Daily entertainment news covering Akeelah and the Bee en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/08/26/celebrity_birthdays_august_148 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 132198@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to

Mexican singer/actress Thalia (1971)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/26/celebrity_birthdays_august_88 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 94291@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Akeelah and the Bee" actress Keke Palmer (1993), "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin (1980), Mexican singer/actress Thalia (1971), "Gilmore Girls" actress Melissa McCarthy (1969),

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/03/from_aly_aamp_aj_to_zac_efron_top_tween_ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:00:15 EST Entertainment News 83168@http://www.starpulse.com/news Forget about MTV. Disney and Nickelodeon are the main go-to channels to find some of today's hottest tween music acts. Disney alums like Hilary Duff paved the way for these top tweens.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/26/celebrity_birthdays_august_56 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 54444@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Akeelah and the Bee" actress Keke Palmer (1993), "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin (1980), Mexican singer/actress Thalia (1971), "Gilmore Girls" actress Melissa McCarthy (1969), Garbage singer Shirley Manson (1966), saxophonist Branford Marsalis (1960), actor Brett Cullen (1956), "Waterworld" actor Michael Jeter (1952; d. 2003), and Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker (1944).

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/04/forest_whitaker_and_jennifer_hudson_triu Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:48:58 EST Entertainment News 32626@http://www.starpulse.com/news Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson picked up acting prizes at the NAACP Image Awards on Friday, just six days after their Oscar wins. Whitaker was named Best Actor for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King Of Scotland, while Hudson garnered Best Supporting Actress for her role as Effie White in Dreamgirls, at the star-studded ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/08/catholic_group_names_painted_veil_happyn_2006 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:42:16 EST Entertainment News 25403@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Painted Veil and The Pursuit of Happyness are among the top 10 movies of 2006 according to the U.S. Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting. Happy Feet and The Nativity Story are among the top family films of the year.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/10/oprah_winfrey_angela_bassett_aamp_others Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:42:57 EST Entertainment News 18306@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oprah Winfrey, Kimberly Elise, Angela Bassett and Ruby Dee will be presenters at Film Life's "2006 Black Movie Awards A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present and Future," airing Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), on TNT.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/06/aaron_zigman_s_score_for_flicka_is_a_wil Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:22:54 EST Entertainment News 18043@http://www.starpulse.com/news Film composer Aaron Zigman scores 20th Century Fox's remake of the 1943 family western "My Friend Flicka." The modern version, with its title shortened to "Flicka," stars Alison Lohman and country music superstar Tim McGraw as daughter and father. When the father (McGraw) decides that Katie (Lohman) should attend college in place of running the family ranch,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/31/tyler_perry_to_host_tnt_s_black_film_awa Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:03:37 EST Entertainment News 14759@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tyler Perry - who has wowed audiences with such blockbuster movies as Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion, as well as the popular syndicated series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" - has signed on to host Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards - A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present & Future, presented by TNT.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/29/new_movies_on_dvd_august_29 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:00:45 EST Entertainment News 13636@http://www.starpulse.com/news A man who has devoted himself to serving the leader of the free world is accused of plotting against him in The Sentinel, starring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, and Eva Longoria. Also on DVD: Take the Lead with Antonio Banderas, Friends With Money starring Jennifer Aniston and Akeelah & the Bee with Laurence Fishburne.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/26/celebrity_birthdays_august_26 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 13651@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Akeelah and the Bee" actress Keke Palmer (1993), "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin (1980), Mexican singer/actress Thalia (1971), "Gilmore Girls" actress Melissa McCarthy (1969), Garbage singer Shirley Manson (1966), saxophonist Branford Marsalis (1960), actor Brett Cullen (1956), "Waterworld" actor Michael Jeter (1952; d. 2003), and Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker (1944).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/08/fishburne_aamp_bassett_team_up_for_fourt Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:00:52 EST Entertainment News 9645@http://www.starpulse.com/news What's Love Got To Do With It stars Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett are set to team up again for a new play in Pasadena, California. The stars, who played Ike and Tina Turner in the hit biopic, will play opposite each other in celebrated playwright August Wilson's "Fences," when the production debuts at the Pasadena Playhouse next month.

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