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Hollywood veteran Al Pacino is honoured by the Venice film festival on Sunday with a special prize and the presentation of his latest directorial project Wilde Salome.

Surprise summer hit The Help retained the No. 1 spot at movie theater box offices on Sunday, beating back three newcomers and appearing headed for victory over a long U.S. holiday weekend.

Call it coincidence, but this is the second celebrity in less than three weeks to have been kicked out of an airplane. This time, the reason being a little different.

A love story set in 1950s Iran and a disturbing Greek tale of a group who takes on the role of the recently deceased to ease relatives' grief have their world premieres at the Venice film festival Saturday.

The Miss Universe 2011 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, which will be held at the Credicard Hall, in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Check out some photos of the lovely ladies gearing up for the pageant.

LGBT activist Chaz Bono has broken his silence and for the first time is speaking against critics who do not support Bono's participation in the ABC reality show Dancing with the Stars upcoming season.

Singer Jennifer Lopez revealed that the first clash between the three judges on the reality show American Idol occurred during a recent audition.

Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong was kicked off a Southwest flight for wearing saggy pants

Kiss front man, Gene Simmons will tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed.

There's a reason the Weinstein Co. didn't screen their latest sci-fi horror opus, Apollo 18 for critics -- its new Blair Witch-on-the-moon pic is a crushing bore.

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Prinz Frederic von Anhalt was hit by a car in Beverly Hills on Friday and taken to a hospital where he was treated for cuts to his hip and hand, his spokesman said.

Pop star Lady Gaga has teamed up with Dutch fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin to produce five fashion-inspired vignettes for her latest single You And I.

The courtroom standoff between Dick Clark Productions and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association isn't ready for its close-up yet.

Green Day rocker Billie Joe Armstrong has complained that he was booted from a Southwest Airlines flight in Oakland, California, because of the way he wore his pants.

Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway and Serbia have become the latest countries to choose their 2011 submissions for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Foreign-Language Film competition.

Becoming Chaz Bono: Photos of the DWTS Contestant's Amazing Transformation [PHOTOS AND VIDEO]Years before Chaz Bono was thrust into the public spotlight as the first transgender contestant on Dancing with the Stars, he was Chastity Bono, the self-possessed daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono. Some viewers might remember seeing Chastity as a toddler on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, while others might remember seeing heartbreaking images of Chastity at her father's funeral ...

The United States is going through a challenging time right now, and it could use a little comic relief. And who better to provide it than, arguably, the greatest comedian of the modern era, Groucho Marx.

TNT Will Not Renew the Hospital Drama for a Fourth Season

Self-pubilshed author John Locke, who built a large audience selling digital books and become the second independent writer to sell one million books through Kindle has a few lessons to teach you, if you want to try and follow in his footsteps.

The contestants for the 2011 Miss Universe pageant have arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil to kick start pre-pageant events.This year's crop of international beauties is sure to make the judging especially difficult.The Sept. 12 pageant is the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant. Real estate tycoon Donald Trump bought the Miss Universe Organization in 1996 and relocated the headquarters from Los Angeles, Calif., to New York City.I am very pleased to announce our partnershi...

Not even the A-listers are spared in Contagion, a star-studded movie directed by Steven Soderbergh that recreates the outbreak of a global pandemic.

Billie Joe Armstrong, the 39-year-old frontman of Green Day, was escorted off Southwest Airlines flight in Oakland, California for wearing his pants too low.

After a slew of juicy rumors about Marc Anthony’s split with Jennifer Lopez and stories of his affair with Jada Pinkett Smith, he denied the speculated connection with his co-star.

After Russell Armstrong took his own life recently, Bravo will require the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to take psychological tests in order to prevent another such occurrence.

The 2011 Miss Universe pageant kicks off a series of worldwide events hosted by Brazil. The final event will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sept. 12. The contestants will compete in three categories: swimsuit, evening gown and interview.For the first time ever, the Miss Universe organization will offer a fan vote and an on-screen interactive technology to increase fan engagement worldwide during the 2011 Miss Universe competition. Miss U.S.A 2011, Alyssa Campanella, is the ultimate hope fo...

A perfectly toned body, and the dress that made her curves look even more perfect, Kate Winslet sure got the red carpet on fire at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.

Hot and sizzling pictures of Kim Kardashian and her sisters, Kourtney and Khloe, posing in lingerie with a come-hither look, has been released on Kim’s official website.

Twilight star, Kristen Stewart known for her brooding-sultry looks is featuring in a new music video for little-known singer Marcus Foster.

HawthoRNe, the hospital drama starring Jada Pinkett Smithand and Marc Anthony, will end with a cliff hanger? Well not many of us had thought so. After three seasons, the TNT series has been canceled.