Mandy Moore is quite busy promoting her latest album ‘Amanda Leigh’ but that’s not giving her any trouble as she’s also adjusting to married life with singer and songwriter Ryan Adams. The singer recently talked to people about her marriage saying “Marriage is such a mark of adulthood in my mind. It still feels not entirely real. Things are wonderful, and there’s such a peaceful settledness about it. But sometimes I can’t wrap my head around it. It seems bizarre but really cool at the same time, like, ‘Wow – I did that!’ I’m enjoying life, but I was enjoying it before [marriage] too. It’s not like, ‘Oh, my life is complete now.’ I just have this extra incredible bonus of my best friend in the whole world, getting to spend every day with him.”
Demi Lovato has announced the title of her new album via her Twitter account! Her sophomore release will be called “Here We Go Again,” and it is due out in July. Catch Demi on tour this summer with special guests David Archuleta, Jordan Pruitt and KSM where she promises to play some songs from the new record.
Lady Gaga is on the cover of this summer’s Hot Issue of Rolling Stone! Check out RollingStone.com for a behind the scenes look at her special feature, and pick up your copy of this issue on stands today!
Check out Pussycat Dolls’ brand new video for their single “Hush Hush; Hush Hush.” The 70s themed clip is one big dance party featuring amazing costumes, PCD’s trademark moves and a cameo by Perez Hilton!
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p>Justin Long has said he was “honoured” to work with Spiderman director Sam Raimi on new film Drag Me To Hell.
The 30-year-old actor, who has had an on-off relationship with Drew Barrymore, admitted he loves horror movies and jumped at the chance to appear in the new flick.
Asked if he was a fan of Raimi, he said: “Huge. I love Evil Dead, I grew up watching those movies. Darkman and The Gift are brilliant, too. He’s responsible for some of my favourite movies.”
He added: “He’s always been great with actors. I was honoured, I was really excited. It was a no-brainer.”
American Idol champion Kris Allen recently gave a little insight as to the kind of album he wants to make. The singer said “‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ — that’s the kind of stuff I want to do, stuff that has that feel, that kind of moves people. I’m not a man of many words. I’m not very expressive or emotional but it comes out in my music. It’s the way I express how I feel.” I couldn’t have asked for a better sound from him. That song really cemented his mark on the show and I believe it’s that style of music that will allow him to survive in the music industry.
Peaches Geldof has revealed she has a crush on Twilight star Robert Pattinson.
The 20-year-old met Robert, 23, who played vampire Edward Cullen in the hit film, at the Cannes Film Festival recently.
She said: "He’s so hot. I’d seen him in Twilight before and thought he was cute. Then I met him in Cannes and I thought wow. He is gorgeous and I think he’s single."
She added: "We didn’t swap numbers though, unfortunately. But if you can tell him to give me a call, that would be great."
Peaches also revealed she met You’re Beautiful singer James Blunt when she was out in the south of France.
She said: "He is so posh! Who would have thought I’d like him, but he was brilliant."
She added: "I said: ‘James, here is the party line – are you ready to cross it?’ And he said: ‘Always, darling.’ He can really party."
She added: "My friend Fifi challenged him to sing Ace of Base in a bar. It was so weird hearing him sing it in this really high-pitched voice."
Katherine Heigl was reportedly axed from a new film because of her outrageous salary demands.
The Grey’s Anatomy star was set to appear in ensemble romantic comedy Valentine’s Day.
The flick, due to be released in February 2011, features a big-name cast including Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Shirley MacLaine and Bradley Cooper.
Hollywood moneymen originally wanted Heigl to appear in the Garry Marshall-directed movie.
An insider said: “Producers at [studio] New Line originally had Katherine on their casting list.
They wanted her for the project, but during the talks, she came back demanding $3 million for the role.”
A film source told a US paper that number was “ridiculous” – because there is no lead role and actors are only set to film between three and 14 days.
But a representative for the 30-year-old actress hit out at the claims.
The spokesperson said: “The story is ludicrous. Early negotiations are a daily occurrence in this business, and just for clarification, Katherine walked away from this project for multiple reasons.”
Hollywood’s top celebrities are puckering up for charity.
Hot actresses Reese Witherspoon, Keira Knightley, Eva Longoria and Evangeline Lilley are all kissing for a cause.
They have left their lips on specially designed handbags to be auctioned off for the Stars For A Cause charity.
And it’s not just the actresses who have got in on the action – Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Myers and Capote actor Philip Seymour Hoffman have also embellished purses with a celebrity kiss.
The star studded one of a kind auction by Bonhams and Butterfields, to be held in Los Angeles on May 28, will also have going under the hammer a collection of custom-made, hand-crafted jewelry and fashion accessories.
The items, including necklaces, bracelets and rings have been worn by a who’s-who list of Hollywood celebrities that include Angelina Jolie, Victoria Beckham,. Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lopez and Goldie Hawn.
The auction will also feature one of a kind jewellery worn by celebrities on the red carpet at this year’s Golden Globes – which they designed themselves.
The Rhodes jewelry – designed by Robyn Rhodes who worked with the celebrities and oversaw the manufacturing of the one-of-kind pieces – has been worn by such stars as Jessica Alba, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson and Eva Longoria.
The jewellery incorporates precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, 14K gold-filled and sterling silver chains.
Other auction highlights include a six litre ‘Methuselah’ bottle of Moët & Chandon Champagne signed in gold by Golden Globe winners, nominees and presenters, including the cast of Slumdog Millionaire, Colin Farrell, Susan Sarandon and Ricky Gervais.
Bradley Cooper, a rising star who will appear with Julia Roberts in Valentine’s Day, says he once worked on a Philadelphia newspaper and made the mistake of penning a piece titled When Best Friends Cross the Line.
Cooper recalled working at the paper of the same name as a senior in high school.
He wrote the piece about a friend, Deb Landes, "I wrote it like a lovesick puppy."
But when it came out, he was booed during a lacrosse game he was playing and later taken aside by his editor, who told him he made his first mistake.
"You never write about that," he was told.
Cooper’s current movie is smart buddy flick The Hangover with Heather Graham.
Mischa Barton is “thrilled” to have Ashton Kutcher as her boss on new show A Beautiful life, she has revealed.
The 23-year-old actress is starring in the show alongside High School Musical star Corbin Bleu and British model Elle Macpherson.
Mischa admitted the show is due to start in the autumn and will start shooting in mid-July.
She said: “I’ve been travelling so extensively that I barely had time to react to my pilot getting picked up. I’m so excited that even being in a foreign place like Moscow right now couldn’t stifle my enthusiasm.”
Mischa has been in Russia while filming the flick Finding t.A.T.U, which is about two girls who meet at a t.A.T.U concert and fall in love.
She added: “Russia was awesome and so too will it be to relocate to NYC and begin a regimented schedule for A Beautiful Life.”
She added: “Production is supposed to get under way as of mid July and I couldn’t be more thrilled to call the likes of Ashton Kutcher boss.”
Star Wars has been voted the best science fiction film of all time.
The 1977 classic topped a poll for having the best robot – R2-D2 – the best alien, Yoda, and the greatest hero, Han Solo.
The George Lucas-directed movie also won praise for having the greatest villain – Darth Vader.
"Star Wars is basically a great western put into outer space," said Scott Robson, head of movie listings service Moviefone, which conducted the survey that garnered 334,000 responses.
The film’s signature catchphrase, "may the force be with you", beat out such iconic classics as The Terminator’s "I’ll be back," and "E.T. – phone home".
Voters said the worst sci-fi movie was Battlefield Earth, the John Travolta flick about a group of humans fighting extinction by a race of aliens.
Former Popstars judge Nigel Lythgoe has taken to his Twitter page to quash rumours he is a homophobe.
The 59-year-old producer and judge was lambasted in the US for his recent comments on So You Think You Can Dance.
Lythgoe criticised male duo Misha Belfer and Mitchel Kibel, saying: "I think you will probably alienate a lot of our audience. We’ve always had guys dance together on the show, but they’ve never really done it in each other’s arms before. I’d like to see you both dancing with a girl."
But after stinging criticism, Lythgoe has taken to Twitter to defend his comments.
He wrote: "The same-sex ballroom guys did remind me of Blades of Glory. However, I’m not a fan of Brokeback ballroom… I am very sad the word ‘homophobe’ is being used. That is someone who hates homosexuals. I dislike effeminate dancing! Wake up and listen!"
Nicole Kidman’s Darling Point, Sydney home was bought buy a former stockbroker who lives in Monaco, an Australian report revealed.
Rob Pitterino, who worked for County NatWest and now resides in Monaco, paid roughly two-thirds of the asking price for the modern residence that was her Sydney home with Tom Cruise – at AUD$13.2 million.
Kidman and second husband Keith Urban are said to be house hunting in the stylish eastern suburbs of Sydney for a town residence suitable for their daughter Sunday Rose.
Local real estate agents are said to be frantically searching for the couple, whose main home is in Nashville Tennessee.
The couple recently returned to spend Easter at their sprawling new heritage rural property near the country town of Bowral, about two hours south of the city.
Prospective buyers of the Darling Point home had to sign confidentiality agreements to inspect it, as did the buyer.
Lauren Conrad has added to speculation that Star Trek leading man Chris Pine is dating her Hills co-star Audrina Patridge.
“He is a really cute guy and I’m happy for her,” Conrad said at a Havaianas and Details event in honour of her actor boyfriend Kyle Howard in Hollywood.
And does Conrad believe the two would be a great couple?
“Sure!” she emphatically exclaimed.
Pine, 24, and Patridge, 28, first met at a showbiz bash in Las Vegas in early April, and the pair have been inseparable since.
“The text a lot and are in regular contact,” a source said.
Fame plus Food equals Funny is the slogan of a website devoted to celebrities and food.
Food’lebrities shows "Olivia Crouton John", a picture of Newton John as she appeared in Grease with a bread square.
"Chicken Caccitori Spelling" shows Tori Spelling in the center of a plate of the Italian dish and "Melon Degeneres" the heads of current and younger DeGeneres plumped up against a stack of watermelons.
Viewers can post a food celebrity picture and are invited to follow on Twitter.
"Nicoleslaw Kidman" shows Kidman with vegetable-decorated hair, while "Hugh Apple Jackman" shows the muscly Jackman with a very large box of Apple Jacks cereal. Steve Martin is simply "Steve Martini" – a martini glass.
It was once rumored that Rihanna and ‘Transformers’ star Shia LaBeouf used to date. They may not have dated per se, but the actor has finally admitted that he once took the Barbadian singer out – two years after the fact! Back in 2007, Rihanna and Shia got to texting and scheduled a dinner date when the actor was still filming ‘Indiana Jones’. In the new issue of Playboy, Shia confessed “It never got beyond one date. The spark wasn’t there. We weren’t passionate about each other in that way, so we remain friends.” Imagine if Rihanna and Shia got together, she would have never had to deal with Chris Brown.
Former American Idol finalist, MICHAEL JOHNS will be performing his new single “Heart on My Sleeve” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show next Monday, May 25th. The Aussie vocalist will be releasing his first post-Idol solo album, Hold Back My Heart on June 23rd. Encouraged by his mentor David Foster, who invited Johns to appear on his star-studded David Foster And Friends PBS special in December 2008, Johns chose the road less traveled, and for the first time in his adult life, went to work on an album with no deal in place. “Foster always said that the secret of his success is to look at whatever lane is open in the music industry and take it,” Johns recalls. “And the way my record combines old and new, I could open for Alicia Keys one night and John Mayer the next, it’s right in the middle.” Songwriter Diane Warren, who penned the knee-buckling ballad “Heart Is Weak,” was another key endorsement. “There’s nothing more validating than having these heavyweights behind you,” says Johns. “It’s like screw winning American Idol when people like David Foster and Diane Warren are saying you have the real thing here.”
With an album completed and ready to turn in, Johns had the rare freedom to shop it around, and when Downtown Records, home to Gnarls Barkley, Cold War Kids and Santigold, showed interest in a licensing deal, he jumped at the opportunity to finally control his own fate. “I think we’re in the most exciting period of music ever, because there’s so many ways to do it,” he says. And like most of his plans thus far, Johns is thinking big for his future. “The live show is going to be great,” he says excitedly. “I might even take it old school with different bands in different towns — almost like what Chuck Berry and all those guys used to do.”
Tune in to see Michael Johns on The Ellen DeGeneres Show next Monday, May 25th. Check your local listings for times.
New Video from Rise Against for Hero of War now Premiering on Myspace!
The following is a message from the band:
We’ve just completed our new video for the song “Hero Of War” off of our record, Appeal To Reason. “Hero Of War” is the story of one soldier, not all soldiers, as he battles not just the war around him, but the war that rages within. Inspired by true events, we were given the choice to either document the tribulations of these times as they unfold around us, or ignore them. To ignore these problems, in our opinion, is letting down the brave men and women who risk everything. “Hero Of War” is our attempt to lift the stigma that surrounds everything from the skyrocketing suicide rate of troops, torture, internal sexual abuse, an under-funded VA, and the growing number of military personnel fighting Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as they return home. We hope this song and this video help the simmering dialogue about these problems evolve into a rolling boil.
-Rise Against
“The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who loves his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.”- H.L. Mencken
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie made a stopover on her way to Cannes to attend a war crimes trial in The Hague.
Jolie – a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency – sat courtside at the International Criminal Court trial of warlord Thomas Lubanga, who is accused of recruiting and using child soldiers in his Congolese militia.
Jolie said: “Children deserve special protection. Using children in conflict is a heinous crime and destroys the very fabric of a society.
“After watching the proceedings from the viewing booth, I stood up and found Thomas Lubanga Dyilo looking at me.
“I imagined how difficult it must be for all the brave young children who have come to testify against him.”
The actress is scheduled to attend the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow in France for the debut of Brad Pitt’s film Inglourious Basterds.
