[IMG:L]1. Movie star Orlando Bloom has reportedly bought ‘girlfriend’ Penelope Cruz a pair of pearl and diamond earrings for good luck as the Spanish actress prepares for the Oscars, where she’ll compete for a Best Actress honor.
2. Two more films featuring unseen footage of late Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin will be completed within a year, according to his business partner John Stainton.
3. Drew Barrymore bought Hugh Grant an electric piano as a wrap gift after the couple had finished shooting Music and Lyrics together. As a child, Grant, who actually plays the piano in the film, was taught by Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s mother.
4. Movie bosses are planning a fourth Jaws sequel–20 years after Jaws: The Revenge failed to bite at the box office. Jaws: Rising is planned to be released directly onto DVD.
5. Bruce Willis and Queen Latifah have teamed up to produce a new documentary, The Hip Hop Project, about a homeless teenager who inspires a group of New York teens to transform their life stories into powerful art.
6. Woody Allen has a book due out this July. The collection of essays, entitled Mere Anarchy, comes 25 years after the moviemaker’s last published release.
[IMG:R]7. Actor Dermot Mulroney was among the cellists performing onstage with Gnarls Barkley at the last weekend’s Grammy Awards.
8. Pirates of the Caribbean screenwriter Terry Rossio has teamed up with Disney studio executives for a new animated talking plant movie called Plant Life.
9. Frank Miller‘s graphic novel Ronin is to be adapted for the big screen, following the recent film adaptations of his comics Sin City and 300.
10. The disaster-prone Serbian village of Zitiste is planning to unveil a huge statue of Sylvester Stallone‘s boxing movie icon Rocky Balboa. It’s hoped the installation will help attract more tourists after years of heavy flooding and landslides.
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