Starpulse Entertainment News Blog

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Starpulse Entertainment News Blog

Madonna's Delicious New Album, 'Hard Candy,' Scheduled For April 29 Release

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 10:07 AM CDT

Madonna's 11th studio album for Warner Bros. Records Hard Candy is scheduled to have a global release on April 28th and a US release on April 29th, it was confirmed by her label.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 09:50 AM CDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California appeals court has ruled that a producer of the movie ''Crash'' can't sue to get an Academy Award retroactively. Bob Yari was one of six credited producers for ''Crash,'' an ensemble film released in 2005 that explored racism in Los Angeles through intersecting stories.

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Gnarls Barkley Is #1 On iTunes Again

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 09:46 AM CDT

Gnarls Barkley, the visionary partnership of artist/producer Danger Mouse and singer Cee-Lo, reached #1 on the iTunes download chart with their new LP The Odd Couple in its first week of digital release.

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Renee Zellweger 'Happy' To Be Homeless

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 09:20 AM CDT

Renee Zellweger is happy without a fixed abode - insisting she doesn't need a home to feel settled. The Bridget Jones star recently sold her house in California and put all of her possessions into storage, because she felt her life as a movie star meant she didn't spend enough time there to justify the hefty mortgage.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 09:12 AM CDT

Salma Hayek has chosen not to baptize her baby girl after clashing with her own parents' religious beliefs when she was a child. The actress' producer pal Felipe Fernandez del Paso recently spent Easter with the Frida star and has confirmed little Valentina Paloma won't be christened.

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Amy Winehouse Going Back To Rehab?

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:56 AM CDT

Amy Winehouse is reportedly considering going back into rehab - fearing life in London holds "too much temptation". The Back To Black star was admitted to a clinic in January to finally kick her drug addiction - but checked out after just two weeks.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:50 AM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) - Looking for an excuse to avoid celebrating Earth Day? ''There's nothing going on nearby'' is probably not going to fly. The Roots, Ricky Skaggs, Los Lonely Boys, the Neville Brothers and Mickey Hart from the Grateful Dead are among the headliners for eight simultaneous Earth Day festivals planned at major cities around the U.S. on April 20, organizers said Tuesday.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:39 AM CDT

GRETNA, La. (AP) - Paul Prudhomme was setting up his cooking tent on the practice range at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf event when he felt a sting in his right arm, just above his elbow. Prudhomme shook his shirt sleeve and a .22 caliber bullet fell to the ground, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:33 AM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) - Heirs of the late actor Steve McQueen have gone to court to stop an apparel manufacturer from using the King of Cool's name and likeness to promote its products without their consent. Chadwick McQueen and The Terry McQueen Testamentary Trust say in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that McQueen's name and likeness have been ripped off by Belstaff USA Corp.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:24 AM CDT

I suppose Jezebel James only wanted to stay for a short return. After a mere three episodes, and ratings that made "Arrested Development" look like "American Idol," FOX dropped the ax on what was once its hotly-anticipated sitcom "Jezebel James."

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:23 AM CDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Magician Penn Jillette and tennis champ Monica Seles were the first stars eliminated from the sixth season of ABC's ''Dancing With the Stars.'' Each came into Tuesday's results show in last place.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:04 AM CDT

With "Jericho's" second (and likely final) cancellation announced late last week, this week's season finale has suddenly become a series finale. Thankfully for "Jericho" diehards (and CBS execs certainly know that they are out there), The Powers That Be foresaw this turn of events and filmed two endings for the episode - a cliffhanger and a conclusion.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:04 AM CDT

Heather Mills is reportedly planning on hiring a firm of accountants to investigate her estranged husband's fortune in a bid to land a larger divorce settlement. The former glamour model won $33 million cash and assets worth $15.6 million last Monday following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former Beatle.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:56 AM CDT

Chris Brown has added further weight to rumors he is dating R&B star Rihanna by dropping hints about the romance to the audience at a recent gig. The pair has been at the center of speculation since they were photographed frolicking in a Jamaican swimming pool together last month.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:34 AM CDT

Nude shots of Spice Girl Geri Halliwell before she was famous have come back to haunt the new mom. The shots of the then-teenage wannabe, posing in nothing but fishnet stockings, will make their debut in America in the upcoming issue of porn magazine Hustler.

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Britney Spears Lands Bad Skin 'Award'

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:32 AM CDT

Britney Spears has been handed a Lifetime Achievement award - for bad skin. The acne-prone pop star has been dishonored with a Skinnies award, presented annually by skincare expert Dr. Vail Reese on his Skinema.com website.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:30 AM CDT

High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale has blasted medics who fuelled tabloid speculation she had undergone a second nose job, calling them "irresponsible."

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U2 Top Beatles Covers Poll

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:27 AM CDT

U2's cover of "Helter Skelter" has topped a new online poll of reworked Beatles songs. The Irish rockers' rendition of the 1968 track beat Oasis' cover of "I Am The Walrus" in the RollingStone.com poll.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:24 AM CDT

Brad Pitt can trace his family tree back to Barack Obama and Angelina Jolie can follow hers to Hillary Clinton, according to a sensational new study.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:21 AM CDT

Kelly Osbourne has lashed out at the Spice Girls for showing off their kids onstage. The outspoken reality TV star, whose own mother and father Sharon and Ozzy have often come under fire for their parenting skills, has offered her own family tips.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:18 AM CDT

Snoop Dogg's rapping cousin Nate Dogg has been sentenced to three years informal probation after pleaded guilty to aggravated trespassing and battery. The hitmaker was sentenced in Orange County, California last week.

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:17 AM CDT

The producer of the upcoming Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes remake wants George Clooney to reprise his role from the film's 1988 sequel.

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Celebrity Birthdays, March 26

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 02:00 AM CDT

Happy Birthday to "Atonement" star Keira Knightley (1985), "Just Friends" star Amy Smart (1976), Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha (1968), country star Kenny Chesney (1968), "Dirty Dancing" actress Jennifer Grey (1960), television host Leeza Gibbons (1957), "Jiminy Glick" actor Martin Short (1950), R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass (1950),

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 07:15 PM CDT

Few singers know as many paths to the heart as Van Morrison. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has spent most of the past five decades seeking and discovering new inroads to that spiritual core.

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Notes & Quotes

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 07:00 PM CDT

"I don't have a model's body. But I'm not one of those crazy girls who think that they're fat... I can rock this body." Heroes star Hayden Panettiere is happy with what she's got.

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 06:30 PM CDT

Writing the new Muppets movie is a dream come true for funnyman Jason Segel - he grew up wanting to be Kermit The Frog. The actor/writer begged Disney bosses to let him pen the new film, and when they initially turned him down he wowed them with his knowledge of the lovable puppet stars.

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MySpace Users Invited To Hit On '21'

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 06:15 PM CDT

Blackjack fans on MySpace looking forward to the March 28 release of 21, the high stakes action adventure from Columbia Pictures, can hone their skills and play for individual and college bragging rights with the new 21-themed blackjack widget, available now. A widget is a piece of software a user can grab and put on their own personal website.

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 06:00 PM CDT

Kevin Spacey boosted his income while researching new gambling movie 21 by teaming up with real-life mathematics wizards. The Oscar winner plays a mentor to a team of geniuses in the film, which is based on a real-life, get-rich-quick plot staged by Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) whiz kids in Las Vegas.

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 05:30 PM CDT

Pre-historic adventure movie 10,000 B.C. has scored a third week at the top of the world's movie box office.

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 05:00 PM CDT

Rockers Slash and Alice Cooper are to be honored at the fourth annual MusiCares gala in May. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash will receive the MusiCares From The Heart Award, while Cooper will be honored with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award.