Top Stories: London, Dec 25 (IANS) Singer Amy Winehouse will appear in court next month for allegedly kicking a theatre manager in the groin, reports The Sun. IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:50:02 -0500Washington, Dec 25 : Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy was finally laid to rest in a small, private gathering of close friends and family on Thursday. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:00:06 -0500London, December 25 : Lady Gaga thinks those who listen to her music are smart people. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:20:04 -0500London, December 25 : A new study has shown that the superior colliculus, a brain structure which helps control eye and head movements, is linked to people's attention to their surroundings. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:20:03 -0500Nevada (US), Dec 25 : Oscar winner A. R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) is charging 100 dollars per person for a "VIP Experience" at his "free" concert in Australia on January 16. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:40:08 -0500London, Dec 25 (IANS) Hollywood couple Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have split after being together for 23 years. IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:40:03 -0500London, Dec 25 (IANS) First his partner sued him and now Hollywood star Nicolas Cage is facing another multi-million dollar lawsuit filed by a real estate company. IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:20:02 -0500London, December 25 : Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl' has been voted the sexiest music video of all time. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:30:11 -0500London, December 25 : Gerard Butler has revealed that an early role in a school nativity play helped him tread the path for his breakthrough as King Leonidas in the 2007 blockbuster 300. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:30:07 -0500Melbourne, December 25 : Miley Cyrus' Australian boyfriend Liam Hemsworth and brother Chris got involved in a fistfight in Hollywood few months ago. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:40:06 -0500Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) The White House gate-crashing caper has won a celebrity chasing couple who strolled uninvited into President Barack Obama's state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 'Persons of the Year' title from a leading US daily. IANS Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:40:01 -0500London, Dec 24 (IANS) Acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron has called on officials in China to relax their strict limitations on Hollywood films insisting big budget pictures will help boost the country's movie industry. IANS Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:20:03 -0500Comic Relief will benefit from the final series of Celebrity Big Brother, it was announced today.Channel 4 is to donate a portion of the proceeds from viewers’ votes to the charity.The seventh serie... Irish Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:25:10 -0500Kempton clerk of the course Barney Clifford is ready to get behind Kauto Star as he bids for a remarkable fourth successive triumph in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on Saturday.The ... Irish Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:25:10 -0500The Pope delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing today, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine, hours after he was knocked down by a woman who jumped over a barrier in St Peter’s Bas... Irish Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:25:09 -0500President Barack Obama lauded the US Senate’s passage of sweeping healthcare legislation and said providing coverage to most Americans would represent the country’s most important social legislati... Irish Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:25:09 -0500A couple who went for a late-night drive in the Wicklow mountains last night had to be rescued early today after their vehicle broke down.The couple were stranded in the remote Featherbeds area of the... Irish Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:25:08 -0500, earned more than $21m this year.Anticipated annual box office growth of about 12-14 per cent would be an achievement for an industry that began the year facing a recession and concerns about piracy ... News.com.au Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:09:44 -0500Animal rights campaigners are threatening legal action if the veteran band goes ahead with a gig planned for Wels airport in Austria in May.Hans Uhl of BirdLife said birds nesting in the area at the t... News.com.au Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:09:43 -0500THE WASHINGTON TIMES It's Christmastime! Once the cloud of wrapping paper and ribbons settles and everyone pushes back from the holiday table, here are five great Christmas movies to cap off the day:... Washington Times Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:24:09 -0500Bookmakers are taking a miserly approach over the likelihood of an historic fourth successive victory for Kauto Star in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton tomorrow.Having learned from th... Irish Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:05:46 -0500Jackiey Budden made a Christmas visit to her daughter Jade Goody’s grave. The ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ star, who lost Jade to cervical cancer on March 22 this year, was pictured teary-eyed at her... Irish Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:05:46 -0500Down Royal will stage a further inspection at 6pm this evening to assess the prospects of racing on St Stephen's Day.The Irish venue is currently unraceable but course officials are keen to give the m... Irish Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:05:45 -0500ABC15 We're counting down our list of both the top 10 traditional Christmas movies and top 10 alternative Christmas movies of all time.What's an alternative Christmas movie? It's set at Christmastime ... ABC Action News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:45:10 -0500Strictly Come Dancing star Ricky Whittle faces a New Year court appearance after being charged with dangerous driving. The 29-year-old Hollyoaks actor, who finished runner-up in the dance show last ... Ananova Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:08:06 -0500Nathan Marlowe and his wife Cynthia Manzo said Simmons attacked them, threatened them and took their video camera at the upscale The Grove mall on Saturday after they started filming the rocker. USA Today Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:26:41 -0500December 24, 2009 Sir Elton John and David Furnish will spend Christmas visiting their famous godchildren. The celebrity couple - who married in a lavish civil ceremony in 2005 - have 10 godchildre... Tonight Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:15:03 -0500PRWEB ) December 25, 2009 -- Site owner Emanuel Krassenstein says' "The music site KaZaA is coming back to its glory as it develops a series of technologies to keep the experience and users ... PR Web Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:24:07 -0500, are temporarily uprooting their sizable brood from their native Tontitown, Ark., to Little Rock to be closer to their 19th addition while she's still in intensive care, according to... E online Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:53:27 -0500Jack/Getty Images This star's coat of many colors is striking a dissonant chord. Whoa, did a unicorn hurl or something? We're inclined to cut this Cali mom some slack for the lack of fa... E online Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:53:26 -0500's score is so perfect you'll think it has always been Holmes' theme, Downey's take on Sherlock as annoyingly obsessive-compulsive is a perfectly valid interpretation and a Satanic cult scenario, feat... E online Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:53:23 -0500For many local bands, New Year's Eve means playing a live gig for a crowd of revelers. This year is no different, with everything from bluegrass (Trampled by Turtles) and RB (Black Blondie) to local l... Pioneer Press Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:47:03 -0500Impressionist Rich Little is 71. Singer Tina Turner is 70. Singer Jean Terrell (The Supremes) is 65. Bassist John McVie of Fleetwood Mac is 64. Actress Jamie Rose ( St. Elsewhere) is 50. Actress Jessi... Miami Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:01:36 -0500How is this for fate? As the best-supporting-actor winner the year before — they are the only two Spanish actors to ever win Oscars — Bardem was slated to present her with her Academy Awar... Houston Chronicle Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:35:33 -0500Scott Bakula, from left, Ray Romano and Andre Braugher play characters with midlife issues in the TNT comedy-drama series Men of a Certain Age. Houston Chronicle Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:35:32 -0500December 25, 2009 - As we come to the end of the decade that's being called the "aughts," we're looking back at how those 10 years have changed music and culture. One of the biggest sources of delight... NPR Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:44:31 -0500According to a complaint and restraining order application, a man asked Gene Simmons for his view on monogamy, and Simmons responded by telling the man to get his shot and leave... MSNBC Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:29:50 -0500/PRNewswire/ - Magna Entertainment Corp. ("MEC" or the "Company") filed this news release as its seventeenth bi-weekly default status report under National Policy 12-203 of the Can... Earth Times Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:54:41 -0500(AP) ? Here are 2009's top entertainment stories as voted by U.S. newspaper and broadcast editors surveyed by The Associated Press. 1. MICHAEL JACKSON DIES: On June 25, Jackson was pronounced ... New Jersey Online Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:45:09 -0500Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has won a prestigious prize for "exceptional individuals" previously awarded to former President Bill Clinton. He has been awarded $100,000 (to help him achieve his "one ... Ananova Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:32:33 -0500Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Two decades ago, the Observer newspaper begged architects and thinkers to rescue a London it said was rat infested, shunned by anyone not trapped in a job, and “on the ski... Business Week Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:37:34 -0500In a decade fueled by hyperconsumption and paranoia, some musicians stood out by balancing cultural relevance, technological innovation and raw lyrical and sonic power. These artists and their record... Wired News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:24:16 -0500The decade defined first and foremost by 9/11 yielded a bitter, brilliant Cinema of Paranoia. A new breed of brooding, believable superheroes inhabited worlds ripped from the pages of comic books R... Wired News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:24:12 -0500NEW YORK (Ben Sheffner for Billboard/Reuters) — Almost a decade after the major labels launched their legal assault on Napster, courts are still writing the rules of the road for the music busin... Wired News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:24:10 -0500Now it's not only Italian-American anti-defamation groups protesting against MTV's Jersey Shore; they have been joined by Italian-American members of the New Jersey legislature. In a letter sent Tuesd... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:23 -0500In the apparent conviction that American Idol will continue to survive and prosper even without the contribution of acerbic judge Simon Cowell, Fox is negotiating an extension of its current contract ... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:22 -0500The Super Bowl halftime show has found itself embroiled in another controversy that could end up rivaling surrounding Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction two years ago. Several anti-child-pornography... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:21 -0500NBC's hope that Jay Leno's ratings would surge as competitors went into rerun mode has not materialized. All of the Leno show's opposition this week have been repeats, and although their numbers have ... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:20 -0500In their first day of head-to-head competition Alvin beat Avatar by a wide margin. Early reports indicate that on Wednesday, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel with a first-day estimated total of... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:19 -0500Warner Bros.' surprise hit The Hangover had no problem repeating its accomplishment on home video as it knocked off Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from the top of the Nielsen VideoScan First A... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:18 -0500Saddled by generally poor reviews and equally poor word of mouth among adults who have seen it, Paramount has canceled plans to expand Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones on Friday and will instead do so... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:17 -0500The lion and the fox are having difficulties mating. According to Bloomberg News, talks between News Corp's 20th Century Fox and the investors who hold the leash on MGM's Leo the Lion, have reached an... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:16 -0500Even the CEO of the Walt Disney Co. isn't protected against budget cutters, it turns out. After a dismal year at Disney's movie studio -- with the striking exception of Pixar-produced Up --a mediocre ... Showbiz Data Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:21:14 -0500A top Hollywood studio head has expressed hope that China will allow more foreign films into the country, as the move would benefit both domestic and foreign filmmakers. "We would prefer to be able t... SINA Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:02:47 -0500It’s nice that Chance McKinney won his music prize [“Mukilteo teacher gets ‘real’ with song,” NWMonday, Dec. 21]. It is not so nice that he deliberately interfered with ... The Seattle Times Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:12:33 -0500"},"id":"ymh-browse-load","current_item":"17298581"}], "data":{"total":300,"items":{"17298581":{"clipId":"17298581","title":"The Decade in Entertainment Part 2","subtitle":"ABC News","description":"L... Yahoo! News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:32:34 -0500Noise emanating from Third Avenue watering holes continues to plague nearby residents. At the December meeting of Community Board 10’s Police & Public Safety Committee, which was held in th... New York Post Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:06:43 -0500A mere 24 hours after the City Council approved the rezoning of the Broadway Triangle, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Emily Goodman granted a temporary restraining order, freezing the project from mo... New York Post Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:06:35 -0500You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. But do you know Mallman, Mayfield, Samahra and Jojo? Those are the names to ponder if you want to catch live music on New Year's Eve around the Twin C... Star Tribune Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:06:06 -0500? Like sugar plum fairies in "The Nutcracker," the moons of Saturn performed a celestial ballet before the eyes of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. New movies frame the moons' silent dance ag... Science Daily Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:25:10 -0500LOS ANGELES (AP) ? James Gurley, the innovative guitarist who helped shape psychedelic rock's multilayered, sometimes thundering sounds as a member of... USA Today Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:23:11 -0500Kuronuma has reorganized the Mexico Music Festival, which commemorates 400 years of relations between Mexico and Japan. The event was scheduled to be held last May, but was canceled due to the H1N1 fl... Japan Times Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:10:27 -0500While older men are most often portrayed in films and on television as guys chasing the skirts of women half their age, your new movie "It's Complicated" plays them somewhat differently. Reuters Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:09:22 -0500That label evolved into Merge Records, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Along the way, the label has garnered mainstream hits by Arcade Fire and Spoon, attracted critical praise for bands li... Reuters Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:09:21 -0500Sting got his name because he once wore a bright yellow and black sweater with one of his early bands? It wasn't with The Police, but the two have become synonymous in rock music. The Police mixed new... NPR Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:01:41 -0500Haaretz.com has short-listed the 50 people we believe have had the most impact on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World in the past 10 years. We invite you, our readers, to pick the person you ... Haaretz Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:01:27 -0500NEW DELHI: Micromax has inked a licensing deal with entertainment channel MTV, to launch a range of co-branded mobile handsets. Launching here on Wednesday the first music phone from the series —... The Hindu Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:56:36 -0500It has been reported that the disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff has been assaulted in prison.It' is said the 71-year-old hospitalised late last week and treated for facial fractures, brok... Irish Examiner Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:51:51 -0500The decade defined first and foremost by 9/11 yielded a bitter, brilliant Cinema of Paranoia. A new breed of brooding, believable superheroes inhabited worlds ripped from the pages of comic books R... Wired News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:37:38 -0500In a decade fueled by hyperconsumption and paranoia, some musicians stood out by balancing cultural relevance, technological innovation and raw lyrical and sonic power. These artists and their record... Wired News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:37:36 -0500Americans welcomed a new President, said goodbye to the "King of Pop" and the "Lion of the Senate", and saw some of the biggest scandals unfold in 2009. Whit Johnson revisits the top national stories ... CBS News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:31:19 -0500Americans welcomed a new President, said goodbye to the "King of Pop" and the "Lion of the Senate", and saw some of the biggest scandals unfold in 2009. Whit Johnson revisits the top national stories ... CBS News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:31:17 -0500Oscar Snubs Michael Moore, "Anvil!" (AP) Hear the one about the comedians who went looking for a warm spot to perform in February? They wound up in northern Michigan, where snowfall tops 100 inches a ... CBS News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:31:15 -0500SMCE ) announces an exclusive strategic partnership with Blak Hollywood Entertainment designed to mutually benefit both companies by releasing several projects in tandem through SMC's expansive dis... Market Wire Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:15:39 -0500Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini warns it could take a month for his players to adjust to his style of play as he prepares to take charge of his first match against Stoke at Eastlands on Saturd... Irish Examiner Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:07:47 -0500"It's up to you" -- so said Radiohead when fans clicked to download the band's "In Rainbows" album from its Web site in 2007. Radiohead had become the equivalent of the busker on the street corner, ... Salt Lake Tribune Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:01:14 -0500NEW YORK - Grammy winner Jose Feliciano is outraged that the theme from his holiday song "Feliz Navidad" was used for a musical spoof about undocumented immigrants. MSNBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:00:45 -0500From Bob Hope and Marilyn Monroe to Kid Rock and Stephen Colbert, celebrities and entertainers have traveled with the USO to bring a smile to U.S. troops overseas. MSNBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:00:43 -0500NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- So long, Simon Cowell.Time Warner Cable's customers could lose access to "American Idol," "the Simpsons" and some of the NFL playoffs if the cable compan... CNN Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:59:40 -0500Washington (CNN) -- Veteran sports anchor George Michael died early Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer, according to his former TV station. CNN Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:59:39 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - Daniel Day-Lewis has not appeared on a live theater's stage in decades, but he takes on a uniquely theatrical role for new movie musical, "Nine," which begins its broad U.S. relea... Reuters Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:47:48 -0500(CBS) Two of the hardest titles to come by are innovator and genius. Dave Brubeck is both, says "Early Show" co-anchor Julie Chen, who recently sat down with the jazz great. But, he told Chen, t... CBS News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:46:03 -0500Hulu.com, an increasingly popular US-based online video entertainment site, has signed a second major music label: Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group said it will provide music videos, live conce... The Independent Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:32:02 -0500Officials at Huntingdon will stage a second inspection at 8am on Saturday ahead of their St Stephen's Day meeting.Conditions at the track are steadily improving and clerk of the course Andrew Morris r... Irish Examiner Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:26:52 -0500Officials at Wincanton will stage an 8am inspection on Saturday morning to assess the prospects for their St Stephen's Day meeting.While conditions are improving, clerk of the course Barry Johnson adm... Irish Examiner Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:26:51 -0500The resulting film is an outlandish juggling act. It teeters, creaks and breaks at the seams, but somehow holds together better than you would expect and better than such an extravagant farce should. ... MSNBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:19:46 -0500Nicole Kidman opens up about ‘Nine’ Dec. 14: Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman talks with TODAY’s Meredith Vieira about her family and her part in the new movie musical “Nine.” From "Moulin Rouge,"... MSNBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:19:45 -0500"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" offers exactly two big laughs for its kiddo target audience — one involves passing gas, the other a shot to the crotch. MSNBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:19:44 -0500Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher out shopping in Hollywood Leonardo DiCaprio bought five pairs of sunglasses at L.A.'s Beverly Center Jimmy Kimmel was in a Target in West Hollywood... CNN Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:18:25 -0500StumbleUpon There are scores of bars and clubs hosting New Year’s Eve shindigs this week, but only the Continental Club will be pumping out the oldies. The Allen Oldies Band will play s... Houston Chronicle Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:05:26 -0500StumbleUpon Kevin Russell has been dropping in on Houston monthly under the guise of Shinyribs. But his Gourds don’t quite visit from Austin as often. The band’s festive sound tu... Houston Chronicle Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:05:25 -0500, his first album in four years. Keen has been busy touring behind the record, but thus far that tour hasn’t found its way through his old hometown. He’ll finally swing through at 8 p.m.... Houston Chronicle Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:05:24 -0500(AP) ? LOS ANGELES - The Nuclear Cowboyz may do for motocross what World Wrestling Entertainment did for wrestling. Feld Entertainment Inc., the live entertainment production company behind Di... New Jersey Online Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:54:57 -0500CORPUS CHRISTI ? Casablanca is the theme for Heart Ball 2010. The Corpus Christi chapter of the American Heart Association will have “Casablanca, A Tribute to Old Hollywood” on Feb. ... Corpus Christi Caller-Times Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:43:27 -0500(RTTNews) - With Christmas giving the box office a significant boost, this weekend should be one of the busiest times of the year. In addition to the continuing strong numbers for "Avatar," three ne... Quote.com Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:36:54 -0500 | 
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