Celebrity News Headlines

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were seeking ways to settle their divorce as the Hollywood stars entered the second week of a widely followed custody battle that has put their young daughter and the Church of Scientology in the media glare. Celebrity website TMZ.com, citing an unnamed source, reported that …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had three antidepressants but no alcohol in her system when she committed suicide in May, a New York medical examiner's office said on Saturday. Results of toxicology tests completed in June revealed that Mary Kennedy, 52, had the antidepressants Trazodone, …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Director Peter Jackson has unveiled the poster for his upcoming film "The Hobbit" on his Facebook page, just two days after posting that principle photography on his two-part epic had wrapped. Jackson is targeting Comic-Con fans with this poster, which shows Ian McKellan as Gandalf the Wizard …

LONDON (Reuters) - R&B; singer and rapper Chris Brown scored his first British number one album on Sunday as his new release "Fortune" span to the top of the charts in its first week on sale, the Official Charts Company said. Fans of the 23-year-old U.S. artist ignored poor critical reviews and snapped up his fifth studio …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Tony Award-winning costume designer Martin Pakledinaz, a force on Broadway for three decades, died Sunday morning. He was 58 and had been suffering from cancer. The announcement was made on his Facebook page. He was best known for his work on musicals like the 1999 Broadway revival of "Kiss Me, …

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Actor Andy Griffith, beloved as a small-town sheriff on the popular television program "The Andy Griffith Show," died of a heart attack, according to his death certificate. Griffith, 86, died on Tuesday at his home in coastal Manteo, North Carolina. According to his death certificate, …

BOSTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Barney Frank wed his longtime partner, James Ready, on Saturday, becoming the first sitting congressman to enter into a same-sex marriage. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick officiated the ceremony and added some levity by saying Frank, 72, and Ready, 42, had vowed to love …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Dr. Drew Pinsky has come under fire for helping to market an antidepressant for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. A Boston judge on Thursday approved a record $3 billion guilty plea by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which paid the "Celebrity Rehab" doctor - known as Dr. …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Matthew McConaughey and his wife, Camila, a Brazilian model, are expecting their third child, he said on his Twitter page on Wednesday. The couple were married last month at their home in Austin, Texas, after dating for several years. "Happy birthday America, more good news, Camila and I are …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Frank Ocean, a rising star who is part of the rap collective Odd Future, has revealed online that his first love was a man, an admission of same-sex attraction that is seen as groundbreaking for the world of hip hop. Ocean late on Tuesday posted on Twitter a link to his writings on his Tumblr …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Cruise led Forbes' annual list of the 100 highest paid actors released on Tuesday, earning nearly twice that of second place Leonardo DiCaprio and recapturing his spot among Hollywood's top-earning performers after his recent blockbuster movie "Mission: Impossible." Cruise, who turned 50-years-old …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Ernest Borgnine, whose bulldog appearance made him a natural for tough-guy roles in films like "The Wild Bunch" but won an Oscar for playing a sensitive loner in "Marty," died on Sunday at the age of 95, his longtime publicist said. Borgnine, who also starred as a maverick World War Two patrol-boat …

HONOLULU (Reuters) - Researchers seeking to chronicle Amelia Earhart's fate 75 years after she vanished over the Pacific set off from Hawaii on a $2 million expedition on Tuesday to look for wreckage of her plane near a remote island where they believe the U.S. aviator died a castaway. Researchers will travel 1,800 miles …

MILAN (Reuters) - Sergio Pininfarina, whose family company designed almost every Ferrari since the 1950s and whose name is still synonymous with some of the world's most glamorous cars, has died aged 85. The company said on Tuesday he died overnight in his Turin home. Pininfarina had been groomed by his father Gian Battista, …

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - An Italian master of landscape painting, who was a key figure in the collection of the Elgin Marbles from Athens, is finally receiving public recognition with the first exhibition devoted to his works now on view in Edinburgh after 200 years. The Scottish National Gallery's major summer exhibition …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mel Gibson's estranged stepmother filed for a stay-away order against the actor on Monday claiming he was violent with the elderly woman, who is embroiled in a bitter divorce from Gibson's father. The legal action is the latest against Gibson, an Oscar winner for "Braveheart" and star of the "Lethal …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Katie Holmes faces two strong adversaries in her legal fight for sole custody of 6-year-old daughter, Suri, as she battles estranged husband Tom Cruise and his Scientology religion, experts said on Monday. The "Dawson's Creek" actress, 33, made headlines last week when she filed for divorce …

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Actor Andy Griffith, beloved as a small-town sheriff on the popular television program "The Andy Griffith Show," died of a heart attack, according to his death certificate. Griffith, 86, died on Tuesday at his home in coastal Manteo, North Carolina. According to his death certificate, …

MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lana Del Rey gave a Fourth of July concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival that left fans wanting more of the American chanteuse, who swept to fame last year on the back of her haunting 'Video Games' single. The New York native, looking like a vintage-inspired bride in a white lace mini dress …

(Reuters) - Actor Andy Griffith, whose portrayal of a small-town sheriff made "The Andy Griffith Show" one of television's most enduring programs, died on Tuesday at his North Carolina home at age 86. Griffith died at about 7 a.m. at his home on Roanoke Island, Dare County Sheriff J.D. Doughtie said. His wife of three decades, …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CNN's Anderson Cooper said in a public statement on Monday that he is gay, adding that while privacy is important for journalists, he did not want to give the impression he was hiding something and wanted to stand up against bullying. "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin, star of TV show "30 Rock," married his fiancée, Hilaria Thomas, on Saturday in New York City, then posted a picture showing off his new wedding ring on Twitter. Baldwin, 54, and yoga instructor Thomas, 28, announced their engagement back in April. The couple have been dating for …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Savannah Guthrie will replace Ann Curry as co-host of NBC's "Today" Show, NBC announced on Friday, a day after Curry made an emotional early exit from one of America's most high-profile television slots. Guthrie, 40, who previously served as co-host of the morning program's third hour, will join Matt …