Christina Ricci, the star of the just released 'Speed Racer', doesn't spend time outside her home because she is scared of a bobcat running wild near her Hollywood house. The actress fears it might attack...

The rock band REM is back. For the past decade or so, the critically acclaimed music group wandered through the wilderness. And now with their album 'Accelerate', they can, along with U2, Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers, compete for the title of best rock band in the...

London, May 12 : American pop and R and B singer Whitney Houston, who has not released an album in five years, is so worried she might forget her words on stage that she memorizes her lyrics...

London, May 12 : Barbadian singer Rihanna, who had professed to not having a boyfriend, was caught out when she was spotted having a good time with R and B singer Chris Brown....

UPDATE (3:30 p.m.): Bus service on Broadway is now back to normal in both directions.A police incident near Commercial and Broadway is affecting bus service along Broadway this afternoon.The No. 9 is...

A New Zealand modelling agency says it supports the decision of of one of its 16-year-old models to appear topless in an Australian magazine. Auckland model Zippora Seven - described as New...

Hollywood star George Clooney, known for his intellectual choice of acting roles, is addicted to rock reality TV. Clooney and his girlfriend Sarah Larson have been having marathon sessions watching...

Three people rescued from a first-floor balcony over a burning Auckland dairy early today were not in any immediate danger, firefighters say. The trio clambered out a window and onto the balcony...

Singer R. Kelly, left, arrives with bodyguards for the second day of jury selection in his child pornography trial at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Monday. Kelly faces charges he...

Moves by local iwi to put the "h" in Wanganui will be fiercely resisted, mayor Michael Laws says. Te Runanga O Tupoho, an iwi committee, plans to apply to the Geographic Board for the...

Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesby's bizarre banter almost made breakfast television worth watching. Now the gossip mags are asking if the former co-hosts are dating. A...

An escaped prisoner is still on the loose today after a daring bolt to freedom using a rope made from knotted sheets yesterday. Remand prisoner Aaron Stephen Forden, 26 crawled through a ceiling...

May 12, 2008 - 6:01 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Billionaire Carl Icahn's investing vehicle Icahn Enterprises LP said Monday first-quarter profit rose sharply as it completed the sale of a casino and...

Hannah, or Belle as Hannah likes to call her call-girl self in The Secret Diary of a Call Girl is awfully smug. No, she tells us, she was not abused as a child by a family member or anyone else for...

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner wants 15-year-old Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus to pose nude for his adult magazine - when she’s old enough. Hefner, 82, told...

by Arnold M. Knightly Las Vegas Gaming Wire LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- When Kentucky-based hotelier Bill Yung III took ownership of the Tropicana a mere 16 months ago, a $2.5 billion redevelopment of the...

NBC made the deal official at a press conference today with Fallon and exec producer Lorne Michaels. Further details were in short supply, from Fallon's contract length and salary ("I keep...

THE FLICK: St George-Illawarra Dragon and Kangaroos' centre Mark Gasnier could be about to give Australian rugby league the flick in favour of a rugby union contract in...

Playing the Building to New York. Beginning the end of this month, he will turn a landmark building into a musical instrument. It's a feat he has been performing since 2005, when he turned a...

Virtual instruments may be going the way of recorded music: free and online. We've seen plenty of sites that let you make or mix music in a rudimentary way, but none that offer the deep feature set...

Morgan Freeman associated with perfect characters he calls "Mr. Gravitas" Freeman wanted to play different sort; new role is insecure actor on B'way Though known for movie roles, Freeman...

Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness is putting his primary band on hold for a spell while he spends the next few months on the road reviving the outlaw-country sounds of his two solo...

Omaha, Neb.,-based dance punk quintet the Faint has split with longtime label Saddle Creek and is launching its own imprint, blank.wav. The first release will be the band's fifth album,...

"You call friends and say, 'Do you have a song for Ol' Solomon Burke?' " the singer and ordained minister tells Billboard.com with a laugh. And it worked like a charm for his forthcoming "Like a...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon was officially named on Monday to take Conan O'Brien's place on NBC next year when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight...

It is the first film from the writer and director of smash hits such as "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs" that is aimed mostly at adult audiences, which Shyamalan said meant he could make it more intense...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize-winning play "August: Osage County" and musicals "Young Frankenstein" and "Xanadu" nabbed the top Outer Critics Circle awards on Monday ahead of U.S. theater's top...

Now managing the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan, Valentine received a relentless pitch from three young filmmakers who wanted to document an entire season of his in Japan. The New York University film...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's HBO cable network is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc's iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, a source familiar with the...

reported. He had been under observation by a group from the CABS camp (Committee Against Bird Slaughter) of which Max Farrugia of International Animal Rescue is a member. The trapper was spotted in...

Heather Mills . If no one objects, the divorce will be final in six weeks.Mills, 40, will emerge from the rancorous divorce with a settlement of $47.5 million but a reputation damaged by her...

North Shore police area commander inspector Les Paterson is warning parents with daughters about the "Grim Reaper of the drug world"– pure methamphetamine. His warning comes after...

Attorneys begin questioning 150 potential jurors Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges that he videotaped himself having sex with girl Alleged victim, now 23, says it isn't her in sex tape R. Kelly...

A judge who jailed a Hastings tagger for 28 days has been called a "local hero" who has other graffiti vandals running scared. Hawke's Bay judge Tony Adeane's tough stance on...

(FROM AP) - Following his arrest for allegedly bringing a loaded gun into Los Angeles International airport on Sunday morning (May 11), actor Dennis Farina has issued an apology. ''I apologize to...

I was drawn to The Bad Mother's Handbook (TV One, Sunday 8.30pm) by its irreverent title. It quickly became clear that it's as useful to judge a television drama by its title as a book by its...

Petrol at $2 a litre - you don't know how lucky you are, say Stewart Islanders. Unleaded 91 hit $2.21 a litre at their only pump yesterday. Jack Frew, who owns Island Transport in Halfmoon Bay,...

MIAMI, Florida -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- When it debuts this fall, Fontainebleau Miami Beach will be poised to recapture its place among the world's most celebrated resort playgrounds. Morris Lapidus'...

Cannes is the pre-eminent film festival in the world First attempt at Cannes fest was in 1939; festival started in earnest in 1946 Filmmakers look to Cannes for big boost -- or big...

While only 6.7 percent of overall mobile customers use their phone to listen to music, rising to 27.9 percent for smart-phone users, a full 74.1 percent of iPhone owners reported using the device as...

Business executives attending meetings high above Christchurch may have got even higher thanks to passive pot smoking. The conference rooms on the 14th floor of the Hotel Grand Chancellor are high...

Scientists drilling deep into Antarctica have uncovered evidence of a once-warm land, including pollen and algae, buried below the sea floor. Victoria University geologist Peter Barrett said the...

she was consumed by her private life. "But she is determined to make a triumphant comeback. Her bosses have been amazed by the quality of tracks they've heard. Whitney is set for another...

South Auckland rapper Savage is about to get global exposure after signing with United States record label Universal Republic. Savage's New Zealand label, Dawn Raid Music, said the partnership...

One of two people accused of murdering a South Otago teenager earlier this year told police they "had the right people" but she "didn't kill him", Dunedin District Court was...

Joyce "Dottie" Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early yesterday (May 11) when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. She was...

German techno band Scooter scored a big upset on the new U.K. album chart yesterday (May 11), unseating Madonna's "Hard Candy" (Warner Bros.) to debut at No. 1 with "Jumping All Over the World" (All...

www.fretlight.com ), a leading company dedicated to the development of interactive musical instruments and software, today announced that their Fretlight guitar companion software title, M-Player, is...

"Mission: Metallica" also has a "platinum" level, entitling fans to a copy of the new album delivered on street date, weekly "fly on the wall" video clips, contests to travel to shows and/or...

Whether it's medical dramas on TV, or sci-fi thrillers on the big screen, Hollywood is often inspired by medicine for their story lines. Now, the tables have been turned. Some in the medical field...