http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/ Get all the latest Entertainment news in a convenient RSS feed. en-gb Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:17:41 +0000 Copyright: (C) First Active Media Ltd http://www.malextra.com/_furniture/gfx/logos/malextra.png http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/ Openly gay TV personality and new American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres has handed a teenage lesbian caught in a Mississippi school scandal a $30,000 (£18,750) scholarship. The star invited high school student Constance McMillen onto her daily TV talk show on Friday (19Mar10) and presented the speechless teen with a cheque. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Ellen+DeGeneres-77914.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Ellen+DeGeneres-77914.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:55:00 +0000 Entertainment Stiller Took Time Off To Battle Workaholism Ben Stiller took a five month hiatus last year (09) in an effort to beat his workaholism. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Movies+Best+of+the+rest-77916.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Movies+Best+of+the+rest-77916.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:15:00 +0000 Entertainment Chris Rock's representative has shot down rumours the funnyman has fathered a lovechild, insisting a mystery girl recently pictured with him is the daughter of a friend. The comic was photographed leaving New York City's Trump International Hotel with his wife, Malaak, his five-year-old daughter, Zahra, a nanny, and the unknown woman. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Chris+Rock-77915.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Chris+Rock-77915.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Entertainment Oasis Star Liam Gallagher has taken aim at rockers U2 - insisting he has never met a true fan of the band. The singer's brother Noel has previously slammed the musicians for turning their gigs into a guilt trip for fans by using the shows to talk about politics. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Liam+Gallagher-77912.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Liam+Gallagher-77912.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:50:00 +0000 Entertainment 'False' Gaga And Lambert Show Axed A concert advertising performances from Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert has been scrapped, after representatives for the stars revealed they were not booked to perform. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Lady+Gaga+All+The+Latest-77911.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Lady+Gaga+All+The+Latest-77911.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Entertainment British musician Pete Doherty has branded the U.K.'s prison system a success, insisting jailing criminals stops them offending. The Babyshambles frontman has spent several periods behind bars during his seven-year battle against heroin and crack cocaine addiction, including a stint in 2003 for burgling his former The Libertines bandmate Carl Barat's apartment. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Pete+Doherty-77913.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Pete+Doherty-77913.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:50:09 +0000 Entertainment Rocker Courtney Love made her return to the American concert stage on Friday (19Mar10) by playing her first U.S. Hole show of the century at the South by Southwest festival in Texas. The singer/songwriter and her new band headlined the SPIN@Stubb’s party, and Love took to the stage wearing a feather tiara and a sash that read 'Beware'. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Courtney+Love-77910.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Courtney+Love-77910.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:21:13 +0000 Entertainment The editor of German magazine Neon has printed an apology to Beyonce after running an erroneous article about the singer and her marriage to rap superstar Jay-Z. The publication bosses have retracted the piece and the journalist who penned it has been fired. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Beyonce-77905.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Beyonce-77905.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:35 +0000 Entertainment Imprisoned rapper Gucci Mane is helping his fellow inmates turn their lives around while behind bars by sharing the lessons he's learned from his own troubled background. The hip-hop star, real name Radric Davis, was freed from the Atlanta County Jail in Georgia in March 2009 after serving six months for breaking the rules of his probation, relatin... http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Gucci+Mane-77904.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Gucci+Mane-77904.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:33 +0000 Entertainment Boy George is desperate to start his music comeback - insisting he wants to remind people he's an "entertainer" following his stint in jail. The British singer, real name George O'Dowd, was forced to carry out community service with New York's Department of Sanitation in 2006 stemmingfrom his arrest for cocaine possession and falsely reporting a burglary the year before (05). http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Boy+George-77903.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Boy+George-77903.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:32 +0000 Entertainment Boston star Tom Scholz is suing the Boston Herald newspaper and two columnists for defamation after they suggested he was partly responsible for late bandmate Brad Delp's 2007 suicide. Scholz took offence to Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa's insinuations in their Inside Track column following the Delp tragedy. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Boston-77902.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Boston-77902.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:30 +0000 Entertainment Sir Mick Jagger and former Rolling Stones star Mick Taylor have reunited in the studio - 36 years after the guitarist left the group. Taylor joined the rockers in 1969, replacing Brian Jones in the line-up, but he left the group five years later in 1974 after allegedly falling out with Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Mick+Jagger-77901.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Mick+Jagger-77901.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:29 +0000 Entertainment A New York art dealer who conned clients including acting legend Robert De Niro and tennis star John McEnroe is facing up to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to masterminding a $100 million (£62.5 million) investment scam. Lawrence Salander, 60, confessed to selling shares of the same artwork to multiple art lovers and pleaded guilty ... http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Robert+De+Niro-77894.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Robert+De+Niro-77894.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:27 +0000 Entertainment Brittany Murphy's widower has fired back at critics who blasted him for taking a pretty date to the Oscars less than three months after his wife's death, insisting his companion was the actress' longtime best pal. Producerphotographer Simon Monjack was invited to attend the Oscars towitness the Academy's In Memoriam tribute to his late wife - and h... http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Brittany+Murphy-77895.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Brittany+Murphy-77895.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:27 +0000 Entertainment Freida Pinto has signed up to be Daniel Craig's next Bond girl, accordingto a U.K. report. The actress rose to international stardom in 2008's Slumdog Millionaire alongside her offscreen lover Dev Patel. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Freida+Pinto-77896.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Freida+Pinto-77896.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:27 +0000 Entertainment Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos have helped Florida authorities stage an intervention to save an allegedly suicidal man after they respondedto his worrying message on social networking site Twitter.com. The stars were among hundreds of people who replied to a post from a young man who threatened to hang himself in Casselberry, near Orlando in... http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Nia+Vardalos-77892.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Nia+Vardalos-77892.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:26 +0000 Entertainment British comedian Russell Brand visited African slums for a U.K. charity earlier this year (10) - and he was so stunned, he blasted the conditions as "shameful". The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star travelled to Kenya's capital Nairobion behalf of Britain's Sport Relief charity to raise awareness of poverty in the region. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Russell+Brand-77893.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Russell+Brand-77893.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:26 +0000 Entertainment Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has risked incurring the wrath of fans in the U.S. - he dreams of "burning" the entire country and completely rebuilding it. The British rocker made a string of controversial comments about America during a recent interview, including a jibe that officials Stateside are "policing" the planet. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Graham+Coxon-77909.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Graham+Coxon-77909.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:30:46 +0000 Entertainment Rap newcomer Drake has another hip-hop superstar to turn to while his mentor Lil Wayne serves time in prison - Jay-Z has been providing him with words of advice too. The Lollipop hitmaker took Drake under his wing and signed him to his Young Money record label last year (09), but earlier this month (Mar10) hewas sentenced to 12 months behind bars for weapons charges. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Drake-77906.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Drake-77906.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:30:41 +0000 Entertainment Actor Peter Falk is suing a construction company for allegedly failing tocomplete work on his California property. The Columbo star and his wife Shera hired Handy Andy Services to carry out refurbishment on their beachside home in Malibu, Los Angeles. http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Peter+Falk-77900.html http://www.malextra.com/entertainment/Peter+Falk-77900.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:30:25 +0000 Entertainment