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It seems Latoya Jackson may have been on to something when she accused fellow Celebrity Apprentice co-star Omarosa Manigault of killing fiance Michael Clarke Duncan (Green Mile) – at least one of his family members think so.
According to TMZ, Michael Clarke Duncan’s sister Judy Duncan is dissatisfied with her late brother’s will and has hired a lawyer to investigate whether he was of sound mind when last minute changes were made right before his death. | Full Story
It seems Halle Berry doesn’t only have age-defying looks. The X-Men actress also has an age-defying womb.
ABC has confirmed the 46-year-old actress is pregnant, while TMZ reports Berry has been carrying the child of her fiance/co-star Olivier Martinez for at least three months. Some sources say the actress may have been baby-bumping around a little longer than that; since the couple already knows the child is going to be a boy. | Full Story
As if Uncle Sam is trying to remind us of something, Wesley Snipes has reportedly been released from federal prison after spending over two years incarcerated for tax evasion.
But the Mo Better Blues star is not completely out of the clear. TMZ reports that Snipes was released on April 2 (exactly 13 days before the deadline to file federal taxes, may I remind you) and then transferred to the New York Community Corrections Office, where his house arrest will be monitored until July 19. | Full Story
The legendary movie critic, Roger Ebert, passed away today. He was 70 years old.
Ebert recently reported he’d be taking a “leave of presence” while receiving cancer treatment. As seen on Deadline.com, he also announced on his blog that he “must slow down.”
Despite thyroid cancer and subsequent complications, Ebert still managed to excel at his work. The critic wrote movie reviews for a whopping 306 movies last year, calling it his “busiest year ever.” At times there could be as many as NINE movie reviews from the prolific critic in the Weekend section of the Sun-Times. | Full Story
Buckwild reality star Shain Gandee has reportedly been found dead, one day after he and his uncle were reported missing in West Virginia.
According to Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper, police told him that two of the three bodies found in a vehicle in Sissonville were Shain Gandee and his uncle David Gandee.
Carper declined from releasing the identity of the third body, but the victims’ families were notified by police. | Full Story
British actor Richard Griffiths passed away yesterday after complications from heart surgery. He was 65 years old.
You probably recognize the actor as the uncle you loved to hate, Vernon Dursley, in five of the Harry Potter films. As seen in the LA Times, Griffiths is hailed as “One of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon.” Griffiths earned a Tony for his performance in History Boys, starred alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Equus, and was most recently seen starring opposite Danny DeVito in The Sunshine Boys. He also appeared on various TV shows, including the 90′s British series about a crime solving chef, Pie In The Sky. | Full Story
Emma Watson nude photos have surfaced online — my my my — look how much the Harry Potter star has grown up! In an effort to put attention whoring to good use, The Bling Ring star stripped down only for the sake of charity, although she did manage to completely shed her super innocent Harry Potter image.
Watson took it all off for her friend, photographer James Houston, to participate in his new book, “Natural Beauty” – a collection of portraits featuring environmentally conscious celebrities and models. | Full Story
Sayy whaaat? The Gilmore Girls star, Alexis Bledel 31, is getting hitched to none other than Mad Men star Vincent Kartheiser, 33.
The two met on the set of Mad Men last year. Bledel played a sultry and lonely housewife who woos Kartheiser’s notoriously sleazy character, Pete Campbell. Their affair is smoldering, but short-lived yet Pete Campbell can’t seem to keep her out of his head. Seems as though that’s true in real life too! | Full Story
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie have gone into the wine business and by the looks of it thusfar, the Bradgelina duo are going to be very successful.
The wine, Miraval Rose 2012, is a joint wine venture with Marc Perrin, and was produced at the Hollywood couple’s southern French estate of Chateau Miraval property. There is also a special bonus that may help the sales, the back label of each bottle reads “bottled by Jolie-Pitt and Perrin.”
6,000 bottles of the Miraval Rose 2012 were put on sale online today, and according to the Perrin family spokesman, the wine were bought within five short hours. | Full Story
The first round of divorce court has started in the Demi Moore/Kutcher Kutcher case, and the actress is seeking to take the Two And A Half Men actor to the bank. Earlier today, in a Los Angeles Superior Court, Moore asked the judge to have her ex pay both spousal support and attorney fees.
The couple spilt over a year ago citing “irreconcilable differences,” and now it looks as though the two may end up going through a lengthy courtroom battle over the financial terms. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
See the Elephant, and several other sites. He spent a year watching and
reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
knows everything.
The Hollywood Reporter
