Duff Sisters to Remake "Material Girl"
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Entertainment duo Haylie and Hillary Duff are making plans to remake another 80's classic, this time, Madonna's. The Duff sisters remade the 1981 Go-Go's song "Our Lips Are Sealed" for the "A Cinderella Story" soundtrack, and plan on using Madonna's "M...
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Remakes and sequels are in! After PHIR HERA PHERI [HERA PHERI], KRRISH [KOIÂ MIL GAYA] and
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If this is what designers have to look forward to, it may be the year to re-evaluate whether their rumored deals to dress actresses are really worth all that money.
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Producers of Lindsay Lohan's next film are re-working the schedule so the star can shoot her role when she completes rehab.
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Pop star Jessica Simpson has been cast as Daisy Duke in the big-screen remake of "The Dukes of Hazzard," a project that essentially marks her feature film debut.
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LOS ANGELES  - Here's a prediction for  2005: Showtime is going to make some noise with its musical  remake of an agitprop cinema classic, "Reefer Madness."
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Coldplay and Robbie Williams reportedly are among the artists invited to record a 21st century remake of the Band Aid classic Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas?
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LOS ANGELES  - Sienna Miller, who stars  with boyfriend Jude Law in the upcoming "Alfie" remake, is in  discussions to play Edie Sedgwick, a '60s icon and one of Andy  Warhol's muses, in the indie feature "Factory Girl."
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Da, da, da, da-da-da, da daaaaa.... Peter Jackson has announced he will remake 1954 classic The Dam Busters, the BBC reports.â¦
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Pop group the Spice Girls announced Thursday they are to reform for a world tour, saying &quot;girl power is back and stronger than ever,&quot; in a statement posted on their website.
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IN AMERICAâS eyes everything seems fair game for a remake. Studio scouts pounce on the latest Asian horror sensation hoping to discover the next Ring.
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Former James Bond star  Pierce Brosnan is in final negotiations to join Meryl Streep in  the movie version of the popular ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!"
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Getty Images thinks it&#39;s time to  reinvent the commercial music licensing business.
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The Spice Girls are to make an  announcement about their future plans next week, sparking  speculation that one of the world&#39;s most successful girl bands  is set to reunite for a new album and concert tour.
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Variety - (Variety) &#151; SYDNEY -- Seventeen years after the motion picture shimmied its way into the psyches of little girls the world over, "Dirty Dancing" is to be realized live onstage.
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(InfoWorld) - Ever wanted to hang out with The Beastie Boys or Korn? Members of teen-friendly virtual world There.com will soon be able to virtually get up close and personal with those musicians and others through a deal the world's creator Makena Technologies has struck with Capitol Music Group. The companies announced the first phase of what they expect to be a significant, long-term partnership between Makena and the EMI Group business unit on Thursday. They didn't reveal any financial details about the deal. As record companies search for new ways to make money while protecting their intellectual property, they're becoming more interested in the possibilities of virtual worlds, according to Ben Richardson, vice president of business development at There.com. Over the next few months, specially created avatars of Capitol Music Group artists including The Beastie Boys, Korn, Lily Allen, MIMS, and Yellowcard will come into There.com to meet and be quizzed by their fans. All of the musicians have new albums coming out and have also been chosen to appeal to the virtual world's inhabitants. There.com has aroundÂ 1 million members, 70 percent of whom are aged between 13 and 26 years old, according to Richardson. About 46 percent of the user base is female, he added. Rap artist MIMS will be the first to make a There.com appearance on July 10. Members of the virtual world will receive an invitation to the meet-and-greets, which will take place at a particular time. Makena is buildingÂ 10 virtual nightclubs in There.com, each able to hold a maximum of 50 fans, Richardson said. The bands' avatars will teleport between the nightclubs over the course of an hour to an hour and half so that fans can ask them questions and view their videos. Makena is also creating interactive kiosks throughout There.com where fans can buy both real world CDs and DVDs by the musicians as well as virtual band merchandise, including T-shirts and posters. Any object created for There.com has to be approved by a product submission review board, according to Richardson. The board checks that the object is appropriate for a PG-13 audience, that it doesn't infringe on any copyright, and that it works correctly. In the case of a virtual T-shirt, the clothing would contain no objectionable words or imagesÂ or pirated logos, and itÂ would fit avatars properly. Initially, the meetings between fans and bands will be conducted through text messaging, Richardson said. In future, There.com might use the world's voice chat feature and the bands may perform live music as well, he added. Being a PG-13 world, There.com has already some measures in place that it can call upon to avoid any band and fan interchanges getting out of hand. For instance, there are controls on extreme language so that if you try to type an obscenity into the world's text chat, it shows up as asterisks. There.com also doesn't allow nudity or porn and is able to eject any member who's causing trouble. Makena has the ability to block the hardware ID on a troublesome member's computer so that, once ejected from the virtual world, they can't re-enter under a different identity. Through an earlier partnership with MTV Networks, which resulted in the creation of the Virtual Hills and Virtual Laguna Beach worlds, Makena has already been involved in hosting meet-and-greets with some actors and musicians. Members of the band Korn were able to take time out from rehearsing and log onto four laptops to meet fans virtually recently in one of the MTV worlds, Richardson said. Looking ahead, as well as bringing in more musicians, There.com may well host actors and other celebrities for virtual meet-and-greets, even U.S presidential hopefuls eager to garner the youth vote, he added.
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LOS ANGELES  Three years removed from &quot;Moesha,&quot; singer-actress Brandy is exploring the idea of doing another television series. She&#39;s at work on a deal with Storyline Entertainment, Touchstone TV and FOX to star in a comedy series. Storyline ...