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Betty Boop On Broadway
7 November 2008 10:59 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
A new musical based on cartoon character Betty Boop is heading for the New York stage.
Theatre bosses have hired a creative team to write the story and accompanying music, and hope to take Betty to Broadway as early as 2010.
David Foster, the man behind the music, has previously worked with Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble and Josh Groban.
Bettty Boop - touted for a Broadway outing since 2003 - shot to fame as a 1930s cartoon character, featuring in countless animated movies.
Video Premiere: Enrique Iglesias' 'Away'
6 November 2008 12:44 AM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
A music video aimed to promote Enrique Iglesias' new single entitled "Away" has been debuted. The music video is directed by Anthony Mandler, the same guy who helped making Rihanna's "Rehab" music video.
"Away" is the lead single coming off Iglesias' first English "Greatest Hits" album. The song features Atlanta-born singer Sean Garrett and was written by Iglesias himself collaborating with Garrett and Fernando Garibay.
"Greatest Hits" will be available for purchase in the U.S. on November 11 via Interscope Records. On the forthcoming compilation LP, he will team up with Ciara on "Takin' Back My Love", Whitney Houston on "Can I Have This Kiss Forever", Kelis on "Not in Love", and Lil Wayne on a bonus track "Push".
Enrique Iglesias' "Away" music video:
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'The Cleaner' Gets Another Season
29 October 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news
Fans of A&E’s The Cleaner will be glad to know that the series has been picked up for another season. The show, which debuted in July and recently concluded earlier this month, will return to production soon to film 13 fresh episodes, which will serve as its second season airing in early 2009. The Cleaner stars Benjamin Bratt as William Banks, a recovering drug addict who makes a deal with God to turn his back on his drug dependencies following the birth of his daughter.
The Cleaner is loosely based on the life of Warren Boyd, an addiction counselor who has helped celebrities such as Mel Gibson, Courtney Love and Whitney Houston. The show is A&E’s first original drama in several years and has successfully garnered 4.2 million viewers per week. This figure also includes an average of 2.2 million viewers in the key demographic of 18-49-year-olds.
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Gest donates £3,000 to Titanic survivor
21 October 2008 3:18 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
David Gest has donated £3,000 to Millvina Dean, the final remaining survivor of the Titanic. The I'm A Celebrity... contestant gave the cheque after hearing that Dean was being forced to sell memorabilia from the famous ship to pay for her nursing home fees. According to the Southern Daily Echo, Gest is planning to get his celebrity friends Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Steven Seagal to also give cash to the 96-year-old. He visited Dean's home in Hampshire with ex-Busted singer Matt Willis yesterday. (more)
By Alex Fletcher
Dee Dee Rip
20 October 2008 7:41 AM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news
Nope, not Dee Dee Ramone, a man we all know passed away back in 2002. I'm talking about Dee Dee Warwick, dead at 63, an incredible soul singer who was always overshadowed by the success of her older sister, Dionne (and later by her cousin, Whitney Houston). As with so many of the less popular R&B artists of her time, we don't know a whole lot of intimate details about Dee Dee's life—but I stumbled across a 45 of hers, an incredible Mercury single titled "Foolish Fool," years ago, and it became a staple of my DJ sets for a long time. The funny thing is, "Foolish Fool" isn't a particularly danceable song, although its loping, teardrop-paced backbeat had a languid funkiness to it that was a perfect palate-cleanser between the more stomping cuts I used to spin. A couple years back I...
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Inside Ali Larter's Engagement Party
19 October 2008 9:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Ali Larter and her fiancé celebrated their engagement in style Saturday night with a party at L.A.'s Sunset Tower Hotel. The Heroes star and actor Hayes MacArthur were joined by about 100 friends, who sipped drinks from a private bar and sat on comfortable leather couches inside the hotel or mingled by the pool and terrace area with its stunning views of the city. In a toast to his "wife-to-be," MacArthur recalled how the couple wore loin cloths on the set of the 2007 comedy Homo Erectus in Austin, Texas. "In that moment I knew how much you meant to me,
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Jennifer Garcia
Six Degrees: Leon Jackson to Danny DeVito
11 October 2008 10:00 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
What connects veteran Hollywood funnyman Danny DeVito and X Factor's 2007 victor Leon Jackson? Other than the fact they are both quite small, not very much you'd think. However, the reality is that the pair are more closely linked than you could possibly have imagined. With the help of an American diva, a supermodel and the Governor of California, Digital Spy has attached the pairing through five simple steps. Leon Jackson to...Whitney Houston - Leon has a long way to go before he can rack up the sort of sales reached by multi-platinum diva Whitney Houston, but he got off to a good start with his debut single 'When You Believe', which took the Xmas No.1 slot in 2007. Who sang the gooey ballad originally? Mariah Carey and Whitney of course! Whitney Houston to... Kevin Costner - Whitney's record-breaking music career and troubled private life (more)
By Alex Fletcher
Perry Gets Star Turnout For Studio Opening
6 October 2008 9:16 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Will Smith, Sidney Poitier, Forest Whitaker and Whitney Houston gave the opening of movie mogul Tyler Perry's new film studios in Atlanta, Georgia some star power on Saturday, when they joined him to unveil the new complex.
The Tyler Perry Studios is a multi-million dollar film and TV venture which features sound stages named after stars such as Quincy Jones, American Gangster actress Ruby Dee, and Poitier.
Guests at the opening also included Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith and chatshow queen Oprah Winfrey, with a performance by Mary J. Blige.
Perry had previously contemplated moving from Atlanta after locals complained about the noise and traffic at his old studio near the city's downtown area.
But he ultimately decided that he could never leave his "home", and he insists he bears no ill will towards his old neighbours.
He says, "Even though it was a studio there for 15 years, there was a lot of resistance in everything I was doing. I was thinking about leaving at one point, but this is home for me.
"I knew spiritually I was in the wrong place. You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher. They forced me out into a higher situation. It's worked out much better for me."
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds Is a New Dad!
26 September 2008 1:15 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
A baby for "Babyface": Grammy-winning R&B singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his girlfriend Nicole Pantenburg have welcomed their first child together, the couple confirm to People exclusively. Daughter Peyton Nicole Edmonds was born in Los Angeles at 6:55 p.m. on Sept. 9, weighing 5 lbs., 7 oz. "Nicole and I couldn't be happier to have a new baby girl in the family," Edmonds tells People. "And my two sons are thrilled to have a little sister."The singer-songwriter-producer is also the dad to Brandon, 12, and Dylan, 7, with ex-wife Tracey Edmonds. Besides his own hit songs, which include "Whip Appeal" and
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Ne-Yo Has 'Gotta Stop Judging Books by Their Cover'
16 September 2008 5:45 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Call it a lesson learned for singer-songwriter Ne-Yo. "I really gotta stop judging books by their cover," the R&B star, who recently logged studio time with Michael Bolton, tells People. "I was expecting him to be really up tight. But he wasn't! He was so relaxed, cool and down to earth." Ne-Yo, whose album Year of the Gentleman hits stores Tuesday, is getting his character flaw in check – he even issued an apology to pop star Lindsay Lohan in August for doubting her musical abilities.While Ne-Yo and Bolton spent several hours at a Los Angeles studio, the duo recorded "Call My Name.
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Tiffany McGee
Opening This Week: A 9/11 noir, a Flaming Lips film and a Coens comedy
8 September 2008 7:07 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news
By Neil Pedley
Some might be quick to dismiss this week as part of the post-summer lull, but others might see it as a week of films that have been years in the making . it's been 13 since the now re-paired Robert De Niro and Al Pacino were last on screen together, while Diane English's remake of "The Women" took 12 to make it to the big screen, and the Flaming Lips' "Christmas on Mars" spent a mere seven years in the offing. As for fans of the Coen brothers, it only seems like forever since "No Country for Old Men."
Another week, another 9/11 conspiracy film, this one actually getting released on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy. Loosely inspired by "The Maltese Falcon," this Dv noir offers something of a date movie for far-left conspiracy theorists who take issue with perceived abuse of power on the part of our government.
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Neil Pedley
Lion YouTube Video Will Be A Movie
5 September 2008 12:21 PM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
Every now and then there's a YouTube clip that can get away with using a Whitney Houston song and still charm every single person who sees it, regardless of how cynical and hateful they may be. For months now that clip has been of Christian the lion, the animal raised as a cub by two men in London and eventually sent to live in the wild when he got too big. The men went to visit Christian a year later, and even though they were told the lion wouldn't remember them... well, why don't you just watch the clip for yourself . I'll wait. Now the story of Christian the hugging lion is going to be a movie, with Sony acquiring "life rights" to the lion's owners, John Rendall and Anthony "Ace" Bourke. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Sony also has the rights to the 1972 book that Rendall and Bourke wrote,
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PETA Picks Top Meat-free Celebrity Rehabs
2 September 2008 7:01 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Rehab clinics where the likes of Whitney Houston, Mel Gibson and Geri Halliwell have cleaned up their acts can now add a new claim to fame to their walls - after landing on a new vegetarian and vegan hit list.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activists have charted the five most veggie-friendly rehab centres in America - and the animal rights group bosses will be handing out certificates to match their findings.
The Caron Foundation in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, where Liza Minnelli and Steven Tyler have both sought treatment, tops the list for its spinach-mushroom pie, tofu tetrazzini, vegetarian paella, Caesar salad with portobello mushrooms, and black-bean patties with pineapple chutney, ratatouille, and tofu.
Cottonwood de Tucson in Arizona comes in second thanks to menu items like baked rigatoni with spinach, wasabi mashed potatoes with snap peas, vegetable pizza, vegetable fried rice with spring rolls, portobello mushrooms stuffed with polenta, and vegetable tostadas. Former residents have included Ron Wood and Halliwell.
Malibu, California's Passages, the Hazelden clinic in Minnesota and The Meadows in Wickenburg, Arizona also make the list.
50 Fascinating Madonna Facts
15 August 2008 9:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Happy birthday Madonna! The Material Girl has hit the big 5-0 and we thought we'd celebrate by searching through cyberspace, books and articles to find 50 fascinating facts you may or may not know about Mrs. Ritchie.
From her personal statistics, Italian roots and early successes to her all-conquering pop landmarks and the crazy things that have been named after her, feast your eyes on this treasure of trivia:
- Madonna once drummed for New York pop group the Breakfast Club. A later member of the band was American Idol judge Randy Jackson. Ex-boyfriends Dan Gilroy and Stephen Bray were also members of the Breakfast Club.
- Madonna beat out acting greats Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Debbie Reynolds and Barbra Streisand to grab a Best Actress Golden Globe Award in 1997 for her role in Evita.
- Madonna has acted in 22 films.
- The Recording Industry Association of America has named Madonna the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century. She's also the second top-selling female artist in the United States with 63 million certified albums.
- The Guinness World Records list Madonna as the world's most successful female recording artist of all time; she has sold over 200 million records worldwide.
- Madonna is one of six children born to Silvio Ciccone and Madonna Louise Ciccone (nee Fortin). She was named after her mother.
- She also has a stepbrother and stepsister from her father's second marriage to his former housekeeper Joan Gustafson.
- Born in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna's roots stretch back to Pacentro in Italy, where her grandparents came from. In 1988, town officials in Pacentro began to construct a 13-foot (4 meter) statue of Madonna.
- Madonna was a member of the cheerleading team at Rochester Adams High School.
- Madonna worked in a New York City Dunkin' Donuts while she was struggling to make it as a dancer in the Big Apple. She was reportedly fired after squirting jam in a customer's face.
- Madonna's first single, Everybody, was released on 24 April, 1982.
- Madonna's hit album Like A Virgin is among the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time, according to the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted the pop star earlier this year.
- As well as starring alongside Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise, Madonna also joined her then-husband onstage in her theatrical debut Goose + Tom Tom in 1986.
- Madonna and Sean Penn separated on New Year's Eve (31Dec) 1988.
- Madonna's Confessions Tour is the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist.
- Madonna is the most successful female in her adopted U.K.'s pop charts and has more number one singles than any other female solo artist.
- Madonna has a new species of tardigrade named after her. The anthropod-type animals, also known as water bears, are often found living on mosses. They can survive in extreme conditions that would kill most other living species.
- Madonna's father, Tony Ciccone, recently decided to advance his winery business by releasing Madonna Wine, which is available in five varieties: Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, Gewurztraminer, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay. Prices range from $25 (GBP12.50) to $40 (GBP20) per bottle.
- Celebrity Cellars also produced a line of collectible wine, called Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor.
- Madonna made her London West End stage debut in 2002 in Up for Grabs.
- Madonna's first children's book, The English Roses, was published in 2003 and she has since published a total of 10 books.
- Madonna was among the inaugural UK Music Hall of Fame inductees in 2004.
- Madonna has released a total of 68 official singles to date, according to the singer's own website.
- Madonna was among People Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People of 1991' and '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'.
- In March 2007, Madonna created a clothing line for the retailer H+M.
- Madonna is good friends with Sting and his actress wife Trudie Styler, who introduced her to director Guy Ritchie. The couple fell in love and are now husband and wife.
- Sting is godfather to Madonna and Guy Ritchie's son Rocco.
- Madonna is the only artist who performed at the benefit concerts Live Aid (1985), Live 8 (2005), and Live Earth (2007).
- Madonna suffers from brontophobia - a fear of thunder.
- Madonna was considered for the role of Catwoman/Selina Kyle in the 1992 film Batman Returns. She turned the part down and the role went to Michelle Pfeiffer. She also fought for the role of Ginger in Casino, but lost out to Sharon Stone.
- Madonna turned down leading roles in Showgirls and The Fabulous Baker Boys.
- Madonna is 5 feet, 44 inches (1.64 metres) tall. Her measurements are 34C-23-33.
- Madonna does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was selected for the honour in 1990 but she showed no interest and the invitation has now expired. Walk of Fame spokeswoman Ana Martinez-Holler states that, in order to receive a star, Madonna would have to be "resubmitted for a nomination," adding, "since she is not interested, I highly doubt that she will give a nominator the permission to do so."
- Madonna was paid $5 million (GBP2.5 million) by Pepsi to film a commercial that never even aired. Pepsi bosses pulled the controversial ad, which was related to her Like A Prayer video and full of religious overtones.
- Madonna has won nine Razzie Awards: Worst Actress for Shanghai Surprise in 1987, Worst Actress for Who's that Girl in 1988, Worst Actress for Body of Evidence in 1994, Worst Supporting Actress for Four Rooms in 1996, Worst Actress of the Century in 2000, Worst Actress for The Next Best Thing in 2001, Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple for Swept Away in 2003, and Worst Supporting Actress for Die Another Day in 2003.
- Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion and Mark Wahlberg are distant relatives of Madonna, according to a recent ancestry study.
- Madonna auditioned for the part of Kevin Costner's high-maintenance love interest in The Bodyguard. Whitney Houston landed the role.
- Madonna played a lesbian witch in the 1996 movie Four Rooms.
- Madonna originally dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer.
- The Beastie Boys supported Madonna on her very first solo tour.
- Madonna was ranked Number 1 on VH1's '100 Sexiest Artists' in 2002.
- Madonna has been nominated for a total of 18 Grammy Awards; she has won five.
- Madonna has been a vegetarian since she was 15.
- Madonna hates the colour orange.
- Madonna was named one of People magazine's worst-dressed, in 1999.
- Madonna's controversial Sex book, which featured naked photos of the Material Girl, was so popular that a re-print had to be ordered within 48 hours.
- Madonna dedicated her album True Blue to then-husband Sean Penn, who she called "the coolest guy in the universe".
- Gwyneth Paltrow was Maid of Honour at Madonna's Scottish wedding in 2000.
- Fight Club director David Fincher was the man behind the camera on four of Madonna's videos.
- Madonna's What It Feels Like For A Girl and Justify My Love were banned from MTV.
Cole: 'I know my singing limits'
13 August 2008 10:06 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Cheryl Cole has admitted that her singing voice does not compare to Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey. The new X Factor judge told The Sun that she would not audition for the talent show by singing a vocally demanding ballad. "I know my limits and am realistic about my ability," she said. "I would never attempt a Whitney or a Mariah song. You'll always get compared. And there is no comparison." Cole, who secured her spot in Girls Aloud on Popstars: The (more)
By Simon Reynolds
Costner Considers The Bodyguard Sequel
4 August 2008 11:57 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Actor Kevin Costner has raised hopes for a sequel to 1992 classic The Bodyguard - after admitting he would love to reprise his role as the former Secret Service agent.
Costner, who starred as bodyguard Frank Farmer opposite Whitney Houston's character Rachel Marron in the hit movie, has never made a sequel to any of his films - but he reveals he already has a plot idea in mind should studio bosses change their minds.
He tells the New York Daily News, "Bodyguard could have had one (a sequel).
"No (Marron and Farmer wouldn't reunite), I think he was true to his word; he didn't want to guard celebrities anymore."
Ne-Yo: 'Whitney's trying to find her place'
4 August 2008 3:41 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
R&B star Ne-Yo has said that Whitney Houston is trying to "find her place" in today's music industry. The pop diva has been absent from the charts for nearly six years, but is planning to release her comeback album later this year. Ne-Yo, who has been working on songs for the album, insisted that Houston is committed to regaining her place at the top of the charts. "I think this record's about her (more)
By Nick Levine
'Hugging Lion' YouTube Clip Captivates Millions
30 July 2008 6:30 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Already familiar to more than 7 million viewers thanks to a YouTube clip featuring Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and film footage of his African jungle reunion with the two men who had raised him in London, Christian the "Hugging Lion" was a heartwarming topic on Wednesday's Today show. Originally purchased in 1969 by two Australians living in London, John Rendall and Anthony Bourke, from the exotic pets department of Harrods – which no longer sells wild animals – the lion cub was raised in a churchyard (hence, his name) and accompanied his owners to their furniture shop every workday. "Christian
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Stephen M. Silverman
Bobby Brown: Relationship with Whitney Houston Is 'Cordial'
14 July 2008 1:30 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Bobby Brown and his ex-wife Whitney Houston are back to being on civil terms after going through an acrimonious split and custody battle. "We're cordial," Brown said last Thursday at the Cmt session for the television critics association press tour in Beverly Hills. "We're friends." The former couple have remained civil, he says, for the sake of their 15-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina. "She's doing really well and growing up really good," he adds of his daughter, who lives in Atlanta with her mom. Meanwhile, Brown is returning to reality TV in August as he teams up with Maureen McCormick and
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Jessica Herndon
Getting 'Clean'
12 July 2008 9:00 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news
To win the part of ex-junkie and present-day interventionist and William Banks, actor Benjamin Bratt had to convince the producers of A&E's new drama series "The Cleaner" that he wasn't too pretty to play the part.
"When we had our first meeting with Benjamin at a hotel bar in Los Angeles, he was explaining how unattractive he could be while waitresses were literally walking over and sitting in his lap," says Jonathan Prince, the show's executive producer. "But when we went to do our screen test,
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