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Johnny sings a 'punk rock Sweeney'

Johnny Depp, shown here at a private screening of his new Sweeney Todd last night in New York, says he was aiming for a "punk rock Sweeney" in his all-singing turn as the serial-killing barber. "I never sang before in...

Kimmel takes care of his staff

TMZ is reporting that Jimmy Kimmel has been quietly paying his staffers since the start of the strike.

Fergie struts her stuff on the stage

Bump, schmump. Did you see what Fergie was wearing at Movies Rock last night? The show was taped to air on CBS on Friday. By Mario Anzuoni, Reuters

Katherine Heigl is 'trying to figure' out Izzie

Katherine Heigl didn't really like Knocked Up, it turns out, because "it's a little sexist," she says in the new Vanity Fair. "It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy,...

Astronaut picks Quincy Jones to take into space

No, Quincy himself won't be going on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, launching from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Thursday. But astronaut Leland Melvin will be taking a copy of Jones' 1969 Grammy Award-winning recording Walking in Space to use as his...

Free tix to Goo Goos

Just in: The Goo Goo Dolls will give a free concert Saturday in Phoenix. Why? Because Alltel Wireless is footing the bill.

Celeb kids should be off limits, says Julia

Julia Roberts continues her rant about stalkerazzi tonight on E!'s The Daily 10: "I just think that kids should be off limits. I think anything having to do with children should be off limits. It doesn't matter what you do...

From cowboy to 'Compass'

Sam Elliott's hair is pretty long right now. He says he keeps it that way for work. "I'll shave my head for the right job. I'm partial to my facial hair, I guess, but I also enjoy doing something where...

Sharpay gets snout surgery

Ashley Tisdale got a nose job Friday, says People. It was because of a deviated septum, she says. "The older I got, the worse it got. I went to get it checked out, and the doctor told me the septum...