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Carey
Potter?
For anyone eagerly awaiting the sequel to Mariah Carey's Glitter,
we have bad news: the multi-octave diva will be spending the next little
while writing children's fiction, not heading back to the big screen.
Following in the footsteps of everyone's role model, Madonna, Carey plans
to publish a series of illustrated books entitled Automatic Princess.
Based on the stories of her own childhood experience as the daughter of a
mixed-race marriage, the series will explore the journey of a bi-racial
orphan girl.
Bet
they're a proud pair
Readers of pumped-up fitness mag Oxygen, who oughta know something
about toned tushes, have voted Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lopez as the
owners of the best butts in Hollywood. Pitt bested Dwayne "The
Rock" Johnson (Be Cool) by a mile. There was a tighter battle
for best female butt: Lopez squeezed past Bootylicious Beyonc� with only
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The
comic book code
Tom Hanks is going to have his work cut out for him cracking The Da
Vinci Code. He's now got two comic-book villains standing in his way:
Magneto and Doctor Octopus. Or, as they're also known, Sir Ian McKellen (X-Men)
and Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2), who've both signed on for
key roles in the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the book phenom.
Cool toy: film
in disguise!
If you're of a certain age, you'll remember the Transformers: Robots in
Disguise!-of Saturday morning cartoon and toy fame. It took a little
while, but it seems the natural next step is a live action version for the
big screen. The project is set to be directed by Michael Bay (Pearl
Harbor, Armageddon) so expect really big explosions and a whole
lot of loud action.
Those
who make Gigli� teach?
Ben Affleck is planning on becoming a teacher. According to
contactmusic.com, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and star of several
less-than-stellar flicks of late (Surviving Christmas, Jersey
Girl, Paycheck, the aforementioned Gigli) will teach
acting one day a week this summer. Affleck says, "The public have
been great, so I'd like to pass what I've learned onto other actors who
want to enter the film industry. I thought it would be good to give
something back."
Ghost
writer?
Eva Mendes (Hitch) has signed on to play Roxanne, a reporter
who becomes the object of affection-and possible salvation-for Nicolas
Cage's cursed stunt biker, Johnny Blaze in the comic book movie Ghost
Rider. Preliminary shooting for the supernatural thriller has started
in Melbourne, but don't expect the team to wrap any time soon. In a recent
interview with Empire magazine, Mendes revealed, "We're
working on the script right now, just fine-tuning it a bit. But the
concept art is amazing. When I saw that, I was like 'Oh my God, that is so
cool!' It made me feel like a little kid."
Dream
team
Jodie Foster is teaming up with Denzel Washington and Clive Owen
for a Spike Lee film. Those names add up to good odds for a decent couple
hours in the theater. The new film, Inside Man, follows a lawman
and his attempts to outsmart a clever bank robber. Apparently the thief-in
the midst of pulling off the perfect heist-finds himself in the middle of
a hostage situation. Foster will play a lawyer and power broker who ends
up complicating the matter even more.
And
the fur will fly�
In a recent candid interview with Jane magazine, PETA spokesperson Pamela
Anderson blasted celebs who wear fur. She said, "People who wear
fur smell like a wet dog and they look fat and gross� Every season the
furriers put propaganda everywhere that fur is taking off again and they
give free coats to idiots like Jennifer Lopez and Puff Daddy. It makes me
nauseous."
Ben Affleck is
Superman! (sort of)
Don't get worried. Newcomer Brandon Routh is still starring in Bryan
Singer's big-budget remake. We're talking about the bio-pic Truth,
Justice, and the American Way. It's the story of the tragic life of
George Reeves who played the slightly soft Man of Steel on TV in the early
'50s and was found dead by a gun shot wound to his head in 1959. The
long-delayed project, considered by many insiders to be the best unmade
project in Hollywood, is finally going ahead with Affleck in the lead,
Adrien Brody playing the detective investigating Reeve's murder and
directed by Allen Coulter (TV's Six Feet Under, The Sopranos,
Sex and the City).
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