Tag: Stars

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has donated $3 million (£1.85 million) to help save tigers in Nepal.

So… has he changed? Has the Governor’s post-Woodbury walkabout left him a new man, or rather, returned to the man we’ve seen hints that he once was, before “the turn,” before he lost his wife and daughter Penny?

Colombian singer Carlos Vives has picked up three awards at the Latin Grammys, including song of the year.

Marvel superhero Thor hammered rivals for a second straight weekend at the North American box office, industry estimates showed Sunday.

British comedian John Oliver has quit The Daily Show to front his own weekly talk show on cable channel HBO.

Noted actress Jaya Bachchan is likely to make her small screen debut with a fiction show on Sony Entertainment channel.

Moscow – Newly crowned Miss Universe, Gabriela Isler of Venezuela, took up her duties in Moscow on Sunday, twirling in a jewel-studded swimming costume valued at $1 million.

The technical director of a Paris musical died of a heart attack after a faulty power tool set off fireworks at an arena, investigators said. Police said Marcus Toledano, 41, was among several people who rushed to the scene of…

The producers of Jane Got A Gun, a Western starring Natalie Portman, have taken legal action against Scots director Lynne Ramsay, who quit the movie a day before shooting.

The Country Music Association has handed Taylor Swift its Pinnacle Award – a prize only awarded once before to Country legend Garth Brooks in 2005.

By Suzy Byrne Every revolution begins with … a dramatic haircut. With weeks to go before the premiere of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” Jennifer Lawrence is sporting a bold new pixie cut!

The first ever YouTube awards have been held in New York, with actor Jason Schwartzman and musician Reggie Watts presiding over a frenetic ceremony.

Popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef’s television show has been suspended just minutes before it was due to go on air. The private CBC channel said Mr Youssef had not followed editorial policies and wanted more money.

Sir Mick Jagger has issued a statement denying Katy Perry’s claims that he made a pass at her when she was 18.

French writer Gerard de Villiers, whose thrillers sold more than 100m copies around the world, has died aged 83.

The producers of the James Bond films are to receive the David O Selznick Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America (PGA).

By Mark Savage Electronic artist James Blake has won this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize with his second album, Overgrown. “Well, I lost the bet,” Blake said after beating bookies’ favourite Laura Mvula and stars like David Bowie and Arctic Monkeys…

Daniel Radcliffe is to play Sebastian Coe in a film drama about his rivalry with fellow Olympian Steve Ovett.

Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band are to perform in South Africa for the first time, almost three decades after the group campaigned against apartheid.

Dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze, who was dismissed by the Bolshoi in a row over an acid attack on its director, has landed one of Russia’s top ballet jobs.

Conductor Daniel Barenboim is stepping down as musical director of Milan’s La Scala opera house two years early at the beginning of 2015. Stephane Lissner, superintendent of La Scala, called Barenboim’s departure the “end of an era”.

Conrad Murray, the former doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson’s death, has been released from jail.

Fleetwood Mac have cancelled shows in Australia and New Zealand after bassist John McVie was diagnosed with cancer.

The US actress Marcia Wallace, best known as the voice of Bart Simpson’s teacher Edna Krabappel, has died at the age of 70.

Ever have an awkward awards show run-in? That’s the question Yahoo Movies posed to celebs at the Hollywood Film Awards earlier this week.

British film and TV director Antonia Bird has died at the age of 54, her agent has said.

The Queen has been pictured with three future kings – the first such image of royal succession for nearly 120 years.

Clarence House has denied reports that the Prince of Wales believes becoming king will be a form of prison.

Indian singer Manna Dey has died in a Bangalore hospital at the age of 94. He had been ill for the past few months and was in hospital for a respiratory infection. His funeral is due to take place later…

The female head of the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) has been named the most powerful figure in the art world. Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani came top of ArtReview magazine’s annual Power 100 due to “her organisation’s vast…