“High School Musical” tops box office: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In one of the more unusual duels at the North American box office, a perky Disney romantic musical trumped the fifth installment in the grisly “Saw” horror series, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

“High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” the first big-screen adaptation of Walt Disney Co’s popular TV movie franchise, sold $42 million worth of tickets during its first three days. The opening sets a new record for a musical, surpassing the $27.8 million bow of the ABBA-themed romance “Mamma Mia!” in July. Read the rest of this entry »

Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
By F.N. D’ALESSIO, Associated Press Writer
Sat Aug 9, 12:54 PM ET

CHICAGO - Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper “Ocean’s Eleven” and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom “The Bernie Mac Show,” died Saturday at age 50.

“Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital,” his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles.

The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body’s organs, but had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently was hospitalized and treated for pneumonia, which his publicist said was not related to the disease.

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Reports says that hollywood actress Angelina Jolie gives birth to a girl and a boy. The babies are doing marvelously well according to their doctor interviewed by Associated Press. Jolie delivered the twins through Cesarian section at the seaside Lenval hospital in Nice in southern France, a boy named Knox Leon, and a girl named Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth on Monday to her first biological child, a daughter named Sunday, fathered by her husband and country music star, Keith Urban.

“Earlier this morning, Nic gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban,” the New Zealand-born, Australian-bred Grammy winner announced on his Web site.

“We want to thank everybody that has kept us in their thoughts and prayers. We feel very blessed and grateful that we can share Read the rest of this entry »

Singer-actress Mel B and America’s Got Talent host Jerry Springer will host the 2008 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant live on NBC from the Ceown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam this coming Sunday, July 13th announced by Paula M. Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization.

Melanie Brown, better known as Mel B, has made her mark as a singer, actress, producer, designer and TV personality. Mel B became a household name as “Scary Spice,” one of the members of the iconic girl group the Spice Girls. She has appeared in numerous TV specials, shows and films as well Read the rest of this entry »

The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 14, 2008, Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson returning as judges. The season’s winner was David Cook. This grown-up rocker has triumphed over smooth-voiced teen David Archuleta to become the new “American Idol.” Read the rest of this entry »

Hollywood Actor Wesley Snipes, star of the “Blade” movies was sentenced to three years in prison for failing to file U.S. income tax returns from 1999 up to 2001. Prosecutors said Snipes had earned more than $38 million since 1999 but still had not filed tax returns for the years 1999 through 2007. The actor was convicted Read the rest of this entry »

Megan Fox crowned sexiest woman in the world

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Megan Fox was named the world’s sexiest woman on Wednesday by an annual online poll, while the world’s most Googled woman, Britney Spears, barely scraped in at No. 100 after a shocker of a year.

Fox, 21, who starred in last year’s hit movie “Transformers,” grabbed the title from actress Jessica Alba, 26, topping online men’s magazine FHM Online’s (www.FHMonline.com) reader poll of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World for 2008.

Alba dropped to No. 3, coming behind American actress and former model Jessica Biel but ahead of Canadian actress Elisha Cuthbert who was ranked fourth after appearing in horror movie “Captivity” last year. U.S actress and singer Read the rest of this entry »

Madonna’s new hip hop-influenced album “Hard Candy” will be released at the end of April and will be her last on the Warner label, the record company announced Tuesday.

The record will hit the shelves around the world on April 28, and in the United States one day later, the firm said.

“Four Minutes” featuring former N-Sync singer Justin Timberlake, will be the first single on what will be Madonna’s Read the rest of this entry »

The fourth installment of the whip-cracking adventurer “Indiana Jones,” starring Harrison Ford, will debut at the Cannes film festival in May, Hollywood press reported Friday.

With a headline asking “Parlez-vous francais, Indiana Jones?” industry bible Variety said “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Read the rest of this entry »