Rap mogul Suge Knight shot, wounded in nightclub

August 25, 2014 0
Rap mogul Suge Knight shot, wounded in nightclub

Death Row Records founder and rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was shot and injured in a packed nightclub early Sunday, but he was expected to survive, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant said. …

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Hollywood stars campaign for peace in Middle East

August 25, 2014 0

Los Angeles, Aug 25 (IANS) Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Seth Rogen are among about 200 Hollywood stars who have signed a statement calling for peace in the Middle East. The Creative Community For Peace’s document has been signed by Hollywood stars who want violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian troops in Gaza to end, reports contactmusic.com.

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Stallone working on his own biopic

August 25, 2014 0

Los Angeles, Aug 25 (IANS) Actor Sylvester Stallone is planning to bring his own life story to the big screen, says his mother. The “Rocky” star is focused on making a movie about his upbringing and lengthy career in Hollywood, reports contactmusic.com. The 68-year-old, who has been in Hollywood for over four decades, is best known for doing action movies like the “Rocky” and “Rambo” series.

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Emmys 2014 set to be most ‘social’ awards ever

August 25, 2014 0

Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): Facebook and Twitter are set to cover the upcoming Emmy Awards and the vent will become the most “social” awards ever. Both companies are working with marketing agencies to bring an enhanced social media experience to the show, as Facebook will give Access Hollywood host Billy Bush a goofily large tablet while he roams the red carpet before the show, who’ll pass the walking billboard over to celebrities for them to post video responses to fan questions, called the Mentions Box, the Verge reported. A Twitter-branded zipline camera will swoop over the red carpet tomorrow night, and the footage will be beamed to NBC’s Twitter account, in addition to Marietta Sirleaf from the NBC show Parks and Recreation, who has been dubbed as the official live-tweet corespondent. It has also been revealed that there will be a Twitter GIF booth backstage that will post celebrities’ reactions online and there will also be something called a Vine “360-Station” during NBC’s Today show to capture even more celebrity moments.

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Superman ‘Holy Grail’ comic becomes ‘most expensive’ American comic book with 3.2m dollar sale

August 25, 2014 0

Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): The original copy of the very first Superman comic, Action Comics #1, which launched the superhero in 1938 and has been considered the finest preserved copy, has now earned the record of ‘most expensive’ American comic book. It has been sold for 3,207,852.00 dollars in an eBbay auction and bleeding Cool’s Mark Seifert reported that the winning bidder was the dealer Metropolitan/ComicConnect, who was possibly bidding for an unknown client, the Hollywood Reporter reported. Before the appearance of this newly sold copy of Action Comics No. 1, Nicolas Cage’s copy of Action Comics No. 1 was considered the finest surviving copy.

Hip-hop mogul Suge Knight shot in Los Angeles

August 25, 2014 0
SUGE KNIGHT AT PREMIERE OF BAD BOYS II.

Hip-hop music mogul Suge Knight was among three people shot and injured early on Sunday morning at a nightclub in West Hollywood, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. “We can confirm that the person known as Suge Knight has been identified as one of several victims in a shooting in West Hollywood,” a spokesman for the department told Reuters. Knight, 49, and another man, aged 32, and a woman, 19, were wounded, transported to local hospitals and expected to recover, the department said in a statement. TMZ entertainment news website reported that Knight was leaving a pre-MTV Video Music Awards party at the 1OAK club on Sunset Strip and that he was in intensive care after undergoing surgery at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

Factbox – Britain’s Richard Attenborough dies aged 90

August 25, 2014 0
Britain's Prime Minister Brown and Attenborough assist South Africa's former President Mandela to the podium during the unveiling ceremony of a statue in his honour in London's Parliament Square

Richard Attenborough, who spent two decades trying to persuade sceptical movie moguls to back a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and eventually created one of the most successful films of all time, died on Sunday, the BBC reported, citing his son. The elder brother of naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough, he was aged 90. Here are a few details about his life: A GROWING CAREER: – Attenborough played underdogs and misfits in a string of character roles after World War Two, notably in “Brighton Rock”, “Seance on a Wet Afternoon” and “10 Rillington Place”. – In 1969 Attenborough directed his first film, ““Oh What a Lovely War”, a side-swipe at militarism.

Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande kick off MTV VMAs

August 25, 2014 0
Beyonce arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Nicki Minaj helped open the MTV Video Music Awards with a “Bang” on Sunday as she brought her “Anaconda” video to life with a rump-shaking performance and had a wardrobe malfunction when she joined Ariana Grande and Jessie J. on stage.