Comedy 30 Rock, starring Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, leads the nominations for this year’s Emmy awards with 22. In the best comedy category, which it has won for the past two years, it goes up against shows including The Office, Family Guy and Flight of the Conchords. Briton Hugh Laurie is up for best [...]
The city of Los Angeles will pay the costs of policing Michael Jackson’s memorial concert, its mayor has said. “This is a world-class city and we provide fire and police protection,” said Antonio Villaraigosa. City council officials have suggested Jackson’s family and promoter AEG Live should pay some of the $1.4m (£860,000) needed for police [...]
The head of Los Angeles police has refused to rule out murder in the investigation into the death of singer Michael Jackson, two weeks ago. Police Chief William Bratton told US news broadcaster CNN that police were awaiting toxicology results. “Are we dealing with a homicide or are we dealing with accidental overdose… I don’t [...]
Award-winning film-maker Michael Moore has announced the title of his forthcoming documentary, which looks at the global economic meltdown. In a statement, the Fahrenheit 9/11 director said Capitalism: A Love Story would be "be the perfect date movie". He added: "It’s got it all – lust, passion, romance and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every [...]
Michael Jackson’s family and fans have said farewell to the pop superstar at an emotional memorial service. Jackson’s daughter Paris, 11, fought back tears to describe him as "the best father you could ever imagine". The singer’s coffin was placed in front of the stage during the event at the Staples Center in Los [...]
Johnny Depp "almost religiously" avoids watching himself on screen, the actor has revealed. In an interview with Radio 4′s Front Row, the Sweeney Todd star said his children had watched more of his own films than he had. "I prefer to walk away with the experience as opposed to walking away with the product," [...]
Michael Jackson has topped the UK album chart and made six new entries in the singles top 40, six years after his last number one. Greatest hits album Number Ones rocketed from 121 to the top spot after a surge in sales since the superstar’s death on Thursday. The same album earned Jackson his [...]
Veteran rockers Status Quo will wake up the Glastonbury festival faithful with a main stage slot on Sunday lunchtime. It will be the first Glastonbury for the band, who recently celebrated their 40th anniversary and who are expected to play hits like Rockin’ All Over The World, Whatever You Want, Caroline and In the Army [...]
Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, aged 50. Paramedics were called to the singer’s Beverly Hills home at about midday on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre. Jackson’s brother, Jermaine, said he was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. Jackson, [...]
US music producer Phil Spector has been assigned to a "sensitive needs" area of a California prison to serve his sentence murder. The 69-year-old was taken to the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran on Monday, a spokeswoman said. The unit is designed for those who may need extra protection [...]
R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty in the US to one count of assault on his former girlfriend, pop star Rihanna. Brown, 19, was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to do six months of community service. Brown had faced charges of assaulting Rihanna, 21, during a row in February. The last-minute [...]
Disney’s romantic comedy The Proposal has hit the top of the North American box office on its opening weekend, early estimates show. The film, starring Sandra Bullock as a hard-nosed executive who coerces her assistant into a fake marriage to avoid deportation, took $34.1m (£20.7m). It puts last week’s number one, bachelor party film [...]