Country star Alan Jackson has created a new rocking chair, memorabilia and clothing line for U.S. restaurant chain Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
 
The Alan Jackson Collection, which will be available from Cracker Barrels this holiday season, also features candles, decorative throws, ...

South African-born actress Charlize Theron auctioned off a kiss for $140,000, and the winning bidder was a woman, US magazine reported Friday.
 
Theron, 34, took part in a live auction during a gala for the charity OneXOne Thursday in San Francisco. She was initially selling a 2010 trip to ...

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise was the inspiration for Christian Bale's frightening portrayal of a bloodthirsty maniac in ‘American Psycho’, according to the movie's director Mary Harron.
 
‘The Dark Knight’ actor took on the role of Patrick Bateman in the 2000 ...

Bosses at an exclusive New York club have reopened their doors to Lindsay Lohan, after she was banned for allegedly accusing Justin Timberlake of cheating on his girlfriend at the venue.
 
The Mean Girls star caused a stir when she wrote on her Twitter.com web page in June (09), "So ...

Dame Julie Andrews is hoping an innovative new throat treatment will help her sing again - after a botched operation robbed the star of her famous vocal range.
 
The Sound of Music actress, whose voice once spanned four octaves, underwent surgery in 1997 to remove non-cancerous nodules from ...

Sex and The City star Kim Cattrall is planning to hang up her heels after she wraps the forthcoming sequel - she has signed up for another stint on the London stage.
 
The 53-year-old actress is currently shooting the second movie based on the hit TV series, but when filming finishes she ...

Singer Carnie Wilson has landed her own reality TV show which will chronicle her latest weight battle.
 
The daughter of Beach Boys star Brian Wilson famously underwent gastric bypass surgery a decade ago (99) after she was diagnosed as morbidly obese, but she has battled with weight issues ...

Country singer Justin Moore is celebrating another first after landing his debut number one - his wife is expecting a baby.
 
The musician is ecstatic after learning he will become a first time father - just weeks after his second single, Small Town USA, topped America's Billboard Hot ...

Nicole Richie and her partner Joel Madden delighted kids in Los Angeles on Thursday (22Oct09) by opening a new playground in the city.
 
The couple created the Richie-Madden Foundation in 2007 to raise money for children's charities, and the organisation helped fund a new play park in ...

Former Kiss star Peter Criss was so embarrassed after he was diagnosed with breast cancer he decided to keep his illness a secret for almost a year.
 
Criss, who left the rock band in 1980, found a lump in his left nipple in December 2007 and was shocked to find out he had the disease, which ...

Nicolas Cage has finally offloaded his Bel Air mansion in Los Angeles - the property has reportedly sold for a fraction of his original asking price.
 
The actor first put the home, which once belonged to Tom Jones and Dean Martin, on the market in 2007 with a massive $35 million ...

British singer Lily Allen has given up on social-networking after her boyfriend told her she spent too much time online.
 
The Smile hitmaker was a frequent user of Twitter.com and MySpace - but has now turned her back on the sites, and given away her computer and BlackBerry, in a bid to ...

Ronan Keating has postponed plans to promote his latest solo album to allow himself time to mourn his late Boyzone bandmate Stephen Gately.
 
The Irish singer jetted to Majorca, Spain with his fellow bandmembers after hearing of Gately's sudden passing at his home on the island earlier this ...

Welsh singer Charlotte Church constantly fears for her daughter's life - she suffers from a rare disorder causing her to black-out.
 
Little Ruby, two, was diagnosed with Breath Holding Spells (BHS) by doctors, which makes the tot hold her breath and lose consciousness for up to a minute at ...

The New York premiere of Hilary Swank's new movie Amelia was thrown into chaos when a journalist passed out on the red carpet.
 
Emergency services raced to the Paris Theater in the Big Apple on Tuesday night (20Oct09) when a female reporter keeled over, just as Richard Gere was arriving at ...

John Travolta will be forced to relive the painful memories of his son's death for a second time - the judge overseeing his extortion case has ordered a retrial.
 
Former Bahamas senator Pleasant Bridgewater and paramedic Tarino Lightbourne were facing charges of conspiracy to extort $25 ...

Actress Hunter Tylo has filed a lawsuit against a social worker she blames for her son's death in 2007.
 
The Bold and the Beautiful star claims Shanna Downing, of the Horizon Family Therapy & Wellness centre in Nevada, advised her son, Michael, 19, to stop taking his seizure ...

The paparazzo who smashed into the back of a security car following Michael Jackson's children is to be investigated over a suspected hit-and-run, according to U.S. reports.
 
The late King of Pop's kids, Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II, were being driven ...

The producers of hit U.S. musical series Glee have been given the ultimate endorsement from Madonna - the pop superstar has given her personal approval for an all-Material Girl episode.
 
The show, which chronicles the lives and loves of a group of talented teens, has featured the hits of ...

Veteran actress Collin Wilcox has died of brain cancer, aged 74.
 
The star, most famous for her role as rape victim Mayella Ewell in the movie version of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird, passed away earlier this month (14Oct09) at her home in Highlands, North ...

British actress Emma Thompson is to return to the U.K. university where her adopted son suffered at the hands of bullies to give a lecture on race relations.
 
The Oscar-winner's 22-year-old son, Tindyebwa Agaba, a former Rwandan child soldier who she adopted in 2003, graduated from ...

Leonardo Dicaprio and Angelina Jolie are in talks to play the king and queen of the Gucci fashion dynasty in director Ridley Scott's new movie.
 
Jolie is slated to play Patrizia Reggiano, the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci, who was sentenced to 29 years in prison for plotting to murder the ...

American-Australian entertainer Don Lane has passed away after a long running battle with dementia. He was 75.
 
The star died in Sydney, Australia on Thursday morning (22Oct09).
 
Lane emigrated Down Under in the early 1960s, and quickly became a popular TV personality, launching his ...

Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg is such a big fan of TV series True Blood - he wants to appear as a vampire on the show.
 
The rapper, who has starred in movies including Bones and Hood of Horror, professes his love for the hit drama in the lyrics of his new single Gangsta Luv, and now he's hoping ...

Sienna Miller has received an apology from a U.S. newspaper for incorrectly stating she dated the late Heath Ledger.
 
The New York Times listed the late star and rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs as previous boyfriends of the Factory Girl actress.
 
But Miller, who has dated Jude Law, Rhys ...

Britney Spears’ mum Lynne wants the singer to marry boyfriend Jason Trawick - because he is the "dream" husband.
 
The Toxic hitmaker split from her agent in August (09), reportedly over concerns the relationship was getting too serious - but the pair has since rekindled its ...

Playing iconic aviator Amelia Earhart on the big screen kept actress Hilary Swank's high-flying dreams to become a pilot on the ground - because the film's insurance company bosses wouldn't let the Oscar winner take off.
 
Swank reveals she was well on her way to landing her pilot's license ...

Animal-loving actress Jennifer Aniston is bracing herself for the emotional loss of her beloved dog, after reportedly discovering her pet is suffering severe health problems.
 
The former Friends star has kept a watchful eye on her 14-year-old Corgi-Terrier, Norman, who defied death in ...

Late pop legend Michael Jackson's three children want to be film stars in the future rather than follow in their father's footsteps and start music careers.
 
The King of Pop's brother Jermaine Jackson revealed that the three youngsters Prince Michael I, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old ...

Naomi Campbell has hit out at fashion label bosses, accusing them of snubbing black and Asian models.
 
Campbell broke down barriers when she became the first black model to appear on the cover of the French edition of Vogue in 1988, later repeating the feat in the magazine's, UK, Japanese ...