BIG AdminThe comedy will also star Robert Downey Jr. and Jay Baruchel. Tropic Thunder follows the story of five actors who go on location to shoot a film in a military camp. Soon the actors are stuck in a real war-like situation.
According to Prodution Weekly, Black will play Jeff "Fats" Portnoy, an overweight comedian who is forced to kick his drug addiction while filming in the jungle.
Filming for Tropic Thunder will begin in July and the movie is expected to be in theatres in July of 2008.
Sinful Comics, which specializes is the comic parodies of celebrities, has created a new tale that depicts the characters from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean.
In the strip, cartoon versions of Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are shown in very explicit sexual scenes.
Disney Studios is livid over the comic and are reportedly considering taking legal action against Sinful Comics.
According to Britain’s Daily Express, the Welsh actress has given her name to a commercial product line. The paper reports that Zeta-Jones will have her own perfume, hair products, tanning products, and other personal beauty items.
Zeta-Jones, who is married to actor Michael Douglas, is currently a spokesperson for Elizabeth Arden beauty products.
If she launches the new project, the star of the films Chicago, Ocean’s Twelve, and The Terminal, among others, will join the ranks of Sarah Jessica Parker, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue and Victoria and David Beckham, who all have their own fragrances.
Jackson, who has owned the rights to the songs for more than twenty years, will be forced to sell the catalog due to his debts. According to Fox News, the singer’s extravagant lifestyle has lead to the need to sell the catalog back to Sony.
In 1995, Jackson began using the record collection for collateral on loans. The catalog is currently estimated to be worth $1.5 million, and will now be called upon for repayment of the debts.
The American star told MTV Europe that she would love to publish her pictures, along with a journal of her thoughts while she took the photo. Simpson explained, "I know exactly what I was going through when I was taking the picture, and I write it down as I take the picture, so it will be that kind of book."
Among her photograph collection is a double image of a rainbow in Africa that is a particular favourite of Simpson. She said, "It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life, and I did not know that it could even exist. I had never seen anything so magical, and I captured it."
The artist has not yet signed a contract to bring her book idea to life.
The Hollywood star said that she "cried constantly" when she first became an ambassador for the United Nations. Jolie, who visited Sudan, Africa last month, admits that she is often obsessed with the difficulties in third world countries.
Jolie, who has busy with her United Nations functions since 2001, told People magazine, "The first two years I just cried constantly. I couldn’t really talk about the situation without being emotional. And I went through a period of just complete lack of hope."
According to Variety, Watts will play the lead role in the story, which follows students as they learn to communicate with animals. The students then takes their talents to work in zoos, aquariums and other animal sanctuaries.
Watts was recently seen in the film The Painted Veil. Her other upcoming projects include Funny Games and a film by David Cronenberg called Eastern Promises.
The widow of the late Nirvana singer, Kurt Cobain, is being sued for $181,000 by a clinic that she attended in 2005. Le Beau Monde in California has confirmed that the singer paid only $10,000 so far of her total bill for treatment. Official papers filed against the star explained, "Although demanded multiple times by plaintiff, orally and in writing, none of the balance stated has been paid."
A lawyer for the star stated that the matter, "will be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties shortly."
According to Britain’s Marie Claire magazine, Garner, 34, and her husband, actor Ben Affleck, 34, want another child, although both admit that now is not the time.
Garner and Affleck are already the parents of a two year-old daughter, Violet. The two stars hope to raise their child as normally as possibly, although that could be hard in Hollywood. Garner, who starred in the film Elektra, among others, loves to buy little girl clothing, while Affleck will buy anything for their little girl. In the future, the actress knows that she will need to not be so indulgent of their daughter.
Garner added that she feels more emotion since becoming a mother. She explained that she feels both anxiety and happiness more strongly.
The new CD, the band’s first since 2004’s Around the Sun, will be produced with the help of Jacknife Lee, who is known for his work with U2, Snow Patrol, and others.
Last fall, the band’s bassist, Mike Mills, told Billboard magazine that the next disc from R.E.M. will have more of a rock sound. The disc should be released on the Warner label before the end of the year. R.E.M. will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, March 12.