June 18, 2009

Absorbing under 2 million viewers in the first season, "The City" will be revamped by two additional cast. According to the New York Post, MTV will inject the second season of the reality show with two new girls described by the network as "vixens".

Whitney Port, who is the star of the show, was spotted attending Pepsi Natural party at Lily Pond in East Hampton last Saturday, June 13, accompanied by two new "friends". These new faces reportedly will be recurring cast next season. "Their names are Samantha and Roxy, and they are out of control," a source was quoted as saying. Photo of Samantha and Roxy can be seen on NY Post.

Busta Rhymes has just debuted a music video serving as a promotional project to support his single "If You Don't Know". In the video directed by Aristotle and Thi Chien, he is seen sitting down with his collaborator Big Tigger for an interview.

"If You Don't Know" is listed among new materials in Busta's eighth studio album entitled "Back on My B.S." This song along with the album have been made available for download on digital retailers since May.

Recently confirming she is single and available after ending her engagement with actor Brian Austin Green, Megan Fox has no hesitation to make public her admiration for Angelina Jolie. "Absolutely. Every time a relationship ends, I say, 'If I could just be Angelina's girlfriend, I would be so happy,'" she is quoted as telling Britain's Heat Magazine when responding to question if she has crush on Angelina.

"I love Angelina Jolie. She's someone I admire and look up to. She's my favorite actress in Hollywood," she gushes further about the actress and mother of six children. "I just love that she's incredibly honest, and I feel that she's not afraid to be herself. She tells you exactly what's on her mind."

Selena Gomez has had a vision of what she will do in few years time and it won't involve TV. The 16-year-old actress will take a break from the industry after completing her contract with Disney Channel for "Wizards of Waverly Place", in order to concentrate on college years.

"I think this'll be the last series that I do," Selena revealed. "I'm going to try to pull a Natalie Portman. Natalie went to Harvard while shooting 'Star Wars'. I don't know how she did it. I want to have lunch with her and ask her - that seems like a bunch of stress right there."

A music video in support of 3OH!3's new single called "Starstrukk" has made its way out. The video directed by Sum 41's drummer Steve Jocz shows the group's members, Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte, being chased by a bunch of female fans.

On what the video deals with, Sean told MTV, "There's a mat on the floor and there's liquid spilled all over the place." He added, "The concept of the video is one that we brainstormed up. It has to do with a dog pile and crazy body parts and hot legs and boobs and football players."

Yahoo! Movies has got a hold of the first ever clip from "Public Enemies" and has put it out for viewing pleasure. Entitled "Assault", the one minute sneak peek features the action scene wherein John Dillinger and his outlaw gang are fighting back the police raid led by FBI Agent Melvin Purvis in the middle of the night.

From the director of "Collateral" comes "Public Enemies", a movie about charismatic bank robber Dillinger whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling FBI and its top agent Purvis, and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. It is adapted from Bryan Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34".

A brand new featurette for "Astro Boy" has made its way out via Sina. Clocking in at more than three minutes, the featurette first presents the Astro Boy character as The Icon comparing it to Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse while giving background facts of the character which has been inducted into The Robot Hall of Fame.

Halfway through the video, the in-development movie is introduced by showing the filming process of the CGI animation. The footage then continues by displaying the characters side-by-side with the actors hired to voice them. Nearing the end of the featurette, actor Nicolas Cage who is set to lend his voice to Dr. Tenma shares a few words about the movie.

The TV panel for this year's San Diego Comic Con is shaping up with the announcement of more date confirmations. It is now known that "Lost" will be presented on Saturday, July 25 at Hall H, starting 11 A.M. until noon. Considering that the upcoming season will be the last for the series, the line for the panel is expected to be one of the longest.

Also being updated are the time and place for new series "Flash Forward" and "Human Target". The former will have one-hour session on Friday, July 24 beginning 11:45 A.M. at room 6A, while the latter is among the Saturday line-up, taking the 4:45 P.M. to 5:45 P.M. slot at Room 6BCF. The latest updated version of other panels is listed below.

Unlike a number of Hollywood female stars, Lauren Conrad has admitted she doesn't consider having plastic surgery, not now at least. Asked by Billy Bush of Access Hollywood during the recent book release party for her new novel, "L.A. Candy," if she would love to undergo the procedure in order to maintain her wrinkle-free look, she said, "I don't know. I'm 23, I think that I'm good for a little bit. I don't know, maybe later on."

And when the topic was switched to having a boob job, the reality TV star admitted she doesn't think she will have one in a bid to have bigger boobs. She explained, "you know what, I prefer a flatter-chested look, that's just kind of me. I think it's more of a more of a fashion look. If you look at a lot of high-fashion models and things like that, they're always you know, a little flatter ... I like the way clothes fit better."

London has seen one unique red carpet event when "Bruno" came to the capital city of England for its U.K. premiere. On Wednesday, June 17, Empire Leicester Square has been turned into a catwalk for Sacha Baron Cohen's latest eccentric character, Bruno, who came into the special screening wearing a skimpy variation of the uniform worn by the Buckingham Palace guards.

The flamboyantly gay character arrived in style. Wearing a towering bearskin hat, a red military waistcoat and tight black shorts, the Austrian fashionista walked down the black carpet accompanied by a group of similarly attired men before posing at a white platform nearing the end of the catwalk.

Kings of Leon have launched their own record label under the partnership with Los Angeles-based music publishing company, Bug Music. They have signed Indie rock band The Features as the label's first musical act.

In the meantime, the Caleb Followill-fronted band are preparing for the release of The Features' new album "Some Kind of Salvation". More details about the project will be announced in the coming weeks.

One week shy of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" wide release in the U.S., another clip from this action fantasy movie has been found. Released in conjunction with the new Transformers BD-Live release, the extended sneak peek gives out the scene wherein Sam, Mikaela and Leo meet Starscream.

The one-minute-long clip opens to a footage where the three characters ride in a car driven by Mikaela. There, Leo confronts Sam and Mikaela about the transforming robots. While they are rushing through the street, a chopper suddenly blocks their path and picks the car up, causing Sam to almost thrown out of his seat to the pavement below.

The rumors that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are embarking on a love relationship off screen keep flying though both of them have repeatedly denied they are dating. The latest story comes from OK! Magazine which reports the actor is desperate to be with her now that they are apart due to shooting commitments.

Robert is currently in New York City to shoot "Remember Me," whereas Kristen is in Los Angeles to shoot "The Runaways." The "Twilight" leading actor was previously reported to have given Kristen an ultimatum to choose between him and on-off boyfriend Michael Angarano. He is giving her until October this year when they will start filming the third "Twilight" movie, "Eclipse."

Disney Channel has aired the first trailer of its TV movie "Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie". In a family vacation gone wrong, Alex Russo accidentally casts a spell on her parents and she later regrets it. To overturn the spell, she has to go on a journey with her older brother to find "Stone of Dreams".

Still revolving around the wizard family, the TV movie sees the Russos embarking on a vacation to Caribbean resort where the parents, Jerry and Theresa, first met. Alex, the middle of the three children, is upset that she has to come along and ultimately conjures a spell that reverses her parents' fateful first meeting. Since the parents no longer know each other, the family's very existence is in question.

"Am I really? I'm not hot!" Adam Lambert responds in disbelief when Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell reveals the news that he is listed on People magazine's 10th annual list of Sexy & Single Men in 2009. He, however, quickly adds, "That's pretty cool. That's really cool."

"How great is that though - to show how far you have come? Because that means you're a bachelor - straight, gay - it's just that you're a good looking man," Nancy chimes in. "You're attractive to many people."

Adam Lambert recently talked about his upcoming debut album and opened up that he will step behind song-writing desk for the effort. "We started writing, and I've been able to co-write on a handful of tracks and there's more to come," he told Oprah.com.

Prior to spilling the beans on his involvement in co-penning the album's tracks, Adam stated, "We started right away with meetings about the sound and the vibe." He added further, "They asked me, 'Do you know of any producers that you would really want to work with?' and I have short list of producers, and fortunately we connected with all the ones I wanted to connect with."

"Funny People" is inching closer to its theatrical release in July and with that in mind, Universal Pictures introduced George Simmons, the main character of this Judd Apatow's comedy played by Adam Sandler, through a number of faux movies' clips. Four in all, the clips are each taken from Simmons' feature films entitled "Sayonara Davey", "Dog's Best Friend", "Merman" and "Re-Do".

The "Sayonara Davey" clip features Simmons who stars as Davey, a man who works at his alma mater before accidentally being sent to Japan as a foreign exchange student, having a dinner with his Japanese host family. The nearly three minutes clip sees Davey teaching Mr. Ashito how to appreciate his wife more.

Universal Pictures and Sacha Baron Cohen, according to The Wrap, have reshot some parts of movie "Bruno" because of pressure coming from prominent gay community in Hollywood. Additionally, the media reports that the studio and the actor plan to add an "ending shot this spring with the participation of Elton John, Coldplay's Chris Martin and other music celebrities, who seem to promote gay marriage in a spoof charity video."

Writer/director Mike White, who is gay and part of Hollywood's comedic power circle, says he "found the Bruno character to be a depiction of fetishism rather than a comedic stereotype." Refusing to give further comments on the matter, he only states, "People are going to have a range of reactions to the film. I'm excited for people to see the movie, because it's going to generate a lot of interesting discussions."

Movie siren Eva Mendes returns for more Calvin Klein underwear ads, which see her striking some compromising positions in numerous breath-taking undies. Promoting the brand's fall 2009 underwear and jeans collections, she appears in the ads alongside model/hunk Jamie Dornan.

In one of the several black-and-white ad photos, all of which are taken by famed photographer Steven Klein, Eva is snapped laying her lingerie-clad body onto Jamie's almost naked body. She is seen in the shot holding the upper part of Jamie's undies.

David Archuleta has revealed on his blog that he will return to studio for two new studio albums. The runner-up of "American Idol" season seven says one of the albums is a Christmas record and the other is a pop effort.

On the Christmas set, David shares it is recorded in Los Angeles and will be coming out before the end of this year. "I was in LA recording for the Christmas album that's coming out this year! I'm really really excited for that because I love Christmas music and Christmas times," he states.

Although confirmation has not come out from Katie Holmes' side, the news about the actress coming to "So You Think You Can Dance" is ripening. Details are released, Katie is set to pay a homage to Judy Garland during the stint and she has done a rehearsal on Monday, June 15 at FOX Studios.

An insider present at the rehearsal told US Magazine that she will sing "Get Happy" which is a piece that Garland performed in her 1950 musical film "Summer Stock". In doing the role, Katie wears an all-black outfit similar to what Garland wore, complete with the black fedora and leather heels. Eight male dancers with suits and ties are behind her. The setting meanwhile, is built with scaffolding that gives the idea of her dancing on a rooftop with the sky being the backdrop.

"The Stepfather", a remake to the '80s thriller film of the same name, has got itself a brand new trailer. After previously being leaked online, the trailer is now officially released through MySpace. It shares a sneak peek on how Penn Badgley's Michael Harding starts to be suspicious of his future stepfather, David.

Coming home from military school, Michael finds his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. While everybody in the family thinks of David as a "family values" man, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of him as they get to know each other. Along with his girlfriend Kelly and his mother's friends, he begins to puzzle together the truth behind the man who is set to be his stepfather.

A tracklisting for Jordin Sparks' new album "Battlefield" has emerged via Sony Music Entertainment Philippines. Twelve tracks are listed to appear in the effort which is scheduled to be dropped in U.S. on July 21.

Among the new materials, there are at least five songs which have been previewed. "Faith" was sung at Barack Obama's inaugural ball in January, "Walking on Snow" and "Let It Rain" were partially revealed during Jordin's visit on a radio show dubbed "Johnjay & Rich" in February, and "Vertigo" was previewed through in-studio footage earlier this month. On top of that, the title track has been released in May.

Brian Austin Green may fail in reaching a deal to appear on "One Tree Hill" or to have his new pilot "The Body Politic" being picked up for Fall, but he is still a commodity to The CW. The actor has been cast to appear on the network's other series "Smallville", playing none other than DC Comics villain, Metallo.

TV Guide which was first to come up with the story has confirmed that Green is the half-cyborg whose source of power is Superman's weak point, kryptonite. The character will appear in at least the first two episodes of Season 9 which is kicked off September 25.

Rock musician and singer-songwriter Billy Joel and his third wife, Katie Lee Joel, are calling it quits after nearly 5 years of marriage. The reason that prompts their separation isn't disclosed, but a source has been quoted as stating, affair rumors "had nothing to do" with the split and "everything is very amicable and it was just a growing apart."

A representative for Billy and Katie confirms the split story, saying "After nearly five years of marriage Billy Joel & Katie Lee Joel have decided to separate." The representative, furthermore, stresses "This decision is a result of much thoughtful consideration. Billy & Katie remain caring friends with admiration and respect for each other."

Single, famous, and having a sky-rocketing acting career, Chace Crawford is named Summer's Hottest Bachelor by People magazine. The "Gossip Girl" actor lands the top spot on the weekly publication's 10th annual list of Sexy & Single Men of 2009, beating out some heavy contenders that include nowadays famous heartthrob Robert Pattinson, who despite his worldwide fame only finishes at No. 10.

In an accompanying interview, Chace addresses on some issues concerning his private life. He among others talks about his first kiss, perfect date, and experience in dating famous country music star Carrie Underwood. He, moreover, also denies rumors of him dating "Gossip Girl" co-star Ed Westwick.

A first look into Jennifer Aniston's latest romantic drama "Love Happens" has been unraveled through a brand new trailer for the movie. This sneak peek into Brandon Camp-directed drama is premiered via Yahoo! Movies, and previews how Aniston and Aaron Eckhart become entangled in a romantic relationship.

The movie follows a widower who is reinvented into a charismatic self-help guru after his book about grieving turns him into a phenomenon. When he arrives in Seattle to teach a sold-out seminar, he unexpectedly meets and falls for a florist coming across his seminar. Not yet done grieving for the passing of his wife, his romantic engagement with this woman forces him to confront the fact that he hasn't come to grips with his own loss.

A video which shows the making of Beyonce Knowles' upcoming music video for her single "Sweet Dreams" has arrived. In this footage, Beyonce is seen wearing all-gold costumes and doing some robotic movements. Her dance rehearsal is included as well.

In getting the video done, Beyonce is working with director Adria Petty, who previously worked on Duffy's "Mercy" video. Commenting on the video which is yet to have any premiere date, the singer says she hopes to "take Sasha to the next level."

"Grey's Anatomy" is going through a major transfiguration from the fifth to sixth season with the cast going in and out. Old news that T.R. Knight is exiting the show, which means that George O'Malley was dead on the season finale, is brought up to the surface again but this time EW comes with a confirmation.

The publication is quoting sources that ABC has green lit Knight's request to be released from the contract. Thus, George's last appearance could be the devastating accident on season 5 finale where he became a John Doe after being disfigured. The reason for his departure still revolves around the previous factors, including a lack of storyline for George and Knight's rift with creator Shonda Rhimes.

A representative for Aubrey O'Day has confirmed that the star is okay after being robbed on a Los Angeles street on Wednesday morning, June 17. In a statement exclusively shared to US Weekly, the representative says, "Aubrey is doing well. She is just a bit shaken up from the day's chaos and is grateful that she and those around her were unharmed."

The robbery that Aubrey experienced was first reported by TMZ. The site claimed the incident happened when the Danity Kane's former member was on her way to shoot a segment for TV Guide. Aubrey was quoted as detailing that she was making her way down an alley near the building when someone ran behind her and stole everything she was holding.