Jennifer Hudson‚ Zeta-Jones to sing in Oscars musical tribute

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LOS ANGELES : Oscar winners Russell Crowe, Jennifer Hudson and Catherine Zeta-Jones will perform at the Academy Awards in a tribute to the resurgence of big-screen musicals, organizers said on Wednesday.

Palestinian filmmaker briefly detained in Los Angeles on way to Oscars

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LOS ANGELES: A Palestinian filmmaker on his way to the Academy Awards said on Wednesday he was held at Los Angeles International Airport and threatened with deportation before being allowed into the United States.

Piers Morgan craves for love scene with Jessica Alba

"So this year I would hopefully like to do a love scene with Jessica Alba."

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LONDON: Telly show-off Piers Morgan loves a challenge – but even he may have bitten off more than he can chew with his latest wish, reported British daily The Sun on Thursday.

Russell Brand wants lots of wives

 Nevertheless‚ the 37-year-old has said he is looking for a kind and sweet woman‚ who is happy to be a part of his insane life.

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LOS ANGELES: British comedian Russell Brand, once called a womaniser, says he can only be tied down to one person for a short period. So, he wouldn`t mind having a group wedding with several people.

Clive Davis Comes Out as Bisexual in New Memoir

Acclaimed music producer/former Columbia Records president Clive Davis — a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose 60-odd years in the business helped to launch the careers of Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, and many others

Man of Steel coming soon

Man of Steel is an upcoming American superhero film directed by Zack Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan and scripted by David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Superman, the film will be a reboot of the Superman film series, portraying the character's origin story. The film stars Henry Cavill in the title role, with Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Michael Shannon as General Zod.

Naked Men to see a Naked men

The exhibition going on in Vienna's Leopold Museum is entitled "Naked Men" which is extended until March 4. So a group of nudists and naturalists took the curators at their word and showed up to see it on Monday in the buff.

After the huge protest from parents and religious groups in October has forced the Leopold to cover up the private parts of the three nude male soccer players used on large publicity posters around Vienna.

The museum - named for Austrian collector Rudolf Leopold - was inspired to invite the public to get naked to see the exhibition after an inquiry from a group of German nudists.

Around 250 viewers of various ages and nationalities attended the special showing.

Those who visited the exhibition told that they feel good about being free and he enjoyed to see naked men as a naked men.

Jennifer Lawrence unable to control breasts

But she's still proud of her pair - insisting it's a novelty in Hollywood to have boobs that still jiggle.
 Jennifer Lawrence claims her breasts are out of control - and once doubled in size overnight, reported British daily The Sun on Tuesday.

The actress's ample rack recently helped her win the title Sexiest Actress Alive in an online poll.

Singer Fergie says she and actor Josh Duhamel expecting baby

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The Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said on Monday that she and her husband, actor Josh Duhamel, are expecting a baby.

"Josh & Me & BABY makes three!!!," she tweeted. She also posted photos of herself and her husband as toddlers.

New James Bond mission to hit bookshelves in September

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LONDON: A new James Bond novel will be released in September with the latest exploits of the British spy written by novelist William Boyd, the estate of Bond's creator Ian Fleming said on Monday.

Rihanna and Chris Brown split at Grammy

Rihanna and Chris Brown split at Grammy

Rihanna and Chris split on the Grammy night. Sources told that Rihanna was sending text to her ex-boyfriend Drake and Chris noticed it.

Fan hits RiRi with bottle

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LONDON: Singer Rihanna was forced to seek medical attention after a fan threw a bottle of energy drink at her due to which she fell and hurt her knee.

It happened when the 24-year-old was leaving a night club here with her model friend Cara Delevingne Saturday night, February 16.

Jessica Simpson Baby Bump Photos

Jessica Simpson is enjoying her meals these days for two. Few days earlier Jessica, 32 dressed her precious baby bump in a festive pink blazer for a wildly overpriced lunch with Johnson, 33, at The Ivy.

Letters from John Lennon's killer to be auctioned

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NEW YORK A series of never-before-seen letters from John Lennon`s murderer, Mark David Chapman, to Steve Spiro, the NYPD officer who arrested him, are going under the hammer for USD 75000.

Mindy McCready dead of an apparent suicide

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McCready leaves behind two children‚ 6-year-old Zander and 9-month-old Zayne.

Troubled country singer Mindy McCready, age 37, has died of an apparent suicide, the result of a single self-inflicted gunshot, the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office has confirmed. According to E! News, McCready shot herself and her dog. The Associated Press reports that her body was found 4pm Sunday on the front porch of her home in Heber Springs, Arkansas, after neighbors heard gunshots and called the police.

'Die Hard' action beats love stories at box office

"Die Hard" beat "Safe Haven‚" an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel that was aimed at luring couples during the week of Valentine's Day.

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SAN FRANSISCO: The fifth movie in the Bruce Willis "Die Hard" franchise scored the biggest box-office action over the U.S. holiday weekend, beating out love story "Safe Haven," which came in third for the Friday-through-Sunday period.

Lawrence tries not to think of Oscars

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LOS ANGELES: Jennifer Lawrence, who stands a chance to win the best actress Academy award for her work in Silver Linings Playbook, doesn’t want to think about what it might be like to win the coveted prize. The Oscar ceremony is to take place here February 24.

Jay Z-Beyonce: 2013's Power Couple

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LOS ANGELES: Singer Beyonce Knowles and her rapper husband Jay Z have been honoured as the Power Couple of 2013.

They beat 24 other couples to the title in the E! News poll, including Prince William and Duchess Catherine, who are on the second spot, and Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, who occupy the third place, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Willis dialled his idols

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LOS ANGELES: Actor Bruce Willis has revealed he used to call up his Hollywood idols just to let them know he is a “huge fan”.

The 57-year-old recalls an instance when he contacted the late Sorry, Wrong Number actress Barbara Stanwyck to praise her talents, but at that time he never realised his act could be “bothering” his idols, reports contactmusic.com.

Cohen is UK's highest paid Hollywood star

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LONDON: Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has been named Britain’s highest paid Hollywood star. He banked over £20 million in 2012 thanks to box office success with The Dictator and Les Miserables — however, he missed a place in the Forbes Celebrity 100.

Safe Haven:Review

Safe Haven is a movie based on a young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Safe Haven, the latest Nicholas Sparks film adaptation, debuted to $8.9 million on Thursday in contrast to largely negative reviews.

Beyonce and Jay-Z are friends first

Beyonce told that the successfull relationship between her and her husband, rapper Jay-Z to be friends first. She has revealled her secrets of life in the documentary called "Beyonce:Life is but a Dream" in the coming Oprah's show.

In this clip from "Oprah's Next Chapter," Beyoncé tells Oprah she would not be the woman she is today if she didn't have Jay-Z in her life.

'Saturday Night Live' – Christoph Waltz and Alabama Shakes

'Saturday Night Live' was not a great show. Was the Christopher Waltz a savior? May be not because he isn't talented but lots of people enjoyed the show.Those reading this recap will probably know of his recent roles in “Inglorious Basterds” and “Django Unchained”, but the average viewer more familiar with the oeuvre of last week’s host Justin Bieber? Hard to say.

Wildlife kept Kate Upton engrossed in icy photo shoot

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LONDON: She has just done a photoshoot so sizzling it could melt the polar ice-caps – even though Kate Upton felt more blue with cold than red hot‚ reported British daily The Sun on Sunday.

The stunning American model braved frostbite and temperatures of minus 20°C when she stripped off in Antarctica.

At times Kate wore nothing but a wispy scarf and boots on the photoshoot for the famous cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue.

Rihanna‚ Issa light up London Fashion Week

"It's quite different for us‚" Issa said. "I was very inspired by American Indians‚ the Navajos‚ the feathers. The woman goes to Morocco‚ she's nomadic‚ she's far cooler than before."

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LONDON: London Fashion Week moved into high international gear Saturday with a debut collection from Barbadian pop diva Rihanna,

Friendship is secret of Beyonce's marriage

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LOS ANGELES: Singer Beyonce feels her marriage to husband Jay Z is going strong because they were friends before getting married.

The couple was friends for over a year before they started dating. Beyonce, 31, thinks their friendship is one of the key factors in their marriage.

Sheen shells $10K for injured teen

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LOS ANGLES: Actor Charlie Sheen has donated $10,000 to an injured teenager to help her pay for a therapy dog.

Sheen was moved by the plight of 15-year-old Teagan Marti, who suffered brain, spine, pelvis and internal injuries in July 2010, when she fell 100 feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride.

The actor has chipped in to pay for the dog, who will turn on lights, pick up objects and be her constant companion, reports contactmusic.com

Perry-Mayer engaged?

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LOS ANGELES: Singer Katy Perry was spotted wearing a heart-shaped ring on her engagement finger, fuelling rumours that she will wed boyfriend John Mayer.

Perry was spotted wearing the sparkler as she went for a romantic Valentine’s dinner with her rocker boyfriend February 14, reports thesun.co.uk.

Kim Kardashian's divorce trial set for May

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LOS ANGELES: The divorce trial of Kim Kardashian and ex-husband Kris Humphries is set to begin from May 6.

The `Keeping Up With The Kardashians` star split from basketball player Humphries in November 2011 after just 72 days of marriage but they have so far failed to dissolve their

Kim Kardashian makes another bid to end marriage

The model is due to give birth in July to a child conceived with her boyfriend Kanye West.

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LOS ANGELES: Kim Kardashian's divorce case is returning to court Friday with her attorney urging a speedy end to her marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries.

Miss America Pageant heads home to Atlantic City

 And the winner is... Atlantic City, New Jersey, which will once again host the Miss America pageant.
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After seven years in Las Vegas, the annual contest will return in September to the place where it began more than 90 years ago, organizers said on Thursday.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Did you loved The Hunger Games and Jennifer Lawrence, then get ready for the sequel to it, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is an upcoming American science-fiction adventure film based on Suzanne Collins' novel, Catching Fire, the second installment in The Hunger Games trilogy.

Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2 are back again. Those blah blah are going to rock you again.

Despicable Me 2 is an upcoming American 3D computer animated comedy film and the sequel to the 2010 animated film Despicable Me. Produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures, it will be directed again by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud,

Gangster Squad: A review

Gangster Squad is a movie about a secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city. It is a story of Los Angeles in 1949.

Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and-if he has his way-every wire bet placed west of

Lady Gaga cancels rest of tour due to injured hip

The tour‚ in support of her second album "Born This Way‚" began last April in Asia and was one of 2012's highest grossing.
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NASHVILLE: Lady Gaga has canceled the rest of her tour dates due to a hip injury.

Live Nation Global Touring said in a news release Wednesday that Lady Gaga has a tear in her right hip that will require surgery, followed by a recovery period.

Tamara Ecclestone raises Dubai heat in next to nothing

The latest stop for the 28-year-old is Dubai‚ where she stripped down to a tiny two-piece to soak up some sun Monday.

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LONDON: Is Tamara Ecclestone ever NOT on holiday?

Kate Upton says body shut down after Antarctic bikini shoot

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She braved six days in a bikini while we were head-to-toe in jackets...
Swimsuit model Kate Upton said on Tuesday her body shut down after she posed in a skimpy bikini in Antarctica for Sports Illustrated magazine.

Upton, wearing only a white bikini bottom and an unzipped white parka, was picked as the cover girl for the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, unveiled on Monday, for the second consecutive year.

Magazine promises pregnant Kate Middleton photos‚ angering royals

Photographs of the former Kate Middleton‚ walking with her husband Prince William on a beach on the island of Mustique are expected to be published in the Italian gossip magazine Chi on Wednesday...

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LONDON: An Italian magazine said on Tuesday it will publish pictures of a pregnant Duchess of Cambridge wearing a bikini on holiday in the Caribbean, angering the royal family and reigniting a debate over privacy and freedom of the press.

Lady Gaga suffering from joint inflammation‚ postpones shows

"I will hopefully heal as soon as possible and be at 500 percent again‚ which is what you deserve‚"
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LOS ANGELES: Pop star Lady Gaga said on Tuesday she was suffering from a severe inflammation of the joints that left her temporarily unable to walk, forcing her to postpone a handful of upcoming shows on the North American leg of her world tour.

"I am completely devastated and heartsick. I've been hiding this injury and pain from my staff for a month, praying it would heal, but after last night's performance, I could not walk," the singer said in a statement.

Jennifer Lopez Flashes Leg Like Angelina Jolie

J Lo is breaking the rules! Jennifer Lopez channeled another A-list glamour goddess -- Angelina Jolie, circa the Academy Awards 2012 -- at the 2013 Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 10. The 43-year old singer and actress flashed major, major leg (and one shoulder) in a stunning, super-sexy black gown by Anthony Zacarello.

"They didn't say anything about leg!" Lopez protested. "I thought i was being such good girl -- [just] a little shoulder and a little leg."
In a surprising email obtained by Deadline, CBS expressly forbade presenters, nominees and performers from pushing the envelope with the evening's sartorial choices. "Please be sure that buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered," the e-mail reads. "Thong type costumes are problematic. Please avoid exposing bare flesh under curves of the buttocks and buttock crack. Bare sides or under curvature of the breasts is also problematic."

Rihanna strips for her new music video

Rihanna's latest music video shows an increasingly vulnerable side of the pop star. She promised an "emotional," "personal," and "powerful" video for "Stay," and she gave just that — and more.

Now the hollywood video are being more vulgur in the name of glamour and style. Rihanna strips for her new video.

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES': ALICE ENGLERT AND ALDEN EHRENREICH ON THEIR FIERY KISS

In Beautiful Creatures, this week's most paranormal (yet romantic!) Valentine's Day release, Alice Englert and Alden Ehrenreich play teenagers — one supernatural and one human — who fall in love despite the overwhelming odds against them. Sound familiar? Ehrenreich and Englert are aware their movie, which is also based on a young adult book series, owes a lot to Twilight.

Chris Brown Community Service Scandal: Police Chief in Charge of Case Resigns

The Richmond, Va., police chief who signed off on Chris Brown's community service reports has resigned in an interesting new twist to this developing scandal.

Bryan Norwood was the one signing off on the singer's community service hours - which the L.A. County D.A. is now claiming were never performed.


Norwood was instrumental in removing Brown's case from the Richmond Probation Dept., which would have normally handled it, placing it in his own hands.

Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook is an American romantic comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell,from a screenplay by Russell, adapted from the novel of the same name by Matthew Quick. The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher and Julia Stiles in supporting roles.

It is a movie about former teacher Pat Solitano who moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Side Effects: Movie of 2013

Side Effects is a 2013 psychological thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay written by Scott Z. Burns. The film stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Channing Tatum. The film concerns the ramifications of an event following a young woman being prescribed antidepressant drugs.

Warm Bodies:Love story between human and zombie

Warm bodies is a love story between human and zombie. Okay now I think its zombies after vampires. After a highly unusual zombie (R) saves Julie from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

The movie has been directed by Jonathan Levine and written by Jonathan Levine and Isaac Marion.

The cast includes Nicholas Hoult as R and Teresa Palmer as Julie in lead.

Identity Thief

Identity Thief is a movie about mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson who travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman. Later he found that woman was living up after stealing Sandy's identity.

The movie has been directed by Seth Gordon. It has been written by Craig Mazin and Jerry Eeten.

The cast and crew includes Jason Bateman as Sandy Patterson , Melissa McCarthy as Diana which are in the lead roles.

Obviously it is a comedy movie to watch this weekend.

Last weekend it has collected $34.5M.

Kim‚ Kanye choose carnival in Rio over the Grammys

"In the car heading to carnival here in Rio! Good thing there's all this traffic so u can look up all these hot Grammy looks!"

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Despite the fact that hip-hop star Kanye West was nominated in six different categories – and won three of them – he decided to forgo the music industry’s biggest night in order to spend some quality time abroad with his baby mama, Kim Kardashian, over the weekend.

Beyonce wants slumber parties‚ normal childhood for baby Blue Ivy

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LOS ANGELES: Singer Beyonce says she wants to give her baby daughter a normal childhood with "sprinklers and ... slumber parties."

In a Vogue magazine interview released on Monday she also teased her next, as yet untitled, album saying the music is "a lot more sensual ... empowering" thanks to motherhood.

Surprise win for Mumford & Sons

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LOS ANGELES: Mumford & Sons wrapped up a completely unpredictable Grammy Awards with perhaps the most surprising win of the night, taking home album of the year for Babel at the 55th annual Grammy Awards on February 10.

It was an event that even shocked the London folk-rockers. “We figured we weren’t going to win anything because

Argo‚ Affleck continue winning streak

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LONDON: Iran-hostage drama Argo continued its journey from awards-season outsider to favourite on February 10, winning three prizes, including best-picture, at the British Academy Film Awards.

Ben Affleck was named best director for the based-on-reality story of a longshot plan to rescue a group of American diplomats from Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and the film also took the editing trophy.

Cooper cheering up Arterton

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LONDON: Actor Bradley Cooper comforted Gemma Arterton after she parted ways from husband Stefano Catelli. Arterton and Catelli ended their two-year-old marriage over the weekend and Cooper tried to cheer her up.

“Brad and Gemma have become firm friends and, as she’s feeling down at the moment, he wanted to show her a good time while he’s in London. Brad is a really nice guy and he and Gemma seemed like they were getting on very well,” said a source.

London's "porn king" stars on the big screen at Berlin festival

Raymond dealt candidly with sexuality while British filmmakers struggled to handle sex in an interesting way.

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BERLIN: British actor Steve Coogan and director Michael Winterbottom reunite for "The Look of Love", a biopic of pornography publisher and night club impresario Paul Raymond that brings to the screen the sleaze, success and tragedy in his life.