fantasia barrino gains pounds for role

fantasia barrino gains pounds for role

Fantasia Barrino's recent weight gain fueled online rumors that the R&B singer was expecting a child, but her manager gave another explanation.

"Fantasia's pregnant with prosperity," manager Brian Dickens told CNN on Tuesday.

The 2004 "American Idol" winner is gaining weight in preparation for a movie role, Dickens said.

jana kramer

 Actress jana karmer debuts her first sinle

Jana Kramer has officially begun her country music career. She has just premiered her first single called 'I Won't Give Up.' The song debuted on 'One Tree Hill' on Feb. 8, 2011

 JANA Kramer has musical aspirations.
The One Tree Hill star, 27, debuted her first single, I Won’t Give Up, on Tuesday’s episode of the hit CW show.
Kramer recently signed a deal with Warner Music Nashville.
“I Won’t Give Up is about never giving up on the ones you love,” Jana said.
“I wrote this song because I know what it’s like to be dependent on someone and then have to learn to stand on my own again.”
Jana split from husband Johnathon Schaech in August 2010 after just one month of marriage.
The pair — who met in 2008 while shooting Prom Night — wed on July 4, 2010, in Michigan.

Scarlett Hookup Rumor du Jour

Scarlett Johansson continues to give hope to former class clowns the world over now that she's been spotted with yet another guy known more for his sense of humor than his ab-tastic physique. On Wednesday night, the not-quite-ex Mrs. Ryan Reynolds, who was supposedly seen looking "quite cozy" with funnyman Jason Sudeikis last weekend, was snapped exiting an Iron & Wine concert in Los Angeles. Seen leaving around the same time: her "He's Just Not That Into You" co-star Justin Long, who has been on-and-off with Drew Barrymore for several years.

Top hit man movies

What is it about hit man movies that have been chilling and thrilling audiences for so many years?
‘The Mechanic’ is a riveting remake of the 1972 film about a seasoned hit man seeking to avenge his mentor’s murder. Use this interactive gallery to see what other action flicks are in theaters now. Skip ahead to see some of the best on our list of top 25 hit man movies, including:
Mr. and Mrs. Smith

The Big Hit

Wanted

The Whole Nine Yards

Collateral

Shadowboxer

Buddy Buddy

Assassination Tango

Diary of a Hitman

In Bruges

Hitman

Kill Bill, Vol. 1 & 2

The Matador

You Kill Me

No Country for Old Men

Prizzi’s Honor

The Day of the Jackal

Road to Perdition

Get Carter

Grosse Pointe Blank

The ‘Bourne’ trilogy

Pulp Fiction

The Mechanic (1972)

The Professional

Superman producer missing

The man who helped bring Superman to big screen has been found after he was reported missing in Mexico, friends and family told NBC Los Angeles.
Ilya Salkind, who produced the 1978 film "Superman" with his father and spearheaded two sequels, was last heard from on Jan. 30. The 63-year-old was found sedated in a hospital in the country, the gossip site TMZ.com reported late Thursday.
There were no additional details immediately available about the incident.
The 63-year-old was staying at his family's home in Tepozlan, just south of Mexico City.

Javier Bardem as Bond?

The money woes and development hell cannot keep 007 down. Earlier this month, James Bond got back on track when word hit that 'Bond 23' still had Sam Mendes gearing up to direct, and a not-so-far-off release date of Nov. 9, 2012. Since then, buzz has been on the rise, and
just days after word hit that Judi Dench would be returning to the franchise, Deadline now reveals that Javier Bardem has been offered a starring role in the film last week. Not as Bond himself, of course. That honor still belongs to Daniel Craig, who's ready to tackle the shnazzy icon for the third time.

The offered role is being kept under wraps, but it's not too hard to guess.

As Deadline notes, traditionally the leading male name goes to the villain of the film, and Bardem is certainly a go-to choice for bad guy, following his chilling work in 'No Country for Old Men.' But it all depends on timing and the actor's inclination, especially when just about any tough or villainous role seems to pass by his eyes first.

Rumors bubbled up recently that he might play the God of War in the 'Clash of the Titans' sequel, and now his name is all over the rumors for Ron Howard's 'Dark Tower' adaptation. But there's no telling which he'll go with. Bardem recently turned down a villainous role in 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,' for example.

So, which project should he choose? Is it time for Bond to face Bardem? Heck, could Bond even dream of besting Bardem? Offer up your thoughts in the comments below.

Kacey Jordan Spears Babysitter

Kacey Jordan, the adult star who partied with Charlie before he was rushed to the hospital, went to cash the $30,000 check Charlie gave her right after she left his house that fateful day only the bank didn't have enough cash on hand. So she walked
out with $8,000 in cash and a check for the remaining $22,000.
Source : TMZ

New smuggling ploy – catapults

Two alleged narcotics traffickers aligned with a right-wing paramilitary terrorist organization in Colombia have been convicted of conspiring to import multi-ton quantities of cocaine into the United States.

Christian Fernando Borda and Alvaro Alvaran-Velez were extradited from Colombia a year ago and were convicted by a federal jury Thursday.

The Justice Department said Borda led an organization that obtained cocaine from paramilitary groups and smuggled in more than 1,500 tons in drums of palm oil from Colombia in 2005, with additional shipments in 2005 and 2006. The department said Alvaran-Velez, an associate of Borda, facilitated cocaine shipments.

They were allied with Autodefenses Unidas de Colombia, an umbrella group for far-right paramilitary groups that has been designated by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/09/colombians-convicted-cocaine-smuggling-plot/#ixzz1CQSRV2p5

PETA’s newest naked celeb

Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson has become the latest celebrity to strip for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She reportedly decided to do the ad after watching a documentary about animals on fur farms.

Snooki and JWoww spinoff

MTV reportedly is working on a "Jersey Shore" spin-off. The new reality show already has a working title, according to reports. Another cast member also may be working on a spin-off series.

Texting fountain lady's problems bigger than YouTube fame

Anne Hathaway to guest star on 'Glee'

Hathaway  recently made a deal to appear on the hit musical show, playing a very different role.  She also just landed the part of an iconic villain for a major film.

15 Films Defined by Songs of a Single Artist

 Christina Aguilera's new movie, 'Burlesque,' continues a long tradition, from 'Jailhouse Rock' to 'Purple Rain' to 'The Bodyguard,' of singers starring in films for which they also dominate the soundtrack. Which got us thinking about singers who have defined the sound and spirit of an entire film without ever appearing onscreen. Here are 15 of our favorite examples of singers whose voices alone are like an uncredited main character.

'Magnolia' (1999)
Aimee Mann
'Magnolia' director Paul Thomas Anderson didn't just want Aimee Mann's music playing in the background; he let her lyrics shape some of the film's characters and even took the unusual step of injecting her songs directly into the narrative. At one point, the entire cast drops everything to sing 'Wise Up' from start to finish.



'Good Will Hunting' (1997)
Elliott Smith
In an apparent bid to make the sad parts of 'Good Will Hunting' 10 times sadder, director Gus Van Sant reached out to fellow Portland, Ore. resident Elliott Smith. Along with three older songs, Smith contributed 'Miss Misery,' which earned him unexpected fame and an Academy Award nomination. Tragically, Smith didn't share Will Hunting's Hollywood ending, but his music earned a much-deserved place in history.


'The Graduate' (1967)
Simon and Garfunkel
Director Mike Nichols was at odds with the studio over the film's music, as well as Nichols' choice for the role of Mrs. Robinson. (He wanted the French actress Jeanne Moreau.) Forced to pick his battles, Nichols stuck with Simon and Garfunkel. Smart move, because their songs, especially 'Mrs. Robinson' and 'The Sound of Silence,' helped the film capture the confusion and alienation of an entire generation.


'Juno' (2007)
Kimya Dawson
When director Ivan Reitman asked Ellen Page what music the film's characters would listen to, she told him to check out the Moldy Peaches. So, Peaches singer Kimya Dawson, whose twee "anti-folk" songs evoke the joy of being young and too smart for your own good, ended up all over the movie, including the closing scene: Page and Michael Cera duetting on the Peaches' 'Anyone Else but You.'


'Harold and Maude' (1971)
Cat Stevens
These days Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens) doesn't seem like the natural choice for a darkly comic cult classic about a 20-something guy falling in love with a 79-year-old woman. But in the early 1970s, cheery, up-with-people folk tunes like 'If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out' and 'On the Road to Find Out' were the perfect accompaniment to the film's "be who you are" message.


'Dan in Real Life' (2007)
Sondre Lerche
This thinking-man's romcom, in which Steve Carell's sad-sack widower raises two daughters and searches for love, walks the fine line between lighthearted and heartbreaking. Which is also a pretty good description of Sondre Lerche's music. The Norwegian singer-songwriter's combination of quirk and sensitivity on songs like 'To Be Surprised' keep 'Dan' from getting too goofy or sinking too low.


'Away We Go' (2009)
Alexi Murdoch
Sensitive singer-songwriters and indie movies about sensitive people-two great tastes that taste great together. British neo-folkie Alexi Murdoch gave heartstrings a good, hard tug with his music for Sam Mendes' 'Away We Go.' Even the film's trailer made a big splash, thanks to Murdoch's 'All My Days' (a song that had already inspired waterworks on episodes of 'The O.C.' and 'Grey's Anatomy').


'Super Fly' (1972)
Curtis Mayfield
To say that no one could imagine Gordon Parks Jr.'s 'Super Fly' without Curtis Mayfield's music would be something of an understatement. The fact is, many (if not most) of the soundtrack's fans have never even seen the movie; album sales far outstripped the film's take at the box office, and classics like 'Freddie's Dead' and the title track helped define not just the movie but the entire blaxploitation genre.



'The Virgin Suicides' (1999)
Air
Sofia Coppola's soft-focus vision of 1970s suburbia includes plenty of period music by Heart, Styx, ELO and others, but it's the dreamy swoon of the French duo Air -- especially 'Playground Love' and the main theme, 'Highschool Lover' -- that really gives the film its, er, air of melancholy nostalgia.


'About a Boy' (2002)
Badly Drawn Boy
The songs in 'About a Boy,' in which an emotionally stunted bachelor befriends an awkward teenager, were the work of Badly Drawn Boy, the stage name of singer-songwriter Damon Gough. Gough must have done something right, because Nick Hornby, who wrote the original novel 'About a Boy,' even included an essay in his book '31 Songs' about how much he was affected by Badly Drawn Boy's song 'A Minor Incident.' Got all that?


'Wonder Boys' (2000)
Bob Dylan
On top of Bob Dylan classics like 'Buckets of Rain,' 'Wonder Boys' included the singer's brand-new track 'Things Have Changed,' featuring a world-weary vibe and a central lyric, "I used to care but/Things have changed,' that perfectly capture Michael Douglas's character, Grady, a once-promising writer who's been stoned and stuck on his second book for years. Unlike Grady, Dylan still had the magic touch; The song won him a Golden Globe and an Oscar.


'Maximum Overdrive' (1986)
AC/DC
When gazillion-selling horror writer Stephen King sat down in the director's chair for the first (and, thankfully, last) time, he asked his favorite band, AC/DC, to bring the noise. A movie about homicidal trucks on the rampage calls for a fairly muscle-bound soundtrack, so the band lent some of its biggest hits and recorded an original song, 'Who Made Who,' that is unquestionably the film's high point.


'She's the One' (1996)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Edward Burns's winning romcom got a major assist from its Rick Rubin-produced soundtrack of original Tom Petty songs. The collaboration was a success all around: The film's signature tune, 'Walls (Circus)' (featuring Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham on backing vocals) garnered Petty his only charting single of 1996, and the film garnered Burns the last good reviews of his career.


'Into the Wild' (2007)
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder's songs had already been used in two movies featuring Sean Penn ('Dead Man Walking' and 'I Am Sam'), so when Penn decided to direct 'Into the Wild,' he immediately brought in the Pearl Jam singer. Given Vedder's penchant for anti-corporate earnestness, he seems like an obvious choice for a film about someone giving up his possessions and disappearing into the Alaskan wilderness, and these rootsy, meandering songs don't disappoint.


'To Live and Die in L.A.' (1985)
Wang Chung
William Friedkin's sleek, sun-soaked action flick about a reckless Secret Service agent on the mean streets of Los Angeles is so totally '80s it makes 'Miami Vice' look timeless, and Wang Chung's music deserves a lot of the credit/blame. Recorded in a mere two weeks, the songs, especially the mini-hit title track, are just as slick and jaded as the movie ... so roll up the sleeves of your turquoise blazer and enjoy.

Which Big Movies Should You See

'127 Hours'

Rated: R

Release Date:

Nov. 5, 2010

Starring:

James Franco

Directed by:

Danny Boyle

'Biutiful'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Dec. 29, 2010 (limited)
Starring:
Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella, Diaryatou Daff, Eduard Fernández, Cheikh Ndiaye, Lui Jin
Directed by:
Alejandro González Iñárritu
'Black Swan'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Dec. 3, 2010 (limited)
Starring:
Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder
Directed by:
Darren Aronofsky
'Blue Valentine'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 31, 2010
Starring:
Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Maryann Plunkett
Directed by:
Derek Cianfrance
'Burlesque'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Nov. 24, 2010
Starring:
Christina Aguilera, Kristin Bell, Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet, Eric Dane, Cher, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher
Directed by:
Steven Antin
'The Cabin in the Woods'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Jan. 14, 2011
Starring:
Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Chris Hemsworth
Directed by:
Drew Goddard 
'For Colored Girls'

Rated: NR

Release Date:

Nov. 5, 2010

Starring:

Thandie Newton, Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, Macy Gray

Directed by:

Tyler Perry

'The Company Men'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Dec. 10, 2010
Starring:
Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Maria Bello, Kevin Costner, Craig T. Nelson
Directed by:
John Wells
'Country Strong'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 22, 2010
Starring:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, Leighton Meester
Directed by:
Shana Feste 

'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 10, 2010
Starring:
Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Will Poulter, Liam Neeson, Tilda Swinton
Directed by:
Michael Apted
'The Debt'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Dec. 29, 2010
Starring:
Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Marton Csokas, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson
Directed by:
John Madden
'The Dilemma'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Jan. 14, 2011
Starring:
Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, Queen Latifah
Directed by:
Ron Howard
'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'

Rated: R

Release Date:

Jan. 21, 2011

Starring:

Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson

Directed by:

Troy Nixey

'Due Date'

Rated: R

Release Date:

Nov. 5, 2010

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan

Directed by:

Todd Phillips

 'Fair Game'

Rated: PG13

Release Date:

Nov. 5, 2010 (limited)

Starring:

Naomi Watts, Sean Penn

Directed by:

Doug Liman

 'Faster'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Nov. 24, 2010
Starring:
Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Gugino, Tom Berenger
Directed by:
George Tillman Jr.
'The Fighter'

'The Fighter'
Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 10, 2010
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee
Directed by:
David O. Russell
Features:
Marlon Brando

'Little Fockers'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 22, 2010
Starring:
Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Jessica Alba, Laura Dern, Harvey Keitel, Teri Polo, Barbra Streisand
Directed by:
Paul Weitz
'True Grit'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 22, 2010
Starring:
Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin
Directed by:
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
'Gulliver's Travels'

Rated: NR

Release Date:

Dec. 25, 2010

Starring:

Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet

Directed by:

Rob Letterman

'The Green Hornet'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Jan. 14, 2011
Starring:
Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward Furlong, Tom Wilkinson
Directed by:
Michel Gondry
'How Do You Know'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 17, 2010
Starring:
Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Jack Nicholson
Directed by:
James L. Brooks
'The King's Speech'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Nov. 26, 2010
Starring:
Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Anthony Andrews, Jennifer Ehle
Directed by:
Tom Hooper
'Love and Other Drugs'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Nov. 24, 2010
Starring:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt
Directed by:
Edward Zwick
'The Mechanic'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Jan. 28, 2011
Starring:
Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Christa Campbell
Directed by:
Simon West 
'Megamind'

Rated: PG
Release Date:
Nov. 5, 2010
Starring:
Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill
Directed by:
Tom McGrath
'Morning Glory'

Rated: PG13
Release Date:
Nov. 12, 2010
Starring:
Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Patrick Wilson, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, 50 Cent
Directed by:
Roger Michell
'The Next Three Days'

Rated: PG13
Release Date:
Nov. 19, 2010
Starring:
Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Elizabeth Banks, Brian Dennehy
Directed by:
Paul Haggis
'Night Catches Us'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Dec. 3, 2010 (limited)
Starring:
Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce
Directed by:
Tanya Hamilton
'I Love You Phillip Morris'

Rated: R
Release Date:
Dec. 3, 2010 (limited)
Starring:
Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann
Directed by:
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1'

Rated: PG13
Release Date:
Nov. 19, 2010
Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Grint, Ciarán Hinds, et al.
Directed by:
David Yates
'Restless'

Rated: PG13

Release Date:

Jan. 28, 2011

Starring:

Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryo Kase, Schuyler Fisk, Jane Adams

Directed by:

Gus Van Sant

'The Rite'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Jan. 28, 2011
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones
Directed by:
Mikael Hafstrom
'Skyline'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Nov. 12, 2010
Starring:
Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel, Scottie Thompson
Directed by:
Colin and Greg Strause
'Somewhere'

 

Rated: R
Release Date:
Dec. 22, 2010
Starring:
Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning
Directed by:
Sofia Coppola

'Tangled'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Nov. 24, 2010
Starring:
Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Ron Perlman, Brad Garrett, Jeffrey Tambor, M.C. Gainey, Paul F. Tompkins
Directed by:
Nathan Greno and Byron Howard
'The Tempest'

Rated: PG13
Release Date:
Dec. 10, 2010
Starring:
Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Djimon Hounsou, Alfred Molina, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming, David Strathairn, Ben Whishaw, Felicity Jones
Directed by:
Julie Taymor

'The Tourist'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 10, 2010
Starring:
Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell, Timothy Dalton
Directed by:
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
'Tron: Legacy'

Rated: NR

Release Date:

Dec. 17, 2010

Starring:

Jeff Bridges, James Frain, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, Garrett Hedlund

Directed by:

Joseph Kosinski

'Unstoppable'

Rated: PG13

Release Date:

Nov. 12, 2010

Starring:

Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson

Directed by:

Tony Scott

'The Warrior's Way'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 3, 2010
Starring:
Dong-gun Jang, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston, Tony Cox
Directed by:
Sngmoo Lee
'Yogi Bear'

Rated: NR
Release Date:
Dec. 17, 2010
Starring:
Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Tom Cavanagh, Anna Faris, Andy Daly
Directed by:
Eric Brevig