Elvis Costello is cooing over his love for composer Ludwig Van Beethoven in a new car ad for Lexus. The British singer/songwriter sits in the back seat of a car in the new ad, listening to the composer on a state-of-the-art stereo. He says, "Beethoven, he wrote a few toe tappers... When you close your eyes you can see the whole orchestra in front of you."

Las Vegas DJ Pete Giovine is hoping to cash in on socialite Kim Kardashian's sex tape by recording a new rap tune about the controversy, called Another Heiress Just Got Sprayed, according to internet site EveOnVegas.com.

Outkast star Big Boi has been commissioned to create a score for an upcoming Atlanta Ballet production in his native Georgia. The rapper/producer reportedly met with choreographer Lauri Stallings earlier today with a view to penning a new piece for a ballet spectacular scheduled to debut in April 2008.

Alien star Sigourney Weaver is to show off her maternal skills in a new movie comedy about a woman who runs a surrogate mother agency. Weaver is in talks to join Saturday Night Live comediennes Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in Baby Mama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In the film, Fey will play a career woman who hires Poehler to carry her child.

Nicolas Cage's teenage son Weston has landed legendary rock producer Jack Douglas as the brains behind his first album.

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