Alanis Morissette

Pop vocal artist and composer Alanis Morissette gained fame when she signed with Madonna's Maverick Records and released Jagged Little Pill in 1995. However, her first experience with show business ca...
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05/31/1974
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  • EXTRA: 'South Park' Song Censored? Blame Hollywood!
    By: Steve Ryfle March 19, 2001 11:50am EST
    SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 1, 2000 -- Maybe they'll call it "South Park: Smaller, Shorter & Definitely Cut."While those little two-dimensional kids from Colorado used every four-letter word in existence last summer in their big-screen debut, at the Academy Awards later this month they may have to bite their tongues. "South Park" "Blame Canada," the bring-down-the-house number from "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," is nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar, but its use of the dreaded "
  • NEWSMAKERS: Meet the Backstreet Brides-to-Be
    By: Ellen Kim March 19, 2001 11:50am EST
    SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 17, 2000 -- As the under-18 female world continues to mourn the loss of bachelorhood for Backstreet Boys (and cousins) Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell, we've hunted down who we think are their blond, lucky fiancées, or as Backstreet fans know them, The Witches Who Stole Our Future Husbands. Richardson and Willits Richardson, 28, is engaged to Kristin Willits, a dancer for Cher, says USA Today. The two met in a Disney World cafeteria when Richardson was working a
  • NEWSMAKERS: Iger named Disney chief
    By: Ellen Kim March 19, 2001 11:50am EST
    SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2000 There's a new player in Disney's executive game of musical chairs. Chief Michael Eisner has named ABC chief Robert Iger as president, filling the hole left by Michael Ovitz when he jumped ship in 1996, says The Associated Press.Iger's appointment, along with other managerial promotions, is expected to help the entertainment giant overcome its recent troubles, which included sagging stock prices and the departure of Disney studio chief Joe Roth. Seems things a
  • NEWSMAKERS: Hollywood Invades the Grammys
    By: Ellen Kim December 31, 1899 7:00pm EST
    SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2000 -- They might not win Oscars, but several singer/actors/divas are up for Grammys. Nominations for the 42nd Grammy Awards, honoring the would-be best in music, were announced in Los Angeles today -- and the list of hopefuls reads like a who's-who in movieland, with Jennifer Lopez ("Out of Sight"), Courtney Love ("Man in the Moon") and Cher ("Tea With Mussolini") among those making the cut. Here's a look at some of the key Grammy races involving Hollywood types: