“The Help” cleaned up at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, claiming best ensemble cast, best actress and best supporting actress. “The Artist” – too, claimed another key prize as Jean Dujardin won for best actor. Hollywood’s acting guild spread awards across the television and film spectrum and gave “The Help” a […]
Brooklyn-born actor Nick Santino committed suicide Wednesday, The New York Post reports. The soap opera star was wracked with grief after his beloved pit bull Rocco was euthanized Tuesday – the same day Santino turned 47. “Today I betrayed my best friend and put down my best friend” – Santino wrote in a suicide note, […]
“Send an ambulance right now. This is an emergency.” So begins the dramatic 911 call, in which Demi Moore’s friends are desperately trying to get an ambulance to the actress’ Beverly Hills home as quickly as possible, which was released this morning by the Los Angeles Fire Department. On the heavily redacted recording, which lasts […]
Robert Hegyes, the Jersey-born actor who played Jewish Puerto Rican wheeler-dealer Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on the 1970′s classic “Welcome Back Kotter,” died from an apparent heart attack after suffering chest pains at his Metuchen home this morning. He was 60. Hegyes, who also co-starred on “Cagney and Lacey” and taught occasional […]
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer got a very public earful by President Barack Obama when she came to meet him on the tarmac outside of Phoenix on Wednesday. The two leaders could be seen engaged in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One’s steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the […]
A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are so relatively rare that they sometimes can become big news – think of George W. Bush’s “sixteen little words” about […]
Sen. Rand Paul told his communications director this morning he was being detained by TSA at the Nashville airport. The Twitter account associated with Paul staffer Moira Bagley, @moirabagley, tweeted around 10 a.m., ET: “Just got a call from @senrandpaul. He’s currently being detained by TSA in Nashville.” A TSA spokesman disputed that Paul was […]
Last year provided some ups and downs for Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler, who broke off their engagement in July. But after reconciling in November, they’re starting off 2012 with big news. “We are thrilled to announce we are expecting our first child together” – they tell PEOPLE exclusively. “It’s an amazing time in our […]
The health of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who was fired last November in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving an assistant coach, has deteriorated and his status is serious, a family spokesman said on Saturday. “Over the last few days Joe Paterno has experienced further health complications. His doctors […]
A woman kidnapped at knifepoint at age 14 and held captive for nine months is getting married. A spokesman for 24-year-old Elizabeth Smart says she got engaged last weekend and will likely marry in the summer. No details about the groom-to-be were disclosed. The spokesman says Smart plans to keep her personal life private. Smart’s […]