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Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne returns after near-death Lyme illness
NEW YORK - Pop punk heroine Avril Lavigne on Saturday announced her first song in five years as she revealed that was so ill with Lyme disease that she feared death.The Canadian singer and guitarist, who became an international star in the 2000s as one of the most successful women in the hard-charging world of skater rock, said she would release the first song off her upcoming album on Sept. 19.Lavigne, in a letter to fans on her website, said that the song, "Head Above Water," reflected her struggle and that she wrote it as she lay incapacitated on her couch."I had accepted death and could feel my body shutting down. I felt like I was drowning. Like I was going under water and I just needed to come up for air. Like I was in a river being pulled in a current," she...
September 08, 2018

Avril Lavigne returns after near-death Lyme illness

Mac Miller
Rapper Mac Miller dies in Los Angeles at age 26
LOS ANGELES - Mac Miller, a rapper from Pittsburgh whose debut album topped the charts in 2011 after his upbeat style gained a following online and who previously dated singer Ariana Grande, died on Saturday in Los Angeles at age 26, officials said.He was found unresponsive at his home in the Studio City neighborhood and pronounced dead there, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said in a statement.Celebrity website TMZ reported that Miller died of an apparent drug overdose. Reuters could not confirm that. Miller, whose real name was Malcolm McCormick, had discussed his use of drugs, particularly the misuse of prescription cough syrup, in media interviews and rap lyrics.The coroner's office did not release the cause of death, saying an autopsy was pending.Miller's family in...
September 08, 2018

Rapper Mac Miller dies in Los Angeles at age 26

Burt Reynolds
'Deliverance,' 'Boogie Nights' star Burt Reynolds dies
LOS ANGELES - Burt Reynolds, the mustachioed heart-throb of 1970s cinema who won acclaim in "Deliverance" and a host of awards later in his career for "Boogie Nights," died on Friday, his family announced.The famously suave 82-year-old, a huge box office draw at his peak who had a reputation as a hard-drinking playboy, reportedly suffered a heart attack and died at a hospital in Florida."It is with a broken heart that I said goodbye to my uncle today," the actor's niece Nancy Lee Hess, said in a statement sent. "My uncle was not just a movie icon; he was a generous, passionate and sensitive man, who was dedicated to his family, friends, fans and acting students."Reynolds, whose career spanned six decades, earned a Golden Globe, Oscar nomination...
September 08, 2018

'Deliverance,' 'Boogie Nights' star Burt Reynolds dies

A sign tribute to soul music icon Aretha Franklin sits on a hearse outside Greater Grace Temple during her funeral in Detroit, Michigan, in this Aug. 31, 2018 file photo. — AFP
Aretha Franklin dresses going on auction
NEW YORK — Weeks after Aretha Franklin’s death, an auction house on Friday announced the sale of more than 30 dresses worn by the Queen of Soul.Julien’s Auctions said the outfits would go on sale along with items from other musical icons on Nov. 9 and 10 in New York.Franklin’s outfits, expected to fetch up to $4,000 each, include a red sequined dress designed by Arnold Scaasi, the late designer best known for dressing US first ladies, which Franklin wore at a 1991 performance at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.Other highlights include a knit jacket by luxury brand St. John that Franklin sported when she was presented the National Medal of the Arts in 1999 by President Bill Clinton.Julien’s Auction did not reveal the owners of the outfits.Franklin, who grew up singing in her...
September 07, 2018

Aretha Franklin dresses going on auction

Hollywood actor Burt Reynolds poses for a portrait during an interview with Reuters at a hotel in central London in this Dec. 3, 2015 file photo. — Reuters
Hollywood star Burt Reynolds dies at 82
LOS ANGELES, California — Burt Reynolds, whose good looks and charm made him one of Hollywood’s most popular actors as he starred in films such as “Deliverance,” “The Longest Yard” and “Smokey and the Bandit” in the 1970s and ‘80s, died on Thursday age of 82, The Hollywood Reporter said, citing his manager.At the peak of his career, Reynolds was one of the most bankable actors in the film industry, reeling off a series of box office smashes until a career downturn in the mid-1980s. He rebounded in 1997 with a nomination for a best supporting actor Academy Award for “Boogie Nights” and won an Emmy Award for his role in the 1990-1994 TV series “Evening Shade.”With his trademark mustache, rugged looks and macho aura, he was a leading male sex symbol of the 1970s. He...
September 06, 2018

Hollywood star Burt Reynolds dies at 82

Director Jennifer Kent, left, and actress Aisling Franciosi attend a photo call for the film “The Nightingale” presented in competition on Thursday during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. — AFP
Australian women’s revenge movie is Venice favorite
VENICE — A stirring story of revenge and friendship involving an Irish convict woman and an Aboriginal tracker in colonial Tasmania was hailed the favorite on Thursday to win the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival.“The Nightingale” by Australian Jennifer Kent — the only film directed by a woman of 21 vying for the top prize — had critics reaching for comparisons with Jane Campion’s 1993 masterpiece “The Piano”.But the first screening of Kent’s haunting evocation of the brutality of the former penal colony, whose original inhabitants were all but wiped out in a genocide, was marred by racist and sexist abuse hurled at its makers.After loud cheers had greeted the demise of a British officer near the end of the film who had murdered the heroine’s husband and baby, a...
September 06, 2018

Australian women’s revenge movie is Venice favorite

The jacket worn by Harrison Ford’s character Han Solo in the ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ film is on show at the Imax in central London on Thursday and will be auctioned on Sept. 20. — AFP
Rare movie memorabilia on show for London auction
LONDON — Han Solo’s jacket from “The Empire Strikes Back” and Indiana Jones’ signature hat top off some dazzling movie memorabilia that went on display in London on Thursday before being auctioned later this month.More than 600 props and costumes from film and television, including Marty McFly’s hoverboard in “Back To The Future Part II”, will go under the hammer in the British capital on Sept. 20.Around a third of the rare and unique lots can be viewed at the BFI IMAX complex ahead of the bidding.“We’ve got some of the best (items) from the pinnacle of all the films,” said Sian Taylor, project manager at organizer Prop Store — namechecking seminal franchises from “Star Wars” and “Batman” to “The Terminator” and “The Lord of the Rings”.The film...
September 06, 2018

Rare movie memorabilia on show for London auction

Irish band ‘The Cranberries’ lead singer Dolores O’Riordan performs live at Dublin’s Castle in this April 29, 2000 file photo. — Reuters
Cranberries singer drowned accidentally in bath: UK coroner
LONDON — Late singer-songwriter Dolores O’Riordan, frontwoman of the multi-million-selling rock band The Cranberries, accidentally drowned in a hotel bath after consuming alcohol, a coroner ruled on Thursday.The singer, who died aged 46, was found in the bath in her room at the Park Lane Hilton hotel on Jan. 15.Coroner Shirley Radcliffe in London ruled that the cause of death was accidental drowning due to intoxication, but found no evidence of injuries or self harm.Policewoman Natalie Smart described attending the scene and finding O’Riordan “submerged in the bath with her nose and mouth fully under the water.”The inquest also heard there were empty bottles in the room.“There’s no evidence that this was anything other than an accident,” said the coroner.The Cranberries...
September 06, 2018

Cranberries singer drowned accidentally in bath: UK coroner

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson attend the Tom Ford fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Park Avenue Armory in New York City on Wednesday. — AFP
Tom Ford kicks off New York Fashion Week
NEW YORK — New York Fashion Week opened with a bang with a master class from Tom Ford, A-list models oozing subdued sophistication in neutral palettes with Tom Hanks and break-out rom-com star Henry Golding front row.The US city kicks off a month-long fashion merry-go-round in which editors, celebrities and influencers descend first on the Big Apple before jetting off to fashion weeks in London, Milan and Paris.Everyone from the biggest names in the industry to fresh-out-of-college hopefuls will pack a frenetic schedule from Thursday to Sept. 12 as the Big Apple wilts under a late summer heat wave.Ford took a chill pill — opening the spring/summer 2019 season by sending down the runway models Kaia Gerber, Gigi Hadid, Joan Smalls in matte make-up, head scarves and smoky eyes.For men,...
September 06, 2018

Tom Ford kicks off New York Fashion Week

‘Star Wars’ producer Kennedy, Cicely Tyson to get lifetime awards
LOS ANGELES, California — “Star Wars” producer Kathleen Kennedy and veteran actress Cicely Tyson will receive honorary awards this year, recognizing their lifetime achievements in the movie industry, the Motion Picture Academy said on Wednesday.Kennedy, who will be honored with her producer husband Frank Marshall, will be the first woman to receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award that is given to film producers annually for their body of work.Kennedy and Marshall co-founded Amblin Entertainment with director Steven Spielberg in 1981, producing box office hits that went on to become movie favorites including “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Jurassic Park” and “The Color Purple.”In 2012, Kennedy became president of Lucasfilm, reviving the...
September 06, 2018

‘Star Wars’ producer Kennedy, Cicely Tyson to get lifetime awards

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