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• Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2016: SW Swimsuit Fan Festivals Are Back

  Sports Illustrated Group says the wildly-popular SI Swimsuit fan festivals are back. SI Swimsuit took over One World Observatory to announce the second year of fan festivals.

  January 27, 2016 04:01 PM EST

• Jerry Lewis Comes Out Of Retirement To Unveil Revitalized Muscular Dystrophy Association Brand

  This Friday, beloved entertainer Jerry Lewis will head a list of celebrities who will lend the support as the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) renews its commitment to serving families.Comedian Jerry Lewis is renowned as the longtime host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Labor Day telethon, a holiday tradition.Lewis will come out of retirement this Friday, Jan. 29, at an event in Carnegie Hall.

  January 27, 2016 02:01 PM EST

• ToppDogg Wants To Entertain You! The Rap Group On Their Next Album And The New 10-Piece Lineup [EXCLUSIVE]

  ToppDogg discussed their creative process, the problems that arise in being a large outfit and the ways that being considered a K-pop boy band can be limiting, in a KpopStarz exclusive interview.

  January 20, 2016 03:01 PM EST

• David Bowie’s Influence Continues To Grow From Punk To Prog, Classic Rock To K-Pop [VIDEO]

  David Bowie died a week ago today and the world is still in the state of shock. Not just the fans who followed the Thin White Duke from his days defending long hair, through his fall to earth as a Spider from Mars to the revelation that the biggest Space Oddity from his early career was that Major Tom was a junkie.

  January 17, 2016 10:01 AM EST

• Korean-American Rapper LK Unveils His New Single 'Music Inspired Me' Featuring Phoebe Choi [EXCLUSIVE]

  Korean-American rapper LK starts the year with the collaboration "Music Inspired Me." Korean-American rapper LK is celebrating the new year with an original song called "Music Inspired Me," featuring the singer Phoebe Choi, which he shared Saturday on social media.

  January 05, 2016 02:01 PM EST

• Former Wonder Boyz Singer K Discusses His New Solo Career As Owol [EXCLUSIVE]

  Earlier this week, Wonder Boyz lead singer, K, now known as Owol, took some time to discuss his upcoming solo career, his former band and what's in a name, in a KpopStarz exclusive interview.

  December 17, 2015 04:12 PM EST

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Plot Rumors And Leaks: John Williams’ ‘Far, Far Away’ Star Wars Theme Gets Jazzy With Interstellar Bar Band New Orleans Swamp Donkeys

  Star Wars: The Force Awakens Plot Rumors And Leaks: The force is strong with this one, especially the horn players who have strong lungs. In the first Star Wars movie, science fiction fans were treated to some of the best alien characters in iconic bar scene. That bar didn't feature a house band, but if they needed one, the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys would fit the bill.

  December 15, 2015 10:12 AM EST

• Kerli To Release Her First Music As An Independent Artist; 'Walking On Air' Singer Asks Her Moonchildren to PledgeMusic [VIDEO]

  Kerli is set to release her first music as an independent artist. Kerli is something of a Cult music icon and her fans have something of a religious devotion to the mesmerizing singer. Kerli's first single is slated for release to the public on January 29, 2016.Kerli took to Facebook to pass around the collection plate to her fanatical following.Kerli announced that her PledgeMusic campaign began yesterday, December 14, 2015.

  December 15, 2015 09:12 AM EST

• Guns N' Roses Reunion Tour 2015: Axl Rose Slash Feud Over, Guns N’ Roses Drops New Merchandise Featuring Original Members, Bookies Setting Odds: Clues To Guns N’ Roses Reunion?

  Guns N' Roses Reunion Tour 2015: Guns N' Roses seems to be throwing out clues that there's a reunion brewing with new merchandise featuring original members being thrown up on their official website. Of course, it might just be a cynical ploy to capitalize on the Guns N' Roses reunion rumors, but hey if they can do, so can we.GNR's website began selling new merchandise featuring the original line-up of Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stadlin, and Steven Adler stuffed in stockings, blankets, pillows and painted on ornaments.

  December 12, 2015 10:12 PM EST

• Charlie Sheen HIV+ News: Sheen Pays Denise Richards $110,000 In Child Support, Gets Support From Rikki Lake; Actor Faces Possible Lawsuits By Ex-Lovers; Bill Cosby Faces Abuse Lawsuits

  Charlie Sheen HIV+ News: "Anger Management" actor Charlie Sheen recently admitted that he was HIV positive. Legal-Bay says reports have come out that six ex-lovers of Charlie Sheen plan to sue him. They allege that he hid his HIV status from them before they had sex. The Cash funding firm also pointed out that Bill Cosby is facing multiple sexual misconduct and abuse lawsuits. Charlie Sheen broke the news on the TODAY show in an interview with Matt Lauer.

  December 04, 2015 12:12 AM EST

• New Order Will Headline Day For Night Fest With Kendrick Lamar For Only U.S. date in 2015 in Houston; New Order Joins Psychic TV In Texas

  New Order announced their first U.S. date in Houston at Free Press' new winter festival, Day For Night on December 19 and 20, 2015."New Order are looking forward to making their North American live debut in support of Music Complete at the launch of Day For Night Festival. The weekend promises to be a memorable one. See you in Houston!"

  December 03, 2015 12:12 AM EST

• Yahoo For Sale? Yahoo Stock Surges On Reports Of Major Shakeup And Rumors That CEO Marissa Mayer Is On Her Way Out

  Is Yahoo for sale? According to the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Inc.'s board is thinking about selling off the company's flagging Internet businesses.Yahoo's board will have a series of meetings this week to see how the company can make the most of its stake in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

  December 02, 2015 04:12 PM EST

• Megadeth Drops 12-Inch Vinyl Record ‘The Threat Is Real’; Every Friday Is Black Friday For Megadeath; Includes Megadeath’s Version of Fear’s ‘Foreign Policy’

  Megadeath wants to celebrate Black Friday again. The metal band released "The Threat Is Real" on 12-inch'' vinyl for Black Friday."Support Record Store Day Black Friday - or else!" said Dave Mustaine.

  November 30, 2015 10:11 AM EST

• Black Friday Fight Videos: Shoppers Get Angry As Shelves Get Empty; Watch A Woman Grab A Toy From A Kid's Arms [VIDEO]

  Black Friday, the steals, the deals, the fights, Who needs Friday night boxing when the violence comes for free. In this corner, wearing a red overcoat and pigtails and weighing in at about 39 pounds, a toddler, with a box that contains a toy she's been yearning for since, well since the commercials came out about a week ago. In the other corner a shopper wanting a deal. Who wins? The stores.

  November 28, 2015 07:11 PM EST

• Rihanna Announces The Anti World Tour; The Weeknd, Big SeanAnd Travis Scott Join World Tour As Special Guests

  Rihanna, announced The Anti World Tour will kick off in North America on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 at Viejas Arena in San Diego, CA. Travis Scott will be the special guest on North American dates. The Weeknd and Big Sean will be featured as special guests on all European dates.The global superstar, Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum selling artist has nearly 40 shows lined up in New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago, Vancouver, Washington DC , Toronto, Amsterdam, Vancouver, Berlin, Milan and Copenhagen. Tickets for all North American and European dates go on sale on Thursday, Dec. 3 at www.livenation.com.

  November 24, 2015 09:11 AM EST

• Pearl Jam Covers Eagles of Death Metal’s ‘I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)’ On One-Week Anniversary Of Paris Terror Attacks

  Pearl Jam paid tribute to the Eagles of Death Metal for the one-week anniversary of the Paris terrorist attacks.Pearl Jam played "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)," the first single off of the Eagles Of Death Metal's second album "Death By Sexy," at their show in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in honor of the 89 people killed at the Eagles of Death Metal show a week earlier at the Bataclan. No members of the band were hurt in the attack but their merchandise manager Nick Alexander was killed.

  November 22, 2015 09:11 AM EST

• Destiny Xur Locations and Inventory For Nov. 20: Agent Of The Nine Inventory List Includes Exotic Gauntlet Engram; Agent Of Nine Xur Can Be Found in the Lounge; The Iron Banner Returns

  Destiny Xur Locations And Inventory Revealed For Nov. 20 to Nov. 22, 2015: Xur Agent of the Nine is back and has new weapons this week. The Destiny Xur locations were leaked for Nov. 22. The Agent Of Nine can be found can be found in in the Lounge beneath the Hangar, at the back of the room this weekend. Destiny Xur Inventory includes the Telestos.

  November 20, 2015 11:11 PM EST

• Legendary Singer-Songwriter Graham Nash, The Nash In Crosby, Stills and Nash, Announces New Studio Album And U.S. Tour

  Graham Nash, the legendary singer-songwriter who got his start in the Hollies and became the Nash in both Crosby, Stills and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, announced he will embark on a US Tour in 2016.Nash also announced the release of his new studio album, This Path Tonight on April 15, 2016, which will come out on CD, Digital and Vinyl thru Nash's Blue Castle Label, distributed thru ADA worldwide.

  November 20, 2015 11:11 PM EST

• Hulu Revisits History in First 11.22.63 Teaser Trailer

  Hulu released its first teaser trailer for 11.22.63, based on Stephen King's best-seller."I'm going to tell you something that's gonna seem crazy. You go through there, it's 1960."Okay, an old friend gives you a time traveling device on his almost birthday and tells you to go back in history and stop the Kennedy assassination. He gives you all the tools and all his notes and as you see how it's aged the guy you get the idea that maybe it's not such a good idea. It's a worse idea if it came from Stephen King, who can find nightmares within nightmares. The past does not like being changed.

  November 19, 2015 03:11 PM EST

• Dixie Chicks U.S. Tour Announced For 2016: Country Music Superstars Who Defied Jingoism Announce Tour As World Once Again Saddened By Tragedy [VIDEO]

  The Dixie Chicks may not seem at first glance to be iconoclastic, but they stood up to rising knee-jerk patriotism when they toured Europe after the World Trade Tower attacks, inciting a boycott from country radio.The Dixie Chicks announced they will return for their highly anticipated North American summer tour. The band is set to kick off dates in June 2016. One of music's most influential bands return to the road with a tour that includes shows in New York City, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. Tickets go on sale starting Nov. 20 at LiveNation.com.

  November 16, 2015 01:11 PM EST

• Emii New Southern Gospel Christmas-Tinged Pop Cover Of ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus’ Features More ‘Momma’

  Emii's new Christmas song "I Saw Momma Kissing Santa Claus" dropped on iTunes, Amazon, and popular streaming services this morning. The song is s part Pop, a little Rock, and even includes a healthy helping of Southern Gospel."I started writing 'Momma' with composer Jose Varon before last Christmas, and it was so different and so much fun we knew we had to finish it for this year," Emii said in a statement.

  November 16, 2015 11:11 AM EST

• Paris Terrorist Attacks: Saudi Arabia Condemns Terror Attacks in Paris

  Paris Terrorist Attacks: Nearly simultaneous attack took place at the Stade de France in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis together with a hostage situation at the Bataclan theatre on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015.The November 2015 Paris attacks are being described as the worst in France since World War II.One or more explosions took place near Stade de France, during the French national team's game against Germany. French President François Hollande was in attendance, but was evacuated before the game ended. Others died in a reported suicide blast near the Stade de France and gun attacks on city center restaurants.

  November 15, 2015 11:11 AM EST

• Hybrid-Electronica Artist Fifi Rong Will Release New EP ‘Violently Silently’ On Dec. 5; Official EP Launch Party Rocks London’s The Garage Upstairs On Nov. 24 [VIDEO]

  Fifi Rong announced that her new EP, "Violently Silently," is set to drop on Dec. 4. The Beijing-born and London-based artist and producer will officially release the EP at a launch gig on Tuesday November 24, 2015, 7:00 p.m. at Upstairs at The Garage in London.

  November 15, 2015 09:11 AM EST

• Zoe Quinn GamerGate Memoirs Coming To Film; Scarlett Johansson May Star In ‘Control Alt Delete’ Based On Upcoming Memoir Of GamerGate Feminist Zoe Quinn, ‘Crash Override’

  Scarlett Johansson may star as video game developer Zoe Quinn in an adaptation of Quinn's upcoming memoir "Crash Override: How to Save the Internet From Itself," which is set to be published next year.The book, Crash Override: How To Save The Internet From Itself, is due to be published by Simon & Schuster. The film rights have already been sold to Sony-backed Pascal Films.

  November 14, 2015 09:11 PM EST

• Paris Attacks: U.S. Muslim Coalition to Respond to Paris Terror Attacks: 'We Condemn These Horrific Crimes In The Strongest Terms Possible'

  Paris was rocked with six separate and simultaneous attacks on Nov. 13, 2015. The November 2015 Paris attacks are being described as the worst in France since World War II.Yesterday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned the Paris terror attacks.

  November 14, 2015 07:11 PM EST

• The Eagles of Death Metal Issue Safety Updates After Paris Attacks [UPDATED]

  Paris attacks update: The Eagles of Death Metal issued safety updates after their concert was disrupted by a violent terror attack as part of three separate and simultaneous attacks in Paris.The Eagles of Death Metal were on stage at Le Bataclan during the November 2015 Paris attacks.Paris was rocked with three separate explosions and six shootings on 21:16 (CET), on Nov. 13, 2015.

  November 13, 2015 11:11 PM EST

• David Hasselhoff, Star Of ‘Baywatch,’ ‘Knight Rider’ And A Spongebob Movie, Changes His Iconic Name; Lisa Simpson To Relearn The Third Word She Ever Learned

  David Hasselhoff has one of the most recognizable names in entertainment. Lisa Simpson, on "The Simpsons," learned to say "David Hasselhoff" before she learned to say Homer. Well, all that is changing. The star of "Baywatch," Knight Rider and a Spongebob movie, took to Twitter to announced he changed his name to David Hoff."Big news today and a massive relief for me. I hope everyone can understand... it feels great!" Hasselhoff, I mean, Hoff tweeted.To prove it, the 63-year-old former Baywatch star posted a video clip showing documents featuring his new name.

  November 13, 2015 11:11 PM EST

• Britney Spears Vegas Show Transformed Into the Ultimate Bachelorette Party With the 'It's Britney, Bach!' From Vegas Girls Night Out

  Britney Spears Vegas Show is a reason to party. Created by Women for Women, VegasGirlsNightOut.com is Now Offering Their Best Bachelorette Party Package Yet: It's Britney, Bach!VegasGirlsNightOut.com, Las Vegas' first-of-its kind boutique concierge service designed exclusively for women by women, announced their most exciting bachelorette party package yet, It's Britney, Bach!

  November 11, 2015 10:11 PM EST

• Scarlet Johansson To Direct Ellie Goulding Concert; ‘On My Mind’ Singer Announces Dates For The North American Leg Of Her Delirium World Tour [TOUR DATES]

  Ellie Goulding announced the dates for the North American leg of her Delirium world tour. Scarlett Johansson who announced two years ago that she would make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of Truman Capote's first novel, Summer Crossing, will direct Ellie Goulding's Nov. 11 concert at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York as part of its American Express Unstaged series.Celebrity directors Spike Lee, Bennett Miller, Werner Herzog, Todd Haynes, David Lynch, Johnathan Demme, Steve Buscemi, and Fred Armisen will all be directing shows for for American Express Unstaged.

  November 11, 2015 11:11 AM EST

• Katy Perry Killer Queen Perfume Joined By Holiday Fashion; Dark Horse Singer Releases New Song ‘Every Day Is A Holiday’; Katy Perry Favors H&M Over S&M

  Katy Perry released her new song "Every Day Is A Holiday," for the H&M Holiday commercial, produced by Duke Dumont.Katy Perry may be a sex kitten to Russell Brand, but the "Dark Horse" singer prefers H&M over S&M. Perry wants people to wear more than just her Killer Queen perfume this Christmas. H&M released the first images of Katy Perry's Holiday print campaign.

  November 10, 2015 09:11 PM EST