February 18, 2009

R&B singer/songwriter Christina Milian has inked a joint deal with The-Dream's recording company Radio Killa Records. "We just signed an acquisition deal with Christina Milian on Radio Killa Records, so I'm trying to put my heart into it and make sure I deliver her the same records I gave everybody else," The-Dream tells Rap-Up.

Christina then confirms to the publication that "the forces have been brought together" and the album is "actually a Radio Killa/Interscope/MySpace combination." She adds, "I'm working currently with Dream and also with Tricky [Stewart], making fire, heat right now!"

Paris Hilton has been spotted sporting red string Kabbalah bracelet at the front row during William Rast's fashion show, which was part of New York Fashion Week recently, only to fuel rumors of her converting to the faith, made famous among Hollywood celebs by the likes of Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. It has been reported that according to Kabbalah texts, the trademarked bracelet can protect wearers from negative forces and the "evil eye."

Paris herself has not yet verified whether the report is true. She attended the fashion show with the companion of younger sister Nicky Hilton.

Having been confirmed to have made a deal with New Line Cinema for "Sex and the City 2", Sarah Jessica Parker opens up about how she thinks the sequel of "Sex and the City" will be like. To Billy Bush of "The Billy Bush Show", the 43-year-old uncovered, "I think we want this one to be a romp."

"The last one, we got to tell a really mature sophisticated story that had real heartbreak in it and this time, I think we want a romp," Parker added further. "We want our audience to have a massive romp." The actress who plays Carrie Bradshaw in both the "SATC" TV series and the feature film version also revealed that she and executive producer Michael Patrick King are working to figure out how to bring the "romp" amidst the current economic situation.

A new character will be added to Tara's alter ego in "United States of Tara". The character who suffers multiple personality disorder will not only have three but four different personas which reportedly will be teased in the end of next episode. Writer Diablo Cody said, "There may be other alters."

Outside her true self, Tara who is played by Toni Collette, has possessed three personalities which are suburb housewife named Alice, beer-gulping male named Buck and a wild and pot-smoking teenager named T. The additional personality is not yet revealed though whether it will be a female or male.

Korean pop singer BoA is ready to invade America with her self-titled first English studio album, which is planned to be dropped on March 17 in U.S., Korea and Japan. In getting the record done, she works with U.S. and Asian hit-makers to bring a unique blend of chart topping hits to the table.

After the album's first single "Eat You Up", which was produced by Henrik Jonback, hit the market in October 2008, BoA is gearing up to launch her brand new single "I Did It For Love", which features Sean Garrett. She has also filmed a music video for the track in Los Angeles with Joseph Kahn serving behind the lens.

Following earlier reports of Cameron Diaz and Paul Sculfor's wedding plans, new details have been uncovered on their impending nuptials as report emerges by the hour that they have been scouting round for wedding venue. The celebrity lovers reportedly have been visiting Babington House in Somerset, south west England, and are also considering Gosfield Hall or Leez Priory in Essex, Clearwell Castle near Bristol and Chatsworth House in Derbyshire as possible wedding venues. "The couple is looking at big country estates with chapels within the grounds," a source claims.

Cameron and Paul, moreover, "plan to hire out an entire hotel for their family and friends, and throw a massive party. They want to get married in the U.K." the source goes on revealing. "Cameron wants a big white wedding with the full works. She's even in talks with Karl Lagerfield to design a Chanel couture wedding dress for her."

Madonna may not be seen in "New Moon" after all. Citing on a source close to the production, Entertainment Weekly reported contrary to the circulating rumors suggesting that Madonna will make an appearance in the"Twilight" sequel, Summit Entertainment have no plans in bringing the "Evita" star into the project.

Though slamming the casting rumor, the trade hinted on the possibility of her making a contribution to the sequel's soundtrack. "However, because Madonna's manager, Guy Oseary, is a producer on the project, there is some talk of her providing songs for the sequel," EW's report read. Still, it should be noted that no deals have been set in stone so far on the matter.

Counting down to the theatrical release of "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li", four new clips from the live-action adaptation have been unveiled. With the running time varying from 46 seconds to one minute, the clips expose both the action sequences as well as bits of the storyline.

The "Daddy's Little Girl" and "Vega" clips feature Kristin Kreuk's Chun-Li getting involved in two different fighting scenes. In "Daddy's Little Girl", Chun-Li battles Josie Ho's Cantana in a bathroom to get information about the White Rose, whereas in "Vega", she fights Taboo's Vega in a dark street, kicking off his mask and locking him down with her feet.

Gibbs and the team will be assisted by a local sheriff in their new case. Next week on "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service", the death of a NCIS agent leads Gibbs and Tony into the desert to locate a woman who holds the answer to the mystery.

Lance Henricksen from "Millennium" guest stars as Sheriff Clay Boyd while Mira Furlan ("Lost", "Babylon 5") does the favor of filling the role of Dina Risi. Called "South by Southwest", the episode airs February 24 and features the song "Tomorrow Still Comes" by Will Dailey from the upcoming NCIS Soundtrack.

Kanye West's music video promoting single entitled 'Welcome to Heartbreak" from his fourth studio album "808's & Heartbreak" has been debuted. Guest starring Kid Cudi, it shows a bright-colored screen with the two rappers transparently appearing and rapping their lines.

"This is the video we've been working on for the last month," Kanye comments on the music video. "We know there is another video out there using the same technique so we were forced to drop it now."

Hip-hop artist Nas spills more details about his upcoming baby, confirming in a new blog entry to GlobalGrind.com that the baby his wife Kelis is carrying is a boy. No other information, including Kelis' due date, has been shared though.

"I'm sure that y'all heard K is expecting ... The internet seems to be more excited than I am," Nas begins his blog entry. "It's crazy! I got too much to think about, and I didn't wanna leave all my fans out [of] the loop. But I wanted to let ya'll know from me personally that I'm having my first SON!!!!!"

Shanon from the Pink team is voted out of "The Biggest Loser" Couples edition season two. She is the contestant who fights alongside her mother Helen. Their combined lost weight was the lowest in the round, amounting to only 9lbs or 1.99% which is 0.30% lower than team Purple, Kristin and Caty.

Initially all the other teams want Helen to go home but after a lengthy discussion, Shanon said that she wanted her mother to stay. The other grant their wish and sent home Shannon who has lost 45 pounds during the competition. Since leaving the show, she has shed a few more pounds and now weighs 198lbs.

Rumor has it, Beyonce Knowles will perform at the gala ceremony of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. She will team up with "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" star Hugh Jackman, who has been confirmed to make a hosting job at the upcoming event, according to E! Online.

Furthermore, Knowles and Jackman reportedly will be joined by Vanessa Hudgens and her boyfriend Zac Efron, who was previously rumored to present an award at the star-studded show. "Mamma Mia!" stars Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper will also likely make a contribution with scheduling conflicts still in discussion.

A revisionist take on the Robin Hood tale, "Nottingham", has been scraped and is projected toward "Robin Hood". Director Ridley Scott fessed up about the matter to MTV News, saying "I am in a constant stage of development. I am liable to do 'Gucci.' I am liable to do a thing called 'Child 44,' and I am doing 'Robin Hood' next... Oh yes, I think we are just going to call it 'Robin Hood'."

Describing his Robin Hood as "a bowman in the army of Richard Coeur de Lion", Scott then clarified on Russell Crowe's double role in "Nottingham". "[Crowe as both Robin and the Sheriff of Nottingham] was an idea so far back, way back when at the time I had this proposed to me, and I read it and thought, 'I don't really know what it does for it, but it's alright'," he stated. "It is better to simply have the evolution of a character called Robin Hood, who will come out of a point in the Crusades which is the end."

Hot on the heels of Chris Brown's alleged attack on girlfriend Rihanna, new record has just been outed by The Smoking Gun, exposing the violent past of actor Terrence Howard who was arrested by Pennsylvania cops back in September 2001 for assaulting his estranged wife, Lori McCommas. In addition to details of the assault, the site also makes public some pictures taken from the crime scene and the star's mug shot.

Citing police and court records, The Smoking Gun reports the assault happened at Lori's house after she and Howard had been separated for more than two years. The estranged husband-and-wife reportedly were engaged in phone conversation when Howard got mad after a contentious talk. He then threatened her saying, "Don't disrespect me by hanging up on me or I'll come over and hurt you."

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alumna Charisma Carpenter is heading for a guest starring role in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", TV Guide reports exclusively. She will play a character named Mink who is a skydiver.

Her episode will air later this season, titled "Descent of a Man". TV Guide quotes sources as saying that the actress' contribution to the show was "fun and memorable". No other details are released.

The third and final 60-second TV spot for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has arrived courtesy of Yahoo! Movies. Timed at around 1:01, the spot was premiered during "American Idol" and features some of the mutants to be seen in the "X-Men" spin-off, including Ryan Reynolds's Deadpool, Taylor Kitsch's Gambit, Tim Pocock's young Cyclops, Daniel Henney's Agent Zero and others.

Compared to the other two spots, "Outcasts" and "Brothers", this one is full of action and explosive scenes. While some of the footage has been exposed in the trailer, many of the snippets compiled give out never-before-seen footage of the action sequences some of the mutants will be delivering. This spot also reveals Wolverine's encounter with William Stryker, who is portrayed by Danny Huston.

What fans can expect from Britney Spears' music video for controversial single "If U Seek Amy" has been revealed through a behind-the-scenes video footage. It features the singer's backing dancers; Willie, Jay and Luke showing the choreography to be seen in the video.

"This video was shot in the bedroom where one of the super hot scenes from the music video was filmed," the statement in her official website read. "You'll have to wait for the video to premiere to see the whole routine, but this should whet your appetite for now."

Solange Knowles reaches out to social networking site Twitter to address the wardrobe malfunction she experienced at the Toni Maticevski Fall 2009 show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at New York City's Altman Building on Monday night, February 16. At that time she was photographed arriving at the event wearing a sheer black top. Unfortunately, her dress fell a little too far down, exposing her left nipple for all to see.

The picture of the accidental nip slip moment has made its round all over the web. And lamenting the incident, the 22-year-old singer writes, "I always wear undies, never been carried out of the club drunk, I won't even pose for King (men's magazine) or any 'eye candy' type shoots and now look... My s**t on display for all the world to see..."

How exactly Edie Britt will be out of frame from "Desperate Housewives" is finally revealed. Warning, spoiler ahead. The character played by Nicolette Sheridan will leave the show by being killed off, suffering from the jolt from a power line.

National Enquirer is the first to report this and no confirmation from the studio is given yet. Edie is said to experience a 'final destination'-kind of syndrome, surviving a car crash only to die from a live wire moments later. The episode will be aired in April.

Another look inside "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian" has been provided by the comedy film's new international teaser trailer. Though many of the footage shown are similar to the ones exposed in the domestic trailer, this less than two minutes video still manages to reel in fresh footage, especially when introducing both new and returning historical figures seen in the movie.

In "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian", Ben Stiller returns as the bumbling night security guard Larry Daley. When the Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the Smithsonian Institution, the house of more than 136 million items in its collections, and Stiller is in for more trouble.

Warner Bros. Pictures have released a series of sneak peeks into their forthcoming action film, "Watchmen", via four clips and a featurette. The four clips are each outed by IGN, MSN, IESB and MySpace, while the featurette comes in courtesy of Access Hollywood.

The IGN clip is entitled "Rooftop Rescue" and shows the scene where Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II aboard the Nite Owl's airship to rescue people trapped in burning building. Meanwhile, the MSN clip, "Warning You First", displays the footage in which Daniel Dreiberg warns Adrian Veidt of Rorschach's action.

Featured on the cover of Allure magazine's March 2009 issue, Julia Roberts makes no attempt to hide her admiration for the new U.S. president Barack Obama and his family, frankly admitting to the publication that she would like to have a dinner date with the power couple and their daughters. Furthermore telling the publication that the Obamas would be at the very top of her invite list when she plans her dream dinner party, Julia gushes that Malia and Sasha Obama "can play with" her kids.

Beside the Obamas, Julia would love to also invite her celebrity friends, including Oprah Winfrey, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Diane Sawyer and her husband Mike Nichols. She, moreover, even promises to cook "a big chicken tagine with figs and apricots" herself for all the guests.

The first live "American Idol" in season eight has begun and this would be the first live appearance of Kara DioGuardi, who is added as the fourth judge starting this season. Twelve out of 36 contestants who got through take the stage to perform before the judges. The theme is rather broad: any songs that have entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart, no marginal year.

Before the show begins, Paula Abdul gives an advice to the singers who line up on the stairs. She says, "You know what? This is all your dream, right? You gotta hit that center stage and make magic happen in a minute twenty seconds, and if you don't? Look to the right, look to the left, whoever is better, you're gonna go home! It's a tough, tough, kind of a season this year."

T.I. has premiered a music video in support of his single "Dead and Gone", which is taken from his sixth studio album "Paper Trail". In the Chris Robinson-directed video, he is accompanied by fellow R&B singer Justin Timberlake, who also lends his vocals in the song.

Shot as a tribute to T.I.'s assistant named Philant Johnson, who was killed in 2006, the video features the rapper driving along a desert and Justin sitting behind a piano in the middle of a crossroad. Intercepted with a scene showing an innocent kid being involved in a fight and sadly ending up in a wheelchair, it ends with a capture of Johnson's grave.

Dropping by CBS' "The Early Show" on Tuesday, February 17 to promote their upcoming movie "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience", Jonas Brothers addressed some issues, one of which was the purity rings they are wearing. About the bands that represent their virginity, Nick Jonas explained, "It's about doing your best every day. It is tough sometimes, but you do your best."

Asked by host Julie Chen about who was the most likely to be starstruck, Joe Jonas said the three of them. "When we saw Paul McCartney, we were pretty starstruck," so he gushed. "We didn't know what to do."

In addition to "Twilight" hunk Robert Pattinson, the 81st Annual Academy Awards will have one more heartthrob in its list of presenters as Zac Efron is reported to be making an appearance at the Hollywood's biggest movie event. Coming up first with the report was E! News Marc Malkin.

The Vanessa Hudgens' co-star and real life boyfriend in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" is said to be appointed to present the golden man statuette to the winner of Best Original Song during the telecast. While it is claimed that Efron and Pattinson won't share the stage together, it is still unclear whether Efron will give away the kudo by himself or joined by another presenter.

Black Eyed Peas' forthcoming fifth studio album "The E.N.D (The Energy Never Dies)" has finally got a release date. Carrying "a lot of dance stuff, real melodic, electronic, soulful" music, the new effort will make its way out in U.S. on June 9 via Interscope Records.

For the album's first single, the band plan to release a song called "Boom Boom Pow" sometime soon. After the track makes its debut, they will embark on a tour across the globe with complete tour dates expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Rihanna has not yet come out of her hiding place nor did she comment on her alleged altercation with Chris Brown which occurred last weekend, but a longtime friend of her has blabbed to the Chicago Sun-Times that the songstress was "appalled" by the public apology Chris has issued. Rihanna, as said by the source, expected Chris to give details about their blow-up instead of simply saying he was "sorry and saddened" over what has happened.

"All of us, including Rihanna, don't understand how he can say he's sorry on the one hand, but still ... does not admit any guilt," so the Barbados-based friend said. "He should have expressed more contrition."

In a fresh and interesting scoop for "New Moon", it has been reported that Madonna is linked to the "Twilight" sequel. E! News has broken out that the Material Girl is most likely to be involved in the vampire drama saga by either showcasing her acting skills or singing for the soundtrack, stressing further that she is most likely to do both.

Further reports noted that the songstress, who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, has made her move as she is reportedly in talks with the producers to get into the project. While it is unclear what character the 50-year-old is aiming for, her manager Guy Oseary who serves as "New Moon" executive producer allegedly is keen to get her on board.

A music video promoting Taylor Hicks' new song "What's Right Is Right" has been released. Filmed in Chicago and directed by Jake Davis, it mainly provides a look into the crooner performing in a dark lounge with his trademark soulful sound.

"What's Right Is Right" is the first single coming off Taylor Hicks' upcoming second studio album "The Distance". The track peaked at number 25 on Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart since being released for digital purchase on January 27.