November 28, 2008

As can be seen in the recently released preview below, the next episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" will see the investigating team dealing with a murder case which takes them back to years before. The promo video opens with a scene where a singer is being insulted on a stage and then followed by a glimpse of a dead body.

On the next episode of "CSI" entitled "Young Man With a Horn", the CSI team has to deal with a murder of a popular new singer, whose body is found in the outside of an infamous Las Vegas nightclub. Further into the investigation, the team uncovers a link between the present day crime and a murder from over 50 years ago.

Shorter but different from the recently released promo of "Battlestar Galactica", a new sneak peek to the 4.5 season of the Sci-Fi Channel series has been outed. The first half of the fourth season ended with humans and Cylons arriving at Earth which was already irradiated and the new promo gives more view of the deserted planet.

Returning January 16, the second half of the fourth season will serve as the last 10 episodes of the series. Through the first promo of the new season, several plots that can be expected include Roslin asking whether Adama is a Cylon, Chief trying to figure out what he remembers from the Earth, and Starbuck kissing Apollo.

Sad news comes from actor Patrick Swayze as report has been mounting that his pancreatic cancer has spread to his liver. The National Enquirer breaks the report and several other gossip sites are soon to report the same matter, claiming Patrick even has begun saying goodbye to friends and family after learning his cancer spreads.

"Patrick recently got word that the cancer had spread to his liver and that is what his doctors said would begin the countdown to the end. Patrick knew it was coming because he was suffering increased weakness," a source tells the National Enquirer. "At times, he was so weak that he could barely walk without feeling faint. Sometimes he feels out of breath and has to sit down."

Sneak peek to "Eleventh Hour" episode 1.08 has been revealed through a recently released preview. In the preview, several victims suddenly collapse and die after experiencing some particular symptoms. The snippet also shows how FBI unit and Dr. Jacob Hood are investigating the peculiar case.

Entitled "Titans", FBI's special science advisor, Hood, travels to a collage in Oklahoma to investigate why some college students are dying of the bends, a condition of sudden and dangerous decompression normally seen only in scuba divers. As the investigation goes further, Hood, who is played by Rufus Sewell, will uncover an elaborate medical cover-up on campus.

A music video to promote Anastacia's second single "Absolutely Positively" coming off fourth studio LP "Heavy Rotation" has been debuted. The video features scenes showing the singer doing her morning routine which includes taking letters from front door and peeking at the neighborhood through the window.

"Heavy Rotation" has been released since October via Mercury Records. "I think the best way of sharing my life experience is through my lyrics. I try to put myself out there and show a certain part of me that is fragile," Anastacia commented on her song-writing credit in the record. "I do not share my personal life with the paparazzi but I share through my lyrics."

Despite sharing what he wants for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" sequel earlier, Hugh Jackman reveals that he will leave the "X-Men" series if "Wolverine" doesn't do well upon its release in 2009. To Moviehole on Thursday, November 27, the 40-year-old says, "If it's clear to us on May second or third that that's gone, then I'll walk away happily."

The actor, who has been dubbed as the 2008 Sexiest Man Alive by People, further explains the reason behind his future decision to leave the franchise. "I'm not going to flog something - or flog a dead horse, or try and make movies that people don't really want to go and see," he claims. "I have no interest in that. Even no matter how much I love the character. So there are many prerequisites"

"Avatar" teaser trailer may come out sooner than expected. According to MarketSaw, director James Cameron will have a teaser video for his upcoming action thriller ready for early December release, with the possibility of it being shown before "The Day the Earth Stood Still".

While MarketSaw note that they are yet certain whether the teaser will indeed be attached to the Scott Derrickson-directed sci-fi remake, they reveal that the actual running time of the footage will be 2 minutes and 15 seconds long. If the promotional video for "Avatar" is indeed coming out with "Day the Earth Stood Still", it will be screened in theaters along with "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" trailer.

Popular singing sensations Jonas Brothers are claimed to have been spending the $12 million they earned in 2007 rapidly to buy lavish things. Beside purchasing a Bel Air home and $2.8 million estate in Texas, the boys reportedly also blow their cash to buy sports cars, furniture, laptop computers, flat-screen TVs and stereos.

Interestingly, they might also spend their money to buy shoes and clothes as an insider tells In Touch Weekly, "They all love shoes, they really love good clothes." Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas are having Marc Jacobs' line as their favorites.

After announcing its January schedule, NBC prepares to produce a new television series. It has been reported by Variety that the network has reunited "Bring It On" star Gabrielle Union and "X-Files" creator Frank Spotnitz to produce a yet-to-be-titled new series.

Variety further notes that Spotnitz will serve as the writer, while Union will star as a detective who must race to save someone's life before it's too late. The publication also reports that this new series will be produced by Universal Media Studios.

English fashion model, Daisy Lowe, takes her clothes off and strikes some raunchy nude poses for Paradis magazine. No record just yet on which Paradis' issue her naked pics will be featured.

The pictures, all of which are black-and-white, see Daisy exposing her naked breasts and private area to the camera. Most of them see her posing with her long black hair arranged disorderly.

Kings of Leon's tour dates across U.K. and Australia are threatened as the band's members are reportedly in feud due to Caleb Followill's drinking habit. "The others have warned Caleb over and over again that they weren't happy about his drinking but he carried on regardless," a source told The Sun.

In a further explanation, the source hinted that the rockers have been in dispute for many times but somehow managed to sort it out. The source said, "The lads have always fought but they usually sort it out the next morning. Things are completely different this time. The label is deeply concerned that if they don't sort out their differences the tour won't go ahead."

Despite the claims of earlier reports about him being attached to fourth "Bourne" film, Matt Damon has said otherwise. The Celebrity Truth reported that the 38-year-old actor has told Extra that he has yet to be signed for "Untitled Bourne 4 Project".

Addressing more on his potential return as action man Jason Bourne, Damon suggests that he will join the project if director Paul Greengrass is willing to do the movie. "If Paul Greengrass (the director) wants to do the movie, then there would definitely be a reason to do it," he explains, adding, "He's just a terrific director."

NBC network has announced a fixed schedule for its January calendar. Through the new schedule, it can be seen that the network has eliminated "Lipstick Jungle" from its January airing, hinting further on the previous rumor that the network is planning to cancel the series due to the show's poor rating.

Furthermore, NBC also gives up the line-up for its new shows, such as "Superstars of Dance", "Momma's Boys" and "Howie Do It". "Superstars of Dance" will be premiered on January 4 at 9/8c before regularly airing on January 5 at 8/7c, while Ryan Seacrest's new series "Momma's Boys" will debut on the same day at 10/9c, and "Howie Do It" will be broadcast starting January 9.

While talks on the name of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz's newborn son, Bronx Mowgli Wentz, are still heating up, new rumor has surfaced by the hour that the first pictures of the infant might worth $2 million. Though so, it is not yet known if the new celebrity parents would like to sell the exclusive first pics of their son and which tabloid would nab the rights to publish the shots.

Regarding Bronx's photo fortune, U.S. publicist Howard Bragman explains his point of view, "I see Ashlee and Pete coming in at the low seven figures mark. Two million seems like a good, solid figure for Ashlee and Pete. It's a two-celeb couple, so that's a boost for them." Howard says further, "Keep in mind, last year, Ashlee was the girl who sang along to the tape recorder. It was a PR nightmare. Now, she's a newlywed and a new mom, so she's a lot more relatable."

New York state Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced that full refunds will be given for fans purchasing Lil Wayne's tickets for October-26 concert which had been re-scheduled for December-6 but later was once again canceled, giving fans no clue on the makeup date. "Both Blue Cross Arena and Lil Wayne's promoters are doing the right thing by refunding Rochester-area fans who purchased tickets to a performance that never took place," he said.

Concertgoers seeking refunds are required to return their tickets to Blue Cross Arena box office on or before December 10. Meanwhile, those buying the tickets through Ticketmaster must contact the online ticket retailer directly for the full refund.

About a month before "Marley & Me" hits the theaters, a featurette of the comedy movie has been released. Bringing viewers to the on-set location of the film, the video contains commentary from both of the film's stars, Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. It also sees the description of the film by director David Frankel.

While Aniston shares her exciting experiences working with baby, any kinds of dogs and kids, dubbing the experiences as "a ball", Wilson reveals that the filming has been great, especially since he grew up having a dog. Beside discussing about the fun of making the film, Aniston also talks about the Marley character itself. The featurette also brings in many never-before-seen footage from the film.

Selena Gomez posts a new video on her YouTube channel to reach out to her fans everywhere and wish them happy Thanksgiving. In the video, which can be watched after the jump, Selena is joined by her actress friend Jennifer Stone and together they wish everyone would have an "awesome" Thanksgiving with their family.

Besides, the twosome also thanks fans for watching their TV shows and for supporting their careers. As for this holiday, Selena and Jennifer have revealed they will get back to Texas to spend time with their loved ones.

As The CW network plans to make "Melrose Place" spin-off, one of the original series' leading actor says "no" to return as his "Melrose Place" character on the spin-off. It has been reported that Grant Show, who played Jake Hanson in the original series, has refused an offer to reprise his role for the new spin-off tentatively titled "Melrose Place 2.0".

To TVGuide, Show confesses that he has been approached by The CW's executive to make another appearance for his Jake Hanson's character, but has declined it. "I don't think I want to do it. I don't think they need me. I'd just be 'the old guy' on the show, and that's not the kind of thing I want to do," Show says.

Britney Spears made a stop in Germany for a live performance at 2008 Bambi Awards. She sang lead single "Womanizer" off her upcoming sixth major studio effort "Circus" in Offenburg on November 27.

Taking the stage alongside several backing dancers wearing clown-like make ups and sporting black tight costume, Britney appeared with a top hat, marking the Thursday circus-themed performance. Video of her singing the song live can be seen after the jump.

Disney famous young star Miley Cyrus lived up Macy's 82nd Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday, November 27, singing "I Thought I Lost You," the soundtrack of her popular motion picture "Bolt," which was at No. 3 on the weekend box office. Her appearance marks the second year in a row she is billed as a headlining performer at the yearly festivity.

Miley, wearing white jacket with a matching cap, black pants, knee-high boots and a colorful scarf, performed the song on her "Bolt" float. During her performance she waved to lining-up screaming fans.

Two fresh clips of "Little Ashes" have been found. Exclusively previewed first by Rotten Tomatoes, the one minute each snippets present a look inside the young life of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Bunuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. The clips are also give out glimpses of "Twilight" star, Robert Pattinson, being the surrealist painter, Dali.

Set against the backdrop of Fascist Spain in 1922, 18-year-old Dali arrives at university in Madrid. Determined to become a great artist, he soon gets the attention from Residencia de Estudiantes' social elite, poet Lorca and aspiring filmmaker Bunuel. But, their friendship becomes strained as Dali and Lorca get closer to each other. When the two spend the summer at the sea-side village of Cadaques, their friendship becomes something more.

Several speculations have circulated around Dr. Izzie Stevens, one of "Grey's Anatomy" characters, regarding her recently complex situation with her deceased fiance, Denny Duquette. E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos has given some speculations about what truly happens to Izzie, played by Katherine Heigl.

Similar to what has already been speculated previously, Kristin first guesses that Dr. Izzie's character may suffer from a brain tumor. Though "Grey's Anatomy" creator, Shonda Rimes, has made a statement to EW's Michael Ausiello hinting that Izzie's brain tumor is only a rumor, Kristin thinks that Izzie's recently behavior has a strong implication of someone suffering from a brain tumor.

Emmy-Award Winning American cult television series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", may be a step closer to being brought up to the big screen. In its November 27 edition, Herald-Sun Newspaper has suggested that a script for the feature film has been written, as reported by Moviehole.

Quoting the Australian newspaper, Moviehole wrote in its report that Joss Whedon has got a film script for the television series on his hand and is only waiting for the green light. "Rumours are circulating in Hollywood that [Joss] Whedon has a feature-film script based on his hit TV series ready to roll as soon as a studio is prepared to commit," so read the quotation.

Jonas Brothers made a live appearance at "Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day" game in a nationally-televised halftime show on November 27. They played several songs such as "Tonight", "Lovebug", and "Burning Up" at the event.

Beside seeing the Jonas boys, the thanksgiving game also featured Demi Lovato's performance. She sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the gig which is aimed to kick off a match between the Dallas Cowboys against Seattle Seahawks.

Getting into the spirit of the on-going Thanksgiving, Joe Jonas and Miley Cyrus share to the Associated Press their reasons to be thankful during the yearly celebration. As for Joe he mainly credits fans who have supported him and his band Jonas Brothers, whereas Miley thanks her family for being with her through so many things in her life.

"I think we want to be, most of all, thankful for the fans," Joe says on behalf of his brothers Kevin Jonas and Nick Jonas. "This year, they've been always sticking around for us, always been there for us. The fans are the best. They've come to every concert. They've slept outside (of) venues. And we can't thank them enough."

Sportsman David Beckham and singer Katy Perry are among the many stars featured in the new promotional TV advertisement for Adidas. In addition to them both, the 1980s-style hip-hop house party-themed ad also features the likes of Estelle, Missy Elliott, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, band The Ting Tings, and rappers Method Man, Redman and Darryl McDaniels a.k.a. Run DMC.

The ad, aimed to mark Adidas' '60 Years Of Soles and Stripes' anniversary, sees David smiling as he enters the suburban house. Inside, he is taped holding a drink and talking to Boston Celtics basketball player Kevin Garnett. Both males are seen laughing.

Though "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" is literally months away from its theatrical release in 2009, talks of possible sequel have been thrown out by its star Hugh Jackman. Talking to MTV earlier, the co-star of Nicole Kidman in "Australia" shared his idea for the second "Wolverine" movie's plot that he wants to do, hinting that Wolverine may make his way to Japan.

Of it, Jackman said, "The most intriguing thing to me was the Japan story. I love the Japan story." He then added that the idea for the Japan set has been thought of for awhile now stating, "I wanted to do the Japan story from around 'X-Men 2.' Can you just picture Wolverine in Japan with the triads and the samurai? It's just genius."

A music video in support of Jamie Foxx's new single titled "Just Like Me" has been released. Directed by Brett Ratner, the same man who helmed big screen movie "Rush Hour" in 1998, the music video features a cameo appearance from T.I..

"Just Like Me" is produced by duo The-Dream and Tricky Stewart and listed on Jamie's third major studio album "Intuition". Due for U.S. release on December 16, the forthcoming LP lines up T-Pain, Ne-Yo, Lil Wayne, and Fabolous among others as guest stars.