1. Blockbuster sequel Spider-Man 3 will have its star-studded premiere in Japan. Studio bosses have shunned Hollywood to launch the movie in Tokyo. The Tobey Maguire-starring film will also open in Japanese movie theaters three days before the rest of the world, on May 1.
2. Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne paid tribute to tragic model/actress Anna Nicole Smith at her funeral in the Bahamas last week by sending a wreath of daisies and roses that spelled ‘Anna’ to the burial site in Nassau.
3. British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen‘s Oscar-nominated movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has made the central Asian country one of the most popular vacation destinations for 2007, with worldwide travelers naming the destination their must-see tourist spot of this year.
4. Rocker Steven Van Zandt was the first choice to play Tony Soprano on hit mob series The Sopranos, but the guitarist/actor landed the role of Silvio Dante.
5. Rachel McAdams has throughout her career turned down a variety of roles, including the romantic leads in Mission: Impossible III and Casino Royale and Anne Hathaway‘s parts in The Devil Wears Prada and the upcoming Get Smart.
6. Superstar Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie dressed up as a 1920s flapper and NYPD police officer for a fancy dress party at the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles last weekend.
7. Best Supporting Actress nominee Cate Blanchett reported a $100,000 diamond and alligator handbag stolen from her hotel room the day before the Oscars.
8. Pamela Anderson is rebuilding her Malibu, California, home so it will be completely solar powered.
9. British comedian Steve Coogan will play a psychiatrist on the hit HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm.
10. Hollywood cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, who worked on United 93 and The Wind That Shakes the Barley, is behind a new U.K. anti-smoking campaign in the run up to a smoking ban in England and Wales.
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