Christine Caparras

Coldplay staged an intimate concert on May 20 to celebrate the release of their new album "Ghost Stories." The event was staged at the UCLA Royce Hall and fans flocked to the venue several hours before the show with a good number of them still looking for ways to score a ticket to the sold-out show.

Scott Disick of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" fame is back to his old self and has been spotted drinking with complete abandon through the entire bar at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Mexico last week.

The entire football world is abuzz with the news that Louis Van Gaal has been appointed as the new Manchester United Manager. The 62 year old Dutchman will take the Red Devils by the horns after the World Cup in Brazil. Interim manager Ryan Giggs, who took over after David Moyes was sacked, will act as his right hand man.

"The Voice" coach Adam Levine has decided to try his hand at racing cars. The multi-talented performer was shocked to learn about actor Patrick Dempsey's acting career and was inspired by the discovery.

Angelina Jolie, star of Disney movie "Maleficent," stands by her decision and says that she "made the right choice" for herself and her family by having a double mastectomy.

Robin Thicke has a way of finding himself in the news after an awards show. The trend started with his infamous performance with the twerking Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards. This year, he finds himself in the news again after he pleaded onstage to get his estranged wife back.

Jennifer Lopez was the undisputed star of this year's Billboard Music Awards as she received the Icon Award after setting the stage on fire with two performances. The Latina star started the fireworks by walking on the red carpet in a sexy red dress that showed off her ample assets.

World number 2 Novak Djokovic stunned the King of Clay and World Number 1 player Rafael Nadal at the Foro Italico to claim the Rome Masters title on Sunday, May 18.Djokovic secured his third Rome Masters title after winning the tournament in 2008 and in 2011. He defeated Nadal in three sets 4-6, 6-3,6-3. Nadal took the first set but struggled in the second and was barely scraping through each point later in the game.

The Spanish La Liga season was decided right on the final match day of the season with a nail biter of a match between the remaining two contenders for the crown. Defending champions FC Barcelona hosted Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou on Saturday trailing three points behind.

Cameron Diaz has found a new love in the form of Good Charlotte guitarist and back-up singer Benji Madden. The 41 year old actress has recently been spotted on several occasions around Beverly Hills with Madden, who is six years her junior, at only 35.

Kim Kardashian is on the final stretch of wedding preparations. With less than a week to go before her altar date with Kanye West on May 24, Kardashian was spotted leaving LAX on Saturday evening.With daughter North West in tow along with a nanny and a bodyguard, Kim arrived in Paris on Sunday morning dressed in her signature all black travelling outfit and a whopping12 pieces of luggage!

After two consecutive draws and and a loss at Celta Vigo last week, Real Madrid have effectively lost their chance at raising the Spanish La Liga trophy this season and a chance at the treble after winning the Copa del Rey. The Spanish giants are still gunning for la decimal or their tenth Champions League title when they go against city rivals Atletico Madrid on May 24. The final weekend will see them soldiering on to securenext season's Champion's League spot and finish third in the leag...

The Queen gave Prince William permission to use her 900-year-old royal fortress, the Windsor Castle, for a gala dinner to celebrate the work of The Royal Marsden, one of Princess Diana's favourite hospitals.

The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton offered post-break-up advice to Cresside Bonas after the latter reportedly split from Prince Harry in late April. Based on recent photos of the 25-year old blone, it seems that she is still mourning her relationship with Prince Harry.

Nicole Kidman has followed in the footsteps of fellow Australian actress Naomi Watts in falling victim to the curse of the royal biopic. Kidman's new film Grace of Monaco was savaged by critics at the Cannes Film Festival.

Chelsea hopes to conclude the signing of Diego Costa from Atlético Madrid immediately after the Spanish club's participation in the Champions League final on 24 May. The club has agreed to meet the £31.8m release clause in the striker's contract.

The original "Godzilla" movie came out in Japanese theatres way back in 1954. The giant lizard was a formidable monster with dinosaur-like features and a bulky muscular frame. Fast forward to 2014 and several "Godzilla" sequels and reboots later, Gareth Edwards' upcoming reimagining, shows a whole lot bigger monster and not just in height. He's really wide.

A little over a month before the kick off in mid-June, Shakira unveiled the video for her new song written for the World Cup entitled "Dare (La La La)." Meanwhile, the World Cup album has been released and aside from Shakira, other big artists contribute including Latin Stars Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Carlos Santana. "One Love, One Rhythm: The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Album," also includes the official main anthem by Pitbull entitled: "We Are One (Ole Ola)," the ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic fans and in fact most of the football world were heartbroken back in November when Sweden was defeated by Portugal in the World Cup qualifiers. The massive disappointment was perhaps alleviated by the fact that it means Cristiano Ronaldo will make an appearance. While that may have consoled fans, it didn't make the Swedish striker feel any better, famously declaring: "A World Cup without me is not worth watching."

2013 FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has been called up to lead Portugal in their campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals.

When the provisional squad for France was announced, Manchester City star Samir Nasri was left out and his girlfriend, model Anara Atanes was not pleased. Actually, she was furious. Only hours after the list was made public, she launched into an online attack via twitter targeted at France Team Manager Didier Deschamps and the national team:

Feisty, hormonal and very heavily pregnant, Mila Kunis has an interesting episode with the Paparazzi on May 12 outside the home she shares with fiancé Ashton Kutcher. Kunis appears to have had a verbal altercation with paparazzi as she and Ashton were returning from walking their dogs and Ashton had to physically restrain her and lead her back inside the house.

The impossible job of calling up players to defend the World Cup title falls on Spain's Team Manager Vicente del Bosque. He finally announced the much anticipated 30-man provisional line-up on May 13, 2014.

Australian Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has named two uncapped players in his extended 30-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Postecoglou called up 21-year-old defender Bailey Wright and German-based winger Ben Halloran in the preliminary team that will travel to Brazil.

Brazil's home team are heavy favourites to win the 2014 World Cup this year. South American teams have historically done very well on home soil and the list of warriors who will attempt to take the trophy from Spain have been announced.

It seems like "Watch what you eat" is good advice, even for the President of the United States. President Barack Obama has been getting some flack from environmental organization Greenpeace after photos surfaced of him dining in popular sushi restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo during a recent state visit.

As a follow up to "Life After Death from 'Game of Throne's-The Starks," here's a look at what happened to the actors who played the Kings of the Realm. In the battle for the Iron Throne, many kings and pretenders emerged. Naturally, having only one Iron Throne and one King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm, many of the characters are bound to end up dead.

Germany coach Joachim Löew unveiled his 30-man provisional selection for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Finals in Brazil.

Victoria Beckham took to Instagram to give fans and fashionistas a sneak peak at her collection for luxury label On Pedder ahead of the formal launch in Singapore this week.