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The horror remake "The Omen" makes a surprise take in. The much-talked flick debuted Tuesday June 6th, 2006 with a strong $12.6 million, such amount prompted WLNS.com, the Website for the Lansing, Michigan, TV station, to proclaim: "The Omen Becomes Largest Opening Movie in History."

Though not becoming the biggest opening in Liev Schreiber's history, still the $12.6 million did distinguish the movie from the highest-grossing Tuesday ever, topping the likes of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King" ($12.5 million in 2003) and "Independence Day" ($11.1 million in 1996).

News on the hot couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, are just going on and on even more as the sexy actress has just given birth to baby Shiloh. What's new from the happy family is that Brangelina and their three children, Maddox, Zahara, and baby Shiloh will be moving back to Malibu.

When? Rumors on the street say that they're coming to the $9 million Malibu estate this weekend. As an anticipation of their heading back home, the newly-parents have hired workers to finish off the security system, which includes an elaborate set of cameras pointing in every direction.

Veteran singer Barbra Streisand announced Thursday June 8th, 2006 that she will embark on a national concert tour this fall, marking her first ever in over a decade. She said she's planning to play 20 concerts in October and November to raise money for charitable causes.

"The increasingly urgent need for private citizen support to combat dangerous climate change, along with education and health issues, was the prime reason I decided to tour again," Streisand said in a statement. "This will allow me to direct funds and awareness to causes that I care deeply about."

Former best friends Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton could not resist the same taste they have, especially when dealing with man, naming that of professional skateboarder Chad Muska.

What's new on them is that Nicole was on Wednesday June 7th, 2006 spotted shopping in Hollywood with Chad, who as everybody to know, is one of Paris' exes.

Speculation is mounting in Hollywood that Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise have reached a prenuptial agreement which will give the actress as much as $33 million and that will pave the way for the two to get hitched.

Detailing on the agreement, it is reported that Holmes is about to receive $3 million a year up to $33 million for each year that she is married to Cruise, as well as a palatial home in Montecito, California. And if the marriage later on lasts longer than eleven years, the contract becomes void and Holmes becomes eligible to receive half of Cruise's fortune under California's community property law.

While his ex-fiancee Katie Holmes is busy with her new role as a mother to daughter Suri, Chris Klein apparently has found new love again with actress Ginnifer Goodwin.

What prompted such report is that Goodwin was spotted kissing Klein at her birthday party in Los Angeles last month, about which a party attendance said "It was their coming out as a couple".

Singer-turned-actress Jennifer Lopez fueled pregnancy rumors after she was overheard telling a friend of hers that her breasts are getting bigger. This physical condition, as everybody knows, may refer to that of a pregnant woman.

Word got around that Lopez was overheard making the breast confession while out shopping with actress pal Leah Remini last week, during which she chatted to Remini from a changing room in Los Angeles' Fred Segal store, saying "My boobs are going to get bigger".

Hollywood most-talked couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, finally laid the rumors to the rest and has confirmed that they have no immediate plans to wed.

Despite the many rumors on the street mentioning they are about to tie the knot, the newly mom-and-dad had during their first public appearance on Wednesday June 7th, 2006 since daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt was born May 27 in Namibia, rubbished those fake wedding rumors.

Hollywood stars Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen have agreed to extend a temporary restraining order which calls for the actor to stay away from his estranged wife.

Neither Denise nor Charlie was present in Superior Court on Wednesday June 7th, 2006 where their lawyers agreed to a three-week extension that keeps the order in effect until June 28.

Canadian singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette and actor Ryan Reynolds have reportedly ended their two-year engagement. A source close to the couple confirms the report to PEOPLE.

Morissette and Reynolds, who first met at Drew Barrymore's birthday party in 2002, began dating for two years before became engaged in 2004. The beauty once even said of her fiance, "He's just such a supportive creature. I feel so loved by him, in a trampoline kind of way. He's always very happy for me."

The illegally reproduced image of baby Shiloh Nouvel has drawn such publications, as Hello! People and Getty Images mad that they are threatened legal action against several Websites that posted its leaked cover shot of the happy family, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their first child ever.

"We were very shocked and horrified to see that this embargo has been breached," Juliet Herd, Hello!'s feature editor, told Reuters. "Hello! is taking legal action around the world to stop Internet sites and everyone else who may seek to publish. We are sending out 'Cease and Desist' letters to each of these sites."

Once comeback to the industry, Dixie Chicks hit hard with their set "Taking the Long Way". Debuted on top position on the previous week Billboard album sales chart, the an American all-female country music trio has for the week ended Sunday June 4th, 2006 ruled the chart, marking their second straight week to be at No. 1 position with another 271, 000 copies sold. Right behind the girls is "High School Musical" soundtrack by various artists at 2nd position, ahead of Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Stadium Arcadium" which sits at No. 3, selling 87,000-plus copies during its fourth week of release.

The chart's next best bows are "Me and My Gang" by Rascal Flatts, "American Idol Season Five Encores" by various artists, and "Now That's What I Call Music! 21" also by various artists, all of which cling at No. 4 to 6 subsequently. Meanwhile, rounding out the Top 10 is Tool's "10,000 Days" at No. 7, Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" at No. 8, James Blunt's "Back to Bedlam" at No. 9, and Shakira's "Oral Fixation, Vol. 2" which finishing the Top 10 position.

Universal Republic rock band Godsmack have revealed details for their 2006 North American tour, which is embarked in support of their latest CD release "Godsmack IV" which recently debuted at the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

Has been tapped to join them on the tour is Rob Zombie. The North American tour is set to open August 25th in Dallas, TX at the Smirnoff Music Center and will run through October 1st in Concord, CA at the Chronicle Pavilion.

Have played many memorable shows over the years, music group Korn has brilliantly put them in their latest DVD, tentatively titled "Korn: Live on the Other Side," due June 20.

The set reportedly features Korn's entire set at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York last November besides that of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, as well as a Big Apple bus tour of New York that the band took with its fans.

Needless to say that Robert De Niro indeed is a very generous actor judging from the donation he made to film students at a university. The Academy Award-winning actor is donating his collection of film-related materials, including scripts, costumes and correspondence, to the cultural archive at the university's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.

Naming the donation, there are more than 3,000 of his own costume items, in addition to that of scripts and photographs from his acclaimed films "Raging Bull," "The Deer Hunter" and "Taxi Driver," as well as a full monster body cast used in the 1994 production of "Frankenstein."