Us Magazine Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are now husband and wife her rep has confirmed to Us.The wedding took place Saturday evening at a remote wilderness resort outside Vancouver. Guests included Scarlett's mother, Melanie Sloan, and her brother, Adrian Johansson. Johansson, 23, and Reynolds, 31, who had been dating since Spring 2007, announced their engagement on May 5, the day the actress flashed a three-carat diamond ring estimated to be worth about $30,000 at the Met Costume Ball Gala. Johansson has said falling in love has a lot to do with timing."You don't always meet the right person at the right time," she told Cosmopolitan.The actress also clarified her 2006 comments in which she said that people aren't monogamous by nature. "I believe in finding a soul mate. I've always been in monogamous relationships. I would never want to be in an open one. It'd be too awful."
LONDON (Reuters) - Images of actor Paul Newman, who died late on Friday, adorned newspaper front pages around the world on Sunday, his piercing blue eyes vying for attention alongside headlines of the global financial crisis. Underlining Newman's international appeal, Britain's Independent on Sunday featured his photograph across the whole of page one, relegating the latest news of the country's banking woes to the inside pages. "Paul Newman: Death of King Cool" ran the caption headline in the Sunday Times above a portrait of the heartthrob and philanthropist, who died of cancer aged 83. The Observer weekly devoted a two-page spread under the words: "An Actor of True Genius and a Man of Great Decency," focusing on Newman's philanthropy and devotion to his family, as well as on his big screen roles. In France, politicians lined up to praise Newman, with President Nicolas Sarkozy hailing him as a "Hollywood legend." "Actor, author, screenwriter, director, producer and philanthropist, he was also a great friend of France and fans of motor racing will remember his successive appearances at the Le Mans 24-hour race," Sarkozy said in a statement. "The death of a good guy," France's main Sunday newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, said in a headline, giving over most of its front page to a photo of the U.S. actor. Even conservative Muslim Iran, which would not usually concern itself with reporting on a Western film star, marked his death. Two pro-reform newspapers displayed the actor on their front pages while Iran's state media also reported his death. The Etemad newspaper, published Newman's picture, saying "Fading away the last classic star" and the Kargozaran daily said "End of the blue-eyed boy." In Germany as elsewhere, news television channels have been showing clips from his films. "Paul Newman - the Last Hero is Dead" ran a headline on the back page of the mass-selling Bild am Sonntag. A strapline in the same newspaper read: "This damn cancer. Now it has killed the bluest eyes in the world!" Several obituaries repeated comments he made about his famous good looks. "I picture my epitaph," he was quoted as saying. "Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown." "WHAT PAIN!" SAYS LOREN The New York Times called him a "magnetic Hollywood titan," and in Italy actress Sophia Loren, who appeared in the film "Lady L" with Newman, called the news "a blow." "When such important personalities die, one despairs and thinks that, little by little, all the greats are disappearing," she told the Il Messaggero daily. Israeli actor Haim Topol, who Newman helped to set up camps for children with incurable diseases, called him a "dear human being." "He busied himself with the professional rather than with PR," Topol told Israel Radio. "His main motto was, 'If you do not exploit your success in order to improve things in the world, then you are really wasting it'." Paul Leonard Newman, known as "PL" to friends, appeared in more than 50 movies, including "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting." He earned nine Oscar nominations for acting and won the best actor award for 1986's "The Color of Money." A director and race car driver as well as an actor, Newman was also known for his extensive philanthropy. He created Newman's Own food products, which funneled more than $250 million in profits to thousands of charities worldwide. Newman said his deepest satisfaction came from philanthropy. Particularly close to his heart were his Hole-in-the-Wall Camps for seriously ill children. Today, there are 11 around the world that have helped over 135,000 kids, all free of charge. Newman is survived by his wife of 50 years Joanne Woodward, five daughters, two grandsons, and his older brother, Arthur. Newman also had a son Scott, who died in 1978. (Additional reporting by Paul Carrel in Berlin, Dan Williams in Jerusalem and Phil Stewart in Rome, Crispian Balmer in Paris, Parisa Hafezi in Tehran; Editing by Matthew Jones)
- Paul Newman couldn't have existed today — at least, not the way we came to know him. Sure, the talent would have been there, the classic good looks, the magnetism, the easy charm. But the privacy he demanded (and won), which helped establish and solidify his mystique as a bona fide movie star, never would have been afforded him in our tabloid-driven, celebrity-obsessed culture. Sad but true. Part of why we were fascinated with Newman, who died Friday at 83 of cancer, was because we didn't know every gory detail of his life, even though he'd reached the zenith of fame and popularity. He left us craving more — and that he lived and died far from Hollywood's glare in the small town of Westport, Conn., in the converted farmhouse he shared with his wife of 50 years, Joanne Woodward, speaks volumes not only about who he was but who he didn't want to be. It's hard to think of an actor today who compares in that regard: someone who's blazingly confident on-screen but maintains some mystery about who he really is off of it, someone who would make even hardened, cynical journalists go weak in the knees upon meeting face-to-face. Newman's longtime friend and co-star, Robert Redford, certainly qualifies. But of the current generation of stars? We know too much about Tom Cruise. Will Smith? Leonardo DiCaprio? Johnny Depp, maybe — though he's carved out a path of quirky character roles, despite his leading-man looks. George Clooney springs to mind, but even he has fought public battles with the paparazzi over the need to respect celebrities' privacy. Clooney himself seemed to recognize the legacy Newman left in reacting to his death Saturday morning: "He set the bar too high for the rest of us ... not just actors, but all of us. He will be greatly missed," he said — through his publicist. Larger than life? Sure. But looking back at Newman's career, which encompassed nearly 60 feature films over the past half-century, it's the range that leaves an impression. You never forgot you were watching Paul Newman. He was a superstar, after all. He was the draw. But he could fit into a wide variety of parts — unlike some other actors with longevity and stature, who shall remain nameless for these purposes, who have devolved into caricatures of themselves as they've aged. In just a sampling, Newman played: • A washed-up football player in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958). • Pool shark "Fast Eddie" Felson in "The Hustler" (1961), the role he would reprise in "The Color of Money" (1986), which, surprisingly, earned him his only Academy Award in 10 nominations. • A bad-boy cowboy in "Hud" (1963). • A rebellious prisoner in "Cool Hand Luke" (1967). • A train robber alongside Redford, iconically, in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969). • The player-coach of a small-town hockey team in the comedy cult favorite "Slap Shot" (1977). • A wrongly accused suspect in a rare film that gets journalism right, "Absence of Malice" (1981). • A cantankerous grandfather in "Nobody's Fool" (1994). • A formidable mob boss in "Road to Perdition" (2002). Newman came up in the Method-acting tradition, a la Brando, but there was never anything obviously studied about him; he made the swagger look natural. And his evolution over the years — from young and dangerous to middle-aged and struggling to older and wiser — constantly carried with it the aura of dignity. "His powerful eloquence, his consummate sense of craft, so consummate that you didn't see any sense of effort up there on the screen, set a new standard," said Martin Scorsese, who directed him in "The Color of Money." Newman himself didn't enjoy talking about acting, and could come off as a bit distant in interviews when asked about it. He did offer some insight to his motivation, however, in 2002: "I used to make three pictures a year, and now I make a picture every three years. Things change. There have been a lot of good things out there, but they weren't the kind of pictures that I wanted to make. I didn't want to do pictures about explosions. I don't want to do pictures about shattered glass and broken bodies and blood. That just doesn't interest me." Of course, we came to understand what interested him through his off-camera pursuits later in life. His passion came shining through in his love of, and talent for, auto racing. But it's through his philanthropy — the Newman's Own Foundation, which has raised more than $250 million for charities worldwide, and the Hole in the Wall Camps for children with life-threatening diseases — that he showed his true heart. Maybe Paul Newman wasn't so hard to figure out after all.
The films of Paul Newman include: "The Silver Chalice," 1954. "Somebody Up There Likes Me," 1956. "The Rack," 1956. "The Helen Morgan Story," 1957. "Until They Sail," 1957. "The Long Hot Summer," 1958. "The Left-Handed Gun," 1958. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," 1958. "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!" 1958. "The Young Philadelphians," 1959. "From the Terrace," 1960. "Exodus," 1960. "The Hustler," 1961. "Paris Blues," 1961. "Sweet Bird of Youth," 1962. "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man," 1962. "Hud," 1963. "A New Kind of Love," 1963. "The Prize," 1963. "What a Way to Go," 1964. "The Outrage," 1964. "Lady L," 1965. "Harper," 1966. "Torn Curtain," 1966. "Hombre," 1967. "Cool Hand Luke," 1967. "The Secret War of Harry Frigg," 1968. "Rachel Rachel," (director) 1968. "Winning," 1969. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1969. "WUSA," 1970. "Sometimes a Great Notion," 1971. "Pocket Money," 1972. "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds," (director), 1972. "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean," 1972. "The Mackintosh Man," 1973. "The Sting," 1973. "The Towering Inferno," 1974. "The Drowning Pool," 1975. "Silent Movie," (cameo), 1976. "Buffalo Bill and the Indians ... or Sitting Bull's History Lesson," 1976. "Slap Shot," 1977. "Quintet," 1979. "When Time Ran Out," 1980. "Fort Apache The Bronx," 1981. "Absence of Malice," 1981. "The Verdict," 1982. "Harry and Son," 1984. "The Color of Money," 1986. "Fat Man and Little Boy," 1989. "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge," 1990. "The Hudsucker Proxy," 1994. "Nobody's Fool," 1994. "Twilight," 1998. "Message in a Bottle," 1999. "Where the Money Is," 2000. "Road to Perdition," 2002. "Our Town," 2003. "Empire Falls," 2005. "Cars," (voice) 2006.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Watch Andy Warhol's films and videos, and it's easy to imagine the late pop artist feeling right at home in the current age of reality TV and Web video. This was a man who made an hourlong film of people's random activities on the couch at his New York art studio, shot "screen tests" of subjects instructed to simply gaze into his camera for a few minutes without moving or even blinking, and videotaped his own mother sleeping. "He somehow did foretell our complete obsession with putting ourselves in the limelight, reflecting ourselves back to the world in a kind of instantaneous way, all of the things that the Internet, YouTube and 'American Idol' have made possible," said Sherri Geldin, director of the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus. Warhol's movies and video share the stage with his more familiar Campbell's soup-can paintings and colorful celebrity prints in "Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms," an exhibition running through Feb. 15 at the Wexner, at Ohio State University. Columbus is the only U.S. destination for the multimedia show, which had its debut in Amsterdam last year. Because film and video can be duplicated and because Warhol was so prolific in painting and other media, the exhibition also opens Oct. 7 at the Hayward Gallery in London. Warhol, who was 58 when he died in 1987 after complications from gall bladder surgery, assigned equal importance to each of the different art forms he worked in, Geldin said. "All of this counted; all of it mattered. And if all of it didn't matter, then none of it mattered," said Geldin, who also leads the New York-based Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. At the Wexner, visitors are greeted in the first room by a series of huge screens showing the screen tests, four-minute black-and-white face shots of actor Dennis Hopper, socialite Edie Sedgwick and dozens of other visitors to Warhol's art studio, the Factory, in the mid-1960s. Other faces look on from a nearby wall in the gallery, including rocker Mick Jagger's, on a series of 10 prints, and Warhol's, in a simply drawn self-portrait repeated in a pattern on wallpaper. The show's curator, Eva Meyer-Hermann, said she wanted to make Warhol's work in moving images more accessible and show how it relates to his other art. "These films, they were shown accompanying big (Warhol) shows, but they were hardly seen. So, they're much more written about than seen," Meyer-Hermann said by phone from her office in Cologne, Germany. Two other rooms feature screens on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. Visitors are invited to plop down on floor cushions that snake around the floor to watch some 20 Warhol movies including "Horse," a Western parody with gay overtones, "Couch," chronicling the goings-on on the Factory furniture, and "Empire," an eight-hour film consisting of a steady shot of the top of the Empire State Building. The films are played on a loop, and each screen has a countdown clock to the next start time, for those who want to watch — or at least attempt to watch — from the beginning to the end. Throughout the exhibition are smaller, individual monitors equipped with headphones for taking in Warhol works on videotape, including "Factory Diary: Julia Warhola in Bed," starring the artist's mother, and 42 half-hour television programs made for MTV and other outlets. Meyer-Hermann said the movies and videos are important to understanding Warhol. "I was struck by the fact of how close I felt to the artist while seeing (the films)," she said. "You look with the artist's eyes through his camera's eye." "It's like a little piece of his soul is in each of the videos," said Clare Gatto, 18, an Ohio State freshman from Columbus touring the exhibition on a recent afternoon. She said it gave her an awareness of the breadth of Warhol's work in film and video, which she described as "simple but complex" overall. "I'm impressed and overwhelmed," Gatto said. For others, the experience can be perhaps too overwhelming, given the hours and hours of material. "My eyes hurt," said Cathleen Williams, 49, of Columbus, after two hours in the dimly lit galleries. Still, she indicated she was eager to recommend the show to others.
WESTPORT, Conn. - Paul Newman never much cared for what he once called the "rubbish" of Hollywood, choosing to live in a quiet community on the opposite corner of the U.S. map, staying with his wife of many years and — long after he became bored with acting — pursuing his dual passions of philanthropy and race cars. And yet despite enormous success in both endeavors and a vile distaste for celebrity, the Oscar-winning actor never lost the aura of a towering Hollywood movie star, turning in roles later in life that carried all the blue-eyed, heartthrob cool of his anti-hero performances in "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." The 10-time Academy Award nominee died Friday at age 83, surrounded by family and close friends at his Westport farmhouse following a long battle with cancer, publicist Jeff Sanderson said Saturday. In May, Newman dropped plans to direct a fall production of "Of Mice and Men" at Connecticut's Westport Country Playhouse, citing unspecified health issues. The following month, a friend disclosed that he was being treated for cancer and Martha Stewart, also a friend, posted photos on her Web site of Newman looking gaunt at a charity luncheon. But true to his fiercely private nature, Newman remained cagey about his condition, reacting to reports that he had lung cancer with a statement saying only that he was "doing nicely." As an actor, Newman got his start in theater and on television during the 1950s, and went on to become a legend held in awe by his peers. He won one Oscar and took home two honorary ones, and had major roles in more than 50 motion pictures, including "Exodus," "Butch Cassidy," "The Verdict," "The Sting" and "Absence of Malice." Newman worked with some of the greatest directors of the past half century, from Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston to Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese and the Coen brothers. His co-stars included Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and, most famously, Robert Redford, his sidekick in "Butch Cassidy" and "The Sting." "There is a point where feelings go beyond words," Redford said Saturday. "I have lost a real friend. My life — and this country — is better for his being in it." Newman sometimes teamed with his wife and fellow Oscar winner, Joanne Woodward, with whom he had one of Hollywood's rare long-term marriages. "I have steak at home, why go out for hamburger?" Newman told Playboy magazine when asked if he was tempted to stray. They wed in 1958, around the same time they both appeared in "The Long Hot Summer." Newman also directed her in several films, including "Rachel, Rachel" and "The Glass Menagerie." "Our father was a rare symbol of selfless humility, the last to acknowledge what he was doing was special," his daughters said in a written statement. "Intensely private, he quietly succeeded beyond measure in impacting the lives of so many with his generosity." With his strong, classically handsome face and piercing blue eyes, Newman was just as likely to play against his looks, becoming a favorite with critics for his convincing portrayals of rebels, tough guys and losers. New York Times critic Caryn James wrote after his turn as the town curmudgeon in 1995's "Nobody's Fool" that "you never stop to wonder how a guy as good-looking as Paul Newman ended up this way." But neither his heartthrob looks nor his talent could convince Newman to embrace the Hollywood lifestyle. He was reluctant to give interviews and usually refused to sign autographs because he found the majesty of the act offensive. "Sometimes God makes perfect people," fellow "Absence of Malice" star Sally Field said, "and Paul Newman was one of them." Newman had a soft spot for underdogs in real life, giving tens of millions to charities through his food company and setting up camps for severely ill children. Passionately opposed to the Vietnam War, and in favor of civil rights, he was so famously liberal that he ended up on President Nixon's "enemies list," one of the actor's proudest achievements, he liked to say. A screen legend by his mid-40s, he waited a long time for his first competitive Oscar, winning in 1987 for "The Color of Money," a reprise of the role of pool shark "Fast Eddie" Felson, whom Newman portrayed in the 1961 film "The Hustler." In that film, Newman delivered a magnetic performance as the smooth-talking, whiskey-chugging pool shark who takes on Minnesota Fats — played by Jackie Gleason — and becomes entangled with a gambler played by George C. Scott. In the sequel — directed by Scorsese — "Fast Eddie" is no longer the high-stakes hustler he once was, but an aging liquor salesman who takes a young pool player (Cruise) under his wing before making a comeback. He won an honorary Oscar in 1986 "in recognition of his many and memorable compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft." In 1994, he won a third Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, for his charitable work. His most recent academy nod was a supporting actor nomination for the 2002 film "Road to Perdition." One of Newman's nominations was as a producer; the other nine were in acting categories. (Jack Nicholson holds the record among actors for Oscar nominations, with 12; actress Meryl Streep has had 14.) As he passed his 80th birthday, he remained in demand, winning an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the 2005 HBO drama "Empire Falls" and providing the voice of a crusty 1951 Hudson Hornet in the 2006 Disney-Pixar hit, "Cars." But in May 2007, he told ABC's "Good Morning America" he had given up acting, though he intended to remain active in charity projects. "I'm not able to work anymore as an actor at the level I would want to," he said. "You start to lose your memory, your confidence, your invention. So that's pretty much a closed book for me." Newman also turned to producing and directing. In 1968, he directed "Rachel, Rachel," a film about a lonely spinster's rebirth. The movie received four Oscar nominations, including Newman, for producer of a best motion picture, and Woodward, for best actress. The film earned Newman the best director award from the New York Film Critics Circle. In the 1970s, Newman, admittedly bored with acting, became fascinated with auto racing, a sport he studied when he starred in the 1969 film, "Winning." After turning professional in 1977, Newman and his driving team made strong showings in several major races, including fifth place in Daytona in 1977 and second place in the Le Mans in 1979. "Racing is the best way I know to get away from all the rubbish of Hollywood," he told People magazine in 1979. Newman later became a car owner and formed a partnership with Carl Haas, starting Newman/Haas Racing in 1983 and joining the CART series. Hiring Mario Andretti as its first driver, the team was an instant success, and throughout the last 26 years, the team — now known as Newman/Haas/Lanigan and part of the IndyCar Series — has won 107 races and eight series championships. "Paul and I have been partners for 26 years and I have come to know his passion, humor and, above all, his generosity," Haas said. "Not just economic generosity, but generosity of spirit. His support of the team's drivers, crew and the racing industry is legendary. His pure joy at winning a pole position or winning a race exemplified the spirit he brought to his life and to all those that knew him." Despite his love of race cars, Newman continued to make movies and continued to pile up Oscar nominations, his looks remarkably intact, his acting becoming more subtle, nothing like the mannered method performances of his early years, when he was sometimes dismissed as a Brando imitator. Off the screen, Newman was beloved in Westport, the upscale community about an hour north of New York. One of his favorite haunts was Mario's Place, an eatery that Newman frequented with pals actor James Naughton or writer A.E. Hotchner. He preferred medium-rare hamburgers, with an occasional Heineken. "He's such a great human being," owner Frank DeMace said. "I can't say enough about him." Former patrolman John Anastasia says Newman regularly played the annual softball game between local celebrities and the town police department. Newman played on the police department's team. "He was very much into it, very athletic," Anastasia said. "He didn't play the part of a celebrity, he played the part of a ballplayer. He was not just there for his good looks." In 1982, Newman and Hotchner started a company to market Newman's original oil-and-vinegar dressing. Newman's Own, which began as a joke, grew into a multimillion-dollar business selling popcorn, salad dressing, spaghetti sauce and other foods. All of the company's profits are donated to charities. The company had donated more than $250 million, according to its Web site. "We will miss our friend Paul Newman, but are lucky ourselves to have known such a remarkable person," Robert Forrester, vice chairman of Newman's Own Foundation, said in a statement. Hotchner said Newman should have "everybody's admiration." "For me it's the loss of an adventurous friendship over the past 50 years and it's the loss of a great American citizen," Hotchner said. In 1988, Newman founded a camp in northeastern Connecticut for children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. He went on to establish similar camps in several other states and in Europe. He and Woodward bought an 18th century farmhouse in Westport, where they raised their three daughters, Elinor "Nell," Melissa and Clea. Newman had two daughters, Susan and Stephanie, and a son, Scott, from a previous marriage to Jacqueline Witte. Scott died in 1978 of an accidental overdose of alcohol and Valium. After his only son's death, Newman established the Scott Newman Foundation to finance the production of anti-drug films for children. Newman was born in Cleveland, the second of two boys of Arthur S. Newman, a partner in a sporting goods store, and Theresa Fetzer Newman. Following World War II service in the Navy, he enrolled at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he got a degree in English and was active in student productions. He later studied at Yale University's School of Drama, then headed to work in theater and television in New York, where his classmates at the famed Actor's Studio included Brando, James Dean and Karl Malden. Newman's breakthrough was enabled by tragedy: Dean, scheduled to star as the disfigured boxer in a television adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Battler," died in a car crash in 1955. His role was taken by Newman, then a little-known performer. Newman started in movies the year before, in "The Silver Chalice," a costume film he so despised that he took out an ad in Variety to apologize. By 1958, he had won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for the shiftless Ben Quick in "The Long Hot Summer." In December 1994, about a month before his 70th birthday, he told Newsweek magazine he had changed little with age. "I'm not mellower, I'm not less angry, I'm not less self-critical, I'm not less tenacious," he said. "Maybe the best part is that your liver can't handle those beers at noon anymore," he said. Newman is survived by his wife, five children, two grandsons and his older brother Arthur.
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman said swimming in Australian Outback "fertility waters" during production of her latest film may have contributed to her unexpected pregnancy over the past year.
The 41-year-old Aussie, who gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose in July, said she and six other women who swam in the waters of a small Outback town during production of the epic romance "Australia" fell pregnant.
"I never thought that I would get pregnant and give birth to a child, but it happened on this movie," Kidman told The Australian Women's Weekly in an exclusive interview for the magazine's 75th anniversary edition, released Wednesday.
"Seven babies were conceived out of this film and only one was a boy. There is something up there in the Kununurra water because we all went swimming in the waterfalls, so we can call it the fertility waters now."
"Australia," directed by Baz Luhrmann, was filmed in Kununurra, a small town in far northern Western Australia state. The film, which follows the story of a noblewoman on a cattle drive in Australia during World War II, is due for release in November.
"I'm so lucky I'm so tall, so I carried small and also, I have to say, I had a birth that I was blessed with, a labor that was very good and a baby that was very good to me in that regard," said Kidman, who is married to country music crooner Keith Urban and has two adopted children with ex-husband Tom Cruise.
"To be given this again is a beautiful thing. To have raised Bella and Connor since I was 25 and now to be able to do it again at 41 ... wow!"
Lindsay Lohan has confirmed what the world has guessed: She's been dating Samantha Ronson "a very long time."
The 22-year-old actress casually told the co-host of the syndicated radio program "Loveline" on Monday that she's been dating the 31-year-old DJ. The pair have appeared in public and been photographed together but have never publicly commented about the extent of their relationship.
"You guys, you and Samantha, have been going out for how long now?" DJ Ted Stryker asked. "Like two years, one year, five months, two months?"
"For a very long time," Lohan said after laughing.
Stryker interviewed Ronson while she took a break from DJing at TV Guide's Emmy afterparty Monday night in Los Angeles. Ronson had been discussing her friendship with DJ AM and Travis Barker, who are recovering from severe burns following a plane crash in South Carolina last weekend, before putting Lohan on the phone.
Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane-Zelnik, told The Associated Press on Monday that Lohan is not engaged to be married.
Lindsay Lohan has confirmed what the world has guessed: She's been dating Samantha Ronson "a very long time."
The 22-year-old actress casually told the co-host of the syndicated radio program "Loveline" on Monday that she's been dating the 31-year-old DJ. The pair have appeared in public and been photographed together but have never publicly commented about the extent of their relationship.
"You guys, you and Samantha, have been going out for how long now?" DJ Ted Stryker asked. "Like two years, one year, five months, two months?"
"For a very long time," Lohan said after laughing.
Stryker interviewed Ronson while she took a break from DJing at TV Guide's Emmy afterparty Monday night in Los Angeles. Ronson had been discussing her friendship with DJ AM and Travis Barker, who are recovering from severe burns following a plane crash in South Carolina last weekend, before putting Lohan on the phone.
Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane-Zelnik, told The Associated Press on Monday that Lohan is not engaged to be married.
LOS ANGELES - A judge has ended a long-running dispute between Tim Burton and his ex-girlfriend over whether the acclaimed director owes her more of his earnings.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon signed an order Sept. 16 finding in Burton's favor and stating that his ex, Lisa Marie, did not present a valid case.
Earlier, an appeals court had halted a trial and ordered the judge to grant a motion by Burton's attorney to dismiss the case.
Marie sued Burton in December 2006. She claimed she was cheated out of money that Burton had promised her during their relationship. The pair dated for nearly a decade and the director included her in several of his projects before their relationship ended in 2001.
The judge's ruling noted that Marie and Burton signed agreements around the time they went their separate ways that provided her with at least $5.5 million, rights to a New York co-op apartment and a Jaguar coupe. The judge declared those agreements "valid and enforceable."
The judge also released copies of the contracts, which divide more than just money. Burton was granted the right to keep an Agnes Martin painting and the rights to large-size Polaroid pictures of Marie, including some of her nude. Any release or sale of those images would require her approval, the contracts say.
Marie countered in court filings that she felt coerced to sign the contracts and that Burton once told her he would take care of her "financial support and needs for the rest of her life."
Lara P. Ott, an attorney representing Marie, did not immediately return an after-hours phone message seeking comment. An attorney for Burton said Tuesday he could not provide immediate comment.
Marie may now have to pay Burton's legal fees stemming from the lawsuit. The contracts signed in 2001 state that if Burton or Marie sued over the deal, the winner would be entitled to recoup his fees and costs.
Burton met Marie, a former Calvin Klein model, at a club in 1991. He cast her in several of his films, including "Ed Wood," "Mars Attacks" and a "Planet of the Apes" remake.
Burton met Helena Bonham Carter, whom he is currently dating, while filming "Planet of the Apes." He and Carter have two children.
The "American Idol" star and new dad finally revealed his sexuality in the new issue of People, which features a portrait of Aiken and his son, Parker Foster Aiken, on the cover with the words, "Yes, I'm Gay."
Although the new issue has yet to be released, when contacted by Access Hollywood, a rep for People confirmed the cover (which was leaked Tuesday on PerezHilton.com) is for their new issue.
His son, born August 8 to friend Jaymes Foster, seems to be the reason for his admission.
"I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things," he told People.
Aiken, who's currently starring on Broadway in "Spamalot," has been dogged with rumors about his sexuality, though he has kept his private life under wraps up till now.
"I think for the most part, I really think that people don't care, honestly," he told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush earlier this year during an interview for "The Billy Bush Show." "People don't want to have that type of stuff pushed, people who are living in Omaha or in Charlotte or wherever. They don't want stuff like that pushed in their face."
"I don't think that's necessary and that's also not what I'm here for," he added. "I mean I went on 'Idol' to be a singer, I went on 'Idol' to be an entertainer and that's what my priority is."
Fans waiting to hear Britney Spears' new material are going to have to wait a little bit longer.
"Womanizer," the first single from the pop princess' sixth studio album, has been pushed back in order to finalize the audio mix, a rep for Jive Records told Access Hollywood.
The single was previously due for release on Monday, Sept. 22. A new release date has not been revealed, though Brit will reportedly perform the song in December on Simon Cowell's U.K. reality show, "The X Factor."
Fans are anticipating a big comeback from Brit after the star earned three awards, including Video of the Year, at the MTV VMAs on Sept. 7 for "Piece of Me," a single from her 2007 album "Blackout."
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Miley Cyrus says her family draws inspiration from another celeb family -- The Spears'!
The pop powerhouse Cyrus family draws inspiration from another celeb-filled family, the Spears', according to Miley.
"We're so excited for them and their family just coming out. So empowered," Miley said of the Spears family. "We just feel so inspired by their family."
At Sunday's MTV "Video Music Awards," Miley told Access Hollywood's Mel B that the Spears' and Cyrus' are close.
"My mom and [Britney] are like great, great friends," The "Hannah Montana" star told Mel B.
Miley was also inspired by her own mom at Sunday's awards show -- inspired to borrow a pair of her mom's shoes for the red carpet
"I'm adjusting to these shoes, they're too small!" Miley said with a tinge of discomfort. "They're my mom's. Not good!"
Not letting the inspiration stop with just the Spears family, or her mom's fashion sense, Miley said her Zac Posen dress made her want to dance in the middle of the red carpet. "I feel like --I'm like dancing -- like salsa!" Miley added.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The stars have spoken - Britney is back.
"[Britney] was amazing," "Hills" star Lauren Conrad told Access Hollywood backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, where Brit picked up her first Moonmen ever, after 16 previous losing nominations. "I was hoping for a performance, but that's just because I'm a Britney fan."
While she didn't sing on Sunday, Britney won the awards for Video of the Year, Best Pop Video and Best Female Video and wowed the crowd in a silver mini-dress.
"I'm so excited that she won," Paris Hilton told Access moments after handing the pop star one of her trophies. "I actually just presented her an award, so I'm so happy for her, she definitely deserves it."
"She was great, she was great," added "HSM3" star Ashley Tisdale, clad in a silver mini-dress of her own. "She looked really beautiful."
Even host Russell Brand, whose controversial jokes about the Jonas Brothers' purity rings set off remarks from Jordin Sparks, had kind words for Brit.
"I like Britney winning the awards," he told Access, naming her victories the highlight of the show. "This is the resurrection of Britney Spears."
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