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Veteran Italian screenwriter Cecchi D'Amico known for neo-realist films dies at 96
ROME - Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as "Bicycle Thieves" and "The Leopa...
Kevin Costner remembers Canadian actor Maury Chaykin for 'eccentric' performance
EDMONTON - Actor-director Kevin Costner is remembering his late "Dances With Wolves" co-star Maury Chaykin as "a really, really wonderful actor." Costner won Oscars for producing and directing the ...
'Jersey Shore's' Snooki charged with disorderly conduct in NJ beach town home to MTV show
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based. Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd says ...
Prosecutor makes surprise claim in case against doctors, boyfriend-lawyer of Anna Nicole
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A prosecutor sprang a surprise claim Friday that Anna Nicole Smith was a co-conspirator in the actions that have brought her two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend to trial for over-pr...
McMichael CEO and executive director Thomas Smart resigns after 4 years
KLEINBURG, Ont. - McMichael Canadian Art Collection CEO and executive director Thomas Smart has resigned. Smart, who authored several award-winning books on Canadian art and artists, held the posts...
Canadian crooner Michael Buble says he'll marry in Buenos Aires next year
TORONTO - Michael Buble says he'll marry his actress/model girlfriend Luisana Lopilato in her native Buenos Aires next year and he's steeling himself for what's expected to be a heavily scrutinized nu...
Prosecutors: Anna Nicole Smith conspired with attorney, doctors to illegally obtain drugs
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - In a surprise move, prosecutors in the case of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend say the former Playboy model conspired with the defendants to illegally obtain...
Reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt headed for divorce
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Fifteen months after saying "I do," reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are headed for divorce. The 23-year-old starlet and plastic surgery devotee filed for divor...
Terrence Howard to join 'Law & Order: Los Angeles' as deputy D.A.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - "Law & Order: Los Angeles" is getting another big-name prosecutor. Oscar-nominated Terrence Howard is joining the cast of the new NBC drama and will rotate with co-star Alfr...
Bullock wants out of Gulf video, fears it was influenced by oil industry
NEW ORLEANS - A spokeswoman for Sandra Bullock says the actress wants her parts of a video promoting Gulf Coast restoration removed until she learns whether oil companies influenced it. The stateme...
Paul Lee appointed head of ABC Entertainment Group
NEW YORK, N.Y. - ABC says that Paul Lee will take over as president of the ABC Entertainment Group, following the resignation of Stephen McPherson. Lee, who was president of the ABC Family cable ch...
Who will be judged fit to be the 'Idol' judges next season?
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Don't call it "American Idol." Call it "Extreme Makeover: 'Idol' Edition." The composition of the "Idol" judges' panel seems to be changing by the minute, in flux like a lunch coun...
NBC to air live episode of '30 Rock' in October
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - NBC says "30 Rock" is going live this fall. The network said Friday a live episode of the comedy will air Oct. 14 and will be performed twice so that both east and west coas...
'Thor'director Kenneth Branagh says comic superheroes not unlike Shakespeare's
SAN DIEGO - Kenneth Branagh is directing "Thor" for Marvel Studios, and some think it's a stretch for him to take on a superhero movie. He's more Shakespearean, having adapted several of the Bard's fi...
BBM Canada: 'Rookie Blue' top TV program in Canada for the week of July 19-25
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 television programs in Canada, with viewer numbers, for the week of July 19-25: 1 "Rookie Blue" (Global, Thursday) _ 1,805,000 2 "Big Brother 12" (Global, Wednesday...
Black Eyed Peas 'I Gotta Feeling' hits 6 million download mark; will.i.am talks new album
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Black Eyed Peas have more proof of the ubiquity of "I Gotta Feeling." Their No. 1 hit has become the first song to reach the 6 million mark in digital downloads. The milesto...
Walt Disney Co. agrees to sell Miramax Films for $660M after 6-months of bidding
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it agreed to sell its Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidd...
'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' tops Amazon.ca fiction list for the week ending July 27
TORONTO - Here are the 10 bestselling fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending July 27 from Amazon.ca. Bracketed figures indicate position the previous week. FICTION 1 The Gir...
Source: Jennifer Lopez close to deal for 'American Idol' seat vacated by Ellen DeGeneres
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Former "Fly Girl" Jennifer Lopez is poised to return to television — this time as a judge on "American Idol." The singer-dancer-actor was close to signing a deal to join Fox TV's...
Attorneys in Anna Nicole Smith case set stage for trial of late model's doctors and boyfriend
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Attorneys were setting the stage for the trial of two doctors and the attorney boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, arguing about what evidence will be allowed in court. I...
Disney sells Miramax to investor for US$660M
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to sell its Miramax Films to an investor group for about US$660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding proce...
Disney sells Miramax to investor for US$660 million
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Walt Disney Co. says it will sell Miramax Films to an investor group for about US$660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process. ...
Jill Biden, as second lady and military mom, appears in 'Army Wives' TV episode
WASHINGTON - It isn't much of a stretch for Jill Biden when she takes an acting turn in an episode of Lifetime network's "Army Wives." The second lady, playing herself, visits the show's Fort Marsh...
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth pens autobiography: tale of booze, drugs, redemption
TORONTO - On the cover of "Mustaine," a new autobiography from the frontman of metal band Megadeth, a more youthful, almost-cherub version of Dave Mustaine stares impassively at the reader. In Toro...
Ellen DeGeneres out as 'American Idol' judge after 1 season on hit singing contest
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season, leaving Fox's hit show with two vacancies on its judging panel. If the singing contest intends to revamp itsel...
Review: Rick Moody explores love, longing, sci-fi in 'The Four Fingers of Death'
"The Four Fingers of Death" (Little, Brown and Co., US$25.99), by Rick Moody: I'm afraid that when I do that book reviewer thing and give you the obligatory summary of the plot of "The Four Fingers of...
Rapper-turned-model-turned-Oscar-nominated-actor Mark Wahlberg gets Walk of Fame star
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 39-year-old actor was presented with a star Thur...
MTV Canada cans 'After Show' after co-host Cruickshank announces departure
TORONTO - MTV Canada says it's cancelling "The After Show" now that Jessi Cruickshank — who co-hosted the hit program with Dan Levy — is moving to Los Angeles for another job opportunity. "We c...
Anne Rice, who spurned Catholicism then returned to it, quits Christianity
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian. The 68-year-old author wrote Wednesday on her Facebook page that she refuses to be "anti-gay ... anti-feminis...
Rapper-turned-model-turned-actor Mark Wahlberg gets Hollywood star
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 39-year-old actor was presented with a star Thur...
