(Reuters) – A much-anticipated documentary about the late British singer Amy Winehouse hits cinemas this week amid a dispute between its makers and her father, who has called the film misleading.
(Reuters) – Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston, has been moved to hospice care, five months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub, her family said in a statement on Wednesday.
Hollywood composer James Horner, who scored the Oscar-winning film “Titanic” and its mega-hit theme song “My Heart Will Go On”, died in a plane crash in southern California yesterday, US media reported.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rapper Sean “P. Diddy” Combs was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon at the University of California Los Angeles on Monday, college law enforcement authorities said.
Grenada-born Dt Slinger Francisco, 79, better known as the Mighty Sparrow has been conferred with Order of the British Empire.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – From Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” to “The Lego Movie” and now “Jurassic World,” Chris Pratt is fast becoming Hollywood’s go-to franchise leading man.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Master of the macabre Christopher Lee, who portrayed Dracula in outrageous Hammer Films horror classics but became known to later generations for roles in “Star Wars” and as the wizard Saruman in the “Lord of the Rings”, has died aged 93.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Helen Mirren won her first Tony on Sunday for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience,” and the lesbian-coming of age story “Fun Home” nabbed the top acting prize for Michael Cerveris and best musical at the 69th Tony Awards.
(Trinidad Express) An emergency hearing before a judge around mid-night on Saturday’s Indian Arrival Day holiday followed the arrest of entertainer Keith “Anthony B” Blair, after a performance at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hulking actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson creates a new save-the-day persona as a rescue pilot in California earthquake thriller “San Andreas,” opening in U.S.
(BBC) Convicted Bollywood star Salman Khan has been granted permission by the high court in Mumbai to travel to Dubai to appear in an awards show.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., (Reuters) – With music, singing and tears, hundreds of mourners in Memphis bade farewell to blues giant B.B.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Acting legend Omar Sharif, best known for his title role as Doctor Zhivago in the Oscar-winning film, is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, his agent said on Tuesday.
CANNES, France, (Reuters) – French film “Dheepan” won the top Palme d’Or prize for director Jacques Audiard at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival yesterday, crowning a good night for French cinema but a bad one for Italy and actress Cate Blanchett.
LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – There weren’t as many fireworks at the Memorial Day weekend box office this year as newcomer “Tomorrowland” disappointed with a $32.2 million debut.
CANNES, France, (Reuters) – Michael Caine, the British actor sometimes lampooned for playing versions of himself in his six-decade career, says he is unrecognisable in his latest role as a retired orchestra conductor.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Veteran singer, actress and director Barbra Streisand, the top-selling female music artist of all time, will recount her six decades in show business in a memoir due in 2017, publishers Viking said on Wednesday.
CANNES, France, (Reuters) – After a five-year hiatus to embrace motherhood, Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan marked her return to the big screen by taking on one of her most demanding roles, playing a mother whose child is kidnapped in thriller “Jazbaa.”
LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – “Pitch Perfect 2” hit all the right notes at the box office, snagging first place on the charts with a smashing $70.3 million debut despite fierce competition from “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
CANNES, France, (Reuters) – Ingrid Bergman died in peace with the United States, the country that chased her out over a scandalous romance in 1950, according to Isabella Rossellini, the daughter of the Swedish film icon.
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