Entertainment / Music
Feb 22nd, 2012
TBS, the cable channel announced this morning that they have extended Conan, through April 2014.
TBS says since premiering in November 2010, Conan O'Brien's late night show has built a fan base, with help from special events across the country, including a week of shows from the Beacon Theater in New York and fan art exhibits in New York City and San Diego. In June 2012, Conan will travel for a week of shows in Chicago.
Says Conan in the announcement, "I am excited to continue my run with TBS because they have been fantastic partners.
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Feb 21st, 2012
Adele along with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran lead the race for the U.K.'s Brit music awards ahead of Tuesday's ceremony in London.
Sheeran has four nominations including best British album, for his debut "+," best single for "The A Team" and best British male solo act, and he is up against James Blake, James Morrison, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Professor Green in that category.
Adele, who won six Grammys in Los Angeles last week for her sophomore album "21," is nominated for three Brits -- British album, British single for "Someone Like You" and British female artist, an eclectic category that also includes Florence and
Feb 20th, 2012
The family of Bobbi Kristina Brown is terrified that the teen is being overwhelmed by the same demons that likely contributed to her mother's death. Whitney Houston's troubled daughter disappeared after the funeral, and she was finally located at a nearby hotel "getting high," sources told the Daily Beast.
The family was in "full panic mode" trying to locate her, 18, when she disappeared after the emotional ceremony, the Beast notes. “Everyone was freaking out and calling Bobbi Kristina’s cell phone" after she "slipped away," says a longtime family friend.
Whitney’s mother "was beside herself," the source adds. A famil
Feb 17th, 2012
The website Media Takeout is saying Kim’s publicist is angling to arrange date between the ex Mrs. Kris Humphries and the largest story in basketball since LeBron James going pro out of high school: New York Knicks Harvard-educated point guard from heaven, Jeremy Lin.
MTO reports that Kardashian thinks Lin is cute, and she is good friend’s with Jeremy’s teammate, Carmelo Anthony’s wife, Lala. It is going to be a double date.
Kardashian was infamously married to then New Jersey Net Kris Humphries for seventy-three days. A long-term relationship to the New York Knicks Savior, who is also a devout Christian in the Tim Tebow mol
Feb 16th, 2012
After talks with the Oscar-winning actresses for over a year, Streep and Roberts will appear on-screen together for the first time for the adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer and Tony-winning play August: Osage County. TV vet John Wells who was recently at the helm of the Ben Affleck drama The Company Men, is on board as director.
Streep and Roberts are playing mother and daughter in the film, taking on the roles of pill-popping matriarch Violet and complicated, headstrong daughter Barbara. Roberts said in a statement, “After seeing Meryl Streep’s mesmerizing portrayal as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, it has me even more
Feb 15th, 2012
In New York City public schools, Susan Sarandon has donated $75,000 to support table tennis programs.
Wednesday, the city Department of Education said that the money will pay for equipment and coaching. There are 27 high schools and middle schools that have added table tennis this year.
Sarandon is the co-owner of a Manhattan table tennis club named SPIN.
The actress believes that the sport relieves stress and is great for kids who are unfocused and need exercise.
Deputy Schools Chancellor Kathleen Grimm thanked Sarandon for her support.
The president of the American Youth Table Tennis Organization, Ben Nisbet, says table ten
Feb 14th, 2012
Kim Kardashian met with her ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush ... having lunch with Bush at the Beverly Hills Hotel this weekend ... TMZ has learned.
Multiple sources tell TMZ ... the 2 were smiling and laughing at the lunch date ... and played it cool when fans went up to them for pictures and autographs.
TMZ was told it seemed just like old times ... before Kim went off and married and then divorced that other guy whose name can't be remembered.
Sources say the pair have been spending quite a bit of time together in the past few days ... but it's not clear if it is a full-on reconciliation.
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Feb 13th, 2012
Adele made Grammy history on Sunday, victorious in all 6 categories in which she was eligible. This allowed her to tie Beyonce's 2010 record for most Grammys won by a female artist in 1 night and Eric Clapton's 1993 record for most Grammys won by a British artist in 1 night. Adele is the youngest artist to sweep the "Big Three" awards-Album, Record and Song of the Year. The twenty-three year old surpassed easily the ex record-holders, Paul Simon, Carole King, and Christopher Cross, each were 29 years old when they achieved the feat.
Adele's sweep was a no-brainer. In the past year, the singer achieved an exceptional combination of bloc
Feb 10th, 2012
On Sunday night, when Adele performs at the Grammys in front of an expected audience of 25 million, she knows that many will be expecting her voice to falter, as it was only four months ago that she underwent vocal cord surgery.
But Adele herself isn't concerned about the health and strength of her voice, as she proves to Anderson Cooper in a "60 Minutes Overtime" video.
To hear "Rolling in the Deep" in concert is exciting, and better to hear it a cappella. Which is how Anderson heard it during his recent interview with the young singer for "60 Minutes." Ironically Anderson said he jogs to this particular song every morning.
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Feb 9th, 2012
Paul McCartney's ex-wife statetd on Thursday she never leaked a voicemail from McCartney begging her for forgiveness to CNN talk-show host Piers Morgan, she said the recording he has boasted of hearing was illegally hacked.
Morgan has denied consistently that he gave authorization of the use of phone-hacking in his days as a tabloid newspaper editor in Britain. He has not given an explanation for how he heard the message left on Heather Mills' mobile phone.
The accusation has pulled Morgan into a phone-hacking scandal which has hit Rupert Murdoch's media empire and has had wide ramifications for the entire British press.
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