NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) -- Actress Cheryl Hines says she felt proud, not pressured, in making her feature film directorial debut with a script penned by the late Adrienne Shelly.

LOS ANGELES, March 20 (UPI) -- The widower of the late U.S. filmmaker Adrienne Shelly is developing and producing a movie based on one of her screenplays.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Adrienne Shelly's husband is suing the New York contractor who hired the illegal immigrant who killed the actress and filmmaker during a robbery gone awry.

NEW YORK, March 14 (UPI) -- The husband of slain filmmaker Adrienne Shelly spoke at her killer's sentencing in New York, telling him he had taken away "the love of my life."

NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- An illegal immigrant from Ecuador has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2006 strangling death of "Waitress" filmmaker Adrienne Shelly in New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A foundation created to honor the memory of filmmaker Adrienne Shelly is planning an inaugural benefit in New York to help female writers and directors.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Cheryl Hines is set to direct a dark comedy based on a screenplay written by her late "Waitress" co-star and director Adrienne Shelly.

NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) -- The stars of "Waitress" say promoting their film is bittersweet, since their friend Adrienne Shelly was killed in New York shortly after directing it.

HOLLYWOOD, March 28 (UPI) -- A series of initiatives honoring slain Hollywood actress-director Adrienne Shelly has been launched to help give the careers of female filmmakers a boost.