Friday 27 June 2008

Thursday 19 June 2008

Brian Wilson, Ben Harper Join Wyoming Festival

Brian Wilson [ tickets ], Ben Harper [ tickets ] & The Innocent Criminals, and Robert Randolph & The Family Band have been added to the lineup of the Jackson Hole Music Festival [ tickets ], scheduled to take place Aug. 16-17 in a natural outdoor amphitheater nestled on the edge of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The lineup for the inaugural festival also includes The Black Crowes, Wilco, Son Volt, and Medeski Martin and Wood, among others.

Wednesday 11 June 2008

Dina Lohan 'Happy' With Whatever Sexual Preferences Lindsay Has

Lindsay Lohan's mother Dina has refused to confirm or deny rumours the actress is in a lesbian relationship with best pal Samantha Ronson, insisting she just wants her daughter to be "happy". The Mean Girls star has been keeping gossips guessing as to the nature of her relationship with the DJ sister of producer Mark Ronson for the last six months. But rumours escalated last week when the pair was seen repeatedly embracing and cuddling up to one another at a party in Cannes, France. Lohan has also been pictured kissing Ronson on the cheek. And while the actress' representative insists the star is just "close friends" with Ronson, Lindsay's manager mum Dina admits she will not stand in her daughter's way if she chooses to embark on a romance with the DJ. Dina tells America's OK! magazine, "If she's happy, I'm happy. That's all I'll say. Samantha's great. I've known her and her family for ten years."


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Thursday 5 June 2008

Half say celebrities don't aid causes they promote: poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifty-one percent of Americans say celebrities make little or no positive difference to the issues they promote while 45 percent say they have a large or some positive influence, according to a new survey.


Oprah Winfrey was seen as the best champion of causes with 49 percent of those surveyed in the Harris Poll saying she was very effective at raising awareness. The others in the top five were Bono (32 percent), Angelina Jolie (31 percent), Brad Pitt (23 percent) and George Clooney (22 percent).


Harris surveyed 2,513 U.S. adults online between March 11 and 18.


Younger people were more likely than older people to believe celebrities make a positive difference, and Democrats (55 percent) more likely than Republicans (36 percent) to feel the same, Harris said in a statement.


Fifteen percent of those surveyed said they have supported a cause because of what they heard an actor, singer or other celebrity say or do.


Forty-seven percent said it was bad for celebrities to endorse political candidates.


Reuters/Nielsen