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Actor Morgan Freeman was involved in a car crash that eft him with multiple broken bones. (Getty Images)

SPOTLIGHT

• Gwyneth Paltrow urges expats to vote for Obama

  Tuesday, 5th August,2008

  Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is delivering a straightforward message to Americans living outside the US: cast your vote and make it for Barack Obama.
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• Russian Nobel winner Solzhenitsyn dead

  Monday, 4th August,2008

  Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning author exhiled from the Soviet Union for his graphic portrayals of life in Russian labour camps, has died at 89.
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• Winehouse 'taken to hospital'

  Tuesday, 29th July,2008

  Troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse has been taken to a London hospital's accident and emergency unit, her spokesman says. read more...

• Will Smith tops rich list

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to Forbes magazine's special issue, Entertainment All Stars.
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• Ledger likely an addict: expert

  Wednesday, 23rd July,2008

  Actor Heath Ledger's drug intake before his death indicated it was likely he was an addict, America's best known addiction expert says. read more...

• Batman star denies assaulting mother and sister

  Wednesday, 23rd July,2008

  Batman star Christian Bale was arrested today over allegations of assaulting his mother and sister, police and British media said. read more...

• Golden Girl Estelle Getty dead at 84

  Wednesday, 23rd July,2008

  Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for a hit before landing the role of sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on The Golden Girls has died.
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• Neighbours slammed as 'too white'

  Friday, 18th July,2008

  Hit Australian TV soap Neighbours has been branded "too white" by black and Asian viewers in Britain.
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• Miss USA takes a trip down memory lane

  Tuesday, 15th July,2008

  For the second year in a row, Miss USA has tripped over during the evening gown competition at the Miss Universe competition. read more...

• Aussie arrested in Vietnam for heroin

  An Australian woman has been arrested at a Vietnam airport after customs officials found her hiding more than 73g of heroin in her underwear, state media said. read more...

• Brangelina baby photo sold for $11m

  Monday, 14th July,2008

  Hollywood golden couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold photos of their new-borns twins to a US newspaper for $11 million. read more...

• Actor's plea for Balibo journalist inquiry

  Friday, 11th July,2008

  Hollywood actor Anthony LaPaglia has called on the Northern Territory government to hold an inquiry into the assassination of an Australian journalist in 1975.
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• Rushdie wins 'best Booker' prize

  Friday, 11th July,2008

  Controversial author Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children has been named the best ever Booker Prize winner, in a contest to mark the award's 40th birthday.
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• Sgt Pepper's iconic drum sells for $1.12m

  Friday, 11th July,2008

  The iconic bass drum used on the front cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has sold for $A1.12m at auction in London.
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• Art from the line of fire on show

  Wednesday, 9th July,2008

  An art exhibition showcasing designs from war veterans has opened at the National Art School in Sydney. read more...