The A-listers are currently sweeping into Hollywood as the biggest event in the movie industry calendar looms tonight, Oscars 2012. For all the star quality brought to the red carpet by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet, Rooney Mara and Halle Berry, it is the enduring icons of the golden age that still show the A-listers how it should be done. The golden generations’ pictures capture the…
The silent black and white French film The Artist is the clear favorite to take the coveted best picture prize as the final countdown to the 2012 Oscars has begun. The Artist has won most of the major pre-Oscar honors during awards season. The film has 10 nominations in total, while Martin Scorsese’s 3D family film Hugo leads the race with 11, including best film and director. The 84th Acad…
s she pouted and posed while walking along. She certainly seems to be a Marilyn Monroe fan and was seen showing her appreciation for her fellow blonde bombshell at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in October 2011. Courtney Stodden could be seen outside the venue, placing her hands and feet in prints immortalized by Marilyn Monroe in cement. Courtney Stodden told Radar Online at the time: “I love Marilyn…
Sean Young spent four hours in a police station after allegedly fighting with a security guard at the Governor’s Ball, the official Oscar party, last night. Sean Young, 52, who hasn’t been in a major film since 2008, is said to have argued with a guard at the Governor’s Ball in Los Angeles. The actress was placed under citizens’ arrest by another member of the security team then…
…o be bartered with”. Valentina described how she had been on the liner Atlantica with Francesco Schettino, 52, who is accused of abandoning the Costa Concordia after he steered it on to rocks and left 32 people dead, for a month between January and February 2010. The woman’s revelations to investigating prosecutor Francesco Verusio, were published by La Stampa newspaper and she said of her experie…
Kim Kardashian and her long-time friend Kanye West were pictured last night leaving a movie theatre in New York amid reports they have just started dating. In another sign things are less than platonic, Kanye West has released a new song declaring his love for Kim Kardashian. The singer and rapper also refers to his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose in the song, called Theraflu, following Amber’s claims h…
…of a National Medal of Art. Speaking at the time, Earl Scruggs said: “I never in my wildest dreams thought of rewards and presentations. I appreciate those things, especially this one.” In 2001, Earl Scruggs released his first album in a decade, Earl Scruggs and Friends, featuring collaborations with other artists including Sir Elton John, Dwight Yoakam, Sting and Melissa Etheridge. …
ge of water enveloped the north-eastern coast as a tsunami swept cars, ships, and buildings away, crushing coastal communities. The twin natural disasters claimed more than 15,800 lives, and more than 3,000 people remain unaccounted for. In the Fukushima prefecture, where the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is located, the impact of the disaster was particularly acute. Radiation leaked from the pl…
tino has been accused of manslaughter and of abandoning ship before all the passengers were evacuated after the Costa Concordia crashed into the Italian island of Giglio on January 13 with the loss of 32 lives. At the time of the German incident Francesco Schettino was captain of the Costa Atlantica, another liner from the fleet of Costa Crociere (Cruises), Europe’s biggest cruise operator b…
Film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died on Friday in New York at the age of 81. Ben Gazzara was best known for playing tough characters and villains in the films Anatomy of a Murder in 1959 and 1970′s Killing of a Chinese Bookie. The actor, who had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, later appeared in cult comedy The Big Lebowski, directed by the Coen Brothers. Ben Gazzara began his…
Streets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have been filled with masonry and cars have been covered with debris after two buildings – one nearly 20 storeys high – have collapsed in the city. According to officials, up to 11 people are believed to be inside the buildings and five people have been rescued. The cause of the collapse remains unclear, but witnesses spoke of an explosion and a stro…
Pregnant Beyoncé at the MTV Video Music Awards. Tyler, the Creator won “Best New Artist” at VMA 2011 VMA 2011: tribute to Amy Winehouse. The 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards 2011 (VMA 2011), was held in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday August 28. Adele's Rolling in the Deep was the biggest winner at MTV Video Music Awards 2011 Adele, 23, English singer-songwriter…
ost of the Central and Eastern European countries as well, bands which are more or less known outside their countries’ borders. Besides, the festival features a number of other activities: about 30 sports (football, table tennis, badminton, beachvolley, chess, sumo, paintball, archery, zip-line, kayaking, swimming etc.) including some extreme sport facilities (bungee jumping, climbing etc.),…
Celebrating “the Goddes of country glitz”, Dolly Parton, Cinefamily (Los Angeles) runs an all-night movie fest on Saturday, August 27. Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country Music From 9 pm to 5 am, The Silent Movie Theatre’s “Dolly Parton All-Nite 9-To-5′er” event features three of her best movies and lots of surprises. The programme includes “…
George Enescu Festival 2011 online George Enescu Festival 2011: prestigious european classical music event George Enescu International Competition 2011 George Enescu Festival 2011 celebrates George Enescu 130th birthday anniversary The 20th edition of one of the most appreciated classical music events in Europe, George Enescu Festival 2011, starts on September 1, in Bucharest, Romania. &…
Noah’s Ballroom – The Pit a strange and exciting venue at Outlook Festival 2011 Outlook Festival 2011, the fourth edition of an event started in Fort Punta Christo, Croatia, began on Thursday, September 1. The festival features artists from the dance scenes, line-up includes biggest names in Soundsystem Culture from Dub, Dubstep, Dancehall, Drum & Bass, Hip-hop, Grime, Garage,…
Eddie Murphy signs on to host 84th Academy Awards ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday, September 6. In a press release on Tuesday, Eddie Murphy said: “I am enormously honored to join the great list of past Academy Award hosts from Hope and Carson to Crystal, Martin and Goldberg, among others.” Eddie Murphy will host 2012 ceremony of the Annual Academ…
Cecilia performs with piano soloist Denis Matsuev. They interpret Chamber Symphony (George Enescu), Concerto no. 2 for piano and orchestra (Rachmaninov), Sheherezade (Rimsky-Korsakov). Denis Matsuev, 36 Russian pianist, won the first prize of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1998). He was the first pianist to perform a jazz concert at Moscow Conservatory. Denis Matsuev…
…d for the second straight year and another two acting prizes (for Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell, who play a harried married couple) as well. The cast and crew of "Modern Family" at Emmy Awards 2011 Mad Men, about the New York ad industry in the 1960s, won its fourth consecutive Emmy as Best Drama, a feat last achieved by NBC’s White House series The West Wing nearly a decade ago. Jim…
ee in Apple App Store. George Enescu Festival app features Festival’s news, locations with Google Maps, daily programme, information from Facebook and Twitter pages of the Festival. With a WiFi, 3G or EDGE connection, you can listen to the live broadcast provided by Radio Romania Music. The organizers (Artexim) and the developers (Infoideea) of the George Enescu Festival application are anal…
…onversation I asked him if he would pose for us.” He agreed. 2. It could have been Paul Newman. Gurley Brown had approached him, before putting the question to Burt Reynolds, but he had refused. 3. It made Burt Reynolds into a celebrity. The day after the magazine hit news-stands, he was mobbed by women asking him to sign their copy. Burt Reynolds also noticed a change in the behavior of the…
…ce, and fell out with his partner Nikolai Shamalov. “I hadn’t worked 15 hours a day for 10 years to build a palace,” he says. “That didn’t interest me.” In December 2010, Sergei Kolesnikov wrote an open letter to President Dmitry Medvedev detailing the involvement of himself and others in the project and outlining his allegations against Vladimir Putin, then pri…
…ng between the Queen and Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister took place at a charity event in Belfast on Wednesday morning. In the afternoon she attended a Diamond Jubilee party attended by 20,000 in Stormont. The Queen and Martin McGuinness shook hands at a private meeting and later shook hands in public. The private meeting, in a room at the theatre, involved a group of seven people,…
Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren is to be honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 2013. Helen Mirren is among 24 new inductees who will receive the pavement plaque. Other film stars to receive the honor in 2013 include Ron Howard, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Hudson, James Franco and Viola Davis. From the music world, recipients include Usher, New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Bo…
Angelina Jolie is certainly in need of regular touch-ups for her latest role and was spotted being pampered on the set of Maleficent in Buckinghamshire today. Angelina Jolie, 37, has taken on the role of evil sorcess Maleficient in an adaptation of Sleeping Beauty and to do so, she has undergone something of a transformation. The actress was seen in the middle of a field today in full costume as…
John Lennon guitar sells for $408,000 at Julien's AuctionsA guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought…
Arne Svenson: TriBeCa residents threaten to sue artist for secretly photographed them in their own apartmentsResidents at a luxury TriBeCa apartment block in Lower Manhattan are very furious after discovering that artist Arne Svenson, who is their neighbor at a nearby building, has…
Monika Pon-su-san: The Chinese Girl in Vladimir Tretchikoff's paintingEarlier 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…
Bob Brozman suicide: Guitarist and ethnomusicologist found dead aged 59 at his Santa Cruz homeGuitarist 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,…
Harper Lee sues literary agent Samuel Pinkus over To Kill A Mockingbird copyrightHarper 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…
1913 Liberty Head nickel sells for $3.17 million at Heritage auction in ChicagoA century-old US five-cent coin, once branded a fake, has been sold for $3.17 million at a Heritage auction in Chicago. The 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five such…
Amanda Bynes apartment described as “filthy” with drugs all over her bed and floor
Ibragim Todashev implicates himself and Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Brendan Mess and other two murder case
Jodi Arias gives another interview from jailhouse speaking about Travis Alexander murder trial
Kim Kardashian’s baby shower invitation is a ballerina music box playing Kanye West lullaby
Irina Shayk wardrobe malfunction at All Is Lost premiere in Cannes
Total face transplant performed in Poland
Woolwich attack: Video of man who killed British soldier with a machete
Brussels Summit: EU leaders in drive against tax evasion
London machete attack: Man killed in Woolwich suspected terrorist incident
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Novel coronavirus kills Tunisian man
Xbox One: Microsoft may charge a fee to play pre-owned games
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Ibragim Todashev shot dead by FBI agent in Orlando while questioning over links to Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Why We Need Comprehensive Immigration Reform and What Are The Alternatives
Kim Jong-un sends Choe Ryong-hae as special envoy to Beijing
Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran back together?
Miranda Kerr wardrobe malfunction during shooting for her make-up range Kora Cosmetics
Kim Kardashian shows off growing baby bump in bikini
Venezuela’s toilet paper shortage ended after National Assembly backs import
US immigration bill passes Senate panel with 13-5
Xbox One: Microsoft unveils its next-generation console which goes on sale later this year
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Eurovision 2013: Russia calls Azerbaijan’s failure to award any points as outrageous action
Brad Pitt says he felt he was wasting his life while married to Jennifer Aniston
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Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn drop his kids off at school
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Lady Gaga is back in her favorite high heels after recovering from hip surgery