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Is this really true? Katharine McPhee = the next Wonder Woman? Kat is one of the candidates for the highly coveted lead role in the big-screen adaptation of "Wonder Woman." Everyone from Sandra Bullock to Kate Beckinsale has been rumored to be in the running for the starring role in the movie, which will be directed by Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer". I can see this runner-up looking fit as that superheroine but not too sure about her acting ability. Kat will soon be on the upcoming issue of Shape magazine wearing a bathing suit. Good idea to show the world her nonbulimic wonder figure.

Scarlett Johansson put on a show of 40s glamour at the world premiere of her new film. She wore a vintage silk gown at the first showing of The Black Dahlia, in Venice. The Forties-inspired look echoes the costumes Scarlett wears in the film. The show is based on James Ellroy's novel about the real-life murder of wannabe actress Elizabeth Short, whose mutilated body was found dumped on wasteground in Los Angeles in 1947 and the killer has never been found. "What attracted me most to the character was her will to survive. She's a survivor, she's had this crazy life and she will do anything she can to get away from it," she said on the red carpet. Sounds like a cool movie.

A tanned Scarlett Johansson at "The Black Dahlia" premiere (30/08/2006)


Bob Dylan new vid 'Modern' feat Scarlett Johansson - [Dylan-Vid]

Meanwhile, Scarlett's darling Josh Hartnett has recently criticised Paris Hilton and insisted she was lucky to have a career. Paris admits she was taken aback by his comments - because he has never even met her and has no idea how hard she works. She fumes: "He doesn't know what I do. I've never met him. I work hard, I do my own thing, and I've been successful at it. I don't see him with his own clothing line." Why does he need to have his own clothing line?? That girl isn't trained in the Charlotte's verbal-attacking skills... Seeing stars after album sales flop?

So.. Nicole is really not pregnant... Nicole Kidman's spokesperson Catherine Olim has insisted that magazines paying for images of Nic looking pregnant are wasting their money. Olim insists it's just lies and fakery on behalf of the paparazzi. After one magazine paid $20,000 for a photo of "pregnant" Nicole, Olim told MSNBC: "I'm afraid they wasted their money. She's not pregnant. Nicole wouldn't be shooting a film, traveling to Rome for another film, then shooting another film if she were. Incidentally, I'm virtually certain paparazzi are distorting photos to make her look pregnant. I've seen her, she's her regular slender self." First it was Halle Berry somehow losing that suspicious looking tummy and now Nic isn't preggers. Kinda stale and boring then.

Pete Doherty has developed a new addiction... to cooking. WTF?? He is currently fighting his numerous vices at the north London rehab with fellow rock casualties Tom Chaplin and J.Hawkins. He has befriended an Irish chef whom he always met after his umpteenth rehab stint. The culinary guru has put Pete back in touch with his Irish roots, by teaching him how to make intriguingly-named dishes including Dublin Coddle, Boxty and Buttermilk Bannock. A source said: "He would just grab a dirty kebab or some noodles to keep him going. But his new friend has taught him to care about what he puts into his body. So Pete has spent most of his time in the kitchen eagerly learning new recipes. He's convinced this new passion will keep him off drugs for good. And he can't wait to treat Kate Moss to some of his delicious dishes." Hopefully those new meals don't lead to frequent visits to the loo.

Robbie Williams has revealed that he is thinking about quitting the music business as it has taken over his life. He feels his career has taken its toll on him but at the same time worries that he is addicted to the attention. The singer told the Daily Star: "I've got to take the view over the next 18 months and see if I want to be part of the machine anymore, because I don't see me singing again. It's a question of what I want and where I want to be." He pondered: "Can I live without radio picking my song and putting it on the playlist? Or is this fame thing something I'm addicted to? Do I take things into my own hands and dismantle this monster and have a nice life?" The last of the big time pop playboys probably..


No wonder those kissers looked weird. Jessica Simpson has finally confessed that she did undergo a surgical procedure to plump up her lips. It became apparent late last year that her lips had more pout than before, but at the time she was silent on the matter. Now Jessy has admitted to having injections of protein-based gel Restylane, a popular alternative to traditional collagen. She revealed to Glamour magazine: "I had that Restylane stuff. It looked fake to me. I didn't like that. But... it went away in, like, four months. My lips are back to what they were. Thank God!" What if it doesn't go away? Arabian look perhaps..


The Hives are out with the video to their new single 'A Little More for Little You', from the album 'Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones'. [Hives-Little-More]

Snow Patrol and Dirty Pretty Things performed live during the T On The Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland on Friday (August 25). [LFI]

Gorillaz have announced details of a new DVD, which will be released on October 30. 'Phase Two - Slowboat To Hades' will collect the group's videos, performances and short animated films that accompanied their second album 'Demon Days'. There is also an interview with the animated band member Noodle. Bloody cartoons. Must check it out.





Alyssa Milano chips in some charm into the Baseball society - [AM-Baseball]






Lindsay Lohan's continuing poor footwear choices [Boots-Not-Made-For-Lohan]


Avril Lavigne - Spanish Mag Citizen K:


Be Your Own Pet have split with their drummer Jamin Orrall who has left to concentrate on his record label and going to college. The official statement reads: "Jamin Orrall has left the band Be Your Own Pet in order to focus on his family owned label, Infinity Cat as well as looking at colleges for the near future. However he is still staying musically active with the band he formed with his brother Jake, Jeff." There has been no announcement yet as to who will replace Orall's place. This band is totally cool.

Wow! Arctic Monkeys new song 'Baby I'm Yours' is absolutely beautiful!! [audio] A throwback to the good old 60s. Your granddads would probably have sang it during high school back then. The original singer was Barbara Lewis.

Kate Hudson is back with husband Chris Robinson. They seem to have patched things up just fourteen days after the pair announced they had split. A source close to couple said, "They never really split. They love each other. Chris can be sarcastic and biting, but not with her." Maybe Senor Wilson is just a fling??

Keira Knightley has gone beyond the pale... well beyond. Filming the latest episode of Pirates, her face appeared to take on a distinctly orange glow. Maybe she had just finished shooting a scene where she was stranded at sea with no cover from the sun when this photograph was taken. Or maybe the make-up department was just having a little fun with her by caking on too much rouge. Either way, Keira definitely looked a brighter shade of pale as she joined other cast members on a boat powering out to a set off the California coast. Doesn't look too bad being orangey.


The Devil Knows Nada? The trickle-down theory of fashion holds that what designers show on the runway one season will be adopted by the masses in the next. Meryl Streep, as Miranda Priestly, illustrated this progression stirringly in "The Devil Wears Prada" with her treatise on the journey of cerulean blue from the evening gowns of Oscar de la Renta to the remainder bins of Casual Corner...[more]