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Celebrity biographer Ian Halperin – who penned the unauthorized 2009 tell-all Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson – is set to release a documentary about the late singer. Halperin has been working on a 88-minute Jackson tribute documentary, entitled Gone Too Soon, which uses audio and video footage of the ...

After finally getting Carla Bruni’s nod to act in his film, Woody Allen is now considering leaving the French First Lady for his next flick. The legendary director, 74, last year convinced the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to take a role in ‘You Will Meet A Tall Dark ...

A daily writes that suspected crime bosses Stanko Subotić and Darko Šarić held a series of meetings in Montenegro, Switzerland and France over the last year. Subotić, aka Cane, accused of leading a cigarette smuggling ring, and Šarić, who is accused of smuggling 2.7 tons of cocaine into the region, ...

Some of the tickets for Oscar winner A.R. Rahman’s Chicago (USA) June 18 “Jai Ho Concert” are now selling for 1,050 dollars per person on his official website. This “Jai Ho Circle” ticket includes: no waiting in line – express entry, separate entrance on green carpet, and pre-show service of non-alcoholic ...

Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole is said to have spent Mother’s Day planning her future with her mother. Cheryl’s love cheat husband Ashley blamed Joan Tweedy, 49, as the one who caused the marriage to crumble, after the singer decided to move her in with them. The footie ace, who has never ...

Today, Moody's is again hinting about sovereign credit downgrades for the U.S. and UK..As Bloomberg writes:The U.S. and the U.K. have moved “substantially” closer to losing their AAA credit ratings as the cost of servicing their debt rose, accordin...

Nicolas Sarkozy's party takes a battering in France's regional electionsHE MAY have steeled himself for a poor result in the first round of French regional elections, held on Sunday March 14th. But the outcome for France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, must nonetheless have felt crushing. Polls had suggested that his ruling ...

Band of Horses make soaring, earthy guitar anthems and have roots in Seattle. So do Pearl Jam. Band of Horses will open a bunch of dates for the grunge megastars in May. A good look for both bands! That BoH ...

Photo by Autumn de Wilde Actress, singer, and ambassador for all things infinitely cool and French Charlotte Gainsbourg is bringing her Best New Music-earning LP IRM to life this April with a two-week North American tour. The trek includes a set at this year's Coachella. Dates are ...

UPDATE: Go here to download the track "Collector", in exchange for an email address. Psych-folk upstarts Here We Go Magic release their second LP, Pigeons, on June 8 via new label Secretly Canadian. Unlike on 2009's self-titled, four-track-recorded, one-man-band debut, Magic leader Luke ...

Think of Spain and the south of France and all sorts of images come to mind. A snowstorm is not one of them. Yet the white stuff has been falling in abundance on the border between the two countries, with spring just around the corner.

Lily Allen smoked a cigarette onstage, even though she was suffering from a chest infection. Disregarding the smoking ban, the ‘Smile’ hitmaker lit up at the MEN Arena in Manchester. However, she apologized to the crowd for off key vocals. “I”ve got a bout of bronchitis so sorry if my singing’’s a bit ...

The Iraq War drama ”The Hurt Locker” has bagged the best picture and five other prizes at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’’s top prize for filmmakers, reports Variety. Sandra ...

When Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong stood on the podium at the end of the Tour de France this year, one of the biggest winners not standing beside them was Trek Bicycle Corporation. The Waterloo, Wis.-based manufacturer provided the bicycles that Armstrong rode to seven consecutive Tour victories, and they ...

JACKSON BROWNE & DAVID LINDLEY COME TOGETHER FOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR THE DUO RELEASE LOVE IS STRANGE, A 2-CD LIVE SET ON MAY 11 Jackson Browne Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will take to the road this summer with his band and longtime friend and musical co-conspirator ...

Photo by Kathryn Yu On April 20 in North America (April 19 internationally), Canadian psych traveler Caribou will release the new album Swim. We've already dropped a BNM on teaser single "Odessa". If you were hoping that Dan ...

Apple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and ...

May is shaping up to be a prime time for festival-ready indie rock with the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Broken Social Scene, Band of Horses, the Black Keys, and the Hold Steady releasing new albums that month. Here's another big name: The National's fifth LP, High Violet, ...

1877: Emile Berliner files a patent caveat for a new kind of microphone. It assures the future of the telephone, but not fame for Berliner. Alexander Graham Bell had already invented his telephone, but without Berliner’s carbon-disk or carbon-button microphone, telephones would have sounded terrible for decades. And they may not ...

Cheryl Cole and her estranged husband Ashley have agreed a ‘temporary custody’ arrangement over their pet pooches. Cheryl, 26, is desperate to have care of chihuahuas Buster, four, and Coco, three, full-time, but so is Ashley, 29. So, to ‘keep the peace’, the singer and pop star has agreed to let them ...