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Pop superstar Beyonce (1981)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/18/special_guest_deadspin_founder_will_leit Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:52:33 EST Entertainment News 111046@http://www.starpulse.com/news Special guest Will Leitch, Deadspin founder and current contributing editor at New York Magazine, and our own Mike Ryan have taken their Oscar disagreements public in a series of open letters

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/09/celebrity_birthdays_february_67 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 109430@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "7th Heaven" actor David Gallagher (1985), Japanese pop star Ami Suzuki (1982), "American Beauty" actress Mena Suvari (1979), "Memoirs of a Geisha" star Ziyi Zhang (1979), soap opera star Sharon Case (1971),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/07/oscar_s_best_pictures Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:15:16 EST Entertainment News 107440@http://www.starpulse.com/news January is the start of award season which means it's a tense time in Tinsel town! Actors are either being recognized or shunned for their tremendous work

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/24/mena_suvari_eyes_an_italian_wedding_ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:13:19 EST Entertainment News 101731@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Mena Suvari flew to Italy on Thursday to plan her 2010 wedding to Simone Sestito - after deciding her fiancé's homeland is the perfect place to walk down the aisle.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/03/annette_bening_defends_palin Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:38:00 EST Entertainment News 99866@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Annette Bening has become the latest celebrity to join the debate over U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin - insisting the politician "deserves our respect."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/10/catch_a_flick_with_your_favorite_celeb_f_25 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:30:42 EST Entertainment News 97874@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sit beside Steve Martin for a screening of "The Jerk," share a theater with Mike Myers for a showing of "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/10/director_defends_controversial_tampon_sc Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:46:56 EST Entertainment News 97727@http://www.starpulse.com/news Moviemaker Alan Ball has defended his decision to show a bloody tampon in his new film Towelhead, insisting it was important to detail his teenage lead character's first period on camera.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/04/celebrity_birthdays_september_70 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 94362@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to pop superstar Beyonce Knowles (1981), "American Beauty" actor Wes Bentley (1978), New Found Glory bassist Ian Grushka (1977), Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachar (1974), Sepultura drummer Igor Cavalera (1970),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/02/true_blood_creator_alan_ball_discusses_v Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:30:17 EST Entertainment News 96783@http://www.starpulse.com/news Vampires are the "it" supernatural species of the moment. When the CBS series "Moonlight" was canceled earlier this year, fans were devastated.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/14/winslet_says_sex_scenes_with_dicaprio_we Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:00:58 EST Entertainment News 95677@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - It was more than a little awkward for Kate Winslet to film sex scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio in front of husband Sam Mendes,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/17/mena_suvari_to_wed_again Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:49:47 EST Entertainment News 92973@http://www.starpulse.com/news American Beauty star Mena Suvari is set to wed for a second time after accepting music producer Simone Sestito's proposal during a recent Jamaican getaway.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/23/spotlight_on_talented_oscar_winning_movi Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:45:21 EST Entertainment News 90455@http://www.starpulse.com/news There are many talented people in Hollywood who have won a coveted Oscar, and there are so many talented winners that it's difficult to just name a few.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/07/the_that_guy_encyclopedia_letters_a_thro Wed, 07 May 2008 08:30:32 EST Entertainment News 86088@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hey, isn’t that...? You know, that guy. The guy that always plays someone in the military. He was in, uh, Syriana, The Kingdom... Oh yeah! He was the father of the emo kid in American Beauty!

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/17/movies_with_heart_the_100_best_romdramed Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:29 EST Entertainment News 84084@http://www.starpulse.com/news There's the quintessential romantic comedy, and then there's the romdramedy. Similar to a dramedy (in which there is an equal balance of humor and serious content), a romdramedy combines comedy and drama with that mushy thing we call romance.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/31/kevin_spacey_s_troubled_childhood_prepar Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:16:13 EST Entertainment News 82785@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey credits his troubled childhood with preparing him for life as a movie star - because his family never had a permanent home. The 48-year-old was born in New Jersey, but was forced to move house on a regular basis as his father was often out of work.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/28/21_an_entertaining_thriller Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:19:14 EST Entertainment News 82562@http://www.starpulse.com/news So, I couldn't help but wait for Jim Sturgess, the dashing leading actor in 21, to break out into a full-fledged Beatles cover of "I've Just Seen a Face," one of the several numbers he killed as the Paul McCartney equivalent in last year's tour de ummmmm, Across the Universe. He settles down into a generally believable American accent

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/19/a_cavalcade_of_stars_pay_tribute_to_anth Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:19:18 EST Entertainment News 81545@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey and Ralph Fiennes have paid moving tributes to Oscar-winning film director Anthony Minghella who died on Tuesday. The British filmmaker - who the won Best Director Oscar for his 1996 movie The English Patient - died from complications following surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck, which he underwent last week at London's Charing Cross Hospital. He was 54-years-old.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/09/celebrity_birthdays_february_37 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 72977@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "7th Heaven" actor David Gallagher (1985), Japanese pop star Ami Suzuki (1982), "American Beauty" actress Mena Suvari (1979), "Memoirs of a Geisha" star Ziyi Zhang (1979), Dominican baseball star Vladimir Guerrero (1976), soap opera star Sharon Case (1971),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/08/tv_on_dvd_recommendation_six_feet_under_ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:08:47 EST Entertainment News 77429@http://www.starpulse.com/news A very eclectic recommendation for a very eclectic series that those without premium channels have only heard about. Alan Ball's ("American Beauty") landmark HBO series "Six Feet Under" seamlessly blended family drama and whimsical fantasy into the morose confines of a funeral home.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/11/violence_propels_filmmakers_moviegoers_a Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:07:27 EST Entertainment News 74058@http://www.starpulse.com/news The lights go down. A low, rumbling bass slightly shakes the seats as the occupants draw in a tight, anticipatory breath. The first thing to break the tension is a thin beam of light across the center of the screen. It is accompanied by a low, rat-at-tat rhythm that could be rain on a tin roof- if it weren't for the high-pitched shriek in the background.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/03/samuel_l_jackson_tops_sore_losers_list_ Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:15:26 EST Entertainment News 69834@http://www.starpulse.com/news Samuel L. Jackson has been named and shamed at the top of a new online poll to find the Oscars' sorest loser from the last 17 years. The movie star clearly uttered the word "s**t" when he lost out on a Best Supporting Actor prize for Pulp Fiction in 1994, and his foul mouth has earned him the top spot on GoldDerby.com's quirky new list.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/13/kevin_spacey_helps_out_a_sick_christian_ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:01:16 EST Entertainment News 67770@http://www.starpulse.com/news Kevin Spacey was forced to fill in for Christian Slater in a British stage show after the Broken Arrow star was struck down with influenza. Slater, 38, was scheduled to participate in London's annual 24 Hour Plays, a fundraising gala which sees actors write and perform six short plays in just one day - but was forced to pull out of Sunday's event due to poor health.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/25/actor_kevin_spacey_meets_with_venezuela_ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:45:41 EST Entertainment News 61232@http://www.starpulse.com/news CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Actor Kevin Spacey met privately Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Washington's most outspoken critics in Latin America.

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