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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/Famous people in the newsen-usSat Mar 20 02:48:02 2010288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cs/Usweden-imhere.RsHt_KMJ.htmlwed/cs/Usweden-imhere.RsHt_KMJ.html1269052495Sat Mar 20 02:34:55 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cs/Usweden-imhere.RsHt_KMJ.html"></a>STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. film director Spike Jonze's 30-minute robot love story "I'm Here" was released online Friday at www.imheremovie.com.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cs/Usweden-imhere.RsHt_KMJ.html">Jonze's new short film debuts online</a><br />STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. film director Spike Jonze's 30-minute robot love story "I'm Here" was released online Friday at www.imheremovie.com.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/av/Uus-captainamerica.RbIi_KMJ.htmlwed/av/Uus-captainamerica.RbIi_KMJ.html1269050699Sat Mar 20 02:04:59 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/av/Uus-captainamerica.RbIi_KMJ.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- Marvel has offered U.S. actor Chris Evans the titular role in its forthcoming "Captain America" movie, sources told The Hollywood Reporter.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/av/Uus-captainamerica.RbIi_KMJ.html">Evans up for Captain America role</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- Marvel has offered U.S. actor Chris Evans the titular role in its forthcoming "Captain America" movie, sources told The Hollywood Reporter.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cn/Uus-vartan.RqWB_KMJ.htmlwed/cn/Uus-vartan.RqWB_KMJ.html1269050087Sat Mar 20 01:54:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cn/Uus-vartan.RqWB_KMJ.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- Michael Vartan's publicist says the French-born television star has gotten engaged to his girlfriend Lauren Skaar.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cn/Uus-vartan.RqWB_KMJ.html">Vartan and Skaar get engaged</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- Michael Vartan's publicist says the French-born television star has gotten engaged to his girlfriend Lauren Skaar.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dd/Uus-idol.RDta_KMJ.htmlwed/dd/Uus-idol.RDta_KMJ.html1269035687Fri Mar 19 21:54:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dd/Uus-idol.RDta_KMJ.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Contestants voted off "American Idol" each week will make their first late-night talk show appearances on "Late Show with David Letterman," CBS said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dd/Uus-idol.RDta_KMJ.html">'Idol' castoffs to appear on 'Late Show'</a><br />NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Contestants voted off "American Idol" each week will make their first late-night talk show appearances on "Late Show with David Letterman," CBS said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cb/Uus-daysofourlives.Ru0h_KMJ.htmlwed/cb/Uus-daysofourlives.Ru0h_KMJ.html1269035087Fri Mar 19 21:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cb/Uus-daysofourlives.Ru0h_KMJ.html"></a>UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., March 19 (UPI) -- NBC says it has picked up the hit daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" for its 45th season, keeping the soap opera on the network through the 2010-11 season.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cb/Uus-daysofourlives.Ru0h_KMJ.html">NBC renews 'Days' for another season</a><br />UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., March 19 (UPI) -- NBC says it has picked up the hit daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" for its 45th season, keeping the soap opera on the network through the 2010-11 season.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cr/Uus-barrywilliams.Rryn_KMJ.htmlwed/cr/Uus-barrywilliams.Rryn_KMJ.html1269033889Fri Mar 19 21:24:49 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cr/Uus-barrywilliams.Rryn_KMJ.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Former "Brady Bunch" star Barry Williams and pop singer Tiffany will soon be seen saving Florida from mutant piranhas in a new TV movie, Syfy said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cr/Uus-barrywilliams.Rryn_KMJ.html">'Brady Bunch' star books piranha movie gig</a><br />NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Former "Brady Bunch" star Barry Williams and pop singer Tiffany will soon be seen saving Florida from mutant piranhas in a new TV movie, Syfy said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bq/Uus-annanicole.RUw2_KMJ.htmlwed/bq/Uus-annanicole.RUw2_KMJ.html1269032703Fri Mar 19 21:05:03 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bq/Uus-annanicole.RUw2_KMJ.html"></a>SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 (UPI) -- Anna Nicole Smith's daughter is not entitled to any money from the estate of Smith's husband, oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall, a U.S. appeals court has ruled.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bq/Uus-annanicole.RUw2_KMJ.html">Smith's estate won't get Marshall money</a><br />SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 (UPI) -- Anna Nicole Smith's daughter is not entitled to any money from the estate of Smith's husband, oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall, a U.S. appeals court has ruled.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cf/Uus-lakshmi.R1D__KMJ.htmlwed/cf/Uus-lakshmi.R1D__KMJ.html1269032703Fri Mar 19 21:05:03 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cf/Uus-lakshmi.R1D__KMJ.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Venture capitalist Adam Dell is the father of television personality Padma Lakshmi's newborn daughter, a source close to Lakshmi told the New York Daily News.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cf/Uus-lakshmi.R1D__KMJ.html">Report: Dell fathered Lakshmi's baby</a><br />NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Venture capitalist Adam Dell is the father of television personality Padma Lakshmi's newborn daughter, a source close to Lakshmi told the New York Daily News.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dj/Uus-starsearch.RBXK_KMJ.htmlwed/dj/Uus-starsearch.RBXK_KMJ.html1269030289Fri Mar 19 20:24:49 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dj/Uus-starsearch.RBXK_KMJ.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- Pop singer and television personality Paula Abdul could not reach a deal with ABC to headline a new version of "Star Search," The Hollywood Reporter said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dj/Uus-starsearch.RBXK_KMJ.html">Abdul not heading to 'Star Search'</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- Pop singer and television personality Paula Abdul could not reach a deal with ABC to headline a new version of "Star Search," The Hollywood Reporter said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cp/Uus-geary.RN1b_KMJ.htmlwed/cp/Uus-geary.RN1b_KMJ.html1269029110Fri Mar 19 20:05:10 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cp/Uus-geary.RN1b_KMJ.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Soap opera star Anthony Geary admitted on "The Wendy Williams Show" he was Hollywood screen icon Elizabeth Taylor's "boy toy" during the early 1980s.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cp/Uus-geary.RN1b_KMJ.html">Geary says he was Liz Taylor's 'boy toy'</a><br />NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Soap opera star Anthony Geary admitted on "The Wendy Williams Show" he was Hollywood screen icon Elizabeth Taylor's "boy toy" during the early 1980s.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/at/Uus-avatar.RVFK_KMJ.htmlwed/at/Uus-avatar.RVFK_KMJ.html1269028488Fri Mar 19 19:54:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/at/Uus-avatar.RVFK_KMJ.html"></a>LAS VEGAS, March 19 (UPI) -- James Cameron and Jon Landau have won the 2nd annual RealD Innovation in 3D Award at a ShoWest ceremony in Las Vegas.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/at/Uus-avatar.RVFK_KMJ.html">Cameron, Landau win award for 'Avatar'</a><br />LAS VEGAS, March 19 (UPI) -- James Cameron and Jon Landau have won the 2nd annual RealD Innovation in 3D Award at a ShoWest ceremony in Las Vegas.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cc/Uus-tracymorgan.RP-H_KMJ.htmlwed/cc/Uus-tracymorgan.RP-H_KMJ.html1269027292Fri Mar 19 19:34:52 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cc/Uus-tracymorgan.RP-H_KMJ.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Syfy says U.S. actor/comedian Tracy Morgan has signed on as host of the fourth season of its hidden-camera reality series, "Scare Tactics."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cc/Uus-tracymorgan.RP-H_KMJ.html">Tracy Morgan returning as 'Scare' host</a><br />NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Syfy says U.S. actor/comedian Tracy Morgan has signed on as host of the fourth season of its hidden-camera reality series, "Scare Tactics."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/du/Uus-bullock.ReiC_KMJ.htmlwed/du/Uus-bullock.ReiC_KMJ.html1269020091Fri Mar 19 17:34:51 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/du/Uus-bullock.ReiC_KMJ.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- Michelle McGee was paid $30,000 to tell about her alleged affair with married U.S. television personality Jesse James, sources close to the tattoo model said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/du/Uus-bullock.ReiC_KMJ.html">Model was paid $30K for James story</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- Michelle McGee was paid $30,000 to tell about her alleged affair with married U.S. television personality Jesse James, sources close to the tattoo model said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/aq/Uus-beaubridges.RoZz_KMJ.htmlwed/aq/Uus-beaubridges.RoZz_KMJ.html1269018889Fri Mar 19 17:14:49 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/aq/Uus-beaubridges.RoZz_KMJ.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Beau Bridges has signed on to play Rocky, Jim's father, on the upcoming television remake of "Rockford Files," The Hollywood Reporter said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/aq/Uus-beaubridges.RoZz_KMJ.html">Beau Bridges joins 'Rockford' cast</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Beau Bridges has signed on to play Rocky, Jim's father, on the upcoming television remake of "Rockford Files," The Hollywood Reporter said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dk/Ubritain-atonement.Rd5z_KMJ.htmlwed/dk/Ubritain-atonement.Rd5z_KMJ.html1269016494Fri Mar 19 16:34:54 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dk/Ubritain-atonement.Rd5z_KMJ.html"></a>LONDON, March 19 (UPI) -- Author Ian McEwan says an English-language opera based on his novel "Atonement" is to have its premiere at a German opera house in 2013.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dk/Ubritain-atonement.Rd5z_KMJ.html">'Atonement' opera in the works</a><br />LONDON, March 19 (UPI) -- Author Ian McEwan says an English-language opera based on his novel "Atonement" is to have its premiere at a German opera house in 2013.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/df/Uus-ladygaga.Rc4c_KMJ.htmlwed/df/Uus-ladygaga.Rc4c_KMJ.html1269015886Fri Mar 19 16:24:46 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/df/Uus-ladygaga.Rc4c_KMJ.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- A songwriter and record producer has filed a $35 million lawsuit in New York Superior Court, claiming he helped invent pop star Lady Gaga's public persona.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/df/Uus-ladygaga.Rc4c_KMJ.html">Ex is suing Lady Gaga for $35M</a><br />NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- A songwriter and record producer has filed a $35 million lawsuit in New York Superior Court, claiming he helped invent pop star Lady Gaga's public persona.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dk/Ubritain-hobbit.Rhx3_KMI.htmlwed/dk/Ubritain-hobbit.Rhx3_KMI.html1268969087Fri Mar 19 03:24:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dk/Ubritain-hobbit.Rhx3_KMI.html"></a>LONDON, March 18 (UPI) -- British actor Ian McKellen says on his Web site the two "Hobbit" films are to start shooting simultaneously in New Zealand in July.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/dk/Ubritain-hobbit.Rhx3_KMI.html">'Hobbit' flicks to start filming in July</a><br />LONDON, March 18 (UPI) -- British actor Ian McKellen says on his Web site the two "Hobbit" films are to start shooting simultaneously in New Zealand in July.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-burrell.RjuM_KMI.htmlwed/bw/Uus-burrell.RjuM_KMI.html1268963688Fri Mar 19 01:54:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-burrell.RjuM_KMI.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 18 (UPI) -- Ty Burrell's publicist Thursday confirmed the U.S. television actor and his wife, Holly, have adopted a baby girl.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-burrell.RjuM_KMI.html">Ty Burrell and wife adopt baby girl</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 18 (UPI) -- Ty Burrell's publicist Thursday confirmed the U.S. television actor and his wife, Holly, have adopted a baby girl.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cu/Uus-haim.RTZZ_KMI.htmlwed/cu/Uus-haim.RTZZ_KMI.html1268963087Fri Mar 19 01:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cu/Uus-haim.RTZZ_KMI.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 18 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office Thursday issued a death certificate for Corey Haim and listed the cause of the actor's death as deferred.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/cu/Uus-haim.RTZZ_KMI.html">Death certificate issued for Corey Haim</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 18 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office Thursday issued a death certificate for Corey Haim and listed the cause of the actor's death as deferred.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bb/Uus-chart-dvds.R7Ah_KMI.htmlwed/bb/Uus-chart-dvds.R7Ah_KMI.html1268962493Fri Mar 19 01:34:53 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bb/Uus-chart-dvds.R7Ah_KMI.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 18 (UPI) -- The Robin Williams-John Travolta comedy "Old Dogs" is the top-selling DVD in the United States, Rentrak said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bb/Uus-chart-dvds.R7Ah_KMI.html">'Dogs' tops DVD sales list</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 18 (UPI) -- The Robin Williams-John Travolta comedy "Old Dogs" is the top-selling DVD in the United States, Rentrak said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/di/Uus-tribeca.Rbv2_KMI.htmlwed/di/Uus-tribeca.Rbv2_KMI.html1268960706Fri Mar 19 01:05:06 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/di/Uus-tribeca.Rbv2_KMI.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- "Ice Cube's Straight Outta L.A." is to have its world premiere at next month's Tribeca Film Festival in New York, organizers said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/di/Uus-tribeca.Rbv2_KMI.html">Ice Cube film to screen at Tribeca</a><br />NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- "Ice Cube's Straight Outta L.A." is to have its world premiere at next month's Tribeca Film Festival in New York, organizers said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-peabodys.R2J5_KMI.htmlwed/bw/Uus-peabodys.R2J5_KMI.html1268959486Fri Mar 19 00:44:46 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-peabodys.R2J5_KMI.html"></a>ATLANTA, March 18 (UPI) -- ABC "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer has signed on as host of the upcoming 69th annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony in New York.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-peabodys.R2J5_KMI.html">Sawyer tapped to host Peabody Awards</a><br />ATLANTA, March 18 (UPI) -- ABC "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer has signed on as host of the upcoming 69th annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony in New York.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/de/Uus-swift.R-4I_KMI.htmlwed/de/Uus-swift.R-4I_KMI.html1268957687Fri Mar 19 00:14:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/de/Uus-swift.R-4I_KMI.html"></a>NASHVILLE, March 18 (UPI) -- Taylor Swift's "Fearless" has been officially recognized as the Most Awarded Album in the History of Country Music at a ceremony in Nashville.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/de/Uus-swift.R-4I_KMI.html">'Fearless' country music's most honored CD</a><br />NASHVILLE, March 18 (UPI) -- Taylor Swift's "Fearless" has been officially recognized as the Most Awarded Album in the History of Country Music at a ceremony in Nashville.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/at/Uus-amanpour.RzDQ_KMI.htmlwed/at/Uus-amanpour.RzDQ_KMI.html1268954088Thu Mar 18 23:14:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/at/Uus-amanpour.RzDQ_KMI.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour has signed on to serve as host of ABC's Sunday morning program "This Week" starting in August, Variety reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/at/Uus-amanpour.RzDQ_KMI.html">Amanpour tapped to be 'This Week' host</a><br />NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour has signed on to serve as host of ABC's Sunday morning program "This Week" starting in August, Variety reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-banderas.RxiU_KMI.htmlwed/bw/Uus-banderas.RxiU_KMI.html1268952287Thu Mar 18 22:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-banderas.RxiU_KMI.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- Spanish-born actor Antonio Banderas was named a Goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Development Program, it has been announced.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.celebrities/2/wed/bw/Uus-banderas.RxiU_KMI.html">Banderas named U.N. Goodwill ambassador</a><br />NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- Spanish-born actor Antonio Banderas was named a Goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Development Program, it has been announced.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)