Geeks rejoice! The Hobbit movies are slowly being fleshed into existence with the official announcement of the inclusion of Guillermo Del Toro a writer/director. He is well known for the Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy.

We mentioned las time that McKellen is raring to get another crack at this franchise as the wizard Gandalf. The Hobbit will have two movies. The first one deals with the story in the book, while the second movie will show what happened between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring.

“All I can say is that I am diligently going through all Tolkien material related to Middle-earth but only as a way of bridging a gap in my reading. I still respond the strongest to “The Hobbit,” but as an avid reader of Mythology I find a lot of his other writings fascinating. A perfect Cosmology forged from very eclectic sources”

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Demi Moore will be playing a loving sister and a concubine in her next two movies. For the loving sister part, she will play as the sibling of Parker Posey on Happy Tears. Her character returns home to deal with her father who has dementia. The movie will be directed by indie writer-director, Mitchell Lichtenstein.

In her other movie, she plays as a concubine to a warlord in Bunraku. The story is a mash up of spaghetti Westerns, gangster films, and samurai movies. She will co-star with Josh Harnett, who plays the lead, and Woody Harrelson, a bartender. This movie will be directed by another indie writer-director, Guy Moshe.

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I know it’s an old joke, but this one is serious. Chuck Norris, our beloved Walker, Texas Ranger, was on a hit list. 

New Jersey police apprehended a 16-year-old high school student for writing a hit list that included three classmates, a school staff, and ‘ol Chuck. Luckily, the note was discovered by a teacher on a school desk. The student said the list was a joke, but the police took it seriously. After the police went through his locker and room, no weapons were found.

According to the spokesman for the Camden County prosecutor’s office, Jason Laughlin, he knew the student wouldn’t hurt anyone. 

“We didn’t see any of the signs that there was any sort of intent to follow through with anything. He didn’t have any weapons or history of violent behavior,” said Laughlin. “It’s pretty much office policy that if any kind of hit list comes up, you always charge.”

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Conan O’Brien’s  got a big following, and one of them is a crazy priest. No, I mean it: he IS crazy.

Rev. David Ajemian pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a NY court last Tuesday. He admitted to sending a long list of letters and DVDs to Conan’s residence and business addresses for 14 months. Here’s just some excerpts of his letters:

“Is this the way you treat your most dangerous fans?” went a missive from Feb. 20, 2007. “You owe me big-time pal. I want a public confession before I ever consider giving you absolution—or [I want] a spot on your couch.”

See?

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Looks like George Clooney was Punk’d and he ain’t happy about it at all. 

There are two people currently being investigated for alleged fraud by police in Milan for using Georgie’s name in as a clothing line. One problem though, Goergie didn’t approve of it at all. 

The two would’ve gotten away scott-free if they didn’t send out a press release last month. The press release was translated from Italian to English and got eventually got online. George read it and called the police. The police then seized the suspect’s clothing and watches along with fake documentation connecting the star to their items. 

“This is a hoax,” the Leatherheads star said in a statement last month. “I have no connection whatsoever with any clothing line bearing my name, and more specifically, GC Exclusive by George Clooney.”

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For a man who’s claiming poverty, he sure has a lot of money to burn.

OK! Magazine obtained legal documents that show he’s been spending Britney Spears’ money on extravagant expenses. Here are just some expenses from the list:

• $50,489.71 over an eight month period on hotel rooms and refreshments in Las Vegas
• $2,632.50 for one day at TAO Beach
• $2,862.60 for one night at the TAO nightclub
• $3,008.33 for one day at the Hard Rock Café
• $2,365 for one night at an upscale strip club

K-Fed’s Lawyer replied, “What Mr. Federline may have purchased for gifts for others, or entertaining and/or hosting parties is irrelevant, though obviously, and unfortunately, the other side tried to distract the court from what and how one should vacation.”

Seems reasonable.

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We all know that eventhough John Cusack had his time in the 80’s, he’s still a heartthrob. However, one woman went over the edge with her fascination with the “Say Anything…” actor.

Emily Leatherman was ordered to stay away from the actor after she was caught in Cusack’s neighborhood. She failed to pay the taxicab and was reported to the police. When the police got there, the actor flagged them down and told them that he recognized her as a stalker.

She was arrested for stalking, violating a restraining order and petty theft. She was being held on $150,000 bail.

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Shia Lebouf might as well change his name to Shia Legone as he nor his lawyer did not appear on his scheduled appearance in court. Because of this the judge issued a $1,000 warrant of arrest for the actor. The charge was supposedly for his ticket on unlawful smoking last February.

He’s seems to be a magnet for small-time law breaking as he was arrested last November for tresspassing as well.

Shia Lebouf has starred in some big-budget films like, the Transformers the Movie, and the upcoming Indiana Jones Film. Will this tarnish his teenager image or further enhance it? We’ll see in a couple of months.

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Hugh Jackman is doing a comic book adaptation again, but it’s not the X-men. Although he is in the middle of shooting an offshoot from the X-men trilogy movies called “X-men Origins:Wolverine”, he’s found a new comic character that he wants to portray.

Nowhere Man is written both by the actor and Amazing Spiderman scribe, Marc Guggenheim; Virgin Comics will be publishing this story. Only bits and pieces are known about this comic. According to the publsher, it is a Sci-Fi story akinto I Am Legend.

If it ever becomes a hit comic book, most likely it may become a movie as well.

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Denzel Washington (star of American Gangster) is the latest favorite movie star in America according to the annual Harris Poll.  Washington has bagged this award for the second consecutive year already.  Tom Hanks is the second favorite, followed by Johnny Depp.  Then, Julia Robert is the highest ranking female at the fourth spot.