LONDON - A rare Islamic crystal jug mistaken earlier this year for a cheap French claret pitcher has sold at auction for almost 3.2 million pounds ($5.6 million).
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Hollywood's other Paris has just birthed un bébé.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - The latest installment of Heroes, "I Am Become Death," didn't just have an impact—it had a blast crater!
DEAR ABBY: I have been happily married for a number of years. I'm not what you would call "hot" -- far from it, actually. But for some reason, women have always been attracted to me.
BEIJING - Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero's welcome in China, with the country's state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Life on Mars," a British cop show with a twist, has had two extreme makeovers.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Anne Hathaway, who is generating buzz for her performance in "Rachel Getting Married," has signed for a role in "Alice in Wonderland," which Tim Burton is directing for Disney.
NEW YORK - The deadpan and depressed characters Bill Murray has specialized in portraying as an actor in recent years have always stood in contrast to the life-of-the-party guy he is in real life whether on a golf course or shuttling people around downtown Stockholm in a golf cart, as he did last year.
LOS ANGELES - Misty May-Treanor is too hurt to keep dancing. The 31-year-old "Dancing with the Stars" contestant and Olympic gold medalist volleyball player appeared at the conclusion of Monday's show on crutches and with a cast on her left leg to announce that she's out of the popular ABC dancing competition after injuring herself while rehearsing Friday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Halle Berry may be a mommy of a certain age, but the men's magazine Esquire says the Oscar-winning actress is still the Sexiest Woman Alive.
NEW YORK - You'd hardly know the Democrats have even chosen a presidential candidate, judging from late-night comedy monologues. It was Republican John McCain and oh, by the way his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, who claimed most of the jokesters' attention.
PARIS (AFP) - French film legend-turned-activist Brigitte Bardot took a swipe at Sarah Palin on Tuesday, saying the US vice presidential candidate was a disgrace to women.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Here's hoping David Duchovny has found the proper help for what ails him.
NEW YORK - Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway next spring in a revival of "The Philanthropist," a comedy by English playwright Christopher Hampton.
MALIBU, Calif. - Nick Nolte has escaped a fire that burned a Malibu home to the ground. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says the actor slightly cut his hand when he broke a window and fled the home shortly after 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
PARIS - When Velazquez painted a 17th century Spanish princess, he gave her wispy hair, pale skin and a cautious gaze. Three centuries later, Picasso turned the girl's face into a Cubist maze of green and purple, yet he captured her essence that same mysterious gaze.
LOS ANGELES - Alongside a photo spread that shows her in little more than a T-shirt, Halle Berry talks about being the sexiest woman alive, a title Esquire magazine gives her in its November issue.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Aw, check it out. It's B. Spears looking hot and normal. Even her weave looks good.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - In the year of "Sex and the City," perhaps it's no surprise that an event honoring women drew some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Taylor Hicks is adding to the recent surge of news to come from otherwise forgotten American Idol types, announcing his next album will drop Feb. 10, 2009.