March 27, 2009

A behind-the-scenes video from "Centurion" has been shared by Rotten Tomatoes. One minute and thirty seconds long, the video begins with footage from the set when the crew are filming some of the epic scenes. It then moves on with commentary from cast members Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko as well as writer/director Neil Marshall.

While Neil Marshall discusses what the movie is all about, Dominic West, the actor who plays Jigsaw in "Punisher: War Zone", talks about the character he is playing. "Quantum of Solace" beauty Olga Kurylenko, on the other hand, shares her view on the film, saying, "It's all physical. It's all about fighting and being on a horse."

17-year-old actress Jamie Lynn Spears has called off her wedding plans to her daughter's father Casey Aldridge, OK! Magazine has reported. "The wedding's off," a source tells the publication. "They are still in love, living together and very happy, but they have no plans to get married. Jamie Lynn has everything she wants and feels no need for a ring and piece of paper."

"She and Casey have weathered a lot in their young relationship already and don't need the pressure of making wedding plans," another source chimes in. No words just yet from either Jamie or Casey regarding that matter.

Queen Latifah will star in a modern-day Cinderella tale movie entitled "Just Wright". The Dakota Fanning's co-star in "The Secret Life of Bees" is set to play a female physical therapist who falls in love with a basketball player while helping him recover from a career-threatening injury.

Joining the film's production as its leading lady marks Latifah's second time landing a starring role in a romantic comedy following her role as Georgia Byrd in 2006 "Last Holiday". Aside from toplining the project, the Grammy-winning rapper will also produce the movie under her Flavor Unit banner alongside Shakim Compere and Debra Martin Chase.

The CW's "Vampire Diaries" is taking shape with the casting of two actors. PFC Logan Atwater of "Army Wives", Paul Wesley, has signed for the role of Stefan while Ian Somerhalder who played Boone in "Lost" has struck a deal to fill in for Damon.

Stefan and Damon Salvatore are vampire brothers who have Elena Gilbert (played by Nina Dobrev) as their object of passion. The 200-year-old Stefan is described as "gloriously, amazingly, epically beautiful young man" who has a strong connection with Elena. Damon meanwhile is an older brother who can go from playful to evil in a split second.

Maino has put forward a music video guest-starring T-Pain in support of his single "All the Above". It follows the time the Brooklyn rapper is interviewed by a reporter concerning "a lot of talk [about him] on the street."

The video continues with a scene where T-Pain sings his verses. It is then followed with a capture of Maino being arrested by police and put in jail, where he spends his days writing his own lyrics. As he is released from the jail, he goes straight to recording booth and wastes no time to record new music.

Having separated from husband Alan Rosenberg since late last year, Marg Helgenberger finally filed legal papers to have her divorce from the stage and film actor legalized in the eyes of the law. The "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" actress cited irreconcilable differences in the petition filed Tuesday, March 24 in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Marg Helgenberger and Alan Rosenberg, who besides being an actor also serving as the current president of the Screen Actors Guild, have been married since September 1989. They have one son named Hugh Howard Rosenberg, who was born in 1990.

Pop diva Mariah Carey adds fuel to the long persistent rumors of her carrying a baby in the oven as she reportedly has purchased a $200,000 worth of furniture from a children's store in San Francisco, including a pink crib and a highchair. Regarding the chosen color, it sparks further speculation that she and husband Nick Cannon are expecting a baby girl.

The baby gear, according to The New York Daily News' Gatecrasher, are planned to be set up in the $125 million David Saperstein's mansion in Holmby Hills, which Mariah reportedly is planning to buy. "It's 45,000 square feet and looks like a European castle," a source tells the news media. "It's so big, it can't even be called a mansion - it's similar to Buckingham Palace!"

Gearing up to the theatrical release of "Terminator Salvation", director McG has sat down to talk about the fourth installment of the "Terminator" series. In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, the 38-year-old filmmaker revealed the big difference between the first three movies and this one, as well as the most complicated scenes to shoot.

"The whole idea for doing this movie is to honor the first three movies but begin again," he explained about the difference of the films. "The big difference is we're post-Judgment Day, whereas the other pictures were all contemporary, with Terminators coming back in time. It's deep post-Judgment Day, it's a new beginning, and because the future is malleable, there are a great many places to go."

Outfits Beyonce Knowles will be wearing during her "I Am..." world tour have been revealed through three fashion drawings. Featured on WWD Fashion Magazine, the pictures show "the duality [of Beyonce] between being a woman and a warrior."

Two of the drawings have Beyonce dressing in silver skimpy clothes paired with matched gloves and lacy fishnet. Meanwhile, the other picture has her sporting yellow, black and red leotard with black gloves.

The clan has been broken, two of the Kardashian sisters will have their own reality series on top of E!'s "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". According to April 6 issue of In Touch Weekly, the eldest Kourtney Kardashian and the youngest Khloe Kardashian are going for a spin-off which is not yet titled.

Khloe and her sister will leave the show to set out to Florida, Miami for a life soaked in the sun. "Kourtney and Khloe will be working on a new business together, possibly opening another store," the report on the magazine is read. The three sisters of the controversial family, including Kim Kardashian, have been in the clothing business together, owning a women's boutique called "Dash".

Jennifer Hudson has set a wedding date, the former "American Idol" finalist herself has revealed. Asked by Ryan Seacrest during a pre-taped performance for a future episode of the singing competition if she has set a wedding date with fiance David Otunga, Jennifer replied, "Yeah, but it's a secret. I can't tell anybody."

Jennifer Hudson, who besides singing also has an acting career, got engaged to actor boyfriend David Otunga during her 27th birthday in September 2008. He reportedly presented her with a Neil Lane diamond ring when proposing. Planning to wed in the same year, Jennifer and David were forced to postpone their big day after Jennifer's mother, brother, and nephew were murdered back in October 2008.

The next feature film project for "Slumdog Millionaire" writer Simon Beaufoy won't be "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" sequel as what has been circulating for the past few days. The Oscar-winning screenwriter will instead adapt Terry Pratchett's novel for young readers, "Truckers", for DreamWorks Animation.

"Truckers" is the first of three books from Pratchett's "The Bromeliad Trilogy". The film, which is claimed by The Hollywood Reporter to be in the early stages, has been in development since 2001. Director Andrew Adamson was originally attached to write and direct, but he went on to helm "Shrek 2" and the "Chronicles of Narnia" series.

After 15 years on television, "ER" will finally take its last breath on April 2. The preview for the finale on April 2, gives flashes on the doctors and staff that have been gracing the hall of Chicago's County General Hospital throughout the years, including the appearance of Dr. Mark Greene.

Called "And In The End...", the finale sees a new medical facility for the underprivileged being opened and old friends return to show their support. Gates treats a teenager with alcohol poisoning after he and his friends play a drinking game. Sam is surprised when she receives a special gift for her birthday.

A music video aimed to promote Lacuna Coil's new single "Spellbound" has been released. Newly premiered on ArtistDirect, the video was directed by Saku and filmed at the Dolce & Gabbana Gold restaurant in Milan, Italy.

The location provides perfect atmosphere to express "Shallow Life" theme they want to bring in the video. Everything is really shiny and "bling bling" while the band perform in the middle of a golden room full of mirrors and giant chandeliers.

Responding to recent complaints uttered by several sources who work with him on the film set regarding his body odor, Robert Pattinson says, "I don't have much of a sense of personal hygiene or styling or anything." He, nevertheless, doesn't make further comment on the crew members who previously were quoted as telling E! News that he "stinks, never showers, and it drives people on the set crazy."

Body odor isn't the only personal issue that the "Twilight" hunk has been dealing with. On his early days of fame after starring as Edward Cullen in the vampire drama movie, Robert Pattinson told Jay Leno that he rarely washes his hair.

Premiere date for Green Day's forthcoming "Knock Your Enemy" music video has been set on stone. It is confirmed that the video will be brought forward exclusively on MTV on April 24 at 8 P.M. ET.

Filming for the video will begin this weekend in Los Angeles. Motion Theory, who has worked with the likes of Adele and Weezer, has been recruited to helm the project.

There is a chance that "The Chopping Block" fate is on the chopping block itself. NBC reportedly is looking towards cutting the reality show after only three episodes. The Hollywood Reporter which was first to report, noted that the cooking show will be absent from the screen starting next Wednesday, April 1.

The changes are as informed by NBC sources that also dished out that there's a plan to air the remaining episodes "at some point". The vacant slot will then be filled with the re-run of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" episodes. These are the repeats of the episodes that only ran on USA Network. The series' eight season will still premiere as scheduled on April 19.

The 20th Century Fox have adjusted the U.S. release date of their upcoming "Dragonball Evolution" yet again. After moving it to the April 8 slate late last year, the studio decided to put it back on the Friday release schedule on April 10. With the new date, the live-action adaptation will be in competition with "Hannah Montana: The Movie" and "Observe and Report".

Putting the schedule change aside, IGN has just got the chance to interview James Marsters. In the chat, the actor who played Lord Piccolo talked about the differences of this feature film character from the one in "Dragon Ball Z". "This character is nothing like you're going to recognize from Dragon Ball Z because this is a story that happens before Dragon Ball Z. In the actual source material that we were adapting, we were only dealing with Dragon Ball," he began explaining.

After dating on and off, Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson are reported by Star Magazine to wed June later this year. The wedding report comes just weeks after they were claimed to have rekindled their romance.

According to Star, Kate and Owen got engaged during a trip to France last month. "This time, it's for real," says an unidentified source. "They don't want to ever be apart again."

Kelly Clarkson's upcoming music video for her single "I Do Not Hook Up" has been available to peek through a behind-the-scenes footage. In one of the on-set scenes, she is shown grabbing a man, looking sideways as she holds him close, and winking her left eye to someone unseen.

In addition to the footage, Kelly also takes her time to talk about what kind of girl she will be portraying in the video. "I go into fantasy mode," she tells Access Hollywood's Billy Bush. "So the girl that's a good girl, in her fantasy, she's always hooking up. I'm throwing guys around."

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" will celebrate its 200th episode on April 2, and a preview for the monumental event has been released. Called "Mascara", the episode is helmed by Academy Awards and Golden Globe Award-winning director William Friedkin ("The Exorcist").

A murder takes place in the world of Mexican wrestling and the CSIs must solve the crime. The team has to enter the world of Luche Libre to catch the killer of the victim which turns out to be one of Langston's former students.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian took to her official blog Wednesday, March 25 to defend her not-yet retouched picture for Complex magazine, which was accidentally posted on the print media's official site before then quickly replaced with the one that has been photoshopped. In addition to her written defense, Kim also posted the two different versions of her snap.

"So everyone has been putting up these pics from Complex Magazine showing the comparison of the original un-photoshopped photo that mistakenly was put up on complex.com," Kim wrote at the beginning of her post. "Complex later replaced the pic with the photoshopped version, causing all of this drama. But you know what, who cares!"

A bunch of fresh international posters for the highly anticipated "Star Trek" has made its way out. One of them, which captures the character shot of Chris Pine's Kirk, Zachary Quinto's Spock and Zoe Saldana's Uhura as well as the image of U.S.S. Enterprise under construction, has been outed exclusively by Empire.

While each one of the fresh one-sheets aspires to display different design, two of them, which exhibit U.S.S. Enterprise getting under attack by its enemy as the center piece, show some similarity to each other. Other posters exhibit San Francisco getting blasted, black and white head shot of four major characters in the film, and the Enterprise zooming away.

Girls Aloud have premiered a music video to support their single "Untouchable". In the futuristic video inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 1968 classic science fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey", they are captured dressing in "sci-fi inspired PVC leotards" and traveling through space.

As the video moves, a tag read "Alert: Condition Red" appears and Girls Aloud are seen having issues with their bubble-like orbs. The video ends with televisions on Earth showing a breaking news as the five-piece group's spaceship hits the ground which results in a huge blast.

Apparently the TBD release date of Lindsay Lohan's "Labor Pains" means something. The movie was meant to hit the big screen in U.S. later this year but now it is sent straight to cable TV, a source from the production house Nu Image/Millenium Films has confirmed to Access Hollywood.

The movie directed by Lara Shapiro will air on ABC Family in July and come in DVD a month later. However, the movie is still in schedule to hit the theaters internationally although no date has been set yet.

After admitting last week that she's been considering for another adoption from Malawi, Madonna has been confirmed to have filed legal papers to adopt a second child from the poverty stricken African country. An official at the Malawi welfare department as well as a U.S. government official have confirmed that matter to The Associated Press.

Concerning her latest adoption effort, Madonna is expected to visit Malawi this weekend and her adoption case could go before the courts as early as Monday, March 30. "We expect her over the weekend or earlier than that ... but without a doubt she is coming before the end of this month," an official at the Ministry of Gender and Child Development has told Reuters.

"Twilight" star Robert Pattinson has shared his thought on what to expect from the upcoming "The Twilight Saga's New Moon". Talking to Reuters, the 22-year-old compared the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's second "Twilight" novel to the first one, noting that it will mostly deal with loss and reconciliation.

"The book of 'New Moon,' the majority of it is incredibly depressing," the actor who starred as Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" said. "Obviously 'Twilight' was about finding first love and the difficulties of that, but 'New Moon' is really about loss and reconciliation, but the reconciliation isn't completely full." He then added, "It's a strange story to have for a market that, I guess, wants to see a love story."

The Pussycat Dolls have been confirmed to rock the stage of 2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. During the event, the musical act fronted by Nicole Scherzinger are expected to sing "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)", the English version of "Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack that they have recorded for "Doll Domination 2.0".

Beside serving as a performer, The Pussycat Dolls are also among the big stars scheduled to present an award at the event honoring kids' favorites in music, movie, television and athlete. In the presenters list, they will be joined by the likes of Miley Cyrus, Sandra Bullock, Shia LaBeouf, Zac Efron, Hugh Jackman, Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, and Miranda Cosgrove among others.

"Supernatural" is not yet ready to get down to the business in its next episode. After an alternate life episode on March 26, next week the show will present a life adapted to comic books written by fictional author named Carver Edlund. The Winchesters brothers are amazed when they find out that Edlund has recounted their ghost-hunting experiences in details.

A noir-themed trailer for the episode called "The Monster at the End of This Book" has been released, showing the graphic arts as well as the kind of monsters that Sam and Dean have encountered in the past. The brothers find out that the comic series are packed with hyperbole and dramatic phrases like "Armed with an iron horse and abs of steel, these heroes pack real heat."

People magazine has reported in its newest issue which goes on sale on Friday, March 27 that Natasha Richardson's organs have been donated to patients needing vital transplants at the request of her family. The decision to donate the late actress' organs was made by her family after she was taken off life support at Manhattan's Lenox Hill Hospital.

Speaking of the good deed, a family friend tells People the organs donation "is very Natasha." "She spent so much time fighting the stigma of AIDS; someone like that would naturally donate her organs. At least by donating her organs something good could come out of [the tragedy]," the family friend explains.

The brand new trailer for Focus Features' forthcoming comedy "Taking Woodstock" has just been debuted. Premiered during Comedy Central's "Important Things with Demetri Martin" with an introduction provided by Demetri Martin himself, the promotional video chronicles the events leading to Elliot Tiber offering his family motel and musical festival permit to the Woodstock Festival's organizers.

"Taking Woodstook" follows Tiber, an interior designer in Greenwich Village. Working at his parents' Catskills motel as its part-time manager, he becomes the local town's issuer of event permits. When he heard that the planned Woodstock concert has had its own permit denied by a neighboring town, he called to offer his own, an act that would change his life, and American culture, forever.

One more Idol falls out, as the top nine for the eight season of "American Idol" is announced. Michael Sarver, the oil rig roughneck that went through the Top 36 together with also-eliminated Alexis Grace, has to swallow the bitter pill of not getting enough votes to make him stay. He, however, has been included in the Top 10 and will tour with the rest after the show wraps up later this year.

Sarver was in the bottom three along with two other guys, Matt Giraud and Scott McIntyre. While 36 million votes were cast on the Motown night when he belted out "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", he received the lowest of the three. Simon Cowell, additionally refused to use his judge power to save the father of two in the competition. "Michael, you're going home. Sorry," Cowell said.

MSN has got its hands on six brand new character posters of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". With a glowing background effect making as if one is peeking through a pensieve, the character posters provide individual look at Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter, Emma Watson's Hermione Granger, Rupert Grint's Ron Weasley, Michael Gambon's Albus Dumbledore, Alan Rickman's Severus Snape and Tom Felton's Draco Malfoy.

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will center its story at the time when Voldemort's grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds is tightening. With Hogwarts no longer being the safe haven it once was, Dumbledore begins to prepare Harry for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Bringing in his old friend and colleague Professor Horace Slughorn, he works together with Harry to unlock Voldemort's defenses.

Miley Cyrus has been appointed as one of the performers at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards. The pop singer is scheduled to sing "The Climb", the soundtrack of her upcoming movie "Hannah Montana: The Movie", at the event to be held on April 5.

Other musicians set to make live appearances at the annual awards include Reba McEntire, Lady Antebellum, John Rich, Lee Ann Womack and Jamey Johnson. They will join previously-announced musical guests such as Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Miranda Lambert, Heidi Newfield, Trace Adkins and Tim McGraw.

Tattoo artist BangBang has posted two pictures of Rihanna on his MySpace page, showing the singer having a new tattoo in form of gun etched on her body. One of the pics shows Rihanna having two gun inks drawn on both of her shoulders, whereas the other one shows her having the gun tattoo printed on her right ribcage.

"I really wanted to put it here... she loved em.. .but, cover girl wouldnt have liked it much... and they pay the bills!" BangBang writes under the first mentioned picture. "Ended up doing it on her ribs...", he writes under the other snap.