Susan Boyle is set to make an appearance on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars early next week reports People. She’s expected to sing a track from her upcoming album I Dreamed a Dream, set to drop Nov. 24. Said her brother John Boyle: “She loves America and loves the people. She appreciates their honesty.”
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Jennifer Lopez has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband Ojani Noa to prevent him from releasing a tell-all film and home-video footage of the two of them, TMZ is reporting. Noa is said to be shopping around a movie called How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The J. Lo and Ojani Noa Story as well as hours of intimate home video footage. Lopez says this is a violation of a confidentiality agreement between the exes and is seeking a stop to the production and marketing of the materials.
Chris Brown has issued a reaction to ex-girlfriend Rihanna’s candid interview with Diane Sawyer on 20/20. In a statement released to MTV News, Brown says, “While I respect Rihanna’s right to discuss the specific events of February 8, I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us. I do appreciate her support and wish her the best. I am extremely sorry for what I did, and I accept accountability for my actions. At this point, I am taking the proper steps to learn about me and grow from my mistakes. I only hope that others in similar situations can learn from our experience as well. Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest I leave it to God.” In the interview with Sawyer, Rihanna emotionally detailed the night Brown physically assaulted her after the two had a heated argument. Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault in June.
Eminem is going 3D. According to ScreenDaily, the rapper is set to make his first film in seven years with Shady Talez. Eminem will also produce the project, which is described as “The Twilight Zone meets Creepshow.” Shady Talez will also be turned into a comic book series. The film’s other producers include John Davis (I, Robot) and Dallas Jackson.
Usher’s divorce from Tameka Foster Raymond is now final, according to People. A Georgia court issued the final decree Wednesday, ending the two-year marriage. Usher filed for divorce in June saying there was “no reasonable hope of reconciliation.”
The Broadway-bound Spider-Man musical has a new lead producer and a new star. Playing Peter Parker and his alter-ego in Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark will be Reeve Carney, who beat thousands of candidates to take the role. He is the lead singer of the rock band Carney, which is set to release its first album in early 2010 on Interscope Records. Carney previously acted in Snow Falling on Cedars and he worked with Spider-Man‘s Broadway director Julie Taymor on her forthcoming film of The Tempest. The team behind the production also announced that Michael Cohl has come on board as lead producer, with Jeremiah J. Harris now the second producer on the show. Despite previous reports of cash flow issues, the producers said in a press statement that full financing for the show is “expected to be in place shortly.” Bono and The Edge have written music and lyrics for it; the cast also features the previously announced Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming. The musical will open in 2010 at New York’s Hilton Theatre – a rep for the show says there is no timeline yet for the opening, so it’s not yet known if it will open before the April 29 deadline for 2010 Tony Awards consideration.
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People.com is reporting that Taylor Jacobson has left Bravo’s The Rachel Zoe Project and Zoe’s company. (Bravo hasn’t yet returned EW’s calls for comment.) Jacobson, who assisted star Rachel Zoe with her clients, used her Twitter account today to say there was life after working for an uber-celebrity stylist: ”Today is an end of an era and a beginning of a new professional chapter. Looking forward to what the future brings…!!!”
Variety is reporting that Gwyneth Paltrow will join Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl, an adaptation of the David Ebershoff novel about the first post-operative transsexual. The tome tells the story of the relationship between transsexual Einar Wegener and his wife. Kidman will play Einar and Paltrow will play the wife Greta, who stood by her partner through the sex-change operation. Thomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) is directing a script by Lucinda Coxon.
A&E has announced that The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty will premiere Sunday, December 13 with back-to-back one-hour episodes beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. According to the network’s press release, the reality series follows the lives of Michael Jackson’s brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon “as they prepare for a Jackson Five reunion, while also coming to terms with Michael’s tragic loss.” Footage will include the brothers’ rehearsals for the 40th anniversary concert and the recording of vocals for a song from the Michael Jackson’s This Is It soundtrack.
Beginning December 20, the series will move to its regularly scheduled time slot of Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Reuters is reporting that Michael Jackson’s This Is It has crossed the $100 million mark at the international box office. Going into its second weekend, the concert-rehearsal documentary has grossed $144 million worldwide, $44 million of which are from North American ticket sales. The total worldwide haul is more than double that of Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds, which had held the record for the highest-grossing concert film of all time. Outside of the United States and Canada, the biggest markets for This Is It through Thursday night were Japan ($18.2 million), Britain ($11.1 million) and Germany ($8.9 million).
