Pink to star in Janis Joplin movie
LOS ANGELES (Pink Fans Website) - The singer Pink (real name: Alecia Moore) will make her screen starring debut as Janis Joplin in a Penelope Spheeris-directed independent film that is eyeing a summer start date. Variety says that would likely put it ahead of Piece of My Heart, the Joplin film being ...
| Beyonce back on silver screen
LOS ANGELES (Beyonce Fans Website) - Rumours of Beyonce starring in a version of "The Pink Panther" are no longer rumours. It has been confirmed that the singer, who made her big screen debut in "Austin Powers: Goldmember" will play the love interest in the U.S. version of "The Pink Panther." Filming ...
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Joaquin Phoenix to play Johnny Cash in movie
LOS ANGELES (Johnny Cash Fans Website) - Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon will star as Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter, in Walk the Line, a biopic which 20th Century-Fox has budgeted at $28 million U.S. (co-star will be Reese Witherspoon).
Joaquin Phoenix as the Man in Black and Reese Witherspoon ...
| Barbra Streisand is mother focker
LOS ANGELES (B. Streisand Fans Website) - The woman with a voice like "buddah" is returning to the big screen for a tasty role. Barbra Streisand is in final negotiations to play Ben Stiller's mother, Mrs. Focker, for the upcoming "Meet the Fockers," the follow-up to 2000's hit "Meet the Parents," according ...
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J.Lo meets Nicole?
NEW YORK (Jennifer Lopez Fans Website) - Nicole Kidman who showed off her singing chops in "Moulin Rouge" could be teaming up with Jennifer Lopez for a new film project - a musical called "American Darlings." The World War II period picture centers around a taboo-shattering swing band. Kidman is reportedly ...
| Calexico plays 'Guero Canelo' for the new Tom Cruise film 'Collateral'
LOS ANGELES (Movie music website) - US rockers Calexico have finished filming a scene for Tom Cruise's new thriller 'Collateral'. The scene features the band playing their song 'Guero Canelo' in a club. 'Collateral' is directed by 'Heat' helmer Michael Mann and also stars Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith ...
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Tina Turner plays goddess!
NEW YORK (Tina Turner Fans Website) - Rock legend Tina Turner will play a Hindu goddess in a Merchant-Ivory musical entitled 'The Goddess'. Matthew Modine will also star. Ismail Merchant said: "No other pop singer in the world has as much appeal as Tina Turner. So we felt she was the best choice to ...
| OutKast will create the 'Speakerboxx' TV movie!
NEW YORK (OutKast Fans Website) - OutKast will soon begin production on a TV movie called "Speakerboxx." The film will be accompanied by a complete soundtrack of new material, which will also be officially released as OutKast 's next album. Big Boi and Andre are currently at work on the music for the ...
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Edge will perform the new Batman theme song
NEW YORK (U2 Official Website) - U2 guitarist The Edge is to perform the theme song for a new series of 'Batman'. The band's official website says that the series will reach television screens in the autumn. U2 previously recorded 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me' for the 1995 film 'Batman Forever'. ...
| Tim McGraw confirmed for film debut
NEW YORK (Tim McGraw Fans Website) - Tim McGraw is following wife Faith Hill's lead by accepting his first film role, his publicist confirmed Tuesday (Feb. 3). McGraw joins Billy Bob Thornton and director Brian Grazer for Friday Night Lights. Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, ...
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Bennifer leads 'Razzies'!
LOS ANGELES (Razzies Website) - Life just doesn't get any better for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. The former couple just announced their split last week and now this. Gigli leads the pack with nine nominations for The 24th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, dis-honoring 2003's Worst Achievements in ...
| 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy' to be released by Capitol
LOS ANGELES (Capitol announcement) - Capitol Records and Scout Productions, producers of the mega-fabulous television hit "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," will release the show's official soundtrack on February 10 in two versions: with bonus DVD and with enhanced video. The first in a series of albums ...
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Ashanti hits the big time
NEW YORK (Ashanti Fan Website) - The R&B singer Ashanti will make her big screen debut this year in the film, Coach Carter. Ashanti has maintained such a presence over the last two years it's hard to believe she hasn't even done a movie yet. Well all that's about to change! It's a true story about an ...
| Jude Law is linked to David Bowie biopic
NEW YORK (David Bowie Fan Website) - 'Cold Mountain' star Jude Law has been linked to a possible biopic about the life of David Bowie. The David Bowie Fansite reports that Law met Bowie backstage after his New York concert last week, where they discussed acting and a possible biopic. A spokesperson ...
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Hip Hop Kung Fu!
NEW YORK (Outkast Fan Website) - Andre 3000, Snoop Dogg, and Method Man will lend their voices to a newly dubbed version of a South Korean kung fu flick entitled "Volcano High". The film was originally released in 2001 and features high-flying martial arts action. Also on board to provide voices to ...
| Atlantic releases 'In America' soundtrack
NEW YORK (Atlantic Records announcement) - Atlantic Records has announced the release today of "In America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack," the musical companion to the Fox Searchlight Pictures film from acclaimed director Jim Sheridan. The album features music written and performed by Gavin Friday ...
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Stripes' White scales 'Cold Mountain'
NEW YORK (Cold Mountain movie Website) - The White Stripes� male half, Jack White is taking on the big screen � sort of. The frontman will toss five songs to a Civil War drama flick named Cold Mountain. The soundtrack drops on December 16th and will include tracks "Never Far Away" and "Christmas Time ...
| Grammy-winning composer Michael Kamen dies at 55
NEW YORK (Soundtracks online magazine) - "Licence To Kill" composer Michael Kamen has died aged 55 from a heart attack, after suffering from multiple sclerosis. He leaves behind his wife and two daughters in London, England. Michael Kamen was born on 15th April 1948 in New York, USA, and was educated ...
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A 16-hour Elvis film has been banned by US court
NEW YORK (Elvis Presley Fans Website) - A 16-hour Elvis Presley documentary has been banned by a US appeals court that ruled it had violated copyright. The Definitive Elvis video sold for $99 (�63) and included various TV appearances by Presley. Elvis Presley Enterprises and Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, ...
| Outkast goes hollywood
LOS ANGELES (Outksat Fans Website) - Outkast's "Speakerboxx/The Love Below" looks set to go Platinum in the U.S., but the critically acclaimed hip hop duo aren't stopping there. The pair begin shooting a feature-length Outkast film in January. Meanwhile, Andre 3000 has a couple of other film roles coming ...
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