Mary J. Blige is being sued for cancelling a concert in Dallas, Texas, last year in favour of performing with the Rolling Stones in New York.

Vision Entertainment Worldwide (VEW) has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the ‘No More Drama’ singer and her production company for bailing on a concert on December 9th, 2012 in favour of performing with the Rolling Stones in Brooklyn, New York.

The 42-year-old star was allegedly paid a deposit of $145,000 to perform but cancelled the concert a few days before it was scheduled to take place after she accepted the offer to perform with Mick Jagger and his bandmates at the Barclays Center, according to gossip website TMZ.com.

VEW is seeking at least $145,000 in damages.

A spokesperson for Mary refused to comment.

The singer was hit with a $3.4 million tax bill last month after being accused of avoiding her US federal taxes for three consecutive years from 2009.

In addition to her federal taxes, Mary also reportedly owes the State of New Jersey over $900,000 in back taxes.

Mary’s money woes do not end there, as she was sued earlier this year for allegedly defaulting on a $500,000 bank loan, which she took out between 2005 and June 2012.

Johnny Depp has revealed he is almost completely blind in one eye and is near-sighted in the other so he relies heavily on prescription glasses.

The ‘Lone Ranger’ star, who is rarely photographed without a pair of tinted glasses, claims he has been “basically blind as a bat” in his left eye since birth and the problem is impossible to correct.

The 50-year-old actor, who is also near-sighted in his right eye, told the July issue of Rolling Stone magazine that all of his glasses are prescription and he relies heavily on them.

He explained: “Everything is just very, very blurry. I’ve never had proper vision.”

The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star, who has two children, Lily-Rose, 14, and Jack, 11, with his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis, said he can only see a few inches from his face if he is playing a character that does not wear glasses or sunglasses.

Meanwhile, the actor, who is now dating actress Amber Heard, also revealed that he thinks about retiring from Hollywood “every day”, but is unlikely to do so in the near future.

He said: “I think while I’ve got the opportunity and the desire and the creative spark to do the things that I can do right now, I should do them. And then, at a certain point, just take it down to the bare minimum and concentrate on, I guess, living life. Really living life. And going somewhere where you don’t have to be on the run, or sneak in through the kitchen or the underground labyrinth of the hotel. At a certain point, when you get old enough or get a few brain cells back, you realise that, on some level, you lived a life of a fugitive.”

But he added: “I don’t know if I can relax. Relax, I can’t do. My brain, on idle, is a bad thing. I just get weird. I mean, not weird. I get, I get antsy.”

Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia De Rossi are selling their modest penthouse in Beverly Hills for $899,000.

The power couple, who recently purchased a new mansion in Montecito, California, for $26.5 million, have just put the modestly-decorated penthouse on the market, which was reportedly likely to only have ever been used by family members or personal staff.

The corner penthouse, described as a spacious light-filled unit, is located in the Somerset building, surrounded by lots of trees, and has views of the mountains, according to real estate site Trulia.com.

The large two-bedroom home boasts a dramatic entry gallery with wood floors, open dining area, living room and separate laundry room.

Both bedrooms have en suite bathrooms and the building has a list of luxury services including a doorman, valet parking, security, gym, pool, spa, sauna and clubroom.

The sale comes just weeks after the comedian splashed out on the six-bedroom, six-bathroom estate in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, with her ‘Arrested Development’ star wife of five years.

The mansion is the latest addition to talk show host Ellen’s property portfolio, which also includes several other homes around Los Angeles.

Ellen, 55, recently had a scare when one of her properties, a farm in the Camarillo area of California, was threatened by a blaze. She later praised fire fighters for acting quickly to prevent any harm.

Jessica Alba regularly takes her two daughters to the office with her when she’s working at The Honest Company.

The actress-turned-entrepreneur takes her daughters, Honor, five, and Haven, three, into the office where she works as Chief Inspiration Officer at her lifestyle brand The Honest Company.

She said: “I do it so at lunch time I can sneak in some time with the kiddos.”

Although this is not the average mother’s lifestyle, Hollywood star Jessica describes herself as a “normal working mum of two kids”.

Jessica – who is married to movie producer Cash Warren – admits she struggles to find the right balance between work and motherhood and she’d love to get some pointers on how to manage her life better.

She explained to Style magazine: “I don’t manage it at all. If you know someone who does, give me some pointers, because I am constantly trying to figure it out. So long as my kids are healthy, I’m happy, then I am free to be at the office or on a set.

“But I’m always compromising something. I’m never 100 per cent with everything all the time. You have to cut yourself some slack. Perfect is being imperfect.”

Although she is still busy with her movie career – with three films out this year including ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ – she maintains Honest is where her “work is now”.

Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty kept their wedding a secret by pretending they were organising her 40th birthday.

The 36-year-old ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ host tied the knot with comedian Patrick Kielty in Rome, Italy, last October, and found it surprisingly easy to keep their nuptials a surprise.

She told UsMagazine.com: “The way I was able to keep my wedding so secret is we called it my 40th. So that was the code word: ‘Have you invited them yet to the 40th,’ ‘Have you received a reply about the 40th,’ ‘Have you booked the food for the 40th,’ we just kept it really, really quiet.

“My husband is Catholic so we got married in a Catholic church in Rome, we did it really, really quickly, so there was no hanging around and that was it. There were only 60 people there, friends and family, and we just had a giant feast in the garden, with lots of wine, lots of singing and lots of dancing till 4 a.m. It was the best party ever!”

The British presenter recently revealed that her nickname for her husband, 42, is “stupid.”

She explained: “I kind of call him ‘Stu’. And he was really excited about it actually. And he thought it was because of like an Irish stew, but it’s actually because it’s ‘Stupid.’ “

Charlie Sheen has threatened to quit ‘Anger Management’ unless producers fire his co-star Selma Blair immediately.

The 47-year-old actor, who plays therapist Charlie Goodson in the comedy series, has told producers that he will walk away from the FX show unless they fire Selma Blair, who portrays Dr. Kate Wales, immediately.

A source told gossip website TMZ.com that the actor returned to work on Monday (17.06.13), where he told producers he wants the actress’s contract to be terminated as soon as possible because he believes that she has been trashing his work ethic behind his back.

The insider said that Charlie has accepted that firing someone suddenly is not an easy process but he wants the show’s executives to start drawing up an exit strategy for his co-star.

Selma, who was not on the set on Monday, admitted she is in the dark about her potential termination, saying: “I don’t know anything.”

Executives at the FX network are currently said to be locked in talks as they scramble to come up with a solution for the situation.

The outspoken actor – who was fired from ‘Two and a Half Men’ in 2011 after his infamous hell-raising lifestyle got out of control – is said to be adamant he wants Mila Kunis to replace Selma.

He has apparently pitched a 10-episode storyline to producers with Mila and the ‘Ted’ actress will be offered $1 million per episode to take on the part.

Charlie, who is reportedly set to earn between $75 million and $200 million if he completes the 100-episode order for the series, has starred in roughly 50 episodes to date.

Britney Spears is set to release her new album this year and has revealed she has taken a leap in a different direction and thinks her fans will be “surprised” by her new material.

The ‘Gimme More’ hitmaker says her eighth studio album will debut before the end of 2013 and has revealed she’s taken a leap in a different direction with her sound and believes her fans will be “surprised” by the new material.

Speaking KIIS FM show ‘On Air with Ryan Seacrest’, she said: “It’s definitely in the beginning stations right now. I want to take this album and have a new approach with it, make it different from anything I’ve ever done.”

When asked if fans can expect new music in 2013, she replied: “By the end of the year, yeah.”

The 31-year-old singer has confirmed will.i.am will be featuring on her upcoming record and has teased that British producer William Orbit will be working with her next week to produce some songs.

She explained: “will has some really interesting tracks. There’s a lot of guitar. I think people will be surprised.

“I think William Orbit is coming into town for me to work with next week. I’ve never worked with him before so I’m so excited.”

Britney premiered her new single ‘Ooh La La’ today (17.06.13), which she has recorded for upcoming animated movie ‘The Smurfs 2′.