Category Archives: Entertainment

The Go-Go’s are still stars

By doris | Published: August 13, 2011

Full Story at Scoop.today.com The Go-Go’s received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday and that got us thinking about the many years that have passed since, well, we had the beat. The female new wavers got their start in the late ’70s and scored a hit with their debut album, “Beauty [...]

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Police seize ‘Cash Cab’ after pedestrian killed

By doris | Published: August 3, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com VANCOUVER, B.C. — Investigators are examining the taxi from the Canadian edition of the TV show “Cash Cab” to see whether it had a mechanical defect that may have contributed to a fatal pedestrian accident, police said Tuesday. A member of the show’s technical crew was driving the vehicle back to [...]

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At 30, MTV hasn’t lost its sexy edge — or shock factor

By doris | Published: August 1, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.comcom Turning 30 usually signifies that a person has hit a certain maturity level and has reached full adulthood. But that doesn’t really apply to MTV, which celebrates its 30th birthday on Aug. 1. The first-ever 24-hour music channel has made it a point not to grow up and to instead align [...]

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Oscar statue from 1940s fetches $89,625 in Dallas auction

By doris | Published: July 30, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com DALLAS (Reuters) – If you can’t win an Oscar, why not buy one? That’s exactly what an avid movie buff did when a golden statue from the 1942 Academy Awards went up for auction on Friday. A coveted collectible since Oscars are rarely for sale, the statue fetched $89,625, making it [...]

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Mick Jagger’s new supergroup is ‘SuperHeavy’

By doris | Published: July 2, 2011

Full Story at Marquee.CNN.com On Thursday, a small group of journalists were introduced to SuperHeavy, the eclectic new supergroup featuring Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Damian Marley, Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart and “Slumdog Millionaire” composer A.R. Rahman. The five global music stars gathered in Studio A at Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood to explain their surprise [...]

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Johnny Depp rocks with Alice Cooper

By doris | Published: June 29, 2011

Full Story at  Scoop.today.com Johnny Depp’s rock ‘n’ roll past is well known in the entertainment world. Sunday night in London he revisited those roots by joining Alice Cooper on stage at the 100 Club in London. The 48-year-old actor, who famously channels Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards while playing Capt. Jack Sparrow in the [...]

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Shelton, McEntire raise $500,000 for tornado relief

By doris | Published: May 31, 2011

Full Story atTODAYmsnbc.msn.com Country superstars Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire raised $500,000 for victims of recent tornados in Oklahoma. PHOTOS: Stars’ good deeds Shelton, a musician coach of NBC’s “The Voice,” teamed up with McEntire, his adviser on the competition series, for two relief concerts May 25 and 26 in Durant, Okla. Kelly Clarkson even [...]

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‘Idol’ winner Scotty: I’m not dating Lauren

By doris | Published: May 28, 2011

Full Story atTODAY.msnbc.msn.com Lauren Alaina may have showered Scotty McCreery with kisses when he was crowned the winner of “American Idol” on Wednesday, but the former competitors insist there’s nothing romantic going on between them.VIDEO: Inside the American Idol finale “We’re just really good friends. We really care about each other,” Alaina, 16, tells Us [...]

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Oprah bids farewell in final show

By doris | Published: May 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey took her final bow in a taped episode that aired Wednesday, marking the end of her 25-year daytime talk show with a tearful goodbye. “You all have been a safe harbor for me,” Winfrey told her audience. “My hope is that you will be [...]

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Man fakes robbery in attempt to score Oprah tickets

By doris | Published: May 22, 2011

Full Story at Scoop.today.com Hundreds of thousands hoped to score one of the 13,000 tickets to Oprah Winfrey’s final shows, but only one man (as far as we know) staged a robbery in an attempt to be part of the “Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular” on Tuesday.

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