Entertainment News Page 2008

"30 Rock" star Jane Krakowski received the ultimate Christmas present over the holiday season - an engagement ring from her boyfriend. The actress was stunned when designer Robert Godley, who she has been dating since 2008, proposed to her - and she happily accepted.

Her spokesperson tells People.com, "Mr. Godley proposed to Ms. Krakowski over the holidays. She is very, very happy." A friend of Jane also said that the actress is very happy with the bling too. "She loves it! It's beautiful!," the friend said. The couple has not arranged a wedding date yet.

Lawyers for Roman Polanski have launched a legal bid to have the director sentenced while he resides in Switzerland. The "Rosemary's Baby" director is battling extradition to the U.S. to face sentencing over a 1977 child sex charge. He pleaded guilty to bedding a 13-year-old girl but fled to France before he could be sentenced.

He was detained in Zurich in September 2009 and kept behind bars until he was released in December to live under house arrest at a ski chalet in Switzerland. Officials acting for Polanski have now filed papers asking for him be sentenced "in absentia" - despite Los Angeles prosecutors repeatedly stating that he can only be sentenced if he returns to the U.S. in person.

Charlie Sheen's Christmas Day arrest cost him airtime on U.S. TV screens. The actor was briefly jailed after an altercation with wife Brooke Mueller in Aspen, Colorado and is now facing charges of second-degree assault, menacing and criminal mischief.

He put the bust-up behind him and returned to work on the set of his hit sitcom "Two and A Half Men" on Monday, January 4 - but other TV appearances have been quietly axed. Sheen starred alongside basketball legend Michael Jordan in ads for Hanes undershirts, but the promos were pulled from screens following the domestic incident.

There is a possibility that "Lost" will not premiere the sixth season as scheduled. The White House has added February 2 as the date when President Obama will deliver his first official State of Union address. The speech was supposed to air on January 19 and 26 but they have reportedly been switched to January 26 and February 2.

There is no official statement yet from the White House other than the date submission. They are allegedly buying time to complete the health-care reform package before the speech is done. In that case, Obama is expected to tell the public that they have reached a huge step toward a better nation.

Police were called to Tila Tequila's Los Angeles home on Wednesday, January 6 to break up a fight over the dogs belonging to the reality TV star's ex-fiancee Casey Johnson. The socialite's pets have been living with Tequila since last week, December 28, 2009 and the singer/model decided to keep the pooches after learning about Johnson's death on Monday, January 4, 2010.

But that didn't sit well with the Johnson & Johnson heiress' family, who sent friends Nicky Hilton and Bijou Phillips over to Tequila's place to retrieve the dogs. Tequila wasn't about to give up the pets without a fight, and called the police, according to TMZ.com.

Along with Keri Hilson, Trey Songz has filmed a music video for his latest single "Yo Side of the Bed" which is taken from his third studio album "Ready". Recently, the forthcoming video was teased through a footage taken from the shooting location.

Trey said Keri will be portraying his wife. "She's in the military and has been called to go on a war," he explained on her character. Sadness, loneliness and all the emotional feelings experienced by the two are promised to be explored in this video.

The release date for "Thor" has been pushed up by two weeks from its original May 20, 2011 slot. Following report that "Spider-Man 4" will not meet its May 5, 2011 deadline, Paramount Pictures has announced that the upcoming movie adaptation of Marvel superhero character will be premiered on May 6, 2011.

Soon after Paramount decided to move up "Thor" release schedule, Disney has announced that "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" will be dropped in U.S. theaters on May 20, 2011, replacing "Thor". This fourth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise previously had not had an exact release date.

Jennifer Lopez refuses to undergo in vitro fertilization to conceive more kids with husband Marc Anthony, insisting she's too "traditional" for the procedure. Lopez gave birth to twins Max and Emme in 2008 and now she's hoping for baby number three.

At 40, she knows her chances of conceiving naturally are growing slim, but she's still determined to leave her future as a mum up to mother nature. She tells U.S. magazine Elle, "When it comes to family and relationships, I'm quite traditional."

R&B singer Keyshia Cole has more than one reason to celebrate the New Year - she is engaged and expecting her first child with fiance, basketball star Daniel 'Boobie' Gibson. Cole, 28, and the Cleveland Cavaliers player, 23, became engaged on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2009.

Her spokesperson has confirmed the baby news after weeks of speculation, adding the proposal was "an absolute surprise". The representative tells UsMagazine.com, "When he asked her to marry him, she was flabbergasted. He presented her with the ring and her mouth dropped in amazement. It's too beautiful for words."

In the next "Ugly Betty", Betty becomes the object of Wilhelmina's experiments which did not go so well. Inspired by Audrey Hepburn's memoir, Betty creates her own blog about amazing charitable ventures that inspire her. However, as her hobby enriches her, her job is nearly killing her, since Wilhemina tortures Betty with beauty experiments for future stories.

Meanwhile, a battered but unbowed Betty recounts her worst week EVER to Mr. Z (guest star Fisher Stevens) as the show flashes back to her horrible last few days. Daniel fears Marc is sabotaging him - and he is. Bobby treats a hormonal Hilda to some pampering during "Hilda Week," which goes awry, and Wilhelmina makes a long-term commitment to the incarcerated Connor.

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards is aiming big. A slew of new names are announced as the presenters of the awards event that honor the work and people in movie and television. Among them are Gerard Butler and Christina Aguilera.

The new batch also includes Mel Gibson, Sophia Loren, Tom Hanks and Neil Patrick Harris. Together they are listed alongside previously-announced presenters Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Colin Farrell, Matthew Fox, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Mickey Rourke and Sam Worthington.

Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian is all set to become the next member of the celebrity family to become a mum - she has stopped taking precautions in the bedroom. The reality TV star wed basketball player Lamar Odom in September 2009 after a whirlwind courtship - and now she's considering becoming a first-time mum.

In a radio chat with Los Angeles DJ Valentine on Wednesday morning, January 6, Kardashian revealed, "We both wanna have kids together but I'm not rushing it. I'm also not doing anything to prevent it right now." And she admitted her new husband can't wait to start a family with her: "He wants to have a baby, like, tomorrow."

Honor Society will soon be touring with Timbaland. The four-piece band announce the traveling show on their Twitter, writing "We're touring with Timbaland! We'll announce the dates here on Twitter over the next 6 minutes...one date per minute coming at ya."

Following the message, a series of short posts were tweeted by them. They revealed that their on-stage engagement with Timbaland will be started on January 16 at 9:30 Club in Washington DC and wrapped on January 29 at Los Angeles' House of Blues.

Rockers Mastodon are hitting Hollywood - the band has signed on to write the score for new comic book movie "Jonah Hex". Josh Brolin and Megan Fox are already lined up to star in the movie adaptation of the DC comic, which is due for release in June 2010.

And it will be accompanied by the heavy rockers' trademark sound. Bassist Troy Sanders reveals, "Director Jimmy Hayward played scenes for us and gave us all day long to create music that matched the emotion of the scene. It was flattering to be given 100 per cent creative control in this movie. It was very pure, it was real (sic) creative and totally spur of the moment."

One of "America's Got Talent" judges is down. David Hasselhoff has resigned from the talent show to concentrate on his own show which details are still kept under wrap. A new judge is slated to fill for him, joining Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne.

"I am proud that I was part of making America's Got Talent the No. 1 rated show for the past four summers," David said in a statement to People. "It's been a rewarding experience and now I'm thrilled to be able to follow my dream to do my own TV show, which will be announced very shortly. I want to thank my friend, (executive producer) Simon Cowell, and everyone at NBC and Fremantle for the opportunity for four great years."