ENTERTAINMENT

Lil Wayne Will Sue Birdman Due To Lack Of Settlement

With this news out now, it looks like Cash Money’s decline is imminent. A couple of months after Lil Wayne’s Twitter rant about Cash Money, he will now sue his mentor, Birdman. According to TMZ, the two tried to make a settlement this week to keep them together. Unfortunately, neither could come up with a balanced compromise, and now Wayne ...

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Birdman given boost in Oscars race

Michael Keaton’s film Birdman has been given a boost in the run-up to the Oscars after winning the Producers Guild of America’s top award. The Producers Guild has predicted the winner of best picture at the Oscars for the past seven years. In Birdman, Keaton plays a washed-up star who tries to revive his career. Richard Linklater’s epic Boyhood has ...

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Cooper brings Elephant Man to London

Three-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper is to play the Elephant Man in London following the critical acclaim he has received for the role on Broadway. The Hangover star will portray the physically deformed John Merrick, whose true-life story inspired David Lynch’s Bafta-winning 1980 film. Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola also appear in the play, which runs in New York until ...

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Pop star Rihanna wins image battle

Singer Rihanna has won a legal battle against high street store Topshop over a T-shirt bearing her image. The Court of Appeal in London upheld a ban on the store selling a sleeveless T-shirt featuring a photo of the star without obtaining her permission. In the first successful celebrity case of its kind, three appeal judges agreed marketing the item ...

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Tributes to Corrie’s Anne Kirkbride

The cast of Coronation Street have led tributes to actress Anne Kirkbride, who played one of the soap’s best-loved characters Deirdre Barlow for 42 years. William Roache, who played on-off husband Ken Barlow, said she was “a loving and vibrant person” who would be “greatly missed”. Former Street star Johnny Briggs, who played Deirdre’s one-time lover Mike Baldwin, called her ...

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Coen brothers to head Cannes jury

The Coen brothers, the Oscar-winning directors of No Country for Old Men, Fargo and The Big Lebowski, are to head this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury. Joel and Ethan Coen will act be co-presidents of the panel of film-makers and actors who will judge the contenders in the main competition. The US siblings, who are 60 and 57 respectively, won ...

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Boyhood adds to film awards haul

  Coming-of-age drama Boyhood has added to its haul of film awards by winning the top prize from the London Critics’ Circle. It was named film of the year, while Richard Linklater won best director and Patricia Arquette best supporting actress. Linklater, who shot it over 12 years, said: “It’s been called an experiment, but it was a leap of ...

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DMX To Pursue Legal Action Against Company Releasing “Redemption Of The Beast”

The battle over the supposed DMX album Redemption Of The Beast could be headed to a court room. HipHopDX reports the Dark Man’s brother/manager Montana has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Seven Arts Entertainment, the company releasing the project. X’s team claims 7Arts is in breach of contract. “[Seven Arts Entertainment] had no right to put out a new album,” Montana ...

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Nick Cannon Files For Divorce From Mariah Carey

Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey have officially hit splitsville. According to reports, the Wild N’ Out creator quietly filed for divorce from his wife of six years on Dec. 12th. However, Mariah had allegedly already been in talks with her lawyers about the terms of her divorce before Nick filed. The “Fantasy” singer was reportedly on the phone with lawyers negotiating ...

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