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It turns out that a report run by New York Post's gossip column Page Six last week that Leighton Meester and Sebastian Stan were engaged is completely false. Celebuzz claims the engagement story actually was a rumor from six months ago that was recently brought back to life by gossip blogger Perez Hilton.

On June 26, Perez claimed the "Gossip Girl" co-stars and real life lovers announced their engagement on social networking site Facebook.com by changing their relationship status to "engaged". In fact, several sources have told Celebuzz that neither Leighton nor Sebastian has a Facebook account.

Another trailer of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" has been uncovered. Posted at MySpace, the new promo video is narrated by pivotal character Flint Lockwood himself. Explaining that he is an aspiring inventor, Flint chronicles on how he finally comes up with the machine that makes food falling from the skies, and how his invention turns to be a disaster.

Inspired by the children's book written by author Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" is directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. It features Bill Hader as the voice talent of Flint and Anna Faris as Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T and Tracy Morgan also join the two in the voice cast ensemble.

Art imitates life, Paula Abdul is to play a judge on a new Lifetime original series "Drop Dead Diva". Abdul, who is serving as one of "American Idol" judges, will start filming her part next week and have her episode aired in September.

"I am very excited to guest star on Drop Dead Diva," Abdul stated. "All of the people are extremely talented and it's a charming, wonderfully written new show."

Casting is underway for the big screen adaptation of '80s TV series "The A-Team", and The Game's name has been thrown as one of the potential cast members. According to Black Film, the 29-year-old rapper who has received two Grammy nominations is among the leading candidates to take on the role of B.A. Baracus.

If he secures the part originated by Mr. T on the television show, it is plausible that he will share screen with other potential actors, Liam Neeson, who is rumored to star as John "Hannibal" Smith, and Bradley Cooper who is linked to Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck. The Game joins the list of actors speculated to fill B.A.'s shoes, including Common and Ice Cube.

New York-based forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who is hired by David Carradine's family to perform a private autopsy, has determined that the 72-year-old actor died of asphyxiation, which is described as a condition when someone is unable to breathe. Full determination of how David came to the condition will not be ready until at least a week.

"The cause of death was asphyxiation, an inability to breathe, now why that happened is still what we're working on," Dr. Michael confirms in a statement, adding that he rules out earlier assumption claiming David died of suicide attempt. "He didn't die of natural causes, and he didn't die of suicidal causes from the nature of the ligatures around the body, so that leaves some kind of accidental death," says Dr. Michael when stressing his theory that David did not commit suicide.

Kris Allen reveals that one of the five songs he will perform on Top Ten "American Idol" Summer Tour is The Beatles' 1968 track called "Hey Jude". He tells E! Online, "I'm doing some songs from the show. I can say one: 'Hey Jude' by The Beatles. It's gonna be huge. I do five songs."

The winner of Idol season eight furthermore explains that he will "go last" at the upcoming live concerts. He adds, "I have nothing to do until later, but I'm so weird I'll probably be watching from the wings anyway."

Piper Perabo is crossing the bridge to TV world by snapping up a lead role in USA Network's new spy thriller. Titled "Covert Affairs", the original series by the cable network will put Perabo in the position as a CIA trainee named Annie Walker.

In taking the role, the "Coyote Ugly" actress has to learn to speak 6 languages because her character has the ability to do so. Besides, Annie is a character that excels at anything she does. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Walker joins the CIA while still reeling over a mysterious ex-boyfriend who appears to be of particular interest to her new bosses. She vows never to let herself be hurt again, but that proves to be a tall order.

A year after director/scribe Paul W. S. Anderson said he is working on fourth "Resident Evil" movie, reports on possible release date are coming in for the fourth installment of the video game adaptation series. Shock Till You Drop (STYD) recently broke out that the studio eyes to release the movie in U.S. theaters by September 17, 2010.

STYD claimed the news came from a Sony insider suggesting that an internal memo of the matter has circulated through the studio's offices. In addition to the potential release date, the site reported that the fourth movie is likely to be called "Resident Evil: Afterlife". Screen Gems, Sony's subsidiary company which has produced the previous "Resident Evil" movies, is yet to give any official comment on the story.

Jessica Biel could star in "Thor". Nuke the Fridge reported that their sources have claimed the actress is in talks to join the cast of Marvel's upcoming superhero film. It was also mentioned that Biel could be recruited to portray Thor's love interest.

The sources were not sure about the name of the character potentially carried out by Biel, but they believe it is likely to be one of the female characters from the animated "Hulk vs Thor". If the rumor is true, Biel could end up playing either Sif or Amora. Sif is an Asgardian warrior to whom Thor is interested in, while The Enchantress Amora is described as a powerful sorceress who seeks to make Thor fall in love with her. No word just yet from Biel's camp regarding this rumor.

Holly Madison and illusionist Criss Angel are lovers for one more time. The pair who broke up earlier this year is claimed to have rekindled their love relationship.

According to Star Magazine, Holly began seeing Criss again ever since she moved to Sin City earlier this summer to replace Melanie Brown and Kelly Monaco as the new star of the famed "Peepshow" at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Criss himself also performs at the same venue.

Drake has made public a music video for his single "Best I Ever Had". In this newly-premiered video, the rapper is seen playing coach to a female basketball team who is trounced 91-14 at the end of a game.

The video was filmed in Brooklyn, New York with Kanye West serving behind the lens. Trey Songz, Fabolous and several artists from Lil Wayne's label, Young Money Entertainment, are seen making cameos.

Relatively young contestants are gathered for the 11th edition of "Big Brother", with the oldest one being 41-year-old. Twelve strangers with different personalities will have to stand each other when they live under one roof for a number of days. A 13th mysterious guest will be added later to give an advantage to one of the cliques.

This time the House Guests will learn that they will be 'kickin it old school' way, high school to be exact. They will be shocked to learn that they will play the game in one of four familiar high school cliques - popular, athletes, brainiacs and off beats. They will compete for food, safety from eviction and luxury prizes as part of their clique.

New report has just surfaced by the hour that funeral for Michael Jackson is planned to be held next Tuesday, July 7 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Hollywood Reporter which breaks the news claims in a report on its site that the affair will be kicked off at 10 A.M.

And though there has been no official confirmation just yet from Michael's camp, sources say AEG Live, which owns the Staples Center and the adjacent Nokia Theatre, will use both facilities and the surrounding plaza for the memorial service. Greater than that, gigantic screens will be placed outside the location in order to enable fans who can't get inside the venue to follow the funeral. Details on how ticketing will be handled also haven't been disclosed.

With "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" falling into its post-production, little details about the upcoming sequel of "Twilight" start to unravel, and apparently actor Michael Welch has more to be shared. After bringing up into the open that the three-way date between Jacob and Bella and Mike will be seen in "New Moon", the 21-year-old reveals how the filmmakers bring Edward back despite the fact that he is largely absent in the novel.

"They figured out a very clever way to get Edward back in the film much more than he is in the book," he unveiled director Chris Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg's plan to include the fleeing vampire in the movie. "It's more of, like, a hallucination kind of thing." Elaborating more, he said, "In the book, she just hears his voice. In the film, it's more of like a hallucination kind of thing. He will be [in the movie more than the book] for sure."

After being previewed through a bunch of on-set pictures, Mariah Carey's forthcoming music video for her new single "Obsessed" is now made available for sneak peek through its behind-the-scenes footage. The footage mainly sees Mariah dressing up as a man in a gray hoody and in a bellboy uniform.

Mariah filmed the video at New York City's Plaza Hotel over the weekend. In this video, she will play two characters, a female celebrity and a male stalker. The guy she portrays reportedly represents Eminem who recently mocked her in a song titled "Bagpipes From Baghdad".