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Archive: January 2011 (121-125 of 125)

Jan 2 2011 09:19 PM ET

David Arquette checks into rehab

Filed under: News and tagged: Breaking up is hard to do

David Arquette, who publicly shared his frustration and heartbreak over his separation from actress Courteney Cox, has checked into a rehab program, according to his spokesperson. People quoted an anonymous source saying that the 39-year-old needed help with alcohol and depression, not hard drugs. “He is dealing with a broken heart,” said the source. “He can’t handle all the changes in his life. All his inner demons came out.”

Arquette and Cox announced in October that they intended to separate after 11 years of marriage. They have a 6-year-old daughter, Coco.

Jan 2 2011 09:39 AM ET

'Millennium Trilogy' actor feared dead after fire

by Jeff Labrecque

Filed under: Movies, News and tagged: In Memoriam, Movie

Per Oscarsson, an award-winning Swedish actor who played a small role in the Millennium film trilogy based on Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novels, is feared dead after a fire torched his home near Skara, Sweden, according to AFP. He and his wife, Kia, were believed to be home at the time of the blaze, and human remains have been discovered, though they’ve yet to be identified. The cause of the fire was unknown.

Oscarsson played Holger Palmgren, Lisbeth Salander’s late lawyer and guardian, in The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. The 83-year-old Oscarsson began making films in the 1940s, and he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes film festival for his role in Hunger (1966).

Update: According to the Hollywood Reporter, Swedish police have located the burned remains of a second body in the ruins of the fire that destroyed Oscarsson’s home. Forensic tests on both bodies could take several days, but the discovery of a second body increases fears that the remains will prove to be Oscarssen and his wife, who’ve not been seen since the New Year’s Eve disaster.

Jan 1 2011 11:09 PM ET

Valerie Bertinelli says, 'I do,' in Malibu

by Jeff Labrecque

Filed under: News and tagged: Television, Weddings

Valerie Bertinelli and longtime boyfriend Tom Vitale tied the knot today at their home in Malibu, according to People. The Hot in Cleveland star and Vitale, a financial planner, had been dating for seven years and became engaged last March. About 100 guests attended the ceremony, including Bertinelli’s teenage son, Wolfie, and her ex-husband Eddie Van Halen.

Jan 1 2011 10:27 PM ET

Shania Twain gets married

by Jeff Labrecque

Filed under: Music, News and tagged: Musics, Weddings

Shania Twain married Swiss businessman Frédéric Thiébaud in Puerto Rico today, according to People. “They were married at sunset in Rincon, Puerto Rico, in front of 40 of their closest family and friends,” her rep told the magazine. The couple, whose respective marriages ended after their exes were rumored to have engaged with each other in an affair, announced their engagement last month. Twain has a 9-year-old son with Robert “Mutt” Lange, who she divorced last year after 16 years of marriage.

Jan 1 2011 10:39 AM ET

Sebastian Bach and wife divorce

by Adam Markovitz

Filed under: Music, News and tagged: Musics

Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach and his wife Maria Berk are getting a divorce, the musician told TMZ. The pair, who have three children together, were married for 18 years and have been separated since April. “We have tried to work things out for the sake of our family, but it has become apparent that our differences at this point are irreconcilable,” Bach told TMZ. “In 2011, we go our separate ways.”