February 02, 2009

Starting on Thursday, February 5, ABC will present a crossover event between "Private Practice" and "Grey's Anatomy" and a sneak peek to the "Private Practice" crossover episode has been outed. Providing a longer preview than the usual sneak peek video, the video focuses on the time Addison learns that her brother, Archer, has suffered seizures due to his cancer.

The episode entitled "Acceptance" revolves around Addison's effort to find cure and cause of Archer's seizure. Willing to do everything, she and Naomi have to even call Derek for help. Meanwhile, Violet tells about the pregnancy to Sheldon and Pete, while Cooper is left to take care of a seven year-old abandoned patient.

Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin shared that he has been banned from the band's recording sessions for their fifth studio album. Speaking in an interview with Absolute Radio, he said the decision is resulted from music producer Brian Eno's advice which suggests the band to enter studio without him.

"He said that he thought the last album was OK but it could have been much better," Chris explained as quoted by Digital Spy. "He said that he still wanted to work with us on the next album but that I was banned from the studio!"

Justin Timberlake turned 28 years old on Sunday, February 1, and coincided with the Super Bowl XLIII game the singer-actor got a Super Bowl-themed surprise birthday party from his actress girlfriend Jessica Biel. The bash was held in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's ultra-exclusive penthouse and was attended by 100 family and close friends of the couple, including their parents and Biel's brothers, Timberlake's cousins and his best friend Trace Ayala.

Biel, as reported by People, got involved in prepping for the party to every last detail. She even paid a visit to the hotel to make sure Justin's birthday bash would be perfect. "The penthouse was transformed with flat-screen televisions brought in especially for the festivities," People reported. Partygoers were treated to gourmet buffalo wings, pizza, mini sliders and red velvet cupcakes.

In a video message, Ariel Moore confirms that she has indeed left Clique Girlz. She refuses to explain the reason behind her decision though. "Of course I would not say why, but it's a very personal reason," so she claims.

Rumor circulating in the media says that Ariel has a fight with the other members Destinee Monroe and Paris Monroe and as a result, she decides to walk out of the band and pursue a solo career. Up to date, there is no statement from both Ariel and the band's camps regarding the rumor.

Despite his earlier assurance to fans that he is putting his best foot forward for his role in "The Last Airbender", Jesse McCartney is no longer attached to the feature film adaptation. Of the matter, Variety reported the pop singer has to bow out from the project due to scheduling conflict with his touring dates.

Explaining McCartney's exit, director/writer/producer M. Night Shyamalan stated, "Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts." The "Leavin'" singer was actually attached to Zuko character, who is the Fire Nation's evil prince.

Winners of the 23rd Annual Goya Awards, Spain's equivalent of the Academy Awards, have been announced on Sunday, February 1 and "Camino" has come up as the big winner. The Javier Fesser's film about a young girl's death, her mother's staunch Catholic beliefs and the Church's effort to canonize the girl collected six awards, including the coveted prize, Best Film.

Apart from the Best Film prize, the movie also brought home kudos for director and writer Javier Fesser as the fimmaker was awarded with Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Additionally, its actresses, Carmen Elias and Nerea Camacho, and actor Jordi Dauder have been hailed Best Actress, Breakthrough Actress and Best Supporting Actor in respective order.

Jonas Brothers have been appointed to appear in NBC's sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live". As confirmed by the show's host Alec Baldwin, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas will sing during the TV show on Valentine's Day, February 14 at 11:30 P.M./10:30 P.M. CST. However, it is still unclear whether they will be playing a sketch at the show or not.

Two days later after their "Saturday Night Live" appearance, the threesome will be premiering a music video supporting their single "BB Good" on Disney Channel's show "Night of Stars". They will debut the video containing scenes from "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" at around 8:20 P.M.

The cast of science fiction-drama series "Heroes", including Zachary Quinto, Masi Oka, Greg Grunberg, and Jack Coleman, have all been featured in NBC's Monday Night Super Bowl Promo that sees them singing to 1960s hit song "Feelin' Alright?" They are joined by the cast of the network's "Chuck" and "Medium," naming some are Patricia Arquette and co-star Jake Weber, both of whom play husband and wife in supernatural drama "Medium."

The 32-second footage has been made public during the Super Bowl XLIII game, which was kicked off on Sunday, February 1. Being shot singing the song in various different scenes, the whole cast of the three TV series are seen at the end of the Superbowl Promo dancing all together to the track.

A sneak peek to episode 5.14 of "Numb3rs" has been released. Less than 30-second long, the video footage gives out that this time the FBI team are faced with one unique crime as it is explained that the bad guys put up a heist only to pass up the diamond and the gold and walk away with a pair of valuable sneakers from the vault of a foreign ambassador.

Aside of teasing the upcoming plot, the preview video also shares a glimpse of Eve, who will be seen as a guest-star on the episode entitled "Sneakerhead". While the snippet doesn't give much of the Grammy-winning musician's role, it does preview her working up her role.

A video footage from the shooting location of The-Dream and Mariah Carey's music video for their duet single "My Love" has arrived. It has Mariah's husband Nick Cannon, who previously helped her filming "I Stay in Love", directing the video.

"My Love" is confirmed to be appearing in The-Dream's forthcoming second studio album "Love vs. Money". Produced by Carlos "LOS Da Maestro" McKinney, the track has got its U.S. radio airplay since January 27.

Getting a brand new car, a black Prius, from her father Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus can't stop talking about her new ride. In between break from a photo shoot, the Disney star takes time talking about her new vehicle, about which she says it is "good for the environment and .. adorable." Besides, "I'm gonna get Hello Kitty floor mats!" she adds.

Prior to getting her new Prius, Miley drove a Porsche, which was a hand-me-down from her mother Leticia "Tish" Cyrus. She got the car as a present for her 16th birthday.

Trophies of the 2009 Evening Standard British Film Awards have been handed out on Sunday, February 1. In a private dinner hosted by Standard editor Veronica Wadley, Steve McQueen's dramatisation of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands' last days, "Hunger", has been hailed as Best Film, beating out "Frost/Nixon" and "Unrelated".

While "Hunger" won the top prize, "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle and actress Kate Winslet were shunned away from the kudo they were up for. Boyle, who was named Best Director by the Directors Guild of America on Saturday, January 31, lost to "The Reader" director Stephen Daldry, and Winslet, who won two Golden Globes earlier this year for her performances in "The Reader" and "Revolutionary Road" has to see the Best Actress title go to "Julia" star, Tilda Swinton.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have completed recording new materials for their second major-label studio effort "Lonely Road". They are scheduled to release the Howard Benson-produced album on February 3 across U.S.

In regard of the new record, lead vocalist Ronnie Winter says the album will bring similar sounds to their previous album "Don't You Fake It". "We're really psyched about these tracks and the new record and hope you are, too," he states. "Just like 'Don't You Fake It', you can be sure 'Lonely Road' will tie together these and a bunch of other sounds in a classic, but new-and-improved RJA-sounding way."

Never acknowledging that they are dating, Camilla Belle and Joe Jonas have been snapped holding hands. The alleged lovers are photographed by local girls strolling State Street in Santa Barbara, Calif. hand-in-hand.

The pic, which was taken over the weekend, shows Camilla and Joe wearing casual outfits. Photographed from behind, the actress is seen totting a big black hand bag.

Debuted on Friday, January 30, 20th Century Fox kidnapping thriller "Taken" has shot up to the top of the North American box office chart. Seizing $24.7 million over the three-day weekend, the Pierre Morel-directed film has won over "Paul Blart: Mall Cop", which has dominated the box office for two weekends in a row.

"Taken" doesn't stop only at stealing "Paul Blart" #1 position since it has also secured itself as the second-biggest Super Bowl opening. The Liam Neeson-starring CIA thriller lands behind "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour", which collected $31.1 million over 2008 Super Bowl weekend.

Getting into the spirit of Valentine's Day, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas share to M magazine their dream dates for the special occasion. They, moreover, also reveal how they come to such ideas for the holiday that celebrates love.

Kevin, the eldest of Jonas Brothers, doesn't mention exactly on what he is going to do this coming Valentine's. Yet, he recalls one of his favorite memories, telling M magazine, "I once surprised a girl with a steak dinner that I prepared. Then, I gave her her favorite chick-flick and we watched it together."

Demi Lovato is seen appearing on-stage, dressing up as a queen bee in a new sneak peek of her comedy TV series "Sonny with a Chance". Wearing bookworm glasses and a black hat, she is captured rapping some verses while her co-stars Allisyn Arm, Doug Brochu and Brandon Smith, all also sporting bee costumes, serve as her backing dancers.

In addition to the newly-revealed preview, opening credit for "Sonny with a Chance" has also been found. Starting with excited Demi receiving a phone call telling her that she wins a chance to shoot a sketch comedy in Los Angeles, it moves on showing her packing up her stuff and flying to Los Angeles. It then ends with her posing alongside other cast; Tiffany Thorton, Sterling Knight, Doug Brochu, Brandon Smith and Allisyn Arm.

Beside debuting first look at "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" as well as giving sneak peek to "Year One" and "Land of the Lost", Super Bowl XLIII ads have teased out fresh footage from other upcoming movies. "Angels & Demons", "Fast and Furious", "Star Trek", "Up" and "Monsters vs. Aliens" were among those having their new promo video shown, in addition to "Race to Witch Mountain" Super Bowl spot found days earlier.

While "Angels & Demons" and "Star Trek" focus on revealing many never-before-seen footage, "Fast and Furious" and "Up" bring forth familiar footage similar to the previously-released trailer though still adding bits of fresh footage. In addition to the Super Bowl spot, "Up" has also let out a new ticklish clip. Entitled "Adventures With Carl and Russell", the clip shows that Russell's demonstration of his animal calls knowledge puts Carl and himself in danger.

Support for Jessica Simpson has just been given by Carmen Electra who calls the actress-singer "gorgeous" despite the many criticism she has received in the past few days concerning her weight gain. Commenting on Jess' curve, Electra told People at the 6th annual Leather & Laces Super Bowl Party on Friday night, January 30 in Tampa, "A lot of women would die to look as good as she looks."

Uttering even further about what she has in mind concerning Jess' controversial figure, Electra thinks the controversy arose simply due to the outfit that the performer wore during her on-stage appearance at the Radio 99.9 Kiss Country's annual Chili Cookoff in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Back on Sunday, January 25. "There's going to be moments where people don't necessarily like your look or what you're wearing, and that's okay," Electra told People "Next week, she'll rock some outfit that will blow everyone away."

The Offspring have come out, bringing a music video for their single "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay". In the Lex Halaby-directed video, singer Dexter Holland is seen strumming his guitar and performing the track in a room full of ripped-off notes stuck on its wall.

"Kristy, Are You Doing Okay" is one of the songs listed in The Offspring's eight major studio album "Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace". Written by Dexter Holland, the single comes from the production hands of Bob Rock, the mastermind behind Metallica's 1991 self-titled studio album.

Super Bowl XLIII has become the place for Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures to reveal first glimpses of their upcoming comedy movies, "Year One" and "Land of the Lost" respectively. While Columbia's "Year One" spot takes more than two minutes to watch, the spot for Universal's "Land of the Lost" runs for about 45 minutes long.

In "Year One" spot, the comedy movie from director/writer Harold Ramis previews the scene where the exiled hunter-gatherers played by Jack Black and Michael Cera try to hunt a cow. Failing to catch one, the two soon realize that the cow they hunt actually belongs to Abel when he and his brother, Cain, come to see them.

14-times Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps has issued a public apology soon after a picture of him smoking marijuana from a cannabis pipe was published in Britain's News of the World on late Saturday, January 31. Acknowledging the authenticity of the pic, he says he is sorry for the conduct and promises fans and public that he would not do that anymore in the future.

The pic is claimed to have been taken on November 6, 2008 while Phelps was visiting his alleged girlfriend Jordan Matthews, who is a student at the University Of South Carolina in Columbia, at a house party. "Michael came to visit Jordan but ended up just getting wasted every night," News of the World's source recounts.

Jennifer Hudson's "Star-Spangled Banner" performance during Super Bowl XLIII has been made available to watch through a just-found video footage. Donning a cropped navy jacket and a white top, she sang the American National Anthem as part of the pre-game festivities.

Another musician rocking the event, taking place on February 1 in Tampa, Florida, was Faith Hill. Prior to Jennifer's performance, the country music singer took the stage, delivering "America the Beautiful" accompanied by a gospel choir.

First video footage of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" has finally arrived. Debuted during the airing of Super Bowl XLIII game on Sunday, February 1, the snippet to each movie provides glimpses of the explosive actions to be expected as well as a look to the characters to be seen.

While the Super Bowl spot of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" doesn't share much of the action adventure plot, it does reveal some of the big and new robots as well as the explosive scenes. The spot also focuses much of its revealed-footage on Shia LaBeouf's character, Sam Witwicky, as he is fighting for his life when attacked by the robots.

Singer and songwriter Lisa Loeb has tied the knot, People reported exclusively. She married her fiance, Roey Hershkovitz, in a Jewish ceremony, taking place at a restaurant in New York City on Saturday night, January 31.

Janet Billig Rich, Lisa's representative, has furthermore confirmed that the bride opted to wear a strapless pink wedding gown by Amsale Blue Label, whereas the groom wore a suit by Paul Smith. There were 275 guests attended the couple's wedding and they were all treated to "a buffet-style dinner of jumbo lump crab cakes and Caesar salad with anchovy beignets prepared by chef Julian Alonzo," People claimed. For the desert, guests were served with a white wedding cake with chocolate mousse, which was made by Pastry chef Martin Howard.

The Pussycat Dolls' music video, which is directed by Thomas Kloss for their single "Bottle Pop", has been premiered. It features the musical act dancing their raunchy moves. Nearing the end, it shows they are joined by several male backing dancers.

Commenting on the newly-released video, the group's member Nicole Scherzinger previously told MTV that the video is "freaky fun." She said, "It's gonna be so much fun. ... It's gonna be a dance video. Obviously, you can tell by our wardrobe, it's going to be very colorful and fun ... freaky fun! You guys are going to be wanting to pop some bottles after this one."