Lord Of The Rings star Andy Serkis has one acting ambition left to fulfill - he wants to play U2 frontman Bono in a biopic of the Irish rocker's life. Serkis recently delved into the music world with a portrayal of the Blockheads star Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. And he would love to land a role playing another music icon - Bono.

He tells British music magazine NME, "I could do Bono. Someone will have to write the screenplay."

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Jennifer Lopez is set to show off her cooking skills on TV by joining the cast of Glee. The actress/singer has signed on to play a cafeteria lady in an upcoming episode.

And she'll be joining a hit show - "Glee" was named top comedy/musical TV show at the Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood on Sunday night.

In addition, "Glee" is nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at this year's Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's (GLAAD) Media Awards. The awards, which honor more...

NEW YORK – The John Lennon-Paul McCartney songwriting team broke up 40 years ago but their influence lives on in music, pop culture and now in two prominent new books about music.

Lennon is one of the five seminal artists who shape the backbone of "Corn Flakes With John Lennon," a memoir by Robert Hilburn, the influential former critic and reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Author Peter Ames Carlin focused on Lennon's partner

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NEW YORK (Billboard) – Los Amigos Invisibles, the Venezuelan funk band from Caracas that relocated to Brooklyn more than eight years ago, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2011. But the party has already started, with the group enjoying an ever-growing following throughout Mexico, South America and its adopted home country.

In the last three months the band's sixth studio album, "Commercial," was released simultaneously

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LONDON (AP) - Jermaine Jackson said Wednesday that he is confident Chris Brown will perform at this month's Michael Jackson tribute concert in Austria, despite Brown's conviction for assault.

Brown was sentenced to probation and community service last month after pleading guilty to beating his then-girlfriend, R&B singer Rihanna. Jermaine Jackson announced Tuesday that Brown was on the lineup for the Sept. 26 concert in Vienna. But promoter Georg Kindel said a U.S. judge was expected more...

Actor Colin Firth is set for the royal treatment after signing up to play King George VI in a new movie. The Mamma Mia! star will play Queen Elizabeth II's father in "The King's Speech".

The film chronicles the royal's efforts to correct a stammer after learning he was to rule England following his brother Edward VIII's abdication in 1936.

Geoffrey Rush will play the king's speech therapist Lionel Logue, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Funnyman Robin Williams has been asked to play Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle in a movie about her life.

Boyle shot to international fame after appearing on U.K. TV program "Britain's Got Talent" earlier this year, counting the likes of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore among her fans.

Movie executives are planning a film detailing her rise to stardom - and they want Williams, who previously dressed as a woman in 1993's Mrs. Doubtfire, to play the starring role. more...