Category: Rumours

Spice Girl Spokeswoman Denies Reunion

LONDON – Could a reunion be far behind? A spokeswoman for Posh Spice says all five former Spice Girls, Ginger, Baby, Sporty, Posh and Scary, are planning what she calls “a social get together” this week. But she denies that a comeback is in the cards, saying the women won’t be discussing reunion plans.
This is the first time in five years that all five Spice Girls have gotten together. The group formed in 1994 and sold 35 million albums worldwide in four and a half years, according to their Web site. Some of their hits include “Wannabe,” “Say You’ll Be There” and “2 Become 1.” The girlpower group also made a movie, “Spiceworld.” Ginger Spice left the group in 1998. And the remaining four haven’t recorded together since 2000.

Spice Girls Meeting Sparks Comeback Speculation
LONDON (Reuters) – Posh, Baby, Scary, Sporty and Ginger are really, really going to meet up — but are five going to become one again?
All the members of the nineties pop phenomenon the Spice Girls — Victoria “Posh” Beckham, Mel “Sporty” Chisholm, Geri “Ginger” Halliwell, Mel “Scary” Brown, and Emma “Baby” Bunton — were set to meet up on Monday for the first time since their acrimonious split five years ago.
British newspapers were rife with speculation that the reunion could be the start of a Spice revival, with some of the band’s members said to be keen on a “greatest hits” album and several one-off concerts after seeing their solo careers slump.
Beckham, who has had only limited success as a solo artist, is reported to have organized Monday’s get-together but her spokeswoman played down rumors that the former queens of British pop “wannabe” number one in the charts again.
“The girls are meeting up for a social dinner. But it’s not a ‘Spice’ meeting,” the spokeswoman told Reuters.
“The Spice Girls aren’t getting back together and they’re not planning any concerts.”
Despite official rebuttals, newspapers quoted band insiders as saying a lucrative farewell tour could be on the cards in a few years’ time.
The darlings of the British pop industry sold about 40 million albums and 25 million singles worldwide, notching up nine number one singles in the UK charts alone, with hits such as “Wannabe,” “Spice Up Your Life” and “Two Become One.”
Their “Girl Power!” catchphrase struck a chord with young fans all over the globe, but the success story started to turn sour in 1998 when Halliwell quit the band in 1998 amid reports of bitter squabbling.
“Monday will be the first time that all five have been in a room together since,” Beckham’s spokeswoman said.
After disappointing sales of their last album, “Forever,” in 2000, the four remaining band members decided to concentrate on their own careers.
Although Halliwell and Chisholm, who has pledged never to work with the group again, enjoyed solo successes, the careers of the other three stalled, provoking rumors that the band could reform for a lucrative reunion.
Industry experts said a greatest hits album and tour could be a money-spinner but the girls could also find their army of screaming young fans have grown up to be teenagers who might now cringe at their sight of their old favorites.
“Their fan base was very young. To them it would be excruciatingly uncool being reminded of what they listened to as kids,” a record label insider told the Daily Express newspaper.

Hartnett a Lock as Supes?
Some people are already claiming that Josh Hartnett has locked in the role of Superman.
We all know who the contenders were, Josh Hartnett, Jude Law, Brendan Fraser, Ashton Kutcher and Mutant X star Victor Webster.
Apparently (hack) director Brett Ratner was casting the role for the man of steel in NYC, when all of a sudden who shows up but JOSH HARTNETT. Brett was amazed by his performance. Apparently impressed to the point where it’s 99% certain that he will be the next man of steel!
I just can’t see Hartnett playing Superman. But hey that’s what they said about Michael Keaton playing Batman and he turned out to be the best Batman ever. So maybe we have to give Josh a chance…NAH!

Pearce for BATMAN
According to Dark Horizons, Guy Pearce is the leading candidate to play Batman in the Chris Nolan adaption.

Carnage Will Be There, But He Won’t
The rumors about Sam Rockwell and Christian Bale being offered the part of Carnage reported some months ago for Spider-Man 3 are bogus. Here is the truth:
Jake Gyllenhall will make a brief appearance as Kletus Kasady in the Amazing spider’Man and will don the CGI symbiote alongside Venom in Spider-Man 3.

Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst Defends Feelings For Britney Spears
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is taking some heat for his relationship with pop star Britney Spears, both in the posts by fans in the band’s web folders and by members of the media.
“Well I’m sure we’ve had it up to our necks with all the hype. Isn’t it amazing how something very simple, pure, sweet, and innocent can be blown so far out of proportion?” wrote Durst in an online letter on the Limp Bizkit website. “Who really gives a sh-t that I wanna be with Britney Spears? It seems as if everyone does. The only person that should give a sh-t is Britney. I never meant to be in this situation. Sh-t happens. What’s the big deal? Yeah, she is a big POP star and her last relationship with another big POP star was a big deal, but damn y’all need to chill. Do you think I should not like someone because you don’t want me to? F–k that!! You people are my family and I respect you and as you should me. I never meant to fall into all of this.”
Durst then blamed the media, “All the media is doing is trying to create a lot of controversy. To them its just more interesting to make up lies and crazy dramatic sh-t. I’ve heard and seen some unbelievable things since I’ve been liking her. Now all the media has done is twisted the whole thing around and made other people come back running. And I assure you that anything besides that fact that I definitely have feelings for Britney isn’t true. It is simple, honest, and pure. That’s that. I feel bad for Britney having to have her life put on blast and manipulated by the media like this. Now I’ve been brought into it. I don’t give a f–k about anything anyone thinks and definitely the media. Let’s just drop this right here in the Bizkit camp. Let’s move on…We don’t need to be wasting our time worrying about some birds and bees sh-t!! Next time I’ll fall in love with a tree.”

Here’s A Story Behind “The Bachelor” You’ll Never See On TV

Alex Michel chose Amanda Marsh in the ‘Bachelor’ – then reportedly went behind her back with runnerup Trista Rehn (above).
The first “Bachelor,” Alex Michel – who snubbed “Bachelorette” Trista Rehn for a younger woman at the end of the first series – continued to carry a torch for Trista, writing and phoning her for months after the show ended.
And when the girl Alex had proposed to on national TV, Amanda Marsh, learned about his double-dealing, she left Alex, according to a sizzling report in the upcoming issue of TV Guide.
So how lucky is Trista that she was not the girl to whom Alex proposed?
Very lucky, according to the Nielsen ratings, which indicate that Trista is a huge hit as the star of the new show, “The Bachelorette,” which debuted Wednesday night with top-drawer ratings. A staggering 17.4 million viewers watched the first episode, steamrolling over an original episode of NBC’s “The West Wing.”
Now Trista is telling the story of how Alex came down with a bad case of buyer’s remorse almost immediately after proposing to the other woman.
Last May, “basically he told me that he thought he had made a mistake,” she tells TV Guide.
Alex and Trista conducted a sort-of secret relationship from there, as he dogged her with letters and repeated phone calls – even though he was in Los Angeles living with Marsh.
“He’ll probably deny that he said [that he’d made a mistake], but that’s the reason I continued to correspond [with him],” Trista says. “Going by what he told me, I didn’t see anything wrong” with writing to him.
When TV Guide contacted Alex for comment, he replied: “I don’t have one.”
Trista says she broke off the correspondence with Alex for several reasons.
For starters, her family and friends didn’t like him, telling her she’d “lucked out” by losing to Amanda.
Even Amanda seems to agree with that assessment, telling TV Guide that, when she watched “The Bachelor” finale on TV, she couldn’t believe her eyes.
“Alex was on the air, telling Trista she could be the one. And I was like, ‘Are you kidding?’ ” Amanda told the magazine
Trista says she was also upset when she saw Alex and Amanda at last May’s Kentucky Derby. Even though she says she still “really wanted to be with Alex,” she began to question her attachment to him.
When Amanda discovered that Alex had been talking and writing to Trista behind her back, she caught the first plane back home to Kansas, the magazine reports.
Meanwhile, Rehn’s turning-the-tables role on “The Bachelorette” paid huge dividends for ABC. Not only did the show swamp “The West Wing” by 3.4 million viewers (9-10 p.m.), but it snagged the coveted adults 18-49 demo for the night.
All of that still wasn’t enough, however, to top the week’s other big reality show debut – Fox’s “Joe Millionaire,” which grabbed 18.6 million viewers this past Monday.

FRIENDS: THE MOVIE
A movie based on NBC’s FRIENDS has hit the rumor mill – the supposed script involves raunchiness and nudity.
The sitcom Friends may make its big screen debut next year – complete with all six famous cast members and a raunchier adult slant. The Emmy-winning show has already had its television run extended by a year after all six stars agreed to a tenth season and it is thought that the promise of a movie spin-off convinced them all to stay on board. The film antics of the New York buddies will be far more risque than the televised shows and could include sex and nudity.
A studio source says, “Without those pesky American television network censors, it will be much more adult and will even include nudity.” Reports suggest that hunky air head Joey Tribbiani played by Matt LeBlanc will be the one to disrobe first. The source says, “Matt has a huge female following, not to mention gay men. They will likely flock to the movie to see him bare all.” Actors Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer were already willing to extend the show’s award winning run but both Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston had misgivings due to their outside success in Hollywood. A source says, “They all agreed to do one more year after the movie deal was struck. They all want to be movie stars – that’s why they caved in.” However, the tenth season will run slightly shorter than its predecessors with only 18 episodes compared to the usual 22. All cast members will be paid $930,000 per episode and will net a percentage of the film’s profits. The source continues, “They’re being paid $9 million each for the film, plus a percentage of the profits and since it will likely be a major hit, they stand to walk away with a fortune.”

Tarantino To Bring Back the Vega Brothers
Filmmaker/actor Quentin Tarantino has announced that he is developing a movie that will bring back PULP FICTION and RESERVOIR DOGS characters Vincent Vega (played by John Travolta) and Vic Vega (Michael Madsen). The film will be a prequel called THE VEGA BROTHERS.
One source said, “Expect the charm to come from Travolta and the crazy stuff from Madsen. It will follow the pairís exploits around a club they own, set in the late 1980s. There is also an argument between the brothers over a woman.” Tarantino reportedly hopes to finish the script early next year and begin shooting in the summer.

Almanac Predicts Snowy Winter

If last winter’s mild weather kept your snow shovel buried beneath beach towels and tanning butter, the Farmers’ Almanac recommends dusting it off this fall.
We can expect heavy snow and colder-than-normal temperatures, according to this year’s edition.
“We are predicting a rough winter, with severe weather patterns that gradually shift eastward as the winter progresses,” writes Caleb Weatherbee, the pseudonym used by the almanac’s forecaster.
The 186-year-old almanac, which goes on sale Tuesday, made similar prognostications last winter. Those predictions, based on a secret model known to only two people that takes into account sunspot activity, planet position, and effects of the moon, were mostly wrong.
It forecast several feet of snow last year for New England, but the region had warmer-than-normal temperatures ó the toastiest winter ever recorded in Portland, Maine, and Burlington, Vt. ó and a dearth of snow.
Perhaps the editors can be forgiven: Between La Ninas and El Ninos, and talk of climatic change, there has been some weird weather, including droughts in the United States and flooding in Europe.
The winter forecasts, which date back to Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac in the mid-1700s, have become a signpost of Americana. Fretting about their accuracy seems almost beside the point.
Editors insist the almanac’s winter forecast has historically been accurate about 75 to 80 percent of the time, even though most meteorologists say the weather cannot be predicted so far in advance.
Such judgments don’t seem to faze the publication’s editor, who says long-range predictions fill an important niche.
When the Farmers’ Almanac, not to be confused with the Old Farmer’s Almanac in New Hampshire, began publishing in 1818, almanacs provided the only weather forecasts available.
Back then, the predictions were used mostly by farmers. Nowadays, they may be used more often to pick wedding dates, said editor Peter Geiger.
“I think you use different forecasts for different reasons,” he said, also acknowledging: “People do judge us.”