Archive for June, 2011



Dr Who star Karen Gillan was found naked

DR WHO star Karen Gillan tried to flee into a lift after being found naked and mumbling in a hotel corridor, it emerged yesterday. Guests and security stopped the actress from making her bizarre exit draped in a sheet. Karen (23) had earlier tried to get into a guest’s room stark naked at 7am in […]

Winners of BET Awards 2011

Last year at the BET Awards, Chris Brown stomped and bawled his way through an emotional tribute to his idol, the late Michael Jackson. The performance earmarked a yearlong public plea for redemption that had plenty of highs and lows. On Sunday night, it was pretty clear that at least one audience had embraced the […]

Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig get married

Bond star Daniel Craig has wed Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz, Craig’s publicist has confirmed. Craig (43), the sixth actor to play the coveted secret agent role, is reported to have wed Weisz (41) at a private ceremony in New York. Weisz won best supporting actress at the Academy Awards in 2006, for ‘The Constant Gardener’. […]

2011 NBA Draft results

After weeks and weeks of speculation and predictions about the direction of the 2011 NBA Draft, the night was kicked off with a three-team trade involving the Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats and Sacramento Kings and, from there, the activity was non-stop. Without the star power and fanfare of the past few drafts, this year’s draft […]

Another earthquake in Japan

Yokohama, Japan – Nissan is forecasting a 15.4 percent drop in profit for the fiscal year through March 2012 because of production disruptions from the March earthquake and an unfavorable exchange rate. But the Japanese automaker is expecting to sell more cars around the world, despite the disaster in northeastern Japan that battered production earlier […]

Designer John Galliano faces French court

Haute couture’s bad boy John Galliano will stand before a French judge Wednesday to answer to charges of anti-Semitic hate speech. Dropped by Dior, the British designer is expected to blame drug and alcohol addiction. Around 100 French and foreign journalists, as well as hordes of fashionistas and celebrity news hounds, are expected to gather […]

Roger Ebert defends Ryan Dunn

Film critic refuses to apologise for drink drive comments made on Twitter following the death of Jackass star Ryan Dunn in a car accident. The eminent US film critic Roger Ebert has refused to apologise for anti drink drive comments made on Twitter following the death of Jackass star Ryan Dunn on Monday. Dunn and […]

Airbus A380

Paris (Dow Jones) – Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. (003490.SE) flew to Airbus’s rescue Monday, lending one of its A380 superjumbos for displays at this years Paris Air Show after the European commercial aircraft maker’s own plane collided with a building. A spokesman for Airbus said the A380 would fly at Le Bourget Monday and […]

Clarence Clemons dies

Los Angeles. Clarence Clemons, the burly saxophone player who played a crucial role in shaping Bruce Springsteen’s early sound, died on Saturday, six days after suffering a stroke at his Florida home. He was 69. “It is with overwhelming sadness that we inform our friends and fans that at 7:00 tonight, Saturday, June 18, our […]

Nia Long is expecting her second child

Actress Nia Long confirmed today that she’s got a bun in the oven. She was spotted sporting a bikini with her baby bump in Cabo San Lucas and confirmed to People that she is pregnant with her second child. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star already has a 10-year-old child with ex-boyfriend Massai Z. Dorsey, […]