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Heather Locklear Arrested  —  Two months after leaving an Arizona rehab center, Heather Locklear was in police custody Saturday night.  —  The actress, who had been battling anxiety and depression, was arrested and held in Santa Barbara County, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Brianm / Us Weekly:
Heather Locklear Arrested  —  Heather Locklear was arrested in Montecito, California on Saturday afternoon and booked for suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription medication, the Associated Press reports.  —  Calls to Locklear's reps were not returned.
Associated Press:
Heather Locklear arrested in Calif. on DUI count
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Ari B. Bloomekatz / Los Angeles Times:
Heather Locklear arrested
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TMZ.com:
Ledger's Life Insurance Co: Suicide = No Cash  —  The company that wrote Heath Ledger's $10 million life insurance policy is being sued after claiming the actor's death might have been a suicide, even though officials concluded it was accidental.  Lawyers for Ledger's daughter say it's a transparent ploy to avoid paying the money.
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Wendy Caccetta / NEWS.com.au:
Heath Ledger's Matilda to get the lot  —  EVERY penny of Heath Ledger's estimated $20 million will go to his little girl Matilda Rose, Ledger's father says.  —  In his will, which has been probated behind closed doors at the Supreme Court in Perth, Ledger left everything to his parents and three sisters.
Sarah Rollo / Digital Spy:
Ledger's fortune goes to his daughter  —  Heath Ledger's baby daughter Matilda Rose is to inherit his fortune, it has emerged.  —  Ledger's father Kim told Australia's Herald Sun that the family had decided to give everything to the child.  The 28-year-old actor had specified that his estate …
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Russell Crowe Taking Double Duty in ‘Nottingham’  —  The casting news from the director itself suggests that Crowe will play both Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood.  —  The casting of Universal Pictures' “Nottingham” is taking an interesting twist as two rival characters will be played by a single actor.
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Josh Horowitz / MTV Movies Blog:
BREAKING: Russell Crowe Will Play Robin Hood AND The Sheriff …
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Newman planned for charitable legacy after death  —  HARTFORD, Conn. - Paul Newman broached the subject of his philanthropic legacy several years ago while fishing with friends Robert Forrester and David Horvitz off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  —  Even though he was a Hollywood icon …
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Jovie Baclayon / E! Online:
Friends, Family, Colleagues Remember Paul Newman
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Diana Pilkington / Daily Mail:
Katie Holmes turns up the heat in steamy TV guest role … Katie Holmes is bound to set pulses race with this steamy performance on an American television show.  —  The 29-year-old showed off her sultry side as she went back to her TV roots - guest starring in Eli Stone.
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Caris Davis / People.com:
Ellen DeGeneres Says Marriage Has ‘Softened’ Her  —  Ellen DeGeneres, who recently came out against California's Proposition 8 prohibiting same-sex marriages, says that her own nuptials have changed her life for the better.  —  “My heart just feels a little bit different, softer and somehow more in love …
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NY Daily News:
Dennis Quaid says Meg Ryan's beef over divorce is ‘unbelievable’  —  Dennis Quaid is furious at ex-wife Meg Ryan for dishing about their divorce while promoting “The Women.”  —  Ryan, who plays a scorned wife in her new movie, recently said she wasn't the first to stray when she had her affair with Russell Crowe.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
hellomagazine.com:
Brown is the new ginger as Geri becomes a brunette  —  Perhaps in the biggest sign that Ginger Spice is no more, Geri Halliwell has dyed her famous strawberry blonde locks a luscious dark brown.  —  Leaving a radio station in London on Friday, the children's author, who had been talking …
Mireya Navarro / New York Times:
Out in Hollywood: Starring Roles Are Rare  —  THERE'S a bisexual woman in “Bones” and a lesbian couple on “The Goode Family.”  —  “Dirty Sexy Money” features a transsexual and “Brothers & Sisters” a gay marriage.  —  In “Mad Men,” the Emmy-winning drama set in the early '60s …
Discussion: Queerty and Right Celebrity
Anthony France / The Sun:
Back to whack  —  Sherene Flash, 30, said junkie Amy punched her in the eye after she asked to take the star's picture.  —  Amy then ran off, crying out: “Life can't go on.  I can't do this any more.”  —  See video of dancer Sherene in action by clicking on the player below.
 
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