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Williams to headline Heroes gig
Aug 3rd
3 August 2010 Last updated at 01:00 ET
Robbie Williams and Alexandra Burke are among the stars set to perform at a benefit concert for servicemen and women at Twickenham Stadium.
The concert, which takes place on 12 September and will be shown on BBC One, will also feature comic talent including Bruce More >
Awards double for Valentine band
Jul 29th
29 July 2010 Last updated at 15:37 ET
Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine have scooped two prizes at this year’s Kerrang! Awards, including best British group for the third year running.
They were also named best live band, following a headline appearance at this year’s Download Festival.
Jared Leto’s band 30 Seconds More >
Conductor Mackerras dies aged 84
Jul 15th
15 July 2010 Last updated at 07:09 ET
World renowned Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras has died in London at the age of 84.
Sir Charles joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as an oboist during World War II, before becoming its principal oboe in 1946.
He was chosen to conduct the orchestra on the opening More >
Men At Work to hand over royalties
Jul 6th
Down Under reached number one in Australia, the US and the UK
A judge has ordered Men At Work to hand over royalties from the 1983 hit single Down Under after earlier ruling they had plagiarised a children’s song.
The Australian band must pay 5% of money earned from the song More >
Winfrey top of Forbes power list
Jun 29th
Winfrey is launching her own TV channel next year
US TV host Oprah Winfrey has has been named the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes magazine.
Winfrey knocked film star Angelina Jolie off the top spot of Forbes’s annual Celebrity 100 list, which is based on earnings and media More >
Wrongful death suit over Jackson
Jun 26th
Fans around the world marked one year since the singer’s death
Pop star Michael Jackson’s father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the doctor charged with giving him a lethal overdose one year ago.
The civil suit from Joe Jackson accuses Dr Conrad Murray of professional negligence in administering a More >
Jackson ‘was killed for money’
Jun 24th
Michael Jackson was murdered for money, according to his sister LaToya
LaToya Jackson has claimed her brother Michael was murdered because he was “worth so much more dead than alive”.
Speaking during a TV interview, the singer demanded what she called “the truth” surrounding the star’s death in June 2009. More >
Jackson to star in new video game
Jun 15th
Ubisoft have issued an image from the new game
Singer Michael Jackson is to be captured in a new video game, developers Ubisoft have announced.
The game, which has yet to be given a title, will rate players’ ability to dance like the late pop star.
It will be one of the More >
Zeta Jones and Hodge scoop Tonys
Jun 14th
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Zeta Jones plays Desiree Armfeldt in the revival of A Little Night Music
Actors Catherine Zeta Jones and Douglas Hodge, and playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn won Tony Awards in New York on a strong night for British talent.
Zeta Jones, 40, won best actress in More >
Film star Zeta Jones becomes CBE
Jun 13th
Oscar-winning actress Catherine Zeta Jones has been appointed a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
The Welsh star is honoured alongside actress Sophie Okonedo and Midsomer Murders actor John Nettles, who are both given OBEs.
Writer Ronald Harwood, who won 2003′s best adapted screenplay Oscar for The Pianist, receives a knighthood.
Veteran More >
Jimmy Page saluted at Mojo Awards
Jun 11th
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Jimmy Page: “Oh Wow! Thank you so so much”
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has been inducted into the Mojo Hall Of Fame at the magazine’s award ceremony.
Singer Richard Hawley won the best album prize, while Kasabian’s single Fire was named song of the More >
Underwood wins two country awards
Jun 10th
Carrie Underwood was the only artist to win two awards
Former American Idol star Carrie Underwood scooped two trophies at this year’s Country Music Television Awards.
The singer won video of the year for Cowboy Casanova and also performance of the year for Temporary Home.
Keith Urban took home the male More >
Singer Brown denied entry to UK
Jun 8th
Chris Brown was also sentenced to five years’ probation
US singer Chris Brown has been forced to postpone his UK tour after being denied a visa to enter the country, it has been confirmed.
Brown was refused permission on the grounds of being guilty of a serious criminal offence, the Home More >
World Cup opera singer dies at 34
May 26th
Siphiwo Ntshebe had been due to release a single and album
A South African opera singer chosen by Nelson Mandela to perform at the World Cup opening ceremony has died from meningitis, his record label has said.
Siphiwo Ntshebe, 34, was admitted to hospital in Port Elizabeth last week and died More >
