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Bonnie Franklin Dead at 69
 Bonnie Franklin Dead at 69 
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Bonnie Franklin Dead at 69

'One Day at a Time' star had pancreatic cancer

(Newser) - One of TV's most famous single moms is dead: Bonnie Franklin, who starred as Ann Romano in One Day at a Time, died today at age 69, reports Deadline . The actress said last year that she had pancreatic cancer. Franklin's show ran on CBS from 1975 to 1984,...

Anne Hathaway: I Insisted on Getting Gaunt for Role

Even 'Les Miz' director thought she was going too far

(Newser) - Anne Hathaway tells the Los Angeles Times that, at age 30, she finally thinks she's shed the goody-goody typecasting that followed her Princess Diary days as a teen. In the interview, Hathaway comes off as fiercely driven, as one anecdote about her role as Fantine in Les Miserables makes...

Actress in Islam Movie Sues Producer

Cindy Lee Garcia also wants YouTube to yank it

(Newser) - An actress in the anti-Islam movie causing friction around the world is suing the producer, reports TMZ . Cindy Lee Garcia says producer Nakoula Bassely Nakoula , aka Sam Bacile, told her the movie was going to be a harmless adventure flick called Desert Warrior, not the Innocence of Muslims. The lines...

Gentleman's Agreement Star Holm Dead at 95

Actress had been hospitalized after fire in De Niro's apartment in her building

(Newser) - Celeste Holm, a versatile, bright-eyed blonde who soared to Broadway fame in Oklahoma! and won an Oscar in Gentleman's Agreement, but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and estrangement from her sons, died today, a relative said. She was 95. Holm had been hospitalized two weeks ago...

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Kathryn Joosten dies after long battle with lung cancer

(Newser) - Actress Kathryn Joosten has died after a lengthy battle with lung cancer, just weeks after her meddling neighbor character on Desperate Housewives died in the series finale. The 72-year-old was a heavy smoker first diagnosed with the disease in 2001, notes Radar , but had been declared cancer-free as recently as...

Candace Bergen Had Secret Stroke

Her memory's 'still not the same,' says 'Murphy Brown'

(Newser) - Murphy Brown and Boston Legal star Candace Bergen very quietly had a stroke six years ago. She returned to work just two weeks later, but her memory is still "not quite the same," the actress reveals in a surprising New York Magazine interview. Bergen, now 65, is reluctant...

Judi Dench Battles Loss of Eyesight

British actor suffers from macular degeneration

(Newser) - Actor Judi Dench revealed in an interview with the Mirror that she can no longer see people's faces because her eyesight is deteriorating. But the 77-year-old is in treatment to stop her condition—macular degeneration—before it steals her sight altogether. "They had to do these injections and...

Wire Actor Gave Back to Baltimore Projects

Sandra Sohn helped troubled teenagers

(Newser) - Sonja Sohn couldn't leave Baltimore behind after The Wire. So the actress who played Det. Shakima “Kima” Greggs on the HBO show started a program for troubled teens called ReWired for Change, the Washington Post reports. Meeting in a university classroom, she urged thugged-up teenagers to reconsider their...

Actress Suing IMDB Reveals Name: Junie Hoang


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Actress Suing IMDB Reveals Her Name

It's Junie Hoang, who's been in small-budget flicks

(Newser) - Remember the anonymous actress suing IMDB for revealing that her age is 40? She is anonymous no more, notes the Hollywood Reporter . It's Huong Hoang, who mostly goes by the stage name of Junie Hoang. Never heard of her? She has been working fairly regularly, but in small-budget movies...

Demi's Fear: 'Not Worthy of Being Loved'

Friend interviews Moore for Harper's Bazaar

(Newser) - Demi Moore conducted a lengthy interview for an upcoming issue of Harper's Bazaar just days after breaking up with Ashton Kutcher. Some highlights:
  • "If I were to answer it just kind of bold-faced, I would say what scares me is that I'm going to ultimately find out
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Actress Suing IMDb Over Age Must Reveal Her Name

'Jane Doe' must re-file suit under real name or drop case

(Newser) - A bizarre celebrity lawsuit takes an amusing twist. The actress suing Amazon.com for $1 million because the Internet Movie Database, which Amazon owns, revealed her real age, must reveal something of her own: her name. The Hollywood Reporter explains that a US District Court judge yesterday ruled that "...

Clarice Taylor of The Cosby Show Dies at 93

Actress and comedian died of congestive heart failure

(Newser) - Clarice Taylor, the actress and comedian best known for playing grandmothers on The Cosby Show and Sesame Street, has died at the age of 93. Taylor died of congestive heart failure in her home in Englewood, New Jersey, on Monday, according to her son. Taylor's films include the Clint...

Elizabeth Taylor Appreciation: Her Violet Eyes Entranced Us From the Start
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Elizabeth Taylor: Oh, Those Eyes

Kenneth Turan: She mesmerized us from the get-go

(Newser) - For Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan, an indelible image of Elizabeth Taylor comes early in her career in A Place in the Sun, filmed when she was just 17. "The actress' face in huge close-up is so exquisitely, so heartbreakingly beautiful you never doubt that (Montgomery) Clift's...

Screen Stunner Jane Russell Dead at 89

Buxom star of '40s, '50s films was active until the end

(Newser) - Screen bombshell and '40s pin-up girl Jane Russell has died at the age of 89. The busty brunette, discovered by billionaire Howard Hughes, was one of servicemen's favorite pin-ups in World War II before her screen career began with The Outlaw, filmed in 1940 but not released until 1946. She...

La, La, La: Gwyneth Can't Hear Critics of Her Singing

Actor blankets awards season, wants duet with Jay-Z

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow has caught the music bug—after her turn as a country star in Country Strong, the star and her crooning have been impossible to avoid, the Daily Beast reports. In fact, she performed musical numbers more than anyone else—musician or otherwise—this awards season. And don't expect...

Sofia Vergara: I Was Told to Lose Weight

'Modern Family' sex symbol talks about the early days of her career

(Newser) - Sofia Vergara is what one might call a “hottie,” but before the Modern Family star was well-known, she was regarded more as a "fattie." “They would send me the dresses” to wear to awards shows, usually in size zero, “and it was impossible. I...

Why Are Mags Obsessed With Actresses Eating?

Every profile seems to start with a big bite

(Newser) - A slim actress walks into a restaurant, sits down with her interviewer, and proceeds to order a huge, usually unhealthy meal and gush about how much she's enjoying it: Thus begins a frightening number of celebrity profiles in glossy magazines, especially lately. Minka Kelly chows down on spaghetti carbonara; Zoe...

Elizabeth Taylor in Hospital With Heart Failure

78-year-old has a lengthy history of health problems

(Newser) - Elizabeth Taylor has been hospitalized for symptoms related to congestive heart failure, reports People, "an ongoing condition" she was diagnosed with in 2004. "This issue is being addressed," says a statement from her reps. The 78-year-old actress, who has a litany of health problems, had been scheduled...

Last Tango in Paris Star Maria Schneider Dead at 58

Actress dies in Paris after long illness

(Newser) - The captivating French actress who starred with Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's famous X-rated 1972 film Last Tango in Paris has died in Paris at the age of 58. Maria Schneider passed away after "a long illness," a talent agency representative said, without providing further details. Schneider was...

Horror Icon Ingrid Pitt Dead
 Horror Icon Ingrid Pitt Dead 
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Horror Icon Ingrid Pitt Dead

Actress survived Nazis to become 'first lady of horror'

(Newser) - One of the most seductive vampires in movie history has died. Ingrid Pitt, best-known for starring in Hammer horror films of the '70s like Countess Dracula and The Vampire Lovers, passed away in London at the age of 73. The Polish-born star spent years in a Nazi concentration camp as...

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