Elvis Presley's first record sold for $300,000 (£187,500) as part of an auction to mark his 80th birthday on Thursday (08Jan15). Presley recorded the ballad My Happiness at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee in 1953 when he was an 18-year-old budding musician. He paid $4 (£2.50) for the session and then took the acetate disc to his friend Ed Leek and left it at his house. The single, donated by […]
AC/DC, Drake, Steely Dan and Ryan Adams have joined the lineup for this spring's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The two-weekend event is to take place April 10-12 and 17-19 in Indio, Calif. Also expected to take the stage during the festival are Florence + the Machine, Interpol, David Guetta, Belle and Sebastian, and Bad Religion, as well as dozens of other music acts. Source: upi.com
"Wait! What?" said a shocked Jimmy Fallon after finding out he had blown a chance to date Nicole Kidman. When the actress stopped by "The Tonight Show" on Tuesday to talk about her new movie "Paddington," Fallon brought up the one time he had met her before. As he recalled it, Kidman had come over his apartment to talk about a potential movie role, but the actress had a much […]
Seated at the front of Lincoln Center's Francesca Beale Theater, Jennifer Aniston and Anna Kendrick reflected on the joys of making independent film, particularly amidst the big-budget projects in which they frequently appear. "We approach our work the same, by doing as honest and true of a job to what the character it is," said Aniston to an audience that had just seen her turn as pain-ridden Claire in the […]
Hollywood legend Harrison Ford is excited by the script for the 'Blade Runner' sequel, according to Ridley Scott.Harrison Ford thinks the script for the 'Blade Runner' sequel is ''the best'' he's ever read. The Hollywood legend starred in the 1982 original and is set to return for the much-anticipated sequel, and Ridley Scott has revealed he can't wait to reprise his role as Rick Deckard in the dystopian sci-fi sequel. […]
Nominations for the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards were unveiled on Thursday from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Winners will be announced on Jan. 11 at the Beverly Hilton in a gala co-hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and airing on NBC. These are the nominees for 2015: Best Motion Picture- Drama Boyhood Foxcatcher The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture […]
After four years as a couple, Kate Hudson and Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy have called off their engagement. "Kate and Matt have been separated for some time now," Hudson's rep tells PEOPLE. "Despite this, they remain very close friends and committed co-parents." Their son, Bingham Hawn Bellamy, was born in July 2011. Nicknamed "Bing," Hudson has said that her other son, Ryder, 10, is incredibly patient with her younger "fireball." […]
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in the first photos from San Andreas. The 42-year-old actor portrays a helicopter rescue pilot living in Los Angeles when a massive earthquake hits California. The character and his ex-wife (Carla Gugino) leave the city and attempt to find their daughter (Alexandra Daddario) in San Francisco. "The most incredible thing I found out doing the research was just how overdue for a massive earthquake we are," […]
The 2015 Grammy Awards are going to take place on February 8, on CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center. Here is the complete list of nominees: RECORD OF THE YEAR • "Fancy," Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX • "Chandelier," Sia • "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)," Sam Smith • "Shake It Off," Taylor Swift • "All About That Bass," Meghan Trainor ALBUM OF THE YEAR • Morning Phase, Beck • Beyoncé, […]
