December 4th

Model Tyra Banks is 35.

Game show host Wink Martindale is 74.
Actor-producer-director Max Baer Jr. is 71.
Singer-bassist Chris Hillman is 64.
Actor Jeff Bridges is 59.
Guitarist Gary Rossington is 57.
Actress Patricia Wettig is 57.
Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson is 53.
Actress Chelsea Noble is 44.
Actress Marisa Tomei is 44.
Comedian Fred Armisen is 42.
Rapper Jay-Z is 39.
Actor Kevin Sussman is 38.
Country singer Lila McCann is 27.

Entertainment History

November 30th - December 6th

1949: Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" hits the pop charts.

1950: Sam Cooke joins the gospel group the Soul Stirrers.

1968: Elvis Presley's comeback special is broadcast on NBC.

1976: Elizabeth Taylor marries Sen. John Warner of Virginia.

1982: Michael Jackson's Thriller album is released. It goes on to become the biggest-selling album of all time.

1992: Ice Cube becomes the first hard-core rapper to have an album debut at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, with The Predator.

2003: Gwyneth Paltrow marries Coldplay's Chris Martin in Santa Barbara County, Calif.

2003: Elvis Costello weds jazz singer Diana Krall.

2004: Tom Brokaw hosts his last night of NBC's Nightly News. He's been on the anchor desk for 23 years.

2005: Marilyn Manson marries burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese at a castle in Ireland.

Remake mania: 'Romancing the Stone', 'Arthur'

Posted on Thursday Dec 04, 2008
by Andrea Miller - Cineplex Entertainment

Need further proof that Hollywood is running out of good ideas? According to the Hollywood Reporter, two hit '80s comedies are set to get the remake treatment.

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Lil Wayne leads Grammy nods with 8, Coldplay 7

Posted on Thursday Dec 04, 2008
by Associated Press

Lil Wayne didn't get a Grammy nomination for "A Milli," but his total haul was still pretty amazing - eight.

Tags: coldplay, grammys, jennifer hudson, john mayer, jonas brothers, lil wayne, m.i.a., ne-yo, taylor swift
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Kristen Stewart to play Joan Jett in biopic

Posted on Wednesday Dec 03, 2008
by Andrea Miller - Cineplex Entertainment

Everyone's favourite angsty-teen-who's-in-love-with-a-conflicted-yet-totally-hot-vampire is set to slip into leather pants and don a serious fringe to play Joan Jett, according to the Hollywood Reporter.