Matthew McConaughey is easing into the prime of his life.
Turning 40, the actor said on his MySpace page: “The 30s were good to me and I’m really looking forward to my 40s, ’cause I’m a late bloomer. Got everything I need for a perfect 40th – a happy and healthy lady, son, and another baby on the way.”
Indeed. McConaughey, who once dated Penelope Cruz, put on a monster bash to fete the milestone. Guests, who partied until after 4am, were treated to a performance by country musician Jamey Johnson.
McConaughey in his recap said: “There were some epic stories told, lot of laughs and definitely some roasting. Somehow, no blood or glass broken.”
The good ol’ Texan boy added he was planning to spend “some more time with my family and friends today, grillin’ steaks and sippin’ beers, celebratin’ more to live for”.
Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp is reportedly in talks to star with Angelina Jolie in new movie The Tourist.
Depp, 46, is said to be negotiating a role in the movie where he will play an American tourist who is drawn into a web of intrigue by a female Interpol agent, who will be played by Jolie, as she tries to find a criminal who was once her lover.
Graham King from GK Films is financing and distributing the movie, and production is scheduled to start in February following a shift of elements after the departure of two of the crew.
Avatar’s Sam Worthington left the movie along with the director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck over alleged creative differences.
It is claimed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron, 47, may helm the flick.
Jennifer’s Body star Megan Fox has said she ‘really hates’ being single as it’s ‘uncomfortable’.
The 23-year-old recently reunited with her on/off fiance Brian Austin Green, 36, and she said she isn’t a fan of singledom.
Asked if she likes being in a relationship, she said: “Oh, I love it, yes. I really hate being single, don’t you? It’s just very uncomfortable. Who likes dating? I just don’t like it.”
Megan also said that she may appear confident but she is not always secure within herself.
She said: “No, I have a fear of public speaking. Every time I have to be onstage or at an awards show, I get so petrified.”
Megan added: “No, I’m not tough, I just don’t let people push me around, I guess. Is that your definition of tough?”
Director Danny Boyle has reportedly been left “tired” and “very upset” after failing to reach an agreement concerning money with the families of the children, who starred in his Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire.
Boyle is said to have flown to India to meet with organisers of his Jai Ho Trust, which was set up to support the film’s child stars Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali, after their starring roles helped the movie smash box-office records worldwide.
But the children’s families have reportedly demanded more cash from the trust fund.
Boyle has allegedly now been asked to provide a car for Ismail’s relatives, while Ali’s family wants a further £30,000 in addition to the £50,000 that they have already received for an apartment.
But the British film-maker has reportedly become fed up with the requests for more money and has left India, according to a spokesperson for the Trust.
The rep said: “He is tired, really tired. The demands are now sky-rocketing…
“Danny is frustrated at these demands and has left India for England. He is very, very upset.”
A California court set a date to hear oral arguments in the 30-year-old case against Oscar-winning fugitive director Roman Polanski.
The state’s appeals court will hear oral arguments on December 10 from Polanski’s attorneys about why it should require a lower court to rule on whether or not to dismiss the charges relating to alleged unlawful sex with a minor in 1977.
Despite the case recently coming back into the spotlight with Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland, the director had appealed in July a Los Angeles Superior Court decision not to dismiss the original criminal case because Polanski was not present.
He was set to lodge another bail request after two were knocked back by the Swiss for fear his flight risk is too high. Polanski’s lawyer Herve Temime said he was planning to offer a very significant cash amount. Polanski remains detained in a Zurich jail.
Gordon Ramsay is taking another top British show to the US – the BBC’s long-running series, MasterChef.
The celebrity chef will star in and co-produce the American version of the show – which first aired in the UK in 1990 – on Fox TV.
“[It's] a huge reality format that works great in other countries, plus Gordon Ramsay guarantees success,” said Mike Darnell, president of alternative entertainment at Fox.
“Gordon is like our CSI.”
The executive producer of the show, Howard T Owens, added: “This is a huge, nationwide search for the best amateur chef in America.
“It’s about people who are lawyers, construction workers and stay-at-home mums, but whose real passion is to make great food.
“This is their shot to prove they have what it takes.”
An Australian edition of the show has already been very successful – the series finale was one of the country’s most-watched programmes in a decade, when it aired earlier this year.
MasterChef is the third series that Ramsay will front in the US for Fox TV.
He also appears in Hell’s Kitchens and Kitchen Nightmares.
Following a legal threat from Dina Lohan, her ex-husband Michael Lohan has claimed he had no choice but to go public with his concerns about their daughter Lindsay.
Dina Lohan in a New York Post interview said Michael would be receiving a cease and desist letter regarding his public comments about Lindsay and her alleged prescription drug abuse.
But Michael said he had exhausted private avenues. “To begin with, I have been trying for a year to help Lindsay with her problems privately through Lindsay, her mom, her attorney Blair Berk and even her new attorney Shawn Holley and the courts.”
He added: “When that didn’t work and the calls I was getting from Dina and Lindsay needed immediate attention, it was recommended to me to go public, like Martin Sheen and others did, in order to put pressure on Lindsay.”
Lindsay, meanwhile, was reportedly taking steps to have a restraining order placed against her father and saying she wanted to change her surname. She has slammed his actions as publicity seeking and lies.
Michael said: “Now that Dina and Lindsay continue to lie and deny their problems, and even make up stories about me, now you will see and hear Lindsay’s calls and texts. I am not the liar, they are. Hopefully then, they will realise how deceptive and in denial they are and finally realise that lying and denial are part of their addictions. I am sorry I had to take this route, but I have tried and tried to help Linds and I have been lied about long enough.”
He concluded: “As far as Lindsay is concerned, if she goes into a rehab, I will stop.”
Actress Thandie Newton has said that RocknRolla director Guy Ritchie is an “acquired taste”.
Newton, 36, played the role of Gerard Butler’s character One Two’s accountant Stella in the 2008 film that was directed by Ritchie, 41.
She said to Britain’s Live magazine: “Guy Ritchie is an acquired taste. But I like him. He is a no-messing-about kind of director.
“I love how straight-talking he is and sometimes it’s confrontational, but what he does say is on the money every time.”
Newton, who is mum to two young daughters Ripley and Nico, admitted that one of her worst habits is swearing.
She added: “I am terrible for swearing. There’s always a lot of swearing on film sets and I’m so bad that my kids say: ‘Stop it Mummy!’ They’re always telling me off.
“I love hanging out with the boys on a set – it’s almost more relaxing than hanging out with the girls.”
Much-admired former US supermodel Cindy Crawford says she would not make it in today’s modelling world.
But contrary to what might be expected as the reason, Crawford says she’s too curvy and robust-looking.
“I would not have become a supermodel in 2009. I look too healthy,” Crawford told the German celebrity magazine Bunte.
Crawford became the toast of the modelling world in the 1980s and 90s after a brief stint studying chemical engineering.
She said that a “body like mine with big breasts, normal thighs and toned upper arms” was no longer sought in today’s modelling and fashion industry.
Crawford is often credited with looking fabulous in her forties. At 43, she said she was happy with her physique but concerned about aging and wrinkles and bulges.
“That’s why I like being in my 40s so much,” she said. “Being at peace with yourself, knowing about your strengths beyond being pretty.”
Mel Gibson’s pregnant fiancee has refused to sign a prenuptial agreement that would guarantee her $5million a year for up to 10 years.
Oksana Grigorieva, whose baby with Gibson is due in early December, has refused the offer, according to a US tabloid. Gibson, meanwhile, is divorcing his wife of 28 years, Robyn Moore.
A source said: “Oksana gave Mel a kick in the head when she flat-out refused to sign the prenuptial agreement. Mel’s offer was generous – $5million a year for up to 10 years. But Oksana wants all or nothing.”
Grigorieva was reported to have refused a prenup with a former fiance, Timothy Dalton, with whom she had a child. The Russian songstress, who recorded an album with Gibson’s support, left Dalton.
The source continued: “The same thing happened when she was engaged to Timothy Dalton – and she walked away. She had Timothy’s baby, but refused to marry him because he insisted on a prenup to protect his fortune. Oksana was offended by it – and now she’s telling Mel the same thing. Mel is seriously conflicted by Oksana’s reaction. He’s such a God-fearing Catholic, he’s adamant that getting married to her is the right thing to do. But she’s stubborn. She’ll give him up before she’ll sign. She’s done it before.”
This Is It director Kenny Ortega has said he pulled out of the remake of Footloose because he needed a break after shooting the Jacko movie.
The 59-year-old was set to direct the remake of the 1984 flick, but he said the Jackson movie wasn’t planned and he needed a break after making it.
Talking about his departure from the film, he said: “It was not planned. None of this [This Is It film] was happening when I started working on Footloose with Paramount.
“I honestly love the team I was working with on it – Craig Zadan, Brad Weston, Neil Meron and Dylan Sellers, the actors. It had been a wonderful couple of years developing the idea but I really need to take a break.
Pamela Anderson has denied reports that she is to appear on UK reality shows such as I’m A Celebrity and Celebrity Big Brother.
The 42-year-old was rumoured to be appearing on the UK shows, but she has now denied the reports.
Talking about the show I’m A Celebrity, she said to the UK newspaper Metro: “Hell, no! No way, no. Never.”
She added about Celebrity Big Brother: “Absolutely not. No and no.”
Pamela recently worked with 2008 I’m A Celebrity winner Joe Swash on a new reality show for Living and she denied his claims that he had sniffed her knickers.
She said: “He wasn’t even in my house, so there you go. Ha ha. It must have been a pair of my manager’s wife’s knickers. Sorry Wendy!”
Pamela also gave her views on the British model Katie Price, also known as Jordan.
She said: “I think she is great. She has made a business for herself and her family.”
