US director Irvin Kershner, who made The Empire Strikes Back, has died at the age of 87, Star Wars creator George Lucas said Monday, praising him as a “mentor” and a “true gentleman”.

Despite decades spent playing sober commanders and serious captains, Leslie Nielsen insisted that he was always made for comedy. He proved it in his career’s second act.

There was no special turkey and pie dinner for the family of Hollywood’s “It” couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt even as rest of America celebrated Thanksgiving as the actress reportedly hates the tradition.

Leonardo DiCaprio has admitted he found the script of Inception so confusing that he had to ask director Christopher Nolan to explain the film’s plot. The actor struggled to comprehend the co-mplicated twists and turns of the movie and spent hou-rs talking with Nolan about his character, a thief who steals information from his unconscious victims while they dream, said the Hollywood Reporter.

Actor John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston on Tuesday announced the birth of their third child, a baby boy born nearly two years after the death of their 16-year-old son Jett.

A threatening letter with white powder was delivered to the Dancing With the Stars production office on Friday, but tests indicated the substance was not hazardous, authorities said.

Pop legend Michael Jackson’s brother Randy has claimed that some of the songs on the King of Pop’s much awaited posthumous album are bogus.
Randy took to Twitter with the allegations saying that the $250 million deal signed between music label Sony and executors of Jackson’s estate to release 10 albums, made him “sick.”

City prosecutors are unlikely to file charges against British actor-comedian Russell Brand over a spat with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport, an official said on Thursday.

Actress Eva Longoria has filed for divorce from husband, basketball player Tony Parker, just a few days after her publicist said they are not separating. The Desperate Housewives star filed papers to end her three-year marriage citing irreconcilable differences in Los Angeles superior court on Wednesday. She has also requested that her maiden name Eva Jacqueline Longoria to be restored.

Ace golfer Tiger Woods has blamed his sport for his marriage woes.