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Nicole Kidman becomes a 'Headhunter'  (Go To Top)

     Washington: Aussie actress Nicole Kidman has inked a deal to star in and produce a movie adaptation of Jules Baas' comic novel 'Headhunters'. According to Contactmusic, Kidman will play one of four New Jersey women trying to lure wealthy men during a vacation to Monte Carlo by posing as rich heiresses. But, the fellows they meet are actually gigolos pretending to be wealthy single guys. Filming for the project, which the star is also to direct, is expected to start next year. Kidman, who this year finished filming 'Bewitched', next stars in a remake of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'.

Angelina Jolie's Pitt stop (Go To Top)

    London: Giving a double blow to her fans, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has reportedly decided to take a break from movies and quit Britain to settle in California, where her 'special friend' Brad Pitt lives. "Angelina has decided to give up her home in England and settle in California. And after finishing her latest movie she plans to take a year off," Newsoftheworld quoted an insider as saying. The 'Tomb Raider' star moved to the UK three years ago after falling in love with an eight-bedroom mansion in Fulmer. But now, perhaps Pitt is the love of her life, and hence, she is putting her 2.1 million pounds mansion on the market. "Brad adores Angelina and the children and she thinks the world of Brad. They make a perfect couple," the source was quoted as saying. Sources say that the 'Troy' star, who recently signed divorce papers from ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, started seeing Jolie during shooting of their film 'Mr. And Mrs. Smith'. He is also said to be playing father to Jolie's adopted son Maddox. Meanwhile, actor George Clooney has denied remours that the two are planning to wed at his Italian villa.

Crowe calls himself a 'psychologically-damaged weirdo' (Go To Top)

     London: Scientists have for long suspected it, some have even claimed to have proved it, and now "'Gladiator' star and 'hell-raiser' Russell Crowe has joined the debate by saying that one has to be a "messy, psychologically-damaged weirdo" to bring out one's genius while enacting a role. Crowe, who has rarely been out of the news due to his impetuous fits of rage that have landed him in trouble more than once, most recently when he hurled a phone instrument at a waiter in New York, leading to a recovery suit being filed against him, says that people should understand that artistes were different, and that they should be left alone. "I am obviously a complicated, messy, psychologically damaged weirdo and that is the fundamental requirement for my job. "It's an unfortunate thing that people don't simply understand that and leave me to my padded cell," Femalefirst quoted him as telling Australia's Channel 9 'Sunday' programme.

Prince Charles to tell all on TV (Go To Top)

     London: Prince Charles is all set to be quizzed for the first time in the last 10 years on CBS TV show '60 Minutes'. Charles, whose last major TV interview was with Jonathan Dimbleby in 1994, had vowed never to give another TV interview after his confession to committing adultery with Camilla Parker-Bowles triggered a public row with his late wife Princess Diana. The interview, which has been recorded at Highgrove, will be broadcast before Charles and his wife Camilla visit the US later this year. According to sources, Charles opted for a US TV interview because he thought Americans won't ask much about Diana and he would have a better reception there. "The prince was concerned that, considering how well-loved Diana was over here, a visit with his new wife would not get much coverage. He basically wants Camilla to have a lot of attention. If he did an interview in London it would be all about Diana and would go over lots of old ground, and be all over the papers. The Americans are a little more polite. They're going to focus on the present and his future as king rather than past mistakes," femalefirst quoted a source as saying. During the interview, Charles will reportedly talk about Diana, Camilla, his sons William and Harry, and the terror attacks in London, the source added.

Britney's baby's raining riches (Go To Top)

     London: It may not be wrong to say that the newly born son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline has brought good fortune for his star parents, who are said to be making huge amounts of money following his birth, with the sexy singer reportedly having signed a booming deal with a celebrity magazine to show off their new arrival to the world. Britney is alleged to have been paid a huge sum to pose for family photographs andspeak about the birth of her son by OK! magazine. We've got Britney and the baby this week," Femalefirst quoted OK! boss Richard Desmond as saying. The sexy singer and her husband Kevin Federline are also rumoured to have accepted over 3million dollors to show home-video footage of the birth on their popular reality TV show 'Britney and Kevin: Chaotic'.The couple are also alleged to have agreed a deal worth over 15million dollors to film the first few weeks of his life for TV.

School kid wins 27.6 million pounds jackpot (Go To Top)

     London: Hey, kids your pocket money can make you a millionaire, provided you are a native of Italy. A lottery ticket bought from his pocket money has won a primary school boy in Italy a 27.6 million pounds jackpot. The boy went to a local shop during his lunch break to buy a lottery ticket, and hit the jackpot on the Italian national Superenalotto in Frattamaggiore, near Naples. "It seems that a child has won the lottery. I am still waiting to meet the little winner," Fox New quoted Raffaele Umbriano, spokesman for the lottery competition, as saying to Italy's news agency ANSA. Under Italian law, children are not allowed to gamble, but they can take part in the national lottery.