First Two Minutes of Fox's Animation 'Rio' Shared

 20th Century Fox has generously shared the first two minutes of "Rio" via Bing Videos. It gives sneak peek to the jungle of Rio where some colorful birds live and is presented in a musical style with the birds dancing and flying to the song featured. It ends with a look at a little blue bird which falls from a tree after attempting to fly.

In another promotional effort, Fox held a press day for the upcoming movie at
Zanuck Theater at 20th Century Fox Lot in Los Angeles. Seen coming to the Friday, January 28 event were voice cast Anne Hathaway, George Lopez and Jamie Foxx, as well as director Carlos Saldanha.

"Rio" centers its story on Blu, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind. When Blu discovers there's another - and that she's a she - he leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio. Unexpectedly thrown together, they embark on an adventure of a lifetime, where they learn about friendship, love, courage, and being open to life's many wonders.

Coming from the makers of the "Ice Age" films, "Rio" brings together a menagerie of vivid characters, a heart-warming story, colorful backdrops, energizing Latin and contemporary music, and family-friendly song and dance. The movie will make its way out in U.S. cinemas on April 15.

Robin Williams Rumored to Be Hugo Strange in 'Dark Knight Rises'

 "The Dark Knight Rises" has booked Tom Hardy to play Batman's nemesis Bane, but it does not stop speculation about casting for another villainous role. Robin Williams is now reported to play Hugo Strange after Batman-on-Film (via IGN) tweeted on January 28, "RW as Strange?"

Strange itself is one of Batman's first recurring villains in the comic books. He is a villain in the mad-scientist mold and possesses genius-level IQ and is a master of psychology. Strange learns Batman's secret identity but keeps it to himself. He eventually becomes obsessed with Batman that he starts dressing up like the Gotham hero. Hardy was once rumored to take this

role in the upcoming film.

This is not the first time Williams' name emerges as the possible cast member of this third Batman film from Christopher Nolan. Back in June last year, he was rumored to portray The Riddler after he said, "I would do Batman in a second, playing anyone. I'd play The Riddler in the next one."

Robin Williams last starred in "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian" and "Old Dogs". The 59-year-old actor is set to voice Ramon/Lovelace in "Happy Feet 2" after contributing as the voice cast in the predecessor, 2006 "Happy Feet".

Beside tapping Christian Bale to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne aka Batman, "The Dark Knight Rises" has cast Anne Hathaway to portray Catwoman. Christopher Nolan is back on the helming duty and plans to start shooting the film on May 6 for a planned July 20, 2012 U.S. release.

Demi Lovato Cheerful in First Post-Rehab Photos

 Demi Lovato has completed her stint in a rehab facility in Los Angeles and she looks fresh when spotted in Santa Monica, California on Friday afternoon, January 27. Sporting black hair and nail color, the "Sonny with a Chance" babe smiles and waves to the photographer who takes her pictures while her other hand holds a cup of coffee.

Demi entered the rehabilitation facility in November for "emotional and physical issues," her representative said. But reports linked her decision to a physical fight with Alex Welch, one of the female backup dancers in Jonas Brothers' tour where Demi joined.

She then spent Thanksgiving day in the facility but got a break from the rehab treatment on December 25. The 18-year-old actress/singer has been said to prepare a new album after she left the facility.

Geri Jewell Comes Out as Lesbian

 "The Facts of Life" star Geri Jewell has 'come out' as a lesbian. The actress, best known for playing Geri Tyler in the 1980s sitcom, opens up about her sexuality in her candid autobiography, "I'm Walking As Straight As I Can".

The title of the memoir also refers to Jewell's struggle with cerebral palsy. She made history as the first person with a serious disability to play a recurring role on TV.

The book, set to be released in April this year, also chronicles her rise to fame, her downward spiral into tax problems, having her money embezzled by her manager, a broken marriage and

battling addiction.

Miley Cyrus Rocked 'So Undercover' Wrap Party With Jeremy Piven

Miley Cyrus took to the stage for an unlikely collaboration this week - she rocked out with Jeremy Piven at the wrap party for her new movie "So Undercover". The teenager stars alongside the "Entourage" actor in the new movie, opposite Kelly Osbourne, and movie bosses threw a celebration for the cast when the cameras stopped rolling.

Cyrus and her castmates danced to a live band at the party, until the singer/actress decided to take the stage herself with Piven on drums for a performance of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll". The "Hannah Montana" star revealed her stage partner in a video message posted on YouTube.com, telling fans, "I can't believe how quick it's gone. We had a really good time. We actually just had a wrap party... They let me and Jeremy Piven (get up on stage)... (he's) in this movie, and so he got up on the drums and we played I Love Rock 'n' Roll."

However, filming hasn't yet finished for Cyrus - she has to return to the set to shoot extra scenes.

Elton John Apologizes for Foul-Mouthed Comment on Radio

 Sir Elton John has been forced to apologize after swearing during a live radio broadcast in the U.K. on Friday, January 28. The Rocket Man hitmaker turned the air blue during an interview on the BBC's Radio 2 after host Chris Evans told him that British musician Jools Holland likes to start his day by playing the piano.

Sir Elton sighed and remarked, "Oh f**king hell." The singer immediately said sorry for his foul-mouthed slip-up, telling listeners, "Sorry about that. I was just exasperated with that. I can't think of anything worse than getting up and playing the piano. It's what I do (for a living). I do play over 100 shows a year, and I make records. I'm very, very sorry for that awful word that I said. Jools, why do you do that?"

A spokesperson for the BBC says in a statement, "Both Sir Elton and Chris apologised many times on this morning's live Chris Evans Breakfast Show for the language used by Sir Elton. The BBC apologises if any offence was caused."

4,75,000 users participated in Adnan’s online song recording

  For the live recording of a song to be done in participation with online listeners on two popular microblogs, singer Adnan Sami garnered a whopping 475,000 participants.

The huge number of participants for Adnan’s tribute to his father that he recorded Jan 21 at the Yash Raj Studios, has encouraged the composer-singer to attempt a whole album with live participants pitching in with their suggestions.

The proposed album will have tracks dedicated to Adnan’s fans who would be contributing actively to every composition.

‘When I recorded ‘Main tere paas hoon’ for my father last Friday, I thought I would give my fans and listeners a chance to share a very

precious recording moment with me.’

‘We expected around 65,000 participants. We got 475,000 very active, very vocal and excitable people coming online with their ideas and suggestions,’ said Adnan, who is of Pakistani descent but born and brought up in Britain, has been living in Mumbai for quite some time.

Many people who listened in made suggestions and corrections in the music.

‘I was taken aback by their inner understanding of a song composition. I was on my laptop. I’d do a line and then a number of people with some very interesting usernames would pipe in. There were people who actually made suggestions that improved the quality of my number. I incorporated these suggestions,’ said the 37-year-old singer.

The entire process of recording live at Yash Raj with massive online participation will be shown on television.

‘It was history. No song in any part of the world has been recorded in this way,’ said Adnan who intends to carry the online recording session even further.

An entire album devoted to music created by him and the 500,000-odd Adnan-o-philes from all over the world is now being worked out. The only drawback is that the fan tend to get too close for comfort.

‘First, some of them have embarrassing usernames like ‘hard-on’ and ‘dickhead’. It sounds really weird to call them out online by such names. We’ve to find a way out of this. Also some of then get very upset when their suggestions are not incorporated.

‘That apart, the whole process of bringing to life a song with the active participation of thousands of people just puts the whole creative process into a different perspective. Done in this way with online inputs my songs become the creative and intellectual property of the listeners,’ said the singer.

He is known for albums ‘Kabhi Toh Nazar Milao’ and ‘Tera Chehra’. He collaborated with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan for the song ‘Lift karade’.