Reese Witherspoon abruptly left the set of “Bunny Lake Is Missing,” Variety reported. Witherspoon, producer and star of the film scheduled to begin shooting in five weeks. A delay could cause the film to lose director Joe Carnahan, who has contracted to helm “White Jazz” when “Bunny Lake” wraps. TMZ.com reported Witherspoon exercised her option because of an incomplete script.
Hit-making music producer Timbaland wants to revive Britney Spears’ career. And he’s asked her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake to help. “I’m the type of person who tries to save the world. I just want to take her away, go overseas, and work (it) out,” Timbaland told Entertainment Weekly magazine. “I asked Justin, ‘How would you feel about me working with Britney?’ I said, ‘Would you do it with me?”‘ Timbaland said Timberlake agreed, with one caveat, “She’s just gotta be serious.”
Spears reportedly has contacted Christina Aguilera’s publicist Cindy Guagenti to rebuild her image, according to E! Online’s Marc Malkin. Spears and Aguilera are alums of the “The New Mickey Mouse Club” and have been at odds until recently.
Mischa Barton on Wednesday had her second car accident in less than three weeks. Barton, 21, caught her bumper on the parking lot gate at the Marc by Marc Jacobs store in Los Angeles, Us Weekly reported. The former “O.C.” star bashed up Nicole Richie’s car on Sunset Boulevard on Feb. 18.
From the Ripley’s Believe It or Not file: Katie Holmes wants to be Victoria Beckham’s on-air sidekick for the former Spice Girl’s reality series, Life & Style magazine reported. And a source told the magazine Tom Cruise is not thrilled. “Tom’s opinion is, ‘Why would you want to be Ethel if Posh is Lucy?”‘ Holmes reportedly teased her hubby, saying, “You just don’t want to be Fred!”
