Steve Shickles

AP - When things go bad for a huge inflatable pig, don’t expect it to be pretty.

AP - When Brad and Angelina visited the Hamptons last summer to rub elbows with Christie Brinkley, Ellen Barkin and Jimmy Buffett, they arrived by helicopter.

AP - After asking Bollywood actors not to smoke on screen, India’s health minister has called on movie heroes to stop drinking alcohol on camera, while hinting that the booze could stay in villains’ cups, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

AP - Mya, who was to have made her Broadway debut next month as Velma Kelly in “Chicago,” has broken her left foot and will postpone her engagement in the show, producer Barry Weissler announced Tuesday.

AP - Shannon Elizabeth won’t have to shed any more tears over “Dancing With the Stars.”

AP - When Gwyneth Paltrow made the rounds to promote “Iron Man,” the buzz wasn’t about the Oscar winner’s return to the screen after an extended hiatus. It wasn’t about the curious casting of a serious actress as a superhero’s secretary. It was about her shoes.

AP - The classic superhero is polished, brave and morally righteous. Strong and unerring, he is perfection personified — a superhuman ideal.

Reuters - Time Warner Inc said on Wednesday that
it planned to spin off its cable services division completely,
as the one-time world’s biggest media company moves to
restructure itself.

Reuters - Australian Fashion Week organizers
said on Wednesday that tighter rules on skinny models were not
needed for its catwalks, despite one Australian model being
pulled briefly due to fears for her health.

AP - Paula Abdul must be hearing double.