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April 26, 2011Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- Rob Schneider, best known for his role in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Hot Chick, and Grown Ups, decided to marry in the same month as Prince William. He married a Mexican television producer Patricia Azarcoya Arce at...
Rio still flying high at North American box office
April 25, 2011Animated film Rio has beaten Tyler Perry's new film and a circus romance starring Robert Pattinson to stay top of the North American box office. Rio, featuring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway, took $26.8m (£16.2m) on it second weekend...
Bewitched creator Sol Saks dies aged 100
April 22, 2011Comedy writer Sol Saks, who created the 1960s US sitcom Bewitched, has died aged 100. He died on Saturday of respiratory failure as a result of pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital, his wife told the Los Angeles Times. Starring Elizabeth Montgomery as...
Clybourne Park writer Bruce Norris wins Pulitzer Prize
April 20, 2011Playwright Bruce Norris has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for his latest work, Clybourne Park. The racial satire, which recently won the Olivier prize for best new play, looks at a changing community in Chicago over a period of 50 years. The winner...
Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen dies
April 20, 2011Doctor Who star Elisabeth Sladen, who was also in spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, has died aged 63. Sladen appeared as Doctor Who assistant Sarah Jane Smith in the BBC television sci-fi series between 1973 and 1976, opposite Jon Pertwee and...
Nicolas Cage arrested for 'drunken' New Orleans row
April 18, 2011Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested after an alleged drunken argument with his wife in New Orleans. Mr Cage was charged with domestic abuse, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness. He and his wife Alice Kim were arguing outside a house...
Samuel L Jackson to play Martin Luther King on Broadway
April 18, 2011Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson is to make his debut on Broadway this autumn, playing Martin Luther King Jr in a play first staged in London in 2009. Written by Katori Hall, The Mountaintop depicts the civil rights leader on the night before his 19...
Sally Field to star in Abraham Lincoln film
April 15, 2011Actress Sally Field is to star opposite fellow two-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg's film about Abraham Lincoln. Field, 64, who won best actress Oscars for Norma Rae and Places in the Heart, will play the iconic US president's...
New Pirates of the Caribbean to be screened at Cannes
April 15, 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is to be shown out of competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organisers have announced. Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow is joined by Penelope Cruz in the fourth instalment of the hugely successful...
Sir David Jason returning to comedy
April 14, 2011Sir David Jason is returning to comedy to appear in a new BBC One sitcom about a former soldier who is mistakenly put in charge of royal security. The Royal Bodyguard sees Sir David's character accidentally promoted to the role despite previously only...