Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie “Jaws,“ has died. He was 75.

The 3-month-old Hollywood writers strike could enter its final chapter today when guild members gather in Los Angeles and New York to consider a proposed contract.

A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner gave Britney Spears’ father the power to fire the singer’s business manager

Spotsylvania woman contestant on new season of ‘Survivor’

Draft of proposed deal between writers, studios expected soon

Socialite Paris Hilton goes to Harvard.

Britney Spears was quietly released from a hospital Wednesday, a stark contrast to the way she came in - with an extensive escort of more than a dozen police officers in cars, on motorcycles and in helicopters, paparazzi in tow.

Jennifer Lopez is expecting twins, her father says.

The Queen of Soul will be honored Friday as Person of the Year for MusiCares, a Recording Academy charity supporting music education. She’s also up for her 18th Grammy on Sunday, nominated for best gospel performance for a duet with Mary J. Blige. And she’s, well, actually lighter.

Spears “expressed to me her very strong desire” that her father, James Spears, not be named the conservator of her and her estate, said attorney Adam Streisand.

The father of Britney Spears was named her temporary conservator Friday, putting him in control of her welfare a day after she was whisked to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Snipes, who starred in the “Blade” films and “White Men Can’t Jump,“ is among the most famous targets of an IRS criminal investigation, and his prosecution was key for the government. The actor used tax protest arguments long rejected by courts but still continuing to find adherents.

The heir to the British throne, who spoke at a conference on city planning, argued that poor planning could damage the integrity of Britain’s historical areas - particularly criticizing tall buildings that dwarf smaller structures

This year’s Miss USA pageant will be held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, pageant executives said Thursday.  The rival Miss America pageant crowned its 2008 queen in the same casino last week.

Paris Hilton, Ludacris party alongside 50 Cent at pre-game Super Bowl concert

This first-ever beaming of a radio song by the space agency directly into deep space is nostalgia-driven

Austrian television pronounced the “Desperate Housewives” star the most impressive guest at Thursday night’s opulent Vienna Opera Ball, whose other celebrity guests included opera diva Anna Netrebko and retro fashion muse Dita Von Teese.

North Dakota sunflower seed company helps fans campaign to save sci-fi show

Celebs love giving advice for Britney Spears.  Whether she’ll follow it, nobody knows.

From paparazzi payoffs to police man-hours, Britney Spears generates her own personal economy

LeAnn Rimes says the inspiration for her latest single, “Good Friend and a Glass of Wine,“ was just that, the need for an elixir and chit chat.

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