Archive: August 2010 (51-60 of 178)

Aug 23 2010 03:46 PM ET

Tiger Woods divorce finalized

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Categories: Breaking up is hard to do

Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren are officially divorced, People reports. The couple both visited the Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Fla., today to finalize the divorce. “We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,” Woods and Nordegren said in a statement given to People by Nordegren’s law firm. “While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us.”

The settlement was not disclosed, but sources tell People that Woods and Nordegren wanted to share custody of children Sam Alexis, 3, and Charlie Axel, 1. Rumors of divorce have been circulating since Woods became the center of a sex scandal in November.

Aug 23 2010 12:40 PM ET

Cheryl Hines divorcing

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Categories: Breaking up is hard to do

Curb Your Enthusiasm star Cheryl Hines and husband Paul Young have filed for divorce, the actress’ rep confirms to EW. The couple had been married for seven years, and have a 6-year-old daughter. “They will remain extremely close friends and will raise their daughter together,” Hines’ publicist said in a statement.

Aug 23 2010 11:36 AM ET

Fantasia Barrino 'Behind the Music' coming to VH1

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Categories: Music, Television

An episode of VH1′s documentary series Behind the Music profiling American Idol season three winner Fantasia Barrino will air tomorrow night, the network announced today. In a press release, VH1 said, “Fantasia reveals her issues with low self-esteem, a traumatic rape at the age of 14, an unexpected pregnancy at 17, an abusive relationship with a former boyfriend, facing bankruptcy, dealing with a shocking illness and most recently being rushed to the hospital due to an overdose of aspirin and a sleeping aid.” Behind the Music: Fantasia airs Aug. 24 at 9 P.M. on VH1.

Aug 23 2010 09:42 AM ET

Bullock, Hanks eyed for 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close': Report

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Categories: Books, Movie Biz, Movies

Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks have received offers to star in the adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Variety reports. The novel, published in 2005, is set in 2003 and narrated by 9-year-old Oskar Schell, a precocious New York City kid whose father died in 9/11. As EW wrote when reviewing it: “In a vase high in his father’s closet, Oskar finds a key in an envelope on which someone has scrawled ‘Black.’ Armed with iodine tablets (in case of a dirty bomb attack) and Juicy Juice boxes, Oskar sets out to visit, on foot, every Black in the New York City phone book, hoping to find the lock that fits his father’s key. In the course of his travels, he meets a deaf 103-year-old war correspondent who hasn’t left his apartment in 24 years, a dotty widow who lives on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, and a silent stranger who turns out to be his own long-lost grandfather…. a treasure: Oskar’s wonderfully unquiet brain and his sweet soul, his ageless questions, silly school jokes, uncanny observations, and raw misery, all of which bring home a little more of the specific human pain of 9/11.” Three-time Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliott) is attached to direct, and Eric Roth (an Oscar winner for Forrest Gump) has been tapped to write the screenplay. Warner Bros. and Paramount have not yet officially greenlit the film, to be produced by Oscar winner Scott Rudin (No County for Old Men), Variety reports. Nor have Bullock and Hanks entered formal negotiations.

Aug 23 2010 09:04 AM ET

Mulligan, Cranston may join Ryan Gosling in 'Drive'

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Categories: Movies

Actress Carey Mulligan (An Education) is in talks to star in Universal’s action thriller Drive, which already stars Ryan Gosling. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston is also negotiating to join the cast. The film is an adaptation of the James Sallis novel about a Hollywood stuntman (Gosling) who moonlights as a freelance getaway driver during robberies.

Aug 22 2010 11:33 PM ET

Angelina Jolie to make romantic film set during Bosnian War

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Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

Angelina Jolie will make a film this fall set during the Bosnian war, according to the Agence France-Presse. The star made the announcement following her recent trip to Sarajevo.

“Upon leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday, Angelina Jolie stated that she will be in the region working on a film this fall,” said the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, for whom Jolie works as a goodwill ambassador. “The film is a love story set during the Bosnian war of 1992-1995, focusing on a couple who meet on the eve of the war and the effect the war has on their relationship.” The AFP reported that according to national radio, the Salt actress will both direct and star in the film.

UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Jolie will not appear in the film, but will serve as writer and director.

Aug 22 2010 04:37 PM ET

Wyclef Jean reverses position, says he WILL contest Haiti presidency disqualification

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Categories: Music, Politics

Wyclef Jean announced in a statement today that he plans to contest the Haiti board of elections’ decision to exclude him from the country’s upcoming presidential election. (The board ruled that Jean — who was born in Haiti but spent most of his life in the U.S. — was not eligible to run for the presidency because he did not meet the country’s residency requirements.) While the singer said yesterday that he “respectfully accept[ed]“ that ruling as final, his latest statement tells a different story.

“After careful consideration and much soul-searching, I have made the decision to contest Haiti’s board of election’s pronouncement stating that I am ineligible to run for the presidency of the country,” Jean’s statement said. “I will be seeking a solution through legal channels, and I urge my countrymen to be patient through this process…. I cannot surrender now, simply because an obstacle has been set before me; now is the time I must stand up and show Haiti — and the world — that my vision of a nation renewed and redeveloped is a vision for which I am willing to fight.”

Aug 22 2010 04:09 PM ET

Catherine Bell gives birth to a son

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Categories: Celebrity Babies!, Television

Catherine Bell (Army Wives), 42, welcomed a son on Aug. 21 in Charleston, S.C., People reports. Ronan Bell is the actress’ second child with husband Adam Beason.

Aug 22 2010 02:56 PM ET

Faith Evans arrested for alleged DUI

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Categories: Music

Singer Faith Evans was arrested Aug. 21 in L.A. for alleged DUI, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirms to EW. According to the LAPD, Evans was arrested at a sobriety checkpoint at 10:40 P.M. last night, booked, and released this morning after spending the evening in jail.

“I’m sure some of you heard that I was arrested last night for suspicion of a DUI,” Evans wrote today in a statement addressed to her fans and provided to EW via email. “I was @ the salon trying on wigs and hair pieces (hence the cornrows)…just chilling…and was stopped at a checkpoint…everyone who turned down this one street was pulled over and taken to jail.  I’m fine and well, and looking forward to hearing from you guys on how you like my new single.”

Aug 22 2010 01:59 AM ET

Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin get married

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Categories: Movies, Television

True Blood costars Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin got married on Saturday evening in Malibu “surrounded by their family and friends,” a rep for Paquin confirms to EW.  According to Us Weekly, which first reported the wedding, guests included True Blood‘s Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Alan Ball, Rutina Wesley, and Carrie Preston, not to mention Elijah Wood (who costars with Paquin in the upcoming film The Romantics).

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