Wasting my life on pop culture blogs and gossip sites, so you don't have to.
This week we bring you the news that Naomi Campbell has celebrated her birthday in Bethlehem. That's right. Like JESUS.
As the Associated Press report, the renowned phone-flinger and...
Steve Sparrow | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
We left Austin and the mania of SXSW with sore heads, dashed through an airport or two and found ourselves in the northwest, Portland, OR.
I took a little rest and stayed out of town with family and met the boys in Portland early on Monday. After...
Rollo Ross | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
You might think logically that the Cannes film festival is all about films. It's not.
It's substantially about brands trying to hawk their names around the festival and ensure that they are associated with the most luxurious event of the year.
To be fair, even when the festival isn't...
Chris Jancelewicz | Posted 23 May 2012 | Moviefone Canada
Not every third movie installment has to be abysmal, as we all saw in 2010 with the thoroughly enjoyable and heartwarming Toy Story 3. But it's also understandable to live in fear after the various "third" horrors, like Rocky III (starring Mr. T) or the confusing and unnecessary Back to...
Noel Gallagher | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
Yes comrades.
You might have guessed we've had a few days off. Back in London. Very nice it was too.
So... where were we? Santiago? Don't remember much about the gig. I'm sure it was stunning.
To be honest I was...
Martha Lane Fox | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Culture
In 2009 I was asked to be one of the Orange Prize for Fiction judges. I loved it. Although my boyfriend groaned every time I opened another book, I revelled in it. As I charged through the 30 or so books I was sent over in a large...
Rollo Ross | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Celebrity
I said in my original blog about Cannes to expect the unexpected at the film festival. Well, who would have thought that Ronan Keating would be here for a film and that torrential rain would dampen the spirits of everyone at the festival - including Ronan?
"I...
Scottee | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
I write this, my first Huffington Post UK blog, sat in a bedroom full of Ikea furniture circa 1992 in the gay quarter of Manchester - this is what 'on tour' means in 2012. I've been making my directorial debut with Unhappy Birthday an immersive theatre show I've been working...
Jane Witherspoon | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
The rain might still be here but there are no damp spirits in Cannes. It could be because Hollywood golden boy Brad Pitt has arrived in town.
His new film Killing Them Softly has just had its first big screening and I was there. The Variety Live producers didn't...
B.J. Epstein | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Culture
Last week, there was an academic conference at the University of St Andrews dedicated to the Harry Potter series of books. Over 50 academics gathered to discuss J.K. Rowling's books, and apparently this caused quite a stir among people who think that children's literature is not worthy of study.
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Jane Witherspoon | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
One week in and the team are still bearing up... just! We decided to have a night off - which in Cannes meant we watched a film. So we ordered pizzas and sat down to watch iLL Manors - Ben Drew aka Plan B's new film. Maybe not the wisest...
Simon Saunders | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
Don't get your hopes up - that's the price Canadian distributors Alliance Films are charging journalists for an interview at Cannes with Brad. 20 minutes at CAD3190, or nearly £2000.
As Killing Them Softly premieres at Cannes today, journalists are tweeting their outrage at being asked to help Alliance foot...
Paul Guest | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
When a friend falls sick the least you can do is relieve them of their, one night only, Jessye Norman sings the American masters tickets and, surprisingly enough, I did - I am such a good friend.
After an enchantingly expressive recital of songs of the great American songbook singing...
Rollo Ross | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Celebrity
I've interviewed a lot of celebrities from A to Z during the last decade and a half, but I've never experienced the feeling I had interviewing Keith Lemon on a balcony in Cannes overlooking the Croisette.
You see, with most interviews you're either talking to the actual...
Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
New research finds racial bias against films with black leading actors and white supporting roles is rife amongst mainstream newspaper movie critics - resulting in an average revenue loss for these films of up to $2.57 million, per movie.
Men in Black III is due for release this week, and...
Laura Cress | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
The new teaser trailer for the latest James Bond film Skyfall is out (if you haven't already seen it - what are you doing reading this piddly article, go and watch it!) Sam Mendes' latest has all the tropes of a great Bond film - great action, witty quips and......
Rollo Ross | Posted 20 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
It's not uncommon to be asked what it's like to work at the Cannes film festival, and I usually reply that "it's really quite exhausting."
However, what I'm reminded of today is that it's also completely weird in an insane banana type way.
I...
Anna Hart | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Celebrity
Wasting my life on pop culture blogs and gossip sites, so you don't have to.
This week, another handful of fellas added their names to the growing pile of men who say John Travolta got gay with them. As potential showbiz scandals go, this is up there, if...
Jasmine Dotiwala | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Entertainment
This fortnight much of the music industry were excited about the announcement of a Prince Tour which begins on 22 May in Australia. The UK music industry was even more excited as he personally handpicked British songstress Delilah (real name Paloma Stoecker) to open his shows.
Whilst all eyes...
Annette Bourdeau | Posted 17 May 2012 | Moviefone Canada
When Sacha Baron Cohen dressed up like The Dictator and dumped "Kim Jong-il's ashes" all over Ryan Seacrest's pristine red carpet tuxedo at the Oscars earlier this year, few (if any) cared. While everybody went crazy over Angelina's rogue leg, hardly anyone even batted...
Anna Hart | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Entertainment