NY festival

Post-9/11 paranoia examined in film at NY festival
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An award-winning heartthrob of Egyptian cinema, Khaled Abol Naga is happy to be starring in an American film that doesn't label him as a terrorist.

Tom Cruise and diapers

Tom Cruise swaps diapers changing for UK premiere
The Hollywood actor had been due to return to the United States to see his bride-to-be Katie Holmes and baby Suri, but decided instead to stay in Europe for a publicity tour.

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts fails to move Broadway critics
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Julia Roberts is still Hollywood's ultimate "Pretty Woman" but her first venture onto a Broadway stage failed to convince the critics whose verdict was "modest," "flat" and "lackluster."

Ice Age 2

"Ice Age" sequel races to $157 million overseas
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The "Ice Age" sequel set more records during its second weekend at the foreign box office, taking in a mighty $94.7 million from 49 markets for an international total of $157.8 million.

Jennifer Lopez sues ex-husband over tell-all book

Jennifer Lopez sues ex-husband over tell-all book
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez has sued her first husband to stop him from publishing a proposed tell-all book that she says would breach an existing nondisclosure, "non-disparagement" agreement between them.

Child welfare agents pay visit to Britney Spears

Child welfare agents pay visit to Britney Spears
A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said on Tuesday deputies accompanied workers from the county's Department of Children and Family Services on a Saturday visit to Spears' home in the beachfront enclave of Malibu.