Police: Jones not charged in 4-car crash
LOS ANGELES, June 11 (UPI) -- Police in Los Angeles say "Mad Men" star January Jones has not been charged after allegedly hitting three parked cars with her Range Rover.
Investigators told TMZ the actress claims she collided with the cars because paparazzi were following her and caused her to lose control of her own vehicle Thursday night.
Jones left her car at the scene, walked home and called 911, then returned when the dispatcher told her police had arrived at the location where the collisions took place, investigators told TMZ.
No hit-and-run investigation is expected to be conducted, and no drugs or alcohol were believed to have been involved, the Web site said.
Kingsolver wins Orange Prize for Fiction
LONDON, June 11 (UPI) -- U.S. author Barbara Kingsolver won the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel "The Lacuna" at a ceremony in London Wednesday night, organizers said.
Daisy Goodwin, who chaired the panel, said the 55-year-old author's book demonstrated "breathtaking scale," the BBC reported.
The novel follows a man and his mother, who go to work for Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and his wife, painter Frida Kahlo.
The $44,000 Orange Prize is bestowed each year upon one female author.
Other finalists for this year's award were Rosie Alison for "The Very Thought of You;" Attica Locke for "Black Water Rising;" Lorrie Moore for "A Gate at the Stairs;" Hilary Mantel for "Wolf Hall" and Monique Roffey for "The White Woman on the Green Bicycle," the BBC said.
'Breaking Dawn' will be made into 2 movies
LOS ANGELES, June 11 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Summit Entertainment says it plans to make two movies out of "Breaking Dawn," the final novel in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series.
Variety.com said Thursday the first part of "Breaking Dawn" is to open Nov. 18, 2011, while the release date of the second film has not yet been announced.
Bill Condon will direct both movies, the report said.
No other details were made available about the final installments in the vampire romance franchise, other than that production is to start in the fall, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said.
"Eclipse," the third movie in the series, is to open June 30.
Betty White set for first 'View' visit
NEW YORK, June 11 (UPI) -- Comic actress Betty White is confirmed to make her first guest appearance on "The View" in New York, ABC announced Thursday.
The 88-year-old star of the upcoming sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" is to appear on Monday's edition of the daytime chat show.
The former "Golden Girls" and "Mary Tyler Moore" cast member has been enjoying a resurgence in popularity this past year, starring in the hit big-screen comedy "The Proposal," receiving the Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award and serving as host of an episode of "Saturday Night Live."
White's "Cleveland" co-stars Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves are to be guests on Wednesday's installment of "The View," ABC said.
