WENDY WILLIAMS NEW TALK SHOW TO PREMIERE MONDAY, JULY,14, 2008 + CANDID PICS.

Starting Monday and running for the next six weeks, Wendy 'Monkey Feet' Williams new live, hour-long, daytime talk show, The Wendy Williams Show, will air on Fox at 1 p.m. With th show produced before a New York audience, expect fans who are devotees. "I start with a very, very devoted fan base," Williams said. "My sidekicks will be my audience; I really want the smartest, freshest audience in all of daytime. My set is fabulous and my theme song by David Vanacore says it all -- 'Say say say it; feel it, feel it, feel it; how you doing? Shout it out.'...We're embracing the old-school way of doing talk shows where the audience is very much a part of the show." On the other side of the screen, Williams said the target viewership is "women aged 25-40, the usual daytime audience. In terms of color, I'm a black woman, so my natural fan base would be black women. But in actuality, plenty of different people listen to The Wendy Williams Experience. Heterosexual men are embarrassed because they feel it's a gay man's thing, but that's not true either, you know? But if you're interested in me, I'm interested in you. I take everyone."

What will you see? Three segments look to be regular. First are "Hot topics ... which is what's going on with Michelle Obama ...or Lindsay Lohan's mom's reality show," she says. "I love pop culture, hot guys, hot women, hot restaurants, great clothing." Then there'll be celebrity interviews with those who can stand some astringent querying. "This is not the Jay Leno interview," Williams warned. "I guarantee that Wendy will give a more interesting twist for my audience. That's my job: to put the remix on what others are doing."

The shock-jock-turned-talk-show hostwas spotted shopping for shades at the Solstice store in New York City earlier this month looking a hot-ass mess....as usual.

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NEW CANDIDS: THE ROCK WITH HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND; VANESSA WILLIAMS ON 'HANNAH MONTANA' MOVIE SET; MYA IN BARBADOS + NEW MOVIE, ALBUM NEWS.

Actress Vanessa Williams was spotted filming on location for Hannah Montana: The Movie in Malibu, California. The movie is due for release in 2009.

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Recently divorced Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson was spotted leaving the exclusive restaurant ZUMA in Londons Knightsbridge with his girlfriend, who bares a strong resemblance to his ex-wife. Sources say the wrestler-turned-actor and his new boo enjoyed each other's company for about an hour and a half before leaving the eatery....with a big ass toothy-grin plastered on his face! That's the grin of a very happy man in love. So uh, who wants to break what could be really heartbreaking news to The Rock's crush, Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas of TLC? Bless her heart.

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Although we haven't heard or seen much of Ms. Mya as of late, it doesn't mean the singer/actress has been spending her of idle time twiddling her thumbs or frolicking on the beaches of Barbados in a hot pink halter-style bikini as shown in the photos below taken last weekend. The singer had been in the Caribbean to attend a charity event, which she never showed up to due to issues beyond her control. Last May I told you all that Mya had broken her foot thereby postponing her Broadway debut in the musical Chicago. Fortunately, the singer has made a speedy recovery and has underwent physical therapy, according to her manager. She is now in dance rehearsals for Chicago. Her manager also said that fans could possibly hear a new album from Mya as early as this fall. Now, that I will have to see to believe. Too many false starts. On the movie front, Mya has just wrapped filming on Love for Sale; a comedy/drama where she plays the lead female role of Keiley. The film was written/produced by syndicated radio show host Russ Parr and also stars Jackie Long, Jason Weaver, Melyssa Ford, Essence Atkins, Big Daddy Kane and Clifton Powell. Watch the Love for Sale movie trailer here.

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JENNIFER HUDSON MOVIE UPDATES ON TYLER PERRY'S 'THE FAMILY THAT PREYS TOGETHER' & 'THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES.'

Back in January, I told you all that Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson was in negotiations to co-star in Tyler Perry's new film, The Family the Preys Together (which will be released in September) alongside Perry, Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Rockmond Dunbar, Taraji Henson and Robin Givens. Well, the key word in that post was "negotiations." Hudson will not be in the film; however she will appear on the big screen on October 17, 2008 in The Secret Life of Bees (based on Sue Monk Kidd's bestselling novel) alongside Alica Keys, Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning and Sophie Okonedo. Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (played by Hilari Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen (Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Okonedo and Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna. “It’s very raw, very raw. It affected each of us in some kind of way,” says Hudson. “Like with me, I had to do research like crazy on the civil rights movement. That messed with my mind. And then I had to fight three white men because I was my own stunt double. Dakota, Queen and Tristan (Wilds) had to go to bee school and learn how to deal with bees. Alicia had to learn how to play the cello. I’ve never had to be this involved in anything in my life! I had to touch a bug. I had a fit, honey. I nearly lost my mind! It was a beetle, but luckily, it was beautiful.”

In other Hudson news, the singer is reportedly getting a few stings after her self-titled album cover (click picture on the right to see its full image), which shows a tiny-waist, slimmed-down, svelte figure of the singer hit the Internet recently. Sources have denied that Hudson’s photo was retouched using photo shop. Some reports claim record label execs at J Records implemented the same photo-retouching experts used on the cover of Mariah Carey's latest album. Nothing doing. "Yes, that’s Hudson’s waist and her ample top half. She has a thin waist,” the insider insists. Hudson's album is scheduled to hit stores on September 30, 2008. There’s also talk, Hudson says, of recording a song for the soundtrack of The Secret Life of Bees, with costars Latifah and Keys. “It would be an honor for me to do a song with them,” Hudson cooed.
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