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Katy Perry, Robert Downey Jr. Chris Rock, Steve Carell, Jackie Chan… Will Appear at 23rd Annual Kids’ Choice Awards

Do you see something common with Katy Perry, Robert Downey Jr. and a few hundred gallons of green slime?
Such famous stars as Tina Fey, Chris Rock, Steve Carell, Jackie Chan, Queen Latifah, Jonah Hill, Lea Michele, David Spade, Dev Patel, Shaun White, Miranda Cosgrove, and many others were asked to help host Kevin James dole [...]

“Valentine’s Day” Tops Weekend Box Office With $52.4 Million

Audiences have fallen in love with Valentine’s Day! Garry Marshall’s ensemble rom-com — which features Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Biel, Shirley MacLaine, Taylor Swift, and Taylor Lautner — took in $52.4 million to open No. 1 at the box office this President’s Day Weekend.

The [...]

Blind Boys of Alabama & Bob Dylan To Play White House Concert

BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, BOB DYLAN, JOHN LEGEND & MORE

TO PERFORM AT WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA

Blind Boys of Alabama

Blind Boys of Alabama have been invited to perform at a special concert at the White House on February 10. In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement will be held in the State Dining Room, and is timed to celebrate Black History Month.

The Blind Boys will join hosts President and Mrs. Obama as well as music superstars Bob Dylan, John Legend, Seal, Jennifer Hudson, John Mellencamp, Natalie Cole and Smokey Robinson on the bill. Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah will emcee the entire event.

The concert will be the White House’s first music event of 2010, and is the latest in a music series started last year by Michelle Obama. It will be streamed live online at Whitehouse.gov and broadcast on PBS on February 11.

The event is a particularly poignant one for the Blind Boys. “Our group started singing together in Alabama in the late 1930s, and we lived through the dark days of segregation,” says Jimmy Carter, the band’s leader and one of its founding members. “That’s why it is a great pleasure and an even greater honor to sing on this program.”

The White House concert adds to an already remarkable year for the legendary gospel group. The band opened 2010 with a series of concerts in China, then flew to New York last week where they were joined by Lou Reed for a blistering performance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Watch the video of this first time live collaboration here.

The group will be touring the rest of the spring, including upcoming concerts in Morristown, N.J. (with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band), at UCLA’s Royce Hall (with Allen Toussaint) and at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, punctuated by their induction into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Montgomery, AL on March 25.

Blind Boys of Alabama Tour Dates

01/29/10 Fri Community Theatre at Mayo Center Morristown, NJ

02/19/10 Fri University of Illinois at Springfield Springfield, IL

02/20/10 Sat Sangamon Auditorium Springfield, IL

02/21/10 Sun The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA

02/25/10 Thu Laxson Auditorium Chico, CA

02/26/10 Fri Knitting Factory Reno, NV

03/04/10 Thu Lobero Theatre Santa Barbara, CA

03/06/10 Sat UCLA Los Angeles, CA

03/06/10 Sat Royce Hall at UCLA Los Angeles, CA

03/07/10 Sun Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA

03/19/10 Fri Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts Franklin, NC

03/25/10 Thu The Alabama Music Hall of Fame Tuscumbia, AL

04/23/10 Fri Skipper’s Smokehouse Tampa, FL

04/25/10 Sun New Orleans Fairgrounds New Orleans, LA


Carrie Underwood National Anthem Super Bowl XLIV 2010

The NFL has gone country! Newly-engaged country sweetheart Carrie Underwood will perform The Star-Spangled Banner, our National Anthem, when the Indianapolis Colts take on the New Orleans Saints at Super Bowl XLIV next month.

In fact, the league has number of exiciting performances lined up for pigskin enthusiasts. Queen Latifah will also perform “America The [...]

Queen Latifah “Twilight” Spoof People’s Choice Awards

The Queen spoofs Twilight!

Jason Alexander Jenny Craig Spokesperson

Jason for Jenny: Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander is following in the footsteps of actresses Queen Latifah, Valerie Bertinelli, Phylicia Rashad, and Kirstie Alley as the next celebrity spokesperson for Jenny Craig.

Jason hopes to drop between 30 and 40 pounds on the popular weight-loss plan, he told PEOPLE this week. The portly actor says he chose Jenny [...]

“Valentine’s Day” Movie Trailer

Sweethearts Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift share a smooch among an all-star cast in the eagerly-awaited romantic comedy Valentine’s Day.

The movie is about the much-debate — and sometimes hated — St. Valentine’s Day.
Take a look at the stars rubbing elbows as part of Valentine’s Day all-star ensemble: Taylor Lautner, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, [...]

People’s Choice Awards Nominees 2010

The nominations for the 2010 People’s Choice Awards were announced in Beverly Hills this morning. Fans will select winners in various categories, including Favorite Movie, Favorite Breakout Artist, and Favorite TV Obsession at next year’s star-studded ceremony.

Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominee slate and will also choose the winners [...]

Carla Bruni Performs At New York Mandela Concert Saturday (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

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NEW YORK — A flock of global entertainment notables and politicos, including France’s first lady Carla Bruni, toasted Nelson Mandela’s 91st birthday with an all-star concert at Radio City Music Hall.

Cyndi Lauper: Top 10 New York Summer Concerts

Cyndi Lauper comments on musicians and concerts in New York.

John Lundberg: Maya Angelou’s Elegy For Michael Jackson

Among the many notable moments at Michael Jackson’s funeral was Queen Latifah’s reading of the Maya Angelou poem “We Had Him.” The popular poetess wrote…