Alan Rickman will always be Professor Severus Snape to us, but he's about to take on the guise of another, more modern legend. You might not have heard of Hilly Kristal, but surely you have heard o...

Music icon Paul Simon has been chosen to receive Sweden's prestigious Polar Music Prize. The singer will share the honor with cellist Yo-Yo Ma after they were selected by the Royal Swedish Academ...

Actress Shailene Woodley has named her dream role - she's desperate to play rocker Patti Smith on the big screen. The Descendants star admits she's obsessed with the godmother of punk and has bee...

Outspoken Kiss rocker Gene Simmons is angry the band has never been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, branding the snub a "joke". This year's induction ceremony includes Guns N' Roses...

Evan Rachel Wood has extra special memories of her recent trip to Venice, Italy - she hung out with singer Patti Smith and "sang lullabies" with the punk rock icon. The actresss was in Europe to ...

Rocker Patti Smith has launched an art exhibition inspired by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The "Because The Night" singer unveiled her 26-strong collection, titled "Patti Smith: 9.11 Babelogue," in...

Punk icon Patti Smith has been selected to receive Sweden's prestigious Polar Music Prize. The rocker will share the honor, which is handed out by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, with the Kro...

Jennifer Lopez helped raise $6.7 million for AIDS research at a star-studded gala in France on Thursday. The superstar took time out from the Cannes Film Festival to help auction off 10 lavish gi...

Happy Birthday to: Golfer (& subject of major recent controversy) Tiger Woods (1975) "Smallville" actress Kristin Kreuk (1982) "Dollhouse" star Eliza Dushku (1980) Singer Tyrese (1978) ...

White Stripes star Meg White is to marry her rocker boyfriend Jackson Smith, according to reports. The 34-year-old drummer is set to marry Smith, 27, who is the son of punk legend Patti Smith, on M...

Happy Birthday to basketball phenom LeBron James (1984), "Smallville" actress Kristin Kreuk (1982), "Tru Calling" actress Eliza Dushku (1980), singer Tyrese (1978), boxer Laila Ali (1977), "Crimina...

Punk icon Patti Smith's 1978 album Easter was almost banned from record stores because her own record company staffers hated the artwork and the track listing. The defiant "Because The Night" singe...

Pink Floyd star Roger Waters and punk pioneer Patti Smith are to perform with their sons for an upcoming charity concert. Waters is set to take to the stage with his 31-year-old son Harry on the pi...

Directors Quentin Tarantino and Mary Harron and actors Marcia Gay Harden, Sandra Oh and Diego Luna will all be members of the dramatic competition jury at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah later ...

Happy Birthday to basketball phenom LeBron James (1984), "Smallville" actress Kristin Kreuk (1982), "Tru Calling" actress Eliza Dushku (1980), singer Tyrese (1978), boxer Laila Ali (1977), "Crimina...

Music stars Patti Smith and Moby shocked fans at a T. Rex tribute event in New York on Saturday, by jumping onstage for impromptu performances. The dance star claims he only attended the bash as a ...

Gossip star Beth Ditto has hit out at the music industry for ignoring feminist icons in favor of male bands. The singer claims successful female singers are often overshadowed by all-male band...

An acoustic piano once belonging to Bruce Springsteen is up for sale on internet auction site eBay. The instrument, which has also been played by Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Ricky Nelson, Patti Smit...

Granted, Scotland is best known for its bagpipes and teary-eyed sad bastard music. But, let's get one thing straight: Glasgow's The Hedrons don't cry; and the only pipes in this band are on lead-si...

Over 20 years into her storied career, singer Suzanne Vega shows that she remains one of the freshest voices in popular music today with the release of Beauty & Crime, her seventh album. Revo...

Punk poet Patti Smith finds it "difficult" living in her native America, because of her disdain for the current president, George W. Bush. The liberal singer, 60, supported Bush's Democrat rival Jo...

Tickets are now officially on sale for Lollapalooza 2007, August 3-5 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Among the 120-plus artists are behemoths Pearl Jam — in their sole U.S. show this year — as well as Daf...

Legendary American rocker Patti Smith has credited the renewed strength of her vocal chords to her healthy living and deep breathing. The Babel singer, who quit rock 'n' roll in the late 1970s to r...

Veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen surprised fans last night, when he turned up at a New York tribute concert held in his honor. Springsteen performed three songs to an ecstatic audience at Carnegie ...

Veteran rocker Patti Smith will play three concerts in one night in New York City later this month. Smith will perform three times at the Bowery Ballroom on 24 April. The event, coined The Bowery S...

Rockers R.E.M. were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in New York yesterday - and were joined by original member Bill Berry. Berry - who left the band in 1997 - reformed with Mich...

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder will help induct honorees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12. Richards will induct The Ronettes, one week befo...