Friends star Lisa Kudrow must pay ex-manager $1.6m

Friends star Lisa Kudrow must pay her former manager $1.6m (£955,000), after a jury agreed she owed him money from earnings received from repeats. Scott Howard worked as Kudrow's manager for 16 years, before she terminated their contract in 2007.…

Michelle Obama to appear in Parks and Recreation

US First Lady Michelle Obama is set to appear on cult television comedy Parks and Recreation.  Her White House office confirmed Mrs Obama will guest star in the NBC show's season six finale. Mrs Obama's cameo, in an episode titled Moving Up, will…

Lego Movie blocks out US box office rivals

The Lego Movie is still towering over its rivals on the North American box office chart, after spending a third week at number one.  The film earned $31.5m (£18.9m) over the weekend, according to early estimates. Kevin Costner crime drama 3 Days to…

Ghostbusters star Harold Ramis dies aged 69

Actor and director Harold Ramis, best known for the films Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, has died aged 69. He died of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels, his agent told the BBC. The star…

Jermaine Dupri Hit With $1 Million Lawsuit

So So Def Recordings founder Jermaine Dupri Mauldin is facing a $1 million lawsuit. Radar Online reports that Dupri is being sued by his former business partner Eddie Weathers for failing to turn over profits on a merger deal involving Dieniahmar…

Tommy Lee hospitalised in Dominica, due to be deported later Monday

Jamaican dancehall artiste, Tommy Lee Sparta, was undergoing medical treatment at a hospital in Marigot, in Dominica, prior to being deported later on Monday, his lawyer, Tehani Behanzin has said.  Behanzin told reporters that the singer, who was…

Alec Balwin retires from public life

Actor Alec Baldwin has announced he is retiring from public life blaming the “Gay Department of Justice”.  Baldwin made his announcement via a lengthy article in the New York Magazine titled ‘I Give Up’, following a scandal-plagued 12 months.…

Maria von Trapp, last member of Sound of Music family, dies

The last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers, the group whose story inspired The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 99, her family say. Maria von Trapp died at her home in Vermont on Tuesday, her brother, Johannes von Trapp, told the…

Late start to Calypso Fiesta …but performances deliver

Hundreds of patrons chanted in protest of the late start of the 72nd Annual Calypso Monarch semi-finals, with many demanding a refund from show organiser the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) yesterday. The large crowd, which had…

Rihanna wins multimillion-dollar settlement against former accountant

Barbados singing sensation Rihanna has won a multimillion-dollar settlement after she nearly went bankrupt reportedly based on bad advice from her former accountant.  Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Fenty, claimed her ex-accountant Peter Gounis…