Amber Heard and Shiloh Fernandez have joined the cast of Syrup, the film adaptation of the Max “Maxx” Barry novel, Variety reports. The book, a dark satire, is officially described as follows:

The average person has three million-dollar ideas per year. Scat, an unemployed marketing graduate who knows you don’t get noticed calling yourself Michael, has had his first. It’s a sure-fire ticket to the life of shallow fame and fleeting celebrity he craves. But first he has to deal with 6, who is possibly the love of Scat’s life or possibly ripping him off, and Sneaky Pete, marketing genius, refugee from Tokyo, and Scat’s best friend—as far as Scat knows.

Barry also helped to adapt the screenplay with director Aram Rappaport (Summer Song, Helix).

It has not been confirmed as of yet which roles Heard and Fernandez will be taking on, but they are quite likely those of Six and Scat, respectively. A smaller production, it remains to be seen if some of the many celebrities who cameo in the novel might make appearances in the film version.

Sources: Coming Soon, Variety

The 2011 “Hot 100″ list from Maxim has been revealed and to our surprise, Amber Heard isn’t featured. (The lesbian & bisexual news website, After Ellen also agrees with it being strange). Now, it’s not exactly ‘career damaging’, but we do find it extremely odd that our lady is suddenly nowhere to be found. Recent big screen releases, check! Former cover girl, check! Gorgeous? Do we have to question this?

The actress was listed as No. 13 last year, 56 the year before, and 21 the year before that. In December, she came out. And now Amber is nowhere on the list. Not the end of the world… But surprising nonetheless.

To be fair to Maxim, they have included a small handful of bisexual women: True Blood star Anna Paquin is No. 68. Lindsay Lohan is No. 38. and Evan Rachel Wood is No. 31. There are some women included who’ve played gay, like Olivia Wilde, as well as Glee’s Naya Rivera, and Mila Kunis.

Check out the full list on their official website.

Today marks Amber Heard’s 25th birthday! She was born April 22, 1986 in Austin, Texas.

We would like to wish a very wonderful birthday to Amber, and many happy returns on behalf of all of the fans! May all your dreams come true!

Amber is the new face of Guess! Ellen Von Unwerth will photograph her for the Guess Fall 2011 campaign next month in Los Angeles.

“I’ve been a huge fan of Guess for a long time and to be the new face of the Fall 2011 campaign is very exciting,” Amber said in a statement. “It was such an amazing experience to have been able to work with some of the most creative talents in the industry, such as Paul Marciano and Ellen Von Unwerth, who have collaborated on some of the most iconic campaigns in Guess history.”

Paul Marciano, Guess’ creative director said that Heard “embodies the essence of the true Guess girl with her natural beauty and classic all-American good looks.”

Amber’s campaign will be featured in upcoming magazine ads, in Guess retail stores and billboards. Very exciting!

Sources: Just Jared, Fashion Lover

With Conan the Barbarian 3D approaching the status of done-and-dusted, thoughts at production company Nu Image are turning to what comes next. Speaking to Empire this afternoon, producer Avi Lerner let slip that Red Sonja, long in development hell, is right back on the ajenda, with Simon West (The Mechanic, Con Air) in the frame to direct, and Amber Heard the favourite to fill Sonja’s oh-so practical chain-mail bikini.

Sonja, lest we forget, is sort of a Robert E Howard creation, but actually has more to do with Roy Thomas’ Conan comics for Marvel. She was previously embodied onscreen by Brigitte Nielsen in 1985, with Arnold Schwarzenegger also on-hand as the all-but Conan Prince Kalidor.

Twenty-odd years later, Sonja reared her crimson head again, in a projected film that was to star Rose McGowan, with Robert Rodriguez producing and Doug Aarniokoski (Highlander: Endgame) behind the camera. Teaser artwork was produced showing McGowan in costume, but the rest was ultimately silence, and as of last spring, the whole shebang had basically been scrapped and started again with a new team.

Which brings us to today, and Avi Lerner’s confirmation that Sonja is still very much a going concern. “We didn’t want to start it until we’d finished Conan,” he tells us, but with confidence in Marcus Nispel’s revivified warrior growing, and a sequel already in development, Lerner reveals that, “We will definitely shoot Red Sonja in between Conan and Conan 2. We already chose the director: an English guy called Simon West.”

It sounds as if West will get going on Sonja (if you’ll excuse the expression) after he completes The Medallion with Nicolas Cage. The second half of Lerner’s bombshell is not a done deal however, although it does sound entirely plausible.

“We’re talking to a few girls for the role of Sonja,” he says, “but we just finished a movie called Drive Angry with Amber Heard, and I want to see her. She’s my favourite for the role.”

Hollywood actress Amber Heard will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 33rd annual Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night, Feb. 12 – the star-studded non-points NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event that kicks off the stock car portion of Speedweeks 2011 at Daytona International Speedway.

Heard will give the starting command “Gentlemen start your engines” as the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series compete for the first time on the newly repaved racing surface of the “World Center of Racing.”

The Budweiser Shootout will feature former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions, the 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field, a host of former outstanding rookies and a collection of previous winners at Daytona International Speedway.

“Every NASCAR fan is anxiously waiting for Amber Heard to say the four most famous words in motorsports as we begin a new chapter in Daytona’s history,” said track President Joie Chitwood III said. “This year’s Budweiser Shootout will provide the first opportunity for fans to witness their favorite NASCAR drivers getting their first taste of the new asphalt.”

Source: Speedway Media

Variety reports that Amber Heard has officially landed the role of Maureen on the NBC pilot Playboy! The network picked up the pilot in early January. The drama is set in the 1960s heyday Playboy clubs that popped up in several cities around the country.

It’s official: Amber Heard has landed the role of Maureen on the NBC pilot Playboy.

Originally an orphan from Fort Wayne, Ind., Maureen is a new hire at the Playboy Club. She’s an eager, inquisitive young woman with an untethered, unconscious sexuality and a dark, lonely past that makes her fearless.

Heard was a recurring on 2007 CW series Hidden Palms and appeared in 2009 bigscreen pic Zombieland. Heard’s Playboy casting was first reported by Variety on Wednesday.

Also cast is Naturi Naughton, who will play Brenda. She has has aspirations to become the first African-American Playboy centerfield and will room with Maureen in the bunny dorm. Naughton had a role in an episode of last season’s Mad Men.

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