First look at Rihanna’s Styled to Rock TV series
Forget the Katy Perry movie and move aside Heidi Klum: Rihanna has a new TV show, Styled to Rock, which hits UK screens in August. The reality TV show will be exclusive to Sky Living in the UK, with 10 episodes. Twelve new designers will be set fashion challenges by the singer, including […]
Cheryl Cole to write autobiography, for October release
Geordie songstress Cheryl Cole has inked a deal with Murdoch Press subsidiary Harper Collins to pen a tell-all autobiography. According to the same publishing group in The Sun, Cole’s autobiography will hit bookshelves in October. The 29-year-old singer is expected to cover her marriage to Ashley Cole and her ousting from the American […]
The longest-running animated series, The Simpsons, will celebrate its 500-episode landmark on February 19. Creator Matt Groening recalls how viewers of the Fox network’s The Tracey Ullman Show liked the brief cartoons that filled the gaps in each episode—and The Simpsons was spun off into its own half-hour show in 1989. For some, […]
Kelly Rowland a possibility for US X Factor as speculation mounts that Nicole Scherzinger is out
As reported elsewhere, Steve Jones has already confirmed on Twitter that he will not return for the second season of the US version of The X Factor as creator Simon Cowell tinkers with the show. The UK media, meanwhile, are speculating that Nicole Scherzinger will also get the boot, and there’s even a hint […]
Nicole Scherzinger on The X Factor USA and Simon Cowell
Nicole Scherzinger, judge of the US version of The X Factor and former Pussycat Dolls’ lead singer, has given an interview about her experiences on the hit TV show to date. Scherzinger says she has been inspired by the show’s contestants. She also believes that the appearances on The X Factor have allowed her […]
Two sides of reality TV: Kim Kardashian’s perfume launch contrasts with Nail Files
One is a reality TV star turned entrepreneur. The other is an entrepreneur turned reality TV star. Kim Kardashian was in London for the Glamour awards, at which she received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. And in that spirit, she went to Debenhams on Oxford Street to launch her new eponymous fragrance, […]
Cowell quashes rumours as Nicole Scherzinger replaces Cheryl Cole on US X Factor
We’re glad we made the call that Nicole Scherzinger (left) would replace Cheryl Cole on the US version of The X Factor, rather than speculate whether the Geordie songstress would return, as the British media and Twitter did over recent days. Fox issued a statement, officially, that Scherzinger has replaced Cole on the judging panel […]
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt walk the red carpet, while Naomi Campbell puts on a charity show for Japan
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images Tree of Life’s première at the Festival de Cannes brought out star Brad Pitt and his wife, Angelina Jolie (in a strapless mocha-coloured Atelier Versace gown in silk mikado), probably the most recognized actress in the western world at the moment. Joining them on the red carpet were fellow stars Sean Penn […]
At Cannes: Fan Bing Bing, Sonam Kapoor, Niels Schneider, and Tree of Life
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images Above Sonam Kapoor (in Jean Paul Gaultier) and Fan Bing Bing raise the glamour stakes at the Cannes Film Festival. Celebrities on the red carpet on Sunday included Sonam Kapoor, Vincent Perez, Olivia Ruiz, Michèle Laroque, Fan Bing Bing, Jacques Lang, Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin. Among our interviewees, brought to […]
Feedback is positive for Cheryl Cole after day one on The X Factor
It does appear we are going to get a blow-by-blow on how things are going for Cheryl Cole on The X Factor. ITN summarizes that Cole is not sitting next to Simon Cowell, as she does on the original version—Paula Abdul takes that seat—and that all but two contestants had an issue understanding a […]
