‘Eagle Eye’ actress gives birth to a girl
Posted by admin on Nov 8, 2008
Congrats to Michelle Monaghan!
ET breaks the news that the ‘Eagle Eye’ star gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
According to her rep: “Michelle and husband Peter White welcomed the arrival of their daughter, Willow Katherine White on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 in Los Angeles. The proud parents are overcome with joy.”
The actress met her hubby, an Australian graphic artist, at a party in 2000. They married in August 2005 and live in New York ... read more
S. Korean actress found dead in apparent suicide
Posted by admin on Oct 5, 2008
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — One of South Korea’s most popular actresses was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide after suffering from post-divorce depression and harassment by online rumors about her allegedly irregular financial dealings, police said.
Choi Jin-sil, whose fame earned her the nickname “The Nation’s Actress,” is believed to have hanged herself in the bathroom of her Seoul home, said Yang Jae-ho, chief investigator at Seoul’s Seocho ... read more
‘W’ actress: Laura Bush’s beauty isn’t appreciated
Posted by admin on Sep 11, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Banks, who portrays Laura Bush to Josh Brolin’s George in the upcoming film “W,” considers the first lady an underrated beauty.
“For some reason, I don’t think people appreciate just how beautiful a woman that she is,” said Banks, sitting pretty in a party room at Manhattan’s Gramercy Park Hotel, where Women’s Health magazine honored the 34-year-old actress’ October cover Monday ... read more
Actress Helen Mirren: I used to ‘love’ cocaine
Posted by admin on Sep 5, 2008
LONDON (AP) — Oscar-winning British actress Helen Mirren said she used to love cocaine, but stopped taking the drug after learning that a Nazi war criminal profited from the trade, according to a magazine.
The 63-year-old, who won an Academy Award for her role in “The Queen,” was quoted by GQ magazine as saying she used to dabble in marijuana and cocaine when she was younger.
“I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties,” Mirren was ... read more
ET: ‘Hairspray’ Actress Amanda Bynes In Minor Crash
Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2008
ET confirms that Amanda Bynes was in a minor car accident in Los Angeles and no serious injuries occurred.
The LAPD said Bynes was driving her car around 3:00 p.m. yesterday when she made a left hand turn and collided with another vehicle. Police said no citations were given and no alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash.
Bynes played Penny Pingleton in 2007’s ‘Hairspray,’ and also appeared in the TV series “What I Like About You.”
Actress Evelyn Keyes dies at 91 in California
Posted by admin on Jul 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evelyn Keyes, who played Scarlett O’Hara’s younger sister Suellen in “Gone With the Wind” and counted director John Huston and bandleader Artie Shaw among her famous husbands, has died. She was 91.
The actress died July 4 of uterine cancer at her home in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, producer and close friend Allan Glaser said Friday.
Glaser said the news was withheld because lawyers wanted to wait until the death certificate was ... read more
Actress-dancer Cyd Charisse dies in L.A. at 86
Posted by admin on Jun 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86.
Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday after suffering an apparent heart attack, said her publicist, Gene Schwam.
She appeared in dramatic films, but her fame came from the Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
Classically trained, she could ... read more
