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While his latest film with Bradley Cooper, "Limitless" has won the North American box-office over the weekend, veteran actor, Robert De Niro is still fighting over the art-fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York.

Australian finance minister Wayne Swan on Monday belied speculations his office would reject the proposed A$8.4 billion (S$10.6 billion) merger between the Australian and Singaporean bourses.

Two men and one woman appeared in the Sydney Central Local Court this morning charged with importing and attempting to possess 170kg of opium. All three were remanded in custody to appear again in June 2011.

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has confirmed a 20-year-old Afghan man died last night at the Scherger Immigration Detention Centre (IDC).

The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song of South Korea, concluded an eight-day official trip to Southeast Asia on Sunday 13 March 2011.

Rapper Tru Life, born Robert Rosado was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment following his involvement on the death of a 20-year old man that stem from a brawl in a nightclub in June 2009.

National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran referee, Bill Spooner has cried foul on the remarks about him tweeted in January by Associated Press writer, John Krawcynski and has taken to the court to clear his name.

The Australian government has announced concrete plans provide training assistance to Malaysia to strengthen its police force and fight transnational crimes including people smuggling and terrorism.

Supermodel ex-girlfriend of A-list actor, Sean Penn, Jessica White has turned down the offer to enter plea deal over the fistfight in New York in October last year.

While the legendary pop singer, Madonna is in the United States to mourn on the death of her 99–year-old grandmother, Elise Mae Fontin, a man was arrested after he was caught stealing some of Madonna's priced possessions by the mansion’s security personnel early morning, Saturday.

The representative for Olivia Wilde has confirmed that The Tron: Legacy actress has filed for divorce from husband of eight years, after separating from Tao Ruspoli last month.

The Los Angeles court has ordered actor Mel Gibson three year probation over domestic abuse filed against him by ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. The “Braveheart actor has also been required by the court to do 16 hours of community service and undergo domestic violence counseling program.

Four days after Warner Bros. fired actor Charlie Sheen, CBS producer, Chuck Lorre has fired back at America’s highest-paid yet newly unemployed actor of from “Two and a Half Men”.

The lawyers for Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller, has announced Thursday in a joint statement that the former couple has finalized a custody agreement over their twin sons.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz has allowed actress Lindsay Lohan two more weeks to make her decision on plea deal over the felony grand theft filed against her.

A Los Angeles traffic cop has pulled over former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for traffic violation while driving around town with his convertible Porsche.

Actress Lindsay Lohan is expected in court Thursday to tell the judge of her choice between accepting the terms of a plea deal or taking her chances and go to a trial for the felony grand theft filed against her by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office.

The Australian government is keeping its target date in implementing a carbon tax in July 2012 in spite a petition from industry sectors to postpone it.

Director Martin Scorsese has joined the list of Hollywood big stars recently hit with tax charges. The veteran director comes next to Al Pacino who was earlier reported by the Los Angeles County Recorder's Office to owe more than $188k of back taxes.

Now that CBS is reportedly keen on keeping “Men” alive with creator Chuck Lorre conducting internal meetings on possible replacement, Charlie Sheen will sure have no place on the US hit TV series - - the show that has made him the highest-paid television actor in America.

Charlie Sheen’s lawyer, Martin Singer has described the actor’s termination as ‘absurd and ridiculous’ emphasizing that CBS’s honcho, Chuck Lorre was behind all these.

Actor Al Pacino is now the target of US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for his alleged failure to pay taxes. The IRS has filed tax charges against the A-list actor for reportedly not paying an estimated amount of $188,283.50 of taxes.

The world had seen Charlie Sheen using the web in firing at producers, zeroing on CBS honcho, Chuck Lorre. In the last two weeks, the beleaguered but America’s highest-paid television actor had conducted his own media tour, dropping by at all major television news and magazine programs of all major television networks in America.

Sheen’s camp believes that the move to terminate him was a simple "retaliation of the producers" against the the actor for lambasting the big and powerful official of CBS, Chuck Lorre.

Charlie Sheen has been officially fired by producers of “Two and a Half Men” today.

The Parent Trap star, Lindsay Lohan has again expressed her wishes that her dad, Michael Lohan leave her life alone and stop talking about her.

By Ed Oswald, BetanewsAfter more than four years in prison, Robert Soloway is now a free man. Dubbed the 'Spam King' for his role as the head of a spam ring that sent an estimated 10 trillion junk e-mails between 2003 and 2007, Soloway is now busy reintegrating himself into everyday life, according to Wired.He was first arrested in May 2007 and charged with 35 counts including fraud, identity thef...

What could have been the first high-profile courtroom case that would have defined the concept of defamation on Twitter was put on hold as singer, Courtney Love agreed to settle the case with a fashion designer at such a high price.

Veteran actor Mickey Rooney has urged the elderly victims of any form of abuse, to be vigilant and to share their experiences to anyone who would care to listen. Rooney tells his own story at a Senate hearing on elder abuse Wednesday.