London, December 05 : Director Steven Spielberg has decided to step out from the remake of classic movie 'Harvey' after failing to find a Hollywood A-lister to play the lead role.
ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:40:04 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is set to associate himself with an animation film for the first time. He is signed on to voice a character based on Jack Frost, a character that personifies winter weather in English folklore.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:04 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Hollywood actress Julia Roberts has been named the new face of cosmetics firm Lancome.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:02 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Hollywood actor John Travolta turned down the chance to go to space on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space ship because he feels that he can't take the necessary time off to train to be an astronaut.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:01 -0500

London, December 05 : Veteran actress Dame Helen Mirren believes men dominate the entertainment industry.
ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:30:24 -0500

London, Dec 5 : Hollywood star couple Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have turned to online flirting - when they posted a series of messages on Twitter.com, uploading pictures of themselves to form a photographic conversation.
ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:30:23 -0500

Washington, Dec 5 : Hollywood actress Halle Berry has revealed that her father's violent behaviour left an "indelible" mark on her life.
ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:30:14 -0500

Melbourne, Dec 4 : A major cruise liner has come under fire for encouraging passengers to consume alcohol by introducing "all you can drink" packages.
ANI Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:20:09 -0500

Washington, Dec 4 : It looks like R 'n' B singer Chris Brown is still not over his ex-girlfriend Barbadian singer Rihanna, as he has penned down his feelings for her in his new album.
ANI Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:20:04 -0500

London, Dec 4 : Aussie singer Peter Andre is said to have been left stunned after a female fan proposed marriage to him on live radio.
ANI Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:20:03 -0500

London, Dec 4 : Music mogul Simon Cowell is said to have towed the line at Lady Gaga's demands for fluffy lambs and hundreds of butterflies floating around the stage while she performed at The X Factor.
ANI Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:10:16 -0500

He recently returned from a week-long mission with the agency to Uganda and Kenya, focusing on child soldiering and other forms of human trafficking.
Big News Network.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:43:54 -0500

For the first two years of Angie Inglis’s life in Vancouver, music proved more than just food for her soul.It put food on her table and a roof over her head.Eight hours a day, six days a week as a b...
Vancouver Sun Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:25:23 -0500

"It's all about negotiating bulk discounts and the record labels and the supermarkets have locked horns on that for years. "They've got those relationships in place, and it's much more difficult for ...
Sky News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:23:46 -0500

, escaped uninjured from a three-car smashup in the Bronx that left one woman dead. According to a statement released by the couple, they were in the far left lane on the Bruckner Expressway when the...
E online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:14:34 -0500

"It appears Mr. Woods' mom and Tiger's wife's mom came out after the fact," Harris said. "I don't know if they heard the commotion. I don't if she, his wife, left and came back. But they walked across...
E online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:14:26 -0500

The local Salvation Army is seeking celebrity bell ringers to man kettles it uses in fund-raising this time of year.Several local government officials and radio and television personalities have alrea...
Lexington Herald-Leader Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:01:10 -0500

Gigs, tours, and recording studios all cost money which is traditionally paid for by a label. But some artists have come up with alternative ways to bring in extra cash. One band, Gabby Young and Ot...
Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:51:19 -0500

Gigs, tours, and recording studios all cost money which is traditionally paid for by a label. But some artists have come up with alternative ways to bring in extra cash. One band, Gabby Young and Ot...
Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:51:19 -0500

Thousands of music fans have joined a campaign to block this year's X Factor winner from clinching the Christmas number one. More than 43,000 people have pledged to buy an anti-authority, expletive-...
Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:51:18 -0500

Walsh and Ashley Tabor, head of broadcasting company Global Group, will manage the twins, known affectionately as Jedward. They are looking into record and TV deals.
The Scotsman Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:02:13 -0500

There are so many Christmas films, they now fill a dozen categories: Christmas horror ("Slay Ride"), Christmas comedy ("Home Alone"), Christmas gross-out comedy ("Bad Santa") and Christmas romance ("H...
Deseret News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:52:20 -0500

Macworld.com Apple took what could be a step toward adding a subscription-based music services to its offerings Friday when it bought Lala, a company that delivers music via the Web to its users.
Macworld Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:45:46 -0500

THE Prince of Wales's plans for the "Scottish Poundbury" – an architecturally-pleasing green town billed as 'good for people and good for the planet' – moved from dream to reality yesterday.
The Scotsman Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:40:26 -0500

Norman Taylor thought his days as a keen wildlife photographer were over when he started to lose his sight. How wrong he was. Now the 66-year-old is taking better pictures than ever thanks to a digita...
The Scotsman Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:40:24 -0500

IS THERE a more versatile and casually brilliant American director than Richard Linklater right now? I don't think so. Looser in style and less flashy than his fellow indie graduate Steven Soderbergh,...
The Scotsman Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:40:22 -0500

The band last played at the event in 2007, when they appeared on the Radio 1/NME Stage. But next year they will step up to headline the main stage.Frontman Tom Meighan said: "T in the Park holds a spe...
The Scotsman Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:40:20 -0500

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Pretoria News Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:34:54 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock on, Anvil. The aging band that never tasted music stardom found a measure of Hollywood fame on Friday when "Anvil, The Story of Anvil" won two film awards, including best ...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:34:04 -0500

Demi & Ashton Plan Dinner, Sex Via Twitpics (PHOTOS) Here's a glimpse into a night at the Kutcher-Moore household. From separate rooms in their...
E online Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:33:05 -0500

Gustavo Dudamel , maybe we will be hearing more of him. Mr. Salonen’s performance with the Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall on Thursday evening showed how fine a prospect that would be.
International Herald Tribune Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:15:45 -0500

Jazz repertory has a reputation for bigness. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is an institutionally supported big band, as were some other noble past endeavors. But there’s another, leaner t...
International Herald Tribune Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:15:31 -0500

EMI Music Canada has inked a multi-year, multi-platform deal with Montreal-based Stingray Digital to add content its Galaxie Music Video on Demand service.
Hollywood Reporter Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:54:04 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - On the chorus of her latest single, "I Am," Mary J. Blige sings in her riveting voice: "Ain't nobody gonna touch you better... more than I am." Since breaking through with he...
ABC Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:38:58 -0500

A couple accused of crashing the White House state dinner last month posted photos from it on Facebook. The photos included them with several prominent figures, including Vice President Joe Biden. Bu...
WBIR Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:07:44 -0500

LOS ANGELES - Apple Inc. is in advanced talks to buy online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened "the end of the MP3" with its fast song-streaming applicati...
Star Tribune Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:02:44 -0500

MARK HENNESSY, London Editor CLIMATE CHANGE scientists in East Anglia at the centre of a worldwide controversy after it emerged that they had manipulated the presentation of data have been defended by...
Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:56:15 -0500

An explosion apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm, killing more than 100 people, according to emergency officials quoted by state television.It was no...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:49:25 -0500

Former lovers Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher during an extreme sex game.American Knox, 22, and Italian Sollecito, 25, are expect...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:49:24 -0500

Meredith and Tom Brokaw attend the Museum Gala at the American Museum of Natural History on Nov. 19 in New York City. Brokaw, 69, and his wife were involved in a car accident on the Bruckner Expresswa...
USA Today Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:44:09 -0500

Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra , a chamber music ensemble whose instruments are Apple iPhones, held with fingerless gloves attached to small speakers. IPhone applications that turn phones into instr...
International Herald Tribune Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:35:36 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - On the chorus of her latest single, "I Am," Mary J. Blige sings in her riveting voice: "Ain't nobody gonna touch you better... more than I am." Since breaking through with he...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:30:08 -0500

Antonio Vivaldi can sure draw a crowd. On Friday morning, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra performed a program of Italian baroque works, most of them by composers whose names have drifted into the mist...
Pioneer Press Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:23:11 -0500

Bailey says: 'Asda offered me a load of money to be in an advert. They thought: 'He's a popular guy, people like him; we'll buy that and make ourselves look lovely ...'...
The Independent Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:17:01 -0500

I heard them in a narrow street in north Tehran, not one of the rich villa-lined avenues we associate with the Iranian middle classes but a tired thoroughfare of overheated plane trees and shabby, two...
The Independent Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:16:33 -0500

Officials say dozens of passengers are missing after two motorboats collided in the Nile in northern Egypt today.Witnesses reported between 50 and 60 passengers on board to boats, and officials say 13...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:10:22 -0500

White House social secretary Desiree Rogers arrives for President Obama's first state dinner state dinner on Nov. 24. Tareq and Michaele Salahi managed to access the dinner without being on the guest ...
USA Today Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:04:22 -0500

(PEOPLE.com) -- After playing pregnant in this summer's "Away We Go," Maya Rudolph has welcomed a real-life bundle of joy: her second child with director Paul Thomas Anderson.
CNN Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:02:00 -0500

Illinois woman taped sister's birthday at theater showing "Twilight Saga: New Moon" She was arrested and spent two days in jail She faces felony charges that could result in three years in p...
CNN Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:01:58 -0500

VANCOUVER — It's getting to feel a lot like...no, not that...a lot like Gaga.In just a few days, Vancouver will be celebrating Lady Gaga week, as the pop superstar performs a 3-day gig at the city's...
Vancouver Sun Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:00:27 -0500

Apple is looking at alternative ways for people to store and play their digital music, the company is in talks to acquire Lala, a four-year-old start-up based in Palo Alto, Calif., two people with kno...
International Herald Tribune Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:56:18 -0500

Apple is looking at alternative ways for people to store and play their digital music, the company is in talks to acquire Lala, a four-year-old start-up based in Palo Alto, Calif., two people with kno...
International Herald Tribune Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:55:57 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's death put a sudden end to long-rumored plans for a Jackson 5 reunion, but brother Jermaine on Friday kept fans guessing about whether there might be a "Jackso...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:51:14 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Nothing speaks so dramatically about Clint Eastwood's recent and remarkable burst of creativity as a director of awards-worthy films than the appearance of "Invictus...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:51:12 -0500

Set for global release December 14, the album was recorded at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom earlier this fall as part of the diminutive singer's first North American tour.
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:51:12 -0500

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Elvis Costello, the British singer-songwriter who swept through the London pub scene, the punk movement and the New Wave fad while retaining his signature sound, continues to re...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:51:10 -0500

Colbert To Broadcast 4 Shows From Baghdad (AP) Stephen Colbert has been called what his mock pundit character would deem a traitorous insult: Canadian. The host of "The Colbert Report" is - gasp! -...
CBS News Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:48:55 -0500

WATCH: Should We Let Pandas Die Out? While all of Washington will surely mourn the day they have to bid farewell to the beloved Tai Shan, there is perhaps nobody sadder to see him go than Lisa Steven...
Yahoo! News Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:21:56 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amy Pascal, co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Disney's Anne Sweeney both were named the most powerful women in entertainment on Friday, heading the Hollywood Reporte...
ABC Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:18:02 -0500

December 4, 2009 As Comcast prepares to take over majority ownership of NBC Universal, it has signaled the intention to make Jeff Zucker, the president and CEO of NBC Universal, head of the new ventur...
NPR Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:42:25 -0500

A man was in a serious condition in hospital tonight after a shooting in south Dublin.The 23-year-old was blasted in the chest and arm at around 8pm on the Allenton estate in Tallaght.It is understood...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:32:07 -0500

Cork was bracing itself tonight after council chiefs warned more flood misery could be on the way.Cork city was one of the worst-hit parts of the country during recent flooding after the River Lee inu...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:32:06 -0500

The Government tonight vowed to press ahead with €1.3bn public sector pay cuts after talks with unions on alternatives dramatically collapsed.Taoiseach Brian Cowen rejected other cost-saving proposa...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:32:06 -0500

France coach Raymond Domenech is delighted to be facing host nation South Africa in the 2010 World Cup.Les Bleus were pitted against Bafana Bafana, Mexico and Uruguay in Group A when the draw was made...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:32:05 -0500

Scarlets 16 Edinburgh 17Edinburgh went to the top of the Magners League with a hard-fought two-try victory over the Scarlets at Parc y Scarlets.The Scottish side had to come back from 8-3 and 13-10 do...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:32:05 -0500

San Francisco — Calling on her years of experience performing opera around the world, dramatic mezzo-soprano Barbara McAlister sang a beautifully lilting melody in the traditional language of the Ch...
America.org Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:29:04 -0500

These 10 fresh faces — from Mia Wasikowska (“Alice in Wonderland'”) to Reeve Carney (the “Spider-Man” musical) — just might go from up-and-comers to household names in the next 12 months.
MSNBC Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:25:06 -0500

These last months of Tolstoy's life have long held a fascination for biographers and historians. "The Last Station" is based on the Jay Parini's historically based 1990 novel, which told the story a l...
MSNBC Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:25:04 -0500

Among selections from Mozart, Muse and Dame Shirley Bassey is the slain rapper's song "Changes," which was released two years after his shooting death on a greatest hits album in 1998.
CNN Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:23:46 -0500

VANCOUVER — It's getting to feel a lot like...no, not that...a lot like Gaga.In just a few days, Vancouver will be celebrating Lady Gaga week, as the pop superstar performs a 3-day gig at the city's...
Vancouver Sun Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:22:45 -0500

Kate Lindsey and Joseph Calleja in the Metropolitan Opera’s staging of Offenbach’s opera “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.”...
International Herald Tribune Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:17:23 -0500

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban musicians are returning to perform in the United States after a long freeze on such visits, seizing the opportunity of friendlier overtures toward Havana from U.S. President B...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:12:28 -0500

The snow may be over but the remaining cold weather is the perfect setting for Galveston's 36th Annual Dickens on the Strand today and Sunday where costumed characters, including the queen, re-create ...
Houston Chronicle Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:10:44 -0500

Buckcherry lead singer Josh Todd, center, says he thinks the band is “really hitting a stride.” The band is currently on the road with Kiss.
Houston Chronicle Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:10:43 -0500

A building that houses the Burton Theatre in Detroit is shown on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The former school that is being used as a moviehouse is scheduled to host the Detroit Independent Film Festival f...
CBS News Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:09:36 -0500

My younger brother is once again poking fan at another of my so-called ‘middle-age’ habits. This time my crime is being addicted to what he calls “ Mboch” movies - what I like to call African ...
Daily Nation Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:07:53 -0500

The World Cup ’Group of Death’ reared its ugly head this afternoon – and left Brazil facing a tough task to progress to the knockout stage in South Africa next year.As five-timers winners and cu...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:57:56 -0500

Talks between the Government and trade unions on cutting public sector spending by €1.3bn have collapsed and the Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said that they will have to plough on with cuts in next wee...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:57:56 -0500

Folk legend Liam Clancy has died today, aged 74, his manager said.The singer and musician was the last surviving member of the Clancy Brothers, who were credited with bringing Irish traditional music ...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:57:55 -0500

Sellafield nuclear plant has been fined over €83,000 after two workers were exposed to radiation.The contractors had been drilling through a concrete floor contaminated with plutonium at the Cumbria...
Irish Examiner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:57:55 -0500

Fraudulent e-mails announcing casting calls for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn,” have been flooding the inboxes of fanpires across the country, according to The Casting Scoop.
MSNBC Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:50:25 -0500

VANCOUVER — It's getting to feel a lot like...no, not that...a lot like Gaga.In just a few days, Vancouver will be celebrating Lady Gaga week, as the pop superstar performs a 3-day gig at the city's...
Vancouver Sun Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:48:28 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just one year after opening, the New York City annex to Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will close its doors on January 3, according to one of the corporate partners in t...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:38:03 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amy Pascal, co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Disney's Anne Sweeney both were named the most powerful women in entertainment on Friday, heading the Hollywood Reporte...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:38:03 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An 1827 first edition copy of poems by Edgar Allan Poe sold for $662,500 on Friday setting a record for a 19th century book of poetry, said a spokeswoman for Christie's auction ho...
Reuters Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:38:02 -0500

Music with a purpose! Detroit Rockers, The Von Bondies & Toronto indie band flatand have come together to serve the homeless of Toronto. (PRWEB) December 4, 2009 -- This Saturday, December 5th,...
Earth Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:37:04 -0500

Global Warming The greenhouse effect, a look at the Kyoto Protocol and a history of the Earth's climate. (AP) Artists in London are painting a grim vision of a globe ravaged by climate change. Amon...
CBS News Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:35:36 -0500

In this Aug. 4, 2008 photo originally provided by Hard Rock Cafe, Eddie Ojeda, of Twisted Sister, is shown at a celebration for the 25th anniversary of Eddie Trunk in radio broadcasting at Hard Rock C...
CBS News Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:35:36 -0500

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) late Thursday was forced to hurriedly backtrack on a statement it had issued earlier in the day in which it appeared to support ABC's decision t...
Showbiz Data Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:27:01 -0500

Suggesting that it won't be smooth sailing while GE and Comcast navigate regulatory waters following their agreement to form a joint venture to oversee Universal and the NBC/Comcast broadcast and cabl...
Showbiz Data Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:27:00 -0500

ABC News wants George Stephanopoulos to replace Diane Sawyer as co-host of Good Morning America when Sawyer takes over as anchor of ABC's World News evening newscast on December 21, the Washington Pos...
Showbiz Data Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:26:59 -0500

Up in the Air was named best picture of the year Thursday by the National Board of Review, the group that traditionally launches the movie awards season. George Clooney was named best actor for his pe...
Showbiz Data Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:26:57 -0500

Four films open wide at the box office this weekend, but each of them faces tough competition from several films that are already there -- especially The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Blind Side, Disne...
Showbiz Data Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:26:57 -0500

An estimated 200 reporters descended on the Swiss resort town of Gstaad today (Friday) to cover the arrival of Roman Polanski, who was released from a Swiss prison on condition that he not leave his h...
Showbiz Data Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:26:55 -0500

Thousands of Chileans including President Michelle Bachelet paid their respects Friday to a folk singer who became a martyr of the country's 1973 military coup and whose remains will be reburied follo...
Gadsden Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:18:36 -0500

Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson and Judi Dench talk about their musical extravaganza 'Nine,' the hotly anticipated musical from 'Chicago' director Rob Marshall, at the film's world premie...
Gadsden Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:18:14 -0500

Due to popular response, some of the Arts Festival performances are now sold out. The Hong Kong Arts Festival is delighted to offer nine supplementary performances...
PR Web Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:20:53 -0500