According to MTV Martin Scorsese would like Al Pacino to play Frank Sinatra and Robert De Niro to play Dean Martin in his upcoming film but according to Scorsese this is totally NOT true.

As reported by MTV:

As MTV Movies managing editor Josh Horowitz put it when I shared this news, “bazonkers.” Martin Scorsese has long had a Frank Sinatra biopic on his docket. True, it’s just one of a torrent of other in-development Scorsese project. But it’s also something that people want to see, so perhaps he’ll be able to squeeze it in between “Hugo Cabret” and “The Irishman.” Hopefully, because he’s now on record as saying that he’d like Al Pacino for the Sinatra role and Robert De Niro for the crooner’s longtime collaborator, Dean Martin. He also said that the plan involves going through “three or four different Sinatras” in order to best capture the singer’s colorful career. This is all hoped-for casting of course, but Scorsese is generally the kind of director who gets what he wants.

According to Gossip Cop:

For close to a year now, a number of top celebrities have been mentioned for the possible lead in Martin Scorsese’s biopic about Frank Sinatra.

Among the names thrown out in the past were Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp and George Clooney.

But now, according to reports everywhere, including one picked up by MTV, Scorsese is “on record as saying that he’d like Al Pacino for the Sinatra role and Robert De Niro for the crooner’s longtime collaborator, Dean Martin.”

There’s just one problem. And it’s not who to cast as Joey Bishop.

Scorsese never said he wanted to cast Pacino and De Niro.

A rep for the director tells Gossip Cop the Pacino-De Niro report is “totally not true.”

Everyone should just relax, and let Scorsese do it his way.

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List of Nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards:

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film
Coraline Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells Tomm Moore
Up Pete Docter

Art Direction
Avatar Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography
Avatar Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon Christian Berger

Costume Design
Bright Star Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Monique Prudhomme
Nine Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria Sandy Powell

Directing
Avatar James Cameron
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Lee Daniels
Up in the Air Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)
Burma VJ Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove Nominees to be determined
Food, Inc. Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing
Avatar Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film
Ajami Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow Peru
Un Prophète France
The White Ribbon Germany

Makeup
Il Divo Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)
Avatar James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes Hans Zimmer
Up Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture
Avatar James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
The Blind Side Nominees to be determined
District 9 Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
An Education Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
The Hurt Locker Nominees to be determined
Inglourious Basterds Lawrence Bender, Producer
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
Up Jonas Rivera, Producer
Up in the Air Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
French Roast Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)
The Door Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
Avatar Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds Wylie Stateman
Star Trek Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing
Avatar Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects
Avatar Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
District 9 Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

For a complete list see Academy website here.

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According to US Weekly, Madonna spent the weekend at Rodriguez’s home in Westchester County, New York, but according to Madonna’s rep this is NOT true.

As reported by Gossip Cop:

The magazine further reports that Madonna and Alex Rodriguez “have kept in touch all along.”

While it’s true the two have remained good friends and in contact, Us Weekly is 100 percent wrong about the weekend stay.

Not only did Madonna’s rep deny it, but a source close to Rodriguez confirmed to Gossip Cop that the mag struck out.

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According to Perez Hilton, Artie Lange will be fired from the Howard Stern show when he returns but according to Tim Sabean on air, he said they are waiting Artie’s return to the show.

Artie has been away from the Stern show since mid December and was hospitalized over the holidays due to a suicide attempt. He has since been released from the hospital but has not returned to the Stern show as of yet.

According to Perez Hilton:

Sources tell us there are whispers that Sirius XM is going to let Artie Lange go, but they’re waiting until he’s in stable condition to break the news to him.

We’re also told that Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin has already informed host Howard Stern about the news.

Tim Sabean, the senior vice president of the Howard Stern channels said this on air:

Artie is very much a part of these channels, and we look forward to Artie’s fast recovery and we wish him all the best.

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According to the National Enquirer Adam Lambert signed for a guest appearance on the Fox TV show Glee but according to Adam this is NOT true.

As reported by the National Enquirer:

Here’s an early warning blip that just showed up on our gaydar: Flamohboyant ADAM LAMBERT just signed for a special guest appearance on Fox TV smash hit “Glee” in April.

Producers made no secret of wanting the “American Idol” icon, and Adam just loved the idea – especially when he learned he’d be playing big-brother mentor to the character Kurt, who’s needing a little help in coming out of the closet.

Adam Lambert tweeted this:

Glee guest star rumor: it’s a rumor. Sorry guys.

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According to Gossip Cop, Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez HAVE split up:

Gossip Cop can 100 percent confirm that Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson have broken up.

The couple, who were the source of endless moving in, engagement and even pregnancies rumors have gone their separate ways after a year together.

A source close to Rodriguez wouldn’t go into the specifics of the split but told Gossip Cop, “It’s true.”

Speculation over their relationship began after the Yankees slugger was partying with various women in Miami last weekend.

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There are all sort of reports like the one from starpulse.com (quoting Britian’s Mail On Sunday) that Demi Moore has taken a role in Ashton Kutcher’s The Beautiful Life but according to her rep this is completely FALSE.

As reported by starpulse.com:

Ashton Kutcher has recruited his number one beauty for his TV series The Beautiful Life – his wife Demi Moore.

The actress has been providing her expertise behind the scenes of the upcoming drama, which her husband Kutcher created and is currently producing. And now she’s being lined up for a role in front of the camera, in a rare small screen venture for the star.

Moore, 46, is set to play an ex-model obsessed with plastic surgery, according to Britain’s Mail on Sunday.

A source tells the newspaper, “Demi has turned down a lot of TV shows over the years, including Ugly Betty. But she completely trusts Ashton. The plan is for her to play a recurring guest role so that she can keep coming back.”

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As reported by Perez Hilton:

As Anna Paquin and her fiance, Stephen Moyer, exited the Byron and Tracey salon in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, it looked like the True Blood femme fatale was carrying more than just her hat!

Her tummy sure looks sperminated!

According to Gossip Cop, there is no truth to this:

Oh, for the record: Paquin’s rep says, “Anna is not pregnant.”

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As reported by E! Online, Ashton and Demi’s private plane had to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas.

Ashton Kutcher via Twitter:

my plane just had to do an emergency landing. Engine over heated. fire trucks everywhere. good times.

Demi Moore via Twitter:

Yep it is always an adventure in Vegas emergency landing and all!

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As reported by TMZ, Artie Lange from The Howard Stern Show was arrested on July 10th for suspicion of DUI after getting into a minor car accident.

On the Stern show yesterday, Artie said he blew a 0.0 on his Breathalyzer and passed every test the officer gave him — he said he doesn’t know what part he failed.

Artie said that when he’s able to talk about this, he’s got a lot to say about it. He said it’s going to be a complicated thing.

Update: According to a listener, Artie’s comment was said sarcastically so there is likely not much to this story at all.

Update (July 14th): Artie pleads not guilty to DUI according to TMZ.

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