Rocker Gavin Rossdale is to play a twisted character loosely based on Kiss star Gene Simmons in TV cop drama Criminal Minds.
 
The former Bush frontman, who is married to singer/actress Gwen Stefani, will play a goth rocker who is suspected of murder in the 11 November (09) episode of the ...

British actor Sir Ian Mckellen's secret gay years gave the ‘Lord Of The Rings’ star a sense of what it would have been like to be Jewish and living in central Europe during the late 1930s.
 
The revered thespian was 49 when he 'came out' about his sexuality and admits he had a ...

Brad Pitt's worst fear after falling off his motorbike in traffic on Saturday (24Oct09) was how his partner Angelina Jolie would react to the news.
 
The movie hunk clipped a parked car while weaving through traffic in Los Angeles, lost his balance and fell from his ride.
 
He tried ...

A man accused of harassing Miley Cyrus will not face charges for attempted stalking after a grand jury ruled there was insufficient evidence to indict him.
 
Mark McLeod, 53, was arrested twice this summer (09) for hounding the Disney star on the Georgia set of her latest movie The Last ...

Uma Thurman can't wait to turn 40 next year (10) because her 30s have been a period of stress and trauma.
 
In the past decade, the actress has endured a messy split from ex-husband Ethan Hawke and a high profile court case after she harassed by a fan on the set of a movie.
 
And she ...

R&B star Ray J has hinted he could rekindle his romance with Whitney Houston, explaining the pair "understand each other".
 
The stars shocked showbiz in 2007 when it was revealed they were secretly dating - an on/off relationship that is rumoured to have continued until this ...

Disney superstar Miley Cyrus' popularity has suffered a setback - she's been voted the worst celebrity influence of 2009 in a new online poll.
 
The Hannah Montana singer/actress, 16, was the number one choice for kids and young teens who voted in AOL's JSYK.com survey.
 
Britney ...

‘Back To The Future’ star Christopher Lloyd won't be going green for Christmas - he has pulled out of a festive production of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas in Los Angeles.
 
The actor, who played Scrooge in A Christmas Carol onstage last year (08), has quit the show ...

Kate Moss is nothing like the partygirl she's portrayed as in the press - and insists she hates the fame her success as a supermodel has granted her.
 
Moss is as famous for her off-the-runway antics as her fashion achievements thanks to high profile relationships with the likes of Johnny ...

Actress Sandra Bullock is glad motherhood landed in her lap - because she can't imagine life without her five-year-old stepdaughter Sunny.
 
The Miss Congeniality star admits she had never planned to be a mum because she always felt she was "too selfish" to have kids, but she's ...

Annie Lennox was left far from impressed when she returned to her old studio in London to record guest vocals on singer/songwriter David Gray's new album Draw The Line - because the new owner hadn't changed the carpets.
 
Gray bought the old Eurythmics studio and invited Lennox to join him ...

British pop star Robbie Williams is so desperate to move to the US before winter sets in here that he is willing to sell his country mansion at a reduced price.
 
Thsun.co.uk reports that he wants to be back in Los Angeles to be with his American girlfriend Ayda Field. The 35-yrear-old paid ...

Rock star Courtney Love has pledged to have no more plastic surgery.
 
Thesun.co.uk reports that the 45-year-old has undergone a string of botched procedures since husband Kurt Cobain died in 1994.
 
But after meeting 63-year-old American socialite, Jocelyn Wildenstein who spent more ...

Lindsay Lohan, who is keen to put her bad girl reputation behind her, is flying to India next month to shoot a documentary highlighting the trafficking of children in Bihar.
 
The ‘Mean Girls’ star, who has hit headlines for her stints in rehab and drink-driving arrests, has ...

Late pop legend Michael Jackson has earned $90 million since his death.
 
The singer, who died June 25, came third in Forbes.com's annual top earning dead celebrities list with a huge financial haul, reported femalefirst.co.uk.
 
Jackson earned enormous sum from radio play, royalties ...

Madonna's adopted daughter Mercy James seems to have forgotten her native language in just four months.
 
According to the sun.co.uk, the 51-year-old adopted Mercy and David Banda from Malawi where Chichewa is the official language. While David remembers a little bit, Mercy has completely ...

American singer Jessica Simpson is trying to understand Indian culture ever since she has arrived in the country.
 
Mirror.co.uk reports that the singer got her hands henna tattooed and wore a bindi on her forehead when she attended a party at Vie Lounge in Mumbai.
 
Simpson is ...

Hollywood stars Jude Law and Sienna Miller are reportedly dating again.
 
Their romance started on the set of ‘Alfie’ in 2004 but they split two years later after Jude had an affair with his children's nanny. Recently the two had a series of secret meetings in New York where they ...

Lindsay Lohan's dad Michael says his daughter is at an all-time low and that she could be "dead in a year".
 
"She needs long-term rehab. I fear the worst. Look at Elvis, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger - who was a close friend of hers. It could be a year, a month, a week - ...

Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi has described how she suffered a 'full-blow panic attack' in the lonely nights after the actor's death last month (Sep09).
 
Dancer Niemi, who was married to Swayze for 34 years, was at the Women's Conference 2009 in Long Beach, California on Tuesday ...

Singer Taylor Swift fuelled rumours of a romance with ‘Twilight’ star Taylor Lautner after they were spotted together at a hockey game.
 
According to dailymail.co.uk, Swift, 19, and 17-year-old Lautner sat together at the game in Los Angeles. This is the second time the two have ...

Dannii Minogue agreed to strip off for Playboy magazine after struggling to pay off her spiralling debts.
 
The pop star found herself owing $240,000 (£150,000) and couldn't even afford her rent after her marriage to actor Julian McMahon crumbled in 1995.
 
The singer refused to ...

Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige and Naomi Campbell have been honoured by a leading African-American college for their contributions to the fashion and entertainment industries.
 
Marlon Jackson stepped in to accept the Avant-Garde Award for his brother, the late King of Pop, at the annual ...

Leona Lewis is refusing to revisit any countries where she witnesses animal cruelty - and she's urging her fans to do the same.
 
The Bleeding Love hitmaker is an avid animal rights campaigner and is using her fame to support the World Society for the Protection of Animals ...

Actress Demi Moore will join husband Ashton Kutcher on stage for a 24-hour Broadway marathon next month.
 
Kutcher was among the first movie stars to sign up for the ninth annual 24 Hour Plays on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre and now Moore will be joining him, reported ...

Earlier, Jennifer Aniston had starred in the 1993 horror movie ''Leprechaun'', making a good fight with a wicked Irish man.
 
Megan Fox made it to the top 20 with her scary performance in her latest '’Jennifer’s Body’, in which she acts as a man-eating ...

Dita Von Teese went under the knife for a boob job at the age of 21 - because years of drug abuse had ravaged her body.
 
The burlesque beauty admits she began dabbling with illegal substances when she was a teenager, and her habit spiralled out of control throughout the 1990s.
 
Von ...

Four months after Michael Jackson's death from a drug overdose a documentary chronicling his last days was set to hit movie screens around the world Tuesday.
 
The official premiere was set for Tuesday afternoon at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, where Jackson's public memorial was held. ...

Playboy model Shauna Sand is no longer opposed to the release of her sex tape - she's now teamed up with the movie distribution company to promote the adult film.
 
The busty blonde filed a lawsuit against bosses at Vivid Entertainment in early October (09) to block the release, accusing ...

Pop diva Madonna marked the launch of her $13.5 million girls' academy in Malawi by planting a sapling and vowing to provide the locals with the same education opportunities that she got.
 
Madonna flew down to the homeland of her two adopted children -- David Banda and Mercy James -- to lay ...