September 14, 2010

ABC's light summer filler "Bachelor Pad" has crowned two winners of their cash. Natalie Getz from "The Bachelor" season 13 and David Good from "The Bachelorette" season 5 managed to trample down Tenley Molzahn from "Bachelor" season 14 and her partner Kiptyn Locke from "Bachelorette" season 5.

These two couples were battling for $250,000 prize in the reunion episode airing Monday, September 13. Since this is not a real competition, they just have to convince the judges, comprised of the fallen housemates, of what they would do with the money. Natalie said she will start a small charity for prostate cancer because her dad is a survivor while Dave would do a "comic relief".

The first trailer from "The Tourist" is promised to arrive within the next few hours, but before that the first scenes from the movie have been shared in preview clips. Debuted by Extra, Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood, the short snippets which are compiled together by Vivemone see quick footage of Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp in their action as well as romantic sequences.

In the upcoming film, Jolie stars as Elise, an Interpol agent who locates a criminal with whom she once had an affair. Meanwhile, Depp portrays an American tourist named Frank Taylor who is used by the female Interpol agent as a dupe to reach her goal.

50 Cent is preparing for a long-awaited cameo on U.K. TV - the rapper will appear in hit British soap opera "Eastenders". The "In Da Club" superstar is an avid fan of the longrunning BBC show, set in the East End of London, after catching episodes during promotional trips to the U.K.

And he has organized a guest appearance with BBC bosses, according to Britain's Daily Mirror. But the star is devastated the talks took so long - because he's too late to appear opposite veteran British actress Barbara Windsor, who retired from her role as tough landlady Peggy Mitchell earlier this month.

Malcolm McLaren's son is set to fight the late Sex Pistols manager's longterm girlfriend over his estate, according to U.K. reports. McLaren passed away in Switzerland in April this year after losing his battle with cancer.

It is believed he left his entire estate, thought be worth more than $1.5 million, to his partner of 12 years, Young Kim. According to Britain's Daily Mail, McLaren's son with designer Vivienne Westwood, Joe Corre, has ordered lawyers to dispute the will, which was allegedly made just before the 64 year old's death.

Ricky Gervais has friends in high places - British royal Prince Harry turned up to his recent stand-up show and asked for an autograph for his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. "The Office" creator performed at London's Hammersmith Apollo venue earlier this month and mingled with Coldplay rocker Chris Martin and Prince Harry afterwards.

And, although Gervais snubbed the royal's invite to perform for British troops in Afghanistan, he happily obliged the prince's request for a note for his regal relative. On his blog, the funnyman writes, "Hammersmith was great... Had a drink after the show with Chris Martin and Prince Harry. As you do."

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster could have been expecting twins next year - but doctors believe "killer cells" terminated a foetus. The rocker's wife is pregnant with the couple's second child, which is due in March, and revealed over the weekend that they battled for two years to fall pregnant before turning to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.

After conceiving, Lancaster was warned she had cells which attacked her unborn baby - and now she confesses medics told her the condition could have already killed her new child's twin. She tells Britain's The Sun, "When I got the positive pregnancy test I found out the killer cells were becoming aggressive. When they (the doctors) found out about the killer cells, they put me on a course of steroids which helped suppress them. They concluded there might have been more than one baby, but the killer cells got to one of them."

Actress Kaley Cuoco is missing out on filming hit U.S. show "The Big Bang Theory" after reportedly breaking her leg in a horseriding accident at the weekend. The star is currently in a Los Angeles hospital following a nasty fall, and will have to miss the taping of the popular sitcom on Tuesday night, September 14, according to TMZ.com.

Sources tell the website the rest of the cast would film without Cuoco and she is expected to catch up her scenes when she recovered. But if she is unable to return for filming next week, the show will have to be rewritten around her absence.

Christina Applegate is desperate for movie bosses to organize their finances so filming can start on an "Anchorman" sequel - because all the cast are eager to begin shooting. "Anchorman" - starring Will Ferrell as a dim-witted newsreader - was a cult hit among moviegoers on its release in 2004 and the team behind the project wants to bring the comedy back for a follow-up.

However, bosses at the movie's distributor, Paramount, aren't willing to put the cash in place for the film. Ferrell recently urged fans to write to movie executives in a bid to push them into paying - and Applegate is also eager for the project to get off the ground.

Secretive couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen have reportedly welcomed their second child - the couple has been spotted pushing a baby's pram in London. The pair refused to comment on speculation the "Wedding Crashers" actress was expecting after she was seen sporting a bulging belly in April.

The rumors came just a month after the couple exchanged vows in a small, private ceremony in Paris, France in March in front of close friends and family. And it seems the speculation was true - after remaining out of the spotlight since May, Fisher was seen pushing a baby's pram in the U.K. capital, with her husband and their daughter Olive, two, last week.

Before the seventh season of "Desperate Housewives" arrives on screen, ABC teases fans with three clips. Apt to the episode's title "Remember Paul", one of the clips shows the mentioned character inviting the ladies to his rented house to explain how he gets out of jail while he was given life sentence.

Paul Young is not only out of prison but he's back in the neighborhood with an enigmatic new wife and seemingly dark motives. He is renting Susan's home while she, Mike and MJ are living in an apartment on limited funds. But Susan sees a glimmer of hope in getting her life back on the Lane when she's offered an unorthodox job by her apartment manager, Maxine.

Fresh from winning a moonman at Sunday, September 12's MTV Video Music Awards, Justin Bieber immediately returned to working mode the day after. The pop singer who scored a kiss from Rihanna and Katy Perry on the cheek at the awards event, was shooting for a new version of "U Smile" music video.

He filmed the video on Monday, September 13 in Los Angeles. According to Celebrity Gossip which also acquired the set photos, Bieber exchanged a few different outfits and was joined by a female companion while shooting. Bieber himself tweeted, "Been working on a new video for U SMILE today. Different versions. Hope u guys will like it. Some water fights goin on. Good times."

After having its world premiere at 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, "Easy A" has been brought to Los Angeles. The movie was premiered in the city on Monday, September 13 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and a lot of young celebs were present.

Fresh from her appearances at TIFF as well as MTV Video Music Awards, Emma Stone came to the latest event. The 21-year-old beauty bared her back in a glam short dress. On the red carpet, she bonded with Taylor Swift who came as a guest and donned a simple green dress.

Former "Miami Vice" star Don Johnson stunned Oprah Winfrey on the premiere episode of the 25th and final season of talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" by returning her rhinestone sunglasses.

Winfrey sent Johnson her favorite accessories in a bid to persuade him to become her first guest when the show started in 1986, but he turned her down - prompting her to come up with the idea of making her show all about normal people, not just celebrities. On Monday, September 13 the talk show queen told her audience, "They were all the rage and they cost a fortune..." as Johnson stepped out onstage to surprise her.

"Jersey Shore" cast, including Vinny, may have reached their stardoms but that does not make it easier for him to get closer with his dream girl. The reality TV star, who recently expressed his desire to meet Selena Gomez at 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, has been dissed by the actress/singer.

"Tonight, I'm not 18! My mom would kill me!" Selena states after hearing Vinny's wish to meet her if she were 18. "I will say I am a very big fan though, a very big fan, and I do look forward to meeting them, but that's as far as it goes," the "Ramona and Beezus" star who actually has turned 18 earlier this year adds, referring to "Jersey Shore".

Beyonce Knowles stunned style watchers at the New York Fashion Week event on Sunday, September 12 when she hit the catwalk in designer Tom Ford's latest creations. The R&B beauty, who helps her mother design pieces for the House of Dereon line, joined actress Julianne Moore and Daphne Guinness among the stars of Ford's much-anticipated runway show.

Beyonce tells WWD.com, "It was so much fun. It felt like a performance. It had the energy of a live show. It's great to see people have fun in fashion." For the runway show, Beyonce let her hair lose in a big curl and wore heavy make-up on the eyes.

The family of reggae legend Bob Marley has lost a lawsuit seeking ownership of his most famous tracks. Executives at UMG Recordings were declared the rightful owners of copyrights to five albums that Marley recorded between 1973 and 1977 for Island Records.

The decision came down in Manhattan on Friday, September 10. The albums in the haul include "Catch a Fire", "Natty Dread" and "Exodus" and were all recorded with Marley's band The Wailers. Marley died of cancer in 1981, aged 36.

Oddball movie star Joaquin Phoenix is to return to David Letterman's U.S. chat show a year after he feared his last appearance had wrecked his career. The actor appeared disheveled and uncomfortable as he attempted to promote what he claimed would be his final film, "Two Lovers", on the show in 2009.

With a bushy beard and uncombed hair, he evoked the host's wrath by refusing to remove his sunglasses for the studio interview and chewing gum as he spoke. Letterman even poked fun at his appearance, asking his guest, "What can you tell us about your days with the Unibomber?"

The Penelope Cruz baby news has started again with an insider on the set of the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie revealing producers have sworn the cast and crew to secrecy over the fact the Spanish beauty is five-months pregnant.

Newlywed Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem have dismissed countless reports they're set to become parents, but now new rumors have been accompanied by a photo of the actress sporting what looks like a growing belly on the set of her swashbuckling new movie. A source tells HollyScoop.com, "Penelope is definitely 100 per cent pregnant, and everyone is trying to keep it very well under wraps (sic)."

The doctors who prescribed the drugs that landed Lindsay Lohan in trouble are under investigation by Medical Board of California officials. The medical experts have met with the actress' father Michael Lohan and his lawyer Lisa Bloom as they open the case on her physicians, who Lohan insists misdiagnosed his daughter.

Bloom sent a letter to the California Attorney General back in July, asking for an investigation into "the unscrupulous doctors (who) overprescribe medications...," according to TMZ.com. That letter sparked the investigation.

The wheel is in motion, Britney Spears is back in the studio to work on the follow up to her 2008 release "Circus". The good news came from producer Sean Garrett who told E! Online that he is back working with the pop star for at least two songs.

"I'm going into the studio with her," Sean said during MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, September 12. "I love Britney. I want to help her grow. I want to do stuff that's going to be able to travel around the world."

Angelina Jolie's dedication to campaigning against atrocities around the world has earned the big-hearted Hollywood star the title of Best Celebrity Role Model in a new online poll. The United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, who last week visited victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan, won nearly half of all votes registered on WENN.com.

Jolie scored 43 per cent, ahead of Oscar winner George Clooney, himself a United Nations Messenger of Peace, who took second place with 23 per cent. Teen superstar Miley Cyrus was a surprise entry in third place with 15 per cent - she even scored more votes than campaigning rocker Bono, who had to settle for fourth place and just 14 per cent of votes.

The African pop group which collaborated with Shakira for a magical World Cup 2010 concert has been barred from performing in Zimbabwe after insulting the country's president in a controversial new music video. The Colombian singer and FreshlyGround won over worldwide audiences with their song "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", which became the official anthem for the soccer tournament in the band's native South Africa.

But the members of the pop group found themselves at the center of political controversy last week after Zimbabwean authorities revoked work permits for a series of planned October this year concerts in the country, according to singer Zolani Mahola.

Hip-hop veterans Cypress Hill and Apple executives have been slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit over a song released almost 20 years ago. The bosses of California-based Drive-In Music Company have accused the group of illegally sampling a portion of The Music Machine tune "Come on In" on the band's 1991 track "How I Could Just Kill a Man", which was released on Cypress Hill's self-titled debut album.

According to a lawsuit filed in the Central District Court of California on September 10, Drive-In bosses were alerted to the alleged sampling after seeing copies of the song for sale on Apple's iTunes. And they claim both parties continue to profit illegally, by continuing to sell digital copies of the song in question.

Kristen Stewart struggles to form new friendships because she can't just hang-out in public like an ordinary 20-something. The actress shot to stardom as Bella Swan in the first "Twilight" film in 2008 and she has dominated headlines ever since, following rumors of a romance with her co-star Robert Pattinson.

But life in the spotlight comes at a price for shy Stewart, who finds it hard to make new friends. She tells Britain's Sunday Telegraph, "I have friends who say, 'Hey, we are in a restaurant today, want to come? A bunch of us are hanging out.' And yet I am like, 'Do you want to go to someone's house? It would be so much fun. Bring everyone round to my house!' "

Actress AnnaLynne McCord has confirmed she's dating "Twilight" hunk Kellan Lutz, insisting she's blessed to have him in her life. The "90210" star reveals she has been dating Lutz for some time but they really bonded in New Orleans, Louisiana while building homes for charity the St. Bernard Project this summer.

She tells Parade magazine, "You know one of those moments when you're sitting across the room and looking at the person you're with? In this case, we were working across the room from each other and I was lining the baseboards with caulk and he was screwing something in the ceiling and I just kind of sat there on the floor and looked up at the man that I'm with and I was just like, 'This is all that I want'."

Voluptuous actress Sofia Vergara was desperate to undergo breast reduction surgery as a teen, because she thought her famous curves made her look like a "stripper". The lovely Latina star of TV show "Modern Family" started busting out at the age of 13, and she begged her mum to let her go under the knife because she was so self-conscious.

Vergara tells America's Self magazine, "I wanted surgery. I told my mom, 'As soon as I'm older, please take these boobs away.' She said, 'Sofia, shut up. When you're 18, it will be different.' I was like, 'Why would I want these huge t**s? I'm a 34 DD. It's hard to dress. No matter what I wear, I look like a stripper."

Stephen Fry has blasted former British Prime Minister Tony Blair over the war in Iraq, insisting the politician made the decision to send in troops while there was a "storm" raging in his mind. The actor and funnyman launched his new memoirs, "The Fry Chronicles", on Monday, September 13 and used the opportunity to take aim at Blair, whose story of his time in power - "A Journey" - was released earlier this month.

Fry admits he picked up a copy of the book but struggled to read it as he is still upset about Blair's decision to invade Iraq. He tells Sky News, "I started to read it... I find I stare at the ceiling quite a lot with my eyes watering and my mouth making shapes that, if you were a lip-reader, you would find obscene. I found it very, very odd."

Next time on "90210", Naomi finds out she can now access the money in her trust fund, so she decides to throw a giant birthday party where The Honey Brothers (featuring Adrian Grenier) perform a few songs. Dixon, Navid and Liam decide to take Oscar (Blair Redford) out for a night on the town, but their party ends when Ivy finds a Facebook photo of Dixon doing a body shot off a girl.

Annie has an instant connection with Charlie (Evan Ross), a guy she meets at a coffee shop, but seems more interested in exploring her relationship opportunities with Liam. Jen (Sara Foster) is forced to go on bed rest until she delivers the baby and has no choice but to allow Ryan into her life. Silver confronts Teddy about his drinking problem.

Announced on Monday September 13, Usher's tour will bring along Trey Songz who has just been selected as AceShowbiz's Artist of the Week. Usher is mapping out 25 dates across the nation and would kick it off on November 10 at Seattle, WA's Key Arena.

In the jaunt dubbed "OMG Tour", Usher is promoting his latest studio albums "Raymond vs. Raymond" and "Versus" which are both released this year. Meanwhile, Songz is supporting his fourth album "Passion, Pain & Pleasure" which arrives in stores today (September 14). These R & B icons will tour with up and coming recording artist Miguel who specializes in funk, hip-hop and electro. He's slated to release his debut album, called "All I Want Is You", later this year.

More crazy stunts in "Jackass 3D" have been previewed in the movie's posters. Making their way out via Yahoo! Movies, the pictures show, among others, a man hit by a buffalo and a guy hanging on a pole while being chased by a dog.

A day before the posters are launched, a clip from the comedy has also been shared. It gives a look at a scene where Bam Margera is knocked off his feet as a giant fake hand is launched on his face.

Rapper Drake had to convince his mother he was never really married to labelmate Nicki Minaj after the media turned a recent Twitter.com joke into headline news. The "Forever" hitmaker sparked reports he had secretly exchanged vows with his longtime crush Minaj on August 27 when he took to his blog on the social networking site to break the news to his fans.

He wrote, "Please refer to @nickiminaj as Mrs. Aubrey Drake Graham and don't stare at her too long. She's finally mine." Minaj fueled the claims when she tweeted, "Yes, it's true. Drake and I tied the knot." The pair's publicists were quick to deny the pals were actually husband and wife and dismissed the allegations as "not true", while Minaj admitted they were simply "being mischievous".

Jordin Sparks is nursing a bruised leg after a terrifying run-in with a pitbull at the weekend, when an unleashed dog locked its jaw around her limb. The former "American Idol" winner took her own pet pooch to a New York City park on Sunday, September 12, where it could play with other dogs - but an untrained pit ruined the outing when it ran up to Sparks and bit her.

Showing off a marking on her left leg during an appearance on Wendy Williams' U.S. chat show on Monday, she explained, "You see this bruise right here? A New York experience. I took my dog to the dog park and I got bit by a pitbull. Yesterday!"

Rocker Scott Weiland is set to reveal all about his battle with drug addiction and his newfound sobriety when his long-awaited autobiography is released next March. The singer has talked about the tome for three years - and he's finally agreed with publishers at Simon & Schuster on a tentative release for "Not Dead & Not For Sale".

Weiland was kicked out of rock band Velvet Revolver in April 2008 and has since been touring as a member of the reunited Stone Temple Pilots. But in the months before the split, he revealed he was overwhelmed by the prospect of chronicling his life. He told Reuters in November 2007: "It's a weird thing. You make a lot of records, write a lot of songs, but all of a sudden you go into a whole different vein, and it's a little bit scary to dive into."

Kanye West cleared the air with Taylor Swift backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, September 12 after learning she was set to debut a song she'd written about his stage invasion at the event in 2009.

The country sweetheart's big moment at last year's prizegiving was ruined when West stormed the stage and protested her Best Female Video win, her very first VMA honor. She was left in tears by the shocking incident but channeled her emotions into new track "Innocent", which was written in the wake of the controversy after West apologized for his actions.

Words that Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are getting back together start to gain evidence. After reported spending time together during the weekend, the pair has been spotted sharing a long kiss in her parked car, a Mercedes Benz SUV, on Monday, September 13 morning in Los Angeles. Just Jared which obtains the picture reports that they were making out for about 10-15 minutes.

Miley and Liam, who started dating after they met on the set of "The Last Song", separated in August. On Saturday, September 11, however, the two were spotted picnicking together in Hollywood Hills.

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. allegedly flew into a rage after his girlfriend admitted to having an affair with basketball star C.J. Watson, according to the police report filed after his arrest on Friday, September 10.

The sportsman was arrested on suspicion of grand larceny stemming from a reported domestic violence incident involving Josie Harris at her home in Las Vegas on Thursday. His girlfriend also filed a request for a temporary protection order after reporting the alleged fight to police.

Aspiring porn star Montana Fishburne is seeking professional help to deal with anger management and mental issues, according to a U.S. report. The estranged daughter of "The Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne has allegedly checked herself into an inpatient facility in Southern California to undergo a 30-day treatment programme.

According to TMZ.com, the 19 year old's famous dad is unaware of her decision to enroll in the medical treatment. Montana hit the headlines this summer when it emerged she had shot an explicit adult film for Vivid Entertainment bosses. A representative for the teenager had yet to comment on the report as WENN went to press.

"Saturday Night Live" may provide an amend for Lindsay Lohan and her tarnished reputation. There's a report circulating that the troubled young actress is in negotiations with NBC to host the variety show on December 4. The purpose of the gig is none other than to prove that she is still employable despite her messy personal life.

Lohan was recently sent jail to fulfill her two DUI sentences. Upon released, she went to rehab to overcome her alcohol addiction. On Sunday, September 12, Lohan made fun of herself in a skit with Chelsea Handler for 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. She slapped a drunk Handler and yelled, "You think anyone would work with a drunk? They don't!".

Scottish singer KT Tunstall hated the star-studded sailing expedition to the Arctic Circle which doubled as her honeymoon - because it made her feel "worthless" as an artist. The "Suddenly I See" hitmaker married her drummer Luke Bullen in September 2008 and the newlyweds embarked on an expedition to Disko Bay in Greenland to raise awareness of environmental arts organisation Cape Farewell.

They were joined by a string of stars including Jarvis Cocker and Martha Wainwright - but Tunstall did not enjoy the trip. She tells Britain's Seven magazine, "It was a stupid amount of people in a very, very enclosed space. It did feel like a creative rat race. Everyone else might have had a great time. It was definitely my ego."

Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad are appealing to fans to vote for their favorite ABBA song as part of an upcoming U.K. TV tribute - which will see them reveal all about their time in the band. The pair formed one half of the Swedish supergroup and achieved nine number one hit singles in Britain alone.

They've teamed up to record a series of revealing interviews about their heyday for a forthcoming show on British network ITV - and they also want ABBA fans to vote for their most beloved track to form part of a countdown on the program.

Lady GaGa has angered animal rights activists after posing in meat-style clothes for the second time in a week. The "Poker Face" hitmaker attracted criticism earlier this month when she posed in a bikini made from slabs of beef for the cover of Japan's Hommes Vogue magazine.

But she was unrepentant at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, September 12, repeating the stomach-churning stunt in a dress apparently fashioned from strips of red meat - and with a steak balanced on her head. Animal rights workers have blasted Gaga yet again, urging her to ditch the meat-based clothing before she alienates all her vegetarian fans.

Dame Judi Dench shares Bond fans' frustration over "Quantum of Solace" - because she struggled to follow the plot too. Daniel Craig's second outing as the suave superspy, the follow-up to 2006's "Casino Royale", baffled many cinemagoers with its speedy direction, fast-paced action scenes and intricate storyline.

And Dench, who plays 007's demanding boss M in the movie, sympathizes with viewers. She found it hard to keep up with as well.

Kristen Stewart was stunned when news of her New Year holiday with Robert Pattinson emerged - because the pair deliberately went to Britain's Isle of Wight to escape the paparazzi. The "Twilight" stars, who are rumored to have been dating since they met on the set of the vampire films, headed to the small island's Ventnor resort for a break.

They were snapped by a youngster who was shocked to see the movie stars - and Stewart is in disbelief that they were caught out.

"We'll Be Alright" has been announced as the second single lifted from Travis McCoy's debut album "Lazarus". A music video that perfectly describes the feel-good music has been debuted, showing the Gym Class Heroes rapper in a wild house party with a lot of friends.

"We are young, we run free/ Stay up late, we don't sleep/ Got our friends, got the night/ We'll be alright," McCoy sang. The song is sampling Supergrass' 1995 smash "Alright" and is produced by The Smeezingtons and The Stereotypes.

Ali Fedotowsky was officially a news correspondent for Fox 5 San Diego on Monday, September 13 morning. Her first on-air appearance included answering questions sent in by viewers, such as how to handle a long-distance romance and what things are important in a relationship.

And then she sat down with a face-reading expert Barbara Roberts who told her about several face features that are suitable for marriage. At one point, Roberts pointed out the strong features of Fedotowsky's fiance Robert Martinez. "People tell him everything. What you see is what you get," Roberts said and Fedotowsky agreed.

Few days before "Never Let Me Go" hits limited U.S. theaters, an international trailer has been made available for viewing pleasure. It gives a deeper look at the story of three best friends and how their lives become complicated when they grow up as explained by one of the characters, Carey Mulligan's Kathy.

Kathy, along with Tommy and Ruth, lives in a world and a time that feel familiar to us, but are not quite like anything we know. They spend their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school where they got all they needed.

Oscar winner Danny Boyle was forced to placate angry cinemagoers at the screening of his new movie at the Toronto International Film Festival - after organizers issued too many tickets for the event. The "Slumdog Millionaire" director debuted his latest film "127 Hours" - starring James Franco as mountaineer Aron Ralston, who was forced to saw off his lower right arm after a boulder fell onto him while he was climbing in Utah in 2003 - at the Canadian festival on Saturday, September 11.

However, the event was dogged with problems after hundreds of fans and critics were turned away because the venue for the screening was too small to accommodate everyone. And once the lucky 500 guests were seated, the screening was marred by technical issues - and was more than an hour late beginning.

Christina Aguilera took to the stage to pay a musical tribute to John Lennon at the launch of a special edition pen in New York on Sunday, September 12. The "Dirrty" hitmaker attended the global launch of The Montblanc John Lennon Edition, the proceeds of which will help give children access to music education.

And to mark what would have been Lennon's 70th birthday next month, Aguilera took to the microphone to belt out a heartfelt rendition of "Imagine", the former Beatles star's most famous song, according to JustJared.com.

Sir Elton John has promised fans "very special guests and memorable moments" at his upcoming show to kick off the BBC's annual music festival. The "Rocket Man" was announced on Monday, September 13 as the first performer in the line-up of the BBC's Electric Proms event in London next month.

And Sir Elton has vowed to make it a gig to remember, revealing he will perform with legendary session musician/songwriter Leon Russell and many more musical guests, including rapper Plan B. He says, "I'm delighted to be kicking off this year's Radio 2 Electric Proms, particularly as I'll be joined on stage by Leon who is one of my musical heroes. The performance will feature some very special guests and memorable moments."

Music mogul Simon Cowell is reportedly planning to launch his own film company. The former "American Idol" judge has already dabbled in producing, overseeing a documentary based on his talent show protege Susan Boyle last year.

Plans for a biopic about "Britain's Got Talent" star Paul Potts were axed earlier this year, after filmmakers failed to find an actor willing to take on the lead role - but Cowell remains undeterred in his movie mission. He is planning to head up a production company which will release musical-themed projects, according to Britain's Daily Star

Singers Gord Bamford and Johnny Reid dominated the Canadian Country Music Association awards on Sunday, September 12, taking home a string of top trophies each. At the annual ceremony in Edmonton, Bamford's record "Day Job" was named Album of the Year, while the title song's promo won Video of the Year.

He also took home the Male Artist of the Year prize, declaring: "This is one of the best nights of my life!" Reid walked away with the Fans' Choice Award, Single of the Year, bestselling Canadian album for "Dance With Me", and the Songwriter of the Year trophy.

Josh Duhamel only agreed to strip to his underwear for the poster of his new movie "Life as We Know It" if studio marketing bosses photoshopped his weak calf. The "Transformers" star didn't mind revealing almost all for the promotional picture - but he wanted to make sure his "chicken legs" would be given a little computer-enhanced definition.

In an upcoming interview with BlogTalkRadio.com, he says, "I was like, 'OK dude, I'll do the underwear but please make my right calf look a little bit bigger.' I ruptured my Achilles (heel), like, six years ago and it never grew back, so it's like half the size of the other one."

John Mayer has become the latest celebrity who stops using Twitter. The rocker's account has disappeared since Monday, September 13 and his representative later confirmed that he has shut down his account now that his Battle Studies Tour "at a close and a return to the studio planned."

An e-mailed statement says that Mayer will continue communicating with his fans via his blog. The "Your Body Is a Wonderland" hitmaker had gained more than 3.7 million followers before he closed his Twitter. He previously used the account to invite University of South Carolina fans to watch a free show in February before kicking off the tour to promote his album "Battle Studies".

Estranged couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have sparked rumors of a reconciliation after they embarked on a charity walk together on Sunday, September 12. Montag left her former "The Hills" co-star in May and filed for divorce in July, citing irreconcilable differences.

Pratt subsequently threatened to release sex tapes featuring his former partner, but reached out to his estranged wife earlier this month to apologize for his behavior. And on Sunday, the reality TV stars prompted speculation they are a couple once again when they both took part in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Carpinteria, California.

Kate Hudson began dating Muse frontman Matt Bellamy while filming "Something Borrowed" - and the rocker gained her pals' seal of approval, according to co-star Colin Egglesfield.

The pair met at California's Coachella Music Festival in April and were often seen together before the singer went public with their romance in July. Their relationship blossomed while Hudson was on the set of the romantic comedy - and Bellamy charmed all of her co-workers.

A lawyer for "Smallville" actor Sam Jones III has fired off a legal warning in a bid to halt the DVD release of an explicit sex tape featuring the star and his Playboy model girlfriend Karissa Shannon.

Vivid Entertainment boss Steve Hirsch obtained footage of the couple's bedroom antics from "a reputable third party" and is seeking to sell the adult film, which he branded "extremely erotic". Jones and Shannon vowed to fight the release and consulted their lawyers earlier this month in a bid to stop Hirsch profiting from their steamy sex life.

Director Quentin Tarantino has dismissed accusations he convinced his fellow jury members to award his ex-girlfriend Sofia Coppola the top honor at the Venice Film Festival this weekend. The 39 year old scooped the Golden Lion on Saturday, September 11 for her movie "Somewhere", which tells story of a bad-boy actor whose life is changed after his young daughter comes to stay.

Tarantino chaired the Italian festival's jury - but local journalists claim he favored Coppola, who he dated in the early 2000s, and one of his mentors, Monte Hellman, who was handed a lifetime achievement prize. However, the moviemaker has hit back at his critics, insisting the winners' work was all he focused on - not his personal relationships with the nominees.