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Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio set to honor Martin Scorsese at the Golden Globes
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to celebrate Martin Scorsese at next month's Golden Globe Awards. The two actors and longtime Scorsese collaborators will present the director with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 67th annual Globes ceremony....
Movie review: The news isn't good for Parker, Grant's 'Did You Hear About the Morgans?'
GLENN WHIPP - December 17, 2009
Did you hear about the Morgans? If so, you might wish you hadn't. This bland fish-out-of-water comedy is unremarkable in every aspect, unless you're one of them thar city slickers who thinks the idea that Sarah Jessica Parker trading in her Jimmy Choos for a pair of cowboy boots...
Jennifer Jones, Oscar winner for 'Song of Bernadette' and philanthropist, dies at 90
BOB THOMAS - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Jennifer Jones, the beautiful, raven-haired actress who was nominated for Academy Awards five times, winning in 1943 for her portrayal of a saintly nun in "The Song of Bernadette," died Thursday. She was 90. Jones, who in later years was a leader of the Norton Simon...
London officials slap restrictions on Guy Ritchie's celeb-friendly pub following complaints
RAPHAEL G. SATTER - December 17, 2009
LONDON (AP) Officials in a London neighborhood have a message for the celebrity patrons who flock to Guy Ritchie's watering hole: Take it inside. Residents of west London's wealthy Mayfair neighborhood complained that the 41-year-old filmmaker had transformed The Punch Bowl from a...
Jennifer Jones, Oscar winner for 'Song of Bernadette' and philanthropist, dies at 90
BOB THOMAS - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) A publicist says Jennifer Jones, who was nominated for Academy Awards five times and won for her portrayal of a saintly nun in "The Song of Bernadette," has died at age 90. Leslie Denk, spokeswoman for the Norton Simon Museum, says Jones died Thursday at her home in...
Even 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' are not recession-proof
ALICIA RANCILIO - December 17, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Peculiar things have been happening this season on "The Real Housewives of Orange County." Gretchen Rossi had a garage sale, Jeana Keough went shopping with her daughter at H&M and Tamra Barney is now doing her own housework. What? This is a...
Ashanti's mom tells NYC jury that obsessed fan from Indiana terrorized her
TOM HAYS - December 17, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) A fan obsessed with R&B star Ashanti composed a barrage of creepy text messages detailing his lewd fantasies about the multiplatinum-selling singer, her mother testified Thursday at the man's trial. Tina Douglas told a Manhattan jury that Devard Hurd also attached photos...
Ashton Kutcher-produced TV flop 'The Beautiful Life' finds afterlife with episodes on YouTube
FRAZIER MOORE - December 17, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) It was the first new series to be canceled this fall, but now "The Beautiful Life" has found a new life online. Three episodes of the youth-oriented melodrama are on YouTube, including one that was never aired. The remaining two episodes that were filmed will have their...
Winfrey donates $1.5M to private middle school in inner-city Atlanta
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) A private middle school in inner-city Atlanta has received $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey. The Ron Clark Academy announced the donation Thursday. The innovative school has struggled to raise money this year amid the sagging economy to pay for its $2.8 million operating...
Movie, television nominees for the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Associated Press - December 17, 2009
Nominees for the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild awards: MOVIES: Actor: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney, "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth, "A Single Man"; Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"; Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker." Actress: Sandra Bullock, "The Blind...
