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Hollywood Gets Its Leading Lady Back

(Newser) - Julia Roberts is poised to step back into the spotlight with next month’s Duplicity, and Hollywood is hoping she can do again what none of her successors has been able to—pull boffo box office, the New York Times reports. “It’s just so clearly there,” said...

Heigl, Knight Leaving Grey's
 Heigl, Knight Leaving Grey's 
Feb 10, 2009 3:06 PM CST

Heigl, Knight Leaving Grey's

(Newser) - Neither Katherine Heigl nor TR Knight will return for another season of Grey’s Anatomy, the New York Post reports. The information comes from co-star James Pickens Jr. Neither actor has been happy on the show recently. Knight has complained about lack of screen time, and Heigl has complained about...

Affleck Still Wants a Boy
 Affleck Still Wants a Boy 
Feb 10, 2009 7:40 AM CST

Affleck Still Wants a Boy

Actor wants to 'keep going' for boy after newborn daughter

(Newser) - Ben Affleck may be delighted with his new baby girl with Jennifer Garner, but there's one thing he's still desperately waiting for—a son. He wants to try again for a brother for his daughters, Seraphina Rose and 3-year-old Violet, reports the Mirror. "Ben's happy to keep going until...

Sis: 'Angry Christian Needs Help'
Sis: 'Angry Christian
Needs Help'
Feb 8, 2009 7:39 AM CST

Sis: 'Angry Christian Needs Help'

'He's incredibly stressed'

(Newser) - Christian Bale's sister found his profanity-riddled tantrum on a movie set disturbing, and believes the actor "needs help," reports the Telegraph. "It's terribly sad," said Bale's sister, Sharon. "He seems to be incredibly stressed and angry at the moment." Bale was arrested last year...

Veteran Actor Whitmore Dead at 87

(Newser) - Down-to-earth stage and screen actor James Whitmore died of lung cancer in Malibu today, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 87. Known for his supporting roles and leads in films such as Battleground, Planet of the Apes, and The Shawshank Redeption, the Emmy and Tony Award winner preferred theater....

Tom's Geography Needs Work
 Tom's Geography Needs Work 
Feb 6, 2009 12:02 PM CST

Tom's Geography Needs Work

Star confuses Brazil with Spain

(Newser) - Tom Cruise is on a roll with the gaffes as he promotes Valkyrie in Rio de Janeiro, the New York Post reports. First the star tried to be cute by saying hola and gracias to reporters—forgetting that Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish. Cruise also said he loves Brazil for...

Paltrow Adds Cookbook to Off-Camera Plate

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow won’t be onscreen again until 2010, but she’s filling her time with a gym, a PBS TV show, a website, and now a cookbook, the New York Daily News reports. The book, My Father’s Daughter, will stress the importance of families sharing the table. “...

Bale's Mom Dishes on His Tantrum Demons

Reveals star's troubled childhood

(Newser) - Christian Bale's infamous F-word-laced meltdown on a movie set was caused by a hair-trigger temper forged in his childhood, his mom tell the Mirror. The perfectionist actor was repeatedly humiliated as a child by his father, said his 61-year-old mum, Jenny, who accused her son of assault last year. “...

Phoenix Denies Hip-Hop Is Hoax

Actor-turned-rapper says he has made his last film

(Newser) - Actor Joaquin Phoenix insists he really has quit Hollywood for hip-hop,  AP reports. He’s made his last movie and is busy recording rap tracks in his home studio, said the star. Rumors that the career change was actually an elaborate practical joke swirled after video emerged of Phoenix...

Rant Just Bale in Character: Producer

Stress pushed method actor over edge on Terminator 4 set

(Newser) - Christian Bale’s profane tirade on the Terminator Salvation set was just another day on the job, an assistant director/producer tells TMZ. “Christian is a method actor and was completely immersed in his scene,” he insists. “Bale’s reaction was from the heat of the moment.”...

Swayze: I Haven't Quit Treatment

(Newser) - Patrick Swayze quickly scotched tabloid rumors today that he's stopped receiving treatments for his pancreatic cancer, People reports. "The reports are not true," said a spokeswoman. "Patrick is continuing his treatment." Swayze, 56, was hospitalized earlier this month for pneumonia, and several tabloids reported that he'd...

Ledger's Insurer Settles With Daughter

Attorneys wanted $10M, but company wanted to look into suicide possibilities

(Newser) - Heath Ledger’s insurance company has agreed to pay at least part of the late actor’s $10 million policy to his daughter, Matilda. Ledger’s lawyers reached an out-of-court settlement with ReliaStar Life Insurance, which had balked at paying because of suspicions his 2008 overdose death was a suicide,...

Joaquin's Rap Dream Is Real: Rep

(Newser) - Joaquin Phoenix really is a struggling rap artist, a rep tells MTV. “The transition from one career to another is never seamless,” the actor’s publicist says. “He intends on exploring his musical interests despite speculative, negative, or positive reactions.” The statement is in direct contrast...

Phoenix 'Breakdown' More Like a Put-On

Phoenix' rap career might just be a show

(Newser) - Joaquin Phoenix's transformation from Oscar-nominated actor to bumbling rapper may be a prank meant to satirize media coverage of pompous actors, Entertainment Weekly reports. “He said, ‘It's a put-on. I'm going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey [Affleck] is going to film it,...

Rourke Will Wrestle Off-Screen
 Rourke Will Wrestle Off-Screen 
Jan 26, 2009 2:02 PM CST

Rourke Will Wrestle Off-Screen

Actor will take his Wrestler character to WrestleMania 25

(Newser) - Mickey Rourke will take his character from The Wrestler to the off-screen world of pro wrestling, Wrestling Online reports. Rourke will appear at WrestleMania 25 in Houston on April 5, challenging star Chris Jericho. “The boys from the WWE called me and asked me to do it,” Rourke...

SAG Fashion Highs, Lows
 SAG Fashion 
 Highs, Lows 
SLIDESHOW
Jan 26, 2009 11:32 AM CST

SAG Fashion Highs, Lows

(Newser) - The SAG awards have been handed out, but there are still plenty of snickers and praise to heap upon last night's red carpet fashions. Elizabeth Snead doles out plenty of both in the Los Angeles Times. Click the image to the left and judge for yourself.
  • Amy Poehler gets props
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Aussie Stars Play New Venue: the Mailbox

Kidman, Crowe, Blanchett, Rush featured on 'legends' stamp collection

(Newser) - Australian movie stars Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, and Geoffrey Rush have been honored by their country with postage stamps in their likenesses, the Daily Telegraph reports. The actors have been named Australia Post’s 2009 Australian Legends, and each will have two stamps. “I’m going to...

Is There Life After Lost for Fox?

 Is There Life 
 After Lost 
 for Fox? 
Glossies
Jan 21, 2009 3:15 PM CST

Is There Life After Lost for Fox?

Leading man material, Fox looks forward to time off

(Newser) - Watching his handsome mug on screen, it's easy to see Lost star Matthew Fox following George Clooney's footsteps and moving easily from small screen to big. And while the 42-year-old actor is indeed looking forward to the end of the series and a switch to movie roles, the down-to-earth Ivy...

Actor Nearly Killed by Prop Gun
 Actor Nearly Killed by Prop Gun 
Jan 21, 2009 2:34 PM CST

Actor Nearly Killed by Prop Gun

Unexpectedly loaded revolver shakes up Of Mice and Men rehearsal

(Newser) - A Florida theater company’s production of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men got a little too real Monday when a prop gun almost killed an actor in rehearsal, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. A revolver used in the play’s final scene—in which the character Lennie is shot—turned...

Bob May, Lost in Space Robot, Dies
 Bob May, 
 Lost in Space 
 Robot, Dies 
OBITUARY
Jan 19, 2009 2:37 PM CST

Bob May, Lost in Space Robot, Dies

Actor moved the suit, but never said "Danger, Will Robinson"

(Newser) - Bob May, famous for inhabiting the robot suit on 1960s sci-fi hit Lost in Space, has died at 69 of heart failure, the AP reports. “He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit,” a co-star said. May did not voice the robot—...

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