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Actress Angelina Jolie, the mother of six and a ‘woman for Brad’ as she once referred herself to be in a television interview, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. The two-day visit of Brad Pitt's long-time partner is part of her role as United Nations High Commissions for Refugees (UNHCR) goodwill ambassador.

Veteran actress Diane Lane has been hired to play Clark Kent’s adoptive mother in the upcoming Superman series. Director Zack Snyder broke the news in a statement as he introduced the choice for the role of the mother of Superman, who will be played by 27-year-old British big screen and stage actor, Henry Cavill.

Canadian teen pop sensation Justin Bieber has again dominated the U.S. pop album chart as he scored his second No.1 album at Billboard 200 Wednesday.

He said he should know better than to react in anger, thus 17-year-old, Justin Bieber has done the most manly thing, not very common to a teen like him. The popular Canadian teen sensation has issued an apology for giving a mid-finger salute to a paparazzi buzzing him and his girlfriend while leaving an Italian restaurant Tuesday evening.

Award winning Australian biographer, Hazel Rowley dies in the United States due to heart failure. She was 59. Rowley has been on life support following a series of strokes and heart attacks late last week, before she succumbed to her death at a New York hospital.

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.

Another day at the hospital for socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor as she was brought in an ambulance Wednesday. The spokesman for the actress said that she was carried back to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles due to poor circulation of blood on her left leg.

Theodora Richards has been arraigned with drug and graffiti charges after she was caught painting graffiti in a New York building and after the patrol officers found a small amount of marijuana in her possession.

It started at $10 but that single lock of famous but only the remains of Justin Bieber’s hair has been auctioned off for a staggering $40,668.

Australian Shaun Tan has nabbed the Oscar for best animated short at 83rd Academy Awards. Though it was considered a ‘longshot’ for the Oscars, the minutes-long movie created by Perth-born Melbourne artist has received pre-Oscar praises from critics.

Australian producer, Emile Sherman is among the three Oscars awardees who went to the stage Sunday evening to claim their price and they got off the stage big winners as they topped the night going home with the Best Picture award for “The King Speech”.

The “Purple Rain” singer Prince has reportedly failed to pay an estimated $700, 000 in legal fees, according to a legal firm at Manhattan, New York City.

While Charlie Sheen has been doing his courtesy calls with practically all media outfits in America as part of the ongoing war he had earlier waged against CBS producers, the actor of the Two and a Half Men have been beset with yet another hurdle - - a restraining order from the LA court.

The Outlaw star, Jane Russell has succumbed to respiratory failure and died at 89 at her home in the central coast city of Santa Maria. Described by John Rogers of the Associated Press as the ‘voluptuous pin-up girl who set a million male hearts to pounding during World War II’, the star rose to fame for her stunning beauty and with the marketing skills of eccentric billionaire, Howard Hughes.

CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves sounded like he is open to reconciliation with “The Two and a Half Men” actor, Charlie Sheen when he said sitcom’s future is ‘uncertain’.

Court room frequent star attendee, actress Lindsay Lohan says she wanted to be recognized not as an actress with legal troubles but someone whose stardom is associated with great films.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to present medals to 20 honorees, including A-list actress, Merryl Streep, singer-songwriter, James Taylor and author, Joyce Carol Oates. According to Reuters, a ceremony will be held at the East Room of the White House on Wednesday where Obama will honor ten recipients each for 2010 National Medal of Arts and 2010 National Humanities Medal.

Actress Katie Holmes has filed suit charges against the publishers of Star Magazine Tuesday for the cover story that the celebrity magazine issued in January that had allegedly insinuated that Tom Cruise’s wife is a ‘drug addict’.

She is 63 years old with 45 years of career in the entertainment industry and 100 plays to her credit. But the career of Australian actress, Jackie Weaver is about to turn for the better after her first nomination for Best Supporting Actress category at 2011 Oscars, albeit losing to Melissa Leo of “The Fighter” in Sunday’s event at the Kodak Theater.

Twilight hunk, Robert Pattinson has admitted that his real-life romance with co-star Kristen Stewart has put a ‘’strain’ on their relationship.In an interview with Vanity fair for its April issue, R-Patz have hinted that his relationship with his onscreen love ‘may not stand the test of time’ as it has inevitably made an impact with him and Kristen.

As if trying to follow celebrity names for couples made popular by Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie or Brangelina as media call them, Scarlett Johansson popularly known as ScarJo, has paraded the Oscars red carpet with an unidentified hunk named Joe.

Francaway must have really failed to wow as first time Oscars host big time for it has paved way for the birth of “Billy Crystal for 2012 Oscars Host” pages both on Twitter and Facebook. The outcry to bring Crystal back on Oscars stage ensued from the dismal thumbs down given to first time hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway by critics and viewers following the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony.

We have seen her in her odd gowns and out-of-this-world get ups she had donned at the red carpet in various award giving bodies. She had come in sporting mismatched shoes, or shoes in different colors, outrageous gowns with all sorts of laces and headdresses of different forms. But not at this year's Oscars.

Best Supporting Actress winner, Melissa Leo has made the first person in Oscars history to have dropped the F-bomb when accepting award. She has been inviting criticisms for the self-promoting ads she had run in film trade papers before the actual ceremony Sunday night. But this attention was overshadowed when Oscars Best Supporting Actress winner, Melissa Leo had dropped the F-bomb while accepting her statue.

They were not kidding when Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences decided to tap James Franco and Anne Hathaway to represent this year’s Academy Awards held Sunday night at the Kodak Theater, Los Angeles.

The King Speech screen writer, David Seidler knew that writing the story of stammering monarch, King George VI would empower hundreds of thousands of orally challenged individuals with speech difficulties.

An estimated 37.6 million Americans tuned in to Sunday’s Oscar ceremony, representing a nearly 10 percent decrease to last year’s audience share. Citing the ratings data by Nielsen, Reuters said that the viewership was recorded at 41.7 million at last year’s Oscars with Avatar as among the enlisted nominees.

Being on location shoot is not so fun at times so Twilight star, Robert Pattinson has adopted a four-legged friend to keep him company when he gets lonely.

Celebrity couple, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have just had their dinner celebration and they were all smiles as they were exiting their car until Catherine complained she was punched by one of the paparazzis scampered outside their London Hotel.