Entertainment

(Reuters) – Twenty-five years after “Salaam Bombay” catapulted her to global stardom, film-maker Mira Nair’s debut feature has been re-released in Indian cinemas.

(BBC) Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has sought more time from India’s Supreme Court before he returns to prison for his conviction over the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – One of Bollywood’s most famous villains, Pran, will receive the highest award in Indian cinema to honour the actor whose career has spanned about 350 films over nearly 60 years, the government said today.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Athletic goods retailer Reebok today terminated its relationship with rapper Rick Ross, whose song featuring lyrics that seem to boast about drugging and raping a woman has caused an uproar.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Musicologist and social anthropologist Dr Olive Lewin, founder of the Jamaica Folk Singers, died last evening at the University Hospital of the West Indies.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The honors keep pouring in for 91-year-old actress Betty White, who has been named America’s most appealing celebrity, according to a market research firm.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Halle Berry is pregnant with her second child, her first with fiance Olivier Martinez, representatives for Berry said on Friday.

MIAMI (Reuters) – A visit by American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay-Z to Havana last week was a cultural trip that was fully licensed by the US Treasury Department, a source familiar with the itinerary said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown must return to court in June after a Los Angeles judge said today information was still being collected on allegations that the singer cut corners on his community service requirements.

(Jamaica Observer) Trinidadian soca star Machel Montano is a man on a mission.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A women’s rights organization will protest outside Reebok’s Manhattan store today, demanding the athletic goods retailer cut ties with rapper Rick Ross over a song whose lyrics it says boasts about drugging and raping a woman.

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna’s mother Monica Fenty will not be appearing in a court in Barbados to give her deposition in the lawsuit which her daughter has brought against her former accountants.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – “Glee” star Cory Monteith has entered a rehabilitation facility where he is being treated for an unspecified substance addiction, his publicist said on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been named on Vanity Fair’s list of the top ten best-dressed world leaders.

(Reuters) – Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to co-anchor a U.S.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt said today that he will return to jail for his conviction linked to the 1993 Mumbai bombings, giving up a long-running legal battle for his freedom.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, one of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, is selling some of her diamond jewelry to raise money for stem cell research, saying now is the time to give back for the fortunate life she has had.

(Jamaica Observer) Sean Paul has scored his second number one song on the United Kingdom pop singles chart with his guest spot on What About Us by British-Irish girl group the Saturdays.

(Barbados Nation) The international lawsuit involving Barbadian pop star Rihanna and her former United States accounting firm Berdon LLP has landed in Barbados.

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, widely seen as a grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82, publisher Penguin said today.