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Lajos Koltai is in final talks to take the director seat of the upcoming film "Evening." The screen adaptation of Susan Minot's best-selling novel of the same name is the story of a woman, reflecting back on one weekend in her youth when she met the love of her life, as her two daughters try to come to terms with the mother's impending death while struggling with their own personal issues.

Adapted Minot's book is Minot with the help of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham. Production on "Evening" is scheduled to begin in June later this year in Rhode Island.

Valentine's Day is just perfect for Willie Nelson to release his new song, a gay cowboy song entitled "Cowboys Are Secretly, Frequently (Fond of Each Other)."

Has nothing to do with the box office hit "Brokeback Mountain," the song was written in 1981 by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette. It is said that he wrote it during the "Urban Cowboy" craze and always imagined Nelson singing it.

Considered French life would be less troubling for them and their children Maddox, Zahara, Hollywood's hottest couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, is reported to have moved to the country.

The twosome has had a rented plush apartment there, but seemingly want to buy their own French home.

Grammy-winning singer Norah Jones is about to make his movie debut in a film from Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai. Entitled "My Blueberry Nights," the film indeed is Wong's first English-language film.

Details on the new movie remain secret, though a source claimed that the story wouldn't revolve around the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the U.S. as reported earlier. It also won't be shot in New York doubling as New Orleans.

Variety reported that Ridley Scott is interested and still in talks to direct the upcoming film "American Gangster." Of drama genre, the story revolves around a Harlem heroin kingpin who figured out a way to smuggle heroin in the coffins of American soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.

Acts as producer is Brian Grazer, while set to star in is Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington. Shooting reportedly is expected to begin this summer. Stay tuned for further details.

Fans this is a more than interesting offer you surely won't miss, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger's "Brokeback Mountain" shirts. The stuffs are for sale on eBay as part of an auction to benefit Variety, the Children's Charity of Southern California.

Go join the bid and get the precious shirts. The sale ends next Monday Feb 20th, 2006 at 5 p.m. PT. And by Tuesday morning Feb 14th, the bid had reached $20,450. "We're overwhelmed by the bidding," the charity's executive director, Maria Schmidt, tells the paper. "This is already way over what any of us thought the shirts would bring."

"SPLIT! And Katie's 7 Months Pregnant." That's the Feb. 27 cover story of Life & Style read. Meanwhile, "Not true" was the response released by Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Tuesday Feb 14th to the Valentine's day report.

In a press release and brief report on its Website, Life & Style released a report claiming the Hollywood actor and his pregnant fiancee have split up. Furious over the report, Arnold Robinson, a publicist for the couple, said in a statement "It should be known that the story is 100 percent false. Mr. Cruise and Ms. Holmes are still engaged and are moving forward with their wedding plans, as well as planning for the arrival of their child."

Shannen Doherty, the "Charmed" star was involved in a car accident Monday Feb 13th, 2006 on the Pacific Coast Highway, California. The actress was driving her Range Rover and making a left turn onto the Pacific Coast Highway at 10:17 a.m. when there was a collision with a Ford Mustang.

The accident left her with cuts and bruises, while the driver of the other car was soon then rushed to hospital and released, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Meanwhile, Doherty "went in a private car to Cedars-Sinai [Medical Center]. She refused to go in an ambulance. She was examined in the emergency room for thigh bruises and cuts," her rep, Leslie Sloane Zelnik revealed.

Updating the previous news concerning the speculation of Gary Oldman's absence in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the actor has been reported to be in negotiations to reprise his role as Sirius Black. Rumors about this case have spread when the principal photography on the movie has been commenced on February 6 at the U.K.'s Leavesden Studios without Oldman's presence as he at that time had not yet begun his negotiations with Warner Bros. "We're not shooting his part for quite a while, and as is always the case, you begin with the parts that are most pressing," said producer David Heyman. "We have every intention of having Gary Oldman play Sirius Black."

The masked killer Jason Voorhees is on his way to come back as Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes are eyeing for a remake of "Friday the 13th" through collaboration with screenwriter Mark Wheaton and New Line Cinema. New Line itself previously has released the most recent installment featuring Voorhees entitled "Freddy vs. Jason" in 2003, putting him and Freddy Krueger from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series to slash against each other.

As for the release date, the insiders of the project informed that the producers have put high hopes to launch the movie exactly on Friday, October 13 this year, but the expectation seems pretty hard to meet since no director and cast are attached yet.

"White Noise 2: The Light" finally has found the perfect actor to play its main character in Nathan Fillion. The "Serenity" star will portray a man who is murdered, but unexpectedly is brought back to life to later realize that he has the ability to identify those among the living who are about to die. So far, Fillion has been the only one in the cast whose role is fixed for his fellow thespian, Katee Sackhoff, is still in negotiations to join him as a nurse who befriends his character after the death of his wife.

This time taking position behind the screen, actress Nicole Kidman will contribute her voice to narrate a feature-length documentary about the life of the late Simon Wiesenthal who was known as one of the Holocaust survivors. Produced by Simon Wiesenthal Center's documentary films division for this year's release date, the temporarily untitled project will feature a series of interviews with Wiesenthal's longtime associates, friends and family members also government leaders around the world.

Reportedly feels enough of her showbiz lifestyle, Joss Stone has revealed her intention to quit singing and go back into education for learning more about nursing. "I want to be a midwife, " the young singer said. "It must be the nicest job. I don't want to be a singer all my life. Everyone thinks, 'Oh my God, they're having so much fun', but let's be real. These people had to get ready for four hours, they're in high heels that hurt, talking to people they don't know, having pictures taken every five minutes. That's not a party."

The divorce settlement between Christian Slater and his ex-wife, Ryan Haddon, turns out to be not yet finished as the 36-year-old actor has been reported to fight for join custody of his children, Jaden and Eliana. In the refiled divorce documents placed on Friday, February 10 in Superior Court, he also reveals an intention to divide property under a written agreement between himself and Haddon.

Slater first filed divorce papers in February last year after five years togetherness, stating that he and Haddon had separated on January 5, 2005. However, the separation date later was changed to January 1, 2004 in the new papers.

Troubled rocker Pete Doherty claims that he and Kate Moss are still together, insisting their relationship isn't over. He furthermore claims to still keep in touch with the supermodel since his being jailed waiting a hearing on drug possession charges.

As reported in BreakingNews Doherty quoted as saying "She was in a bit of a state and needed to know I was OK. She managed to get a message to me saying how much she loves and cares for me. It really lifted my spirits while I was inside. When I was inside she was all I could think about."