Rihanna is venturing into new waters with her first big-screen acting gig! The singer has signed on for Battleship, the film adaptation of the classic board game, except, you know, with Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, and aliens.
The premise makes this one sound like a risky project to use as your big debut, so here’s hoping it’s not yet another singer-to-actor sinker, like Glitter was for Mariah Carey.
What do you think — does Rihanna have what it takes for movies? Or should she stick to her music?

Erykah Badu has been charged over a music video shoot which saw her strip naked in public and pretend to be shot near the site of President John F Kennedy’s assassination. The singer was charged with a R5000 fine for disorderly conduct for taking her clothes off on a street full of pedestrians during the filming of her single ‘Window Seat’ in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza on March 13.
In the video, which you can watch below, she also receives a fatal gunshot to the head at the scene where President John …

A year ago, the world watched as Michael Jackson balanced on the edge of a precipice. Behind the once-proclaimed King of Pop was a bleak stretch of pain and artistic decline. Ahead lay a series of 50 London concerts – a high-rolling bid to reassert his musical brilliance and re-establish control of his life.
Jackson was poised for a great leap of faith, one testing himself and those who believed in him. It was a chance to silence detractors who had mocked his increasingly clownish, artificial appearance and what appeared to …

SA rapper HHP has been nominated in the category for Best International Act for the 2010 BET Awards.
The “Mpitse” star is going up against artists including Kojo Antwi, K’NAAN, P-Square, Estelle, Corinne Bailey Rae and Sade.
Meanwhile power couple Jay Z and Beyonce are leadin the pack – Jay has been nominated 5 categories while Beyonce has been nominated in 4 – and the two will go head to head in categories including Best Collaboration, Viewer’s Choice and Video of the Year Award.
The Motswako rapper says he is ecstatic about …

Khanya – keeping it together is key

This actor and television presenter knows that time management is the only way to cope with a life led at full throttle

By: Olwethu Mlotshwa
Having hosted a number of television shows all while she was studying, Khanya Mkangisa is no stranger to juggling work and study. She has a degree from AFDA and a number of shows to prove it.
This multi-talented star has been juggling work, study and a social life since the tender age of 15. “I’ve never had a problem academically. It was …

By: Thulisile Mgezama
Celebrities are well-known for using different methods to keep their bodies in shape. Most use crazy methods to maintain their ‘hot bods’ while looking sick or dying from ‘me’ disease.
Here are some weird celebrity diets:
The Lollipop Diet – Britney Spears

Britney claims she claims that while living on lollipops on tour she managed to suppress her appetite and gain more energy.
The Maple Syrup Diet – Beyoncé
The 25-year-old singer used the syrup regime to lose almost 15 kgs for her role in Dreamgirls.  “I lived on water, cayenne pepper and …

You may know her as an actress, vixen or a man snatcher but Angelina Jolie never loses sight of her important role as a concerned global citizen and active UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. The dedication to her craft that garnered Angelina an Academy Award for her performance in Girl, Interrupted (1999), is reflected in her efforts for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a UN agency that currently assists 20 million refugees in approximately 120 countries.
Angelina’s involvement with UNHCR began with a mission to Sierra Leone, a small African …

A) Beyonce Knowles                                                                                 Midnight Fantasy
B) 50 Cent                                                                                                    Glow
C) Jessica Simpson                                                                                  True Star
D) Jennifer Lopez                                                                                       Fancy Love
E) Britney Spears                                                                                        Power

By: Anele Mdzikwa
Loyiso Mdebuka is on his way to the top! After enduring weeks of public voting online, our very own village idiot emerged as SA’s top performing Smirnoff Turntable DJ.
The Smirnoff Turntablist DJ experience was held last year to seek and groom the next superstar DJ. Mdebuka, famously known as DJ Loyd conquered the challenge with the freshest music on the decks to win himself a trip to the 2010 DJ conference in Miami.
His story is in fact ‘the flip side of ordinary’. From small beginnings as a student …