March 19, 2009

Exposing previously that the rehearsals for "Iron Man 2" have been kicked off, director Jon Favreau confirmed the casting of Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson on the Los Angeles premiere of "I Love You, Man" on Tuesday, March 17. To Entertainment Tonight, the filmmaker/actor said, "Our main cast is all lined up, everbody's deals are signed."

Specifically discussing about Rourke, the "Wimbledon" actor shared, "Well, I hear Mickey's been in Russia doing research for a role. I can confirm that." Though remaining coy about which part Rourke will be playing, he gushed, "We haven't made any official announcements yet. But I will say there is a Russian villain in our film."

Sixteen songs from Pearl Jam will be exclusively featured during the two-part sixth season finale episodes of "Cold Case". Their songs will be featured during the airing of the CBS' TV show starring Kathryn Morris on Sunday, May 3 and Sunday, May 10 at 9:00 - 10:00 P.M. ET/PT.

In the episodes, titled "The Long Blue Line" and "Into the Blue", Pearl Jam's music will be used to tell the story of a female cadet who was murdered at a military academy in 2005. Some of the band's songs to be used in the TV series will be lifted from the band's 1991 debut studio album "Ten". The songs, however, are yet to be determined.

While speculations surrounding "Thor" casting are still running wild, director Kenneth Branagh reportedly gears up to prove fans he is ready to deliver the superhero film which is interrelated to other Marvel's films, including "Iron Man 2" and "The Avengers". Revealing the matter to MTV was Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada.

"He was really, really loving the interconnectivity between all of these characters and even thinking ahead as to how does 'Thor' interrelate with the 'Iron Man' movies," Quesada talked about Branagh. "How will he interrelate with the Avengers movies, and how do we set these things up."

During his appearance at a party sponsored by Grey Goose vodka at Underground club in Chicago on March 5, Nick Cannon exclusively told In Touch Weekly that he and singer wife Mariah Carey have been working on a second wedding. Planning to throw a big party, Nick claimed he and Mariah "have spoken about it, and it's coming up."

Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey, according to reports, embarked on a love relationship after they worked together in the making of her music video for one of the tracks from her album "E=MC²". Though so, they never officially confirmed their dating status nor did they comment on the mounting engagement speculation.

Freddie Prinze Jr. is making a return to the small screen with a new ABC deal. The star of the short-lived comedy "Freddie" is signed to join the main cast of a new comedy pilot called "No Heroics" which chronicles the life of four B-list superheroes.

Freddie's role will be different from his previous acting stints, as he is to fill in the role of a villain named Bradley aka Ultimatum. He is described as "handsome, cocky and egostical" and has the power to attract women and money easily. His A-list status is despised by the leader of the superheroes club, Pete aka Chillout.

After being pushed back from April 7 to May 19, Lil Wayne's new album "REBIRTH", which will feature rock materials, is once again delayed. Becoming Wayne's first rock record, the album is now scheduled to make its way out across America on June 9.

If the new release date is proven to be true, "REBIRTH" will go head-to-head with Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D (The Energy Never Dies)". The album will, in addition, face off Billy Talent's "Billy Talent III", Maino's "If Tomorrow Comes ..." and Sonic Youth's "The Eternal".

Rumor has it, Bruce Willis will wed his model girlfriend Emma Heming this week in Turks & Caicos where the actor owns a home. People magazine which is the first to report the news claims the pair is planning an intimate wedding.

Representative for Bruce has no comment on the wedding speculation. Yet, an island source says Bruce and Emma have arrived on the island at the weekend and already rented a block of ocean-view hotel rooms and private villas near his home.

Five U.K. character-spots for "Dragonball Evolution" have arrived. Though extremely short, each of the character-spots provides a proper introduction to Justin Chatwin's Goku, James Marsters' Lord Piccolo, Emmy Rossum's Bulma, Chow Yun-Fat's Master Roshi and Jamie Chung's Chi-Chi, as well as lets out several never-before-seen footage from the movie.

The "Goku" spot describes this strong and fearless titular character as an ordinary kid fulfilling his destiny to save the world, while the "Lord Piccolo" spot lets out that the green villain is on a mission to capture the power of the seven dragonballs and is ready to unleash his vengeance to the world. The "Bulma" spot introduces Bulma as a beauty with a brain and major attitude.

An avid shooter hits his moving target right on the spot. In the next "CSI: NY" the CSIs must track down who can shoot in such precision while the fact are, the victim was inside a moving subway train and the bullet comes from the outside.

The episode's title "Communication Breakdown" refers to the difficulty the agents face in tracing the possible suspect. Apparently there are several foreign suspects that may have caused the death of the Native American chief. The episode airs March 25.

Carrie Underwood has made a duet with Randy Travis in the result show of "American Idol" Grand Ole Opry week on March 18, and the video footage showing their performance has arrived. During the show, they sang Randy's 1988 self-written song called "I Told You So".

Another musical guest making a live appearance in the FOX's reality singing competition was Brad Paisley. The country music singer performed solo, delivering a new track entitled "Then" from his upcoming eight studio album.

In Touch Weekly claims in a report on its site that Jenna Jameson and her mixed martial artist partner Tito Ortiz name their newborn twins Jesse and Journey Jett. Breaking the news on the twin boys' names is an unnamed source, who provides no further details about the family.

Jenna Jameson, who is a retired porn actress, gave birth to twin boys on Monday morning, March 16. The infants are her first children with Tito Ortiz, whom she's been cohabiting with since October 2006.

As many are buzzing over the replacement of Forest Whitaker with 50 Cent in "The Expendables", director/writer/actor Sylvester Stallone took it to StalloneZone to explain his decision on the replacement issue. Insisting that he is not "self-destructive", he wrote in a message addressed to administrator Craig Zablo, "The anger of the casting of 50 Cent is understandable, but not fair."

"A player is only as good as his coach," he continued explaining in 50's defense. "If a man can communicate in one medium, he can communicate in another if his strengths are brought out and he has the support of well-wishers. So, trust me, the change of Forest Whitaker to 50 Cent AKA Curtis Jackson is a good one."

The question whether Amanda Woodward would return to "Melrose Place" through its spin-off is answered. In its report, Entertainment Weekly, wrote down that Heather Locklear who portrays the character in the original series has turned down the offer.

"There wasn't a way to bring her back that made sense," a source told EW. The studio however, has nothing to say about this. Amanda Woodward, an art director, was initially made a guest star in the '90s series but her cattiness and sharp one-liners have won the heart of the audience. While this character may not appear in The CW's revamped version, Taylor McBride may do. Lisa Rinna who played the character said that she is willing to reprise the role anytime.

"Dragonball Evolution" beauty Emmy Rossum exposes her cleavage in some racy pictures to be featured in the April issue of Details magazine. In one of the four pictures which have been making their way all over the web, she is seen exposing her naked hips to the camera and is having her nude breasts covered with numerous necklaces.

Another picture of her for the publication shows Emmy donning a white corset with both of her hands holding a trumpet and her eyes starring seductively to the camera. One of her two other snaps sees bikini clad Emmy lying on a bed, whereas the other one shows her sporting two-piece sexy black outfits.

Jonas Brothers' new album will reportedly be brought forward for purchase in summer. On when exactly the record will be dropped, Billboard comes out, marking June 15 as its release date. There is still no official statement on that matter though.

Reports circulating in the media claim the band's new album will be titled "Lines, Vines, and Trying Times". Such speculation emerges due to Nick Jonas' statement in Rolling Stone Magazine saying, "Lines are something that someone feeds you, vines are the things that get in the way, and trying times, well, that's obvious."

On the evening of Natasha Richardson's death Wednesday, March 18, Lindsay Lohan offered condolences, expressing her mourning upon losing the late actress, who plays her on-screen mother in the 1998 family film "The Parent Trap". In a statement released to Access Hollywood, Lindsay said she remembered Natasha as "a wonderful woman and actress" who always treated her like she was "her own." "I didn't see much of her over the years but I will miss her," Lindsay stated.

Lindsay, additionally, also expressed his sympathy for Natasha's actor husband Liam Neeson and their two sons; Micheal Richard Antonio and Daniel Jack. "My heart goes out to her family. This is a tragic loss," Lindsay said at the end of her statement.

Along with the cast 31 million votes, one more was yanked from "American Idol" season 8. After securely safe in the first round of elimination, Alexis Grace, the 21-year-old from Memphis ended her journey when the live results was read by Ryan Seacrest on the Wednesday, March 18 telecast.

Alexis stumbled on the Grand Ole Opry night when she sang "Jolene" by Dolly Parton. While the same song managed to save last season's contestant Brooke White from being axed, it unfortunately failed to make Alexis stay in the game. And although she was particularly impressive in the early rounds, the judges refused to spare her another week. "It was good," Simon Cowell said after Alexis reprised the song. "But it wasn't good enough."

Garth Franklin of Dark Horizons has got the chance to watch a five-minute "sizzle reel" of footage from "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" when it was screened by Paramount Pictures in Sydney. Sharing what he has seen during the screening, he jotted down the footage details and revealed that the footage was an extended version of what has been outed through the Super Bowl spot.

Starting his report, Franklin wrote "the footage established the premise that an international military task force has been setup to combat global threats". He then continued to describe that the operation base of the force takes place in what "seems to be a sandy desert somewhere" with "a secret circular hangar bay door opening for an advanced Harrier-like jet to land".

Five dates when 50 Cent will be joining Fall Out Boy's "Believers Never Die Part Deux" tour have been unveiled. Despite previous report claiming the rapper will appear on the band's tour stage for the first time on April 17, latest news from MTV reveals that he will make his first supporting act for the band on April 14 at Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO.

After that, Fiddy will follow Fall Out Boy for two live concerts in Texas. Considering the tour as a chance to "bring [his] music not only to hip-hop fans, but to a broader music audience," he will perform live in the state on April 17 at Grand Prairie's Nokia Theater and the next day at Houston's The Showgrounds of Sam Houston Race Park.

Official words on when and where a funeral for late actress Natasha Richardson will be held haven't been heard from her family just yet, but Radar Online claims a source has informed a private funeral is expected to be held in New York within the next three days. The source, however, doesn't disclose on the exact place where the funeral will be held.

Meanwhile, friends and acquaintances of Natasha, who was pronounced dead on Wednesday, March 18, have expressed their grief upon losing the late actress. "I'm shocked and deeply saddened by this," says Nick Moore who directed Natasha is her last big screen flick "Wild Child". "She was wonderfully generous and kind. A complete joy to be with." Nick furthermore praises Natasha as a "classy and special" person and remembers her as someone who always has willingness to help the children on the set. "All the kids in the movie loved being around her. She pitched in and was great with them. She lead by example," Nick recalls.

"The Hills" has run for 4 seasons and has shrunk in size, but the MTV show has spawned longer career for its cast. Following the footsteps of Whitney Port who leaves the show on the fourth season to have her own, Audrina Patridge is also having a spin-off that will give the spotlight on her.

The roommate of Lauren Conrad has signed a new deal wit Mark Burnett Production, to have her life made into a brand new series. Similar to "The Hills", the not-yet-titled show will follow Patridge's personal and professional life. "We are truly pleased to have the chance to work with Audrina," Burnett said as quoted by THR. "She has already proved her star quality, and we can't wait to show her fans worldwide the next stage of her life and career."

The first TV spot for "Hannah Montana: The Movie" has been making its round. Giving more never-before-seen footage from the small screen adaptation, the spot teases on the scenes from Miley Cyrus' cat-fight with Tyra Banks to Taylor Swift's cameo. In it, the scene wherein Oliver blows up a cake has also been shared.

A big screen version of the highly popular Disney Channel original series "Hannah Montana", "Hannah Montana: The Movie" tells the story of Miley Stewart who leads a double life as superstar Hannah Montana. When Miley's popularity as Hannah starts to take a toll on her life and her identity as the pop-star persona threatens to take over her life, her father decides to take her home to Crowley Corners, Tennessee for a dose of reality, forcing her to figure out what's really important.

A music video for Jim Jones' new song "Blow the Bank" has come out. It gives a look at several robbers breaking into a bank and stealing money as well as bagging all valuable jewelry they find in safe-deposit boxes.

"Blow the Bank" is one of the new tracks lifted from Jones' upcoming fourth studio album "Pray IV Reign". The song is produced by Magnedo7 and features R&B singers Oshy and Starr on the hook.

"Lost" is peeling off the mystery one by one, with the changes within the characters. Through a preview of the March 25 episode, it is known that Sayid is a different man after knowing his purpose of being on the island. The character is also seen opening fire and having altercation with Sawyer.

A flashback to Sayid's childhood is also possible in this episode since an actor named Anthony Keyvan has been cast to be the younger version of him. Meanwhile, the official synopsis for the episode called "He's Our You" is read: "Things begin to unravel when one of the survivors goes rogue and takes matters into their own hands- risking the lives of everyone on the island."

Having a very full plate on their agenda in the coming days as they plan to embark on a world tour, Jonas Brothers admit they "keep a little time for dating". "We've got a lot going on in our lives, and I think for us, we're focused on that," Nick Jonas tells E! News. "For the most part we're focused on working on the TV show, we just finished that, and now with this new tour. We're really trying to connect with our fans. They're the most important thing in the world to us," he explains when referring to "J.O.N.A.S!" and the tour.

Speaking on the possibility of them adding more resume into their acting career, eldest brother Kevin Jonas claims he, Joe Jonas, and Nick are all eager for more roles. "More than anything, I think each of us has really gotten into the acting thing over the last six months with the TV show," Kevin says. He then adds, "We hope that it will be a great future for all of us."

Speculation of another "Mission: Impossible" movie being developed has been broken out by the film series' star Tom Cruise. Ain't It Cool News reported that the depicter of I.M.F. point man Ethan Hunt suggested that he has started working on "Mission: Impossible 4" while appearing on a popular Japanese program, SMAP SMAP.

Asked about the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, the 46-year-old fessed up that "he's working on the story right now". Not only that, he allegedly commented that he has been thinking on "how to stage a big action sequence in downtown Tokyo" following his visit to Japan. Still, it should be noted that despite Cruise's remark, official announcement is yet to be released.

A clip is released to give a sneak peek to the next week's episode of "One Tree Hill". It takes on the scene where Haley is called to the principal room to be offered two options, public apology to the school or get fired.

Spoiler alert! Found in the synopsis of the next two week's episode is: "Sam and Jack take a stand against the principal who fired Haley." Beside dealing with her career jeopardy, Haley in the March 23 episode will help Mia with her new single along with Peyton.

A music video for Ciara's new single entitled "Love Sex Magic" has been made available to preview through two on-set pictures. Taken by photographer Frank Micelotta from the filming location of the video, they capture Ciara wearing only swimsuit.

One of the photos has Ciara tying her hair in a ponytail, while the other shows her letting it loose. Both of the pictures feature her in various provocative poses. Ciara's collaborator Justin Timberlake, who was previously said to make a cameo in the video, is unfortunately not seen in the two pics.

Sony Pictures Animation have just debuted the first trailer of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". The more than two minutes video focuses on sharing the background story of pivotal character Flint Lockwood. Introducing Flint as an aspiring inventor, this trailer first presents some of his unusual inventions before unveiling his greatest invention of all.

Inspired by the children's book written by author Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" attempts to tell the origins of the unique weather in the town of Chewandswallow. It follows Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who tries to solve world hunger by making food fall from the sky like rain. However, things go terribly wrong when excess amounts of food overload cities and towns.

British actress Natasha Richardson known for her performances on stage and in feature films has passed away on Wednesday, March 18 at New York City's Lenox Hill Hospital after suffering head injury from a skiing accident earlier this week. She was 45.

In the wake of the tragic news, Natasha's husband, actor Liam Neeson, issued a statement trough a representative, saying he, "his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha." The statement continued, the family is "profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone," and asks "for privacy during this very difficult time."