March 10, 2008

Despite the fact that "Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem" received bad raves from film critics, it has been rumored that there will be another sequel to the action thriller film. According to ShockTillYouDrop, the third installment of the alien wars movie series "Aliens vs. Predator 3" is most likely to be developed.

Shock reported that an insider at 20th Century Fox claimed that the third film is a "certainty at this point". The site also noted that the war will be continued in space as what the site has been reported back in December 2007. Whether the "Requiem" directors, the Strause brothers, is going to helm the next sequel or not is still unconfirmed.

The biology student in Lindsay Lohan-starring film "I Know Who Killed Me" Marc Senter is going to join the rehab darling in another thriller film "Hippy". According to Variety, the relatively new actor has been signed to star in the Chris Sivertson's feature film project.

Aside from "Hippy", Senter has also been tapped to play in "Ironclad". Despite the casting reports, it has yet to be known what parts to be tackled by the actor in both movies. Additionally, it is said that the two films will be shot later this year.

Jewel Kilcher or more known in the shorter form of Jewel, has given the right to her new music video premiere on PerezHilton.com on March 9. The pop singer who turns a country crooner in her upcoming album, has let out the clip for her brand new single "Stronger Woman".

The video reportedly was filmed in Nashville where she also worked on the country album. Jewel previously described the video as using "visual metaphors to portray how woman have in a way been responsible for binding and restricting themselves".

Judd Apatow, the director/writer/producer of the hit feature film starring Katherine Heigl "Knocked Up" has been reported to be signing Adam Sandler for his newest project. According to Variety, Apatow recruited the comical actor to star in his yet untitled comedy project "Untitled Judd Apatow/Adam Sandler Project".

Aside from tapping Sandler, the 40-year-old director has also cast in other familiar faces, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann. Further, he will once again tackle the new project that is going to be co-produced by Universal Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment as the helmer as well as the sole writer. It is also mentioned that the filming is scheduled for late summer or early fall.

Bidding wars to have Mariah Carey's new album, "E=MC²", being promoted in TV networks turned out being such a big issue. NBC reportedly is furious over the singer, her manager Benny Medina and Carey's label Def Jam for giving the opportunity to rival ABC after all the demands are agreed to be fulfilled.

Carey allegedly was due to promote the album on NBC's "Today" show but Medina has given the right to ABC's "Good Morning America" instead. A source told Page Six that Medina initially agreed to promote it on "Today" if the network also promote her fragrance M by Mariah Carey, and give her a cameo role on their TV series "My Name Is Earl".

The studio that brought "10,000 B.C." and "I Am Legend" Warner Bros. Pictures have released two brand new international trailers of the upcoming family movie "Speed Racer". The trailers each last for about one and a half minutes and contain pretty much the same compilation of clips with different sequences.

The trailers showcase many never before seen footages from the highly anticipated film by the Wachowski brothers. The two video footages give out glimpses to the hard-core racing competition where a slightest mistake can cause a devastating result. Unlike the domestic trailer, these international trailers let out much of the animation parts from the film starring Emile Hirsch and Matthew Fox.

Label-less and open to ideas, Jay-Z is said to be joining 50 Cent as the artist under G-Unit Records. MediaTakeOut.com that came up with the report said that the rappers are negotiating to have the former Def Jam CEO running errands in the label established by 50 in 2003.

"(Jay Z) wouldn't just be coming on as an artist," as source at G-Unit said. "He'd take over a lot of the day to day running of (the label) ... 50 would then be free to focus on his music and other ventures." G-Units Records is an imprint of Universal Music Group and it has held a number of notable artists like Tony Yayo, Mobb Deep, Young Buck and many other.

Rick Solomon, Pamela Anderson's soon-to-be former husband number three, has reportedly landed a part in New Line Cinema's drama "My Sister's Keeper". According to E!'s Planet Gossip, the former husband of actress Shannen Doherty has been cast to star alongside the movie's leading lady Cameron Diaz.

Though confirmation from the studio and from his side has yet to be announced, it is reported that the 40-year-old is set to portray a courtroom bailiff. Further, it is said that the man famous for "One Night In Paris", his sex tape with Paris Hilton, will be having a speaking role meaning that he will be having lines in the movie.

The star of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Johnny Depp has been rumored to be eyeing the role of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali. According to New Zealand Herald, the 44-year-old Academy Award-nominated actor is going to depict the painter in the movie said to be entitled "Dali".

Further, it was reported that the "Sweeney Todd" star is holding an open audition to seek for screenwriters as he wants the best possible script he could get. To the Australian publication, a source commented the scribblers audition saying, "He's open to working with anyone - from housewives to pensioners - if the script is right."

Sienna Miller is said to have finally agreed to marry boyfriend Rhys Ifans after the actor proposed for a third time. The pair are now excitedly planning a summer wedding, according to U.K. reports.

Rhys first proposed to Sienna last November when he sent the actress a cryptic message in Welsh, which read "Marry This Misfit". "She didn't give him an answer straight away, she's since been thinking about it more and more," a source in the know revealed at that time, adding that "Sienna is being very coy since the proposal. She's been avoiding discussing the issue with friends and some of them are starting to think she may have said 'yes'."

The British romantic drama "Atonement" added more winning statuettes to its awards collection as the Focus Feature's film became the biggest winner at the 2008 Sony Ericsson Empire Awards. Nominated for six categories, the post-war drama nailed a deserving three kudos at the awards ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel on Sunday, March 9.

On the occasion, the Joe Wright-directed film was hailed to be the Best British Film besting over its tough contenders, "Control", "This Is England", "Hot Fuzz" and "Sunshine". The acclaimed movie also managed to bring kudos for its two leading stars, Keira Knightley and James McAvoy as the Best Actress and Best Actor winners respectively.

There it is, after weeks of chatter and speculation Alessandra Ambrosio has finally announced her pregnancy on her official Website. The Brazilian supermodel revealed on her Website that she and longtime boyfriend Jamie Mazur are expecting their first child together.

"Hi everyone! First of all, i would like to wish a happy new year to everybody and say that i have been really busy working a lot," Ambrosio wrote on her Web. "Also, I would like to announce some really great news! My boyfriend Jamie and I were surprised in the beginning of the year with some delightful news that we are expecting our first child together!"

The will of the late actor Heath Ledger has been revealed. The 28-years-old actor, who died of an accidental prescription drug overdose earlier this year, filed a three-page will in his native Australia back in April 2003, leaving all his assets to his parents and sisters and nothing to ex-fiancee Michelle Williams and their 2-years-old daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger.

Details of Heath's will were made public Saturday, March 8 and it showed that he had not updated it since his relationship with "Brokeback Mountain" co-star Michelle Williams and the 2005 birth of their daughter Matilda Rose. New York's Daily News provides a sneak peek into the fortune of the late actor based on a series of documents filed in Manhattan Surrogate's Court.

Lil Wayne took his fans behind the scene of his forthcoming music video, "Lollipop" which is a track from his upcoming album "Tha Carter III". A clip has been released, previewing the video that will make its premiere on BET's Access Granted on Wednesday March, 12.

As seen from the footage, the video was shot in Las Vegas with director Lee S. Harris and features the late singer Static Major. Static managed to shoot the video for "Lollipop" before his death on February 25 this year which Cause of Death is still determined but speculated as complication from surgery.

The prehistoric epic "10,000 B.C." about a Mammoth hunter roaming to the end of the Earth to save his lover and his tribe from extinction has claimed the top spot on the North America weekend box office ended Sunday, March 9. The Roland Emmerich's drama adventure movie became the second Warner Bros' film following "300" to dominate the box office at the first weekend of March by grossing an estimated $35.7 million.

Despite its success of being the number one movie in North America, the Steven Strait and Camilla Belle-starring film was shy of the record-setting $70.9 million that "300" garnered in its debut weekend back in 2007 as well as of the $40 million or more prediction from some box office analysts'. The movie also came in behind other Emmerich's film "The Day After Tomorrow" which opened at $68.7 million in its first weekend in 2004.

Rumors are abuzz that Kimora Lee Simmons and boyfriend Djimon Hounsou are expecting their first child together. There has yet official confirmation from the couple, but the media is beginning to get wind of it.

The New York Post's Page Six reports that the fashion mogul is pregnant with actor boyfriend Hounsou's baby. The Post cited an unnamed source confirming the baby news as saying, "She's pregnant".

Danity Kane will soon be back on the spotlight to release their second album, titled "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and before it takes the street, the girls let out a promotional video of it. A footage slightly passing one minute is released, previewing briefly the tracks inside the album.

It has previously leaked that the second effort from the band will contain 17 tracks including an introduction featuring producer P. Diddy called "Welcome to the Dollhouse". The video that features an appearance by fellow Bad Boy Records artist, Donnie J, shows the girls rehearsing, recording in the studio, performing and simply hanging out together while the tracks are unveiled.

Nicollette Sheridan and her singer fiance Michael Bolton have stripped off for a raunchy new charity campaign. The celebrity lovers posed for a London Fog charity campaign in a bid to help raise awareness for Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which provides children with cancer and other serious illnesses a camping experience and extends year-round support to their families and health care providers.

The campaign was shot by Davis Factor and appears in April issues of several fashion magazines. All proceeds from the charity print-advertisement campaign will be donated to The Hole in the Wall Gang, which was founded in 1988 by Hollywood legend Paul Newman.

Another child is on the way for Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Bozan Barroso. A representative for the actor confirmed the good news to People, saying "They couldn't be happier. They're so excited!"

The announcement comes after Damon and wife Luciana walked the red carpet together at London's Empire Film Awards Sunday, March 9 where she showed off a baby bump. The pair's first child together, daughter Isabella, was born on June 11, 2006. Luciana, in addition, also has a nine-years-old daughter, Alexia, from her first marriage.