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5 October 2008 1:57 PM, PDT | From Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news

Nine years ago, game developer Jeff Kinney started to write the diary of a boy named Gregg Heffley.  A few years after that, he began to publish the story on the website FunBrain.com.    Charles Kochman  picked it up for the Harry N. Abrams imprint, Amulet Books, and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid phenomenon was on.

Since then, Kinney published a sequel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and, this month, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do it Yourself Book.   A third story, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Last Straw is due in January.

The series has a passionate following.  Like Harry Potter, the books attract kids (who may be too young for Rowling’s longer novels) who can’t wait to read them.  Bookstores plan parties around new volumes.

Jeff was in Baltimore for the recent Comic-Con, where Abrams sold advance copies of the new Do It Yourself book.

Martha Thomases

26 September 2008 7:00 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Keeping herself and her newborn daughter Sunday Rose away from media spotlight following her birth in July 2008, Nicole Kidman shows off the 2-month-old infant to the public during an outing in London. She was taking a stroll through the city Friday, September 26 when photographers captured the pictures of her little daughter whom she carried along in her arms.

Sunday wore a pink dress and tights. She was seen snuggling into her actress mother's chest to keep warm. She has her mother's blonde hair and pink skin. As for Nicole, she was seen wearing black outfits paired with matching cap. Pictures of the mother-daughter duo during the excursion are on Mail Online.

Nicole gave birth to daughter Sunday, her first child with singer hubby Keith Urban, on July 7. The family currently is staying in London as Nicole is rehearsing for the musical "Nine," with co-stars Penelope Cruz and Kate Hudson. Taking

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23 September 2008 1:45 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's 2 ½ month-old daughter Sunday Rose is already learning about life in the spotlight – but she'll also be able to experience quiet family time in Nashville, says pal Ronnie Dunn. "Nashville isn't oriented [toward celebrity]," the Brooks & Dunn singer told People Monday. "It will be more peaceful for them here." Dunn, who spoke to People at a private listening party in Nashville for the soundtrack to the upcoming Billy Graham biopic, Billy: The Early Years, recounted a text message he recently got from Urban about Sunday Rose. "He said she thinks that every time they get in a

Eileen Finan

22 September 2008 7:45 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Sunday Urban emerged in London over the weekend, though she stayed snuggled up into mom Nicole Kidman's chest for kisses. Even if we didn't get a peek at her sweet face just yet, this is the most we've gotten to see Nicole and Keith's three-month-old daughter. The couple was spotted leaving the Wyndhams Theatre after checking out a performance of Ivanov on Saturday, while yesterday they watched and cheered at the Manchester United game to round out their busy weekend. The family is in the UK while Nicole shoots the musical Nine with the rest of the eclectic cast. Luckily she has her jet setting baby and husband to make the time in England all the more special. To see more of Nicole, Keith and Sunday just read more Flynet and Landov

Molly

22 September 2008 5:04 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman gave sports fans a shock when she graced the stands of a soccer match in the U.K. on Sunday.

The Aussie superstar and country singer husband Keith Urban watched the game between big-time British soccer clubs Chelsea and Manchester United - cheering on both sides as they battled it out in a 1-1 draw.

The star laughed with fellow soccer fans as they cheered on their sporting icons in a VIP box at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium in London.

Kidman is currently living in the British capital as she shoots movie musical Nine with Kate Hudson and Daniel Day-Lewis.

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18 September 2008 12:30 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Javier Bardem arrived with a smile at the International Film Festival of San Sebastian last night. He stepped out of his car looking perfectly huggable in his t-shirt and jeans at the festival to premiere his excellent Vicky Cristina Barcelona alongside Woody Allen. It doesn't look like any of his gorgeous female costars joined him for his arrival most notably his girlfriend Penelope Cruz who has been in London preparing for Nine. Javier and his sense of humor are always welcome on their own and hopefully soon he'll get over his exhaustion and get to work on learning a new skill. Flynet and Source

Molly

18 September 2008 7:05 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn looked like twins in their black dresses and blue Lanvin shopping bags leaving a dinner party for the designer at Sir John Soane's Museum in London last night. With the two looking more and more alike these days, Kate landing herself on People's best dressed list this year has to have a little something to do with Goldie's influence. It's sweet that mom came to visit Kate while she's overseas to make Nine, but before we get to see that all-star cast, her new movie My Best Friend's Girl hits theaters this weekend. About making that one she said, "I finally got to swear and say and do certain things that most people say to each other in normal, everyday life. . . I got a little taste of what those Sex and the City girls were up to for so long, which was fun." While it

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15 September 2008 4:00 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Nicole Kidman was out and about in London this weekend smiling with baby Sunday on Sunday. Keith Urban took a break from Mr. Mom duties and performed the last concert of his Summer tour in Indianapolis on Saturday. While Keith is one of the Cma nominees this year, Nicole was number one on a not-so-fun list — topping Forbes' Most Overpaid Actors. Hopefully being a part of the star-studded cast in Nine will help get her off that list. The actress is currently in London preparing for the movie, which also stars Kate Hudson and Penelope Cruz (hmm, that can be interesting). Over 25 photos of Nicole over the weekend and with Sunday just read more. Flynet

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12 September 2008 5:30 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Madonna's A-list pals had fans playing "Who's That Girl?" as they slipped into her London show on Thursday night, not long before the lights began to dim. The singer's gym-buddy (and fellow Anglophile) Gwyneth Paltrow was all smiles as she settled in to watch the Sticky and Sweet show next to fellow actress Kate Hudson. Also sitting nearby in London's massive Wembley Stadium: Fergie and Penelope Cruz. In fact, Madonna, 50, had so many famous friends on hand, they filled not one, but two VIP areas. Another all-star box included Nicole Kidman, who – like Cruz, Fergie and Hudson – is in

12 September 2008 5:00 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Madonna took Wednesday night off to help celebrate Guy's 40th birthday, but last night she was back on stage for the last London show of her Sticky and Sweet Tour. As usual Madonna's energy was high as she danced around with a few special guests cheering her on from the audience — Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Fergie. It's no surprise to see Gwyneth there to cheer on her good friend while Kate and Fergie have both been in town preparing for their musical movie Nine. Maybe the ladies learned a thing or two about keeping an audience entertained watching one of the best in the business up on stage. To see more of Madonna on stage and her friends in the audience, just read more. Source, Source, and Source

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5 September 2008 3:20 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Diaper duty is no sweat for hands-on new dad Keith Urban, the singer tells Cmt Insider. In fact, he says, he relishes his role as full-time dad to 2-month-old Sunday Rose while wife, Nicole Kidman, is filming. "When my wife's working and I've got time off, I'm just Mr. Mom during the day, taking care of the little girl," said Urban, 40, who also called fatherhood "beautiful." The Kidman-Urban family spent time in Australia while Kidman, 40, filmed the Baz Luhrmann epic Australia, and now mom and daughter are in London where Kidman is rehearsing for the movie musical Nine. Meanwhile, Urban

Eileen Finan

30 August 2008 7:10 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Penelope Cruz smiled leaving Cipriani's after dinner with Harvey Weinstein in London Thursday night. The Weinstein Company helped with Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which is getting good reviews, and the duo are set to work together again on her next star-studded project Nine. Some of her costars like Kate Hudson and Fergie have already been spotted around London getting ready for the movie, but unfortunately one person Penelope won't be alongside on the big screen is her real-life boyfriend Javier Bardem, who dropped out of the film a while back. Even without hot Jav, it looks like Penelope is having fun with her studio honcho friend Harvey. Flynet

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18 August 2008 11:19 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

A new album is imminent for Black Eyed Peas but a tour is unlikely. Reports are saying that there is an internal rift in the group that may cost them a world tour in support of the new effort. Member will.i.am reportedly is furious with the only female member Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie for not putting the band as a priority.

A source told New York gossip column, Page Six that Fergie is more focused on her movie career rather than her music career as a Peas. The source said that Fergie "won't commit to a tour schedule to promote the album" and that musical piece "Nine", that starts shooting in Europe, is her "priority right now".

Black Eyed Peas have not released any studio album since the highly-successful "Monkey Business" in 2005. Each member of the four-piece is busy doing solo projects with will.i.am and Fergie spawning successful solo albums.

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6 August 2008 6:25 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The stars of new movie musical Nine are to be marched through a Fame-style bootcamp to make sure they can sing and dance when director Rob Marshall calls for action.

The Chicago filmmaker is setting up a drama school, where his stars, including Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard can work exclusively on their high notes, dance steps and even their dialect.

Spaniard Cruz reveals, "We have a camp in London where you go from the dancing room to the singing room, to the acting room to the dialect coach.

"It's all day like that and I can't wait to get started."

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31 July 2008 7:10 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

• Sam Raimi teams up with Walt Disney to produce “The Transplants,” a family action adventure developed by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson (“Not Another Teen Movie”). Nothing is known about the film’s plot except that it involves superheroes. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Howard Stern is set to produce a remake of Allan Arkush’s 1979 musical comedy “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School,” according to Variety. The original followed a group of student who used the help of the Ramones to take down their ruthless principal.  

• According to MTV News, director Pete Docter and Pixar may be eyeing a sequel to “Monsters, Inc.” This is all just a big rumor at this stage, but Docter told MTV he was already looking at some ideas.

• Fergie has signed on to play a prostitute in Rob Marshall’s upcoming musical “Nine,” according to The Associated Press. She joins Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz,

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30 July 2008 8:27 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Fergie has revealed that she is "thrilled" to be playing a prostitute in upcoming musical Nine. The Black Eyed Peas star has been cast as Saraghina in Rob Marshall's movie version of the 1982 Broadway hit, in which she will sing a duet with Daniel Day-Lewis. She told the Associated Press: "She's basically a prostitute on the beach. She introduces him to the world of sexuality. It's a very strong song. "I'm just thrilled I get to play a character. I'm singing, but I'm not singing as myself. I'm going to be singing as a character, and that's (more)

By Beth Hilton

21 July 2008 4:28 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Hounsou Tackles Thulsa Doom: Djimon Hounsou has partnered with Dynamite Entertainment to star in and produce a bigscreen feature about immortal sorcerer Thulsa Doom, a central figure in the Conan the Barbarian and Kull comicbooks. Doom was portrayed by James Earl Jones in 1982's Conan the Barbarian. Planned pic will showcase the origins of the flawed hero and show how his road to hell was paved with good intentions. [Variety] Producers team for Papillon Redo: New Spanish production shingle Atlantia Canarias is teaming with L.A. producers Branko Lustig and John Kelly for a remake of the Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman starrer Papillon. Currently in the earliest stage of development, with no screenwriter or director attached, Papillon will shoot in English on a budget of about $90 million, Lustig said. As someone that thinks Papillon is the best McQueen movie (yup, better than Bullitt, Magnificent Seven, etc.) I think this is a Horrible idea.

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15 July 2008 6:29 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Smash-hit Broadway musical Wicked is set to become the latest stageshow to be turned into a major movie.

Hot on the heels of Chicago, Hairspray and Mamma Mia!, the Wizard of Oz-related musical is to be turned a new Universal film, with producers Marc Platt and Stephen Schwartz.

But Universal boss Donna Langley insists fans will have to wait some time to see the film - because Platt and Schwarz are determined to take their time to ensure the movie repeats the success of the New York show that inspired the project.

Langley tells Variety magazine, "Our goal now is absolutely to make the Wicked film, but... Marc and Stephen Schwartz are very mindful of the right timing. But we're dying to do it."

Platt is currently working on the movie version of the musical Nine, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis and Penelope Cruz.

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15 July 2008 3:59 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

• Now that Timur Bekmambetov’s action hit “Wanted” has already pulled in $112.4 million domestically, it’s time to step up production on the sequel. As Variety reports, the screenwriters are already hard at work, and the producers are trying to get James McAvoy to return as the lead character.

• According to a source over at Chud.com, the Wachowski brothers are planning to bring “Plastic Man” to the big screen. But wait, there’s more. The source also claims Keanu Reeves will be playing the lead character. At this stage though, these are only rumors!

• Are you one of those few people who always wanted to see a fourth “Scream” movie? In that case, it’s your lucky day, because according to Variety, the Weinstein Co. is planning “Scream 4.” The studio paired up with Showtime to produce a bunch of upcoming flicks, including a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai.

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15 July 2008 10:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Latest: The role Kate Hudson will play in her movie musical debut was written especially for her.

Her Nine character - a Vogue magazine writer called Stephanie - didn't feature in the original Broadway show

Director Rob Marshall explains, "Her revelatory skills as a singer and a dancer lead to the creation of the role."

Nine composer Maury Yeston has even written a new song just for Hudson.

The actress will join Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Dame Judi Dench and Sophia Loren in the film adaptation of the hit show, inspired by Federico Fellini's autobiographical film 8 1/2.

Javier Bardem and Catherine Zeta-Jones have already quit the project - making way for Day-Lewis and Kidman respectively.

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