February 10, 2009

A music video in support of The Ting Tings' single "We Walk" has made its debut. It features dark scenes where the band's members Katie White and Jules De Martino walk in a park, with many of their duplicates standing around them.

"We Walk" is included in The Ting Tings' debut major studio album "We Started Nothing". While the album has been released since mid May 2008, the track will not hit the market until February 23 in the U.K.

The next episode of "Sonny with a Chance" has been previewed. Sonny's idea for a sketch is rejected by her cast mates, but she is comforted by Chad and the "MacKenzie Falls" cast, who lavish her with expensive gifts hoping to convince her to join their show. The episode will be aired on Disney, Sunday, February 15.

"Camp Rock" Demi Lovato stars as the titular character, Sonny Munroe, who has a shot of fame when she got accepted in a sketch comedy called "So Random". In the pilot that aired on February 8, Sonny finds out that the cast of her show is in rivalry with the stars of "Mackenzie Falls".

Another take on "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" has been let out. This time, the new snippet brings many fresh footage from the rockumentary, including the time the musical brothers head to their changing room where Joe Jonas takes off his sleeveless shirt and the cameo appearances by Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato.

Aside from the newly-found video, a video interview of the singing sensation with Entertainment Tonight's Kevin Frazier has been posted. In it, Jonas Brothers sit down to discuss about various things related to the film, from the shirtless scenes to the screening with fans. They also talk about their experiences at the 51st Grammy Awards.

The upcoming episode of "Chuck" will be visited by two guest stars, Jenny McCarthy and Andy Ritcher. Preempted from the February 9 episode, "Chuck Versus the Suburbs" will air next Monday, February 16. Clips from the episode have been released along with a behind-the-scene.

Chuck and Sarah's latest assignment forces them to pose as a happily married couple living in the suburbs. They meet some interesting characters including Brad, a cheerful next-door neighbor in the stationary business, and Sylvia, a seductive and attractive woman who lives across the street and has her eye on Chuck.

Assistant Felicia Culotta is no longer working with Jonas Brothers as she has decided to return to Britney Spears' side. "Britney has always held a special place in my heart," she told US Weekly.

Felicia, who previously worked with Britney from 1998-2007, further credited Britney's hard work in the past few months in getting her singing career back on track. "Over the course of the last year I have seen her work harder than she ever has in her entire life," the longtime friend of the Britney's family said.

NFL player Reggie Bush makes no attempt to hide his admiration for girlfriend Kim Kardashian, praising her ability to cook his favorite meals. "She cooked one of my favorite meals, corn bread, macaroni and cheese, candy yams and fried chicken and it was ridiculously good," so he told OK! magazine at the Direct TV Celebrity Beach Bowl recently.

"We were kind of dating and she said, 'I can kind of cook good'", Reggie recalled. "She's the first girl that's ever cooked a meal for me," he added. "That's honestly how she got me - with the food!"

New Line Cinema have thrown out a Los Angeles premiere for "Friday the 13th" on Monday, February 9. Making use of Grauman's Chinese Theater as the place for the special screening, the studio made the event unique with the installment of black carpet instead of the usual red carpet in front of the theater.

With the dark setting, the special screening event was topped with the attendance of producer Michael Bay and some of the film's cast ensemble. The cast spotted strolling down the specially-designed carpet included Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Willa Ford and Ryan Hansen.

During the airing of "The Bachelor" on February 9, Naomi, the flight attendant from Carlsbad, CA, was the one who didn't get a rose from Jason Mesnick. It meant that her journey to win Jason's heart on the ABC's TV series has ended.

After the rose ceremony, Jason took her downstairs, telling her that his decision had nothing to do with her or her family and further explained that they are in different places in their lives. Not believing with what Jason has said to her, Naomi cried during her way to return home.

The full length trailer of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will be made available to be seen in theaters this Friday, February 13. As what has been claimed by director Michael Bay on his announcement for the film's Super Bowl XLIII spot, the promotional video of the "Transformers" sequel will be attached to "Friday the 13th" which will be opening wide on the specific date.

After the Super Bowl spot of "Revenge of the Fallen" was released on February 1, Bay was quick to tease that the upcoming videos for the action adventure movie will give more of the bad-ass robots and the explosive scenes. To Rope of Silicon, he stated, "Just wait until they see the next one, we are going to show so many robots you won't believe how many robots there are!"

Movie heartthrob Robert Pattinson shares a story to U.K. newspaper the Daily Express, recalling that he once took an obsessed female fan of him out for dinner. However, the fan got bored of him and left.

Robert was in Europe filming his soon-to-be-released movie, "Little Ashes," when he had the stalker standing by his apartment "every day for weeks - all day, every day." Feeling "bored and lonely" at one point of time, he then decided to treat the stalker to a dinner date.

"Terminator Salvation" director McG has revealed his interest of signing Radiohead's lead singer Thom Yorke to craft songs for his upcoming action Sci-Fi movie. He broke the news during 2009 New York Comic-Con, which was held from February 6-8.

During the event, McG said to have considered handing over the entire score to Gustavo Santaolalla, whose songs in "Brokeback Mountain" and "Babel" received Academy Awards, and Thom. "We talked about Gustavo getting with Thom Yorke from Radiohead, which I thought would be a very interesting combination," so he stated.

The hunt for the heroes continues in the next week's episode of "Heroes" and cameras are placed every where to follow their moves. While the government goes for the hunt, Nathan's plan faces exposure when the President orders Homeland Security to start an investigation.

Sylar embarks on a road trip to find his father with assistance from Luke, unaware of their pursuit by Nathan's agents. John Glover will play the role of Sylar's father, who is not yet known whether to be a protagonist or another villain. An insider told EW previously, "When Sylar meets his father, he's going to see a path ahead of him that he doesn't want to take. He has a lot more in common with his father than he realized."

Apparently, both Emma Watson and Rupert Grint share similar worries about their upcoming romantic scene for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". After Grint revealed his "worries" of the scene earlier, 18-year-old Watson confessed that she is nervous about the impending kissing scene between Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

"Well I've never had to do it before so I can't say I have any techniques," the winner of Best Leading Young Actress at the 2002 Young Artist Awards told The Telegraph at the 2009 BAFTA Awards ceremony held on Sunday, February 8. "I've never had to kiss anyone on screen so it is all new to me. Of course I am nervous about it."

Catching up with MTV on the red carpet of the 51st annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 8, Nas confirmed that his wife Kelis is pregnant with their first child. "I got another one coming in '09, yeah! That's what's up!" the hip-hop performer said.

Nas further told MTV that he and Kelis will find out the sex of their forthcoming baby next week. Nas, however, didn't reveal Kelis' due date.

On Monday, February 9, a special screening for the upcoming espionage film, "The International", has been held at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City. The premiere event was attended by some of its cast members, including Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Brian F. O'Byrne and Nilaja Sun.

Joining those stars on the red carpet was the thriller's director Tom Tykwer. Seen as well in the red carpet were many television stars, among them were "Gossip Girl" actress Amanda Setton, "Fringe" actress Jasika Nicole, "30 Rock" actress Katrina Bowden and "Law & Order" actress S. Epatha Merkerson. Beside the TV stars, R.E.M.'s lead vocalist Michael Stipe has also been spotted on the evening.

Following his alleged felony battery, Chris Brown has canceled his scheduled appearance at this year's NBA All-Star to be held in Phoenix. "Chris Brown has withdrawn from NBA All-Star events," a spokesperson for the event confirmed.

Chris Brown was originally planned to introduce the All-Star basketball players on Sunday, February 15 along with Phoenix Suns star Shaquille O'Neal and "America's Best Dance Crew" winner Jabbawockeez. Prior to his appearance at the event, which will feature Jordin Sparks' National Anthem performance, he was also supposed to play in the annual All-Star Celebrity Game on February 13.

In the next "Wizards of Waverly Place", a hand is created to help the elderly to earn an official spell certificate, literally. Justin invents "helping hand" that proves to be handful when Alex wears the device out by having it do her chores before Justin can present it to the spell superintendent.

Meanwhile, Max becomes Gigi's personal assistant and is forced to get her a new boyfriend after she breaks up with her old one, Brett, at the beginning of the episode. Titled "Helping Hand", the episode will air February 16 during Disney Channels' "Night of Stars". The show kicks it off at 7/6c right before an episode of "Hannah Montana".

Rihanna is reported to have canceled her planned 21st birthday bash, which was initially slated to be held on February 20 in New York City. The cancellation is made in the wake of Internet reports claiming she is the alleged victim in Chris Brown's felony battery case.

E! Online's Marc Malkin says the Barbadian singer's music label had been putting together ideas for the birthday party for about a month. The festivity was planned to have a carnival theme with various "sideshow" attractions, a source claimed. There were about 200 people to be invited.

Rumor has it, Janet Jackson has negotiated with Live Nation about the possibility of her releasing new record under the company. If the agreement is reached, she will reportedly drop the album, which is yet to be titled, in spring this year.

Janet is also believed to continue her tour "Rock Witchu", which may be renamed to support her upcoming effort, this year. Rehearsals for the tour will be started in June and Amsterdam will be the first stop for the roadshow.

Putting to rest the many negative headlines surrounding her "goofy" pic, Miley Cyrus has offered another apology as requested by Asian-American group OCA late last week. In a post on MileyWorld on Monday, February 8, the actress-singer wrote, "I really wanted to stress how sorry I am if the photo of me with my friends offended anyone."

"I have learned a valuable lesson from this and know that sometimes my actions can be unintentionally hurtful," she continued. "I know everything is a part of GOD's ultimate plan, and mistakes happen so that eventually I will become the woman he aspires me to be," she added. "I want to thank all of my fans for their support not only this week, but always!"

FOX have released the first look at what to expect from The Osbournes' upcoming reality series, "Osbournes: Reloaded". In a nearly three-minute video preview, the new show starred by Ozzy Osbourne's outrageous family has been described as a new kind of comedy show like no one has ever seen before.

The preview promises that in "Osbournes: Reloaded", Ozzy, his wife Sharon Osbourne and kids, Kelly Osbourne and Jack Osbourne, will go undercover, play with the audience and have musical performance on the stage among other things. The family will also travel across the U.S. to meet the other Osbournes.

Madonna and her alleged boyfriend Jesus Luz strike some provocative poses for a 46-page pictorial to be featured in the March issue of W Magazine, which will go on sale soon. The photos are taken by famed photographer Steven Klein.

In most of the pictures, Madonna, 50, and Luz, reportedly 22, are photographed cavorting in a Rio de Janeiro hotel room and around a pool. "Blame it on Rio," W Magazine writes about the twosome's raunchy pics. "Amid sultry settings and irresistible distractions, Madonna falls under the spell of Rio de Janeiro."

In anticipation to the nearing theatrical release of "Fired Up", Screen Gems have released a ten-minute clip of Will Gluck's teenage comedy movie. The extended sneak peek into the movie starring Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer and AnnaLynne McCord has been provided as a preview firstly via MySpace.

"Fired Up" tells the story of two high school football stars, Shawn Colfax and Nick Brady. While Shawn and Nick are the stars of the Gerald R. Ford High School football team, they dread the prospect of spending another summer with male teammates at football camp, and thus join their school's cheerleaders at cheer camp to be surrounded by beautiful girls.

The new promo of "Hannah Montana" that returns to the Disney Channel screen on February 16 is available. The episode is titled "You Gotta Lose This Job" and it presents Oscar nominee Rob Reiner guest starring as a director of a movie where Miley and auditions.

Oliver is upset when he doesn't make the band he's auditioned for, and to make matters worse, Hannah lands a role in an upcoming movie, causing Oliver to feel even more insecure. To show Oliver what an understanding friend she is, Miley decides to blow the next audition with the director, Rob Reiner, by acting like a total diva, but her plan backfires when Rob is impressed by Hannah's acting skills.

In an announcement on her official website, management team from Jennifer Hudson has confirmed that the singer will be touring across America with singer/songwriter Robin Thicke. She will be joined by him for a five-week co-headlining tour, which is scheduled to be kicked off on April 2.

Concert stops include Baltimore, New York City, Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Dallas and Los Angeles among other major cities. For more complete tour dates, fans are suggested to log on to her official website later this week.

Michelle Branch's brand new song "This Way" has made its way out. Said to be the first single off her upcoming fourth major studio album "Everything Comes and Goes", the track has also been available for free download on her official website.

A sneak peek into Michelle's music video in support of her new track "This Way" has previously been unveiled. Previewing a black-and-white scene, it shows her walking along the street, singing the song with chunks of its lyrics written on the screen.

Nick Lachey is adding more resume to his acting career by making a guest starring appearance as himself in TV series "One Tree Hill", E! Online has exclusively confirmed. Citing some insiders, the site gives details on Nick's role, who is described as a singer, former reality star and former boy bander who is dating Vanessa Minnillo.

"In the storyline, a record label wants to buy one of Haley's (Bethany Joy Galeotti) songs that she wrote for Nick's new album, but she is hesitant to sell any of her music, so he will appear," according to E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos. Nick's guest appearance on The CW's drama series will be featured in one episode later this season.

There is a chance that "Hannah Montana: The Movie" will be screened in the White House before opening wide in the theaters. The movie's star, Miley Cyrus, reportedly broke out that she has been invited to the White House to screen the movie version of the Disney Channel's popular original series, "Hannah Montana".

About the invitation, 16-year-old Cyrus gushed that it was made by the first daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama, themselves. She, in addition, revealed that the Obama girls asked her when she was doing the Kids' Inaugural Concert back on January 19. "They said they want me to come and show them my new movie," she said. "I would love it. I'm stoked!"

"Dollhouse" will soon invade the Fridays time slot of FOX primetime schedule and the network have been releasing the promotional clips to the show. Basically the four released clips show how things work in the secret organization called Dollhouse where memories are erased from an agent in order to fill him or her with new personas.

The first clip shows the main character Echo (Eliza Dushku) arranging a deal with Adelle DeWitt and talking mainly on the philosophy of "actions have consequences". Second clip, which is similar to the one released in December last year, shows Echo's memory being erased by the company's tech Topher.

Updating earlier Internet reports claiming Usher's wife Tameka Foster has experienced complications from plastic surgery which she had in Brazil, a representative for the singer said Monday, February 9, "Tameka Raymond is in stable condition after suffering complications from routine surgery." The representative went on stating, "Her husband Usher is with her at the hospital."

"No further details will be released, and the family requests privacy at this difficult time," the representative added. Meanwhile, a hospital spokeswoman has confirmed that Tameka was being treated at the posh Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo. The spokeswoman, nevertheless, did not give her name due to hospital rules.

A "Veronica Mars" update has been thrown in by series creator Rob Thomas. Having rejected the rumored plot that Kristen Bell's Veronica Mars may end up at the F.B.I. earlier, the 43-year-old told Entertainment Weekly that he is prepping to pitch the feature film project to Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver.

"I'm preparing the pitch now - literally now," Thomas revealed his plan on Monday, February 9. "I hope to go in and talk to [executive producer] Joel Silver and [Warner Bros.] in the next week or two to see if they're interested."

A music video in accompaniment of Will Young's title track of debut studio album "Let It Go" has been brought forward. It is filmed in black-and-white scene and mostly captures the loneliness a superhero suffers from.

The video shows the singer, who dresses in a superhero costume, arrested by two police officers. It continues showing Will wandering in town all by himself and dancing with a mannequin he stole from a store as if emphasizing that he indeed has no friend.

Professional golfer Tiger Woods is a father for one more time as he has confirmed the birth of his second child, a baby boy. In a post on his official site on Monday, February 9, he wrote, the newborn baby, named Charlie Axel Woods, was born on Sunday, February 8, adding that he and wife Elin Nordegren "are thrilled" with the new addition to their clan.

Woods and Nordegren have been married since October 2004 and they have another child, a daughter named Sam Alexis Woods. The girl was born in June 2007. "Sam is very excited to be a big sister and we feel truly blessed to have such a wonderful family," Woods gushed.

Sci Fi Wire has got its hands on three new preview images of "Mutant Chronicles". One of the pictures brings forth a closer look to Ron Perlman's character named Brother Samuel. The two others, on the other hand, display some of the scenes to be seen in the film.

"Mutant Chronicles" is set in the year 2707 when Earth is no longer recognizable. A war is raging between four giant corporations who control the planet, but when an errant shell destroys an ancient stone seal, mankind find themselves facing hideous necromutants with boneblades that grow from their arms. The mutants multiply by millions and they destroy all before them.

Hot on the heels of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, Green Day have revealed the working title of their new album when announcing Album of the Year at Los Angeles' STAPLES Center. During the February-8 ceremony, they proclaimed the follow up to their 2004 studio album "American Idiot" will be called "21st Century Breakdown".

Lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, backing vocalist/bassist Mike Dirnt and backing vocalist/dummer Tre Cool also reached out to their official website, promising further that the new record will be dropped sometime in May. "It's about reflecting what's been happening the past three years and putting it to melody with some bold statements," Billie meanwhile told USA Today on what fans can expect from their upcoming LP.

Several more details have been revealed in relation to the investigation that the LAPD has conducted against Chris Brown for alleged domestic violence felony battery. Amidst speculation on the identity of the female victim, Internet reports claimed Rihanna as the questioned victim. The "Umbrella" singer was said to have been hit and bitten by Chris. It was reported further that the songbird suffered "a bloody lip and nose" and might have bite wounds on one of her legs and arms.

Radar Online, in the meantime, claimed that a source inside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Rihanna was reportedly taken following the incident, said the singer became emotional when two female "assistants" went to visit her at the facility. "Rihanna was clearly very upset by what had happened and I could hear her screaming," the source said. "Rihanna was trying to get her point across about something, she sounded like she was crying as she tried to get ... her point across."