'Brokeback Mountain' gets 7 Globe nods
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Ang Lee's gay cowboy film "Brokeback Mountain" grabbed seven Golden Globe nods Tuesday including best drama, best director and best actor for Heath Ledger.
Also nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for best drama were "The Constant Gardener," George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck," "A History of Violence" and Woody Allen's "Match Point," Daily Variety reports.
The musical or comedy nominees were "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "Pride & Prejudice," "The Producers," "The Squid and the Whale" and "Walk the Line."
"Good Night, and Good Luck" "Match Point" and "The Producers" received four nominations each while Clooney himself grabbed three for co-writing and directing "Good Night" and his supporting role in "Syriana."
The Globes' TV category singled out several new series including HBO's epic "Rome," Fox's "Prison Break," NBC's "My Name is Earl," UPN's "Everybody Hates Chris" and Showtime's "Weeds."
NBC will broadcast the Golden Globes ceremony from Los Angeles Jan. 16.
Actor Colin Farrell enters rehab
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Irish actor Colin Farrell has entered a rehab center in an undisclosed location for treatment of exhaustion and dependency on prescription drugs.
Farrell was prescribed painkillers for a back injury and got hooked, his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement Monday.
"No other comments (are) to be made at this time," said the statement released to Zap2it.com.
Farrell, 29, will next been seen playing explorer John Smith in "The New World," opening in limited release Christmas Day. He recently finished filming "Miami Vice" with Jamie Foxx.
'Woman in White' star has more surgery
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Broadway star Maria Friedman, who opened in "The Woman in White" days after breast cancer surgery has had another operation, it was reported Tuesday.
Friedman underwent an undisclosed procedure Monday and will miss several performances of the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
"It is premature to speculate on Maria's return to the show this week," a spokesman for the musical said. "The nature of her surgery was investigative and her course of treatment is still to be determined."
Friedman was hailed for her opening night performance last month, only nine days after having a lump removed from her left breast.
Understudy Lisa Brescia is expected to step into the leading role until Friedman returns.
Bigamist arrested after 'Dr. Phil' show
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A man wanted in Chesapeake, Va., for felony bigamy was arrested after TV's "Dr. Phil" show featured his seven marriages and five divorces.
A North Carolina woman recognized Charles "Ed" Hicks on Monday's episode about the dangers of bigamous men and called her sister in Charlotte, N.C., who was dating him -- then called police, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Hicks, 61, was arrested at his girlfriend's home on a warrant issued last week in Virginia, the Mecklenburg (N.C.) County sheriff's office confirmed.
Hicks was arrested after his seventh wife discovered he was still married to his sixth wife, but the charge was dismissed when it was determined he was still married to his fifth wife -- making the sixth marriage invalid, the Post said.
Linda Hembree of Shelby, N.C., said her sister met her bigamous boyfriend on the Internet. He proposed to her last month, but her sister said she wasn't ready to get to married, Hembree said.
"He was the most smooth-talking man I've ever met in my life," she said.
