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Country Life for Jessica Simpson

The singer, who has her first film opening this week, The Dukes of Hazzard, told MTV that her next album will have a country flavor.

The young woman seems to have appreciated the country life while filming in Louisiana.  "Living in the South for three months again felt really good," Simpson said of shooting the film in Louisiana.It brought a lot of my personality back that I was missing. I tried to go back there a little bit."

Simpson also worked with country singer Willie Nelson on the film, where they discussed working together.  "We’ve been talking about it, Willie and I," Simpson said. "We have some songs put away for each other, but I don’t know what we’re going to end up doing. We’ll see."

Her next disc, And the Band Played On is nearly completed.  She has only two more songs to record.  "You’ll hear [the country], but you’ll also hear the fun club songs. Club songs and country songs; it’s all of it, mixed into one," Simpson said. "Just really good music."

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Eminem Buys a Theatre

The star purchased the 14 theatre cinema last week in Las Vegas, where he was performing at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Currently, the comedy Wedding Crashers, starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, is number one at the box offices in North America.

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Green Day Wants To Make a Movie

The rockers are currently in discussions with Hollywood studios to produce an adaptation.

The lead singer of the group, Billie Joe Armstrong, feels that it’s important to have complete control over the project.  He said: "There’s a lot of strange people out there in Hollywood, so we have to stick to our guns."

"We want to have control over everything that’s on the album.", he added.

"If we’re going to look at a film, we have to think of it the same way as how important the record is to us."

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Marcia Gay Harden Joins American Dreamz

In the film, Harden (Mystic River, Meet Joe Black) will play the lead role as the wife of the American president.

The American Dreamz cast also includes Hugh Grant, Richard Dreyfuss, Willem Dafoe and Mandy Moore.

American Dreamz is a satirical comparison of the American presidency and show business.  The comedy will open some time in 2006, and is being directed by Paul Weit (In Good Company, About a Boy, American Pie).

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Michael Jackson Buys a Home in Bahrain

According to the New York Post, the star decided to make an investment in the Persion gulf state after enjoying a vacation there.

The home is situated on 15 acres of property.  He is now a neighbor of his friend, Prince Sheik Abdullah bin Hamad al Khalifa.

After vacationing there, Jackson fell in love with the country, because he feels that he can live anonymously there.

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Sean Connery Ends His Career

The former James Bond made the confession to the New Zealand Herald.  He also talked about his views on the movie-making world, and that he feels there is an "ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies, and those who green light them."

"I don’t say they’re all idiots – I’m just saying there is a lot of them", he added.

Jokingly, he stated that it would take a lot to get him to work again, "It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn’t refuse to do another movie."

The last film from the legendary actor was The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003.

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A Kabbale Baby for Britney

The American star who was introduced to the religion by Madonna, will have the baptism nine days after the birth of the baby in September.

The 23 year old says that the religion allowed her to, "get rid of a lot of negative influences that were guiding me down the wrong path."

She added, "Whatever your religion may be, it’s amazing what the power of prayer can do. It can even perform miracles."

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Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie Reunite

The American network FOX has confirmed that they have excercised an option to renew the show starring the two young women.

According to early reports, both stars have recently become engaged, and the network wants to cover their wedding preparations.  Further, since the two former friends have had a falling out, the network wants to televise their reunion.

 

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Alanis Morissette Joins the Gap

Morissette joins other celebrities also working with the Gap, including Joss Stone, Brandon Boyd, the group Incubus, John Legend, Michelle Williams, Jason Mraz and Liz Phair in the fall campaign.

In the ads, the artists do their interpretation of their favorite song.  Morissette performs part of Crazy by Seal.

A limited edition CD of the 8 songs performed by the various artists will be available for purchase on September 1.

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Nicole Kidman in Invasion

The new film, entitled simply, Invasion, will be the fourth adaptation since the original film in 1956.

The story is set in a small town where the residents are being replaced by alien replicas.

Filming for Invasion is set to begin in October.