Sir Ian McKellen will reprise the role of the wizard Gandalf in the upcoming movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is set to direct two films based on The Hobbit.
“Yes, it’s true,” the 68-year-old veteran actor told Empire magazine. “I spoke to Guillermo in the very room that Peter Jackson [...]

Singer Leona Lewis indulges in some retail therapy at the MAC cosmetics store in Sydney on Tuesday.
While in Australia, Leona appeared on the show Weekend Sunrise where she was interviewed and performed ‘Better in Time.’ She mentioned it was her first time in Australia and how she loved power ballads.
On Monday, Leona appeared at [...]

Actress Eva Mendes goes out for a walk with her lips t-shirt near her Los Angeles home on Tuesday.
Eva, 34, can be seen in an upcoming movie titled The Spirit, directed by Frank Miller. The film is an adaptation based on the newspaper strip The Spirit.
“He doesn’t have a lot of experience and I [...]

Amanda Bynes leaves Mr. Chow restaurant after dining with her mother and father in Beverly Hills on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old actress has been rumored to be part of the new movie The Post Grad Survival Guide also starring Alexis Bledel and Carol Burnett but this has not been confirmed.
Amanda will be playing Anna in an upcoming [...]

Clay Aiken and Spamalot’s Hannah Waddingham depart from the 22nd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, held on Tuesday at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City.
It was announced that over $3.7 million had been raised for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
In his new album On My Way Here, Clay has a track called ‘The Real Me’ [...]

Comedian Kathy Griffin tells EW that she was fired from the hit Miley Cyrus Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana.
Griffin, 47, says Disney killed her appearance because she said “Suck it, Jesus! This award is my god now!” at last year’s Creative Arts Emmys.
“I was fired from Hannah Montana for my ’suck it Jesus’ remark,” Griffin [...]

Chace Crawford consoles a visibly upset Blake Lively while shooting a scene for their hit TV drama Gossip Girl on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Tuesday.
Blake, 20, was later seen posing with a flock of female fans.
CLICK HERE to see who Nate Archibald (Crawford) punches outside of the church that Lily van der [...]

Ashlee Simpson will soon be back with a reality TV show, reports OK!
Of course, Joe Simpson, Ashlee’s dad and manager, is behind all of this.
“Joe knows that no one cared about [Jessica Simpson] before her reality show, and he’s hoping a show for Ashlee will have the same effect,” a source says.
One record-industry insider adds, [...]