Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into Lindsay Lohan's Hollywood Hills home last month. Nicholas Prugo, 18, was taken into police custody on Thursday and is currently being held on $20,000 bail for one count of burglary, according to TMZ.com. The development comes almost a month after the star's property was targeted by three thieves, who ransacked her rented home, making off with money, ... Full story

Paula Abdul beat the haters to the punch on live TV Thursday night when she dressed up as – and even did a dance like – her would-be nemesis: Ellen DeGeneres. "Why are you all staring at me? Can't a girl try out for a new job?," the recently unseated American Idol judge (wearing a blonde wig and black pant suit) asked as she sashayed Ellen-style ... Full story

The Princess and and the Count are pictured here in May at the start of the Tour Auto in Paris last monday where he was competing in an Aston Martin db4GT. The two made news last April when EthioPlanet.com reported that Alexandre de Lesseps had split from LuAnn of The Desperate ... Full story

We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50. Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back. A source tells us Jackson was dead when ... Full story

The Philadelphia Inquirer-Singer Lauren Hart didn't sing the national anthem before Saturday's Flyers-Penguins playoff game because she and her husband, coffee magnate/explorer Todd Carmichael, were en route to Ethiopia to adopt their first child. It was Hart's first missed anthem in eight seasons, and the Flyers - which supported the trip - put up a video of ... Full story

19-year-old Ethiopian Model Bewunetwa Abebe, who was crowned Miss Teen Millennium Intercontinental, will take part in the 2009 International Beauty and Model festival in China along with 40 other contestants from around the world, organizers announced. She “becomes the second teenage Ethiopian model from the Ethiopian Millennium pageant to represent Ethiopia at an international beauty pageant,” Beauties ... Full story

Pop star Justin Timberlake and hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco will indeed be scaling the heights of Africa's tallest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, in the fall. The pair will be joining Ethiopian-born singer Kenna on the trek, which is meant to raise awareness of the worldwide water crisis. Kenna told Elle magazine, "My dad almost died as a child ... Full story

Ethiopian super model, Liya Kebede displayed Ethiopian cultural costumes, prepared with modern designs, at the famous J-crew catalogue in New York.In a press release sent to WIC on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the display would contribute in promoting Ethiopian cultural clothes in American and European markets. Speaking at the launching of “Lemlem” collections, ... Full story

As Ethiopia mourns the passing of musical legend Tilahun Gessesse, an anticipated high-profile concert has been postponed. Musical superstars Aster Awek, Gosaye Tesfaye and Pras Michel were scheduled to perform this upcoming  Saturday April 25 at the well known Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa. Due to the passing of Tilahun, event organizers have decided to postpone ... Full story

Tilahun Gesesse has been the most dominant figure in Ethiopian music for more than half a century and today a "State" Funeral service for legendary singer Tilahun will take place. Since his death on Sunday Ethiopia has been mourning for their beloved artist. The State funeral will allow the public to give there respects as his casket ... Full story