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Signs point to imminent Simpson-Wentz wedding

People Simpson Wentz

Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 8:09 PM | Full story

Eva Longoria Parker: not a fashion diva at home

Eva Longoria Parker gets to play dress-up at the Cannes Film Festival - and she doesn't even have to pack her own suitcase.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 7:05 PM | Full story

Daytime's 'The View' to go backstage for 1 show

Daytime's "The View" will rerun one of its shows in two weeks from an entirely different view that lets fans know a little about what goes on backstage.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 5:50 PM | Full story

DeVotchKa creates `big drunken tuba party'

Asked if his band's performance in an hour's time will include any theatrics, Nick Urata warns: "There will be some death-defying feats of glory."

Updated: May. 16, 2008 5:50 PM | Full story

Moore: 'Fahrenheit 9/11' follow-up is not a sequel

With his follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore wants to examine America as an empire, study its standing since the Sept. 11 attacks and present revelations to surprise audiences as much as the first film did.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 8:09 PM | Full story

Marcia Cross drops a few hints about Bree's future

It's true: "Desperate Housewives" will flash-forward five years.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 4:40 PM | Full story

DeGeneres, de Rossi engaged after Calif. ruling

Ellen DeGeneres and longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi are jumping at the chance to get married. DeGeneres announced their engagement during a Thursday taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," telling the studio audience the news that the California Supreme Court had struck down state laws against gay marriage.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 4:40 PM | Full story

Addition to make Ohio State comic collection super

In comic book terms, it might be on the scale of a merger of the X-Men and the Justice League of America: two collections combining to form what's believed to be the world's largest treasury of cartoon art.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 4:40 PM | Full story

This week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 10, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 2:04 PM | Full story

Coming next week: Scarlett Johansson, Mudhoney, 3 Doors Down and more

Due in stores Tuesday:

Updated: May. 16, 2008 1:59 PM | Full story

Sarah Jessica Parker: She's not a slave to fashion

Sarah Jessica Parker says she's not a slave to fashion like her "Sex and the City" character Carrie Bradshaw.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 1:45 PM | Full story

What's Indy up to? Secrecy shrouds 'Crystal Skull'

Indiana Jones doesn't give up his secrets lightly, and neither does the man pulling his strings.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 6:55 PM | Full story

Judge denies media motion in R. Kelly trial

A judge has denied a motion from news organizations seeking immediate access to sealed court records and transcripts in the R. Kelly child pornography trial.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 12:04 PM | Full story

MOVIE REVIEW: 'How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Vacation'

"How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer" is the first feature film by director/writer Georgina Garcia Riedel. It shows.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 12:00 PM | Full story

Actors Ben Barnes and Peter Dinklage join the ‘Narnia' series for ‘Prince Caspian'

The first time he saw himself on screen as a prince, Ben Barnes was overwhelmed. After all, this was a huge leap for the British actor, an unfamiliar face to many in this country. Now here he was, carrying the title role in "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," one of the most anticipated films of the summer.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 11:55 AM | Full story

MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'

More swordplay. More epic battles. More furry talking creatures. Heck, there's even a brief return visit from The White Witch.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 12:00 PM | Full story

MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'

If you squint, the Narnian ruins resemble Middle Earth's Helms Deep after battle. The gallant Pevensie siblings recall the Harry Potter crew. And Reepicheep, a swashbuckling mouse, possesses a giant ego in inverse proportion to his tiny frame - just like "Shrek's" rakish Puss'n'Boots.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 11:55 AM | Full story

MOVIE REVIEW: 'My Brother is an Only Child'

It's bad enough when you hate your brother for being an annoying little jerk. The sibling relationship gets a lot more complicated when you're growing up in politically tumultuous 1960s Italy, he's a neo-fascist and you're a communist. Now those are some dinner table arguments.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 10:55 AM | Full story

`American Idol' concert tour will start July 1

Whether it's David Archuleta or David Cook who wins "American Idol" next week, both singers will be part of the show's annual concert tour.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 4:40 PM | Full story

Rerelease of ‘Indiana Jones' trilogy prepares the way for ‘Crystal Skull'

When Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' "Indiana Jones" trilogy was finally released on DVD in 2003, it was one of the home-video events of the year.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 9:44 AM | Full story

Dennis Rodman charged with domestic violence in LA

Prosecutors say they have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 7:35 AM | Full story

Actor John Phillip Law, angel in 'Barbarella,' dies at 70

John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who portrayed an angel in the futuristic "Barbarella" and a lovesick Russian seaman in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," has died. He was 70.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 7:30 AM | Full story

Taylor Hicks to play Teen Angel in Broadway's `Grease'

Taylor Hicks is going from "Idol" to "Angel."

Updated: May. 16, 2008 7:30 AM | Full story

Wiretap victims grateful private eye is convicted

The nine-week trial of Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano often had seamy plot lines and suspense worthy of a movie: death threats, offers of murder and extramarital affairs.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 4:40 PM | Full story

Cannes balances glamor with `Blindness'

Fernando Meirelles did boys with guns in "City of God" and murderous corporations in "The Constant Gardener." With "Blindness," the opening night entry at the Cannes Film Festival, the Brazilian director exposes the world's ultimate savages: your friends and neighbors.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 4:40 AM | Full story

Country star Shania Twain, husband splitting up

Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The 42-year-old Canadian country superstar and 59-year-old Lange married in 1993 and have a 6-year-old son named Eja. Her publicist provided no further details Thursday about the couple's breakup.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 12:35 AM | Full story

Rapper DMX enters not guilty plea

DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. A judge entered the plea for the musician-actor (real name: Earl Simmons) at a brief court hearing Thursday. Simmons was late for court.

Updated: May. 15, 2008 11:45 PM | Full story

Jolie, pregnant with twins, stays cool at Cannes

Angelina Jolie, pregnant with twins, has some secrets for staying serene at the Cannes Film Festival: get her partner, Brad Pitt, to baby-sit, and wear comfy shoes on the red carpet.

Updated: May. 15, 2008 9:07 PM | Full story

Celebrity cast in Hollywood wiretapping case

Seven famous faces associated with Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano's racketeering case:

Updated: May. 16, 2008 4:40 PM | Full story

Super publicist Warren Cowan dies in Los Angeles

Warren Cowan, one of the last of the super publicists who helped make Hollywood the glamour capital of the world, has died. He was 87.

Updated: May. 15, 2008 7:32 PM | Full story

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