Rihanna says enjoying Israel before show!

R&B singing sensation Rihanna takes the stage in front of an Israeli audience for the first time Sunday night as part of her latest world tour.

It's the first time in the Holy Land for the 22-year-old Barbados native. The concert is part of her Last Girl on Earth tour, which began three weeks ago in Europe.

Rihanna spent the two days prior to her show touring Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, holding press conferences, and meeting some of her fans. She said her time in Israel was an "amazing, amazing experience."

Metallica performed in Israel this month. Other artists including the Pixies and Elton John have shows scheduled in Israel this year. (AP)

Man sues Beyonce; claims video shoot trespassing

A man living across from a video shoot for Beyonce Knowles in the Hollywood Hills is suing the singer for nuisance and trespassing, claiming his privacy was invaded by unnecessary noise and crowds.

Court documents show Philip Markowitz filed the lawsuit seeking $25,000 on Friday in Los Angeles against Knowles, a liability company and Dina Ciccotello, a production coordinator for the video shoot for "Why Don't You Love Me."

Markowitz claims his expectations of privacy in his upscale neighborhood were "shattered" on March 26 when the crew came in the morning and didn't leave until 11 p.m., and that his driveway was repeatedly blocked.

Calls to Beyonce's publicists were not immediately returned. (AP)

Alicia Keys engaged, expecting baby: report

Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys is engaged to be married and expecting a baby with music producer partner Swizz Beatz, People magazine reported on its website Friday.

The 29-year-old Grammy winner and her partner are to tie the knot at a private ceremony later this year, a friend of the couple was quoted by People as saying.

Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, 31, has produced music for Keys, and several artists including Jay-Z, Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez.

The wedding will be Keys's first marriage.

Keys is one of the most successful artists of her generation, selling more than 30 million albums worldwide since her breakout 2001 debut, "Songs in A Minor."

In recent years she has also branched into acting, starring in the movies "Smokin' Aces" and "The Secret Life of Bees." (AFP)

Child TV star Gary Coleman hospitalized in Utah

Former child television star Gary Coleman is in critical condition in Utah, a spokeswoman for the hospital said Thursday.

Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank said Coleman, 42, was admitted to the Provo facility on Wednesday but she couldn't release any other details.

Coleman lives in Santaquin, which is 55 miles south of Salt Lake City.
The actor is best known for his stint on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes," which aired from 1978 to 1986.

In February, Coleman suffered a seizure on the set of "The Insider."
A telephone message left for Coleman's Utah attorney was not immediately returned
Thursday.

Coleman has lived in Utah since 2005, when he came here to star in the movie "Church Ball," a comedy based on basketball leagues formed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He met his wife, Shannon Price, on the movie set and married her in 2007.

Coleman has had a string of financial and legal problems, in addition to continuing ill health from the kidney disease he suffered as a child. Coleman has had at least two kidney transplants and has ongoing dialysis. (AP)

Winfrey's Angel Network closing as show nears end

Oprah Winfrey's charity, The Angel Network, is shutting down as her talk show draws to a close.

The network stopped accepting donations this week and said on its website that it plans to dissolve as soon as its remaining funds are disbursed.

The Angel Network was launched in 1998 with donations from viewers of Winfrey's talk show; its demise stems from her decision to end her Chicago-based show in 2011, after
25 years on the air, Angel Network spokeswoman Angela DePaul said.

The website notice said Winfrey and the network's directors are "extremely grateful" to the nearly 150,000 donors who gave more than $80 million to the charity. (AP)

Christina Aguilera postpones summer tour to 2011

Christina Aguilera feels she needs more time to prepare for her upcoming tour, so she has postponed it.

A statement from the singer's rep says the summer tour has been moved to 2011 because she is busy with her debut film, "Burlesque," and her new album, "Bionic." The film is due in November, the album on June 8.

The 20-city tour was to kick off July 15 in Uncasville, Conn., and wrap up Aug. 19 in Irvine, Calif. British singer Leona Lewis was set to open.

The statement says with so little time between the album release and tour date she wouldn't have to rehearse the show.

A new tour will be announced later this year, and ticket refunds are available. (AP)

Michael Jackson doctor helps passenger in distress

The doctor accused of administering a powerful anesthetic that killed pop star Michael Jackson helped stabilize a young woman who fell unconscious on a US Airways jet on Saturday.

Dr. Conrad Murray found the woman with a very weak pulse aboard Flight 641 from Houston, hooked her up to an IV line he got from the plane's medical bag and monitored her while the jet was diverted to Albuquerque, N.M., his spokeswoman said.

"We're not surprised," said Miranda Sevcik, from the legal team representing Murray in his involuntary manslaughter case. "He's a good doctor, we've always said he was a good doctor, and that's what good doctors do is save people."

The young woman, who Murray said was 23 and traveling with an 11-month-old baby, was met at the gate by paramedics and taken to a hospital, Sevcik said. The plane then continued on to Phoenix. Murray was on his way to Los Angeles to confer with his lawyers at the time.

US Airways confirmed that a doctor on the flight helped stabilize a patient who had a medical emergency. Spokesman Todd Lehmacher said it was against company policy to identify the passenger or the doctor on board who helped stabilize her.(AP)

Haney confirms Tiger's sex addict treatment, saw no doping

Tiger Woods underwent sex addiction treatment during his five-month absence from golf, his former swing coach Hank Haney said in excerpts of a television interview released Saturday.

Haney also told The Golf Channel that he saw no hint of world number one Woods taking any sort of performance-enhancing drugs, including during sessions with controversial Canadian doctor Anthony Galea.

The revelations were shown in video clips posted on The Golf Channel website promoting a full interview with Haney to be aired Sunday night on the network.

Woods, whose admission of multiple mistresses shattered his world on and off the course, had never said he was receiving his therapy for sex addiction, although he had been photographed at a Mississippi clinic known for such treatment.

Asked why Woods spent six weeks in a treatment facility, Haney replied, "The only thing that I knew about was his issue with the sex addiction." (AFP)

Hudson to play Winnie Mandela amid legal threats

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is to star in a biopic of former South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie, whose lawyers have already contacted the film makers threatening to block it.

"Winnie," which also features Terrence Howard as Nelson Mandela and is based on a book by Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob, starts shooting in South Africa on May 31 and could be ready for theatres by spring next year.

Producer Andre Pieterse said Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had asked to see and approve the script before the picture went ahead, but that its backers had refused.

"A lawyer's letter came some weeks ago," Pieterse told reporters at the Cannes film festival, where Hudson and Howard appeared to promote the production.

"It was a benign letter and yet it contained the threat of an indictment, an interdict that could stop the picture.

"She (Madikizela-Mandela) ... would like to see the script and approve. (But) the film will be made based on a screenplay that was well researched and without any interference.

"If the film maligns her in any way then there will be legal basis for her to take action."

DIRECTOR CONFIDENT OF SUPPORT

Director Darrell Roodt was confident, however, that she would support what he described as first and foremost "an amazing love story.

(REUTERS)