London, Nov 23 : Kylie Minogue may have been paid 1.5million pounds for her gig at the launch of Dubai Atlantis, but when it came to the entry to the lavish aftershow party, the singer had to gatec

Dubai - US singer Kylie Minogue launched the 2-billion- dollar Atlantis Palm Jumeirah resort in the Gulf emirate of Dubai with a 45-minute performance set on the beach late on Thursday.

Kylie's debut concert in the region was part of the ceremony that continued into the early hours of Friday and had cost around 20 million dollars.

A fireworks display, reportedly seven times the size of the one opening the Beijing Olympics, had cost more than 10 million UAE dirhams (2.7 million dollars).

Washington, Nov 17: Pop star Kylie Minogue is set to host next year''s (09) Brit Awards.

The ‘Spinning Around’ hitmaker, who shot to fame on Australian soap opera ‘Neighbours’, is returning to her TV roots.

She will front the U. K. music awards show on British channel ITV in February.

"Kylie''s confirmed with bosses at the channel and they couldn''t be more pleased,” Contactmusic quoted a source, as telling News of the World.

London, Nov 10 : Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue was snubbed by actor/singer Jason Donovan when she was not invited to his wedding scheduled to take place in the new year.

Donovan had exchanged vows with long-term partner Angela Mallock in a small bash in Bali five months ago, and intends to make it official in a larger ceremony in London in January.

“Angela and I are married but it''s not really official. It soon will be though,” the Sun quoted him as saying.

Melbourne, Nov 3 : Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue’s X tour went on as scheduled even though her staff had their personal belongings stolen over the weekend in Bogota.

The items stolen were five computers, various CDs, and passports belonging to members of Minogue''s entourage, the Courier Mail reported.

The goods were stolen from behind the scenes at Parque Jaime Duque, where the pop singer was due to kick off her X 2008 tour, and while her tour staff were setting up the stage.

A reward of five million Colombian pesos has been put up, but the stolen items have still not been recovered.

Washington, Nov 3 : Pop singer Kylie Minogue has her sights set on a career as a comedy actress.

The Aussie singer rose to fame in Australian day-time soap opera ‘Neighbours’ and has returned to her thespian roots several times throughout her career, with a cameo role in 2001''s ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and on the small screen in a ‘Dr. Who’ Christmas special last year.

She was recently tapped to appear in a new movie by ‘The Edge of Love’ director John Maybury.