Jennifer Lopez gives birth to twins
NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. pop star and actress Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins -- a boy and a girl -- early Friday morning in New York, a published report said.
The babies are Lopez's first children and her husband Marc Anthony's fourth and fifth.
"Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon," Lopez's manager Simon Fields told People.com.
The girl was born at 12:12 a.m. and weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces, and the boy was born at 12:23 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds, the magazine reported.
Will Smith wins Hitler comment case
LONDON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A London-based news agency has admitted in court its story quoting Will Smith as saying Adolf Hitler was a good person was misleading and published in error.
The Guardian newspaper reported the World Entertainment News Network has also agreed to pay Smith's legal costs and an undisclosed sum in damages, which the Hollywood actor promised to donate to charity.
The entertainment news company reportedly apologized for causing Smith -- the star of "I Am Legend," "Hitch," "Men in Black" and "Independence Day" -- any embarrassment, as well.
The case stems from a story WENN ran in December with the headline "Smith: Hitler was a good person."
In the article, which was picked up by various other media outlets around the world, WENN claimed Will Smith praised Hitler in an interview with the Scottish Daily Record.
The Guardian said Smith protested and WENN printed a correction and apology. However, that didn't garner anywhere near as much attention as the first article did, Smith's lawyers argued.
'Sopranos' star gets new Showtime comedy
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Three-time Emmy Award-winning actress Edie Falco is set to play a strong-willed New York City nurse in a new half-hour comedy series for Showtime.
Falco is best known for her portrayal of mob wife Carmela Soprano on the HBO series "The Sopranos."
Showtime said Thursday the new pilot, which it is co-producing with Lionsgate Television, will go into pre-production immediately, with shooting to take place in New York.
"To be bringing Edie Falco to Showtime is both a privilege and an honor," said Showtime's Robert Greenblatt in making the announcement. "She sits firmly in the pantheon of the great actresses of our day, and to have found a show and a great role that meets her standards after six seasons of 'The Sopranos' is our distinct pleasure and great fortune. Bada bing is all I can think of to say!"
"The opportunity to explore the human fallout from our broken medical system in this compelling single-camera comedy for Showtime was an incredibly exciting proposition," Lionsgate's Kevin Beggs added. "That we will be doing so with the peerless Edie Falco as our heroine elevated the opportunity exponentially."
Jolie, Pitt's adoption of Pax finalized
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles judge finalized Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's adoption of Vietnamese-born Pax Thien, TMZ.com reported Thursday.
The 4-year-old boy has lived with the couple and their three other children for nearly a year.
TMZ.com said Jolie and Pitt appeared Wednesday before a judge at the Los Angeles County Children's Court in Monterey Park, Calif., and were legally declared Pax's parents.
The adoption had to first be approved in Vietnam.
