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Archive: February 2011 (71-80 of 83)

Feb 3 2011 02:39 PM ET

'Hobbit' director Peter Jackson released from hospital

Categories: Movies

Director Peter Jackson has been released from a New Zealand hospital after undergoing surgery on Jan. 26 for a perforated ulcer. Jackson, who will start production next month on his long-awaited adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Hobbit, will continue to recuperate at home, and any delay to the start of the shoot is expected to be minimal.

Feb 3 2011 01:29 PM ET

Colin Hanks, wife welcome Tom Hanks' first grandchild

by Kate Ward

Categories: Celebrity Babies!

Colin Hanks and wife Samantha Bryant have brought home their first child, People reports. Olivia Jane Hanks, Tom Hanks’ first grandchild, was born Feb. 1 in Los Angeles. “The family is home and everyone’s happy and healthy,” a source told People. The couple married in May 2010.

Feb 3 2011 09:46 AM ET

'Last Tango In Paris' star Maria Schneider dies

by Margaret Lyons

Categories: In Memoriam

Image Credit: United Artists/Courtesy of Getty ImagesFrench actress Maria Schneider, perhaps best known for her role opposite Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris, has died after a long battle with cancer. She was 58.

Schneider was just 19 when Bernardo Bertolucci cast her as Jeanne in Last Tango in Paris, a role Schnieder said made her “go mad.” She told the Daily Mail in 2007 that she felt “a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci,” and that she felt manipulated into and humiliated by the film’s sexual content. After Paris, Schneider filmed The Passenger, with Jack Nicholson, and appeared in 1996′s Jane Eyre, as well as amassing nearly 50 other roles, mostly in French television and cinema. [People, AFP]

Feb 2 2011 07:41 PM ET

Jackson family lawsuit against AEG can move forward, judge says

by Josh Rottenberg

Categories: Lawsuits

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled on Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother and children of Michael Jackson against concert promoter AEG can proceed, according to Reuters. The suit filed last September by Katherine Jackson, which lists the singer’s three children as co-plaintiffs, alleges that AEG is responsible for Dr. Conrad Murray’s actions in connection with Jackson’s 2009 death because the company was paying for Jackson’s medical care during rehearsals for his planned series of comeback concerts. AEG had attempted to have the case dismissed, arguing that there is no reasonable way the company could have foreseen the series of medical decisions that led to Jackson’s death. Murray faces separate charges of involuntary manslaughter. His trial is scheduled to begin March 28.

Feb 2 2011 05:45 PM ET

Ziggy Marley, wife welcome baby No. 3

by Kate Ward

Categories: Celebrity Babies!

Ziggy Marley and Orly Agai Marley brought home their third child Jan. 26 in Los Angeles, according to People. Abraham Selassie Robert Nesta Marley joins Judah Victoria, 5, and Gideon Robert Nesta, 4. The couple has been married six years.

Feb 2 2011 04:35 PM ET

'Superman' producer Ilya Salkind missing

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

Ilya Salkind, the 63-year-old producer behind the Christopher Reeve Superman films, has been officially declared missing in Mexico. According to John C. Palmer, executive vice president of Salkind’s production company, Salkind was visiting the town of Tepoztlán, near Mexico City, but he’s been unreachable since Sunday night. A missing person’s report was filed with the Mexican police force on Monday, the American Embassy has been contacted, and a personal private investigator has been hired, according to Palmer. There has been no contact with or demands from other parties that would indicate that Salkind, a Mexican native, had been kidnapped, and Palmer holds out hope that his colleague’s disappearance has a simple solution: “It’s not uncommon for Ilya to drop off the face of the earth for a couple of days and then just reappear.”

Feb 2 2011 04:04 PM ET

A baby boy for Craig Ferguson

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Celebrity Babies!

Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson and his wife, Megan, are the proud parents of a baby boy, according to People. Liam James Ferguson was born on Monday in Los Angeles. “Everyone is happy and healthy,” says a rep. “The family is doing great, everybody’s perfect.” Ferguson and his wife have been married for two years; he has a 9-year old son from a previous marriage.

Feb 2 2011 11:54 AM ET

Lindsay Lohan under investigation for alleged jewelry theft

by Kate Ward

Categories: Misc.

Lindsay Lohan is under investigation for alleged jewelry theft, the Associated Press reports. According to police, a necklace valued at $2,500 was reported stolen in late January from a store in Venice, Calif., nearby Lohan’s currently place of residence. (The jewelry was taken shortly after Lohan was released from court-ordered rehab.) The necklace was returned to authorities after a search of Lohan’s residence; no additional details are known at this time. Lohan’s lawyer has not returned EW’s calls for comment.

Feb 2 2011 09:44 AM ET

Mariah Carey having a boy and a girl

by Adam B. Vary

Categories: Celebrity Babies!, Music

People is reporting that Mariah Carey, 41, will give birth to a boy and girl. Carey’s husband Nick Cannon, 30, confirmed late last year that the couple are having twins. He also told People this week that the couple are decorating nurseries for their kids in Los Angeles and New York.

Feb 1 2011 04:14 PM ET

Kelsey Grammer schedules wedding, is not yet officially divorced

by Kate Ward

Categories: Weddings

Drama! A source tells People that Kelsey Grammer is set to wed girlfriend Kayte Walsh at the end of the month. There’s only one problem: The actor is not yet officially divorced from his ex, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer. A divorce hearing, however, is scheduled for Feb. 7. No other details of the wedding are known at this time.

Kelsey and Camille Grammer were married for 13 years; they have two children: Mason, 8, and Jude, 6. Kelsey Grammer also has two daughters from a previous relationship: Spencer, 27, and Greer, 18.