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Musicians Steven Tyler and Joe Perry present the Artist of the Year award onstage during the 2008 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on November 23, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

There ain't been as much sunshine since Bill Withers walked away from his hit-making music career 23 years ago.

Darius Rucker was just a young boy with a love for "Hee Haw" and FM radio when he made a discovery - and a decision - that would shape the rest of his life.

In "Revolution," the Beatles declare, "We all want to change to the world." A new documentary argues that the Fab Four did so in at least one way they could never have imagined, even during their 1960s hey day.

Jake Owen is up for Best New Artist at the CMA Awards this Wednesday, and he'll be sporting a new good luck charm on his arm -- a tattoo of Waylon Jennings' eagle logo.

One crisp autumn morning after a long night of Wildbrau beer and Spaetzle noodles, I awoke atop an Ikea bunk bed to find David Hasselhoff hovering over me, wearing nothing but his "Baywatch" bikini.

A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine." This wry comment serves as a nod and a wink from the filmmakers, a license to do what they will to Jon Ronson's amusing nonfiction ...

Those piercing blue eyes. That unmistakable voice. Actor Tony Curtis greeted more than 200 fans Sunday for a book-signing and film screening at the Avon Theatre in Stamford in celebration of the 50th anniversary of "Some Like It Hot" and the companion book, "The Making of 'Some Like It Hot': My Memories of Marilyn Monroe and the Classic American ...

So, Hollywood mega-mogul Robert Zemeckis is recreating the Beatles ' Yellow Submarine for the 3-D big screen, and Zemeckis is crossing his fingers that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will appear in the remake! Zemeckis has pitched the idea to McCartney and Starr, but he says they "haven't gotten the word yet on whether they're interested in doing ...

George Strait is headed back to the big screen. He's apparently teamed up with the director behind his first film Pure Country for a new movie, titled A Pure Country Gift , a sequel to his 1992 film.

Sat Nov 7, 2009 6:59am EST - Artist Yoko Ono performs in Venice June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi NEW YORK - No one knows better than Yoko Ono how far celebrity activism has come in the last 40 years.

Beyonce was the big winner at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards , held at the O2 World in Berlin, Germany tonight.

Round two goes to Taylor Swift. The chart-topping teenage pop star got revenge on Kanye West in a big way during her "Saturday Night Live" debut, poking nationally televised fun at the rapper who stormed the stage during Swift's MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech.

Veteran actress Sue Johnston has collected her OBE - for her services to drama and charity- from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Russell Brand admits he can't help but search for what is being written about him on the internet.

Puerto Rican hip-hop group Calle 13 take home five Latin Grammys, including Album of the Year.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Zemeckis wants Starr and McCartney for Yellow Submarine remake SHOWBIZ Saturday November 7,2009 Moviemaker ROBERT ZEMECKIS wants surviving BEATLES PAUL MCCARTNEY and RINGO STARR to play themselves in his planned remake of the Fab Four's animated classic YELLOW SUBMARINE.

Record label EMI has won a court injunction against BlueBeat.com, forcing the web site to stop selling Beatles songs for 25 cents each without permission.

Tony Curtis likes it hot at Avon By KEITH LORIA Times Correspondent STAMFORD -- When the American Film Institute named its top movies of the century in 2000, it voted 1959's screen gem "Some Like it Hot" as the greatest American comedy in motion picture history.

A YOUNG Australian has scored the part of a lifetime - playing Billy Elliot on Broadway.