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Country Music Star C.w. Mccall Dies At 93
Country singer C.W. McCall has died at the age of 93.The music star - who was best known for his 1975 hit 'Convoy' - passed away on Friday (01.04.22) in Ouray, Colorado, from cancer.McCall's son,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 April 2022
Bruce Springsteen To Receive 2021 Woody Guthrie Prize
Bruce Springsteen is set to be honoured with the Woody Guthrie prize.The Boss has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious accolade setup in memory of the late American folk legend to "recognise artists...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 05 May 2021
Moby Reimagines His Hits On Upcoming Orchestral Album Reprise
Moby has announced his upcoming orchestral album, 'Reprise'.The 55-year-old musician has reimagined his biggest hits from the past three decades featuring the Budapest Art Orchestra with new orchestration and arrangements. The collection includes classics 'Go',...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 March 2021
Kris Kristofferson Related To His A Star Is Born Character
Kris Kristofferson empathised with his hard-drinking character in 'A Star Is Born'.The 83-year-old actor and musician played washed-up rock star John Norman Howard in the 1976 version of the story and admits that he noticed...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 03 April 2020
Kris Kristofferson Won't Be Giving Up Weed To Test His Memory Issues
The Sunday Morning Coming Down star recently learned undiagnosed Lyme disease may have something to do with his ongoing memory loss, after doctors told him it may be Alzheimer's disease or the results...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 22 June 2016
Kris Kristofferson And Charley Pride To Be Honoured At American Eagle Awards
The singers will join legendary music manager Jim Halsey and his producer son Sherman Halsey for the National Music Council's annual ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on 11 July (15). All five honourees...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 June 2015
Bradley Cooper To Direct A Star Is Born Remake
Bradley Cooper is set to make his directorial debut on a remake of 'A Star is Born'.The 40-year-old actor is in line to step behind the camera for the first time to re-imagine the story...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 March 2015
Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard To Be Feted At Acm Honors
Country stars Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Carrie Underwood will be feted with special prizes at the 2014 ACM Honors.For The Good Times hitmaker Kristofferson will be one of four songwriters to receive the Academy...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2014
Kris Kristofferson To Play President Andrew Jackson In Miniseries
Singer/actor Kris Kristofferson has been cast as former U.S. President Andrew Jackson in a new Tv miniseries.The 77 year old will star as the American leader in Texas Rising, an eight-hour series about the Texas...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 June 2014
Kris Kristofferson Refusing To Let Memory Loss Get In The Way Of Recording Plans
Country music legend Kris Kristofferson is refusing to let his deteriorating memory loss wreck his plans to reunite with Willie Nelson in the studio, insisting his woes aren't as bad as they may seem.The 77...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 February 2014
Kris Kristofferson Honours Janis Joplin At Walk Of Fame Ceremony
Veteran singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson heard Janis Joplin's rendition of his Me & Bobby Mcgee tune for the first time on the day she died 43 years ago.Kristofferson was among the celebrities who paid tribute to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 05 November 2013
Tompall Glaser, Country Musician And Studio Owner, Dies Aged 79 After "Long Illness"
Tompall Glaser, the Nashville country music legend, died yesterday (Tuesday 14th August) at the age of 79. His nephew announced his death and said it was the result of a "long illness".Willie Nelson worked with...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Music / Festivals on 14 August 2013
Jack Clements, Country Music Icon, Dies Of Cancer Aged 82
Jack Clement, a Nashville country music legend, died yesterday (8th August) at the age of 82. He had been suffering from cancer of the liver and died at his home in Nashville, according to reports...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 09 August 2013
Carly Simon Confides 'You're So Vain' Secret In Taylor Swift
Carly Simon's famous 'You're So Vain' continues to raise questions 41 years after its release. Taylor Swift has revealed Simon confided the identity of the song's subject. Swift, unfortunately, is sworn to secrecy.Taylor Swift at...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2013
Dan Auerbach, Emmylou Harris And Kris Kristofferson To Play Tribute Gig
The Black Keys star Dan Auerbach and country legends Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson are among the artists taking part in a tribute show in honour of singer/songwriter and producer Cowboy Jack Clement.The stars will...
By WENN on 09 January 2013
Back As A Baddie: Eric Bana On The Joys Of Being A Psychopath In Deadfall
Eric Bana’s back to life as a baddie in Deadfall. He stars opposite Olivia Wilde in the movie, in which he plays a gun-toting psycho.In his own words, the movie is “an adult drama where...
By Hayley Avron in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 December 2012
Beyonce Knowles Pulls Out Of A Star Is Born
Beyonce Knowles has pulled out of 'A Star is Born'. The 31-year-old singer was due to team up with director Clint Eastwood to portray a young performer who falls in love with an older declining...
By Bang Showbiz on 10 October 2012
Beyonce Knowles To Star In Epic
Beyonce Knowles will voice Queen Tara in animated movie 'Epic'. The 'Halo' hitmaker will join a star studded cast including Colin Farrell as Ronin, Josh Hutcherson as Nod, Amanda Seyfried as Mary Katherine, Johnny Knoxville...
By Bang Showbiz on 01 June 2012
Kris Kristofferson Honoured For Career
Country legend Kris Kristofferson was honoured for his lengthy career at a gala in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday (26Mar12).The Me and Bobby MCGee hitmaker was the guest of honour at the T. J. Martell Foundation...
By WENN on 28 March 2012
Tom Cruise In Talks For A Star Is Born
Tom Cruise is being lined up for a role in 'A Star Is Born'.The 'Mission: Impossible' actor is having talks to star alongside Beyonce Knowles in the new version of the classic film, which is...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 March 2012
Beyonce Knowles' Pregnancy To Delay Star Is Born Remake?
Beyonce Knowles' pregnancy could delay production on 'A Star Is Born'. The 'Halo' singer announced she is expecting her first child with husband Jay-Z during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (28.08.11) and while...
By Bang Showbiz on 30 August 2011
Kris Kristofferson Clears Up Stories About Helicopter Visit To Johnny Cash
Grizzled country star Kris Kristofferson has exploded a music myth surrounding a helicopter visit he made to Johnny Cash, insisting it wasn't quite like the Man in Black remembered it.For starters, Cash and his wife...
By WENN on 19 July 2011
Leonardo Dicaprio To Star With Beyonce In A Star Is Born?
Leonardo DiCaprio could join Beyonce Knowles in the remake of 'A Star Is Born'.The 'Inception' star is currently working with Clint Eastwood on the biopic 'J. Edgar' but the Oscar winning director is hoping to...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 June 2011
Johnny Cash's Home Turned Into A Museum
Johnny Cash's childhood home is being restored and turned into a museum.The family home where the 'Walk The Line' singer grew up in Dyess, Arkansas has been bought by the State University and will be...
By Bang Showbiz on 20 April 2011
Clint Eastwood To Direct Beyonce In New Movie
Clint Eastwood is to direct Beyonce Knowles in a remake of 'A Star Is Born'.The Oscar-winning actor-and-director is in talks with the stunning star to take on the role of an aspiring singer who falls...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 January 2011
Haggard Plans Supertrio With Nelson And Kristofferson
Country music icons WILLIE NELSON, MERLE HAGGARD and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON are working on a new supertrio project for 2011 after meeting up at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. earlier this month (Dec10).Haggard, who...
By WENN on 28 December 2010
Kristofferson & Costello To Star In Mellencamp Musical
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON and ELVIS COSTELLO will lead the cast of JOHN MELLENCAMP's new musical, GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY.The rocker has been working on the project with author Stephen King for years, but now the...
By WENN on 29 December 2009
Native American Activist's Life Story Released To Honour Jolie's Mother
The documentary ANGELINA JOLIE's late mother MARCHELINE BERTRAND executive produced before her death last month (JAN07) is to be rush released on DVD as a tribute to the actress. TRUDELL follows the lifestory of Native...
By WENN on 06 February 2007
Streisand's 'Sexual Conquests' Revealed In New Biography
A new biography of BARBRA STREISAND alleges the superstar's list of lovers includes DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES' former husband PRINCE CHARLES and her lover DODI FAYED. BARBRA: THE WAY SHE IS by CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON claims...
By World Entertainment News Network on 27 March 2006
Lavigne Joins Fast Food Nation
AVRIL LAVIGNE has signed up to make her acting debut in a screen adaptation of ERIC SCHLOSSER's bestselling expose FAST FOOD NATION. The Canadian pop star will share the screen with PATRICIA ARQUETTE, BOBBY...
By WENN on 20 December 2005
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