LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaWhen emergency crews scramble to a celebrity’s home and it turns out to be a false alarm, journalists don’t usually write about it.
Cher made the most of a false(…)

Liam Neeson graduates 40 years on
Nearly four decades after enrolling in Queen’s University, Belfast, actor Liam Neeson has received a doctorate from the university.
The Ballymena-born star was an undergraduate at Queen’s in 1971(…)

Abba pair unveil new pop tracks
Abba duo Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have unveiled their first new pop songs for more than 15 years.
One track, Second Best To None, has been recorded by(…)

Picasso works snapped up at sale
Two paintings by Pablo Picasso have sold at auction in New York, just 24 hours after another of his works failed to sell.
His portrait of a musketeer smoking(…)

A few weeks ago, when violence and kidnappings along the U.S.-Mexico border were all over the news, Todd Sotkiewicz took a group of high school students to Tijuana, Mexico.
Gary Arndt traveled(…)

NEW YORK American radio talk-show host Michael Savage said he wants an apology from Britain’s home secretary and his name removed from a list of people banned from entering the United Kingdom.(…)

It doesn’t matter that they can be feverishly hot. Or that crowds make for long food lines or the tickets may be hard to come by.
Bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding(…)

Michael Caine describes himself as “retired from the movies.”
Michael Caine says he waits for “the offer I can’t refuse”: a top-notch script.
Then why do we keep seeing him in so(…)

CNNFor “Star Trek” fans, it may feel like deja vu all over again.
The new “Star Trek” movie tells the story of the early lives of the USS Enterprise crew.
Well, sort(…)

Braxton ‘tribute act’ faces trial
A US entertainer has been jailed in Suriname, South America, after being accused of trying to pass herself as singer Toni Braxton at a concert.
Trina Johnson-Finn was booed off(…)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of “The View” and author of the new book, “The G-Free Diet,” spoke Wednesday with Larry King.
Elizabeth Hasselbeck, of “The View,” says Bristol Palin is an ideal choice(…)

LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaA second lingerie-modeling photo of Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has appeared after she assured pageant officials this week that the earlier shot was the only one she had appeared(…)

Demons ‘harmless’, says Vatican
Da Vinci Code sequel Angels and Demons is “harmless entertainment,” according to the Vatican’s official newspaper.
In a piece in Wednesday’s edition, it called Ron Howard’s film “a videogame that first(…)

Fleet Foxes lead Mojo award race
By Georgie Rogers
6 Music News reporter
Seattle band Fleet Foxes lead the nominations for this year’s Mojo Honours list, up for three awards.
The harmonic folk rock five-piece are nominated(…)

Moyles catching up with Sir Terry
BBC Radio 1 presenter Chris Moyles has almost as many listeners as rival breakfast host Sir Terry Wogan, new figures have revealed.
Moyles notched up an audience of 7.7m(…)