Actress Helen Mirren makes dying boy's wish come true after queen refuses
Posted by: VeronicaS
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 03:01:56 -0700 | entertainment-news
I have always liked Helen Mirren, and now I admire her even more. The ageless British-born actress who can give younger women a run for their money in the stylishly sexy department, made a dying boy’s wish come true. Well,...
Hank Williams Jr Going "Old School" this Summer
Posted by: Sherrill Fulghum
Nashville :: TN :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 19:17:49 -0700 | entertainment-news
"I always have fun playing shows. I love to get out in front of my loyal fans and making my mark on this great country," says country music legend Hank Williams Jr. And getting out and having some fun is...
2013 Americana Music Award Nominees
Posted by: Sherrill Fulghum
Nashville :: TN :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 21:05:19 -0700 | entertainment-news
While the Grammy Awards celebrates all genres of music; many of those musical styles have award ceremonies of their own, including the Americana Music Awards. The AMA's feature one of the shortest nominee list of the various awards shows -...
Comic Carol Burnett Wins Comedy Prize
Posted by: Sherrill Fulghum
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 00:16:23 -0700 | entertainment-news
Comedy legend and television sit com veteran Carol Burnett is the 2013 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humour. The Kennedy Center in Washington DC will present the prize to Burnett at a gala event October 20. The...
VIDEO: Iron Man 3 is a superhero in China
Source: BBC South Asia
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:22:57 -0700 | entertainment-news
Iron Man 3 is a superhero in China's box office 23 May 2013 Last updated at 04:38 ET Disney's Iron Man 3 film is set to become China's highest-grossing movie of all time, making a record-breaking $65m in its first...
Constable masterpiece bought by Tate
Source: BBC
Salisbury :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 01:07:28 -0700 | entertainment-news
The painting, which had been on loan at The National Gallery for 30 years, was at risk of being sold abroad. "It's one of the quintessential images of 19th century British art and it's worth every penny," Tate Britain's Director...
Company's Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid outrage
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 01:00:04 -0700 | entertainment-news
A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life...
15. Outta Nowhere comes this Pitbull
Source: The Star
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 23:33:45 -0700 | entertainment-news
Rapper Pitbull has taken his blend of American pop music fused with Latin beats from the clubs of Miami to international pop charts, but he now is crossing into film with his first acting role as an animated character in...
Indie rockers Vampire Weekend top Billboard album chart
Source: DAWN
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 01:01:08 -0700 | entertainment-news
Indie rock band Vampire Weekend on Wednesday grabbed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, besting new albums from country legend George Strait and pop singer Demi Lovato. "Modern Vampires of the City" sold 134,000 copies in...
Novel written in verse up for award
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 00:29:58 -0700 | entertainment-news
Novel written entirely in verse makes book shortlist Barber, Extence and Fagan are all in contention for the £10,000 prize A book written entirely in verse is one of three debut novels to be shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize....
VIDEO: Achebe funeral due to take place
Source: BBC
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-23 00:05:55 -0700 | entertainment-news
Achebe funeral due to take place 23 May 2013 Last updated at 01:02 ET The funeral of the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe is due to take place on Thursday in his home town of Ogidi in the east of the...
John Humphrys and Roger Alton make headlines at London Press Club awards | Media Monkey
Source: The Guardian
Merthyr Tydfil :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 03:09:40 -0700 | entertainment-news
raised spirits with tale of bribing a police officer with scotch. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Alton recalls the good Times Humphrys turns blue ... Roger "profanisaurus" Alton may have form on the expletives front, but John Humphrys is quite another matter...
Henri Dutilleux, Modernist Composer, Dies at 97
Source: International Herald Tribune
Roubaix :: France | updated 2013-05-22 22:53:14 -0700 | entertainment-news
May 23, 2013 Henri Dutilleux, a French composer known for his superbly fashioned and exquisitely expressive orchestral music, died on Wednesday in Paris...Mr. Dutilleux's position in French music was proudly solitary. Between Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez in age, he...
Fighters remember ‘tough kid'
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 22:25:14 -0700 | entertainment-news
As a mixed martial arts fighter, Ibragim Todashev had talent and a temper. Fighters, promoters and referees that came in contact with the 27-year-old Russian shot dead by the FBI in Orlando,Fla., early yesterday as part of the Boston Marathon...
Darius Rucker: Racist tweeter an 'idiot'
Source: USA Today
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 22:04:08 -0700 | entertainment-news
EDT May 23, 2013 "We think we've come such a long way, and there's always somebody that wants to take a step back," says the "Wagon Wheel" singer. Darius Rucker knew he was taking the bait from a troll Sunday...
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