He may not have been there in person, but Eminem was one of the biggest talking points at the end of this year's MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (25 August), thanks to a well-placed...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 27th August 2013
The Smith family pretty much summed it up perfectly with their priceless reaction to Miley Cyrus; the girl on stage twerking and licking air at the VMAs wasn't Hannah Montana, but instead some deranged, brattish...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 27th August 2013
Julie Harris, one of the 20th century's great stage and screen actresses, has passed away at the age of 87. The acting great first gained attention working on Broadway in the early 1950's and eventually...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th August 2013
J.D. Salinger was one of the literary world's great writers of the 20th century, a man who achieved regular acclaim, yet rarely stepped out of the shadows long enough to accept the praise that was...
News posted in Books / Authors on 26th August 2013
As Eminem rocked the crowds at Reading & Leeds Festival in England over the weekend, on Sunday (25 August) night the rapper had yet another treat in store during the MTV Video Music Awards. During...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th August 2013
Taylor Swift may just have had her very own Kanye West moment at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (25 August) night, as the singer was seemingly spotted dissing One Direction during their introductory...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th August 2013
Ben Affleck was announced as Christian Bale's successor to the famed black cowl of Gotham City's caped crusader Batman last week, a move that outraged a huge number of fans of the superhero franchise. Thursday's...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26th August 2013
Lamar Odom's drug addiction was recently aired out by his disgruntled wife Khloe Kardashian, who admitted that her NBA star husband has been battling an addiction to a cocktail of recreational drugs for the past...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26th August 2013
Sunday (25 August) night saw the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York taken over by the biggest names in pop for one night only, as the 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards took the recently-completed...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 26th August 2013
Rashida Jones will leave her role as Ann Perkins on NBC's ever popular Parks & Recreation at the halfway point in the upcoming sixth season, but rather than go straight to the unemployment office and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th August 2013
As Taylor Swift continues her Red tour up and down the United States, so does her newfound tradition of bringing a little help on stage to treat her fans. At her show at the Staples...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 24th August 2013
It looks as though Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are holding crisis talks over their marriage, with the couple believed to be in 'make or break' discussions over whether their marriage can be brought back...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24th August 2013
Stephen Moyer has been cast as Captain Georg Von Trapp in the upcoming adaptation of the classic musical The Sound of Music. The True Blood star will feature alongside Carrie Underwood, who is playing Maria,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th August 2013
The long-serving guitarist of Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, has been fired from the group's current tour in what appears to be a dispute over money. As confirmed by Rumor Fix earlier this week (21 August),...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 24th August 2013
Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin are parents! Hilaria gave birth to the couple's first child together on Friday (23 August) after checking into New York City's Mount Sinai hospital earlier that day. Carmen...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24th August 2013
Linda Ronstadt has revealed the tragic news that her singer days are over, as the singer is currently locked in a life-threatening battle with Parkinson's disease. The 67-year-old multi-Grammy Award winner has opened up about...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24th August 2013
In a move that has surprised, and in some cases outraged fans, Ben Affleck has been picked to play Batman in the upcoming sequel to this years Superman epic Man of Steel. The Oscar-winning Argo...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th August 2013
Kevin Spacey delivered the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at this week's Edinburgh Television Festival and during his speech he didn't give the usual garb of how TV bosses have continued to bring quality television to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th August 2013
We've all been waiting so long for pictures of baby North West that many had begun giving up hope that we'd ever see Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's baby girl, but alas the day has...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24th August 2013
Marvel studios have two highly anticipated superhero ensemble films coming out in the next few years, with Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron heading to the big screen in the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd August 2013
Danny Boyle is currently working on a new British crime drama set in colonial India that will look at the origins of modern policing in the country, which spread throughout the Empire and eventually back...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd August 2013
Kelly Clarkson announced this week that she and her fiancé Brandon Blackstock have decided that they cannot wait until their scheduled wedding date this fall and have instead decided to skip town and elope somewhere....
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd August 2013
When Wentworth Miller outed himself as gay in response to an invite from a Russia film festival, he was inundated with messages of support for his public outing and for protesting the archaic anti-homosexuality legislation...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd August 2013
Ricky Gervais is taking a leaf out of Steve Coogan's book by resurrecting his most famous comic creation for a big screen outing. Following the universal praise and significant success of Alan Partridge's first big...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd August 2013
Jennifer Lopez had a stalker living in her Hamptons mansion for six days without being noticed, with the deranged fan camping out on her pool house sofa and making himself feel right at home before...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd August 2013
Ben Affleck has been chosen as the next actor to portray the immortal role of Batman in the upcoming sequel to this year's Superman epic Man of Steel. In a move that frankly no-one saw...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd August 2013
Scott Storch has issued a warning to any celebrity or well-known high earner to watch their back when they're out on the streets after he and a friend were held at gunpoint and robbed of...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 22nd August 2013
Gisele Bundchen has been named the highest earning model of the last year by Forbes Magazine, earning an estimated $42 million (£27 million) over the course of the last year, according to the magazine. The...
News posted in Fashion / Beauty on 22nd August 2013
Marian McPartland, one of the most renowned jazz pianists of her era and a staple on the radio airwaves for many decades, has sadly passed away this week. McPartland died in the comfort of her...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 22nd August 2013
Zayn Malik alleged proposal to Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards wasn't a rumour after all, as Edwards' mother has since come forward and said that her daughter and the 1D superstar are indeed planning on...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 22nd August 2013
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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