January 12th, The Candy Shop

The Candy Shop

-Beyoncé is taking a six month break from her music career. After she completes her world "Sasha Fierce" tour in February, she won't be hitting the studio again until mid-2010. The star told USA Today that "It's definitely time to take a break, to recharge my batteries. I'd like to take about six months and not go into the studio. I need to just live life, to be inspired by things again. I'm going to do random things. I want to go to restaurants, maybe take a class and see some movies and Broadway shows."

-Christina Aguilera is filming scenes for her upcoming musical film Burlesque with Cam Gigandet. She will be playing a small town girl seeking fame and fortune by singing at a LA Burlesque Club. It's almost like Moulin Rouge set in LA...

-Mark Wahlburg is a daddy again! He and his wife Rhea Durham had their fourth child together yesterday, a baby girl named Margaret Grace. Congrats!

-Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will not be attending this year's Golden Globes ceremony. Pitt is upset about not being nominated for his work in Inglourious Basterds. According to E! Online, Jolie's stylist said that "They're not going because he's not nominated individually. Inglourious Basterds is, but not him." Cry Baby much? He may have headlined the film, but he's hardly in it at all. Not nearly enough to be nominated. Christopher Walz on the other hand, he should walk away with the award.

-Jude Law will soon be proposing to Sienna Miller. Again. The two have already been married and divorced, and are now an item once again, and according to the Daily Mirror, "have never been happier".

-Eva Mendes and Jamie Dornan, the faces bodies of Calvin Klein, shot another steamy ad campaign for the company this week. Here is a peek at one of the pictures that will soon be adorning billboards and magazines around the country...

January 5th, The Candy Shop...

The Candy Shop

-Vince Vaughn got married to his long time girlfriend Kyla Weber this past Saturday. The two had a private ceremony with only their closest friends invited. And no, Jennifer Aniston did not show up in black. Congratulations to the happy couple!

-Avatar is getting ready to become the second highest grossing film of all time. Will it surpass Titanic though? Read more at THR

-Christina Aguilera is releasing a new CD in March! She just announced that it will be titled "Bionic" and the first track will be "Glam" which is described as a "poppy, hip-hop inflected" number. She collaborates with Goldfrapp, Ladytron and M.I.A on the album. It will be great to hear from her again as "Back to Basics" in 2006 was her last studio release.

-Sean Penn rejoins the cast of the Three Stooges. As originally announced, he will play Larry opposite Benicio Del Toro as Moe, and (reportedly) Jim Carey, as Curly. 

-Sherlock Holmes 2 won't be made if the director continues with his reported homosexual plot line between Holmes and Watson. Robert Downey Jr. said recently in an interview about the film that Holmes is a "very butch homosexual." This has the owner of the Holmes estate up in arms. She said, "I am not hostile to homosexuals, but I am to anyone who is not true to the spirit of the books." Read more at Contact Music