Joe Jackson wants to teach his grandkids the ABCs of showbiz. The notoriously hard-driving stage dad said he sees star power in Michael Jackson's two youngest children. "I keep watching Paris. She maybe wants to do something," Joe Jackson, 80, said on Friday in an ...Read More
PARIS -- World oil demand will rise this year due to surging economic activity in Asian countries, especially China, the International Energy Agency said Friday as it bumped up its forecasts. The Paris-based IEA, which advises oil-consuming countries, predicted in its ...Read More
PARIS - A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests - a key defense against global warming. Three months ...Read More
LOS ANGELES -- Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.
Haim died Wednesday at 38, another chapter in Hollywood's ...Read More
The arrest of a suburban Pennsylvania woman known by the alias Jihad Jane, who allegedly plotted with Islamic radicals abroad to kill a Swedish cartoonist, has raised fears about homegrown terrorists in the United States who may be difficult to ...Read More
The Emmy-award winning CBS producer who pleaded guilty to attempting to extort David Letterman was "delighted" to take a plea deal and avoid a trial that could have landed him in jail for 15 years, according to a close friend. Robert ...Read More
The arrest of a suburban Pennsylvania woman known by the alias Jihad Jane, who was allegedly plotting with Islamic radicals abroad to kill a Swedish cartoonist, has raised concerns about homegrown terrorists in the United States who may be difficult ...Read More
The people behind the Academy Awards claim they left Farrah Fawcett out of the Oscars In Memoriam montage this year because she was better known as a TV star -- which begs the question, how the hell did Michael Jackson ...Read More
PARIS-Airbus parent company EADS NV reported Tuesday that spiraling costs on its military transport plane and its A380 superjumbo pushed it into the red and warned that both programs will be loss-making for years. Paris-based European Aeronautic Defence & Space ...Read More
President Obama's spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to health care reform. Interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," press secretary ...Read More
Michael Jackson enjoyed spending time with his children, cruising the Vegas strip and even ordering fast food through a drive through, according to three of his former bodyguards. But the men also said Jackson's lifestyle was isolated and lonely and described ...Read More
Farrah Fawcett did not make the cut for this year's In Memoriam tribute during last night's Academy Awards telecast ... leaving many scratching their heads.
Despite appearing in such classics as "Sunburn," "Saturn 3," "The Cannonball Run" and "Dr. T and ...Read More
On Sunday night during the "In Memoriam" segment of the Oscars telecast, many viewers were shocked that Farrah Fawcett was excluded from the segment, which included Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Brittany Murphy, Ron Silver and others.
Fawcett's longtime partner, Ryan O'Neal, ...Read More
On Sunday night during the "In Memoriam" segment of the Oscars telecast, a number of Hollywood's finest were remembered, including Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Brittany Murphy and Ron Silver. But fans were quick to point out that "Charlie's Angels" star ...Read More
Farrah Fawcett's exclusion from Sunday's "In Memoriam" segment at the Oscars did not go unnoticed by Ryan O'Neal, her longtime love.
While Patrick Swayze, Paul Newman, Ed McMahon, Brittany Murphy and Michael Jackson were named in the sad montage as James ...Read More
Actress Farrah Fawcett was not mentioned in the Oscars' "In Memoriam" tribute, and Roger Ebert wondered why: "No Farrah Fawcett in the memorial tribute? Major fail," the movie critic said on Twitter during the telecast. Fawcett died on the same day as ...Read More
The news came this morning on the network's "Good Morning America." Burke, as many "DWTS" fans may recall, claimed the hit reality TV series' coveted Mirrorball trophy with her professional dance partner Derek Hough back in 2008. Now she has ...Read More
The Academy rewarded the women of Hollywood for powerful roles both behind the camera and in front of it Sunday night. Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" picked up six Oscars, including best picture and the history-making best director prize. "If I could ...Read More
Every year, it seems, there are omissions from the "In Memoriam" tribute at the Academy Awards that get fans up in arms. Two years ago, it was troubled actor Brad Renfro, whose image was not among those shown during the ...Read More
The former Charlie's Angels star died of cancer in June last year, aged 62.
While Patrick Swayze, Brittany Murphy and other actors were included in the roll-call of those who died in 2009, Fawcett was omitted.
Oscars spokesman Leslie Unger said: "Every ...Read More
