Star Tripping

We have seen the likes of Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona) and Mike Myers (Shrek), Eddie Murphy (Donkey) and Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots) lend their voices to bring the said characters to life. The last time out, we saw Shrek and Fiona have kids but now guess who is being rumored to join the fray as the villain? Tom Cruise!

This news leak came out following Cruise’ last role of lending his voice as an ogre-like module in “Tropic Thunder”. The fourth installment is scheduled to come out in 2010.

With a lot of time to spare, this rumor may yet be realized and thanks to his comic antics, Tom Cruise may be a perfect fit to the role which has yet to be released.

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Don’t look now but the producers of CSI are not taking any chances. Lead star William Petersen has begged off from the show and apparently the spot he left calls for a person with big shoes to fill.

Fishburne is known to be a popular actor since starring for box office hits such as The Matrix and Mission Impossible 3. His name is already established and if the CBS producers can land him to be the latest CSI, you can just feel the ratings going up higher than before.

Other names being mentioned to replace Petersen included big name actors such as John Malkovich and Kurt Russel. But at this point, it looks like Fishburne is the one being pursued for the role.

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Famous actor Morgan Freeman was in an accident a couple of days ago and many of his followers will be glad to note that he is out of danger. Tension was mounting when news of his accident came near his home where his car tipped and turned several times. He was with a female companion at that time and both were flown out by air and taken to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

At the moment the actor was reported to be in high spirits and rather than losing his life, he suffered a broken arm, broken elbow and minor shoulder injuries.

Nothing definite has been gotten on how the accident happened but thanks to the seatbelts that they were wearing, Freeman and her companion cheated death in a manner of speaking. Thank God for seatbelts!

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Beverly Hills 90210, that hit TV series that brought names like Tori Spelling, Shannon Doherty and Jason Priestley is now being revived but with new stars. Everyone knows the popular long-time running television series and with this new revival that is offering new faces and new names, you have to wonder if they can achieve the same success that the original stars had made.

This time around, the show is made up of virtually unknown but potential new teen idols. The list includes Jessica Stroup, Shenae Grimes, Jennie Garth and Kellan Lutz among others. Basing it on the teasers, it seems that the new 90210 may have lots of potential. For the record, it has been said that original star Shannon Doherty will be making an appearance for 1 episode of the TV show. On whether that would be the first and last is anybody’s guess.

But just like most shows, sequels have a tougher task to accomplish as far as upholding the tradition of success for hot primetime TV shows.

While Dark Knight star Christian Bale is bound to make waves after his movie Dark Knight grossed millions in the box office, it seems that his personal issues have become obstacles (or are they?) in placing himself among the elite stars in the world today.

Bale was reportedly charged with assaulting his mother and sister at a London hotel and this has injected a lot of color to the upcoming star’s celebrity status.

For his part, Bale had humbly asked to spare the details of his personal life in relation with his rise to fame. But considering the attention he is getting these days that is easier said than done. Perhaps that is the price to pay for becoming an instant hit.

“It’s a deeply personal matter,” Bale told a press conference at a luxury hotel in this northern Spanish city. “I would ask you to respect my privacy in the matter.”

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Whether it is titled Batman or Dark Knight, the common DC comics follower will always know it is the same old flick of that caped crusader. For the past years, it seems that there is always something about Batman that makes producers direct movies with different characters. But isn’t Batman becoming to overused and redundant?

We have seen Batman portrayed by big names such as Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and just recently, Christian Bale. From all the movies, there seems to be a new twists and adversaries that seem to be repetitive.

And mind you, they are not sequels. They are new production numbers that seem to soon wear out their welcome. The only bright site of it all is that people are still watching them. “The Dark Knight” has even reportedly earned a whopping $155.34 million on its first weekend, surpassing Spiderman 3.

But while fans are watching them, would it be possible to see other super heroes on the wide screen? Green Lantern? Wonder Woman? Or better yet, the Justice League? Now that would be a hit!

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A few days ago, it was mentioned that the lead actor in the successful crime-drama TV series Crime Scene Investigation was leaving the show as well. Gil Grissom played by William Petersen is the odd CSI that uses his geeky approach towards analyzing and solving crimes for the team.

But Petersen is said to be staying put and will be making occasional appearances on the show. He joins the original cast of Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) and Gary Duordan (Warrick Brown) who have left the successful crime scene TV series. The only key characters that we can look forward too are Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) and Nick Stokes (George Eads). Will CSI ever be the same again?

While CBS would be paying dearly for the loss of its original cast, it is ready to move on. The hunt is on for a new CSI scientist and apparently they will land one.

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One thing you have to note about celebrities these days is that they will not always be understanding. There will be some exemptions to the rule and this has to do with something like getting in too personal with the lives of actors or actresses which they would rather keep private.

For Tom Cruise, being thrown remarks for something he believes in like Scientology and linking this as a mental illness stemming from childhood neglect is something that is foul. So why else do you think Tom Cruise is hitting back at his detractors, Dr. Drew Pinsky for making citing Cruise in his conversation with Playboy.

Dr. Pinsky hosts the VH1 reality show “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” and apparently that is one thing bad about reality TV. They will get you into trouble for being too daring and apparently that is what Cruise wants to point out.

“Why would somebody be drawn into a cultish kind of environment like Scientology? To me, that’s a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood – maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect,” the 49-year-old psychiatrist concluded.

Once his remarks became public, Bert Fields, Cruise’s lawyer, snapped right back, calling him a “posturing flake” who “pretends to diagnose people he’s never met” and “suggests all Scientologists are mentally ill.”

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Miley Cyrus, who’s extremely popular with kids these days (ask my two daughters) seems to be in a bind.

Pop star Miley Cyrus said she was “embarrassed” after seeing the images taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.

The Disney Channel said “a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines” but the US magazine defended the images and added that “everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley”.

The photographs include images of the teenager wrapped in what appears to be a satin bedsheet, looking over her shoulder with her back exposed.

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