Patna, Dec.7 : People of different age groups including college students here took out a rally to protest vulgarity being depicted in television programmes and movies which they find being against Indian ethos and degenerating the minds of viewers.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:30:03 -0500

Nevada (US), Dec 7 : Oscar winner musician A.R. Rahman's world famous KM Music Conservatory has opened admissions for its prestigious Diploma Course starting next year.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:00:05 -0500

London, Dec 7 : It seems Brit singer Lily Allen has had enough of the hustle bustle of London, for she is planning on buying a 1.3 million pounds country retreat.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:10:06 -0500

London, Dec 7 : Susan Boyle' s phenomenal rise to fame has bagged the Scottish singer her very own TV special this Christmas.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:20:10 -0500

London, Dec 7 : Brit singer George Michael has revealed that he sees nothing wrong with smoking crack cocaine.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:40:08 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse will re-marry her ex-husband Blake Fielder Civil next year, according to her former mother-in-law.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:02 -0500

London, Dec 7(IANS) Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson, who shot to fame after the success of 'Twilight', says he is scared of not fulfilling fans' expectations.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:50:03 -0500

Washington, Dec 7 : Sandra Bullock's 'The Blind Side' has topped the weekend box office after raking in 20.4 million dollars.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:20:15 -0500

Washington, Dec 7 : American actress Katherine Heigl showed what it takes to be a celebrity with a heart - the Knocked Up star saved the lives of 25 Chihuahuas, who were about to be "euthanized".
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:20:08 -0500

Washington, Dec 7 : American actor Brad Pitt's stalled baseball movie 'Moneyball' is now back on, with director Bennett Miller believed to be ready to direct the film.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:21 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Hollywood actress Eva Longoria Parker is addicted to Mexican food.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:07 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston is planning to launch her own range of cookbooks.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:03 -0500

GLEN, N.Y. -- The lead singer of the alternative rock band Weezer suffered minor injuries when the group's tour bus hit some ice, skidded across the New York State Thruway, struck a guide rail and sli...
China Post Online Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:19:38 -0500

LOS ANGELES -- “The Blind Side” a drama about a white couple who give an illiterate black teen a home and a new lease on life, was the weekend box office winner, with estimated revenues of some 20...
China Post Online Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:19:32 -0500

Of the top 10 albums of the decade, Eminem has two: The Marshall Mathers LP, with 10.2 million in sales, and The Eminem Show, with 9.8 million.
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:48 -0500

Grieving father: In Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, Jack (Mark Wahlberg, left) looks for his daughter's killer (Stanley Tucci), who is actually right under his nose, in the house next door. By Barry...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:47 -0500

Rapper Flo Rida's Low, last year's raw ode to a nightclub "shawty," holds title as the top-selling digital song of the past 10 years, with 5.2 million paid downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, w...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:46 -0500

James Cameron had to wait 15 years for his sci-fi epic Avatar to reach theaters. Before the story about a futuristic human occupation of a lush, dangerous world called Pandora – written back in ...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:45 -0500

Q: You've collaborated with many artists and have mostly stayed in the background. Now you're being recognized on your own. How does it feel?A: When I heard my name called (during Grammy nominati...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:44 -0500

It's part of a growing trend among publishers jumping genres by adapting adult best sellers into picture books for children or illustrated versions for teens.
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:44 -0500

Which raises a point. Just as some actresses do nude scenes early in their careers and then padlock the door, Racer, probably history's most credible movie about competitive skiing, affords us a compa...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:43 -0500

Jaron Lowenstein, who is half of Crazy for This Girl's Evan & Jaron, returns with a twisted novelty that combines country's fondness for spiritual themes and relational revenge. After a particular...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:41 -0500

Chris Brown tries to get his own recording career back on track with Graffiti (* * 1/2 out of four). But for him, the road to redemption after the ugly incident is pocked with much more skepticism as ...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:41 -0500

Alas, should she pass the progress test, Britney Spears would only be celebrating a partial independence day, as she’s currently under a duel order. The conservatorship over her personal life is lik...
MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:12:49 -0500

Quebec filmmakers dominated a list of the year's top Canadian films, led by three directors who made a splash in Cannes last spring. Xavier Dolan's Cannes-celebrated mother-son drama...
CBC News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:11:16 -0500

December 7, 2009 Rapper 50 Cent wants to collaborate with Scottish singer Susan Boyle. The US rapper is a huge fan of the 'Britain's Got Talent' runner-up - whose debut album 'I Dreamed A Dream' ha...
Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:01:29 -0500

December 7, 2009 P. Diddy has a crush on new Sugababes singer Jade Ewen. The 40-year-old music mogul told fellow rapper Jay-Z he thought the former Eurovision singer looked "mean" and "amazing" in ...
Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:01:25 -0500

December 7, 2009 Dame Helen Mirren no longer puts her awards on display, instead consigning them to a life in the attic. The acclaimed actress has won a host of prizes throughout her career, includ...
Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:01:23 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After exploring the romantic angst of vampires in "Twilight," Summit Entertainment is developing an action-oriented take on the most famous of the fanged: Dracula.
Reuters Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:00:06 -0500

The eight-episode half-hour series will show the wives and girlfriends of players Shaquille O'Neal, Eric Williams, Antoine Walker, Jermaine O'Neal and Udonis Haslem.
Reuters Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:00:04 -0500

"fall finale": Savor. Every. Minute. 'Cause when it's over, you won't have anything new until April! The good news? Our sources are spilling scoop on what's ahead (including why you'll see Finn in s...
E online Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:59:07 -0500

PYONGYANG/BEIJING, Dec. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)?A song including an abbreviated English expression has been created in North Korea for the first time, signaling, perhaps, a sign of change in the country...
Breitbart Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:37:02 -0500

Singer Billy Joel has insisted his daughter will be 'fine' following an alleged suicide bid. Alexa Ray Joel, 23, whose mother is model Christie Brinkley, was rushed to a New York hospital on Saturda...
Ananova Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:35:52 -0500

Antony and the Johnsons all released new music, and that was just in January. By the time we posted our online ballot to vote for the year's best music, we had a dizzying array of albums and artists f...
NPR Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:44:51 -0500

Apple's purchase of online music service Lala brings the No. 1 music retailer into the streaming music business. Apple declined to discuss its plans for the service, and Lala officials didn't respond ...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:30:03 -0500

BOULDER, Colo. - Police say a former cast member of the 1980s television show "Family Ties" has been arrested for investigation of assault in Colorado.
MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:29:07 -0500

December 7, 2009 London - Swiss tennis star Roger Federer, Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and Brazilian author Paulo Coelho are among new entries in Who's Who, the British guide to society's most influenti...
Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:17:16 -0500

December 7, 2009 Britney Spears' conservatorship could end soon. The 28-year-old singer's father Jamie Spears - who was made co-conservator of her personal and professional affairs after her public...
Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:17:14 -0500

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam will return to Europe in the summer for a series of headlining and festival appearances, beginning June 22 in Dublin.
Reuters Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:15:49 -0500

'splaining about the show's surprising 13-week hiatus (it's not returning until March!), and says, "We feel like we have all the chess pieces on the board, and now we can just knock the dominoes over ...
E online Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:14:37 -0500

Published Date: December 08, 2009 Luminaries from the worlds of music and film were feted by President Barack Obama and a black-tie audience of artists and political heavyweights Sunday at the 2009 K...
Kuwait Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:01:10 -0500

<p>The Grammy award-winning band will play two benefit shows at the New York Hall of Science today; expect to hear songs from their most recent DVD which -- in the spirit of educating kids -- we...
New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:09:37 -0500

Chevy Volt and Me," a song promoting its latest electric vehicle, is playing once an hour at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Maria Roher, director of global Volt marketing for GM, said the song can also be...
Hispanic Business Magazine Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:02:44 -0500

Sawyer announced on Monday's show that her last day will be Friday. It will give her one week off before she switches to the evening, taking over as anchor of ABC's World News for the retiring...
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:52:03 -0500

Va'Shaundya (Shaunie) O'Neal filed for legal separation Nov. 9 from Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal, citing irreconcilable differences. She is the executive producer of the new reality ...
MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:51:19 -0500

Glasgow, Scotland-based painter Richard Wright, 49, poses in front of his artwork, after being announced as the winner of the Turner Prize 2009 at Tate Britain in London on Monday, Dec. 7.
MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:51:18 -0500

If you listen to Chris Brown's "Graffiti" in a vacuum, you will hear a solid, entertaining album, with a good balance of pillow talk, club grooves, heartfelt ballads and swagger anthems. The problem i...
MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:51:17 -0500

BOSTON - A college student found guilty of copyright infringement has to destroy files he illegally downloaded years ago. But a judge in Boston refused Monday to order Joel Tenenbaum to stop prom...
C News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:49:40 -0500

In the beleaguered music industry’s latest bid to generate more money from its content, two top music labels will introduce Vevo, a Web site for music videos, on Tuesday.
International Herald Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:44:39 -0500

Metropolitan Opera on Thursday evening, he took some of his Met players to Weill Recital Hall on Sunday afternoon for a weirdly balanced but oddly satisfying program.
International Herald Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:44:25 -0500

The trumpeter Peter Evans fills up musical space almost compulsively, and his new group gives him digital assistance. It’s a jazz quintet, fully paid up in jazz’s mainstream small-group la...
International Herald Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:44:16 -0500

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center opened its annual Baroque Festival at Alice Tully Hall on Friday evening, it was good to hear the harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper playing a central role. Mr. Coop...
International Herald Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:44:10 -0500

HOLLYWOOD - The family of an 80-year-old man who fell to his death from a drawbridge on Sheridan Street has sued the drawbridge operator and his employers for negligence. Pauline Nolan, of Deerfie...
Sun-Sentinel Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:42:58 -0500

, 32, got engaged this weekend… It all went down on Friday night in Washington, D.C., according to a source. The couple were in the city for Sunday's Kennedy Centers Honors gala...
E online Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:37:48 -0500

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations (AP) A judge has dismissed a misdemeanor domestic violence charge against gospel singer BeBe Winans after determining he had seen a counselor as required by p...
CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:36:54 -0500

Terry Gilliam, director of "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" speaks about replacing the lead character, Heath Ledger, and how Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell finished Ledgers role.
CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:36:53 -0500

Have you seen that Target commercial in which Philip Brunelle leads the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers in a Minnesota-fied version of "The 12 Days of Christmas"? Well, the group's sense of humor also e...
Pioneer Press Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:31:34 -0500

ITV has apologised after a pet rat was allegedly killed and eaten by contestants on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! The TV channel said it was an "oversight" the production team failed to che...
Ananova Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:12:13 -0500

Hull midfielder Jimmy Bullard will be out for six to eight weeks after suffering a knee injury in Saturday’s defeat at Aston Villa.Bullard, the Premier League’s player of the month for November, l...
Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:17:52 -0500

Dec. 7: Golfer Tiger Woods has not spoken publicly since his one-car crash late last month, but the scandal surrounding his personal life keeps growing. NBC’s Peter Alexander has the latest.
MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:11:03 -0500

From 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 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:11:02 -0500

LOS ANGELES - Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New York...
C News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:09:29 -0500

A Long Tradition of Musicians Misbehaving (AP) Mostly excellent, all of them memorable, here are the decade's Top 10 television achievements as tapped by the TV writers of The Associated Press. In ...
CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:56:00 -0500

ITV has apologised after a pet rat was allegedly killed and eaten by contestants on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! The TV channel said it was an "oversight" the production team failed to che...
Ananova Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:33:28 -0500

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed down 23.66 points at 2,963.58 this evening, a drop of 0.79%.On the fallers' board, CRH was down 33c to €18.07; Paddy Power shed 14c to €25.35; Elan Corp was d...
Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:45:30 -0500

The web is on fire with the news that Pepsi - long a corporate supporter of gays and lesbians - sponsored a concert in Uganda in which musicians were calling to have gay throats slit.
365gay Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:42:10 -0500

"I was born in Colombia, growing up in the developing world where education is perceived as a luxury and not as a birthright," Shakira said.
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:39:27 -0500

Powter, whose hit Bad Day reigned on top of the Billboard pop charts for five weeks in 2006, was named as the decade's top one-hit wonder by Billboard.
USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:39:26 -0500

The TV channel said it was an "oversight" the production team failed to check whether killing of a rat was lawful and it will review its procedures. The apology comes after the Australian police said...
Sky News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:34:16 -0500

One of the television industry’s most eligible executives is off the market. Industry insiders have been interested to see where Peter Liguori, a former top Fox programming executive, would land af...
Associated Press Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:27:46 -0500

(AP) Actor Dennis Quaid is helping launch a national program to help prevent medication errors like the one that hurt his newborn twins in 2007. Quaid on Monday was expected to announce the Nationa...
CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:46 -0500

Tiger Woods Whiffs on Scandal's P.R. (AP) A police officer who responded to Tiger Woods' car accident found $235 in the vehicle and two iron golf clubs on the ground next to a golf cart. The Winder...
CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:45 -0500

Jackson's "This Is It" on DVD in January (AP) A Los Angeles City Council panel will discuss getting the owner of the Staples Center arena to repay at least some of the $3 million taxpayers spent on th...
CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:44 -0500

With negotiations on new TV and movie labor contracts set to begin in less than 10 months, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Screen Actors Guild have yet to take formal s...
Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:30 -0500

Apparently Fox has few qualms about putting Adam Lambert back on live television. The network announced today (Monday) that Lambert will appear on the season finale of So You think You Can Dance, sche...
Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:30 -0500

The series finale of Monk went out impressively Friday night, setting a ratings record for a series episode on basic cable. The USA Network comedy-cum-detective-drama drew about 9.4 million viewers of...
Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:28 -0500

GE's deal with Comcast to share ownership of NBC Universal contains a clause guaranteeing that GE will continue as NBC's No. 1 advertiser, Advertising Age reported today (Monday), citing filings with ...
Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:27 -0500

The Broadcast Film Critics Association is changing the name of its annual awards ceremony to the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, adding the word "Movie" to the title. "It dawned on us that for a show th...
Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:25 -0500

The Blind Side turned out to be a real eye-opener for box-office analysts over the weekend as the movie took over first place in its third weekend with an estimated $20.1 million -- about what the ana...
Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:24 -0500

Not a few critics are calling Up in the Air a film for our times while at the same time comparing it with the classic romantic comedies of the '30s and '40s by Billy Wilder, Leo McCarey, Garson Kanin,...
Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:23 -0500

NEW YORK, (Reuters Breakingviews) - Are video-gamers Hollywood takeover bait? With their business models under threat and shares in the doldrums, game publishers like Electronic Arts look ripe for the...
West Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:28:10 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 7 : Anil Ambani Group company Reliance MediaWorks today said it has partnered with US-based In-Three to convert films and videos into three-dimensional format, to cater to the growing dema...
New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:20:53 -0500

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Discovery Communications Inc., which owns Discovery, TLC and other cable channels, on Monday named Peter Liguori as chief operating officer, effective Jan. 19.He replaces Mark H...
Miami Herald Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:18:54 -0500

With its cast of dancing Klu Klux Klan members and its unashamedly irreverent take on Christianity, Jerry Springer: The Opera was one of the most successful and controversial musicals to hit the Wes...
The Independent Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:17:13 -0500

Public sector unions are warning of a long and sustained campaign of industrial action after talks with the Government collapsed last week.Union leaders met in Dublin today to devise a strategy if the...
Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:18 -0500

A senior British Army officer described today how he warned Tony Blair two days before the invasion of Iraq that there were insufficient preparations for dealing with the aftermath of the conflict.Giv...
Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:18 -0500

Next season’s European Tour – starting in South Africa on Thursday – will feature a minimum of 47 tournaments, including six new ones, and will once again culminate in the Dubai World Championsh...
Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:17 -0500

Folk legend Liam Clancy was now reunited with his brothers and bandmates after a passionate life that was lived to the full, his funeral service heard today.On a biting cold winter’s day, hundreds p...
Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:17 -0500

Two separate bomb attacks killed more than 20 people and injured dozens more in Pakistan today.In the first suicide bomber struck outside a court building in Peshawar, killing six people and wounding ...
Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:16 -0500

Manchester United defenders John O’Shea and Jonny Evans have both been ruled out of action until January, the club have confirmed.Evans has been struggling with a calf injury while O’Shea’s prob...
Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:16 -0500

(CNN) -- There is something new to do in Sin City: Follow the trail of "The Amazing Race" finalists who sprinted through Las Vegas, Nevada, in a quest to win a $1 million grand prize.
CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:02:01 -0500

December 7, 2009 New York - A publicist says the daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley is staying with her father two days after being treated in New York for a possible overdose of pills. A...
Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:52:01 -0500

December 7, 2009 Amy Adams is pregnant. The Doubt actress and her fiance Darren Legallo are expecting their first child together and the baby is due later next year. The couple first met in an a...
Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:51:54 -0500

Christie Brinkley Divorce Case Settled (AP) A publicist says the daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley is staying with her father two days after being treated in New York for a possible overdos...
CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:48:06 -0500

Beyonce a Big Hit at MTV's Berlin Show (AP) Michael Jackson and Mother Teresa. Stephen Hawking and the Dalai Lama. And now, Shakira. The Colombian singer who is famous for hits like "Hips Don't Lie...
CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:48:05 -0500

Watch video » Eight pop-radio acts played the annual KDWB Jingle Ball on Sunday night at the Xcel Energy Center, but a scan of the T-shirts favored by the majority of the 14,000 in attendance sugge...
Pioneer Press Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:42:50 -0500

Xbox 360 . Created by the veteran team at Turn 10 Studios of Microsoft Game Studios, Forza Motorsport 3 unites the racing game genre, making it possible for everyone to experience the thrill of the wo...
New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:39:33 -0500