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Veteran Italian screenwriter Cecchi D'Amico known for neo-realist films dies at 96

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:54:28 +0000

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

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:35:34 +0000

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

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:09:03 +0000

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

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:06:57 +0000

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

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:13:56 +0000

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

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:02:11 +0000

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

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:35:57 +0000

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

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:36:07 +0000

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.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:13:28 +0000

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...

Who will be judged fit to be the 'Idol' judges next season?

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:27:57 +0000

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

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:28:21 +0000

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...

Bullock wants out of Gulf video, fears it was influenced by oil industry

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:27:48 +0000

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

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:28:16 +0000

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...

BBM Canada: 'Rookie Blue' top TV program in Canada for the week of July 19-25

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:01:51 +0000

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...

'Thor'director Kenneth Branagh says comic superheroes not unlike Shakespeare's

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:01:45 +0000

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...