Charlie Sheen has been warned by health authorities in Canada about smoking onstage when he visits Toronto on the next leg of his “My Violent Torpedo of Truth” tour. “I would encourage him, given that he is a smoker, to call our hotline and to try and quit smoking for his own health,” Ontario Health […]
Internet gambling is now legal in the District of Columbia even if a federal law passed in 2006 prohibits payments between gambling companies and individuals. DC area gamblers will first have online poker available to them but lottery officials will later add more Internet gambling games. The district is the first in the United States […]
Mickey Mouse and other Walt Disney characters will soon have their second home in China as the Shanghai Disney Resort opens in about five years. State-owned Shanghai Shendi Group Co. and Walt Disney Co. inked a deal to construct the first of three parks in a seven square kilometer site. Disney opened Hong Kong Disneyland […]
The royal wedding schedule prepared by Buckingham Palace officials requires the majority of guests to come two and a half hours, or around 8:30 a.m., prior to the start of the ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Friends of Prince William and Kate Middleton are among those expected to come much earlier than other guests such as […]
Bob Dylan finally performed in China after prolonged negotiations with Chinese authorities. The singer-songwriter played before a crowd of local and foreign music lovers at the Worker’s Gymnasium in Beijing. The musician played for two hours and also delivered a pair of encores to the delight of the audience. Next stop of Bob Dylan’s China […]
Angelina Jolie visited refugees trapped along the border between Libya and Tunisia even as fierce fighting between Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s forces and rebels continued. Taking some time off from her busy family schedule, Angelina Jolie visited a border camp on Tuesday as part of her work as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High […]
Harry Potter is coming to the Kindle and iPad as soon as creator J.K. Rowling agrees on making the hugely popular fantasy books available for download. The author is considering how to replicate the success of her work after winning fans through traditional publishing and the movies, this time in the e-book market. “We are […]
Britney Spears and the pop star’s father are facing a $10 million lawsuit filed against them by a marketing firm. Brand Sense Partners LLC said it got ripped off valuable money when Spears renegotiated a deal with cosmetics empire Elizabeth Arden in 2010. In its court filing, the marketing company said it brokered the fragrance […]
Beyonce Knowles and her father Mathew Knowles have decided to end their business partnership. Beyonce has been managed by her father since she was a member of the teen group Destiny’s Child in the late 90s. Mathew Knowles continued to manage his daughter’s rise to fame as a solo pop superstar in the past decade. […]
Eminem and other recording artists from yesteryear stand to benefit from the resolution of a landmark case involving the sale or distribution of digital music. The suit was filed four years ago by the handlers of rap star Eminem against his record label Universal Music Group over royalty fees. Being debated was whether a song […]
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