Former Knight Rider and Baywatch star David Hasselhoff will compete in the 11th season of “Dancing With The Stars”. The 58-year old actor recently quit his role on “America’s Got Talent” after four years and a public struggle with alcohol abuse. He will be joined on the show by 19-year-old Bristol Palin, daughter of Conservative [...]
Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from a rehabilitation centre on Tuesday just 22 days into a three-month program ordered by the court. Her early discharge follows media reports that doctors treating the actress do not believe she suffers from previously diagnosed drug or psychiatric problems. The 24-year-old was also released from jail this month on [...]
Lady Gaga is set to become the world’s most popular Twitter user by taking over fellow pop star Britney Spears as the website’s most followed. Gaga recorded 5,635,460 followers earlier today, while Spears had 5,646,028, according to Famecount.com, a social media statistics service. If this trend continues, the singer of hits such as “Poker Face” [...]
Nicole Polizzi, star of “Jersey Shore”, lost a legal hold on her famous “Snooki” nickname after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected her trademark application because a similar character already registered it, according to The Smoking Gun website. The publishers of a book featuring a cartoon cat going by the name of “Snooky” have [...]
Sylvester Stallone mercenary thriller “The Expendables” looks set to dominate the box office this weekend/ The movie is set to give the veteran action hero one of the biggest openings of his career and should easily out-muscle “Eat Pray Love” starring Julia Roberts and “Scott Pilgrim vs The World”. The all-star action movie, also starring [...]
Duo Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg snatched the box office crown from Leonardo DiCaprio on Sunday as brand new cop comedy “The Other Guys” sold approximately 35.6 million in tickets according to the film’s distributor. The opening marks the second-highest of Ferrell’s career and a huge turnaround from “Land of the Lost” which flopped last [...]
The BBC Radio 2 breakfast show in the UK, hosted by Chris Evans, has lost just over one million listeners in the past three months. Industry body Rajar stated the show had 8.48 million listeners per week which was down from the record of 9.53 million who tuned in last quarter. However, this lower figure [...]
Entertainer Lady Gaga set a new record for the most nominations ever in a single VMA season after being nominated 13 times for the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday. The most nominated male artist was rapper Eminem, who received eight nominations following the success of his latest album “Recovery” while winning his first nomination [...]
Futuristic thriller, “Inception” remained number one in the North American box office and claimed top spot across the globe after overtaking “Toy Story 3″. The movie , starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief who steals secrets from within people’s subconscious, sold $27.5 million worth of tickets during a three day period beginning on Friday throughout [...]
Broadway mainstay Stephen Sondheim was met with a standing ovation at the BBC Proms on Saturday at the end of a concert held to celebrate his 80th birthday. Held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, performers included Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench and opera star Bryn Terfel. Songs from Sondheim musicals such as Sweeney [...]