International Business News - Entertainment http://www.ibtimes.com/entertainment/ All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown. 143122 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/white-stripes-white-pens-poem-about-detroit.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:20:43 EDT Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith's "Hancock"--the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum--led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. 143111 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87073-premiere-hancock-la.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/smiths-hancock-bounds-to-66m-opening-weekend.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/smiths-hancock-bounds-to-66m-opening-weekend.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:24:58 EDT "The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more. Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, Firestone's publicist Alisha Mahon told The Associated Press. 143073 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87037-people-andrew-firestone.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/tvs-the-bachelor-weds-in-california.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/tvs-the-bachelor-weds-in-california.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:44:01 EDT "The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more. Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, Firestone's publicist Alisha Mahon told The Associated Press. 143054 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/tvs-the-bachelor-weds-in-california.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:04:42 EDT The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll. The 10-inch Bindi Irwin doll sports khakis, puffy pigtails and hiking boots, and comes with binoculars, a camera and other outback gear, as well as a cockatoo, wombat and python. 143043 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86619-people-irwin-daughter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/crikey-crocodile-hunter-daughter-gets-own-doll.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/crikey-crocodile-hunter-daughter-gets-own-doll.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:46:12 EDT Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show "Love Connection," has died. He was 71. Lieber died Wednesday of leukemia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his wife, Peggy. 143046 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/love-connection-producer-eric-lieber-dies-at-71.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:29:16 EDT Gospel singer Timothy Wright was critically injured in a crash in central Pennsylvania that killed his wife and a wrong-way driver who hit their vehicle, police said. 143035 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/gospel-singer-wright-hurt-in-pa-car-accident.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:26:20 EDT Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ 142984 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86407-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/guests-for-the-sunday-tv-news-shows.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/guests-for-the-sunday-tv-news-shows.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:26:11 EDT Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday. 142945 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86007-spain-music-festival.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/amy-winehouse-sings-in-spain-glass-of-win-in-hand.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/amy-winehouse-sings-in-spain-glass-of-win-in-hand.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:07:13 EDT When the media capital of the world meets a celebrity divorce, it's a breakup made in tabloid heaven. So the city that has hosted the spectacular splits of Woody Allen, Liza Minnelli and Rudolph Giuliani now is feasting on the salacious details of model Christie Brinkley's fourth marital breakup. 142944 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86012-brinkley-divorce.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/brinkley-split-is-newest-image-crushing-ny-divorce.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/brinkley-split-is-newest-image-crushing-ny-divorce.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:04:37 EDT Michael Turner, a comic book artist who drew covers for major titles such as "Superman/Batman," "The Flash" and "Civil War,'" has died. He was 37. Turner died June 27 at a Santa Monica hospital of complications related to cancer, said Vince Hernandez, editor in chief of Aspen MLT, the Santa Monica publishing company Turner founded in 2003. Turner had battled bone cancer for eight years. 142946 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/comic-book-artist-michael-turner-dies-at-37.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:47:54 EDT As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans. 142901 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85979-barbershop-discord.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/barbershop-faces-a-discord-among-members.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/barbershop-faces-a-discord-among-members.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:04:37 EDT They'll always have Nice. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's soon-to-be-born twins will always be considered honorary citizens of Nice, regardless of whether they opt to obtain French citizenship, the mayor of Nice said Friday. 142935 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/brangelina-twins-will-always-have-nice.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:27:48 EDT A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club. The Detroit News reports Miad Jarbou of Royal Oak filed the lawsuit Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court seeking more than $25,000 in damages. The suit claims Eminem punched him July 13, 2006, at Cheetah's On the Strip Gentlemen's Club. 142919 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85941-people-eminem.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/man-claims-assault-by-eminem-in-2006-in-detroit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/man-claims-assault-by-eminem-in-2006-in-detroit.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:32:08 EDT Workers at Milan's famed La Scala opera house say they will stage a strike next week that will cancel the first three performances of Franco Zeffirelli's production of "La Boheme." 142914 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/workers-at-milans-la-scala-plan-strike.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:20:37 EDT Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one. Harmon, who portrayed the wing-haired clown for more than half a century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure, said his publicist, Jerry Digney. He was 83. 142763 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85943-obit-harmon.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/larry-harmon-longtime-bozo-the-clown-dies-at-83.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/larry-harmon-longtime-bozo-the-clown-dies-at-83.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:36:16 EDT A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world--each a chatty bunch--buzzing with questions about the two "friends." 142801 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85836-yankees-rodriguez.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/just-how-close-friends-are-madonna-and-a-rod.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/just-how-close-friends-are-madonna-and-a-rod.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:24:58 EDT Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday. 142934 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85954-argentina-metropolis-lost-scenes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/argentines-find-lost-metropolis-scenes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/argentines-find-lost-metropolis-scenes.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:30:19 EDT Larry Harmon, 83 the actor who characterized Bozo the Clown died at his Los Angeles home on Thursday. 142734 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/bozo-the-clown-dies.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:07:53 EDT A former accountant for Rachael Ray's TV cooking show has filed a $1 million lawsuit saying he was forced out of his job because he has an eating disorder. 142717 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85320-people-rachael-ray-accountant.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/rachael-ray-employee-claims-anorexia-bias.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/rachael-ray-employee-claims-anorexia-bias.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:29:26 EDT