Topic: Celebrity News

iPhone surpasses celebs, news as most searched on Web

(Reuters) - Apple's iPhone edged past major news events, celebrities and pop stars as the top searched term on the Web in 2011, according to Yahoo!The digital media company said the smartphone proved more popular than reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian, pop ...

Pippa Middleton, Kardashians among "most fascinating" of 2011

(Reuters) - What do Britain's Pippa Middleton and the Kardashian family have in common?They are all among the 10 most fascinating people of 2011, according to veteran journalist Barbara Walters.Middleton, 28, younger sister of Prince William's new wife Kate, was named on ...

Rich Nigerians embrace jewellery's "King of Bling"

ABUJA (Reuters) - A bizarre mix of pop stars, oil moguls and politicians swigged champagne and danced into the night in Nigeria's capital at a launch party for Chris Aire, Nigerian jewellery designer to the stars, nicknamed "The King of Bling."On Tuesday ...

Doris Day still sings at 87, offers fans "My Heart"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At age 87, Doris Day is not exactly pop music's latest hot young artist. But this week the star of film, TV and music returns to the U.S. record world she conquered more than 60 years ago with ...

Tabloids brace for more damage at ethics inquiry

The tabloid press is bracing for more damaging celebrity testimony this week at a public inquiry that has turned the tables on Fleet Street and could lead to major changes in the regulation of the press.Singer Charlotte Church and Alastair Campbell, the ...
Britain's tabloids are braced for more damaging celebrity testimony this week at a public inquiry that has turned the tables on Fleet Street and could lead to major changes in the regulation of the press.Singer Charlotte Church and Alastair Campbell, the former ...

Fame-hungry funds risk investor ire with A-list ads

LONDON (Reuters) - Fund managers keen to cash in on the cult of celebrity are being warned high-profile, pricey marketing campaigns in today's tough economic times could lose them more business than they win.Soccer manager Jose Mourinho recently joined the roster of ...

Sienna Miller says paper hacked her emails

Actress Sienna Miller told an inquiry Thursday her emails and phones were hacked by the News of the World as part of a "web of surveillance" that led her to make paranoid accusations against her friends.It is the first time the inquiry ...

Author JK Rowling says "spiteful" UK press hounded her

LONDON (Reuters) - "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling told a public inquiry into British media standards on Thursday she was forced to move house because of tabloid harassment and had been made to feel like a hostage in her home after she ...

Actor Coogan says UK tabloids operate like Mafia

LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrities fear a backlash from the British tabloid press if they speak out at an inquiry into media standards, comedian and actor Steve Coogan said on Tuesday, adding that newspapers were like the Mafia in the way they operated.A ...