Ricky Gervais has defended his risqu? routine at Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday - insisting none of the celebrities he poked fun at were offended by his jokes.

The British funnyman has received mixed reviews for his efforts hosting the glitzy awards show, after making a series of gags about stars in the audience. At one point Gervais poked fun at Mickey Rourke's big build, saying, "I haven't got a bad word to say about him... mainly because he has arms as big as my legs."
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Many of the ladies sizzled on the red carpet at last night's Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Purple was a major pick of the evening, as Sandra Bullock, Fergie, Heidi Klum and Jane Krakowski demonstrated.

As usual black was a very popular color, and stars like Jennifer Aniston, Mariah Carey, Halle Berry, Heather Graham, Vera Farmiga and Penelope Cruz looked fab.

There wasn't a lot of bad fashion, although Tina Fey's billowing skirt was a bit too much, more...

Actor/comedian Ricky Gervais promises to keep his Golden Globes monologue tasteful but won't be afraid of a little "gentle ribbing" at the expense of other major names.

"Any one who's younger and thinner and richer and more attractive than me; that's the ones I'm going for," he told reporters during a conference call interview Tuesday.

Gervais will host the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 17, 2010. The show will air on NBC, and Gervais, who doesn't currently more...

LOS ANGELES – Cher has sued Universal Music Group, claiming the company owes her and Sonny Bono's heirs more than $5 million.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Santa Monica claims Cher and Bono's widow and children are owed royalties on songs that were included in recent greatest-hits compilations. The suit also states UMG has failed to provide key records that would show how much is actually owed.

UMG spokesman Peter

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Veteran entertainer Cher will bring 2009 to a close with the final dates in her Las Vegas residency.

The Believe hit-maker has been wowing crowds at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace since last May.

She signed a deal with concert promoter AEG to perform approximately 200 shows at the venue over a period of three years, but Cher will complete the feat just before Christmas this winter.

The superstar, 62, will kick off the final leg of her Sin City stint

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NEW YORK (AP) - Cher's concert stand in Las Vegas may be the ultimate representation of Sin City: it's decadent, glitzy, oversized, over-the-top and a thrill-a-minute experience.

But when she leaves the Colosseum at Caesars Palace at the end of her performance, the 62-year-old singer leads a lifestyle quite opposite from the kind that Las Vegas has come to represent: She stays out of the casinos, refrains from drinking, doesn't smoke and stays away from the all-night party

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Leeds has a chequered musical history – for every Kaiser Chiefs and Corinne Bailey Rae there are hundreds of frustrated failures. The Golden Spike may sound more like a Phillip Pullman novel than a hit album, but something just feels right about Leeds' band Sky Larkin's debut from start to finish.

There’s a familiar, comforting vibe to their music right from the word go on album opener Fossil, I. The exact magic's difficult

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