Driver dies in Miley Cyrus tour bus crash

11/20/09 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The driver of a tour bus for Miley Cyrus died on Friday when the vehicle crashed in Virginia, but the teen singer was not on-board, police said. The bus r ...Read More »

Polanski will not agree to extradition: lawyer

11/20/09 PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Polanski will not agree voluntarily to being extradited to the United States over a 1970s child sex case, the film director's lawyer said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on ...Read More »

New EU president wins fans in Japan -- as a poet

11/20/09 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician. ...Read More »

Will Ferrell is Hollywood's most overpaid star: Forbes

11/18/09 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies. ...Read More »

Roger Moore wins award for anti-foie gras campaign

11/18/09 LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Former James Bond actor Roger Moore has been named 2009 Person of the Year by the UK branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) pressure group for his campaign against foie gr ...Read More »

Susan Sarandon to meet Swedish table tennis idol

11/18/09 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - American actress Susan Sarandon, due in Stockholm to receive an award next week, has no plans to meet journalists but she will set aside time to meet one person -- table tennis legend Jan-Ove Wald ...Read More »

Showbiz people briefs

11/17/09 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Abigail Spencer, who played Don Draper's mistress on "Mad Men" this season, will co-star in NBC's drama pilot "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer." David T ...Read More »

German surrenders in Cindy Crawford extortion case

11/17/09 BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man wanted for trying to extort $100,000 from former supermodel Cindy Crawford over a photo of her daughter has surrendered to authorities, Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday. ...Read More »

George Segal going on '35 for TV Land

11/15/09 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Just Shoot Me" veteran George Segal will star in cable channel TV Land's comedy pilot "Retired at 35." ...Read More »

Rapper Gucci Mane sentenced to year in prison

11/13/09 NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Gucci Mane has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for probation violation. The sentence was ...Read More »

Britney Spears tells critics read my lips: it's for fans

11/11/09 MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Britney Spears has a message for the critics who savaged her performance during her first tour of Australia -- it's all for the fans. Spears' manager and to ...Read More »