BEIJING — Linkin Park is canceling its China tour because lead singer Chester Bennington has suffered a back injury. The band didn’t say Tuesday how Bennington suffered the injury. A statement posted on Linkin Park’s official Web site said the band was canceling shows scheduled for October in Beijing, Shanghai, the central city Wuhan and the southern gambling [...]

NEW YORK — The U.S. publisher of a controversial novel about the prophet Muhammad closed its offices as a “precautionary action,” but emphasized that no threats had been received and that “The Jewel of Medina” would be released as planned. “We were out of the office for a meeting today, and we felt it was unfair for [...]

NEW YORK — Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals. For today’s celebs, charity work is almost as much a part of the job as walking the red carpet. Famous names have become affiliated with preventing domestic violence, curing breast cancer, [...]

She and her boyfriend have a son — and a happy home life — but former Spice Girl Emma Bunton feels no need to wed singer Jade Jones, People.com reports. ?“We’re often together 24/7,” Bunton, 32, says of her relationship. “We’re really happy, so we don’t feel [...]

Brody Hired Armani To Decorate Castle Actor Adrien Brody recruited the help of close pal Giorgio Armani to help design the interiors of his castle home in New York after writing a letter to the legendary Italian fashion guru. The Darjeeling Limited star bought his “dream home” - a 19th century farm in the countryside - last [...]

Capitol Hill’s small but adventuresome Theater Schmeater plans a 2009 season that focuses on modern works in their Seattle and West Coast premieres. “Act a Lady,“ a gender-bending comedy by local native Jordan Harrison, opens the season in January 2009. It is followed by: • “When the Messenger is Hot”: A Laura Eason play based on short stories [...]

Set well below the poverty line in rural Mississippi, writer-director-editor Lance Hammer’s Ballast is the first film in some time that has attempted to bring Bressonian singularity and emotional depth to the American independent picture. A bona fide critic’s darling at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Hammer’s metaphysical southern drama came away, rightly, with both [...]

Lounge Chair From Hilton’s ‘Vote For Paris’ Ad Up For Sale The lounge chair Paris Hilton sat on to record her Paris For President 2008 spoof campaign ad has been put up for auction. The enterprising owner of the estate where the FunnyorDie.com online ad was filmed asked the heiress to sign the white chair and now [...]

Just like the country it celebrates, this film is a melting pot of stories and genres. Combining drama with documentary, PROUD AMERICAN features impressive shots of the United States’ most beautiful vistas, all shot from the air. However, this film doesn’t feature only America’s scenery; it focuses on its people as well, including a young [...]

When a movie features two spit takes in the first 15 minutes, it’s a pretty clear indicator of which way the rest of the farce will go. In “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People,” Simon Pegg (the annoyingly lovable star of “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz”) is the spitter, and his broad [...]