Japanese boy band SMAP to break up

    One of Asia’s biggest pop groups, SMAP, is to break up at the end of the year after a 25-year career.

    Robert De Niro opens Sarajevo Film Festival

    Robert De Niro opened the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival on Friday, presented Martin Scorsese’s restored “Taxi Driver” and received the festival’s first lifetime achievement award — The Heart of Sarajevo.

    Lopez to play drug lord

    Jennifer Lopez, the star of NBC’s “Shades of Blue” is set to headline and executive-produce an untitled TV movie revolving around late drug lord Griselda Blanco, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

    Hathaway, Rihanna join

    all-female ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ spinoff

    Warner Bros. is moving forward with its all-female spinoff of “Ocean’s Eleven,” this time dubbed “Ocean’s Ocho,” and has filled seven of the eight titular spots, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

    Like the “Ocean’s Eleven” film, the rest of the ensemble is stacked with major stars, including Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter.

    LeAnn Rimes returns with new ‘soul-based’ album

    Country music singer LeAnn Rimes says her forthcoming studio album is more spontaneous and organic than her last offering “Spitfire,” describing her new work as “soul-based.”

    (SD-Agencies)