Hollywood actress Mia Farrow said on Tuesday Roman Polanski was in "really bad shape" when he was alleged to have tried to seduce a woman in a restaurant while on his way to his slain wife's funeral. In a libel case that has shone a spotlight on the film director's promiscuity, Farrow described him as distraught during an evening they spent together in 1969 at Elaine's restaurant in New York.
Irish actor Colin Farrell is suing former girlfriend and ex-playmate Nicole Narian in a bid to prevent her from selling a sex tape the two of them made.
Farrell, 29, asked the Los Angeles Superior Court to slap a restraining order on nude model Narain to prevent the sale and distribution of the tape. The Irish star of such movies as Alexander and Minority Report also sought unspecified damages and claimed that the tape would irreparably harm his reputation and career.
The 15 minute tape was made in early 2003 and according to the lawsuit shows the couple "in various acts of copulation."
The case said the defendants' "outrageous attempt to capitalize on the celebrity of Colin Farrell ... exceeds all bounds of common human decency."
Actor James Doohan, who transported the crew of Star Trek through space on the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died on Wednesday aged 85 and has asked that his ashes be blasted into space, his agent said.
While the closest Doohan came to orbit was playing engineer Montgomery Scott on the earthbound set of the Starship Enterprise, his wife Wendy plans to send the actor's ashes into space, according to his agent.
They are to use Space Services Inc, a Texas-based company that rocketed the remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and 1960s drug guru Timothy Leary into the firmament.
The Canadian-born actor died in his sleep at his home in the Pacific state of Washington after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease and after coming down with pneumonia, his agent and friend of 30 years Steve Stevens said. His wife of 28 years was at his side.
"He loved being Scotty," Stevens said, referring to Doohan's role as the curmudgeonly engineer in the Star Trek television series that debuted in 1966 and catapulted him to worldwide fame.
"He loved the whole Star Trek thing. I don't think people knew what a terrific actor he was."
Doohan immortalized the fantasy starship's engineer, a pragmatically blunt bear of a man who repeatedly managed miraculous repairs while crew members dealt with the adversities and adventures of "space, the final frontier."
Wuthering Heights actress Geraldine Fitzgerald has died aged 91 at her New York home after suffering from Alzheimer's for several years, according to news reports on Tuesday.
Born Nov. 24, 1913, in Dublin, Ireland, she signed with Warner Brothers after impressing Orson Welles on her stage debut. She made her film debut starring opposite Bette Davis in Dark Water and then played the lovelorn Isabella in the 1939 adaptation of Wuthering Heights, for which she earned an Academy Award nomination.
Lovable cartoon characters The Smurfs are to make the transition from TV and comics to the big screen in time for their 50th birthday in 2008, according to Variety Tuesday.
According to the report, Paramount Pictures will make a 3-D computer generated animated movie of The Smurfs in conjunction with Nickelodeon Movies. Producers are hoping to produce three movies in the series.
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