Shelley Winters, the forceful, outspoken star who graduated from blond bombshell parts to dramas, winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "A Patch of Blue," has died. She was 85.

Winters died of heart failure early Saturday at The Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills, her publicist Dale Olson said. She had been hospitalized in October after suffering a heart attack.

The actress sustained her long career by repeatedly reinventing herself. Starting as a nightclub chorus girl, advanced to supporting roles in New York plays, then became famous as a Hollywood sexpot.

A devotee of the Actors Studio, she switched to serious roles as she matured. Her Oscars were for her portrayal of mothers. Still working well into her 70s, she had a recurring role as Roseanne's grandmother on the 1990s TV show "Roseanne."

--She was great. My favorite role of hers was in The Poseidon Adventure (she received an Oscar nom for it as well).

Source: Foxnews

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Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake are officially engaged.

It happened seconds after the duo returned from their holiday ski trip in Telluride, Colorado.

"Justin didn't get down on his knee," says an insider. "They were just talking about it and were kind of like, Yep, let's do it. He didn't give her a ring, and she's still not wearing one. But she is squealing, like, all the time."

--Zzzz.

Source: E!'s The Awful Truth

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Brad Pitt did not alert ex-wife Jennifer Aniston about Angelina Jolie's pregnancy, says the publicist for the former Friends star.

Speaking to TV's Extra, Aniston's rep, Stephen Huvane, corrected reports that Pitt had spoken to his former wife (of 4 1/2 years) before People broke the story on Wednesday that he's expecting a baby with Jolie.

"All the reports about phone calls between Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie are all made-up lies," Huvane told Extra.

--Ok readers, what do you think? Should Pitt have done a courtesy call or is it good that he followed the old mantra, "When it's over, it's over?"

Source: People

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Previous reports of an Ashlee Simpson sex tape proved to be false (as we all expected).

Here's the scoop.

--Much thanks to Iceman for his detective work.

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Almost every member of the hot young Hollywood girls' club has one thing in common: Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine.

So far, Levine has been linked with Maria Sharapova, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and others. Now, according to "The Insider" correspondent Marc Malkin, he's dating Kirsten Dunst.

Earlier this week, while Nicole Richie cuddled up to "Jackass" star Steve-O at Teddy's in L.A., Dunst and Levine were cozying up and dancing until the wee hours of the morning.

Source: New York Post

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Katie, already barefoot and pregnant, hangs with her new friend, Posh:

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1 It appears as if Posh is on the Lohan/Ritchie diet.

Posted by: Iceman at January 13, 2006 08:09 AM (Iomwr)

2 What on earth could they have to talk about- besides how Tom is going to further their career?

Posted by: at January 13, 2006 08:45 AM (HxMb2)

3 If she's gonna hang with Victoria, maybe Vickie could at least give her some fashion advice. Someone should.

Posted by: Nanc' at January 13, 2006 10:37 AM (Ailrt)

4 Ack! Suckentology is slurping up the Beckhams too

Posted by: Sheryl at January 13, 2006 12:45 PM (cmjCY)

5 Ummm... I don't know what is in the cup, but are we the only couple that doctors have told to avoid caffeine as much as possible while pregnant?

Posted by: Chrees at January 13, 2006 04:12 PM (hFZJx)

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VH1 has set an April 2 premiere date for its first comedy series, "So Notorious," starring Tori Spelling in a fictionalized version of herself.

The show originally was developed as a pilot for NBC, which passed before VH1 picked it up. "It's our biggest project from a cost perspective," said Michael Hirschorn, VH1's newly appointed executive VP original programing and production. "But it seemed like the next logical step for the network, so it was a risk we were happy to take."

For her part, Spelling said her family calls her "brave" for taking a role in which she often pokes fun at herself. VH1 unveiled its slate during parent company MTV Networks' portion of the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena Wednesday.

Source: Yahoo

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Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow has ended speculation surrounding her expanding waistline by confirming she is expecting a second child with husband Chris Martin.

The Shakespeare In Love beauty has told fans she will not be working on any movies in the foreseeable future while she concentrates on raising her 20-month-old daughter Apple and keeping herself healthy during pregnancy. She says, "Since my daughter came along, I've not worked much through choice. And with another baby on its way, I don't think I will be doing a lot for the next year or so either."

Source: IMDB

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George Clooney has revealed the qualities he looks for in a woman.

The Ocean's 11 actor told OK! magazine: "The ideal woman is a mixture. She should have Nicole Kidman's laughter, then the personality of Julia Roberts and the aspect of Michelle Pfeiffer, the quintessence of beauty. And finally the ambition of Jennifer Lopez.

"I'll buy into the idea of finding the woman of my dreams. Who knows? Maybe one day."

George admitted that he likes female company but says he is not about to settle down. He added: "The driving force in my life is my work and that means everything else in my life is going to suffer to some extent, and that's why things haven't worked out between me and some of the women that have been very close to me."

Source: Ananova

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KISS rocker Paul Stanley will have to undergo further surgery, after an hip replacement operation failed to improve his mobility.

The 55-year-old singer, who has already endured two spells in hospital with the problem, is hoping for an improvement when he returns to the operating room later this year.

He says, "Things haven't gone as smoothly as expected. "I'll have to look at having something re-done."

Source: Contact Music

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Former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff is divorcing wife Pamela Bach after 16 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences, his publicist said on Thursday.

Hasselhoff, 53, filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Thursday, and the couple have agreed to an amicable settlement, publicist Judy Katz said.

The actor, also known for starring in the TV drama "Knight Rider," has two daughters with Bach, according to his Web site, www.davidhasselhoff.com.

Source: Yahoo

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Two overworked Las Vegas hotel workers claim an ornery Paula Abdul got them fired after they couldn't comply with her demands.

As reported by Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Norm Clarke, Carol Good and Damon Rosa were working the overnight shift at the Silverton Hotel & Casino when Abdul called down at 6 a.m. and asked them to change her 7:40 a.m. flight.

Good, whose shift was over by then, stayed to help Rosa print out flight schedules when, she says, Abdul "called up and went off on me." Abdul, after learning the later flights were fully booked, blamed the hotel staffers for missing the 7:40 a.m. flight. Both employees were fired. Abdul's people didn't return calls.

Source: New York Post

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William Shatner has vowed to keep working until he drops, because he loves acting so much.

The former Star Trek character has enjoyed a career renaissance and is currently starring in TV hit Boston Legal.

And he is loving staying busy at 74: "My job is great fun, challenging and well paid - why would I even think of giving it up? "It's not like I'm working in a coalmine. I think most actors would like to think they'll still be in demand at this age, even if they're no longer a leading man.

"I'm very grateful that I'm still working, so I won't stop soon."

Source: Contact Music

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The director of the new Johnny Cash stage musical, "Ring of Fire," struggles to define exactly what the show is, but one thing is certain -- no one portrays the country music legend known as "The Man in Black."

"This isn't a biography," director Richard Maltby told reporters on Wednesday at a rehearsal for the show that starts previews on Broadway next month for a March 12 opening."It's 38 songs without connecting material, but it's not a revue," he said. "It has a story, it has characters," he continued, but no plot. "It's some other kind of theater piece, a play made up of songs. It's a book-musical without a book."

Confused? All will become clear, Maltby said, when audiences see what he calls a classic tale of American life -- not Cash's own life but the story of an everyman who emerges from the songs he wrote.

Source: Yahoo

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This is just so wrong:

Best pals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are teaming up on the big screen again to remake Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

The actors will take on the roles made famous by Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the 1969 classic.

Damon will reportedly play the Sundance Kid, while Affleck will recreate Newman's role as Butch Cassidy, according to OK! magazine.

Source: Contact Music

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Nick Lachey is looking to move on from his broken marriage to Jessica Simpson by buying up property in his native Ohio.

The singer bought a $300,000 Cincinnati house with his father, John, just before Christmas, according to American magazine In Touch. Father and son plan to spend time renovating the home.

Source: IMDB

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She's been Jean Harlow on film, a futuristic conehead on the red carpet, and she's the original "Hollaback Girl," so what's next for Gwen Stefani? \

Try Old Mother Hubbard or maybe Little Red Riding Hood. The singer, who's expecting her first child with husband Gavin Rossdale, may dress as a different character from a children's story every day to entertain her new audience, Vogue.co.uk is reporting, once she becomes a mother.

Source: New York Post

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Figure skating fans are advised to stay off the Internet and away from the radio next month if they want to be surprised by who wins the Winter Olympics next month.

NBC released its ambitious, 416-hour TV schedule for the Winter Games that begin Feb. 10 in Turin, Italy. The network opted not to broadcast the figure-skating competition live. Instead, skating — traditionally, the most-watched event of the games — will air on tape after 8 p.m. here, about six hours after the competition will have taken place in Italy.

Hockey, however, will for the most part be live on TV — though the time difference means the games will be on in mid-afternoon, U.S. time.

Coverage of the games will sprawl over 16 days (Feb. 10-26) and air on seven different channels including NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC HD, Universal HD and Telemundo, NBC's Spanish-language network.

Source: Foxnews

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Slim Shady and his ex-wife are going to get married again.

Kim Mathers has applied for a license to marry Marshall Bruce Mathers III, aka Eminem, the Macomb County clerk's office said Wednesday. The license was to be ready on Thursday.

The couple has 33 days from the application date to remarry in Michigan, but information on the wedding has been scant since the rap superstar announced in December that the two would get back together.

Source: New York Daily News

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Julia Roberts is set to make her movie comeback in a new film opposite fellow Oscar winner Tom Hanks.

The Pretty Woman star took a hiatus when she became a mum in 2004, but now she has been lured back to the big screen by her Closer director Mike Nichols. Roberts is in negotiations to play Texas socialite Joanne Herring in the real-life story of US congressman Charlie Wilson, who fought to fund the Afghan rebels' battle against the Russians. Charlie Wilson's War, based on George Crile's book of the same name, will be Roberts' first movie role since 2004's Ocean's Twelve.

The actress is also in negotiations to star in the second sequel of Ocean's Eleven.

Source: IMDB

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