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The Tragic Life and Death of Anorexic Actress Isabelle Caro

By Dana KennedyDec 30th 2010 – 3:48PM
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Ernesto Ruscio, Getty Images

The death of 28-year-old Isabelle Caro, the frighteningly thin French actress and model who symbolized the tragedy of anorexia, came after a life that she said was full of "suffering." During the worst of her disease, she once said, she ate only two small squares of chocolate and four to five cornflakes per day. Caro...

Filmmaker Produces First Film Designed to Put You to Sleep

By David MoyeDec 3rd 2010 – 4:14PM
Sondra Lowell

Sondra Lowell

(Dec. 3) -- Most filmmakers wouldn't want to be told their films put people to sleep, but it's a compliment to director Sondra Lowell. In fact, putting people to sleep is her goal as the self-proclaimed inventor of a new genre she calls "film sleepy." Lowell has made two such films thus far. The first,...

Lohan Appears Jail-Bound, While Hilton Plays 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card

By David KnowlesSep 20th 2010 – 7:56PM

(Sept. 20) -- They're (sometimes) blond, they're famous and they're often in trouble with the law. The oddly intersecting lives of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan continued to make headlines over the past few days as both women faced new legal consequences for alleged continued violations of U.S. drug laws. Surge Desk...

Lindsay Lohan Out of Rehab, On to New Hearing, Actual Movies

By David KnowlesAug 24th 2010 – 9:39PM

(Aug. 24) -- Free at last! Lindsay Lohan was released from a UCLA inpatient drug-treatment program today, Radar Online reports, just 22 days into her court-ordered 90-day stay. The reason? "Due to overcrowding and good behavior," People reports. Interestingly, Lohan reportedly had to involve a decoy version of herself...

Police: 'Harry Potter' Actress Attacked by Own Family

By Theunis BatesJul 2nd 2010 – 3:33PM
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Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

LONDON (July 2) -- The father and the brother of an actress who appeared in the Harry Potter movies have been charged with threatening to kill the 23-year-old star. Afshan Azad -- who plays Padma Patil, one of the boy wizard's classmates -- was allegedly attacked at her home in Manchester, England, on May 21. A crown...

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'Prometheus' Premiere: Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender on the Red Carpet (PHOTOS)

By Jessie Heyman May 31st 2012 - 03:06PM

MAY 31: Actress Charlize Theron attends the world premiere of 'Prometheus' at the Empire Leicester Square on May 31, 2012 in London, England.

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LOOK: What's Wrong With This Picture?

By lee.hernandez@huffingtonpost.com(Lee Hernandez) May 31st 2012 - 10:25AM

Claire Danes (star of Showtime's "Homeland"), Mireille Enos (AMC's "The Killing"), January Jones (AMC's "Mad Men"), Julianna Margulies, (CBS' "The Good Wife"), Emmy Rossum (Showtime's "Shameless"), and Kyra Sedgwick (TNT's "The Closer").

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Cannes: Gran presencia latina en la Quincena de Realizadores (FOTOS)

By APES May 17th 2012 - 02:59PM

US actress Eva Longoria arrives for the screening of 'De Rouille et D'Os' (Rust and Bone) presented in competition at the 65th Cannes film festival on May 17, 2012 in Cannes.

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An actor (sometimes actress for female; see terminology) is a person who acts in a dramatic or comic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity.

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