AP - Michael Moore says he's planning an unofficial North American premiere of his documentary "Sicko" in Michigan to benefit the Antrim County Democratic Party.
Reuters - Paul Newman's career has included winning an Oscar, establishing a food company to fund charities, and operating a restaurant, but he said this week he is retiring from acting.
Linkin Park are to headline Tokyo, Japan's Live Earth concert, according to Internet reports. The rockers will reportedly join the ranks of Madonna, Crowded House, Robert Plant, Sarah Brightman and The Police as the headliners of the global awareness concerts on July 7.


Ozzy Osbourne can't remember anything from his 2003 quad bike accident, which left him fighting for his life in a U.K. hospital. The rocker returned to British TV show "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross" last night for the first time since the accident, which took place days after he last guested on the program.


Bruce Springsteen allowed the filmmakers of family soccer film GRACIE to use his tune GROWING UP for a pivotal scene - because he’s a secret fan of the sport.Director Davis Guggenheim, a lifelong Springsteen fan, approached the rocker with a view to using the song in the film, which is set in The Boss’ native
British actor Ewan McGregor has embarked on monumental motorcycle journey from London to Cape Town, South Africa, in a bid to raise money for charity.The Star Wars star has already arrived in Italy with friend Charley Boorman on the first leg of their trip, dubbed Long Way Down.The pair completed a similar adventure in 2004
The wife of British actor Jeremy Irons has been reunited with the son she gave up for adoption almost 40 years ago. Irish stage actress Sinead Cusack gave biological son, Richard Boyd Barrett, up for adoption in 1968 - ten years before she married Golden Globe-winning Irons. Since they were reunited, Cusack, 59, has been
Actress Eva Mendes needed a cocktail to calm her nerves before shooting a steamy nude sex scene with JOAQUIN PHOENIX. The Cuban American peeled off on film for the first time for the scene in WE OWN THE NIGHT.Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, 33-year-old Mendes says, "I wasn’t comfortable at all."They were very sweet
SHREK star Mike Myers was kicked out of his favourite Los Angeles yoga class because he couldn’t contain himself when a mat neighbour kept farting.The funnyman admits he couldn’t concentrate and everytime his gassy pal let rip, he started giggling.The comic explains, "This guy kept farting and I am not very mature… I’m the youngest
Robbie Williams and estranged songwriting partner GUY CHAMBERS are to reunite as the singer plans his musical comeback.The pair fell out after Williams signed a £30million ($60million) song deal with EMI records in 2002, but have now put their differences behind them to record some new tracks.Chambers - who helped to turn Williams into one
Bruce Willis has dubbed his stunt double the ‘$6 Million Man’ after the tough guy survived a death-defying street fall during the making of the new DIE HARD film.Larry Rippenkroeger, who has been the movie star’s double for films like The Whole Ten Yards, Hostage and Sin City, lost his footing on a ladder during
American actress Kirsten Dunst has signed a deal to step behind the camera and direct her first movie.The star will make a short film based on a ghost story sent to a US women’s magazine by a reader.The 25-year-old says of the project, "They’ve giving me carte blanche."I pick everyone I want to collaborate with."I’ve
Movie star Jessica Alba regrets starring in 2005 diving thriller INTO THE BLUE, insisting it "wasn’t the greatest experience in the world".The Sin City beauty spent most of the movie in a bikini playing Sam, the girlfriend of Paul Walker’s scuba-diver character Jared.The movie grossed just $18.5 million (£9.25 million) at the U.S. box office
The Dead Zone, the hit series starring Anthony Michael Hall, launches its sixth broadcast season on USA Network Sunday, June 17 at 10:00PM/9:00 Central. Based on characters from the Stephen King novel, the powerful drama returns with intriguing stories and surprising new twists.


LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge said he will dismiss Carol Burnett $2 million copyright infringement lawsuit over the use of her cleaning woman character in the animated series ''Family Guy.''


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Attention, Brad Pitt: ''American Idol'' winner Jordin Sparks has a crush on you. ''He's just really cute,'' Sparks, 17, said Friday, hastening to note that she doesn't know the actor also known as Angelina Jolie's baby daddy.


R&B star Brandy Norwood has been hit with another lawsuit connected to the December car crash that cost her a job as a judge on TV show ”America’s Got Talent.”


Pop star Jessica Simpson has baffled fans with a wordy new Internet missive in which she rambles on about artist Michelangelo. The singer/actress, who is best known for mistaking Chicken of The Sea tuna for chicken on her reality show Newlyweds, appears to have developed a love for culture during her recent trips to Italy and France.


Sarah Jessica Parker has lashed out at young Hollywood - because she finds their need for attention "vulgar." The proper actress isn't naming names but she doesn't like the fact that so many young celebrities are becoming famous - just for being famous.


Kevin Costner has bought a goldmine in South Dakota after falling for a TV ad. The actor reveals he was flicking through the TV channels late one night when a commercial for a prospecting company caught his eye.


Keira Knightley has been awarded $6,000 (£3,000) damages from a newspaper over an article which linked her to a girl's death from anorexia.

The Daily Mail ran a photograph of Knightley on a beach in a bikini together with the headline "If pictures like this one of Keira carried a health warning, my darling daughter might have lived" in the article about 19-year-old Sophie Mazurek's death from the eating disorder.

Keira's solicitor said it was "deeply offensive" to imply the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' actress had an eating disorder and was partly responsible for the teen's death.
Amy Winehouse and Madonna have scooped prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting awards at a London ceremony.

British soul diva Winehouse won best contemporary song for her song 'Rehab', while Madonna's 'Sorry' was named international hit of the year.

The Arctic Monkeys also scooped a trophy. They won the best album award for 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not'.
AP - A federal judge said he will dismiss Carol Burnett $2 million copyright infringement lawsuit over the use of her cleaning woman character in the animated series "Family Guy."
AP - It's a boy for actress Connie Nielsen and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.
AP - A federal judge has ordered a bankrupt company owned by O.J. Simpson children to turn over any copies of Simpson's canceled book, "If I Did It."
Filed under: The Z List Lindsay Lohan mom insists she never told Star Magazine that her nickname is "The White Oprah," a moniker born of her willingness to listen to her friends' problems. And Oprah's dad has denied reports he is writing a tell-all book. But not everyone...
The duchess - who is the ex-wife of Britain’s Prince Andrew - is known as a style icon in the States and TV bosses are keen to get her onboard for the reality talent show, which sees aspiring fashion designers compete for a prestigious prize.A source told Britain’s Daily Express newspaper: ‘Sarah is a style
A man carrying an axe was arrested just yards from where Britain’s Queen Elizabeth was due to begin a walkabout. The 34-year-old man was apprehended by uniformed officers and royal protection officers just half an hour before the queen and her husband Prince Philip arrived in Huddersfield yesterday (24.05.07).The man was led away in handcuffs
The Tracker bike - which the princess rode when she was aged seven - will be displayed at Standsted’s The House on the Hill Toy Museum.Alan Goldsmith, owner of the Essex attraction, which claims to be the largest privately owned toy museum in Europe, purchased the bike for £1,350.The sale also included a handwritten letter
R&B star Brandy Norwood has been hit with another lawsuit connected to the December (06) car crash that cost her a job as a judge on U.S. TV show AMERICA’S GOT TALENT.Mallory Ham, one of the survivors of the fatal car crash the singer/actress stands accused of causing, has filed suit in Los Angeles, stating
LINKIN PARK are to headline Tokyo, Japan’s Live Earth concert, according to Internet reports.The rockers will reportedly join the ranks of Madonna, Crowded House, Robert Plant, Sarah Brightman and The Police as the headliners of the global awareness concerts on 7 July (07).Meanwhile, Joss Stone and UB40 have confirmed they’ll headline the Johannesburg concert in
Ozzy Osbourne can’t remember anything from his 2003 quad bike accident, which left him fighting for his life in a U.K. hospital.The rocker returned to British TV show Friday Night With Jonathan Ross last night (25May07) for the first time since the accident, which took place days after he last guested on the programme.He told
Country queen Faith Hill thrilled fans on Thursday night (24May07) when she turned up unannounced at a tiny Nashville, Tennessee club to duet with pal LORI McKENNA.Hill stunned locals at the 3rd & Lindsley club when she stood up from the table she was sharing with husband Tim McGraw and stepped up to join McKenna
Horror movie icon Christopher Lee has been cut out of another major movie director TIM BURTON has axed the actor’s role as a ghost in SWEENEY TODD.Lee raged when his character Saruman was cut from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - and now he’s been left out of anothher major
LATEST: U.S. TV lifestyle king Ty Pennington has pleaded no contest to charges of drunk driving.The TV handyman, who fronts hit reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, was arrested on 5 May (07) after Los Angeles police caught him driving while twice over the legal blood alcohol limit.The shamed star has already apologised for his
Former SEX & THE CITY star Sarah Jessica PARKER has lashed out at young Hollywood - because she finds their need for attention "vulgar." The proper actress isn’t naming names but she doesn’t like the fact that so many young celebrities are becoming famous - just for being famous.She rants, "I am very distressed by
Former LOST star Ian Somerhalder struggled to keep weight on while playing historical adventurer MARCO POLO in a new TV movie, thanks to a crippling Chinese summer heatwave.The actor, who was the first castmate to be killed off on the hit desert island TV drama, admits he struggled to play the 13th century explorer as
Sarah Jessica PARKER regrets getting married in black and still wishes she had been more traditional on her wedding day.The actress recently celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary with husband Matthew Broderick and admits she hates looking back at photos of her big day because she made the wrong outfit choice.The style icon reveals, "Our logic
Movie icon John Wayne is being remembered in the sleepy Iowa town he left when he was just four-years-old with a weekend-long celebration to mark what would have been his 100th birthday.The actor was born Marion Morrison in Winterset on 26 May, 1907, and the townsfolk have never forgotten their favourite son.Thousands of movie fans
Pop star Jessica Simpson has baffled fans with a wordy new Internet missive in which she rambles on about artist MICHAELANGELO.The singer/actress, who is best known for mistaking Chicken of The Sea tuna for chicken on her reality show Newlyweds, appears to have developed a love for culture during her recent trips to Italy and
Music mogul SIMON COWELL has urged Britney Spears to take some time out and go home to Louisiana - to save her career.The British svengali is convinced Britney will find a way of reviving her career after motherhood, marriage and rehab because she’s "still one of the most talked about pop stars on the planet."
Lily Allen was in floods of tears before her early morning performance in New York with BLONDIE yesterday (25May07) - after chatting with her boyfriend.The British pop star admits she always struggles with her emotions when she embarks on long periods away from home and her loved ones.In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, she
Kevin Costner has bought a goldmine in South Dakota after falling for a TV ad.The actor reveals he was flicking through the TV channels late one night when a commercial for a prospecting company caught his eye.He explains, "I’m like everybody else at three in the morning, going, `Get the pencil… I’ll just write that
Kevin Costner is urging U.S. lawmakers to come up with a series of strict new gun legislation - even if it limits his own shooting time.The Dances With Wolves star admits he loves to hunt and often heads out with his dogs and a shotgun passed down through generations of his family, but he’s the
AP - Attention, Brad Pitt: "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks has a crush on you. "He's just really cute," Sparks, 17, said Friday, hastening to note that she doesn't know the actor. Pitt is currently involved with an older woman, Angelina Jolie.
Fans of 50 Cent will have to wait over two months for the rapper’s new album, CURTIS, after record label bosses stalled the project’s release.The album was set to hit stores on 26 June (07), but, following poor reviews for the rapper’s new singles, industry bigwigs have reportedly decided to rework the marketing campaign surrounding
Enterprising R&B star NE-YO has announced he will open his own recording studio in a gated residential area of Atlanta, Georgia.The So Sick singer, who is tapped to write new tunes for Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Whitney Houston’s comeback albums, will launch his new venture, Carrington House, next week (30May07).The new studio will feature
Actress/singer SHAR JACKSON was forced to give one of her beloved dogs away after naming it BRITNEY.Jackson had no idea she’d become Britney Spears’ love-rival when she named the pooch after one of her favourite singers.She tells newspaper USA Today, "I had a bunch of dogs named after pop stars but I didn’t want to
THE SOPRANOS star Lorraine Bracco prolonged her clinical depression diagnosis because she feared the medication she’d be prescribed.The actress fell into a deep depression while fighting former husband Harvey Keitel over the custody of their daughter Stella, and spent years hoping the blues would pass.But, after realising her lows were affecting her family and hampering
Moviemaker Brett Ratner is throwing his support behind presidential hopeful HILLARY CLINTON by hosting a fundraiser for the Democrat at his Hollywood Hills home.Tickets for the party, which is aimed at young Hollywood, cost $250 (£125).Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)
Beloved U.S. agony aunt LAURA SCHLESSINGER’s son is under investigation after being linked to a controversial website featuring animated depictions of rape and child molestation.Pictures of the radio talk show host’s 21-year-old son Deryk, who is serving in Afghanistan, are featured on the site, which is credited to him.And now U.S. Army officials are looking
Socialite Paris Hilton is looking for a little spiritual help as she prepares for her 23-day jail stint.The hotel heiress has to report to Los Angeles’ Century Regional Detention Center by 5 June (07) to start serving her sentence for violating her probation following her 2006 drink-driving arrest.Hilton has been spotted buying a new copy
BRITNEY SPEARS’ one-time love rival is relieved the pop star and her ex, KEVIN FEDERLINE, are no longer a couple - because curious fans have stopped bugging her kids.Shar Jackson admits family life was hell while Spears and Federline were married because everyone wanted to know what she thought about stories surrounding the couple.She tells
300 star Gerard Butler will take on fellow Scot SEAN CONNERY’s role in the prequel to THE UNTOUCHABLES, but he won’t be starring alongside NICOLAS CAGE.Cage was slated to play gangster Al Capone in Brian De Palma’s film, but has pulled out due to scheduling conflicts.The 1987 original starred Connery, Kevin Costner and Andy Garcia,
BLONDIE made LILY ALLEN’s dreams come true this morning (25May07) when they invited the Brit to join them onstage for a free show in New York.After hearing the Smile singer was in the Big Apple for their performance on breakfast TV show Today, Blondie singer Deborah Harry asked her if she’d like to join the
Lily Allen was kicked out of school as a teenager when teachers caught her performing fellatio on her classmates.The bawdy Brit hasn’t been shy when it comes to talking about her troublesome schooldays, but in a new Rolling Stone interview she has revealed just how far she went.She tells the magazine, "I was doing things
AP - Paul Newman says he's given up acting.
AFP - Former US vice president Al Gore on Friday criticized the "trivialities and nonsense" of celebrity gossip in the media and called on people to focus instead on issues like Iraq and climate change.
AFP - The US actor Paul Newman said Friday he would make no more films since he was too old at 82, ending a glittering career that saw him star in classics such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."
AP - Rosie O'Donnell has fought her last fight at "The View." ABC said Friday she asked for, and received, an early exit from her contract at the daytime chatfest following her angry confrontation with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Wednesday. She was due to leave in mid-June.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ty Pennington host of ABC's ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,'' pleaded no contest Friday in a misdemeanor drunken driving case.


Richard Thompson changed the way his audience thinks of death, divorce, motorcycles and Britney Spears so it's hardly surprising he has written a song about the Iraq war that jars the senses.


Maroon 5, the world-renowned rock band, is touring the Earth with their latest album, It Wont Be Soon Before Long. This new album features single Makes Me Wonder, which has already joined "Harder to Breathe", "This Love" (Video), and "She Will Be Loved" (Video) as a big hit - Makes Me Wonder just took over number 1 on the Hot 100. Maroon 5 will kick off their tour with an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and then travel the world on this first leg. Concert schedule below:


Cheeky bosses at Australian beer company Bondi Blonde Brewery are using Paris Hilton upcoming prison term for a publicity stunt. The marketing chiefs behind the low-carbohydrate beer have posted ads in papers and trade magazines all over the U.S. asking the authorities to send the socialite to Australia instead of jail.


Gerard Butler will take on fellow Scot Sean Connery's role in the prequel to The Untouchables, but he won't be starring alongside Nicolas Cage Cage was slated to play gangster Al Capone in Brian De Palma's film, but has pulled out due to scheduling conflicts.


Socialite Paris Hilton is looking for a little spiritual help as she prepares for her 23-day jail stint. The hotel heiress has to report to Los Angeles' Century Regional Detention Center by June 5 to start serving her sentence for violating her probation following her 2006 drunk-driving arrest.


NEW YORK (AP) - Rosie O'Donnell has fought her last fight at 'The View.' ABC said Friday she won't be back on the show following her angry confrontation with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Wednesday.


Blondie made Lily Allen dreams come true this morning when they invited the Brit to join them on-stage for a free show in New York. After hearing the Smile singer was in the Big Apple for their performance on breakfast TV show Today, Blondie singer Debbie Harry asked her if she'd like to join the group she has always listed among her leading influences.


Lily Allen was kicked out of school as a teenager when teachers caught her performing fellatio on her classmates. The bawdy Brit hasn't been shy when it comes to talking about her troublesome schooldays, but in a new Rolling Stone interview she has revealed just how far she went.


Britney Spears one-time love rival Shar Jackson is relieved the pop star and her ex, Kevin Federline, are no longer a couple - because curious fans have stopped bugging her kids. Jackson admits family life was hell while Spears and Federline were married because everyone wanted to know what she thought about stories surrounding the couple.


Actress/singer Shar Jackson was forced to give one of her beloved dogs away - after naming it Britney. Jackson had no idea she'd become Britney Spears love-rival when she named the pooch after one of her favorite singers.


The Sopranos star Lorraine Bracco prolonged her clinical depression diagnosis because she feared the medication she'd be prescribed. The actress fell into a deep depression while fighting former husband Harvey Keitel over the custody of their daughter Stella, and spent years hoping the blues would pass.


Michael Jackson is reportedly getting $10 million to show up at a birthday party - and he doesn't have to sing. The King of Pop will earn the appearance money just for mingling with other guests at Prince Azim of Brunei's 25th birthday party in England this weekend. "Absolutely no expense is being spared for [the prince's] party," a source told the Daily Mirror. Michael Jackson is his all-time idol and he said he'd pay whatever it took to get him over."
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Wacky and Weird When did Cannes start having wet T-shirt contests? When Michelle Rodriguez hit the beach for a little trompe le'romp, that's when!Michelle emerged from the sea outside the Hotel Eden Roc in France, and quickly covered her wet body with a white shirt...
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Baby Watch He's 81-years old, but is Hugh Hefner ready to change someone else's diapers?After this picture made its way around the web, rumors were swirling that Hef knocked up his 27-year-old girlfriend, Holly Madison but Hef's reps tell TMZ that the baby...
Filed under: Train Wrecks If adult film star Jenna Jameson wants to know what she'll look like in 20 years, she need look no further than "Ocean's 13" star Ellen Barkin It's like looking in a (funhouse) mirror!...
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo TMZ has obtained a photo of Kevin Spacey on a recent outing at NYC hotspot The Plumm, and let's just say the actor was feeling a little like Diddy while hittin' the club.Spacey hit the Manhatttan club scene to celebrate his Broadway co-star Eve...
Filed under: TV, Rosie O'Donnell ABC has just announced that Rosie O'Donnell will not be back on "The View."Brian Frons, President of ABC Daytime, issued the following statement:"We had hoped that Rosie would be with us until the end of her contract three weeks from now, but Rosie...
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds, Rosie O'Donnell His Comboverness, Donald Trump, just couldn't resist taking one more swinging kick at Rosie O'Donnell on her way out the door of ABC, saying, "A great service was done by getting her off the airwaves ... she's a disaster." The billionaire blowhard...
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions Perhaps the General Lee has a mind of its own, like KITT from "Knight Rider." Perhaps the car doesn't want to leave John Schneider side. However you make your grits, it's the never-ending car auction!According to Schneider's rep, there was some...