Usher has signed on to play boxer Sugar Ray Leonard in a forthcoming movie, the BBC reports. The singer confirmed the casting in an interview, explaining that if people see him running around London, it’s part of his training for the role. “I’m in preparation for a very incredible role,” Usher told the BBC. “If you see me in the corners boxing, I’m doing that while working on this album.” (more)
The Obama campaign on Tuesday walked back comments made by actor Robert De Niro Monday night at a Tribeca fundraiser headlined by first lady Michelle Obama. (more)
On the evening of her David Letterman appearance Monday, first lady Michelle Obama continued her celeb-centric evening with a fundraising event in Tribeca, hosted by Robert de Niro and his wife Grace Hightower. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s holidays are off to a dreadful start: Fewer people went to the movies the last two weekends than during the box-office hush that followed the Sept. 11 attacks 10 years ago. (more)
The story of fraudster Bernie Madoff will soon be hitting the big screen with Robert De Niro, America’s favorite villain type-cast, playing the ruinous financial villain who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in American history. (more)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Host Ricky Gervas humorously insulted nearly every A-lister in the room at the Golden Globes, while the big winner was “The Social Network” — a movie about a guy who riles up everyone on campus with his new and invasive website. (more)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globes remain Hollywood’s second-biggest film honors. Yet they are not the weather vane they used to be for predicting which film might triumph at the Academy Awards. (more)
It’s the latest must-have accessory for the world’s biggest stars and it costs just £20. (more)
Shutter Island, a storm-tossed gothic noir set in a prison for the criminally insane, marks the fourth collaboration between Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese. That’s well shy of the nine films Scorsese made with Robert De Niro through the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, but clearly DiCaprio and Scorsese have something going on – something that DiCaprio can, in fact, thank De Niro for. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — From screenings and fittings to gift suites and pre-parties, preparations were under way citywide this weekend for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards. Here’s a sampling: (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christina Aguilera, Tom Hanks and Neil Patrick Harris will appear at the Golden Globe Awards. (more)
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