Jennifer Aniston puts name in star on Walk of Fame

Jennifer Aniston puts name in star on Walk of Fame


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Jennifer Aniston was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Wednesday, the first of the "Friends" actors to receive the emblem of celebrity that she described as "surreal." ...
Simon Cowell says learned to keep his mouth shut

Simon Cowell says learned to keep his mouth shut


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television entrepreneur Simon Cowell says he's learned one lesson from the U.S. launch of his TV show "The X Factor". To keep his big mouth shut. That means he is ...
Wrestling scion joins Disney in the ring in China

Wrestling scion joins Disney in the ring in China


By Ronald Grover (Reuters) - Shane McMahon, the son of pro-wrestling impresario Vince McMahon, will team up with Walt Disney Co to distribute video-on-demand Disney movies in China. ...
Kodak is out of the picture at Oscars

Kodak is out of the picture at Oscars


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co is having its named yanked from Sunday's telecast of the Oscars, the president of the group that gives out the awards said on Wednesday. "It will ...
Oscars 2012: A year of comfort

Oscars 2012: A year of comfort


By Bob Tourtellotte LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When the curtain rises on the Oscars this Sunday, nervous anticipation will, as usual, fill the theater at the world's top film awards, but this year movie ...
Lindsay Lohan pleases judge on "home stretch" of probation

Lindsay Lohan pleases judge on "home stretch" of probation


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan got high marks from a Los Angeles judge at her penultimate progress hearing on Wednesday, as she entered the "home stretch" of her probation after being convicted for theft last year. ...
Adele breaks Whitney Houston's chart record

Adele breaks Whitney Houston's chart record


By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The late Whitney Houston was unable to oust Adele from the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, and the British singer's "21" replaced "The Bodyguard" ...
Obama sings the blues with Jagger, B.B King

Obama sings the blues with Jagger, B.B King


(Reuters) - Bill Clinton had his saxophone, but President Barack Obama can sing the blues. Obama lent his voice to a White House jam featuring Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy ...