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Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman never worked with Mel Brooks, and the Oscar winners came to a ceremony in his honor to let him know they resent it.

Russell Brand has a "Messiah Complex," and he's taking it on the road.

Former Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington has died in a Palm Springs car crash.

Tom Sharpe was aptly named, a writer who turned a razor-edged eye for absurdity on everything from the racism of apartheid to the squabbles of academia.

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan says he'll make his television acting debut in a new series this year.

There is life after the hit NBC series "The Office," but actor John Krasinski says it's been "really weird" and he misses his friends and the routine of the show that gave him his start a decade ago.

Until he died in 2009, Michael Jackson was fiercely protective of his children (save for that one balcony-dangling incident). He covered their faces when they went out with him so they might enjoy the kind of normal childhood he missed out on as a member of the Jackson 5.

Some might find it strange that Joss Whedon's first movie since "The Avengers" - his 2012 megahit about a team of Marvel Comics superheroes - is an independent adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." But it makes perfect sense to him. The man who created TV hits like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spinoff "Angel" says his dramas all have a bit of the Bard in them.

Some might find it strange that Joss Whedon's first movie since "The Avengers" - his 2012 megahit about a team of Marvel Comics superheroes - is an independent adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." But it makes perfect sense to him. The man who created TV hits like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spinoff "Angel" says his dramas all have a bit of the Bard in them.

Jon Stewart is starting a summer-long break from anchoring "The Daily Show," but it will be no holiday. He'll be in the Middle East making his first movie.

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have gone from womanizing "Wedding Crashers" to doting dads who bring their kids to work.

Musician Ben Tucker performed with stars from Quincy Jones to Peggy Lee before he settled in the 1970s in Savannah, where the jazz bassist became one of the Georgia city's best-known working musicians.

Kate Winslet is going to be a mom again.

Chicago blues piano player Piano C. Red, who performed with Muddy Waters, B.B King, Fats Domino and Buddy Guy before being paralyzed in 2006, has died.

A Los Angeles judge has finalized Kim Kardashian's divorce from NBA player Kris Humphries.