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LONDON (AP) — A law firm says British actress Kate Winslet has split from her husband, film director Sam Mendes. London-based Schillings says the 34-year-old Oscar-winning actress separated from Mendes earlier this year. The law firm says in a statement released Monday that the split was “entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement.” Winslet married the Oscar-winning film director of “American Beauty” in 2003.

Happy Birthday to: Supermodel Kathy Ireland (1963) ” Dawson’s Creek ” actor James Van Der Beek (1977) ” Scooby-Doo ” actor Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976) TV actress Andrea Parker (1969) singer Shawn Mullins (1968) ” The Practice ” actress Camryn Manheim (1961) TV/film actor Aiden Quinn (1959) British singer Gary Numan (1958) former Eagle Randy Meisner (1946) Monkee Micky Dolenz (1945) English actress Lynn Redgrave (1943) Canadian actress Susan Clark (1940) pianist Dick Hyman (1927) dancer/actress Cyd Charisse (1921) ” Gilligan’s Island ” skipper Alan Hale Jr

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mo’Nique became the fifth black woman to win an acting Oscar on Sunday night, 70 years after Hattie McDaniel became the first to do so for “Gone with the Wind.” The 42-year-old standup comedienne portrayed an abusive mother in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.” “I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel for enduring all she had to so that I would not have to,” Mo’Nique said in accepting the Oscar.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Academy Awards voters are expected to go very big or very small on their best-picture winner at Sunday’s Oscars. The two favorites in the expanded field of 10 best-picture nominees are the as-big-as-it-gets blockbuster “Avatar” and the critical darling “The Hurt Locker,” which drew a tiny fraction of the audience its mammoth competitor pulled in

Naomi Campbell was stunned to be accused of assaulting her driver on Tuesday – because she’s worked “very hard” to control her notorious temper. Chauffeur Miodrag Mejdina allegedly told New York police Campbell slapped him around the head, causing him to hit the steering wheel. Officers then asked the model to come forward to answer to the claims, after she allegedly fled the scene on foot

Happy Birthday to: ” Hitch ” actress Eva Mendes (1974) ” Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace ” star Jake Lloyd (1989) Supermodel Niki Taylor (1975) ” Star Trek: Enterprise ” actress Jolene Blalock (1975) Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante (1970) French hip-hop artist MC Solaar (1969) British singer Andy Gibb (1958; d. 1988) Comedic magician Penn Jillette (1955) Comedienne Marsha Warfield (1954) ” Electric Avenue ” singer Eddy Grant (1948) ” Quantum Leap ” actor Dean Stockwell (1936) ” My Fair Lady ” actor Rex Harrison (1908; d. 1990)

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is wanted for questioning by police after allegedly assaulting a New York City limo driver on Tuesday afternoon. Campbell is accused of punching her chauffeur, leaving him with “bumps and bruises” after a confrontation in midtown Manhattan, a police source tells the New York Post. She reportedly then fled the car, prompting the 27-year-old driver to contact authorities

Canadian singer Avril Lavigne performed during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 28

The woman whose boyfriend allegedly left her for Lady Gaga is determined to “take the moral high ground” by refusing to speak out, because she wants to keep the scandal low-key for the “sake” of her son.

Elizabeth Hurley showed up at the Love Ball at The Roundhouse yesterday in London, England, looking mighty fine and mighty naughty in a see-through gray sari. Wowza! Liz looks absolutely fantastic for a 45-year-old woman.


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