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31/01/07

Brandy sued for $50 million over car crash

Brandy is being sued for $50 million by the parents of the woman killed in a car crash in December.

Tennis star Williams to voice animated queen

The Australian Open tennis champion has lent her voice to an episode of the animated children's show "Loonatics Unleashed," airing Feb. 17 on The CW network.

30/01/07

Jean-Claude Van Damme romanced Kylie

Jean-Claude Van Damme admits he had had an affair with Kylie Minogue a long, long time ago.

Hilton Sues Site With Her Personal Items

Paris Hilton filed a federal lawsuit, seeking to shut down a Web site that displays personal photos, videos, diaries, and other belongings once kept at a storage facility.

29/01/07

Helen Mirren honored at SAG

Britain's Helen Mirren has won the best actress award at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at a star-studded Los Angeles ceremony for her performance in The Queen.

Singer in Court for Refusing to Perform

Famous opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa pulled out of a series of concerts with Australian crooner John Farnham after learning that fans sometimes threw underwear at the pop star.

27/01/07

Bluesman B.B. King hospitalized in Texas

B.B. King was hospitalized for a low-grade fever following the flu but was in good condition Friday.

Stagehand killed on Samuel Jackson film set

A stagehand was killed on the Toronto set of the Samuel L. Jackson thriller “Jumper”.

25/01/07

Actress Anne Heche splits from husband

Actress Anne Heche and her husband are separating after five years of marriage, her spokeswoman has confirmed.

Eva Longoria To remain Housewife

Eva Longoria has rubbish rumours she is quitting "Desperate Housewives”.

24 January 2007

Awards give movies bump at box office

Golden Globe results are giving "Dreamgirls" and others a boost.

Stone earns another worst actress nom

Sharon Stone earns yet another "worst actress" Razzie nomination for "Basic Instinct 2.

24 January 2007

Ron Carey dies at 71

Ron Carey, an actor best known for his role as a cocky, height-challenged policeman on the 1970s TV comedy “Barney Miller,” has died at the age 71.

Mamas and Papas singer Doherty dead at 66

Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like “California Dreamin”’ and “Monday, Monday,” died Friday at the age of 66.

19 January 2007

Billy Crystal Serenades Ali on Birthday

Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali celebrated his 65th birthday Wednesday night watching his old friend comedian Billy Crystal perform at Arizona State University.

Suns win without their best

The Phoenix Suns won without their best, as dominant teams find a way to do.

17 January 2007

Soap Star Darlene Conley dies in LA

Veteran stage and television actress Darlene Conley who held audiences under her sway for nearly two decades for her role as fashion mogul Sally Spectra on "The Bold and the Beautiful," has passed way at the age of 72.

Naomi Campbell sentenced for assaulting maid

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been sentenced to five days of menial work for hitting her cell phone at her former maid.

16 January 2007

Dreamgirls, Babel win awards at Globes

"Dreamgirls" won three awards, including Best Motion Picture, Musical, while "Babel" won Best Motion Picture, Drama in a coronation of stars at the Golden Globe awards, the second-most important awards in the movie calendar.

Lawless embarks on singing career

Actress Lucy Lawless, best known for her role in television's "Xena, Warrior Princess," has decided to give up acting for a career as a singer and will make her rock concert debut at a show at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood.

15 January 2007

'Stomp the Yard' steps into Top Spot

Sony Corp.'s dance flick “Stomp the Yard” debuted as the top film in U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend, generating $22 million in ticket sales.

Jazz musician Alice Coltrane dies at 69

Alice Coltrane, a jazz performer and composer and wife of the late saxophone legend John Coltrane, has died. She was 69. The cause was respiratory failure, said Marilyn McLeod, her sister and assistant.