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Dec 25, 2008 6:15 PM CST

Eartha Kitt Dead at 81

(Newser) - The versatile and ever-sultry Eartha Kitt died today at age 81, the AP reports. Kitt, with her trademark purr, had a career as a dancer, singer, and actor that spanned six decades. Among her musical hits was “Santa Baby," now in common rotation during the holidays. Kitt, who...

Sopranos'
Johnny Cakes
Commits Suicide

Dec 25, 2008 3:15 PM CST

Sopranos' Johnny Cakes Commits Suicide

Actor Costelloe played a gay mobster's lover

(Newser) - The actor who played Johnny Cakes on The Sopranos is dead, the New York Post reports. John Costelloe, 47, shot himself in the head in Brooklyn last week, police and friends said. The former firefighter served a brief but pivotal role as the gay lover of a closeted mobster in...

Why We Can't
Take Cruise Seriously

OPINION

Dec 22, 2008 1:43 PM CST

Why We Can't Take Cruise Seriously

Nazi role won't be a career-changer a la Nicholson, Newman

(Newser) - The prospect of Tom Cruise as a renegade Nazi has moviegoers snickering already, and with good reason, Stephen Metcalf writes for Slate. No one expects Cruise to pull off a mid-career tour de force as the giants who came before him did. “Place Cruise next to Nicholson, Newman, and...

Attenborough Falls, Slips Into Short Coma

Dec 21, 2008 11:37 AM CST

Attenborough Falls, Slips Into Short Coma

Gandhi director, 85, in hospital after 'banging his head'

(Newser) - Acclaimed director and actor Sir Richard Attenborough fell at his London home and briefly slipped into a coma, reports the Times of London. The Oscar-winning director of Gandhi, 85, is recovering in the hospital, but his family is unsure whether he'll be home for Christmas. Attenborough received a pacemaker after...

Actor
Sam Bottoms
Dead at 53

Dec 19, 2008 8:42 AM CST

Actor Sam Bottoms Dead at 53

Appeared in Apocalypse Now , Outlaw Josey Wales

(Newser) - Actor Sam Bottoms, who appeared in Apocalypse Now and some 30 other films, died at his LA home this week of brain cancer at age 53, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bottoms began his film career at age 15 in The Last Picture Show and was cast as surfer Lance...

Rapper Gravy
Gets Another
Shot at Fame,
This Time as BIG

GLOSSIES

Dec 15, 2008 1:18 PM CST

Rapper Gravy Gets Another Shot at Fame, This Time as BIG

Hefty entertainer to portray the far more notorious BIG

(Newser) - His debut album was shelved, but Jamal “Gravy” Woolard still has a shot a fame, the New Yorker reports. The rapper, who notoriously took a bullet in the butt outside a radio studio in 2006, killed his music career with what was widely perceived to be a publicity stunt....

1940s Star
Van Johnson
Dead at 92

Dec 12, 2008 7:11 PM CST

1940s Star Van Johnson Dead at 92

(Newser) - Former film and TV heartthrob Van Johnson died today in New York of natural causes, Variety reports. He was 92. Johnson starred in many movies in the 1940s and 1950s, and was later nominated for an Emmy for his appearance on the TV show Rich Man, Poor Man. Dubbed the...

Cruise: I'd Do a Musical

Dec 12, 2008 9:44 AM CST

Cruise: I'd Do a Musical

Actor does a mean Elvis impersonation

(Newser) - Tom Cruise in a musical? After prodding from Jay Leno last night, the star says he wouldn't mind following wife Katie onto the stage, Broadway World reports. "Yes, I do movies and everything, but I wouldn't say no to Broadway," said Cruise. Turns out, he got his start...

Grey's to Lose Another:
'George' Wants Out

Dec 9, 2008 4:43 PM CST

Grey's to Lose Another: 'George' Wants Out

As role diminishes, Knight moves on

(Newser) - It's not time to turn off the lights just yet, but TR Knight is the latest actor to leave Grey's Anatomy. His character has been twiddling his thumbs this season, making it a good time to move on, insiders tell Entertainment Weekly. Knight's departure, date TBA, supposedly isn't linked to...

Ruffalo's
Brother
Shot in
Head

Dec 4, 2008 4:22 AM CST

Ruffalo's Brother Shot in Head

Star's younger brother clinging to life in hospital after mysterious shooting

(Newser) - Actor Mark Ruffalo's younger brother, Scott, is fighting for his life after being shot in the head at his Beverly Hills home, People reports. The Zodiac and Blindess star's brother, 39, is a hairdresser who has worked in salons in Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. Police confirmed the shooting but...

A Romantic, Jackman Is People's Sexiest

Nov 19, 2008 12:57 PM CST

A Romantic, Jackman Is People's Sexiest

His 12-year marriage has easily kept its spark, actor says

(Newser) - Hugh Jackman, the 40-year-old actor starring in Australia with Nicole Kidman, has been declared 2008’s Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine—and by his wife of 12 years, who, when told of the honor, said, “‘I could've told them that years ago!" But she followed quickly,...

LiLo and Sam Getting Engaged

Nov 13, 2008 11:38 AM CST

LiLo and Sam Getting Engaged

Couple flies to Paris to pick rings; announcement set for next week

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are getting engaged in the City of Lights, sources tell the Daily Mirror. The pair leave London tomorrow for Paris, where they will visit jewelers to discuss their “hip and edgy”—not “flash and expensive”—ring designs.

Kilmer for NM Governor?

Nov 7, 2008 10:34 AM CST

Kilmer for NM Governor?

Former Batman mulls run: 'a worthy, serious endeavor'

(Newser) - Val Kilmer’s considering a run for governor of New Mexico, he tells Cindy Adams of the New York Post. “There's sort of a rumor around that I'm maybe thinking about running to be governor of New Mexico? Well, it's sort of true,” says the star of Batman ...

Swayze: I Catch 'Myself With
a Smile on
My Face'

Oct 29, 2008 12:10 PM CDT

Swayze: I Catch 'Myself With a Smile on My Face'

Cancer-stricken actor is working, 'proud' of it

(Newser) - Patrick Swayze is healthy, working, and excited by the future, the New York Times reports. The actor, who is responding well to treatment for pancreatic cancer, is shooting a cop drama for A&E, The Beast. “I do find myself, at the end of the day, riding home sort...

Joaquin
Walks Away
From Acting

Oct 29, 2008 9:54 AM CDT

Joaquin Walks Away From Acting

Actor confesses career change in impromptu interview

(Newser) - Is Joaquin Phoenix bowing out of show biz? "I want to take this opportunity (to) just talk a little bit about the fact that this will be my last performance as an actor. I'm not doing films anymore," the two-time Oscar nominee told Extra unexpectedly at Monday night's...

Actors in Mafia Movie Arrested for Mob Ties

Oct 13, 2008 1:10 PM CDT

Actors in Mafia Movie Arrested for Mob Ties

Italian Oscar contender sees 3 cast members accused of crimes

(Newser) - Bernardino Terracciano is the latest actor in the Naples mafia exposé Gomorrah to be arrested by Italian police, the Telegraph reports. One of several locals cast by director Matteo Garrone to give the film a touch of realism, Terracciano is suspected of extorting protection money as part of the Casalesi...

Halle 'Sexier
Now Than I
Used to Be'

COMMENTARY

Oct 8, 2008 12:30 PM CDT

Halle 'Sexier Now Than I Used to Be'

Esquire 's sexiest woman alive ruminates on the honor

(Newser) - After 20-plus years in Hollywood, Esquire picked 2008—the year of her first baby and, incidentally, not the year she played a bikini-clad Bond girl—to dub Halle Berry the sexiest woman alive. “I'll take it,” writes the 42-year-old actress in an acceptance speech that shares a thing...

Murray 'Devastated' by Divorce

Oct 8, 2008 12:01 PM CDT

Murray 'Devastated' by Divorce

Actor was 'just dead, just broken' since May

(Newser) - His divorce from his wife of 11 years and her accusations of abuse and addiction “were devastating…the worst thing that ever happened to me in my entire life," says Bill Murray. "I was just dead, just broken," a teary Murray told the AP of the...

150K On Strike in Bollywood

Oct 1, 2008 1:28 PM CDT

150K On Strike in Bollywood

Workers demand boost in pay, currently at $11-12 per day

(Newser) - Bollywood workers began an indefinite strike today, with roughly 150,000 actors, dancers, and cameramen refusing to work, according to the Hollywood Reporter. At issue are late payments, non-union labor, and notoriously poor working conditions. Many technical workers make 600 rupees per day—or about $12. “It is within...

Whose Voice Is That Telling You How to Vote?

Sep 27, 2008 3:10 PM CDT

Whose Voice Is That Telling You How to Vote?

Politically charged cadre of voice actors star in campaign ads

(Newser) - We all know who’s approving the message, but who are those guys actually reading it? The world of voice actors for campaign ads is a tight, politically charged one, Newsweek reports. Voters will be exposed to about 3,000 ads this season, and almost all will be voiced by...