Tag: Actors

Travolta extortion case dismissed

September 7, 2010 08:25:00

A judge in the Bahamas has dismissed charges against two people accused of trying to extort $US25 million from John Travolta over his son's death.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, courts-and-trials, actors, bahamas, united-states

Hogan in LA after tax stand-off

September 6, 2010 07:17:00

Actor Paul Hogan has landed back in Los Angeles, vowing to continue his fight with the Australian Tax Office.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, tax, actors, australia, united-states

Chris Klein pleads no contest to drunken driving

September 4, 2010 11:43:00

Actor Chris Klein, who starred in the American Pie movies, pleaded no contest to drunken driving and will serve four years probation stemming from his arrest in June, court officials said.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, actors, united-states

Hogan free to leave Australia

September 3, 2010 15:28:00

Paul Hogan has reached an agreement with the Australian Tax Office that will allow the actor to return to the US.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, business-economics-and-finance, tax, people, actors, australia, united-states

Zeta-Jones reveals cancer anger

September 3, 2010 08:16:00

Catherine Zeta-Jones furious at doctors for failing to spot husband Michael Douglas' throat cancer sooner.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, cancer, actors, united-states

Hogan tax office talks continue

September 2, 2010 11:29:00

Paul Hogan has received another letter from the Australian Tax Office, as his legal team attempt to resolve a long running dispute that has seen the actor banned from leaving Australia.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, tax, actors, australia, nsw, sydney-2000, united-states

Blanchett gives studios 'bang for buck'

September 2, 2010 09:11:00

Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett was the only Australia to make Forbes.com's list of the top 10 best value actors in Hollywood.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, united-states

Michael Douglas hopes to beat 'intense' cancer

September 1, 2010 11:32:00

Michael Douglas says he has an 80 per cent chance of recovering from advanced throat cancer.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, health, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, actors, united-states

Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital

September 1, 2010 07:07:00

Ailing 93-year-old Hollywood socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed to the emergency room after being found "unresponsive" by her husband.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, united-states

Lohan 'wants her career back'

September 1, 2010 07:06:00

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has admitted she was "irresponsible" in a new interview, but downplayed alcohol or drug troubles and declared her acting career would now come first.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, rehabilitation, actors, united-states

John Cusack to play Edgar Allan Poe

August 31, 2010 09:21:00

John Cusack will portray Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven, a fictional thriller set during the last five days of the author's life.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, united-states

Mel's appeal unscarred by tapes: poll

August 31, 2010 08:47:00

Mel Gibson may be suffering one of the worst media scandals of his career, but a new poll shows it is having a relatively small impact on the star's box office appeal.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, united-states

Matt was a ticking bomb: Patti Newton

August 30, 2010 10:01:00

Matthew Newton's mother Patti says her troubled son was always going to go off sometime.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, community-and-society, drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, crime, actors, assault, australia

DiCaprio wins restraining order against 'wife'

August 28, 2010 16:02:00

Leonardo DiCaprio has been granted a restraining order against a woman who believes she is his wife and is carrying his child, called Jesus.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, actors, united-states

Hogan going nowhere after tax talks fail

August 27, 2010 18:44:00

Actor Paul Hogan has failed to overturn a travel ban served on him by the Australian Taxation Office.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, tax, actors, australia, nsw, sydney-2000, united-states

Renner joins Cruise's Mission

August 27, 2010 12:10:00

Ethan Hunt has just picked up a new team member - and he's got a speciality in bombs.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, united-states

Lohan: out of rehab, on to Twitter

August 27, 2010 12:02:00

Fresh out of rehab and a 13-day stint in jail, Lindsay Lohan has returned to Twitter and blasted the paparazzi who have been following her every move.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, actors, united-states

Hogan's lawyer to meet tax office

August 27, 2010 10:31:00

Actor's legal team will meet with the Australian Taxation Office this afternoon in a bid to have his travel ban revoked.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, tax, actors, australia, nsw, sydney-2000, united-states

Mendes to direct Spacey in Richard III

August 27, 2010 09:31:00

They gained Oscar glory working together on American Beauty. Now actor Kevin Spacey and British director Sam Mendes are teaming up again for a stage production of William Shakespeare's Richard III.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, theatre, actors, directors, united-kingdom, england, united-states

Hogan 'owes tax office $150m'

August 27, 2010 08:12:00

The Australian Tax Office has reportedly hit actor Paul Hogan with a tax bill of up to $150 million.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, tax, actors, australia, nsw, sydney-2000, united-states

Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell join Scream 4

August 26, 2010 12:00:00

Actresses Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell will make cameos in Scream 4, now shooting in Michigan.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, united-states

Taxman makes Hogan 'a prisoner of Australia'

August 25, 2010 23:05:00

Paul Hogan's lawyer says the Australian Tax Office has banned the actor from leaving Australia as it chases him over an alleged multi-million-dollar unpaid tax bill.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, law-crime-and-justice, actors, australia

Lindsay Lohan released from rehab

August 25, 2010 12:44:00

Actress Lindsay Lohan is a free woman after being released from a rehabilitation centre just 22 days into a court-ordered three-month program.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, rehabilitation, actors, united-states

True Blood stars marry in Malibu

August 23, 2010 07:15:00

True Blood stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer marry in Malibu a year after announcing their engagement.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, united-states

Jackman ditches production company

August 20, 2010 12:00:00

Hugh Jackman has walked away from the Sydney-based production company he co-founded to concentrate on his acting career.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, australia, united-states