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Angelina Jolie Upsets Brad Pitt's Family

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-31 - 16:10:57

Angelina Jolie reportedly offended Brad Pitt's mother by drinking at son Maddox's fifth birthday party. Brad's family flew in from their hometown in Missouri to visit granddaughter Shiloh Nouvel but allegedly left early because they were unhappy with her behavior at the party. Angelina is said to have barely acknowledged Brad's family and upset his mom, Jane, by having an open bar at the bash.

Neither of Brad's parents drink and they didn't approve of Angelina drinking around her and Brad's children and the other youngsters at the party. A source told America's Star magazine: "They were the only ones not drinking and it was uncomfortable for them. To Jane, drinking is unhealthy, and she thought Angelina was intoxicated.

"Things were very tense that weekend, and they left with an even worse impression of Angelina than before. They think she is tactless and doesn't consider other peoples feelings."

The Pitt family allegedly cut their trip short after just two days, leaving on the day of the party.


 
 

Danity Kane wants to meet you

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-31 - 16:02:54

Danity Kane is hitting the road this fall and heading to Nordstrom stores across the country! Check the dates below to see when they'll be stopping in a store near you. The girls will be the celebrity guest at the BP Fashion Shows. After the fashion show Danity Kane will be signing autographs at a meet-and-greet, so stick around and meet the girls!

September 9
Nordstrom Oakbrook Center
Oakbrook, IL
Doors open at 8am

September 16
Nordstrom North County
Escondido, CA
Doors open at 8am

September 17
Nordstrom South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa, CA
Doors open at 9am

September 24
Nordstrom Broadway Plaza
Walnut Creek, CA
Doors open at 9:30am

September 30
Nordstrom Barton Creek Square
Austin, TX

October 6
Nordstrom Washington Square
Tigard, OR

October 7
Nordstrom Bellevue Square
Bellevue, WA
Doors open at 8am

October 14
Nordstrom Garden State Plaza
Paramus, NJ
Doors open at 8am

October 28
Nordstrom Tysons Corner Center
McLean, VA
Doors open at 8am

Elton John wants to make hip-hop album

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 07:51:28

Elton John tells Rolling Stone magazine that he wants to record a hip-hop album with Grammy-winning producer Dr. Dre.

"I want to work with Pharrell, Timbaland, Snoop, Kanye, Eminem and just see what happens," John says in the Sept. 7 issue. "It may be a disaster, it could be fantastic, but you don't know until you try."

The 59-year-old says he is a fan of Blackstreet's "No Diggity" and Tupac Shakur's "California Love."

"I want to bring my songs and melodies to hip-hop beats," John says. "I love these beats, but I have no idea how to get them."

John performed Eminem's song "Stan" with the rapper during the 2001 Grammy awards.

John's new album, "The Captain and the Kid," is due in September.

Gene Simmons sends video to Israeli

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 07:44:23

Israeli-born "KISS" rocker Gene Simmons sent a get-well video to an Israeli soldier wounded in Lebanon, calling him a hero the world should be proud of.

"I can't tell you how proud I am of you and how much the world and Israel owe you a debt of gratitude," Simmons told Ron Weinreich, a tank crewman paralyzed from the chest down, in a video broadcast on Saturday on Israel's Channel 2 television.

Channel 2 said the KISS bassist made the video for Weinreich, a fan of the legendary rock group, at the request of Israel's Soldiers' Welfare Association, a fund-raising group.

Weinreich, hospitalized near Tel Aviv, was wounded two weeks ago in fighting against Hizbollah guerrillas.

"From the bottom of my heart, you're a real hero, you're everybody's hero, you're my hero," said Simmons, who recorded the video in the United States and added in Hebrew: "My name is Haim. I was born in Haifa."

Simmons was born Haim Witz in the northern Israeli port city in 1949. He emigrated to the United States at the age of eight with his mother, a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp.

Laryngitis forces John Mayer to cancel

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 07:37:24

Laryngitis forced pop singer John Mayer to back out of a performance Saturday night.

Thousands of fans waited at the gates of the Dodge Music Center before organizers decided co-headliner Sheryl Crow and opening act Mat Kearney could go on without Mayer.

The Grammy-winning singer, who was born in Bridgeport and raised in Fairfield, has hits including Your Body is a Wonderland and Daughters.

"John feels terrible about the sudden cancellation and he will plan to be back in Connecticut soon," according to a press release, which attributed his absence to a "sudden onset" of laryngitis.

Fans who did not cross the entrance gate and have their tickets ripped are entitled to a refund.

Paris is upset

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 07:30:18

Paris Hilton is furious with Cher’s son for claiming that the two had sex — and that then he worried that he caught something from her.

Elijah Blue Allman, Cher’s son by rocker Gregg Allman, went on the Howard Stern show last week and boasted that he had a fling with Hilton. Allman, who is the lead singer and guitarist for the band Deadsy, said that after the encounter, he became so worried that he might have contracted a disease that he went downstairs and scrubbed his private parts with a household cleaner, probably Tilex.

Hilton is “not happy” about Allman’s comments, says a source, even though he described Hilton as a “sweet girl.”

Alman also said he had sex years ago with Hilton’s reality show co-star and former best friend, Nicole Richie, and says they’re now friends.

John Karr: Innocent?

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 07:22:22

The DNA sample taken from suspect John Mark Karr does not match DNA found on JonBenet Ramsey's body and no charges will be filed against the schoolteacher who claimed he was with the child when she died, CNN affiliate KUSA reported.

KUSA, based in Denver, Colorado, quoted two sources in a bulletin on its Web site:

"9NEWS has confirmed from two sources that the DNA sample taken from John Mark Karr is not a match with the foreign DNA found on JonBenet Ramsey's body when she was murdered in 1996. 9NEWS has also learned the Boulder County District Attorney's office will not file charges against Karr in connection with the Ramsey case."

KUSA says other sources also confirm that no charges will be filed against Karr in connection with the Ramsey case by the Boulder County District Attorney's office.

CNN is working to independently confirm the report as Karr awaits his first court appearance in Colorado later Monday afternoon. Karr will appear before Judge Roxanne Bailin at 4:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. ET).

The Denver station reported that samples of Karr's saliva and hair were taken in Boulder after his arrival Thursday evening. Those samples were tested over the weekend by the Denver Police Department's crime lab.

The Colorado television station says those tests ruled out Karr's DNA is as the foreign DNA left on JonBenet's body when she was slain in December 1996.

JonBenet was covered in a blanket when her body was found. Foreign hair fibers were found on that blanket and they did not match any of the Ramsey family or approximately 100 people that were tested.

Karr still faces charges of child pornography in California.

Earlier Monday, Karr's defense team requested that prosecutors hand over DNA evidence in the Ramsey case.

Public disclosure of any DNA evidence was specifically barred by a gag order issued Friday. The order applies to all attorneys and law enforcement officials involved in the case.

The 41-year-old suspect is being held in Boulder County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder, first- and second-degree kidnapping, and sexual assault. No formal charges have been filed yet by Boulder prosecutors.

Documents list Karr's birthplace as Conyers, Georgia, and his occupation as "teacher."

Karr was brought back to the United States from Bangkok, Thailand. He arrived in Colorado Thursday evening from California, where he skipped bail in 2001 after being charged in Sonoma County with five misdemeanor counts of possessing child pornography.

Karr appeared at a brief hearing in Los Angeles and waived extradition to Colorado. (Watch Patsy Ramsey's sister reveal what the family will do if Karr isn't guilty -- 4:11)

He told reporters in Thailand he was with JonBenet the night she died, and that her death was an accident. The child's beaten and strangled body was found December 26, 1996, in the basement of her family's Boulder home.

Autopsy results showed she had suffered a blow to the head and been strangled with a garrote tightened with a paintbrush handle.

After Karr's statements in Thailand, questions have surfaced as to whether the slight, soft-spoken man could have been involved in the grisly killing.

Earlier this year, Michael Tracey, a journalism professor at the University of Colorado, alerted authorities to e-mails he had been receiving from a person now believed to be Karr.

Tracey, who has produced a documentary about the Ramsey case, said there was something in the e-mails "that made me decide I had to try and do something." But he would not say just what prompted him to contact prosecutors.

A law enforcement official told CNN that Karr's e-mails to Tracey were initially innocuous but that the professor contacted authorities when they became "weird." The communications were eventually tracked to Thailand.

Tracey told CNN Thursday he also learned Karr's name five days before the arrest.

Spider-Man' Cast Called Back for Reshoots

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 07:13:03

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco are being called back to the set of Spider-Man 3 for re-shoots, after test audiences complained the movie was lacking in "action." Franco, who plays Spider-man's alter-ego Peter Parker's troubled friend Harry Osborn in the superhero movies, has just finished filming comedy drama Camille with Sienna Miller. He tells MTV, "The next thing I'm shooting? Re-shoots on Spider-Man... Probably next month. Director Sam Raimi wants more action." The sequel also features Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard and Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church in new roles.

Foxy Brown pleads guilty to assault & gets probation

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 07:09:33

Rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over a manicure. The plea deal, which spares her jail time, requires her to serve three years probation and take anger management classes, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office.

Minutes after the plea, Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, tried to return to the courtroom and withdraw it, claiming she had been rushed into the decision, Alban said. But the judge told her "the plea stands," the spokesman said.

A telephone call to Brown's attorney was not immediately returned Monday.

Prosecutors said the 26-year-old rapper, who once appeared in court wearing 4-inch hoop earrings and 3-inch stiletto heels, kicked one employee and smacked a second in the face on Aug. 29, 2004, in an argument over payment for a manicure at Bloomie Nails.

Ringo's wife gets kicked by horse

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 07:06:14

Barbara Bach, a former Bond girl and wife of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, was hospitalized with a broken leg after being kicked by a horse, a hospital official said Monday.

Bach was admitted Sunday to the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford, 35 miles southwest of London. She had surgery to repair her fractured right femur, the hospital said.

Bach, who turned 59 on Sunday, married Starr in 1981. The couple appeared together in the 1981 film "Caveman."

She was a Bond girl in 1977's "The Spy Who Loved Me," starring Roger Moore as Agent 007.

Girls Get The Lads Panting

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-29 - 06:56:15

Girls Aloud really sizzled in their hot pants at an open air gig. But they almost popped out of their skimpy gear - and had to be taped in to spare their blushes.

The singers flashed the flesh in ultra-sexy outfits as they took the stage at the Pop in the Park in Cheshire. But heavy-duty tape made sure they didn't reveal too much.

The girls - Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Tweedy, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh - even had to be taped into their shoes so they didn't kick them off.

But a bit of sticky stuff couldn't stop the girls looking sensational in shorts. And blonde Sarah showed her cheeky side as she performed in kinky boots and bodysuit.

Westlife Australian Tour Postponed

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 16:49:15

Westlife won't make it to Australia next month due to recording commitments.

The Australian tour was to take place between September 17 and 23 but the boyband is yet to complete its next album.

A statement from Sony-BMG says that "due to delays in the recording of their new album, due for international release in October of this year, the band have reluctantly had to reschedule their Australian tour and will now tour here early in 2007".

Ticket holders are advised at this stage to hang on to their tickets until further notice.

An Australian promotional tour is being planned in October.

"Westlife apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause their fans" the statement reads.

hush hush

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 16:37:06

Which A-lister has a bizarre phobia of flatulence? The star hyperventilates whenever anybody unleashes a bottom pop. But it's a vicious circle because his hysterical fits often cause him to create more unsavoury emissions. He's undergoing counselling to overcome his problem but hasn't got any faith in his therapist.

Stetson John

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 16:30:56

Sir Elton John was looking all white as he arrived in the south of France yesterday. The 59-year-old musician turned his back on Britian's topsy-turvy weather to catch a few rays on a last minute holiday in St Tropez. And the Rocket Man looked ready to ride off into the sunset as he donned this summer's fashion must have - a Stetson.

Toronto International Film Festival Lineup

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 16:19:49

The 31st Toronto International Film Festival Welcomes Stellar Lineup of International Stars and Special Guests

Toronto - The 31st Toronto International Film Festival welcomes over 500 international stars and special guests. These filmmakers, actors, and industry insiders, connected to Festival films and other Festival programming, represent the finest in film talent from around the world.

The following guests are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:

Amitabh Bachchan, AJ Schnack, Abderrahmane Sissako, Adrian Grenier, Adriana Barraza, Agnieszka Holland, Anti-Jussi Aninila, Alan Rickman, Alberta Watson, Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alek Keshishian, Alex Pettyfer, Alex van Warmerdam, Alexander Oey, Alexander Payne, Allan King, Alyssa Sutherland, Amy Berg, Ana Kokkinos, Ana Moreira, Anders Thomas Jensen, Andrea Arnold, Andrew Currie, Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson, Ann Hui, Anne Fontaine, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Minghella, Antonio de la Torre, Arnold W. Messer, Arshad Warsi, Asger Leth, Agustin Díaz Yanes, Bahman Ghobadi, Barbara Kopple, Benoît Jacquot, Bob Balaban, Bob Goldthwait, Bobby Cannavale, Bong Joon-ho, Bonnie Henna, Bradley Beesley, Brad Pitt, Brad Silberling, Brian D. Johnson, Brittany Murphy, Bruno Dumont, Camelia Frieberg, Camila Guzmán Urzúa, Carice van Houten, Carrie-Anne Moss, Carl Bessai, Carmen Chaplin, Carmen Moore, Catalin Mitulescu, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Cecilia Peck, Cesc Gay, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chitra Palekar, Chris Kraus, Christopher Moynihan, Christian Bale, Christian Slater, Christian Volckman, Christina Ricci, Christie MacFayden, Christopher Guest, Christopher N Rowley, Christopher Smith, Cillian Murphy, Cindy Wolfe, Connie Britton, Costa-Gavras, Daniel Auteuil, Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Daniella Wircer, Danny Glover, Dany Boon, Darren Aronofsky, David Leaf, David Recha, David Thwaites, David Von Ancken, Davide Ferrario, Deborah Theaker, Debbie Isitt, deco dawson, Denis Dercourt, Derek Luke, Diane Kruger, the Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, Emily Robison), Don Lake, Don McKellar, Douglas McGrath, Dror Shaul, Dustin Hoffman, Ed Begley Jr., Ed Harris, Ed Stone, Edward Burtynsky, Eduard Fernández, Emanuele Crialese, Emilio Estevez, Emily Barclay, Emma Thompson, Emmaneulle Béart, Eric Kopeloff, Erik Weihenmayer, Ethan Hawke, Eugene Levy, Eytan Fox, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Forest Whitaker, Francisco Vargas, François Létourneau, Fred Willard, Freddy Rodriguez, Frédérick Pelletier, Gabriel Byrne, Gabriel Range, Garin Nugroho, Gary Burns, Geoffrey Wright, Gerardo Naranjo, Gianni Amelio, Gina Pareño, Goran Paskaljevic, Gordon Pinsent, Grégoire Solotareff, Greta Scacchi, Guillermo del Toro, Guy Édion, Guy Maddin, Hal Hartley, Hanif Kureishi, Hanne Hedelund, Hans Steinbichler, Haobam Paban Kumar, Harry Shearer, Heath Ledger, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ho Yuhang, Hong Sang-soo, Hubert Davis, Ioan Gruffudd, Isild Le Besco, Isla Fisher, J.T. Petty, Jacinda Barrett, Jackie May, Jafar Panahi, Jakob Cedergren, James Carville, James LeGros, James McAvoy, James Stern, Jan Chapman, Jan H?ebejk, Jane Lynch, Jannik Lorenzen, Jasmila Zbanic, Jason Biggs, Jason Britski, Jay Anania, Jean Lemire, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean-Pascal Hattu, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Goldblum, Jeffrey Jeturian, Jem Cohen, Jennifer Coolidge, Jennifer Baichwal, Jennifer Lopez, Jens Liens, Jérôme Laperrousaz, Jesper Asholt, Jesper Ganslandt, Jessica Lange, Jessica Woodworth, Jia Zhangke, Jim Brown, Jim Piddock, Joachim Lafosse, Joachim Trier, Joan Allen, John Abraham, John Barker, John Cameron Mitchell, John Jeffcoat, John Scheinfeld, John Waters, Jonathan Levine, Johnnie To, Jonathan King, Josie Ho, Josh Hamilton, Joshua Jackson, Jude Law, Judy Kuhn, Julie Christie, Julie Kolbech, Julia Loktev, Juliette Binoche, Kabir Khan, Karan Johar, Karen Murphy, Karim Aïnouz, Karl Urban, Kate Winslet, Katherine Dieckmann, Kathy Bates, Ken Lemberger, Ken Loach, Ken Marino, Kerry Washington, Kevin Macdonald , Kim Bodnia, Kim Chapiron, Kristen Thomson, Lachy Hulme, Larry Fessenden, Larry Miller, Laura Harris, Laura Linney, Laurent Hebiet, Leah Angutimarik, Leon Ichaso, Liam Neeson, Lindsay Doran, Lisandro Alonso, Liz Mermin, Lou Ye, Luc Picard, Lucy Walker, Macky Alston, Mads Mikkelsen, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Manuel Nieto Zas, Manuel Pradal, Manoel de Oliveira, Marc Anthony, Marc Evans, Marc Forster, Marc Recha, Margarethe von Trotta, Marie Clements, Marina Spada, Mark Palansky, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Donovan, Martin Lavut, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mel Chionglo, Melinda Page Hamilton, Mohammed Naqvi, Michael Apted, Michael Glawogger, Michael Hitchcock, Michael Ian Black, Michael Mabbott, Michael McKean, Michael Moore, Michael Murphy, Michael Tucker, Mike Medavoy, Mira Nair, Monica Bleibtreu, Morgan Freeman, Mukhtaran Mai, Murali Thalluri, Nacho Cerda, Nader Takmil Homayoun, Nadia Litz, Nandita Das, Nanni Moretti, Neil Armfield, Nicole Robert, Niki Karimi, Nikos Grammatikos, Noel Mitrani, Norman Cohn, Ohad Knoller, Ole Christian Masen, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Masset-Depasse, Olympia Dukakis, Ozer Kiziltan, Pablo Trapero, Pakkak Innushuk, Parker Posey, Patrice Leconte, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick Chamusso, Patrice Sauvé, Patrick Wilson, Paul Andrew Williams, Paul Fox, Paul Goldman, Paul Rachman, Paul Rudd, Paul Verhoeven, Pavel Giroud, Paz Vega, Pedro Almodovar, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Penélope Cruz, Perry Henzell, Peter Brosens, Peter Dinklage, Peter Mettler, Peter Mullan, Peter O'Toole, Peter Schønau Fog, Petra Epperlein, Pierce Brosnan, Quim Gutierrez, Rachael Harris, Rachel Weisz, Rachel Bilson, Rachid Bouchareb, Rajnesh Domalpalli, Rakshan Bani-Etemad, Rani Mukherjee, Ray Lawrence, Rebecca Hall, Reese Witherspoon, Reha Erdem, Ridley Scott, Rinko Kikuchi, Robert Favreau, Robert Guédigian, Robert Lepage, Robert Sarkies, Robin Wright Penn, Robinson Stévenin, Robyn Slovo,Roger Michell, Rolf de Heer, Romola Garai, Ron Mann, Ron Perlman, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, Saffron Burrows, Samantha Bloom, Sam Worthington, Sandra Bullock, Sang-il Lee, Santiago Amigorena, Sarah Polley, Sarah Price, Scott Z. Burns, Scott Caan, Shawn Slovo, Sean Ellis, Sean Penn, Serge Elissalde, Shah Rukh Khan, Shane Meadows, Sharon Stone, Sheng Zhimin, Sydney Pollack, Sigourney Weaver, Simon Lavoie, Siqin Gaowa, So Yong Kim, Sook-Yin Lee, Sophie Fiennes, Spike Lee, Stefan Krohmer, Steve Hudson, Steven Zaillian, Stine Stengade, Szabolcs Hajdu, Yae-Yong Kim, Tahani Rached, Tantoo Cardinal, Tarsem Singh, Tata Amaral, Teresa Villaverde, Terrance Odette, Thierry Piantanida, Thierry Ragobert, Tim Robbins, Toby Jones, Todd Field, Tom Hanks, Tom Skerritt, Tom Vaughan, Tony Gatlif, Tony Goldwyn, Tony Kaye, Tracy Wright, Tsai Ming-Liang, Tunde Kelani, Ulrich Mühe, Vera Farmiga, Victoria Hill, Viggo Mortensen, Vince Vaughn, Vincent Cassel, Vincenzo Marra, Vincenzo Natali, Volker Schlöndorff, Wendy Crewson, Werner Herzog, Will Ferrell, William H. Macy, Wyclef Jean, Xiaogang Feng, Yao Ramesar, Yoko Ono, Yousef Sweid, Zabou Breitman, Zach Braff, Zach Helm, Zacharias Kunuk, Zeka Laplaine, and Ziyi Zhang.

Knoxville attacked in bar brawl

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:58:16

Johnny Knoxville was left shaken when he was attacked by a man at a Hollywood bar last week.

Knoxville was drinking at dive bar Tinys KO, along with "Jackass" co-stars Steve-O and Chris Pontius, when a man shoved him against a wall.

According to an eyewitness Steve-O and Pontius immediately dragged the attacker outside.

The witness says, "Johnny tried to mediate. He looked a bit shaken up when he came back into the bar, but the other two were disappointed that they didn't fight."

Knoxville recently told Spin magazine that people regularly try and pick fights with him saying, "People think by challenging me they're going to show they're tough. But I'm not tough.

"Decent drinker, not a bad kisser, but not a great fighter."

Bettany & Fraser to star in 'Inkheart'

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:45:42

Paul Bettany and Brendan Fraser have been confirmed to star in the screen adaptation of a children's fantasy book by Cornelia Funke.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the pair will play key characters in Inkheart, the story of a girl whose father can bring any fictional character to life by reading aloud from the book and has to call on the help of the fantasy figures when he is kidnapped.

Fraser is set to play the father, while Bettany is in talks to play a fire-eater called Dustmouth.

Lucas talks down 'Indiana Jones'

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:38:51

George Lucas has talked down the latest installment in the Indiana Jones series, claiming it will not meet expectations.

The producer believes the hype surrounding the upcoming movie is too much to live up to, and a lot of people will be disappointed.

He told Empire magazine: "We're basically going to do The Phantom Menace. People's expectations are way higher than you can deliver. You could just get killed for the whole thing. We would do it for fun and just take the hit with the critics and the fans."

The fourth Indiana Jones film is expected to be released in summer 2008.

'Heathers' sequel in the works

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:34:22

Winona Ryder has hinted that there could be a sequel to her hit film Heathers on the way.

Although the potential plot remains a mystery, the actress has revealed that some of the details have already been thought out.

She told Entertainment Weekly: "I don't know how much is official; it's a way away. But it takes place in Washington and Christian Slater agreed to come back and make an Obi-Wan-type appearance. It's very funny."

East 17 reunion turns sour after bust-up

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:28:55

The reunion of nineties boyband East 17 seems to have been short-lived as songwriter Tony Mortimer has been pushed out of the line-up.

With plans to film a behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling their return to the spotlight, the band recently reformed and began work on a new album.

However, old tensions proved impossible to overcome as an argument broke out between Mortimer and lead singer Brian Harvey over punctuality.

Fellow bandmember John Hendy said: “Brian refused to work with Tony again after their punch up. Brian thought if Tony reacts like that every time he’s late, then what’s the point. I don’t think Tony’s heart was in it really. There was too much of an ego clash between him and Brian."

“We have carried on with just the three of us and did a gig in Russia the other week, which was mental...Brian wants us to try it all again with just us and Terry [Coldwell]. But I’ve got my roofing company to think about. I don’t know if I want to give up the business I’ve built up to dance on stage," Hendy added.

Manics team up on solo tours

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:20:42

Manic Street Preachers members James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire will tour together next month.

The bandmates are currently pursuing separate solo careers, but will play at the same shows in Japan in mid-September.

Singer Bradfield is touring his recent album The Great Western, while bassist Wire will release I Killed The Zeitgeist on September 25.

Bradfield is also touring to UK on his own later this year, with the dates as follows:

Dundee Fat Sams (October 4)
Glasgow Garage (6)
Sheffield Leadmill (7)
Liverpool Barfly (8)
Manchester Academy 2 (10)
Birmingham Barfly (11)
Leeds Cockpit (12)
Newbridge Memorial Hall (14)
Brighton Concorde 2 (15)
Cardiff University (16)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (18)
London KOKO (19)
Oxford Zodiac (20)
Cambridge Junction (22)
Stoke Sugarmill (23)

Jesse Metcalfe to branch into music

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:10:53

Jesse Metcalfe has revealed that he enjoys writing music and has not ruled out pursuing the pastime professionally.

The actor rose to fame playing a hunky gardener in Desperate Housewives, but it turns out he has plans to turn develop his casual interest in music further.

"I was in a band for a while. We broke up, but I'm still writing and playing music and I'm looking to get into another band now," the star said.

He added: "I sing a bit and play guitar. I want to play gigs again - it's definitely something I want to take more seriously."

Bruce Springsteen separates from wife

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:05:47

Bruce Springsteen has called an end to his twenty year marriage to Patti Scialfa, reports suggest.

According to the New York Post, friends of the rocker have let slip that the couple have supposedly separated, and that Springsteen has struck up a close friendship with a 9/11 widow.

A source commented: "They're separated, but everyone has been sworn to secrecy. We're not supposed to talk about it."

McCartney says Lopez is sperminated

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 15:00:24

Jesse McCartney has revealed that Jennifer Lopez is expecting her first child.

During a radio interview for Atlanta station Star 94, the singer revealed that his girlfriend Katie Cassidy has signed up to play Lucy Ewing in the new Dallas movie.

When the DJs joked that he could find out why Jennifer Lopez was "fired" from the project though, the 19-year-old singer let a bigger secret slip.

"She didn't get fired. She's pregnant," he replied.

DJ Vikki Locke later told Buzz: "It was kind of a 'Oops, what did I just do?' moment...When the microphones were off, he just looked at the woman with him and asked, 'Was I not supposed to say anything?"

Panic! At The Disco speak after bottling

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 08:04:08

Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendan Urie has spoken about the bottling incident during his band's set at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival today (August 25).

As previously reported, the singer was struck in the face by a missile thrown from the crowd just seconds into his band's appearence on the main stage.

Speaking to NME, Urie revealed that the bottle had knocked him out cold.

"I'm doing alright now, I could be way worse, I could be dead," he joked. "What I remember is I got hit, got knocked out, woke up and finished the set! I was out for a couple of seconds, I guess. Then we played some music, it was good. I've got a bruise, but looks good. It makes me look rugged and tough."

The band were midway through 'The Only Difference Between Suicide Martyrdom Is Press Coverage' when their singer was struck, but after Urie recovered they went straight back into the song at the point where they had suddenly stopped.

"When I got back up with just got on with," said the singer. "I guess we were sending a message to whoever threw the bottle, you can't stop us!"

Despite the eventful start, the band explained that their Carling Weekend: Reading appearance proved a career highlight.

"It was an awesome set other than the bottle," said guitarist Ryan Ross. "It's the most people we've ever played for, as far as I could see, people were interacting with us. It was great."

The band also played a cover of Radiohead's 'Karma Police' and admitted they were surprised by the positive reaction.

"Playing Radiohead was fun," said Urie. "It seems to go a little bit better over here. I like playing it, it's good to open people eyes to bands we like and hopefully people enjoyed it."

"Plus it's good to play as well in case someone is stuck in the crowd and they hate our band," joked Ross, "Maybe they'll like at least one song."

Elijah Blue (Cher's Son) Dishes On Cher & Paris Hilton

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 07:52:20

Cher's son (with Gregg Allman), Elijah Blue was on the Howard Stern Show yesterday and had some dirt on Cher, his life and Hollywood friends. Some highlights...

- Cher dated Tom Cruise during his “Top Gun” days. Elijah said Tom was a different person back then, explaining he wasn’t a scientologist, and even introduced him to the group T-Rex.

- Elijah said he had sex with Paris Hilton, and added some wild details to the story, more below.

- Elijah proceeded to call Paris “a sweet girl” while also claiming he wasn’t that interested in her, especially after they had sex. Elijah next said, because he and Paris didn’t use protection when they were together, he ended up using Tilex to clean himself off when they were done in order to avoid contracting any possible diseases from her. Elijah also acknowledged he was with Nicole Richie.

- He went on to note he became friends with Val Kilmer when he was dating Cher.

Victoria Beckham aims for TV show

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 07:28:09

Former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller says he is developing a TV fashion show for ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham.
"It will be more serious than a reality show but will still be entertaining because Victoria is so funny," he told Broadcast magazine

Fuller, who manages both Victoria and David Beckham, is responsible for the hit shows Pop Idol and American Idol.

In the interview, Fuller, 46, said he was also planning a sitcom based around another former Spice Girl, Emma Bunton.

"Emma wants to get into TV," he said. "She went to drama school and it's in her blood. We're going to give her a shot."

Macy Blasts Costar Lindsay Lohan's Lateness

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 07:20:40

William H. Macy says he respects Lindsay Lohan's talent but not her behavior.

"You can't show up late," Macy, 56, told reporters Thursday at a Los Angeles junket promoting his new movie, Everyone's Hero. "It's very, very
disrespectful."

Macy, who shares a scene with Lohan, 20, in the upcoming Emilio Estevez-directed drama Bobby, called the actress a "huge talent," but echoed the sentiments expressed in a letter sent to her recently by a studio chief who blasted her
work ethic.

The letter came from James G. Robinson, CEO of Morgan Creek Productions, which is producing Lohan's film Georgia Rule. Macy's wife, Felicity Huffman, also stars in the movie.

"I think what an actor has to realize (is that) when you show up an hour late, 150 people have been scrambling to cover for you," Macy told reporters Thursday.

"There is not an apology big enough in the world to have to make 150 people scramble. It's nothing but disrespect. And Lindsay Lohan is not the only one. A
lot of actors show up late as if they're God's gift to the film. It's inexcusable, and they should have their asses kicked."

When asked about Lohan's work on Bobby, Macy paused and said, "She was pretty late."

Jennifer Aniston makes directorial debut

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 07:15:32

JENNIFER ANISTON is donning her director's hat to shoot her first film project with pal ANDREA BUCHANAN. The pair have teamed up to make short film ROOM 10 with KRIS KRISTOFFERSON and ROBIN WRIGHT PENN for style magazine Glamour's annual Reel Moments project.

The three stories chosen to be adapted by Glamour bosses are all based on real-life sagas sent in by readers. Last year GWYNETH PALTROW made her directorial debut when she took charge of a romantic comedy for the project. Aniston and Buchanan's drama is set in a hospital emergency room, where Kristofferson's patient character quizzes his stern nurse (Wright Penn) about the bad choices she has made in her life.

Kristofferson admits he's thrilled to be working with the former FRIENDS star: "I have so much respect for Jennifer as an actress; it's very easy for me to take direction from her."

Aniston admits Paltrow's debut in 2005 inspired her to get involved this year: "I had seen Gwyneth's last year... and I heard about the whole project, and thought it was fantastic." Actress BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD also makes her directorial debut, taking charge of another film in the 2006 series.

Britney will be naked in a Tokyo subway

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 07:04:32

Tokyo's subway authority will allow a station advertisement featuring a nude and pregnant Britney Spears, officials said Thursday, dropping an earlier plan to censor the photo.

HB Japan Inc., publisher of the Japanese edition of Harper's Bazaar, plans to rent ad space at the posh Omotesando station next week to promote its October issue with Spears posing naked on the cover.

The ad, in which Spears bares her belly but covers her breasts with her hands, is the same one used in the August issue of the magazine's U.S. edition.

The 24-year-old pop star is pregnant with her second child.

Jessica Biel Seals The Deal On Auctioned Date

by lawsonjeff @ 2006-08-26 - 06:56:30

Jessica Biel dined in style on Friday when the man who bid $30,000 for her company took her out for a meal.

The man, named simply John, was the top bidder at a Denver, Colorado charity auction, at which lunch with the sexy Stealth star was a top item.

According to reports, Biel, honoured her offer at Denver's Palm restaurant.

The bidder, described as an oil and gas company executive, dressed in a white suit with a blue shirt and striped tie for the expensive lunch date.

The money John paid for his date with Biel will go towards medical costs for Colorado native Molly Bloom, 18, who lost her leg in a car accident in May (06).

t.A.T.u set to release Best Of

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