2015 MTV Video Music Awards- Full winners list

Photo from: MTV Facebook page

Well, for those who don't know the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) just wrapped up at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. This year's awards ceremony was hosted by none other than Miley Cyrus, and included performances from Nick Jonas, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber and of course...Miley! There were a lot of memorable moments this year from Miley Cyrus's revealing dress, Justin Beiber crying on stage during his comeback performance to Kanye West's long acceptance speech (I think he's still talking LOL!) Here is the full list of winners at this year's VMAs.

*Winners are listed in red*

Category: Video of the year
Beyonce' - 7/11
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift - Bad Blood

Category: Best Male Video
Nick Jonas - Chains
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
The Weeknd - Earned It

Category: Best Female Video
Beyonce' - 7/11
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
Sia - Elastic Heart
Taylor Swift - Blank Space

Category: Artist to watch
James Bay - Hold Back the River
Fetty Wrap - Trap Queen
George Ezra - Budapest
FKA twigs - Pendulum
Vance Joy - Riptide

Category: Best Pop Video
Beyonce' - 7/11
Maroon 5 - Sugar
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift - Blank Space

Category: Best Rock Video
Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman
Florence + the Machine - Ship to Wreck
Hozier - Take Me To Church
Walk The Moon - Shut Up + Dance

Category: Best Hip-Hop Video 
Big Sean featuring E-40 - I Don't F*** With You
Fetty Wrap - Trap Queen
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth - See You Again

Category: Best Collaboration
Ariana Grande & The Weeknd - Love Me Harder
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Wiz Khalifa - See You Again
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood

Category: Best Direction
Childish Gambino - Sober - (Director Hero Mural)
Hozier - Take Me To Church - (Directors Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson)
Kendrick Lamar - Alright - (Directors Colin Tilley and the Little Homies)
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk - (Directors Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood - (Director Joseph Kahn)

Category: Best Visual Effects
Childish Gambino - Telegraph Ave - (Visual Effects Gloria FX)
FKA Twigs - Two Weeks - (Visual Effects Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytski, Max Chyzhevskyy)
Taylor Swift - Bad Blood - (Visual Effects Ingenuity Studios)
Tyler, The Creator - F****** Young/Death Camp - (Visual Effects Gloria FX)
Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now - (Visual Effects Brewer)

Category: Best Art Direction
The Chemical Brothers - Go - (Art Director Michel Gondry)
Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now - (Art Director Brewer)
Snoop Dogg - So Many Pros - (Art Director Fijal)
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood - (Art Director Charles Infante)
Jack White - Would You Fight For My Love? - (Art Director Jeff Peterson)

Category: Best Editing
A$AP Rocky - L$D - (Editor Dexter Navy)
Beyonce' - 7/11 - (Editors Beyonce', Ed Burke and Jonathan Wing)
Ed Sheeran - Don't - (Editor Jacquelyn London)
Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now - (Editor Brewer)
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood - (Editor Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)

Category: Best Cinematography
Alt-J - Left Hand Free - (Director of Photography Mike Simpson)
FKA Twigs - Two Weeks - (Director of Photography Justin Brown)
Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me - (Director of Photography Larkin Sieple)
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud - (Director of Photography Daniel Pearl)
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood - (Director of Photography Christopher Probst)

Category: Best Video with a Social Message
Big Sean featuring Kanye West and John Legend - One Man Can Change The World 
Colbie Caillat - Try
Jennifer Hudson - I Still Love You
Rihanna - American Oxygen
Wale - The White Shoes

Category: Song of Summer
5 Seconds Of Summer - She's Kinda Hot
Fetty Wrap featuring Monty - My Way
Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink - Worth It
Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky - Good For You
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack - Hey Mama
Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer
Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MO - Lean On
OMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
Silento - Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)
Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood
The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face

Category: Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Kanye West

Did any of guys watch the MTV VMAs this year? If, so feel free to comment, share your thoughts etc in the comment box below! 

2015 MTV Video Music Awards- live blog

Photo from: MTV Video Music Awards Facebook page

Hello everyone! So, the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards or as they are most commonly referred to the VMA's are currently going on live as we speak at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Miley Cyrus is hosting the awards this year so they should be interesting to say the least! I'm currently live streaming the awards from Sydney, Australia so I'm blogging them as I see it. I'll time stamp my updates. Since I'm in Australia I'll be putting Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) first and then Pacific Daylight Time (PDT second. Here we go!...

10:35 am AEST/5:35pm PDT: Uh...just saw Miley Cyrus's dress, if you can call it that? To be honest I'm not impressed.

10;41am AEST/5:41pm PDT: Just realised whenever I use the #VMAs hashtag on Twitter a little moon man appears! How cool is that? (Sorry that's random I know LOL!)

10:55am AEST/5:55pm PDT: The VMA for Best Pop Video goes to...Blank Space by Taylor Swift! I love that song!

11:02am AEST/6:02pm PDT: Nick Minaj opens the show in a spectacular costume!

11:15am AEST/6:15pm PDT: My live stream cut out guys! I'm trying to get it back up or find another one hopefully!

11:19am AEST/6;19pm PDT: The VMA for Best Male Video goes to...Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars for Uptown Funk

11:31am AEST/6:31pm PDT: Did I just hear Rebel Wilson at the VMAs? Aussie represent!

11:32am AEST/6:32pm PDT: Finally got some sort of live stream back! It's not ideal, but I can work with it.

11:34am AEST/6:34pm PDT: The VMA for Best Hip-Hop Video goes to Nicki Minaj for Anaconda

11:45am AEST/6;45pm PDT: The VMA for Best Female Video goes to...Taylor Swift for Blank Space! Yes! What a deserving win. I love that song! Oh...I already mentioned that before haha!

11:56am AEST/6;55pm PDT: Demi Lovato is currently performing her new hit Cool For The Summer! I saw her performing it live on The Voice Australia a few weeks ago. It's a pretty catchy song!

12:13pm AEST/7:13pm PDT: I think Justin Bieber just cried on stage during his comeback performance...wow!

12:41pm AEST/7;41pm PDT: The VMA Video Vanguard Award goes to...Kanye West. Not sure if I should be happy or disappointed that Kanye won an award named after my favourite artist? Coincidence that Taylor Swift presented his award and said the famous "I'm gonna let you finish line"? Obviously not LOL!

12:45pm AEST/7;45pm PDT: Do we have wind up music for Kanye's acceptance speech? C'mon mate! Who do you think you are? At this rate I think it should be called the Kanye West Awards Show.

12:53pm AEST/7:53pm PDT: Kanye West announced he's running for President in 2020. Please tell me he's not serious? Is he really that stupid? G-D help us all if he does. Good luck with that one America!

1:08pm AEST/8:08pm PDT: The VMA for Artist To Watch goes to...Fetty Wrap for Trap Queen. Doesn't Rita Ora look gorgeous by the way?

1:21pm AEST/8:21pm PDT: The VMA for Video Of The Year goes to...Taylor Swift for Bad Blood! Hell yeah! I love that video clip and I love that song! Congrats Taylor!

1:31pm AEST/8:31pm PDT: And Miley Cyrus closes the VMAs with a bang!

1:34pm AEST/8:34pm PDT: That's all from the 2015 MTV VMAs folks! I hope you'll enjoy reading this live blog and for those who've been following my tweets I hope you enjoyed them. I always love doing live blogs for you guys! It's really so much fun, even with some minor technical difficulties and I love getting the chance to interact with y'all. 

Just as a side note, not all the awards are presented during the awards show, so the awards that I've mentioned here are the ones that were televised live on MTV. I'll do another blog post in a bit with the full winners list. 

Michael Jackson: A life in pictures

For those who don't know August 29th is the day that Michael Jackson aka the King Of Pop was born. He of course sadly passed away in 2009 from cardiac arrest, but if Michael Jackson was alive today he would've been 57. Happy birthday Michael! I hope you guys enjoy the photo montage I made!   

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The music tag

Photo from: Petra Cantu's Pinterest account

I was checking my e-mails today and I got a very surprising one. Fortunately it was a good kind of surprise. It was from a young reader of STARDUST who said she was a big fan of my blog and she wanted to pass this music tag onto me so I could answer her questions. I'm more than happy to oblige of course, so this one's especially for Kelly Blackman of New York, but it's also for all of you as well. Since this is an entertainment news blog it's also quite fitting, plus tags are always fun to do and y'all get the chance to know a little bit more about me. So let's start!

1) Which bands/artists do you own the most albums by?

Honestly, I don't really own any albums anymore. I have a lot of music on my iPod though. The artist I have the most songs of by far on my iPod is Michael Jackson (some of you won't be surprised at that response I know LOL!). I also have a lot of Katy Perry, Beyonce and Rihanna just to name a few.

2) What was the last song you listened to?

Higher Love by Steve Winwood

3) What's in your CD player right now?

I haven't owned a CD player in years to tell you the truth so none!...Sorry I couldn't have a more interesting answer for you there haha!

4) What was the last show you attended?

I went to see Katy Perry on her Prismatic Tour in December of last year with my best friend.

Photo taken by: Kim Ravia

5) What was the greatest show you've ever been to?

It has to be Kelly Clarkson, The Fray were the opening act for Kelly Clarkson when I went to see her and I love The Fray as well as Kelly, so it was extra special for me!

6) What's the worst show you've ever been to?

I can't say I've ever been to a bad concert, but I went to the Australian Idol grand final back in 2004, when I was about 16. I had fun but it was way too crowded for my liking, also I had to stand for hours so by the end of the night my feet were killing me! 

7) What's the most musically involved you have ever been?

I used to be in choirs when I was in primary school and high school and I used to be in the Australian Girls Choir. I love listening to music and I've always had a good ear for good music, but that's about it really.

8) What show are you looking forward to?

I'm not going to see anything in the near future unfortunately.

9) What is your favourite band t-shirt?

I have a Rihanna t-shirt that I wear all the time, mostly as PJ's though. I have two Michael Jackson t-shirts that I wear on occasion, but the Rihanna one is definitely my favourite!

10) What musician would you like to hang out with for a day?

Do they have to be alive? If not then that's an easy answer and will come as no surprise. It is of course Michael Jackson. Don't you think it would be awesome to get to chat to him for a day to find out where he got inspiration for his songs from, who HIS music idols were growing up and about how he dealt with the harder times in his life? I think he'd be such an interesting and fascinating person to have a conversation with! 

Photo from: Erin Weber's Pinterest account

11) What is one musician or group you wish would make a comeback?

The Spice Girls! I used to love them back in the 90's! (I'm showing my age here LOL!) I always wondered how kids/teens these days would take to them now.

Photo from: Kendall Sandoval's Pinterest account

12) Who is one band/artist you've never seen live but always wanted to?

I would say Michael Jackson. He would've been amazing to see in concert! Since it's a bit late for that my second choice is Beyonce. She would be awesome too! 

Photo from: Kara Sloan's Pinterest account 

13) Name four or more flawless albums:

Affirmation by Savage Garden

Dangerous by Michael Jackson

Prism by Katy Perry

1989 by Taylor Swift

14) How many music related videos/DVDs do you own?

I really like watching DVDs of concerts, especially those artists of whom I haven't had a chance to see their shows live so I actually own quite a few music DVDs. I own about 6.

15) How many concerts/shows have you been to, total?

7.

16) Who have you seen the most live?

I haven't been to see any artist more than once.

17) What is your favourite movie soundtrack?

Almost Famous for sure! It's not only my favourite movie, but it has awesome songs throughout as well. I guess that kind of makes sense though considering it's a film about a music journalist, right?

18) What was your last musical "phase" before you wisened up?

I used to be very much a pop music person, but in the last few years my music taste has gone a bit more R&B and rap. That being said though I still like my pop music as well just not as exclusively as before.

19) What's your "guilty pleasure" that you hate to admit to liking?

I'm not usually a fan of One Direction, but sometimes their songs are pretty good so I will admit I do have some of their songs on my iPod (shh!)

20) Who do you want to tag to answer these questions next?

Can I tag more than one person? I have a few people in mind who I know would give good answers to this! Danielle Brooks, Grecia Vargas, Dani Tes and Lauren Yeats.

Well, that was a ton of fun to do! Thanks once again to my reader, Kelly Blackman for nominating me to do it. I hope you like my answers!    

Movie Review: Paper Towns

Photo from: Paper Towns Facebook page

Star Rating 4/5: ★★★★

So I recently saw Paper Towns directed by Jake Schreier and starring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams, Justice Smith, Halston Sage and Jaz Sincalir. It is a mystery/drama film. Paper Towns is a fantastic film, which really kept my interest throughout the whole movie. 

For a basic sum up of the plot line, Quentin Jacobsen [Nat Wolff] has lived across the road from his childhood crush, Margo Roth - Spiegelman [Cara Delevingne] since they were little kids. By the end of high school Quentin and Margo have drifted apart. Quentin becomes a quiet and studious boy, whereas Margo becomes popular and rebellious. After some issues with her friends Margo enlists Quentin's help to seek revenge on them, and the next day Margo is nowhere to be found, however she leaves clues behind that take Quentin and his friends on a journey of a lifetime. 

I've never seen Cara Delevingne or Nat Wolff in anything before, but I really enjoyed their performances in the film. I would definitely go and see another movie with Cara Delevingne in it and I think she has a long film career ahead of her. 

I loved how this movie has a bit of everything in it from funny moments to touching ones. Some funny highlights are Ben Starling's [Austin Abrams] frequent attempts to pick up girls and the collection of black santas at Radar's [Justice Smith] house. One of the sweetest moments in the film is when Quentin and Margo are dancing. Even though it's not a really a comedy the film had funny scenes in it here and there, which made the audience laugh. Of course the mystery theme of the movie kept me interested and entertained as well. 

I think the film had a pretty clear message about taking risks and having adventures in your life, because Margo is always doing risky things, and she teaches Quentin to let go and do it too. I thought the film conveyed that message quite well because by the end of the movie Quentin understood more about Margo's adventurous lifestyle.

Without giving the ending of the film away for those of you who haven't seen it yet, there is a little bit of a twist at the end, which I was surprised by, but I guess it keeps up with the mystery theme of the movie. Paper Towns is actually based on a book of the same name. The novel is written by John Green, who incidentally also wrote The Fault In Our Stars. I actually think if you enjoyed The Fault In Our Stars you'd also enjoy Paper Towns. 

Overall Paper Towns was a great film, with a mix of mystery, drama and laughs. It is honestly one of the best films I've seen this year and it really exceeded my expectations. 

Paper Towns official trailer courtesy of: 20th Century Fox

Have any of you guys seen Paper Towns? What did you think?

The Hot List: August 24, 2015

It's time for The Hot List! Here are the top 10 iTunes music downloads, the top 10 songs on the Billboard charts and the top five movies at the box office in Australia and the USA this week.

Top 10 iTunes downloads
1) How Deep Is Your Love - Calvin Harris & Disciples
2) Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd
3) Wings - Delta Goodrem
4) Peanut Butter Jelly - Galantis
5) Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
6) Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
7) Get Stupid - Aston Merrygold
8) Locked Away - R.City feat Adam Levine
9) Drag Me Down - One Direction
10) Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) - Silento

Billboard Hot 100
1) Cheerleader - OMI
2) Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd
3) Watch Me - Silento
4) Lean On - Major Lazer & DJ Snake Featuring M0
5) The Hills - The Weeknd
6) Fight Song - Rachel Platten
7) Trap Queen - Fetty Wrap
8) My Way - Fetty Wrap Featuring Monty
9) Bad Blood - Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar
10) Good For You - Selena Gomez Featuring A$AP Rocky

Top 5 Box Office Results (USA)
1) Straight Outta Compton
2) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
3) Sinister 2
4) Hitman: Agent 47
5) The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Top 5 Box Office Results (Australia)
1) Trainwreck
2) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
3) The Man From U.N.C.L.E
4) Fantastic Four (2015)
5) Last Cab To Darwin

Information from: iTunes Australia , Billboard and eBroadcast . 

STARDUST News Bytes- August 21

Photo from: Ellen McLaughlin's Pinterest account

It's Friday, which means the weekend is here (TGIF, right?) It also means it's time for STARDUST News Bytes, so here are some of the top entertainment news headlines from around the world...just in case you missed it!

Jennifer Aniston shows off wedding ring
It's been two weeks since Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux tied the knot in a top secret wedding at their Bel Air mansion and now we finally get a glimpse of her wedding ring. The former Friends star was at the premiere of her new film, She's Funny That Way. She was sporting her new wedding ring on the red carpet. Aniston's red carpet appearance signals the end of the couple's wedding celebrations. Aniston and Theroux have spent the last two weeks on a tropical honeymoon in Bora Bora. The exclusive guest list for the wedding included Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Ellen Degeneres, Howard Stern, Chelsea Handler and Lisa Kudrow.

Jennifer Lawrence tops highest paid actresses list
Forbes magazine released its list of the world's highest paid actresses over the last 12 months this week, and at the top of the list is Hunger Games star, Jennifer Lawrence with $52 million. Coming in at second place is Scarlett Johansson, who earned $35.5 million this year thanks to her roles in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Lucy. In third place is Melissa McCarthy. The actress made $23 million over the past year, which could be due to her new clothing line Seven7. This year's list is very much global, with Chinese actress, Bingbing Fan coming in at number four with $21 million. Taking fifth place is none other than newlywed, Jennifer Aniston. I guess she hasn't been plugging that Smartwater for nothing right?

Kelly Clarkson pregnant with baby number two
Kelly Clarkson announced that she's pregnant with baby number two during her concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. "I was not planning on announcing this, but I'm totally pregnant again" Clarkson admitted. The revelation caused a loud cheer among the audience. The 33-year-old revealed that she and her husband had not yet told some of their family members. Clarkson and her husband, Brandon had their first child, River Rose in June 2014.

Liam Payne criticized for homophobic comments
One Direction's Liam Payne came under fire this week for remarks he made on stage during a concert, which some people interpreted to be homophobic. "This is my favourite song off the last album, and it is about trying to find that number one woman in your life, which none of you can relate to, because most of you are girls. Except for the boys in here, you know what I'm talking about" Payne said as he introduced the song, Girl Almighty. The 21-year-old has now taken to Twitter to defend himself against the accusations. "Some people take things too literal these days. I am in no way, shape or form homophobic. That's a ridiculous thing to say and I'm not here to offend people so take it as you will. I'm sorry to those I offended I really am, but there;s no need for some of the things I'm being called" Payne tweeted. 

Cara Delevingne quits modelling
Cara Delevingne is currently one of the most successful models in the industry, but apparently a modelling career is a price that is too much to pay. The 23-year-old says she's "not doing fashion work anymore" in an interview with The Times. Delevingne explained that the demands of the industry has taken a serious toll on both her physical and mental health. "I was like fight or flight for months. It is a mental thing as well because if you hate yourself and your body and the way you look, it just gets worse and worse. Modelling just made me feel hollow after a while. It didn't make me grow at all as a human being" she said. The Paper Towns star has talked about quitting modelling before, revealing that acting is her true passion. The last runway the actress/model walked was the Chanel Fall/Winter 2015/2016 show at Paris Fashion Week in March.

Got any opinions, comments or thoughts on this week's News Bytes? Feel free to leave your comments in the box below!

Information compiled from: Entertainment Tonight and News.com.au  

Caitlyn Jenner could face manslaughter charge

Photo from: Justin Sims Pinterest account

If convicted Jenner could face up to a year in county jail. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has completed its investigation into the car crash that Caitlyn Jenner was involved in this February, which left a woman dead. According to the report Jenner was not speeding, but she was still driving at an unsafe speed. Jenner's vehicle rear-ended two cars, pushing Kim Howe's car into oncoming traffic, which resulted in Howe's death.

Entertainment news website, TMZ had previously reported that Jenner would be unlikely to face felony charges, however if she is convicted on the misdemeanor charge she could face up to a year in county jail. Detectives are recommending that the district attorney charge Jenner with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. 

Jessica Steindorff, the other driver involved in the crash was driving with a suspended license, and could also be charged with a crime. Jenner is also being sued by Howe's step-children in a wrongful death lawsuit. They are claiming that Jenner was travelling at unsafe speeds and was negligent when she rear-ended the car, causing the death of their step-mother.

Got any opinions, thoughts and comments on this news story? Feel free to leave them in the comments box below! 

Shannen Doherty battles breast cancer

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Doherty is battling breast cancer. The former Beverly Hills 90210 star was diagnosed in March 2015 and has been forced to disclose the illness now after legal documents surfaced on entertainment news website TMZ, revealing that the actress is suing her former business manager for failing to pay her insurance premiums, which allowed her health insurance to lapse, during which time Doherty did not receive medical care. 

The 44-year-old actress was informed that had she been insured and able to visit the doctor the cancer would have been caught earlier. Doherty discovered that she had "invasive breast cancer metastatic to at least one lymph node, and the cancer spread during 2014" the lawsuit reveals. Doherty will likely have to suffer through chemotherapy and a mastectomy now.

Shifting into a slightly less newsy mode and into a more personal one. I am a huge fan of Shannen Doherty from her Beverly Hills 90210 and her Charmed days. I was so shocked to hear the news. I hope she is staying positive and I hope she finds the strength to get through this. I wish you a speedy recovery Shannen!

As always feel free to share your thoughts, comments and opinions in the comments box below!

The Hot List: August 3, 2015

It's been ages since I've done a Hot List, so here are the top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the top ten Australian iTunes music downloads and top five movie box office results from Australia and the USA this week.

Billboard Hot 100
1) Cheerleader - OMI
2) Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd
3) Watch Me - Silento
4) Bad Blood - Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
5) See You Again - Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
6) Trap Queen - Fetty Wrap
7) My Way - Fetty Wrap featuring Monty
8) Fight Song - Rachel Platten
9) Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
10) Lean On - Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring M0

Top 10 iTunes Downloads
1) Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
2) Peanut Butter Jelly - Galantis
3) Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd
4) Like I'm Gonna Lose - Meghan Trainor
5) How Deep Is Your Love - Calvin Harris & Disciples
6) Headlights - Robin Schulz featuring Ilsey
7) Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
8) Fire and the Flood - Vance Joy
9) Watch Me - Silento
10) Powerful - Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding

Top 5 Box Office Results (USA)
 1) Ant-Man
2) Pixels
3) Minions
4) Trainwreck
5) Southpaw

Top 5 Box Office Results (Australia)
1) Ant-Man
2) Trainwreck
3) Andre Rieu's 2015 Maastricht Concert
4) Magic Mike XXL
5) Paper Towns

Information sourced from: Billboard , iTunes Australia and Box Office Mojo  

STARDUST News Bytes- August 2

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I know it has been ages since I've done one of these! I really enjoy writing my weekly entertainment news wrap-ups, and I know people enjoy reading them, so here are some of the top entertainment news headlines from around the world...just in case you missed it!

Bobbi Kristina Brown has intimate memorial service
The late Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of music legend, Whitney Houston was laid to rest yesterday. The intimate memorial service focused on spirituality, family and of course music. The service was held at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, and it included a loving tribute from Bobbi Kristina Brown's father, Bobby Brown. Many of the 22-year-old's relatives spoke at the memorial, including her aunt, Pat Houston and grandmother, Cissy Houston. A page in the memorial program featured a smiling picture of Brown with the caption "I also will always love you. Love, Daddy", this is a reference to Whitney Houston's popular song, I Will Always Love You. Despite a plea to attend the memorial service, Brown's ex, Nick Gordon was not there. "I loved Krissi with all my heart, and I am destroyed that she is gone and I need to say goodbye. Krissi loved me very much and she would want me there" Gordon wrote in a message to Brown's family. Bobbi Kristina Brown will be buried next to her mother, Whitney Houston in New Jersey on Monday.

Charlize Theron adopts baby girl
Charlize Theron has adopted a second child. A baby girl called August. The 39-year-old worked with an adoption agency for six months before adopting the African-American girl in July. Little August joins big brother, Jackson, 3, who Theron adopted from her native South Africa in 2012. The adoption comes just one month after Theron split from actor, Sean Penn.

Ashlee Simpson welcomes baby girl
 Keeping up with the theme of new celebrity babies, Ashlee Simpson and her husband, Evan Ross have welcomed the arrival of a baby girl on July 30. Simpson arrived at a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday just in time for her due date. The baby girl is the 30-year-old's second child. Her first child, Bronx Mowgli was with her ex-husband former Fall Out Boy bassist, Pete Wentz. 

Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrates 68th birthday
The Terminator star turned 68 years old on Thursday, and celebrated his birthday with his ex-wife, Maria Shriver in Beverly Hills. The pair had lunch at the Montage Hotel with their two daughters, Katherine and Christina. Schwarzenegger's son, Patrick instagrammed a shout out to his father. "68, and you're still bigger than me. When will you let me catch up?!? Happy birthday pops" he wrote. The former governor of California also took time out to record a special video for his fans. "I want to thank everyone for all the birthday wishes. I'm having the greatest time. My 68th birthday, wow. I'm in the gym working out, and now I'm going to have a little bit of lunch with my family, so hasta la vista, and have a great time , OK?" he said.

Kardashian sisters still call Caitlyn 'Bruce'
Khloe Kardashian admitted on Australia's The Project that her family are still adjusting to Caitlyn Jenner's gender transition, including calling her by her new name. "We don't like to say Bruce is gone per se. We, my sisters and I, we will call Caitlyn 'Bruce', and we've been told that's completely fine. She has told us we are allowed to call her any name we want to, because on the phone when she calls me it's still the same voice as Bruce. If I'm not physically with her it's hard to remember in the moment that I'm talking to Caitlyn if that makes sense" the reality TV star explained. Kardashian mentioned that Caitlyn has accepted that she may sometimes still be referred to as Bruce Jenner.

Got any opinions, thoughts or comments on this week;s news bytes? Feel free to leave them in the comment box below!

Information compiled from: Entertainment Tonight