Susan Boyle to write autobiography

Susan Boyle is set to write her autobiography.

The singer has reportedly signed a deal to pen her life story.

“My story demonstrates that you shouldn’t just look at the label,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

Boyle achieved fame after competing in ‘Britain’s Got Talent’.

Pammie, David Hasselhoff stage Baywatch reunion at awards bash

Pamela Anderson and long time friend David Hasselhoff reunited for an awards bash in California.

Both the actors starred in the series about LA county lifeguards named ‘Baywatch.’

The 57-year-old hunk and 42-year-old model got together really well as they gave out awards in California, reports The Mirror.

But both the actors looked quite wrinkly than their Baywatch versions.

Susan Boyle’s latest album set to smash sales record

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle’s latest album is set to beat her own record of pre-orders.

The 49-year-old from Blackburn, West Lothian, has yet to set foot in the recording studio to start work on the follow-up to her debut album for Simon Cowell’’s label.

However, Susan’’s new album is already available for pre-order through online retailers, reports the Daily Star.

The follow-up to ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ is expected to be released in November but there is already significant interest in the album.

“We expect interest to pick up as the months go by,” Web retailer Amazon said.

Courtney Love dismisses Robert Pattinson as Kurt Cobain rumours

Courtney Love has dismissed rumours that she chose Robert Pattinson to play her deceased husband, Kurt Cobain, in an upcoming biopic.

According to the New York Daily News, she said: “Who would cast him? That’’s just wrong. I watched the ”Twilight” stuff … and it resonates with the teenaged girl in me. But isn”t that silly?”

It was previously reported that Pattinson, 23, had landed the role of the Nirvana lead singer, who shot himself in 1994.

Rumours suggested that Pattinson has regularly been in touch with Cobain’s widow, who has been handed a key role in the production by bosses at Universal Pictures.

Susan Boyle axes Oz trip

Susan Boyle’’s Aussie fans will have to wait a little bit more to see her croon in their country – because the Scottish star has cancelled her tour Down Under to “rest”” before recording her second album.

“Regrettably, we have had to make the tough decision to postpone our Australian visit for the Logies in May,”” the Herald Sun quoted her manager Andy Stephens, as saying.

Stephens added: “We want to apologise to all Susan’’s Australian fans and look forward to coming to Australia later in the year.””

Sony are said to be trying to get Boyle to Australia to launch her second album this November.

Kim Cattrall ‘too good looking to play prostitute’

Actress Kim Cattrall Kim Cattrall almost lost a role for being too good looking.

Keith Bearden, director of the movie ‘Meet Monica Velour’, told that he ‘Sex and The City’ star had to gain some weight and ditch the glamour, if she wanted to play the lead role of a prostitute in his film, reports the Daily Express.

He said: “My big concern was, ”She’’s way too good looking!”

“I was like, ”You need to gain weight, and the goal is to blow people’’s image of you into tiny little pieces. I”m going to make you look bad at every turn,”” he added.

Gulf Film Festival begins

A collection of 194 films from 41 countries will be screened in the seven-day Gulf Film Festival beginning Thursday.

The third edition of the GFF, organised by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, will open with Emirati film “City of Life”.

The 194 films being screened at Festival also include 81 world premieres, 33 Middle East premieres, 17 Gulf premieres and nine UAE premieres.

The event will showcase 128 short fiction films, 28 short documentaries, 8 features, 5 feature documentaries and 25 animation films.

Gulf Film Festival Chairman Abdulhamid Juma said the festival has played a key role in promoting cinema from the Gulf region internationally.

“The Gulf Film Festival is now undisputedly the home to a new wave in Arab cinema and serves as the only venue for all members of the larger film fraternity to meet, discuss and explore films, several of them providing compelling glimpses into life in the Gulf region,” said GFF director Masoud Amralla Al Ali.

UAE has the highest 36 films in the festival followed by Saudi Arabia (24), Oman (10), Kuwait (8) and Bahrain (6).

Father’s engagement makes Lindsay sick

Lindsay Lohan has said that the reports of her father Michael planning to remarry make her sick.

The Mean Girls star admits that she was dismayed when she got to know that her dad is going to marry journalist Kate Major, reports News.com.au.

She told UsMagazine.com: “I”m gonna vomit! I so didn”t need that info… Yuck!”

Michael, 49, and 27-year-old Kate formally announced their engagement plans yesterday.

The couple intends to get married by end of 2010.

“I”m ecstatic. I”m very happy. Michael and I have known each other for four years, and it’’s meant to be,” Kate said.

Harrison Ford to battle aliens in new sci-fi thriller

Harrison Ford is set to battle aliens in the movie adaptation of the graphic novel series Cowboys & Aliens.

Iron Man director Jon Favreau has confirmed the news on Twitter.

“Please stop asking if Harrison Ford is in Cowboys & Aliens. Okay?” the New York Daily News quoted Favreau, as tweeting.

He added: “He is. Please don”t tell anybody.”

James Bond actor Daniel Craig and sexy House doc Olivia Wilde will also star in the flick.

Favreau will helm the project, with Lost executive producer/writer Damon Lindelof co-writing the script with Mark Fergus.

Taiwan’s Susan Boyle ‘sings exactly’ like Whitney Houston!

A chubby young man in Taiwan is threatening to steal Susan Boyle’’s thunder after he stunned judges on the Taiwanese talent show Super Star Avenue with his rendition of Whitney Houston classic ‘I Will Always Love You’.

Just like Boyle, who received worldwide recognition on Britain’’s Got Talent in 2009 after singing I Dreamed a Dream, videos of Lin singing the ode are all over video-sharing site YouTube, reports The Age.

He’s so good that his vocal prowess is being compared to Houston’’s performance of the same song at the 1993 Grammys.

“[C]lose your eyes and tell me – have you forgotten you”re listening to a reality show and started to think you”re hearing The Bodyguard,” asked CNN news blog editor Mallory Simon.

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