November 19, 2008

Episode 1.09 of "Fringe" has been revealed through recently released preview. The preview shows how Olivia Dunham is dealing with an unexplained phenomena case and with John Scott, who haunts her conscience.

With the title "The Dreamscape", the episode revolves around the death of a Massive Dynamic's employee after hallucinating of a butterfly attack. It reveals that Olivia's unexplained interaction with John helps the investigation, but a frustrated Olivia wants to remove him from her consciousness once and for all. Meanwhile, the gig is up for Peter when a former friend and some current foes find out he's back in Boston.

A music video for Metro Station's new song "Seventeen Forever" has been available for peeking. The 45-second snippet previews the band performing their song in the middle of crowd with huge ferris wheel on the background.

In addition to provide a sneak peek into the music video, the snippet also reveals the premiere date for the music video. In a short announcement, the video, which will feature a cameo appearance from Miley Cyrus, will be premiered on FNMTV on December 5 at 8 P.M.

Another "X-Men" movie is being developed by the 20th Century Fox. Entitled "X-Men: First Class", this young X-Men spin-off has enlisted Josh Schwartz, the creator and executive producer of hit television series "Gossip Girl", as the project's writer, so claimed Variety.

The publication further noted that when Schwartz is given the writing part, there is possibility of him directing the movie. However, the 32-year-old who also creates NBC's "Chuck" has allegedly chosen not to take the directing role.

Being hounded by many female fans wherever he goes due to the fact that he is the main cast in the hit movie "Twilight", Robert Pattinson however confesses he is still single. Asked by Ellen DeGeneres during a taping for her talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", if he's single, he says "yeah."

Robert goes on telling Ellen that he might be staying single "permanently" as no one wants to date him. "No one else seems to get into a relationship with me. It's really strange," he admits. "People like screaming at me. Actually, they like screaming at me in relationships as well. No one wants to commit."

In support of their new single "Perfect Symmetry", Keane provide a music video for the song. Frontman Tom Chaplin appears in the small screen of an abandoned television singing the song. The scene on the TV is then switched to a capture of waterfall flowing down to a ravine.

"Perfect Symmetry" is the title track on Keane's third studio effort "Perfect Symmetry". The LP has been released since October to follow up their two previous albums "Hopes and Fears" and "Under the Iron Sea".

A promo of "90210" episode 1.12 has been released. Not giving any details about what will happen on the next episode, the preview shows only that Beverly Hills can change people because the place is filled with contradictions since whenever there are virtue, honesty and trust, temptation, lies and betrayal will follow closely behind.

With the title "Hello, Goodbye, Amen", the episode revolves around Brenda Walsh who receives a life changing news after having some kind of problems with Kelly Taylor on the last episode. Dixon Wilson grows closer to Christina Worthy, while an unexpected secret is destined to rock Adrianna Duncan's world.

Shawn Colfax and Nick Brady are the stars of Gerald R. Ford High School football team. Dreading the prospect of another summer without girls at football camp, they decide to join their school's cheerleaders and go to the cheer camp instead. But, when Shawn surprisingly falls in love with Carly, the only girl who is suspicious of their motives joining the camp, the two must work together to invent new moves to win her.

In "Fired Up" red band trailer, it can be seen how the boys are adjusting to the cheer camp as well as trying to have the time of their lives amidst hundreds of gorgeous young women. Giving out glimpses of Nicholas D'Agosto's Shawn, Eric Christian Olsen's Nick and Sarah Roemer's Carly, the trailer is filled with cheerleading practices and romantic scenes.

Idolized by many young girls around the world, Miley Cyrus has her own celebrity crush, who's Chace Crawford. Speaking about the "Gossip Girl" actor, she tells Extra in an interview that she thinks he "is pretty cute" and "good looking."

Beside her celebrity crush, Miley also talks about her dream car. She reveals instead of getting a brand new car on his 16th birthday, November 23, she's "going to wait 'til Christmas". On that she explains, "My mom told me that we should wait til Christmas because there will be newer cars."

An out-of-ordinary episode will be presented by "House M.D." next week, and a preview of it has been given. For years, House has solved many rare and mysterious medical cases, but he never faces one with a gun. A sick man, played by Primetime Emmy-winning actor, Zeljko Ivanek, comes in House's office, complaining that he has sought help from 16 doctors in the last two years but none helps.

When House refuses to help him, he takes out a gun and threatens the doctor's life unless House finds a cure for him. The man then holds House, Thirteen, and several patients hostage in Cuddy's office. He also forces Thirteen to act as a guinea pig for his treatments and House has to end the standoff before a SWAT team opens fire. Lisa Eldstein who plays Cuddy told E! on this particular scene, "They happen to be in my office, so I'm trying to make sure everybody stays alive."

Ciara's third major studio album "Fantasy Ride", which was supposed to be dropped on December 9 and then January 2009, is confirmed to be pushed back to spring 2009. "Right now, we are anticipating it for spring 2009," a spokesperson from Zomba Records said in a statement.

The delay happens because "the response to 'Go Girl' wasn't strong enough to ignite an album." Since it was released in late September, "Go Girl", the lead single off Ciara's upcoming LP, could only debut at number 60 and manage to climb to number 26 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "It's a nice setup single because [the video] introduces Ciara's new look and her new body, but it's not the opener," the spokesperson explained.

Contrary to the Hollywood glamor that she lives as a movie actress, Reese Witherspoon opts for a traditional celebration for this coming Christmas, wishing to get a "good chicken coop" and hoping someone would like to build one for her. To USA Today she reveals that in addition to serving southern specialties; turnip greens, pecan-coated sweet potatoes and sugar-baked ham; she will take her children, Deacon Phillippe and Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, to the family farm outside of Los Angeles.

"We feed the chickens and the pigs - I have two pigs, and boy are they really pigs. They just get down in that mud and roll around," Reese tells USA Today. "I like getting down in there and working in the garden. Oh, I want someone to build me a good chicken coop ... like a man who can just get down there and build it ... ooh."

"Revolutionary Road" shares another taste of the drama in the life of Frank and April Wheeler as four brand new clips of the Paramount Vantage movie come out. Highlighting on the not-so-perfect life of the young couple, the clips focus mostly on the Wheeler and the problems looming before them.

"Revolutionary Road" sees Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as a couple once again after their previous collaboration in "Titanic". In it, the two are joined by Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates, Kathryn Hahn, Zoe Kazan and David Harbour. Directed and co-produced by Sam Mendes, it will make its way to U.S. big screen on December 26, 2008.

Gibbs loses his patience when digging information from Special Agent Michelle Lee, in the new episode of "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service". After a security breach that send the team into turbulence last week, they are monitoring Lee to see if she contacts anyone and questions her further in order to find out who is responsible for the breach.

Ironically, Gibbs himself is accused of committing a treason. The November 25 episode titled "Dagger" also sees the team relying on information from some questionable individuals to stop a criminal bent on stealing government secrets.

"Dancing with the Stars" is counting down to its three-pair contestants after Cody Linley has been eliminated from the show. The ABC's hit dancing competition has announced on November 18 that the "Hannah Montana" actor and his professional partner Julianne Hough have failed to get a high total score for their last performance.

After the elimination, Linley expresses his appreciation towards the show and his partner, Hough. He says, "Words can't even explain the true, amazing, growing, learning journey that I've had on this show, I can't show my appreciation any more to Julianne, I just love her so much and this opportunity has been so amazing". He adds, "Just to know that maybe my dancing can inspire someone to be happy or to want to dance or to bring entertainment to one person."

Following legal action filed by Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa over alleged breach of contract, Michael Jackson has to enter the court room against the son of an Arab monarch, but latest info from Michael's lawyer, Robert Englehart, reveals that the singer may not attend the trial. "It would be unwise for him to travel, given what's he's got now," Robert said without elaborating his statement.

Sheikh Abdulla sues Michael over a $7 million financial support for the singer to work on an album and an autobiography that he allegedly never produced. The sheikh also reveals that he has splashed out $500,000 in cash to subsidize Michael's lifestyle and a $350,000 European vacation for Michael and his associates in February 2006.

Emmy-Award winning actress Kristen Johnston takes her clothes off for a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)'s ad campaign against horse-drawn carriage. As seen in the news photo, she poses naked on the back of a horse, recreating the famous nude pose of Lady Godiva, an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants.

Kristen's provocative PETA ad will debut Thursday, November 20 in Central Park and appear on New York City taxis. The ad is aimed at tourists, heading for Central Park for the holidays, who are tempted to take a carriage ride.

With director Joe Johnston aboard the project, "The First Avenger: Captain America" moves on with its search for writers. Latest report on the matter reveals that Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the co-scribes of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" and its sequel, are in talks with Marvel to pen the script of the superhero movie.

"Captain America" itself is the heroic alter ego of Steve Rogers. Being rejected by the Army for being a sickly young man, Rogers enlists himself in an experiment project to aid the United States war effort. With the help of an experimental serum, he was enhanced to the peak of human perfection and equipped with an indestructible shield, he now fights Nazis and villainous scientists like the Red Skull.

Three new clips from "Smallville" have been released by The CW network as sneak peeks to episode 8.10. They reveal some situations happening before and during Jimmy and Chloe's wedding ceremony on the November 20 episode entitled "Bride".

As shown in the first clip, Lois helps to prepare Jimmy and Chloe's wedding ceremony, leading to her conversation with Jimmy about a 'right person'. The clip shows how Jimmy tells Lois that Chloe is the right person for him and that Clark possibly is also the right person for Lois.

A high rising movie actor, Robert Pattinson has admitted he isn't good at kissing. He takes the intimate make-out scenes he had to do with "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart as an evidence of his saying, claiming them as "scary."

"Yeah, I mean, it's terrifying," the hunk tells Seventeen magazine's December/January issue. "Especially when you kiss and you've got to do it at a weird angle or something." Robert refuses to go into details though, reasoning "I'm a really bad kisser." He says in further interview with Seventeen that he hadn't "kissed anyone for awhile before the movie, so I'd kind of forgotten how!"

Rumor has it, another sequel to "The Nutty Professor", the remake of Jerry Lewis-starring 1963 film, is brewing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal and Imagine Entertainment are in the early stages of developing what could be "Nutty Professor 3" movie as the studio and production company put out an open call to writers for their take on the potential third installment.

Though both Universal and Imagine Entertainment seem to be moving on with the project, THR notes that the franchise star Eddie Murphy has yet to be attached to the proposed project. The publication further mentioned that Murphy's involvement would be depended on a number of elements, including the writer and director.

Mariah Carey has been announced as one of the musical guests at December "Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!". Taking place at Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, the event also lines up such performers as Celine Dion, Foo Fighters, B.B. King, and John Mayer.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift, who was previously reported to perform at the event, will co-host the live show scheduled to be held on Wednesday, December 3. Alongside LL Cool J, she will announce nominations in at least six categories for the 51st annual Grammy Awards which will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2009.

Britney Spears opens it up wide in the new MTV documentary "Britney Spears: For the Record" which will air November 30 at 10/9c. She has been waiting long enough to expose her side of story on her chaotic life last year and through the 90-minute footage, Britney is ready to "set the record straight", MTV said. Two clips are outed by SKY1, the U.K. network that will air the documentary on December 1.

In one of the clips, Britney speaks up about her marriage to Kevin Federline that results in two sons. "I think I married for the wrong reasons," she says. "Instead of following my heart and doing what made me really happy, I just did it for the sake of the idea of everything." Her new single "Womanizer" is also played on the background while she adds, "Your music is a reflection of what you're going through. It's such a part of me, the record, because of what I've gone through."

"Dancing with the Stars" alumni Kelly Monaco and Melanie Brown have signed on to star in "PEEPSHOW," an adult theatrical extravaganza that was created by Jerry Mitchell, the director and choreographer of Broadway's "Legally Blonde: The Musical." Both of them are set to star in the show for several months, beginning on April 18 next year.

Kelly is billed to play the character of "Little Bo Peep," a timid and lonely girl who is guided by Melanie's character, "Peep Diva." "It's all about a girl that gets taken on this journey, by me," Melanie explains of the show. "She's the girl that I bring on board into my web of adventure. I'm the narrator/friend ... It's very sexy, very spicy and it's all about empowering women, so [it has] all these different journeys and routines that I take her on."

The Cheetah Girls are confirmed to be outed from the performers lineup of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "The Cheetah Girls are not in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade," Orlando Veras, head of media relations for the parade, said.

The announcement has generated speculation in the media saying that the pulling-off is due to Adrienne Bailon's nude photos which hit the web earlier in November. "The girls were scheduled to be in the parade and perform, but after Adrienne's recent photo incident, organisers didn't think it would be appropriate to have her at a family-oriented event," a source told Perez Hilton.

Lionsgate Films have just come out with a new featurette for their forthcoming comic adaptation, "The Spirit". Focusing on each of the beautiful women in the life of the superhero, the featurette is hosted by director Frank Miller as he introduces the ladies, Sand Saref, Silken Floss, Lorelei, Plaster of Paris, Morgenstern and Dr. Ellen Dolan.

Apart from character description by Miller, the nearly three minutes video exhibits commentary from the actresses who play the characters in the film as well as fresh footage from the film. Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Jaime King, Paz Vega, Stana Katic and Sarah Paulson all take turn to talk about their individual characters, exposing what makes each character unique.

Scoring an interview with the December issue of Women's Health, Taylor Swift opens up about her school days, admitting she was a victim of bullying when she was still a high school student. She recalls the past experience, telling the magazine that many of her friends thought she was "weird" and would keep a distance from her.

"[Growing up on a Christmas tree farm] was basically a shunning - and that's never a good thing, you know?" she says. "A lot of girls thought I was weird. Actually, the word they liked to use was annoying. I'd sit at their lunch table and they'd move to a different one."

A brand new trailer of "Nothing But the Truth" has been outed. Focusing on the so-claimed real story after a news headline is published, the trailer chronicles what Kate Beckinsale's character has to go through after an article exposing a CIA agent that she wrote becomes a headline. What seems to be a great article backlashes towards her in terrible ways.

This Rod Lurie's political drama tells the story of Rachel Armstrong, a reporter who breaks a big story about a government scandal as well as reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. As revealing the information is considered treason, Armstrong is forced to come out with her source's name. When she refuses, she unexpectedly finds herself behind bars struggling to maintain her principles and relationship with her family.

Following NBC's announcement about the network's deal with Hilary Duff, the 21 years old singer finally gives her statement about her return to television series. To MTV News, the "Lizzie McGuire" alum mentions "The Office" and "30 Rock" as some of the NBC's series that she wants to join in.

Duff says in a statement, "I would love to do something on 'The Office'". She further adds, "'30 Rock' is great, very funny. Many people have done lots of guest spots on it this season." Duff also shares what she wants to do for her upcoming appearance on TV, saying "I get to call the shots, I would like to do something funny or I would like to kick ass or something."

Justin Timberlake's new song "Follow My Lead", aimed to raise funds for Shriners Hospitals for Children, has been outed. Recorded live at "Justin Timberlake and Friends Concert" in mid October, the charity anthem features the first artist signed to his Tennman Records, Esmee Denters.

Fans can purchase the song for 99 cents on Justin's MySpace page starting on November 18 but they can also add it to their playlist for free. In addition, by logging on to his official MySpace site, fans can view footage from the star-studded charity concert in October when he brought together 50 Cent, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Boyz II Men, Leona Lewis, Lionel Richie, Rihanna, Jonas Brothers, and will.i.am.

Jonas Brothers have just taped two public service announcements (PSAs) as part of their planned live show at the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Game. The PSAs are made in partnership with the Christian church and charity, The Salvation Army, and professional football team, Dallas Cowboys, to support this year annual Red Kettle Campaign.

In the two PSAs, which can be watched after the jump, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas discuss the importance of donating and volunteering this holiday season. Each of the PSAs is about 30 seconds long.

An extended preview of "It's a Wonderful Lie" shows more of the dilemma experienced by each of the Upper East Siders. The 2.12 episode of "Gossip Girl" will mainly take place in the party where Nate, Jenny and Vanessa are tormented in a love triangle. The situation puts their friendships and hearts on the line.

Similarly, Serena has conflicted feelings when she finds out that Aaron's ex-lover Lexi is going after Dan. Also, Blair who makes a bet with Chuck that they can find the ideal dates for each other, asks Chuck what they got and the latter said, "tonight, so shut up and dance with me." Lily is seen dancing with Rufus and Bart is driving away in his car.

Another series of "Dragonball Evolution" pictures have made their way out via Dragonball the Movie. Focusing on four characters from the live-action adaptation film, the photos display Jamie Chung's Chi Chi, Eriko Tamura's Mai, Justin Chatwin's Goku and James Marsters' Lord Piccolo.

One of the images shows Chi Chi pointing out what seems to be a gun to someone before the camera lens, while another one exposes Mai in position to throw her shuriken. The other photo presents Goku and Piccolo in a battle where Goku bends his body backward to avoid a punch from the evil villain.

GQ's annual Men of the Year have been unveiled and making the list among others are Megan Fox and newly elected U.S. president Barack Obama. As for this year, the list is comprised of men from different fields of work, ranging from actor to athlete to singer to chef.

Fox, called "Obsession" by GQ, is the one and only female who makes the list. She is photographed by Terry Richardson in white-colored two-piece bikini. Becoming a scene stealer in "Transformers", being considered as a hit on the Internet, and having a sultry look are the three reasons cited by the publication on why she is included in the list.

Jesse McCartney has premiered a music video aimed to promote his new single "It's Over". The video was directed by Rich Lee and shot at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel. It mainly tries to capture "something good time and the bad in the relationship" that a couple may be going through. The story is brought to life through "different scenarios, different set ups, different flash backs."

"It's Over" is a track produced by Brian Kennedy for McCartney's third studio album, "Departure", which has come out in the U.S. market since May. Commenting on the single, the 21-year-old singer said, "The song 'It's Over' is really heart-felt. Sort of describe and talk about the reality of a relationship...not necessarily for the good and the bad...just the reality..."