New York, Oct 29: American actor Zac Efron is in talks for Kevin Bacon''s iconic role in the Paramount remake of the movie ‘Footloose’.

Efron has been rumoured to take the lead role in the movie, and after he made 42 million dollars last weekend for ‘High School Musical
3’, Paramount has moved forward with production and hopes to start filming next spring.

Kenny Ortega will be directing the movie along with “Nick and Norah''s Infinite Playlist” director Peter Sollett, who will rewrite the script.

According to Variety magazine, the studio is also working on a slew of new songs to jazz up the soundtrack, reports New York Daily News.

London, Oct 29: The home planet of Star Trek’s hero Mr Spock could really exist, as per a new finding.

The find was made through a powerful telescope, which found rocky worlds around the star, Epsilon Eridani, which has Spock’s planet Vulcan orbiting in the TV show.

The star Epsilon Eridani is surrounded by two bands of rocky and metal fragments like the asteroid belt that lies beyond Mars in our solar system.

And NASA experts believe if they are there, rocky planets like Earth must be there too, and it boosts that chance that this new solar system could be inhabited.

New Delhi, Oct 29: Melanie Brown, who’s currently working on a solo album, has dropped her plans of releasing songs that talk about her bitter split from ex-lover Eddie Murphy.

Scary Spice said that she has decided to drop tracks ''Second Hand Lover'' and ''Reflections In A Broken Mirror'' from her album, insisting that she’s moved on, reports China Daily.

Mel told New! magazine: "I was keen to keep those songs in and then I thought, ''Why am I giving this jerk any reference? I have moved on!'' "

Washington, October 28: Drew Barrymore has managed to get the best out of the cast of her directorial debut by flooding them with hugs and kisses.

The actress, who is directing the forthcoming comedy ‘Whip It!’, had made her cast felt at home.

"(She) is the biggest hippie I''ve ever met. I got more hugs and kisses with her than I get from my family,” Contactmusic quoted and rapper-turned-actress Eve as saying.

"Even though we were bruised and bashed around, Drew was there to hug us and give us love,” she added.

Oslo - British actor Michael Caine is to co-host the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize Concert along with US actress Scarlett Johansson, organizers said Wednesday.

Caine, a two-time Academy Award-winning actor, appeared with Johansson in the 2006 movie The Prestige.

He was knighted in 2000, the same year he won an Oscar for best supporting actor for Cider House Rules.

New Delhi, October 29: Lindsay Lohan, who has reportedly dropped from size 10-12 to a drastic 6, has left friends worried over her diminishing health.

The ‘Mean Girls’ actress had earlier denied rumours claiming that she had fallen victim to an eating disorder and had been bitten by the size zero bug, reports China Daily.

Friends of the 22-year-old, who is believed to have lost 14 lbs, were concerned that the singer might have taken things too far with herself.