Kanye West ends boycott of MTV video awards
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year after vowing never to perform on the MTV Video Music Awards again, hip-hop star Kanye West will close the show’s 25th annual ceremony in…
Brit songbird Natasha ushers in the American football season
She’s already jammed with Prince and been signed up by Gap. Now, in another sign that Americans have taken her to their hearts, British chart-topper Natasha Bedingfield has performed at…
Earl creator hits back at ‘narcissist’ Baldwin
The creator of hit comedy My Name Is Earl has hit back at Alec Baldwin after the actor accused TV bosses of favouring the show over his own series 30…
Becks helps captain Gordon shape up for Wembley fixture
Gordon Ramsay has taken tips from soccer’s finest as he prepares for a charity football match this weekend. The action-man chef has been training with his pal David Beckham ahead…
RocknRolla stars Canadian festival
Guy Ritchie’s new film, RocknRolla, had its premiere across the pond at the opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival.
The British filmmaker and some of his cast, including Thandie…
Big Brother’s viewing figures down
Big Brother lost 300,000 viewers this year, figures have shown, making it the most unpopular series ever.
The latest instalment of the flagship Channel 4 show, which comes to an end…
Law returns to Afghanistan on peace mission
Jude Law has returned to Afghanistan for the second year running to promote support of Peace Day - a one-day worldwide ceasefire.
In 2007 Law went to Afghanistan to film the…
Radio DJs ‘encourage drinking’
Radio presenters including BBC Radio One’s Chris Moyles widely encourage drinking, according to a government-funded study.
Research into 1,200 hours of radio output uncovered 703 extracts containing references to alcohol.
Of these,…
Two new presenters join Blue Peter
A 23-year-old who is a famous face in New Zealand has been unveiled as a new Blue Peter presenter.
Joel Defries, has presented a live, three-hour music show five days a…
Rock group Heart says “Barracuda” use is fishy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The rock group Heart, angry that its 70’s hit “Barracuda” is being used as the unofficial theme song for Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, is…
Rourke movie takes Venice by storm
Mickey Rourke’s new film role as a lonely has-been wrestler has taken the Venice Film Festival by storm.
Those behind The Wrestler received a standing ovation from some reporters during the…
Mikey favourite to win Big Brother
The winner of the ninth series of Big Brother will be crowned on Friday.
Rachel, Sara, Rex, Darnell and Mikey have survived 93 days in the house, but on Friday night…
Royal show wannabe at wrong audition
An 81-year-old turns up at the X Factor this weekend, thinking he is auditioning for Britain’s Got Talent.
Peter Lee, from Kilmarnock in Scotland, plays the spoons to Singing In The…
X-FILES CREATOR IN HOSPITAL
THE X-FILES creator CHRIS CARTER has been hospitalised with “physical exhaustion”.
Just a week after X-Files star David Duchovny checked into rehab to seek sex addiction counselling, Carter has been diagnosed…
Fans line up to see “Rent” last time on Broadway
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeanne Hopkins flew all the way from California to line up to put her name in a lottery for a $20 ticket (11 pounds) to see…
Celebrity chefs top ‘foodies bible’
Restaurants owned by celebrity chefs have once again come out on top in the latest edition of the foodies bible the Good Food Guide.
Established chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and…
Bettany + Connelly to play Darwins in new biopic
Real-life couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly are to play man and wife on the big screen in a Charles Darwin biopic.
Bettany will play Darwin and Connelly will take on…
Mendes ‘nipple slip’ upsets TV censors
Sexy Eva Mendes knows why her new Calvin Klein perfume ad caused such a stir - it featured a little “nipple slippage”.
Few people have seen the Secret Obsession promo because…
Howard confident about career swap
Actor-turned-singer Terrence Howard is convinced he made the right decision to switch careers and pursue music - because he had lost himself in acting.
The Hustle and Flow star released his…
Former Heat editor unveils ‘Celeb Diaries’
Former Heat editor Mark Frith has ‘revealed all’ his memoirs The Celeb Diaries: the Sensational Inside Story of the Celebrity Decade.
Frith is renown for pushing the sales of the celebrity…