February 16, 2009

2004 Miss Universe contestant Gal Gadot is indeed making an appearance in the upcoming street car racing film "Fast and Furious". Through a couple of newly-found images from the movie, the 23-year-old model can be seen for the fist time embodying her character in the movie, Gisele Harabo.

Apart from Gisele Harabo's stills, several pictures from the action movie have also been let out. Whereas some of the fresh photos give out the shots where Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto and Paul Walker's Brian O'Connor share the screen, other stills preview the cars used in this fourth installment of the "The Fast and the Furious" franchise. In addition to the stills, Coming Soon has posted an exclusive first look at the film's new one-sheet.

Young country music singer Taylor Swift told News Of The World recently, "I just want to date a nice person. Even if he's a waiter in London." She, at the same time, also admitted that she doesn't "have a rule against dating celebrities."

About dating life, Taylor revealed, "My parents and management have never put me in a cage to stop me making bad decisions. It's always been my choice, the blame falls on me." She added, "So if I mess up, I have to deal with the consequences myself."

President Barack Obama will honor Stevie Wonder with a Gershwin Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Library of Congress. Accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, the president will hand in the medal on February 25.

Following the award ceremony, a concert will also be conducted at the White House with Wonder appointed as its performer. The show will be broadcast the next day on PBS as the conclusion of the network's "Performance at the White House" series.

Music mogul Jay-Z had nothing, but words of support for his protege Rihanna when he talked to People during his appearance at the "Sprite Green presents the Third Annual Two Kings dinner with Jay-Z and LeBron James" in Phoenix on Saturday, February 14. "This is a real situation," so he commented about Rihanna becoming the victim of alleged attack by her boyfriend Chris Brown.

"You have to have compassion for others. Just imagine it being your sister or mom and then think about how we should talk about that," the hip-hop singer continued saying during the event, held as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend. "I just think we should all support her. She's going through a tough time. You have to realize she's a young girl, as well. She's very young."

Jonas Brothers are in the middle of their TV invasion with a number of appearances. On Tuesday, February 17, they will take over a guest slot at "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and a preview of their segment is available for a peek.

In the episode, the band will dance, display their 'talent' as well as play the musical chair game, blindfolded. Ellen DeGeneres also invites Melanie Brown to demonstrate the fitness regime on her DVD "Totally Fit" and welcomes "American Idol" finalist Melinda Doolittle as the guest performer.

RMF Productions, the concert promoter who signed Lil Wayne for Rochester concert, has filed a legal document against the rapper for scrapping the show at the venue for the third time. Beside listing Wayne, Edward Strickland, GM of the company, also names the rapper's manager Cortez Bryant in the lawsuit.

Strickland says that he has advanced Wayne 100,000 dollars but in return, got nothing from the rapper, who won Best Rap Album for his studio album "Tha Carter III" at 2009 Grammy Awards. In the legal document, the concert promoter is mentioned to seek 1.3 million dollars in compensation over the cancellation.

A shocking death shakes the very core of the Walkers family in the next "Brothers & Sisters". In two weeks, the show will merge two hours for a special episode where the family is torn between the happiness of Kitty's new arrival and the death from one of the members.

In the two parts of "Troubled Waters", the Walker family experiences the thrill of a new life born and the desperation and terror of loss when one of their own has a life-threatening crisis. Meanwhile, Rebecca turns to her father (guest starring Ken Olin) for help when she discovers some information that could destroy the family business and send one of the Walkers to prison.

First real look into the fighting choreography of "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" has been provided by the newly-released clip from the live-action adaptation. Exhibiting the street fight between Chun-Li and several thugs, the 30-second clip is filled with the action sequences in a narrow alley and ends up with Chun-Li laying down on the street after knocking down all of her male foes.

Coming from "Doom" and "Cradle 2 the Grave" helmer Andrzej Bartkowiak, "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" focuses its story on undercover Interpol agent Chun-Li. Devastated by the kidnapping of her father, Chun-Li takes to the streets of Hong Kong, embarking on an epic quest for justice and hurtling toward a confrontation with a seemingly unstoppable nemesis.

Miley Cyrus delivered "Fly on the Wall" during the airing of ITV1's show "Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway" on Valentine's Day but unfortunately forgot some of its lyrics. "She always sings live so anything can happen," a spokesperson from Polydor Records said about her lyrics-forgetting performance.

Sporting a yellow top and black short pants, she took the stage of The London Studios on the South Bank with several backing dancers. After exiting from the stage, she reportedly reached out to BFF Mandy Jiroux and told her that she had indeed forgotten some lines during the live appearance.

Cartoon classic "The Adventures of Jonny Quest" is likely to be brought to the big screen and words are circulating that it may see Zac Efron and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson among the major cast. IESB has recently come up with a scoop about the two actors' possible team up for the big screen adaptation.

Allegedly, Efron, the star of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year", is being considered by Warner Bros. to take on the lead role, Jonny Quest, while The Rock, who is last seen starring in "Race to Witch Mountain" could end up portraying Race Bannon. If The Rock indeed joins the project, he may reunite with director Andy Fickman, whom he worked with on "The Game Plan" and "Witch Mountain".

Given credit for his impact on fashion and willingness to take risks with what he wears, Justin Timberlake has been chosen the first in the list of 10 Most Stylish Men in America, which is compiled by GQ magazine. The singer-actor, additionally, is also praised by the men's magazine for his "knack for targeting trends", like hats, three-piece suits, skinny ties and beards.

Justin himself frankly tells GQ that he considers supermodel Kate Moss as a style icon. Explaining the reason why, he says it is because she "could put a barrel on and it would be some sort of statement."

The date is approaching and the contestants are on full throttle. Thirteen pairs of this season's "Dancing with the Stars" have been in rehearsals for the premiere episode of the dancing competition show and some of them have been photographed as promotional means.

Spotted working their moves are couples: Lil' Kim and Derek Hough, Denise Richards and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Steve Wozniak and Karina Smirnoff, and seven others. Missing from the pictures are couples Jewel Kilcher and Dmitry Chaplin, Nancy O'Dell and Tony Dovolani, as well as real-life couple Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough. The competition will begin March 9 on ABC.

Coming out with third studio album "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand", Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand have experimented with electronic tune, making it a danceable rock music. They even used human bones in an attempt to "have a real dry, percussive sound."

"Tonight: Franz Ferdinand" has been available in U.K. stores since January 26. Loosely based around a night of partying and its morning effects, the Dan Carey-produced record debuted at number 2 on U.K. Albums chart as well as number 9 on Billboard Hot 200, selling about 31,000 copies in its first week of release.

In the wake of rumors claiming her ex-boyfriend Benji Madden possibly dates singer Katy Perry, Paris Hilton reportedly has been embarking on a close relationship with Doug Reinhardt, a baseball player who is better known as the former boyfriend of actress Amanda Bynes. "Hilton and Reinhardt did spend a lot of time together this weekend", E! Online's Marc Malkin reported on Sunday, February 15 as being told by sources.

Furthermore, Marc claimed he was informed that Paris and Doug spent Valentine's Day together. Adding fuel to the dating rumors, Doug was said to have given Paris a present, reportedly a print of an Andy Warhol piece depicting late actress Marilyn Monroe.

Nerdy high school senior Danny Stein has spent hundred bucks on the hotel room, the limo and the tuxedo for his prom, but he has one thing missing, his date, as seen in the first trailer of "Bart Got a Room". Though in desperate need of finding a date for the upcoming prom, the video footage first points out that Danny thinks he is not the biggest loser in the school.

As the trailer continues with his search for a prom date, it is revealed that the school's biggest dweeb, Bart, has not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well. As if battling peer pressure is not enough, Danny has to deal with his parents' independent search for love and their well-intentioned but clueless advice.

Rumors have been mounting that Katy Perry and Benji Madden are dating. The speculation surfaces after the two music stars were spotted cuddling over the weekend.

On Saturday, February 14, Katy helped celebrating Valentine's Day with a performance at Hard Rock Hotel's Wasted Space in Las Vegas. It was after her show there that she was seen heading for Lavo with the companion of Benji.

Jordin Sparks rocked this year's NBA All-Star Game, delivering "Star-Spangled Banner". She sang the National Anthem at U.S. Airways Center on February 15 in her hometown Phoenix, Arizona.

Beside Jordin Sparks, Chris Brown was also scheduled to make an appearance at the event but pulled off soon after being accused of attacking a woman, who is strongly believed to be Rihanna. "He's not exactly missed. He does not currently represent the image we are trying to project," an NBA official commented on Chris' cancellation.

Fame hunger takes over Sonny in the next episode of "Sonny with a Chance". When she finds out that she doesn't get a fan mail for starring in her new TV show "So Random!", Sonny creates her own imaginary fan named Eric.

In "You've Got Fan Mail" Sonny's creation gets her in trouble when Marshall wants to invite Eric to the set. Meanwhile, Nico and Grady intercept a package intended for Zora. The episode airs Sunday, February 22.

The first of the three special TV spots for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has been aired on FOX and the bootleg video of it has been found. Revealing the younger year of Wolverine, the snippet is entitled "Outcasts" and starts with Logan being told by one of the scientists to focus on the reason he is joining the program before being lowered into the water tank.

As soon as the machine is started and the water touches the back of his head, Logan's childhood memory takes over, showing him laying on his bed with his father by his side. When a man cries for Elizabeth, his father rushes out from the room and leaves terrified Logan alone. Hearing a gun shot, young Logan, James Howlett, runs out to find that his father has been killed.

Ronald Fenty, the father of Rihanna, tells People in an interview that his singer daughter is "all right" after allegedly becoming the victim of an attack by boyfriend Chris Brown last Sunday, February 8. Furthermore confirming that Rihanna has "some bruising", Ronald won't go into details about the bruise though.

"They seemed pretty happy," Ronald recalls his last meeting with Rihanna and Chris in July, 2008 adding "I don't know what went wrong." Speaking of his reaction when he first heard report of his daughter got attacked by Chris, Ronald confesses, "I didn't believe it. I know my daughter. You think you know somebody, but you really don't."

Chris Columbus' comedy movie "I Love You, Beth Cooper" has got its first trailer. Opening up with a graduation ceremony scene, the trailer begins with a nerdy valedictorian, Denis Cooverman, pronouncing his love to the most popular girl in school, Beth Cooper. While the announcement comes in as a shock to many, his valiant effort gets the prize when Beth shows up at his door that very night.

But, the arrival of Beth to his house is only the beginning of his one adventurous night as Kevin, the man he offended when delivering his graduation speech, also pays him a visit with a very ill intention. Trying to escape Kevin, Denis, Beth and their friends fall into an adventure he would never dream of coming true.

Lindsay Lohan and DJ girlfriend Samantha Ronson have both canceled planned show on Valentine's Day in South Florida, citing that they fell ill and were ordered not to fly by their doctor. "We really feel bad, and I work sick when I can, but unfortunately I couldn't drive to Miami, so I'm stuck in New York City with doctor's orders not to fly," Ronson told People.

Amanda Senoff, director of marketing for Passions, the nightclub where Lohan and Ronson were supposed to perform, said that "Sam was too sick with the flu to travel and Lindsay is also feeling sick." She then added, "So they rescheduled for March 7."

Chris Brown issued a public statement through his publicist Michael Sitrick on Sunday, February 15, saying he is "sorry and saddened" over his alleged attack on girlfriend Rihanna that occurred last Sunday, February 8, the report of which has dominated major media headlines over these past few days. Expressing his feeling even further, the R 'n' B singer said words are not enough to express his regret over the blow-up.

For the time being "I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person," Chris added. He, moreover, stated, "Much of what has been speculated or reported on blogs and/or reported in the media is wrong. While I would like to be able to talk about this more, until the legal issues are resolved, this is all I can say except that I have not written any messages or made any posts to Facebook, on blogs or any place else. Those posts or writings under my name are frauds."

Jonas Brothers made fun of themselves during the Saturday, February 14 skit of "Saturday Night Live". The band appeared on the show as part of the Valentine's Day celebration, accompanied in one of the two sketches by star of "30 Rock", Alec Baldwin.

Baldwin who was there also as a host, posed as the fourth and oldest "by two years" brother of the Jonases who holds the saxophone. Baldwin aka Gary Jonas proposed the band to change the name to Donut Brothers but it ended with Gary being voted out of the band.

A new track called "On My Side" from the former member of Danity Kane, D. Woods, has just arrived. Containing mid-tempo sounds, it is reportedly recorded for her upcoming mixtape series titled "Independence Day".

D. Woods was kicked out of Danity Kane by the group's founder P. Diddy during season-three finale of "Making the Band 4" back in October 2008. She was removed from the band because Diddy felt she had gotten "caught up in the wrath" of Aubrey O'Day, who was also fired during the airing of the show.

"Friday the 13th" has proven to be the one horror movie to watch. Opening in 3,105 theaters on Friday, February 13, the remake of the 1980 slasher film won the three-day weekend of the North American box office with $40.6 million and denied "He's Just Not That Into You" from taking the top of the chart for the second week in a row.

The Marcus Nispel-directed horror movie did not only land atop the box office, but also scored the best opening ever for a horror movie, topping the $39.1 million debut of "The Grudge", the 2004's English-language remake of the Japanese horror thriller "Ju-On". Additionally, this movie which was made with $19 million budget has recouped the production costs in its first day screening, earning $19.4 million.

M.I.A. has given birth to her first child, a baby boy, so read a confirmation on her MySpace which she wrote herself. In the message, posted on Saturday, February 14, M.I.A. said she delivered the newborn baby on Wednesday, February 11. The location, nevertheless, hasn't been disclosed.

Providing no details on his son's name, height, and weight, M.I.A. simply stated, "HE IS HEALTHY, FINE, BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST AMZING THING EVER ON THIS PLANET." The infant's father is M.I.A.'s musician fiance Benjamin Brewer, who serves as the vocalist and guitarist of band The Exit.