Michael 'in shock' says eyewitness
Press Association - Tue, May 21, 2013George Michael fell from his vehicle on to the carriageway of the M1 motorway, an eyewitness has claimed. More »Michael 'in shock' says eyewitness
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
DJ Edith Bowman has hit out at the trend for "ridiculous" designer clothes for children. More »Edith slams designer child clothes
Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014, he said. More »MacFarlane says no to 2014 Oscars
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74. More »The Doors founder dies aged 74
By Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) - Some spectators at London's Chelsea Flower Show wouldn't be caught dead with one in the boot of their Bentley, but garden gnomes have turned up at the show's 100th edition this year, for charity. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which runs Chelsea in the grounds of the Christopher Wren-built Royal Hospital Chelsea, has lifted a ban on the ceramic figures with floppy hats and beards in order to raise funds for an RHS charity that supports the use of gardens in schools. ... More »A gnome grows in Chelsea - at the flower show, that is
By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Deborah Turness, a former top TV news editor in Britain, will take over as NBC News president in August, at a time when it is looking to turn around the fortunes of its news division. Turness will replace Steve Capus, who left the network in February. She will report to Patricia Fili-Krushel, chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, who oversees the news unit's business operations. NBC is owned by Comcast Corp. NBC's broadcast news unit has stumbled of late, largely because its morning show and profit centre, "Today," is sagging in the ratings. ... More »NBC News looks to Britain for its new president
The BBC is aiming to undertake the largest ever health-screening session for a new TV special which will look at the extent of undiagnosed diseases. More »Mass health-screening for TV show
By Mike Davidson CANNES (Reuters) - He's played a science-fiction hero, policeman and even Hamlet. But now actor Keanu Reeves is taking on a new role - as director of a contemporary martial arts movie aimed at both Chinese and Western audiences. Reeves has stepped behind the camera to make his directorial debut with "Man of Tai Chi", a trilingual film loosely based on the life of a stuntman, Tiger Chen, whom he befriended while working on the sci-fi "The Matrix" trilogy. ... More »Keanu Reeves makes director debut with modern Kung Fu film
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Disney said on Monday it will produce a new "Star Wars" animated series to air on television in the fall 2014, giving fans of the science-fiction franchise fresh stories before the next live-action film hits theaters in 2015. "Star Wars Rebels," based on George Lucas' multibillion dollar film franchise, will be set in the two decades between the events of the third and fourth films, where the Empire becomes a dominant force in the galaxy, Disney said. ... More »"Star Wars" to bring "Rebels" to new animated Disney TV series




