Jools Holland

October 27th, 2009 more images more imagesLOS ANGELES - Four months after Michael Jackson's death from a drug overdose a documentary chronicling his last days was set to hit movie screens around the world Tuesday. The official premiere was set for Tuesday afternoon at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, where Jackson's public memorial was held.

October 23rd, 2009 Rap legends PUBLIC ENEMY are on their way to achieving a fan-funded album - they have pulled in donations of $50,000 (£30,000). Last month (Sep09), the group agreed a deal with SellaBand, an online fan funding engine, which gives devotees the chance to finance their idols in exchange for albums, meet-and-greets and even a cut of the profits.

October 21st, 2009 LONDON - With his outlandish dressing sense, Akshay Kumar could be a strong contender for the world's worst-dressed men list, at least that's what the editor of a British magazine believes. Jeremy Langmead, editor of Esquire magazine, has said that the 42-year-old Bollywood action hero might be one of India's most successful film stars, but he doesn't score too well when it comes to style.

October 7th, 2009 Rap legends PUBLIC ENEMY are urging fans to fund their next album in return for a share of the profits. The group signed an agreement with SellaBand, an online fan funding engine, and is asking devotees to help raise $250,000 (£116,000) so it can hit the studio and record a new disc.

September 25th, 2009 British rockers MUSE have charged to the top of the European album charts after their new release, THE RESISTANCE, claimed number ones in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland. The album's 148,000 first-week sales in the U.K.

September 21st, 2009 Paul Smith gives collection a Congolese makeoverLONDON — Celebrated designer Paul Smith took London Fashion Week on a side trip to Africa Monday night with a startling show inspired by styles worn by young men in the Congo. Smith, who made his name in colorful menswear, adapted the way musicians in the Bacongo region wear brightly colored suits with beautiful accessories and turned it into an unusual women's wear collection.

August 28th, 2009 The wife of legendary songwriter COLE PORTER is to be immortalised in a new off-Broadway musical. Jazz singer Stevie Holland will play Linda Porter in Love, Linda, which will debut at New York's Triad Theater in October (09).

August 19th, 2009 The HARRY POTTER franchise is at the centre of another drug drama - a second star has been photographed smoking what appears to be marijuana. Pictures of Josh Herdman, who has played bully Gregory Goyle in all of the Potter movies, puffing what appears to be a joint have appeared in U.K.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - Playwright David Mamet plans to write a script for a film on Holocaust victim Anne Frank, it has emerged. Walt Disney announced that his screenplay would pick up information from Frank's diary and a Pulitzer-winning 1950s play by husband and wife team Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich.

July 9th, 2009 Fate of fans' flowers, cards for Jackson undecidedLOS ANGELES — Since Michael Jackson died June 25, fans from around the world have expressed their grief in flowers, balloons, teddy bears, candles, pictures and handwritten notes left throughout the city — at his rented Holmby Hills mansion, at the Jackson family home in Encino, at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and at his Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County. Now that the King of Pop has been memorialized publicly and privately, some say it's time to start clearing the mementos away.

July 4th, 2009 Princeton will face Brown in Temple Cup finalHENLEY, England — Princeton and Brown advanced to the final of the Temple Cup for student eights at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames. Princeton beat Amsterdamsche Studenten Roeivereeniging Nereus of Holland by three-quarters of a length on Saturday and Brown beat Melbourne University of Australia by 2¼ lengths to set up Sunday's all-American final, the only one at this year's regatta.