Add hip-hop to ‘Rock Band’ thanks to Snoop Dogg (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

Las Vegas in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Zynga, Isaac Brekken)AP - Rap and rock will collide once again — this time in a video game.

- Rap and rock will collide once again — this time in a video game.

Jay Leno ratings dip below Conan O’Brien’s (Reuters)

September 3rd, 2010

Entertainer Jay Leno jokes with Rich Westfall, right and hidden by oversized check, president of Gulf Coast Community Foundation about the money raised by Leno's one-night, one-show only benefit concert at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Miss., Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, for Mississippi oil spill victims. Leno said after looking at the over $90,000 collected in ticket sales, that he would contribute $10,000 to raise the amount to $100,000. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Reuters - NBC might have summer’s most-watched show in “America’s Got Talent,” but the network’s late-night ruters - NBC might have summer’s most-watched show in “America’s Got Talent,” but the network’s late-night ratings aren’t so hot.

Judge: Paris Hilton may owe $160K over movie deal (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2010 photo, Paris Hilton and Cy Waits attend the Paris Hilton fragrance launch'Tease' at MyStudio in Hollywood section of Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Donald Traill, file) MANDATORY CREDIT; EDITORIAL USE ONLY; NO SALESAP - Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie “Pledge This!” about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.

- Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie “Pledge This!” about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.

Oprah’s Book Club back, pick coming in September (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

AP - The first week of the final season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will include a selection for Oprah’s Book Club.

Zeta-Jones ‘furious’ at late cancer diagnosis for Douglas (AFP)

September 3rd, 2010

AFP - Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is “furious” that doctors failed to diagnose her Hollywood veteran husband Michael Douglas’s throat cancP - Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is “furious” that doctors failed to diagnose her Hollywood veteran husband Michael Douglas’s throat cancer earlier, she said in an interview published Thursday.

Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

FILE - In this June 14, 2010 file photo Joe Jackson,  the father of  Michael Jackson, and Michael Jackson's sister, LaToya Jackson, arrive to a Los Angeles courthouse for a preliminary hearing setting and motions in the trial of Jackson's personal doctor Conrad  Murray. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)AP - An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a ro - An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son’s multimillion dollar estate.

Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case

September 3rd, 2010

An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son’s multimillion dollar estate.

Judge: Paris Hilton may owe $160K over movie deal

September 3rd, 2010

Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie “Pledge This!” about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.

Eminem and Katy Perry lead U.S. singles chart (Reuters)

September 3rd, 2010

Reuters - Eminem led Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with “Love the Way You Lie,” while Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” moved up one to No. 2, swapping places with Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite.”

A Minute With: director Lee Daniels on “Broadway” (Reuters)

September 2nd, 2010

Reuters - Independent filmmaker Lee Daniels got a big push for his movie “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire” when Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry signed on as executive producers after the film’s Sundance Film Festival premiere in 2009.

Nicolas Cage lawsuit against biz manager dismissed

September 2nd, 2010

Court records show a lawsuit in which Nicolas Cage accused a former business manager of mismanagement has been dismissed.

Natalie Portman takes a dark turn in Venice film (Reuters)

September 2nd, 2010

Reuters - The Venice film festival opened on Wednesday with “Black Swan,” a dark psychological drama starrinuters - The Venice film festival opened on Wednesday with “Black Swan,” a dark psychological drama starring Natalie Portman as a ballerina who finally lands the lead role but loses her grip on reality as the pressure builds.