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8
Dec 10

Disney’s “Secretariat” Hits DVD And Blu-Ray In January

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – Smack in the middle of the winter cold, Disney will thankfully release one of this year’s most heartwarming movies on DVD and Blu-ray.

“Secretariat,” also known as “that horse movie with Diane Lane,” tells the true story of the 1973 Triple Crown winner.

Lane stars as mom and housewife Penny Chenery, who thrusts herself into the world of horse-racing when she agrees to take over her ailing father’s stables. With the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), she fosters the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years in this rousing true story.

“Secretariat,” from the producers of other Disney sports dramas like “Miracle” and “Invincible,” grossed over $57 million at the U.S. box office. The film, which also stars James Cromwell, AJ Michalka, Dylan Walsh, and Kevin Connolly, was given 4 stars by Roger Ebert, who called it “one of the year’s best films.”

Both the DVD and Blu-ray will include deleted scenes, a music video for AJ Michalka’s “It’s Who You Are,” and the featurette “Heart of a Champion, all about the film’s famous namesake horse.

The Blu-ray also includes exclusive additional features, including an audio commentary with director Randall Wallace, additional deleted scenes, “Choreographing the Races” and “A Director’s Inspiration: A Conversation With The Real Penny Chenery” featurettes, and more.

“Secretariat” gallops onto DVD and Blu-ray on January 25th, 2011. It’ll be available on DVD and Blu-ray and DVD combo packs.

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8
Dec 10

Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber Top Bing.Com’s Most Searched Musicians Of The Year

Anne Lu – Celebrity News Service Contributor

Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are the most searched musicians in 2010. The meat dresser and the tween heartthrob beat music icon Michael Jackson as the most searched musician, according to Bing.com.

Proving once more that 2010 is their year, the 24-year-old “Bad Romance” hitmaker and the 16-year-old Canadian singer placed first and second on the list, even besting the King of Pop, who placed third.

The Top Searched Musicians in 2010 is created by the Microsoft-owned search engine based on the search trends for the year.

Controversial pop stars Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears round up the top five, while Taylor Swift, Jessica Simpson, Lil’ Wayne, Bret Michaels, and Carrie Underwood are at 6th to 10th places respectively.

Other newsmakers include Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Eminem, and Rihanna, who make the eleventh to fifteenth ranks of the list.

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20
Nov 10

Janet Jackson To Tour In 2011

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – Janet Jackson has announced what she describes as her “largest ever world tour” to take place in 2011, where she’ll perform all of her hits off last year’s “Number Ones” collection.

“Many of asked, ‘When will I tour again?’ Well, today I’m really excited to answer that question and to announce my largest ever world tour, celebrating 35 #1′s,” Janet said.

The cities have yet to be announced because the fans get to demand the cities she performs in. She’ll perform in for 35 dates across the globe next year. A list of cities is available for voting at www.janetjackson.com.

Among the cities eligible for voting are New York, Los Angeles, Miami in the States, and even Hong Kong, Singapore, and Milan, Italy overseas.

“Number Ones” features over 30 of Janet’s biggest hits, including “Rhythm Nation,” “If,” “Nasty,” and her latest #1 dance hit “Make Me.”

Her upcoming world tour is Janet’s first since 2008′s “Rock Witchu” Tour, which featured Janet performing songs from her latest album “Discipline.”

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5
Oct 10

Die Hard, Predator Director John McTiernan Gets Jail Sentence

Anne Lu – AHN Entertainment Contributor

Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Director/producer John McTiernan has been sentenced to a year in jail for his involvement in the wiretapping case of celebrity private detective Anthony Pelicano. He remains on bail pending an appeal.

McTiernan, director of the first two “Die Hard” films and the sci-fi action “Predator,” was found to have ordered Pelicano to secretly record movie producer Charles Roven’s phone calls for him. But when questioned by the FBI, he denied hiring the private eye to wiretap anyone on his behalf.

In 2006, he pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal agents, but was allowed to withdraw his plea after claiming he was given bad advice by an attorney.

When the plea was withdrawn, prosecutors charged him with making a false statement to a district judge during proceedings in which he withdrew the plea, saying he lied about his interactions with his then-attorney.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of making false statements to the FBI and one count of perjury for lying to a federal judge while he was trying to withdraw a guilty plea.

He was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine and complete three years of supervised probation after serving his 1-year jail term. He remains free on bond, pending an appeal.

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17
Sep 10

Enjoy Latest Hollywood movies

Entertainment reached another level with the emanation of cinema. With the onset of cinematic world people have become more aware as these films have become a medium to spread awareness. There is no dearth in the people who loves movies and they waited everyday for the release of the latest Hollywood movie. People love to spend quality time with their friends and family by watching movies in theaters. Earlier in India only Hindi cinema was popular but as the literacy rate of the country increasing, craze of English movies are also increasing simultaneously. Top Hollywood movies that are slated for release this year are ‘Bitch Slap’, ‘Crazy On The Outside’, ‘Daybreakers’, ‘Tooth Fairy’, ‘Leap Year’, ‘The Book Of Eli’, ‘The Spy Next Door’, ‘Wonderful World’, ‘Youth In Revolt’.

Past year was equally good for the film industry of California. Movie like ‘Avatar’ was the best release of the year. Other films which was critically acclaimed and liked by general public are ‘$9.99′, ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Anaconda 4: Trail Of Blood’, ‘Couples Retreat’ and many more. It is said out that ‘Avatar’ was one of the finest movie of the year and also the biggest earning movie of the year. Upcoming year have lots of options offered by Hollywood movies to enjoy. Hollywood movies are known for their sensible script and visually rich direction. It is also said that many movie from other countries are either adapted or inspired from the Hollywood movie, because of their work full of perfection.

Movies are creating unstoppable waves in the world of entertainment. Even small states of the country are contributing towards the world of cinema with their excellence and talent. Talented directors, versatile actors and unforgettable musician all these people join their hands together to form a perfect piece of work which is in result liked by all across the globe. Every year more than thousand movies are released all over the planet. Some of which are recognised and very few remain unnoticed due to lack of resources. Not only commercial cinema, parallel cinema which was earlier made only for the particular classes, are now targeting wider audiences. All credit goes to the technology which is bringing more opportunities. Unlike the past days movies are not only restricted to high class elite, but they are now reached to the rural areas of our country. Even they are now more aware of the latest happening and the lives of the celebrities.

Ankit Arora is an expert author. He has written many articles on Latest Hollywood movie and Top Hollywood movies.

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14
Aug 10

Worst Artists of 2009 – Songs that Annoy Me Half to Death

Their songs are overplayed, they’re super overrated, and their music is just not good anymore, in some cases it never was. Here are five stars from 2009 whose songs annoy the crap outta me even though they are the most famous, most liked, most popular musicians of the year.

The Worst ‘Best’ Artists of 2009

Lady Ga Ga

I think this super eccentric lady that came out of nowhere is by far the most overrated, overplayed musician of the year. Her songs are extremely poppy but they get more hits than literally anything else on YouTube. Is it really just her racy videos that get her views? I hope not, to me they are straight up stupid, gawdy, and unoriginal. This lady says she wears masks to cover up her ugliness, how about you leave the world of music all together. I can honestly say with confidence that Lady Ga Ga was the worst ‘best’ artist of 2009.

Jonas brothers

I don’t think I’ve heard much of these guys’ music. But I do hear way too much about these three “heart throbs” on Entertainment Tonight and I don’t know why. They are on the cover of Rolling Stones, really? I don’t see what the big deal is, to me it’s Hanson all over again. Do we really need another boy band? Are these Abercrombie and Fitch boys even old enough to sit at on the bar stool? At any rate, Hey Jonas, what’s your song called again? I must change the station every time it comes on.

Miley Cyrus

As much as I want to like this cute and spunky superstar, I just can’t do it. This pre-teen pop sensation began her career on the Disney Channel and I think she should stay there a few more years. She’s an alright singer, and I’ll admit she can sure round up the crowds and sell out shows, but do people over the age 16 like her music? I guess so, but I really just can’t stand the sound that comes out when this girl speaks. Hannah Montana, I want to love you like everyone else, but your song “Party in the U.S.A.” is a little too pop for me, or perhaps it was just overplayed. At any rate, it’s pretty annoying.

Mariah Carey

“Why you so obsessed with me?” Come on honey, aren’t you pushing forty? I loved Mariah back in the day, I mean who doesn’t sing along to fantasy when they hear the O.D.B. version, it’s a definite head bopper. But how annoying is the song obsessed? If we could ban that song from the radio for good, that would be just great, thanks.

Beyonce

Her last 3 videos have all looked identical, she’s becoming increasingly provocative, in a sleezy, unfavorable way, and her voice is good, but straight up annoying. “My guilty pleasure I ain’t goin’ no where…” I’ll admit, I know her lyrics, but maybe that’s because her song is overplayed on every single radio station that will play her songs. I’m sorry but plenty of girls love her music, but I am not a fan.

So there you have it, what I think are the most overrated, most annoying, and the worst musicians of 2009.

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