As rumored Ryan Seacrest will be the host for the upcoming 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. It was officially confirmed yesterday by Dick Askin, the chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Science. After a long debate they choose Ryan Seacrest in a hope that the event, which is less than a month away more precisely on Sept. 16, it will gain younger viewers. Last year’s Emmys was hosted on NBC by Conan O’Brien, and scored only 16.1 million viewers. Among nominations list, are HBO’s Sopranos which is the most-nominated series with 15 nons, while the movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee tops with 17 nominations for all programs.

Ryan Seacrest appeals to a broad audience, including the highly desirable young adult demographic, so he should serve as a magnet for attracting a diverse array of viewers to our Emmy telecast.
- said Dick Askin, chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences -

MTV has launched an online virtual world for Laguna Beach. Now fans can create an avatar and live in the a new 3D social virtual world based on the hit MTV reality show Laguna Beach. Tomorrow MTV will air the Laguna Beach Winter Formal and members of the VLB will be able to watch it a day early in the virtual world while after the virtual screening on the next day members of the community will be able to take part in the virtual winter
formal online.

Virtual Laguna Beach gathers fans of the show and gives them the possibility to create online alter egos who can interact with each other in a virtual environment featuring many of the show’s landmarks, from the beach itself to the cast members’ high school, favorite restaurants, shops etc. Users can converse in groups by text or voice chat, attend parties, listen to music and watch streaming videos supplied by MTV Networks.

You won’t believe this! According to the news, Jack Nicholson reportedly turned down (at first) the part of Mafia gang leader Frank Costello in ‘The Departed’, in Martin Scorsese’s new movie because it did not have enough sex scenes. The director agreed to bring some raunchy scenes to the old actor’s part and Jack Nicholson agreed to play in the movie. However, the Hollywood actor thinks that ‘The Departed’, which also stars celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon, could be the movie that can bring Scorsese his first Oscar. Opening October 6, ‘The Departed’ is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong hit ‘Infernal Affairs’.

You might like this movie a lot as Jack Nicholson plays the head of a Mafia gang that is infiltrated by an undercover police officer at the same time as one of the Mob members infiltrates the special investigation unit of the Boston police force. In the explosive new crime drama ‘The Departed,’ finds Leo portraying Billy Costigan, an undercover cop in South Boston who attempts to take down gangland chief Frank Costello (Nicholson) by infiltrating the Irish mob, while Damon’s character Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal with mob loyalties who is rising quickly in Costello’s department in the Special Investigation Unit.

These kind of monsters usually don’t have a sex life on screen, so I wanted to bring that to the part. He’s a bad nut job so he’s evil sexually too. F**k ‘em, kill ‘em, you know. Martin has made some great films, but this one is his best.
- says Hollywood actor Jack Nicholson -