It’s not officially out yet, but the song has been leaked online. And no, it is not a Broadway tune. You may be surprised (pleasantly, I think), but Susan Boyle’s new song is by The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses. The album is due to be released in November, and is already a huge hit on Amazon.

THE diva is back! Whitney Houston has a new album, I Look To You. Fans who’ve heard some songs have given mixed reactions. What do you think? Is she really back or is it a feeble attempt?

Kelly Osbourne is launching a new book titled “Fierce,” on September 25. In it, she reveals that she was once addicted to Vicodine. Kelly says she wrote the book because she wants “to help other people make the right decisions with the difficult choices we all face when growing up. So I’ve gone out and got the best advice I can find from people I love, respect and always listen to.”

Nineties rapper MC Hammer may have been flying under the radar for the past 15 or so years but he is far from done with his career. He is reportedly planning a comeback, with several projects in line. DanceJamtheMusic is a studio album that is supposed to be released in September and he is also working on a Christmas album.

At least that’s what she has been saying. She is working on a new album with a few select people, and Avril Lavigne says that this will present a new stripped down version of herself. No pop rock sound but pure vocals and acoustics. Will it be a hit?

We fell in love with the crooner’s voice when she was with the Cranberries. This August, we will be treated to a second solo album. I can’t wait to get my hands on No Baggage, which is due to be released on the 25th of the said month.

Well, she certainly has a lot of them now, that is for sure!  Yet this pretty little singer is not forgetting who has been with her all throughout – her mom.  Her song “The Best Day” was written for her mom, whom she pays tribute to as her best friend.  Her new album “Fearless” is out.

A survey by Kelton Research and liquor label Captain Morgan revealed the list of favorite celebrity costumes.  Number one “couple picks” are Brad and Angelina, followed by Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and David and Victoria Beckham. Oprah, Jay Leno, and Ellen Degeneres lead the “solo” category. The results were announced by Usmagazine.

Paparazi and court therapist costumes not included. 

A survey by Kelton Research and liquor label Captain Morgan revealed the list of favorite celebrity costumes.  Number one “couple picks” are Brad and Angelina, followed by Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and David and Victoria Beckham. Oprah, Jay Leno, and Ellen Degeneres lead the “solo” category. The results were announced by Usmagazine.

Paparazi and court therapist costumes not included. 

Beware the seventh level of hell is soon upon us.  Kevin Federline has seen fit to give us more of his damn music this Halloween. 

October 31 K-Fed will be releasing the hounds of hell on us with his new album Playing with Fire.  I feel the actual definiton of the phrase ‘playing with fire’ probably has something to do with making this type of music.  I’m likely to set the record company responsible for the release of Federline music on fire myself.

Anyhoo, may this pre-weekend post make you appreciate that you are much better than Kevin Federline.  Happy Friday.

Well, the press have been released from their cages & the word on the street is The Da Vinci Code, the Ron Howard-produced film, sucks.  You know what I’m thinking is the reason?  Tom Hanks’ laughable hairdo, what the hell is he thinking with that recessed mop?

Howard screened his Da Vinci Code for the press at the Cannes film festival Tuesday night.  Critics apparently laughed their way through the full-length feature film, it’s the hair- I promise & received no applause, unless you count the crickets chirping.  Poor Opie.  Check out the review below: 

The Da Vinci Code drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world’s toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival. {Yahoo! News}
 
Even at two and a half hours, director Ron Howard’s adaptation feels cursory and rushed….[Tom Hanks] seems to have borrowed Rick Springfield’s haircut, circa “Jessie’s Girl,” and that’s his most distinctive personality trait. As sturdy and versatile an actor as Hanks can be, he can’t work miracles when he’s got nothing to work with. {NYP}
 
Opening the annual Cannes film festival, Ron Howard’s adaptation of the Dan Brown bestseller was described variously as “grim,” “unwieldy” and “plodding.” {Yahoo! News}
 
Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have conspired to drain any sense of fun out of the melodrama, leaving expectant audiences with an oppressively talky film that isn’t exactly dull, but comes as close to it as one could imagine with such provocative material… {Variety}
 
“The feeling moved quickly from one of great anticipation to one of, shockingly, great boredom…instead of the film building to a white knuckle conclusion, it was the audience fidgeting as Da Vinci passed the two-hour mark and unveiled the first of its half-dozen endings…by the time the big climactic moment of the film finally arrived, the audience burst out laughing, as if this were yet another classic bit of Tom Hanks comedy. As the credits rolled, not a single bit of applause was heard.” {Film Stew}
 
Da Vinci’s over-reliance on exposition drew jeers on several occasions toward the end of the screening and even prompted a few walkouts as it faithfully went through the motions of translating Brown’s elaborate puzzler of a book to the big screen. {E!}

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Well folks, when RottenTomatoes gives a film the ‘ROTTEN’ rating, you have to believe it’s true- but that did not stop me from seeing Michael Caton-Jones’s Basic Instinct 2 in the theatre this weekend, though it should have.

The sequel to the long-loved 1992 Basic Instinct that starred Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone, failed to live up to the original film’s clarity and left the audience soft and wanting more.  Pulp author Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) is once again a suspect in a murder, this time in London.  David Morrissey, who plays the leading man Dr. Michael Glass, is called in to interrogate the femme fatale Stone. 

Through scenes of driving off a bridge just to achieve orgasm, horribly over-the-top dialogue, gratuitous nudity and Stone’s disdain for underwear, the film entices yet does not deliver.  Rent a porn, you’ll have a better, if not a more private, time. 

To quote Matt Pais from the ‘Chicago Tribune’, “Stone’s physique has resisted sagging but the film droops immediately.”

Despite the film’s disappointment, Stone remains an interesting individual in my eye.  In a recent ABC story, Stone is drawn as a sexy, vibrant and brave woman.  At 48 years old, Sharon Stone emits a strong sexuality that few women half her age achieve. 

When asked by reporters she, at the age of 48, would want to appear in Basic Instinct 2 completely naked she stated, “I thought it would be intriguing to do the nudity in a way that is just quite brazen.  People are going to have this moment where they think, ‘Oh, she’s not 20 and naked.  She’s 40-something and naked and what do I think about that?’  Because we’re not used to seeing that in movies.”

The first Basic Instinct was filmed over 14 years ago and was a racy film to hit theaters, but Stone wanted to push the envelope a little bit more this go-round.  “I wanted a lot of sex in the sequel, and I wanted more nudity.  I was coming from a really kinky place.”  Can I come visit this place with you, Sharon?

So, I’ll keep Stone and you can drive the Basic Instinct 2 flop of a film off a cliff and see if it can then cause a rise in our pants.

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Well folks, it looks like the wait is over!  Baywatch is finally headed to DVD after much petitioning and pouting by fans worldwide. 

The late summer 2006 release will be a best-of set with episodes chosen by favorite star Pamela Anderson.  I can just see her now, “I’m not sure about that episode, guys.  That is a really bad camera angle on my left hip.” 

Baywatch, which aired from 1989 – 2001 is making new headlines with a big-budget movie in the works.

Following the best-of box set, the complete series will be released on DVD.  I know I’m relieved. 

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