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Catherine Zeta Jones treated for bipolar disorder
April 14, 2011Catherine Zeta Jones has received treatment for bipolar disorder after dealing with the stress of her husband's battle with throat cancer. Zeta Jones, 41, made a decision to check into a "mental health facility" for a brief stay, said her publicist...
Batman stage show 'not another Spider-Man'
April 13, 2011Producers of a new Batman stage show have promised the production will not suffer the same problems as Broadway's troubled Spider-Man musical. "It's a very different show to ours," said Anthony van Laast, creative director of Batman Live. ...
Bernardo Bertolucci to receive Palme d'Or honour
April 12, 2011An honorary Palme d'Or award is to be presented at the Cannes Film Festival's opening ceremony from this year onwards, organisers have announced. The inaugural award will go to director Bernardo Bertolucci, of Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor...
Modern Family and Glee receive Glaad awards
April 11, 2011US comedies Modern Family and Glee have been honoured by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Glaad) at a Los Angeles ceremony. The shows tied for best comedy series for their portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues...
Director Sidney Lumet remembered by Hollywood stars
April 11, 2011Hollywood stars including Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Al Pacino have paid tribute to film director Sidney Lumet - maker of New York-based classics including 12 Angry Men - following his death at the age of 86. Fellow New York director Allen said...
Elizabeth Taylor's love letters up for sale
April 03, 2011A collection of letters written by a young Elizabeth Taylor to her first love are to be sold at auction. The 66 letters were penned by the late actress when was she was 17 years old to her first fiance, William Pawley, the son of a former US ambassador...
Charlie Sheen live show bombs in Detroit
April 03, 2011Actor Charlie Sheen was booed off stage by fans on the first night of his Violent Torpedo Of Truth: Defeat Is Not An Option one-man show in Detroit. The former Two And A Half Men star had initially been greeted with rapturous applause, but fans reportedly...
US playwright Lanford Wilson dies aged 73
March 25, 2011Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, best known for such plays as Talley's Folly and Burn This, has died aged 73. The writer passed away at a New Jersey hospital on Wednesday after a long illness, his agent said. Wilson wrote 17 full-length...
Dame Elizabeth Taylor buried outside Los Angeles
March 25, 2011Dame Elizabeth Taylor has been buried in a cemetery just outside Los Angeles, a day after her death. Her private funeral was held at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. Pop icon Michael Jackson, a friend of Taylor's, is one of a number of stars...
Dame Elizabeth Taylor dies at the age of 79
March 24, 2011Dame Elizabeth Taylor, one of the 20th Century's biggest movie stars, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79. The double Oscar-winning actress had a long history of ill health and was being treated for symptoms of congestive heart failure. Her four...