Showbiz articles

  • 27 showbiz photos of celebrities who visited Leeds during the 1990s

    It proved to be a decade which featured a raft loads of new restaurant, bar and shop openings around your city. The supplement of celebrities in focus include A, B, C (and even D) listers from the world of stage and screen, TV, sport, politics and much more. They are sure to evoke memories for a generation of people who idolised their heroes before the age of social meida. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVELEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on...
  • How Real Estate Became Showbiz and Agents Became Stars

    The crowd began gathering at 5 p.m., into the movie-perfect backyard of a 1920s Spanish-style Los Angeles estate once owned by Madonna. The air was so soft and eucalyptus-scented you could wrap yourself in it. Glasses clinked. The pool glinted in the slinking sun. In the Santa Monica Mountains above, the Hollywood sign gleamed like a row of perfectly capped teeth. Into that golden light stepped Mauricio Umansky, fresh off his debut the night before on “Dancing With the Stars.” He made his way to...
  • Ellen DeGeneres Says She Got Kicked Out of Showbiz in New Stand-Up Show

    Ellen DeGeneres says she got thrown out of Hollywood for being mean and toxic -- something she's making light of now in a new stand-up show which is coming to Netflix. The comedian did a live show in L.A. this week, which some reporters had…