Entertainment

(Jamaica Gleaner) Having successfully carved out a career in music, Beverley Knight is on to her next major challenge.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The wife of actor-director Clint Eastwood has filed for legal separation after 17 years of marriage, her attorney said.

(Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters) (Reuters) Everything is distorted in Apoorva Lakhia’s Zanjeer (Shackles), a modern-day version of the iconic 1973 action-thriller of the same name that gave Amitabh Bachchan his aura of Bollywood’s angry young man.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Film critics have savaged a new movie of the late British Princess Diana’s relationship with a Pakistani doctor as an intrusive and embarrassingly cheap soap opera.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For Oscar and Grammy-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, the decision to play anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela in her first lead role was no easy matter, especially when she saw what the former South African first lady meant to the nation.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Pop singer Jennifer Lopez will be returning to “American Idol,” joining new judge Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning singer Harry Connick Jr.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British journalist David Frost, best known for interviewing former U.S

(Jamaica Gleaner) Described as a “strong lobbyist for the music inside and outside Jamaica”, veteran singer Freddie McGregor is nothing but honest about the current state of Jamaica and Jamaica’s music industry.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Star Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have separated in what could spell the end of their nearly 13-year marriage, People magazine reported on Wednesday, and a representative for Zeta-Jones confirmed the separation.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – She’s still the Material Girl. Pop diva Madonna, 55, is the world’s top-earning celebrity, according to a Forbes list released on Monday, raking in an estimated $125 million in the past year, mainly from her $305 million-grossing MDNA tour, but helped by sales of clothing, fragrance and various investments.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) Following harsh criticism from a Canadian gay rights group, Queen Ifrica has been removed from the line-up of the Rastafesta International Reggae Concert to be held at Downsview Park, Canada this Saturday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prince William and his wife Kate released two informal family snapshots as the first official photos of their son, Prince George, on Tuesday, disappointing royal fans hoping to get a good look at Britain’s newest royal heir.

(Trinidad Express) Bollywood stars Rani Mukherjee and Arjun Rampal will not be coming to Trinidad.

(Reuters) – With her music and film career expanding outside of Bollywood, Priyanka Chopra says she is now in a position to change common misconceptions that people may have about India.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – A judge in Los Angeles today dismissed a hit-and-run charge against Chris Brown after the R&B singer and the other motorist resolved to have the case dropped, a court spokeswoman said, but Brown still might face jail time.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has a higher mission than just making it in Hollywood: she wants to break down stereotypes of Indians in Tinseltown’s eyes and maybe make things easier for her compatriots who live in the United States.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Marion ‘Lady Saw’ Hall could easily have taken on the lead role in any of Tyler Perry’s Madea-themed movies.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Denzel Washington was looking for something light after his role as an alcoholic airline pilot in “Flight” and found it in “2 Guns,” an action buddy film that showcases the two-time Academy Award winner’s flair for comedy.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty today to a hit-and-run charge in a case that could lead to jail time for the Grammy-winning performer, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Dennis Farina, the former Chicago cop turned film and television actor best known for his role as wise-cracking detective Joe Fontana on the hit NBC police drama “Law & Order,” died in Scottsdale, Arizona, yesterday, his publicist said.