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Comedian STEVE CARELL is urging movie studio bosses to reconsider making a sequel to ANCHORMAN because he’s convinced a second installment will be as good as the original.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Ferrell in the tit le role, was a hit when it was released in 2004, raking in $90 million (=C2 =A360 million) in revenue on a relatively small budget of $26 million (=C2 =A317.3 million).
Plans for Anchorman 2 were subsequently announced but the idea was shel ved by Paramount executives after they rejected director Adam McKay’s $60 million (=C2=A340 million) request for funds.
But Carell, who co-starred in the comedy with Ferrell and Paul Rudd, wa nts Paramount bosses to rethink their decision.
He tells EmpireOnline.com, "I selfishly want to do it again just for th e fun of it. And I think it could be as playful and as fun as the origina l."

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JON HAMM almost quit acting before he landed his first Hollywood role in MEL GIBSON film WE WERE SOLDIERS - because he had vowed to quit by the ag e of 30 if he had yet to score a big part.
The Mad Men star worked as a full-time waiter for nearly five years in between small acting jobs and had a back-up plan to become a teacher.
And Hamm had promised himself he’d give up his acting dream just months before he landed his breakthrough role as Captain Matt Dillon in the 200 2 war drama.
He tells W magazine, "I had given myself five years to be self-sufficie nt as an actor. I was already self-sufficient as a waiter. But I knew a l ot of 40-year-old waiters and I didn’t want to be one of those. I had tau ght (at) school and I knew that I could always go back to teaching.
"I gave myself to my 30th birthday, and my 30th birthday actually happe ned on the set of We Were Soldiers, which was my first big Hollywood movi e - a Mel Gibson vehicle. I was making enough money to quit my waiting jo b."

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A representative for Filipino pop sensation CHARICE has clarified reports the teenager has undergone Botox injections ahead of her appearance on h it show GLEE, insisting the procedure was for medical purposes.
The 18 year old, who was discovered by Oprah Winfrey, was alleged to ha ve had the face-freezing injections last week (ends16Jul10) to ensure she looked "fresh on camera", according to celebrity cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo.
Belo recently revealed the singer wanted to make her "naturally round f ace" look more narrow before she begins filming on the TV musical later t his month (Jul10).
But Charice’s spokesperson insists there was nothing vain about the pro cedure - it was purely medical "to relieve a jaw problem".
The rep tells UsMagazine.com, "It did not hurt; it relieved the pain. Y ou’ve seen her face - she doesn’t have a wrinkle in it so she wouldn’t ne ed it for cosmetic purposes.
"The Glee people are thrilled with the way she looks which is why she g ot the part." However, Charice admits she is feeling the pressure to perform well on the programme.
She says, "All people will be anticipating how will Charice look? Is sh e good enough to pit against (Lea Michele’s character) Rachel Berry? So o f course there is tremendous pressure." The singer’s appearance on Glee had been shrouded in mystery until now - her manager Grace Mendoza had previously confirmed the role, only for C harice to insist she was confused.
The star will join the cast of Glee portraying a foreign exchange stude nt.

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Funnyman BILL MURRAY regrets lending his voice to animated film GARFIELD to work with his idol, comedy writer JOEL COEN - because he realised too late the part was written by a different JOEL COHEN.
The actor admits he jumped at the chance to play the fat cat in the 200 4 live-action film, loosely based on the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield - when he thought one half of the Oscar-winning Coen brothers filmmaking d uo was attached to the script.
But he didn’t realise until it was too late that another writer with a similar name had actually worked on the screenplay - and it wasn’t funny.
Murray tells America’s GQ magazine, "I thought it would be kind of fun, because doing a voice is challenging, and I’d never done that. Plus, I l ooked at the script, and it said, "So-and-so and Joel Cohen.’ And I thoug ht: ‘Christ, well, I love those Coens!’ They’re funny. So I sorta read a few pages of it and thought, ‘Yeah, I’d like to do that.’ "Finally I went out to L.A. to record my lines… and the lines got wor se and worse. And I said, ‘Okay, you better show me the whole rest of the movie, so we can see what we’re dealing with.’ So I sat down and watched the whole thing, and I kept saying, ‘Who the hell cut this this thing? W ho did this? What the f**k was Coen thinking? And then they explained it to me: it wasn’t written by Joel Coen." Joel and his brother Ethan Coen are famed for their critically-acclaime d movies Burn After Reading, No Country For Old Men and A Serious Man. (J

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WHOOPI GOLDBERG stunned viewers of her U.S. chat show THE VIEW on Monday (19Jul10) by chuckling as she confessed she was still high from a drug-in duced sleep following a late-night flight.
The comedienne, who is famously afraid of flying, couldn’t stop laughin g as she attempted to make the opening introductions on the programme.
Goldberg finally admitted she was still hazy from partying at the annua l amfAR Gala in Vienna, Austria - a benefit for AIDS research - and confe ssed she was still feeling the effects of her medication after flying bac k to New York.
She explained, "I just got back from Vienna for amfAR, because you know today kicked off the International AIDS Conference, so people from all o ver the world were there and it was an insanely huge party and I just got back.
"I may have partied too much but I have to fly drugged so I’m still sli ghtly drugged… I’m sure somewhere in me I’m still partying." (JMA/WNVVW

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KELLY OSBOURNE has suffered another devastating blow following her split from fiance LUKE WORRALL - the former couple’s beloved pet dog has died.
The 25-year-old reality TV star was left reeling after discovering her longtime partner had allegedly cheated on her, and ended the relationship earlier this month (Jul10).
Osbourne organised a trip to Las Vegas this weekend (17-18Jul10) to tak e her mind off the break-up, but she faced further heartache on her retur n after discovering her Pomerian puppy Woody had passed away.
The star revealed the sad news in a post on her Twitter.com page, writi ng, "My life just could not get any worst (sic) right now. I come home to find my dog Woody is dead." Osbourne bought the puppy just a month ago as a present for her former fiance.

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KYLIE MINOGUE has finally fulfilled her duties as an aunt - she’s jetted Down Under to meet her sister DANNII’s newborn son ETHAN.
The Spinning Around hitmaker was delighted when Dannii gave birth to he r first child at a hospital in the family’s hometown of Melbourne, Austra lia earlier this month (Jul10).
Kylie was in the middle of a hectic promotional schedule for her new al bum Aphrodite and had to delay plans to visit the baby - but she finally managed to fly out on Saturday (17Jul10), almost two weeks after the birt h.
And she wasted no time in visiting her nephew, telling her fans on Twit ter.com, "Yes… yes… YYYYEEESSS Baby Ethan is adorable, perfect and sc rumptious!!!"

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LIAM GALLAGHER’s obsession with JOHN LENNON took hold after the BEATLES l egend died - he was mesmerised by poignant images of the singer during TV tributes.
The former Oasis frontman modelled himself on the musician from the ear ly days of his career, styling his vocals and dress sense on the star.
But now he’s confessed he only began idolising Lennon after his death i n 1980 - when he saw the promo for Imagine during a news report into the Beatle’s assassination.
Gallagher tells Britain’s Sunday Times, "I was eight and I remember com ing downstairs and seeing Imagine on the telly, which was pretty haunting .. I like Lennon’s voice. It’s all about his voice, I don’t care whether h e was into peace, or into Yoko, I don’t care how big his k**b was or whet her he had one ball or f**king three balls, I just like his voice.
"It moves me, makes me sad, makes me happy, makes me angry, makes me wh atever."

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TOM JONES is in talks with THE KILLERS to record a collaboration once the band returns from hiatus.
The pop veteran has teamed up with numerous acts over the years and rel eased an album of duets, Reload, in 1999, which featured recordings with artists including Stereophonics star Kelly Jones and The Cardigans’ Nina Persson.
It’s Not Unusual hitmaker Jones admits he’s keen to head in to the stud io with The Killers and has already spoken to frontman Brandon Flowers ab out the project.
He tells NME.com, "I’ve spoken to Brandon Flowers. He said he admired w hat I’d done in my career. There’s a connection there because he’s from L as Vegas, and of course I’ve performed there so many times over the years ..
"The material has to be right. That’s always been my main concern, with whichever people I’ve worked with."

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Rockers VAMPIRE WEEKEND have spoken out about the multi-million dollar le gal battle over their album cover art - calling the lawsuit "frustrating" ..
The band is facing legal action from Kristen Kennis, the blonde feature d on the front of their second album, Contra, who has filed a $2 million (=C2=A31.3 million) lawsuit in Los Angeles alleging she never gave permis sion for the 1983 snap to be used on the cover.
Frontman Ezra Koenig admits he’s baffled by the legal wrangling as none of the rockers have any idea how the case will play out, insisting he’s "frustrated" because they can’t give their side of the story.
He tells NME.com, "I think I can speak for all of us and say this is th e first time any of us have ever been sued, so we’re still learning how i t works. There’s so many things we could say about it but given we have n o experience of it we’re just keeping conversations to a journal for now, which is a little frustrating.
"There’s nothing we can say about it. We’re not trying to be mysterious .. I imagine in the next few months there’ll be plenty to talk about. Give n it’s our first time we just want to do it properly."

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LADY GAGA has made her debut as an artist with her first piece of work ex hibited in London.
The pop star donated a sculptural piece to the SHOWstudio.com shop in t he British capital for a show titled Inside/Out.
The work consists of a white urinal lying on its side, with an inscript ion in black pen on the inner basin, reading: "I’m not f**king Duchamp bu t I love p**sing with you" - a reference to Marcel Duchamp’s famous 1917 urinal Fountain sculpture.
The piece, named Armitage Shanks, is thought to have been picked up by the singer during a recent photoshoot for Vogue Hommes Japan, which saw h er pose as a man.
The exhibition also features a video of the singer taken by famed photo grapher Nick Knight, according to Vogue.co.uk.

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AEROSMITH bassist TOM HAMILTON has confirmed guitarist JOE PERRY will joi n the band on its U.S. tour later this month (Jul10), just days after he was injured in a motorcycle accident.
Perry sustained unknown injuries after his motorcycle was struck by a c ar at traffic lights in Taunton, Massachusetts on Thursday (15Jul10).
The rocker, 59, was taken by ambulance to the nearby Morton Hospital an d Medical Center where he was treated and released.
But Hamilton insists the band’s previously announced U.S. tour, which i s scheduled to begin on 23 July (10) in Oakland, California, will go on a s planned - and Perry is expected to take the stage.
In an interview with Boston’s Fox 25 News radio programme on Friday (16 Jul10), Hamilton said: "He’s doing good. He’s a bit sore today, but he’s well, and we’re looking forward to heading out to the West Coast (on) Wed nesday to start doing some touring in the States." Perry has suffered from knee pain for years and had a total knee replac ement operation in 2008.
The driver who allegedly struck Perry, 62-year-old Linda O’Brien, has b een cited for following a vehicle too closely.

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Engaged actress JANE KRAKOWSKI is adamant she won’t follow in the footste ps of her ALLY MCBEAL co-star CALISTA FLOCKHART by eloping with her fianc e - because she’s enjoying making elaborate plans for her big day.
Flockhart and her longtime partner Harrison Ford married in secret last month (Jun10) in a low-key ceremony in New Mexico with only one guest - the actress’ nine-year-old adopted son Liam.
And although Krakowski admits she’s thrilled for her friend, she’s look ing forward to a big wedding when she marries designer Robert Godley, who proposed to her over Christmas (09).
She tells People.com, "My parents would kill me (if I eloped). It (Floc khart’s wedding) didn’t surprise me. I think they’re such a great couple.
"We’re very much enjoying being engaged. We are still just looking, and we haven’t even been looking that hard… I see that people got married in the Caribbean and people got married in Italy, and I’m like, ‘Well, th ose all sound good. Maybe we should do that!’ "I loved Gwen Stefani’s wedding dress. I’d like to pick something that’ s non-traditional, whether it’s short and a mini skirt or a very high-fas hion cocktail dress, or that sort of Gwen Stefani version." (LR/WNWCPL/ZN

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ASHTON KUTCHER turned his promotional trip to Australia into a thrill-see king adventure by taking time off to complete a skydive.
The actor flew to Sydney on Friday (16Jul10) to promote his latest movi e Killers, and he spent his first day Down Under visiting a wildlife sanc tuary. After cuddling koalas, the actor headed outside of the city in sea rch of an adrenaline rush and signed up for a day’s skydiving.
He revealed his plans in a series of messages on his Twitter.com page, posting a picture of himself wearing a flight suit and telling fans, "I t hink I’m gonna jump out of a plane." The actor later confirmed he was "back on earth" and posted a picture o f his certificate.
He completed his trip to Sydney with a cruise round the city’s famous h arbour on Saturday (17Jul10) and a meal of kangaroo steak.
Kutcher will continue his promotional tour of Australia by flying to Me lbourne later this week (beg19Jul10).

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American film, TV and voice actor KIP KING has died, aged 72.
King, born Jerome C. Kattan, passed away on 15 July (10) after a long i llness. Further details surrounding his cause of death were not released as WENN went to press.
He was an original member of The Groundlings comedy troupe but was best known for providing the voice of Tailor Smurf in the hit U.S. 1980s anim ated series The Smurfs.
He also voiced TV characters including Shecky in The Biskitts and Ronal d Sandler in Charlie & Company.
Other TV credits included guest appearances on Dragnet, The Bill Cosby Show, Reno 911, Saturday Night Live and Bollywood Hero.
He is survived by his son, comedian Chris Kattan.

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LINDSAY LOHAN has warned fans not to fall victim to online scams as they search for news of her personal problems - urging curious followers to be wary of internet traps which could infect computers with a virus.
The Mean Girls star has hit headlines in recent weeks after she was sen tenced to 90 days in jail for violating her parole relating to a 2007 DUI arrest. She also checked into rehab last week (beg12Jul10) ahead of the start of her sentence.
But Lohan is afraid fans desperate for news could become easy targets f or internet fraudsters and is urging them to only click on links to reput able news providers.
She says in a statement, "I know I am very newsworthy, especially with everything going on and I’d hate to see my current situation cause frustr ation or damage to my fans. If my friends and fans want to know what’s go ing on with me, they need to stick to reliable news media outlets and not click on just any link in a search result. Better yet, please follow my Twitter feed and get the news straight from me!" Lohan has also teamed up with software company Norton to provide tips o n searching the internet for news safely and avoiding fake web pages whic h could infect computers with viruses, spyware and other malicious progra ms.

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Action man SYLVESTER STALLONE is convinced getting hurt on a movie set is a "good omen", because all the films which have left him with serious in juries have done well at the box office.
The 64-year-old Hollywood star has never been afraid to perform death-d efying stunts in his blockbusters, because taking health risks has always paid off.
He tells U.S. magazine Maxim, "It’s a good omen. Every film I’ve done w here I got injured has turned out great. Rocky II was 60 stitches; Rocky III was a concussion; the last Rambo was a bruised artery. Ones where I c ome out unscathed? Disasters." But Stallone recently admitted he will have to let go of his superstiti on and stop doing stunt work, after seriously injuring his shoulder and b ack in a fight sequence with wrestler Steve Austin on the set of his new film The Expendables.
His doctor has told him he will risk spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair if he continues with his daredevil antics.
Stallone told Cigar Aficionado magazine, "I couldn’t do this again. Thi s is it, there’s nothing left. I have had four operations since the film.
The doctor says that if I hurt my neck again, that’s it - paralysis or w orse. I don’t want to hear that but it’s a fact."

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LIAM NEESON is still flooded with sympathy letters from fans, almost 18 m onths after the death of his wife NATASHA RICHARDSON.
The actress passed away in March last year (09) after suffering a brain injury in a skiing accident in Montreal, Canada.
Devastated fans of the couple are still sending notes of condolence to widower Neeson and the couple’s two children Michael, 15, and Daniel, 13 - and he has now spoken out to thank them for their support.
The Schindler’s List star tells Britain’s Sunday Express, "We’re doing good. To be honest, we’re taking each day as it comes. I’m still getting extraordinary condolence letters from people. It’s deeply, deeply touchin g."

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