Bono top among Hollywood celebrity on America’s ‘Agents of Change’ list

May 2nd, 2009 LONDON - 'High School Musical' star Zac Efron has been named one of the world's most influential people by Time magazine. The teen idol has been named alongside US President Barack Obama, George Clooney, Bono and Oprah Winfrey on the list, reported imdb.com Efron made his first entry in Time magazine's annual list of the planet's top 100 influential figures.

April 24th, 2009 LONDON - US talk show host Ellen Degeneres has been named the most powerful gay celebrity by American magazine 'Out'. The comedienne, who is married to actress Portia de Rossi, has been named the top showbiz star on the list, reports contactmusic.com.

April 14th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Keira Knightly has revealed that she hates social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook. "I hate the internet," the Sun quoted her as saying.

April 14th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Keira Knightley is unhappy with social networking sites and says she finds Internet 'dehumanising'. 'I hate Internet.

April 14th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Mel Gibson's divorce from Robyn may turn out to be one of the most expensive in the celebrity history. Robyn has filed for divorce after 28 years of marriage.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actors Paul Rudd, Jon Hamm and David Schwimmer have offered themselves for lunch date on an online auction in a bid to raise funds for Adrienne Shelly Foundation. The highest bidder would win a lunch date with his favorite Hollywood celebrity, reports the Daily Express.

April 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Eva Longoria, Britney Spears and Carmen Electra have made it to Fedele De Santis' list of Top 10 Hollywood Beach Bodies. Fedele De Santis is a trainer to stars like Jessica Biel and the owner of The Gym On Nemo in trendy West Hollywood.

March 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Barack Obama has topped Rolling Stone's list of '100 Agents of Change', featuring those who "have powerful ideas" rather than the conventional meaning of the word. The U.S. President grabbed the top spot followed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who were hailed as "Lewis and Clark of the Internet".

March 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Irish rocker Bono wants to re-record songs from U2's debut album 'Boy'- because he doesn't like the fake English accent he adopted while singing the tracks. Listening back to the 1980 disc, Bono still feels embarrassed by the 'phony English accent' he used.

February 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - Forbes has listed Aishwarya Rai as India's most bankable star in Hollywood, pushing down the Khans of Bollywood in the ratings of the best bet for a film's financial success. Aishwarya is among six Bollywood actors in the new Forbes list of Hollywood's Most Valuable Actors.

February 10th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Will Smith is the most bankable film star in the world, according to a new survey by Forbes.com. The financial magazine's website awarded the 'Hancock' star a perfect 10 in its latest celebrity monitor, based on factors such as previous box office success, appeal to different demographics and ability to acquire financing for a film, reports contactmusic.com.

February 1st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Julia Roberts struggled to get noticed by Hollywood agents because they labelled her 'too trailer park' when she first started out as an actress. The 41-year-old star shot to fame in the early 1990s playing a prostitute in 'Pretty Woman', opposite Richard Gere but according to tell-all social phenomenon The Cult of Celebrity, Roberts' promising talent was lost on some of Hollywood's biggest bookers, contactmusic.com.

January 25th, 2009 LONDON - Former Guns 'N Roses guitarist Slash is suing Hollywood estate agents for selling him a house that is bad for partying. According to thesun.co.uk, Slash and his wife claim they were misled by Hollywood real estate agents.

January 17th, 2009 LONDON - Italian denim label Fornarina has signed Hollywood actress-singer Lindsay Lohan as the face of their new range. 'Lindsay is the Hollywood celebrity testimonial of the brand.

January 16th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Ever since Republican presidential candidate John McCain used a sarcastic video to mock Barack Obama as the world's biggest celebrity, the US president-elect has scrupulously kept a respectable distance from his closest Hollywood supporters. All that is likely to change Jan 20.