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TOM CRUISE and filmmaker J.J. ABRAMS are to team up for another MISSION: = IMPOSSIBLE.
Abrams, who directed Cruise in the third Mission: Impossible, has signe= d on for the fourth film in the franchise, which Cruise will star in and = produce.
And Paramount studio bosses already have a release date - the film will= go up against The Hangover sequel on Memorial Day weekend next year (11)= ..
The Mission: Impossible franchise has grossed more than $1.4 billion (=C2= =A3875,000) globally.

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TWISTED TOWER DIRE rocker SCOTT WALDROP regrets not making peace with his= former bandmate ANTHONY ‘TONY’ TAYLOR before he died in a traffic accide= nt on Saturday (06Feb10).
Taylor, 42, lost control of his Harley Davidson motorcycle and crashed = into a palm tree in Naples, Florida. He was transported to a hospital in = Fort Myers, where he was pronounced dead.
Now grieving guitarist Waldrop is urging fans to reconcile with estrang= ed loved ones - because he’s filled with remorse after failing to patch u= p his differences with Taylor, who left the heavy metal band years ago.
He says, "I’m still having trouble believing it. He and I wrote a lot o= f music together, travelled all over and even worked construction togethe= r outside of the band over the course of 10 years.
"Thanks for everyone’s condolences, but please keep his wife and kids i= n your thoughts/prayers as their loss is unimaginable to me. He was one o= f my closest friends (like a big brother), but, after personal problems, = he split from the band and moved to Florida three years ago. I hadn’t spo= ken with him since.
"Make peace with your family and friends. Life and death are random and= you may never get the chance to settle petty differences." (PAW/WNWCBBM/=

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KASABIAN star TOM MEIGHAN landed the honour of showing off England’s away= soccer strip at a concert in Paris, France on Monday night (08Feb10).
The frontman bounded onto the stage at the Olympia Theatre, wearing the= new top, which is a throwback to the one the nation’s 1966 team wore whe= n they won the World Cup.
The shirt will debut at the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.
Meighan tells the NME, "I’m the first person to wear it (shirt) which i= s crazy. They said they wanted to take it away from the footballers for o= nce and do something up to date. They wanted to combine with rock ‘n’ rol= l… I’m honoured to wear it." Umbro spokesperson Trevor Cairns explained that the label had chosen Ka= sabian for the honour because the band, "like England, represented the na= tion abroad."

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Country music veteran-turned-activist NAOMI JUDD has thrown her support b= ehind TAYLOR SWIFT after the young LOVE STORY singer was heavily criticis= ed for her performance with STEVIE NICKS at the Grammy Awards.
Swift’s off-key duet with the Fleetwood Mac star has been put down to n= erves and sound problems onstage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, an= d Judd - the mother of actress Ashley and country singer Wynonna - has th= e four-time Grammy winner’s back.
In a letter to the editor of The Tennessean, Judd, calls Swift a "dazzl= ing performer" and attributes Swift’s less-than-perfect Grammy performanc= e to her just having a bad night.
She writes, "Having sung many times at the Grammys, I can tell you that= the stress and anxiety of performing in front of the world’s top artists= in every genre of music is tortuous for even the most seasoned singer." And Judd concludes, "If there’s an award for being the best role model = for her generation, I’d like to be the one to give it to Taylor Swift." (=

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STEVEN TYLER has confirmed he tried out as ROBERT PLANT’s replacement in = LED ZEPPELIN - and he’ll never forget the experience.
Aerosmith bandmate Joe Perry recently revealed Tyler secretly auditione= d for the supergroup - but rehearsals were "shambolic" because the singer= wasn’t familiar with Led Zep’s catalogue and was under the impression th= e classic rockers were recording new material.
But Tyler insists the rehearsals were a great experience: "The kid in m= e was dying. I got to sing every song from Black Dog up and down and I’ll= never forget it as long as I live." He tells VH1, "I don’t think a band like theirs needs a singer like me.= They already had the best; they were the best."

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VINCE VAUGHN’s movie wife MALIN AKERMAN has given the actor the thumbs up= as a husband - a month after he wed real estate agent KYLA WEBER.
The Swingers star married Weber at the beginning of the year (02Jan10) = and his Couples Retreat ‘wife’ has no doubt Vaughn is the perfect husband= ..
She tells People.com, "(He’ll make a) wonderful real husband." And Akerman thinks the newlyweds make the perfect couple after bonding = with Vaughn and his then-wife-to-be on the set of Couple’s Retreat in Bor= a Bora.
She adds, "We’re all in love with his wife… Just watching them on set= , they’re really lovely together."

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THE HANGOVER star BRADLEY COOPER has confirmed the hit comedy’s sequel is= all ready to go after the cast and director TODD PHILLIPS agreed on a lo= cation and storyline.
The film was one of 2009’s biggest hits and the stars of the movie - Co= oper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha - wanted to make sure= a sequel would be a good idea before agreeing to do it.
He says, "The four of us got together and toyed around with the idea of= where it was going to be and what happens and Todd Phillips came up with= this hilarious opening that I hope stays." The first film was set in Las Vegas and chronicled a stag weekend gone = wrong.

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PRETTY WOMAN director GARRY MARSHALL is taking JAMIE FOXX’s advice and pu= shing forward with a movie remake of his hit TV sitcom LAVERNE & SHIRLEY = with new best pals JESSICA BIEL and JENNIFER GARNER in the title roles.
The actresses became bosom buddies on the set of Marshall’s new film Va= lentine’s Day, prompting their co-star to suggest they’d be perfect for a= Laverne & Shirley remake.
And Marshall admits he’s committed to making the movie, which will feat= ure cameos from his sister Penny and Cindy Williams - the original Lavern= e & Shirley.
He says, "We’re gonna work on that. My sister Penny and Cindy are going= to be a guest cameo (sic)." And Garner can’t wait to work with her new best friend: "Are you kiddin= g? We’re dying to do it."

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EMILY BLUNT was named a last-minute recipient of a 2010 Chopin Virtuoso A= ward - after GABOUREY SIDIBE was unable to attend the Santa Barbara Inter= national Film Festival in California.
Sidibe was selected for her stand-out performance in Precious: Based on= the Novel Push by Sapphire, alongside Carey Mulligan (An Education), Sao= irse Ronan (The Lucky Bones) and Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man) to rec= eive the prize, which recognises emerging actors in Hollywood.
But scheduling conflicts prevented the newcomer from attending the cere= mony, so Young Victoria star Blunt joined the SBIFF Virtuosos winners lin= e-up on Sunday (07Feb10), accepting a statuette and participating in a qu= estion and answer session with her fellow honourees.
Sidibe will accept her Virtuoso Award on Friday (12Feb10) during a spec= ial segment in the SBIFF Cinema Vanguard Awards, where The Lovely Bones s= tar Stanley Tucci will be honoured.
Last year’s (09) Virtuosos were Viola Davis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Sally Ha= wkins, Richard Jenkins, Melissa Leo and Michael Shannon.

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RYAN REYNOLDS’ new GREEN HORNET film has become a star-studded affair - T= IM ROBBINS and PETER SARSGAARD have signed on to play father and son in t= he film.
Robbins will play Senator Hammond in the Martin Campbell film and Sarsg= aard his villainous son, Dr. Hector Hammond.
Based on the DC Comics superhero, filming will begin in New Orleans, Lo= uisiana in March, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Reynolds will play HAl Jordan (aka The Green Hornet) in the movie. (KL/=

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BRUCE WILLIS found his second wife, EMMA HEMING, in a gym during a self-i= mposed relationship ban.
The movie star admits he had turned his "back on love" and spent four y= ears casually dating, refusing to commit, when he met the model while wor= king out.
He tells Men’s Journal magazine, "My stance was to just keep saying no = (to relationships) but I did know that you’re unlikely to find your wife = - or any partner - in a nightclub or in a bar.
"I married someone I had already known for three years from working out= at the same gym. That doesn’t happen very often."

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R&B beauties ALICIA KEYS and BEYONCE added a touch of glamour to the slum= s of Brazil on Tuesday (09Feb10) when they filmed their new music video i= n Rio de Janiero.
The pair teamed up last year (09) to record Put It In a Love Song for K= ey’s latest album The Element of Freedom and they reunited in South Ameri= ca this week to begin work on the promo.
Keys and Beyonce were spotted filming scenes at Morro da Conceicao on T= uesday.
Empire State of Mind singer Keys shot another part of the video at the = Dona Marta slum - the same place featured in Michael Jackson’s 1996 promo= for They Don’t Care About Us.

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Rocker SAMMY HAGAR’s manager has dismissed reports linking the ex-VAN HAL= EN star to the vacant frontman slot in AEROSMITH.
Guitarist Joe Perry and his bandmates have been on the hunt for a new s= inger since Steven Tyler announced he was taking a hiatus from the band l= ast year (09), and Hagar has emerged as the latest frontrunner - but the = Why Can’t This Be Love singer’s manager insists there’s no truth to the r= umours.
John Carter quips, "His Led Zep gig conflicts with the Aerosmith job…= Seriously, Sam is very happy to be going into the studio with (band) Chi= ckenfoot to start the second album in April." Reports suggest Billy Idol, Chris Cornell and Paul Rodgers have been ap= proached as potential replacements for Tyler. Lenny Kravitz, who was one = of the first names linked to the job, has already made it clear he’s not = interested in the job.
Last week (ends05Feb10), Perry confessed he’s not ruling out a female s= tar as Aerosmith’s new singer.

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Rocker ROGER DALTREY fears he’ll have a very fuzzy memory of THE WHO’s Su= per Bowl showdown on Sunday (07Feb10) - because he couldn’t see a thing.
The My Generation singer and bandmate Pete Townshend performed a 12-min= ute medley of hits during Sunday’s big game between the New Orleans Saint= s and the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Florida - but flashbulbs and camer= a lights ruined the experience for Daltrey.
He says, "Cameras were everywhere. I was so blinded that I couldn’t see= ..
"It didn’t even feel like a concert. It’s a television show. And what c= an you do in 12 minutes? I thought it went OK… (but) I really wished th= e crowd would have gotten into singing the songs with us more… I wanted= more banter." The Who’s performance was met with mixed reactions from critics and the= public, but many pundits have called on Super Bowl organisers to pick yo= unger acts to play at halftime - suggesting The Who are too old. (KL/WNWC=

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JOE JACKSON has gone public with a conspiracy theory surrounding his son = MICHAEL’s death last summer (Jun09) - he’s convinced the King of Pop’s do= ctor was part of a group out to kill the singer.
Appearing on news show Larry King Live on Monday night (08Feb10) - hour= s after his son’s physician Conrad Murray pleaded not guilty to involunta= ry manslaughter charges related to the death of Michael Jackson - the Jac= kson family patriarch revealed he was disappointed the doctor hadn’t been= charged with murder.
Jackson told King that a murder charge might make Murray think twice ab= out protecting others who may have been involved in the King of Pop trage= dy.
He said, "I was looking for justice, and justice, to me, would be a mur= der charge.
"To me, he’s (Murray) just a fall guy. There’s other people, I think, i= nvolved with this whole thing. But I think that if he’s interrogated, he = would come clean and tell everything he knows." Joe Jackson confirmed reports that his son lived in fear of an attempt = on his life during his final months, while planning his comeback shows in= London: "He was afraid to even do all of these shows, because he was afr= aid that he wouldn’t get a chance to finish all of the show… Even his k= ids say that he had told them that he would be murdered." Joe was in court in Los Angeles on Monday, where he faced the man he be= lieved murdered his son. He was joined by his wife Katherine, sons Tito a= nd Jermaine and daughter La Toya.

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Prison-bound rapper [LIL WAYNE] has won three more weeks of freedom after= a New York judge agreed to postpone his sentencing until after he comple= tes a series of dental surgery procedures.
The Lollipop hitmaker, real name Dwayne Carter, Jr., was expected to be= handed a one year jail term for weapons possession on Tuesday (09Feb10) = - and many felt sure he’d start the sentence straight away.
He pleaded guilty to the charge in October (09) after striking a plea d= eal with prosecutors and returned to Manhattan state Supreme Court on Tue= sday afternoon to be formally sentenced.
But Justice Charles Soloman agreed to delay the punishment after Wayne’= s lawyer, Stacey Richman, requested extra time so the rapper could go ahe= ad with an operation on his teeth scheduled for Friday (12Feb10) - and ha= ve time to recover.
Richman claimed Wayne had planned to complete the surgery prior to Tues= day, but his dentist had been away from his office in Miami, Florida, whe= re the star lives.
Soloman set his sentencing for 2 March (10) but warned it would not be = pushed back any further.
Speaking after the brief hearing, Richman declined to specify the natur= e of her client’s surgery, but said, "It is a medical situation that… h= as to be addressed."

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Oscar winners won’t have to wait to get their awards personalised this ye= ar (10) - nameplates will be added while they dine after the Academy Awar= ds.
In previous years, Oscar winners had to send their awards to the Academ= y in the weeks following the ceremony, so engraved nameplates could be af= fixed to the statuettes.
But, next month (Mar10), the Oscars will be personalised at the post-ce= remony Governors Ball, which will be take place at the Grand Ballroom at = the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles.
Academy Award winners will be invited to enter a specially designed are= a, where Academy technicians will affix the personalised nameplates to ea= ch Oscar.
In preparation for the night, the Academy will create 197 nameplates, o= ne for each nominee in every category. The engraving will include the nom= inee=E2=80=99s name, category, film title and year. After the winners ha= ve been announced, the unused nameplates will be recycled.

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THE HURT LOCKER star JEREMY RENNER had an unexpected back-up career plann= ed before he became a successful actor - he was a trained make-up artist.
The star received his first Oscar nomination earlier this month (Jan10)= for his role in Kathryn Bigelow’s war film.
But the 39 year old can still recall playing with make-up pallets and m= ascara as a struggling actor - before his role as a U.S. Army soldier sky= rocketed him to international fame.
He explains, "Instead of waiting tables I got to put make-up on gals, s= o that was kind of nice.
"I didn’t know how to do make-up at the time. I convinced the ladies at= the counter - I said, ‘Why is it that you guys are wearing makeup? Maybe= you want a guy’s opinion (on how) to put on your make-up.’" (JMA/WNVVW/K=

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