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• Scarlett Johansson to play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

  September 20, 2012 11:47 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) -- Scarlett Johansson will tap into her feline side later this year when she plays Maggie the Cat on Broadway. Producers on Thursday unveiled the Tony Award-winning Johansson in a revival of Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." It will be Johansson's first time... more »

• Lindsay Lohan faces lien for back taxes

  January 11, 2012 2:55 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan is facing a lien for nearly $94,000 that the federal government says she owes in unpaid taxes. Records in Los Angeles County show the lien was filed Thursday seeking payment for the 2009 tax year. Celebrity website TMZ first reported the lien... more »

• Iran frees actress, waives lashing sentence

  October 29, 2011 2:03 PM

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Amnesty International says an Iranian appeals court has overturned the lashing sentence against an actress who appeared in a film critical of the Islamic republic's hard-line policies. Amnesty's website says Marzieh Vafamehr was released from prison earlier this week after her sentence of one... more »

• Michael Lohan denied bail in Florida

  October 29, 2011 1:59 PM

  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan has been denied bail in Florida. Hillsborough County jail records show Michael Lohan was being held Saturday without bond on four charges. He was arrested on domestic violence charges Tuesday. His bail was set at $5,000 and a judge... more »

• Woody Allen defends his latest find, Bruni-Sarkozy

  September 13, 2010 8:22 AM

  Woody Allen loves shooting in Paris. He doesn't care for the gossip about one of his co-stars, France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Allen says he was shocked at gossip column reports that Bruni-Sarkozy was a handful on the set of his romantic comedy "Midnight in Paris" or that he... more »

• Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal dead at 84

  August 9, 2010 9:30 AM

  Family members say actress Patricia Neal has died at her Massachusetts home at the age of 84. She'd had lung cancer -- which her family says she fought with "grace" and "stubbornness." Less than two years after she won an Oscar for her role in "Hud," Neal suffered a... more »

• Catherine Zeta-Jones visits Welsh kids' hospital

  July 23, 2010 9:56 AM

  Catherine Zeta-Jones her husband Michael Douglas have visited a children's hospital in Wales which the actress has supported for a decade. Zeta-Jones, Douglas and her parents, Patricia and David Jones, spent 90 minutes Friday touring facilities at the Children's Hospital for Wales in Cardiff. Four years ago, the... more »

• Lindsay Lohan loses bid to ease restriction on drug tests

  May 24, 2010 1:41 PM

  Lindsay Lohan has lost a bid to ease restrictions involving drug and alcohol testing so she can attend a film shoot in Texas. The actress, wearing a dark gray suit, appeared somber and concerned Monday in a Beverly Hills courtroom when she conferred with her lawyer about the plan... more »

• 'As the World Turns' star Helen Wagner dies

  May 3, 2010 9:26 AM

  Actress Helen Wagner, who played mild-mannered Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" for more than a half-century and spoke its first words, has died at age 91. She died Saturday, said the show's New York-based production company, TeleNext Media Inc., which didn't say where... more »

• 'Andy Griffith Show' actress robbed in 'Mayberry'

  April 29, 2010 2:25 PM

  The actress who played Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show" was robbed in the town that inspired the show's idyllic Mayberry setting, after moving to the area to avoid big city crime. Betty Lou Lynn had her wallet stolen at a shopping center in Mount Airy, the birthplace... more »

• Website: Bullock says she's divorcing Jesse James

  April 28, 2010 9:28 AM

  Sandra Bullock says she has filed for divorce from her husband, Jesse James. In a story posted Wednesday on People magazine's website, the Oscar-winning actress also reveals that she is adopting 3 1/2-month-old boy, Louis Bardo Bullock as a single parent. The report says Bullock and James began the... more »

• America Ferrera developing TV and Web telenovela

  April 12, 2010 10:55 AM

  "Ugly Betty" will soon be over for its star, America Ferrera, but she's got a new project in the works from behind the scenes. Ferrera will serve as executive producer of "Pedro & Maria," a multicultural, interactive telenovela in development for MTV television and various Web platforms. The project was... more »

• 'Designing Women' actress Carter dies at 70

  April 11, 2010 9:51 AM

  "Designing Women" actress Dixie Carter, who used her charm and stately beauty in a host of roles on Broadway and television, has died. She was 70. Publicist Steve Rohr, who represents Carter and her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, says Carter died Saturday morning. A native of Tennessee, Carter... more »

• Tierney returning to TV after breast cancer fight

  April 7, 2010 11:41 AM

  Maura Tierney is coming back to TV after departing NBC's "Parenthood" last summer to battle breast cancer. The FX network said Wednesday she will resume her guest role as the love interest of Denis Leary's firefighter character on the action drama "Rescue Me." Tierney's spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulos says she "has... more »

• Miley's 'Last Song': Cyrus setting music aside

  March 29, 2010 12:29 PM

  Singing was the last thing on Miley Cyrus' mind in "The Last Song." Other than a brief sing-along to a tune on a car radio, her character doesn't do any crooning, something Cyrus deliberately avoided with her first lead in a live-action film that doesn't feature musical alter-ego Hannah... more »

• Sandra Bullock still poised for successful future

  March 20, 2010 10:40 AM

  Sandra Bullock reached the pinnacle of her profession on March 7, when she won an Academy Award. Her husband, Jesse James, was by her side. He even teared up when she went on stage to accept the Oscar. Little more than a week later, amid allegations of James' infidelity,... more »

• Hilary Duff to write young adult book series

  March 9, 2010 1:54 PM

  Simon & Schuster Books for Young readers said Tuesday that actress-singer Hilary Duff will work on a series of young adult novels that starts with "Elixir," to be published in October. The first novel will feature the worldwide adventures of photojournalist Clea Raymond. Duff also plans a nonfiction book... more »

• Duff confirms engagement to NHL player

  February 21, 2010 10:12 AM

  Actress and singer Hilary Duff, who had a recurring guest role on the popular CW series last season, is engaged to Edmonton Oilers forward Mike Comrie. Publicist Nanci Ryder says the two were engaged last weekend while vacationing in Hawaii. She says in an e-mail distributed by the Oilers... more »

• Anne Hathaway given Hasty Pudding award

  January 29, 2010 10:53 AM

  The tradition of Hasty Pudding continued Thursday with actress Anne Hathaway. "Oh, I think it couldn't be more beautiful.. a very Hasty pudding parade," Hathaway said. Hundreds lined Mass Avenue in Cambridge to honor Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year. The celebration continued with a roast. ... more »

• Mother Teresa, winter Olympics on upcoming stamps

  December 30, 2009 9:26 AM

  Mother Teresa and actress Katherine Hepburn are among those who will be honored on postage stamps in the new year. The 2010 stamp program will also include singing cowboy Gene Autry, Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin, artist Winslow Homer and Adm. Arleigh Burke. The Negro baseball leagues and the... more »

• Actress Meredith Baxter reveals she is a lesbian

  December 2, 2009 9:47 AM

  Meredith Baxter, the actress who played Elyse Keaton on the '80s TV series "Family Ties," has revealed that she is a lesbian. The 62 year-old actress says that she had a "later-in-life recognition" and has been in a relationship with her girlfriend, a general contractor, for four years. Baxter... more »