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Carole King & Usher Join Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony Line-up

26th March 2013

Carole King, Usher and Harry Belafonte have joined the line up to honour the class of 2013 at the Rock...

Pictures: Katy Perry And Selena Gomez Catch Up At Unicef Snowflake Ball

28th November 2012

Katy Perry and Allison Williams lit up the UNICEF Snowflake BallKaty Perry, Selena Gomez and Uma Thurman were just some...

Harry Belafonte Facing Legal Action From Half-brother Over Book

11th October 2012

Harry Belafonte is facing a courtroom showdown with his half-brother in a dispute over the veteran singer's 2011 autobiography.The Banana...

Adam Mckay To Direct Uptown Saturday Night Remake?

27th April 2012

Adam McKay is in talks to direct the remake of comedy 'Uptown Saturday Night'. The 'Anchorman' director is expected to...

Harry Belafonte Denies Falling Asleep Live On Television

19th October 2011

Harry Belafonte has denied falling asleep during an early morning television interview with Kbak in Bakersfield, California. The clip, which...

Marlon Brando Inspired Harry Belafonte To Document Charity Efforts

3rd August 2011

Singer/actor Harry Belafonte was inspired to document his charity work for TV after seeing how much of his old pal...

Belafonte Removes 'Wrongly Acquired' Luther King Documents From Auction

11th December 2008

Singer/actor HARRY BELAFONTE has withdrawn rare documents linked to MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. from an auction after the civil rights...

Penn And Glover Push For End To Cuban Ban

29th November 2007

SEAN PENN, DANNY GLOVER and HARRY BELAFONTE have added their signatures to a campaign to end a ban on exchange...

Belafonte Praised For Civil Rights' Work

23rd November 2007

Calypso singer HARRY BELAFONTE was awarded the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews' International Diversity Award at a gala dinner...

Amy And Joss Lend An Ear

5th November 2007

AMY WINEHOUSE and JOSS STONE have taken time out from their headline-grabbing music careers to help launch a new campaign...

Lohan Skips Funeral Service For Altman

22nd February 2007

LINDSAY LOHAN was a no-show at director ROBERT ALTMAN's memorial service on Tuesday (20FEB07) in New York City - but...

Stone Starstruck On Bobby Set

27th November 2006

SHARON STONE spent most days on the set of new movie BOBBY stunned and speechless because she couldn't believe she...

Belafonte Mentors Cannon

13th November 2006

Singer/actor NICK CANNON was thrilled when legendary star HARRY BELAFONTE took him under his wing while shooting the film BOBBY....

Tony Bennett Honoured For Black Rights Campaigning

9th November 2006

Singing legend TONY BENNETT has been honoured by the Martin Luther King Foundation for marching with civil rights campaigner. The...

Belafonte Dedicates Award To His Black Heroes

29th June 2006

HARRY BELAFONTE dedicated the Black Entertainment (BET) Humanitarian Award he picked up on Monday (27JUN06) night to MALCOLM X and...

Foxx, Kanye, Blige And Brown Lead Bet Winners

28th June 2006

Rapper KANYE WEST and singers MARY J BLIGE, CHRIS BROWN and JAMIE FOXX were the bigger winners at the Black...

Bon Jovi To Be Honoured For Charity Work

11th April 2006

Rocker JON BON JOVI will be honoured, along with film-maker MARTIN SCORSESE, at HELP USA's annual Tribute Awards Dinner. The...

Belafonte Dubs Bush 'World's Greatest Terrorist'

9th January 2006

American singer HARRY BELAFONTE has hit out at GEORGE W BUSH, dubbing the US president "the greatest terrorist in the...

Estevez Calls On Unknown To Play Bobby Kennedy

6th January 2006

Actor-turned-movie maker EMILIO ESTEVEZ has picked a little known US TV actor to play the lead role of ROBERT KENNEDY...

Belafonte Praises President Chavez

5th January 2006

Crusading US singer and activist HARRY BELAFONTE has praised Venezuelan President HUGO CHAVEZ for his charitable efforts to help poverty-stricken...

Marley's Birthday Bash

11th December 2004

Reggae legend BOB MARLEY's 60th birthday is to be celebrated in Ethiopia in February (05) with a month-long run of...

Plant And Krauss Pay Tribute To Lead Belly

1st November 2004

ROBERT PLANT and country star ALLISON KRAUSS are among the stars paying tribute to folk legend HUDDIE LEDBETTER at an...

Belafonte Named Goodwill Ambassador

30th July 2004

Actor, singer and civil rights activist HARRY BELAFONTE has been named a goodwill ambassador for Denmark's upcoming HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN...

Timberlake Pens Aids Charity Song With Missy Elliott

30th October 2003

Pop hunk JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and hip-hop pal MISSY ELLIOTT are recording an updated version of classic charity track WE ARE...

Belafonte Urges Poor People To Vote

22nd September 2003

Singer HARRY BELAFONTE is urging the American public to vote if they want to truly fight poverty. The 76-year-old...

Fans Bid Peck Farewell

17th June 2003

Thousands turned up to bid farewell to actor GREGORY PECK at a public memorial service in Los Angeles yesterday (16JUN03)....

Mekhi Slams Sam

21st May 2003

Up-and-coming Hollywood star MEKHI PHIFER has slammed SAMUEL L JACKSON for saying he wouldn't work with hip hop stars....