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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Michelle Williams' publicist says the U.S. actress doesn't plan to pick up any awards on behalf of Heath Ledger, the late father of her 3-year-old daughter.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg has confirmed to E! News the U.S. pop star and filmmaker Guy Ritchie have reached a financial settlement in their divorce.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The National Federation of the Blind is criticizing "Saturday Night Live" for a comedy sketch the organization describes as an attack on "all blind Americans."

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Scottish actor Robert Carlyle has been cast as the lead in the new series "Stargate Universe," Sci Fi Channel announced Monday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Amy Poehler has taped her last show as a "Saturday Night Live" cast member in New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Hollywood film star Tom Cruise admitted on NBC's "Today" that he came across as arrogant during his last interview with the morning program three years ago.

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Summit Entertainment has announced that U.S. filmmaker Chris Weitz has been hired to direct the second film in the studio's "Twilight" film franchise.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Women Film Critics Circle has named Hollywood's "Changeling" the year's best movie about women.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- "Shrek The Musical," starring Brian d'Arcy James as the titular ogre and Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, opened on Broadway Sunday night.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Naomi Watts's publicist confirmed the British-Australian actress has given birth to her second son.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Robert "Bob" Crowley was declared the winner of the television competition series "Survivor Gabon: Earth's Last Eden" on the show's finale Sunday.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The American Film Institute Sunday announced its AFI Awards 2008, recognizing "the year's most outstanding achievements" in film and TV.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro said his new movie, "Che," should find an audience despite being 4 1/2 hours long and in Spanish.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The San Diego Zoo will receive pandas from China during the next five years under a new loan agreement between the two sides, officials say.