Jessica Alba signs movie

Actress Jessica Alba, who stars in 'Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World', signed the movie as she believes it encourages children to participate in 'saving the world'.

Alba is a fan of director Robert Rodriguez's 'Spy Kids' movie series.

'I love how he empowers kids in his movies,' Alba said.

'It's not just the grown-ups that get to do all the cool action and take part in saving the world. It's the kids, and so I think that's really neat,' contactmusic.com quoted the 30-year-old as saying.

'And then he (Rodriguez) knew that I wanted to do a kid's movie after I had my daughter. So when he suggested it, I was cool,' she added.

Alba believes becoming mother to daughters Honor Marie and Haven Garner Warren, allowed her to sign up the movie.

'I don't know if I would have even done this movie if I wasn't a parent, so I actually brought my real life experience to work. It was more natural and I've been in a lot of those circumstances for sure,' she said.

Chris Tucker comeback

The 38-year-old recently began what he calls a "Back To Where I Came From" comedy tour, which is his first major series of stage shows in almost four years. He plans to perform at venues across the United States through November.

Tucker began his entertainment career as a comedian and appeared on the HBO stand-up comedy series "Def Comedy Jam" in the early 1990s, along with other comics such as Martin Lawrence and Dave Chappelle. In recent years, Tucker has performed on stage sporadically and also appeared at comedy shows in July in places such as North Carolina and Florida.

He moved from Georgia to Los Angeles in 1992. That year, Tucker had a small part on the comedy series "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper." He later landed his breakout role as the pot-smoking funnyman Smokey in the 1995 film "Friday."

Tucker is also known for playing Detective James Carter, partner of Jackie Chan's character, Chief Inspector Lee, in the "Rush Hour" films, which have made more than $850 million. The first installment hit theaters in 1998. Tucker earned more than $55 million himself for the final two movies, according to the New York Times.

Director Brett Ratner told the newspaper that he begged Tucker to film the final installment, the 2007 film "Rush Hour 3," and even cried trying to convince him to appear in Quentin Tarantino's 1997 movie "Jackie Brown."

"He goes, 'Stop crying, Jew boy,'" Radner told The New York Times, imitating Tucker. "He called me Jew boy, but he can call me whatever he wants, because we're friends."

Tucker has not appeared in a movie since "Rush Hour 3" was released. He told the New York Times that roles he was offered since then were too similar to "Rush Hour" and "frankly, just weren't good enough." Tucker told George Lopez on his talk show "Lopez Tonight," in July, weeks before it was canceled by TBS, that he wants to film "more classics."

Tucker, who lives in the Atlanta area and is the father of a 12-year-old son, says he often gets recognized by fans, who tend to confuse him with his pot-smoking "Friday" character.

"I walk down the street, people just yell out, 'Smokey'!" Tucker told Lopez. "I'm with my son, I'm a grown man. My name is Chris. My name is not Smokey - that was a character in a movie. They get mad at me, man."

The actor and comedian says that he does not drink or do drugs, even though fans often offer him some.

"People calling me all quiet - 'Hey, Chris, you want to go smoke one? Wanna smoke one?'" he said. "Whatcha talking about, man? No, I don't do drugs. That was a character. That was a movie. I'm a good actor. I don't want to smoke weed."

Tucker also says he keeps his comedy shows clean.

"When I was younger, I used to cuss a lot," he told Lopez. "I would always look at it and cringe when I watch myself. So I said, 'You know what, I want to be a great comedian. I want my material to speak first. So it made me a better comedian."

Among the topics Tucker addresses on stage - Charlie Sheen. Tucker told Jay Leno on NBC's "Tonight Show" last month that the actor, who made headlines earlier this year due to personal turmoil and his firing from the CBS series "Two and a Half Men," was the "nicest guy in the world." Sheen and Tucker starred together in the 1997 comedy "Money Talks."

"Charlie's my buddy," Tucker told Leno, adding: "He let me borrow his Ferrari as a kid. I kept it so long, he forgot I had it. Thank you, Charlie, I love you for that!"

Another issue Tucker talks about during his comedy show - Jackson, U.S. President Barack Obama and his money woes. Last year, it was reported that Tucker owes the Internal Revenue Service more than $11 million in back taxes. The New York Times quoted him as saying in a recent stage show: "That's the last time I let Wesley Snipes help me out with my taxes."

Check out Chris Tucker's tour dates below. You can buy tickets to his shows on his website.

Aug. 19, 2011 - Long Beach, CA, Long Beach Terrance Theatre
Aug. 20, 2011 - Phoenix, AZ, Comerica Theatre
Sept. 2, 2011 - Atlantic City, NJ, Borgota Events Center
Sept. 3, 2011 - Albany, NY, Palace Theatre
Sept. 4, 2011 - Westbury, NY, Theatre at Westbury
Sept. 9, 2011 - Buffalo, NY, Shea's Performing Arts Center
Sept. 10, 2011 - Boston, MA, Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre
Sept. 16, 2011 - Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre
Sept. 23, 2011 - New Orleans, LA, Lakefront Arena
Sept. 24, 2011 - Miami, FL, Fillmore Miami Beach
Sept. 30, 2011 - Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theatre
Oct. 1, 2011 - Detroit, MI, Fox Theatre
Oct. 8, 2011 - Washington, DC, DAR Constitution Hall
Oct. 10, 2011 - Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Music Hall
Oct. 14, 2011 - Houston, TX, Verizon Wireless Theatre
Oct. 21, 2011 - Seattle, WA, Paramount Theatre
Oct. 22, 2011 - Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Nov. 25, 2011 - San Diego, CA, Civic Theatre
Nov. 26, 2011 - Oakland, CA, Paramount Theatre

tweaked after Armstrong suicide

 Reality show "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" is being re-edited following the suicide of Russell Armstrong, a Bravo cable channel source said on Friday, in an indication that the network plans to go ahead with the second season.

No decision has yet been made about whether the drama-filled show will premiere as planned on September 5, but the source said the process of re-editing has begun.

Bravo declined to say which parts of the show -- filmed earlier in the summer -- were being tweaked. But they are likely to involve appearances by Russell Armstrong, whose crumbling marriage to "Housewives" star Taylor Armstrong was expected to be a dominant theme of the upcoming season.

The 47 year-old venture capitalist was found hung by an electrical cord on Monday a month after his wife filed for divorce citing verbal and physical abuse.

Russell Taylor was also facing huge financial problems and his mother said this week that her son feared the new season was going to "crucify" him.

The original second season opener shown to TV journalists had Taylor Armstrong talking about being in marriage counseling and shopping for sexy underwear in a bid to improve their relationship.

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" features the lives of six wealthy women and is one of the most popular of the drama-filled "Real Housewives" franchises.

Armstrong's suicide stunned Hollywood, and claims by friends and family members that his suicide was prompted partly by the pressure of being on the show have only attracted more interest in the new season.