'Stone Temple Pilots' have postponed a string of upcoming tour dates to give the band more time to work on their new album.
 
Scott Weiland's group was due to play a series of North American gigs in December (09) and January (10), but they have now scrapped the concerts and plan to ...

Seth Green is waging war on bloggers, after websites poked fun of his performance in a new U.S. TV commercial.
 
The diminutive Austin Powers actor was devastated to find a stream of cruel comments about his height and acting ability in reviews of the ad for American candy bar ...

Artist Jeanne-Claude has died at the age of 74 in New York, a family friend said.
 
Jeanne-Claude and artist husband Christo are famous for wrapping several monuments around the world, including the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont Neuf in Paris, the islands off the Florida coasts and the hills ...

According to Chris Weitz, director of the movie ‘The Twilight Saga New Moon’, he is thinking to retire from Hollywood after making one more movie.
 
Weitz, the director of the movie, ‘About A Boy And The Golden Compass’, admits that he is no more in the mood of film ...

Dance star Moby has followed Sting's lead by hitting out at reality shows such as American Idol - insisting the "awful" singing contests are cheapening the music industry.
 
The DJ shuns Simon Cowell's talent competitions, including The X Factor, which has made stars of Leona Lewis ...

Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has been named the sexiest man alive by People magazine.
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star has been awarded the title by US magazine People for the second time. He was given the same title by the magazine in 2003. Contactmusic.com reports that Depp is the ...

Oscar-winning actress-singer Jennifer Hudson will play the Winnie Mandela, the ex-wife of South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela in a new movie called ‘Winnie’, according to Variety.
The movie is based on the Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob biography, ‘Winnie Mandela: A ...

Sacha Baron Cohen's controversial movie ‘Bruno’ is leading the nominations at the British Comedy Awards, scooping a nod in the coveted Best Film category.
 
The picture, which features the funnyman as an outlandish Austrian TV presenter, will compete against bachelor party film ...

The Strokes' hit record 'Is This It' has been named the best album of the last decade in a new magazine poll.
 
A panel of musicians, producers, writers and record label bosses voted the New York band's 2001 debut into first place in the list of 50 albums compiled by British music magazine ...

Theatre impresario Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has sparked fresh fears for his health after he was re-admitted to hospital on Tuesday night (17Nov09) just weeks after a major operation in his ongoing cancer battle.
 
The 61-year-old composer revealed last month (Oct09) he is undergoing treatment ...

British rapper Derek B has died of a heart attack, aged 44.
 
The Bad Young Brother hitmaker, real name Derek Boland, passed away in London's Charing Cross Hospital on Sunday morning (15Nov09).
 
Boland was a pioneering figure on the U.K. hip-hop scene in the 1980s.
 
After a ...

Country superstar Dolly Parton once attempted to beautify her statue in her Tennessee home by applying nail polish on it.
 
The 9 To 5 singer who has starred many hits has gained reputation as a star. Even, she is remembered as a star singer in her hometown of Sevierville, where she has a ...

Classic horror movie ‘The Exorcist’ will be remade into a new TV mini-series.
 
Directed by William Friedkin, the 1973 film is a story of a young girl who is possessed by a demon. It was based on William Blatty's book with the same name.

Contactmusic.com reports 36 years after ...

Farrah Fawcett's family has been stunned by allegations the actress included a secret lover in her will.
 
The Charlie's Angels star passed away in June (09), aged 62, and reportedly left the bulk of her multi-million dollar fortune to her troubled son Redmond O'Neal - excluding her longterm ...

Lovestruck Robert Pattinson tried to impress his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart by faking a love of highbrow films.
 
Director Catherine Hardwicke has confirmed the pair are an item after revealing Stewart decided she wanted give it 'a go' and be with the British actor.
 
Pattinson ...

Gidget director Paul Wendkos has died at the age of 84.
 
The filmmaker, best known for his work on the 1959 surfing film starring Sandra Dee, passed away on Thursday (12Nov09) due to a lung infection following a stroke, according to Reuters.
 
During Wendkos’ 50-year career he ...

Wynonna Judd and her mother Naomi are reuniting as The Judds in 2010.
 
The country music duo performed together at the Stagecoach music festival in California in 2008 and again at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee earlier this year (09), and now Wynonna has revealed there are ...

Marie Osmond is countersuing her former agent for making ‘extortionist demands’ by seeking $88,000 in commission after she sacked him.
 
Osmond's legal team claims that P. Karl Engemann, who managed the star for 35 years, was dismissed on 23 October (09) for allegedly acting ...

According to the words of Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are seeing each other.
 
The actors, who essay the onscreen lovers in the vampire movie franchise, have been denying repeatedly that they are more than friends. But rumours heated up earlier ...

Late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is to be inducted into the U.S. Television Academy's Hall of Fame to mark his work on the sci-fi franchise.
 
The producer, who died in 1991, was responsible for seven series of the cult show, beginning in 1966. He also took the reins on 10 big-screen ...

Comedian Katt Williams was the victim of a burglary hoax after falling out with a fellow house guest at his producer pal Barry Hankerson's home, his lawyer has proclaimed.
 
The funnyman was arrested on charges of burglary and criminal trespassing in Georgia early on Monday (09Nov09), and he ...

Television star Dannii Minogue has been chosen as the ‘Ultimate TV Personality of the Year’.
 
The 38-year-old Dannii received the honour at Banqueting House in London’s Whitehall during Cosmopolitan magazine’s annual celebrations.
 
 
She has credited ...

Halle Berry is all set to be honoured with The Sherry Lansing Leadership Award for her contribution to the entertainment industry.
The Oscar-winning actress will be bestowed with the leadership award at the annual Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment event on December 4.
 
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Rock legend John Fogerty took to the internet on Saturday (06Nov09) night to perform a live two-hour set for fans online.
 
The Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman took requests from fans and answered emails and text messages from fans during the telecast, a warm up for his forthcoming ...

Celebrated jazz musician Stacy Rowles has died from complications following a car accident last month (Oct09). She was 54.
 
Rowles, a jazz trumpeter, fluegelhorn player and singer, was involved in the collision on 13 October (09).
 
She passed away on 27 October (09) at her home in ...

Rapper-turned-reality TV star Coolio has stepped up to the challenge for a celebrity martial arts fight after DMX pulled out of the event last week (ends06Nov09).
 
DMX, real name Earl Simmons, was due to battle it out with actor Eric Martinez in an Alabama Pride MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) ...

Gay Gossip star Beth Ditto dated a male school friend for three years - because it stopped other men hitting on her.
 
The Standing in the Way of Control singer realised she was homosexual at the age of 15, and took drastic action to avoid attracting the attention of teenage ...

The Kinks star Ray Davies is considering launching a reality TV talent hunt to find the stars of his planned new musical about the cult 1960s band.
 
The Come Dancing singer has revealed he's developing a stage musical about his upbringing, his turbulent relationship with brother and ...

Sugababes star Heidi Range is fuming over a string of rumours the original bandmembers will reunite to form a rival group - branding the stories "unfair".
 
The Push The Button hitmakers were formed in 1998 by Siobhan Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan.
 
Range was ...

Michael Jackson's father Joseph  Jackson has dismissed allegations he threatened to kill a man who is trying to prove the King of Pop fathered a lovechild.
 
In documents obtained by TMZ.com, Ronnie Newt alleges Joseph and his son Randy threatened him after he approached them with ...