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Keira Knightley is being lined up to play Princess Diana. The film, which is based on a book written from a paparazzi point-of-view, has had producers at Cannes fighting each other to get their hands on the rights. The book is written by Glenn Harvey and Mark Saunders and the film would be a "different side of a well known story". Unofficial rumblings in Cannes make this project a potential goldmine, with one producer saying: "for every dollar 'The Queen' made, a movie about Diana would make ten". There's no doubting that an accurate portrayal of the Princess would draw crowds, and it may be the heavyweight role that Keira is looking for.








Matt Damon has revealed that he is determined to claim the title of world's sexiest man. The actor admits he is unhappy with the glory his Ocean's Thirteen colleagues B.P and Clooney receive, and admitted he was willing to go a long way to challenge them for the prestigious titles. Both of them regularly top polls to find the sexiest man in the world, but Damon himself has never taken the number one spot in a major publication. "I'm going to get a war chest going and save my money," he laughed. "George said I was close this year but I ran out of money for my campaign, which is why he won." Ever the joker.









Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 held in Mexico City. Miss Korea, Honey Lee, was third runner-up. Mori said her ambition is to open her own dance studio in Tokyo. A dancer since she was 4, Mori and her mother "plan to expand my family's love for the performing arts by opening an international dance school in Tokyo and a crossroads for many cultures." Mori said, "The school will allow me to live and teach my passion for dancing while being an independent businesswoman. At least this made up from last year's horror move of not appointing Kurara Chibana as the winner. However, there were uproars from the Korean papers regarding the translator for Honey Lee who didn't do a proper job which might sway the votes.






Indie Tunes:
>> Franz Ferdinand - What You Waiting For (Gwen Stefani Cover) [mp3]

>> The Go! Team - Grip Like A Vice [mp3]

>> Art Brut - Pump Up The Volume [mp3]



Not a big fan of Gwen's version but when those Franz boys did their thing with the song, you can't help but get hooked on whatchawaitin-whatchawaitin-fooooooor... Go! Team are back with another fast paced and quirky single while Art Brut surprisingly came up with a unique Rakes-y formula that blends well with their own style.





Kate Hudson goes walking in a white dress in NYC's Greenwich Village (26/05/2007)




Anne Hathaway - Becoming Jane set (29/05/2007)





Kylie called up little sister Dannii to keep her company at the Rex Cinema in Soho, with Kylie appearing to have moved on from the end of her four year relationship as she celebrated her 39th birthday. Her devotees braved the rain to leave floral tributes, cards, gifts and messages for the Aussie singer outside her door. Kylie refused to leave the comfort of home until later in the day, when she ventured outside to check out all the items fans had left for her. One fan says: "We thought she'd feel a bit down because it was her first birthday since her split with Olivier. I was amazed so many fans made the effort to wish her a happy birthday." Nothing surprising there. [Kylie-Bday]




XMF contacted Tom Rothman and the chairman for 20th Century Fox filmed entertainment took the time out of his Memorial Day holiday to email them back regarding whether Wolverine was still planned for the tentative 2008 release, or if Magneto (currently with director) might be released earlier than expected. "It's really soon to tell." said Rothman. "The most important thing is to get the movies right! If I had to guess, I'd say Wolvie in '08 and Mag in '09, but it could change." Waiting for a couple of years for these superheroes' own franchise is acceptable.



*15K fine for 98.7 Shock Jocks bra stunt = LAME* [98.7-Fine]



Elisha Cuthbert - Paris Hiltons Memorial Day Party (28/05/2007)




Jennifer & Courteney walking from the Arquette Malibu residence (28/05/2007)






Vid Sightings:
>> Mischa Barton in a car waiting for her sis, grooved to the car stereo a bit and then applied some makeup. She was later seen exiting a gas station mini mart with some munchies. [Mischa-Car]

>> Paris Hilton spends her afternoon at Color Me Mine, with her sis and some friends. They spent over an hour painting various items and Paris was engrossed in painting a ceramic bear. [Paris-Ceramic]

>> Joss Stone leaving her tour bus in Seattle, Washington. [Joss-Bus]

>> Jennifer Garner is all smiles as she heads to lunch at Orso restaurant, and then after leaving she stopped to sign an autograph for a fan. [Garner-Orso]





End of feud? Lily Allen has revealed that she has moved on from her war of words with Cheryl Cole. They were involved in a bitter exchange this month, following a remark made by Cole over Allen's weight. However, the situation has seemingly diffused. "A lot has happened since the last time that I blogged," Allen wrote on her MySpace. "Obviously Cherylgate which was fun, but we have moved on." She is currently recording with Blondie, claiming: "I am such a huge fan of theirs and it was really scary, to meet them. I thought they might hate me, and my paranoia was telling me that they'd been bullied into doing it with me by their record company, which was probably true, but if it was I couldn't tell. They were super nice, and made me feel really comfortable." That would be an interesting combo.

Ewan McGregor has embarked on monumental motorcycle journey from London to Cape Town, South Africa, in a bid to raise money for charity. He has already arrived in Italy with friend Charley Boorman - on the first leg of their trip, dubbed Long Way Down. The pair completed a similar adventure in 2004 from Scotland to New York via Europe and Asia, which was made into 'Long Way Round' documentary. McGregor and Boorman will pass through 20 countries including many areas plagued with poverty, violence and civil strife. They hope to raise funds for UNICEF, the Children's Hospice Association Scotland and the charity Riders For Health - which supports motorcycle-riding health workers in Africa. Happy Biking!







Sarah Jessica Parker has admitted that she is disgusted by the behaviour of young US stars. The actress claimed that there is now far too much attention seeking in Hollywood and she thinks it is "vulgar". "I am very distressed by the sensationalism of everything," Parker said. "People are getting attention for doing nothing, for behaving poorly, for abusing themselves in public and being abused, exploiting themselves. I find it vulgar and I find it awful." Perhaps she doesn't understand the other side of the coin where the public love to know what these young kiddos are up to off camera.









Samaire Armstrong - Shay Todd Summer 2007 Collection





Scarlett Johansson - Ads for Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 07/08 Campaign

Hugh Jackman is planning to 'rough it' on a family vacation this summer when he takes his family backpacking in the Australian outback. The actor is taking off for three-and-a-half months when the current filming in Australia has wrapped. He told People Mag, "I'm bringing the whole kit and caboodle up and we're doing a three-and-a-half month adventure in the outback. At times we'll be in tents, we'll be out on Aboriginal land, there'll be crocodiles. My son just turned seven, my daughter is almost two - she'll forget it, but my son never, ever will. I'm thrilled I have a wife who's up for it." A good family man he is.




Mischa Barton was recently rushed to the hospital after suffering an adverse reaction to medication. Sources tell TMZ that the former "OC" star was at a friend's Memorial Day BBQ enjoying a few holiday cocktails when she began to feel extremely ill. Mischa, who has been quite sick with bronchitis since traveling to Cannes, London and Paris the past several weeks, apparently didn't get the memo - you can't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics! The star was rushed to an undisclosed medical facility in Los Angeles, where we are told she is "resting comfortably." A rep for Barton said that the starlet is with family and "feeling much better." Another life lesson for this woman.




Links:
>> Alex Turner laughs at Robbie Williams and his puny songwriting. [Turner-RB]

>> Avril Lavigne at Hyde Nightclub with Alli Spears. [Avril-A.Spears]

>> Girls Aloud turned their Greatest Hits tour up a notch with a flirty new line of costumes. [GA-Concert]





Lindsay Lohan has been arrested after her car struck a kerb in the US, and investigators found what they believe is cocaine at the scene, police said. She suffered minor injuries in the accident. Her Mercedes SL-65 crashed on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles about 5.30am on Saturday. The two other people in her car were not hurt. Lohan was ultimately placed under arrest" for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. By the end of year, we would need a calculator to find out how many times this girl has been in deep trouble. [LL-DUI-news / LL-DUI-vid]







Amy Winehouse is planning to get her new husband's initials tattooed in an intimate place. She already has Blake Fielder-Civil's name etched on her left breast. A source said: "She has made enquiries and wanted to know how long it would take to get them done and also discussed designs." Her body art includes a winged angel on her back, a feather on the inside of her left forearm and several naked girls on other various parts. Amy and Blake secretly wed in Miami on May 18, in front of just a few friends, but the singer has now revealed she is planning another ceremony in London for all her family. A new marriage planning situation in the modern world?





Liam Gallagher has reportedly treated his brother Noel to a $214,000 trip to space for his 40th birthday. They were celebrating the guitarist's birthday at London nightclub Kitts last weekend, when Liam presented his elder sibling with the extravagant gift. But Noel will have to wait until 2012 to enjoy his trip on board Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipOne. An onlooker says, "It was quite funny when Liam gave Noel the documents. They shared a hug but Liam was soon taking the piss out of Noel. He seemed very amused that William Shatner is also going to space." Liam was hugging his bro?? That's so Digsy.

Bryce Dallas Howard is the hot favorite to become PETA's sexiest vegetarian alive for 2007. The animal rights group are holding the annual poll and 'Gwen Stacy' is said to be the clear frontrunner at the moment. A source revealed: "Bryce is way out in front. Pink is next, but she's lagging behind. Joaquin Phoenix and Tobey Maguire are getting the most votes out of the guys." Last year, Natalie Portman won it, while other previous winners include Josh Hartnett, Alicia Silverstone and Shania Twain. Alicia recently revealed her favorite foods used to be steak and doughnuts. When asked what she used to eat, Alicia said: "Now I'm a total health nut. I don't get sick very often and when I do it's for a short period."






Kirsten Dunst is to make her directorial debut this summer. She will helm a ghost story she wrote herself, based on a letter sent in to Glamour mag by a reader. Kirsten said: "I’m directing my first short this summer. It's a ghost story. They're totally giving me carte blanche. I pick the letter. I write my script. I pick everyone I want to collaborate with, it's great." The film will be part of the Reel Moments series, a project run by Glamour which showcases short films made by women based on readers' stories. Kirsten is aiming high with her latest venture. She said: "I’ve always been a fan of Roman Polanski, 'Repulsion' with Catherine Deneuve and 'Rosemary's Baby'. We just don't make movies like that any more." Will she be better off as a director?







Keira Knightley has won a lawsuit against the Daily Mail newspaper for insinuating that she has an eating disorder. [KK-Libel-Win] She has donated the cash that she received in a libel pay-out to an eating disorders charity. Keira received 3,000 pounds from Associated Newspapers after the Daily Mail ran a story showing a picture of her in a bikini with "deeply offensive and embarrassing" suggestions she had an eating disorder and was responsible for an anorexic's death. She said she would match the amount and give a total of 6,000 pounds to Beat, a Norwich-based charity that helps improve the lives of people with anorexia and bulimia. Serves them right for publishing such stories. Check out Keira's maternal side as she cares for baby elephant Shimba. [Keira-Shimba]







Olivia Munn as Princess Leia at Star Wars 30th Anniversary (25/05/2007)





The National Enquirer is running an article that claims that friends are wondering if Jessica Simpson is pregnant. Some have speculated the same thing in regards to her weight gain, and it sounds to me like they're just looking at the pictures. If so.. is it John Mayer's? [Jess-Preg-Q]



Halle Berry caused a paparazzi frenzy while out on a shopping spree in Beverly Hills with her mom on Tuesday (May 22). She wore a printed floaty top that made her look pregnant at the right angle and was clutching bags over her stomach while surrounded by photographers.. [HB-Preg-Q]







Lost Season 3 Ep 22 - Through The Looking Glass
What a finale! The first season ended with an unknown hatch door being opened and Walt's kidnapping, second one was the capture of J/K/S and Swan's explosion but now it's all about the Others vs the survivors. After Ben knew about Juliet's double-crossing plans, he daringly came without any weapons along with Alex to meet Jack's group who are now heading towards the radio tower. Alpert was instructed to bring everyone to "The Temple". Mikhail was sent to the underwater hatch to find out what Charlie was doing there. Ever since the rock star got ambushed by two armed ladies, he has been interrogated but knowing that whatever happens, the yellow blinking light will definitely be turned off. Thus, Charlie joyfully played with Bonnie and Greta's minds about his plan and how he knew about this jamming situation. Mikhail tried to kill an awoken Desmond but failed so he followed him into the station. After getting more instructions from Ben, Mikhail shot Greta and needed two shots to kill Bonnie but Desmond surprised him with an arrow hit. Charlie found out from a dying Bonnie about the number combinations that correspond to Beach Boys' Good Vibrations. What a coincidence that it needed a musician to figure out the number codes! Charlie successfully turned off the jamming signal and when he turned back for an incoming transmission, there's a quick view of Mikhail in the background standing up! On the video monitor, a familiar face came through in the form of Penelope! She found out that Desmond is still alive but the twist is that she didn't know of any freighter or the presence of Naomi's rescue team.. Suddenly another familiar face appeared outside the small rounded window. It's Mikhail with a bomb in his hand! Charlie readily accepted his fate by locking the room as it became flooded by the onrushing water from the smashed window. Des came running towards Penny's screen but got locked out from the room. He learnt that Naomi wasn't sent by Penny and tearfully said his goodbyes to Charlie.. *sniff sniff* Now that communications with the outside world are back to normal, all Jack has to do is guide his group to the radio tower. Back at the beach, Bernard and Sayid succcessfully shot the dynamites to blow most of the Others but Jin missed his target and this led to all three being captured by Tom, Ryan and one more Other. During Jack's confrontation with Ben, an offer was made to surrender Naomi's sat phone in exchange for Sayid,Jin and Bernard's lives which Jack refused to accept under a minute timeline. Three shots were then heard on the walkie.. His friends are all dead! Ben later became a punching bag and was dragged back to the survivors. Danielle walked towards Alex where Ben finally revealed the truth about Alex's mum. Rousseau's first words to her daughter are "Will you help me tie him up?" LOL!!! Kate asked Jack about what happened and he revealed the fate of their three friends at the beach. Jack had promised Sayid that he will not turn around. He had to let it happen.. In a unique story off-island, we saw a horribly bearded Jack in an Oceanic flight but it doesn't have any of the other familiar looking passengers. He came upon an obituary of an unknown person which led him to a bridge where he tried to commit suicide but failed when a nearby accident occur. Jack has something new to fix! A pregnant Sarah came visiting Jack to see if he was alright and she refused to drive him home as it would be inappropriate. At the hospital where he worked, there is a new chief of surgery called Dr Hamel. He refused to let Jack operate on the victim and questioned the bearded one on how he got to the accident scene so quickly. Jack in turn challenged Dr Hamel to bring his Christian Shepherd in to see who is more drunk.. "You can't help me!", Jack screamed. At "Hoffs/Drawlar" funeral parlor, Jack visited a viewing session after he learnt about an unknown death from the obituary he read on the airplane. Who is in the casket?!?! When he can't get any more Oxycodone prescriptions even when he tried to bluff the counter lady that Christian Shepherd was the one who wrote it, Jack stole some of the pills from the hospital. This guy is really in bad shape. Back on the island, Juliet followed Sawyer back to the beach to find out why there were only two explosions. Hurley wanted to come along but got rejected once again. When they finally reached there, Sayid/Jin/Bernard were seen held hostage. They didn't get shot after all! Juliet told Sawyer they didn't have any guns so it would be better they stay put first. Out came a vehicle from the jungle driven by Hurley! He rammed onto Ryan which lead to Sawyer taking a gun and pointing to another enemy near Sayid. That wasn't needed as Sayid twisted the guy's neck using just his legs. Awesome. Tom tried in vain to crawl to his gun but was stopped by Juliet. He finally surrendered. *Bam!!* "That's for taking the kid off the raft," snarls James Ford. Coolness personified. When Jack was near the radio tower, there was a familiar voice on the walkie.. "Attention Others. Come in Others. If you're listening to this, I want you to know that we got you bastards..." Hahahahaaa it's Hurley telling everyone the good news! At the radio tower, Danielle revealed that she recorded the French messages three days before Alex was born. Naomi tried to get her rescue party signal after Danielle's recording was turned off. Suddenly, something hit Naomi from the back.. a knife thrown by Locke! How did he..? Back at the ditch, Locke woke up and found out that his legs are crippled once again along with the gun shot wound. When this actually happened is not known. Locke took a gun from a Dharma corpse and pointed it to his head. Might as well end this all, yah? Whispers were now heard and the return of Smokie in the form of Walt! Notice that this apparation called Locke by his first name all throughout. He told Locke that he can move his legs and want him to get out of the ditch. Why? "Because.. you have work to do." Somehow the island told Locke to stop Naomi from making the connection as it will lead to people discovering their location which the island as well as Locke/Ben don't want it to happen. After Naomi died, Jack challenged Locke to shoot him when asked to put the phone down. Ben, who now understood Locke's intentions, tried hard to convince Locke to kill Jack but got knocked out by Danielle. "Jack.. you're not supposed to do this." Locke finally allowed the connection to be made and walked away. The rescue team are coming! In the last scene, bearded version of Jack made a call to someone asking that person to meet him at an airport landing strip. That mysterious person he had been trying to contact was actually Kate Austen! But then, this was no flashback story. It's a flash forward! Their speech had many weird meanings. Who is Kate seeing at the moment that made her afraid to be away? What is Jack sick of lying about? Why does he want to go back to the island so much? Why did Kate hatingly refused to go to the funeral? Why weren't they supposed to leave the island? Are they one of the handful of people who got rescued? *head hurts* From 'Exodus', Jack said: "I don't believe in destiny" at which Locke replied: "Yes you do. You just don't know it yet." The man of science has finally realised how true John Locke's words are.. Looks like I'm gonna be chanting a new D.h.a.r.m.a mantra called "Is it February yet?" every other random day of the month for the next eight months...




Links:
>>> Lily Allen and Debbie Harry duet in New York. [LA-DH]

>>> Michael Emerson - Radio interview [M.E.Radio] / Video interview [M.E.Vid]

>>> Travis B-Sides collection [Travis-Lados.B]





Sophia Bush - Candids, On 'The Narrows' Set (24/05/2007)






Rachel Stevens has Lunch at The Saddle Ranch in West Hollywood (24/05/2007)





50 Cent has revealed his hip-hop pal Eminem is recording a secret new album. The rapper is supposedly retired from the game, but - surprise, surprise - he has been recording tracks for an upcoming fifth long player. He told Blender mag, "He's got a new album coming. He's not gonna tell people that, but he's making new music. I've heard a few songs, and it's hot. He won't tell nobody he's working on a new album, but I'll tell you: he's working on new music."




Kylie Minogue has reportedly hired a team of personal assistants to help her find a man. She has been single since splitting from her French actor fiance and is now on the lookout for a "handsome and successful" man and is willing to pull out all the stops to find her "Mr. Right." She is hoping her management team will play cupid and help her find "The One." Her spokeswoman said: "She wants the guy to be handsome and he'll have to be very successful or she'll get bored. But much more importantly he has to be reliable. The implications when Kylie chooses a new boyfriend are massive and she's determined not to repeat the same mistakes again." Good luck.