Sunday, September 28, 2014

Lorde opens doors for Kiwis

ZM radio host Jay Reeve has been in Las Vegas with his boss, Radio Network MD Dean Buchanan. Spy hears they had quite a time at the the fourth annual iHeartRadio Music Festival, hosted by Ryan Seacrest at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, with two days of incredible acts.

Buchanan, a music scene veteran, was astonished at how doors have opened since the discovery of teen sensation Lorde. "Because of Lorde, all we needed was our accents and before you knew it we were backstage with Lorde, her mum, Sonja Yelich - who Reeve won over with a Stolen Girlfriend's bear - and Lorde's band, Ben Barter and Jimmy Mac."

That was just the entree. Before long they were chatting with mega-star festival opener Taylor Swift. Reeve told Spy: "She genuinely loves Lorde, adores New Zealand and was just lovely to hang backstage with." They also met Coldplay's Chris Martin and Ed Sheeran. Buchanan added: "Lorde is on massive billboards all over the US, Kiwis quickly forget just how huge she is in the US. Her Hunger Games'Mockingjay soundtrack has just come out and she is only just beginning. Lorde is opening many doors for Kiwis."

Leonardo DiCaprio

Why Leonardo DiCaprio is a poor role model for saving the planet

TORONTO - Two events last week illustrated the enormous misunderstanding many people who think they’re saving the planet have with regard to man-made climate change, aka global warming.

The first was the one-day UN climate change summit in New York, and the protest marches leading up to it.

The second was Apples’ release of its iPhone 6.

The irony, lost on many who no doubt lined up to buy the latest iPhone before rushing out to join the protests (leaving a tsunami of litter in their wake) was this.

If, according to their own logic, they want to save the planet, they have to stop buying the latest version of the latest cell phone, when the one they have is still perfectly usable.

Kate Winslet talks about being a mum, twerking and time management

how did your partnership with the brand come about?

They approached me to be an ‘ambassador of elegance’ in 2010. It was very important to me to know about them as a company, and what was a breath of fresh air was the fact they care so much about the people who work for them. They’re very innovative; they move with the times.

You would think a company that’s existed for such a long time could become quite set in its ways, but it isn’t. There’s a lot to be said for that.

You’re an ‘ambassador of elegance’. What’s elegance to you? I imagine it’s not twerking?
Elegance to me is a woman who keeps her clothes on! I do think it’s a very individual thing, isn’t it? Because it’s not one ‘thing’; it’s specific to a person. It has to come from inside.

Johnny Depp Rocks Out with Ryan Adams During a London Show

If this film thing doesn't work out, Johnny Depp has a sure future as musical sideman.

Depp, 51, showcased his considerable guitar skills recently when he stepped out of the wings during a Ryan Adams show at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire to join the rocker on two songs, locking up a pretty mean guitar solo on his tune "Kim" and a cover of Danzig's "Mother."

“Rihanna And I Are Just Having Fun”

Chris Brown and Rihanna are talking again and there are already talks that the two will be back together soon.
It was just a few weeks ago we saw Rihanna giving Chris Brown the cold shoulder at a charity basketball game in New York.

“We’re friends,” Chris Brown told ET about his ex-girlfriend. “Nothing too serious… We’re not trying to start a life together right now, we’re just having fun.”

Fifth Harmony Brings the Noise at Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood Party 2014

Fifth Harmony brings their style to the 2014 Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party with Emporio Armani on Friday night (September 26) in Beverly Hills, Cali

Earlier that same day, the girls — Dinah Hansen, Normani Kordei, Ally Brooke, Lauren Jauregui, and Camila Cabello — revealed that they were giving away an outfit from all five of their collections.

little mix

Little Mix have proved their credentials as bona fide pop stars, and now it seems that Jesy Nelson and Jade Thirlwall are equally as gifted when it comes to impressions of their fellow singers.

The former X Factor contestants have recorded some seriously convincing impersonations of Shakira and Nadine Coyle in a set of exclusive interviews.

Promoting TalkTalk's Mix Off app, Jade managed to sound almost exactly like the She Wolf singer.

ALIA BHATT

ALIA BHATT

Alia bhatt is an indian actress and singer.who appears in Bollywood films.the doughter of filmmaker Mahesh bhatt and actress soni razdan.she made her acting debut with karan johars romantic drama student of the year (2012) a box office success .she subsequently garnered praise for her performances in lmtiaz ali’s road mories and the highly successful romantic drama.

Bhatt was born on 15 march 1993 to indian film director Mahesh bhatt and actress soni razdan.her father is of primarily gujarati descent.and her mother is of Kashmiri german oncestry bhatt has an elder sister.bhatt’s firsh acting role was as a child artist in sangharsh.starring akshay kumar and preity zinta where she played the younger version of zintas character.she had her first leading role in 2012 with karan johar’s student of the year .along side sidharth malhotra and varun dhawan

Sarah Michelle Gellar has her hands full as she leaves Starbucks with lots of coffees on Saturday (September 13) in Los Angeles.

The 37-year-old actress and her husbandFreddie Prinze Jr are gearing up for two birthdays in their house – their daughterCharlotte will celebrate her 5th birthday on September 19, and their son Rockywill celebrate his 2nd birthday on September 21!

Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood was born on September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father,Ira David Wood III, is a theatre actor, writer, and director, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress and acting coach. She has two older brothers: Dana Wood, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV, who has also acted. Evan and her brothers sometimes performed at Theatre In The Park in Raleigh, which her father founded and where he serves as executive director.

Piper Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas, to Mary Charlotte (Ulland), a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a poetry professor. Her mother is of Norwegian descent and her father is of German, Irish, and English ancestry (the surname "Perabo" originates in Germany).

Is a ballet dancer.

Is a photographer. When she was first cast on Everwood (2002), her first big splurge was on a F100 Nikon Camera.

Was named one of E! Online's Sizzlin' 16 in 2003.

Big ice hockey fan, Montreal Canadiens team especially.

She is a talented horse rider. Learning Spanish.

Dream pets are huge dogs.

She has three sisters Katie, 22, Alison, 20 and Molly, younger.

Lives in a suburb of Montréal

Grew up speaking French and is fluent in the language.

"Teen" named her one of the top actresses under the age of twenty.

Ex-boyfriend Chris Pratt played her brother on Everwood (2002).

Has starred as a character named Emily three times: in The Ring Two (2005), Norman (2010) and Revenge (2011).

Ranked #51 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander was born on October 3, 1988 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden as Alicia Amanda Vikander. She is an actress, known for A Royal Affair (2012), Anna Karenina(2012) and Pure (2009).

2011: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.

One of six children.

Got the part of Kitty in Anna Karenina (2012) after Saoirse Ronan turned it down, while she got the part of Alice in Seventh Son (2015) after Jennifer Lawrence backed out of the production.

Portrayed a half-human/half-robot in Ex Machina (2015) and a half-human/half-witch inSeventh Son (2015).

Sophia Bush

Sophia Anna Bush was born on July 8, 1982, in Pasadena, California. She is an only child. Her father, Charles William Bush, is a renowned advertising and celebrity photographer, and her mother, Maureen E. (Searson) Bush, runs a photography studio.

Young Bush was brought up in Pasadena; she made her acting debut in a school theater production while attending Westridge School for Girls, a small private school in her hometown. She was crowned the Queen of the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena Rose Parade in 2000; that same year, she graduated from High School. In 2002, Sophia Bush made her screen debut as "Sally", a college student, in the comedy Van Wilder: Party Liaison(2002), opposite Ryan Reynolds. She attended the University of Southern California for three years and took Journalism major and Theatre minor, albeit she did not graduate, taking her leave of absence after getting the part as "Brooke Davis", a flirtatious cheerleader on the WB TV series One Tree Hill (2003). She was also cast to play opposite Arnold Schwarzeneggerand Nick Stahl in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) but, after she began principal photography on the film, the director deemed her too young for the role and she was soon replaced by actress Claire Danes. However, Bush got her big break when One Tree Hill (2003) developed a loyal following and became her steady gig over four seasons. It was while working on the series that Bush began dating her on-screen love interest, actor Chad Michael Murray. They wed in April 2005, but split after five months, in September 2005. In December 2006, their divorce became final. Meanwhile, she continued to land big screen roles, such as "October Bantum" in Stay Alive (2006), a horror film by writer/director William Brent Bell, and as "Beth" in John Tucker Must Die (2006), a comedy by director Betty Thomas. Bush is co-starring as "Grace Andrews", who is terrorized by a killer played by Sean Bean, in the remake of The Hitcher (2007).

Outside of her acting profession, Bush has been working as an Assignment Editor for Annenberg TV News in her spare time. Her other talents include horseback riding, boxing and photography. She enjoys reading and spending time with her friends and is residing in Wilmington, North Carolina, where One Tree Hill (2003) is filmed.

Sharon Tate

Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break came when she was cast as the shapely bank secretary, "Janet Trego", in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) (1963-1965). In 1967, she would meet her future husband, director Roman Polanski, on the set of the English film The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) . Sharon's big role would be that same year when she was the starlet in Valley of the Dolls (1967). With her marriage to Roman, her life became one of parties, travel and meeting influential movie people. She would appear as a red-haired beauty in the spy spoof The Wrecking Crew (1968) working with Dean Martin and the equally beautiful Elke Sommer. Sharon then took time off from films as she awaited the birth of her first child. On August 9, 1969 a pregnant Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Steven Parent, and Wojciech Frykowski were murdered by 3 of Charles Manson's followers. Today all the suspects remain in prison.

Amelia Warner

Amelia Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Liverpool, England, the only child of English actress Annette Ekblom and Welsh actor Alun Lewis. Her uncle is Welsh actor Hywel Bennett. Relocating to London when she was 4 years old, she studied at the Royal Masonic School for Girls, and then (at 16) the College of Fine Arts. However, her schools did not approve of her taking so much time off for her acting work and so was forced to study for a while at a college in Belsize Park. She was "discovered" after she and her friends devised and acted out a play in Covent Garden where she was spotted by an agent and won a place at London Royal Court Theatre's Youth program. Warner had a string of television roles in TV dramas such as Casualty (1986) before making it big with Lorna Doone (2000) and the filmQuills (2000), which both came out in the winter of 2000.

Nathalie Emmanuel

Nathalie Emmanuel was born on March 2, 1989 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England as Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel. She is an actress, known for Hollyoaks (1995), Game of Thrones(2011) and Fast & Furious 7 (2015).

Louise Bourgoin

Louise Bourgoin was born on November 28, 1981 in Vannes, Morbihan, France as Ariane Bourgoin. She is an actress, known for The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec(2010), A Happy Event (2011) and L'amour dure trois ans (2011).

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse was born in New York City, New York, United States. Her father is Paul Ronan, an Irish actor, and her mother is Monica Ronan. When Saoirse was age 3, the family moved to Ireland. Saoirse grew up in County Carlow, Ireland.

Saoirse made her first TV appearance with a small role in a few episodes of the TV series, The Clinic (2003). Her first film appearance was in the 2007 movie, I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007). Saoirse received international fame after appearing in the movie, Atonement(2007), which was directed by Joe Wright. The movie co-starred Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. The film was successful, both critically and commercially, and Saoirse earned an Oscar nomination for her role. She became one of the youngest people to be nominated for an Oscar.

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg-area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner military figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle.

Theron got an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". There wasn't much for a young actress or dancer to do in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and United States of America, where she got job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She was also able to work as a photo model. However, an injured knee put a halt to her dancing career.

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of a Scottish-born social worker mother, Anne (Love), and an American military judge and colonel father, Peter Moore Smith, Jr., who was originally from New Jersey.

Gwyneth Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted producer and director Bruce Paltrow and Tony award-winning actress Blythe Danner. Her father's family was Ashkenazi Jewish, while her mother has German, and some English and Irish, ancestry. When Gwyneth was eleven, the family moved to Massachusetts, where her father began working in summer stock productions in the Berkshires. It was here that she received her early acting training under the tutelage of her parents. After graduating from the all-girls Spence School in New York City, she moved to California where she attended the University of California in Santa Barbara, majoring in Art History. She soon quit, realizing it was not her passion.

Sofía Margarita Vergara was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her mother, Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara, is a housewife. Her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, provides cattle to the meat industry. She has five siblings. She was educated at a private bilingual Spanish/English school. She then went on to study pre-dentistry. However, Sofía was discovered by a photographer, whilst at the beach, and this led to various jobs in modeling and television. At age 23, she was a runway model. From 1995 to 1998, she co-hosted a travel show, Fuera de serie (1995), which gave her exposure in the United States. Her first film role was Big Trouble (2002). Her breakthrough role was as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the American television series Modern Family (2009). In 2010-2013, she received 4 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for this role. Sofía resides in Los Angeles, California with her son, Manolo.

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her father was Richard Beckinsale, born in Nottingham, England. He starred in a number of popular British television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series Rising Damp(1974), Porridge (1974) and The Lovers (1970). He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 31.

Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director, is a three-time Academy Award winner and 12-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received Oscar nods in every decade from 1960s through the 2000s.

Since melting audiences' hearts - at the age of six - with her big-screen breakout in Steven Spielberg's beloved sci-fi classic, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Drew Barrymore has emerged as one of the most endearing and talented actresses of her generation.

Drew was born in Culver City, California, to actors John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore(née Ildiko Jaid Mako). Her father came from a long showbusiness legacy, as the son of actors John Barrymore and Dolores Costello, while her mother was the daughter of Hungarian immigrants. Despite a troubled and much-publicized adolescence during which she appeared in only a handful of films, Barrymore's star was officially on the rise during the mid-1990s with appearances in Poison Ivy (1992), Bad Girls (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), Batman Forever (1995), Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and Wes Craven's game-changing horror hit Scream (1996).

Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham), English, Irish, Scottish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Maori (one of Crowe's maternal great-grandmothers, Erana Putiputi Hayes Heihi, was Maori).

Han Ji-min started her career in show business while still a high school student. She did various commercial films (CF) and music videos before gaining wider attention in 2003, when she appeared in hit Korean television dramas All In and Dae Jang Geum. Han said she hadn't dreamed of becoming a serious actress, but changed her mind after starring in All In, where she played the teenage counterpart of the drama's main character, played by popular actress Song Hye-kyo. After her breakthrough performance in the critically acclaimed mania drama Resurrection,Han challenged herself by playing a cute yet ambitious tomboy who dreams of becoming a pilot in her first movie Blue Swallow.

Yi San dramatizes the life of Korea's King Jeongjo, the 22nd ruler of the Joseon Dynasty. Jeongjo is remembered in Korean history for his sympathy with the plight of the common man, in spite of his own pampered upbringing as royalty.

The drama begins with the King's early years, during which he befriends two children working in the Palace who are later expelled. King Yeongjo (Jeongjo's grandfather) seals Jeongjo's father, Crown Prince Sado, in a rice storage chest with no food or water because he fears that the crown prince is planning a coup. Jeongjo wants to save his father, and with the help of his friends Seong Song Yeon and Park Dae Su, begs King Yeongjo to forgive the Crown Prince.

The Backstreet Boys (sometimes referred to as BSB) are an American vocal group,formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The group consists of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, and Brian Littrell. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). In the following year, they released their second international albumBackstreet's Back (1997) and their U.S. debut album which continued the group's success worldwide. They rose to superstardom with their third studio album Millennium (1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue (2000).

After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album Never Gone (2005). Richardson left the group after the conclusion of Never Gone Tour in 2006 to pursue other interests. The group then released two albums as a quartet:Unbreakable (2007) and This Is Us (2009).

In 2012, the group announced that Richardson had rejoined them permanently,and in the following year they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album, In a World Like This (2013).

The Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band in history,and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Sade to have their first nine albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and the only boy band to do so. They also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013.

Nick Carter

Nick Carter & Jordan Knight Talk New Nick & Knight Collab

The pair came together to EXCLUSIVELY chat with Perez TV all about their new album, combining fans, and they even revealed some tour secrets…

Including how Nick recently added rapper to his resume!

These dudes to make you swoon live, they're currently on tour till November

We knew when a New Kid On The Block and a Backstreet Boy came together to make beautiful music, it would be electric - but Nick Carter and Jordan Knight's new collaboration Nick & Knight is everything and more!

The ultimate boy band duo, Nick Carter and Jordan Knight, have released the first music video for their Nick & Knight song One More Time, and we just can't get enough!

The Backstreet Boys plus New Kids on the Block singers coming together was possibly the greatest idea EVER!

The video is simple with the duo playing as photographers and having women pose for them!

Psy's 'Gangnam style' kick-starts Asian Games in Incheon

Pop sensation Psy brought the housedown 'Gangnam Style' as Incheon laid out the red carpet for over 13,000 competitors from 45 countries with an exhilarating opening ceremony to launch the 17th Asian Games at the main stadium at Incheon on Friday.
Psy's performance was the high point of the spectacular show as the world's second-biggest multi-sports spectacle after the Olympic Games was kickstarted with customary fanfare, including fireworks and breathtaking visual effects.
South Korean singer Psy performs during the opening ceremony of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon. (Reuters/Tim Wimborne)

Korean President Park Geun-hye declared the Games open amid thunderous cheers from a capacity crowd as dazzling fireworks lit up the evening sky.

South Korean singer Psy performs during the opening ceremony of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon. (Reuters/Tim Wimborne)
Korean President Park Geun-hye declared the Games open amid thunderous cheers from a capacity crowd as dazzling fireworks lit up the evening sky.
- See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/asiangames2014/asian-games-open-with-spectacular-show/article1-1266103.aspx#sthash.dciSxU0V.dpuf

Pop sensation Psy brought the housedown 'Gangnam Style' as Incheon laid out the red carpet for over 13,000 competitors from 45 countries with an exhilarating opening ceremony to launch the 17th Asian Games at the main stadium at Incheon on Friday.

Psy's performance was the high point of the spectacular show as the world's second-biggest multi-sports spectacle after the Olympic Games was kickstarted with customary fanfare, including fireworks and breathtaking visual effects. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/asiangames2014/asian-games-open-with-spectacular-show/article1-1266103.aspx#sthash.dciSxU0V.dpuf

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PSY Makes Way Into GAMEVIL’s “Ocean Tales”

GAMEVIL’s social network game Ocean Tales has some awesome new content in a recent update, and not just any content, but content from YG Entertainment! Yes, that’s right, one of Korea’s top entertainment agency full of the hottest artists. Ocean Tales launched this summer, it is a game in which players grow crops, produce goods, build a city, manage ships, and travel the seas. There are also random encounters with pirates and buried treasures.

Jason Momoa's Aquaman appearing as surfer, rumors

Actor Jason Momoa has been confirmed to play Aquaman on the 'Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice' cast, though details of how he will portray the ocean-locked character are still slim. However, there are news reports suggesting that Momoa's Aquaman will look like a surfer.

"So the first bit of news is that he's going to look like a surfer essentially with tribal tattoos and all that jazz. Nothing huge and pretty obvious but for those of you wondering, that's what we hear he'll look like in the film, which makes sense since it's Momoa playing the character," Alex Welch wrote in a report published by Schmoes Knows.

Star files restraining order against violent ex

The ex-boyfriend of actress Sarah Hyland was ordered to stay away from theModern Family star after she said he choked and threatened her.

Hyland, 23, obtained the temporary restraining order on Friday after stating in court papers that actor Matt Prokop had been verbally and physically abusive.

Prokop was ordered to stay 100 yards away from the actress, her home, workplace and dog, and not attempt to contact her. An Oct. 10 hearing was set.

Hyland wrote that Prokop pinned her to her car in May.

"He placed both of his hands around my throat and began to choke me," Hyland wrote.

"His grip was so tight that I could not breathe or speak. I was scared and in fear for my life."

Hyland said she did not report the incident to police because Prokop was apologetic and said he would never do it again.

Lohan plans Mean Girls sequel

She played 16-year-old Cady Heron in the devilishly good teen comedy Mean Girls.

And ten years on, with the movie enjoying a cult following, Lindsay Lohan, 28, has teased that there may be a sequel in store.

The former child star told Time Out: "People really love the movie: how do you top that? I was with Tina Fey the other day and I said we should do another Mean Girls,"

She continued: "Like an older version where they're all housewives and they're all cheating. That would be really funny. I'll harass Tina to write it."

Saturday Night Live alum Tina, 44, wrote the screenplay and stars alongside Lindsay as calculus teacher Ms. Sharon Norbury.

The 2004 flick centres around a social clique called 'the Plastics' consisting of Rachel McAdams as Regina, Amanda Seyfried as Karen and Lacey Chabert as Gretchen.