Recently by Arisa Cox

It's the newest music industry practice in our Twitterfied world: a band is plucked from relative obscurity on the strength of just a few words from a celebrity. Just ask Burlington, Ont. band Walk Off the Earth, who have -- in just a few days -- gone viral with an unusual song cover, won over Russell Crowe, been featured on Good Morning America and earned kudos from the original artist.

George R. R. Martin has done something you can do only when millions of fans are salivating over any new scrap from the vast world you have created - released an excerpt of his next book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. There's no release date from the man who kept us waiting more than five years for A Dance with Dragons, but there is casting news on the HBO series Game of Thrones based on his fantasy novels.

William Shatner and Carrie Fisher wade into the murky waters of the decades-old Star Trek vs. Star Wars debate. No holds barred!

Elvis Costello has advised his fans not to buy his box set, The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook -- certainly not at the price Universal Music is asking: $224. The musician turned consumer advocate sure has hit the right note, if his plan is to turn all eyes to an otherwise obscure release.

The first official trailer for The Hunger Games, the highly anticipated movie adaptation of the bestselling Suzanne Collins book series, has debuted online. Arisa Cox checks it out and asks: Does it live up to the hype?

Heavy D represented a whole style of hip hop from back in the day - overweight and playing to it and avoiding the misogyny and violence that plagues contemporary rap. Now he's gone, it's time to look back at his greatest hits.

A California woman has besmirched Justin Bieber's squeaky clean image by filing a paternity suit against the teen idol. The story, true or not, catapults the Biebs into the gossip rags at the time he is flogging his Under the Mistletoe album. This may well be the price of celebrity.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is changing the rules on Oscar campaigning, cracking down on lavish receptions and use of social media. That could change the strategies used by Hollywood promoters, but the game will still go on.

Breaking Bad, undoubtedly one of the finest dramas on television, will be coming back for one final season. The evolution of a high school chemistry teacher into an unlikely crystal meth kingpin has been rivetting and we hope not to wait too long for its final chapter.

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake both have their invitations to a Marine Corps Ball. And Betty White wasn't far behind. But when the YouTube invitation arrived, she found an excuse not to go.

Beliebers may love Justin Bieber, but they do not buy Vanity Fair. An issue of the magazine with the Stratford, Ont. teen idol on the cover is now on track to become the worst-selling Vanity Fair issue in 12 years.

Everyone knows the hat. Princess Beatrice wore it at the Royal Wedding - showing up all the other stuffy hat wearers. And now the internet universe is treating the world to dozens of memes of the antlered wonder.