Celeb News Aggregate
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Britney Spears' fortune came to the forefront in court on Monday as part of her ongoing legal battles for custody of her kids and control of her finances.
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Madonna has topped a new list of high-earning female stars, beating off challenges from Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion.
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The homes of Hollywood stars including Mel Gibson, Pierce Brosnan, Pamela Anderson, Barbra Streisand and Courteney Cox-Arquette were threatened by a fire that raced through their exclusive California neighborhood last night.
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Barbra Streisand's ex-boyfriend Jon Peters has been slammed with another lawsuit from a former employee accusing him of sexual harassment.
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Tom Cruise has hired the same Hollywood event production company that planned the fairytale nuptials of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to coordinate his upcoming wedding to Katie Holmes.
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Jackson family arrives in court Jackson 5 style, Oprah selected to serve on jury Diane Lane and Josh Brolin marry in secrecy, more…
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Michael Moore's controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 broke single-day box office records at the two New York theaters where it played Wednesday. Also in the news: Bill Clinton, Billy Crystal , Barbara Walters, Barbra Steisand, Billy Crystal, Neil Diamond, Dave Matthews, Whoopi Goldberg, John Kerry, Bill Hemmer, Lester Holt, Shepard Smith, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Tommy Lee, Sean Christie, Bob Dylan and Jonathan Davis.
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Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster ruled Monday that by borrowing more than $4.5 million to finance his run for governor in last October's recall election, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had broken a state law restricting candidates from accepting personal loans of more than $100,000 for their campaigns and would therefore have to repay the money. Also: Halle Berry Faith Evan Todd Russaw Madonna Guy Ritchie Swept Away Vincent D'Onofrio Kelly Osbourne Mandy Moore Nich Lachey Jessica Simpson Barbra Streisand Adam Sandler
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won the Producers Guild's highest honor for a film at the PGA Awards, which took place Saturday night at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Also: Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Barrie M Osborne Carmine Caridi University of Southern California Scripter Award Seabiscuit Mystic River Jamie Foxx Deidra Dixon Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones Hello! OK! UPN Amish in the City Bette Midler Johnny Rotten John Lydon I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!
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American Splendor Makes Crix List; Britney Spears on NRA Enemy List; Steve Irwin Defends Bringing Baby to Croc Feeding Clint Eastwoon Mystic River Lost in Translation Bill Murray Charlize Theron Monster Michael Jackson Angelina Jolie
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Clint Eastwood's Mystic River has won the first major prize of this year's film award season. Also: Louis Horvitz 76th Academy Awards Michael B. Seligman Carrie Fisher The Empire Strikes Back Barbra Streisand Ray Romano Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean: Why I Love and Hate My Brothers Ray Liotta Murder Inc. Irv Gotti Irv Lorenzo David Hemmings Sandra Bullock Brendan Fraser Matt Dillon Ryan Phillippe Don Cheadle Crash Naomi Watts Peter Jackson King Kong
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Billy Crystal, Kelsey Grammer, Bruce Springsteen, Alec Baldwin, Barbra Streisand, Ian McKellen, Tom Green
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News Roundup, Nov. 27: Backstreet Boys Sue Record Label
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Dudley Moore, the star of 10 and Arthur, has died at age 66 after a long battle with a degenerative brain condition
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According to a poll conducted by the Center for Voice Disorders at Wake Forest University some peoples voices are better than others James Earl Jones Sean Connery Julia Roberts Katie Couric Barbra Streisand Sam Donaldson,Mel Gibson Diane Sawyer Meg Ryan Anthony Hopkins Fran Drescher Roseanne Barr Gilbert Godfried Bobcat Goldthwait Joan Rivers Howard Stern Rosie O'Donnell Howard Cosell Dick Vitale Mike Tyson
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News Roundup for Jan. 17: Sundance brings out the stars Jennifer Aniston Brad Pitt Christina Ricci Matt Damon Ben Affleck Robin Williams X-Files Chris Carter Star Trek Scott Bakula Patrick Stewart Kate Mulgrew Robert Altman Gosford Park Joaquin Phoenix Philip Seymour Hoffman Liv Tyler William H. Macy Steve Buscemi Tony Shalhoub Bob Balaban James Earl Jones Barbra Streisand
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Two weeks after his succumbing to cancer, the secrecy surrounding George Harrison's last rites and the actual place of his death suggests a deliberate attempt to protect his dignity and prevent his final resting place from becoming a stop on tour attraction
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Director Herbert Ross, director of films such as "Steel Magnolias," "Funny Girl" and "The Turning Point" dies at 74.
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Also opening in limited re-release this weekend is a restored Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand. Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times writes: "It is a superb example of Hollywood craftsmanship in which all elements have been blended to perfection with inspired artistry."
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The onslaught of "10 Best" list-bound films rounding out the year can only mean one thing: Awards season is on its way.
And the Golden Globes, widely regarded as Oscar's fun-loving cousin and a critical barometer in the Academy Awards race, set its wheels in motion today by giving Al Pacino an offer he can't refuse: The Cecil B. DeMille Award, which honors outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.
At the press conference in Beverly Hills, executive producer Dick Clark also announced actress/model Katie Flynn as this year's Miss Golden Globe.
Pacino, who starred last year in both "The Insider" and "Any Given Sunday," is a 13-time Golden Globe nominee, winning for his leading dramatic roles in "Scent of a Woman" and "Serpico." He has also been up for the Academy Award eight
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Woody Harrelson's renewable energy and bicycle tour went through Washington state recently to include the Solar Living Center in its soon to be released film What Every Young Person Should Know.
I now implicitly understand that actors have way too much money and way too much time on their hands. I thought Woody's pet cause was hemp? After all, Woody's been seen wearing a hemp suit, with a hemp belt and matching hemp shoes. All of the Deadheads I know have been following Woody around since Jerry Garcia dies.
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NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2000 -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night was dubbed "Hollywood's party of the year," and it certainly brought out some of Hollywood's biggest names. But a closer look under the show's "Holly-hood" reveals New York, like Hollywood, as big a star of the ceremony.
Yes, Hollywood pillars such as Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, Jack Lemmon and Peter Fonda hugged statuettes for, respectively, "Man on the Moon," "Magnolia," "Inherit the Wind" and "Passion of Ayn Rand." And DreamWorks' "American Beauty" and Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 2," both, cinematically speaking, very much American beauties, are most definitely brilliant Hollywood creations.
But, moving right along and Hollywood aside, New Yorkers couldn't get enough awards and recognition. Central Park West's Michael J. Fox, who sadly is leaving "Spin Cit
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NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 4, 2000 --- Jodie Foster may be passing on "Hannibal," the grisly sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs," but she isn't quite abandoning oddball projects.
Come this spring, she'll be producing and directing "Flora Plum," a period film about a young waif (Claire Danes) who is adopted by a circus and befriended by a freak who falls for her while running her newfound showbiz career.
The movie is a return to the "freak" territory Foster roamed in so many of her films prior to this winter's regal "Anna and the King." Foster's pre-"Anna" "freaky" string of troubled characters and assorted weirdos dates back as far as 1972 and "Kansas City Bomber" (in which she played the daughter of a female roller-derby star).
The freaky Foster roster also includes: "Taxi Driver" (she's a kid hooker in a creepy nocturnal New York); "Nell" (she's a wolf-girl); "Carny"
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10, 2000 -- Barbra Streisand has made American Film Institute history.
The stage and film performer has been selected to receive the 2001 AFI Life Achievement Award, making her the first woman director to be awarded such an honor in the award's 29-year history, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Barbra Streisand is a living legend who epitomizes the essence of American film," AFI board Chairman Howard Stringer said in a statement. "She is a pioneer in everything she does -- whether it's acting, directing, writing, producing or singing. Over her 40-year career, she has garnered the adulation and respect of the entire creative community as well as the world at large."
Streisand will be honored at the AFI's annual award ceremony on Feb. 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. But for those who don't have a ticket, no worries. The gr
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Disney's DVD release of its 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will contain 15 hours of material on two discs.ience."
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PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 23, 2000 -- So, what's it like when you sell your movie at Sundance? Like this: You drive through the streets whooping, yelling, cranking up the stereo and tossing black Adidas ski hats to the unwashed (and un-picked-up) masses.
The groovesters of "Groove" are, yes, grooving. A day after Sony Pictures Classic snapped up the low-budget slice-of-rave-life flick, the film's players were partying in the streets here this afternoon. And to hear one of its stars tell it -- this was situation normal, big-time movie deal or no.
"We've been partying since Day One of shooting and that's all it was, was 28 days in a warehouse, dancing 18 hours a day," actor Steve Van Mormer told Hollywood.com while dancing atop the SUV-anointed "Groove" Mobile. "And we haven't stopped since."
Not that the Sony deal hasn't made the day of even the most veteran party anim
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 19, 2001 -- He might say that he is the Antichrist Superstar, but Marilyn Manson certainly is not immune to matters of the heart.
The shock rocker and his "Jawbreaker" actress gal pal Rose McGowan have broken off their engagement and called it quits, McGowan's publicist confirmed Thursday.
"There is great love, but our lifestyle difference is, unfortunately, even greater," McGowan said in a brief statement.
McGowan, 27, and Manson, 32, were engaged two years ago and were together for about a year before that.
COMING TOGETHER: In (reportedly) happier news: The New York Daily News is saying that Christy Turlington and director-actor Edward Burns are engaged. Its source? A "close" friend of Turlington, who told the tab that the model is wearing a big engagement ring.
We're waiting to hear from the actor's people regarding the scoop.
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This photographer wasn't going to take being thrown in jail without a fight.
Freelance photographer Wendell Wall, 28, is suing Barbra Streisand, her husband James Brolin and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department for allegedly conspiring to incarcerate him.
Streisand and Brolin deny the allegations. Wall was arrested Jan. 8 after the singer and her beau complained to officers that they were being followed and photographed by Wall while they were out looking at a car to purchase, Reuters reports.
Wall, who lives down the street from the famous couple in Malibu, Calif., admits to taking their picture while they were shopping for a car but denies stalking them, as Streisand has said. Wall also says in his suit filed Tuesday that Streisand conspired to keep Wall in jail by having authorities raise his bail from $150,000 to a staggering $1 million. Wall alleges that his
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 13, 2000 -- What the world needs now is ... a new Merv Griffin record! And that's exactly what the world's going to get, thanks to Pat Boone's unwavering dedication to preserving the art of crooning -- that mild, earnest, from-the-heart style of singing love songs.
To that end, Boone held a press conference here today, where he signed Merv to a recording contract and introduced to the world the next Frank Sinatra and/or Harry Connick Jr.
The event took place -- where else? -- at Merv's own Beverly Hilton Hotel, and it was emceed by yet another golden-age fossil, "Laugh-In" announcer Gary Owens.
"I have challenged myself all my life. And what I hadn't done in a long time was make an album," multi-millionaire real-estate mogul (and erstwhile talk-show host) Merv, 75 years young, told Hollywood.com. "And then I had a party, and Barbra Str
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 1, 2000 -- Will "Felicity" be flunked by the WB? And if it is, will it be granted the equivalent of a summer-school reprieve by ABC? That's the latest buzz, according to today's Hollywood Reporter. The sophomore college-life series, starring Keri Russell, Scott Foley and Scott Speedman, is ranked No. 144 for the season to date, which even by the WB's generous standards is -- how should we say? -- lousy.
The Reporter says if the WB brings down the ax on the show, ABC might be of a mind to pick it up. It could be a karma thing -- the WB previously stole "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" from the alphabet network.
All will be revealed the week of May 15, when all the networks unveil their schedules for the 2000-2001 season.
"South Park" KENNY LIVES (STAN, TOO): "South Park" duo Matt Stone and Trey Parker have inked a new three-year deal with
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 22, 2000 -- MTV comic Tom Green is in "excellent spirits" after three hours of cancer surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles. Tom Green The procedure -- a second sweep by doctors to nab any remaining cancerous cells -- comes after one last week in which the 28-year-old funnyman had his right testicle removed.
"He's resting comfortably, and the prognosis looks good," publicist Marleah Leslie told The Associated Press.
Production on Green's self-titled show on MTV is on hold while he rehabs. When he comes back, he'll star in "The Cancer Special" (really) featuring footage from Tuesday's surgery.
In the meantime, the comic has launched a drive to help others with the Big C. It's called: Tom Green's Nuts Cancer Fund. Really.
RELATIVE TROUBLE: A man who legally changed his name to Jonathan Taylor Spielberg in 1997 has been indicted for
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 16, 2000 -- The 28-year-old stepbrother of "Titanic" superstar Leonardo DiCaprio is in a Los Angeles area jail today on $1 million bail. The allegation: Suspicion of attempted murder.
Adam Farrar, himself an actor, who appeared in the controversial kiddie-bank-robber indie flick "Pups," was arrested about noon Wednesday at a home in Marina Del Rey, Calif., after an alleged attack on his girlfriend, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says.
Leonardo DiCaprio Upon being taken into custody, Farrar told deputies he was Leo's stepbrother. While the familial factoid is true (Leo's camp confirmed as much today), authorities say they're not sure why Farrar offered that by way of ID info.
In addition to the attempted-murder booking, Farrar was also accused of making "terrorist threats" against his (unidentified) girlfriend.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 2, 2000 -- Who made off with Sharon Stone's stones?
A 48-year-old ex-housekeeper of the "Basic Instinct" star was due to be arraigned in a Los Angeles court today on charges she purloined more than $300,000 in jewelry and other items from the actress' West L.A. home, authorities said.
Socorro Del Carmen Membrano faces one count of grand theft. She was arrested Tuesday following a police investigation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.
Membrano worked for Stone for three years, prosecutors said. It was not known what was allegedly stolen -- or when.
Stone's camp declined comment.
SEEING RED? The Halle Berry hit-and-run saga unfolds, as Los Angeles deputies now believe the actress ran a red light before striking a 1996 Pontiac Sunfire Feb. 23 and fleeing the scene in West Hollywood.
On the heels of
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 24, 2000 -- The morning after the Golden Globes, the Directors Guild of America heated up the awards competition by announcing its nominees for director of the year.
This year's DGA nods went to Globe winner Sam Mendes for "American Beauty,"Spike Jonze for "Being John Malkovich," Frank Darabont for "The Green Mile," Michael Mann for "The Insider" and M. Night Shyamalan for "The Sixth Sense."All are first-time feature-film nominees except for Darabont, who was nominated in 1994 for "The Shawshank Redemption."
The winner of the DGA is practically guaranteed a win for Best Director in the Academy Award race. In its 50-year history, only four winners have not gone on to win the Oscar; Anthony Harvey (in 1968 for "The Lion Winter"), Francis Ford Coppola (in 1972 for "The Godfather"), Steven Spielberg (in 1985 for "The Color Purple") and Ron Howard (i
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., January 17, 2000 -- So, what is Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All"?
Far be it for us to speculate, but it's worth noting that a Hawaiian newspaper reports that security guards at an island airport seized pot from the diva's carry-on bag last week.
Hilo's Tribune-Herald says guards found the weed (all 15.2 reputed grams of it) last Tuesday during a search of the Grammy-winning singer/actress' luggage. The bag was seized, but Houston went on to board a United Airlines flight for San Francisco anyway, escaping about 45 minutes before police arrived at Kahole-Kona International Airport, the paper said.
Hawaii police will refer the case to the local district attorney for possible prosecution, a process that could take up to a month, The Associated Press says. Possession of 15 grams of marijuana is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days i
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 11, 2000 - London real-estate agents, beware: There's a new seller - and buyer - in the market. Madonna ("Evita"), who bought a $6.55 million mansion there a few weeks ago, is putting it back on the market in the wake of ex-Beatle George Harrison's stabbing Dec. 30 at his London mansion. According to the London Times, the Material Girl's security advisers told her that the four-story home she bought in the city's trendy Chelsea district was "perfectly visible from the road" and thereby unsuitable for a celebrity. But Big Ben shouldn't feel shafted; the singer/actress reportedly is back in London today searching for a new home with better security.
WOMEN ACCORDING TO WOOD: In the More Than We Needed to Know department, we find James Woods ("Any Given Sunday"), who likes talking about manhood - his manhood.
In an interview with Movieline, the 52-y
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 30, 1999 -- Let the Pokémon backlash begin.
First, there was the recall of Burger King toys over safety concerns. Then there was the Michigan man who was granted a refund by a Kmart after saying his cute, little Pikachu doll dropped the F-bomb when its circuits were punched rapidly. (To be fair, cussing when one's circuits are being rapidly punched does seem a natural response.) Anyway, the man's calling for yet another nationwide recall.
And if that weren't enough, Nintendo, the gamemaker responsible for the video craze that spawned a TV show and hit movie, is being threatened by a lawsuit from spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller.
Geller says his image (not to mention his name) is being ripped off by the evil Pokémon character called "Un-Geller" (or, as its known in Japan, "Evil-Geller"). Un-Geller, by the way, carries spoon and boasts psychi