January 02, 2009

In the past two days, AceShowbiz has gathered the TV shows that will take over the small screen this January, either with their new season or with their debut. In this third and last part, we highlight those that have kicked off the season during the Fall or further back and are back to continue the story.

Some of the shows have been shuffled in the schedule and take a different time slot. Since there's quite a gap between the fall and the midseason, below we help you to recall to what happen to the latest episode and give scoops on what will be in the new one.

Hugh Jackman won't be playing Roman general Mark Antony in "Cleo". According to Variety, the Tony Award-winning actor has removed himself from discussions to star alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones in the musical movie. Though it is still unclear what really is the reason behind him bowing out from the talks, words coming out from the insiders pointed on scheduling conflicts.

On other casting news related to the 40-year-old, the Daily Telegraph reported that Jackman will be lending his voice to the Warner Bros.' animated feature film, "Guardians of Ga'Hoole". If he is indeed cast, he will most likely work with Hugo Weaving and Ryan Kwanten under the direction of director Zack Snyder.

"Twilight" hunk Robert Pattinson admitted that he has never been in love with anyone special. "I've never really fallen in love, but I try to be as romantic as possible," he said during an interview.

Furthermore, Robert confessed he used to have difficulty in approaching a girl. "About a year ago, I'd talk to girls and no one would be interested," the star, who claimed fame through the vampire drama movie, shared.

A music video to promote Corbin Bleu's new song "Celebrate You" has been debuted. It has been premiered during "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2009", where Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift performed live.

The music video shows the "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" star singing the up-beat track with blinking lights and fireworks illuminating the set. It also captures him attending a mask party and flirting with a girl.

A preview to Disney's new comedy series, "J.O.N.A.S!", has been brought to attention. Debuted during the airing of the network's special program entitled "Totally New Year", the video footage teases what to be expected from the series which will be centering its stories on musical trio, the Jonas Brothers.

In the less-than-a-minute video, it can be seen that Joe Jonas hastily wears baseball safety equipment as a hordes of screaming fans are rushing towards him and his brothers, Kevin Jonas and Nick Jonas. Another scene displays Kevin sliding down the fireman pole only to find himself dressed in pajamas.

While other celebrities might be spending their New Year's Eve with all night long party, Britney Spears attended her brother Bryan Spears' private wedding bash. Along with the whole Spears clan, she watched him tying the knot with girlfriend Graciella Sanchez.

A source commented to People about the wedding, "It was beautiful. It was only close family, very small and intimate." A friend to the family also told the publication, "The family was totally excited. Graciella's wonderful. Everybody was happy about it."

Entertainment Weekly has come out with two exclusive and new "Terminator Salvation" photos in its "First Look At 2009" issue. One of the images serves to be a promo shot of Christian Bale as the grown-up John Connor, while the other one shows Bale sneaking up behind a terminator which could be an ''old school'' T-600.

Aside from releasing the two images, EW also noted that the producers have already signed on for two more Terminator installments. The publication also gave out a bit of director McG's remark about Bale, quoting, ''It was important for me to get the most credible actor of his generation to come and add gravitas to what we were trying to achieve. I wanted to respect the audience, and be very mindful of the mythology. We take this very seriously.'' EW's "First Look At 2009" will be on the newsstands January 2.

"30 Rock" continues with its star-studded guest star appearances in the third season with the latest one being Salma Hayek. The Latina makes a cameo in the episode 3.07 titled "Senor Macho Solo", as a nurse of Jack's mother who turns to be his love interest.

Also in the January 8 episode, Jack will be kept busy by Tracy who wants to arrange a post-nup with his wife Angie after learning about the recession. Jack also helps Jenna in nailing an audition for the title role in a Janis Joplin biopic. Meanwhile, Liz is continuing her craze over babies by dating a new guy who can potentially give her one.

While Queen Latifah enjoyed a private barbecue brunch, $10,000 jewelry, kept on her villa in the Caribbean island of Tobago, was stolen. After finding that the jewelry, some of which belongs to her companion, was gone, she called police at the area to investigate the case.

Since there was no indication of any forced entry, police officials believe that it was "an inside job." Police Commissioner James Philbert told Newsday, "Several searches are being carried out and the police are trying to have the jewelry returned to Queen Latifah. Investigators said the larceny seems to be an inside job and efforts are being made round the clock to make a breakthrough."

Matt Dillon has spent several hours of his New Year's Eve on police custody. Having been caught red handed driving at 106 miles per hour in a 65 miles per hour zone, the Academy Award-nominated actor for his performance in "Crash" has been arrested and charged with driving at an excessive speed on Tuesday, December 30.

E! Online reported that state troopers claimed the police stopped the 44-year-old at about 10 P.M. on Interstate 91 in the town of Newbury, Vermount. According to Vermont State Police Sgt. Tara Thomas, he was traveling north in a rented 2009 Chevrolet Impala. While in custody, he was fingerprinted and photographed by police.

Pregnancy rumors that have been circulating around Mariah Carey could be put to rest. The 38-year-old singer was spotted sipping wine while taking some time off with her husband, Nick Cannon at Nikki Beach Resort in St. Barts' on Tuesday, December 30.

Reportedly sporting a slim figure in a bikini at the particular beach, she and Nick were also seen enjoying oysters. Nonetheless, it is reported that both Carey and Cannon are planning to have a family as Carey told press earlier, "I couldn't imagine anybody that I've ever met being a better dad [than Cannon]."

Miley Cyrus' live performances at Beckham High School have been available to watch through a newly-outed video footage. During the event, she performed two songs from her second studio album "Breakout"; "Fly on the Wall" and "7 Things". She also delivered "See You Again", the track from her compilation LP "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus".

Beside Miley, Metro Station also rocked out MTV's Beckham High-hosted show. The band, where her half-brother, Trace Cyrus, plays as a guitarist and vocalists, sang "Shake It", the third single off their self-titled debut album.

"One Tree Hill" has given another sneak peek to its January 5 episode called "Things a Mama Don't Know". This time Julian makes a phone call to Lucas to fix things up because the movie is in jeopardy. While he's still in L.A., Lucas discovers that Julian has been keeping another secret regarding the movie.

The movie is not the only problem for Lucas. He will receive a startling news from Peyton too. Rumor has it, Peyton is pregnant but there will be complications. The CW had also given out the one on Nathan and Haley giving a good news to Jamie earlier this week. Nathan gets a green light in his professional career but must struggle in the environment that ends with a face off between him and Nino.

Warner Bros. have brought to attention several fresh hi-res pictures of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Like the ones outed before, these photos came from French magazine Cinelive. They show the scenes where Professor Dumbledore and Harry stand by the sea against the splashing waves, Ron is hailed by the Gryffindor students as their King after a Quidditch game and Professor Slughorn speaks to young Tom Riddle.

"Half-Blood Prince" will follow Potter in his sixth year at Hogwarts during which the ever growing threat to the wizarding world by the evil dark wizard, Lord Voldemort grows even stronger by day. Being the only one who has survived his attack years before, Harry accompanied by his two loyal friends, Ron and Hermione has to prepare for his ultimate battle while the walls that used to keep him and his friends away from danger may not be a safe haven anymore.

Kelly Clarkson has released a cover art for her upcoming brand new song entitled "My Life Would Suck Without You". She is pictured wearing red dress and holding a red heart-shaped lollipop in her left hand.

Kelly Clarkson plans to release "My Life Would Suck Without You" on January 19. After dropping the Max Martin and Dr. Luke-penned track, she will follow up her 2007 record "My December" with fourth major studio effort.

Disney Channel had their stars coming out to celebrate the New Year's Eve with "Totally New Year". Cast of "Wizards of Waverly Place", Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin, and Jennifer Stone, served as the host of the show that aired starting 5 P.M. ET.

Beside entertaining viewers while counting down to the year 2009, "Totally New Year" presented an awards show which winners were selected through an online poll at Disney.com. Among the categories given out are Totally Best Guest, Totally Silly Siblings, Totally Hair-Raising and Totally Random Relatives.

A brand new international trailer of "Confessions of a Shopaholic" has been put forth by Touchstone Pictures. Focusing more on Rebecca Bloomwood's effort to turn her life around, the video footage first begins with Bloomwood explaining about her fascination of stores which leads her straight into major debts.

Having to pull herself out of the financial mess, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by her favorite fashion magazine. But as her dreams are finally coming true, her past lurks in every corner forcing her to resort on extreme efforts to keep her past from ruining her future.

A video footage showing Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift's live appearance on New Year's Eve has arrived. The teenage singers took the stage at Time Square for ABC's event dubbed "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2009".

In the show, the Jonas boys sang "Burnin' Up" and "Tonight", both singles are taken from their third studio album "A Little Bit Longer". Meanwhile, Taylor took the stage performing four new tracks from her sophomore set "Fearless"; "Picture to Burn", "Love Story", "Forever and Always" and "Change".

Summer will be the time for "Inglourious Basterds". In a recent announcement, The Weinstein Company (TWC) have unveiled that the Quentin Tarantino's newest movie starring Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz will be debuted in theaters across the U.S. on August 21, 2009.

The late August opening date puts this World War II drama up against New Line Cinema's horror thriller "Final Destination: Death Trip 3D" and Paramount Vantage's comedy "The Goods: The Don Ready Story". In the meantime, Universal Pictures, which co-finance the movie alongside TWC, are expected to unravel the overseas release dates soon.