Madonna and Jesus Luz

Madonna, the 51 year old diva, has finally decided to tie knots with her 22 year old boyfriend, Jesus Luz. J. Randy Taraborrelli, biographer of Madonna, has recently revealed that the twice divorced singer wants to settle down with Luz sometime soon.

“Madonna is crazy about Jesus. (She) has been telling close friends and family that `I could definitely see myself marrying him. Yes, it`s definitely on the table”, said Taraborrelli in a recent interview.

Taraborrelli also added that Luz, who is a model from Brazil, is deeply in love and also wants to marry Madonna.

“He respects her, that`s number one. He has learned so much from her. He`s amazed at how well-rounded she is, the way she juggles her career with her life as a mother, for instance. He understands that she`s self-involved, too”, said a source close to Madonna to Taraborrelli. The source also mentioned that it is not only admiration that is turning the two towards marriage. “Of course, the sex between them is scorching hot” mentioned the source.

Luis Heitor Pinto da Luz, father of Jesus Luz, releaved earlier this May that the couple were already planning a Kabbalah ceremony as per the mystical Jewish faith followed by Madonna. Madonna announced her divorce with British film director Guy Ritchie in Octorber 2008. They were married for almost 8 years.

New "New Moon" Posters

New “New Moon” posters are available on the net and fans from all over the world are downloading them at large. “New Moon” is all set to hit the screen on November 20th. Months before its release the production house of the film have released  some larger-than-life stills from their Twilight sequel to give some more of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to you.

The Summit Entertainment released three new outdoor banners featuring Pattinson’s Edward Cullen, Stewart’s Bella Swan, Taylor Lautner’s Jacob Black and other starts from the “Twilight” family. The most popular poster shows Edward and Bell embracing each other along with  other vampires like Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene), Rosalie Hale (Nikki Reed), Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone), Emmett Cullen (Kellan Lutz), Dr. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) and Esme Cullen (Elizabeth Reaser) in the background.

The second poster shows Jane (Dakota Fanning) standing in front. She is looking deadly yet innocent. Fanning is followed by Aro (Michael Sheen), who is the founder of the Volturi, Caius (Jamie Campbell Bower), Marcus (Christopher Heyerdahl) and Jane’s brother Alec (Cameron Bright).

The third poster is lethal showcasing the wolf pack of Northwest Native Americans. The whole focus of the poster is on Lautner. Behind him are Sam Uley (Chaske Spencer), Embry Call (Kiowa Gordon), Paul (Alex Meraz) and Jared (Bronson Pelletier).

The posters were initially designed for New York and Los Angeles to be used for outdoor bus shelters and other spots. But it has also been posted on the Web and is widely being downloaded.

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman went up to quite an extent to stop an unknown person’s phone ringing while he was on the stage. The Australian actor  stopped a Broadway show to ask a theatergoer to put the phone on silent mode. This must have been a lesson for all and we can just say that from now on theatergoers won’t forget to turn their cell phone off.

“You want to get that?”, said Jackman, who was interrupted while performing a tense moment from “A Steady Rain”. With Daniel Craig starring opposite to Jackman the show will open on Tuesday.

As the phone rang and continued ringing Jackman said, “Grab your phone, it doesn’t matter. Come on, just turn it off … we can wait. Just get the phone”. And then the handsome actor added, “Don’t be embarrassed. Just grab it”.

A video of the incident posted on YouTube showed that none of the audience members tried to reach for the phone to avoid getting embarrassed. The phone went ringing, as Jackman pointed sharp words at the audience, and after a while it stopped.

Besides the 40 year old Jackman and 41 year old Craig the play will also star high profile actors like Geoffrey Rush, Catherine Zeta Jones, Sienna Miller, and Jude Law.

Roman Polanski

The sudden arrest of the Polish film maker Roman Polanski has brought the release of his latest film “The Ghost” to a hold. The political thriller was mostly set to hit the screen right before Polanski was arrested in Switzerland.

Jeff Berg, the chief of International Creative Management as well as Polanski’s agent has said that the director had nearly finished editing the film. But various other post production work like music scoring and sound mixing were left to be done. The Ghost is based on Robert Harris’ novel and stars Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor as the main two leads. The other casts include Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson, Olivia Williams and James Belushi.

The novel itself caused much refute due to a strong resemblance of Lang, the protagonist’s character to former Prime Minister Tony Blair. In the movie Brosnan will be seen in the role of Lang, who was once a very popular political leader but brought down by his fealty with the United States in the war on terror.

Polanski had escaped from USA in 1978 after he was accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles. The director was in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award from a film festival from where he was arrested. Polanski’s last release was 1974’s “Chinatown”.

Polanski is a  Holocaust survivor and have gone through numerous traumatic situations in life. In 1969 he had been a witness to the murder of his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, by followers of cult figure Charles Manson.

“I’m always optimistic when it comes to Roman. He’s strong, and he has survived every situation imaginable”, added Berg.

Michael Jackson

Two hours, and all tickets for advance booking of ‘Michael Jackson’s This Is It’ were sold out. The film will be previewed in Los Angeles and the film already have started reigning over the box office even before its release.  The studio behind the film has confirmed on Monday, the film has broken all earlier records for advance ticket booking and will dominate the box office in the forthcoming month. MJ fans are waiting anxiously to rock with the late King of Pop for one last time.

‘This Is It’ is based on the rehearsal footage of the “Bad” singer, shot weeks before his sudden death. The film is expected to hit the screen on 28th October. The advanced booking that was opened on Sunday resulted in thousands of tickets sold out in North America alone. Sony Pictures Entertainment revealed that the maximum number of tickets has been sold in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston and New York.

Besides USA there has been a sale of of over $1 million in tickets in Japan alone on the very first day. Over 30,000 fans booked advanced tickets to the film on the opening day of advanced ticket booking in London. This huge number has overshadowed the ticket booking for “Harry Potter” and “The Lord of the Rings” in the city.

Other European nations like Holland, Sweden, Belgium and New Zealand  had also marked record booking for the film. According to reports from  Sony Pictures, the online booking of tickets were equally in demand. Fans also queued up for hours in Paris, Bangkok and Munich. Sony has pain a sum of $60 million for the footage to make the movie.

‘This Is It’ will be premiered on 27th October, a night prior to its nationwide release, at the new Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 in Los Angeles. The film showcases Jackson rehearsing for a  50-date run of London concerts. The “Thriller” singer was scheduled to perform live just weeks after his death on June 25th. There will be some behind-the-scenes footage as well as Jackson and his band and dancers rehearsing for the tour.

Jeff Blake, the chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution for Sony Pictures, was quoted as saying, “Michael Jackson has an army of fans everywhere around the world. We are giving the audiences an incredible opportunity to join together in celebration of Michael Jackson’s incredible career.”

Beatles

Beatles was… Beatles is… and Beatles will be… as they sell 2.25 million copies of their album in just 5 days … “Imagine”!

It has been 40 years the group broke off, but Beatles still continues to break records for album sales. It has been confirmed by EMI Group PLC that more than 2.25 million copies of the Fab Four’s re-mastered albums were sold in North America, Japan and the U.K. within the first five days of its release. The album was released on September 9th.

It was reflected on the Billboard magazine’s pop catalog chart that the 16 titles that included the 14 re-mastered CDs two box sets of the band were ranked among top 50 in the chart.

The original U.K. studio albums of The Beatles were re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London. It was relased to give a tough competition to the sale of “The Beatles: Rock Band” on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

Beatles shall be remembered for revolutionizing the world of rock music almost 60 years ago. With such an increasing sale of their albums the Fab Four are all set to rock the world again. The Beatles: Rock Band, one of their new releases, is a video-game, has been made available in stores for sale around the world last week.

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom

It was confirmed by the spokesperson of the reality TV star that Khloe Kardashian will tie knots with Lamar Odom on Sunday. It been seemingly happening for the Kardashian family for quite sometime. Kourtney will be giving birth to her first child in the coming winter and Khloe is all set to walk down the isle this weekend.

The news of Khloe and her boyfriend,  L.A. Lakers star Lamar Odom’s marriage has been spreading rapidly over the net. Odom ha recently signed a four year contract of $33 million with the Lakers.

It has also been reported by Khloe’s representative that the two met during this summer and officially declared dating on September 4th.

Kardashian’s sister Kim has been quoted as saying in an interview with People, “They’re very, very happy. Khloe thinks he’s amazing and [he] makes her laugh and smile constantly”.

The rumors of the engagement began spreading sometime around early last week. Although Khloe refused to comment anything on the issue, Odom has spoken in a recent interview that his fiancee is “smart and beautiful, and that is very hard to find”.

Khloe’s spokesperson have also confirmed that guests have been informed and invited for the auspicious ceremony to be held this Sunday.  The couple will take their wedding vows at music manager Irving Azoff’s home.

The American Idol winner Kris Allen

The American Idol winner Kris Allen has recently debuted his first single album. The singer appeared at New York’s Z100 on Monday to debut his first single, “Live Like We’re Dying,” on Elvis Duran’s morning show.

Allen has been dropping in on radio stations for his first single’s promotion. The singer in an interview mentioned that he almost gave up on his one and only dream to become a singer. “I was playing in bars, playing three hour shows, singing every song under the sun, taking requests from people. I was actually trying to go back to school [before Idol]. This was one of the last ditch efforts. I’m just glad it worked out!” said Allen.

“I’m glad I was able to be a part of her last season. She was great. She cared for all of us. We got to know her the most, probably. She’s just a sweetheart. I’ve met Ellen [DeGeneres] as well, and she’s great. She’s awesome. I love Ellen to death”, Allen also added.

The album that has not yet been titles is all set to hit the stores on 17th November. Allen would be busy till then promoting his album and has mentioned that he would miss his home in Conway, Ark. “I miss everything about that place. I miss Chick-Fil-A. It is the best chicken sandwich out there. I love it, man. It’s one of my favorite places in the world”, the singer said.

Julia Roberts

The Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts, is in India, and she simply loves doing it all like the Indians. Roberts ate aloo-gobi, matar-paneer and chapati with her hands and simply amazed all her Indian fans. Dressed in a black slawar paired with a purple kurta, which the Hollywood actress accessorized with rudraksha beads, she finished her first day shoot  in Pataudi on Sunday for a Hollywood film.

Roberts is more dedicated than one in India can possibly expect her to be. She went on giving retakes  for the movie “Eat, Pray, Love” at Ashram Hari Mandir. The mercury was rising high but the top rated actress would not even get up from her seat until director Ryan Murphy was satisfied. Roberts remained grounded on her chair with a hand fan, while the rising heat baffled many of the crew members.

There was once scene filmed that showed Julia eating rice, chapati, aloo-gobi and mater-paneer the Indian way – with her bare hands. The Oscar winning actress enjoyed every bit of the film.

Roberts reached New Delhi on Thursday, from where she drove about 40 km to reach Haryana directly. The actress has been accompanied to India by her four and half year old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, two year old son Henry and their nannies. Roberts will be shooting for the Indian sequences with  Billy Crudup, Javier Bardem and Richard Jenkins.

“Eat, Love, Pray”, is based on author Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoirs, where Roberts plays the role of Gilbert who travels to Italy, India and Indonesia in search of peace.

John Travolta

Actor John Travolta will have to face an emotional testimony today. The Hollywood actor is one of the witnesses  at a Bahamas trial. The court officials have revealed that case has two people accused of trying to obtain a sum of US$25 million from the movie star

Soon after Travolta’s son died of a chronicle disease in the Bahamas, an  ambulance driver along with a former Bahamas senator allegedly targeted the actor. They have been taken into custody. A charge of postulating money in exchange for not bringing a document associated to 16 year old Jett Travolta’s treatment in public eyes, have been brought against them.

The Jury selection will begin on Monday morning. Travolta is listed among the prosecutors, who might be called to testify, as stated by Bahamas Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez. The trial, which will be held at the capital city of Nassau, has brought the city to spotlight again. Earlier there had been many such celebrity cases whose trial had taken place in this island chain off the Florida coast. In 2006, it was revealed by the court here that the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son Daniel was the result of an accidental drug overdose.

Followed by an extortion complaint with Bahamas police filed by Travolta in January, the case had begun here. Former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and paramedic Tarino Lightbourne, have pleaded  innocent to charges including conspiracy to commit extortion. They tried to  revive Jett after he collapsed on January 2nd.

Travolta has reported that the duo threatened him with a document that would have brought out emergency respondents from any obligation if the family refused an ambulance. The defendants are now free on bail.