Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox are man and wife

Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox are man and wife.

The longtime couple who have been on and off since 2004 slipped away last week to Hawaii, according to a rep for the former 90210 actor. It is the first marriage for the Jonah Hex hottie, 24, and Green, 36. He has an 8-year-old son from a relationship with actress Vanessa Marcil.Despite reports that they had called off their engagement, Fox told reporters earlier this month they'd never broken up.

Michael Jackson's Death- one year later

Michael Jackson's Death- one year later.

McCartney Is Honored at White House

A Beatle met the president when Sir Paul McCartney performed at the East Room of the White House on Wednesday night. Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Mr. McCartney used the occasion to applaud President Obama. “Getting this prize would be good enough,” Mr. McCartney said. “But getting it from this president ...” He smiled. He added that despite “difficult times” for the president, “you have billions of us who are rooting for you.” Then, with the first lady in the front row, Mr. McCartney sang “a song I have been itching to do at the White House,” he said. It was “Michelle.”A few minutes after the concert, Mr. McCartney returned to the microphone, thanking the Library of Congress.Mr. McCartney sang reflective songs like “Eleanor Rigby” and “Let It Be.” The president praised Mr. McCartney but also brought up the catastrophic Gulf Coast oil spill. Mr. Obama spoke about “part of the country this is so rich in musical heritage” and said he was committed to “see to it that their lives and their communities are made whole again.”Mr. McCartney, who turns 68 on June 18, is the third winner of the Gershwin Prize, the highest American award for popular song. He is the first recipient who is not an American.

“We stole you,” Mr. Obama said.
Gershwin Prize has been awarded to skillful melodists who forged their reputations in the 1960s: Paul Simon in 2007 and Mr. Wonder in 2009, the first time the award was presented at the White House. n a news conference at the Library of Congress on Monday, Mr. McCartney had called the process of songwriting a mystery. “You start with a black hole and if you’re lucky, a couple hours later there’ll be a song waiting there. That mystery, that magic is still the same for me.”

Mr. McCartney ended the concert with a song that’s ideal for an all-star singalong, “Hey Jude,” with the first family joining in.

source by-nytimes.com

"The Hobbit"

J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" has stepped down after two years on the project amid studio delays and schedule conflicts. In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming "The Hobbit," I am faced with the hardest decision of my life," del Toro wrote in a statement on "Lord of the Rings" fansite TheOneRing.net.

"After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien's Middle Earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures."

He said he would continue to co-write the screenplays with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillippa Boyens.The director, whose filmmaking credits include "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Hellboy," moved his wife and children to New Zealand for the shoot and the first movie was aiming for a December 2012 release. The second was due out a year later. "The blessings have been plenty, but the mounting pressures of conflicting schedules have overwhelmed the time slot originally allocated for the project," said del Toro."Both as a co-writer and as a director, I wish the production nothing but the very best of luck and I will be first in line to see the finished product. I remain an ally to it and its makers, present and future, and fully support a smooth transition to a new director."

source by-abcnews.go.com

Farewell to Dio

Mr. Dio, who sang in the band that bore his name, as well as in groups like Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell, was 67 when he died of stomach cancer on May 16. More than 1,200 fans gathered at a service inside the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, while hundreds more watched on monitors outside. Among the musicians who performed at the service were the keyboardist Scott Warren, who played a piano arrangement of Dio’s “This Is Your Life”; John Payne of Asia, who sang Black Sabbath’s “Heaven and Hell”; and Joey Belladonna of Anthrax, who sang Rainbow’s “Man on the Silver Mountain.” Willie Fyfe, Mr. Dio’s personal assistant, said: “Once he had a crowd in his hands, that’s where they stayed until it was time to go, then he’d give them back, and walk off and do his thing. Bless him. He’s still doing that now, and the guy is in a coffin.”

source by-nytimes.com

pregnancy is exhausting:Dion

Céline Dion says her journey to conceive was “physically and emotionally exhausting'.Dion and husband René Angelil announced this week they are expecting twins after having undergone fertility treatment. The couple have a nine-year-old son, René-Charles.“I feel like I've been pregnant more than a year,” the songstress revealed in an interview with Le Journal de Montreal.'There are no accomplishments bigger than,' Dion declared. 'The trophies and the money, that doesn't give meaning to life and that doesn't give you true happiness.'


source by-monstersandcritics.com

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