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Director Cameron Crowe and his musician wife, Nancy Wilson, are pulling the plug on their 22-year marriage. Wilson, a singer and songwriter from the rock band Heart, filed divorce papers Thursday in L.A. County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences. She lists June 15, 2008, as the date of their separation. Crowe, who directed Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, married Wilson July 23, 1986. The couple have 10-year-old twin boys, William and Curtis. Wilson is seeking joint physical and legal custody of the children and has also asked the court for spousal support.
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US singer Eddie Fisher, who sold millions of records in the 50s and was married to Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds, has died at the age of 82.
Fisher was a teen idol in the 1950s with dozens of Top 40 hits and his own TV show.
His marriage to Debbie Reynolds produced two children, including Carrie Fisher, who starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy.
Fisher was married five times in all, including also to Connie Stevens.
He had four children.
Fisher's top songs included Thinking of You, Any Time and Oh, My Pa-pa.
His divorce from Debbie Reynolds to marry Elizabeth Taylor caused sensational headlines.
His daughter, Tricia Leigh Fisher, told Associated Press that Fisher had died on Wednesday night of complications from hip surgery at a hospital in Berkeley, California.
"Late last evening the world lost a true America icon," Fisher's family said in a statement. "One of the greatest voices of the century passed away. He was an extraordinary talent."
Edwin Jack Fisher was born in August 1928 in Philadelphia.
He married Debbie Reynolds in 1955 and the pair were dubbed "America's favourite couple".
But he sensationally divorced her after Elizabeth Taylor's husband, and Fisher's best friend, Mike Todd, was killed in a 1958 plane crash.
Fisher and Taylor married in 1959 but it lasted only five years. She then married Richard Burton.
Fisher then had two daughters with Connie Stevens and he married twice more.
RIP Eddie
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James Corden is to become a father for the first time, it has been revealed.
The Gavin & Stacey star confirmed that girlfriend Julia Carey is three months pregnant, according to The Sun.
Corden said: "It's true. We're both absolutely over the moon. We really couldn't be any happier."
A friend revealed that Corden was ecstatic when Carey told him the good news.
"He was a bit of a ladies' man in the past but those days are well behind him," the source said. "He's at the right age to settle down, and has met the girl of his dreams.
"He can't wait to be a dad. Having a baby is a proud moment for James."
Former TV producer Carey - who now campaigns for Save The Children - was introduced to Corden by his ex-flatmate at a party a year ago.
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Actress Gloria Stuart, a leading lady in Hollywood in the 1930s who found modern-day fame playing a shipwreck survivor in 1997 movie "Titanic," has died, age 100.
Her daughter, Sylvia Thompson, told the Los Angeles Times that Stuart died Sunday night in her home in Los Angeles. She was diagnosed with breast cancer some five years ago, but had survived the disease.
"She just paid no attention to illness. She was a very strong woman and had other fish to fry," Thompson said.
Stuart was born July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica, California, and she studied drama and philosophy in college before starting her career in theater and later Hollywood movies.
She was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, the trade union that represents actors and actresses, and was under contract for Universal Studios and 20th Century in the 1930s.
Her early movie roles ranged widely from star turns in horror flicks such as "The Invisible Man" to playing opposite Shirley Temple in "Poor Little Rich Girl" and working in director Busby Berkeley's "Gold Diggers of 1935."
When her contract expired in the 1940s, she began to work less and less in films and later took up painting. Stuart retired from movies in 1946, then roughly 30 years later returned in TV movies and continued working into the 1980s.
It was director James Cameron's blockbuster "Titanic," which until 2009's "Avatar" was the highest-grossing movie of all time, that returned Stuart to stardom and earned her an Academy Award nomination at age 87 -- the oldest actress ever nominated for an Oscar.
She played Old Rose, the counterpart of youthful passenger Rose (Kate Winslet) on the doomed ocean liner. Stuart's work helped frame the shipboard romance between the upper-class young Rose and working man Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio).
In her 1999 autobiography, "Gloria Stuart: I Just Kept Hoping," she wrote about the part that, "I knew the role I had wanted and waited for all these many years had arrived!"
After "Titanic," Stuart would work in a few more films and on television, but nothing would bring her a similar level of fame. She was married twice, to Blair Gordon Newell, from whom she was divorced in 1934, and to Arthur Sheekman, to whom she stayed married until he died in 1978.
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Tony Curtis has died at the age of 85.
A representative for his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed the news of her father's death to ET today.
Born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925, Curtis was best known for his roles in 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot and the following year's Spartacus.
Curtis was hospitalised in July after suffering an asthma attack but reportedly went home after a few days.
Curtis is survived by his sixth wife, Jill Vandenberg Curtis, whom he married in 1998. He was married to fellow screen star Janet Leigh for 11 years from 1951 to 1962
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How sad, he was a ledgend.
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Martina Navratilova has announced that she is "cancer-free" after undergoing surgery and six weeks of radiation treatment.
Speaking to People, Navratilova confirmed that she has now successfully completed her course of treatment.
"I am cancer-free," she stated. "Technically I was cancer-free after the lumpectomy in March… But then I had radiation to make sure that it killed any cancer cells that were still hovering about."
The former professional tennis player admitted that her radiation sessions proved to be more daunting than she had originally imagined.
"Surgery was easy, but the radiation was trickier. It was six weeks of really low energy. Radiation just sucks your energy like a vampire, day by day."
She continued: "Even when it was over, it took it a long time to get my energy back up… But now I feel as good as new. I have an excellent prognosis, and I'm really doing well."
Beating cancer has inspired the athlete to make some changes in her everyday life, she added.
"I stopped drinking coffee. It has already made me feel better. But other than that, I've always been very healthy."
Good news :cheer:
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Hollywood writer Stephen Cannell, the producer of TV shows like "The A-Team" and "The Rockford Files", has died at the age of 69, his family said on Friday.
"Stephen J. Cannell passed away at his home in Pasadena on Thursday evening due to complications associated with melanoma. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones," the producer's family said in a statement.
Cannell, who struggled with dyslexia at school, wrote hundreds of episodes for television shows in the 1970s and 1980s and created the character of private investigator Jim Rockford.
"The Rockford Files", starring James Garner, ran for six years until 1980 and won an Emmy for best drama series.
Cannell also created or co-created almost 40 TV series including "Baretta," "The Greatest American Hero,", "Hardcastle and McCormick," "21 Jump Street," "The A-Team" and "Wiseguy."
"Stephen was the pillar of strength within his family and he touched everyone he met. He will be most deeply missed," the family said.
Cannell is survived by his wife of 46 years, Marcia, their three children and three grandchildren. His family asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to the International Dyslexia Association or the American Cancer Society.
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Oasis star Noel Gallagher has become a father for the third time.
According to The Sun, the 35-year-old musician and long-term girlfriend Sarah MacDonald welcomed Sonny Patrick into the world on Friday.
The couple already have 3-year-old son Donovan Rory, while Gallagher has a 10-year-old daughter named Anais from his previous marriage to Meg Matthews, who he separated from in 2001 after allegedly embarking on an affair with MacDonald.
Gallagher recently claimed that he would be too busy with parenting to make music for the next year.
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Sutherland, Holloway for 'Dallas' reboot?
Kiefer Sutherland and Josh Holloway are reportedly being lined up to star in the upcoming reboot of Dallas.
TNT announced plans last month to bring back the classic soap opera based around a Texan oil family, and Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy are believed to be on board to reprise their roles as JR and Bobby Ewing.
The new version will apparently focus on John Ross, JR's son, and Christopher, Bobby and Pam Ewing's adopted son.
24 star Sutherland and Lost actor Holloway have been linked to the roles of the two brothers, while Ghost Whisperer's Jennifer Love Hewitt and Heroes' Ali Larter are wanted to play their respective partners, reports the Daily Mail.
TNT's Michael Wright said: "This is not a remake as much as a continuation. It takes the next generation of Ewings and continues the battle."
A pilot episode will be shot in the New Year.
I'm on my way to audition for the part of Sue Ellen. :lol:
