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LOS ANGELES James Caan is seeking a divorce from his wife of 14 years.

LOS ANGELES Chris Brown has received an "extremely favorable" report from probation officials overseeing his felony assault case, a judge said Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS Wearing a floor-length pastel striped evening gown, Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet in New Orleans Thursday for a special premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side."

COLOGNE, Germany Latin superstar Ricky Martin said Thursday he is teaming up with a German broadcaster to support his foundation and build a youth center for children in his native Puerto Rico.

VIENNA Tom Cruise has arrived in the Austrian city of Salzburg to shoot scenes for the new action comedy "Knight & Day."

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio The woman who bore twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick said Thursday that she was living in a West Virginia motel around the time a police chief is accused of breaking into her eastern Ohio home.

NEW YORK Chaz Bono says beginning the sex-change process to turn him from a woman to a man is "the best decision I've ever made."

LOS ANGELES Nicole Richie has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital and is being treated for pneumonia. Her representative says she's doing well.

PHOENIX NBC newsman Brian Williams said Wednesday he's not sure if Walter Cronkite would have succeeded in the age of cable news, blogs and Twitter.

MOMBASA, Kenya Film star Nicolas Cage has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial to highlight the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

NEW YORK Ian Somerhalder is in two of TV's hottest show - but can't say much about either.

CLEVELAND Fresh off her triumph at the Country Music Association Awards, Taylor Swift has netted a deal to create a line of greeting cards.

NEW YORK Get lost, Hugh Jackman. This year's "Sexiest Man Alive" is once again Johnny Depp.

HONG KONG Looking for a new project after finishing a comedy, Zhang Yimou is considering adaptations of novels set against China's Cultural Revolution and the Japanese invasion in World War II, his assistant said Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES A prominent entertainment law firm is suing Rod Stewart for $3.3 million in legal fees it claims he owes.

LOS ANGELES Nicolas Cage is being sued by his former business manager, who claims lavish spending, not his advice, is to blame for the actor's financial problems.

LOS ANGELES A judge has granted a civil restraining order against a man accused of stalking Ryan Seacrest.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio A paparazzo testified Tuesday that an Ohio police chief told him he had access to ultrasound photographs belonging to the woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.

NEW YORK Elton John says he's back on his feet after being sidelined for the flu and an E. coli bacterial infection.