Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starrer Hollywood flick ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’ which earned above USD 186 million at the North American box office last summer is remade by ABC for the television series.

The network has ordered a pilot, which the film’s director, Doug Liman, is expected to shoot, subject to availability. It envisages the pilot will be ready for midseason 2006-07 or fall 2007 consideration.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith revolve around a pair of married assassins hired to kill each other. But instead of the original stars reprising their roles, the filmmakers will be casting new unknown faces as married assassins in the latest incarnation of the movie. “We’re going to do a nationwide talent search and find basically the next Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,” Liman said.

Oprah Winfrey’s popular book club choice, A Million Little Pieces, has been under fire since its author, James Frey, admitted to exaggerating details of his memoir.

James Frey convinced the nation that he was a man who endured terrible tribulations and unbelievably hard time and survived it all. Yes, it’s not hard to survive what never happened I am sure. According to Frey, he was a major drug addict, a murderer in his mind, and extremely abused by society. In his book, he stated at a young age he started doing drugs and being a menace to society. (more…)

The pop babe, Britney Spears took her four-month-old son, Sean Preston to a service at a Hindu temple in Malibu.

The 24-year-old star and her tot attended the ceremony without husband Kevin Federline but she was relaxed and smiling. And she did not mind photographers to get close to Sean Preston. She even adorned with a red Bindi, the spot Hindi women wear on their foreheads, as she left the service.

Britney who was raised a Baptist, previously took comfort in Kabbalah then took up Jewish mysticism and now she is dabbling in Hinduism. It means either she is not able to make up her mind or she want to try all religions to get her inner peace.
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Actress Scarlett Johansson and her fans were left stunned when a TV journalist at the Golden Globes ceremony asked her questions on her underwear before squeezing her left breast.

A gay interviewer Isaac Mizrahi came forward while she was posing for autographs and asked her, “I want to know about the underwear you’ve got on.” When she replied, ‘Not much’, he said, ‘Not much, except there’s something going on underneath’. Then he cupped the star’s breast in one hand and said, “It’s built in, I just wanna feel it - Ooh, ooh, I just love that.”
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The Makers of the Harry Potter series are searching of a perfect Luna Lovegood for the next movie installment ‘Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix’. For the weirdo wizard role thousands of teenage girls auditioned on Saturday hoping that they will get a chance of work alongside Daniel Radcliffe and other cast members.

The auditions were taking place at the Westminster Central Hall in London. The blonde-haired Lovegood is described as having a somewhat distracted appearance and is called “Looney Lovegood” behind her back.

Casting director Fiona Weir also gave some hints regarding the character, “The wonderful thing about Luna is that she can have any sort of look but it’s a very particular quality that’s important. She is very other-worldly and not like anybody else.”

No acting experience is necessary, but those giving audition must live in Britain or Ireland. Meanwhile Harry Potter and the gang are busy preparing for their exams making the producers of the film Warner Brothers loose million because of halt in the progress of the fifth movie in the series. (more…)

Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron has turned down the Bond girl role offered to her in the upcoming James bond series ‘Casino Royale’, opposite new secret agent Daniel Craig.

The role was earlier offered to ‘Tomb Raider’ star Angelina Jolie and ‘Lost In Translation’ actress Scarlett Johansson but now all three actresses have turned down the opportunity to star as famous Bond girl.

This is reportedly giving gapers-creepers to Bond producers as they are left with only a month to sign on a female lead for ‘Casino Royale’ which is set to begin shooting in January.

According to a voodoo expert Angelina Jolie can be a black magic woman.

Doctor Snake, the author of cult best-seller “Voodoo Spellbook” claims actress Angelina Jolie allegedly used her knowledge of the dark art, Voodoo, to lure Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt away from his wife Jennifer Aniston.

A friend of Aniston disclosed that Jolie had given Brad a vial which contained some ‘grey powder‘ that the actor later revealed to be the remains of a bat. Angelina said at the time the unusual gift was to keep Brad safe from accidents.

But Dr Snake insists bat remains are almost exclusively for black magic including spells to ruin relationships. He said, “That vial sounds suspiciously like a voodoo ‘mojo hand’, or magical charm to me.”
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Supermodel Kate Moss has been warned to stay on her guard from a fugitive journalist, suspected of sexually assaulting a former colleague, who recently confessed his ‘addiction’ to Moss.

Pete Braunstein, 41, attacked a colleague two weeks ago. He dressed as a fireman and set off bombs to get into the unnamed woman’s flat. He then blindfolded and tied her up before stripping and sexually assaulting her for 13 hours.

This New York stalker once claimed he and Moss were “meant to be together” and published an article, “Stalking Kate” in American magazine ‘BlackBook’ in 2003. Police is currently searching for him. Officers have expressed concern that Kate Moss might be targeted.

The supermodel - who recently left an Arizona clinic after treatment for cocaine addiction - said the stalker threat was “the last thing she needs”.
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