Kelly Rowland, Paulina Rubio join ‘X Factor’

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop singer Kelly Rowland and singer- actress Paulina Rubio have signed onto “The X Factor” judging panel, the Fox television talent competition produced by Simon Cowell said on Monday. Rowland, who rose to fame with R&B group Destiny’s Child, and Mexican pop singer Rubio willbe charged with re-igniting the Fox series that failed to... 

Keanu Reeves debuts as director with modern kung fu film

CANNES (Reuters)— He’s played a science-fiction hero, policeman and even Hamlet. But now actor Keanu Reeves is taking on a new role – as director of a contemporary martial arts movie aimed at both Chinese and Western audiences. Reeves has stepped behind the camera to make his directorial debut with “Man of Tai Chi”, a trilingual film loosely based on the life... 

Beyonce, Jay-Z expecting a baby

The superstar singer took a “sick day” earlier this week from The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, which only fueled speculations that she and Jay-Z are expecting a baby. Today the rumors were verified as accurate, according to E!.  Read More »

Beatles’ guitar sold to the tune of $408,000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the event. The semi-hollow-body guitar, manufactured by the VOX company, was sold to an unidentified US buyer at the “Music Icons” event organized by Beverly Hills, California-based... 

‘Last Vegas’ for old people

WHAT if “The Hangover” was about four 60-something friends heading to Las Vegas for a bachelor party weekend? It would probably look something like “Last Vegas,” a new film that brings Oscar winners Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline, and Morgan Freeman together onscreen for the first time. Incoming search terms:MOVIE LAS VEGAS WITH MICHAEL DOUGLAS (1)the last vegas... 

Justin Bieber’s song ‘Baby,’ now 12-times platinum

BIEBER’S 2010 song “Baby” has topped Elton John’s 1997 double A-side “Candle in the Wind”/”’Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” which previously held the record after having been certified 11-times platinum. “Baby” is now 12-times platinum, Digital Spy reports. Incoming search terms:justin bieber songs (240)justin biebers songs (10)justin bieber songs baby... 

Uma Thurman playing anti-gay activist

Uma, Anita; Anita, Uma. As reported by THR and other trade outlets, Uma Thurman has been cast as outspoken anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in the upcoming film “Anita.” Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the duo behind the biopics “Howl” (about Allen Ginsberg) and “Lovelace” (about porn star Linda Lovelace), will direct the film from a script by Chad... 

Shots fired at Cannes film festival

CANNES (Reuters) – A man was arrested at the Cannes film festival on Friday after firing a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast on the palm-lined waterfront, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover. French TV station Canal+ was interviewing Austria’s Oscar-winning Waltz and French actor Auteuil live on its nightly news show from a beach-front... 

Jackie Chan, not quitting action films

CANNES (Reuters) – Jackie Chan has given up doing his own stunts and wants more serious roles but the Kung Fu actor says he will never stop being an action star despite earlier plans to quit big action movies. At the Cannes film festival, to promote his upcoming film “Skiptrace”, the Hong Kong actor said at 59 he could no longer do his own stunts as it took so long... 

Obama to honor Carole King

PRESIDENT Barack Obama is putting on a show at the White House next week for singer-songwriter Carole King. She’s the first woman to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. Incoming search terms:obama honor carole king (1) Read More »