Actress Helen Mirren makes dying boy's wish come true after queen refuses
Posted by: VeronicaS
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 21:46:14 -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 -...
Will Smith talks parenting skills in new interview: ‘We respect our children'
Posted by: Michelle Lincaster
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:31:33 -0700 | entertainment-news
Will Smith has opened up about his parenting skills in a new interview with Haute Living magazine. The 44-year-old actor, who has two children – Jaden and Willow – with Jada Pinkett-Smith, revealed to luxury magazine that he and his...
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...
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...
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...
Today in History
Source: The Boston Globe
Lüneburg :: Germany | updated 2013-05-22 21:19:00 -0700 | entertainment-news
On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La. On this date: In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Rob Lowe gives White House reporters a 'West Wing' flashback
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 19:42:26 -0700 | entertainment-news
It's been seven years since the end of President Jed Bartlett's second term on the NBC drama, "The West Wing," but the memory of the series is still fresh enough that when Rob Lowe unexpectedly stepped into the real White...
Changes in the Marketing of Men's Underwear
Source: International Herald Tribune
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:58:29 -0700 | entertainment-news
Jason Scarlatti; two marketing executives; and James LaForce, whose fashion public relations firm has been hired to take the label in a direction that is more aloof and not so intimidating. A video playing in the background showed behind-the-scenes moments...
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