By Laura Ferreiro
photo: Chelsea Lauren/WireImageWhen most people think of the band KISS, painted faces, platform shoes and pyrotechnics come to mind. But delve a little deeper and you'll find much more to the veteran rockers. KISS co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are also savvy businessmen and active philanthropists who used the occasion of the grand opening of their Rock & Brews restaurant in Torrance, California, on Wednesday to honor wounded military service members.
[Photos: Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney-ABC via Getty Images; Twitter.com]Hey girl hey, it's the new Carly Rae! Grammy nominee and Canadian Idol alum Carly Rae Jepsen tweeted a coy over-the-shoulder pic of her pretty new hair color on Tuesday. The lovely shade of red is a perfect match for her Coca-Cola-sponsored "Perfect Harmony" performance on the American Idol finale.
Most consider animated films kids' stuff, but for Beyoncé, working on the forthcoming animated movie Epic was serious and emotional business.
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(Columbia Pictures)The sad final days of Michael Jackson are being exposed in his family's wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live.
Days before his death, the King of Pop told tour producer/director Kenny Ortega, "God keeps talking to me."
Ortega and associate producer Alif Sankey testified on Wednesday that they became increasingly alarmed at Jackson's frail appearance during his final rehearsals and that Sankey was so worried that at one point she began crying, CNN reports.
[Related: Michael Jackson Estate Denies New Molestation Accusations]
During a June 19, 2009 rehearsal, Jackson looked "extremely thin" and "was not speaking normally" as he was being fitted for his stage clothes, Sankey testified. After Jackson left, Sankey said that she and Ortega broke into tears. Sankey was so shaken up, she pulled over on her way home and called Ortega "because I had a very strong feeling that Michael was dying. I was screaming into the phone at that point," she added. "I said he needs to be put in the hospital now."
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Zach Sobiech (Photo: Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund)"When faced with months to live, how do you say goodbye?" That's the question posed by 17-year-old cancer victim Zach Sobiech, who wrote a viral hit song, "Clouds," as his answer. The tune touched the hearts of many, including a slew of celebrities who have filmed their own take on "Clouds" to raise awareness and research funds in Sobiech's honor.
The idea was spearheaded by "The Office" star Rainn Wilson, who gathered up friends from the worlds of music and acting to pay tribute to Sobiech, who is fighting osteosarcoma--a rare form of bone cancer that is particularly aggressive and deadly.
It's no surprise that Sobiech's song has affected everyone from civilians to celebs: It's hard to keep a dry eye when listening to the lyrics, which include such quiet but moving sentiments as "Be ready to live and it'll be ripped right out of my hands," "If only I had a little bit more time with you," and the chorus "We'll go up, up, up/But I'll fly a little higher/We'll go up in the clouds because the view is a little nicer."
Read More »from Celebrities Honor Young Cancer Patient by Covering Viral Hit “Clouds”Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey is the latest newsmaker to be given the auto-tune treatment by viral video mix-masters the Gregory Brothers.
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Wade Robson (Photo: Denise Truscello)Michael Jackson may be dead and buried, but that doesn't mean he can't be the target of a lawsuit. Noted dancer/choreographer Wade Robson, now 30, has filed suit against the King of Pop's estate, claiming the he was molested by Jackson when he was a child.
The strange thing is that back in 2005, Robson denied he was sexually abused by Jackson when the pop star was facing charges of child molestation. Testimony by Robson, his sister, and his mother helped Jackson get off the hook.
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From Bowie's banned video (Photo: Floria Sigismondi)Update: Two hours after this story was posted, the video is back on YouTube. According to Billboard, the video sharing site claims it was removed in error: "With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call. When it's brought to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it."
David Bowie clearly hasn't lost his edge. The 66-year-old rocker's latest video, which he wrote and conceived himself, features plenty of racy imagery and the clergy engaged in some less-than-pious behavior. "The Next Day" clip also bears the "explicit" parental advisory label and ended up being banned from YouTube for "violating terms of service" just a few hours after its release.
The video, which some may consider offensive due to its graphic images that could be interpreted as mocking religion, stars Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard and renowned British actor Gary Oldman. It takes place in a bar filled with saints and sinners, where Bowie is performing on stage dressed in monks' robes.
Read More »from David Bowie’s Explicit ‘Next Day’ Video Banned from YouTubeThe Wanted's new single may be titled "Walks Like Rihanna," but the new video for the song isn't a tribute to RiRi. Instead, the vid offers several spot-on parodies of the '90s boy bands that paved the way for the Wanted's success.
The Wanted as *NSYNC
By Jon Wiederhorn
photo: Associated Press/Chris PizzelloAnyone who has met, hung out with, or known Tim Lambesis, the frontman for Christian metalcore band As I Lay Dying and an established music producer, has probably never even seen the 32-year-old singer jaywalk, let alone commit any sort of felony. Yet the soft-spoken, amiable Lambesis was shockingly arrested Tuesday, May 7, for allegedly trying to hire a hitman on May 2 to murder his estranged wife.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A woman says she and her 5-year-old developmentally disabled daughter were thrown out of a theater during a "Beauty and the Beast" performance because the girl was making giggling and humming noises she makes when she's happy.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Celebrity cook Paula Deen said while being questioned in a discrimination lawsuit that she has used racial slurs in the past but insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice.
LONDON (AP) — With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July — and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch — the royals' office has released some of the couple's plans, although many details are still being kept private. Kate has made several public appearances recently but is expected to keep a low profile in the final weeks of her pregnancy. Here is the latest news about the infant who will, upon entering the world, be third in line for the British throne.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.
By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - NBC's "The Voice" will crown another winner on Tuesday night's finale. Season 4's three finalists - Daniellle Bradbury, Michelle Shamuel and The Swon Brothers - battled it out for the title on Monday's performance finale episode. Before the performances, coaches Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Shakira and Usher performed The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends." The Top 16 then got together for the second group performance of the night on Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' "Home. ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't life-threatening.