Saturday 9 August 2014

Like A talent show Virgin! Madonna 'to make her X Factor debut for live final performance'

IT WOULD BE her X Factor debut, as Madonna is rumoured to be lined up for a live performance on the UK's ITV talent show.

With Simon Cowell returning to the judging panel, alongside Cheryl Cole, it would seem the music mogul is pulling strings for some A-list guests.

Madonna has never appeared on any kind of talent show before, but it seems the queen of pop is set to make her debut this autumn.

Dakota Johnson has banned her mum Melanie Griffith from watching Fifty Shades Of Grey when it’s released next year.

Dakota plays leading lady Anastasia Steele in the raunchy flick and although Melanie won’t be heading down to the cinema on Valentine’s Day 2015, she has had a sneak preview of Mr Grey’s room of pain.

Canadian singer-songwriter launches campaign against Calgary's 90.3 AMP

Jann Arden woke up Friday morning with some fresh fighting words for Calgary radio station 90.3 AMP over its new policy of shortening the songs it plays on air.

The war of words started Thursday when the Calgary-born Juno-winning singer noticed the station's new format.

How do you build a better turtle? Or, to be more specific, a better teenage ninja turtle?

Since its dawn as a comic book in 1984, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has continually evolved. The latest movie, which opened Friday, has pushed that further, using new digital and computer technology to fuse real-life actors to animated turtles.

PETER Sculthorpe was the fun-loving, avuncular figure of Australian composition, but also a deeply sensitive artist who heard the sound of the continent and gave it expression in music.

Sculthorpe, who died in Sydney yesterday at age 85, has been remembered as Australia’s greatest composer.

Best known for his orchestral and chamber works, the Launceston-born Sculthorpe had a long career that started with his earliest compositions at age nine. His output included 18 string quartets, two operas, a choral Requiem and orchestral works including Kakadu, Mangrove and Earth Cry.

If David Jones’ spring summer launch last week was a fashion show, then Myer’s soiree, held off-site at Carriageworks in Sydney’s hip inner west, was a farshun show thanks to the high drama and high quality showcase.

Demure, conservative and commercially savvy is how the David Jones parade of the upcoming season looked and felt compared to Myer’s bold, exciting and cutting edge volley on Thursday night.

A slew of new young and not so young Australian labels made their debut for the retailer including Alex Perry and by johnny which not only showed off looks the public will be able to buy in the coming months but also gave the 450 guests some fresh styling ideas to incorporate into their wardrobes once the mercury rises.

Unfortunately the President of the United States Barack Obama didn't actually burst into song in real life, but this creatively edited video is still worth the watch!

Baracksdubs posted the video to YouTube with the description, "As per tradition, our president sings the songs of the summer, starting with Fancy by Iggy Azalea. Check back August 18th for the presidential rendition of Problem by Ariana Grande."

Paramount's pizza-eating mutants on pace to top $60 million, knock Marvel's space cowboys from top spot

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” raced to an estimated $25 million first day Friday, putting Paramount's pizza-eating comic book reptiles on course for an opening weekend north of $60 million.

Imagining time travel through ancient standing stones

In the newest book in Diana Gabaldon's fictional Outlander series, Claire Randall, honeymooning in Scotland after World War II, visits Craigh na Dun, a make-believe prehistoric stone circle near Inverness, and falls through the stones—and into the 18th century.

Written in My Own Heart's Blood is the eighth book in the series. In all, the Outlander books have cracked the New York Times Best Seller list six times and have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, in 26 countries and 23 languages.

Kim Kardashian has revealed her 13-month-old daughter loves to watch her get ready and it gives them some quality time together.

She told UsMagazine.com: "North actually will totally sit on my lap and is fascinated when I'm getting my hair blown out.

"And when I'm getting my makeup done [too] I'll give her a little makeup brush, and she'll be entertained."

"Outlander," a slow-starting, time-traveling and very pretty TV adaptation of the Diana Gabaldon novels, already is a hit. Its premiere episode, which otherwise debuts Saturday (Aug. 9) at 8 p.m. on Starz, has been streaming for several days in multiple places. Philiana Ng @ HollywoodReporter.com reported Friday (Aug. 8) that the streams already have been viewed almost 900,000 times.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian spent part of Friday in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, cheering on husband Kanye West as he performed at the mammoth Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.

Kardashian posted a photo on Instagram from the show, which she then tweeted out to her nearly 23 million followers. The tweet simply read "Yeezus" (the name of West's most recent album), with a hashtag of #outsidelands. West also mentioned from the stage that his superstar wife was at the festival -- news that had the capacity crowd buzzing.

SAN DIEGO -- J.K. Rowling published a new Harry Potter short story last month. And Daniel Radcliffe braced himself once again.

The 25-year-old British star faces consistent and persistent questions from fans and the press about whether he'll return to the character that he spent much of his childhood playing. Rowling's story of a 34-year-old Potter posted online was not going to help matters.

Aubrey and Shannon blame Dawn for the split.

The Danity Kane comeback is over before it really got started.

Just several days after a battery report was taken by the LAPD following a physical fight between members Aubrey O’Day and Dawn Richard, the girls have decided to call it quits.

Aubrey and member Shannon Bex took to Twitter, without Dawn, and posted a lengthy note (one from each of the girls and a joint letter) to their DK fans, giving them the “unfiltered truth,” behind the split and what exactly happened between Aubrey and Dawn.

Actors David Duchovny and Téa Leoni are officislly calling it quits after 17 years of marriage. People reports that Duchovny, 54, filed for divorce in June, citing an “irretrievable breakdown” of the relationship. Leoni, 48, will have primary physical custody of their two children, Kyd Miller, 12, and Madelaine West, 15.

Duchovny will pay $8,000 a month in child support along with $40,000 a month in spousal support.

Duchovny and Leoni initially separated in 2008, the same year Duchovny entered rehab for sex addiction. They later reconciled and separated again in 2011.

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