Aguilera: 'Burlesque is empowering'

Christina Aguilera has said that she finds burlesque "empowering" for women.



The 29-year-old popstar, who plays a small-town girl seeking fame in forthcoming film Burlesque, revealed that she has been a long-time fan of the dance form.



"I have a collection of burlesque books at home that I've had for years," she said. "I've always been intrigued and fascinated with the topic, the beauty, and the art of it. I think it's a really empowering thing for women."



Discussing her relationship with co-star Cher, Aguilera added: "She gave me so much advice, both personally and professionally. She didn't even have to open her mouth.



"She is just such an incredible presence and person. Been there and done everything before any of us came along. I admire and respect that truly."



Burlesque opens in the US on November 24 and December 17 in the UK.

Cohen back with 'Borat' helmer for 'Dictator'

Sacha Baron Cohen will reunite with his Borat and Brüno director Larry Charles for new film The Dictator.



The Paramount comedy will track the twin stories of a goat herder and a deposed foreign dictator who gets lost in his own country, says the Los Angeles Times

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Cohen is currently shooting Martin Scorsese's 3D children's movie Hugo Cabret. The Dictator is expected to be the next project he takes on.



Charles's other directing credits include Larry David's HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Bill Maher-fronted documentary Religulous.

Daniel Radcliffe 'more self-assured at 10'

Daniel Radcliffe has joked that he was probably "more self-assured" as a child than he is now.



The Harry Potter actor, 21, was appearing on NBC's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Monday when the host asked if he ever watched the early films and thought he had been a "cute" child star.



"No... I sometimes see myself in interviews when I was 10 or 11 and think, 'Wow, I did well then!'" said Radcliffe. "I was much more self-assured then than I am now, I think, but I don't watch any of the films back. I've never seen any of them since they were released."



The actor, who plays the titular character in the magical franchise, also joked that doing press for the current instalment, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1, had brought back the emotions he felt when filming on the entire saga ended five months ago.



"We all grew up together and it's ten years of our lives we spent together, so for it now to be over is very weird," he said. "Especially this week because we are doing all the press for it and stuff and people are saying, 'So, you must be really sad.' I'm like, 'I was fine until you brought it up again! Five months ago we were all crying and now you're bringing it up again!'"



Radcliffe attended the New York premiere of Deathly Hallows: Part 1 alongside his co-stars including Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) last night.



Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 opens this Friday. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon airs weeknights on NBC.

Bardem, Franco offered 'Wrath of the Titans'?

Javier Bardem and James Franco are being lined up for starring roles in Warner Bros' Clash of the Titans follow-up.

The fantasy sequel will be titled Wrath of the Titans and Bardem and Franco have already been offered roles in the blockbuster, reports Production Weekly.

Bardem is allegedly wanted for the part of god of war Ares, who was played by British actor Tamer Hassan in this year's Clash.

Franco, meanwhile, is the top choice to play Agenor, the King of Tyre. In Greek mythology his daughter Europa is kidnapped by Zeus and the pair eventually marry.

Sam Worthington and Gemma Arterton will both reprise their roles for the sequel.

Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles) will direct Wrath of the Titans next year for a 2012 release.

Miley Cyrus reveals new training regiment

Miley Cyrus has revealed the intense training that she has undergone to prepare for her upcoming film So Undercover .

The actress told MTV News that she has had to adapt to a stringent exercise regiment in advance of a playing a young woman hired by the FBI to investigate a college sorority.

"I've been actually doing all kinds of stuff. ... I've been doing fighting, like learning how to box ... mostly like street fighting, so knowing how to, like, if someone comes up from behind you, being able to defend yourself," she said.

The star continued: "I have a trainer and I have bruises everywhere from, like, kicking the bags... And I've learned how to use guns, which was really scary.

"I cried the first time, I was like, 'I'm not doing this... can't do this movie', [but] then you get used to it, you get used to the feeling. You get used to, like, dropping, like he'll like point it at you and you've got to drop down real quick and grab your weapon and come back up. It's been really insane, so it's a more fun workout than running on a treadmill."

Cyrus added that the experience has invigorated an interest in improving her own self-defence skills.

"I want to learn how to do most of my own stuff. Just for normal life, I think every woman should know a little self-defence."

Production on So Undercover is scheduled to begin in December.

‘Ghostbusters 3′ Rumored to Begin Production in May 2011

The headline is really all there is to the rumor, as Production Weekly has said via tweet that the outlet hears Sony “is planning to put Ivan Reitman‘s “Ghostbusters 3” into production in May 2011.” If accurate, this would represent the end of a couple years of speculation about the film. As far as we know, Ghostbusters 3 would still be based upon a script by The Office and Year One writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, with rewrites from Dan Aykroyd. Ivan Reitman would reportedly direct the returning crew of Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis and Sigourney Weaver.

Michael Caine: 'Nicholson saved my career'

Sir Michael Caine has credited Jack Nicholson with persuading him not to retire from acting.

Speaking to The Sunday Mirror, Caine said that by the 1990s he had grown tired of his profession and considered no longer accepting acting roles.

While filming scenes for 1996's Blood And Wine, Nicholson convinced the two-time Oscar winner not to give up on his career.

"I did write a first part of an autobiography when I thought my life was over. Then I did a movie with Jack called Blood And Wine in 1996," he said. "Jack and I had been friends for a long time but never worked together."

He continued: "I'd got fed up with making movies. I'd made a few crummy ones and I wasn't getting any good scripts. Then I worked with Jack and the whole thing was so wonderful. I went back to work and I've had another wonderful 20 years of work."

Caine further praised his former co-star as one of the best actors that he's ever worked with.

"Jack is fabulous... love him, because he's one of the best actors I've worked with, one of the best people, and one of the best movie stars, which is an incredibly unique combination because there are some weird movie stars, believe me," the actor explained.