Dina Lohan, right, seems to think reality TV isn’t good enough for daughter Lindsay. “Doing reality TV would almost be taking a step backward as far as her career goes,” Dina said.

Samuel L. Jackson has signed up to star in Unthinkable for Senator Entertainment.

The story centers on a major threat to the United States when the locations of three nuclear devices are shrouded in secrecy by a single terrorist. With only two days before they are deployed, a black-ops interrogator and a female FBI agent have to decide how far they will go to find them.

Gregor Jordan will direct from a script by Peter Woodward and Oren Moverman.

Steve Martin has signed on with Diane Keaton in comedy From Zero to Sixty.

No writer or director attached yet, just a pitch that Paramount Pictures has just bought, with plans to film this autumn, if the right script comes through.

Robert Simonds will produce.

The film, that will surely be retitled if it does get made, will be directed by Grant Heslov. Heslove is also Clooneys producing partner in Smoke House who are making the flick.

The script by Peter Straughan, is an adaptation of British journalist Jon Ronson’s book about the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that was to use paranormal powers. The title refers to the notion that one can kill a goat by staring at it.

Its been rumoured for a while, but today comes the confirmation that Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to star in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Also signed on is rising star Gemma Arterton. In the fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Mike Newell will direct the Jerry Bruckheimer film that will start filming in July.

A success works wonders. Especially if you your last few films don’t work. And if it’s a solo hit, well, the joy knows no bounds.

Post JANNAT, Emraan Hashmi is grinning from ear to ear. JANNAT has come as a breather for Mukesh Bhatt, as also for debutante director Kunal Deshmukh and debutante writer Vishesh Bhatt, whose careers depended on how JANNAT fared.

“I was hurt, I was angry after AWARAPAN,” Emraan admits, “The film hadn’t worked and people had written me off. I had to prove the detractors wrong. The lull that followed only helped. I wanted to come back with a vengeance.”

And it has been a terrific comeback for the talented actor. Three weeks ago, the presence of Akshay, Saif and Kareena couldn’t ensure a terrific start for TASHAN. Big B and SRK’s presence in BHOOTHNATH didn’t help the film open to full houses either. But the excellent start of JANNAT did catch the traders by complete surprise.

“I was shocked as well. See, what went in favor of JANNAT were various factors. The buzz was very strong. Plus, a promo with content or even an attractive poster grabs your attention instantly. The first jhalak counts and JANNAT benefited for the aforesaid reasons,” Emraan tells me.

What about his popularity with the youth? “Everything falls into place if the film is good. And I always had the gut that JANNAT would click in a big way,” he states modestly.

Vinod Chopra Films and Reliance BIG Entertainment have inked a multiple film production deal to co-produce feature films over the next three years. The first feature film under the production deal is a mainstream English language film, BROKEN HORSES, which will be directed by Vinod Chopra himself, while the second film is TAALISMAAN, to be directed by Ram Madhvani.

Chopra’s BROKEN HORSES, with a screenplay based on an original story by Chopra himself, is the work of several award-winning writers including Abhijat Joshi (LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI, EKLAVYA and 64 SQUARES) and Jason Richman (BANGKOK DANGEROUS, SWING VOTE) and legendary BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominated screenwriter and executive producer, Nick Pileggi as script consultant (GOODFELLAS, CASINO and AMERICAN GANGSTER). Chopra has recently returned from script and development meetings in Los Angeles and scouting locations in New Mexico.

Ram Madhavani’s TAALISMAAN is a love story inspired by the epic novel, ‘Chandrakanta’, written in 1892 by Babu Devkinandan Khatri, which inter-weaves and mixes intoxicating elements of magic and war.

Reliance BIG Entertainment has finalized a slate of 69 feature films in 9 languages for production and distribution over the next two years. These films include those in collaboration with India’s leading production houses and Reliance’s own in-house films. Some of the prominent deals include:
* 2 film deal with Vinod Chopra Films (Vinod Chopra), including a mainstream English language film Broken Horses.
* 6 film deal with Excel Entertainment (Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar), including the Shah Rukh Khan starrer DON II.
* 2 film deal with director Shyam Benegal.
* 4 film deal with director Madhur Bhandarkar.
* 3 film deal with director Vivek Agnihotri.
* 2 film deal with director Sudhir Mishra.

Star-son Harman Baweja has suffered a sun-stroke. And it’s all because of being exposed to the sun for long hours. “Yes, I’ve suffered terrible headaches and a sun stroke. It comes from being made to do what I hate the most, shooting long hours in the sun. For the last one week I’ve been indulging in the national passion, Cricket. And I’m not talking about watching IPL matches. I’ve been playing cricket in the scorching sun for my film Victory where I play a national-level cricketer.”

Harman says he has a major quibble with the sun. “I can’t stay out in the sun for more than four weeks. In this case there was no time for me to rush back into my van between shoots. We shot almost non-stop to catch the light. On Saturday I shot almost continuously from 7 in the morning till dusk. And the result is I’m sick.”

Harman earlier played cricket in Australia with international legends of the field like Brett Lee. “But now we’ve been shooting my character’s early days. It’s a league match showing me trying to get in for the Ranji trophy. This is my introduction, ek terah se. And I’ve more cricket scenes to shoot in the sun. I’m looking at the mirror as I speak to you. I can’t recognize myself!”

Uma Thurman keeps it casual at the screening of her new movie, The Life Before Her Eyes, on Tuesday in New York City.

The drama thriller tells the story of teenage friends Diana and Maureen who are forced to make a painful choice when a gunman at their high school confronts them in the bathroom.

Uma, who plays the older version of Diana, said she was instantly drawn to the story because she liked the script.

“I was so much reminded of how difficult and lonely it was to be a teenager and that experience,” she said.

“At the same time the sort of shocking thing about random chaotic violence can do to our lives and I don’t know, it was very moving

Britney is all set to have the best Mother’s Day this year.

Ex-hubby K-Fed has given Brit the prefect gift by allowing her to spend day with her kids, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 18 months.

Presently, she is only entitled to visit her boys, although that could soon change.

Kevin believes his superstar ex-wife is “almost ready to be a full-time mom again”.

Looks like the things are finally turning around for Brit

Ashton Kutcher recently revealed that he has long been contemplating adoption and that someday he will expand his family.The 30-year-old is stepfather to Rumer, 19, Scout, 16, and Tallulah, 14 - Demi’s daughters with Bruce Willis - and the actor insists he dreams of “someday” expanding their brood with children of his own.

But the Hollywood heartthrob admits he hasn’t ruled out adoption, since he has always been drawn to the idea of taking in an orphaned child.

He says, “I have thought about adopting a kid my whole life. When I was eight I had a friend called Terry and one day he told me he was adopted.

“He said his parents told him there was a more special bond between them because they picked him. I thought that was pretty profound and I would be open to the idea.”

Rihanna glows in neon yellow as the opening act on a stop of Kanye West’s “Glow In The Dark” tour at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia on Saturday.

RiRi and rocker Adam Levine recently shot the music video for the remix of Maroon 5’s “If I Never See Your Face Again,” hitting airwaves on May 13.

Chris Brown recently found himself in the arms of Rihanna.

Lots of hugging, kissing and holding hands in Miami, Florida!

Vanessa Hudgens and boyfriend Zac Efron share a sweet kiss as the fans watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Utah Jazz during overtime of Game 4 of the NBA basketball Western Conference semifinal series on Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Zanessa was seen holding their hands to their hearts during the Star Spangled Banner.

Vanessa was also seen resting her head on Zac’s shoulder and Zac had his hand around his leading lady most of the game, as well.

The Jazz beat the Lakers 123-115.

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon make their first public appearance together as a newly married couple at Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday.

Mariah performed at the event, which celebrated the most influential people on the planet, as selected by the the mag. Afterwards, Mariah and Nick posed alongside songwriter/music producer L.A. Reid, CEO of Time Warner Richard Parsons and editor-at-large for O Magazine Gayle King.Mariah, 38, and Nick, 27, tied the knot last week in the Bahamas. Ms.

Carey will soon make her first TV appearance since marrying rapper Nick Cannon on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The show will tape Monday and air on Tuesday.When asked by people how it feels to be married, Nick said, “It feels amazing.

My cheeks hurt from smiling so hard. I’ve been smiling for days.” Mariah added: It’s comforting and something I’ve never felt before.

Which is really being in love and happy with someone who really understands me and isn’t trying to do anything but make me happy. It’s wonderful.”