November 13, 2009

The next installment of "Bourne" film franchise still has a long way before it starts its production. In a recent interview with Total Film, Matt Damon revealed he and director Paul Greengrass are still working on the script for untitled Bourne 4 project.

"Personally, selfishly, we'd all really like to do it," Damon claimed. He later explained why it takes a long time for them to complete the script, "But we are really serious about trying to get the story and the script right because the only thing more disappointing than not having another one of these movies is - for us and for movie fans - to make one that isn't good."

After the president of production for Marvel Studio, Kevin Feige, claimed "Thor" will start filming in early 2010, Production Weekly has obtained new details about the production schedule of the movie. On Friday, November 13, the site reported that the filmmakers have chosen some places as the shooting location.

Beginning in the middle of January next year, the principal photography reportedly will take place in Los Angeles. Later, in March, the crew and the cast members for the superhero movie will move to Santa Fe in New Mexico to continue the shooting until late April.

Preview for the upcoming "Grey's Anatomy" episode shows that a young woman is convinced she is the long-lost daughter of McSteamy. Just in time for holiday, Mark is given a possible family member when a patient requires a surgery and recognizes him. Lexie consequently has to cope with the shocking arrival from her lover's past.

The episode is called "Holidaze" and will air on November 19. As Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's pass, Miranda is visited by her father, William, who disapproves of her choices in life. Thatcher Grey questions the Chief's recent behavior as Meredith comes to his defense.

Tony Gonzalez, the football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons, lends his muscular body to support People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)'s anti-fur ad. With the companion of his wife October, the twosome takes their clothes off and poses naked for the lens.

In his attempt to encourage people to stop wearing fur and eating meat, Tony is quoted as telling reporters, "We should be protecting animals, not sacrificing their lives for the sake of fashion or luxury." He also says, "October and I have changed many of our habits in light of the inhumane treatment of animals that occurs not only in the fur industry but also on factory farms."

Taylor Swift actually did not take home four trophies but five at the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards. She was surprised backstage during the event's dress rehearsals when Brooks & Dunn presented her with International Artist Achievement Award.

"This is beautiful!" said the country music singer who becomes the youngest musician, at only 19, to win the coveted Entertainer of the Year title. "Thank you so much! This is an awesome way to start the day!" Previous recipients for the honor included Keith Urban, Dwight Yoakam, Dixie Chicks.

A slightly similar but different poster of "Caprica" is released as the key art for the SyFy series. Featuring actress Alessandra Torresani as Zoe Graystone, the poster bears the tag "The future of humanity begins with a choice". Executive VP of the network, Mark Stern, said, "There's something really interesting about the idea of Zoe and the Eve metaphor."

Serving as the prequel of "Battlestar Galactica", "Caprica" deals with the question "When is too much knowledge a bad thing?". It goes back to the time when the invention of Cylon was thought of and two powerful patriarchs, Joseph Adama and Daniel Greystone, are in duel for the war of humanity.

The new couple, Katy Perry and Russell Brand, is rumored to record a duet track together. They are said to have entered the Sunset Sound studios in Los Angeles, working on a rendition of Edward Lear's 1871 poem "The Owl And The Pussycat".

"Russell was just messing around in the studio with Katy," a source told The Sun. "He was pretending to sing into the mic and started reciting the poem, The Owl And The Pussycat, with the lines, 'Oh lovely Pussy! Oh Pussy my love, what a beautiful Pussy you are'."

Alex Pettyfer takes his upper clothes off for a pictorial to be featured in the latest issue of VMAN magazine, which will hit the newsstands next week. In the photo, which can be seen on Celebrity Mania, the actor is shown having three different tattoos; one on his right chest, one on his right arm, and the other one below his belly button.

In an accompanying interview, Alex talks about starring in upcoming drama-romance flick "Beastly", in which he is billed to star as the lead male character Kyle Kingson or the Beast. On having to don facial tattoos to get into the shoes of his character, he tells VMAN, "I'm in every scene, which meant six and a half hours in prosthetics every day."

David Archuleta is currently busy working on the follow-up to his eponymous debut album "David Archuleta". He wrote on his blog, "Last week I got to work with Matt Squire and Victoria Horn, and this week I've been working with Daniel Bedingfield and Kina Grannis."

In addition to giving the scoop on the album, David also shared what he did in the past few weeks during his studio break in Los Angeles. "I've gotten to spend time with my aunt! It's been a lot of fun getting to spend time with her and let her be a part of all of the things I've been doing down here," he stated. During the family time, he managed to take his aunt to one of Imogen Heap's concerts.

It's been more than a decade since "Independence Day" was released, and its director Roland Emmerich has exclusively told MTV Movies Blog that a sequel will possibly be made. Greater than that, he has also hinted his intention to approach the film's leading actor Will Smith to make a comeback.

"What we want to do in the next - it's actually two movies - we want to do a bigger arc," enthused Roland. " 'Independence Day' was always like the king who leads his troops into battle against an evil force, and that stays like that."

After revealing that Jill Valentine may be back in "Resident Evil: Afterlife", Milla Jovovich has given some information about the upcoming film. On Thursday, November 12, she took it to her Twitter page to announce that the studio will release a preview video for the movie in the beginning of 2010.

"There will b a teaser trailer in theaters in jan. Is what I just heard," Jovovich wrote. Additionally, the depicter of Alice in the horror movie franchise said that the shooting, which was kicked off on September 25, will be wrapped around the middle of December this year.

In the next "Supernatural", Sam, Dean and Castiel track down the Colt and head off to find Lucifer to send him back to Hell. It's a hunters' reunion when the crew joins forces with Bobby, Ellen and Jo for what could be their last night on Earth.

The episode is called "Abandon All Hope" and it will boast the guest starring appearances from Alona Tal, Samantha Ferris and Mark Sheppard. The first two reprise their roles as Jo and Ellen respectively while Mark makes his debut as Crowley. The episode will air on November 18 as the last episode of 2009 and the show is scheduled to return with originals on January 14.

Janet Jackson is the latest singer who is confirmed to perform at the 37th Annual American Music Awards. She is set for the opening act of the event to be held on November 22 at NOKIA Theatre, singing a medley of her hit singles. Coincidently, she will release her greatest hits compilation "Number Ones" less than a week prior to the show.

"We're thrilled about having Janet Jackson open this year's show," said AMAs producer Larry Klein. "She is an incredibly dynamic performer and I think the audience will be excited to see what she has in store."

Playing opposite Ian Somerhalder in The CW's "The Vampire Diaries", Candice Accola has no hesitation to sing him praise, telling Star Magazine in an interview she thinks the actor is "so cute to kiss". She goes on adding, "those days are fun on set. Ian is wonderful at his job."

When asked about Caroline Forbes, the character she portrays in the drama-horror-fantasy TV series, Candice says, "We're both boy crazy, and we're both girly girls!" She then describes, "She's a real go-getter, a young woman who knows what she wants and doesn't apologize for it. She's really sassy too - and very naughty, which is what I love about playing her."

A few days after a fake artwork hit the web, Alicia Keys' upcoming fourth studio album "The Element of Freedom" finally gets an official cover art. The picture has a close-up look at the 2010 Favorite R&B Artist nominee of People's Choice Awards wearing a halter-neck top.

Led by single "Doesn't Mean Anyhting", "The Element of Freedom" is going to be released in United States on December 15. The album will include "Empire State of Mind Part 2" which has her re-uniting with Jay-Z on the hook. It is also rumored that Beyonce Knowles will lend her vocal to the album.

Sneak peek at "Grown Ups" has been shared through a teaser trailer debuted on Thursday, November 12. Making its way out via Yahoo! Movies, the clip provides a preview to the Columbia Pictures comedy movie starring Adam Sandler as Lenny Feder, who meets his old friends after more than thirty years.

During their high school, Lenny, Eric Lamonsoff, Kurt McKenzie, Rob Hilliard, and Marcus Higgins were best friends. When their old school basketball coach passes away, they reunite in their home town and meet their pals' families.

Jon Gosselin is the latest victim of sex tape scandal. The reality star and father of eight children reportedly has an R-rated tape that shows him having sex with a random woman.

According to Allie Is Wired!, the allegation is brought to the surface by Jon's bodyguard, Thomas Meinelt. Jon's former nanny Stephanie Santoro testifies, "Tom told me that Jon was secretly videotaped having sex with a woman in Los Angeles in October, and he's seen the tape!"

LMFAO invade Las Vegas' hot spot TAO Beach alongside their collaborator Lil Jon as captured in a music video supporting the duo's single "Shots". The video, at first, shows the famous place as a quiet venue which has the DJ playing some boring music, but soon after the turntable is taken over, it turns into a wild party.

"Shots" is one of the singles coming from LMFAO's debut album "Party Rock" which has been made avaliable for purchase since July this year. The song becomes the only track in the album which has a featured guest.

What happens during the finale of "America's Next Top Model" next week has been previewed by The CW. The final two of cycle 13, Laura Kirkpatrick and Nicole Fox, will have to battle wind and rain when the two elements are brought to the runway. They will also have to be able to pull the final CoverGirl commercial in Hawaii.

Laura and Nicole beat Jennifer An and Erin Wagner during this week's episode when their photo shots in Hawaii were graded well by the judges. One of them will not only be crowned as the winner of cycle 13 but also the first petite model because the show has particularly cast models 5'7" and shorter.

Sylvester Stallone has given an update about his upcoming film "Rambo V: The Savage Hunt". In his email to Craig Zablo's StalloneZone, the actor informs that the film has gone through some changes in the storyline as well as the character.

"I'm letting you know that Rambo has changed course and the story about hunting the man/beast will be done using another character in the lead," Stallone wrote. He then added, "RAMBO himself will be heading over the border to a violent city where many young women have vanished."

Since he was catapulted to fame after starring in "Twilight", Robert Pattinson has been undergoing a very hectic schedule that he is comparing himself to a doctor. "You're doing doctor hours. Every doctor I've spoken to says the same thing, that you have no idea what's going on other than working. You're away from your family and friends, and all that stuff," he is quoted as saying.

Robert who is on promo tour to support the much awaited "The Twilight Saga's New Moon", was seen in London on Wednesday, November 11 for a fan event that was attended by about 2,000 people. His on-screen girlfriend and rumored off-screen girlfriend Kristen Stewart was also there.

In advance of Rihanna's new album "Rated R" which will arrive in U.S. on November 23, snippets of its songs have been unleashed. Prior to the preview, several selected music critics have also been invited to get an exclusive first full listen to the album earlier this week.

As for worldwide fans, they can enjoy all of the new music from the Barbadian songstress' new album on November 16. On that date, the R&B singer is going to kick off a special gig from a secret location in London, partnering with Nokia.

One of the original cast of "Heroes" has tweeted that Kate Vernon from "Battlestar Galactica" is going to guest star on the show. Greg Grunberg who plays Matt Parkman wrote on Thursday, November 12, "Kate Vernon from BSG is now on #Heroes -- can't wait for you guys to see her. The 5th!!"

While what kind of role Vernon will play out in the series is not yet known, Grunberg had earlier posted a picture of the actress posing with Robert Knepper. In the sci-fi series, Knepper plays Sam, the ringleader of traveling troupe called The Carnival, so Vernon could either be the latest member of the group or a relative of Sam.

Nearly a month after she was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) conviction, Stephanie Pratt told People at the Maxim and Ubisoft launch of Assassin's Creed II in West Hollywood on Wednesday, November 11 that she has learned her lesson. "It was the worst thing to happen to me and, at the same time, it was the biggest blessing," mused the reality TV star.

"I learned to not fall apart, which is something that I usually do when something goes bad in my life. I learned that it is all about temptation and that I am being tested," she stated further. "This is the first time that I haven't screwed up more after a bad thing and I didn't fall apart and say, 'I hate my life, I want to die!' It's the first time in twenty-three years that I went the other way!"

Universal Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for "Leap Year". Debuted by MSN, the video gives a look at the comedy film that follows one woman's determined quest to get married to the perfect guy, despite what fate has in store for her.

Anna, a girl who is always in trouble, is expecting to get an engagement ring from longtime boyfriend, Jeremy, during a romantic dinner. When their four-year anniversary passes without a marriage proposal, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She then follows Jeremy to Dublin to get down on her knee February 29, known as Leap Day, during when women are allowed to propose to men based on Irish tradition.

Lady GaGa and Beyonce Knowles' hook-up in an electro dance track called "Telephone" has hit the web. The song comes from the production hands of powerhouse music maker Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.

"Telephone" is not the only collaborative project between Lady GaGa and Beyonce Knowles. The two big stars also hit studio for a remix of Beyonce's single "Video Phone". Moreover, Lady GaGa will be seen appearing as Gee-yonce in its accompanying music video.

Notwithstanding her big win at the 43rd Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards on Wednesday night, November 11, Taylor Swift opted to have a low-key celebration. "Just wrapped up a cereal party with my mom and dad at the kitchen table. What a night," she tweeted.

Taylor Swift won big at this year's CMA Awards, bringing home four gongs in total, one of which was for Entertainer of the Year which made her becoming the youngest person ever to win the honor. Sharing her joy upon nabbing the four trophies, she tweeted, "I have said 'i love you' to so many people tonight. I can't stop hugging people. This is magical."

Another song, this time called "Love Come Down", from P. Diddy's Hip-Hop group Dirty Money has got a music video. Diddy and his bandmates Kalenna and Danity Kane's former member Dawn Richard appear in all-black gear.

"It reminds me of the old Bad Boy videos, when you saw shiny suits and you said, 'This is official'," Richard told MTV on the set of the video earlier last month. "It felt like a club on TV. This is what it is. It's like the futuristic '90s. It's raw - that's what the record is and our sound is."

Stefan and Elena take their relationship to the next level when she says that she wants him. In the November 19 episode of "The Vampire Diaries", Stefan and Elena come to a new understanding, but everything changes when Elena accidentally makes a devastating discovery.

After reading the journal left by one of the Gilbert ancestors, Jeremy is inspired to return to his hobby of sketching fantasy creatures, a talent he had abandoned when his parents died. Much to the surprise of their friends, Matt and Caroline continue to hang out together.

Despite a good reception for "The Dark Knight", it appears that Warner Bros. Pictures has not had any plan about making the sequel. Recently, one of the "Batman" stars, Michael Caine, told British magazine Shortlist that he doubted the studio will ever make "Batman 3".

"I don't know if they are ever going to make another 'Batman'," Caine said. Even if there will be the third film, the depicter of butler Alfred Pennyworth claimed it will not be happening soon, as he stated, "If they do it won't be for quite a while." However, he added, "As for the future... if they ever make another 'Batman' I will be in, I will be the butler..."

In Touch Weekly has got its hand on an exclusive confirmation made by Rebecca Gayheart that she is pregnant. To the magazine the expectant celebrity mother shares her joy about welcoming the upcoming baby into her and husband Eric Dane's family.

"We've always wanted to be parents," she said at the IWC Schaffhausen Michael Muller event in Hollywood on Wednesday, November 11. "I think Eric is going to be a wonderful dad, and hopefully I'll be a good mom. We're absolutely looking forward to it!"

Oprah Winfrey joins the "Twilight Saga" fever by welcoming author of the books the film series are based upon to "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Stephenie Meyer who goes from a stay-at-home mom to a worldwide best-selling author will sit down with Oprah for a live broadcast from Chicago this Friday, November 13.

Meyer herself has expressed how excited she is to choose Oprah as her sole interview. "I'm doing this for a good reason: I am so pleased and amazed and thrilled with what Chris Weitz has done with 'New Moon' that I want to talk about it, and to show my support for him. And since I'm only doing one interview, better make it big. Really big. So....I will be on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' on Friday, November 13th," she wrote on her blog.

Chris Brown has another fresh material off his new album "Graffiti" coming out. Titled "Sing Like Me", it is claimed to be a song "for the ladies". He tweeted about the outing of the track, "I'm trying to give all the fans more music thats why I put out so many singles."

Chris is eying to release "Graffiti" across the United States on December 8. Prior to "Sing Like Me", he has dropped two other new singles; "I Can Transform Ya" which features Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz and a ballad track "Crawl".

Demi Lovato's "Remember December" music video has just made its round. It features the Disney songstress rocking with her band and also shows cameos from her "Camp Rock" co-stars Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Meaghan Jette Martin and Chloe Bridges.

"The music video relates to the song in a way that a girl has so much to say to the guy, and it feels like he's not listening, and she wants him to remember everything that they had," Demi told MTV about the concept of the video. "And so instead of having a love interest in this video, it's all about being fierce and kind of, like, taking control as a girl. It's like girl empowerment."

The romance is on between rumored lovers Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke is the one who hints at the matter, telling TIME magazine in an interview that the actors allegedly started dating after the first installment of the hit vampire drama flick.

"After I cast him, I told Rob, Don't even think about having a romance with her," Catherine recalled. "She's under 18. You will be arrested." And when asked about the nature of Robert and Kristen's close bond, Catherine answers, "I didn't have a camera in the hotel room. I cannot say. But in terms of what Kristen told me directly, it didn't happen on the first movie. Nothing crossed the line while on the first film."