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U.S Actor Devito Splits From Wife of 30 Years

U.S. comic actor Danny DeVito has separated from his wife of 30 years Rhea Perlman, his spokesman said Monday, ending one of the longest marriages in Hollywood.

The diminutive actor, 67, and actress Perlman, 64, married in 1982, 12 years after meeting when she went to see a Broadway show he was acting in, "The Shrinking Bride."

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Moore Teases Fellow Bond Connery Over Scottish Independence

Roger Moore and Sean Connery had the same mission when playing British spy James Bond, but the screen legends are split on the issue of Scottish independence, The Times newspaper reported Monday.

Connery is a keen backer of the pro-independence Scottish National Party of First Minister Alex Salmond, while Moore is often cited as the epitome of Englishness.

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Broadway Stars Audra Mcdonald, Will Swenson Wed

Audra McDonald and Will Swenson have tied the knot, cementing a relationship between two of Broadway's best looking and talented stars.

According to a publicist for the bride, the couple married Saturday at their home in Croton-on-Hudson in New York. The bride's wedding dress was designed by Esosa.

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'Taken 2' Tops North American Box Office on Debut

Liam Neeson's return as ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills in "Taken 2" easily topped the North American box office on its opening weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.

The film, whose prequel relaunched Neeson as a Hollywood action star four years ago, took in a healthy $50 million between Friday and Sunday, said movie tracker Exhibitor Relations.

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French Rocker Johnny Hallyday Does NY, First Time Since 60s

He's 69 and had health problems of late, but French rocker Johnny Hallyday sounds like a wired teenager when he talks about his first performance in New York in 50 years.

"A two-hour show, with music from the 70s up through to today, with fantastic musicians. It is going to be true rock 'n' roll. We're going to bring the house down," Hallyday told Agence France Presse in an interview.

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'GMA' Weathercaster Sam Champion Planning Marriage

"Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champion is tying the knot.

ABC News says Champion and his boyfriend, Rubem Robierb, are engaged to be married later this year. Champion tweeted on Friday he's "never been happier" to share a bit of personal news.

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Daryl Hannah Arrested in Texas Protesting Pipeline

Actress Daryl Hannah of "Splash" fame was arrested in northeast Texas on Thursday, along with a 78-year-old landowner as the pair protested an oil pipeline designed to bring crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

"They've arrested Daryl Hannah and a rural Texas great-grandmother," said Paul Bassis, Hannah's manager.

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Tim Burton Recalls Dark Childhood in 'Frankenweenie'

Black and white, old-fashioned stop-motion animation but in 3D: cinema's past and future combine in Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie," which the Gothic filmmaker says was inspired by his childhood.

His first animated feature since 2005's "Corpse Bride," the movie tells the story of a boy who brings his cherished dog back to life, only to open a Pandora's box of terrifying back-from-the-dead monsters.

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Bollywood Favorite Pushes Sari Revival

As the platform-heeled models sashay past the flash of cameras to the sound of U2, Sabyasachi Mukherjee surveys the progress of his campaign to drag the sari from the back of the closet onto the catwalk.

"Too many women think of the sari as something that is very backward and not cool," the award-winning Indian designer told Agence France Presse.

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The name's Bond, James Bond: 007 Marks 50 Years

James Bond fans on Friday celebrated 50 years of the suave British spy's adventures on the silver screen with a day of 007-themed events around the world.

Bond appeared in a film for the first time in the now classic "Dr. No", released on October 5, 1962, introducing himself with the immortal line "Bond... James Bond" over a high-stakes game of baccarat.

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