September 6, 2012
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan died of natural causes
Green Mile actor Michael Clarke Duncan died of natural causes, a US coroner has confirmed. The 54-year-old died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday. He had not recovered from a heart attack he suffered in July. Meanwhile,…
September 6, 2012
Patti LaBelle settles assault lawsuit, woman’s attorney says
Patti LaBelle has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a complaint that she verbally and physically assaulted a mother and her 18-month-old daughter in a Manhattan apartment lobby two years ago, the mother's lawyer said Wednesday. The agreement ends a…
September 6, 2012
Tom Cruise lawyer denies reports he ‘auditioned brides’
A lawyer for Tom Cruise has denied claims that the Church of Scientology embarked on a long-term "auditioning" process to find the actor a new partner, after his 2001 divorce from Nicole Kidman. Bert Fields called a Vanity Fair report, previewed on…
September 6, 2012
Seal, Heidi Klum Close to Settling Their Divorce
TMZ is reporting that Seal and Heidi Klum, who were married for seven years before they separated in January, are close to settling their divorce. Sources told the website that the singer is now ready to end their marriage and recognizes that the…
September 6, 2012
R Kelly to return to explicit music
R Kelly has been all about romance on his last two albums, but the self-proclaimed Pied Piper of R&B says he isn't going to abandon the explicit music that helped make him famous. "Absolutely not, and I tell people all the time man," Kelly said…
June 8, 2012
Top reggae acts for Sumfest 2012
Several top reggae acts are set to ignite the Reggae Sumfest stage when the event dubbed, 'the greatest reggae show on earth', returns to Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, for its 20th staging from July 15 to 21. It was this week revealed that…
June 8, 2012
Erykah Badu angered by Flaming Lips nude video
Singer Erykah Badu has said she feels "disgusted" and "violated" after rock band The Flaming Lips posted a music video showing her and her sister naked. Badu recorded a song with the band, who asked the singer and her sister Nayrok to sit in a…
June 8, 2012
Fleetwood Mac’s Bob Welch found dead in Nashville
Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch has been found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Nashville in the US. Police said Welch, who was aged 66 and also had a solo career, is understood to have had health…
June 8, 2012
Lauryn Hill charged over income tax returns
Hip-hop star Lauryn Hill has been charged with willfully failing to file income tax returns in the US. Authorities say the singer earned more than $1.6 million (£1.03m) during the three years that she failed to file returns. US prosecutors said her…
June 8, 2012
Beenie Man mourns dad’s death
Dancehall artiste Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis and his manager/brother Rohan Smith, aka 'Blue', are mourning the loss of their father who is more affectionately known as 'Bragga'. Information reaching The Jamaican STAR is that he died at the…