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Britpop band Blur will receive an Outstanding Contribution to Music award at next year's BRITs, Britain's answer to the Grammys.

Daniel Radcliffe has been named Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, and the honor is well-timed.

Veena Malik, a Pakistani actress featured on the cover of the December issue of FHM, told CNN that she was not completed naked during the photo shoot, but rather posed topless.

Nicki Minaj is having a very happy birthday this year.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that NBC executives met with Seacrest earlier this week to discuss bringing him in as the program's co-host, replacing Lauer who has told the company he might leave next year. Executives who met with Seacrest include Today show executive producer Jim Bell, NBC News president Steve Capus and senior vice president for marketing and communications Lauren Kapp.

Canadian actress Neve Campbell is set to star in and produce a new Lifetime TV project that the Hollywood Reporter calls a two-hour TV movie/back door pilot.

Pakistani actress and model, Veena Malik, had everyone's attention when rumors about her nude photoshoot for the cover of FHM India's December issue did the rounds of the Internet. There was an interesting comment made by Hafsa Ahmad, a blogger, which was carried by the Express Tribune, a Pakistani newspaper. Ahmad questioned the fuss over the issue and if Veena was actually worth it. She has been called a feminist and the voice of women's rights in her home country. The question Ahmad ...

Lindsay Lohan's Playboy cover photo has leaked on Twitter.

While there are several reasons to celebrate 2011, the death of several prominent Indian celebrities, scholars and artists made it as tragic as it was a joyful year.

Nothing has been talked about the content inside the magazine. According to a blogger, Joy of Junior, Veena spoke about burqas in Pakistan.

American singer Mariah Carey has shown her support for the British Royal Navy, after the crew of HMS Ocean recorded their own music video to go with her single All I Want for Christmas is You.

An article on the song Why This Kolaveri Di, from the soundtrack of the Tamil film 3, has featured in the current edition of Time magazine.

The last rite of legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand will be held in London, on Saturday Morning.

A city court in Hyderabad has directed a local police station, at Nallakunta, to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, on charges of obscenity.

A petitioner Wednesday moved Islamabad High Court (IHC) against Zahida alias Veena Malik contending that she should be tried under article 294 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) for obscene acts, article 124-A for sedition, article 140 for wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman and article 500 for defamation.

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Morten Tyldum, the Norwegian director of Headhunters -- the most successful Norwegian film in history -- has signed on to the thriller What Happened to Monday? Vendome Pictures announced Wednesday.

Lindsay Lohan's Playboy cover and the rest of her photos will premiere on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Dec. 15, according to reports. Viewers will get the first look at Lohan's photos, which are included in the magazine's January/February issue, out on stands later this month.

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor will wed for the fourth time this week, choosing the occasion of her birthday to tie the knot, she said on her website on Wednesday.

There's an unconventional grass-roots awards campaign going on these days to get some awards attention for the dog from The Artist, and I've only got one thing to say: Heel.

M*A*S*H star Harry Morgan died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning. The character actor was 96.

HBO's popular fantasy drama Game of Thrones and new Showtime thriller Homeland burst into the race for the top TV shows of the year on Wednesday, with nominations for their writers and producers.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is enlisting some Hollywood heavy hitters to help raise money for the proposed Academy Museum.

British singer Adele continued on her train of success on Wednesday as Rolling Stone magazine named her album 21 and single Rolling In The Deep the best of 2011.

Sons of Anarchy wrapped its fourth and most successful season Tuesday night, and SAMCRO leader, well, now former leader, Clay (Ron Perlman) managed to end the season alive, but stripped of his SAMCRO president patch by new leader Jax.

Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, the stars of the silent film The Artist, will receive the Cinema Vanguard Award from the 2012 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, SBIFF announced on Tuesday evening.

A cannonball shot during an experiment gone awry on the television show MythBusters crashed into a home in Northern California, but no one was injured, the company behind the program said on Wednesday.

Anthony Borgese, a character actor best known for playing criminal roles in Goodfellas and The Sopranos, has been sentenced to six months of house arrest for his role in arranging for a mob beating.

Brooke Mueller, the ex-wife of actor Charlie Sheen, has hired a defense lawyer who will ask prosecutors to drop recent cocaine and assault charges filed against her in Colorado, her spokesman said on Wednesday.