Joaquin Phoenix macking Ghost Rider's Girl!?

EVA MENDES has laughed off rumours of a romance with her WE OWN THE NIGHT co-star JOAQUIN PHOENIX - after they dined together after work. The Latina actress has been dating director GEORGE GARGUREVICH for the past five years, but is constantly reported to be romantically entwined with her leading men. She says, "God, we went out to dinner together. We were working together so, of course, you'd go out and have a meal after work. Why wouldn't you? "I'm a grown woman! Do you think I'd be making out with somebody? I stopped doing that when I was 14. Yuck!"

Personally I think they would had made a really cute couple...

ShoWest Taps Dawson for Actress Nod

Rosario Dawson will be honored as supporting actress of the year at ShoWest, the film industry convention that will be held March 12-15 at the Bally's and Paris hotels in Las Vegas. The actress, who appeared in Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City," will next appear in Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's "Grindhouse," which Dimension Films will release April 6. "We just know that Ms. Dawson is going to electrify audiences worldwide with her performance in the eagerly anticipated 'Grindhouse,' " Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of the event, said in announcing the award, which will be presented at ShoWest's closing-night ceremony March 15. Dawson, a native of New York, made her film debut in 1995's "Kids." Her credits also include "Sidewalks of New York" and "Men in Black 2." Dawson also is starring in "Descent," the first film she has produced, for director Talia Lugacy. The film will premiere in April at the Tribeca Film Festival. She will be seen later this year in "Killshot," directed by John Madden, and also is on tap for Rodriguez and Frank Miller's "Sin City 2."
ShoWest is managed by Nielsen Business Media, parent company of The Hollywood Reporter.

Oh The Drama!

Marc Anthony has been embarrassed by a photo he posed for with a photographer charged with heroin possession and child pornography.

The candid snapshot, taken backstage at a New York concert Anthony headlined in 2004, is being used to prove the Latino singer had a relationship with photographer Michael Star, who is set to stand trial in the US after fleeing to Colombia.

The picture has been posted on Latino newspaper El Diario's website as part of a story suggesting Anthony was a friend of Star's.

But even Star's closest friends insist the photographer merely used Anthony's name and the photo to help him peddle his sick trade.

Rosa Sanabria admits the snapper used his so-called relationship with Anthony to lure young girls to his photo studio.

She tells the National Enquirer, "This guy is a monster and a sick person. It's awful for Marc to be dragged into this."

To make matters worse for the singer, Sanabria reveals Star will attempt to call Anthony to testify on his behalf when his trial comes to court.

"The Kill Pit"

DeMonaco’s eight-hour drama series “The Kill Pit,” begins production later this month in Pittsburgh, with Steve Shill (”The Sopranos”) directing the first four episodes. “Kill Pit,” revolves around a downtown bank robbery by a team of American Iraqi-War veterans. More than a dozen hostages from all walks of life are taken, ranging from the daughter of a business tycoon to an adulterous couple. Throughout the eight-hour event, viewers will follow the escalating action as the volatile soldiers plot their way out, the negotiator anticipates their moves and the hostages desperately try to survive. Time is critical and the game intensifies with surprising twists at every turn. John Leguizamo will play Wolf, the leader of the robbers, Donnie Wahlberg as Horst Cali and Jennifer Ferrin as Chloe.

Ricky Martin In Festive Mood

SINGING idol Ricky Martin headlined at the 48th annual International Song Festival in Vina del Mar, Chile over the weekend. The Santiago Times reported that audiences were entertained with musical performances, a beauty competition, comic acts and other entertainment.

Musicians are awarded statues of torches and seagulls for their excellence in different categories.
This year’s international draws included Tom Jones (UK), Bryan Adams (Canada), Martin (Puerto Rico), Fito Paez and Gustavo Cerati (Argentina) and La Oreja de Van Gogh and Ana Torroja (Spain).

Chilean musicians included Los Tres, Los Bunkers, Lucybell, Mario Guerrero, and Kudai.

Gilmore Girls Tonight

A BABY SHOWER, A JOB INTERVIEW AND A BOAT TRIP ?? While she is in the midst of planning Lane's (Keiko Agena) baby shower, Rory (Alexis Bledel) gets a long-awaited call from The New York Times offering her an informational interview. Lorelai (Lauren Graham) takes over the shower-planning duties, and finds herself brokering peace between Lane and Mrs. Kim (Emily Kuroda) over how Lane plans to raise her twins. Logan (Matt Czuchry) finally admits his business disaster to Rory, who offers him her full support, but when Logan announces that he is flying to Las Vegas to blow off steam with his old college pals Colin and Finn, Rory is disappointed and worried. When Luke (Scott Patterson) discovers that Liz (Kathleen Wilhoite) and T.J. (Michael DeLuise) are trying to sell his boat, he decides to make some changes in his life and take April (Vanessa Marano) on a long boat trip over the summer. Finally, Lane is put on bed-rest and must be wheeled through Stars Hollow in her bed to attend the shower at Miss Patty's (Liz Torres).

New 'LOST' Means More Kiele

In a recent interview this week with LOST co-executive producers Kitsis and Horowitz confirmed that the rest of the third season is set to explore the backstories of Claire (Emilie de Ravin) and Sayid (Naveen Andrews), as well as the two new background survivors that have been gradually introduced this year, namely Paulo (Rodrigo Santoro) and Nikki (Kiele Sanchez).

LOST airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

Here's a sneak clip of tomorrows episode with Kiele:

Kind of funny though, how LOST loses one Rican (Michelle Rodriguez) and gains another between seasons. I rooting to see Rosie Perez in season four, can you just imagine her voice and heavy New York Rican accent among all those soft spoken actors?

Freddie Prinze the 3rd

Rumors are spreading that Freddie Prinze Jr.'s wife of five years, actress Sarah Michelle Gellar best known for her role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer is expecting after spotted at a Elton John's Oscar Party wearing a loose dress.

John Leguizamo at Vanity Fair Oscar Party

John was hiding from me! I didn't see him whatsoever during the Oscars last night nor on the red carpet, but here he is living it up at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party and Queen Latifah's Vibe Magazine Hollywood Pre-Oscar Party:

Drink up!

"I'm too sexy for these sunglasses, too sexy for these sunglasses, too sexy yeah!"

"I'm too sexy for this palm tree, too sexy for this palm tree, too sexy yeah!"

"I'm not sexier than Tyrese, not sexier than Tyrese, not sexier yeah!"

Sorry, John...but have you seen the body on Tyrese? Gawd!

Rican Eye For the Rican Guy...

From eonline.com

While Ellen hosts the 79th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater, I'm at West Hollywood’s East/West Lounge in a cozy VIP room for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Jai Rodriguez's viewing party. He has invited a bunch of close friends, and it seems like everyone is rooting for Jennifer Hudson. “She’s the ultimate dream story,” an adorable little man tells me. (And again, as we now know, she's a Dreamgirl come true.)

About halfway through the show, Sara Ramirez’s commercial as the new Dove spokeswoman plays, and the entire VIP bunch starts clapping for their fellow Oscars viewer. “It’s so embarrassing,” the Grey’s Anatomy starlet says, as she turns away from the screen. Hey, there’s nothing to be shy about, considering she looks stunning. But she doesn’t have to worry for long, because Jai quickly grabs everyone’s attention. “Shhh!!! Celine’s on!” he exclaims. His gays sit and listen, and I take that as my cue to sneak over to the Abbey for The Envelope Please 6th Annual Oscar Party.

Ricky's Casa For Sell!

Ricky Martin is selling his Florida waterfront mansion for a crisp $16.9 million. The ginormous Mediterranean style crib features 7 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. The Miami palace boasts a few famous neighbors too; Matt Damon and Shakira.

Ricky bought the house back in May 2005 for a mere $10 million.

Jesus a Puerto Rican, huh?

Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda the Puerto Rican L. Ron Hubbard (Founder of Scientology) as like to call him. Was interviewed by The Today Show where he talked about being Jesus Christ, what he preaches to his followers and why he is the second coming of the Lord.

Here's a quote from the interview that had me laughing:

If it's a cult, it's the best cult I've ever seen. It's a nice cult, I'm proud to lead a cult like this.

Riight buddy, here's the interview:

Cheese

Jennifer laughs at Marc as he playfully takes pictures of the photographers on the red carpet of the 79th Annual Academy Awards.

Muniz New Do

Frankie Muniz, was spotted yesterday at the Auto Club 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race sporting the Mohawk hairdo. The reporter of the sighting stated he looked like a young Xtreme skateboarder.

Freddie New TV Pilot

Freddie Prinze Jr. will star in CBS'comedy pilot, Atlanta. From Paul Reiser, the show revolves around a funny and charming ad executive (Prinze) and a woman who meet at a funeral and can't stay away from each other, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Ricans at 79th Annual Academy Awards

Jennifer presented Dreamgirls during the show.

Oddball Spirit

In the oddball spirit of the Spirit Awards, several unusual musical numbers kept attendees' toes tapping. Taylor Dane sang a tribute to Little Miss Sunshine to the tune of "We Are Family,": "Screwed up family/Such dysfunctionality" and Rosario Dawson performed an ode to Half Nelson to the melody of "Son of a Preacher Man,": "The only one who reached out to me/ Was a crack-headed teacher man." By the show's the end, the sun was just sinking on the Pacific Ocean, leaving independent-minded revelers enough time to party and still get their pre-Oscar beauty sleep.

What's Poppin' With Nina Sky

From R&B Week:

They've been working on a new joint called The Musical. The album is said to be touched by Scott Storch, Ryan Leslie, Cipha Sounds, Solitair, Cool & Dre, Salaam Remi, The Jettsonz and a few others. Features include Rick Ross, Trey Songz, Ne-Yo, Styles P. & Sheek Louch.

Here is a clip of Nina Sky in the studio with the Jettsonz. Sometimes you gotta get a good vibe going in the studio in order to pop off a hit.

The first single off of The Musical is "Sugar Daddy."

Nina Sky In Studio w/ The Jettsonz
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Kirk Acevedo in New TV Series 'The Black Donnellys'

From the Oscar-winning writers of Crash and the writer of Million Dollar Baby comes the new NBC drama The Black Donnellys. The series follows the exploits of four young, working-class Irish-American brothers and their involvement in organized crime in New York City. The Donnelly brothers will do anything to protect each other against all odds.

The story was inspired by writer Bobby Moresco’s experiences growing up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The cast includes: Jonathan Tucker, Billy Lush, Olivia Wilde, and Kirk Acevedo.

The Black Donnellys Premieres on the 26th of February 2007 at 10:04 PM on NBC.

Retro Puerto Rico

Signs of chic already are creeping into a place once regarded for its laid-back funkiness. The 2-year-old Bravo Beach Hotel, whose minimalist lines were reshaped from a former hacienda house turned motel, sports Frette sheets and iPod docking stations in its nine guest rooms and villa. At Thanksgiving, actor Benicio Del Toro dined on the VIP terrace (the first VIP anything on the island), and its wine-tasting room and sushi bar host a New York City clientele that pops over for long weekends. New restaurants serving nouvelle Caribbean cuisine have joined spots dishing out typical rice-and-beans criolla fare.

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