Tuesday, July 17, 2007

HOLLYWOOD HIGH DRAMA: SPIELBERG FACES FBI HEAT, AS ZETA JONES FINDS 'COMFORT' IN SMOKED SALMON



* Bruce Willis wants Bonnie Bedelia, who played his wife Holly in the first two Die Hard films, to play, what else, his wife, in Die Hard 5, contactmusic.com reported.

* Harry Potter star, Rupert 'Ron' Grint, 18, wants to become, hold your breath, an ice-cream vendor. Says he, "When I was younger I always wanted to be an ice-cream man. I've always had an interest in that sort of career. The van is fully stocked. I don't even serve yet because you have to get, like, a license, it's quite complicated. I just play the tune... It's meant to be quite a good business."

* Rapper-turned-jazz singer and actor Queen Latifah's dream is to open a 'FatBurger' fast-food diner in Miami and she is doing it by the end of the year. She says: "That was part of my L.A. education -- on Sundays in California... everybody would come out... in all these low-riders (cars)... 'FatBurger' was, like, the centrepiece for it all."

* Pop star Kelly Clarkson ate a marijuana cookie in Amsterdam, where marijuana use was legal, USA Weekend magazine reported. But, only once, she insists. "I don't ever do anything illegal here (in America)... I've never tried any drugs. I wouldn't do anything that would cause holes in your brain or your nasal cavity. Call me Texan, but I don't think of marijuana like that."

* Here is one actress who doesn't have one thing in her mind and another on her lips. Anne Hathaway says feels that the no-nudity clause many actresses have in their contracts is silly, and expressed her willingness to bare it all on screen. "I don't actively search for (movies) that I can get naked in. It's not the most fun requirement of the job, but nor is it something that I would ever not do a job because of. It is what it is. Some people choose not to do it on moral grounds; I think that's a shoddy argument," she tels Marie Claire magazine.

* Lindsay Lohan pays the price for leaving a Malibu rehab center and partying at Pure Nightclub in Las Vegas with friends on the occasion of her 21st birthday. "In part she is wearing the bracelet so there are no questions about her sobriety if she chooses to go dancing or dining in a place where alcohol is served," a report in People magazine stated.

* How do you decide whether a couple is qualified to adopt kids? Simple, by putting their marriage under the scanner. That is what Penston Kilembe, director of Malawi's Ministry of Child Welfare, has decided to put them under scrutiny for not one or two but five hours every day. So much so that the couple is dreading the meet. "This home study is a big deal — and Madonna and Guy have been absolutely dreading it. Malawi is a conservative country that disapproves of drugs, alcohol, divorce and cheating. These assessments are very gruelling and many couples don't pass," the Sun quoted a source, as saying.

* The sometime on, the sometimes off relationship between Hugu Grant and Jemima Khan may finally end in marriage vows. That is Madam Khan makes up her mind to say 'I Do'. For Hugh Grant, according to his buddies, has finally made up his mind and is waiting for the madam's turn. But, Ms Khan who in nursing a bad first marriage is in no hurry to walk up the altar.

* Posh "would love to have a little girl. I'm really girlie. I'd love to dress a little girl up. We will see what happens in a few years," the Daily Mail quoted her, as saying. "If I am blessed to have another baby at some point that would be great," she added. Ditto Victoria Beckham.

* Contrary to her record company making her out to be a crazy party girl, pop star Lily Allen "is a pretty quiet girl when you get to know her. She's happy just to go to the pub with her friends or stay at home with her mum or dad," a friend of the family told Daily Mail.

* "It (the Spice Girls' Reunion Tour) is gonna be fantastic... We're not starting up again and we're not gonna be releasing lots of new material; we wanna celebrate the past," Contactmusic quoted Posh, as saying. "As a band, we sold 55 million albums, which is huge. We want to celebrate that," she added. The Spice Girls will reunite for an 11-date world tour spanning eight countries, starting with a December 7 performance in Los Angeles, California.

* British singer Peter Andre has slammed supermodel Kate 'Fungus' Moss and wonders "how can a walking skeleton inspire anyone," the Sun quoted him, as saying.

* Have singer/actress Kylie Minogue and ex-beau Olivier Martinez put the past behind them? Looks like. "Kylie has made regular visits to Olivier's home in Paris over the past few weeks. And recently their relationship has begun to redevelop," the Daily Mail quoted their pal, as saying. "Things started to progress when Kylie flew over for a hospital appointment. They went for a heart-to-heart lunch and thrashed out a few issues," the pal said.

* Steven Spielberg buys painting which is on FBI's most wanted stolen works lists, and face the music after 20 years. He has been sued and there are two legal cases against him.

* Sex And The City star Blair Underwood is contemplating adapting his detective novels into a series of films. "Each book will hopefully come out once every summer... and then immediately, the vision was always, the book comes out and then we create a movie right away," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

* Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones' comfort food is smoked salmon sandwiches with crushed potato chips. "This sounds so crazy but I'm obsessed with smoked salmon sandwiches on ground bread with potato chips in the middle, crushed down," People magazine quoted the actress, as saying. "I had it with each of my pregnancies and I actually had it two nights ago for dinner. It's one of those comfort foods," she said.

* British actress Sienna Miller is bowled over by the Welsh countryside. "It was just bliss. We were filming in Wales, running around the Welsh countryside and it was spring and the bluebells were out and the lambs were being born," Contactmusic quoted Miller, as saying. "I haven't spent a solid amount of time in the countryside of England for a while and I really loved that. I really realised I need the balance of that country life," she added.

* Boobs today, gone tomorrow. Paris Hilton's boobs have undergone a change once again, and she's back to looking flat-chested. Fashion writer Dinah Turner insists that the change in Paris' boob size is because she's using different bras on different occasions. "Paris almost looks like two different girls in these pictures. But in fact, she's just discovered how to drastically alter her body shape by changing her bra," the Mirror quoted her, as saying. "Triangle bras offer zero support, so if you're small up top your boobs tend to disappear under your armpits...Swap that for a pushup bra, which scoops even tiny boobs together and hoiks them up as high as they can go, and you'll create dramatic cleavage and the illusion of a much bigger bust," she added.

* Jessica Alba and beau Cash Warren have been house hunting in New York, and have been looking at apartments in posh Chelsea, SoHo and the West Village. "They love visiting New York and decided to have a second home here," the New York Daily News quoted a pal, as saying. "Jessica wants to have a cozy place to stay, since she finds herself working and shopping in NYC all the time," the pal added.

* Actor David Duchovny, the Fox Mulder on The X-Files, insists that the movie adaptation of the science fiction television series may hit theatres next year. "I really am supposed to get the script next week. And I'm looking forward to seeing what (Chris Carter) did,"

* Newlywed Eva Longoria stumbled over her lines while exchanging wedding vows with sportsman Tony Parker earlier this month, as she was trying to speak French.

* American singer Janet Jackson says, "It (Fame) the ultimate show of the 80s, and I was lucky to get a part in it. I would love for it to come back," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

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