Alicia Keys As Alien In The Children Series

Alicia Keys is set to add animated alien to her impressive resume after signing up to play a green extra-terrestrial in hit children's series The Backyardigans.
The R&B star jumped at the chance to get involved in the cartoon series, which features her niece Shakyra Lipscomb, and has also written a new song, Almost Everything Boinga Here, for the episode in which her likeness appears.
Keys says, "I knew this would be a great project for me to get involved in and working alongside my niece was so much fun."
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Pirates Of The Caribbean Breaks $1 Billion Barrier

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man'S Chest has become only the third film to break through the $1 billion international box office barrier.

The swashbuckling sequel - which stars Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom - now only trails Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King in the history books.

James Cameron's Titanic made $1.8 billion following its release in 1997, while the concluding part of Peter Jackson's trilogy earned $1.1 billion.
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Rachel Bilson: "It's not normal to make out with a guy..."

O.C. Star Bilson's Horror At Nude Scenes,
Actress Rachel Bilson refused to strip off for raunchy scenes in new movie The Last Kiss, forcing studio bosses to call in a body double.

The 24-year-old star of hit TV show The OC baulked at the steamy scenes with Scrubs star Zach Braff, and even though she was keen to impress in her big-screen debut, she stood her ground.

She says, "It's not normal to make out with a guy in front of the camera. you can't think about it too much or you might get too nervous and Lord knows what would happen.

"I said no. I feel really strong about that."
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Rachel Weisz In "The Fountain" Premiere

British actress Rachel Weisz will be in Venice for the world premiere of her new film The Fountain.
It will be her first major public appearance since the birth of baby Henry Chance in May.
The Fountain is written and directed by Weisz's American fiance, Darren Aronofsky.
Spanning 1,000 years, it is billed as an epic tale of love, death and spirituality.
Weisz, 35, stars opposite X-Men actor Hugh Jackman.
The story takes Jackman from 16th century Spain to the year 2500AD in a quest for the Fountain of Youth to save the woman he loves.
Weisz's last film, an adaptation of John Le Carre's The Constant Gardener, earned her a best supporting actress Oscar.
Another movie showing in Venice is the US remake of cult horror The Wicker Man, starring Nicolas Cage in the role made famous by Edward Woodward.
The film has been derided by critics who say it is not a patch on the 1973 British original.
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