March 30, 2009

Nick Cannon is quick to put the brake on the false rumors claiming his wife Mariah Carey is pregnant. Commenting on the persistent false pregnancy reports which repeatedly hit him and the pop diva, Cannon tells Mario Lopez of "Extra", "I think what it is, the public really wants us to have kids. We're going to do it and when we do it we're going to let you all know. But right now, we're trying to enjoy the newlywed aspect."

"We were walking out of the office where Will Smith's office is," Nick says of the circulating claims that he and Carey were spotted leaving a clinic. "Unless Will Smith is delivering babies on the low...," the actor jokes.

"The Real Housewives of New York City" are still in the mood of the fashion week. This time, Ramona and Kelly check out the Badgely Mischka show and Ramona asks her for advice on how to deal with Russell Simon. Ramona lashed out at Simon last week and called him "shallow".

Afterwards, Kelly tells Ramona she's going to confront Bethenny, a season's worth of tension finally comes to a head during a one-on-one chat at a bar. Kelly makes it clear that she and Bethenny are not friends.

Tim Allen's actress wife Jane Hajduk has given birth to a baby daughter, Entertainment Tonight has exclusively reported. Providing more details on the news, the media's Mary Hart writes down that the newborn infant is named Elizabeth.

Born in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 28, Elizabeth weighed in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces. "The couple is thrilled at the arrival of their new baby and are doing great," Tim's publicist, Marleah Leslie, confirms to Entertainment Tonight.

What to expect from Jonas Brothers' upcoming world tour has been revealed through a video, which gives a closer look into their tour stage. "We're so excited about our upcoming tour that we had to give you guys a sneak peak of our stage," so a message posted on their YouTube in companion of the video.

Put forward in the form of an animated video, the sneak peek shows a huge two-floor stage set in a center of an indoor arena. Stretching to the right and left sides of the main stage, as seen also in the video, are two smaller stages.

It's a chasing game in the next episode of "The Unit", only the hunted is one person they know well. Sam, is pursued by the unit after Bridget reported that he attacked her and attempted to rape her. Sam will seek solace in his ex-girlfriend Lindsay. Called "Whiplash", the show will take a one week break to come back on April 12.

Nicole Steinwedell is back as her recurring role Bridget Sullivan while Wes Chatham reprises role as Sam McBride. Sam was first introduced as the newest member of the unit on March 8 episode titled "Hero". Some scoops have revealed last month that this character may have an ulterior motive.

Not dating anyone at the moment, David Archuleta has revealed some of the qualities a lady should have in order to win his heart. Speaking to Radar Online at the orange carpet of Nickelodeon's 22nd Annual Kids' Choice Awards, the "American Idol" champion said his ideal girlfriend would be a girl who is "down to earth, but still fun and tries new things."

The girl, moreover, should be "concerned about other people" and "not totally into themselves." There have yet words if David has set his eyes on particular girls or when he wants to start dating.

While not much has been uncovered of Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood", Mark Strong has given a tiny bit of light about his Sir Godfrey character in the project. Talking to Empire Online at the 2009 Jameson Empire Awards, the "RocknRolla" actor described his villainous character as "a bit of a bastard".

"I play King John's right-hand man who is a bit of a bastard - there's lot of horse riding, lots of threatening people with enormous swords," Strong said of Sir Godfrey. He also explained his role's transition from Guy of Gisborne to Godfrey, saying "A year ago I was playing the Guy of Gisborne character but the story isn't the Robin Hood story. Although all the characters are all involved, it's a different narrative."

Another television promo for "Star Trek" has made its way out. Reeling in several new footage and scene, this new TV spot was debuted during the broadcast of the 22nd Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon. Aimed at a younger crowd, the promo video is similar to the film's first trailer, but removes the violent and explicit parts.

Some of the extended shots seen in this TV spot include a close-up footage of baby Spock, a shot of Zachary Quinto's Spock at Vulcan council, and a new angle on the scene wherein Uhura and Spock share a hug. Meanwhile, the never-before-seen footage give out Simon Pegg's Scotty trapped inside the Enterprise's water pipes after beaming on board from Delta Vega, and Chris Pine's Kirk trying to figure out how to get Scotty out of the pipes.

A music video in companion of Ginuwine's single "Last Chance" has made its debut. Directed by Juwan Lee, it features actress Lisa Raye as his estranged love interest and R&B singer Tyrese Gibson as his fellow detective.

"Last Chance" is the lead single from Ginuwine's upcoming sixth studio effort "A Man's Thoughts". Dealing with a man's plea for one last chance to prove his love, the track "reflects the maturity of my personal growth over the last few years," he shares.

On April 2, "ER" will take its final breath with the episode "And in the End". Before the show begins, several sneak peeks of the series finale have been given to tease on who are back to pay tribute to the medical drama that has spanned 15 long years. Spotted among the crowd are Dr. Susan Lewis and Dr. Kerry Weaver.

Gates works on a young teen brought in with alcohol poisoning after playing a deadly drinking game with friends. Dr. Carter opens a new medical facility for the underprivileged in Chicago and some old friends from County General all come to show their support. It's Sam's birthday and Alex and Gates surprise her with a special gift.

Sought-after movie actor Robert Pattinson has denied recent claims made by several sources who work with him on the set of "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" that he "stinks and never showers." Contrary to their accusation, the "Twilight" hunk insists in an interview with MovieFone that he does shower. "I haven't even been on the set yet!" he adds in a bid to pour cold water to the false accusation.

Asked to comment on fellow actor Zac Efron who once was also hit with the similar body odor reports, Robert says, "Really? He looks like he smells really good [laughs]." The British star doesn't make further statement on that matter though.

Columbia Pictures could be going with a different title for their upcoming remake project of 1984 "The Karate Kid". During an interview with New Zealand's 3 News in Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, the actor who has been cast as the new Mr. Miyagi, revealed that instead of using "The Karate Kid" as a title, the studio opted to name it "Kung Fu Kid".

"They don't want to call it Karate Kid anymore," the 54-year-old revealed after confirming his involvement in the remake project. "They want to call it Kung Fu Kid." While hinting on the title change, the "The Forbidden Kingdom" star didn't elaborate more on the reason behind the change. Columbia Pictures have not shared any comment on Chan's remark of the possible new title.

Travis Barker is one of the musicians who will make contribution to soundtrack of movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". Through his Twitter feed, he reveals that rapper Busta Rhymes is also involved in the project.

The drummer of band Blink-182 shares, "Listening to a new version of a track I'm playing on for Busta Rhymes for the 'Transformers 2' soundtrack." He ends his post, saying that the song "is jammin'."

Usually pampered in luxurious hotels, the stars in "The Apprentice" switch position to be the ones who provide the service. In their next challenge, KOTU and Athena must manage Loews Regency Hotel with each member taking a role as staff. Each team will be in charge of 5 rooms and the guests will leave comments in the end of the game to determine who wins.

Tionne Watkins was nominated as the project manager for the women team. The men meanwhile, opted to go with Dennis Rodman who had flunk and almost kicked out twice previously.

Indian movie beauty Shilpa Shetty reportedly plans to marry her boyfriend, Raj Kundra, October later this year in a traditional ceremony witnessed by family and friends. While it has been reported that the planned nuptials will take place in India, the date when the ceremony will be held is still tentative.

"I have very traditional views of marriage. I've seen my parents maintain a 35-year marriage and I really believe marriages are made in heaven," Shilpa has been quoted as telling Mail On Sunday. She goes on adding that she believes her forthcoming union with Raj, who is a jewelery tycoon, will be "for good".

Eight fresh images of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" have been shared by 20th Century Fox. Posted exclusively by XMenFilms.net, the high resolution photos feature Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth, Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, Danny Huston as William Stryker and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool.

Taking the focus of the story on the metal-clawed mutant Wolverine, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" serves as a prequel to the "X-Men" trilogy. It chronicles the violent and romantic early life of the titular character, including his participation on the Weapon X program and his complex relationship with Victor Creed. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe.

Young Jeezy has debuted a music video for his single "Don't Do It" off third major studio album "The Recession". In the Gabriel Hart-directed video, several scenes taken from a detention center show how people live their life in the jail.

Jeezy has released "The Recession" across America since September 2, 2008. He made a collaboration with Trey Songz in song "Takin' It There", teamed up with Kanye West in track "Put On" and joined forces with Nas in fourth single "My President".

"Damn. They're sexy," Vanessa Hudgens told Access Hollywood during Kids' Choice Awards when asked to comment on her boyfriend Zac Efron's racy pictures for Interview Magazine's April 2009 edition. Also questioned if she was jealous when seeing one of the pics that shows Zac posing alongside nude model Edita Vilkeviciute, Vanessa didn't give direct answer. She simply stated, "They're pictures. It's hot."

Zac himself also commented on his photo spread for the publication, telling Access Hollywood posing with a nude model was "pretty crazy". The heartthrob explained further, "It just kind of happened. She was so professional. It wasn't really up to me so I just kind of rolled with it."

Disney Channel have finally found a time slot for the premiere of "J.O.N.A.S!". The new original series by the mouse house has been given a new promo that reveals it debuting on May 2 at 8/7c. "We're brothers. We're a band. And now we're a show," the Jonas Brothers said.

The synopsis for the series is read: "The Jonas Brothers seem to be your typical teen rock band hoping to make it to the big time. They travel the country in their rickety tour bus, performing shows, selling homemade CDs and meeting fans. What a life!"

On Sunday, March 29, winners of the 2009 Jameson Empire Awards have been announced and "The Dark Knight" has displayed its dominance by winning three kudos on the night. The superhero movie, which has collected two of this year's Oscars, brought home Best Film, Best Director for Christopher Nolan and Best Actor for Christian Bale.

Receiving the Best Film prize on the ceremony held at London's Grosvenor Hotel were executive producer Kevin De La Noy and Scarecrow depicter Cillian Murphy. "On behalf of Chris and Chuck, thank you to Empire for your support up to and since release," De La Noy said upon accepting the kudo. "It was an extraordinary film to work on and thank you for this."

Asher Roth, who got into mainstream rap scene after being featured in DJ Drama-helmed mixtape "The Greenhouse Effect", steals public attention as "I Love College", the first single off his major-label debut album "Asleep in the Bread Aisle", climbs to number 14 on Billboard Hot 100. He has released the song in February and described it as a "very autobiographical" track.

"That song is very autobiographical," Asher says. "I spent two years in college, and I'm sure if I would have spent four, I would have been like, 'I hate college!' But I got two years in, partied a lot, had a good time, enjoyed myself, and really found out who I was as a person."

Hitting the orange carpet at Nickelodeon's 22nd Annual Kids' Choice Awards which was held over the weekend, Kevin Jonas told Access Hollywood in a brief interview that he was blown away by vampire drama movie "Twilight." "I just recently saw the first one, actually," he admitted, adding "I watched it on the plane and it was really good."

The eldest of the Jonas Brothers also showed his interest to be involved in the flick's upcoming sequel, stressing that he and brothers Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas, just like what they have previously said, are still hoping to land their music in "The Twilight Saga's New Moon." "Who knows. If they ask us, why not?" so said Kevin.

The fourteenth season of "The Amazing Race" continued its race to Thailand with 6 remaining teams. From Jaipur, India, the teams took flight to Phuket and the first to depart were Tammy and Victor. Behind them in respective orders were Mel and Mike; Kisha and Jen; Margie and Luke; Jamie and Cara; and Mark and Michael.

Buying the tickets from a travel agency, all the 6 teams were booked for the same flight. As soon as it landed, they have to find the gorilla statue that they had been given a photo of earlier. In a taxi race, all of them headed out to Phuket Zoo except for Mel and Mike who were directed to Putong Beach. Jamie and Cara were the first to find the Gorilla and the Road Block clue told them to take a picture with a tiger in the zoo.

It looks like Gemma Arterton's next project will be "Clash of the Titans". Slash Film reported that this Daniel Craig's co-star in "Quantum of Solace" let it slip on Sunday night, March 29, at the Empire Awards, that she has been tapped to star in the remake of 1981 Greek mythology film.

Slash Film's report has been strengthened by The Sydney Morning Herald. In the article wherein she set things straight on rumors of her French-kissing Jake Gyllenhaal during "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" filming, the paper wrote that the 23-year-old is about to join the principal photography of "Titans". The trade also quoted the "St. Trinian's" star on her future co-star Sam Worthington as she said, "I hope he's nice because we have to fall in love".

Winners for this year's Juno Awards have been uncovered at a two-hour ceremony at General Motors Place on Sunday, March 29. Nickelback and Kardinal Offishall were among the musicians scooping multiple awards at the event.

Nickelback got three trophies for Juno Fan Choice, Album of the Year and Group of the Year. During a press conference after the show, the band's lead vocalist/guitarist Chad Kroeger said, "Shock and awe, I was hoping for Hedley ... I love those guys very much."

Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, and Jonas Brothers were some of the many Disney stars who livened up the orange carpet at Nickelodeon's 22nd Annual Kids' Choice Awards which was held over the weekend. All of them seemed enjoying the affair very much as they had huge smiles on their faces while posing for the cameras and answering few questions from reporters.

Zac, who wore white t-shirt combined with jeans, said he found the awards gala "fun". Joined by his on-and-off-screen lover Vanessa Hudgens, who wore black tank top paired with short, Zac struck some poses for the many photographers.

The news of Dr. Izzie Stevens' exit from the hall of Seattle Grace Hospital, keep bouncing up and down but never got directly addressed by the actress who plays the role itself until now. Katherine Heigl, as quoted by The AP, said that she will not leave "Grey's Anatomy" unless the producers want her to. "I'm there," Heigl vowed.

During a studio party on March 27 to celebrate the medical drama's 100th episode, Heigl emphasized that she doesn't know much about Izzie's fate. She said, "I was assuming that at one point and I got a lot of shrugged shoulders and shakes of the head, so I don't know if that's a yes or a no. No one will tell me and I don't know how this is going to go."

"Monsters vs. Aliens" has conquered the North American box office over the March 27 - 29 weekend. Collecting $59.3 million after three days of screening, the 3-D animation movie from directors Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon has beaten out another newcomer "The Haunting in Connecticut" and taken the champion crown away from "Knowing".

The weekend bow pulled in by this DreamWorks Animation movie topped "Watchmen" first weekend earning of $55.2 million, marking it to become the year's biggest debut so far. The film has also landed itself on the third place for the best March opening ever, following behind "300" and "Ice Age: The Meltdown", and on the runner-up position for DreamWorks Animation film's best opening after "Kung Fu Panda".

Rihanna wants Chris Brown to issue public apology on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for the assault he did to her in February. Breaking report on that matter is Look Magazine, which claims the Barbadian songstress has been thinking of the option because she feels the need for Chris to "publicly denounce his behavior".

"..... Oprah (Winfrey) suggested Rihanna tell Chris that despite their recent commitment ceremony, she's been having second thoughts about them being back together," the publication quotes its spies as saying. "And agreeing to go on Oprah's show and tell the world how sorry he is will help make up her mind."

The kids have voted and the TV favorites at the 22nd annual Kids' Choice Awards are revealed. Nabbing the coveted Favorite TV Show is "iCarly" that beat heavy contenders such as "Hannah Montana", "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" as well as "Zoey 101".

Selena Gomez, additionally, was voted Favorite TV Actress for her role as teen witch in "Wizards of Waverly Place". She won over others such as Miley Cyrus ("Hannah Montana"), America Ferrera ("Ugly Betty") and Miranda Cosgrove ("iCarly"). The Favorite TV Actor in the mean time, was grabbed by Dylan Sprouse who beat his twin brother, Cole Sprouse, "My Name is Earl" actor Jason Lee and "The Naked Brothers Band" star Nat Wolff.

Live performances at the 22nd Annual Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards have been made available to watch through newly-found video footage. The Pussycat Dolls and Jonas Brothers were the big music groups entertaining music fans at the annual event.

The Pussycat Dolls sang a medley of their songs "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" and "When I Grow Up". Wearing their trademark skimpy outfits, the five-piece musical group opened their performance with the English version of the "Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack and followed it with "When I Grow Up".

"High School Musical 3: Senior Year" has dominated the slimiest event of the year, the 22nd Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards. On Saturday night, March 28, the first feature film of Disney's TV movie series "High School Musical" has grabbed two out of five awards given for feature films, taking home Favorite Movie and Favorite Movie Actress .

For the Favorite Movie title, "HSM3" beat out tough competitors that included "The Dark Knight" and "Iron Man". Accepting the kudo was the drama musical's leading man, Zac Efron, who said, "Lately, a lot of people have been taking credit for bringing back the musical. The truth is we've known who's been responsible for bringing back the musical all along. It was you guys!"

Winners in music categories for the 22nd Annual Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards have been announced in a gala ceremony taking place on Saturday, March 28 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. Jonas Brothers and Beyonce Knowles were among those walking away with a trophy at the event.

The Jonas boys won Favorite Music Group, beating down DAUGHTRY, Linkin Park and The Pussycat Dolls. "Thank you guys so much," Joe Jonas said as taking the stage to collect the prize. Nick Jonas then added, "It's been amazing. We've enjoyed the ride thoroughly."

National Football League (NFL) athlete Peyton Manning was one of the winners in sports at Nickelodeon's 22nd Annual Kids' Choice Awards which was held at L.A.'s Pauley Pavilion on Saturday night, March 28. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback won the award for the category of Favorite Male Athlete.

Winning the Favorite Male Athlete category, Peyton best over some other nominees, which included 14-times Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps, basketball player LeBron James, and also professional golfer Tiger Woods. The winning, moreover, marked the first time ever that Peyton won an award at the awards show.