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Fox Atomic, an offshoot of 20th Century Fox, have revealed information about the sequel to hit film 28 Days Later.

Their press release states: "The film picks up six months after the Rage virus has decimated the city of London. The U.S. Army has restored order and is repopulating the quarantined city, when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection, wreaking havoc on the entire population."

Directed by Spaniard Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the project will not involve 28 Days Later star Cillian Murphy. However, creators Danny Boyle, Alex Garland and Andrew Macdonald will return to work on the sequel.

The film is scheduled for release in May 2007.

Kurt Russell is the latest star to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino's new slasher film Death Proof.

The iconic director made the announcement at the recent Comic-Con convention in San Diego.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tarantino said: "I've always wanted to work with Kurt Russell. One of the things that was so great about his John Carpenter movies is the fact that there are a lot of serious actors who wouldn't do them. There's a playfulness about him going that way."

Russell will play the character of Stunt Man Mike in the movie, which is the second half of a double feature Tarantino is working on with Sin City director Robert Rodriguez.

Death Proof will also feature Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd and Sydney Tamiia Poitier, among others. The film is due to be released in April next year.

Scarlett Johansson was injured when a birthday lap dance turned aggressive.

The actress was celebrating her 21st birthday when her brother convinced her to visit a strip club, a venue Johansson was not expecting to attend.

She said "When I turned 20 I had a birthday at Disneyland, but this year my brother wanted to go to a strip club so we went there instead.

"So we got there and somebody ordered me a lap dance. At first I was like, 'No, no, no and then I was like, 'OK, I will.' I had this very tall girl, she was Amazonian. She was like this tall really, really skinny girl and quite manic and strange.

"She was kind of gyrating into me. She was so thin her pelvic or hipbone or some kind of bone bruised me."

Simon Cowell has denied reports that he is cheating on his girlfriend.

Reports yesterday claimed the music executive is having an affair with 21-year-old Jasmine Lennard, the model having been spotted leaving his home in London. But Cowell insists that girlfriend Terri Seymour has no cause for concern.

"Jasmine is just a friend. There were other people at the house too. Terri has absolutely nothing to worry about," he commented.

Model Lennard has also spoken out to the same effect: "Simon is a good friend, we were discussing work. We have been friends for some time. (Current boyfriend) Mark's not worried about this at all. He knows there is nothing going on".

Will Ferrell has announced that his wife Viveca is expecting their second child.

The Anchorman actor made the revelation during a recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

The couple already have a two-year-old son together named Magnus.

Jesse Metcalfe has revealed that Justin Timberlake recently tried to chat up his girlfriend Nadine Coyle.

Timberlake has been in a relationship with actress Cameron Diaz but a recent encounter with the Girls Aloud star seems to support rumours that he is eager to get back on the dating scene.

The Desperate Housewives actor said: "She was out at some club in London and I guess Justin Timberlake was chatting her up, making some moves and trying to pour her drinks. She told him she had a boyfriend, of course, but hey, you know, I wasn't there so I don't know the real story."

Whilst he was shocked by the 'SexyBack' singer's behaviour, Metcalfe noted that he could take it as a compliment. He continued: "At least she's getting hit on by Justin Timberlake! That makes me feel good!"

Kasabian have insisted they are not fighting with the Kaiser Chiefs.

Reports have circulated that the band's frontman Tom Meighan threatened counterpart Ricky Wilson at Dublin's Oxegen festival earlier in the month. But Meighan has laughed off the rumours, saying: "That's absolute rubbish. I know Ricky Wilson well and it really hurts. We get on. When people quote me saying I'm going to smash his face in, that's wrong because I didn't say that.

"I was asked what I thought of comments he apparently made and I said I would be disappointed if he had said that. Ricky is a nice guy and we bump into the Kaiser Chiefs on tour all the time, just like we bump into a whole bunch of bands on the road. "It's horrible when stories are blown out of proportion. Ricky will know those quotes are rubbish. People just want to create a feud that doesn't exist."

Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley) are scheduled to appear in a production of Equus on London’s West End next spring. Rehearsals will start in January and the play will be directed by Thea Sharrock.

Radcliffe will play the lead character, Alan Strang, while Mr. Griffiths, fresh from his award winning role in The History Boys on Broadway will portray psychiatrist, Martin Dysart.

Previous actors to portray these characters on the stage included Peter Firth and Tom Hulce as Alan and Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Perkins and Richard Burton as psychiatrist Martin Dysart. The play received a Tony Award in 1975 for best play.

Additionally the play will be in rehearsals for six weeks in London from January 3rd, with previews starting on February 16th. It will open to the critics with a gala first night on February 27th.

No ticket information is currently available but as soon as we know any information we will be sure to let all you know.

Kieran Culkin will headline the Second Stage Theatre production of Eric Bogosian's subUrbia, directed by Jo Bonney. Diksha Basu, Jessica Capshaw, Michael Esper, Halley Feiffer, Kelli Garner, Daniel Eric Gold, Manu Narayan, and Peter Scanavino will also star.

Culkin, best known for his film career, received positive notices for his last New York stage appearance in the 2005 mounting of After Ashley. He also appeared onstage in James Lapine's The Moment When at Playwrights Horizons in the spring of 2000 and in the West End mounting of This Is Our Youth in the fall of 2002. His last released film was Igby Goes Down, which was released in 2002 and earned the young actor acclaim. His other film credits include Home Alone, Father of the Bride, Only the Lonely, Home Alone 2, Father of the Bride 2, The Mighty, The Cider House Rules, She's All That, Music of the Heart and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.

Basu, a New Delhi native, appeared on the New York stage last year in Harvest at La Mama E.T.C.. Capshaw, most familiar from her work on the television show The Practice, was featured in Bonney's production of Fat Pig off-Broadway. Esper's off-Broadway credits include Manic Flight Reaction at Playwrights Horizons and Big Bill at Lincoln Center. Feiffer, recently featured on the big screen in The Squid and the Whale, has appeared in off-off-Broadway mountings of Urgent Fury and Feiffer's People. Garner was one of the stars of the off-Broadway mounting of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead. Gold's off-Broadway credits include The Paris Letter, Small Tragedy, Cagelove, This Thing of Darkness and Beautiful Thing. Narayan is best known for starring in the Broadway musical Bombay Dreams and recently appeared in Getting Home, which was part of the Second Stage Theatre Uptown series. Scanavino just completed a run in Shining City at the Biltmore Theatre.

subUrbia is scheduled to begin previews on September 6 and officially open on September 28.

Elizabeth Mitchell has joined the cast of ABC's hit drama "Lost" as a possible new love interest for Matthew Fox's character, sources said.

Mitchell next will be seen opposite Tim Allen in the feature "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause," which opens November 3. Her other credits include HBO's "Gia," in which she played Angelina Jolie's lover, and a recurring role on "ER."

Earlier this week, Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro signed on to co-star on the show, which begins its third season in the fall.

Which celebrity is addicted to fetishism because of his fondness for hair-raising women? This chap can't bear to make love to women who have shaved under their arms and encourages his lovers to grow beards in their pits. He even has names for his girlfriend's furry pets and loves to rub his face against Lemmy and Karl Marx.

The lovechild of telly smoothie Robert Kilroy-Silk is to be the new face of top label H&M. Danny Beauchamp, 21, was picked before bosses knew who his famous dad was.

He'll now lead the way for Swedish firm, after getting spotted posing for posh store Harvey Nichols.

Danny was born after his mum, Hilary, had an affair with Kilroy, then a Labour MP.

The holiday is over for England's David Beckham. Beckham, 31, arrived in Austria for pre-season training and to meet new Real Madrid team-mate Fabio Cannavaro, the Italian who took his side to World Cup glory. But Beckham looked glum as he left the plane. Perhaps hes already missing his sunshine break in Italy.

Chelsy Davy sizzled as she went on a shopping spree on London's trendy Kings Road. The 21-year-old girlfriend of Prince Harry, also 21, wowed onlookers with her fab figure as she strolled along the appropriately named street in Chelsea in a skimpy top.

George Michael put his latest sex shame behind him yesterday by stepping out with long-term boyfriend Kenny Goss.

The singer, 43, and American Kenny, 48, both sported gold band-style rings and broad smiles.

George's romp with a van driver on Hampstead Heath has not affected their wedding plans, he insisted.

Big Brother blonde Nikki Grahame booked herself a date with the stars last night - at a glittering movie premiere.

The 24-year-old evictee was at the London premiere of Miami Vice and rubbing shoulders with the film's big-name heros Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx.

Also sexing up the Leicester Square premiere were Love Island babe Alicia Douvall, Rebecca Loos and Michelle Heaton.

No wonder Kylie Minogue's got a grin the size of a kangaroo's pouch. The Aussie singer, 38, was snapped leaving her Chelsea pad with designer William Baker.

The spectacularly camp fashion designer whizzed her away on his private jet, fed her lobster and created the most fabulous outfits for her comeback tour.

A source said: "William's so pleased they're friends again after their fall-out."