AP - German director Tom Tykwer action thriller "The International" will kick off the annual Berlin film festival with its world premiere in February.
AP - Madonna's awakening to the crisis in Malawi — an impoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned by AIDS — had many consequences.
Paul McCartney has defended former bandmate Ringo Starr's recent outburst against eager fans, insisting the Beatles drummer should be praised for his honesty.


Kiss rocker Gene Simmons is relaunching his music label Simmons Records. The star has teamed up with Universal Music Canada for the venture, and aims to sign three new Canadian acts each year.


Beyonce's younger sister Solange Knowles had to fight to get her songs heard by top music producers - because no one wanted to be known for helping out the sibling of a superstar.


Since his first film appearance, Sean Penn has changed Hollywood with the diversity of his characters. From a Death Row inmate to a jazz musician to a mentally disabled father


Actor Mickey Rourke is still suffering from the pain of his divorce from ex-wife Carre Otis - 10 years after they split.


Actress Demi Moore has learned to ease off her punishing gym sessions - because she "killed herself" by working out so much early on in her career.


Keanu Reeves says turning 40 was like being "in a club with a secret handshake." The 44-year-old actor - who can next be seen in sci-fi movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" alongside Jennifer Connelly - felt more included in his group of friends when he reached the landmark birthday.

He said: "It's funny - when you get to 40 it's like being in a club with a secret handshake! I remember my doctor telling me to enjoy my forties because I will still have my physical capabilities but also my life experiences."
Chris Martin says the only thing he can't get in America is "laid." The Coldplay frontman, who is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow, enjoys touring around the U.S. but misses his wife and English chocolate bars when he is away from home.

When asked if there is anything he can get in Britain but not in America, Chris smiled and replied: "Laid. Oh and maybe a Toffee Crisp."
Leona Lewis has been spotted hugging "Transformers" actor Tyrese Gibson.

The British singer, who has a long-term boyfriend, was seen deep in conversation with Tyrese on the balcony of her California hotel. She then gave him a friendly embrace before heading to the airport to return home.
Filed under: John Mayer The old John Mayer is finally back -- and screwing with people! Just watch it, it's pretty funny.See Also TMZ -- Mayer's Stepping Stone to Prime Time...

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Instead of having Thanksgiving dinner with his wife and four children, Balthazar Getty got reacquainted with his ex-girlfriend Sienna Miller in London last night.The couple that smokes together, stays together.See Also Bathazar's Breakup: The...

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The woman who played the hot orgy girl in "Meet the Spartans" has been arrested and jailed for allegedly beating up her boyfriend, and she could win the vulgar award of the year Paige Peterson a Maxim model who played quarterback in the Lingerie...

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Amber Alert! With his best orange self-tanner and favorite frosted Barbara Walters weave in place, Barry Manilow hit the "Today" stage on Friday.FYI -- Manilow's music was used as a form of punishment in Colorado, where a judge forced noise violators...

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Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies, Nurse!, Shia LaBeouf It's been four months since he flipped his truck in that car accident, but Shia LaBeouf hand has not completely healed.The 22-year-old was spotted in Pasadena on Wednesday, with two of his fingers wrapped in a splint.See Also No One Wants...

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Filed under: Paris Hilton Benji Madden didn't mind the camera attention outside his DCMA store on Melrose the other day, at first. Then we asked about the one topic that made him shut down faster than Lehman Brothers.See Also Paris & Benji: Strangers in the Night...

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If Mike Tyson is coming to visit you for the holidays, make sure you leave the door unlocked. The out-of-control boxer was waiting to enter a gated community in Las Vegas Thanksgiving morning when he became frustrated with how slow the gate was...

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Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty are back together.

'The Edge of Love' actress - who said at an event earlier this month she was "single at the moment" - was spotted walking her dogs and laughing with the 'Brothers and Sisters' star in London's Maida Vale district yesterday (11/27/08).
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are set to receive $2 million for pictures of their newborn baby.

The married couple - who welcomed their first child together, Bronx Mowgli Wentz, into the world last week - could receive the staggering amount for the first exclusive shots of their son.
Tom Cruise is to merge his family with Victoria and David Beckham's in a special ceremony.

The "Valkyrie" actor will hold the bizarre service - during which the families vow to be brothers and sisters and exchange heartfelt speeches - at his wife Katie Holmes' New York town house.
Amy Winehouse has met with lawyers to discuss a separation from husband Blake Fielder-Civil. Amy, who is in hospital, asked her father Mitch to organize the meeting Thursday after arguing on the phone with Blake - who was recently released from prison.

A source said: "She is finally realizing that Blake is bad for her. Amy is now taking the first steps in becoming a single woman again."
Diddy spent $770,000 making an audition tape for the next James Bond movie. The music mogul - who previously admitted he would like to be the first Black 007 - flew from New York to the South of France to shoot the footage, which shows him wearing a tuxedo as he is joined in a helicopter by two scantily-clad women.

In the video, which he posted on video sharing website YouTube, Diddy says: "I would like to also announce that this is my audition tape for the next James Bond. I feel like I am best suited to be the next James Bond."
Brad Pitt loves living in New Orleans because it is the only place his "family can have a sense of privacy." The 44-year-old actor - who raises six children with partner Angelina Jolie - can escape the intense interest in his personal life when he goes home to the U.S. city.

He said: "Living in New Orleans means we can all escape to a sense of normalcy, if there's such a thing."
Nicole Kidman refuses to sing in front of her musician husband. The 41-year-old actress - who is currently filming musical movie "Nine" - is far too embarrassed to show off her voice in front of country music star Keith Urban as she is afraid he would mock her.

She said: "I will never, never sing in front of him. I wouldn't even play him the track of me singing. Sometimes I might hum in front of him but that's it. Keith is pretty tough with that kind of stuff. He's highly musical."
Sir Paul McCartney is inspired by magpies. The former Beatles star, who has penned several songs about birds, spends hours watching his black and white feathered friends when they flock to his garden.

He said: "The only thing I'm superstitious about is magpies. I see a lot of them and when you do, you spit or salute and I happen to spit."
Reese Witherspoon is an "incredible trampolinist." The "Four Christmases" star has revealed the secret talent which she has spent hours developing since she was a child.

She said: "I'm an incredible trampolinist. I had one in my back garden when I was a kid and I used to be on it for like three hours a day."
A man who rushed up to Britain's Queen Elizabeth car and started swearing as she left Oxfordshire has been arrested.

The monarch was leaving Banbury's Leonard Cheshire Care Home, where she had completed a royal visit, when the man in his 30s ran up to her vehicle and started gesturing and cursing.
Britain's Princess Anne has visited a racing school exactly 25 years after her brother, Prince Charles opened it.

The 58-year-old royal paid a visit to Suffolk's British Racing School on Tuesday where she met representatives from Forest Heath Council, East Cambridgeshire Council and school staff.
Sources have reported that pop singer Britney Spears has been doing more than just dieting and exercise to shed those pounds and get that toned figure back. The source revealed that "Spears has been abusing laxatives and vomiting after meal."
Recently Lara Dutta and Dino Morea were invited by America's premier professional men's basketball league National Basketball Association (NBA), for a NBA match between Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings. The match took place at Staples Centre on 23rd November in Los Angeles California.
Isla Fisher looks amazing for any age, and together with Sacha Baron Cohen, they're quite the Hollywood couple. Just look at her, she's beautiful dressed completely down in sweats...
Dubai: Paris Hilton could be the latest in a constellation of stars to light up Dubai's property sector, in a possible $2 million (Dh7.3 million) deal with Abu Dhabi-based developer, Hydra Properties.
Carson Daly is 35 and his girlfriend Siri Pinter are expecting their first child together, yes, shockingly out of wedlock! But it seems like all the celebrities these days have their famous love babies first, and get hitched later.
Kristen Stewart should be thankful for a lot of things. Her new movie Twilight topped the box-office and her career is on the way to the top, but it looks like even if the cult hit is pretty wholesome her extra-curriculars might not be. These pictures show Kristen doing her own way of "Thanksgiving."
WEBISODE 11/28/08   This the is biggest shopping day of the year and "The Insider"'s Lara Spencer is trying on three different dresses to wear on the show. Each dress represents one of the most important style trends of the season. So before you hit the mall, check out the hot looks Lara is considering for some real inside style cues! The three dresses stylist Anya Sarre has ready for Lara to try on include: two red dresses, the must have color for the holiday season, and a plaid school girl chic dress -- another hot trend this year! But Lara is pushing to wear the red, ruffled, collared, raw, silk Carmen Marc Valvo -- a celebrity red carpet favorite! Will Lara get to wear her dress choice? The battle of the three dresses starts right now! Then, log back on to The Insider.com later today so Anya can show you how to re-create Lara's look for Less!

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E! Online - Madrod has finally made its public debut.
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Happy Birthday to rapper Chamillionaire (1979), busty model and gold digger Anna Nicole Smith (1967; d. 2007), Daily Show host Jon Stewart (1962), Breakfast Club member Judd Nelson (1959), A History of Violence actor Ed Harris (1950),


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Australian actor Hugh Jackman is glad people assumed he was gay in his youth because it gave him the chance to act like a "vulture" and pick up single girls.The X-Men hunk was plagued by rumours he was a homosexual after starring as gay performer Peter Allen in a Broadway production of The Boy from
Catwalk beauty Tyra Banks is refusing to lend her name to her own range of products, because there are too many celebrities trying to win a piece of the lifestyle market.The supermodel-turned-talkshow host admits she is always being approached to launch her brand name.But she has no plans to follow the likes of Jennifer Lopez,
Stephen Baldwin has shown his loyalty to teen star MILEY CYRUS - after telling reporters the HANNAH MONTANA’s Disney rival SELENA GOMEZ isn’t "cool" enough for him to have her initials tattooed on his arm.The gaffe-prone actor met Cyrus at a function in Washington D.C last year (08) where Cyrus dared Baldwin to have the
British actor Ray Winstone will star alongside his TV star daughter JAIME in a traditional London Christmas pantomime - which will mock troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE.The Sexy Beast star has signed up to appear in the annual Portobello Panto production of Snow White and the Seven Drunks.The Christmas musical show mocks the entertainment industry’s most
France’s first lady, model-turned-pop star Carla Bruni will use her celebrity profile to rally support in the fight against the deadly AIDS virus.The wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy will act as a goodwill ambassador for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, as well as other dangerous illnesses including tuberculosis and malaria.Bruni, who dated rock
BRITNEY SPEARS made her first live stage appearance since her disastrous performance at the MTV VMAs last year (07) - and used the opportunity to emulate her pop mentor MADONNA.The Toxic hitmaker attended Germany’s annual Bambi awards where she received the gong for Best International Pop Star - an annual television and media prize hosted
SEX AND THE CITY star Kim Cattrall is desperate to start production on the upcoming sequel to this year’s (08) hit movie - because she can’t wait to meet the young hunks her character SAMANTHA JONES will be bedding.The 52-year-old actress let slip that a follow up to May’s (08) big screen adaptation of the
WEBISODE 11/27/08 On the Thanksgiving edition of "The Insider"'s Lara Spencer wore one of the season's hottest looks, in one of the seaon's hottest colors! Yes, navy is the new black and Lara wore a dark navy, elegantly simple, DVF sheath dress. How hot are sheath dresses? Michelle Obama loves the look. Now, Insider style star Anya Sarre has found an incredibly budget friendly version of Lara's Look for...get this $22! That's what we call a real style steal! Click now for the latest edition of Lara's Look for Less, and by tomorrow you could be rocking this great dress!!

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AFP - Famed physicist Stephen Hawking has been appointed to the position of distinguished research chair at Canada's leading scientific brain trust, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics announced Thursday.
AFP - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is joining the worldwide fight against AIDS as a goodwill ambassador for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, officials said Thursday.
Prison Break star Amaury Nolasco is worried thieves might hack into his laptop computer and find sexy pictures of his actress girlfriend Jennifer Morrison The actor was the victim of burglars,


Mariah Carey is still reeling from husband Nick Cannon's candid about the couple's no-sex-before-marriage pact. The singer, who wed Cannon in April, feels her man went too far when he told the world


George Clooney was 'furious' he missed out on People magazine's coveted Sexiest Man Alive title, and called this year's choice, Hugh Jackman in a faux rage. Jackman was handed the honor by last week,


Kate Winslet was so stunned when she landed her big break in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, she had to be escorted from the delicatessen she was working in - in hysterics.


Kanye West has hit back at critics who accuse him of using technology in his music to hide his vocal inadequacies - insisting the Auto-Tune device he uses is helping him become a better singer.


Whitney Houston stepmother is lining up a court battle with the pop superstar over money she claims she's owed from her late husband's will.


Actresses Kim Cattrall ttand Sharon Stone are poised to return to the U.S. police force for a new Police Academy film. Sex And The City star Cattrall appeared alongside Steve Guttenberg in the original 1984 comedy,


Orlando Bloom model girlfriend Miranda Kerr is dreaming of marriage and kids with the Pirates of the Caribbean hunk. The Aussie Victoria's Secret beauty refuses to talk about her romance with the British heartthrob,


Reese Witherspoon was devastated when she won an Academy Award in 2006 for her role in Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, because it forced her to confront her fear of public speaking.


Catherine Hardwicke is in talks to follow-up her record-breaking Twilight movie by directing the sequel New Moon. The filmmaker scored the biggest debut ever for a female director when the vampire love story


Supermodel-turned-talkshow host Tyra Banks has sacrificed her annual holiday abroad - so she can save cash in light of the global economic downturn.The business-savvy beauty, 34, admits she has reconsidered her vacation plans this winter (08) so she can keep up her tradition of paying her staff Christmas bonuses and giving restaurant waiters generous tips.She
Hollywood actors George Clooney and KEVIN SPACEY were among the guests at a star-studded dinner party last weekend (22-23Nov08) hosted by New Mexico Governor BILL RICHARDSON - to thank them for filming in the state.The politician invited a number of celebrities, including actors Paul Sorvino and Ali MacGraw, to enjoy a specially-prepared meal on his
Hollywood hardman Bruce Willis has finally been refunded for an investment deal gone sour - after taking legal action against a Malaysian technology firm to demand the money back.The Die Hard star had $1.1 million (£733,330) returned to him from Malaysia’s Petra Group earlier this year (08) after he decided to pull out the $2
Actress Demi Moore is convinced her youthful looks count against her in movie auditions - because film bosses find it difficult to picture her as an older woman for more mature roles.The Indecent Proposal star, who married toyboy lover Ashton Kutcher in 2005, looks years younger than her age of 46 - thanks to a
BRITNEY SPEARS’ mother LYNNE has downplayed the star’s much publicised breakdown - comparing the TOXIC hitmaker’s troubles to a teenager starting college.The singer went into meltdown after losing custody of her two sons Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two, last year (07) - and was hospitalised for a mental evaluation in January (08).But mum
LYNNE SPEARS is bewildered with the amount of interest in her daughters BRITNEY and JAMIE-LYNN - because they are just normal, homely girls.The Toxic hitmaker has enjoyed an enormously successful singing career, and her younger sister rose to fame starring in teen show Zoey 101.Both girls have become mothers, with Britney having two boys -
AMERICAN GANGSTER star Ruby Dee has been honoured with the 2008 Lifetime Achievement prize at the Multicultural Motion Picture Association’s Diversity Awards.The Academy Award nominee was presented with the accolade on Sunday (23Nov08) at the Universal Studios Hollywood.Rapper/actor Ludacris, real name Christopher Bridges, was named Creative Maverick, while screenwriter Diane English walked away with the
ER actress Parminder Nagra is pregnant with her first child with photographer boyfriend JAMES STENSON, according to U.S. tabloid reports.The 33-year-old Brit is currently shooting the last ever season of the hit drama, in which she plays Dr. Neela Rasgotra.And sources claim her alleged pregnancy won’t be written into the storyline.Instead, as her tummy grows,
Mickey Rourke is thankful for his starring role in new film THE WRESTLER because he feared he would never get the chance to act again.The Angel Heart star has been tipped to win an Oscar for his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s latest film.But Rourke is just happy to be back on the big screen, having
AUSTRALIA star DAVID GULPILIL leads such a remote life in the Australian outback, he has only just discovered Jimi Hendrix who he befriended 38 years ago, has died.The 55-year-old Aborigine has starred in a string of hit Aussie movies since finding fame in 1970 epic Walkabout.But he still lives deep in the bush, cut off
DAVID BECKHAM came to the aid of a beleaguered paparazzo in New York on Wednesday night (26Nov08) - as a swarm of snappers clamoured to capture the soccer hunk with wife Victoria Beckham and pals TOM CRUISE and KATIE HOLMES.The Beckhams are in the Big Apple staying with the Cruise clan over Thanksgiving (27Nov08), and
BRITNEY SPEARS’ mother LYNNE is convinced her daughter will soon return to her superstar status - because she is "in her element" when she is performing.The Gimme More hitmaker enjoyed huge success in her teenage years before experiencing a meltdown after losing custody of her two sons Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two, last