November 24, 2008

Famous martial actor, Steven Seagal, will return to acting. It has been reported that the action hero actor has signed a deal with A & E network to star in a new reality series revolving his life in law enforcement.

The new series where the 56-year-old actor will star in is entitled "Steven Seagal: Lawman". Featuring Seagal and a team of deputies investigating crimes, it also focuses on Seagal's off-duty ventures, including musical performances and philanthropic efforts in Jefferson Parish and New Orleans. The airdate of Seagal's new series is still to be determined.

Grammy-nominated R 'n' B singer Chris Brown is eying a collaboration with Madonna, whom he claims as his dream duet, for his upcoming album "Grafitti". Besides, he also reveals his desire to work together with Coldplay for the effort, which is planned for 2009 release.

On the red carpet at the 36th annual American Music Awards (AMAs), held Sunday, November 23 at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, Chris told the press, "It's going to be my stepping stone from Chris Brown to superstar." He didn't give further details on his upcoming album though.

On November 22, Beyonce Knowles filmed a music video in support of her new song "Diva" in downtown Los Angeles. She was seen donning a biker jacket and a unique pair of glasses. On one of the video scenes, she blew up a car next to her by throwing a cigar onto the car.

"Diva" is a song produced by Beyonce herself teaming up with Sean Garrett, the same man who helped Chris Brown making single "Run It!". The track appears on the second disc of her third solo studio album "I Am...Sasha Fierce", which has been in the U.S. stores since November 18.

Sneak peek to "Lipstick Jungle" episode 2.10 has been revealed in a preview below. The preview hints that the episode will be the most emotional chapter of the season.

"Chapter Seventeen" revolves around Nico Reilly and Kirby Atwood who adjust to life with baby Charlie and find themselves at a crossroads in their relationship. Meanwhile, Wendy Healy faces some difficulties to get her latest project off the ground when an arrogant movie producer tries to take her dream project from her. Also, Victory Ford tries to land a new multi-million dollar client.

Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus has landed a part in "The Spy Next Door". Joining Jackie Chan in the new action comedy feature film, he will trade his Robby Ray Stewart character in "Hannah Montana" with a CIA agent role, as The Hollywood Reporter claimed.

In the movie, he will also share screen with other recently signed actors, George Lopez, Amber Valletta and Katherine Boecher. This role won't be Cyrus' first feature film credit as he has taken on minor role in 2001 mystery movie "Mulholland Drive" and 2004 Kim Basinger-starring film, "Elvis Has Left the Building".

Preview of "Cold Case" episode 6.10 has been released. On the preview, it can be seen that the Philadelphia Police Department team will be dealing with a scandal and a murder case of an African-American politician.

In the next episode entitled "Street Money", detective Lilly Rush and her team try to re-open a murder case which has happened in 2005. The case deals with the killing of a young and promising African-American politician who was determined to get rid of drug dealers who prey on young kids in lower-class neighborhoods.

A confirmation has come from Jason Lee that he and his girlfriend Ceren Alkac have tied the knot. "My wife is Australian," Life & Style Weekly quotes the actor as telling Sydney Sun-Herald newspaper. "And she is my wife now 'cause we just got married and you can report that!"

Jason, nevertheless, doesn't mention on when and where exactly he married Ceren. The marriage confirmation itself comes nearly five months after he fueled wedding speculation following him being seen in line for a marriage license at the Norwalk, Calif. courthouse in late June.

This year's stage of American Music Awards is glittered with grand performances from many big names. Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, Mariah Carey, Jonas Brothers, Natasha Bedingfield, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift are some of the performers rocking Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre on November 23.

Opened with medley performance from Christina singing such hits as "Beautiful", "Keeps Gettin' Better" and "Dirrty", the show continues with other appearances from Leona Lewis singing "Better in Time" and Pink performing "Sober". Other musicians playing at the star-studded event are New Kids On The Block, Beyonce Knowles, The Pussycat Dolls, and Kanye West among others.

USA Today has got an exclusive clip of the forthcoming Notorious B.I.G. biopic movie, "Notorious", and now the clip has come out. Focusing on the relationship between B.I.G. and his future wife, R 'n' B singer Faith Evans, the snippet gives out the time B.I.G. asks Evans could he be the man who makes her laughs.

Apart from exposing the clip, USA Today also included an interview with Jamal Woolard, the actor who gets the chance to portray the legendary hip hop artist whose real name is Christopher Wallace. Of the essence of the film, he stated that it "is about manhood", explaining further, "It's about a boy turning into a man, and that is Christopher becoming The Notorious B.I.G."

Everyone is catching the fever of box office hit "Twilight" and Hilary Duff isn't an exception as she has admitted to have a crush on its main star Robert Pattinson. Revealing her love for the British actor, she tells the press that she even jokingly warns her boyfriend Mike Comrie she's on the hunt for her own bloodsucking beau.

"I told my boyfriend, I was like, 'Edward Cullen ... I mean, find me a vampire, you might be done ...!' He's handsome," so Hilary says. It is not known how Mike responses to her joke.

Three more stills of "Coraline" have been making their rounds. Released by Laika and Focus Features via Latino Review, the new images display Coraline in three different situations. One of the pictures shows her sitting at a dinner table while trying to get her parents' attention, while another one takes a look at her with Wybie as they are drawn into a circus. The last one which is posted on the news photo present Coraline in the portal to the parallel world.

Based on Neil Gaiman's international best-selling book, this 3-D animated stop-motion fantasy film follows the story of a young girl who unlocks a mysterious door connecting her real world to another with a parallel reality. Desperate to find a world better that the one she's been living in, Coraline is about to learn the true meaning of an old say "Be careful what you wish for" as she faces evil in the world which serves as an alternate version of her life.

Paramore released their sophomore studio album "Riot!" in June 2007. Dealing with what they called as "an unbridled outburst of emotion," the record landed at number 15 on Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart and at number 2 on U.K. Rock Albums chart, selling a total of 1,040,000 copies across the U.S.

Following their success with "Riot!", Paramore were signed by Catherine Hardwicke, director of "Twilight", to write songs for the vampire movie soundtrack. One of the songs they worked on is titled "Decode" and peaked at number 12 on Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Meanwhile, the soundtrack album for the romantic drama movie itself made its debut at number 1 on Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart, having sold about 164,700 copies in its first week in the U.S. stores and added another 107,000 copies in its second week on sale.

A series of new images from the forthcoming sci-fi remake, "The Day the Earth Stood Still", has been unearthed. Put forward by IESB, the nine fresh photos take a closer look into the characters, including Klaatu, Helen Benson and her stepson. They also spoil out some of the action sequences to be expected.

The movie tells the story when an alien named Klaatu comes to New York City to meet the leaders of the Earth and warns them about the impending danger mankind are facing. Taking the form of a human being, he eludes capture to gain better understanding of the Earth's dominating inhabitants. And as governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind his appearance, a microbiologist and her stepson get caught up in his mission and uncover what he means by being a "friend to the Earth".

Miley Cyrus' parents and some celebrity friends lend a helping hand to celebrate the Disney star's 16th birthday Sunday, November 23 during the 36th annual American Music Awards (AMAs). The celebration is just the other one that the actress-singer has following an early celebration on October 5 at California's Disneyland.

Singer father Billy Ray Cyrus and mother Leticia "Tish" Cyrus are seen posing with birthday girl Miley. The likes of Jordin Sparks, Julianne Hough, Taylor Swift, and Ashley Tisdale are all seen surrounding and cheering the birthday girl as she blows the candles placed on her birthday cake.

Season one of "True Blood" officially wrapped up on Sunday, November 23 and the episode leaves some questions hanging for the second season that is expected to air in the midseason. Titled "You'll Be the Death of Me", the episode ends the reign of Rene as the serial killer, that is on the hand of Sookie.

While Jason is in prison, finding salvation in an anti-vampire cult called Fellowship of the Sun, Sookie accepts Rene's offer to take her home. On the way, Sookie senses Rene's murderous nature and swims through his thought only to find that he is thinking about murdering her grandmother. In other places, more about Rene is revealed. Arlene finds his collection of sex films, where one of them includes Maudette, and Sam smelling his vest and coming to Sookie's rescue.

More from the stage of the 36th annual American Music Awards, Jonas Brothers have been named as "T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist". They win over such contenders as Colbie Caillat, Flo Rida, Paramore, and The-Dream.

Meanwhile Kanye West, and Alicia Keys have added another AMAs' trophy to their pockets. Kanye receives a prize for "Favorite Male Artist" in Rap/Hip-Hop Music and Alicia puts her 2007 third studio effort "As I Am" on top as her LP wins "Favorite Album" in Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music.

Another look into drama mystery "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" has been unleashed through a fresh international trailer. Courtesy of Bad Taste, the two minutes plus video helps to explain the movie from Benjamin Button's perspective. Giving out many never-before-seen footage, it shows the building-up romance between him and the only woman he loves.

Adapted from the classic 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Benjamin Button" is a traveler tale about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. The story begins in New Orleans at the end of World War I in 1918 and continues to the twenty-first century, chronicling his journey when seeking a place where he fits in.

In an interview with Newsweek, Michelle Williams shared her struggle to move on from the death of actor Heath Ledger, her ex-fiance and the father of her daughter Matilda Rose Ledger, hinting that she still misses him 10 months after his sudden death. "The more time that passes, the more you miss someone," the publication quoted her as saying.

"It's so sad. I guess it's always changing. What else can I say? I just wake up each day in a slightly different place -grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by 'it's always changing'", Michelle shared her feeling as tears ran down from her eyes. " It's a strange thing to say because I'm at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse. It's just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone. In some ways it gets worse. That's what I would say."

Charles Irving Bartowski also known as Chuck may find a new lover in a "Battlestar Galactica" star. Reliable sources have informed E! Online that Tricia Helfer will get her debut appearance on "Chuck" as the titular character's new love interest.

Further information given by "Chuck" creator and executive producer, Josh Schwartz, states that Helfer will guest star for only one episode, episode 2.18, this season. He details Helfer is to play a special agent named Alex Forrest, Chuck's new partner and future love.

Newlyweds Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds reportedly have been discussing the best time for the actress to get pregnant as they are desperate to start a family "sooner, rather than later". Chicago Sun-Times' Bill Zwecker claims to have been told by a source that "Scarlett is keen to be a young mom and does not plan to be the sort of women who leaves motherhood too late and starts worrying about her biological clock ticking."

And now that Scarlett has done filming her new movie "He's Just Not That Into You" and won't start working on her next big screen project "Amazon" until late next year, rumor has it, the movie beauty and Ryan might think the time is right for her to conceive. The celebrity couple even is reported to be contemplating adopting a child from an American inner city.

2008 American Music Awards has been held on November 23 and winners from six categories of the awards have been announced. From Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, it was revealed that Rihanna and Rascal Flatts have been named as some of the artists bringing home the Sunday-night trophies.

In Soul/Rhythm & Soul Music category, Rihanna wins "Favorite Female Artist", beating down Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys. Meanwhile, in Country Music group, Rascal Flatts grab honor for "Favorite Band, Duo or Group", winning over Brooks & Dunn and Sugarland.

Following a stunning opening day of "Twilight" on Friday, November 21, Summit Entertainment have come out with a great news for "New Moon", the sequel to the romantic vampire drama on Saturday, November 22. In a press release, the studio announced that the second "Twilight" movie are officially en route.

Though mentioning no further detail, such as the cast, director, release date or an actual start of production date, about the movie based on Stephenie Meyer's second novel of her Twilight series, the press release included Meyer's comment on the "New Moon" adaptation. "I don't think any other author has had a more positive experience with the makers of her movie adaptation than I have had with Summit Entertainment," she said. "I'm thrilled to have the chance to work with them again on New Moon."

Hollywood hottie Megan Fox has openly admitted she has crush on "High School Musical" star Zac Efron. "I'm obsessed with him," so she tells Page Six.

She, however, doesn't detail on what makes her admiring Zac. She, instead, simply says, "What you don't know is that Zac and I are the same person ... it's like Janet and Michael [Jackson], we are the same person."

Proven to be one of the much awaited movies in 2008, "Twilight" has taken a giant bite out of the North American box office. Screened in about 3,419 theaters across the U.S. over the three-day weekend, the romantic vampire drama sells $69.6 million, dethroning James Bond's 22nd movie "Quantum of Solace" and besting over Miley Cyrus-voicing animation "Bolt".

Drawing in a huge number of teenage girls, the Stephenie Meyer's bestselling novel adaptation has made an impressive $20,636 per theater, according to Sunday morning estimates. With the huge opening bow, this Catherine Hardwicke's film has etched a new record as biggest opening ever for a female director, overshadowing the $41.1 million previous record set by Mimi Leder's "Deep Impact" in 1998.

After four-year hiatus, No Doubt give fans clues on how they will be hitting the road again and entering the studio for recording sessions. Bringing out the news are the band's members themselves as they are posting a comical chat involving a talk on the possible touring and recording plans.

During the chat, keyboardist Tom Dumont said, "I have cabin fever. Maybe we should play some shows or something." Singer Gwen Stefani answered humorously, poking fun at her need for second hand to help her with her kids. "I think we should go out now. I don't think we should wait. Pack up the babies and get a bunch of nannies. So fun! Would be so inspiring to get out there and play all those songs again."

Nicollette Sheridan and David Spade have sparked speculation that they are dating after they reportedly were seen "full-on making out" at her 45th birthday bash, held at new L.A. hot spot Luau in Beverly Hills on Friday, November 21. Prior to that, the twosome was also seen together at the restaurant's opening a couple of weeks ago, during when they spent the night in deep conversation.

People, which broke the report on Saturday, November 22, quoted an onlooker as saying that both Nicollette and David "arrived separately and even started dinner at different booths." The actress, who wore a sequined gold dress, was seen enjoying lychee martinis throughout the night and also a specialty cake that read "Happy Birthday Princessa."