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 ...

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is about to fulfil a high seas dream - by christening a new cruise ship.
 
The actress will launch the Carnival Cruise Dream Ship on the Hudson River in New York next week (12Nov09) and she can't wait for the champagne ceremony.
 
The excited star tells, ...

British rockers Echo & The Bunnymen have cancelled their U.S. tour over an ‘unreasonable’ demand for tax payments.
 
The group was due to kick off its series of concerts on 15 November (09) in Atlanta, Georgia but has pulled out with just ten days to go.
 
Overseas ...

Charles Dickens' classic character Ebenezer Scrooge, the mean ill-tempered and miserly protagonist of ‘A Christmas Carol’, is being reprised on screen by Hollywood funnyman Jim Carrey in his latest outing. Carrey says he wanted to bring to surface the "bitterness that a loveless ...

Rocker Sufjan Stevens has abandoned plans to write an album about every U.S. state, conceding it was a ridiculous idea.
 
The musician set out on the mission, starting with Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State - an odd to his home state - and followed it with Illinoise.
 
But ...

Legendary British singer Elton John is out of hospital and is feeling "fine" after being struck down with a bout of flu and an E.coli bacterial infection.
 
The singer's spokesperson said the 62-year-old had checked out and is now planning to resume his work, reported ...

Irish pop group Boyzone has been honoured by gay rights campaigners here, with a special tribute for late member Stephen Gately.
 
Gately, who died in Majorca, Spain, last month, hit the headlines a decade ago when he went public about his sexuality. His boyband had also supported his ...

'X-Men' star James Marsden would love to pursue his dream of performing on Broadway - but fears his nerves would get the better of him.
 
The actor admits treading the boards in New York's famous theatre district is on his list of career goals, but he's too anxious to tackle the ...

British filmmaker Danny Boyle says he was surprised to learn his ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto are dating because he didn't notice any sparks between the pair on the movie set.
 
The two actors met while filming the Oscar-winning picture, but spent months ...

The two suspects in the John Travolta extortion trial would have been convicted had a mistrial not been declared, according to a newspaper in the Bahamas.
 
The case against Pleasant Bridgewater and Tarino Lightbourne collapsed after Bahamian politician Picewell Forbes prematurely announced ...

Boxing great Lou Fillippo, who famously counted out Apollo Creed in the first Rocky sequel, has died at the age of 83.
 
The Hall of Fame referee and judge died on Monday (02Nov09) after suffering a stroke.
 
Fillippo's professional boxing career ended in 1957 after a series of ...

ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons shunned a chauffeur-driven car ahead of the band's recent gig in London - deciding to test out the city's public transport network instead.
 
The rocker wanted to experience the British capital as a tourist and joined the hordes of ZZ Top fans on the London ...

Anthony Hopkins is to play American literary legend Ernest Hemingway in Andy Garcia's new movie about the writer's relationship with the Cuban fisherman who inspired his novel The Old Man & The Sea.
 
Garcia will play the fisherman, Gregorio Fuentes, in Hemingway & Fuentes, and ...

Irish band U2 won the Best Live Act prize at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards, after playing a sold-out free gig at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, as part of the awards' return to the German capital for the first time in 15 years.
 
The ...

Millionaire former Bond star Sir Roger Moore has tired of fame and fortune - insisting he gets ‘spoilt rotten’ when he tries to go about his daily life.
 
The veteran actor has enjoyed a stellar five-decade spanning career, which has enabled him to live in the lap of ...

Rapper Shyne has denied rumours he converted to Judaism behind bars, insisting his 2006 name change only symbolised a desire to turn his life around.
 
The hip-hop star returned to his native Belize, Central America last month (Oct09) after spending more than eight years in a New York jail ...

Boyz II Men star Shawn Stockman has been forced to pull out of the band's planned promotional activities after he was diagnosed with swine flu.
 
The singer was due to accompany his bandmates to Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday (03Nov09) for a performance at the 2009 Soul Train ...

Peaches Geldof jets to America every Halloween because she has terrible memories of trick or treating back home in England.
 
The socialite/model daughter of Irish rocker Bob Geldof, who dressed up as a hotdog, complete with mustard and ketchup, for the spookfest in New York on Saturday ...

Steve Guttenberg will poke fun at his status as an '80s icon in his latest movie role.
 
The actor was king of the box office during the 1980s, starring in four major movie franchises; Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy, Cocoon and Short Circuit.
 
He has since been forced to ...

‘Flight Of The Conchords’ stars Jemaine Clement and Bret Mckenzie are set to disappoint fans - the New Zealand comedy duo may not return for another series of the hit show.
 
The programme has won over critics and fans alike since its 2007 debut, but the funnymen were left ...

Controversial beauty queen Carrie Prejean has ended her legal battle with pageant bosses after both sides agreed to withdraw their lawsuits.
 
Miss California USA officials last month (Oct09) dropped a lawsuit against Prejean which demanded she reimburse them the $5,200 (£3,250) they ...

Moviemaker Wes Anderson penned the script for his Fantastic Mr. Fox movie adaptation in the same shed Roald Dahl used as a writing den.
 
The director sought out the Dahl family's Gipsy House estate in Great Missenden, England while seeking inspiration for his new movie - and fell in love ...

An obsessed fan of American Idol host Ryan Seacrest has pleaded not guilty to stalking the U.S. TV personality.
 
Chidi Uzomah, a special forces reserve for the U.S. Army, was charged on Monday (02Nov09) with a felony count of stalking and two misdemeanour counts of violating a court order ...

Foreigner rocker Mick Jones' son is set to follow in his father's footsteps - the rock offspring is launching his own music career.
 
Jones second eldest son, Chris, has already made a name for himself modelling in hip-hop mogul Jay-Z's Rocawear fashion campaigns.
 
He has now teamed ...

Robin Gibb was stunned when he heard of his twin brother Maurice's death - because he didn't even know his sibling was in hospital.
 
The late Bee Gees star was hospitalised in 2003 in a bid to mend a twisted intestine, but fell into a coma and died following complications during the ...

Bon Jovi has been slammed by fans over the band's upcoming London residency - with many devotees branding the tickets ‘overpriced’.
 
The rockers are set to make the British capital their home while they play 10 gigs at the ‘The O2’ venue, starting from June ...

Slipknot star Corey Taylor has confirmed he auditioned to take over from Scott Weiland as Velvet Revolver's frontman - but was rejected by the band because the try out "just didn't work."
 
The group, led by former Guns N' Roses stars Slash and Duff McKagan, have been auditioning ...

British record mogul Colin Burn, who worked with the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Supremes And The Beach Boys, has died at the age of 76.
 
Burn enjoyed a 25-year career with EMI, peaking as General Manager of its pop division, during which time he worked with the label's biggest named ...

A former personal assistant to the English rock band Rolling Stones has revealed that sleeping with frontman Mick Jagger was no less than part of her job profile during the rocker's wild years.
 
Groupie Chris O'Dell embarked on an affair with Jagger during the rock legends' 1972 summer tour ...

Simon Cowell has thrown himself into charity work with a children's hospice to make up for not having kids of his own.
 
The American Idol judge has long declared himself "too selfish" to start his own family, but has become patron of Chase children's hospice in Surrey, England ...