Lionel Richie’s cash splash in beer commercial

Hello, is it beer you’re looking for Although the footage doesn’t make its debut for several weeks, here’s a sneak peek at American crooner Lionel Richie as you’ve never seen him before – hanging out in a fridge. Almost 30 years after he romantically pursued a blind art student around college in the original video for his No.1 hit single Hello, Richie is back performing the classic in a quirky beer commercial showcasing Lion’s new draught beer dispenser for the home, Tap King.

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Bieber’s SNL skit ‘greatest trainwreck ever’

A previously unaired Saturday Night Live skit featuring Justin Bieber has been slated as the “greatest trainwreck ever.” Titled Song for Daddy and starring Bill Harder as a country singer, and Bieber as his son failed to get any laughs during the dress-rehearsal and was cut from the show.

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Singer from Gaza wants to be Arab Idol

Arab Idol is an over-the-top TV ratings smash in the Middle East, and a young crooner from a Palestinian refugee family, whom admirers have nicknamed “the Rocket”, is stealing the show. The surprise breakout of the second season is a 23-year-old Gaza Strip resident named Mohammed Assaf, whose patriotic folk songs and romantic ballads – with their themes of grit, longing and love – have propelled him into the final rounds.

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