Lo Bosworth And Boyfriend Of Two Years Call It Quits

Another couple bites the dust!
Former Hills star Lo Bosworth has split from her boyfriend of two years, Scott Hochstadt.
Her rep released a statement saying, "Lo and Scott are no longer together, but remain good friends."
Scott was reportedly shopping for an engagement ring before the split, but a friend says, "they realized they are in different places in their lives. The timing was just off. The breakup is hard for both of them, but it's the most realistic thing at this point."
Aw, that's too bad! And so close to the holidays too. Bummer.

Will Smith To Develop Two TV Shows

Add TV Producer to Will Smith's resume.
The actor is developing a new hour-long drama set in China for Fox.
Smith has partnered with Chinese-born filmmaker Eva Jin to work on the project, which focuses on a crime-fighting female college student.
That actually sounds really cool.
Smith is also developing a TV series based on his 2005 film, Hitch, with Overbrook Entertainment.
Hmm, these two TV ideas actually sound like they might succeed. Is there anything the Smith family CAN'T do??

Two Members Leave Paramore

Wow, this is unfortunate.
Guitarist Josh Farro and his brother, drummer Zac Farro, have left Paramore.
The band posted this announcement on their official website on Saturday:

"A couple of months ago, Josh and Zac let us know they would be leaving the band after our show in Orlando last Sunday [December 12, at the House Of Blues venue]. None of us were really shocked. For the last year it hasn't seemed as if they wanted to be around anymore.
We want Josh and Zac to do something that makes them happy and if that isn't here with us, then we support them finding happiness elsewhere."

Members Hayley Williams, Jeremy Davis, and Taylor York remain in the band and explained that they will not be splitting up. "We never for a second thought about leaving any of this behind," they wrote. "We really hope that you can be encouraged by the fact that the three of us who are still here are ready to take on another chapter of our journey..
together."
The band still continues to tour South America in February and March 2011.
Wowsa. They're not even sugar-coating things. Inneresting.
We're a little shocked. What do U think, Paramore fans?

Britney Spears Inspired Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Country Strong’

Writer-director Shana Feste has revealed that Britney Spears‘ real-life troubles inspired Gwyneth Paltrow‘s character in new movie Country Strong.
Paltrow plays country singer Kelly Canter in the movie, a struggling addict fresh out of rehab who attempts to resurrect her career.
Feste tells the Los Angeles Times that she used Spears’ public 2008 meltdown as inspiration when penning the script for the movie.
“That’s where this movie came from. I mean, I was seeing what was happening in the media to Britney Spears,” she tells the Times.
“I finished the script when Michael Jackson passed away..
I think it’s tragic how we treat people who give us so much, and we love to see them knocked down to build them back up again, to knock them down again.
“It’s a weird fascination.”
Wonder what Spears makes of this.
I haven’t seen the movie, but I’m assuming Paltrow’s character prevails and shines on in the end. Just like Spears, who, incidentally, is dropping her hew new album in March.

Akshay demands Rs.27 cr to play Dawood…

It seems Salman Khan isn’t the only one in Bollywood demanding pay hikes; Akshay Kumar is trying to be a better khiladi at this game. But Akki overdid it a bit recently and he may have blown his chances of playing the dreaded underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Ekta Kapoor’s sequel to Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.
Balaji Telefilm’s head honcho, Ekta Kapoor offered Akshay to step into Emraan Hashmi’s shoes in the second part of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.
Says a source close to the film,“Ekta wants to take the sequel of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai to the next level. She felt that Akshay would be ideal for playing Dawood Ibrahim’s role.
She likes the way Akshay acts and feels that he has a lot of potential for playing challenging roles.”
But it turns out that the actor is not doing the project despite what Ekta feels about him. Grapevine has it that Akshay asked for a whopping sum of Rs 27 crore from Balaji for his role in the film.
He was told that it would be difficult to generate profits if he was paid this large a fee.
Akshay was then asked if he would reconsider the situation and reduce his fee. It seems Balaji is still waiting for a revertal on that. After that discussion, Balaji and Akshay never arrived at a negotiation.
Rumour also has it that Akshay wanted Balaji to sell the film to a corporate, so they could incur ready profits. But so far Balaji has never involved a corporate giant in their projects, so this did not work out either.
However, all’s not lost. Akshay’s name is apparently still being considered for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Part 2 at the Balaji office. But if Akki chooses to ride his high horse, he stands a chance of losing the film.
Agreed,
it’s fashionable to make big-budget films nowadays. But if actors’ fee skyrocket at this rate, it is bound to affect the quality of cinema. That actors are consistently bleeding productions houses dry is a fact the entire industry is grappling with.
While films in Bollywood continue to lose money, will actors develop a conscience and cut down a little on their remuneration? Only time will tell. In the meantime, Akki seems to have lost out on a relatively challenging role.
Besides Ekta Kapoor, Akshay too remained unavailable for comment.

A look at Salman’s comedy flick Ready…

From the bone-crushing action of Dabangg, Salman Khan now switches to comedy for director Anees Bazmee’s next film Ready.
The movie, starring Asin opposite Khan, is produced by Bhushan Kumar and is slated to release on May 27, 2011. It’s been partly shot in Sri Lanka for which there was a lot of protest down south in Tamil Nadu. Nowadays, the film is being shot in Mumbai.

Winona Ryder Worried of Having Children in Her Career

Worried, the actress Winona Ryder feared that bearing kids will reduce her possibility of having more acting careers in the future.
The female actress is planning not to start a family later on if this will damage her career in the show business. If she wanted to have a family now, she asked if there is still a great chance that she will be coming back to the movie scene after several years.
The American actress is not willing to get pregnant not only because of her role in “Black Swan”, but as well as the Hollywood’s approach to ageing actresses. She will portray Beth Maclyntyre as the prima ballerina who was then substituted by a younger dancer Nina played by the actress Natalie Portman.
She even added that it was a cool parallel being substituted by fresh others. She said that she knows that this is happening in the Hollywood today, and that it is difficult to locate excellent roles when there are newer girls around the business.