LOS ANGELES, May 31 (UPI) -- "Saturday Night Live" alum Mike Myers is in final talks to write his first Hollywood film, in which he will also produce and star.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 31 (UPI) -- Swedish police Wednesday closed the lid on one of the world's largest illegal Internet swapping sites for movies, music and games.
HONOLULU, May 31 (UPI) -- McFarlane Toys is making 6-inch-tall talking action figures based on the ABC "Lost" characters of Jack, Kate, Hurley, Locke, Charlie and Shannon.
LOS ANGELES, May 31 (UPI) -- Hollywood filmmaker Sofia Coppola is pregnant with her first child, which will also be the first grandchild for her dad -- Francis Ford Coppola.
NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. cable TV network Bravo Wednesday announced the formation of OUTzoneTV.com, an all-inclusive Web site aimed toward gays and lesbians.
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LOS ANGELES, May 31 (UPI) -- Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor appeared on national television to offer proof that she is neither dying or suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In response to recent tabloid reports about her health, the British-born actress asked CNN's Larry King Tuesday
PARIS, May 31 (UPI) -- A collector paid $750,000 at an auction in Paris for 26 letters sent by French philosopher Voltaire to Russia's Empress Catherine the Great.
NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- "Today" show co-anchor Katie Couric said a teary goodbye to her NBC colleagues in New York Wednesday calling them "lifelong friends." Couric described her emotions during her final appearance on the Peacock Network after 15 years with "Today," as "happy,
NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- Country music radio may be cool toward The Dixie Chicks, but the Texas group Wednesday scored its third No. 1 U.S. album with "Taking the Long Way."
NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- The upcoming Los Angeles-based "Apprentice" sixth season will welcome Olympic gold medalist, Angela Ruggerio, to its pool of contestants.
LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) -- Actor Forest Whitaker is joining Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox and William Hurt in the Columbia Pictures' thriller, "Vantage Point."
LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) -- Former actress Thelma Bernstein, the mother of actor, writer and director Albert Brooks, has died in Los Angeles at age 95.
LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) -- Actor Dennis Farina is leaving NBC's "Law & Order" after two years of portraying Det. Joe Fontana, the show announced Tuesday.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 30 (UPI) -- The man imprisoned for sparking a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people at a Great White concert was granted his request for work release.
NEW YORK, May 30 (UPI) -- Singer Rob Thomas and his band matchbox 20 Tuesday donated $200,000 to help revive music education in U.S. Gulf Coast areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.
HONG KONG, May 30 (UPI) -- Las Vegas gambling mogul Steve Wynn Tuesday bought a vase from China's Ming dynasty for a record $10.1 million in a Hong Kong auction.
PHILADELPHIA, May 30 (UPI) -- Philadelphia police investigating the shooting and robbery of rapper Beanie Sigel say the artist's account of the incident checks out.
JOLIET, Ill., May 30 (UPI) -- The stars of VH1's "My Fair Brady" -- model Adrianne Curry and actor Christopher Knight -- have tied the knot in Joliet, Ill.
