AFP - Sri Lankan authorities said Sunday that the British-born sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke had been cleared of decade-old paedophile allegations before his death last week.
Reuters - Folksy French-Israeli singer Yael Naim found commercial success after her song "New Soul" played in Apple's MacBook Air laptop ads, pushing the song to No. 7 on U.S. music chart Billboard's Hot 100.
AFP - Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife is to marry her Moroccan-born lover at New York's glitzy Rainbow Room on Sunday, just over a month after the French president wed former model and singer Carla Bruni
Based upon Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov—creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series—


Jesse McCartney unveiled his new sound with the release of his single, "Leavin'" produced by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream. Now, get a first hand look at Jesse's musical growth in his new video!(below)


Perhaps best known stateside for her 2001 smash singles "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Love At First Sight," Kylie Minogue is an international pop icon who, over the course of an extraordinary 20-year-career, has released ten studio albums, scored 45 hit singles, received countless gold and platinum discs, earned three Grammy® nominations, and sold out six world tours.


Amy Winehouse incarcerated husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has been reportedly begging her to secretly fund his drug habit. Fielder-Civil, 25, is currently behind bars in London's Pentonville Prison but is still tying to smuggle heroin into the establishment, reports British newspaper The Sun.


Kid Rock has been sued for battery by three men accusing him of lashing out after they asked for his autograph, leaving them "seriously injured." Michael Medlin, Carlos Bonilla and Jose Perez filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday.


Madonna and Guy Ritchie's marriage is far from in trouble, according to the couple's friend Thandie Newton who insists they're "having a good time." The Crash star has defended the pop superstar and her moviemaker husband, describing the couple's relationship as "all good."


A man accused of stalking retired supermodel Tyra Banks has been released back onto the streets of New York - just 24 hours after he was arrested by police.Brady Green, 37, has allegedly been hounding Banks for months, sending her letters and leaving her phone messages since early January (08).The Dublin, Georgia, native then began
American comedian Mike Epps is fighting a paternity suit from a Georgia woman who claims the actor is the father of her four-month-old child.The married Next Friday star has been named in legal papers filed by an unnamed female in February (08), in which she requests Epps take a DNA test and acknowledge the child
MAD MAX director George Miller has blasted film bosses in his native Australia for failing to give the producers of his new superheroes movie JUSTICE LEAGUE the cash incentives they needed to film Down Under.The explosive blockbuster was set to start shooting in Australia in June (08) - after delays caused by the Hollywood writers
LATEST: Welsh actor RHYS IFANS’ mother has confirmed reports the star is engaged to marry girlfriend Sienna Miller The couple is alleged to be planning a summer wedding after the Factory Girl beauty accepted Ifans’ third proposal earlier this month (Mar08). The Notting Hill star first asked for Miller’s hand in marriage in August (07) by
Movie veteran Ernest Borgnine was forced to change the name of his upcoming biography after publishers balked at his crude title.The Oscar-winning Marty star suggested a title that he picked up from a New York nut vendor at the beginning of career - and adopted as his lifelong motto.But publishers feared he’d offend too many
Actress Anne Hathaway turned down the lead role in romantic comedy KNOCKED UP because she deemed the movie "too radical", according to the film’s star KATHERINE HEIGL. The Grey’s Anatomy beauty landed the role of Alison Scott opposite Seth Rogen after Hathaway, who was the original choice of director Judd Apatow, refused to take the
SIR Paul McCartney is holding a bedside vigil for his old pal NEIL ASPINALL, the man widely acknowledged as the ‘Fifth Beatle’.McCartney flew to New York this weekend (begs21Mar08) after learning that Aspinall’s condition had worsened. Aspinall is alleged to be suffering from lung cancer and is currently receiving treatment at Manhattan’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Mel Gibson has laughed off reports BRITNEY SPEARS is to sing at his Los Angeles church.The troubled pop superstar - who was recently spotted dining out with Gibson, her former Malibu, California neighbour - was alleged to be performing a special "gospel-style number" for the actor/director at The Holy Family Catholic Church.The British tabloid reports
BRITNEY SPEARS’ brother BRYAN is heading to court in a bid to seize control of the singer’s businesses.Bryan Spears, 30, and attorney Ivan Taback were named co-trustees of Britney’s trust fund after the Toxic star suffered a mental meltdown earlier this year (08).They want to ensure all Britney’s businesses fall into their ownership as part
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson is fighting to keep details of his financial affairs private in his court battle with ex-bandmate STEPHEN BIER.Bier sued Manson - real name Brian Warner - for breach of contract last August (07), claiming the singer poured the group’s money into financing his drug habit, his wedding to burlesque model Dita
Charlize Theron has a stern message for journalists who interview her at press junkets - ‘Do your homework!’ The Oscar winner admits she’s often left offended by reporters make when they chat to her about films in press conference-style promotional interviews.And the stunning star is tired of questions about her plainer characters in films
Kid Rock has been sued for battery by three men accusing him of lashing out after they asked for his autograph, leaving them "seriously injured".Michael Medlin, Carlos Bonilla and Jose Perez filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (21Mar08). They are demanding $15 million (£7.5 million) in damages after Rock - real name
We want our MTV.  And it looks like the television gods are delivering it to us this week.  Everything is about the channel, the music, and the stars. LAUGH: Catch Britney Spears TV acting debut on "How I Met Your Mother" on Monday.  It's only a bit spot, but it might mean Brit Brit's actually ready to get back into the spotlight. WATCH: Keep that remote handy to switch over to the return of "The Hills" Monday night.  Season 3 never ended, it just went to Paris to have a fling with a Frenchman…oh wait, that was Lauren. LISTEN: Check out the "Making the Band" stars when the boys' first album, the self-titled "Day...

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Wow! Good for her! In the carnage of all the recent "it" girl sex tapes, this is very refreshing! Get it? Refreshing? Because she's in water?    GabbyBabble gives us the scoop:   Jamie Lee Curtis is hot at 50 and isn't afraid to show it. Jamie Lee posed topless in the water for the cover of the May/June issue of AARP. She said:   "I want to be older. I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. I feel way better now than I did when I was 20. I'm stronger, I'm smarter in every way, I'm so much less crazy than I was then."   Jamie Lee is married to Christopher Guest and is the mother of two...

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Happy Birthday to "Into The West" actress Keri Russell (1976), New Jersey Nets basketball star Jason Kidd (1973), "21 Jump Street" star Richard Grieco (1965), film actress Hope Davis (1964), "Pulp Fiction" actress Amanda Plummer (1957), soul singer Chaka Khan (1953), The Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek (1949), folk singer David Olney (1948),


AP - Dolly Parton knows a good investment when she sees one, and these days she sees one in the mirror.
Ryan Phillippe has given his ex-wife Reese Witherspoon and her boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal his blessing. Phillippe and Witherspoon, who have two children together, ended their eight-year marriage with a divorce last year.


Jamie Lee Curtis has posed topless on the cover of a magazine in a bid to persuade older women they can remain beautiful if they take care of themselves.


Actress Leslie Mann and her husband Judd Apatow sleep in separate rooms because the filmmaker snores too loudly. The Knocked Up couple - Mann starred in the hit movie, which was directed by Apatow - have been married for years and have two children together.


Rapper LL Cool J is developing a new TV series with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation creator Anthony Zuiker. The hip-hop hitmaker will star in and produce the new show, which is tentatively titled "The Man."