealed that he has finished cooking up his solo studio album. "Me and 'Dre [Andre Benjamin aka Andre 3000] were on the conference call [recently]," he told MTV. "He's working on his album, my album is done. We're gonna wait until the top of the year - January or February - to put it out."

Beside gearing up for his solo effort, Big also hinted that another OutKast's record will be worked on soon. "'Dre is gonna come hit y'all, and [then] we're gonna do the Outkast album. So y'all gonna get three records from the 'Kast next year," he added.

Another clip from the upcoming "Transporter 3" has been found. Presenting a longer version of the garage fighting sequences, the snippet chronicles the fist exchange between Frank Martin and a group of thugs in a garage. The footage starts with Ice, played by Eriq Ebouaney, asking Jason Statham's Frank to get back in the car. But, when Frank refuses to do so, all hell breaks loose.

Presenting another adventure faced by professional "transporter" Frank Martin, the third "Transporter" movie follows Frank as he is pressured to transport Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of Ukraine's head of the Environmental Protection Agency Leonid Vasilev, out from Marseilles. While attempting to escape from one life-threatening situation after another, Frank and Valentina soon find themselves falling for each other.

In the new episode of "Eli Stone", Eli and Jordon have problems with regular clientele and keeping up with costs with their new firm. Eli convinces Jim Cooper, a billionaire philanthropist, to let them lead the charge to start a clinical trial testing the efficacy of medicinal marijuana as a cure for MS in children, namely Cooper's son.

However, Eli learns Cooper's son doesn't want to be a part of the trial, placing Eli in a moral dilemma. Meanwhile, Keith represents Patti's daughter after she's arrested for DUI, while Matt and Maggie work to find the traitor amongst the new firm who is helping Posner/Klein lure clients away.

New report has just surfaced by the hour that Joe Jonas is romancing Camilla Belle, who starred in the music video for Jonas Brothers' hit song "Lovebug." He, according to People as being informed by a source, has begun seeing the 22-year-old actress quietly despite the fact that he has just ended his romance with then girlfriend, country music singer Taylor Swift.

"They met on the set of his music video," the source is quoted as saying. "All the guys always had thought she was really pretty and that's why they asked her to be in it." Still according to the source, Joe and Camilla began dating "only after doing the video".

Mariah Carey has been added as a musical guest at 2008 American Music Awards. She will join previously-revealed performers including Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Ne-Yo, Pink, The Pussycat Dolls, and New Kids on the Block.

The star-studded show will be held at Los Angeles' NOKIA Theatre and will be broadcast live on ABC on November 23. Hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel, the ceremony will also have Paris Hilton, Akon, and Kate Walsh as its presenters.

ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" finally counts down to the big four. By Tuesday, November 11, night, Olympic gold medalist, Maurice Greene, has been eliminated from the popular dancing competition.

After Monday's performance on November 10, Greene's quickstep and paso doble routines have failed to impress the judges, receiving only a total score of 48 out of 60 from judges. The next day, it was unraveled that the former sprinter and his professional partner, Cheryl Burke, also did not succeed in achieving better score with the viewers, leaving them to be the latest dancing partner to be kicked out.

In an interview with MTV News, Taylor Swift acts very public about her love life by stating that she no longer talks to her ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas. "I don't talk to him," she admits, adding that she thanks fans, because of whom she could finally make her broken love relationship with the singer public. "With this situation, I feel like I owed it to my fans to be like, 'Look, it happened, you weren't crazy,' and address it," she tells MTV News.

Furthermore stating that she perceives her past relationship with Joe as "a chapter" in her life "that's closed now," Taylor says she doesn't know if he has listened to "Forever & Always," a song inspired by their broken love relationship which she wrote for her just released album "Fearless". Above all, she makes no secret that she likes "to write personal songs," explaining, "I like to write songs that are very obviously about people. It's kind of hard to change your stripes. I like to write songs about love, and I like to write songs about relationships, and I like to write songs about boys."

A brand new single titled "Amazing" coming off Kanye West's upcoming fourth major studio album "808's & Heartbreak" has surfaced. The new track is produced by Kanye himself and features rapper Young Jeezy.

Beside having Young as a musical guest, Kanye's soon-to-be released LP also lines up Lil Wayne as his collaborator on new single "See You in My Nightmares". The effort was originally scheduled to be dropped in the U.S. on November 25 but was changed for early U.S. release on November 24, a day before the common release day of Tuesday.

A 16-year-old factory manager suddenly collapses after her lungs are filled with water in the new episode of "House M.D.". She becomes delirious and the team of doctors finally finds out a shocking truth of what she's done.

The teenager informs House and team that she is an emancipated minor living on her own and supporting herself, and has ever since her parents passed away. The team begins treatment for suspected heart problems, but when Kutner chooses to sympathize with the patient rather than follow House's directions, he and the team find out the hard way that the girl may not be telling them the truth.

Less than a month to its theatrical release, "Punisher: War Zone" has got a couple of new pictures and one TV spot. The new photos are focused on Dominic West's villainous character, Billy Russoti a.k.a. Jigsaw. Outed by Superhero Times, the pair of images reveal the scarred and mutilated face of Punisher's foe.

Beside the pictures, a new TV spot has been put forward by Comic Book Movies. Half a minute long, the television promo wastes no time in exposing more and more never-before-seen footage from the Lionsgate Films movie. Providing fans with action sequences, it also gives out the enraged Jigsaw in action, aiming his gun to someone unseen in the scene.

After the announcement of Brooke Smith appearance dismissal on "Grey's Anatomy" series, ABC network has released a statement about a new permanent cast on the medical drama series. The network has reported to People Magazine that Kevin McKidd is going to be this additional cast member for the series' upcoming episodes.

McKidd, who has been featured as a guest star on season five for five episodes, will be seen appearing permanently on the series as a head of Trauma surgery, Dr. Owen Hunt. His character, Dr. Hunt, is a veteran from the war in Iraq and a love interest for Dr. Cristina Yang, played by Sandra Oh.

Brad Pitt has shrugged himself off the minor scuffle involving him and a security guard Monday night, November 10 at a Los Angeles theater during the screening of his new movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." In a comment he made to People, the actor said he's cool with incident and tends to consider it as something common.

Brad arrived half an hour early for the screening, held at the Bruin Theater in Westwood, only to find load of photographers were waiting for him outside the building, People reported. He, as claimed by one photographer who happened to be at the scene, "didn't seem to mind having his picture taken and he instead seemed excited for the preview and was smiling."

The trailer for David Ondaatje's "The Lodger" has arrived. Giving a sneak peek into the mystery thriller, the short video footage shares glimpses of the troubled detective played by Alfred Molina in attempting to solve the serial killing case, and of a relationship between a landlady portrayed by Hope Davis and her lodger starred by Simon Baker.

A re-imagining of Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 film, "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog", this new film is set in Los Angeles and is told in two converging plot lines. On one story, it follows a disturbing relationship between Ellen Bunting, an emotionally disturbed landlady, and Malcolm Slaight, a mysterious stranger who becomes her lodger. The other follows a grizzled detective trying to find a serial killer, whose method of killing is identical to Jack the Ripper's, before he slaughters more Sunset Strip's prostitutes.

Despite previous hint claiming that Eminem's eagerly-awaited album "Relapse" would hit the U.S. market before the end of 2008, the upcoming album has reportedly been held back for 2009 U.S. release. "There's a 50-50 chance it will be done by the end of this year - but most likely it'll be the first quarter of next year," a source told New York Post.

Speaking of the album's release delay, the source revealed that it was Eminem's perfectionism which makes his upcoming effort pushed back. "Eminem has been through a lot," the source stated. "He is being a perfectionist and is completely obsessive-compulsive about this album."

Speaking for the first time ever about the affair that Angelina Jolie had with her ex-husband Brad Pitt while she and the actor were still together, Jennifer Aniston tells Vogue she thinks Angie has acted "really uncool" when she addressed on her romance with Brad in a 2007 interview with Vogue. Not without reason, but Jennifer says it was because "there was stuff printed there that was definitely from a time when I was unaware that it was happening."

Jennifer defends her opinion towards Angie, saying, "I felt those details were a little inappropriate to discuss. ... That stuff about how she couldn't wait to get to work every day? That was really uncool." Though so, the "Friends" star claims she and Brad still maintain good relationship and even exchange "very kind hellos and wishing you wells."

Model and television personality, Kim Kardashian, has been recently reported by E! Online to guest star in an upcoming episode of CBS's "How I Met Your Mother". Kardashian will join "The Hills" couple, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, who previously has been confirmed to make a cameo appearance on the sitcom series.

Furthermore, CBS network has announced that Kardashian's debut on "How I Met Your Mother" will be on the same episode where Heidi and Spencer will be featured. Like them, Kardashian will also play magazine cover version in the episode which is tentatively entitled "Benefits".

More than 70 talented dancers gathered at Hollywood's International Dance Studio showing their best dance moves to Britney Spears. Joining her at the judge desk were manager Larry Rudolph and choreographer Andre Fuentes who both played important roles in picking up the winners from the audition.

Out of 70 contestants, Spears will only pick three new guys for her dance crew, according to a statement posted on her official website. It is also revealed that the newly-chosen dancers are going to support a promotional tour for her upcoming sixth major studio album "Circus", which will be outed in the U.S. on December 2.

Emma Thompson will miss out "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". In a recent interview with MTV, the 49-year-old stated that she won't be making an appearance as Hogwarts' Divination Professor Trelawney in the last "Harry Potter" franchise, claiming that she chooses her "Nanny McPhee" project instead of the boy wizard film.

"No, no, no," she said when asked on the possibility of her coming back to the series. "I'm making my own 'Nanny McPhee' next year. They mean much more to me." Though Thompson has made it clear that she won't be seen once again as Trelawney, it is still unclear whether the character itself will still be included in "Deathly Hallows".

The extended promo of "Gossip Girl" 2.11 has been made available. Ten seconds longer, the clip for the episode called "The Magnificent Archibalds" shows more on Nate dealing with his father during Thanksgiving, and Chuck coming to his aid in confronting his father's abandonment.

Thanksgiving in the Upper East Side is not without its complications. Blair is upset after her mom's new boyfriend, Cyrus, decides to ruin all her favorite traditions. Family issues also occurs within the Humphreys when Jenny threatens to cut off all sort of communication with her father Rufus if she doesn't get her way. Lily steps in to this and helps them to make a peace treaty.

A second baby girl has been born for Adam Sandler and his wife Jackie Titone. The infant, born Sunday, November 2, in California, is named Sunny Madeline.

Adam posted a brief confirmation about the arrival of his daughter on his official website Tuesday, November 11. "Jackie and Adam had a beautiful baby girl, Sunny Madeline on November 2," so he wrote, adding "Everyone is happy and healthy."

David Archuleta made a stop at MTV's "Total Request Live" to perform the lead single off his self-titled debut album. Wearing checkered shirt, he greeted his fans at Time Square Studios on Tuesday, November 11 on the day his debut album was dropped to the U.S. market.

During a brief interview with TRL's host Damien Fahey, Archuleta revealed his excitement on having his own music. "It's really cool about having an album, it's just yours it's your music and it's weird when everyone start singing along," he said in a statement.

A representative for Jesse Metcalfe has confirmed the actor is okay after falling down from a two-story balcony at a party in Monaco over the weekend. The incident has forced him to be transported to a nearby hospital, but he has since been given the all clear by the doctors to fly back to London, where he's currently staying.

Jesse was in Monaco to help hosting the annual World Music Awards, held at Monte Carlo's Sporting Club on Sunday evening, November 9. He was trying to get back to his hotel to change his outfit for he planned to attend an afterparty, held at the Riviera hot spot Jimmy'z, when he suddenly slipped down 40 feet of stairs and bumped his head, the representative explained.

Following the release of two "Star Trek" black and white character posters previously, another photo from the much awaited sci-fi fantasy movie has come out. The fresh image shared by Entertainment Weekly (EW) presents the first look of U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 and shows off the starship's new design. In the picture, it can also be seen that a small starfleet shuttlecraft is approaching the Enterprise.

Explaining about the many similarities to be found in the new Enterprise with the original, director J.J. Abrams tells EW, "If you're going to do Star Trek there are many things you cannot change." He then adds, "The Enterprise is a visual touchstone for so many people. So if you're going to do the Enterprise, it better look like the Enterprise, because otherwise, what are you doing?"