Antipodean actor Russell Crowe is the latest famous face to be linked to the upcoming Star Trek movie. In recent weeks, internet reports have suggested Tom Cruise, British pop star Robbie Williams and now Crowe will appear in the sci-fi film.

Filmmaker J.J. Abrams - who directed Cruise in Mission: Impossible III last year - is directing the 11th Star Trek movie and is reportedly in talks with Crowe.

An insider tells British newspaper Daily Express, "Russell is definitely considering J.J.'s offer. Russell was always a big Star Trek fan as a kid, which is a big bonus."

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Matt Damon's dreams of playing Captain James T. Kirk in moviemaker J.J. Abrams' new film have been dashed because the director thinks he's too old. Damon admits he called the Mission: Impossible 3 director when he heard he'd be taking charge of "Star Trek XI" and begged to play Kirk.

He says, "I actually called J.J. because I kept hearing these rumors but he was like, 'No, you're way too old.'"

Pop star Robbie Williams is among the favorites to play Kirk after Abrams name checked the singer in a recent interview.

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A new movie trailer which fails to reveal the film's title is leaving cinemagoers desperate for more information. The strange promo, which is being shown across the country before screenings of number one film Transformers, features a bunch of New Yorkers enjoying a dinner party before the lights go out and fireballs drop all over the city.

The trailer contains no title, but reveals a release date of January 18, 2008 and that the movie is produced by Lost co-creator and Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams.

The film is known as Cloverfield, although Hollywood studio Paramo...

Mission: Impossible III star Jonathan Rhys Meyers insists his days of romancing Hollywood stars are over - because he hates dating "drama queens". The Irish actor, who has been romantically linked to stars including Scarlett Johansson and Rachael Leigh Cook in the past, reveals he has made a personal pact not to date actresses because he can't handle the baggage that comes with them.

He says, "I wouldn't date an actress. (They're) too difficult and too competitive. I'm the only actress in my life! They are all drama queens."

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Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is envious of Tom Cruise's popularity and hopes to experience similar success in his career. Meyers is desperate to be as famous as his Mission Impossible co-star and has dreamed of a successful acting career since childhood.

He says "No kid kicking a football against a wall wants to grow up to be Mr. Smith - they all want to be (Diego) Maradona. Of course I want to be Tom Cruise! Or I want that level of success and power. It's very attractive. I'm not quite sure if it would suit me, though."

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Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is looking forward to becoming a father after spending time with doting dads Tom Cruise and Will Smith. Meyers admits his desire for children increased as he watched his Mission Impossible co-star Cruise and pal Smith bond with their children on the movie set.

He says, "I'm very broody but I'm not ready to be a father. I do love children, though. When I was on the set of Mission: Impossible 3, Will Smith and his wife came down, and he's got a little girl and a little boy. They were so beautiful and it was lovely to see that family unit. It's the same with To...

Irish actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers has checked into rehab for alcohol abuse. The Mission: Impossible III hunk, 29, entered an unspecified facility in the U.S. earlier this week, his representative Meredith O'Sullivan has confirmed to America's People magazine.

O'Sullivan says, "After a non-stop succession of filming Jonathan Rhys-Meyers has entered an alcohol-treatment program. He felt a break was needed to maintain his recovery.

"Jonathan plans to resume his schedule following completion."

Rhys Meyers has just finished filming August Rush opposite Terrence Howard and Robin Wil...

Movie giant Paramount has agreed to pay $75,000 to the U.S. Attorney's office after a marketing stunt for Mission: Impossible III prompted a series of bomb scares. Plastic devices were fitted to 4,500 newspaper vending machines in Los Angeles that played the Mission: Impossible theme when opened.

But the red boxes were mistaken for bombs, causing a hospital to be evacuated. Another was blown up by an arson squad in Santa Clarita, California.

Paramount, the Los Angeles Times and Allied Advertising agreed to make the payment without admitting fault.

The money will be given to W...

Narc director Joe Carnahan feared he would never work again after quitting Tom Cruise action epic Mission: Impossible III. The filmmaker spent 15 months working on the sequel before leaving over creative differences with studio bosses - and even filmed the moment to document what he thought was the end of his Hollywood career.

However, despite going on to direct Smokin' Aces and remaking Bunny Lake Is Missing, which will star Reese Witherspoon, he can't watch the footage of him quitting as it still hurts too much.

He explains, "I actually videotaped myself when I quit because I wa...

Director Joe Carnahan is still bitter he didn't get to finish his work on Hollywood blockbuster Mission: Impossible III because he believes his version would have been far superior. The filmmaker spent 15 months working on the movie before quitting over creative differences with studio bosses.

Last year's action epic starred Tom Cruise and was directed by J.J. Abrams, but was radically different from Carnahan's vision. And Carnahan regrets that cinema goers never got to see his version.

He says, "Were we going to do something that would have kicked the s**t out of the movie they w...

Rachel McAdams has turned down a variety of roles including the romantic leads in Mission: Impossible III and Casino Royale and Anne Hathaway's parts in The Devil Wears Prada and the upcoming Get Smart.

Rocker Steve Van Zandt was the first choice to play Tony Soprano in hit mob series The Sopranos but the guitarist/actor landed the role of Silvio Dante.

British comedian Steve Coogan will play a psychiatrist in the hit US show Curb Your Enthusiasm.

British rocker Pete Doherty will curate a cultural evening of poetry readings and acoustic songs at the Hackney Empire in London i...

Star Trek, one of the most popular and successful franchises in the history of movies and television, returns to the big screen under the creative vision of J.J. Abrams, the force behind Lost, Alias and Mission Impossible III for Paramount Pictures. The film will begin shooting this fall for a Christmas Day 2008 release.

One of the most popular film and television franchises of all time, "Star Trek" has encompassed 726 total episodes for television in six different series, beginning with the original 1966-1969 series created by Gene Roddenberry. The 10 "Star Trek" films have grossed in...

Lost co-creator and Mission Impossible: III director J.J. Abrams is in talks to acquire the rights to horror writer Stephen King's novel 'The Dark Tower.'

King has been keen to keep the project away from Hollywood hands but the writer is reportedly a huge fan of Abrams' desert island drama - and is thrilled about working with the director.

According to US magazine Entertainment Weekly, Abrams will team up with his Lost co-creator Damon Lindelhof on the project. Lindelhof is slated to pen the screenplay.

Go to J.J. Abrams' Starpulse Page for lots more, including photos, bio...

Former Felicity star Keri Russell tied the knot with her long-time boyfriend Shane Deary in New York City on Valentine's Day.

Russell and Deary, both 30, recently announced they were expecting their first child this summer.

Only a few close friends attended the intimate ceremony, which took place during a snowstorm.

According to American publication US Weekly, the wedding reception was held at the Red Cat, a French restaurant in New York's Chelsea district.

A source adds, "As far as I know, it went beautifully."

Russell, who starred with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impo...

Simon Pegg has defended Tom Cruise. The Shaun Of The Dead actor worked with Tom on Mission: Impossible III and insists the controversial Hollywood star is not obsessed with Scientology and is a great guy.

Simon told FHM magazine: "He never mentioned it. I spent a lot of time with Tom and it wasn't spoken about once. Everything you hear about people, that isn't from first hand experience, is invariably wrong. And my first hand experience of Tom Cruise was very positive."

Tom was said to have spoken to several guests at his November wedding to Katie Holmes, including Jennifer Lopez,...

Tom Cruise is to star in a detective comedy with Ben Stiller, it has been claimed. The action hero will allegedly star alongside Stiller in an updated version of the classic comedy novels The Hardy Boys, called The Hardy Men. The movie sees the eternal teenagers finally grown up, but still up to their old tricks.

Production for the film, directed by Shawn Levy, is due to begin in October. Levy also directed Stiller's latest box office hit Night At The Museum as well as The Pink Panther and Cheaper By The Dozen.

Cruise reportedly met Stiller to discuss starring in the comedian's la...

Katie Holmes fell in love with Tom Cruise when the two met to discuss a film, and the actor shook her hand for the first time.

The former Dawson's Creek star and Cruise married in a fairytale wedding in November and she gave birth to the couple's daughter, Suri, in April.

She tells US Harper's Bazaar about the pair's first date saying it was, "In Los Angeles, my first motorcycle ride...to the beach. It was amazing and fast. I was in love from the moment that I shook his hand for the first time."

The 28-year-old, who is stepmother to the Mission: Impossible III star's other...

Keri Russell is expecting her first child this summer. Russell, 30, and fiance Shane Deary, 30, a contractor, have been dating for several years and became engaged last year. The star's representative, Jill Fritzo, confirmed the pregnancy to reporters from publication People.

Russell played the title role of Felicity Porter in the hit drama Felicity from 1998 to 2002 and starred in Mission: Impossible III last year.

Her latest film, "Waitress," was directed by the late Adrienne Shelly and screens next week at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

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Ben Stiller has spoken out in defense of Tom Cruise, insisting it was "wrong" for Paramount Studios to end its deal with the superstar last year. Stiller insists Paramount boss Sumner Redstone should never have fired Cruise after blaming his couch-jumping appearance on Oprah Winfrey's TV show for embarrassing the studio and hampering the box office performance of Mission: Impossible III.

And Stiller also believes Hollywood's highest earners deserve their staggeringly high salaries. He says, "Studios don't pay out of the kindness of their heart. It's all an equation to them. That's all...

Thought 2006 was a wacky year in showbiz? Who'd have thought 12 months ago we'd be talking about a year when Madonna adopted an African orphan; Mel Gibson racially attacked a Jewish cop; and Britney had another baby, but dumped K-Fed and hooked up with party pal Paris Hilton.

Well, we reckon 2007 is going to be even more spectacular, with more surprise romances, bitter divorces and stacks and stacks of scandal and controversy. We've come up with some predictions for the year ahead - and hooked up with bookmaker William Hill to see just how likely they are.

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Martin Scorsese's star-studded mob drama The Departed has been named the best film of 2006 by website Moviehole.net.

The Departed topped Little Miss Sunshine and Children Of Men, which came second and third respectively in a list compiled by critic Clint Morris. Moviehole's top 10 movies of 2006 are:

1. The Departed

2. Little Miss Sunshine

3. Children Of Men

4. Mission: Impossible III

5. Casino Royale

6. Superman Returns

7. Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

8. United 93

9. Last Train To Freo

10. Brick

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Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have crashed another party, coming first in the hearts of American movie lovers with their bad boy antics in Wedding Crashers. The comedy tops the list of most rented movies at Blockbuster in 2006, both in-store and online.

"Half of this year's top movie rentals are comedies, showing America loves to laugh in its downtime," said Joyce Woodward, senior vice president and general merchandising manager for Blockbuster Inc. "The holidays are always one of the peak times for movie watching. Blockbuster recommends any of the top picks of 2006 as entertainment for...

Much of the hoopla surrounding Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes began in 2005--the whirlwind romance, the couch jumping, the pregnancy and so forth--but the frenzy following the couple was just getting started.

In January, a sex scene from Katie’s Thank You For Smoking was allegedly cut out due to Tom’s objections. The film’s director later defended the actress, saying,“She was cool for doing four days of shooting, where two of those days she's in bed with Aaron Eckhart's character.”

Rumors then began swirling about the scientology birth process. Katie planned to adhere to strict scient...

Rocking Rod Stewart owes his health and youthful looks in part to his daily wine intake - he sups two glasses of red and one of white every day.

Chris Gardner, the homeless father who became a multi-millionaire and inspired Will Smith's new movie The Pursuit Of Happyness, bought his first Ferrari sportscar from sports legend Michael Jordan.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs and girlfriend Kim Porter's baby gift registry for their unborn twin girls includes an $88,000 Mercedes.

Busy Baywatch creator David Hasselhoff has created a new T-shirt line called Malibu Dave's.

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Actor Tom Cruise has married Katie Holmes in a candlelit ceremony at Castello Odescalchi in Bracciano, Italy today.

The couple arrived at the venue separately - Holmes first in a limousine, while the Top Gun star was briefly glimpsed in a black Mercedes van - in the afternoon, but kept press waiting until nearly 8:30pm local time to confirm they were officially husband and wife through Cruise's publicist Arnold Robinson.

Holmes walked down the aisle in an Armani dress, while Cruise wore a suit by the same designer at the romantic ceremony in the 15th century castle overlooking L...

Tom Cruise has made "Lions For Lambs" his first movie for new studio United Artists and will star as a U.S. Senator in the multi-layered drama. Paramount Pictures boss Sumner Redstone sensationally axed the studio's deal with Cruise star earlier this year, blaming his famous couch-jumping appearance on Oprah Winfrey's TV show for embarrassing the studio and hampering the box office performance of Mission: Impossible III.

But Cruise has moved on prior to his impending wedding to fiancée Katie Holmes and is set to co-star alongside Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in the blockbuster movi...

Tom Cruise and executives from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. are resurrecting United Artists, the movie studio founded more than 80 years ago by screen legends including Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford. MGM executives announced the new plans, which will have Cruise starring in and producing films for the studio, yesterday.

Cruise's production partner Paula Wagner will serve as chief executive for the new studio. According to MGM, Cruise and Wagner will set the company's production slate from development to production green-lighting ability, subject to certain parameters.

Pa...

Paramount Studios boss Sumner Redstone's wife convinced him to fire Tom Cruise because she "and women everywhere had come to hate him." Redstone sensationally axed the studio's deal with Cruise earlier this year, blaming his famous couch-jumping appearance on Oprah Winfrey's TV show for embarrassing the studio and hampering the performance of Mission: Impossible III.

During an appearance on TV show “Today,” Cruise also criticized Brooke Shields' use of anti-depressant medication when she was diagnosed with post-partum depression following the birth of her first child.

And in a n...

Tom Cruise has hired the same Hollywood event production company that planned the fairytale nuptials of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to co-ordinate his upcoming wedding to Katie Holmes. The celebrity couple is tying the knot in Italy on November 18 but have refused to reveal the exact location.

The wedding planning company, Along Came Mary, has also produced Barbra Streisand's wedding to James Brolin and Sean Penn's nuptials with Robin Wright Penn. According to Radar Online, the company is owned by Mary Miucci, who is actually better known for staging blockbuster movie premieres.

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In Mission: Impossible 3, super Impossible Mission Forces (IMF) agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is forced back into the field just when he was planning on marrying his girlfriend, Julia (Michelle Monaghan). The agency asks Hunt to save an operative (Keri Russell) he trained after weapons dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman) kidnaps her.