SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) " Grammy-winning salsa singer Marc Anthony has married his Venezuelan model girlfriend at a seaside resort in the Dominican Republic.The 46-year-old New York-born singer of Puerto Rican roots...
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Review: 'Homesman' reverses the Western's course
"There's been some trouble about the women hereabouts," says John Lithgow's plains preacher in Tommy Lee Jones' "The Homesman."The hereabouts is a tiny, hardscrabble settlement in the Nebraska Territory, sometime around 1860. On...
Big Bank Hank of Sugarhill Gang dies at age 57
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) " Big Bank Hank, a member of the pioneering hip-hop group the Sugarhill Gang, has died, a funeral director has confirmed.He was 57.Aree Booker, a funeral director with Eternity Funeral Services in Englewood,...
Watch masterpiece fetches $24 million at auction
BERLIN (AP) " A masterpiece of early 20th-century watchmaking has sold for 23.2 million Swiss francs ($24 million) at an auction in Switzerland.Auction house Sotheby's says The Henry Graves Supercomplication beat the previous record...
'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2' acquired by Universal
LOS ANGELES (AP) " The boisterous Portokalos family is coming back to the big screen.Universal Pictures has acquired the domestic distribution rights to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2," a sequel to the beloved independent hit, with...
Review: King returns to true horror in 'Revival'
"Revival" (Scribner), by Stephen King.Remember when Stephen King announced that he was retiring? That was more than a decade and at least six books ago, and he's done nothing but crank out best-sellers ever since.The latest novel...
Luke Bryan leads American Country Countdown awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) " Fresh off his entertainer of the year win at the Country Music Association Awards, country star Luke Bryan leads the finalists for the inaugural American Country Countdown Awards.The awards show will be held...
Businesses cash in as women chase bigger butts
NEW YORK (AP) " Gym classes that promise a plump posterior are in high demand. A surgery that pumps fat into the buttocks is gaining popularity. And padded panties that give the appearance of a rounder rump are selling out.The U.S....
Nicki Minaj apologizes for video that offended
NEW YORK (AP) " Nicki Minaj is apologizing for a video that some feel uses Nazi imagery.The rapper posted on Twitter on Tuesday that she didn't create the concept for the lyric video for her song "Only." She wrote: "(I) take full...
Newlyweds Wahlberg and McCarthy get a reality show
NEW YORK (AP) " Newlyweds Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy are ready to open up their relationship to TV cameras.They will star in "Donnie Loves Jenny," a 10-episode docu-series for A&E, the couple announced Tuesday.Wahlberg...
Bryan Cranston reads profane hit nursery rhyme
NEW YORK (AP) " Bryan Cranston has lent his voice to a sequel to the profane hit nursery rhyme "Go the (Bleep) to Sleep."The "Breaking Bad" and "Malcolm in the Middle" star follows in the footsteps of Samuel L. Jackson by narrating...
Director changes plot for Malaysian plane movie
NEW YORK (AP) " A filmmaker who sparked anger earlier this year with plans for a love triangle-themed movie about the Malaysian Airlines plane disappearance says he's changing the plot to a thriller so he won't offend the families...
Andy Cohen shares his days and nights in new book
NEW YORK (AP) " Reading another person's diary is usually the stuff of daydreams or snooping, but Bravo Media's "Watch What Happens Live" host Andy Cohen is opening up his journal in "The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow...
Spotify's Top 10 most viral tracks
The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, Nov. 3 to Sunday, Nov. 9 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.UNITED...
'New Basement Tapes' band takes on Dylan
NEW YORK (AP) " The unexpected package from Bob Dylan's song publisher promised an adventure for music producer T Bone Burnett.It was a collection of typed lyrics written " and forgotten " by Dylan during his fertile "Basement Tapes"...
Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
The following list represents the most streamed tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, Nov. 3 to Sunday Nov. 9 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.UNITED...
Spotify CEO bemoans Swift exiting the service
HELSINKI (AP) " Spotify's Swedish CEO has voiced disappointment that Taylor Swift pulled her music off the popular music streaming service, denying claims it's making money "on the backs of artists."Daniel Ek defended the service...
With 'Rosewater,' Jon Stewart makes a movie
NEW YORK (AP) " A bleary-eyed Jon Stewart is sitting outside his offices reflecting on his directorial debut, "Rosewater," a drama about the unjust imprisonment of journalist Maziar Bahari in Iran.It's the morning after "The Daily...
Businesses cash in as US women chase bigger butts
NEW YORK (AP) " Gym classes that promise a plump posterior are in high demand. A surgery that pumps fat into the buttocks is gaining popularity. And padded panties that give the appearance of a rounder rump are selling out.The U.S....
Kenya's celebrity chef makes fine dining from bush
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) " One delicious bite at a time, Kiran Jethwa is trying to show the world that there's more to Africa than poverty, war and safaris.Jethwa is what many in the Western world consider unlikely " a celebrity chef...
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