Ryan Gosling Circling 'Houdini', 'Dr. Strange' and 'Suicide Squad'

The 'Lost River' director is eying not just one or two but three potential blockbusters including 'Suicide Squad' for his next starring vehicle.

Ryan Gosling who has enjoyed a successful career without starring in any big studio franchise is now reportedly setting his eyes on tentpole film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the former Disney star is pursuing Summit's "The Secret Life of Houdini" and Marvel's "Dr. Strange".

"Houdini" was initially supposed to star Johnny Depp who is now heading Down Under to film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales". Based on William Kalush and Larry Sloman's book, the film will portray Houdini not only as a famed magician and master escape artist but also as an investigator of the world of occult.

In the "Dr. Strange" casting mix, Gosling joins Ewan McGregor, Jake Gyllenhaal, Matthew McConaughey, Oscar Isaac, Jared Leto and Ethan Hawke in a stiff competition to win the coveted role of the Sorcerer Supreme. Marvel was forced to find another actor after their favorite Joaquin Phoenix dropped out of negotiations.

On top of that, Gosling is also mentioned as a candidate for "Suicide Squad", a Warner Bros. adaptation of DC Comics' supervillain team. The former child star is lined up along with Margot Robbie, Tom Hardy and Will Smith for the anti-hero flick to be directed by David Ayer for a 2016 release.

Gosling who just welcomed his first daughter with girlfriend Eva Mendes was last seen in crime thriller "Only God Forgives". He recently wrote, directed and produced fantasy-neo-noir film "Lost River" starring his girlfriend and actress Christina Hendricks. He will next star in an untitled Terrence Malick project and will film Shane Black's "The Nice Guys" opposite Russell Crowe.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Absent From Fox News After Secret Surgery

The former 'The View' co-host will be off 'Fox and Friends' for several weeks after undergoing a surgery on Tuesday.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck takes a hiatus from work after undergoing a secret surgery on Tuesday, October 14. Her "Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy explained her absence on the show Wednesday morning, saying, "In case you were wondering where Elisabeth is today and this week, well, she had some surgery yesterday and she's going to be out for a couple of weeks. But she's doing just fine, she's on the mend."

Brian Kilmeade added, "But as you know if you watch the show, she is strong, she is tough and a better athlete than me. We heard from her last night and she said she is feeling good. So, in a short time, she'll be back on the set." Kilmeade and Doocy were joined by Fox News personality Kimberly Guilfoyle, who filled in for Hasselbeck, that morning.

There's no word on what health issue which required Hasselbeck to go under the knife, but a Fox News spokesperson told The Wrap, "Elisabeth has asked for all to respect her wishes for privacy in regards to further details at this time."

'High School Musical' Star Corbin Bleu Engaged to Sasha Clements

The 25-year-old actor popped the question to his girlfriend in front of Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World.

Corbin Bleu is engaged to his girlfriend, actress Sasha Clements. According to PEOPLE, the "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" actor proposed to Sasha in front of Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida on Wednesday night, October 15.

Corbin presented his girlfriend with an engagement ring he had put inside a glass slipper right before the park's famous fireworks show began. He told the site of his engagement, "I'm very excited to begin this next chapter of my life with the woman who stole my heart."

Earlier in the day, the runner-up of "Dancing with the Stars" season 17 shared on Twitter a photo of him and Sasha posing together at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando. Both of them also took to Instagram to post videos of them playing around in the Harry Potter park.

Corbin and Sasha, who first met at a grocery store in Toronto, have been dating since 2011.

Corbin, who has appeared on "One Life to Live" and "Drop Dead Diva", will next appear in upcoming independent movie "Shaker Pointe". Sasha, meanwhile, is known for starring as Kiki Kincaid on "Majority Rules!" and recently appeared in "How to Build a Better Boy".

Kesha and Her Lawyer 'Are Prepared to Fight' Dr. Luke

After news that the 'Tik Tok' hitmaker is suing her music producer emerges, Kesha's lawyer says, 'We are prepared to fight until he agrees to get out of her life once and for all.'

Kesha, formerly Ke$ha, has filed a lawsuit against her music producer Dr. Luke, alleging sexual abuse and she is prepared to fight him in the court. The statement was delivered by her lawyer Mark Geragos after the suit made headlines, telling PEOPLE, "We are prepared to fight until he agrees to get out of her life once and for all."

In her lawsuit, Kesha alleges that she "nearly lost her life" because of Dr. Luke's treatment to her. The producer, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, allegedly sexually abused her and "cruelly and incessantly" commented on her physical appearance among other allegations. The "Tik Tok" hitmaker, however, only found the courage to fight back now.

"She's made efforts, [but] she is not a confrontational person. The efforts were always met with psychological warfare, [predatory behavior] and things of that ilk. She finally got to a place where she is surrounded by people that are supportive enough that she felt like she could finally do it, and felt like she needed to do it. She just couldn't go on this way. Getting out of the contract is really secondary to extricating herself from his control," Geragos explained.

"It's emblematic of what happens in this industry," Geragos said of sex abuse in entertainment industry. "You get these guys who end up preying on these young women, tying them up in contracts and in their power plays, and then literally being predators. [Dr. Luke] is nothing but a predator."

Dr. Luke has denied Kesha's allegations and launched a countersuit. In a statement, the producer said that "extortion [was] the ultimate goal of this defamatory campaign."

Katie Price on her post-pregnancy body: ‘I can’t WAIT to do sexy photoshoots again!’

Jordan's looking forward to getting back to 'werk'.

Katie Price only gave birth to youngest child less than three months ago, but she’s already looking forward to getting back in front of the camera and showing off her post-baby body.

The 36-year-old model told MailOnline how she’s excited to be going back to work after her surprise pregnancy with baby Bunny Hayler.

“Obviously I have been pregnant for two years so I am looking forward to getting back to work,” she said.

“I can’t wait to do more photoshoots, it’s where I started and what I do best, I miss them but I want to do proper styled shoots, themed ones, that are sexy.”

And it looks like she’s getting back to normal with third husband Kieran Hayler after he cheated on her with Katie’s ex-best friend Jane Pountney.

Talking about her health regime, Katie said: “I don’t take any supplements for my hair and skin, I don’t like taking tablets but Kieran takes a lot of vitamins. 

“I believe in eating healthily and I eat a lot better now. Kieran makes delicious salads for me, I never knew how to make them before and they always tasted so bland but he is really into health and fitness so knows what works.”

She added that the couple are “very traditional” and always have an Indian curry on Fridays and roast lamb on Sundays.

Must make a nice change from hunting through reams and reams of ‘positive’ quotes to post everyday…

Elliott Wright is ‘heartbroken’ after split with TOWIE co-star Chloe Sims

TOWIE’s Elliot Wright has spoken out for the first time since his split with Chloe Sims.

The couple – who split last week – had been dating since earlier this year, but after a series of rows decided to take a break.

“I am heartbroken,” Elliott told the Mirror. “We had five months together, but it is what it is.”
According to the 32-year-old’s representative, Elliott ended the relationship but it’s thought the couple are still trying to work through their problems.

They added: “They’re amicable. Seeing as they both have children, Elliott made the decision to walk away before they decide what the future holds.”

Just weeks ago, Elliott said with Chloe it was “love” but conceded they had been taking things slowly.

Jennifer Garner: Goat herder and streaker

Yep, you read that right

What’s the best message a husband could receive when away from home? A declaration of love? A raunchy snap? Anything but a picture of a herd of 120 goats that have been hired to landscape his property, right?
But Jennifer Garner thinks otherwise. On an American talk show last night, the actress confessed that instead of hiring an exterminator or something silly like that, she rented a herd of goats to get rid of the overgrown ivy around her house. And then sent her husband, Ben Affleck – who was away filming Batman at the time – a sweet little picture of what she’d done.

Jen explained how the ivy growing on the hill next to her LA property had been harbouring rats. In what she described as a “Genius wife manouvre”, she rented 120 animals to eat the ivy and thereby chew the roofs of the rats’ heads.

It being Hollywood and all that, Jen threw a “Running Of The Goats” party to celebrate herding the goats with a bunch of unspecified children, presumably also rented from the nearby area.

Perhaps concerned that some of the audience don’t know what a goat sounds like, Jen charitably went on to impersonate their bleat.

But it seems the 13 Going On 30 star didn’t quite think the plan through. The goats are still on her property, soon to be re-joined by the rats who will presumably be making a re-appearance because the ivy, like any normal plant, has grown back.

In another surprising turn of events, the crazy fun thing also admitted to being “the leader of the streakers” when she was in college.

She said that at the time, she was in a “naked frame of mind”.

We’ve been wondering what frame of mind she’s in now.

John Legend: ‘Kanye West is brutally honest, very creative and marches to the beat of his own drum'

John Legend reveals what it’s like working with Kanye West...

By Selina Maycock Junior News Reporter on Wednesday, 15 October 2014 at 04:59

Not many people know that Kanye West has worked on all of John Legend's five studio albums, so when it comes to talking about the real Kanye, John is the man to tell us what he’s really like.
Speaking exclusively to Magic’s Jo Parkerson, John said: “We’ve been working together for a long time now, it’s been about 12-13 years. He executive produced almost all of my albums now and he was actually more involved with this one than the previous ones – and probably even more than my first album. We just got together at the beginning of the process of making this album and said we want to make a really great, soulful, fresh, modern album that felt really good. Feel good soulful music and that’s what we went for, it was fun working with him.”

Yeah, OK, but we all want to know what he’s REALLY like…
John said: “The things people see in the media – when he’s brutally honest and very creative, [he] marches to the beat of his own drum – all those things are very true of him. There’s not like a public persona and a private persona, but people don’t know how generous he is. For instance when we’ve worked together people are surprised that he’s worked on all my albums for all of my career.

“He’s been so instrumental in my career, people don’t really realise that and how generous he’s been to me over all of my career, including the beginning when I was broke and still figuring out what I wanted to do, as an artist he was helping me figure that out. So I have a more rounded picture of him than most people do, but he’s still that guy too – he isn’t afraid to speak his truth at any time and you need people in your life like that, especially when you’re making art and being creative because there is always going to be people to tell you what you want to hear, but you need people to tell you what you need to hear too.”

And Kanye is accepting the cost of achieving his dream, according to John. John said his marriage to Kim Kardashian has pushed him to another level.

He says: “He and Kim, Brad and Angelina, Jay and Beyonce they are the ultimate celebrity couples and I think he is conflicted about dealing with that because he recognises the power of it and also recognises the drawbacks. I think he’s dealing with that just like anybody would, because part of it is you’ve achieved your goal and you’ve realised your dream, you wanted to be a successful artist, you wanted to be hugely impactful, you wanted to marry this stunning beautiful woman and so you realise all those dreams but you also realise is that there is costs to that as well.”

5SOS pull out of Radio 1 Teen Awards as Ashton Irwin has appendicitis

The BBC has announced tonight that 5SOS will no longer be performing at the Radio 1 Teen Awards.

The band’s drummer Ashton Irwin has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will be unable to perform at the event this Sunday.
“Ashton Irwin from 5 Seconds of Summer was admitted to hospital in Sydney with appendicitis yesterday and has subsequently had an operation to remove his appendix,” the band's spokesperson said in a statement.
“Ashton is currently recovering therefore sadly 5SOS will not able to travel this week to the UK for The Radio 1 Teen Awards in London. We are so sorry to everyone that had planned on seeing us at Wembley, we were so excited to come see you all. We can’t wait to get back to the UK soon.,”
The awards are taking place at London’s SSE Arena and celebrate the UK’s unsung teenage heroes as well as the year’s best music, online, sport and entertainment stars.