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Justin Bieber appears in The Simpsons

Justin Bieber has made a brief cameo in an episode of The Simpsons

Teenage idol Justin Bieber has made a brief cameo in an episode of The Simpsons. The Simpsons episode, which has already aired in the US, also saw an appearance from the singer’s manager Scooter Braun. The episode is called The Fabulous Faker Boy and sees Marge encourage Bart to take piano lessons. Bart Simpson isn’t [...]

BAFTA Television Awards 2013 winners. Full list.

Arqiva British Academy Television Awards was all about one woman on Sunday night, Olivia Colman

Arqiva British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) was all about one woman on Sunday night – Olivia Colman. Special Award: Clare Balding   Leading Actor: Ben Whishaw – Richard II (The Hollow Crown) Derek Jacobi – Last Tango in Halifax Sean Bean – Accused (‘Tracie’s Story’) Toby Jones – The Girl   Leading Actress: Anne Reid [...]

2013 TV BAFTAs: Olivia Colman wins two awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall ceremony

Olivia Colman was the big winner at BAFTA Television Awards 2013, taking the prizes for best supporting actress for Accused and best female in a comedy programme for Twenty Twelve

Olivia Colman was the big winner at BAFTA Television Awards 2013, taking the prizes for best supporting actress for Accused and best female in a comedy programme for Twenty Twelve. Olivia Colman said of her win for Accused: “Turns out it does mean a lot. And I’m not going to cry.” BBC Olympic satire Twenty [...]

Duck Dynasty: Jase Robertson without beard

Jase Robertson without beard

The men of Duck Dynasty reality show all sport awesomely wild and bushy beards, but there was a time in the distant past when you could see their faces before they grew in the shaggy facial hair.   Left: Jase Robertson and his wife Missy posing for a photo on their wedding day Right: Twenty [...]

Duck Dynasty: Willie Robertson without beard

Willie Robertson without beard

The men of Duck Dynasty reality show all sport awesomely wild and bushy beards, but there was a time in the distant past when you could see their faces before they grew in the shaggy facial hair. Left: Willie Robertson is all business in the front and party in the back as a student at [...]

Duck Dynasty: Si Robertson without beard

Si Robertson without beard

The men of Duck Dynasty reality show all sport awesomely wild and bushy beards, but there was a time in the distant past when you could see their faces before they grew in the shaggy facial hair. Left: Get a load of Uncle Si sans specs and beard! Didn’t Si Robertson look dapper when he was in [...]

Duck Dynasty: Phil Robertson without beard

Phil Robertson without beard

The men of Duck Dynasty reality show all sport awesomely wild and bushy beards, but there was a time in the distant past when you could see their faces before they grew in the shaggy facial hair. Left: This young boy grew up to become Phil Robertson: Duck Commander. Right: Phil Robertson’s love for the [...]

Jay-Z in 1939 vintage photo from Schomburg Center’s collection

The 1939 photo was taken by Sid Grossman and is part of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center's collection

A photo of man bearing a striking resemblance to Jay-Z has surfaced, and if it wasn’t for the fact that it was taken in 1939, you’d swear it was the rapper himself. The image, taken by Sid Grossman, is part of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center’s collection. The 1939 image shows a man [...]

Chris Kelly funeral held in his home town of Atlanta

Chris Kelly of 1990s rap duo Kris Kross has been laid to rest in his home town of Atlanta, Georgia

Chris Kelly of 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, who was found dead last week at the age of 34, has been laid to rest in his home town of Atlanta, Georgia. Chris Kelly was known as Mac Daddy while in Kris Kross, who shot to fame in 1992 with their hit single Jump. Producer Jermaine [...]

Charles Ramsey Dead Giveaway remix: Cleveland hero songified

Charles Ramsey’s animated 911 call and the interview with a local news reporter recounting the incident quickly went viral

Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey became an internet sensation following the incredible rescue of Amanda Berry, Georgina “Gina” DeJesus and Michele Knight after a decade in captivity. Charles Ramsey, who heard Amanda Berry’s cries for help and busted open a door to help get her out, then called 911. His animated 911 call and the interview [...]

David Bowie’s The Next Day video music removed from YouTube by mistake

David Bowie’s The Next Day video, which stars Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard, features heavy religious imagery

The Next Day – David Bowie’s most recent video music, which stars Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard – was temporarily pulled from YouTube over its graphic content. The Next Day features heavy religious imagery, including Marion Cotillard bleeding from stigmata marks. YouTube admitted making the “wrong call” in removing the video, and reinstated it with [...]

Jeanne Cooper dies in her sleep aged 84

Jeanne Cooper, the veteran star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on The Young and the Restless, has died in her sleep aged 84

Jeanne Cooper, the veteran star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on The Young and the Restless, has died in her sleep aged 84. Jeanne Cooper died Wednesday morning in her sleep, her son the actor Corbin Bernsen wrote on Facebook. The family confirmed the death to CBS, according to a [...]

Monika Pon-su-san: The Chinese Girl in Vladimir Tretchikoff’s painting

Vladimir Tretchikoff's portrait Chinese Girl, often referred to as The Green Lady, was sold for almost $1.5 million at auction in London

Earlier this year Vladimir Tretchikoff’s portrait Chinese Girl, often referred to as The Green Lady, was sold for almost £1 million ($1.5 million) at auction in London. This is the story of Monika Pon-su-san (born Sing-Lee), who modeled for one of the most popular prints ever made:   One day in 1950, a curly-haired stranger [...]

Michael Jackson autopsy report reveals he tattooed his lips pink and permanently inked his eyebrows and forehead

Michael Jackson autopsy reveals his eyebrows and forehead were tattooed black to make his wigs look better

Michael Jackson autopsy report given in a Los Angeles court yesterday has revealed the King of Pop tattooed his lips pink, permanently inked his eyebrows and relied on a dark tattoo to blend his hairline into his wig. As Michael Jackson’s tour promoter, AEG, continues, a disturbing photograph of the fallen pop star’s corpse was [...]

Rolling Stones open 50 and Counting tour in LA after being forced to slash ticket prices to ensure full houses

The Rolling Stones opened their 50 and Counting tour in LA after being forced to slash ticket prices to ensure full houses

The Rolling Stones opened their North American 50 and Counting tour in Los Angeles on Friday in a packed house, but only after websites slashed ticket prices and the band released additional cheap seats at the last minute. The 17-date tour is the Rolling Stones’ biggest in six years and follows a handful of dates [...]

Iron Man 3: Second biggest ever opening weekend at US box office with $175.3 million

Iron Man 3 has triumphed at the US box office, with the second biggest ever opening weekend

Iron Man 3 has triumphed at the US box office, with the second biggest ever opening weekend in the US. Comic book sequel Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey Jr., took an estimated $175.3 million across the weekend. Only 2012′s The Avengers, which united Iron Man with fellow Marvel characters, had a bigger opening, taking [...]

Aerosmith cancels Jakarta concert over safety concerns

Aerosmith has cancelled a concert in the Indonesian capital Jakarta over safety concerns

Hard rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert in the Indonesian capital Jakarta over safety concerns, a concert promoter has confirmed. Aerosmith had been due to play in Jakarta next weekend. The band issued a statement posted on the Facebook page of concert promoter Ismaya Live apologizing to fans and also saying: “We… hope one [...]

Lil Wayne dropped as Mountain Dew spokesman over Emmett Till offensive lyrics

PepsiCo has dropped Lil Wayne as Mountain Dew spokesmanover Emmett Till offensive lyrics

PepsiCo has dropped Lil Wayne as Mountain Dew spokesman just days after pulling a racially-insensitive commercial for the soft drink featuring a goat voiced by Tyler, The Creator. According to TMZ, PepsiCo decided to drop Lil Wayne on Friday after he “unapologetically” compared the beating of civil rights icon Emmett Till to rough sex. The four-time [...]

Bob Brozman suicide: Guitarist and ethnomusicologist found dead aged 59 at his Santa Cruz home

Guitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman was found dead aged 59 at his home in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CA, on April 23

Guitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman was found dead aged 59 at his home in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CA, on April 23. Bob Brozman’s death was ruled a suicide, according to the coroner’s office of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department and no more details were released up to now. The American virtuoso guitarist [...]

Larry Hagman memorabilia: J.R. Ewing belongings to be auctioned off on May 5

The centerpiece of the items owned by Larry Hagman is a silver-and-gold belt buckle engraved with the initials of his character J.R. Ewing

Larry Hagman’s belongings will be auctioned off by Bonhams’ Entertainment Memorabilia on May 5 in Los Angeles. The Dallas star passed away aged 81 on November 23, 2012, from complications of throat cancer. According to Reuters, the centerpiece of the items owned by Larry Hagman is a silver-and-gold belt buckle engraved with the initials of [...]

Chris Kelly took cocaine and heroin the night before he died, reveals his mother Donna Kelly Pratte

Chris Kelly of Kris Kross was found dead after a suspected drug overdose

Chris Kelly’s mother told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report. Chris Kelly of the 90’s rap duo Kris Kross was found dead on Wednesday after a suspected drug overdose. His mother, Donna Kelly Pratte, 54, and his uncle, [...]

Harper Lee sues literary agent Samuel Pinkus over To Kill A Mockingbird copyright

Harper Lee has sued literary agent Samuel Pinkus, who she says tricked her into assigning him the copyright on To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has sued literary agent Samuel Pinkus, who she says tricked her into assigning him the copyright on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Harper Lee, 87, says Samuel Pinkus took advantage of her failing hearing and eyesight to transfer the rights and has failed to respond to license requests. [...]

Jeff Hanneman dead: Slayer guitarist dies of liver failure aged 49

Jeff Hanneman, founding member and guitarist of metal band Slayer, has died at the age of 49

Jeff Hanneman, founding member and guitarist of metal band Slayer, has died at the age of 49. A statement on Slayer’s Facebook page said Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure in California on Thursday. Since 2011, Jeff Hanneman had been suffering from necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease that he is believed to have contracted from [...]

Michael Jackson’s death trial: Conrad Murray was willing to do anything for money, says detective Orlando Martinez

Det. Orlando Martinez said Dr. Conrad Murray was $500,000 in debt and willing to do anything to get paid while he was treating Michael Jackson

Detective Orlando Martinez, who investigated Michael Jackson’s 2005 death, has revealed that Dr. Conrad Murray was $500,000 in debt and willing to do anything to get paid while he was treating the megastar. Orlando Martinez told jurors on Tuesday that Conrad Murray depended on the $150,000-a-month salary that he received from Michael Jackson’s concert promoter [...]

Chris Kelly dead: Kriss Kross Mac Daddy dies in hospital at 34 after being found unresponsive at home

Chris Kelly, known as Mac Daddy, performed alongside Chris Smith, known as Daddy Mac, in the early and mid-90s hip-hop group Kriss Kross

Chris Kelly, former member of the 90′s hip-hop group Kriss Kross, has died at the of age 34. In a statement investigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said she pronounced Chris Kelly dead around 5 p.m. on Wednesday at the Atlanta Medical Center. Betty Honey said authorities are unsure of Chris [...]

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