ENTERTAINMENT

North Queensland is attempting to lure Oprah Winfrey with all-expense paid use of a luxury yacht worth $10,000 a day and accommodation worth $4,000 a night, when Oprah visits Australia

The 150th Emirates Melbourne Cup (2010) will be broadcast on Channel Seven once again. Here's the details and schedule of the 2010 Melbourne Cup and its broadcast.

Inception and Star Trek Nemesis star Tom Hardy is reported to have been cast in a major role in the still untitled Batman movie again to be directed by Christopher Nolan

The View hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar walk off the set of their own show Thursday during an interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.

The violence and nude scenes in the 1978 horror remake "I Spit on Your Grave" gave the Sarah Butler starrer an unrated rating but the 25-year-old actress is not complaining.

District 9 star Sharlto Copley is rumored set to join Men in Black 3, as an alien similar to Star Wars' Yoda, but a lot less cryptic

A plagiarism lawsuit against J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, remained undismissed following the refusal of the British judge hearing the matter on Thursday, without proper hearing.

Rhys Ifans the actor who played Spike in Notting Hill, will soon take on another unforgettable character, The Lizard, in the Spider-man reboot!

Fans of Goop publisher and Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow are in for a treat as she showcases her musical talent and acting ability in her new movie Country Song, out by June 2011.

Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are now rumored to be entertaining the idea of getting married.

Melbourne author Rebecca Lim gets set to debut a dazzling new Young Adult (YA) series and unforgettable paranormal heroine with Mercy.

Speak Now, Taylor Swift's highly-anticipated third studio album, will be available in stores on October 25th. To promote the album, Taylor has planned a bi-coastal week with her fans to launch the Big Machine Records album.

Katy Perry Revenge By Bing application is now available in iTunes!

The Tropfest Short Film Festival for 2011 forged a unique partnership with YouTube. For the first time entries to this year's filmfest will be received via YouTube.

Australia All Over host Ian "Macca" McNamara releases a new book based on his immensely popular program. The book chronicles Macca and his adventures as he loaded up his 'radio stuff' and headed up and across, down and around Australia.

As Chile completes rescue of all thirty-three miners from the ground, a drama comes to an end on the sideline as Yonni Barrios surfaces: he kisses his mistress Susana Valenzuela.

Get to know the people that former American Idol judge Paula Abdul will be working with in the new reality talent search LIVE TO DANCE

Australian Idol co-host Andrew Günsberg will be hosting the Paula Abdul's LIVE TO DANCE. Meanwhile, former Pussycat Dolls member Kimberly Wyatt and Michael Jackson's This is It choreographer Travis Payne will serve in the panel of experts with Paula Abdul.

Rapper Huddy Combs, better known as Huddy 6, died in a car accident in New York City on Wednesday morning (October 13).

Hollywood actress Hilary Duff is now a romance novelist. The recently-married actress has been courting the press lately to promote her novel Elixir.The book follows protagonist Clea Raymond, a budding photojournalist, whose job takes her around the globe.

Ancestry.com has traced the family roots of U.S. President Barack Obama and found that he is the 10th cousin of former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Courtney Cox's estranged husband David Arquette took to his Twitter account (@davidarqutte) to explain his comments in the Howard Stern show

Michael Jackson's estate and record label announced on Wednesday that the late pop star's library of music videos will be released for the first time on a box set of DVDs on Nov. 22.

YouTube has announced a collaboration with Sydney Opera House, Grammy Award-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and many other leading institutions and figures of the classical music world including Sydney Symphony, to launch "YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011

Glee fans will not hear virtual band Gorillaz music on Glee Season 2, as the band lead singer Damon Albarn said he is not interested in letting the New Directions render their songs the Glee-way.

Advice columnist (also known as an agony aunt) and author Claire Rayner died Monday night (October 11) in her home in Harrow, London. Rayner did not recover from an emergency intestinal surgery. She was 79-years old.

The sequel to Ben Stiller's 2001 hit Zoolander will soon hit the big screen. Zoolander 2 is reportedly nearing completion, at least, as far as the script goes.

Kanye West premiered his directorial debut Runaway, a 40-minute long movie, in Sydney last night at the Entertainment Quarter

Christina Aguilera issued a statement confirming reports that she and husband Jordan Bratman had separated. Reports had also said that no divorce proceedings has yet.