Brian May hopes Voice dies soon
Press Association - Tue, May 21, 2013Brian May has hit out at The Voice, saying he hopes the show will "die a natural death very soon". More »Brian May hopes Voice dies soon
Brian May has hit out at The Voice, saying he hopes the show will "die a natural death very soon". More »Brian May hopes Voice dies soon
Michael Douglas has spoken of his pride in wife Catherine Zeta Jones, as she returns home after a stint in rehab. More »Douglas: I'm 'proud' of Zeta Jones
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court dismissed a petition on Tuesday seeking to scrap the remaining matches of the country's lucrative Twenty20 cricket competition amid growing concerns about corruption in the sport. Former test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other players were arrested along with 11 bookmakers on Thursday on suspicion of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The case has prompted the Indian government to look at the possibility of introducing a law to combat matchfixing and spot-fixing. ... More »Indian Supreme Court rejects bid to halt IPL
Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. More »Justin Bieber's Monkey Adopted By Germany
Britain's Got Talent contestant Aliki Chrysochou has told how battling a deadly brain disease encouraged her to seize the day and enter the show. More »BGT's Aliki: I embrace every moment
Emmerdale stars Rik Makarem and Sian Reese-Williams have promised their exits from the soap will be "explosive". More »Explosive end for Nikhil and Gennie
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of 1960s rock group The Doors, has died at the age of 74. More »Ray Manzarek: The Doors Keyboardist Dies
LONDON (Reuters) - Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker has won the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize awarded by Britain's Booktrust charity for "The Detour", a tale of infidelity, exile and isolation. Bakker will share the 10,000 pound prize with translator David Colmer for the story of Emilie, a translation professor and Emily Dickinson scholar, who retreats from her life in the Netherlands to an isolated farmhouse in Wales following an affair with a student. ... More »Dutch author Bakker wins Booktrust foreign fiction prize
George Michael fell from his vehicle on to the carriageway of the M1 motorway, an eyewitness has claimed. More »Michael 'in shock' says eyewitness
Comedy writer Eddie Braben, the third man behind the success of Morecambe and Wise, has died at the age of 82, his manager said. More »Comedy scriptwriter Braben dies
Dancing On Ice is to be axed after one further series, it has been announced. More »Dancing on Ice to end next year
Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. More »Germany nationalises Bieber monkey
Coleen Rooney has become mum to her second son. More »Roo baby joy for Wayne and Coleen
The Archers' outgoing editor Vanessa Whitburn has denied that the drama has been competing with soaps such as EastEnders for sensational storylines. More »Archers 'not competing with soaps'
American pop artist Miguel has accidentally kicked two women in the head while trying to jump over a catwalk at the Billboard Awards. More »Billboard Awards: Miguel Kicks Fans With Leap
Simon Cowell has added former Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland and Latin artist Paulina Rubio to the judging panel of the US version of The X Factor. More »Kelly Rowland joining US X Factor
Dracula will be the next big-budget Hollywood movie to be filmed in Northern Ireland. More »Dracula Film To Be Made In Northern Ireland
The Saturdays singer Rochelle Humes and her JLS husband Marvin have become parents for the first time after she gave birth to a baby girl. More »Rochelle Humes: Saturdays Singer Has Baby Girl
James Bond's geiger counter wristwatch from Thunderball has turned up at a car boot sale following years of mystery about its whereabouts. More »James Bond Watch Found At Car Boot Sale
By Alexei Oreskovic and Jennifer Saba SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion (721.6 million pounds) cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing brand. The deal, announced on Monday, is a bold bet by Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the company by co-opting a Web property with strong visitor traffic but little revenue. ... More »Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Kelly Rowland and Mexican singer-actress Paulina Rubio have signed onto "The X Factor" judging panel replacing Britney Spears and music mogul L.A. Reid, the Fox television talent competition produced by Simon Cowell said on Monday. Rowland, who rose to fame with R&B group Destiny's Child, and Rubio will be charged with re-igniting the Fox series that failed to stave off falling ratings after giving Spears a reported $15 million salary last year. Rowland, 32, and Rubio, 41, will join Cowell, 53, and pop singer Demi Lovato, 20, on the judging panel. ... More »Kelly Rowland, Paulina Rubio join U.S. 'X Factor' judges panel
(Reuters) - Theatre company Ambassador Theatre Group's subsidiary Lyric Theatre LLC has purchased Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to the "Spider-Man" musical, from Live Nation Entertainment Inc, the companies said on Monday. Lyric Theatre paid about $65 million (42 million pounds) for Foxwoods, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The Foxwoods Theatre, which opened in 1997 and seats nearly 2,000, is one of Broadway's largest venues. It is the current home of the rock musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," which a Broadway record for weekly ticket sales of $2. ... More »'Spider-Man' Broadway venue sold to Ambassador Theatre
By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said. Manzarek, who lived in Northern California's Napa Valley wine country for the past decade, had been seeking treatment in Germany for bile duct cancer, Vitorino said. He died in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his wife and brothers. ... More »Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74
Business tycoon Sir Richard Branson has told how he was heavily influenced by the Dice Man books - which encouraged readers to hand over decisions to the throw of a dice. More »Dice Man books influenced Branson
Amanda Abbington - the long-term partner of Hollywood star Martin Freeman - has called it "mean" and upsetting that her bankruptcy woes went public. More »Abbingdon: Bankrupt publicity mean

