LOS ANGELES, July 20 (Reuters) – Adam “MCA” Yauch, a founding member of rap group the Beastie Boys, said on Monday he has a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland, forcing the cancellation of the band’s upcoming concerts. Yauch said in an online video that the cancer is “very ...

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson may have suddenly died in the midst of his comeback, but the singer will reportedly live on in a planned feature film from the “This is It” tour rehearsal footage. more… window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: "166184776732236", status: ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Harry Potter cast a spell over moviegoers worldwide as the sixth entry in the fantasy franchise set a new opening record of $396.7 million, a clear sign that the lucrative franchise has lost none of its magic.”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” earned $159.7 ...

MARSEILLES, France — Madonna has visited some of the eight workers who were injured in an accident in which two more were killed while assembling a music stage for the singer in the French port of Marseilles. Madonna’s concert that was scheduled Sunday night in Marseilles was canceled after ...

There’s a bidding war going on for big-screen rights to Michael Jackson’s final rehearsal footage, and according to reports in Variety and the Los Angeles Times, Sony Pictures is close to sealing the deal with an offer of over $50 million. AEG Entertainment reportedly has up to 80 hours of ...

Frank McCourt, whose evocative tales of a poverty-stricken Irish childhood enthralled readers around the world and sparked the genre of “misery lit”, has died of cancer in a Manhattan hospice aged 78. Born in New York, he was the eldest of seven children born to Irish immigrant parents who ...