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20 July 2008 6:15 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

This year's Democratic National Convention (Dnc) is becoming a haven for Hollywood A-listers - Ben Affleck, Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee have reportedly booked their appearances at the event.

The convention - taking place next month (25-28Aug08) in Denver, Colorado - became a hit in the music scene after booking acts including Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Wyclef Jean to perform.

Event organisers have yet to release an official list of confirmed performers and talent.

But Dnc spokesman Damon Jones confirms: "We are expecting lots of people to be here, big names, small names and everyday American names."

Other celebrities guests expected to attend the convention include: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Susan Sarandon, Forrest Whitaker and actor-turned-director Ed Norton - who is working on a documentary about Obama.

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13 July 2008 6:30 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Former movie siren Raquel Welch is set to reveal all about her life in an explosive new memoir.

The 67-year-old One Million Years B.C. star has signed a deal to open up about her career, secret romances and failed marriages in the autobiography, reports the National Enquirer.

Sources claim it will lift the lid on her relationships with Warren Beatty, Sean Connery, Richard Burton and rocker Alice Cooper.

The book, tentatively titled Secrets of Timeless Appeal, is scheduled for release next year.

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11 July 2008 10:51 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Warren Beatty allegedly searched through ex-lover Madonna's rubbish bins to see if she was cheating on him. The popstar's brother Christopher Ciccone has claimed in his upcoming tell-all book that the actor was paranoid about his then-girlfriend seeing other men. "Warren, operator that he has always been, had the sense to recognise his equal in Madonna," Ciccone wrote in Life With (more)

By Simon Reynolds

11 July 2008 5:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Madonna's estranged brother Christopher Ciccone claims the singer's ex-lover Warren Beatty went through her garbage to check up on her during their relationship.

In his forthcoming tell-all tome, Ciccone alleges the legendary lothario went to extreme lengths to see if the superstar was cheating on him.

In the book, entitled Life With My Sister Madonna, Ciccone writes, "Warren, operator that he has always been, had the sense to recognize his equal in Madonna."

Madonna dated the veteran actor after meeting him on the set of 1990's Dick Tracy. The pair dated for a year before he married actress Annette Benning in 1992.

The New York Post's gossip column PageSix reports that Ciccone will also claim the Material Girl star fantasised that she was Marilyn Monroe when she allegedly bedded John F. Kennedy Jr., and how she had an enormous print of herself dressed in S+M gear hanging above her bed.

Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg says she assumes the controversial book, set to be released next week, will "remove" any chance of the pair patching up their relationship.

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10 July 2008 5:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone is set to give an insight into the state of the singer's marriage to Guy Ritchie in his forthcoming tell-all book.

According to publishing sources, the pop superstar's estranged brother reveals the pair do love each other - but not as much as the Queen of Pop loves herself and her career.

However, Ciccone insists the couple, who have recently been dogged by split rumours, are "passionately committed" to staying together.

In the expose, Ciccone writes about how he hopes his sister's Kabbalah faith will help her overcome her own ego, adding: "I hope that it is Kabbalah's lesson that she is not the center of the universe."

The book, Life With My Sister Madonna, also allegedly lifts the lid on the Material Girl star's celebrity pals, with excerpts about the lifestyles of Bruce Willis, Demi Moore and Madonna's former lover Warren Beatty, according to online reports.

But some of Ciccone's alleged stories have already been thrown into doubt - his revelations of Madonna enjoying a same-sex smooch with best pal Gwyneth Paltrow at a New Year bash was dismissed by a fellow partygoer on Wednesday.

The book, which is slated for release next week is set to officially cut all ties Ciccone once had to his superstar sister.

Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg says, "I would have to assume she (Madonna) has come to terms with the fact that they do not have a close and loving relationship. And with the book coming out, I assume that will remove the chances of that ever happening."

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8 July 2008 1:01 PM, PDT | From MovieMaker.com | See recent Movie Maker news

On June 12, 2008, legendary Hollywood star Warren Beatty received the 36th AFI Life Achievement Award. The event will air on the USA Network, Tuesday, July 8th at 9 p.m. Guests including Beatty’s wife, Annette Bening, his sister Shirley MacLaine, Julie Christie, Robert Downey Jr., President Bill Clinton, Gene Hackman and old pal Jack Nicholson gathered to honor the multi-faceted moviemaker's contributions and lifetime commitment to cinema.

8 July 2008 5:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Annette Bening has been elected to the board that gives out Hollywood's highest film honour, the Academy Award.

The three-time Oscar nominee will join the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a 43-member group that mandates the regulations for the annual ceremony.

The American Beauty star is married to actor Warren Beatty, who was honoured with a lifetime achievement accolade at the annual American Film Institute awards last month.

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23 June 2008 12:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Concerns over the health of movie legend Paul Newman refuse to go away after new photographs of the star have been published showing the actor looking shockingly frail and in ill health.

Tabloid stories and speculation has suggested the veteran actor is battling lung cancer, prompting a recent media frenzy over Newman's wellbeing.

Close friend and business colleague A.E. Hotchner told reporters earlier this month that the star has "a form of cancer and he's dealing with it", before quickly insisting his words had been misquoted.

A representative for the actor also quickly dismissed the cancer reports, insisting the star was "doing nicely".

However, the Butch Cassidy star's ailing health seems to be increasingly hard to hide, as recent snaps show the star outside his New York apartment looking little like a shadow of his former self.

A source who saw the thin and pale star tells Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "It's so sad to see him like this."

Earlier this month, Hollywood supercouple Warren Beatty and Annette Bening offered their support to the frail star, with Beatty saying, "I love Paul and I just cross my fingers that he can deal with this."

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13 June 2008 10:26 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood's royal couple Warren Beatty and Annette Bening have offered their support to ailing Paul Newman as he reportedly battles terminal lung cancer.

At the beginning of the week (beg09Jun08), the Los Angeles Times newspaper reported the movie veteran had been diagnosed with the killer disease, prompting Hollywood's top players to offer their thoughts and feelings about the actor.

And now Beatty has weighed in, stating, "I love Paul and I just cross my fingers that he can deal with this.

"There are great new medical developments that are coming up all the time. So we'll hold our breath."

His wife Bening adds, "He's given so much professionally as well as to charity. He's an incredible human being."

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13 June 2008 7:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Video courtesy APThe actor-filmmaker Time magazine once dubbed "Mr. Hollywood" was saluted by that very town Thursday night, as Warren Beatty became the 36th annual American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement honoree. Several generations of actors – from Robert Downey Jr. to Angela Lansbury – turned out at the Kodak Theatre for the 71-year-old, who's been a movie star since his 1961 vehicle opposite Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass, and a Tinsel Town force since his groundbreaking Bonnie and Clyde – which he starred in and produced in 1967. But other distinctions were singled out, too. Halle Berry, Beatty's 1998 Bulworth costar, referred to him as

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13 June 2008 5:20 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Veteran actor Warren Beatty has been honoured with a lifetime achievement accolade at the annual American Film Institute awards.

Stars including Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton and Beatty's wife Annette Bening watched as the 71-year-old received the prize on Thursday, in recognition of his contributions to the film industry in his nearly 50-year career as an actor, director and producer.

Accepting the Afi lifetime trophy, the long-time supporter of liberal politics noted, "I'm still a liberal when it's coming back in style."

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13 June 2008 4:04 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Halle Berry poked fun at screen veteran Warren Beatty at the American Film Institute Awards on Thursday night, referring to the Lifetime Achievement honouree as "the greatest white rapper of the past 15 years".

Beatty was presented with the accolade at Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre in front of a star-studded audience full of pals like Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton and Beatty's wife Annette Bening.

And Berry, who starred alongside Beatty in 1998's Bulworth, was one of the first to pay tribute to the 71-year-old.

Beatty showed off his rapping skills in the film and Berry will always credit him for keeping the movie clean.

She added, "There was the usual discussion with the studio (about) if there should be a scene to spice up the movie - if somebody should go topless.

"But I have to say, to Warren's credit, he put his foot down and he insisted on keeping his shirt on for the entire movie."

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11 May 2008 1:44 PM, PDT | From blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news

I woke up at about 3:30 a.m. and went online to see if Obama had pulled a victory out of Indiana. He had narrowed Clinton's head to two points by midnight and later added a few more votes, but the story was basically about the same: Clinton's winning margin was so small that it didn't much count, and Obama would be the likely Presidential nominee. Then I started wondering, in the vaporous midnight hours, about how you could make a movie of this primary campaign.

I'm sure there will be documentaries. In the age of the video camera, there cannot be a public moment that went unrecorded. But I'm thinking of a fiction film. What would the angle be? Like most people I know, the primary went on long past my ability to care about it on a daily basis. It must have been a species of torture for the anchors at CNN,

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5 May 2008 9:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Latest: Late author Norman Mailer enjoyed sexual roleplay, according to his former mistress Carole Mallory.

The couple dated from 1983 to 1992 during Mailer's marriage to his sixth wife Norris Church.

Their sex life was exposed last month when Harvard University bought a stack of love letters the pair wrote to one another.

Now former model Mallory has spoken out to reveal exactly what Pulitzer Prize-winning Mailer's X-rated tastes included.

She says, "(Mailer) liked me to play dress up in erotic outfits, and we'd roleplay. He particularly liked to play the role of producer. The scene would be the casting couch."

Mallory, who boasts having bedded stars including Warren Beatty, Rod Stewart, Robert De Niro and Richard Gere, also claims Mailer was obsessed with details of her sexual past.

She adds, "He liked to hear the details of the sexual behaviour of stars with whom I'd had sex.

"Norman was turned on by hearing about my sexual encounters with movie stars... hearing about my sexcapades gave him great pleasure."

Mailer died last November, aged 84.

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4 May 2008 7:12 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Julie Christie's close friend John Scheslinger wholly disapproved of her relationship with Warren Beatty - and appealed to the actress to end the romance.

The director, who cast Christie in Billy Liar and Darling, wrote to the actress to air his disapproval of the relationship, which lasted from the late 1960s to 1973, when the pair split up.

And Scheslinger felt so protective of Christie, he contacted his friend Peter Harcourt, a film critic, to explain his feelings towards the womanising actor.

The letter, written in 1968, reads, "I've caught glimpses of Julie. She's very much hooked up to Warren Beatty these days and I am not at all sure that this is really good for her future. He seems to get through women like a businessman through a dozen oysters, but one can't interfere in these matters, even though he has tried his best to do so with her career.

"I've written a very lengthy letter to her explaining my feelings and about everything and I've never had a reply."

Scheslinger's letters have been made public after they were donated to the British Film Institute after his death in 2003.

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4 April 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Latest: Comedian Chris Rock has admitted he hired shamed Los Angeles private investigator Anthony Pellicano to snoop on a woman who accused him of rape.

The funnyman testified in California's Federal court on Friday morning in Pellicano's ongoing wiretapping trial, where he was quizzed about his links to the private detective.

Rock paid Pellicano to look into the background of Monica Zsibrita, who had initially claimed the star had fathered her child. When Dna tests proved Rock was not the baby's daddy, Zsibrita changed her story and accused Rock of raping her at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 1998.

Rock's conversation with Pellicano was leaked onto the internet last month in a 31-minute telephone recording.

On the taping, Pellicano can be heard telling Rock how he plans to help him fight the bogus rape charge.

An apparently stressed Rock tells the detective, "Once you're accused of rape, you're just f**ked, you know?"

Pellicano responds, "That's why I want to blacken this girl up, totally. I want to make her out to be a lying, scumbag, manipulative c**ksucker... stupid bitch."

Rock agrees, telling the detective, "I'm f**ked. I'm better getting caught with needles in my arm, way better, needles, with pictures. There's Chris Rock shooting heroin - much better blow to the career."

In his testimony on Friday, Rock denied knowing anything about Pellicano's tactics, and reiterated his innocence in the rape claims: "I'm here a free man, I didn't do anything wrong. You know I didn't do anything wrong."

Rock's testimony lasted just 15 minutes, according to Tmz.com. He is just one in a long list of celebrities to be linked to Pellicano. Other stars include Tom Cruise, Steven Seagal, Farrah Fawcett and Warren Beatty.

The trial continues.

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3 April 2008 12:24 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Studio chief and Hollywood agent Guy McElwaine has died following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.

The showman, who was involved in blockbusters from All the President's Men to The Karate Kid, died on Wednesday at his Bel-Air home.

In the 1960s, McElwaine owned a management and public relations company whose clients included Frank Sinatra, Warren Beatty and The Mamas and The Papas.

The former brother-in-law of actress Dey Young joined Creative Management Associates, an agency that was the forerunner for the powerful International Creative Management and there, he is reported to be the first agent to sign filmmaker Steven Spielberg.

He enjoyed a brief stint at Warner Brothers as a senior executive in charge of worldwide motion picture production - putting together movies such as All the President's Men, Dog Day Afternoon and Oh God.

McElwine was also resident of Columbia Pictures, later becoming the studio's chairman and chief executive officer - helping produce blockbusters such as Ghostbusters and Gandhi.

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28 March 2008 11:26 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Madonna's former manager has testified he hired embattled Los Angeles private investigator Anthony Pellicano to snoop on his son-in-law.

Freddy DeMann briefly testified in court on Thursday in Pellicano's ongoing wiretapping trial and revealed he paid the private detective $135,000 (GBP67,500) to keep an eye on his daughter Pilar's then-husband.

DeMann suspected Paul Rusconi of cheating on his daughter and wanted proof of any infidelity.

The music mogul told the federal court Pellicano played him tapes of Rusconi talking to a number of different people, adding, "As far as I could tell, it was on the phone."

DeMann claims the tapes revealed Rusconi's "dalliances".

Pellicano is charged with wiretapping, racketeering and other crimes.

DeMann isn't the only big name linked to the complex trial - Tom Cruise, Chris Rock, Steven Seagal, Farrah Fawcett and Warren Beatty have all been linked to the case.

Comedian Rock recently told Rolling Stone magazine he hired Pellicano in an effort to find out who was funding Monica Zsibrita's paternity battle against him in 1998.

Rock said, "We kind of hired Pellicano to find out where the money was coming from. That was it."

Meanwhile, Cruise was linked to the private detective when it emerged in court earlier this month that he hired Pellicano in a bid to uncover the identity of people following him.

The trial continues.

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19 March 2008 9:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has been dragged into the trial of a celebrity private investigator accused of illegal practice.

Anthony Pellicano and former Los Angeles cop Mark Arneson are charged with running an illegal wiretapping and information-gathering network.

Famous names Steven Seagal, Farrah Fawcett, Gary Shandling and Warren Beatty have already been linked with the case.

Now it has emerged Cruise once hired Pellicano - on the advice of his longtime lawyer Bert Fields - to find out the identity of people following him, according to court testimony.

The P.I.'s assistant Lily LeMasters claimed she overheard her boss and Arneson discussing Cruise's case, reports New York gossip column PageSix.com.

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3 January 2008 11:22 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Diane Keaton is not surprised she has ended up a spinster - she was always terrified of men.

The Annie Hall star, whose past romantic partners include Woody Allen and Warren Beatty, admits she was never suited to dating and her indecisiveness prevented her from ever marrying.

She says, "I was always a little bit afraid of men. I was inclined to be somebody who would go along. Not a good thing. They're not getting the real you, and you don't know how to be the real you. I'd get lost in that, and when the real me came out, it was less than flattering.

"I wanted to be in a good relationship. Those good relationships that are strong and substantive never happened for me, and that prolonged my indecisiveness."

The 62-year-old now raises her adopted children - Dexter, 12, and Duke, seven - by herself.

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