After Megan Fox flamed out as the leading lady in “Transformers 3” over a tiff with director Michael Bay over her being “too thin,” Bay is reported ready to fill her shoes — with a model.
Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who apparently read for the role last week, has reportedly all but signed on for the job, according to reports.
Hunting-Whiteley’s only known acting experience has been strutting the runway in stillettos and lingerie in the televised “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Shows,” in which she worked with Bay.
Sarah Wright, who appeared in the film “The House Bunny,” and Brooklyn Decker, a guys’ fave model in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, were also considered likely contenders to take over the female lead.
The other women on the short-list were told that the female lead will go to Huntington-Whiteley, so unless things fall apart at the negotiating table, she’s the one, Dateline Hollywood reports.
The rush is on to fill Fox’s shoes: Paramount began production on “Transformers 3” earlier this month in Los Angeles.
Bay reportedly said Fox looked too “gaunt” for the role, which ended in Fox storming off the set and quitting.
Singer Wyclef Jean wants pals Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to help his earthquake-ravaged homeland by adopting a Haitian child.
“Brad and Angie, please! Please adopt a child from Haiti!” Jean told Usmagazine.
Jean’s plea isn’t too far-fetched – the actress previously expressed interest in the notion while visiting the country in February. Pitt and Jolie are already the parents of adopted children from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam.
“I’m always open to children around the world. We’re that kind of family. Brad and I talk about that,” Jolie told CNN. “But that’s not what we’re focusing on at this time, by any means.”
Jean, a roving ambassador for Haiti, says that both Pitt and Jolie have been active in his relief efforts.
They traveled to the country in February and have donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders through their Jolie-Pitt foundation.
“I have so many celebrity friends who have really supported this cause and who continue to support this cause,” Jean said. “Our job is to help those little kids, to give them a chance. If we give them a chance they’ll have a better tomorrow.”
After over two years of dating, tennis star Serena Williams, 28, and rapper Common, 38, have split.
“They just grew apart,” a friend of the musician’s told In Touch Weekly.
The duo made a last public appearance in April at the New York premiere of Date Night, but Common was acting single on the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage cruise while promoting the film “Just Wright” in mid-May.
“He was a big hit with the ladies,” a source told In Touch.
Dennis Hopper, who has been painting and taking photographs for 40 years, is finally getting an exhibit in his hometown.
The first exhibition under new director Jeffrey Deitch at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles will be a retrospective of Hopper’s work, going back to the 1960s, according to the New York Post.
Hopper, who is suffering from cancer and battling with his his estranged wife, Victoria Duffy, is said to be working daily at his home in Venice, Calif., helping curate the show, which will open this summer.
