NEW YORK - "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence on Tuesday topped a Forbes magazine list of the world's highest-paid actress for the second straight year, earning some US$46 million (S$62.13 million), followed by Melissa McCarthy.Lawrence, 26, took the top...
LOS ANGELES - Paramount's US$100 million ($135 million) remake of "Ben-Hur" bombed in its opening weekend at the North American box office, industry data showed Monday, putting it on course to become the summer's biggest flop.The chariot racing epic...
Amazon.com Inc said it was working on a music subscription service that would cost about US$5 (S$6.75) a month and would only work on its Echo hardware, Recode reported, citing sources.Amazon would like to launch the services in September,...
New York - Investigators looking into pop legend Prince's death believe that counterfeit pills may have killed him, a report said Monday.The Star Tribune, the daily newspaper in Prince's hometown of Minneapolis, said that the authorities turned to the...
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court Monday remanded a rap artist in custody for a music video entitled "Oh my God" which allegedly insults Islam because it was partly filmed in a mosque.Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng...
REVIEW / CONCERTDICK LEE SINGAPOP! 60TH BIRTHDAY CONCERTThe Star TheatreLast FridayDick Lee's gig at The Star Theatre last Friday was an aurally colourful jaunt through his music career, which has lasted more than four decades.This sense of jubilation was...
Washington - Lou Pearlman, the producer who launched the hit 1990s boy band groups Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence for bilking investors of US$300 million (S$405 million).The Federal Bureau of Prisons...
PETALING JAYA - Controversial rapper Namewee has been arrested at KLIA after arriving home from overseas on Sunday.The 33-year-old was detained at 3.30pm at the airport.George Town OCPD Asst Comm Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the rapper, whose real name...
As demand grows for child actors for stage, television and movie productions, there is room to develop the industry furtherChild actors are a small but flourishing breed in Singapore.While there are no hard figures available, the modest demand for...
As a struggling young actor in the UK about 25 years ago, Adrian Pang once found himself extremely broke."I remember looking at my bank balance - which was bad enough that I might be kicked out of my apartment...
