| Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies after surgery Posted: 29 Mar 2013 06:17 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Richard Griffiths, best known for his roles in 'Withnail and I' and the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery, his agent said on Friday. Griffiths spent almost four decades in radio, film, on television and on stage, and received some of his industry's top awards for his role in Alan Bennett's play "The History Boys". The portly actor filled the screen as the lascivious Uncle Monty in the cult 1987 film 'Withnail and I'. ...
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| Post head-injury, Kristin Chenoweth goes on a "Family Weekend" Posted: 29 Mar 2013 06:03 AM PDT  By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tony and Emmy Award winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth is known for her perky personality ranging from roles in Broadway's "Wicked" to television's "Glee" and performing a closing number at February's Oscar ceremony with host Seth MacFarlane. On Friday, the diminutive (4ft 11in) actress moves to the dark side in the indie movie "Family Weekend." She plays a mother so consumed by work that she ignores her own children and squabbles with her husband, until her teenage daughter kidnaps and ties up both parents in a bid to get their attention. ...
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| Trailblazing TV journalist Barbara Walters to retire in 2014 Posted: 28 Mar 2013 01:22 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, plans to retire in May 2014 after more than five decades as a prominent figure on U.S. television, a source familiar with her plans said on Thursday. Walters, 83, is expected to announce her retirement to viewers herself in the coming weeks, the source said. "It was very much her decision. I think she will best explain it herself," the source told Reuters. ABC will broadcast a series of specials and tributes to Walters in the weeks before her exit, the source added. ...
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| French actress files complaint over Hollande liaison rumor Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:40 AM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - A French actress has filed a complaint with the Paris prosecutor for breach of privacy over Internet rumors alleging she has a relationship with President Francois Hollande, the prosecutor's office said on Thursday. A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office told Reuters that actress Julie Gayet had filed a complaint against "persons unknown", a common formulation under French law, on March 18 over rumors circulating on Twitter and blog sites for some weeks. A lawyer for Gayet did not immediately respond to phone calls and Hollande's office declined to comment. ...
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| Pioneering rock journalist Paul Williams dies at 64 Posted: 28 Mar 2013 04:54 PM PDT  By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Paul Williams, a pioneering music journalist who started the first magazine devoted to rock 'n' roll criticism, died on Wednesday in Southern California. He was 64. Williams was the founder of Crawdaddy! magazine and the author of more than two dozen books about music, popular culture and new-age philosophy. He died of complications related to Alzheimer's, which came on after he suffered a brain injury in a 1995 bicycle accident. Williams was a 17-year-old student at Swarthmore College when he launched Crawdaddy in 1966. ...
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| Fay Kanin, Oscar-nominated screenwriter and Academy President, dies at 95 Posted: 28 Mar 2013 04:27 PM PDT  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fay Kanin, an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning screenwriter, died Wednesday of natural causes. She was 95. In addition to her award-winning work, Kanin served as the second female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, the nonprofit organization behind the Academy Awards, from 1979 to 1983. "She was committed to the Academy's preservation work and instrumental in expanding our public programming," the Academy said in a statement. ...
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